The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 460 BID: $OPDX.460 May 8, 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, KF2TI,
WW2R, WB2YQH/WB2RAJ & The 59(9) DXReport, K3LR, W3UR &
The Daily DX, NI6T, K7USJ, K8YSE, KF9YL, 4L1DA, 9M2TO, DJ5AV
& DX News Letter, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3ZEM, G4EDG,
GM0CLN, HA0HW, HK6DOS, MM0BQI, OZ5IPA, RA3SL, SM5MX, SV1DKL and
UT1HT for the following DX information.
4L26, GEORGIA. On May 26, 2000, the
"Republic of Georgia" celebrates their "Day of
Independence". On that day, look for the amateur radio
station 4L26MAY to be active on all bands. QSL via the manager
4L1DA: David Devdariani, Shartava st.7, 380122 Tbilisi, Georgia.
6Y5, JAMAICA. Look for Curt, KE3C, to be
active now through May 13th as KE3C/6Y5. Activity will be on
80-10 meters (CW only). There may be some 160 meters activity.
A5, BHUTAN. The "Bhutan 2000 DXpedition
Team" is now active as A52A from a place called "The
Pine Wood Hotel" in Thimphu. The team received the callsign
A52A, however, all individual operators also received their own
personal callsign: Jin/JF1IST/A52IST, Jari/OH2BU/A52BU,
Mark/N0MJ/A52MJ, Andy/UA3AB/A52AB, Vince/K5VT/A52VT,
Mac/JA3USA/A52US, Bob/K4UEE/A52EE, Yuu/JA3IG/A52IG,
Mark/ON4WW/A52WW, Wes/W3WL/A52GB, Al/K3VN/A52VN,
James/9V1YC/A52YC, Glenn/W0GJ/A52GJ and Harry/RA3AUU/A52UU. The
team began operating Tuesday morning (May 2nd) around 1200z and,
as of May 6th at 0718z, the team's QSO count was at 35,017. A
press release by James, 9V1YC, states that everything is going
fine (By the way, all press releases will be sent to all OPDX
InterNet Subscribers as additional bulletins.) He indicates that
the team will work EXCLUSIVE to North America from 2300-0300Z
daily now. For updates and log searches, try their Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/bhutan2000/.
A5, BHUTAN (More!)...
Jim Smith, VK9NS, now signing A52NS,
continues to be active on both CW and SSB. His activity
seem to be mainly on 15/20 meters, but he has been
spotted on 40, 17 and 10 meters.
"The Daily DX" reports that
the President of the Clipperton DX Club, Gerard, F2VX,
announces a team from the CDXC will operate from Bhutan
around September 1st to 15th. Some of the team members
include Alain/F6ANA, Denise/F6HWU (YL), Alain/F5LMJ and
Gerard/F2VX. The team will be active on CW and SSB. More
details will follow. Charles, K4VUD, who is organizing a
trip to Bhutan which we reported a few weeks ago now has
all of the full details available on a Web page at: http://www.unchainedheart.org/dxradio.htm.
CLIPPERTON 2000 - THE STORY (by Mike Goode,
N9NS). Read the story and see the very fine selection of pictures
made by the team on the Web at: http://www.qsl.net/clipperton2000.
CO, CUBA. Look for Raul, CO8ZZ, to be active
during the CQWW WPX Contest as a Single Op/Single Band (80
meters)/Low Power entry.
DAYTON HAMVENTION CONTEST DINNER. Tim Duffy,
K3LR, reports that Vice Admiral (Retired) J. Scott Redd, K0DQ,
(of A92Q fame + others) will address the 8th Annual Dayton
Contest Dinner in Dayton, Ohio, on May 20th. Scott has won one
national and five world radio contest championships during his
contest career. Don't forget the Dayton Contest Super Suite at
the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Dayton. The large Miami
ballroom suite is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. The
suite is sponsored by RF Applications and is hosted by North
Coast Contesters, Frankford Radio Club and the Mad River Radio
Club.
FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Jacques, F6BEE, will be
active from FY5KE's QTH for the upcoming CQ WPX CW Contest.
IOTA NEW...
AS-041. Yuki, JI3DST/6, will be active
from Oki Islands May 27-29th.
AS-073. Tex, 9M2TO, will be active from
Perhentian Island, May 18-21st. Activity will be on 40-6
meters (CW ONLY) on the normal DX frequencies. QSL via
the Bureau to JA0DMV or direct to 9M2TO. All the QSOs
QSLs will be sent out automatically to JARL Bureau in
June.
EU-008. A team from Cockenzie & Port
Seton Amateur Radio Club (C&PS ARC) will once more
operate from the Isle of Tiree (IOSA NH04, WAB NM04), the
most westerly of the Inner Hebridean Islands, during the
RSGB IOTA (Islands on the Air) contest. During the
contest, which runs from 1200z, July 29th until 1200z
July 30th, they will be using the special contest
callsign GM2T. The operators will be John/MM0CCC,
Cambell/MM1AVA, John/GM7OLQ, Colin/GM0CLN, Bob/GM4UYZ,
Ron/GM0NTL, Landles/GM4XZZ, Tony/GM3PGY (the islands only
resident radio amateur), Iain/MM1CPP, Gordon/MM0BYE,
Robert/MM0ANT, Jim/GM7LUN, Bob/GM0BWU and possibly one or
two more club members. QSL Manager will be Fred, GM0ALS.
There may be some activity (no WARC) outside of the
contest using the operator's own callsign or the C&PS
ARC Club callsign MM0CPS/P This will be restricted to
non-contest times between the afternoon of July 28th and
the evening of July 30th. Look for them to be on or near
the usual IOTA frequencies. The Isle of Tiree is located
at approximate Lat/Long 56 deg 30 min N, 6 deg 51 min W.
Tiree is some 10 miles long and 3 miles wide, and is
skirted by the Hebridean Sea to the South and East with
the Atlantic Ocean to the North and West. The island has
no trees, as they cannot root against the severe winter
gales, but it is famed for its spring and summer sunshine
records. Birds, flora and fauna not seen on the mainland
can also be found on the island. A flat crofting land,
Tiree has only three hills above 300 ft, with a coastline
edged with long, windswept, shell sand beaches. For
updates, check out the club's Web page at: http://www.btinternet.com/~john.innes/cpsarc/iota.htm.
EU-010. Jim, MM0BQI, will activate
Benbecula, Outer Hebrides (IOSA OH4) July 27-31st as
MM0BQI/P. Look for him to be active during the IOTA
contest from the same "winning location"
(states Jim) as last year. See QSL info below (EU-092).
EU-092. Jim, MM0BQI, will activate
Summer Isles (IOSA SC 10) June 16-18th as MM0BQI/P.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters (excl WARC) from 1200z
on Friday to 1600z on Sunday. Operations will be mostly
SSB near the IOTA frequencies, but there will be some CW.
His equipment will be a FT1000MP, 10-40m vertical, and
dipoles for 40/80m. QSL via home callsign via the RSGB or
direct to: Jim Martin, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8
7DW, SCOTLAND.
EU-099. Ronan, F5TJP, will be active as
MJ/F5TJP/P from Les Minquiers from June 9-11st. He will
be active from 80-10 meters (WARC bands included).
EU-133. The members of RZ1AWO will be
active from Gogland Island (RR-0104) as R1AP now through
May 10th. QSL via UA1CKC, P.O.Box 70, Kingisepp 188450,
Russia.
NA-076. Fred, KF9YL, will be operating
from Cedar Key (FL) during the IOTA Contest (July
28-30th0). QSL via bureau or direct to KF9YL at: Fred
Levinson, P.O. Box 291891, Davie, FL, 33329-1891 USA.
JU, MONGOLIA (Attention Prefix Hunters). A
special event station will be active May 12-14th from/near
Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. The callsign is JU1O.
QSL via HA0HW either via the HA bureau or direct to: Laszlo
"Laci" Szabo, P.O.Box 24, Puspokladany, H-4151,
HUNGARY. Also, look for several Italian operators to be active
from Mongolia from May 23th to June 6th as JU1Y. Suggested
frequencies are:
CW - 50110, 28015, 24895, 21015, 18075, 14015, 10105, 7005, 3505
and 1825 KHz
SSB - 50150, 28485, 24985, 21285, 18145, 14185, 7045, 3780 and
1840 kHz
JW, SVALBARD. Operators Lars/LA5LJA,
Tor/LA7FJA and Jens/LA8LGA will be active May 19-25th as JW5LJA,
JW7FJA and JW8LGA, respectively. Activity will be on all bands CW
and SSB. QSL via home callsigns.
KH5 & KH5K, KINGMAN REEF AND PALMYRA ATOLL.
The Kingman-Palmyra DX Group will activate two rare Pacific
entities --- Kingman Reef (KH5K) and Palmyra Atoll (KH5) this
year. Both counters sit high on the current "Most-Wanted
Lists", with Kingman currently #3 in Europe. However, due to
a special situation, their activation will occur in several
phases over the summer and fall. About 1000 miles south of
Hawaii, Palmyra Atoll is privately owned, and is currently in the
process of being sold. The sale offers both challenges and
opportunities for the DXpedition team. Their operations will be
coordinated with all parties to the transaction, and they expect
to benefit from temporarily enhanced access to the area.
Accordingly, they plan several moderate-scale operations at
Palmyra over the next several months by elements of their team,
on a flexible schedule. Equipment is already on its way in
preparation for these operations. The culmination of the plan
will be a full-scale, 10-band activation of Kingman Reef in
October, 2000.
THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION (along with
WVNO Radio) will sponsor its 4th annual Hospitality Suite at this
year's Dayton Hamvention. It will be in Suite 1011 on the 10th
Club Floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel (old Stouffers) on Friday
and Saturday evenings. All DXers/Contesters are welcome. Munchies
and refreshments will be avaialble. Come and meet the members and
friends of NODXA.
OPPSSS DEPARTMENT. In OPDX.459 (last week's
bulletin), under "KH0, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS", we
mentioned Ban's callsign was JF2WSX. This is wrong. It should be
JF2WXS.
OY, FAROE ISLANDs. Frank/DL2SWW, Ric/DL2VFR
and YL operator Gabi/DG2TM will be active from Faroe Islands
(EU-018) between May 29th and June 8th. They plan to operate on
160-2 meters mostly on CW with some SSB and RTTY. For further
info, contact Ric via E-mail at: dl2vfr@online.de.
PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Remember to look
for Gerard, F2JD/PY2ZDX, to be active as PY2ZDX/PY0F now through
May 15th. He will operate SSB/CW on 40-6 meters. After this
operation he will go back to France.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
QSL 8S7IPA via OZ5IPA direct only. The
operator was Ben, OZ5IPA, who was active during last
weekend's Police and ARI Contest. For more information,
check the Web page: http://www.iparc.com.
Steve Taylor, G4EDG, reports that he has
received QSLs from the printer and has sent out all
direct requests (between September 1999 and January 2000)
for 5W0ST, KH8/G4EDG and ZL/G4EDG within the past few
days. He is sorry for the delay, but Steve has only
returned home from his trip about 1 month ago.
QSL ZW1EN via PT2HF, J. L. V. Lunkes, PO
Box 33, Brasilia/DF, 70359-970 Brazil. Operators PT2HF
(Lunkes) and PY2HN (Martins) were active from Ilha de
Villegagnon (DIB 29 - not IOTA).
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for AX3ITU on Wednesday,
May 17th, 0001-2359z. This Special Event callsign will be
operated by the Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club
Melbourne (EMDRC) on behalf of the Wireless Institute of
Australia (Vic Div). The callsign has been issued to celebrate
the 135th anniversary of the formation of the International
Telegraph Union. QSL via the VK3 Bureau, or direct to the EMDRC
(QTH) with SAE and return postage. If insufficient postage is
received, the Special Event QSL card will be returned via the
Bureau.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for EO55HK to be active
now through May 14th in celebration of the 55th anniversary
"Victory of Second World War". This special event
station will be active on 160-10 meters CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31 and on
the satellites (145/435 MHz) from grid KN69RA. QSL via UT1HT,
P.O. Box 87, Kremenchug-21, 39621, UKRAINE.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for SW1OF to be active
now through May 30th for the celebration of the lighting of the
"Olympic Flame" (OF) in Olympia, Greece. Activity will
take place on all bands/modes. QSL via SV1DKL.
SV5, DODECANESE. The "DX News
Letter" reports to look for Ermanno, IK2WZD, to be active
between May and October on SSB/RTTY/HEIL from the islands of
Lipsi, Agathonissi, Arki, Marati, Leros and Patmos (all EU-001).
SV9, CRETE. Walt/G3NYY, Tim/G4VXE,
Dave/G4FRE/WW2R and Meg/G7FRE (YL operator) will be active as
SV9/homecall from EU-015 between June 9-16th. Activity will be on
PSK31/RTTY/SSTV/Heil/CW on 160-6 meters, the WARC bands included,
with some SSB on 50 MHz only. QSL SV9/G3NYY via G3NYY, SV9/G4VXE
via G3SWH, SV9/G4FRE via WW2R, SV9/G7FRE via N2NQI.
T8, PALAU. Look for T88SH to be active from
May 25-30th focusing mainly on 10-meter FM and HF CW. Operator
will be Tokyo-based foreign correspondent Steven Herman (AP
Network News & Discovery Channel). QSLs to his home call,
K7USJ or 7J1AIL. T88SH will be using 10 watts to a longwire on
10-meter FM from various locations. Main calling frequencies will
be 29.3 and 29.6 MHz. For HF CW, T88SH is expected to use an
FT-920 with 500w amp and a beam from the Palau Pacific Hotel. The
station is expected to be most active in the mornings and after
nightfall, Palau time (GMT +9).
VK, AUSTRALIA. "The 59(9) DXReport"
reports that Peter, VK8PW, will once again be active from Myra
Camp in Arnhem Land, a special Trust Territory in VK8-land,
starting May 16th to early September, signing VK8PW/8. Look for
activity on 20-10 meters SSB. QSL via VK8PW.
VK9W, WILLIS ISLANDS. Look for David, VK4ZEK,
to be operating from here May 10-16th as VK9WI. Activity will be
on CW and SSB, 160-6 meters. Also, look for the permanent beacon
at 50051.5 kHz. For more details, check the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/vk9wi/lfreqs.htm.
XV7, VIETNAM. Rolf, SM5MX, is about to travel
from Tokyo, his present QTH, to Hanoi to re-activate his call
XV7SW from June 11th to 19th. Rolf will take part in the All
Asian Contest on CW. He is now the only remaining XV station on
CW since only 3W callsign are issued nowadays. QSL via SM3CXS as
usual.
YO, ROMANIA. Jean Michel, F6AJA, will be
active as YO/F6AJA from YO8FZ's QTH from May 14-20th. He states
that this is not an DXpedition, and he will be active during his
free time.
ZD9, TRISTAN DA CUNHA. Bob Henderson, G3ZEM,
will mount a CW operation from here during September 2000.
Tristan is listed #29 in the DX Magazine's 1999 most wanted list.
Bob and his XYL Karen will fly to Capetown at the end of August
where they will join the Antarctic survey vessel "SA
Agulhas" for their onward journey to Tristan da Cunha. The
"SA Agulhas" is scheduled to sail on August 31st
arriving at Tristan on September 4th. Operation is intended over
a 20-day period with departure for Capetown scheduled for
September 25th. During their stay on Tristan, Bob and Karen will
be guests of Andy and Lorraine Repetto (ZD9BV & ZD9CO) who
between them have kindly provided every assistance in the
planning of this trip and have indeed made it possible. The
operation will be CW only, on all bands from 160 meters through
10 meters. Yagis will be used on all bands 20-10 meters with
verticals on the lower bands. The trip is not a 100% DXpedition
though high levels of activity are promised. Callsign and QSL
information will be published when these have been confirmed
together with other relevant information.
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