The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 354 BID: $OPDX.354 April 27, 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, WN3VAW, NG3K,
K8RF, N8BJQ, K8YSE, KE8RO, N0TG, DL3KUD, DL7VRO, DL9GDB, F6AJA
& LNDX, F6AXP, G3SWH, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, GM4FDM,
JH1ORA, ON5NT, PA3EZL, SU1HM, XV7SW/SM5MX, ZD8V and SWL MARC
(F-11734) following DX information.
3B7 ST. BRANDON DXPEDITION WEBSITE IS UP
AND RUNNING NOW. Check out the latest details on this
upcoming operation at: http://www.3b7-brandon.ch According to their
WEB site, the 3B7 team has left April 25th for their trip to 3B7.
It sounds like they may start earlier than expected.
6A, SINAI PENINSULA (EGYPT).
ATTENTION PREFIX HUNTERS! A DXpedition was announced this week
which will take place from the Sinai Peninsula (the Red Sea),
during which the "6A" prefix will be used the first
time ever on amateur bands. A special callsign "6A1A"
was granted to this DXpedition to denote the first activation of
this spot on the anniversary of the independence day April 25th.
The two operators of this DXpedition Hossam, SU1HM, and Tarek,
SU2TA, were also granted callsigns 6A1HM and 6A1TA, respectively
(QSL to their home callsigns). The operation will last until
April 30th and the following suggested SSB frequencies will be
used: 7090, 14240 (most of the time), 21240, 28540 MHz +/- QRM.
RS-12 operation is also planned (voice only). QSL 6A1A via
IK3ZAW.
9H3, ISLAND COMINO (Malta). Dieter,
DL9GDB, will be active while on holiday from May 13-27th as
9H3UT. This will be his 4th visit to this small island. His
activity will be only on CW and on 40-10 meters. QSL via his
homecall or via bureau.
A4, OMAN. Look for Rich, W4UM,
and his XYL Sherry, W4SLR, to be active from the ROARS Club
station, A47RS, sometime between May 8-11th. Their activity will
have an emphasis on the WARC bands.
DAYTON'S SWODXA DX DINNER PROGRAM AND DX
FORUM SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED. 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. The program is "DXing from the Indian
Ocean - 8Q7AA" by Dr. Warren Hill, K7WX. For more
information on the dinner, contact Steve Bolia, N8BJQ at (937)
788-2803 or E-mail to n8bjq@erinet.com.
The Dayton's HamVention tentative DX Forum schedule is as
follows:
0830 North Cook Islands, ZK1XXP by Mike Mraz, N6MZ
0915 St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks by Karl Leite, PS7KM
1000 Sabaai-dii from Laos P.D.R. XW30 XW30(A) by Frank
Smith AH0W/OH2LVG
1045 8Q7AA - Low Band DXing from the Indian Ocean by
Warren Hill, K7WX
1130 9M0C by Neville Cheadle, G3NUG
The forum will be held at the Meadowdale High School which is
about 1 mile from Hara Arena. For those who drive, there is
parking available at the High School. For those coming from the
arena, there will be busses to and from the HS during the
programs.
FO5, MARQUESAS. If you did not
have a chance to work the FO0FR operation, you still have another
chance. Ghis, ON5NT, reports that Jose, FO5QG, is active from
Nuku Hiva Island in the Marquesas Group. He lives on the island.
Ghis states that he worked Jose on 14120 kHz at 0743z on SSB, and
it seems that he (Jose) is often around that frequency. That
portion of the band is commonly used by French speaking stations.
Also, OPDX did some searching and found that Jose has been active
this past week on 14190 kHz between 0230 and 0600z. QSL via XE1L.
FO0MIZ WRAP-UP. Kan's (JA1BK)
short operations on Marquesas and Austral Islands netted the
final results:
FO0MIZ : Austral (April 14th, 0314z - April 17th, 2350z)
First QSO : K6UT
QRV Bands : 3.8 MHz CW/SSB, 7MHz CW/SSB, 10 MHz CW, 14MHz
CW/SSB, 18MHz CW/SSB, 21MHz CW/SSB, 24MHz CW/SSB, 28MHz
CW/SSB.
Total QSOs : 3523
QSL both operations via VE3HO.
FR/T, TROMELIN ISLAND. The
"DX News Sheet" reports that Henri, FR5ZQ, is active
again as FR5ZQ/T. Activity will be on CW/SSB, but the length of
his stay is not known. QSNs show Henri was active on 21190 kHz
around 1700z during the past week. QSL via home call.
GM, ISLE OF PABAY (Scotland). An
operation from Pabay will take place weather, winds and tides
permitting between May 26th and 29th. The following possible
callsigns will be operational: GM3LWM, GM3VLB/P, GM4CHX/P and
GM0PNS (Club Call). Also possible is GM0PNS/MM from the Inner
Sound off Skye. Suggested frequencies to be use are: 3772, 7060
and 14260 kHz. Pabay qualifys for IOTA EU-008, IOSA (Islands of
Scotland on the Air) NH11 and WAB NG62. Pabay issues its own
stamps (carriage labels) and a special GM3VLB/P stamp has been
issued. Those who want QSLs direct are requested to send IRCs or
SAE. QSL via G3LWM.
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Eight
members (all) from the Eindhoven Student Radio Amateur Club
(ESRAC) will be active July 1-14th, from a mountain restaurant in
Malbun Liechtenstein, 2010 meters above sea level. The callsign
to be used is HB0/PI4TUE. Band activity is planned for 160-10
meters, including the WARC bands, running two stations with full
legal limit power output. Activity is also planned for UHF (70
cm) and VHF on 6 and 2 meters. Most of the operations will take
place at the restaurant, except for some activity from
Augstenberg (2350 meters ASL) on 2 meters and 70 cm. Their modes
of operations will be SSB, CW, RTTY, ATV, PACKET and EME. Skeds
on any band or mode can be made in advance by contacting the Club
station or any one of its members via E-mail at:
Weather permitting, F5KDC/P will be active from Banc
d'Arguin Island (IOTA EU-159 , DIFM AT-033) from May 8th
(evening) to May 10th (1400z). They will make a special
effort to listen for Asia, North/South America and
Oceania areas. Operators will be F6AXP, F8BGV, FB1NAN and
F1SVF. There will be two stations on the air: 1 for (80
and 40 meters for EU) and 1 for (20, 15 and 10 meters for
all continents). Check the usual IOTA frequencies for CW
and SSB. QSL via Bureau or direct to F6AXP: Max Pomel,
P.O. Box 73, F-63370 Lempdes, FRANCE
Matt, DL3KUD, will be active from the Vestmannaeyjar
Island, TF7, between July 20th and 29th. The IOTA
reference number is EU-071. He will be active on 160-10
meters on CW, RTTY and the Satellite RS-12. Matt will
take part in the IOTA Contest that weekend. QSL via
DL3KUD (via CBA). All QSLs will be answered 100% via
bureau.
UPDATE. Alain, F2HE, who is FG/F2GE, will be active from
Les Saintes (IOTA NA-114) for 2 or 3 weeks starting on
May 5th.
Jacques, F6BUM, will be active from Yeu island (IOTA
EU-64) from May 2 to 9th.
KP1, NAVASSA DXPEDITION TO BE ANNOUNCED.
Dan, K8RF, has announced plans to activate KP1 later this year.
The announced callsign will be N1V. Operators listed so far (more
to be added later): Dan/K8RF, Murray/WA4DAN, Will/AA4NC, Ken/WA9S
and Noel/WA9EFL. Murray and Will have both operated from Navassa
before. Operation dates will be announced at the Dayton
HamVention. The group plans to be active on all bands (160-6
meters) CW/SSB/RTTY. They plan to have 4 fours active for 10
days, and state landing permission has been granted. This will be
the first operation in 5 years. Check out the following WEB site
for updated details/maps at: http://home.fuse.net/k8rf/ Meanwhile, Randy,
N0TG, reports to OPDX that he has talked with the Dept. of
Interior (DOI) and the DOI is currently issuing applications only
for permits pending the results of a Science Study of the island
to be conducted in mid-July. Hopefully, this study will not
damage the chances for the K8RF's group plans to go to KP1.
Please stay tuned.
PJ8, SABA ISLAND. Don, KF4KRZ,
will be active as PJ8DM now until further notice. People looking
for him should be aware that he is a relatively new ham and with
him being at a somewhat rare DX location, this should be a new
experience for him! His main antenna right now is a dipole, and
he has some local QRN problems especially on 80 and 40 meters,
BUT he is willing to try! QSL via home call, KF4KRZ, Donald B.
McGehee, 90 Edgewater Dr. #901, Coral Gables, Florida 33133.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.....
NODXA member and QSL Manager Fritz, DL7VRO, reports QSL
cards from Holger (DL7IO) and Brigit's (DL7IQ) operations
from H44IO/H44IQ and YJ0AIO/YJ0AIQ were received from the
printing office. Cards will be going out soon. He also
mentions QSLs for SO1HH, SO5OE/1 and for ED8CMT should
arrive from the printers next month and should go out
immediately once received.
QSLS FOR GS5VG/GM5VG. Recent GM activity from this
station may be QSLed to GM3UTQ either direct or via the
RSGB Bureau.
9M0C QSLS. Phil, G3SWH, announced that he received
delivery of 30,000 QSL cards for the February, 1998,
operation by 9M0C from the Spratly Islands. He states
that he will be starting to answer immediately the 5000
or so direct requests. So please be patient. Phil intends
to answer cards in the order in which they have arrived.
Busted calls will go to the bottom of the pile. E-mail
and bureau requests will be dealt with when all the
direct cards have been dispatched. Phil states, "On
behalf of the expedition team, may I take this
opportunity to thank those generous people who included a
cash donation towards the cost of the expedition in
addition to the basic return postage."
F5BU will be arrivivg back in France after his 6 weeks
activity from Crozet Island (FT5W). The QSL (via F6APU)
will be ready in June. Be patient!
SPECIAL EVENT. During the World
Football Cup in France June 10th through July 12th, look for
special event stations to be active from different sites where
the competitions will take place. Here is a list of stations
using the suffix CMF (Coupe du Monde de Football) and sites to be
activated:
TM1CMF - from Marseille
TM2CMF - from Toulouse
TM3CMF - from Bordeaux
TM4CMF - from Montpellier
TM5CMF - from St Etienne
TM6CMF - from Nantes
TM7CMF - from Lens
TM9CMF - from Paris
TM0CMF - from St Denis
SWL CONTEST (Contester check
this out!). SWL Marc, F-11734, sends OPDX details on an upcoming
SWL Contest held during the month of June. OPDX InterNet
Subscribers will receive complete details as an additional
bulletin.
TF, ICELAND. NODXA member Phil,
KE8RO, and Sean, KC8CSD, will be heading back to Iceland and will
be arriving in Keflavik on April 30th. They will be there until
May 5th. Phil states he will be operating KE8RO/TF on SSB, CW and
RTTY and plan on being on the air as much as possible (in between
trips to sight see on the island). Both operators are still
working on the equipment list but will be operating with Sean's
Icom 706 and probably using vertical and wire antenna's. They
will have Sean's laptop and will be using his KamPlus for RTTY
operation. Again, they will be looking forward to working fellow
NODXA members! Sean will be handling all direct QSL requests once
they return, and Phil will handle all bureau requests to his
callsign. Phil reports that all cards are out from his last
operation and all direct requests have been answered. Check out
Phil's Web site for more up-to-date information at: http://www.comp-res.com/ke8ro/index.htm
VISALIA DX CONVENTION. OPDX
InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin
containing the press release by Southern California DX Club on
the convention's announced schedule events. For additional
information see the SCDXC WEB page at: http://www.primenet.com/~scdxc/
XV4, TRUONG SA (An operation
which did not take place from the Vietnamese Spratlys). Rolf,
XV7SW (SM5MX), has sent OPDX the following information:
"Some time ago, I, i.e. XV7SW, and my countryman Torsten,
XV7TH, were granted licenses to operate from the Vietnamese
Spratlys during the month of April. The callsigns we have been
given by the DGPT (the telecoms authority in Hanoi) are XV4SW and
XV4TH. Hurdle No. 1 thus cleared. Unfortunately, though, despite
official backing from my former workplace, our application for
actually visiting Truong Sa Islands was politely turned down by
the Ministry of Defence, replying, 'At the present time, the
Ministry of Defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam does not
have the policy to organize visits by foreigners to Dao Truong
Sa'. I will now frame my still valid XV4 license - a true
collector's item - put it on the wall in front of me and continue
working happily as XV7SW, for at least another month from Hanoi,
which isn't a bad location either for pile-up generation! QSL via
my home call SM5MX.... 73 de Rolf XV7SW (SM5MX)" Meanwhile,
look for Rolf between 1030 and 1130z on 20 meters CW!
ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Paul,
ZD8V, reports that he and ZD8T are now back on the air in the
newly placed ham shack.. They are using a car battery to power
their radios with a long extension cord to power their chargers.
QSN Spots for ZD8T over the past week show activity has been on
17/15/12/10 meters between 1545 and 2000z. QSL ZD8T via AC4IV.
QSL ZD8V via KF4OOX.
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