The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 406 BID: $OPDX.406 April 26, 1999 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 (New Area Code!)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern
Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, K1XN &
The Golist, N2OO, N4GN, W4AU, N9JR, CT1AXS, DJ5AV & DX News
Letter, DL2RUM, DL6MHW, EA5GMI, F5NOD, F6AJA & LNDX, G4BUE
& DX News Sheet, I2WIJ, I4UFH, IK1QBT, JA8VE, JM1LJS, OH2BH,
ON4ASW, UA0SJ, 9K2HN and ARRL DXCC for the following DX
information.
THE HOT DX TOPIC OF THE WEEK! P5, NORTH KOREA.
Well known DXer Martti Laine, OH2BH, has once again surprised the
DX Community. Martti was able to be active as P51BH for a very
short time on April 21th, for about 2 hours. During Martti's
short operation, he was able to make 263 QSOs. The operating was
done from a telecom center. Were some North Koreans climbed a 150
ft. tower to hoist the antennas. Martti states that "the
antennas were left right there together with the Yaesu FT-847
equipment. It is just a matter of switching the power on - when
the time is ripe - to allow North Korea to join the ranks of
amateur radio." In short (from Martti's press release),
"the operating was done between 1436-1640 Korean Time. First
JA QSO was JA2DO, Europe OH5MBF, Oceania KH6WU and the United
States W6WKE. The operation covered 14 MHz CW and SSB plus 21 MHz
SSB. The documentation will be sent to the ARRL shortly, and QSL
cards will be released from the OH2BH Finland address as soon as
possible." Martti has currently left North Korea on Thurday
and is back in Beijing, China. The complete press release by
Martti, along with a special DXCC Press Release, will be sent out
to all OPDX InterNet Subscribers as an additional bulletin. ADDED
NOTE: Audio from this operation may be heard on 9K2HN's home
page. The URL is: http://www.qsl.net/9k2hn.
SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR. Last week we had an
unfortunate thing happen to OPDX.405 which was completely out of
our hands and responsibility. Some (not all) OPDX InterNet
Subscribers received multiple bulletins, but the hardest hit seem to be the NJDXA's DX Reflector with each
subscriber receiving about 19 bulletins. Let me asure you that
OPDX only sent out one bulletin (check the headers --
dates/times/Message ID were all the same). Even BARF-80 BBS's
(system where the bulletin is sent) mail log shows one copy left
the system. After I learned what happened on Monday (and
receiving many complaints), I sent an announcement that I would
look into what happened and explain the problem did not come from
this end. During some investigating, it was explained to me by
local ISPs that the following "may" have happened:
"It has become known a major backbone for SMTP mail, a hub
for hundreds ISP's processing over 30,000 E-mail messages per
minute, had its hub in Chicago go flakey starting Sunday in the
early afternoon...... Knowing how SMTP mail is delivered, it may
be that the Chicago hub had failed to acknowledge received E-mail
and ISPs were retransmitting over and over again waiting for an
acknowledgment." I want to thank the many who were very
sympathetic to the situation.
3C, EQUATORIAL GUINEA (New IOTA!). The
"DX News Sheet" reports that Jean, TR8XX, is planning
to be active May 22nd from Corisco Island (in the Rio Muni
Province Group). His length of stay is not known, but more
details are to follow.
3D2, FIJI. Look for Mat/JA1JQY, Sasi/JA1KJW,
Kaoru/JA3MCA/1 and Kuni/ JA8VE/1, of the Yamato ARC (JA1ZEK), to
be active as 3D2SH, 3D2HI, 3D2TK and 3D2KZ, April 30th through
May 1st. Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 1827, 3507, 7007, 1007, 14007,
18077, 21007, 24897, 28007 and 50107 kHz
SSB - 3798, 7080, 14197, 21270, 24937,
28470 and 50107 kHz.
Please QSL via their home callsigns. The group plans to move on
to Tuvalu after this operation (See T2).
9K, KUWAIT. Mohammed Al-Holi, 9K2DR, KARS
Manager, announced that the DX group of Kuwait Amateur Radio
Society have currently organized a trip to the Kuwait Island of
Faylaka (IOTA AS-118) for the third time. This operation should
have started by the time you read this and will last until April
30th. Activity will be on all bands using the callsign 9K2F. QSL
via 9K2RA. The direct address is: Kuwait Amateur Radio Society,
P.O. Box 5240, 13053, Safat, Kuwait.
BI5, DONGTOU ISLAND (New IOTA). Just a quick
reminder. The BI5D IOTA DXpedition team will be active next week
from Dongtou Island in the Zhejiang Province Group, April 29th
through May 3rd. Please refer to OPDX.403.
FO, MARQUESAE AND AUSTRALES ISLANDS. The
"LNDX" reports that Alain, F2HE, will be FO/F2HE from
Marquesas starting June 4th. In July, he will return to Tahiti
with stop overs in Tuamotu Archipelago (OC-066) and Raiatea
(OC-067). In August, he will be in the Australes on the Island of
Tubuai (OC-152). He will go back to France in early September.
FT5W, CROZET ISLANDS (Bad news!). Gil, F5NOD,
reports that as of April 17th, Gilles's (FT5WH) Transceiver went
QRT! While he was transmitting, he saw a "flash" inside
and can't transmit at all. He is looking for a solution and is
absolutly disappointed. Gil will keep the DX community updated.
HK, COLOMBIA. Gerard, F2JD (now
ex-HK3/G0SHN), has received his new callsign HK3JBR. He has been
active this past week on 80 meters around 3794 kHz after 0400z.
Gerard will be here for 2 years. See OPDX.400 for more details.
IOTA NEWS...
NEW IOTA. The "LNDX" reports
that Christian/6W1QV, Jean/TR8XX, Alain/ TR8CA will be
active as 3C8XX from Corisco Island from May 22-30th.
They will have two complete stations, one on CW and one
on SSB. QSL via TR8XX.
AS-049. Takeshi, JI3DST/6(7N3UXO/6),
will be active from Tokara Archipelago, April 28th
through May 4th. Activity will be 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
AS-067. Syouzi, JA4PXE/6, will be active
from Kusagaki Island from April 29-30th. Activity will be
on 40-10 meters SSB. QSL via JA4PXE, Syouzi Kuwabara,
1-75 Midori-Cho Tokuyama-City Yamaguchi, 745-0075 Japan.
EU-038. Marcel, ON4ASW, reports that the
club station ON4NOK (UBA section NOK) will be active from
the Island of Texel, in the Netherlands, during the IOTA
contest July (23), 24 and 25th. Their callsign will be
PA6TEX. Activity will be on CW/SSB. Also, look for them
to be on the WARC bands. QSL via ON4ALW.
EU-074. F5JOT, F5TBF, F5LGQ will be /P
from Brehat Island from May 8-16th. They will be active
on 80-10 meters CW/SSB.
EU-074/EU-105/EU-157. F5SNY and F5PFT
will be /p from Batz Island (EU-105) from May 3-5th,
Brehat Island (EU-074) from May 7-9th and Cezembre
(EU-157) from May 10-13th.
NA-136. Tony/WF1N and Lou/W1DIG
(ex-KA1DIG) will be on Pot Island in the Thimble Island
Group, May 21-23rd. Their operation will start around
1500z Friday and end about 1800z Sunday. Operations will
be with a tribander and amp, on/near the usual IOTA
frequencies, SSB. QSL to home calls direct (SASE Please)
or Bureau. Tony can be contacted at: megahertz@webconn.net.
L2, ARGENTINA. LU1FI is another station that
will be active as L21FI during the celebration of the 75th
aniversary of the contact between Carlos Braggio (r-CB8) and Ivan
O'Meara (z-2AC) in 1924. QSL L21FI via LU1FI by the bureau or
direct to: Montevideo 441 P.5, Zip 2000, Rosario (Santa Fe),
Republica Argentina. For more details or questions, send an
E-mail to: lu1fi@hotmail.com.
Also, look for "Luc", LU7EC, wto be active as L27EC.
QSL via LU7EC, Lucas Mariano Elichagaray, C.P. 2703, Carabelas Bs
As, ARGENTINA (with a S.A.S.E.) or bureau.
NEW WEB SITE AND NEW SERVICE. John, K1XN,
reports that "The Golist" has a new Web Site and some
new features on the Web. The Web site is at: http://www.itis.net/golist/.
The site now has NEW features for Guests and Registered Users,
such as "Online Look ups from the Golist database".
This database will be updated periodically during the month. OPDX
InterNet Subscribers will receive the complete details and press
release by John as an additional bulletin.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Fabio, I4UFH, reports that all QSLs for
the 5H1FS (1997) and SV9/I4UFH (1998) have been processed
(direct and bureau). So, there are no more backlogs of
QSLs, and if anyone doesn't receive their direct QSL in 2
weeks, please send it again.
T9 BUREAU. Joe, N9JR, reports that the
Bosnia-Herzegovina QSL bureau is now fully functional.
With the T9 QSL bureau working, Joe will no longer be
serving as T94B's QSL Manager effective April 1, 1999,
and all QSL requests should be made to him via the T9
bureau.
Tony, IK1QBT, reports that the following
logs for his activities are now available on-line at: http://www.freeweb.org/freeweb/ik1qbt.
3A/IK1QBT (1993/1996/1997/1998), TK/IK1QBT (1994), 4U0ITU
(May 13/14th and 20/21st -1995, only CW), IP1/IK1QBT,
IA1/IK1QBT from IOTA EU-083 (1996/1997/1998) ID9/IK1QBT
from IOTA EU-017 (1997).
CQ2S was a special event station that
was active this past weekend to commemorate the 25th
anniversary of the "Revolution in Portugal".
SSB activity was by CT1AXS and CW/RTTY by CT1FMX. QSLs go
to CT1AXS for SSB QSOs and CT1FMX for CW/RTTY QSOs.
Yuri, UA0SJ, reports that, because of
problems with the mail to please send mail only direct
using "acknowledgement guarantee". Send request
with SASE and coupon IRC or dollars to: Yuri A. Maltsev,
P.O. Box 2304, Bratsk-City, 665700, Russia. Yuri's
E-mail: ua0sj@windoms.sitek.net.
SPECIAL EVENTS...
Commemorating the 500 anniversary of the
University of Valencia, a special callsign has
been issued which will be on the air April 30th through
May 2nd. The callsign will be EG5UV, and a special QSL
card will be available for all contacts. There will be
two operators: EA5DFV and EA5GMI. Please look for them on
all bands including the WARC bands. QSL via EA5GMI,
preferably via the bureau.
Look for TM0AR to be active during
"The Festival of Art and Technologies" from May
9-16th. QSL via F5TJC.
Look for TM0AC to be active during the
50 years anniversary of the National School of Civil
Aviation (ENAC). The special callsign TM0AC will be on
the air from May 15-19th. QSL F6ITD via bureau.
SV9, CRETE. Bob, I2WIJ, will operate as
SV9/I2WIJ during his summer vacations, July 12-26th. He will also
participate in the IOTA Contest as a Single Op (24H CW)
DXpedition Mode entry. During his first week there, he will be
mainly on vacation. During the second week he will be more active
on the radio. He will be using a Cushcraft R7 and ICOM IC706
MkII. Look for him on the usual IOTA frequencies and the WARC
Bands. For more news and updates, also on-line logs after his
operation, check out Bob's Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/i2wij/.
T2, TUVALU. After their 3D2 operation (See
3D2 above), look for Mat/JA1JQY, Sasi/JA1KJW, Kaoru/JA3MCA/1 and
Kuni/JA8VE/1, of the Yamato ARC (JA1ZEK), to be active from
Funafuti Atol May 2-9th. They will sign T22JY, T22KJ, T22TK and
T22VE. Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 1827, 3507, 7007, 1007, 14007,
18077, 21007, 24897, 28007 and 50107 kHz
SSB - 3798, 7080, 14197, 21270, 24937,
28470 and 50107 kHz.
Please QSL via their home callsigns.
T30 & T33, WEST KIRIBATI AND BANABA ISLANDS.
A German team from the Berlin DX Group will go in
October-November (1999) to T30 and T33 for three weeks. The team
consists of 11 members, 8 which are ham operators. The operators
are: Tom/DJ6TF, Wolf/DL2NWK, Tom/DL2RUM, Tom/DL7BO, Sigi/ DL7DF,
Frank/DL7UFR, Rudi/DL7VFR and Marianne/DD6UYL (YL operator). The
rest of the team consists of two XYL's and one YL (Norma,
Christiane, Sabine). All of the operators have DXpeditions
experience since 1990. They expect to arrive on the Island of
West Kiribati on the morning of October 19th. Their licence is in
order, but their callsigns are still not assigned. They will try
to use two callsigns, one for SSB and one for CW/RTTY. They will
have four complete stations with PAs with them (actually they
will have six TRCVRs with them). They may run three stations
around the clock and all stations simultanusly. The team has
three beams antennas (a 5 element Tribander, a 3 element
Tribander and a 3 element for WARC. They hope to get a second
WARC beam). They will also have two fullsize 1/4 verticals for
80m. It is planned to erect both antennas, and phase it for
better gain. These antennas are also used for 160m. For 40m and
30m, they will also use verticals. They hope to find enough space
on the islands to erect all antennas. They plan to be active on
CW/SSB and also on RTTY. After about a week of operation, four of
them will go to Banaba, with half of the equipment. The ship for
their 2.5 days of sailing is already booked. They have everything
they need (Water, food, fuel, generators, beer, ....). It is
planned to be on the island from October 28th through November
2nd. In Banaba, there is a guest house all ordered, but they will
need special permission to visit the island. They will run with
two complete stations with PAs and a third Low-Power staion for
"local" QSOs with JA and NA. They will depart from
Kiribati the morning of November 11th. For more details and
update-to-date info, check out the Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/DL2RUM.
T8, BELAU. The "DX News Sheet"
reports that Hiro/JH3FJG and Kenji/JI3DLI will be active July
20-25th, as T88JR and T88DX. Activity will be CW/SSB/FM on 80-6
meters. QSL via their home callsign. Just a quick reminder and
update to look for Misao/JJ1DWB, Hide/JM1LJS and Hiro/7N1KAE to
be active as T88MT, T88LJ and T88YH April 27th - May 6th (Refer
to OPDX.403). Hide, JM1LJS, informs OPDX that he will be on 3795
kHz (April 27-May 1st) everyday between 2000-2100z.
XU, CAMBIDIA. Jani, YB0US, will be active
from here as XU7AAP, April 22-26th. Activity will be on 80-6
meters (look for him on the high end of the band). QSL via N2OO,
Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, N.J. 08087 USA.
YK, SYRIA. Michael, DL6MHW, informs OPDX that
he plans to operate as YK/DL6MHW some time this week. He will be
attending a conference on April 28th, but wants to operate at
least 6 days on the air. He wants to demonstrate PSK31 and Pactor
to Syrian amateurs. He will become active with the help of YK1AO,
Dr. Omar Shabsigh, who is the president of the Technical
Institute of Radio, the Syrian amateur radio society. According
to information by Omar, Michael will use the call YK/DL6MHW for
his visit. He will be operating SSB and CW all bands, depending
on available antennas. Michael states, "The main goal is to
support as many as possible stations with an new one (YK is
somewhere on the Top 30 in the World and North America). For that
I will focus to one main band, if pile-ups are booming."
Check out his Web page for details/updates at: http://wwwiti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~hoeding/hamradio/yk_main.html.
ZK1, NORTH AND SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Look for
the Wolf/DL2SCQ and his wife Ann/DL1SCQ to activate a few IOTAs
from these two islands during the month of August. Their
callsigns will be ZK1SCQ and ZK1SCR and their planned schedules
are as follows:
August 4-8th - Rarotonga Island (OC-013),
S.C.I.
August 10-12th - An island in the
Aitutaki group (OC-083), S.C.I.
August 14-17th - Mangaia Island (OC-159),
S.C.I.
August 20-25th - Manihiki Atoll (OC-014),
N.C.I.
August 28-31st - Palmerston Atoll
(OC-124), S.C.I.
Bands/Modes activity were not mentioned. QSL via DL6DK, Peter
Voilts, Uhlandstr 28, D-59192 Bergkamen, Germany.
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