The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 438 BID: $OPDX.438 December 6, 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, KF2TI,
N2OO, W2FXA, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, N5VT, AG8L,
K8CX, K8YSE, NE8Z, K9NW, KE9KD & DX Central, DJ3IW, ER1DA,
F6AJA & LNDX, G3NOM, G3SXW, IN3QBR, JF6OJX, OK1YM, OM3LZ,
ON4LCE, PA3GIO, PY1KS, VE1ZL, VE2PJ, VE6VK, VK9NS, VR2XMT and
Reinhart Pearson for the following DX information.
5T, MAURITANIA. The International Amateur
Radio Volunteers (IARV) will be dispatching an eight member team
here between December 13-20th, to build an emergency medical
radio network in some remote cities. During their stay there,
they will be authorized to operate as 5T5U. They will operate
mainly on the WARC bands including 10 MHz, 28 MHz FM (29.260 MHZ)
as well as 6 meters band (50.115 MHz - beacon). Please QSL via
JA1UT. Your kind support will be much appreciated.
8P9, BARBADOS. Look for Dan, N8DCJ, to sign
8P9CW bewteen December 25th and January 9th. He is an excellent
CW operator and this will probably be the main mode he will be
using. QSL via homecall.
9G, GHANA. Zdeno, OK2ZW, is planning to stay
the next 3 years in Ghana. He is using the callsign 9G5ZW. He was
very active in both parts of the 1999 CQWW Contest (on 10 meters,
making 4000 QSOs in both parts). His QSL Manager Miro, OM3LZ,
informs OPDX that he has begun receiving the first QSLs, mostly
from JA and USA. Every direct QSL will be answered, however, Milo
will start answering the QSL beginning January 1st, 2000. He is
currently waiting for new printed QSL cards.
FT/W, CROZET. Gilles, FT5WH, will leave
Crozet on December 7th.
H4, TEMOTU. Bernhard, DL2GAC (alias VU2BMS,
H44MS, H40MS) will going on a three month Pacific trip at the end
of January 2000. In February 2000, he will stay and operate for
about three weeks from Temotu. During this time and specifically
for the CQ WPX RTTY Contest in February, he is looking for a RTTY
operator to join him on Temotu. A beam and an amplifier are
already on Temotu. The only way to contact him is by his FAX work
number: +49 741 15377.
HC, ECUADOR. Doctor Rick, NE8Z, had to change
his flight plans to Ecuador due to the volcanic activity in Mt.
Pichincha (HC1) and Mt. Tungurahua (HC6). Due to the falling ash
in the mountains, the Quito International Airport had to be
closed down. Rick arrived in Guayaquil (HC2) on the coast of
Ecuador and took a 6 hour bus ride to Tumbaco (HC1, 66km from Mt.
Pichincha). He is now active as HC1MD until December 10th. He was
spotted on the air on 20/10 meters. Suggested frequencies are: CW
- 5 and 24 kHz up, 10113, 18073 and 24903; SSB - mainly 28430 and
50110 kHz. Look for him to be active from the Amazon (signing
HC1MD/HC7) between December 10-13th. Rick states daily updates
and photographs of the volcanic activity can be seen at: http://www.elcomercio.com/volcan/volcan.html.
QSL direct via K8LJG: John Kroll, 3628 Craig Drive, Flint, MI
48506 USA (k8ljg@tir.com) or
via the bureau.
HR, HONDURAS. Look for Gerard, F2JD/HK3JBR,
to be active as HR5/F2JD from the middle of December until early
January. KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Dave/AG8L and Mike/KC8NJA will
be active from the Windwood contest station from December 9-15th.
Dave will be a Single Op entry in the 10M contest. Mike, a new
Tech-Plus, will be active on 10 meters SSB before and after the
contest. Due to the recent hurricane, some of the activity may be
limited before the contest due to antenna and station setup. QSL
routes are: KP2/AG8L via NN6C, KP2/KC8NJA via NN6C, and WP2Z
(contest callsign) via KU9C.
NJDXA'S "YEAR 2000" EXECUTIVE BOARD.
The "North Jersey DX Aocciation" (NJDXA) has elected
the following:
W2UDT - Bill Hudzik - President
NA2R - John Sawina - Vice President
N2BIM - Gene Ingraham - Treasurer
KF2TI - Steve Adell - Secretary
Additionally
K2CO - Ron Levy - W2 Incoming Buro Chief
NA2U - Fred Hoffert - Assistant Buro
OD, LEBANON. Pavel, OK1MU, is active as
OD5/OK1MU from Beiruth. Activity is mainly CW but SSB too. Over
the past weekend, he was heard on 30/17/12 meters (try between
1330 and 1430z and around 0145z). QSL via OK DX Foundation. Also,
look for Labib, OD5IU, on 10 meters SSB around 28545 kHz between
1400 and 1500z.
PIRATES...
Activity by a P51BH was keeping many in
practice recently. Hopefully, the many who took the time
to practice their skills will not QSL.
Dick, K4UTE, states that he is being
flooded with E-mail requests wanting to know if he is the
QSL Manager for the station sign YA4A during the CQWW CW
Contest. The answer is "NO", and he is sure
that this station was pirate. However, if you worked him
as YA4A in 1963-65, Dick still has the logs and QSLs.
PY, BRAZIL. Alex, PY1KS, and PY1NX, will be
active in next week's ARRL 10m Contest as Multi-Operator/Single
Tranmitter/Mixed Mode (CW/SSB) entry as PY1NX. QSL via PY1NX
direct or bureau.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
NEED A QSL MANAGER. Doug, VE1ZL, who
used to be a QSL Manager for C6ANU (now deceased), would
like to offer his services again to manage one or two DX
stations. Contact Doug via E-mail at: wipcitz@hotmail.com.
NEW QSL BUREAU MANAGER. Delano Taylor,
C6AFV, has assumed duties as Bureau Manager for the
"Bahamas Amateur Radio Society. The address is P.O.B
F-43563, Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Delano
currently has thousands of cards for radio amateurs that
have operated from C6-land. He has provided the following
list: C6AFE, C6AJA, C6AFP, C6AHN, C6AKP, C6AKQ, C6AJT,
C6AJZ, C6APK, C6ADR, C6AGT, C6AXP, C6LE, C6ANF, C6LFN,
C6MPN, C6AGH, C6AMI, C61D, C6AGH, C6AKA, C6AKW, C6AHR,
C6AJU, KR8V/C6A, C6AVW, C6CR, C6AJQ, C6CDQ, C6AKL, C6AHG,
C6AHE, C6AHY, C6AHK, C6AGN, C6AKT, C6AJJ, C6AFQ, C6AHX,
C6AGP, C6AFZ, C6ASR and C6AER. These cards will be held
for a period of 60 days as of December 1st. If there is
no response from these stations, the cards will be
"DISPOSED OF"....
THE 1999 HILLVIEW GARDENS BORNEO DXPEDITION IS
QRT. Bob, N2OO, reports the preliminary QSO
totals are as follows: 9M6OO/p Spratly: 21,000; V85OO
(plus some QSO's using V85AA, V8USA and V8SEA): 6,000;
9M6AAC: 7,000; 9M6RIT: 1,000. Total QSOs for the
DXpedition was: 35,000. Bob states that these numbers are
a ballpark figure for now, as they have a mix of log
formats to go through, including some paper... QSL
information is as follows: -- 9M6OO via N2OO -- V85OO via
N2OO -- V8USA via N2OO -- V85AA via direct only to:
WILLIAM MADDOX, PO Box 1711, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
-- V8SEA via JA0AD -- 9M6AAC via N2OO -- 9M6RIT via G4SHF
QSLs for FG5BG in CQWW CW Contest are
direct via FG5BG. QSLs for FG/K9NW are via WW9DX: Western
Wisconsin DX Association, PO Box 411, La Crosse,
Wisconsin 54602
The 1999 9G5AA CQ WW CW Contest
operation is QSL via GM4FDM only. There is some
confusion. Do not QSL via Roger, G3SXW, who was QSL
Manager for the 1994 operation.
VK9RS QSLS. Malcolm, VK6LC, reports that
the special direct QSL cards for the Rowley Shoals
DXpedition (OC-230) could start to flow around Christmas
time, and bureau cards are scheduled for about May 2000.
The VK9RS special stamps are not for sale because of
limited quantities, and they have been sent to all VK9RS
sponsors. The remaining are available to those that have
worked VK9RS and supported a reasonable donation with
their direct QSL card to I1HYW. Currently, Mal is in the
South China Sea near Vung Tau engaging in Offshore Oil
Design Engineering. He does visit during his time off Con
Son (Iles de Poulo Condore) and Cu Lao Thu Islands. He
will be commuting between Australia and Vietnam over the
next 4 months and may have time to operate from these
places, but only in his days off. Also, this will not be
DXpedition style operating, but more of a social 3W6
contacts only.
Youth Club Station UX2FXX, QSL via P.O.
Box 14, Odessa 65076 UKRAINE
Youth Club Station UT9F, QSL via UX2FXX:
P.O.Box 14, Odessa 65076 UKRAINE
SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS FOR THE YEAR 2000...
To celebrate the coming of a New
Millenium, look for special event ER2000A to be active
starting from December 15th and lasting until January 20,
2000. QSL via ER1DA direct to: Valery Metaxa, P.O. Box
9537, Kishinev, MD-2071, Moldova, Europe (or via the
Bureau).
Special event station "Millenium
Plus" will use the special one-by-one callsign, N5T,
between January 1-15th. Activity will be on on all bands
(including the Novice portion, 6m/2m/432) on
CW/SSB/RTTY/Packet/PK31. A special QSL card will be
available (along with a SASE) from N5VT.
Phil, ON4LCE, will be on the air from
Guadeloupe Island (NA-102) with the special callsign
TO2OOO from Monday, December 20th, to Monday, January 3rd
(2000). Activity will be on 80-10 meters including the
WARC bands. His preferred modes are SSB/RTTY and a
special effort on PSK31. His operating times will be
limited because he is on a family holiday. He may make a
trip to Les Saintes Island (NA-114) for a 1 or 2 day
operation. QSL via home callsign (only for this
operation). All requests are welcome by E-mail: on4lce@arrl.net. Or by
packet BBS: on4lce@on0sat.lu.be.eu.
Charlie, VR2XMT, informs OPDX that the
"Hong Kong Amateur Radio DX Association"
(HARDXA) will be active as VR2K for the celebration of
the new year 2000. Activity will be on HF-430 MHz
(including satellite) from now until January 31st.
Activity is also planned for March 1st through March
31st, and from May 1st through July 31st. For the year
2000 QSL send to VR2XRW. Also, check out the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/vr2dxa.
VC2K UPDATE. Terry, VE2PJ, informed OPDX
that the reason he is using this callsign (between
December 31st and January 31st) is to celebrate the new
Millenium. He had asked for the callsign XK2K but was
told that XK is not for use in QUEBEC.....
SV, GREECE. Olda, OK1YM, is now active as
SV/OK1YM from Athens on CW, SSB and RTTY. He will probably stay
for more than 1 year there. QSL cards via OK DX Foundation: OK DX
Foundation, P.O.Box 73, Bradlec, 293 06, CZECH REPUBLIC. For more
info on the Web, visit: http://www.qsl.net/ok1ym - or - http://www.okdxf.cz.
TY, BENIN. Philippe, TU2FH/FK8VHU, will be
here from December 6-28th. He hopes to get a licence, and he will
take his TS-680S and vertical with him.
V26, ANTIGUA. Tom Roscoe, K8CX, reports that
he will be active from Antigua as V26X from December 7th through
December 13th. He will be active on all 9 HF bands. Tom will be
an entry in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest on December 11th and 12th.
A full color photo QSL card will be available for all completed
contacts. QSL via K8CX.
V3, BELIZE (IOTA DXpeditions). Bert, PA3GIO,
will be active as V31GI on SouthwestCaye, Glovers Reef (NA-180),
from March 19-24th (2000). Also, from March 26-29th he will be on
Little Water Caye (NA-180). Activity will be on
80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters SSB only using 100 watts into a
Doublet open feeder line. QSL "PREFERABLE" by the
Bureau to PA3GIO. QSL direct to PA3GIO: Bert v.d. Berg, Parklaan
38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands, Europe. Visit Bert's
Web site with pictures of his 1999 activation at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio.
VK0, MACQUARIE ISLAND. (Excerpts from a Jim
Smith, VK9NS, press release. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will
receive the complete press release as an additional bulletin.)
Alan Cheshire, VK0LD, is now active and is employed as a Senior
Communications Engineer for the current Australian Antarctic
Research Expedition (ANARE) Base on Macquarie Island until late
2000. He and other members of the ANARE team on the island have
extended work loads and operating times will depend on this
factor. Alan is primarily a CW operator and it is in this mode
that he hopes to make a dent into the pile ups of the needy. He
will concentrate mainly on 20 meters or perhaps 15 meters to
maximise the chance of the DXers working a new country. He seems
to be uninterested in chasing around the bands towards the
multiband QSO routine. His rig is an ICOM 706 MKII. As of this
past weekend, Alan's current operating schedule is as follows:
1000-1100z CW - JA/HL/BV/UA0 "ONLY" - North Vee Beam.
1100-1200z CW - Europe "ONLY" - NW Vee Beam Short Path
(includes TF, OX, JW etc. and UA9) 1200-1300z CW - USA/ VE/
S.America/ Africa "ONLY" - Vertical. There will not be
a QSL Manager, so all QSLing will be done after Alan's tour of
duty. Alan has a super Web site available for updates, schedule,
Web Cam and pictures at: http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html.
VP9, BERMUDA. Gene, W2FXA, will be active as
W2FXA/VP from Devonshire Parish, Bermuda, from now through
January 4th (2000). Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW and SSB.
QSL to home callsign. Also, "The 59(9) DXReport" is
reporting that Mark, AA1AC, will be active from Paget Parish
December 16-20th as AA1AC/VP9. He will be active on 40-10 meters
CW/SSB. QSL via homecall.
VQ9, CHAGOS. "The 59(9) DXReport"
is reporting that Paul, W2JDK, is now active as VQ9PH from Diego
Garcia until December 15th. Reportedly. he prefers CW. However,
OPDX QSNs show that Paul was active this past weekend on 15
meters SSB (on 21333 kHz between 1545 and 1615z) and on CW, 14004
kHz around 1430z. This is his third trip here. QSL via W2JDK.
XU, CAMBODIA. Mauro, IN3QBR, informs OPDX
that he and Fabri/IN3ZNR will operate from here between December
24th and January 3rd (2000). Their callsigns are: XU7AAY (Fabri)
and XU7AAZ (Mauro). They plan to operate on CW/SSB and during the
ARRL Round-up Contest on RTTY. They will be active on all bands
including the WARC bands and hope to do good work on the low
bands. QSL cards are via IN3ZNR: Fabrizio Vedovelli, Via Gramsci,
38100 TRENTO Italy.
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