The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 470 BID: $OPDX.470 July 17, 2000 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern
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F5LMJ, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles, G3NUG, GI0TJJ, GU0SUP, HL1TXQ,
IK1QBT, IK0YVV, JT1CD, LA9VDA, PA5ET, PP5LL, PS7AB, PY2TNT,
SM3CVM, UA6AF, UT5UGR, VK3DYL, VK8AM and YO3JW for the following
DX information.
" DX IS (???) "....... Is what?
(Update). Your editor was very impressed with the responses
received last week to the question below. Most of the answers
were to the point, some witty and some dissatisfied that I chose
to seek the true meaning of "DX IS". Anyway, keep your
inputs coming. For those who missed it last week, here it is
again: DX IS ..... We hear this incomplete sentence all the time.
Well, here is your chance to finish the sentence or explain what
this phrase means. Your editor is working on a project and would
like your input. If the response and input is good, I (editor)
will put something in print in the future. So, send to your
editor the completed phrase/sentence in two to three lines only
(if longer, the delete key will be used) at: kb8nw@barf80.nshore.org.
3B8, MAURITIUS. After 4 years for the
conversion of his French Ham licence, Piero is now officially
"3B8GO" with a Mauritian Ham Licence. No QSNs have been
reported with his new callsign, but check out his Web page at: http://pages.intnet.mu/ingepru.
3W, VIETNAM. Jani, YB0US (ex-3W6US), is now
active as 3W2US due to the district changes in Vietnam. He was
heard this past week on 20 meters CW/RTTY on 14083 and 14245 (DX
Net) between 1300 and 1500z. QSL via N2OO, PO BOX 345, Tuckerton,
NJ 08087 USA. Also, active this past week was Hans, WA1LWS, as
3W2LWS, on 20 meters CW (1330-1600z). He will be there until July
30th.
A5, BHUTAN. Gerard, F2VX, President of the
Clipperton DX Club (CDXC), reports that their project is now
"on the road". They will fly from Paris to
Bangkok/Timphu on September 1st and return on the 15th. The team
consists of: F6ANA/Alain, F6HWU/Denise (YL), F5LMJ/Alain,
F5MBO/G0LMX/Vincent, FH/TU5AX/Christian and F2VX/Gerard. They
will travel with five tranceiver: 2 Kenwood TS50, 2 Icom IC706
and 1 Yaesu FT757. They have the authorization of the MOC to use
one of the A52A antennass (a Cushcraft triband A3S). Also, they
will have verticals and dipoles for the other bands and the
WARCs. Power is still limited to 100 watts. They ask the DX
community to help them with their project. Since the past 20's
years, the CDXC has sponsored many international DXpeditions, for
other DX Club from all around the world. They hope some clubs or
associations could help them. The cost for this "A5"
activity with travel, staying in A5 and licence is around 23 000
F (or 3400 USD) for each operator! The QSL manager will be F8RZ
(Jean). All the team's members are both member of the Clipperton
DX Club and REF-Union.
AX8, AUSTRALIA. Steve, AX8AM, will be
operating as AX8AM, mainly on CW, from Darwin Northern Territory
until November 2nd. He has been spotted on the 20 meters CW as
early as 0630z and as late as 1300z. Also, check 40 meters around
1230z. QSL via VK8AM, Steve Salvia, 1 Elliott Point, Larrakeyah,
NT 0820, Australia.
CARIBBEAN TOUR 2000. The Low Land DXpedition
Team (LLDXT) is proud to announce this year's Caribbean Tour 2000
which will take place in August and September. The will be active
from the beautiful islands of Antigua and Barbados. This year's
team members are Ronald/PA3EWP, Peter/PA4EA, Rob/PA5ET and
Dennis/PA7FM. Activity is scheduled as follows: Antigua - August
11-24th, callsigns V26WP, V26EA, V26ET and V26FM. Barbados -
August 24th through September 4th, callsigns unknown until
arrival. There will be two HF stations (160-10 meters) active
around the clock on the modes CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. As other
years, on-line logs will be available during the tour as well the
tour diary and digital photos. Alex, PA1AW, will be their Web
master and will send out mailings with up-to-date information.
The guestbook will be forwarded to the team on a daily basis.
Also, 6 meters will be activated on a low profile, the grids are
as follows: V2 - FK97, 8P - GK03. The team will be active in the
WAE CW contest and SART and SCC RTTY contest. A Caribbean Tour
2000 web site has been setup on the LLDXT Home site which is
fully operational now at: http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/v2_8p_2000/index.html.
The aim is to focus again on Europe and Japan and especially on
the WARC bands. Because they will operate from two excellent
sites, they also expect to work a lot on topband. The QSL manager
for this tour will be Rob, PA5ET (ex PA3ERC): Rob Snieder, Van
Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS, Voorburg, The Netherlands.
F, FRANCE (Island DXpedition). Look for Marc,
F6HQP, to be active as F6HQP/P from some island in the Gulf of
Morbihan. These islands do not count for the IOTA award, but they
do count for the DIFM award. His activity will take place between
August 1-12st.
FM, MARTINIQUE. Gerard, F2JD (ex-PY2ZDX,
HK3JBR, HP1XBI etc...), will be active as FM/F2JD from early
August for 4 months. He will be active on SSB and CW as usual.
During this period he will try to be active from some other
islands in the Caribbean Sea.
FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Laurent, F5AEG, will be
active as FY/F5AEG from August 8th through the 22th. His activity
will be will on 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB.
IOTA NEWS...
NEWS -- Heorhei, UY5XE, reports that the
results of the EM5UIA activity from the following IOTAs
is as follows:
AS-NEW. A Group of UA6s plans to
activate NEW IOTA reference in the Black Sea Coast Group
(Sudzhuk Island). They are going to use the callsign
UE6AAA. Activity will be July 22-23rd. QSL either via the
bureau or direct to UA6AF (Victor Kravchenko, PO Box 33,
Novorossiysk-22, 353922 RUSSIA). Please do not enclose
"green stamps"... IRC is enough for direct
reply.
AS-041. Takeshi "TAKE",
JI3DST, will operate from Oki Archipelago (Oki-Gun
Shimane) from 0800z July 28th through 0200z July 31st and
0800z August 6th through 0200z August 15th. His callsign
will be JI3DST/4. Activity will be on 40/15/10/6 meters
SSB. For the IOTA Contest look for him on 40/15/10
meters. QSL via the JARL Bureau or direct to: Takeshi
"TAKE" Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho Abeno-ku
Osaka-city, OSAKA 545-0021 JAPAN (Please do not send
USD).
AS-085. Look for Duk-Nam/HL1OYF,
Phil/HL1TXQ and Park/DS1CJE to be active from Soan
Islands (located in the Chunranam-do Islands) on July
28-30th. Their callsigns will be HL1OYF/4, HL1TXQ/4 and
DS1CJE/4. They will be active during the IOTA contest
CW/SSB on 40/20/15/10 meters. They plan to bring 2
transceivers and 4 element beam antennas. QSL via HL1OYF
(Duk-Nam Kim, P.O.Box, Dong-Jack, Seoul 156-600, Korea)
or via homecall's CBA.
EU-008. Bill, M0BNN, will be active from
the Isle of Skye between July 24th and August 2nd as
MM0BNN/P. His modes and bands were not reported. QSL via
homecall.
EU-052. Gerard, F2VX, will be active as
SV8/F2VX from July 29th to August 13th from Kefalonia
Island.
EU-077. Dani, EA4ATI, will take part in
the 2000 IOTA Contest from Sisargas Island with the
callsign EA4ATI/1 (category Single Op SSB, only 12
hours). QSL via direct or bureau to his home callsign.
EU-079. Trond, LA9VDA, will be active as
LA9VDA/P from Runoy Island (Soroyane) August 20-21st.
Activity will be on the usual IOTA frequencies 40-10
meters. Look for LC3NAT to be active on 2 and 6 meters
from JP22 grid square. QSL to home callsigns. For more
information, check the Web page at: http://home.online.no/~la7sl/la9vda/.
EU-083. Operators Tony/IK1QBT,
Nino/IK1ZOZ, Vincenzo/IK1YEK and Gianni/IZ1DFI will be
active from Bergeggi Island (Ligurian Group) from
0700-1900z on July 30th. Operators will sign homecall/P
and activity will be on all HF bands SSB/CW (WARC
included) around the standard IOTA frequencies. There
will also be activity on 6 meters, CW and SSB. Tony,
IK1QBT/p, will participate as a Single Op/Low Power entry
in the IOTA Contest. Reference number of Bergeggi Island
for the Italian Island Award (IIA) is SV-02. QSL cards
via their respective home callsign, bureau or direct CBA.
EU-122. Ernie and Jim will sign GI0GDF/P
and GI0PGC/P respectively from Rathlin Island now through
Wednesday, July 19th. They will try to operate on all the
usual HF bands. QSL to their home callsign.
EU-175. Look for members of the Graciosa
Island Radio Association to use the callsign CU4ARG to
activate Praia Island near Graciosa Island. Operators
will be CU4AH, CU3AN and CU3DJ. Activity will be from
August 5-6th on 80-10 meters SSB. QSL via CU3AN.
EU-183. Pit, YO3JW, was recently active
from Sacalinu Mare Island last weekend as YP1W for 12
hours on July 8th, running only 40 watts (powered by
batteries) into an inverted V for 14 and 21 MHz. He plans
to go back during the period of July 23-30th for three
days and may enter the IOTA Contest as a low power
station. He states that EU-183 is a natural wild life
reservation (like Navassa Island) and is very difficult
to receive permission to operate on. QSL to YO3JW.
NA-062. Jon/WB8YJF and Jim/NM8O will be
active from Conch Key, FL (USI FL-066S) from July
28-31th. Activity will be on all modes, 40-10 meters.
They will be active in the RSGB IOTA Contest as a
Multi-Multi (2 xmtr, 2 ops) entry. Also, look for them to
be active on RTTY before and after the contest. QSL via
home callsigns.
NA-075. Elsie/N7WDX and Hillar/N6HR want
to remind everyone that they will be active from Galiano
Island of the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia
during the IOTA Contest. The callsign will be VE7DX/7.
Weather permitting, they hope to be on the air before the
contest beaming Europe.
SA-NEW. A group of Brazilian operators
consisting of PP5, PY5 and PY2 operators will activate
the South Catarina South Group on August 2nd (beginning
after 1800z on 20 or 15 or 10 meters) through August 7 at
1200z. Activity will be on CW/SSB on all bands including
the WARC bands, 2m, 6m and 160m. Their callsign will be
PV5IOTA. QSL via PP5LL.
SA-028. Operators Anderson/PY2TNT,
David/PY2DCE, Adriano/PY2AHX, Andres/PY2XIS and
Alex/PY2RAZ will be operating as ZW2I from S. Sebastiao
Island (DIB 016) July 27-30th in the RSGB IOTA Contest.
QSL via direct to: Anderson Serevincis, P.O.Box 2605,
Mogi das Cruzes - S.P. - Brazil - CEP- 08780-990 or via
Bureau.
SA-046. Operators PR7SD, PR7SM, PR7FB
and PR7AR will activate Itamaraca Island (also Orange
Fort) (DIB 18, DFH PE 01) July 29-30th as ZV7I. Activity
will be on CW/SSB 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. QSL via
PR7SD, Manoel - POB 008, Joao Pessoa-PB, 58001-970,
Brasil.
SA-059. Ray, DL2GG/YV5, reports that the
DXpedition to Los Frailes in the Caribbean Sea had to be
cancelled because of logistic problems for the "YV
Navy". He will announce the next schedule soon.
Right now it seems that the DXpedition will take place in
August.
IS0, SARDINIA. Marco, IK0YVV, will be active
now through July 31st signing IS0/IK0YVV. He will be active in
the IOTA Contest as Single Op on CW ONLY. The QSL is OK via home
callsign or the ARI Bureau.
JW, SVALBARD. Look for YL Unni, LA6RHA, to
operate as JW6RHA from July 21st through the 26th. Unni will only
operate 20 meters and will probably use the frequencies of
14222-14248 or 14288 kHz in the mornings and late evenings. QSL
to her home address: Unni Gran, Mellomaasvn.128, N-1414
Trollaasen, Norway.
NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS. The following
committee was elected on July 1st to serve until June 30, 2001,
as Chiltern DX Club (CDXC) officials: President - Bob Whelan
G3PJT Secretary - Shaun Jarvis M0BJL Chairman - Neville Cheadle
G3NUG Treasurer - Barry Cooper G4RKO Vice Chairman- Mike Devereux
G3SED Member - John Butcher G3LAS Digest Editor- Don Field G3XTT
Member - Ian Capon G0KRL
NEW "GOLIST" WEB DOMAIN. John
Shelton, K1XN, reports that the Golist has a new Web domain at: http://www.golist.net.
Also, new are John's and the GOLIST's E-mail addresses which are:
golist@golist.net --- and
--- k1xn@golist.net. The
Golist is also the world distributor for "DXTelnet"
program for DXers and Sysops. Visit the Web site's products page
for descriptions and use the order form to make purchases.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
A52JS QSL Bureau cards. Jim, VK9NS, now
confirms that arrangements have been made to handle
Bureau QSL cards for the recent A52JS operation. Cards
should be sent to A52JS via M0BJI at the RSGB QSL Bureau
only. No other route will work or at least Jim cannot
guarantee it. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the
complete press release by Jim as an additional bulletin.
Charly, K4VUD, who operated as XW1UD, is
still in the process of supplying the ARRL DXCC Desk with
all the documentation (permission papers, photos, Laos
visa, etc...) it wants to accept his XW1UD operation from
last December. He is currently getting some papers
translated into English. More details will be
forthcoming, and Charly states to hold onto those XW1UD
QSL cards you may have pending the outcome of this
activity.
Dennis, K7BV, has returned from his
European trip. He made a few hundred DL/K7BV QSOs 50 km
from Frankfurt at the QTH of the newest CQ Hall of Fame
inductee Walter, DJ6QT. His next stop was in Crete where
over 2,500 CW QSOs were logged with a heavy emphasis on
the WARC bands from the beachside QTH of Manos, SV9ANJ. A
few hundred more QSOs were made as S5/K7BV from the
mountain cottage of S57U and S57KAA - the site of the
S566Z callsign used by Dennis and his teammate Ralph K9ZO
in WRTC 2000 July 8-9th. QSL all via Steve KU9C.
Bob, NR8U, the "O" QSL Manager
for the ARRL 8th Area Incoming QSL Bureau, states that
N8OW is not the QSL Manager for VQ9TW. In addition, VQ9TW
appears to be a pirate operation as no information could
be found from various internet sources on the callsign.
Cards have been coming into the Bureau with N8OW listed
as the QSL Manager for the period of 1992 through late
1994. Most claimed the operation was on 15m sideband with
some CW contacts during the period.
QSL the following Mongolian stations to
their respective QSL routes: JT1FCY via I1QOD JT1FDA via
KO6UW; JT1FCZ via I1ZB; JT1FDB via DL2ECW.
Phil, GU0SUP, informs OPDX that there is
a GOOD, accurate, on-line callbook for all GU/MU/2U
callsigns. It is on the site of the Guernsey Amateur
Radio Society, and the precise URL is: http://www.gars.org.gg/calls.html.
Special QSL and photo of the WRTC
Ukraine Team (callsign S548X) is available via UT5UGR
(Dimitry Stashuk, P.O. Box 115, Kiev-147, 02147,
Ukraine). QSLs of S5/UT5UGR and S5/UU2JZ are available
also via UT5UGR.
QSL ZY3PEI via PY3MHZ. Activity was from
the Itapoan State Reserve to celebrate the 27th
aniversary of the Reserve. Reference numbers mentioned
are: DFH RS 05 and DFB RS 15.
QSL info for special event station W1S,
OP SAIL 2000, New London, CT, active July 12-15th is as
follows: QSLs will be automatically sent via the bureau
for DX stations. Stateside and DX direct requests send
SASE to K1JN.
SI9, SWEDEN (Attention Prefix Hunters!).
Injuction with "King Chulalongkorn Day", the new
"Visiting Station in Sweden", SI9AM, will officially be
opened July 19th around 0900-1000z at the permanent QTH Utanede
near the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building (Grid Locator is
JP82iw). Special HF activities will take place until July 23rd,
at 1700z. QSL via SM3CVM, bureau or CBA. After July 23rd,
visiting operators are welcome to use SI9AM. The prefix is very
rare and SI9AM is the only station in Sweden using the SI9
prefix! For more information, send E-mail to " si9am@qsl.net " or
check the Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/si9am.
TK, CORSICA. "The 59(9) DX Report"
reports that Serge, F6AUS, is active as TK/F6AUS until July 31st.
OPDX has found that Serge was active on 15 meters RTTY last
weekend between 1400 and 1500z. He will try to be active from
EU-100 or EU-164 in IOTA Contest.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. After operating on
Penrhyn in the North Cook Islands, Gerard, PA3AXU/ZK1AXU, has
returned to Rarotonga in the South Cook Islands and will be
active until July 20th. Over the past weekend, he was heard on 20
meters SSB between 0730 and 1200z. He was also on 40 meters CW
working JAs 1015z. QSL via PA3AXU.
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