The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 436 BID: $OPDX.436 November 22, 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, ARRL
Letter/Web Page, K2FF, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport,
NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, W4PJ, WB5KAU, K8YSE, KE9KD, KL9A,
4L5O, CT1CSN, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, DK5WL, DL1HCM, DL5EBE,
DL7VRO, DK9TN, ER1DA, F1NGP, F5NOD, G3SWH, G0OFE, JI3ERV, JM1LJS,
LU3FCK, OH2TA, OH9HNP, PA3GIO, PY1KS, RA3SL, VK4EJ, VK9NS,
ZP5AZL, ZS5BBO and the NATAL DX GROUP for the following DX
information.
3D2, ROTUMA ISLAND (and Fiji). Northern Ohio
DX Association (NODXA) members DL7IO/Birgit and Holger/DL7AU will
be active from Rotuma until November 24/25th, as 3D2AO/R and
3D2IO/R. They will return to Fiji after their operation and
remain in 3D2-land until December 9th. This is reportedly a
vacation (per Fritz, DL7VRO), but radio operations will take
place. There have been QSNs reported on 30/12/10 meters CW/SSB
via the cluster network. QSL via DL7VRO.
4L, GEORGIA. Look for Omari, 4L5O, to be
active in next week's CQWW DX CW Contest as a Single
Operator/Single Band (28 MHz)/Low Power entry. Qsl via CBA.
4S7, SRI LANKA. The "DX News
Letter" announced that Felix, DL7FER, is expected to spend
time here until Christmas and will operate CW/SSB on 40-10 meters
(also the WARC bands). He will receive his callsign upon his
arrival on the island. QSL via bureau to DL7FER or direct to:
Felix Kuntzsch, Auf dem Berg 12, D-35745 Herborn, Germany.
7Q, MALAWI (Update). NODXA member Edwin,
ZS5BBO, will be leaving for 7Q7-land and will arrive December
19th for a short holiday until December 26th. He will be active
from the shores of Lake Malawi, signing 7Q7BO. Activity will be
on 10, 20, 15 and 6 meters. He will try to be active as often as
it is possible using Icom 706 Mk2 for 6m and Kenwood TS450SAT for
the other bands. Edwin would like to give as many operators as
possible a new one. All QSL cards are to be sent with SASE (and 2
USD) to his home callsign ZS5BBO: Edwin Musto, P.O. Box 211032,
Bluff, 4036, South Africa. NO CARDS WILL BE ANSWERED VIA THE
BUREAU. SPECIAL NOTE by Edwin: "I would like to take this
opportunity to thank some of my very good ham radio friends.
Firstly, thanks to John/7Q7JL for all the trouble he has gone
through to help me in getting a license and callsign. Also, I
would like to thank the following for their help and assistance.
Special thanks to 7Q7HB, 7Q7LA and G0AIS. Without their help in
some small way I didn't think this operation would be possible.
Also a very big thanks to Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW) Editor of the
OPDX and President of the Northern Ohio DX Association (NODXA)
for the sponsorship of the logging software (purchased by
NODXA).... 73 and hope to work all of you in the pile ups.... Any
queries please E-mail me at: zs5bbo@arrl.net
(before 14-12-99).
9M6OO SPRATLY ISLANDS DXPEDITION QRT. Bob
Schenck, N2OO/9M6OO, reports that they had a very sucessful 9M6OO
operation with 21,000 QSOs logged. The group is currently in
Brunei (V8) and is active as V85OO. NODXA's club member Jim,
K8MR, reports, "I'm having a blast over here" and was
operating from V8SEA station at the SEANET convention. QSL via
JA0AD. He states that they (along with N2OO and N4PN) are
currently at the QTH of V85AA until Wednesday and are operating
as V85OO. QSL via N2OO. They are trying to pay special attention
to the WARC bands and the short 160 openings. Then we will be off
to 9M6AAC for the CQWW CW Contest (M/S), again QSL to N2OO. Watch
for the latest updates on their Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/borneo.
9M6, EASTERN MALAYSIA. The "DX News
Letter" reports that nine Japanese operators visiting the
SEANET Convention in Brunei will go here after the convention and
be on the air as 9M8TG. Activity will be on SSB/CW/SSTV and on
160-6 meters until November 25th. QSL via JH3GAH.
9X, RWANDA. Vladimir, RE3A, was heard on 10
meters signing 9X3/RE3A this week. He claims that he will be in
Rwanda for about a month. QSL are to be sent to: P.O. Box 899,
Moscow 127 018, European Russia.
A5, BHUTAN (Update). OPDX InterNet
Subscribers will receive a complete press release by Jim Smith,
VK9NS, about his trip to A5-land.
A6, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Bernie, W3UR, from
"The Daily DX" provided the following press release:
"Asia's biggest station A61AJ will once again hit the
airwaves for the CQ World Wide CW DX Contest November 27th and
28th. Ali Al-Futtaim, A61AJ, has invited last year's Asian record
breaking multi-multi team of Rich/KE3Q, Boris/T93M,
Sam/T94S/PA4AO, Edin/T97M, and Bernie/W3UR back to Dubai. Joining
them this year will be Jeff/K1ZM, Rol/K3RA, Phil/N6ZZ,
Danny/T93M, and John/W0UN. Team members started to arrive late on
November 20th. While there they plan to do some minor maintenance
on the existing antenna farm. Also planned is the installation of
two new serious antennas for 160 meters and multiple beverages
for 80 and 160 meters. Look for activity on 10 through 160 meters
(including 12, 17 and 30 meters) CW, SSB, and RTTY before and
after the contest." A new A61AJ home page can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/a61aj/.
QSL via W3UR.
AH2, GUAM. The Guam Contest Club will once
again be active in next week's CQWW CW Contest. This club has
been the Oceanic leader in the Multi-Single category in the last
two years, and in 1998 they made an Oceanic record in this
category. This year, due to growing sunspot number, the group
will make an effort to build a much better score and aim for the
World's Top 10. Operators will be Aki/JI3ERV/NH2C,
Kaz/JG3RPL/N1BJ, Toshi/JR7OMD/WI3O and Hiro/JH0USD. They will use
the callsign AH2R in the contest and be a Multi-OP Single-TX
entry from Guam Island (KH2, Zone27, IOTA OC-26). QSL via JI3ERV
(Direct or JA Bureau, NOT KH2 Bureau). Their Sunrise/Sunset will
be: 2020/0750z. Any questions or comments are welcomed. Don't
hesitate to E-mail the Guam Contest Club at: gcc@seo.or.jp.
FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Roger, KF8OY, is in
Tahiti until November 24th and will be active as FO0MAC. Rodger
plans to be active a lot of 12 and 17 meters while he is there.
QSL via KF8OY. VERY IMPORTANT: DO NOT QSL via K8OU. This is a
different operator and operation.
FS, ST. MARTIN. "The 59(9)
DXReport" reports that a few members of the North Jersey DX
Association will be active from here December 1-8th. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters. No callsigns were mentioned.
GJ, JERSEY. Bert, PA3GIO, will be active from
here (IOTA EU-013) as GJ/PA3GIO/p or /m, December 11-16th.
Activity will be on 10/12/15/17/20/40/80 meters. QSL preferable
by the Bureau to PA3GIO. Visit Bert's Jersey Web page at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio/GJ99/.
GU, GUERNSEY. Jim, G0OFE, will be active as
GU0OFE from Wednesday, December 8th, until Monday, December 13th,
primarily for the 10M ARRL Contest. However, he will be active on
other HF bands outside of the contest; most likely 15 and 20
meters, possibly low bands as well. His contest callsign will be
MU0C. QSL info for both GU0OFE and MU0C is as follows: Bureau
cards to the GU bureau, (NOT via G0OFE please ) Direct cards can
be sent to G0OFE (callbook address).
HI9, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (Cancelation). Heinz,
DK5WL, reports that he had to cancel his trip to HI9 because of
personal reasons. He would have been active as HI9/DK5WL in the
CQWW DX CW Contest.
IOTA NEWS...
AF-067. Look for Jim/G3RTE, David/G3UNA,
Rob/5Z4RL, Ian/5Z4IC, Graham/ 5Z4GS and Phil/G3SWH are
planning to activate Wasini Island, which also counts for
Kenya for DXCC. Activity will be on both SSB and CW for a
week in mid March 2000. Wasini has been activated only
once before, for a 24 hour period in the 1993 IOTA
contest.
KP5, DESECHEO (OPPS!! Not the prefix KP1 as
reported last week). Over the past week, OPDX has learned that
there are more than one group trying to activate this one. All
reportedly are having the same problem trying to obtain a landing
permit. Hopefully, there will be some breakthrough in the coming
future.
L5/LO1, ARGENTINA. Look for LU4FPZ to operate
as L5F a Single Op/Single Band (10m) entry in the CQWW CW
Contest. Look for LU4FM to operate as LO1F in the CQWW CW Contest
as a Single Op/Single Band (20m) entry.
LAST TWO CRACKDOWN (Update). You can find a
more clarified version of FCC Enforcement Chief Riley
Hollingsworth comments about the last two letter crackdowns on
the ARRL Web site ( http://www.arrl.net
) and this week's ARRL Letter. In short, Hollingsworth states,
"All we said was that if only the last two letters are
given, it doesn't meet Part 97". Hollingsworth pointed out
that if a calling station using an abbreviated ID is never
acknowledged and given a chance to give a complete callsign, a
legal ID would be lacking for that communication. To be strictly
legal, stations using a suffix-letter ID always must identify at
some point in the communication with a complete callsign. To be
completely legal, a station using a two letter suffix ID always
must identify within the first 10 minutes of the communication
(and each 10 minutes thereafter) with a complete callsign. You
can also hear Riley Hollingsworth's discuss this issue (using
Real Audio) on the Web at: http://www.rainreport.com/.
OD, LEBANON. Slavek, OK1TN, with
Vladimir/OK1CW and Pavel/OK1MU, will operate in the CQWW CW
contest as OD5/OK1MU. QSL to OKDXF, Bradlec 73, 293 06 Kosmonosy,
Czech Republic.
OH9, FINLAND (The "BIG GUY" will be
active! Tell the kids!). Santa Claus will be active as OH9SCL,
December 17-19th, from Rovaniemi before he makes his world-wide
tour. Activity will be on all bands and modes. There will be real
time logging on the Web. For more information, check the Web page
(site still under construction) at: http://www.oh9scl.com.
Or send E-mail to: oh9scl@sral.fi.
OH0, ALAND ISLAND. The B.I.G. Contest Station
on Aland Island, OH0R, will be active during the CQWW CW Contest
with, if possible, even better signals than ever before due to
newly installed antennas. They will participate in the
Multi/Single category with a joint venture of OH and DL teams
(OH2TA/OH0TA, DL1EFD and DL3KDV) representing the Contest Club of
Finland (CCF). OH0R QSLs are via OH2TA.
OZ, DENMARK. The Bavarian Contest Club (BCC)
will be active from here as OZ/DJ9RR in the CQWW CW Contest as a
Multi/Single/High Power entry. The operators are: DJ9RR, DJ7LX,
DL8HCO, DK3LT and DL1HCM. Pre-contest activity will start
November 23rd. QSL via DJ9RR (via bureau).
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Some QSL Manager databases have N6TR
listed as manager for FR5FD. Larry Tyree, N6TR, has been
asked about this and he states he knows nothing about it.
The best route is direct to: Patrick Labeaume, 40 Rue
Louis des Jardins, Bois de Nefle, F-97411 St. Paul,
Reunion Island via France.
Some databases also list NJ2D as the
manager for LA6WEA. This is incorrect. QSL LA6WEA via
direct to: Kaare Olufsen, Levang, 8890 Leirfjord, Norway.
FT5WH QSLs. Gil, F5NOD, reports sending
out around 350 FT5WH QSLs this past week. All QSL
requests received before November 5th have been returned.
He states that he has the FT5WH log for QSOs up to
October 14th. He will have the complete log in January
when Gilles, FT5WH, returns back home (leaves December
7th). Next batch will go out in the middle of December.
QSL cards for the following special
event stations from Republic of Moldova (ER1A, ER1CW,
ER27A, ER50A, ER50CE, ER7A, ER8C, ER9V, ER0ITU, and
ER200P) are to be sent only to ER1DA to the following
address: Valery Metaxa, P.O.Box 9537, Kishinev, Moldova,
Europe (Direct or via the Bureau). Valery, ER1DA, states,
"QSL cards sent to I8YGZ, RW6HS, or to any other
address are as good as thrown into a garbage can for I
didn't authorized them to do this, and I'll inform DXCC
commitee about that." He also states that due to the
considerable increase of postal charges in Moldova, it is
necessary to send 2 IRC or 1 USD for direct return QSLs.
Please don't send envelopes with Moldavian postage stamps
for the postal charges can change any time.
Steve, P29BI, should be close to going
QRT on Bougainville Island (OC-135). However, he will
remain on the island until November 27th, but he must
send his equipment and personal effects home early. His
QSL Manager VK4EJ states that he is still waiting on some
logs as the mail is sometimes slow, but will QSL as soon
as he receives them. QSL to: Bernie McIvor, 30 Brennan
Parade, Strathpine, QLD, 4500, AUSTRALIA.
Chris, KL9A (ex-WL7KY), reports cards
for KL9A, WL7KY and KL1SLE can be QSLed via NU4N, but
KL9A cards have not been received from the printer yet.
ADDED NOTE: Chris wants to remind everyone that Alaskan
stations are NOT just KL7, WL7, NL7, or AL7. They are KL,
NL, WL, and AL, ANY number, 0-9. The only exception being
KL9KAA-KHZ which is South Korea.
PIRATE. On November 17th, a station signing
PY0FA was active. This station is a pirate. PY0FA doesn't live on
the island anymore and is somewhere in Brazil. Do not waste your
time or money sending QSLs. The only stations active from
Fernando de Noronha are PY0FF (Andre) and PY0FMZ (Helmut, DL2HMZ
until November 25th).
PY, BRAZIL. Alex, PY1KS, states he will be
active in the CQWW CW Contest as PY1KS as a Single Op/All
Band/Low Power entry. He mentions to look for him 160-10 meters,
but his best band is 10 meters. He will try some 80/160 meters
(only 100w). QSL via PY1KS: P.O.BOX 18123, Rio de Janeiro-RJ,
20722-970, Brazil.
PY0S, ST PETER AND ST PAUL ARCHIPELAGO (Delayed
Again!). Once again, the NATAL DX GROUP advises that the
DXpedition has been postponed until April of 2000. The Brazilian
Navy, through the Secretary for Ocean Resources, advises that the
trip to the Archipelago St. Peter & St. Paul has been
postponed due to the reconstructing of the wooden building and
anchorage by the Navy and the Brazilian Environment Department
which were destroyed by heavy seas. It should be completed by the
end of March, 2000 - probably! The NATAL DX GROUP sends apologies
to those who may have been disappointed; they hope to contact
them on their next DXpedition.
R1, ANTARCTICA. Oleg and his colleague Alex
will be using the callsign R1ANF/A during CQWW CW Contest from
the Korean station "King Sejong". QSL via RK1PWA direct
to: Nick Shapkin, P.O. Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaja,
Russia. ADDED NOTE: Oleg, R1ANF, reports that his QSL Manager
Nick, RK1PWA, is having "big problems" in receiving
direct QSL in Amderma. Oleg has decided to keep Nick as QSL
Manager for his activities under the callsign R1ANF from the
Russian Antarctic station "Bellingshausen", South
Shetlands. However, for his operations as R1ANF/A from the
Chinese Antarctic Base "Great Wall" (first ham
activity) and the Korean Base "King Sejong", cards
should only be sent to the following direct address: P.O.Box 10,
Novodvinsk-1, Arkhangelskaja obl., 163901 RUSSIA. Cards will be
answered after Oleg's return to Russia in spring 2000.
S9, SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE. Matt, DA1MH, and
Markus, DL5OBZ, will be signing either S92CW or S92DX now through
December 4th. They will be active on 20-6 meters and intend to
participate in the CQWW CW Contest on 10 meters only.
V6, MICRONESIA. Hide, JM1LJS, will be active
as V63LJ from Ponape from December 26-31st (possibly until
January 4, 2000). Look for activity on 80-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL
via JH8DEH: Akira Miyata 4-28-5, Minami Nishi 23 Jyou, Obihiro
080-2473, JAPAN.
YU8, YUGOSLAVIA. Andy, RW3AH, will be in
Kosovo during the next 2 years and will use the callsign
YU8/9X0A. QSL info is not known yet.
ZM7, CHATHAM ISLAND. Lothar, DJ4ZB, will
travel here in the new year and be active from January 31st
through March 3rd. His callsign will be ZM7ZB. His activity,
reportedly, will be maninly on 10 meters using a Quad antenna.
Suggested frequencies are: 28395, 28495, 28595 or 28460 kHz.
ZP5, PARAGUAY (Update). Dale Long, N3BNA, and
Darrell Nerron, AB2E, will join the Multi/Multi team of ZP6T for
the CQWW CW Contest. Also joining the team will be Jorge Diez
Furest, CX6VM (CX5X). The ZP operators will be Juan/ZP5MAL,
Tom/ZP5AZL, Anibal/ZP5VAY and Luis/ZP5WBM. The station is now
equipped with 4 towers with stack monobanders from 40-10 meters
and a two element wire beam for 80 meters. Also, there is a high
inverted L for 160 meters plus phased beverages for low bands.
Their last operation in a contest from Paraguay was in November
of 1997. They will make a special effort on the low bands for
those who need ZP on CW. They plan to have three stations on at
the same time. The QSL Manager for this operation is Juan,
ZP5MAL, which is "OK" in all callbooks.
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