The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 392 BID: $OPDX.392 January 18, 1999 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
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Network, K1VV, K1XN & Golist, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9)
DXReport, W4NF, AA5DX, WW5L, 9A4DU, DJ5AV & DX News Letter,
DL3APO, F5OIU, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3SXW, G4BUE &
DX News Sheet, JT1CD, ON4ANT, ON4UN, ON5NT, PP8EB, RN9XA, VK1TX,
VK4EJ, VU2BMS and YO2LDE for the following DX information.
3A, MONACO. YL operator Laura,
3A2MD, can usually be found active on SSB most days around 21230
kHz (+/- few) at 1400z. It has been reported that she does not
like tailender. By the way, she does operate CW. Check around
21027 kHz at 1345z.
5H, TANZANIA. Dave (K8MN),
5H3US, has been active this past week on 40, 80 and 160 meters.
Watch between the times 0300 and 430z. Also, ONLY QSL direct to
his QSL Manager WA8JOC (no bureau or E-mail QSLs).
5Z, KENYA. The "DX News
Sheet" reports to look for Graham, G0VNW, who is about to be
active until October, possibly as 5Z4GC. Activity will be on SSB
and on all bands. QSL via WB2YQH.
9A, CROATIA (IOTA Island).
Ante/9A4DU, Nick/9A6DX and Zoran/9A4NC will activate the Croatian
island Mljet (IOTA EU-016) in the Adriatic Sea Coast South Group
for the first time. They will use their own callsigns/p. By the
time you read this, their activity should have started and will
last until January 25th. Activity will be CW/SSB mostly on the
upper bands. QSL via bureau or direct to their home callsign.
9N7, NEPAL. The 59(9) DXReport
states 9N7AR is active on 40/15/12/10 meters CW and SSB. His
length of stay is not known. QSL via JR8FEK.
AX, AUSTRALIA. Bernie, VK4EJ,
reports to OPDX that he will be using the "Special
Callsign" AX4EJ to celebrate "AUSTRALIA DAY" on
January 26th. The special prefix is only for 1 day. The QSL route
is via his home callsign VK4EJ ("OK" in any callbook).
Also, look for AX1TX to be active from 1300z for this one day
celebration. A special QSL will be available. QSL via K1WY.
C21, NAURU. A CW operation from
the Republic of Nauru in the Central Pacific will take place from
February 27th until March 7th. Bob, G3ZEM, will sign C21ZM and
Roger, G3SXW, will sign C21SX. Priority will be given to Europe
where C21 is most needed and to WARC bands. The operation will be
with beams and linear amplifiers. Check frequencies ending in
"3", listening up 1-3 KHz. Please QSL to home call.
EL, LIBERIA. Ghis, ON5NT,
reports that Mark, ON4WW now signing EL2WW, returned to Monrovia
last Sunday, Jaunary 10th. He will be very busy with his job and
putting up new antennas. He now has a Yaesu FT900 and a linear
(TNX to Bruce, KD6WW) with him. He will be putting up a K9AY loop
for listening on the low bands, and he will be active on all HF
bands CW and SSB. He plans to pay a lot of attention to 160
meters. He will also have SSTV capabilities (TNX to Danny,
ON4VT). This past weekend he was very active on 40/30/20/17/12
meters. Mark will be home again on holidays sometime in March.
Mark will be in Monrovia for several more months. QSL via ON5NT.
ET, ETHIOPIA. There has been
plenty of activity from here this past week. Stations ET3AA,
ET3BN and ET3VSC were heard on various bands (including the WARC
bands). The best times to check are bewteen 1300 and 1530z.
H4, SOLOMON ISLANDS (and Temotu Islands).
Siegfried, DK9FN, will be active from the Solomons as H44FN
(January 24-27th) before he team ups with Bernhard, DL2GAC, at
Temotu (Pigeon Island, OC-065). They will be active at Temotu
Island from January 28th through February 10th. Look for CW
activity to be done by DK9FN and SSB by DL2GAC. Their callsigns
have not been announced yet. QSL DK9FN via HA8FW and DL2GAC via
his home callsign.
HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. The
"DX News Letter" reports that Paul, DL6FBK, is going to
Ecuador on January 18 and hopes to become active from there. He
wants to visit the shack of Henri, HC8KU, and plans to operate as
HC8/DL6FBK/p on CW/SSB on 40/20/15/10m from February 4-9th.
HP, PANAMA (IOTAs to be activated).
Joel, F5PAC, will be on holiday here but plans to fit in some
radio time as HP?/F5PAC from February 5-25th. He will try to be
active from Isla Grande (NA-202), Isla Colon (NA-088), Cebaco
(NA-071) and maybe Iguana (NA-203). Remember, his holiday is
first and radio after. QSL via bureau.
JT, MONGOLIA. Stateside, keep an
eye on 40 and 80 meters for JT1BH during the following times:
2000-2300z on 3510 (+/- QRM) and 2300-0000z on 7010 (+/- QRM).
QSL via JT1BH: S.Surenjav, P.O.Box 125, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia.
NEW OFFICIAL ELECTED. The Lone
Star DX Association have announced the following newly elected
officers: Chief Director - Jerry Smith, W5TFV; Information
Director - Tom Anderson, WW5L; Activities Director - Joel
Rubenstein, N5JR; and Membership Director - Martin
"Sandy" Sandberg, N5NBW.
OOOPPPSS A CORRECTION. Takeshi,
JI3DST, informs OPDX that he made an error on his dates in his
announcement to Oki Island (AS-041) last week. Operation will be
from March 20-21st, not March 20th to December 21st. Please refer
to OPDX.391 for the rest of the information.
PACIFIC TRIP TO AUSTRAL AND MARQUESAS. Wulf/DL1AWI
and Mat/DL5XU are now active as FO0AWI and FO0XUU from Marquesas
(Nuku Hiva OC-027) until January 30th. Also, look for them to be
active from the Austral (Rurutu OC-050), February 2-10th. They
have two FT-890s, PA and vertical antenna for extensive lowband
activity in their baggage. Most of their activity will be on
160-10 meters CW. Also, they will try to be active on RTTY and
SSTV at times. QSL to the homecalls.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.......
Jacky, F5OIU, informs OPDX that he will no longer be the
QSL Manager for MU0ASP and MJ0ASP as of January 1, 1999,
"due to the lack of seriousness of the operator to
provided logs (since July, 1998) and QSLs". ALL QSLs
already sent direct will be honored by a standard QSL
card, but no more confirmations will be delivered pass
this date. ALL FUTURE inquires should be addressed to the
F5SHQ.
John, ON4UN, UBA QSL Manager and President of UBA,
reports that the "NEW BELGIUM BUREAU ADDRESS"
announced in last week's bulletin by Peter, ON6KZ, is for
two small regional amateurs societies in Belgium, each
having a few hundred members. The announced address is
NOT the address of the "OFFICIAL BELGIAN QSL
BUREAU!". The official QSL bureau for Belgium is run
by the UBA (IARU society) and is the only one that can
guarantee that the cards will reach their destination.
Cards sent to the other bureau address may reach ONLY a
few hundred of the nearly 4000 active amateurs in
Belgium! Most of the cards sent to the FRA will end up in
a garbage can... The address of the Belgian QSL-bureau is
still: ON-QSL Bureau (UBA/IARU), P.O.Box 900, B9000
Ghent, Belgium.. All IARU QSL bureaus are aware of this
address.
Daniel, YO2LDE, states that he has changed his U.S.
stateside QSL Manager. Tony, N1NJ, will be the QSL
Manager and he will be able to QSL all contacts that took
place after January 1, 1997. Tony's address is: Tony
Naglieri, 22 Sherwin Street, Ware, MA 01082-1020, USA
(E-mail is: n1nj@samnet.net). Contact before this date
should be QSLed via YO2LDE's new home address: Daniel M.
Vuescu, Zadei F3-1-7, RO-1700, Resita, Romania (or via
E-mail to: yo2lde@qsl.net).
Remember Daniel will be going to T9 and ZA during the
period of February 15th - March 5th (see OPDX.390).
QSLs for UA9-UE9, RA9-RZ9 and R9 can be obtain by Eugene
Bugrimov, RN9XA, in Syktyvkar, who runs the 9th regional
incoming QSL Bureau of Russia. For fast reception of QSLs
from this area use the address: c/o RN9XA, P.O.Box 1229,
Syktyvkar 167001, Russia
HI3/ON4ANT QSLS. John, ON4ANT, reports that QSLs for the
October, 1998, operation where received from the printer.
Those who send a direct QSL can expect one in the mail in
the weeks to follow. Bureau cards will go out in a few
months when time is available. He also mentions QSLs for
their Club contest callsign OT9E can be requested via the
bureau.
Norm, K6ZDL/5, reports that he has been receiving QSLs
for the following closed stations: P29FV, P29MC, AND
5T5CW. He states that he no longer has the logs (nor
retained them), and these stations have been closed for
over 10 years.
QSL MANAGER CHANGE. Chuck, DU3NXE, announces that Joe,
W3HNK, is now his QSL Manager.
QSL ROUTE CHANGE. Ray, WH6ASW/KH2, reports to OPDX that
he has dropped VK4FW as his QSL Manager. The new route is
to his home address on the island of Guam. The address
is: Ray Fabre', 37 Turner Rd, Nimitz Hill, Asan, Guam,
96922 USA
SPECIAL EVENT. On January 18th,
from 1200-2000z, the Marconi Radio Club will celebrate the 96th
Anniversary of Marconi's First Two Way Radio Transmission between
the United States and Europe by operating from the original 1903
Marconi Station site at South Wellfleet, MA (on Cape Cod). The
Club will be operating two stations on the 20/17/15/12/10 meters
on SSB and CW. They will use the callsign "W1AA/CC".
The "CC" was the callsign that Marconi used during his
historic transmission in 1903. This was before the existence of
the FCC. DX stations QSL via Bureau and stateside stations send a
SASE to W1AA via the CBA. Check out the Web page: http://personal.tmlp.com/k1vv/w1aa/
Or search for W1AA on the Web page: http://www.qrz.com/wrad/directory.cgi
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for the
station LZ100PV to be active until December 31st, to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of the Bulgarian composer Pancho
Vladigerov. QSL via bureau.
SPECIAL EVENT. Special event
station ZW7CC will be active next week, January 22-24th, from
Fort Santa Caterina, by a group of Scouts from Paraiyba. Activity
will be CW/SSB on all bands. QSL via PR7RT.
VP2V, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLAND.
Look for Jack/W4NF, Bill/W4RM, Cliff/W4CE and Dave/W4DAV, who are
going here for the ARRL Phone Contest in March. They will be
running a Multi-2 operation from Tortola.
VQ9, CHAGOS ISLANDS. Ron, AA5DX,
reports to OPDX he will be returning to Diego Garcia on January
24th. He states that he should be active by the end of this month
with his old callsign VQ9DX. This tour will last 4 months, but he
doesn't know at this time if the entire 4 months will be spent on
VQ9. QSL via his home callsign, AA5DX. Ron won't be back in the
States until the end of May, so cards will not start going out
until June.
VU, INDIA. Norbert, DJ9RB, is
active as VU2RBQ, from a location near the Southern tip of India
and has been heard on 160m (1824 and 1830 kHz) at his local
sunrise and sunset. Reportedly, he is running barefoot, but with
a workable signal. Activity will last until January 23rd. QSL via
the bureau to the homecall DJ9RB.
ZL9CI DXPEDITION. With about a
week to go, this amazing operation continues and impressively
continues to rack up big QSO counts. As always, OPDX InterNet
Subscribers will receive all press releases by the team and Don,
N1DG, as an additional bulletin.
ZX8, BRAZIL. Look for
Eduardo/PP8EB, together with some friends, to be activate for the
first time from the Amazon Jungle in the Amazon State of Northern
Brazil, Anavilhanas Archipelago. This is the world's largest
archipelago in a river. Activity will take place April 1-4th,
using the callsigns ZX8DX (SSB) and ZX8CW (CW ). Look for them on
80/40/20/15/10 meters. More details are forthcoming.
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