The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 462 BID: $OPDX.462 May 18, 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, W3UR &
The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, W6OM, K8YSE, W8QZA, CO8TW, DJ5AV
& DX News Letter, DL2SBY, EI6FR, ER1LW, G3SWH, GM4FDM, GM0CLN
HA0HW, JA1ELY, JA1EOD, JG7LQU, JI3DST, JM1LJS, OH2TA, OK1DTP,
OK1YM, ON4ALW, RZ1OA and S51GL for the following DX information.
DAYTON HAMVENTION 2000 QRT (Details by Tedd/KB8NW).
Well, I survived another year at this year's convention. I am a
little fatigued, but I did my best to put a bulletin together
late Monday night. So if I make any mistakes, please forgive me.
However, I would have to say that "HamVention 2000"
will be a memorable one for many. This year's HamVention hosted
not only the ARRL 2000 National Convention, but W1AW/8 during the
whole event. However, I truly believe it was extra special and
memorable for DXers. To start, the "Amateur of the
Year" was a well-known DXer, Martti Laine, OH2BH. He was
present at the DX Dinner Banquet and at the Yaesu booth filling
out QSL cards for his recent TX0CI operation. Speaking of QSL
cards! There will probably never be another convention where
DXers were able to pick up QSLs for new and rare DXCC entities.
DXers were able to receive QSL cards for the two new DXCC
entities (Chesterfield Island - TX0CI; and East Timor - 4W/W3UR
and 4W/N5KO). They were also able to receive QSL cards from the
FO0AAA Clipperton Island DXpedition and the number two (three)
most wanted entity, Bhutan, A52A. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? Also, many
of the operators from the above mentioned were present at this
year's convention. Both the DX Forums and DX Dinner Banquet had
super programs and were of great interest for DXers. A program on
the recent A52A Bhutan DXpedition was presented at the DX Forum
and Dinner. During the DX Dinner Banquet, sponsored by the
"Southwest Ohio DX Association", awards were presented
to the following:
"1999 DXpeditioner of the Year" -
OH2BR - Jukka Heikinheimo
"1999 DXpedition of the Year" - FO0AAA - Clipperton
Island
"1999 Outstanding Service" - KB8NW - Tedd Mirgliotta
4U1VIC, VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE. Look for
Jun/JH4RHF and Pekka/OH2TA to operate from here during the CQ WPX
CW Contest as a Multi/Single entry. Remember this station only
counts as Austria for DXCC. QSL via the OE Bureau or CBA.
4W, EAST TIMOR. Kan, JA1BK, reportedly is
here, but there are no details on how long he will be active.
QSNs show that he is signing 4W/JA1BK. Over the weekend he was
spotted on 24896 kHz at 0230z.
A5, BHUTAN. Jim Smith, VK9NS/A52JS, continues
to be active. Over the past weekend Jim was heard on 20/17/15
meters, mainly CW, at various times. Watch 20/15 meters between
0100 and 0400z. Watch 17 meters after 1330z. Yonten, A51TY, was
heard on 14220 kHz at 1345z. At the Dayton HamVention, Glenn,
W0GJ, states that he is hoping to return to A5 in December or
January as A52GJ.
CO, CUBA. Eduardo, CO8LY, will be in the next
CQWW WPX CW Contest as a Single Operator/Low Power/All Bands
entry. QSL manager is EA7ADH. Also, look for Juan, CO8TW, to be
in the next CQWW WPX CW Contest as a Single Operator/Low
Power/All bands entry. QSL manager is EA3FQV.
E4, PALESTINE. Radek/OK1FHI and Zdenek/OK2BZM
will be active from here as E4/OK1FHI, E4/OK2BZM, May 22-30th.
They will operate from David's, E41/OK1DTP, QTH on the West Bank
for the Shool in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem. The operators will be
active together during the CQ WPX CW Contest as E41/OK1DTP as a
Multi Single entry.
E4, PALESTINE. Miro, S51GL, informs OPDX that
he is preparing a DXpedition for this autumn with the main
objective to put Palestine on the digital modes. He hopes
"to motivate the students at the Gaza college, E44DX, to do
the same; since they have already the basics of ham radio and it
will be nice to complete their education." His second goal
is to operate on the WARC and 50 MHz bands. His third objective
is to operate and promote friendship between Palestine, H.K. of
Jordan, Lebanon and Slovenia with the rest of the world. Miro
states, "with the help of possible donors and
sponsors", he would like to help upgrade the E44DX Radio
Club station with an HF yagi antenna and a small linear amplifier
(second-hand equipment is also more then welcome). For more
information and updates, go to Miro's Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/s51gl/.
OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive Miro's complete press
release as an additional bulletin.
ER6, MOLDOVA. Slawa, ER1LW, will be using the
callsign ER6A in the CQ WPX CW Contest. He suggests to please
send QSL cards to his address P.O.Box 112, Chisinau, MD-2012,
Moldova.
FK, NEW CALEDONIA. Nine members of JNN (Japan
News Network), a Japanese commercial broadcast network system,
will be active as TX8JNN for one week between June 29th and July
5th. The members/operators will be JA1APD, JA1EOD, JA1WVY,
JP1JFG, 7K2FUE, JA3NEP, JA4ZA, JA7EU and JE7RJZ. The group will
be active on 160-6 meters CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31 and AO-10. QSL to
JA1EOD: Akira Iizuka, P.O.Box 8, Okegawa, Saitama 363-8691,
JAPAN.
FR/G, GLORIOSO ISLAND. Henri, FR5ZQ, now
signing FR5ZQ/G, has been active on 20/15/10 meters, mostly on
SSB but has been spotted on 15 meters CW. Look for him after
0300z. Reports indicate that he will be there until June 15th.
QSL via his home callsign.
GM, WESTERN SCOTLAND ISLES TRIP "2000".
Colin/GM0CLN and GM0BWU have planned a holiday to some of
Scotland's Western Isles this July. The journey is as follows and
will POSSIBLY include activations of the following islands:
Date/Local Time Island IOTA IOSA
22nd Evening Skye EU-008 NH7
23rd @noon - 25th @1130 N.Uist EU-010 OH2
S.Uist EU-010 OH3
Benbecula EU-010 OH4
Berneray EU-010 OH5
Baleshare EU-010 OH26
Grimsay EU-010 OH27
25th @1330 - 27th @1100 Harris EU-010 OH1
Lewis EU-010 OH1
Great Bernera EU-010 OH12
Scalpay EU-010 OH25
27th @1340-1830 Travel Skye-Oban
28th Join GM2T Team Ferry to Tiree EU-008 NH4
29th/30th IOTA Contest with the GM2T team on Tiree
31st Ferry to Oban and Drive home.
NOTE: Colin states, "This is primarily a holiday (other
than the IOTA contest!). Although, I will try to incorporate as
much radio operation as possible (SSB and CW). No definite
planned activity times are known and activity will be dependant
upon accommodation and weather. Also, it is probable that not all
of the islands listed above will be activated. This will be
dependant upon time available and demand for any given island(s)
on the list. The callsign to be used will be GM0CLN/P and QSLs
will be available via the bureau. Every effort will be made to be
QRV on, or near, the usual IOTA/IOSA frequencies +/- QRM.
Equipment should be an IC706, 100W and wire antennas. Watch the
IOSA web pages for updates nearer the time of operation. I look
forward to hearing everyone on the bands."
IOTA NEWS...
AS-041. Takeshi, JI3DST/7N3UXO, will be
active in the IOTA Contest from Oki Archipelago (Oki-Gun
Shimane), June 29-31st. Activity will be on 40/15/10
meters SSB (6/2 meters for JA). His callsign will be
JI3DST/4. QSL via the JARL Bureau or direct to: Takeshi
Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho Abeno-ku Osaka-city, OSAKA
545-0021 JAPAN (Please don't send USD)
EU-006. The WestNet/Saltee Dog DX Group
will be active from Inis Meain in the Aran Island Group
from June 22-26th inclusive. The callsign will be EJ7NET.
QSL via EI6FR.
EU-008. Operators GM3COB, GM3NIG,
GM3UTQ, GM4FDM, GM4YMA, GM0NAI, GM0UKZ and 2M1EDM will be
active as GM5V from The Island of Gigha for the duration
of the upcoming IOTA Contest. Outside of the contest they
will use the callsign GM5VG/P on all bands using 400
watts on SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK31. They plan to construct a
large antenna farm with monobanders (if possible). The
QSL route is, as usual, via GM3UTQ (coth callsigns).
EU-038. Members of the radio club
"UBA" (ON4NOK) and "Radioclub Kempen
K.A.R. (PI4KAR) will be active before and during IOTA
Contest with the callsign PA6TEX (confirmed) on Texel
Island. QSL via ON4ALW: Ronald "Ron" Van Aken,
Kapelstraat 5., 2330 Merksplas, Belgium (or via UBA
Bureau).
EU-067. Phil, G3SWH, will be active as
SV8/G3SWH from the island of Mykonos again this year,
June 14-21st. He states that this will be a holiday
operation with a couple of hours of activity in the
mornings and the same in the late afternoon/early
evenings (local time). Phil will only be on CW on all
bands between 40 and 10 meters. QSL via G3SWH, either
direct or via the RSGB bureau. Phil states, "I will
not QSL new QSOs on bands which are marked in the log as
having been previously confirmed."
OD, LEBANON. Pavel, OK1MU, who has been
active from here as OD5/OK1MU, will participate in CQ WPX CW
Contest as an all band entry. He was heard recently on 17 meters
CW around 2100z. QSL via OK DX Foundation.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
QSL ROUTE FOR 9N7IP AND 9N1VJ. Here are
the addresses for JG5CIP (YL operator) for 9N7IP and
JA9VJ for 9N1VJ.
JG5CIP - Shigeko Suzuki, 87-3 Kitabun, Kozaki, Ichiba
771-1622 JAPAN
JA9VJ - Hajime Mouri, 10-28-1402 Takakura, Nagoya,
456-0015 JAPAN
Ron, W6OM, informs OPDX that he has just
returned from another around the world trip and was
active as:
W6OM/LY, Vilnius, Lithuania
W6OM/BY, Beijing, China
W6OM/RA3, Moscow, Russia
W6OM/HL, Seoul, Korea
He states that he only worked CW, and QSLs should go to
the CBA for W6OM. Ron adds that he will be in FO in June
surveying his QTH there for what is necessary for a CQWW
effort this fall using the club callsign of FO8DX. More
on this later.
QSL RZ1OA/p and UA1OLM/p (from EU-066)
via RZ1OA. Please note that RZ1OA's address in the
Callbook is not correct. Cards should be sent only to:
Vlad Sadakov, p.o.box 48, Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia.
JU1O special event station that was
active during the past week gets QSLed to HA0W via bureau
or direct: Laszlo "Laci" Szabo, P.O.Box 24,
Puspokladany, H-4151, HUNGARY. Laci informs OPDX that the
operation made 2100+ QSOs during the "Technical
Sports Competition" (ARDF, Air modeling, Auto car
model and ship modeling) near Ulaanbaatar, the capital
city of Mongolia. He also stated that he is waiting for a
few pictures from this event and then he will print out
the QSLs.
SV, GREECE. Oldrich, OK1YM, now active as
SV/OK1YM will paticipate in CQ WPX CW Contest either as a 40m or
10m entry. Meanwhile, over the last few weeks he has been active
on 20/17/15 meters CW. QSL via OK DX Foundation.
TI/TE, COSTA RICA. Phil/N0KE and Bill/W8QZA
plan to be active from here during the upcoming CQ WPX Contest.
Look for TI5N to be activated during the contest by Phil as a QRP
All-Band entry. QSL via TI5KD. Look for TE1W to be activated
during the contest by Bill as a QRP Single Band 40 meters entry.
QSL via TI5KD.
TK, CORSICA. Kazi, DL2SBY, will return to
here and operate as TK/DL2SBY from May 27th through June 10th.
Activity will be on CW/SSB with operations on 160-10 meters
(mostly 160 meters and WARC).
VK9WI WILLIS ISLAND OPERATION. As your editor
was working on this bulletin before leaving for the Dayton
"HamVention", a press release (dated 05/16) was sent
out stating the following excerpts: "One of the team members
has broken his leg, just above the ankle. This occurred last
night whilst trying to get off the catamaran. A large wave came
along, upset his balance and cleaned him up! An SES chopper is
flying out from Cairns to pick him up this morning. The chopper
will have to re-fuel whilst on Willis in order to make the return
journey. The WARC antenna is temporarily coming down this morning
so that space for a landing pad for the chopper can be made.
Needless to say this means there is a 25% reduction in available
manpower. The four remaining members of VK9WI will work hard to
try and satisfy everybody's needs, but unfortunately some
operations may have to cancelled." The team states that they
will close down the operation on May 24th.
QSL via VK4APG, CBA, with 2 USD. UPDATES RECEIVED (after your
editor's return from Dayton!). Excerpts from press release
indicate Peter, VK4APG, is doing well. He suffered a compound
fracture and was operated on May 16th at a Cairns hospital.
Willis Island is approximately 458km East of Cairns, and Cairns
is 1,400km North of their home, Brisbane. Peter is actually the
QSL Manager for the DXpedition, so be sure to say some kind words
along with your QSL request. The VK9WI operation is now QRT as of
May 22nd. For further information check their WEB site at: http://www.qsl.net/vk9wi.
For their on-line logs: http://www.qsl.net/vk9wi/1logs.htm.
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