The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 341 BID: $OPDX.341 January 26, 1998 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 (New Area Code!)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio
Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster
Network, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, K2WE, KA2AEV,
WB2CJL, K3DI, K3ZO, W4WX, WA4JQS, N5PG, K8BK, N8BJQ, N0ZOH,
AH0W/OH2LVG, G3VMW, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, G4BWP, HB9ABO,
HB9CYN, JA1IST/DL6FDB, OH2BU/OH7RF and PA3GBQ for the following
DX information.
3B7, ST. BRANDON. A large group
of operators will activate this rare location from May 6-17th.
Several stations will be on the air 24 hours a day on all bands
operating on CW, SSB, RTTY and SSTV. Operators and participants
are: 3B8CF, 4X1DF/A, HB9ABO, HB9ADP, HB9AFH, HB9AFI, HB9AHL,
HB9AJW, HB9BQI, HB9BQW, HB9BXE, HB9JAI and K5KG. The organizators
are the Union of Swiss Short Wave Amateurs (USKA), Section Zug,
HB9RF; and Project initiator HB9JAI. They have a written
confirmation by the Mauritian authorities saying that a radio
licence for St. Brandon will be granted. To assure the necessary
funds for their DXpedition, they are asking for help from the DX
community. To help, contact Josef Meier, HB9AJW, E-mail address: 100450.540@compuserve.com.
A dedicated Web site for the St. Brandon DXpedition is under
construction. It should be operational by mid February, 1998. The
link to this site can eventually be obtained from http://www.uska.ch
(under "Links", "DXPedition").
3B9, RODRIGUEZ ISLAND. The
"DX News Sheet" states that the Midway-Kure DX
Foundation (MKDXF) is planning a spring DXpedition.
3C0, PAGALU ISLAND. Rumor has it
that a group of possibly four to six operators will be active
from here beginning sometime in March. Activity will be on
CW/SSB/RTTY, all bands, with an emphasis on 160, 80 and 40
meters.
8P9, BARBADOS. Steve, K2WE, will
be here February 17-24th and active as 8P9AP. He will be staying
on the south shore of the island in a place called St. Lawrence
Gap. He plans to be active in the ARRL CW DX Contest and will be
operational on all bands. QSL via homecall (ex-NI2C).
9G, GHANA (UPDATE). G3VMW,
G3XAQ, G3ZEM and G4ZVJ will be active from Accra in Ghana during
the month of February, 1998. Andy, G4ZVJ, will be active from
February 5th through March 1st as 9G5VJ, and will be active in
the FOC Marathon. He will be joined on February 12th by Alan,
G3XAQ, who will be active as 9G5XA until February 23rd.
Steve/G3VMW and Bob/ G3ZEM fly to Accra on February 20th to join
the others and will be active as 9G5SW and 9G5ZM on all bands.
They will be active during the ARRL CW Contest and the the RSGB 7
MHz CW Contest. Activity will be mainly on CW but with the
possibility of some RTTY and SSB if required. QSL routes: 9G5SW
via G3VMW or RSGB Bureau, 9G5VJ via G4ZVJ or RSGB Bureau, 9G5XA
via G3XAQ or RSGB Bureau and 9G5ZM via G3ZEM or RSGB Bureau.
9G, GHANA (Another ham in Ghana!).
Steve, PA3GBQ, reports to OPDX that he will be traveling to Ghana
in the first 3 weeks of February, 1998. He explanins that this is
not a DXxpedition but maybe he will find some time and equipment
to operate on the ham bands. He will be traveling throughout the
country. His probable callsign may be 9G5BQ. QSL via PA3GBQ (1998
CBA) or bureau.
D6, COMOROS ISLANDS. Start
looking for Martin, HB9CYN, and Chris, HB9CYV, to be active as
D68YN and D68YV, respectively, until February 6th. Their activity
will be on 160-10 meters all bands, mainly on CW but with some
SSB. They will also be on RS-12/13 satellites. SORRY NO RTTY. QSL
routes are: D68YN to HB9CYN and D68YV to HB9CYV. (QSLs via bureau
preferred, Direct: Oversea mail with 2 US-$ needed, Europe 1
US-$). Stations worked can be found after the DXpedition on the
following Web-Page: http://ab5eh-lin.tamucc.edu/~hb9cyn/
Also, QSL requests (via bureau) may be sent to the addresses
mentioned on the WWW-site above.
FS/FJ, SAINT MARTIN. Dick, K3DI,
will be here and active as FS/K3DI. He hopes to get a wire up and
be on during the CQ 160M SSB Contest on February 28th and March
1st. Also, he will be active in the REF SSB Contest during the
same weekend. QSL via his homecall (listed down below under VP2E)
or via his E-mail address for bureau replies: wilder@clark.net
KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. A RTTY team
will be at GTMO for the 4th Annual World-Wide RTTY WPX Contest
Sponsored by Hal Communications Corp! Team members are:
Bill/KG4GC (W4WX), Rusty/KG4AU (WV3N), Jan/KG4QD (K4QD),
Joyce/KG4OS (WA4OMS), Wayne/KG4WD and Clayton/KG4PK. Look for
KG4GC to be used during the contest February 14-15th. Members
will arrive at GTMO on the 13th and depart on the 20th of
February. The team will be active after the contest on all modes
and bands. A special thanks to Rusry for sponsoring them! QSL
Contest QSO's to: Bill Gallier, KG4GC/W4WX, 4094 Sandy Run Drive
E., Middleburg, FL. 32068. Please include a SASE. Bureau cards
will also be answered. Non-contest QSO's go to home call. Any
comments or questions can be sent to: w4wx@bellsouth.net
KH1/KH5/KH5K, BAKER/HOWLAND ISLAND,
PALMYRA ISLAND AND KINGMAN REEF. Seven operators of the
South Sandwich Island Antarctic DX Group (SSIDXG) and the
Midway-Kure Island DX Foundation (MKDXF) plan to be active again
from these two islands. Activity will begin February 4th with a
3-5 days operation from each islands. Activity will be on CW/SSB
and RTTY. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the official
press release as an additional bulletin.
MW8, WALES. Operators G3NKC,
G3NLY, G5LP, G4BWP, G0KRL and others to be confirmed later, will
activate the Welsh island Anglesey (EU-124) in the IOTA contest
later this year. Their callsign this year will be MW8Z. (Previous
operations were as MW7Z, MW6Z and GW5LP/P). More information will
be forthcoming. QSL MW8Z via G5LP.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.....
Kaz, DL6FDB/JA1IST) and Joe, JA1LZR, who operated from
HB0-land last weekend (Jan. 16-18th), made a total of
1500 QSOs. QSL HB0/DL6FDB to DL6FDB or via bureau. QSL
HB0/HB9LEY via his QSL Manager, JH1BSE or bureau.
An update to QSL Manager Michel, HH2HM, states he is only
the manager for UA0FDX, BA4TB, T95LGN, EX2M, HH2PK, UN7EG
and UN7FJ. Also, the only valid address is: Michel
Hamoniaux, PO Box 104, 22650 Ploubalay, France. Some
other sources (such as Buckmaster) show a Hatian address
for HH2HM. Michel asks that requests go only via the
French address.
IS IT BOGUS OR NOT? Steve, VK3OT/KL7, of Wasilla AK,
reports to OPDX a station was heard, VK9YQS working 40M
CW to Japan. Steve states, "In my opinion, although
VK9YQS is on Macquarie and has been worked on 6M band,
his licence class is technical and as such he does not
have HF priviledges, Also, I am not his QSL manager since
December, 1990. In this case, the WFWL will not work
unless there have been some changes to the Aussie laws
permitting Limited licencees on HF. I was also unaware
Doug ran CW on any band. So I suggest people ask one of
the other VK0's like GW or ask VK9NS to investigate
this."
Paul, N5PGI, reports he worked a 9K2RR (May 97) who said
QSL via K1VKO. K1VKO advises that he is NOT and NEVER HAS
BEEN QSL Manager for this station (or any other for the
last 5 yrs).
EP2MKO - Bill Moore at the DXCC Desk advises that this
station is OK for DXCC. QSL via UA6HCW.
SPACE "A" DXPEDITION
GROUP". Bill, W4WX/KG4GC, is interested in forming
a "Space "A" DXPedition Group". Members would
be from all over the world. Only requirements would be: [a]
retired military with space available privileges, [b] have email
address. The group would communicate via e-mail and organize at
least one DXPedition a year. There are many places available to
visit via military air. In the past couple of years, Bill has
been to CU, JA, V2, HP1, HP3, KG4, KH6, KP4... With some help on
arranging transportation and permission, Bill states they could
go to places like: HR, VP9, KH2, WH0, HH, VQ9, HZ and many other
military facilities!! Send your thoughts and ideas to Bill at: w4wx@bellsouth.net
SPECIAL EVENT. The 1998 Winter
Carnival Special Event Station will be using the a special 1x1
callsign W8C beginning Thursday, January 29th at 1100z and
lasting through Saturday, January 31st at 1100z. Suggested
operating frequencies will be on or near: 3984, 7246, 14256 and
21336 kHz. The Husky Amateur Radio Club, at Michigan
Technological University, will be operating the annual Winter
Carnival special event station. There will be certificates
available. For more info on the Husky Amateur Radio Club, visit
the website at http://w8yy.resnet.mtu.edu or, for more
information on Winter Carnival at Michigan Tech., stop by the MTU
homepage at http://www.mtu.edu
"THE NEW DXCC RULES -- WHAT WAS
CHANGED?" Editorial by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW. OPDX
InterNet Subscribers will receive this as an additional bulletin.
If you are not a subscriber and did not receive a copy of the new
rules, send a message (E-Mail) to opdx-request@nshore.org
along with the word "archive" in the
"Subject:" line and then use the command: get
volume98/340.1 (command is case sensitive). Also, you can get a
copy from the official OPDX HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.en.com/users/k8yse/opdx.html
THAILAND/MALAYSIA 40 METERS NET.
HS1RU net control of this 40 meter net on 7060 kHz at 1300z will
now listen on 7153 every day at 1330z for any USA stations that
wish to work him.
V2, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA. Team
Antigua will once again activate V26B from this beautiful Island
in the upcoming ARRL DX Contests, both CW and SSB. Their entry in
both contests will be a Multi-operator/Multi-Transmitter
catagory. QSL V26B to WT3Q. The following are the operators of
V26B (with their own personal V2 and QSL routes): V26A
(Dale/N3BNA via WB3DNA); V26B (Sam/WT3Q via WT3Q); V26DX
(Doug/W3CF via KK3S); V26E (Darrell/AB2E via AB2E) and V26U
(Bill/W2UDT via W2UDT). Other operators included: John/N2NC,
Andy/N2NT, John/WA2C, and possibly a few other operators will be
added to these two operations. Please note that in Team Antigua
there are many Frankford Radio Club Members. The Frankford Radio
Club, celebrating its 70th anniversary, has extended its
qualifying period for their beautiful award. Additional
information about the Frankford Radio Club and the 70th
Anniversary Award can be found at the following WEB site: http://www.frc-contest.org
V3, BELIZE. A joint IOTA
DXpedition between the members of the Southern CA DX Club and the
Bay Area DX Association (MI) will activate South Water Cay,
Belize (IOTA NA-180) for the period 3-10 February 98. Operators
will be V31VI (N6KZ), V31UY (N6UY), V31NX (N6FH), and V31TR
(K8BK). Operations will be on all bands 10-160 meters on both SSB
and CW. Equipment will be 100 watt transceivers with verticals
and one 3-element triband yagi. Electrical power will be from a
solar-charged battery system. QSL to home US calls.
VK0, MACQUARIE ISLAND. The 59(9)
DXReport states Tom, VK0TS, is now back in Australia as VK1TS. He
may go back in 1999 with better gear. Currently there is only one
amateur on the island and only on UHF.
VP2E, ANGUILLA. Dick, K3DI, will
be active as VP2EEI in the ARRL CW Contest (February 21-22nd).
QSL via homecall (Dick Wilder, K3DI, 913 Shore Acres Road,
Arnold, MD 21012-1724) or via E-mail for a bureau QSL: wilder@clark.net
YS, EL SALVADOR. The DX-group
from Finland, originally aiming to activate Guatemala, has now
crossed the border of El Salvador and has activated YS1X,
especially for Europeans. TG0OH and TG7/OH3JF operations have
been cancelled (NO other details given). The group will be active
until Friday, February 6th. They will be near the City of San
Salvador, at the QTH of Raymundo, YS1RRD. YS1X is the
"contest" call sign of YS1RRD. Operators include:
Carl/OH6XY (CW, RTTY), Toni/OH1TD (SSB), Heikki/OH3JF (CW) and
Raija/OH7LIX (SSB). Suggest Frequencies:
One station will be on for 24 hours per day. Second and third
stations will be on at least 16 hours per day. The fourth (QRP)
station will occasionally be active. QSL via OH2BU, Jari Jussila,
Pilvijarvi, FIN-02400 Kirkkonummi, FINLAND
1998 DAYTON DX DINNER ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Southwest Ohio DX Association is pleased to announce the
Thirteenth Annual DX Dinner to be held on Friday, May 15th, 1998,
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dayton, OH. There will be a cash bar
at 6:30 PM and dinner at 7:15 PM. Tickets are $30.00 and must be
purchased in advance. Groups wishing to sit together must order
as a group. A table seats eight. Please make your check or money
order payable to SWODXA and send an SASE for ticket return. Seats
will be assigned in the order that requests are received. Seats
will be assigned on 15 March 1997. Seating is limited. Please
order tickets from Tom Inglin, NR8Z, 4061 Eaton Road, Hamilton,
OH 45013. For information on the dinner, contact Steve Bolia,
N8BJQ at (937) 788-2803 or e-mail to n8bjq@erinet.com. Check the
SWODXA homepage at http://members.aol.com/SteveB4622/index.htm
for updates.
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as of August 16th. The new 440 area code will replace the 216
area code. Currently both area codes can be used, but the 216
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