The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 485 BID: $OPDX.485 November 13, 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
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CO8LY, CX6VM, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, G3LDI & RSGB News,
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and VK0MM for the following DX information.
1SL1A, SEALAND. OPDX has received information
from Bill, WA6ITF, of "Newsline" and a couple of other
sources stating that the UK Radio-communications Agency appears
ready to act to stop the Sealand operation and calling it
"ILLEGAL". The announcement from the
Radiocommunications Agency states the following: "The Agency
has noted that certain persons intend to operate on amateur radio
frequencies using the callsign series '1SL' from Roughs Tower
situated in the Thames Estuary between 9 and 12 December 2000.
The structure is situated within United Kingdom territorial
waters. Consequently, any such operation which is other than
under and in accordance with a valid amateur radio licence issued
by the United Kingdom or other Administration, would constitute
an offence contrary to section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act
1949."
"If the persons concerned do not hold a United Kingdom
amateur radio licence, it would be necessary for them to hold an
amateur radio licence issued by another Administration, and with
whom the United Kingdom has a reciprocal agreement under which
nationals of that country can operate using their callsign
together with the appropriate 'M' prefix for a limited period
from within the United Kingdom. The callsign series '1SL' is not
permitted for use in the United Kingdom. If an UK radio amateur
were to reply to an operator using a '1SL' callsign, they would
be in breach of clause 1(4) of BR68."
"Although some persons have called Rough Tower 'the
Principality of Sealand' the United Kingdom does not recognize
'the Principality of Sealand' as a sovereign independent state
and is not aware that any other state has accorded such
recognition. Consequently, and as explained above, unless radio
use on the structure is authorized under a licence issued by a
recognized state, an offence will be committed."
3W1A PIRATE. The 3W1A pirate has once again
been active this past week. This station was also active in
September, and again giving out Steve, N6HK, as his QSL manager.
Steve reports that he "is not the manager for this station
knows nothing about him".
3W, VIETNAM. Hans, WA1LWS, was heard active
this past weekend on 20/15/10 meters. Begin watching 14024, 21022
and 28014 kHz between 1630 and 0230z. His activity should last
until November 26th. QSL via WA1LWS. Also, heard this past week
was 3W2FM on 24901 kHz around 2345z.
5H, TANZANIA. Ralph, 5H3RK, was pretty active
on 20/30 meters this past week on or around 14026 and 10106 kHz
after 0330z. He was also heard during the weekend on 10 meters CW
on 28009 kHz after 1800z (also between 1330 and 1430z). Also,
watch 7005 kHz around 1430z.
5T, MAURITANIA. While staying behind, some of
the JA1UT IARV team continues to be active as 5T5U as the other
members head to Western Sahara and are now active as S07U (see
below). Activity has been mainly on 20 meters CW/SSB.
8P9, BARBADOS. Look for Martyn, G3RFX, to
once again be active from here as 8P9FX, November 12-16th. His
activity will be mostly CW on 40-10 meters, but there will be
some SSB. QSL via G3RFX. He does have a Web site available with
more information and pictures at: http://www.btinternet.com/~g3rfx/.
9G, GHANA. A group of PA operators are now
active from the Dormaa-Hospital in Dormaa-Ahenkro, Ghana. Look
for the following stations to be active: 9G5EE (QSL via PE1LUC),
9G5WP (QSL via PE1PFN) and 9G5GM (QSL via PA3GGM). Also look for
activity from the club stations 9G1AA and 9G1OO. QSL both to
PA3ERA. Activity is expected to be on 40/20/15 meters CW/SSB.
A3, TONGA. Mike/A35MO (KM9D) and Jan/A35TO
have been very active. Mike has been mainly on 160/80/40/30
meters CW. Watch between 1100-1500z and after 0500z. Jan was
active on 10 meters SSB this past weekend on 28460 kHz after
1930z. By the way, both are reportedly active from Lifuka Island
(OC-169). QSL both to OM2SA.
A5, BHUTAN. Charly/K4VUD and Yani/9M6US
report that their departure date in A5 has been changed. Jani
(signing A52AP) and Charly (A52UD) have extended their planned
stay in Bhutan to depart December 12th (instead of December 9th
as first reported). Any changes to the arrival of December 1st,
will be due to airplane delays and because of snows in Bhutan;
delays are possible. During the past week, Charly provided the DX
community with a tentative/possible operating schedule. At
appropriate times of day, during his sunrise and sunset, he will
call CQ on the hour on CW in the DX window on 160m. However,
after 5 minutes on 160m and no answers, he will move to either
80m or 75m (as the spirit moves him). If no one answers there,
Charly will move to 40m... and so on up the band until he hits
stations that answer him (operating only split). Then on the next
hour (or half hour, if he can get away from the other bands), he
will head back to 160m and will listen for anyone, if not, we
guess he will head back up the band again. Charly states that he
will not be at the bottom of any band unless QRM drives him
there, but will spend some time in the General portion. He will
try to remember to stand by for 100 watters and QRPers. He will
definitely try to work stations out of Asia and promised not to
forget Africa and S. America. Lastly, Charly reports that Jani
will be taking RTTY equipment. He states that some ICE bandpass
filters are in transit to the Bhutan Ham Center now, so they
should be able to operate with two rigs on two bands at all the
times.
CO8, CUBA. Eduardo, CO8LY, will participate
in the CQWW CW Contest as a Single Op/Multi Band/Low Power entry.
QSL via EA7ADH only direct. ADDED NOTE: Eduardo who is in
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, planned to be active in last month's CQWW
SSB Contest last, but ended up in the hospital before the
contest. He had some kind of a kidney problem but is fine now. He
asked to please excuse him for not being on the air to give a
multiplier to all his ham friends.
CQWW CW 2000 "ANNOUNCED OPERATIONS" ON THE
WEB! Bill, NG3K, "Announced Operation" table
for the 2000 CW CQ World Wide DX Contest has been substantially
updated. It can be found at the following URL: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2000.html.
The operations may be viewed/sorted by any of the following:
Callsign; DXCC Entity; or CQ Zone. The tables at the above URL is
sorted by callsign. The complete press release by NG3K will be
sent to OPDX InterNet Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
CX, URUGUAY. Jorge, CX6VM, will be active in
the CQWW CW Contest using the callsign CX5X. He will be a Single
Op/Single Band (10 meters) entry. QSL only to W3HNK because he
has the cards for this operation.
D2, ANGOLA. There was a rare appearance by
Fernando, EA4BB, was heard active as D2BB this past weekend on 10
meters SSB, 28006 kHz at 2055z. QSL via W3HNK.
HS, THAILAND. Tony, G4UZN, informs OPDX that
he will be active from here on various dates during the last two
weeks in November. He is hoping that this will included an entry
in CQWW CW Contest. His callsign will be HS0/G4UZN.
HS, THAILAND. Charly, K4VUD, states that
after his A5 operation (see above), he plans/hopes to activate
his HS callsign (HS0ZCW) later in December.
HV, VATICAN. Look for Dan, N1ND, to be active
with the special callsign HV0A from station HV4NAC November 23rd
starting around 1400z. He is using the callsign to commemorate
the "Jubilee Year of 2000". By the way, this callsign
was used earlier in the year by Francesco, IK0FVC. The suggested
frequencies to watch for are: 21295 and 28430 kHz. QSL via
IK0FVC: Francesco Valsecchi, Via Bitossi 21, 00136 Roma - RM,
Italy.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-062. Alex, RU0LM (ex-RA0LOM), will be
active from Shikotan Island for a couple of days from
November 15th as RU0LM/0. QSL direct only to UA0MF: Mike
Filippov, Box 20, Vladivostok, 690021, Russia.
J3, GRENADA. "The 59(9) DX Report"
reports that Chip, W1AIM, will be active from November 10-22nd,
from Carriacou Island (NA-175) as J3/W1AIM. Activity will be on 6
meters with 100 watts and 3 element yagi. Listen on 50110 and
50125 MHz.
J7, DOMINICA. Gerd, DL7VOG, was heard active
as J79GU this past weekend in the WAE RTTY Contest. His activity
will continue until November 28th where he plans to be an entry
in the CQWW CW Contest. Most of his operations will be on CW/RTTY
using an IC-706 and Butternut. QSL to DL7VOG, via the bureau or
to his CBA.
KH6, HAWAII. Bill, W8QZA, will be operating
from KH6SQ's QTH for the CQWW DX CW Contest as KH6/W6QU. He will
enter the contest as a Single Band 15 meters QRP entry. QSL via
W8QZA.
PJ2, CURACAO. The Caribbean Contesting
Consortium (CCC) will be operating in the CQWW DX CW Contest as a
multi-single operation as PJ2T from their new club station in
Curacao. The operators will be W0CG, KU8E, W9EFL, KP2L with a
possibility of some additional last minute operators joining
them. Look for activity, which should have started this past
weekend, and last until the CQWW Contest weekend with some of the
operators operating homecall/PJ2. Checkout the CCC webpage at: http://asgard.kent.edu/ccc/.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
NOT THE QSL MANAGER. George, ES3JM,
reports that he is NOT the QSL Manager for ES9C as some
QSL databases are reporting. Correct QSL Manager is
ES5RY.
QSL 9K2ZZ and 9K9Z via W8CNL: Ray
McClure, 5 McKenzie Circle, North Augusta, S.C. 29841 -
4319. He is also the QSL Manager for: N600BFM and
9K2/N6BFM. ADDED NOTE: Send a SASE or SAE and postage (A
MUST!!). NO Bureau cards are accepted for the 9K
stations. This is per K4CY (ex-N6BFM).
The K5K Kingman Reef logs are now
available online at: http://www.qsl.net/krpdxg/krlog.html.
The preliminary numbers are a total of around 80,600
QSOs. Some highlights are:
Europe: 20.0%
(15827)
160 meters: 9407
Qs
CW: 49.0%
6 meters: 899 Qs
SSB: 49.4%
RTTY: 1333 Qs
RTTY: 1.6%
A Kingman Reef Summary will be provided to all OPDX
InterNet Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
Tino, PT7AA, is now the new QSL Manager
for the following stations: PS7ABT/S9, ZY0FKL, ZY0FCM,
ZY0FCA, ZY0FRT, ZY0FMC, ZY0TF, ZY0TK, ZY0TR, ZY0SS,
ZY0SW, ZY0SY, ZY0FA, ZY0TK, ZY0TW, ZX8CW, ZY0RK, PY0SK,
ZY0RK, ZY0RW, ZW8AA, ZY0RW, ZY0SK, ZY0SP, PY0FK, ZY0SK,
ZY0SG, PT7AA/PR8 and ZV7AA. OPDX InterNet Subscribers
will receive the complete detailed list with dates of
operations/QTH as an additional bulletin.
Erminio, IZ8AJQ, reports that as of
November 1, 2000, he is the QSL Manwger for TA7I. He can
ONLY receive direct QSLs at the following address: Cioffi
Erminio (di Michele), Piazza Umberto 1 n.16, 84036 Sala
Consilina (SA), ITALY
Bruce, KD6WW, informs OPDX that there
seems to be a lot of confusion regarding his callsign in
the CQWW SSB Contest. He was given the callsign XQ0Y for
the time period of October 26-30th, 2000. Apparently,
this callsign has been used by a pirate in the past.
Bruce was even told by one person that during one of his
CQing sessions, there was no one answering because they
all thought he was a pirate! Anyway, Bruce will be happy
to confirm contacts made with XQ0Y for the time period of
October 26-30th, 2000.
R1, ANTARCTICA. The "DX News
Letter" reports to look for Gennady from the Russian base
"Progress" to be on the air as R1ANP on 14160 kHz
between 1500 and 1800z in the near future.
S0, WESTERN SAHARA. JA1UT and several members
of the International Amateur Radio Volunteers (IARV), who were on
the air as 5T5U from Mauritania, have moved onto Western Sahara
as S07U. They have been active on 20/12/10 meters. Excerpts from
a press release by Tad, JF6OJX, indicates that by the time you
read this, the operators of S07U will have two stations active on
the air at the same time. They reportedly have already set up a
Force12 C3 antenna and a dipole antenna for 160m. They have spent
most of their time operating mainly on CW, however, there has
been some SSB. They will probably be on RTTY by the time you read
this using the callsign S07CRS (which is expected). All QSLs via
JA1UT.
SILENT KEY (SK). Norby, LX1NO, reports with
deep regrets that Toni, Z21KD, who was recently active as XW4XJ,
became a silent key (SK) on October 19th. Reports indicate that
he died in an airplane crash while on a business trip in Laos.
OPDX (along with its readers) would like to send his family our
deepest sympathy. It is recommanded/requested to
"Please" DO NOT send any QSL requests for Z21KD or
XW4XJ to Toni's address in Bulawayo. Currently, there's nobody at
his home in Z2 capable of taking care of the QSLing. His wife is
not in Z2 and definitly has some other tasks to do. Also, please
DO NOT send QSL requests using the address of his German
callsign. Norby states that together with Toni's wife, he will
try to get hold of Toni's log book. Norby may assume the task of
answering the QSL requests if the data and QSL cards are
available. So PLEASE do not QSL and PLEASE WAIT for further
details to be known or announced.
SY2, MOUNT ATHOS. Monk Apollo, SV2ASP, was
heard this past weekend on 40/20/10 meters signing SY2A. He was
heard on 7085 kHz around 2130z, 14245 kHz around 1815z, also
14212 kHz around 1845z and 28409 kHz around 1145z. QSL via
SV2ASP.
V3, BELIZE. Gisela/DK9GG and Gerd/DJ4KW are
now active as V31YN. They were very active during the RTTY
Contest this past weekend. Their activity will continue until
November 16th, so look for them on HF and 6 meters using
CW/RTTY/AMTOR/PSK31. QSL via DJ4KW.
V6, MICRONESIA. Bud, AA3B, will be activating
V26K for the 2000 CQWW CW Contest. He will be operating in the
Single Operator, Low Power, All Band category. Activity during
his stay will be CW only. QSL via AA3B.
VP9, BERMUDA. John, NC8V, will be operating
as VP9/NC8V during the CQWW CW Contest late this month. He will
also operate SSB during the week following the contest. He hopes
that he will be on 40-10 meters. QSL via NC8V.
VK0, MACQUARIE ISLAND. Alan, VK0MM, reports
that due to last minute un-forseen circumstances, he will be
staying on at Macquarie Island for a few weeks. He states that he
will continue to be active mainly on 20 meters CW/SSB with some
operations on 30 meters CW. Per Alan, "I will NOT be active
on any other band or mode, so please do not ask me to come up on
15m, RTTY etc." Alan is now due to depart Macquarie Island
onboard the Russian vessel "Akademik Shokalskii" which
will visit the island on December 17th. He will return home via
the Auckland Islands (ZL9) and Snares Islands to New Zealand. He
hopes to be back home in time for Christmas. If possible, Alan
will try to be active from the Auckland Islands, but if it
happens, it will only be for a day or so with 100 watts and a
dipole. He does have the relevant landing permits etc.... for
operating. Check his Web site for skeds and updates at: http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html.
XV9, VIETNAM. Rolf, SM5MX, informs OPDX that
he is about to travel from Tokyo, his present QTH, to Hanoi to
revive/reactivate his callsign XV9SW for his November 19th
through December 2nd operation. Rolf will take part in the CQWW
CW Contest. He is now the only remaining XV station on CW, since
only 3W calls are issued nowadays. His activity will be mainly on
CW and the higher bands. QSL via SM3CXS as usual.
ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. John/K6AM, Dan/N9XX,
Vicky/AE9YL and Carl/K9LA plan to be on Grand Cayman November
21st through November 28th. K6AM, N9XX and K9LA are planning a
single band efforts in CQWW CW Contest. During the contest, N9XX
(ZF2RR) will operate 10m, K6AM (ZF2AM) will operate 15m, and K9LA
(ZF2LA) will operate 40m. AE9YL (ZF2YL) will be active on SSB
during the contest. Other operations with the aforementioned
callsigns will occur outside of the contest. All QSLs go to their
respective home callsign. AE9YL was formerly KB5EAM, so use that
if you have an older callbook.
ZM8, KERMADEC ISLAND. Jacky, ZL3CW, still
continues to be active as ZM8CW. He was heard this past weekend
on 30/20/10 meters CW. Activity on 10 meters was between 1945 and
2230z, while active on the other bands between 1300 and 1630z. He
reported this week that there will be NO RTTY operation because
he had to carry a lot of equipment on the island and had no room
for a TNC for RTTY. His length of activity is still not sure, it
could have ended by the time you read this or comtinue until the
23rd. QSL via ZL3CW.
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