The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 391 BID: $OPDX.391 January 11, 1999 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio
Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster
Network, K1XN & Golist, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9)
DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, K3TEJ, KN4UG, W4DC, NC6J,
N6HR, N7YA, K8EP, K8YSE, KU9C, C6AFV, CT1EEN, F5NOD, F6AJA &
Les Nouvelles DX, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, HK8RPV, IV3NVN,
JI3DST, ON6KZ, PS7KM, SV7DMU, VE6TP, VE7ARS and VK4AAR for the
following DX information.
2U0, GUERNSEY. The "DX News
Sheet" reports that Colin, 2U0ARE, (a novice operator) is
often active between 1430-1600z on 10130-10135 kHz.
9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Ed, K8EP,
informs OPDX that he will be active from 9M6AAC station at the
Hillview Gardens Resort from January 29th through February 1st.
Operations will be on CW and SSB, with some activity in the 160M
CQ Contest. QSL via N2OO.
ATTENTION PREFIX HUNTERS. Look
for the station OA464QV to be active to commemorate the 464th
anniversary of Lima, Peru. Operator Cesar, OA4QV, will be active
until January 31st. QSL via OA3QV.
C6, BAHAMAS. Don, KN4UG, will
operate from Great Abaco Island (IOTA NA-080) as KN4UG/C6A now
until January 19th. He will also be active in the SSB portion of
the NA QSO Party January 17-18th. QSL via the Bureau or direct
to: Don Namm, 103 Birkhaven Drive, Cary, North Carolina 27511.
Check out Don's Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/kn4ug/
C6, BAHAMAS. John/K3TEJ and
Edward/WA3WSJ will be here from February 16-23rd. Their activity
will be on 160-10 meters, including the WARC bands. They will
also be in the ARRL CW DX Contest using the callsign C6AKW. QSL
via K3TEJ.
FT5W, CROZET ISLAND.
Gilles/F5AGL is now signing FT5WH and has been reported active
mainly on 20 meters (14180 kHz) around 1915z. Reports indicate
that he can be active on 40/20/15/10 meters for the moment, but
he doesn't have an amplifier at the present. QSL via F6KDF: Radio
Club de la Gendarmerie, 292 route de Genas, 69677 Bron Cedex,
France. SPECIAL NOTE: Please don't send QSLs for FT5ZH and FT5WH
in the same envelope. You must send 2 different mailings (one for
each station).
FK8, NEW CALEDONIA. The
"LNDX" reports that Philippe, ex-TU2FH, has received
the callsign FK8VHU. He will stay there until August, 1999. He
was heard this past week around 0000z on 10 meters (around 28500
kHz).
FT5Z, AMSTERDAM. The "DX
News Sheet" reports that Michael, FT5ZJ, is now active and
was heard on 14122 kHz between 1700-1800z. Hopefully someone can
ask him to move up the band. He will be stationed on the island
for a year with the army. QSL via F2YT.
FY, FRENCH GUYANA. The French DX
bulletin "Les Nouvelles DX" (LNDX) reports that
Christian, F6BEN, has received the callsign FY5DG and is active
on 20 and 40 meters. The length of his stay is unknown.
HD1DX MOJANDA DXPEDITION. Look
for several Ecuadorians to operate from Laguna Mojanda Grande
beginning on Saturday, January 30th at 1500z. This operation will
last until 1500z, Sunday, January 31st. Activity is expected to
be on 40/20/17/15/10 meters. The following information received
was a little confusing: "Laguna Mojanda Grande is located
within the crater of Mojanda Volcano, located in spurs of Volcano
Fuya-Fuya to 3,800 meters on the level of the sea." QSL via
HC6DC, Rodrigo Camacho.
IOTA NEWS.......
The "LNDX" reports that Jean Marc, F5SGI, will
be F5SGI/P from Noirmoutier Island (IOTA EU-064) from
February 20-26th. He will be active mostly on CW.
RARE IOTA. Hillar, N6HR, reports that the Western
Washington DX Club and the Island County ARC (WA) will be
operating from the rare Tatoosh Island (NA-169) in the
July, 1999 IOTA Contest. Tatoosh Island belongs to the
Makah Indian Nation and is located off Cape Flaherty at
the western tip of Olympic Peninsula (WA). For more info,
contact N6HR at: hraamat@whidbey.net
NEW IOTA. Sam, CT1EEN, informs OPDX that he will be in
Australia September/October 1999, using the special
callsign VK6EEN. During his stay, he states that he will
be one of a TEAM (consisting of 12 to 16 operators) for a
DXpedition to Rowley Shoals (VK9-99, IOTA OC-New). There
may be another possible island in VK6-Land activated.
AS-041. Look for Oki Island (Shimane-Ken) to be activate
by Yuji/ JA3CMY, Fumio/JE4CIL and Takeshi/JI3DST between
March 20th (0700z) through December 21st (2200z).
Activity will be on 80/75/40/20/17/ 15/12/10 meters with
operation on CW/SSB/SSTV. QSL via the following"
JA3CMY - Yuki Iwata, 3-13-3 Kaneda-Cho
Moriguchi-City, Osaka 570-0011 Japan
J47, GREECE (Special Event).
George, SV7DMU, informs OPDX that the "Radio DX Group of
Thrace" (in SV7-land) will activate the special event
station J47XCF from the February 8-21th. The station is active to
commemorate the "Carnival Festival of City Xanthi" in
North East Greece. For more details, check the home page of
"Radio DX Group of Thrace" at: http://members.xoom.com/georgexanthi/dxgroup.htm
J7, DOMINICA. Members of the
"Foundation for Amateur International Radio Services"
(FAIRS) will be active again from here on February 12-22nd. Look
for operartors Gay/KD4GMV (YL op) and her husband David/KK4WW;
Kay/KF4EKH (YL op) and her husband Don/KE4UGF; Bill/W4WX and
Larry/N4VA to sign as J79GMV, J79WW, J79EKH and J79UGF.
Operations will be on CW/SSB and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are:
7180, 7240, 14190, 14240, 18130, 21350, 28380 and 50125 kHz. QSL
via operator's instructions.
KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Don, W4ZYT,
will once again be active from here, February 16-23rd, as KG4ZK.
Also, look for him to be active as KG4DZ in the upcoming ARRL CW
Contest. QSL KG4ZK via home call and KG4DZ via W4SD.
PACIFIC TRIP. Simon, IV3NVN,
reports to OPDX that from February 16-20th, he will be in
Honolulu and probably active as KH6/IV3NVN. From February 21st to
March 3rd, Simon will be active as KH4/IV3NVN from Midway Island.
His activity will be on SSB and CW. His equipment includes the
following: Yaesu FT-890, maybe a linear from Sommerkamp FL-2277B,
a 5 element Log-periodic by TITANEX (for 10/12/15/17/20 meters),
a home made vertical for 30/40/80 meters and maybe an inverted L
for 160 meters. If Simon can find a 6 meters rig, he will also be
active on this band. His QSL Manager will be Flavio IV3TMV,
direct or via Bureau.
PY0S, ST.PETER & ST. PAUL ROCKS
DXPEDITION CANCELLED. Karl, PS7KM (NDXG Coordinator),
informed OPDX that the DXpedition to St Peter & St Paul Rocks
(PY0S) scheduled for the first week of March was cancelled due to
low budget. All donations received to cover expenses for the trip
will be returned to sponsors as soon as possible. Karl and the
"NATAL DX Group" would like to thank all, directly or
indirectly, for their valuable help one more time.
QSL INFO AND NEWS....
QSL Manager Fritz, DL7VROI, who has just returned from
his EA8 operation, reports that the QSL cards for the
8Q7IO and 8Q7IQ operation (October 19th-November 5th)
should be received within the next week from the
printers'. He does mention to us that he is the QSL
Manager for the EA8 activity by him (DL7VRO) and only the
following DL stations: DL1YFF, DL7AU, DL7IO, DL7UBA and
DL7VRO.
It has been reported to OPDX that QSLs for Gyuri, HA5JI,
no longer go to Bob, W9XY. Bob used to be the QSL Manager
because Gyuri was strapped for time, but Gyuri is home
more now so he asks that all QSLs be sent direct to
HA5JI.
Bernie, W3UR (editor of "THE DAILY DX") reports
that the A61AJ logs are now available on the InterNet at:
http://www.dailydx.com/a61aj_search.html
Bernie has printed the labels for all QSL card requests
received before December 29th. He is in the process of
attaching labels to the color photo QSL cards and will
have all U.S. cards in the mail before the January 10th
postal increase. Most of the U.S. cards will go in the
mail Monday morning. He adds that the foreign mail will
follow very quickly afterwards and Bureau cards are OK
(However, he will only answer them in bulk once a year
and that will be sometime in the summer). Also, A61AJ
does have a Web page, which has some older pictures at: http://www.a61aj.com
For those who may be interested, Boris, T93Y, has posted
pictures of the recent A61AJ CQWW CW DX Contest on his
home page at: http://www.qsl.net/t93y/a61aj/
The "Checkered Turtle" QSL cards for the
October, 1998 J3A CQWW SSB Contest are now being sent
out. The QSL Manager for that international team effort
led by Harry/J37K and Gill/J39AL is Ron Hasselbrock,
WA8LOW.
Alan, VK4AAR, reports to OPDX that he has been asked by
Sara, VU3RSB, to take on his QSL management. AIan
mentions that he guesses he will be able to handle
earlier QSOs also. Please, QSL to VK4AAR DIRECT.
NEED A QSL MANAGER? Alan, VK4AAR, states he will be happy
to take on the job. If you have an E-mail address, Alan
can turn cards around very fast but the old fashioned
method of mailing the log is OK too. If interested,
contact Alan by E-mail or postal as per the following
addresses: VK4AAR's E-mail - almee@halenet.com.au
New Postal Address - Alan Roocroft, PO Box 421, Gatton
4343, Australia
Scott, VE7ARS, QSL Manager for the XM7P (RCMP 125 Ann
Station) that was on Trutch Island (IOTA NA-181), states
all the QSLs for this event have been sent out. Some
cards went out blank to stations which was an error. Some
operators were wondering what to do. Scot states that
they have fixed the problem, and that they will re-issue
all those blank cards. THERE is NO NEED FOR STATIONS TO
SEND ANOTHER QSL OR MORE POSTAGE. Any station that QSLed
direct will receive a card direct with the QSL info on
it. Scot regrets the mix-up, but this stuff happens from
time to time. Any station wishing to confirm QSL status
for XM7P can send an E-mail messsage to: ve7ars@sfu.ve7cc.ampr.org
Bob Chambers, NC6J, reports that after ten years of
handling the QSL Manager job for KC4AAA, he has decided
to turn the job over to Larry, K1IED. Bob states Larry is
more than capable and is in touch with the people at the
South Pole on a daily basis. He will handle all prior and
future QSL cards.
Jacky, F5OIU, has been informed that he is no longer the
QSL Manager for MU0ASP or MJ0ASP. At this date Jacky has
received only a few pages of the logs and no QSLs.
Effective as of the 1st of January, please QSL via the
operator F5SHQ.
NEW BELGIUM BUREAU ADDRESS. Peter, ON6KZ, reports that
QSL cards for ON stations should now be sent via the new
address: Federation Radio Amateurs - Belgium, P.O.Box
1630, B-1000 Brussels 1, Belgium.
JUST ANOTHER REMINDER. Coly, 3W5FM (aka UA0FM), has a new
address for direct QSLs: P.O. Box 37, Vladimir, 600000,
Russia.
SAN ANDRES 1999 DXPEDITION. The
Woodbridge Wireless (WWI) from Woodbridge, Virginia is pleased to
announce its 4th DXpedition. This DXpedition will be to San
Andres Island (HK0, NA 033) and will coincide with the 1999 ARRL
DX Phone Contest. Their callsign is yet to be assigned (it may
turn out to be HK0/W4DC). They plan to operate from March 2-9th,
including the contest, when two transmitters will be on the air.
Operations before and after the contest will emphasize RTTY, CW,
and WARC bands. All contest QSOs will be confirmed automatically
with a photo QSL via the bureau. You can send an SASE to W4DC if
you need one quicker, or for QSOs outside the contest. The TEAM
SAN ANDRES members are W4DC, K5OF, AA3KX, WB4ZNH, WN4FVU (if you
need a YL contact), N2PP, and WZ8P. Check out their Home Page for
the latest news and log checking at: http://www.pwcweb.com/wwi/DXpedition/
Questions and comments before and after the Dxpedition should be
directed to Denis, W4DC (catalanode@navsea.navy.mil).
During the operation, please contact Mike, KA4RRU (ka4rru@erols.com).
SILENT KEY. OPDX was informed
that Philip Dawkins became a Silent Key on December 30th. His
callsign was C6ACN. OPDX sends our deepest sympathy to the
family.
T2, TUVALU. Mar/DL3DXX,
Falk/DK7YY, Manfred/DK1BT, Tom/DL2OAP and Uli/ DL8OBQ are now
active as T20FW until January 14th. Please refer to OPDX.388 for
more details. QSL via DK7YY.
V3, BELIZE. Art/NN7A and
Mike/NG7S will be active January 31st through February 6th as
V31JZ and V31RL. They will operate from Turneffe Island. Their
activity will be mainly CW, but there will be some SSB. QSL via
their home callsigns.
XJ1, CANADA. Look for Nova
Scotia amateur radio stations to use the XJ1 prefix now until
November 27th. This is to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of
the Pony Express between Halifax and Victoria Beach.
ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. "The
59(9) DXReport" states that Jim/N6TJ and Glenn/K6NA will be
active as ZD8Z and ZD8A, February 2-10th. QSL ZD8Z via VE3HO and
ZD8A via K6NA.
ZL9, CAMPBELL ISLANDS. The ZL9CI
team with ten operators and six stations is very active on the
bands now. Just a little reminder that the operators have permit
restrictions. They are limited to the hours of daylight only on
the island, and the operators have to leave the island between
1030 and 1600z (weather permitting). QSL via ZL2HU. Operation
should last until January 25th. On-line logs are available with
updated information on this operation at the Web site: http://www.qsl.net/zl9ci/
OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive all the latest press
releases by Don, N1DG.
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