The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 383 BID: $OPDX.383 November 16, 1998 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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LU7EC, AH0W/OH2LVG, ON6TT, YZ1EW and ZS6RVG for the following DX
information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE AND REMINDER!
Remember when QSLing, the U.S. Postal Service will increase their
rate effective January 1, 1999, from 32 to 33 cents. Some
operations who are active now may not send their cards out until
the first of the new year. Please do not short change U.S. QSL
Managers by putting a 32 cent stamp on the return envelope.
4S7, SRI LANKA. Kamal, 4S7AB, a
25 year old electronics engineering undergraduate living in
Colombo, is completeing his final year and during his leisure he
likes to chase DX. He states that he is active on the HF bands
and satellites. He has been found recently on 14190 kHz at 0215z
and 14260 kHz around 1500z.
7Q, MALAWI. Les, 7Q7LA, has
returned here and is active mainly on CW. His activity includes
operations on the WARC bands. Check 24891 kHz around 1415z. QSL
via G0IAS (direct only).
8Q, MALDIVES. Lee, G0ULN,
reports that he will be here as 8Q7LE from December 22nd to
Jaunary 13th. His activity will be only SSB, and he suggests to
look for him on the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via the bureau or
direct to his CBA.
9M2, WEST MALAYSIA. "The
59(9) DXReport" states Dick, N4ISV, will QRT as 9M2RY in
December and return to the USA. QSL via N4JR.
A3, TONGA (Help needed!). Paul,
A35RK, is looking for some help. He needs someone to hand-carry a
new rig and antenna parts to Tonga, and also carry broken radios
back to the States for repair. If anyone is contemplating a trip
to Tonga soon, and is willing to help, please contact Paul's QSL
Manager (Bob Preston, W7TSQ) at: w7tsq@aol.com
In exchange for this assistance, Paul will provide free room and
board at his family's guesthouse for one week and the use of his
radio station on Lifuka Island (IOTA OC-169).
A5, BHUTAN. Last week we forgot
to mention in Jim Smith's (VK9NS) announcement that HIDXA has
returned all the A5 donations due to his postponed trip, that was
mainly due to the bad weather and storm damage on Norfolk Island.
AH2, GUAM. The members of Guam
Contest Club will once again be active from here during the
upcoming CQWW CW Contest. The club built an Oceanic record in the
Multi-Single category in last year's CQ World Wide DX Contest
(CW) and plans to participate in the same category to increase
their score. Operators Toshi/JR7OMD/WI3O, Hiro/JH0USD and
Sassy/JR0BQD will use the callsign AH2R during the contest. Guam
Island (KH2) is on Zone 27 and has an IOTA of OC-026. They report
that the Sunrise/Sunset is: 2026/0751z. QSL via JI3ERV (Do NOT
send to KH2 Bureau).
BQ9P, PRATAS. Active now on all
bands until November 19th. QSL via KU9C.
CORRECTION TO OPDX.380. Herik,
FR5DX, states under the TO150 DXPEDITION: "Le Piton des
Neiges" is not an island off of REUNION, but the highest
summit of the REUNION island culminating at 3069 meters over the
Indian Ocean.
E30HA WRAP UP! Zoli, HA5PP,
informed OPDX this past weekend that he has just returned from E3
land and states that he would like to go back as soon as possible
(with a better rig). Zoli reports he made a total of 13,000 QSOs
(3000 USA QSOs) and 8300 on 10 meters. He is interested and
looking for some to help in printing his E30HA's QSLs.
EA6, BALEARIC ISLAND. The
following operators will be active as EA6IB from Ibiza Island
during CQWW CW Contest: EA3AIR/Julio, EA3AJW/Jaume,
EA3ALV/Xavier, EA3DU/Sergio, EA3GJO/Jesus, EA3KU/Fernando,
EA5BM/Joan and EA6ACC/Josep. The group will also be supported by
the EA6IB team (Seccion Local de URE Ibiza). The QSL route for
this contest is: Fernando Martinez, P.BOX 69, L'Ametlla de Mar
43860, Tarragona, Spain.
EP, IRAN. The "DX News
Sheet" reports that Mohammed, EP3PTT, is often active
between 1100 and 1400z, SSB, on 21265 kHz. OPDX has found that he
has also been heard on 14195 kHz at 1315z. QSL direct.
FT5W, CROZET ISLAND. "The
Daily DX" reports that Gilles, F5AGL, will be a member of
the 1998/1999 mission here starting around December, 1998, or
January, 1999. Reports indicate that he should be active on the
air as FT6WH. QSL via F6KDF.
GU6, GUERNSEY. Don, G3XTT, (life
member of the Cambridge University Wireless Society, G6UW)
reports that he plans to be a Single-Op/All-band entry in CQWW CW
Contest from the Guernsey Amateur Radio Society station signing
GU6UW. He does not anticipate any activity outside the contest
other than a minimal amount of testing. QSL to his home call,
direct or via RSGB bureau: Don Field, G3XTT, 105 Shiplake Bottom,
Peppard Common, Henley on Thames, RG9 5HJ, England.
HS, THAILAND. The "DX News
Sheet" reports that the Thai PTD are again allowing stations
to be active on 160 and 80 meters in the CQWW CW Contest. Due to
antenna limitations, only HS7AS, HS0AC and E22AAA are expected to
be active on those bands. QSL HS7AS and HS0AC direct and E22AAA
via HS1CHB.
JT1, MONGOLIA. Details from a
press release by Tim, N4GN, reports that the "South China
Sea DX Team" (SCSDXT) has departed from the shorelines of
the South China Sea and is crossing the snow and ice to reach
Ulanbaatar, Mongolia, and make CQ Zone 23 available in the CQWW
CW Contest. An agreement has been signed with MRSF, the Mongolian
IARU Society, to team up with their folks in downtown Ulanbaatar
to put JT1A into the Multi-Single category. The travelling
operators are OH1RX, OH2BE, OH2BH and OH8PF, and they are
bringing Yaesu FT1000MP and Alpha firepower with them. This
visiting team will arrive on November 26th and close down on
Tuesday morning, December 1st, to take their flight back to
Beijing, China. QSL this JT1A operation via Jouko Hayrynen,
OH1RX, callbook address.
KH7, HAWAII. The "DX News
Letter" reports that Chad, WE9V, will operate as KH7R in the
CQWW DX CW Contest. He will be on the air as KH6/WE9V from Ken's
(KH7R) QTH especially on the lowbands between November 18th and
December 3rd. QSL via WE9V.
4N9BQ was Laci, YU7BW, on St. Nikola Island (Yugoslavia,
IOTA EU-163). QSL via YU7BW.
Mike, KH0AS, has a new QSL Manager. Jim, WB4UBD, will
handle the task. For those who have not received your
cards yet, Jim states, "Please be patient and do not
resend at this time. I have logs in hand and expect to
have the backlog in the mail by mid-November. Just a
reminder - if you have submitted cards to Mike 'via
bureau', he probably never received them. There is no
Incoming Bureau for KH0 and ARRL policy (per their web
site) is that they 'no longer hold cards for countries
with no Incoming Bureau'." Jim also mentions that
Mike has capability for all modes and hopes to be
particularly active on RTTY as family life and work
permit. QSL to WB4UBD at CBA.
QSLs for LU7EC should be sent to: "Luc"
Sarmiento, S/N C.P. 2703, Carabelas, Argentina (or via
the bureau).
TJ2RSF QSL route. The QSL route for the TJ2RSF DXpedition
is via EA4URE (official callsign from URE H.Q.). The URE
is the Spanish Radiomateurs Association and has two
addresses:
URE, Avda. Monte Igueldo 102, Madrid 28017, Spain
-and-
URE, P.O. Box 220, Madrid 28080, Spain
You can also send your card via the bureau.
The two day operation from China Guangzhou (Zone 24) by
Hannes/DL3NEO on October 31st and November 1st, using the
callsigns DL3NEO/BY7KH and DL3NEO/BY7KF, should only be
QSLed via DL3NEO. The Bureau is preferred or send direct
to: Hannes Schmidt, Komotauer Str. 28 B, D-91207 Lauf,
Germany.
Germano/TG9IGI has a new QSL Manager. Cards can be sent
to I2MQP direct or via the Italian bureau. It has also
been reported that Germano is preparing his station for
RTTY activity.
SPECIAL EVENT. Glyn, GW0ANA,
along with fellow members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society will
be recreating the first ever "Marine Distress Signal"
ever sent by radio on December 19th. The group will be on board
the East Goodwin Lightship in the middle of the English Channel
12 miles off the Kent coast from Dover. They will re-create the
first ever "Distress Call" sent out 100 years ago by
the Lightship East Goodwin in 1898 after she was rammed in fog by
the SS Mathews.. Using a Marconi Spark gap transmitter that
Marconi had only just sold to Trinity House, the first ever
ship's radio operator sent out "CQD" because of this
radio distress signal. The ship's company was saved from drowning
on the Goodwin Sands. The callsign they will use at this historic
recreation is GB100EGL, where the suffix stands for the East
Goodwin Lightship. This callsign will only be active on December
19th. However, the Society will also be active at the South
Foreland Lighthouse for a longer time. This is the other end of
the link from East Goodwin Lightship. The callsign from the South
Foreland Lighthouse is GB100SFL and it will be active from
December 18th to the 27th. QSLs for GB100SFL and GB100EGL go to
GW0ANA. These cards will be very special because they will
represent the first time human life was saved by radio, and
proved beyond a shadow of doubt that commercial radio was
possible.
SPECIAL EVENT. In celebration of
the 75th anniversary of the first transatlantic radio connection
by W1MO and F8AB, the French Telecommunication Authority has
agreed to let certain French operators use the callsign F8AB for
the night of November 25th to November 26th. The historical event
took place on the night of November 26, 1923, around 0200z,
between F.H. Schnell, W1MO, Hartford, Conn. USA and L. Deloy,
F8AB, in Nice, France. In order to celebrate this anniversary,
F8AB will be active from the Nice area starting 2000z on November
25th and will be operating until 0800z on the November 26th, on
the following frequencies:
SSB - 18140, 14240, 7070 and 3770 kHz
CW - 1835, 3525, 7015 and 14035 kHz
Special attention will be paid to North America, but ALL
callsigns will be answered! The F8AB callsign will also be used
by the Bordeaux DX group for the CQWW CW Contest. A special QSL
will be printed by the Clipperton DX Club. QSL Manager is F2VX.
QSL via Bureau or direct.
VP5, TURKS CAICOS ISLANDS. Dave,
K5GN, and XYL will visit VP5JM on Provo arriving November 24th
and departing December 1st. They will be active on all bands as
VP5/K5GN. Dave states that he may be able to do some activity on
the WARC bands as well on request. He will operate on all bands
in the CQWW CW Contest as VP5GN. QSL to K5GN.
WELL KNOWN DXER HEADS TO HONDURAS.
Peter, ON6TT/5X1T was informed Friday, November 13th by his HQ
that he will be leaving for Rome, Sunday morning to prepare a UN
telecoms team leaving later next week for Honduras. Peter states
that he will be in Honduras and neigbouring countries for a
month, setting up the telecom team and getting things organized.
He is currectly looking for telnrs/addresses of active hams in
Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua (preferably in the capitals).
If you can help, reply to: peter.casier@wfp.org
Peter reports, "Apparently the hurricane did quite some
damage, so food is needed badly. Our UN organization is the one
bringing in the food, transporting and distributing it. But
without decent telecoms, it will be difficult. And there is not
much telecom left."
XX9, MACAU (ZONE 24). Another
SCSDXT member will be providing another multiplier in the
upcoming CQWW CW Contest. Look for Pertti, OH2PM, to activate the
famous XX9X station on all bands as a single operator during the
contest. Look for warm-up activity from XX9 starting the weekend
of November 21-22nd, as OH2BH helps Pertti line up the beams,
tweak the amplifiers and prepare for the CQWW race. QSL this XX9X
operation via Pertti Simovaara, OH2PM, callbook address.
XU, CAMBODIA. A multi-national
team of DXpeditioners will conduct a special events DXpedition
from the ancient temple city of Angkor Wat in the Siem Reap
province of Cambodia, November 26th through December 4th. The
DXpedition will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on all bands from 160
through 6 meters. A special callsign, XU1A, has been issued to
the team. The team, which represents Japan, the USA, Finland,
Sweden and Hong Kong, is headed up by Yasuo "Zorro"
Miyazawa JH1AJT and includes Kimo Chun KH7U, Kazuhiko Fujita
VR2KF, Hitoshi "Jin" Fujiwara JF1IST, Jan Hallenberg
SM0DJZ, Masayuki Nakatani VR2MM, Erik Sjolund SM0AGD and Frank
Smith AH0W/OH2LVG. They will be operating from within the shadows
of Angkor Wat's majestic Bhuddist and Vishnu temples; some built
well over 1000 years ago. The DXpedition will take place in
conjunction with the Angkor Wat International Half Marathon. It
involves several Olympic medalists, and is all in an effort to
raise donations to assist Cambodia's victims of landmine
accidents. The marathon and the DXpedition itself will be
featured on Japanese television. In the noble spirit of promoting
international friendship and goodwill through amateur radio, hams
worldwide are invited to participate in this international
humanitarian effort with their donations, large and small. Any
such contributions received in support of this effort will be
forwarded immediately to Cambodia for this purpose. Contributions
maybe forwarded via JH1AJT. In the meanwhile, if DXers would wish
to forward suggestions in regards to propagation (openings,
times, bands) prior to the operation, please do so via the
Midway-Kure DX Foundation: mkdxf@aztec.asu.edu
-- QSL the XU1A DXpedition via JH1AJT.
XZ, MYANMAR. The Central Arizona
DX Association and members of the XZ1N team continue to be busy
assembling nearly a ton of equipment to return to "The
Golden Land". They will operate from Yangon, Myanmar. Their
activity from the Asian Zone 26 will take place between November
21st through December 6th, on 160-10 meters and all modes. QSL
via W1XT. The XZ1N WEB site can be found at: http://ng7m.qrq.com/~xz1n/
Z21, ZIMBABWE. Dick/ZS6CAL and
Dave/ZS6RVG intend to operate as Z21/ZS6PDX from December 17th to
December 20th. They will operate mainly SSTV and RTTY on the 10,
15 and 20 meters bands. QSL via ZS6RVG. Dave requests that if
there are any direct QSLs, to PLEASE send them only in the new
year to avoid the Christmas postal QRM. All cards not answered
direct by the first of March, 1999, will be sent to the ZS
bureau.
ZP5, PARAGUAY. Jon, KE9NA,
states that he has finalized his trip here and will be
operational as ZP5/KE9NA from November 18th through November
22nd. Acitivity will mainly be SSB on 15 meters and 10 meters
during the evening hours. QSL to home call direct or via Bureau.
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