The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 447 BID: $OPDX.447 February 7, 2000 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, K1XN &
The Golist, NC1L & DXCC, K2KQ, WB2RAJ & The 59(9)
DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, KI4RU, N4AA & QRZ DX,
N4HT, KL7J, K8YSE, A35RK, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, F5NOD,
FG5FR, I2YSB, LU1DK, OM3LZ, PY2YP, VE3NQK and ZL2HU for the
following DX information.
3D2, FIJI. Paul Kidd, A35RK, informs OPDX
that he and his QSL Manager Bob Preston, W7TSQ, will be arriving
in Suva, Fiji on February 7th. They will be visiting Craig
Thompson, 3D2TC, (ex-A35CT) and will be active from that location
for 2 weeks. Bob will be signing 3D2SQ, and Paul will be using
3D2RK. Their activity will be on all bands 80-6 meters
CW/SSB/RTTY. Hopefully, both 3D2SQ and 3D2RK will be able to
operate simultaneously. 3D2SQ will concentrate on SSB, and 3D2RK
will work CW and RTTY. Special attention will be given to Europe,
band conditions permitting. QSL both 3D2SQ and 3D2RK via W7TSQ.
Bob, W7TSQ, will leave Fiji to head to New Zealand (ZL) and
Indonesia (YB) (see below) while Paul will stay in Suva until
February 25th before he returns to Tonga. Look for 3D2RK to enter
the ARRL CW DX Contest.
3W, VIETNAM. Mal, VK6LC, will be returning to
Vietnam sometime this week and stay until early March. He will
operate from Ho Chi Mihn City only for a short while as his free
time is very limited. Over the next 2-3 weeks, Mal states that he
will be able to take off the weekends and go from Vung Tau to
visit a friend in Ho Chi Mihn City and operate his radio. He will
no longer use his temporary callsign 3W6LC (January 2000) because
he now has a permanent licence with the callsign of 3W2LC which
is not restricted to a single frequency. Mal will try this time
to be active on or about 14270 and 21270 kHz looking for EU and
NA. He has found the best times for NA is on 20 meters between
2230-2400z because of less noise. His operating times will be
mainly in the evenings and mornings from about 0600-2400z. Look
for him on the following weekends: February 12-13th and 19-20th
(if he can make it). QSL Manager VK6LC: Mal Johnson, 9 Abinger
Rd., Lynwood WA 6155, AUSTRALIA
6Y, JAMAICA. Look for Reiner, DL2AAZ, to sign
/6Y5, now through February 14th. He will be active on CW/SSB
40-10 meters (including the WARC bands). He will use a TS-50 with
wire antennas and verticals. QSL via DL2AAZ.
9G, GHANA. Zdeno, 9G5ZW, is very active on HF
and was heard on 12 meters this past week. Check around 24950 kHz
after 1200z. His QSL Manager Miro, OM3LZ, informs OPDX that from
October, 19999, until the end of January, Zdeno has made 22000
QSOs, mostly JAs. He was active on 30-6 meters. In January, he
made 7000 QSO. As of January 10th, Miro states that he has
started replying QSLs, and all QSL received at the end of 1999
were answered (600 direct QSLs). Bureau QSLs will be answered in
March, after he takes a short winter holiday now through February
13th. He will be in W0-land (Aspen, CO) together with OM3RG. Miro
hopes to be active.
A2, BOTSWANA. Rayne, A22RM, was very active
this past weekend on 10 meters between 28440 and 28505 kHz from
1545-1815z. Also, check 15 meters around 21305 kHz after 1700z.
QSL to P.O. Box 41295, Gaborone, Botswana. Also, the "DX
News Letter" reports that Said, A22EW, should be active
again now through February 27th. Activity will be on all bands.
Look for him between 2230-0030z calling for North American
stations on 80 meters. QSL via KB2MS.
BV9P, PRATAS ISLANDS. "The Daily
DX" mentioned this past week to look for an announcement to
be made for an operation to take place in April.
D2, ANGOLA. Jesus, EA1BF, signing D2BF, was
heard active on a couple of days during this past week on 28511
kHz between 1145 and 1400z. Reports state that he has been active
since before Christmas. Look for him to be active on 20/17/15/10
meters CW and SSB. QSL via EA8EE.
DXCC NEWS RELEASE. The DXCC Desk announced
the new enhanced "DXCC Card Checking Program" this past
week. Under the new program, "DXCC Card Checkers" will
be able to check all awards except 160 meter DXCC, and all QSLs
from any current DXCC Entity. This will apply to both new awards
and endorsements. QSOs made up to ten years prior to the current
year will be eligible for checking in the field, while older
cards and Deleted Entities may still be sent to ARRL HQ. The
current "DXCC Field Checking" program will end on March
31, 2000, with the new program beginning on April 1, 2000.
Reappointment of "DXCC Card Checkers" under new
criteria will be necessary. Nominations may be made by Section
Managers and ARRL affiliated DX Specialty Clubs of 25 members or
more. The complete press release will be sent to all OPDX
InterNet Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
FG, GUADELOUPE (top band). Frantz, FG5FR, has
been very active on 160 and 80 meters. Check around 1836 or 3505
kHz between 0330 and 0500z. He also informs OPDX that his address
in the 1998, 1999 and 2000 callbook is incorrect. His address is:
C.Frantz Selbonne, Villa le "Ferrick", Rocade de Paul,
97129 Lamentin, GUADELOUPE F.W.I. You can also use his QSL
Manager F6FNU: Antoine Baldeck, PO Box 14, F- 91291 Arpajon,
Cedex FRANCE. Frantz's address is OK in BUCKMASTER and QRZ.
SA-021. Members of the Western Buenos
Aires DX Group will activate Trinidad Island in the
Buenos Aires Province West Group from February 25-27th.
Activity will be on CW/SSB 80-10 meters. Operators will
be LO0D (LU1DK), LU8EEM, LU8DWR, LU8VCC, LU7DP, LU7DYS,
AY5E (LU5DV), L44D (LU4DA) and LU7VCH. QSL LO0D via
F6FNU. All others via their home callsign.
J3, GRENADA. Don, K2KQ, expects to be
operational from here as either J3A or yet a unnamed J37 callsign
for the ARRL DX CW Contest. The operation will be Single Op/High
Power entry from the usual EOC site from which he has done the
CQWW contests a few times. Also, look for Bill, K4LTA, as
J3/K4LTA from the beach. Activity will be mainly CW on the usual
frequencies. However, QRZ DX reports that his wife, Rudy, K4UPS,
will operate on SSB 20/15/10 meters. Look for Bill to use J38A
during the ARRL CW Contest too.
JW, SVALBARD. Ken/LA6WEA and Ragnar/LA7FD
will be active from here Febraury 21-27th as JW7FD and JW6WEA.
Ken states that he will, as always, be active on 160 and 80
meters. He also mentions that he will be listening during the
CQWW 160m Contest, not as serious entry, but will be glad to give
you a multiplier QSO if he is able to copy you.
MILLENNIUM ACTIVITY. Bob Treacher reports
that M2000A continues to be active daily from 0830z to 1900z
until February 29th. The station is a special event station to
celebrate the new Millennium. It is situated on the 0 degree
Meridian at Greenwich, London. The station has made 24,000 QSOs
so far in only 265 hours of operation - 150 DXCC entities worked,
WAS and WAZ. A color certificate is available for working M2000A
on 5 bands. QSL via G4DFI. Full details of the station, activity
and awards are available at the Web site: http://www.qsl.net/m2000a.
PI, NETHERLANDS (IPA station). Begin looking
for the Dutch "International Police Association Radio
Club" (IPARC) station, PI4IPA, to be active on Tuesdays at
1400z on 14165 kHz (when possible). Working this station you can
collect points for the following: 1) The Windmill Award and 2)
The Sherlock Holmes Award.
PJ9, SINT MAARTEN. "The 59(9)
DXReport" reports that Jim, W1HL, will be active from
February 29th through March 5th as either PJ9/W1HL or PJ9/W1FC.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
AX0LD QSL ROUTE. Alan, VK0MM, has
nominated the CW Sao Paulo Group (CWSP) as his QSL
Manager for the one day AX0LD operation from Macquarie
Island and declines to accept any excess monies from the
QSLing process. Instead, he requests that stations
wishing to obtain a AX0LD QSL each make a small donation
to cover the postal costs, the remainder to be donated to
a nominated charity. CWSP will be supplying and covering
the costs of printing the QSL cards and has nominated the
Children's Cancer Hospital of Sao Paulo as the
receipient. At the end of the QSLing process, all
incoming monies minus postal costs will be presented to
them with a card saying "From the international
Amateur Radio community as a mark of thanks to Alan
Cheshire who operated from Macquarie Island as AX0LD on
26th January 2000". CWSP will also make public the
accounts. Any extra donations you may wish to make to the
Children's Cancer Hospital of Sao Paulo will be sincerely
appreciated. QSL AX0LD "DIRECT ONLY" please,
via PY2YP: Sao Paulo CW Group, PO Box 1807, Sao Paulo, SP
01059-970, Brazil. Cesar, PY2YP, reports that they will
be working fast in order to have the cards printed and
ready to go as soon as possible. Since the Honnor Roll
members may wish to apply for the DXCC before March 31st,
they will try to ship the cards to them before March 1st.
He suggest that the Honnor Roll guys put the letters
"HR" outside the envelope and Cesar will do his
best to give them a priority. HR members may wish to mail
directly to PY2YP home address: Cesar Augusto C
Rodrigues, Al Min Rocha Azevedo, 495 AP 121, Sao Paulo,
SP 01410-001, Brazil
Joe Duffin, W2ORA, is stating that he is
receiving cards for EI8GS and that he is NOT the QSL
Manager for this station.
Sil, I2YSB, informs OPDX that the ZK1NCI
(North Cook Island) and ZK1GNW (South Cook Island) logs
are online now at the Web page: http://digilander.iol.it/i2ysb.
QSL the ZK1NCI operation ONLY DIRECT to
IK2GNW: Adriano Premoselli, Via Rossini 2, 20080
CISLIANO(MI), ITALY (Donations will be appreciated). QSL
the ZK1GNW operation to I2YSB via the Bureau or direct
to: Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 MORTARA(PV),
ITALY
TN7OT QSLS. Hazel, whose home call is
AL7OT, is back home in Soldotna, Alaska, after a year in
TN7-land. For those waiting for a QSL confirmation, she
has finished all QSL cards received and is mailing them
this week. The TN7OT QSL route still is CBA for AL7OT.
SAD NEWS. It was reported this past week
that Ron Wills, ZL2TT, became a "Silent Key"
(SK). Many may remember Ron's involvement in the May,
1996 DXpedition to Raoul Island by the Kermadec Group.
OPDX would like to send our deepest condolances and
sympathy to his wife Win, ZL2GI, and family.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station
K4L to be active February 12th from 1300-2100z. The special
callsign is to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of the
U.S.A.'s 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. Operations willl be
conducted from the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic
Site, Hodgenville, KY, on the grounds where Lincoln was born in a
one-room log cabin on February 12, 1809. K4L invites all stations
to look for them near 7230, 14260, 21360, and 28460/28560 kHz. DX
stations may request schedules via E-mail to: N4HT@aol.com. Please send requests
prior to 2200z February 11th, giving only the band you want for a
QSO and a range of times you are available. Specific schedules
will be given in return E-mail from K4L in order to accomodate
their operating needs.
T48, CUBA. Look for the "No-Name DX-
Group" using the special callsign T48RAC during the ARRL SSB
DX Contest the first week of March. Members from Canada (VE3ESE,
VE3NXB, VE3SND) and the Cuban University Club will be operating
from the University in Santigo, Cuba. They hope to surpass their
previous scores. QSLvia VE3ESE (Don Fisher).
TX0DX, CHESTERFIELD ISLANDS. It was reported
this week by a couple of sources that the DXAC has been asked or
is looking/reviewing charts of the area to determine whether
Chesterfield Island meets the distance requirement to qualify as
a new entity.
V7, KWAJALEIN ISLAND. Bruce, AC4G, currently
signing V73CW was heard this past weekend on 12 meters (24942 kHz
around 2100z). He reported this past week that he will be leaving
the island on March 11th and head back to the states. Bruce
states, "I am going to try to be active as much as time
permits on all bands, especially top band!"
VK0, ANTARCTICA. "The 59(9)
DXReport" reports that Lance, VK0ERZ, on Davis Base is often
active daily on 14255 kHz from 1200z. QSL via VK2FUN.
VK0, MACQUARIE ISLANDS. Alan, VK0MM,
continued to please many last week. He was active last week on 30
meters between 1100 and 1300z. AN ADDED NOTE FROM ALAN. On Alan's
Web site, he suggested the following on working him on CW:
"Please use full break-in QSK if you are able & AS if
requested. ( " ........ " ). Once I have a full
callsign down, I will resend it twice. If it is correct, you only
need to give me my RST. If I have copied your call incorrectly,
please send your full call + RST. QSL means you are in the log. I
dislike rules etc. as much as anyone else. However as I'm sure
most will agree, if all stations can cooperate with this CW
strategy, there will be many more QSOs per hour than would
otherwise be possible. This also obviates the need for working by
callsign number & makes the sched more equitable to all
areas. You will stand a much better chance of a QSO if you send
your last two & then full call on contact. My understand- ing
of FCC regulations is that you can send your last two as often as
you like, as long as you send your full call once every ten
minutes. Stations persistently calling out of turn will not be
responded to & will have their callsigns flagged with QRU by
the logging software."
XF4, REVILLA GIGEDO. QRZ DX reports that XE
ops will be operating here March 3-18th as XF4LWY. Activity will
be on CW/SSB. No bands were mentioned. QSL via XF4LWY.
XZ, MYANMAR. As this bulletin was being
prepared, the XZ0A team was finishing up their operation with
stateside working them on 17 meters. A press release was sent out
late Saturday evening by Warren, K7WX, stating the following
(excerpt): "XZ0A is now in its final day of operation.
Contacts will end at 23:59 GMT on February 6, 2000 and
preparations will then begin for transporting equipment off the
island. As of February 4th, there were approximately 75,000 QSOs
in the log." The complete press release will be sent to all
OPDX InterNet Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
YB, INDONESIA. Bob, W7TSQ, will travel here
after his New Zealand operation (see below), where he hopes to
re-activate his old callsign, YB3ASQ. Bob will be active from
Indonesia until March 26th. QSL via W7TSQ.
ZL, NEW ZEALAND. Bob, W7TSQ, will leave Fiji
(where he operated as 3D2SQ, see above) on February 16th and
travel to New Zealand. Here he will operate using either ZL/W7TSQ
or another ZL callsign to be assigned upon arrival (...possibly
ZL2SQ). Bob will be in New Zealand until March 2nd before he
heads to Indonesia (YB, see above). Also, Bob plans to enter the
ARRL CW DX Contest using his ZL callsign. QSL via W7TSQ.
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