The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 416 BID: $OPDX.416 July 5, 1999 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern
Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, K1RV, K1XN
& The Golist, K2HJB, KF2TI, WB2RAJ/ WB2YQH & The 59(9)
DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, KO4PY, W4EB, W4WX, N6HR,
KL7JR/VE8JR, NH7A, KE8M, WB8YJF, C6AFV, DJ5AV & DX News
Letter, ES2NA, F6AJA & LNDX, G4BUE & DX News Sheet,
OK1MD, SP8QED, VE3CUI, ZL2HU, ZD8V/KF4OOX and ZS5BBO for the
following DX information.
7Q, MALAWI. Just a reminder that Alan, N5PA,
will be in Malawi by the time you read this and will be active as
7Q7PA until July 13th. He will operate during the IARU DX
Contest. QSL via N5PA.
8Q, MALDIVES. Jacques, F6BEE, will enter the
IARU Contest (July 10/11th) as a Single/All CW category as 8Q7TV
from North Male Atoll in the Republic of Maldives. Activity will
be on 40-10 meters using an ICOM 706 Mk2 (100 W out) and a multi
band vertical (R-7000) on the beach. Outside the contest
operations will be on all bands 40-10 meters on CW/SSB between
July 10-16th. QSL to home call F6BEE. Meanwhile, the "DX
News Sheet" reports that Steve, G3VMW, will be active
September/October as 8Q7SW. QSL via home call.
C2, NAURU. The "DX News Letter"
reports that Jack, VK2GJH, is active as C21JH on 80-6 meters
until July 8th. From QSN reports, look for him on 20 meters SSB
between 1130 and 1200z. Also, check 17 meters around 1300z. Jack
will return to the island again July 20-27th, after his T30
operation (See T30 below). QSL direct only to VK2GJH, Jack Haden,
Box 299, Ryde, NSW 2112, Australia.
C6, BAHAMAS. Steve, N4JQQ, is active again as
C6AFP from Treasure Cay until July 17th. His beacon can be heard
on 6 meters (50062.5 kHz). QSL via N4JQQ.
C6, GREAT INAGUA ISLAND (First time aired!).
Delano, C6AFV, will be going to the island of South Bahamas July
8-12th. This is the first time this island will be activated. His
callsign will be C6GI. QSL via C6AFV DIRECT ONLY. Activity will
be on CW/SSB.
CE0, EASTER ISLANDS. Look for Hal, JL6MSN, to
be active as CE0Y/JL6MSN July 7-8th, before he heads to French
Polynesia (See FO below). Activity will be mainly on SSB on 15/20
meters. QSL via JL6MSN, Haruo Araki, 4-4-14-402 Nishihonmachi,
Yahatahigashi Kitakyushu, 805-0061 Japan.
ES0, KIHNU ISLAND (KO18XC). The Viimsi RC
(ES2WX) plans a massive operation to this Estonian island (IOTA
EU-034) July 19-27th. Their main interest is the Estonian VUSHF
Open Field Day July 24-25th. During the contest they will use the
new contest callsign ES0X. Before and after the contest they will
be using the callsign ES2WX/0 and their own personal callsign/0.
The team members are: ES2RJ/0, ES2NA/0, ES2QH/0, ES1MW/0 and
possibly others. Activity will be on HF (including 20m VHF-net),
50 MHz, 144 MHz, 432 MHz and 1296 MHz. One of the working
position is located at the top of the southern lighthouse of
Kihnu about 30m ASL. The other two working positions will be
located inside of the tent on the ground. After the DXpedition
(about the end of August) look for the ES2WX Web page for info
and pictures. URL address is: http://www.automaatika.ee/es2wx.
Many other details/information and the rules for 1999 Estonion
Open Field Day can be found on this Web site.
FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Hal, JL6MSN, will be
active as FO0MSN after his Easter Island operation between July
9-18th. Activity should be the same as his CE0 operation QSL via
JL6MSN.
HH2, HAITI. Bill, W4WX, will be operating
from Haiti as HH2/W4WX July 13-19th. He will be on 10-20 Meters
concentrating on RTTY. QSL to home callsign.
IOTA NEWS...
EU-064. Operators F6FHO, F6OYU, F8CIO
and some others will be signing TM5J from Noirmoutier
Island July 22 or 23 through 25th. They will operate
mostly on SSB. QSL via F8CIO.
NA-067. Special event station N4H (QSL
via KO4PY bureau or CBA) will operate from Hatteras
Island from Friday, July 23rd through Sunday, July 25th
to commorate the Hatteras Lighthouse Relocation. CW
activity will take place during the IOTA contest and SSB
before and after the contest.
NA-067. Eddy, VE3CUI, advises everyone
that he shall (again!) attempt to activate Ocracoke
Island, N.C., U.S.A., from Sunday, July 4th through to
Sunday, July 11th (inclusive...). You may recall that
Eddy's last effort was August 1998, which resulted in
being blown off the island by Hurricane Bonnie! The
callsign used will be VE3XZ/ W4. Please QSL via the
bureau to VE3CUI. Look for him on the usual IOTA
frequencies using only a 100 watts output...
NA-067. Jon, WB8YJF, will be active from
here (USI NC-001S) from July 24-31st, including the RSGB
IOTA contest as WB8YJF/NA67. His activity will be on
40-10 meters CW/RTTY/SSB. QSL to home address: Jon
Severt/WB8YJF, 5586 Babbitt Rd., New Albany, OH. 43054
NA-169. Members of WWDXC, ICARC and NCCC
will activate Waadah Island from July 22-27th including
the IOTA Contest. The special event callsign
"W7W" will be used. QSL via W5DX. For more
information contact Hillar, N6HR, via E-mail: hraamat@whidbey.net
.
SA-081. Pedro/HK3JJH and
Gerard/F2JD/HK3JBR will be active as 5K8T from El Moro
Island July 23-25th. They will be active during the IOTA
contest. QSL via F6AJA.
OH0, ALAND ISLANDS. Ari, OH1EH, reports to
OPDX that Juha, OH1JT, will be active as OH0Z July 10-11th in the
IARU Championship, CW only. QSL via OH1EH, Ari Korhonen,
Kreetalank. 9 as 1, FIN-29200 Harjavalta, Finland.
OL9, CZECH REPUBLIC. Look for OL9HQ (HQ
station of Czech Radio Club/CRC) in the IARU HF World
Championship (July 10-11th) with 12 stations on all HF bands
CW/SSB. QSL via OK1MD, Mlados Doucha, Kodanska 87, CZ-10100 Praha
10, Czech Republic.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
SV9AKI QSL (More on "Never Give
Up!"). Last week we mentioned that Marco, IK0DWN,
reported receiving this QSL card after 9 years. Well,
another report came in from Elwood, W4EB, stating the
following: "I was on vacation for the past 10 days
and when I came back I found a QSL card from SV9AKI for a
contact on 10/10/1990 using the return envelope I sent
him almost 9 years ago. The amazing thing is I still need
SV9 for an all time new one and this card was number 299.
I was further amazed to see this reported in your latest
bulletin by an Italian ham. Anyone have an
explanation?"
Ari, OH1EH, wants to remind everyone
that OH0Z QSLs are via OH1EH (NOT via KU9C!). Address is
above under OH0.
ZL9CI Campbell Island DXpedition QSL Card Update.
From a press release: "The Kermadec DX Association
are pleased to announce that after some 4 months of total
commitment towards QSL'ing for our recent most successful
DXpedition MOST of the reply cards are on their way to
you all." The complete press release by Ken Holdom,
ZL2HU, will be sent out as an additional bulletin to all
OPDX InterNet Subscribers.
Bernie, W3UR, reports that the E44DX QSL
cards are going out ASAP. 200 US envelopes went out on
Wednesday (June 30th) and 700 US went out July 3rd. There
are about another 800 US envelopes to go out which should
be in the mail be the end of the month. "Remember
all DX with prefixes from A-O are done", states
Bernie.
R1MVA, MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ (DXPEDITION). By the
time you read this the joint Finnish/Russian team of 25 operators
will be active as R1MVA from here until July 15th. Operations
will be on all bands from HF to UHF. The group will be active in
the IARU Contest, but will be using a special shortened callsign
R1MV. They will operate on all modes (CW/SSB/RTTY, MS, EME,
Tropo) with nine radios with amplifiers and an assortment of
yagis, verticals and wires. For more details, please refer to
OPDX.413 and OPDX.414. QSL via OH2BR (CBA is NOT correct): Jukka
Heikinheimo, Rikunkuja 4, FI-01420 Vantaa, Finland.
SPECIAL EVENT. Activity still continues by
SN0APT to commemorate 750 years of Polish pharmacies on 160-10m
SSB/CW/RTTY. Please refer to OPDX.407. This station has been
active since the 1st of May. Next week (July 5-12th) a special
field day activation will be set up in Klementowice (KO01BJ),
southeast Poland. The station will end its special activity later
this month from Lublin (KO11GG) with the operation ending on July
31st. QSLs available via bureau via special callsign or SP8YCB
club. Direct to: SP8YCB Club, PO BOX 403, 20-950 Lublin-1,
Poland.
SPECIAL EVENT. The "1999 Museum Ship
Special Event" will take place from 1330z, July 17th through
2000z, July 18th. They currently have 37 museum ships which will
be activated for the weekend. The USS Salem Radio Club (K1USN) is
sponsoring this event. Certificates are available for working
five different vessels during the weekend. W1QWT is the QSL
Manager for K1USN. He is also the Certificate Manager. Send a
business size SASE for the QSL; 9 X 12 SASE for the Certificate.
The following are suggested operating frequencies for ships
operating during the event:
AM - 3895 kHz
SSB - 3930, 7230, 14230, 18130, 21330, 24930 and 28430
CW - UP 30 kHz.
SV5, DODECANESE. Look for Dieter/DL9UDS and
Andreas/DL9USA to be active from Kos Island as J45K July
28th-August 11th. There is some 6 meter activity planned.
T30. WESTERN KIRIBATI. Jack, VK2GJH, will be
active here after his C21 operation (See above, C2) signing T30JH
from Tarawa (OC-017) from July 8-20th. Activity will be on 80-6
meters. QSL direct only via VK2GJH.
USI ALERT AND NEWS...
In celebration of the 5th anniversary of
the US Islands (USI) awards program, VE8JR will be active
exclusively around 28495 kHz from Vale Island, Northwest
Territories. Operation will take place during the ARRL
November Sweepstakes Contest Novembers 20-22nd. 17m
activity will also take place from Northwest Territories
and Alaska after the contest. QSL Manager KL7JR (CBA).
Check out URL address: http://www.eng.mu.edu/~usi.
Dave, KE8M, will be active from Florida
Keys (Key West, USI FL040S) July 20-30th. He will be
active on 40-10 meters CW as KE8M/4. Dave will also
participate in the IOTA Contest as a 24 hour CW entry. He
will be using a TS-450, AL811 and R-7000.
VP8, BERMUDA. Hank, K2HJB, will be active
from here (IOTA NA-005) as K2HJB/VP9 from July 26-30th.
Operations are planned for 20 meters SSB and possibly 6 meters FM
only. QSL to home call or KB2PFP.
ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND (Update). Paul Hutley,
KF4OOX, active as ZD8V informs OPDX that he could not operate
during "Field Day" due to being sick from having a
tooth pulled the day before. OPDX wishes him a speedy recovery.
Paul states his antenna (A GAP Titan DX) is still sick and he
hoped to have it down during the past week for repair. He
mentions that he uses the following setup: Icom 756 Transceiver
into a AL-80B Amertron 1K amp into a MFJ versa tuner V and into a
GAP Titan DX multi-band vertical antenna. Paul also uses the
LOG-EQF program on a notebook computer with QRZ CDRom in it.
ZS, SOUTH AFRICA. NODXA member Edwin, ZS5BBO,
will be operating in IARU HF World Championships contest as ZS5T
from the beautiful port city of Durban on the east coast of South
Africa. He will be using his Kenwood TS450SAT, Linear amp TL922
from Kenwood and 5 element TET HB35T for 10m, 15m and 20m at 130
foot in the sky. He will only have a Cushcraft R7 for 40m. Edwin
requests to, "Please join the fun and give some points in
this great contest. Last year (1998) I was 10th in Africa
operating as ZS5BBO, hopefully I can improve this year. I hope to
operate the full period of the contest." QSL is direct only
to: ZS5BBO, P.O. BOX 211032, BLUFF, 4036, SOUTH AFRICA.
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