The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 351 BID: $OPDX.351 April 6, 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, W7TSQ, HA/N9NC,
DJ5AV & DX News Letter, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, HB9CYN,
I1JQJ & 425 DX News, ON4BDS, PA0JR and SM0DJZ following DX
information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE (Last Notice)! Users of the
online BARF-80 BBS (Home of the OPDX Bulletin) take note, the
area code has now changed permanently to 440 as of April 4th.
BARF-80 BBS online is now at 440-237-8208.
3D2/R, ROTUMA ISLAND. Looks like
Karel/OK1CF and Milan/OK1DWC members of the OK DX Foundation will
be active from here for one week starting April 4th. Using the
callsigns 3D2CB/R and 3D2WC/R, look for CW/SSB activity on 160-10
meters, including the WARC bands. QSL via OKDXF. It was reported
that the rest of the OKDXF Team will be heading back to OK-land.
5R, MADAGASCAR. John, SM0DJZ,
QSL Manager for Ake, SM7CIP, reports that Ake is active in
Madagascar and is now using the new callsign 5R8FU. Ake can
sometimes be found on the WARC bands (24899 and 18072 kHz) or on
15 meters (21010 kHz) CW. His activity seem to be centered around
1500-1800z. John states that Ake activity is "a low profile
all band operation. He will probably stay in 5R8 for a long
time." John has just received Ake's logs for February and
March, and he has managed to work over 600 QSOs, mostly on CW and
on higher frequencies. Ake has some wire/GP antennas and an
antenna for 160 meters but only has a 100 watt station. Plans are
in the works for him to have a linear amp running along with
directional antennas. QSLs for Ake are still under the printing
stage and John will make an announcement when they are ready to
go out in the mail. So PLEASE be patient. Ake also held the
former callsigns YA1AR and T5AR. John still has the logs for
YA1AR/T5AR ("They will NEVER be closed!!!"). QSL
requests are welcome via the bureau or direct at: SM0DJZ, Jan
"John" Hallenberg, Siriusgatan 106, SE-195 55 Mersta,
Sweden.
5V, TOGO. Look for Marc, F5CPU,
to be active as 5V7BM. His activity will last until the end of
1999. No other details or QSL information was given.
9M8, EASTERN MALAYSIA. Peter,
PB0ALB, should be active by the end of the week (April 10) from
Serian, 50 miles Kuching, Sarawak. No details were available on
his operations, but he will be there until May 22nd. QSL via
homecall.
A3, TONGA (Update). Paul, A35RK,
reports that he has now installed a vertical antenna for 80/40/30
meters. He will be active on 80 and 30 meters CW, but on 40
meters he will be active mainly on CW with some SSB operations.
He is on IOTA OC-169 (Ha'apai Group). QSL ONLY (repeat only) to
W7TSQ.
A3, TONGA. Ed, K8VIR, who was
active from Chatham Island, will be active once again, this time
as A35VI. Activity should happen soon and last until May. No QSNs
have been reported yet, but keep listening to 14260 and 21300 kHz
for his activity. QSL via Ed Hartz, Box 480, Green Valley, AZ
85622, USA.
CE0, SAN FELIX ISLAND. The
"DX News Letter" reports that John, CE0ZAM, will
activate XQ0X on CW/SSB on all bands for about 20 days in April
or May.
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Look this
week for Ron, G4DIY, to sign EA8/G4DIY from here. Activity will
last until April 11th. He will be active mostly on CW and on 20,
17 and 12 meters. QSL via homecall.
H40, TEMOTU ISLANDS. The H40AA
team continues to stick to their plan of being very active on 15
and 20 meters. There has been some reported QSNs of 40/17/10
meters activities. The OPDX InterNet Subscriber will receive an
additional bulletin that contains the latest press release by
OH2BN (QSL Manager for H40AA). Meanwhile, Jim, VK9NS, continues
to be active as H40AB for the next 2 weeks despite some technical
difficulties. It has been reported that Jim is having some power
supply problems. He has been forced to use solar cells during the
day and a battery at other times. By the time you read this, he
may have the problem fixed. Jim as been very active during the
past weekend on the WARC bands. QSL via
HK0, MALPELO ISLANDS. Pedro,
HK3JJH, is currently active from here as HK3JJH/0M after
obtaining approval of the Colombian Navy. This will be a very
short operation lasting until April 6th ot 7th. He will be active
mainly SSB on 14260 kHz. QSL direct ONLY via his home callsign:
Pedro Allina, P.O. Box 81119, Bogota D.C., Columbia S.A.
IOTA NEWS......
Mauro, I1JQJ, 425 DX News Editor, reports that a new IOTA
Reference Number, AS-133, has been issued as a result of
the recent operation by XUX0, to Cambodia's Gulf of
Thailand group.
David, ON4BDS, was active this past weekend from Holmon
Island (EU-135, located in the Gulf of Bothnia, off the
coast of Umea, Sweden) signing SM2/ON4BDS/P. He states
that he will be active from the following islands:
Reference Number Island Dates
---------------- ---------- -----------------
EU-101 OH6 Vaasa April till June 98
EU-105 (France) Batz July 98
EU-107 (France) Les Sept Iles July 98
EU-157 (France) Cezembre July 98
EU-156 (France) Tombelaine June 98
DIFM (France) Mnt St Michel June 98
MORE NEW COUNTRIES (OOOPPPSS! I
mean "ENTITIES"!). Paul, F6EXV, reports that on April
1st (1998), he filed a petition on behalf of the "Clipperton
DX Club" for the addition of two new counters to the DXCC
list, namely the "Marquesas Islands and the Austral
Islands". Pauls states the following:
"Under the new definitions of what constitutes a
'political entity', namely IARU membership, French Polynesia
is clearly a 'point 1 country'. Furthermore, any island of
the Marquesas group is situated more than 350 km way from any
other island of the parent country. Any island of the
Australs is situated more than 350 km away from any other
island of the parent country, and more than 800 km away from
any island of the Marquesas. The submission asks for addition
to the list as of June 2nd 1983, date when the CORA,
representing French Polynesia, joined the International
Amateur Radio Union (IARU)."
SIDED NOTE: The DXAC voted against the
addition on these islands before because they felt that the
French Poynesia is not considered to be a "PARENT"
country and that France is the parent country...... Stay tuned!
Also, the Marquesas Islands have a WEB site available at: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/4269
P4, ARUBA. Martin, VE3MR, who is
active as P49M, has been very busy on 12 meters (around 24940 +/-
10 kHz) between 1400 and 1800z. Also, check 10 amd 17 meters
around the same time. His operations should last until April 22.
QSL via VE3MR.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.....
Tom, N9NC (now HA/N9NC), reports that the QSL cards, for
his 3A/N9NC for his February 13-15th (1998) operation,
are expected to be received from the printer by April
10th. Tom states he made about 2300 QSOs, including
roughly 400 each on 80 and 160 meters, and 200 RTTY QSOs.
Please QSL to: Juraj Sipos, OM2SA, 930 13 Trhova Hradska
550, okr. Dunajska Streda, Republic of SLOVAKIA. Please
note that N9NC is now a resident in Budapest, so it is
better not to send cards to the call book address of
N9NC, nor the USA W9 QSL bureau; such requests will
eventually be answered but may experience a delay.
QSLS for SP9XWD, which was active in the SP DX Contest on
April 4-5th, can be QSLed via the bureau or direct to:
Marcel Krzan, os.Dywizjonu 303 10/52, 31-871 Krakow,
POLAND.
9H0VRZ QSLS. The cards for this special station, which
was on the air during the 10th DXpedition of the Dutch
Amateur Radio Society VRZA in June/July 1997, are back
from the printer. QSL Manager PA0JR reports that all
direct cards were mailed, and the other cards were sent
out via the Dutch QSL Bureau last weekend. For more QSL
info on 9H0VRZ and other participating 9H3 calls, check
out the following WEB site: http://www.vrza.org/malta.htm
The color QSLs will be available for HB9CYN (Martin) and
HB9CYV (Chris) DXpedition to D6 (callsign D68YN and
D68YV) which took place January 26th and Febraury 7th.
Martin reports to OPDX that the cards will be printed and
sent during April, 1998. They have already received
almost 1000 direct QSLs. So, please be patient for some
additional 3-4 weeks. QSL via the bureau is perferred.
QSL D68YN via HB9CYN and D68YV via HB9CYV. Direct QSLs:
Oversea mail - 2 U.S. greens are needed for Air Mail or 1
IRC + SAE. Europe: 1 U.S. green stamp or 1IRC + SAE.
Also, QSL requests (via bureau) may be sent to the E-mail
addresses mentioned on the WWW-site below. The logs, a
preview of the QSL, pictures, statistics and QSL
addresses can be found on the following Web-Page: http://ab5eh-lin.tamucc.edu/~hb9cyn
RESULTS of The DX Magazine's
"1997 Most Wanted Countries" can be found at the
following WEB site (English): http://www.qsl.net/cwsp/dxcce100.htm
For the Spanish version, drop the "e" in
"dxcce100". The top five countries (ENTITIES) are: P5,
BV9P, A5, BS7 and VU4/A.
SU8, EGYPT (Special Event
Update). [Please refer to OPDX.350] Hossam, SU1HM, Egyptian Radio
Amateur Assembly (ERAA) Network Manager, now announces that a
special award will be issued for any station that made a QSO with
SU8LXR + SU0ERA + any other 4 "SU" stations. Special
event station took place between March 29st and April 4th.
SV, GREECE. Look for Berkin,
TA3J, and his XYL Nilay, TA3YJ, to be active from here until
April 12th, as SV/TA3J and SV/TA3YJ. Their SSB activity will be
on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 2 meters and 70cm. QSL via home
calls, bureau or direct to the following addresses:
TXK8, NEW CALEDONIA (Update).
"The 59(9) DXReport" states that the planned operation,
TXK8DX by FK8GM and friends, was cancelled due to the illness of
an operator and typhoon activity in the area.
VQ9, CHAGOS ISLANDS. Chuck,
KB0QKK, has been active as VQ9KK from Diego Garcia. His activity
has been mainly on 15 and 10 meters SSB at various times and
frequencies. The length of his stay is not known. QSL to his home
call.
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