The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 382 BID: $OPDX.382 November 9, 1998 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio
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Network, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, W3UR & The
Daily DX, WK3N, KI4RU, KN4T, N6RT, W8CNL, N9AG, K0RS, DJ5AV &
DX News Letter, F5NOD, F6AJA & LNDX, G3SXW, G4BUE & DX
News Sheet, ON7YO, PA3DMH, PS7KM, SP5UAF, VK9NS & HIDXA and
ZL2AL for the following DX information.
3D2, FIJI. Lee, 3D2VA
(ex-VP2VE), is active on all bands, SSB/CW. However, Lee is on
most mornings on 20 meters between 1100z and 1300z around 14165
and 14226.5 kHz. He was also heard last Friday on 24935 kHz
around 2315z. QSL via WA2NHA.
8J, ANTARCTICA. Several
bulletins state that the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
station 8J1RL at Showa Base, Ongul Island (AN-015) is now active.
They report that the station has been heard on 21228 kHz at
0900-1000z.
9K, KUWAIT. You only have a few
days left to work Bob, 9K2ZZ, because he is leaving Kuwait on
November 14th. He has been very active these past few days on 40
and 10 meters. His QSL Manager Ray, W8CNL, states that as of
November 5th, Bob has made 162,498 QSOs. Look for Bob to be
active on 160-10 meters including all 3 WARC bands on SSB, CW,
and RTTY.
A5, BHUTAN (HIDXA trip
postponted). Your editor received a letter from Jim Smith, VK9NS,
who was planning to go to Bhutan during the last week of October
or the first week of November, but the following was reported by
Jim: ".... I have reluctantly decided to postpone my planned
travel for the time being for several reasons. We have had major
problems on Norfolk in the last two weeks involving air travel to
and from the island. The mail situation has been terrible to put
it mildly. This has been partly due to an extended period of very
poor weather conditions. In one 36 hour perriod alone the island
had between 12 and 14 inches of rain (depending on location) with
high winds and great deal of disruptions to power and island
facilities. All the antennas survived but one tower was almost
lost but saved by its safety guying system. We are used to these
storms from time to time and there is still much to be done here.
There will be some disappointment at this decision however as you
are aware this planned visit to MOC was not intended to be a
DXpedition (see HIDXA Release) but rather a means of getting
things organized for the near future. Many of the donations
received were linked to a DXpedition type activity. There is a
great deal to be done in Thimphu so that a viable station system
is in place and ready to go. It is some years now since HIDXA
donated a considerable amount of amateur radio equipment (some
10000 USD) to the Wireless Division (now M.O.C.) as a means of
assisting Bhutan make a start. It has been a long and difficult
road for MOC (and HIDXA) trying to get the necessary
Telecommunications Legislation in place to permit the hobby of
Amateur Radio and other Telecomm, related matters. Bhutan has
been a long time project of HIDXA as you know..... We will return
to Bhutan as soon as it is practical to do so and when I can
travel to Bangkok more easily. Will be back in touch with you.
Warm regards and Tashi Dalek! (may your journey be a safe
one)....." 73, Your in Amateur Radio, Jim VK9NS, HIDXA
BQ9P, PRATAS. Remember to look
for activity this week (refer to OPDX.381). The operation will
take place between November 12-19th. The callsign will be BQ9P
and not BV9P as used in the past.
CORRECTIONS TO OPDX.381. There
were two minor typos in last week's bulletin. Under "3W,
Vietnam", Coly's (UA0FM) Vietnam callsign should have been
3W5FM, not 3W5FW. Also, under the "Thanks to" credits
the callsign US0SJ should have been UA0SJ.
C6, BAHAMAS. Dick, N4RP, plans
to be active as C6A/N4RP from Bimini (IOTA NA-48) between
November 20th and December 2nd. This includes a low-power
all-band entry in the CQWW CW Contest. Outside of the contest,
Dick will be active on all bands including the WARC bands.
Activity will be mostly CW. QSL C6A/N4RP either direct to Dick's
home QTH (2805 Casita Way, Apartment 115, Delray Beach, FL,
33415) or via the W4 bureau.
E3, ERITREA. The "Space A
DX Group" is on the air now as E30GA. The group had a two
day delay in operations due to their equipment being held up in
customs for two days. Currently they have three stations up and
active. According to "The Daily DX", authorization was
granted to the group for 30 meters on a 2nd class basis. This
means they can not interfere with other non amateur
transmissions. Also reported, the group will mostly be using the
E30GA callsign, even though the operators have received their own
personal callsign (Joe/E30GA, Vance/E30FA, Bruce/E30JA,
Franz/E30BA and Elvira/E30IA). QSL cards for E30GA go to K4JDJ,
all other callsigns go via their home calls.
FT5Z, AMSTERDAM. The team of
F5PFP and F5SIH (the two FT5ZH operators) are on Reunion Island
until November 10th. They will leave on the ship "Marion
Dufresne" for the long trip to FT5W, FT5X and FT5Z. They
plan to arrive on Amsterdam November 24th. Operation start-up is
scheduled for November 27th.
J6, ST.LUCIA. The SouthWest Ohio
DX Association is again organizing an operation from here for the
CQWWDX CW Contest. Their station J6DX will be active as a
Multi-operator, Multi-transmitter entry in the contest. A total
of seventeen operators will install and operate the "Field
Day" type station this year. The team will begin arriving on
the island on November 22nd. The first on-the-air activity will
probably take place the next day. Operations will wrap up on
December 6. Look for SSB, CW and RTTY activity on all bands. The
group will also have a KW and 5-over-5 yagis on 6 meters. Nine
veteran members will host eight rookie operators. The veterans of
past J6DX adventures are: Dean, AC0S/J68AH; Jack, K9JE/ J68AR;
Steve, N8BJQ/J68AI; Bob, N8NR/J68NR; Steve, N8SM/J68AG; Scott
N9AG/J68AS; Ron, W8ILC/J68AM; Frank, W8OK/J68OK; and Kirk,
W8QID/J68ID. QSL cards for these ops go to their home calls.
Newcomers are: Don, K8NOZ; Lou, K9LU; Gary, K9MMS; Gary, KI6T;
George, N2GA; Don, N6JRL; Leo, S50R; and Geoff, W0CG. QSL
arrangements will be announced for these operators. The group
will be active in the ARRL 160 Meter contest working all who
call. The call used will be J6DX or J6A. All QSLs for J6DX or J6A
should be sent to N9AG. E-mail requests for bureau replies will
be honored. A special effort will be made to activate all
operators on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, November 27th.
Activity will take place in the U.S. Novice band, 28.1 MHz to
28.2 MHz CW and 28.3 MHz to 28.5 MHz SSB. A special souvenir of
St. Lucia will be sent to the station making the most contacts
with St. Lucian stations. Contacts count only once per mode. Ties
will be broken by lot. Anyone contacting five or more J6 stations
will receive a certificate. Send a large SASE to N9AG for the
certificate, please.
JD, OGASAWARA. Look for Den,
JI1FLB, to become active between December 30th and January 2nd.
His callsign was not provided, but his activity will be on all
bands (including 6 meters) with some satellite operations.
JI, AWAJI ISLAND (JAPAN).
Takeshi, JI3DST, who was active this past weekend from here, will
again be active November 14-16th during the "1998 Japan
International DX Phone Contest". Activity will be mainly 15
and 10 meters. This island is located in the Honshu's coastal
island group and has the IOTA of AS-117. Details on the contest
will be provided to all OPDX InterNet Subscribers as an
additional bulletin.
PJ, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. The
"DX News Sheet" reports that Joeke, PA0VDV, will be
active once again from here between November 29th and December
28th, probably as PJ9/PA0VDV. Activity will be from from Curacao
with operations mostly on CW. QSL via home callsign.
PY0S, ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL ROCKS.
Karl, PS7KM, reports that the NATAL DX Group of Brazil continues
preparations for their "March 1999" DXpedition. The
followings operators will participate in this operation: JA4MRL,
PT7AA, PS7KM and WX5L. The QSL information is as follows: CW
contacts go via PT7AA and for SSB/RTTY go to PS7KM, via callbook.
The team plans to operate 160-6 meters for 12 days or for two
full consecutives weekends. Priority will be given to the bands
on 6/40/80/160 meters and RTTY. They mention the possibility that
this will be one of the last DXpedition, to these rocks due to
the increasing control of the area by the Brazilian Navy and
Dept. of the Environment. There are already four researchers from
those departments on the rocks on a permanent basis. The
DXpedition projected budget has been set for 11,000 (USD) and
that 70% of that amount will be allocated for the leasing of a
sailboat, which will be anchored nearby for the entire duration
of the operation. Therefore, they are requesting financial
support from the ham radio community, clubs and DX foundations
which would help make the difficult access to these rocks
possible. If you would like to help, please, send your
contributions/donations to: PS7KM or WX5L or JA4MRL, via
callbook.
QSL INFO AND NEWS
The W5RRR station at the Johnson Space Center will be
issuing a STS-95 commerative QSL card for those who made
a contact during this operation. The operator stated to
use the following address: NASA/Johnson Space Center, via
Amateur Radio Club, Houston, Texas 77058
EP3HR QSLs. Mario, I2MQP, reports that he has the logs
for January 1st through February 6th and May 8th and June
7th (in 1998). He also reports that all cards have been
answered for this period.
MORE ON YA1R. OPDX received a report that the YA1R
station, which was active a few weeks ago on 15 meters
CW, the operator stated to QSL via RW3LO. This is also
listed as the route by RW1QM on the WEB page: http://www.ampr.spb.ru/search/index.html
Log searches can be found for FG5BG (1998 CQWW SSB
Contest), FG/N6RT, FG/N6ED, FG/K6RO, and FG/W6KK logs at:
http://www.qsl.net/n6ed/fgsearch.html
Please note that K6RO can only handle FG5BG QSLs for the
1998 CQWW SSB Contest operation. All others must go
direct to Georges FG5BG. Don't forget to look at N6ED's
great index of log search pages at: http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Palms/8651/
SPECIAL EVENT STATION. Look for
SN0SUL to be on the air until November 15th. This special
callsign is for celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Regaining
Independence by Poland. The station QTH is Sulejowek (20 km east
from Warsaw) the place where Joseph Pilsudski lived. This Polish
national hero was a Great Marshall and Leader-in-Chief. Look for
SN0SUL to be on all bands (CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV). QSL is
preferably via the bureau via SP5ZCC.
SPECIAL EVENT STATION. On
November 11th. 1998, Ham Radio of the "Radio-Club des
Fagnes" (Nothern France) will activate a special event
station from the FORT DE LEVEAU located in Feignies nearby
Maubeuge in order to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end
of World War I. The special callsign used will be TM1WW (1WW for
1st World War). The timetable of the activities is planned as
follows :
0001 - 0800 TU - 1835 kHz and 3536 kHz in CW.
0800 - 1300 TU - 7025 kHz in CW.
1300 - 1700 TU - 40/20/10m in CW and SSB on request.
A special QSL card will be issued for the Event. QSL
information: either via bureau or direct (SASE for France, SAE +
1 IRC for DX) is to be sent to Daniel LIBERT F5SPW, 33 rue Honore
Lespilette, F-59330 Neufmesnil, FRANCE.
SPECIAL EVENT STATION. Also,
look for TM8OA to be active to commemorate the 80th anniversary
of the Armistice (November 11, 1918, end of WWI). The station
TM8OA will be active up to November 15th, on all bands and modes.
QSL via F6KVD.
T8, BELAU. Dave/KJ9I,
Rudolph/NF9V and John/NZ9Z will be active from December 8-17th,
as T88II. Their activity will be 160-10 meters, including the
WARC bands. Their top priority will be activity on 160 meters.
QSL via KJ9I.
TL, CENTRAL AFRICA. Alex,
PA3DMH, reports that Alex, TL5A, will be paying special attention
to Topband again. Alex listens for JA stations at 2100z on 1833
kHz (QSX 1912 kHz). Also, after Japan's sunrise he will listen
for Europe. Both North and South America, along with Europe
should listen around 0300-0430z on 1833 kHz. Alex, PA3DMH,
reports that direct QSLs for the TL5A backlog are gone. Cards
received are in and out and it takes approx. 2 weeks depending on
his job workload. Bureau cards are on their way from the printer,
and Alex is hopeful that he will issue the first bureau requests
this month. Because of the extent of the TL5A operation, Alex has
decided to get a TL5A Website up and running. Although the site
is still "under construction" the page is available at:
http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/tl5a.html
VP8, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. The
"DX News Letter" reports that Stan, SP3BGD/HF0POL, will
leave South Shetland in early December. They also mention that in
1999 there will be "NO radio amateur on this base". QSL
via bureau to SP3SUN or direct: Piotr Miranski, ul. Rydza
Smiglego 27/5, 65-610 Zielona Gora, Poland.
WP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
"The 59(9) DXReport" states that Dave, WD5N, will be a
Single Op/All Band entry in the upcoming CQWW CW Contest from
WP2Z. QSL via KU9C.
ZL9, KERMADEC. From a press
release dated November 5th, the New Zealand Kermadec DX
Association team met with the New Zealand Department of
Conservation officials on October 31st in Wellington to finalize
details for the ZL9CI Dxpedition. The meeting was cordial and
defined what is permissible on Campbell Island in terms of
protection for the wildlife flora and fauna. The Conservation
Department was extremely helpful and has allowed the team to add
an additional team member to the group. The team's additional
member is Murray, ZL1CN who is a very capable operator and New
Zealander with contest experience as a member of the ZM2K Kiwi
Contest team. The complete press release will be sent out to all
OPDX InterNet Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
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