The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 403 BID: $OPDX.403 April 5, 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, K1VV, K1XN
& The Golist, K2WE, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport,
W3JJ, AL7KC, N6RT, K7ZD, K8YSE, BA1DU, DJ5AV & DX News
Letter, DL2FAG, F6HKS, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, GM4FDM, JI3DST,
JM1LJS, OH1KAG, PR7AR, PY1LVF, RA3SL, UT7ND, ZS6P and 4X1VF for
the following DX information.
3B9R DXPEDITION TO RODRIGUES ISLAND IS NOW ACTIVE.
A team of nine operators representing the countries of Finland,
Japan, Mauritius, Mexico and the United States is now active from
Rodrigues Island (AF-017) of the Mascarene Islands group in the
Indian Ocean unti April 11th. This will be an all mode operation,
160-6 meters with special emphasis on 160, 80, WARC and RTTY.
Team members include Bruce/W6OSP, Kimo/KH7U, Jari/OH2BU/OH7RF,
Victor/ XE1VIC, Jacky/3B8CF, Garry/NI6T, Frank/AH0W/OH2LVG,
Ned/AA7A and Yuuji/ JA3IG/K1NT. QSL via: Joyce Johnson N7LVD,
5627 West Hearn Road, Glendale, Arizona 85306, USA. Pilot
stations are: Andy/UA3AB (ua3ab@dateline.ru),
Gary/K7ZD (k7zd@inficad.com)
and Tom/N4XP (n4xp@juno.com).
Interested DXers may submit inquiries during the DXpedition via
any of these pilot station e-mail addresses. Thanks to Mr. Anton
Vinokurov, an informational Web site is now on-line including
information about the DXpedition, maps and photos of Rodrigues
Island, frequency table, recognition of sponsors, interesting
links, operating plans, and more. (On-line logs will NOT be
available.) DXers are invited to sign the guest-book and submit
comments at: http://www.dateline.ru/3b9/.
3W, VIETNAM (Also VR, Hong Kong). Steve,
K2WE, is returning to Vietnam with a stay in Hong Kong first. He
plans to be in Hong Kong from April 16th through the 23rd. Steve
has applied for a temporary license in VR- land. He will then
continue on to Saigon from April 23rd through 27th. Steve will be
operating from the XV300S station at the Kimdo Hotel in
downtown Saigon. He has asked for a renewal of his 3W6WE
callsign. Steve is again going to try 40 and 80 meters and hopes
the noise won't be too bad. He will bring back all the logs for
3W6LI, 3W6KA and XV300S, so he can answer the hundreds of cards
waiting at his QTH. QSL again via his home callsign K2WE.
3W, VIETNAM. Look for Sugi, JA2BWH, to be
active again from April 8-12th as 3W6BWH. His operations will
include SSTV on 14240, 21346 and 28680 kHz. QSL via home
callsign.
4F7, PHILIPPINES. The "DX News
Sheet" reports to look for Gus, SM3SGP, to be active until
May 6th as 4F7/SM3SGP from Cebu Island. Activity will be CW/SSB.
QSL via SM3EVR.
4Z0, AKHZIV ISLAND (New Prefix, Rare Island).
Jan, 4X1VF, informs OPDX that he will be leading a group of hams
from Israel next Saturday, April 10th, to operate from this rare
Israeli island (AS-100) bewteen 0530-1400z. Akhziv Island has not
been on for many years. The callsign that they will be using is
4Z0A. (also a new prefix). They plan to operate 3 stations on
20/15/10 meters both CW/SSB using the IOTA frequencies. Jan
states that they have to leave the island before dark.
BI5, DONGTOU ISLAND (NEW IOTA). The BI5D IOTA
DXpedition to Dongtou Island in the Zhejiang Province Group
(AS-???) will take place between April 29th and May 3rd. The team
consists of BA1AA, BA1AJ, BA1DU, BA1FB, BA1HAM, BA1KA, BA4AA,
BA4RD, BA4RF, BA4RX, BA4TA, BA4TB, BG4AGM, BG4RUC, BD5HAG, BD5RV,
BG5BAC, BD6AA, BD6CQ, BA7IA, BA7JG, BA7JK, BD7IX, BD7JA, BD7NI
and BD7NQ. They will operate on all bands 70cm - 160m. On HF
bands, they plan to have six transceivers, three yagis and three
amplifiers. Suggested frequencies for CW/SSB are: 1826, 3530,
3755, 7025, 7055, 10115, 14038, 14260, 18098, 18128, 21038,
21260, 24918, 24945, 28038, 28465 and 29280 kHz (FM only). Look
for them on RTTY on or around 7040, 10140, 14080, 21080 and 28080
kHz. They will pay special attention to NA on the following
bands, modes and time: 0000-0400z 15m, 17m and 20m on CW;
1100-1500z 40m on SSB/CW; 1100-1300z 75m on CW; 2200-0000z 15m,
20m and 40m on SSB/CW; and will especially work EU during
0700-1800z on several usable bands and modes. On VHF and UHF,
they will used 4ELE HB9CV antenna on 6 meters, 13ELE yagi on 2
meters and 70 centimeters bands. The frequency will be 50.115 MHz
(SSB/CW), 144.10 MHz (SSB/CW) and 432.20 MHz (SSB/CW). They will
especially look for JA, HL and BV stations on 2 meters and 70
centimeters. QSL via P.O.Box 1713, Guangzhou city 510600, CHINA (
direct only ). Any suggestions, comments and questions should be
sent to: Alan BA1DU ( ba1du@arrl.net
) or Yang BD7JA (bd7ja@amsat.org).
CE9, SOUTH SHETLANDS. Ric, CE3HDI, will be
active until April 23rd as CE9R from the Teniente Rodolfo Marsh
base (and possibly President Frei Montalva base) on King George
Island. Activity will be CW/SSB/RTTY/SSTV on 80-10 meters. QSL
via home call.
CU, AZORES. Look for CU2ARA to be on the air
April 10TH and 11TH. Activity will be on 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters
on CW, SSB, SSTV and Packet.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-042. Mike, UA3SDK, is active as
UA3SDK/0 from Sredniy Island until the end of April. QSL
via RU3SD, P.O.Box 1, Ryazan 390000, RUSSIA.
AS-049. Takeshi, JI3DST, reports that he
will be active from Tokara Archipelago (Kuchinoshima,
Kogashima-Ken) from April 28th through May 4th. Look for
him to be active as JI3DST/6 (or 7N3UXO/6) on 17/15/12/10
meters SSB. QSL via JI3DST; Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26
Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City Osaka 545-0021, JAPAN.
His E-mail addresses are: MXK00027@nifty.ne.jp
or ji3dst@jarl.com.
EU-094. Look for TM2WLH to be active on
Penfret Island from May 6-9th. Activity will be from a
lighthouse (Lighthouse LH 0321 for the Lighthouse Award)
on all bands CW/SSB. QSL Manager is F6HKS.
SA-029. A group of Brazilian operators
will activate the following islands during April 9-12th
(Same IOTA number for all islands): Itacuruca Island,
Martins Island and Jaguanum Island. Activity will be SSB
and CW on all bands (160-6 meters). Suggested
frequencies:
SSB - 1850, 3755, 7055, 14260,
18128, 21260, 24950, 28360 and 28460 kHz
CW - 1835, 3530, 7030, 10115,
14040, 18098, 21040, 24920 and 28040 kHz
Also, please listen to the Brazil DX Net, Saturday and
Sunday from 1800 to 2100z on 14222 kHz. Look for the
following callsigns: PY1NEZ/p or PT1Z (Lima), PY1NEW/p
(Pete) and PY1LVF/p or ZX1Z (Vieira). QSL via home
callsign or the PY1 QSL bureau.
J2, DJIBOUTI. "The 59(9) DXReport"
reports that Phil, F5PHW, will be active as J28BS until the end
of April from the French Radio Club. He will use a TS-440S plus
available antennas on CW and maybe RTTY. QSL via F6KPQ.
JD, OGASAWARA. Yasu, JA9XBW, will be active
as JA9XBW/JD1 from April 9-18th. Operations will be on CW/SSB/FM
on 160-6 meters. QSL via home callsign.
LV2, ARGENTINA. Look for the special
callsign, LV2V, to be used by the Radio Club General Roca for the
next 5 years. QSL via LU3VAL.
NEW CANADIAN PREFIX. VY0 is the prefix for
Canada's new Nunavut province. The call would have been VE8XN
prior to April 1st.
NEW SCOTTISH PREFIXES. To commemorate the new
Scottish parliament, look for the following special prefixes to
be used by Scottish operators during May 6th through July 31st:
GMs can use 2S (ex. GM4FDM can sign 2S4FDM), MMs can use 2A and
2Ms (Novice) can use 2T.
NEW WELSH PREFIXES. To commemorate the new
Welsh Assembly, look for the following special prefixes to be
used by Welsh operators during May 6th through July 31st: GWs can
use 2C (ex. GW4FDM can sign 2C4FDM), MWs can use 2X and Welsh
Novices can use 2Y.
OH0, ALAND ISLANDS. OH0M operation will
probably be QTH by the time you read this. Activity was to be
done by the Finnish Radio Amateur League (SRAL) and was to active
until April 5th. The operators are: Juha/OH1KAG, Mikko/OH3FM,
Pertti/OHLQK and Jukka/OH3NLP. QSL via BUREAU to OH3LQK.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
KL7FBI was operated by Mike, AL7KC,
during March 30th through April 2nd, from Shemya Island
(IOTA NA-037(, Semichi Group, Aleutians. QSL to KL7FBI
via bureau or direct.
Serge, EK4JJ, reports that there is no
QSL Bureau in Armenia, and it is too expensive to reply
direct unless return postage is enclosed with a QSL card.
It has been reported that Serge is a reliable and fast
QSLer if you send return postage.
YC9WZJ QSL go to Joni Salim, PO Box 127,
Sorong-98401, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Roger/G3SXW reports QSL requests already
received for contacts with C21SX have now all been
answered. Cards arriving daily are being handled within
48 hours. Over 1,000 contacts have already been confirmed
direct. The address for direct QSLs is: Roger Western,
G3SXW, 7 Field Close, Chessington, Surrey KT9 2QD,
England. Nearly 200 contacts have so far been requested
by E-mail. These cards will go to the bureau this week.
If you wish to receive a card via bureau merely send QSO
details and your call-sign to: G3SXW@compuserve.com
PLEASE do not send your card by other routes as this
defeats the purpose of saving time (your's, Roger's and
the bureaux's) and money (your's and the bureaux's).
The following Web sitehttp://dx.qsl.net/logs
has placed the following logs on-line this week:
PW1S (1999 CQ WPX SSB Contest)
PT1A (1999 ARRL DX SSB Contest)
PX1I (1998 ARRL 10m Contest)
FO0CI (1992 Clipperton Island
DXpedition)
YC0LOW (thru 20-Mar-99)
ER0N QSLS. GENE, UT7ND, was active in
the CQWW WPX SSB Contest as SOSB 28 MHZ from the village
of Otaci, Moldova, as ER0N. He is also planning to be
active from here in other upcoming contests using the
same call. ALL ER0N QSLS are via the Ukrainian QSL Bureau
or direct to UT7ND, Gene Chumakov, P.O. Box 5235,
Vinnitsa, 286018, Ukraine. PLEASE DON'T SEND YOUR QSLS TO
MOLDOVA.
Bob, K3BYV, reports that he is no longer
the QSL manager for TG5ITS and KB0QMY/TI5 (both calls are
the same person, op Tim). Bob will still be QSL Manager
for these stations ONLY: PZ5JR, PZ5DX and P29ND.
ZZ7Z special callsign used in the CQ WPX
SSB Contest can be QSLed via PR7AR, Irapuan de Sousa,
P.O. Box 60, CEP.58200-970, Guarabira-Paraiba-Brazil.
QSLs for both CE3/NE4Z and XR3Z now go
to AJ4Y, Paul Womble, P.O. Box 1207, Highland City, FL
33846-1207. The old route to CE3SMN will no longer be any
good.
R.O.A.R.S. SPECIAL EVENT. On April 10-11th,
the "Radio Officers' Amateur Radio Society" will
commemorate the "END of MARITIME CW" operations with a
special event tribute to "Maritime Coastal Stations".
Over 90 special event amateur stations representing historic
maritime coastal stations will take part. For details and
certificate information, please visit the Web page: http://homepages.enterprise.net/dbarlow/.
The Marconi Radio Club W1AA/WCC will represent the WCC Cape Cod,
MA coastal maritime station for the event.
S07, WESTERN SAHARA. Ross, CN2UN, was been
active as S07UN this week on the 14247 DX net. He was there on a
UN mission. He has recently left for Hong Kong and will return to
Africa in three weeks. QSL via ZP6CU. Meanwhile, the "DX
News Letter" reports that Arseli, EA2JG, plans to operate as
S09A on all bands for two weeks as of March 31. OPDX has spotted
Arseli this past weekend on 40/20/15/10 meters SSB. Check around
on the usual DX windows. QSL direct only via EA2JG, Arseli
Etxeguren, Barrena 6, E-01480 Luyando Alava, Spain.
S7, SEYCHELLES. Babs/DL7AFS, Lot/DJ7ZG and
Karl/DL2FAG will be active from April 11th to May 2nd from Mahe,
as S79YL, S79ZG and S79FAG. They will be active on all bands,
except 80 meters (which is not allowed in S7). If there are any
possibilities, they will also try to activate one or two other
IOTA islands. Their equipment will be the following: Kenwood
TS850S, ICOM IC-706MK and FL2100Z-amplifier. Antennas will be a 3
element Yagi for 20/15/10 and Multiband-dipoles/triple legs for
the other bands. They will be active on SSB, CW, RTTY and also
possibly in PSK31, Amtor, Pactor. For the YL-award, Babs/DL7AFS
will be again active (recently was C50YL) using the special
callsign S79YL. QSL for all callsigns are via DL7AFS.
T8, PALAU. Look for Misao/JJ1DWB, Hide/JM1LJS
and Hiro/7N1KAE to be active as T88MT, T88LJ and T88?? (Hiro
applying now), respectively, from April 27th - May 7th
(possibility that schedule may change little). Their activity
will be on 80-6 meters SSB/CW/(29M-FM) and T88LJ will try to be
on SSTV. QSL to the following addresses:
T88MT - JJ1DWB, Misao Tanzawa, 3-15
Yakata, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-0017, JAPAN
T88LJ - JM1LJS, Hideyuki Kai, 4-22-15,
Takata-higashi, Kohoku-Ku Yokohama-City 223-0065, JAPAN
T88?? - 7N1KAE, Hiroyuki Yamada, 2-9-209,
Chigusadai, Inage-Ku, Chiba-City 263-0013, JAPAN
TL, CENTRAL AFRICA. Gianni, IZ1CQD, will be
active until April 20th as TL8CG from Markounda. His activity
will be limited to his free time while working. Look for him on
40, 20, 15 and 10 meters SSB using only a 100 watts to a dipole
with solar power. QSL via home callsign, bureau or direct.
V4, ST. KITTS & NEVIS. The "DX News
Sheet" reports that Jim, G0IXC, will be active again as
V47XC, April 10-30th, from Nevis Island. Activity will be 40, 20,
15 and 10 meters SSB with a dipole and tri-band Yagi. QSL via
home callsign.
VU3, INDIA. After waiting for many months
Tom, KR4ZY, has received his VU callsign. He is now signing
VU3TOM. QSL via KR4ZY.
ZS8D, MARION ISLAND. Excerpts from a press
release: On Thursday, April 1st, the SAS Agulhas left Cape Town
to take the 56th weather and biological research crew to Marion
Island. This annual supply run includes a radio amateur! Deryck
Yelverton, ZS6DE, has been licenced as ZS8D. While Deryck is not
an experienced HF operator, he has spent much of the last few
weeks in intense training. Deryck will not be active before
mid-April at the earliest, as the ship sails in April, and the
base handover will occupy his full attention. However, once he
has all the hardware ready, he expects to be on regularly and to
make lots of contacts. QSL to ZS6EZ, Chris R. Burger, Box 4485,
Pretoria, 0001 South Africa. Requests with sufficient postage
will be sent by bulk courier service, while the remainder will go
via the bureau. SPECIAL NOTE: OPDX InterNet Subscribers will
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