The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 501 BID: $OPDX.501 March 5, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
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CT1END, CT1ERK, DJ7ZG, DL1EK & DX News Letter, DL2FAG, G3SXW,
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JA3MZB, JM1LRQ, PA5ET, PY2KQ, RZ3EC, UA6CW, VE3EXY, YB5QZ, ZR1DQ
and the ARRL Letter for the following DX information.
MESSAGE FROM EDITOR: My wife and I would like
to thank the many who sent congratulation messages on OPDX's
500th issue. We hope to continue to provide you with the
up-to-date DX information each week best as we can. As long as
the DX Community provides the info, we will continue to send it
out....... 73 and GUD DX de Tedd KB8NW
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 25/Feb, through
Sunday, 4/Mar there were 243 countries active. Countries
available: 1S, 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3V, 3W, 3Y/b, 4J, 4L,
4S, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y,
7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V,
9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE,
CE0A, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D6, DL, DU, EA,
EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG,
FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW,
H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV,
HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0,
KH2, KH3, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE,
OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F,
PZ, R1FJ, S5, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T31, T32, T33, T7,
T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M,
VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, YB, YI, YK, YL,
YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2,
ZK3, ZL, ZP and ZS. There were 37 CQ Zones available during the
past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2,3,4 There were 51
ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not
active are: 3,4,7,8,9,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31,
34,35,43,58,59,68,69,70,71,72,74,90 PLEASE NOTE: The report
"could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later"
(WFWL).
OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin
(due to its size) with a complete breakdown and
"DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity".
3C5, EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Alan, 3C5A, who is
active on 6 meters, expects to leave here in April.
3D2CI, CONWAY REEF. This operation is now
QRT. The team had a bumpy trip back to Fiji due to Tropical
Cyclone PAULA. However, the team made it back safely in spite of
the terrible sea-sickness they had. The team net 30,000 QSOs on
the operation. Look for the logs to be available after March 9th
on the Web page: http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/3d2/. Last week
OPDX had a error and reported that YU1FW was a member of Conway
team. This is incorrect and YU1DX/Srecko should have been listed
instead.
3G, EASTER ISLANDS. Just a reminder (Please
refer to OPDX.495) to look for a team of Chilean and German
operators to be active from here as 3G0Y now through March 19th.
Operators mentioned are: Alfredo/CE3WDD, Sergio/ CE3WDH,
Fred/DK1BT, Falk/DK7YY, Tom/DL2OAP, Mar/DL3DXX, Jan/DL7UFN,
Norbert/DL9NEI and Danilo/XQ3ZW. The team plans to be active
mainly on CW and RTTY. Operations will be on all HF bands, but
with an emphasis on the lower bands and the WARC bands. QSL via
DK7YY. For more information, check their Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/3g0y.
3Y, BOUVET. By the time you read this, Chuck,
3Y0C, should have departed from Bouvet as of March 4th. He was
picked up by the ship "RV Lance"and headed to Cape
Town, and is expected to arrive around March 10th.
59(9) EDITOR RETIRES. OPDX received the
following message from Bob, WB2YQH, Editor of "The 599 DX
Report": "After several weeks of considering all the
circumstances here at '59(9)', we have decided to retire from the
DX bulletin business. This was not an easy decision. We started
this publication from the ground up 7 years ago. It has grown to
be the largest of the U.S. paid subscription newsletters. Each
issue was created with care and dedication to deliver a full and
complete issue. We have sold the subscription list for all
versions to Bernie McClenny, W3UR, Publisher of The Daily DX.
Bernie's journalistic style closely matches ours and we are
certain he will provide you with the same high quality newsletter
each week. He has a solid DX background to satisfy all your DX
needs. This publication will be called The Weekly DX and will be
available in paper and PDF versions. He will provide you with all
the details next week. All your subscriber information has been
forwarded to him. Any renewals received here will be forwarded to
him as well. We are retaining the company name and the Flying
Horse Callbook business as The 59(9) DX Report - Callbook
Distributor. We will continue to offer the WARC Award and the
current QSL Pipeline Directory. We have enjoyed all your positive
comments along the way. Thank you all for your support. A special
Thank You to my wife, the creator of the layout and all the
graphics, for being there every week to proofread the issue.
Thanks for staying with us, it's been a great ride."
5U, NIGER. An Italian group consisting of
Silvano/I2YSB, Paolo/I2UIY and Marcello/IK2DIA are now active
until March 12th. The team was active during last weekend's ARRL
Contest as 5U5A. However, look for them to be active this week as
5U2T on CW and 5U2K on SSB. There has been a lot of activity on
40-10 meters, especially the WARC bands. QSL via I2YSB direct or
via the ARI Bureau. Also, check out the following Web page for
details and an online log search: http://digilander.iol.it/i2ysb.
9M0, SPRATLY ("The UnDXpedition", refer to
OPDX.498). Members of the Central Arizona DX Association
(Darryl/AF7O, Dennis/AF7Y, Sally/KM5EP, Mike/N7MB, Dan/NA7DB,
Jerry/WB9Z and Luis/XE1L) are now active as 9M0M. Some members
were active in the ARRL DX SSB Contest during the past weekend.
Activity will be 80-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via K7XN. For more
information, check their Web site at: http://www.xcvr.com/9M0M.
9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Andy, G4ZVJ, plans to
operate CW only from 9M6AAC, East Malaysia from March 8-12th. His
activity will include an entry in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest
(BERU).
AP, PAKISTAN. Hasnat, AP2HA, has been active
on RTTY around 21081 kHz between 1330-1430z.
CQ1, PORTUGAL. An operation sponsored by the
Costa Verde Radio Club will sign with a special callsign CQ1CV on
the air from Portugal during the CQ WPX 2001 SSB weekend. The
site of operation will be on the northern border close to Spain
on Serra Amarela at roughly 1200m altitude. The entry will be
Multi-Single with 6 operators joining the team: CT1ENQ/Miguel,
CT1ERK/Antonio, CT1ETE/Paulo, CT1GFK/Antonio, CT1GPQ/Goncalo and
CT2GTP Paulo. All these operators have good contest experience.
The team will be active on all 6 bands and is aiming at the World
Top Ten spot and will do their best to get there.
CQ3/CQ4, PORTUGAL. Cupido, CT1BNW, informs
OPDX that he will be active during the next two CQ WPX Contests
with special callsigns to celebrate the event "Porto
2001", the Capital European of Culture (CEC). Look for him
on SSB, March 24-25th, to sign CQ3CEC. Look for him on CW, May
26-27th, to sign CQ4CEC. QSL via CT1BNW.
D68C QRT. This operation is now QRT. Reports
indicate that they excessed over 160,000 QSOs, with RTTY QSOs
exceeding 4000, PSK exceeding 1,000 and FM 3,200. It will be a
while before someone breaks this record.
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager,
reports, "We just approved ST0P for DXCC credit. It was on
the bad list for lack of documentation since the middle of last
year. The documentation has been reviewed and it is OK. People
can now receive DXCC credit. Anyone who has submitted it and had
it rejected can contact us and we'll be able to update their
record without having to submit the card again. If not, it can be
sent in the next submission."
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Well known DXer Martti
Laine, OH2BH, had a temporary escape from the rather cold OH-land
and was active this past week from his Canary Islands QTH as
EA8BH for the ARRL DX SSB Contest. It was reported that Martti
has offered a drink on his account at HamCom in Texas, June
9-10th, for those who were lucky to work him on all six bands.
See the following Web page for details: http://www.hamcom.org.
FK, NEW CALEDONIA. (Great News! TX0). Jacky,
F2CW, is currently active from here as TX5CW (but earlier in the
week as FK/F2CW). He has been active mainly on CW on
30/20/17/15/10 meters at various times. However, here is the
great news. "The Daily DX" is reporting that Jacky will
be heading a group of four operators to activate Chesterfield
Islands (DXCC's newest entity) between April 24th and May 8th.
Reportedly, arrangements have been made for a chartered sailboat
to take the team there. Dany, F5CW, and at least two other
operators will join the group. They expect to have 3 stations
active. There will be a special effort on the lower bands and 15
meters. More details are forthcoming.
HA, HUNGARY. Viktor, HA5LV, informs OPDX that
operators in HA-land are still waiting to be permitted to use 6
meters. Any reports of activity are SLIMS.
HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Pedro, HC1OT, is now
active from San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, as HC8Z until March
8th. QSL via NE8Z: Rick Dorsch, Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139 USA.
HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Babs/DL7AFS and
Lot/DJ7ZG will be on tour again and will be active from here as
DL7AFS/HI9 and DJ7ZG/HI9, respectively. They should be active now
through March 23rd. Activity will be on 80-6 meters on SSB, RTTY
and PSK. QSL via DL7AFS.
HK0, MALPELO ISLAND (Update). Pedro, HK3JJH,
informs OPDX that he will leave for Malpelo April 4th and his
operation will start April 7th (if all goes well).
IOTA NEWS...
AS-NEW. Bill-Chen, BV9BC, from the
"Eastern Branch of Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio
League" reports to look for BV9O from Orchid Island
(Lan-Yu) from March 15-19th. Operations from this new
IOTA will take place from Lang-Tao Elementary school. QSL
via BV8BC: Bill-Chen, Box 222, Taitung-city 950, Taiwan.
AS-056. Masa, JA6GXK, will be active
from Danjo Archipelago (Meshima Island) now through March
8th during his spare time. Suggested schedule is as
follows: March 5th 1000-1500z, March 6th 1000-1500z,
March 7th (no times) and March 8th 1000-1100z. Activity
will be on 40 meters, 14260 and 21260 kHz +/-10 kHz.
Operations will be on SSB/CW/SSTV. This is not a
DXpedition. QSL only via the Bureau.
OC-066. HA9RE is active as FO0ARE from
Tuamotu Island. His length of stay is unknown. QSL
Manager is HA8IB.
OC-144. Irfan, YC4FIJ, a resident on
Belitung Island, can be found a few days during the week
on or around 21260 kHz between 1200-1600z. QSL via YC9BU.
OC-201. Bob, G3PJT, will be active from
Waiheke Island as ZL4CC from March 8-13th. His activity
will be mainly on CW, however, he does plan to
participate in the RSGB Commonwealth CW Contest. QSL via
G3PJT (direct or bureau).
IQ, ITALY. The "Campania Contest
Team" will participate in all major contests throughout the
year of 2001 with special callsign IQ8S. The team operators are:
IZ8AJQ, IZ8DBJ IZ8CEV, I8TLI, IZ8CSD and IK8YBE. QSL via IZ8DBJ
direct (or via bureau) to: Mario Pesce, P.O. Box 15, ZIP 80070
Bacoli (NA), ITALY.
JD, OGASAWARA. A station signing JD1BIA was
active over the weekend during the ARRL Contest running 10 watts
on 21353 kHz. Length of stay is unknown.
KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Nob, JM1LRQ, will be
active as KH0/JM1LRQ from Saipan Island (OC-086), March 22-26th.
Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW/SSB. He plans to participate
in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as Multi-Band entry. Nob states that he
will concentrate on CW outside of the contest. QSL via the bureau
or direct to: Nobuyuki Arai, 5-6-1-1002 Kitayamata, Tsuzuki,
Yokohama, 224-0021, Japan.
LLDXT UPDATE (QTH Needed). Rob Snieder,
PA5ET, reports that "The Low Land DXpedition Team (LLDXT) is
currently planning the 'Caribbean Tour 2001' to Grenada (J3) and
St.Vincent (J8) which will be held in August/September 2001. We
are looking for excellent operating spots on both islands
preferable on the north side, or on a hill with free sight to the
north. The locations should at least have 2 bedrooms, big living
and plenty of space in the garden to setup yagi's, verticals and
wire antennas. We found several nice villa's on the Internet but
all of them are very expensive. Who can give us some valuable
information/tips which can contribute to a big success of this
years tour." If you can help, send an E-mail to Rob at: pa5et@muurkrant.com. Also,
visit the LLDXT Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/.
PW0S PRESS RELEASE/SUMMARY. This operation is
over, making around 7800 QSOs. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will
receive the complete press release/summary as an additional
bulletin.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
The ARRL Letter reports that the British
Virgin Islands has a new QSL Bureau address effective
immediately. It's BVI QSL Bureau, PO Box 4, West End,
British Virgin Islands.
QSL cards have finally arrived from the
printers for the July 2000 operations of FP/KT1J,
FP/N1JEZ and KT1J/CY9 (all via K1WY DXA), and WV2B/CY9
and WA4RX/CY9 (both via N2AU). Direct and bureau cards
will be mailed very shortly.
Alfred, IK7JWX, inform OPDX tha EQSLs
are available for: IK7JWX, IK7JWX/7, IK7JWX/P,
IK7JWX/ILH, IK7JWX/ZA, IK7JWX/IJ7, IK7JWX/IL7,
IJ7/IK7JWX, IL7/IK7JWX, ZA/IK7JWX and IQ7J. Check the Web
site at: http://eqsl.cc/qslcard/. Regular QSLs
are also available via the bureau.
IQ7J was activated during the ARRL SSB
Contest by the "Salento Dx Team" from Lecce,
Italy. QSL to IK7JWX via the bureau of Italy or direct
to: Alfredo De Nisi, P.O. Box 218, 73100 LECCE, Italy.
NOT THE MANAGER. Karl, DL2FAG, informs
OPDX that he is not the QSL Manager of Z21AV. He is
receiving at the moment quit a lot of QSL request for
Z21AV (direct and bureau). Please check your databases.
Several have asked what the QSL route is
for TR8CX. QSL TR8CX to: Xavier Cholat, BP 4776,
Libreville, GABON.
The recent operation of W4D from Dauphin
Island (NA-143) now has the log search and pictures
available on the MDXA Web Page: http://mdxa.org/dauphin-2001.html.
The photo on the main page of the island at sunset is a
possible photo for the QSL card.
Doug, N6RT, informs OPDX that the latest
logs for XX9TDX and VQ9GB are now available at the Web
site: http://dx.qsl.net/logs.
Fabrizio, IN3ZNR, inform OPDX that his
processing of QSL cards for his Laos 2000 DXpedition,
where he signed XW3ZNR and Mauro/IN3QBR signed XW3QBR
between December 27th (2000) through January 11th (2001),
will begin after March 15th, once he has the picture QSL
card back from the printer. He is also glad to inform
everyone that both operations were approved by ARRL DXCC
Desk.
RARE OBLAST. Leonid, UA6CW, informs OPDX that
his good friend Kirill, UA6CT, a reporter for Russian television,
is now active from Chechnya as UA6CT/6. He will be on all bands
with 100 watts with dipole antennas during his spare time. It's a
good chance to confirm this rare oblast. Leonid may also take
part in the Russian DX contest. QSL via RK6AXS, either direct or
bureau.
RRC ANNOUNCEMENT. The Russian Robinson Club
is proud to announce the results of "World Robinson Cup
Marathon 2000" and the rules for the upcoming "World
Robinson Cup 2001" (WRC-2001). The WRC-2001 participation
period is from April 1st through September 30th. The new rules
for the WRC-2001 can be found on the Web site: http://rrc.sc.ru. Any
comments or questions are welcome via E-mail at: wrc_rrc@mail.ru. PLEASE Note:
The lists of islands for National Islands Programs are available
on the RRC site and on the official site of the program.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC DXPEDITION (3D2, A35 and 5W).
Hirotada, JA0SC, will be active this month from Fiji, Tonga and
Western Samoa. Look for him to sign A35SC for 5 days from Tonga
starting March 10th. He will head to Apia, Samoa, on March 15th
and be active there for 5 days as 5W1** (callsign will be
assigned upon his arrival). He will arrive in Nadi, Fiji, on
March 20th and operate for 2 days as 3D2HY. His suggested
operating frequencies are: SSTV - 21343, 28683 and 14233 kHz;
RTTY - 21080, 28080 and 14080 kHz. His equipment is a FT-100 with
a HL-200 amp (200 watts) into a CY153 (15m), 10 meter 3 element
monobander Yagi and a PW-1 Portable HF Vertical antenna for
7-30Mhz. He will use a Vaio Laptop PC with MMSSTV software for
SSTV and MMTTY for RTTY. QSL via the Bureau or Direct to JA0SC:
Hirotada Yoshiike, 722-1 Shiba matsushiro-cyo, Nagano-city
381-1214 JAPAN.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station
IR0MA to be active next month (April) commemorating the 2754th
birthday of Roma. This operation will be valid for 5 points on
the "Natale di Roma Award". On April 21st, look for
IR0MA to be active from the "Capitolium of Roma". QSL
only direct to I0MWI CBA. ADDED NOTE: OPDX InterNet Subscribers
will receive an additional bulletin containing the details of the
"Natale di Roma Award".
VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND. Reorts indicate that
Ed, K8VIR (aka-ZL4IR) is planning to operate as VK9EHH from here
beginning this week, March 5th. Watch the IOTA frequncies. QSL
via W8WC.
VP2MDY OPERATION SUMMARY (Sable Island, CY0, Next).
Art, N2NB, aka-VP2MDY, has made it safely home and is happy to
report that the logs have safely made it to his QSL Manager
NW8F's QTH. Art would like to thank everyone for making his one
man 6 day operation worth while and fun. His totals are:
Art mentions that he would like to hear some feedback (both
positive and negative) from you. He also mentions that there are
17 of you who are on his elite list for working him at least 8
times. His E-mail address is: A1RTRAFFIC@aol.com.
Art is currently making plans to go to Sable Island (CY0) next.
ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Jim, N6TJ, will once
again be active as ZD8Z from May 7-17th. QSL via VE3HO (U.S.
stamps are OK).
ZW0T, TRINDADE ISLAND. Ben, PY2KQ, informs
OPDX that a DXpedition to Trindade Island is scheduled for
October, 2001. The current list of operators are: PU2RYW/Fran,
PY2NW/Claudio and PY2QI/Erwin. There will will be two stations
active for two to three days, ZW0TB on SSB and ZW0TW on CW. This
DXpedition has been planned since January and they currently have
three sponsors at this moment: ICOM Incorporated Japan - is
providing them with 2 HF transceivers. SOUNDY Equipamentos para
Radioamador - will help them with partial QSL expenses and some
equipments. RADIOHAUS Radiocomunications - will help them with
partial QSL expenses and some accessories. They also have the
support of the Brazilian Navy, which has a base there and also
ANATEL, the Brazilian Telecomunication Agency which allowed them
the licences for ZW0TB and ZW0TW. Ben, PY2KQ, will be the
QSL-Manager and will support the group. You can check detailed
information about this DXpedition by visiting the official web
site (still under construction) at: http://www.radiohaus.com.br/trindade.htm.
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