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DX Bulletin No. 393 BID: $OPDX.393 January 25, 1999 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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RV1CC, SM7AED, SP2UKB, VA3DX and YO2LDE & South-West DX
Bulletin for the following DX information.
4S7, SRI LANKA. Bob, ZL1RS, is
currently in Sri Lanka for the next nine months. He hopes to be
able to have his radio sent to him and obtain a license. Usually
the licensing procedures in Sri Lanka can take up to three
months. QSL direct only via ZL1RS.
5Z, LAMU ISLAND UPDATE.
Jim/G3RTE, Phil/G3SWH, John/G3WGV and Rob/5Z4RL, who will
activate Lamu Island on the northern Kenyan coast between
February 17-24th, have announced that their callsign will be
5Z4LI, and their thanks go out to 5Z4NU and 5Z4RL of the ARSK for
their assistance with this allocation. QSLs will be handled by
G3SWH, Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury,
Bristol, BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom or via the RSGB bureau. For
more detail, please refer to OPDX.390.
6 METERS OPERATIONS PLANNED FROM 3B9.
OPDX has learned that Ned Stearns, AA7A, avid VHF DXer/Contester
from Arizona, has joined the major multi-national DXpedition
group that is heading out to Rodrigues Island, 3B9. The plan is
to be active on April 1st and be on the air for as much as 10
days. Ned is reportedly in charge of assembling the six meter
station. He states, "That time of year and this part of the
solar cycle looks promising for potential six meter propagation
to EU and JA and possibly the U.S. over the long path." Ned
will be bring a modest station with him which will include modest
power (100 W), modest antennas (5 elements on 5 meter boom) and a
6 meter attended beacon. He is willing to work with DX
enthusiasts in EU, JA and the US in order to plan his 6 meter
operating schedules for this once-in-a-lifetime DXpedition. Ned
can be reached via E-mail at: stearns@goodnet.com
8P, BARBADOS. Glenn, VA3DX, will
be going to Barbados again from January 23rd-February 6th. He
will use the callsign 8P9DX. His activity will be on RTTY/SSB/CW
and all bands. Glenn states that he will be a serious entry in
the CQWW 160 CW Contest. QSLs are via VE3ICR ("OK" in
any callbook since 1984).
C5, THE GAMBIA. Steve, G3VMW,
informs OPDX that he will be operational from Banjul as C56/G3VMW
or possibly C56SW from March 4-18th. There will be activity on
all bands 160-10 meters CW only and in the RSGB Commonwealth
Contest March 13-14th. The C5 log with an Internet log search
facility will be available immediately after the operation at: http://www.bramham.demon.co.uk
QSL via G3VMW: Steve Wilson, G3VMW, Bramham, Wetherby, West
Yorks, U.K.
DXCC NEWS. The ARRL has
announced that Wayne Mills, N7NG, will be the DXAC Chairman and
that John Kanode, N4MM, will be the ARRL Board DXCC Liaison for
1999.
DU, PHILIPPINES. "The 59(9)
DXReport" states that Andy, G4ZVJ, will be active sometime
between now and February 24th as DU3/AH8F. Activity will be CW on
all bands.
E3, ERITREA. The "425 DX
News" reports that Joe/I2YDX and Bob/IK2WXZ are planning to
activate some Eritrean islands between January 30th and February
7th. They will only be using 100 watts into a vertical antenna
and will operate CW (40 kHz from band edge) and SSB on the usual
IOTA frequencies. Their callsigns are to be issued upon their
arrival. QSL via home callsigns.
FR/T, TROMELIN. Henri, FR5ZQ,
will once again be active from here as FR5ZQ/T sometime between
February 3rd and March 3rd. His activity will be limited due to
his meteorological work on the island. Operation will be CW/SSB
on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. His suggested possible schedule is:
0900-1300z 21010 kHz 1300-1400z 14272 kHz (a JA net)
1100-1200z 21190 to 21300 kHz 1600-1800z 28450-28505 kHz
1200-1400z 28450-28505 kHz 1600-1800z 14133-14200 kHz
QSL via Henri's home callsign: Henri Namtameco,
Rampe de Saint-Francois, 5052 Tour de la Chaumiere, 97400
Saint-Denis, Reunion Island via France
KH0, MARIANA ISLAND. Look for
Kazu, JA1RJU, to be active from here beginning in February as
KH2K/KH0. Activity will be on CW, all bands including 160 meters.
QSL via JA1RJU.
KH0, MARIANA ISLAND. The members
of Oita DX Club (Kazu/JA6BTO, Kim/AF4LX, Take/JA6PBO and
Aki/AF4KH) will be on the air from Saipan Island, Northern
Marianas, between February 11-14th. Activity will be on 160-6
meters with operation on CW/SSB/SSTV. Their callsigns were not
mentioned. QSL via JA6VQA via bureau or direct to JA6VQA: Akio
Tagami, 6-kumi tomioka Oita 870-0947 Japan.
QSL INFO AND NEWS........
Alex, RV1AC, informs OPDX that he finally has the printed
QSLs for his IOTA activity from EU-066 (as RV1AC/1 and
RU1AS/1 in June, 1996) and EU-147, EU-162 (as RK1B/1 in
July, 1997). All bureau and direct requests have already
been answered, but if somebody still needs a QSL please
send direct to Alex's home address at: Alex Pastchenko,
P.O. Box 104, St.Petersburg, 192241 Russia (Please SASE).
OPDX received a message from Dave, 5H3US (K8MN),
indicating that his QSL Manager Ken, WA8JOC, will respond
to bureau cards! Dave states, "We've always done so.
Bureau cards are not handled very expeditiously since the
sender would certainly QSL direct if the card was very
important to him." By the way, Ken, WA8JOC, has
announced this week that he ONLY handles the QSL chores
for 5H3US and no other 5H station.
8Q7IO, 8Q7IQ and 8Q7VK QSLs. Fritz, DL7VRO, reports that
all USA inquiries for the 8Q7 stations, direct and
E-mails, have been answered. However, QSL cards for 8Q7VK
have not yet be answered since the logbook has not been
received. If you have any questions, they can be answered
via Fritz's E-mail address at: dl7vro@ibm.net
QSLs for 3D2TC should be QSLed to Craig Thompson, 50
Beach Road, Suva Point, Suva, Fiji Islands.
OPDX has been informed that Jackie Calvo, F2CW/ZL3CW is
back in New Zealand. He has a huge laundry basket full of
E31AA QSL requests, but is currently awaiting his E31AA
cards from the printer. He hopes to have the cards in
hand by the end of this month. He made 25000 QSOs, with a
defective (improperly modified) TS-50, running only 10
watts! He is receiving about 20-30 E-mails a day, most
asking for his post address, but some are already asking,
"Where's my card?!" Have patience people - more
E-mail and other queries just slow things down. NO SECOND
REQUESTS NEEDED. QSL via ZL3CW.
Well-known QSL Manager Joe, W3HNK, wants it to be known
that he is NOT the QSL Manager for JD1AMA.
The W1AA/CC 96th Anniversary operation from the 1903
Marconi Station site on Cape Cod was active for 6 hours
making about 600 QSOs. QSL via W1AA.
The FT5WH Log is now available on the Web. They currently
do not contain all contacts, but they will be added
shortly. Check the Web site for contacts: http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ft5whlog.html
QSLs for FT5WH will be printed soon. They are waiting for
some pictures of Crozet. The QSL manager is F6KDF: Radio
club de la Gendarmerie, 292 route de Genas, 69677 BRON
CEDEX, FRANCE
SN0, POLAND. Look for several
station to be active using this special prefix in celebration of
the 35th anniversary of the Amateur Radio Club SP2PMK in Torun.
The following stations will be using the special prefix SN0 until
the end of the month of January: SN0BBD (QSL via SP2BBD); SN0BMX
(QSL via SP2BMX); SN0EFU (QSL via SP2EFU); SN0BNM (QSL via
SQ2BNM); SN0SWT (QSL via SP2SWT); SN0UKB (QSL via SP2UKB); SN0PI
(QSL via SP2PI) and SN0PMK (QSL via SP2PI).
SPECIAL EVENT - ARRL HQ STAFF TO SUPPORT
SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP. The ARRL HQ staff will support this
year's School Club Roundup (SCR) operating on HF from Hiram Percy
Maxim Memorial Station W1AW. The SCR takes place February 8-13th.
"Special emphasis will be put on contacting youth groups,
especially school clubs," said ARRL Field and Educational
Services Correspondent Dan Miller, K3UFG. Depending on
propagation and the availability of volunteers, watch for W1AW
between 1600 and 1700 UTC on the suggested SCR frequencies.
Details for suggested exchanges and frequencies can be found in
January's, 1999 QST, page 92, or at the Web site: http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/99/scr.html
Each day of the event, HQ staff volunteers will spend their lunch
hours at W1AW making contact with as many youngsters as possible.
SPECIAL EVENT (Four countries
will be involved with this one). An era in the History of the
Communication will come to an end. The Global Maritime Distress
Safety System (GMDSS) will be fully implemented on February 1st.
This will cause the International listening watch on 500 kHz to
cease. Operators from Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Island and
Denmark will be active February 1-28th and in the Special Event
Weekend April 10-11th. Look for the following stations to be
active:
Greenland - OX3OXF from Qaqortoq Radio/OXF; OX3OXI from
Nuuk Radio/OXI; OX3OYR from Aasiaat Radio/OYR.
Iceland - TF3TFA from Reykjavik Radio/TFA
Faroe Island - OY3OXJ from Torshavn Radio/OXJ
Denmark - OZ1OXZ (opr OZ8AE) from Lyngby Radio/OXZ;
OZ5OXZ (opr OZ5DL) from Lyngby RADIO/OXZ; OZ1OXB (opr
OZ6TL ex-opr on Blaavand Radio/OXB) from Lyngby Radio/OXZ
Stations will be active on the following
suggested frequencies, plus/minus 5 kHz: 1830, 3535, 7025, 10125,
14035, 18075, 21035, 24905 and 28035 kHz. You can expect RTTY
activity from OZ1OXB. There will be a special QSL card with a
Historical background for the worked
"Coastradiostation" for QSOs in February. All QSOs will
be confirmed via the Bureau. Those who want a direct QSL card can
obtain it via the operator worked. Awards are available and will
be issued for Amateur Stations and SWL confirming QSOs with: 3 of
the 4 countries (Category 3); for QSOs with all 4 countries
(Category 2); and for QSO with all 8 Amateur Callsigns (Category
1).
SPECIAL EVENT. The West Jackson
County Amateur Radio Club will activate the special callsign N5D
to celebrate the 300th anniversary of "D'Ibervill's landing
in Ocean Springs, MS". Activity will be from 2200z, April
23rd to 2200z, April 25th. Suggested frquencies will are: 7255,
14255, 21355 and 28455 kHz. QSL to: West Jackson County ARC, P.O.
Box 1822, Ocean Springs, MS 59564
T9 AND ZA OPERATION UPDATE.
Daniel, YO2LDE, informs OPDX that his activity from
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania may now be limited to 10 days of
operation (5 days in each country) than first reported (refer to
OPDX.390). His operation may get cut due to funds. However, the
NCDXF has sponsored some funds (200 USD) for his expedition, but
Daniel states more funds are needed for a three week operation.
For more details, check the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/yo2lde/dxpedition.html
VK4XN PIRATE ACTIVE. A pirate
station signing VK4XN has been active on 80 meters and other
bands. However, VK4XN is an active callsign. Eric, VK4XN, holder
of the license, states that he is 92 years old and blind, and has
NOT been on the radio for years. He does maintain his license,
but he states he only listens. Eric states he gets QSL cards all
the time from people around the world. He also states that
someone has been using his callsign and has had this trouble for
the last several years now. He has asked for help in putting the
word out that ANYONE who works VK4XN, has worked a pirate
station!!!! Eric says he writes to everyone who QSLs for help to
put the word out.
VK9X & VK9Y, CHRISTMAS AND
COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS. A final press release from
Charlie, W0YG, states that the team will leave on February 1st to
head towards these islands. Look for W0YG, W8UVZ and WB9Z to
become active from Christmas Island as VK9XX from February 6-13th
and from Cocos-Keeling from February 13-20th, as VK9YY. Their
activity will be mainly on 160/80 meters CW, the WARC bands both
CW and SSB, and RTTY on 15/20 meters. QSL via W0YG. Charlie
states, "Please do not include VK9XX and VK9YY cards in the
same envelope."
VP8CRB NOW QRT. Jan, K4QD
(VP8CRB), is now QRT from the Falkland Islands. He states that he
has made over 10,000 QSO (140 QSOs on 160 meters). Jan states
that if anyone has a question about their 160 meter contact, they
can contact him via E-mail at: k4qd@juno.com
He also mentions that the logs are online at: http://no4j.com/nfdxa/logs/vp8crb.htm
His RTTY logs are also online at: http://no4j.com/nfdxa/logs/vp8tty.htm
Jan's possible next trip may be a return trip to South Georgia or
some other location.
YV0, AVES ISLAND. The "DX
News Sheet" reports that the Venezuela DX Club (YVDXC) and
the Association de Radio aficionados de Venezuela (ARV) met on
December 18th and agreed on a joint DXpedition in 2000.
ZL9CI DXPEDITION NOW QRT. According
to Don, N1DG, the ZL9CI Campbell Island DXpedition went QRT at
2359z Janaury 24th. Congratulations to the ZL9CI team for setting
a new DXpedition record of 95000+ QSOS (possibly more, maybe
100k).
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