The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 504 BID: $OPDX.504 March 26, 2001 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, AB5K &
the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K2FRD, N2OO, W3UR & The Daily
DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K4VUD, N4GN, K7ZZ, K8YSE, KB9YXM, A35RK,
CX6VM, DL1EK & DX News Letter, EU1EU, F6AJA & Les
Nouvelles DX, G3PJT, HK5MQZ, I2MOV, IW5BZQ, LU4FM, ON4AAC,
PA3AXU, PS7JN, VK4AAR, YS1RR and YV5EED for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 18/Mar, through
Sunday, 25/Mar there were 235 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H,
5N, 5R, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H,
9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9,
AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE0A, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU,
CX, D2, D4, 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, FR, FW, FY, G,
GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, 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/m, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, 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, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU,
SV, SV5, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TU, TZ, UA,
UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E,
VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU,
XW, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB,
ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS. There were 39 CQ Zones
available during the past week. CQ Zone that were not active are:
2. There were 50 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU
Zones that were not active are: 3,4,9,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31,
34,35,43,58,59,69, 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".
3A, MONACO. A group of Italian operators will
be active for 3 days from here (grid JN33RR) during June 1-3rd.
They will mainly concentrate their activity on 6 meters, but they
will also be active on HF and 2 meters. Look for the following
callsigns (operators) to be active: 3A/IK5GQK (Fabrizio),
3A/IK5YOJ (Giuseppe), 3A/IW5BZQ (Stefano) and 3A/IW5EDQ
(Virginio). Their activity on 6 meters is as follows: 50.210 SSB,
50.600 RTTY and 50.620 MHz PSK31 (using an Icom IC-706MKIIG with
6 element yagi and HQ50 Halo Loop). Their 2 meters activity will
be on 144.290 MHz SSB (using an Icom IC-706 with 9 element yagi).
Their HF activity will be on SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV (using two
Yaesu FT-100 and vertical antennas). You can send E-mail for
skeds to: 3a@mannelli.com.
They mentioned that while they are on air they will check their
E-mail every hour at the top of the hour. For the latest news,
check their Web page at: http://www.mannelli.com/3a. Direct QSL (SASE)
for VHF QSOs (6/2 meters) via: Stefano Mannelli (IW5BZQ), P.O.
Box 569, 50123 Firenze Centro, ITALY. QSL HF QSOs to: Fabrizio
Vannini (IK5GQK), via Forlanini 68, 50127 Firenze, ITALY.
3G, JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND. Look for
Key/JE6JYT, Chip/N6CA, Jack/N6XQ and Roman/XE2EED to be active
from the Isla Robinson Crusoe (IOTA SA-005) between March 27th
and April 3rd signing 3G0Z. They will have two stations active to
cover many directions: one in San Juan Bautista village, the
other on a nearby hilltop operating part-time. Activity will be
mainly on 6 meters, transmitting on 50102 kHz and receiving on
50140 kHz. Their pilot stations, N6RV and KB6NAN, will be on
28885 kHz. QSL via N6XQ. For more details, check/watch the Web
page: http://www.ham-radio.com/ce0z/ce0z.html.
5R, MADAGASCAR. Stations 5R8FL, 5R8FU and
5R8GO have been active over the past week. Claude, 5R8GO, has
been active on 20 and 10 meters. He was also active SSTV on 28680
kHz around 1245z. Ake, 5R8FU, has been active mainly on 15/12
meters CW. Check 12 meters around 0915z and 15 meters around
1815z. QSL via SM5DJZ. Andre, 5R8FL, has been active on 20 meters
(14206 kHz) around 0430z and 10 meters (28496 kHz) around 1445z.
QSL via F5TBA.
7X, ALGERIA. The "LNDX" reports tha
Yannick, F6FYD, will be here for the next 2 months starting very
soon (mi-March). There was no callsign or bands of operation
mentioned. However, Mohammad, 7X4AN, has been very active lately
on 10 and 15 meters, mostly SSB. Activity has been between 1700
and 2200z.
7Z, SAUDI ARABIA. Joe, W5FJG, is expected to
be active about April 15th from Jeddah as 7Z1AC. He will be
working as a technician for the U.S. Consulate and is expected to
be here for two years. According to his Web page, Joe works both
CW/SSB, but will spend 60% of his operating on SSB. He likes and
probably will spend most of his time on 20 meters. He will have
equipment and antennas for 20/17/15/12/10 meters and expects
30/40/80 meters may come later. His operating time will be
Saturday through Wednesday after 1530z and on Thrusday and Friday
(his weekend) anytime. He does have equipment for the digital
modes, so expect to possibly see him on Packet/RTTY/SSTV. QSL via
WA4JT. More details can be found on his homepage: http://sites.netscape.net/joeyjeep99usa/homepage.
Joe mentions on his Web page that the American Embassy in Riyadh
has received permission to restart amateur radio operations using
the callsign 7Z1AB. Look for them soon to be on the air.
9G, GHANA. Derek, 9G5MD, has been very active
on 15/10 meters, generally between 1200-1800z. Check around 28500
and 21250 (and above). QSL via F5VCR.
AP, PAKISTAN. Bob, AP2JZB, continues to be
active on 12 meters, as well as 10 meters. Check these bands
between 1430 and 1530z around 28492 or 24946 kHz.
ASIAN TRIP PLANNED. Charly, K4VUD, reports
that he has purchased his airline tickets to Asia for the period
of early May through mid-August, 2001. He plans to operate as
HS0ZCW again and will apply for India (VU) and Laos (XW)
licenses. He states that it will be not likely for him to be
active as/from 9N7UD nor A52UD this trip.
EP, IRAN. Abdullah, EP2FM, is a nice find on
RTTY on 20 meters after 0330z. You can catch him on SSB on 20
meters generally after 1430z and again around 2000z.
EV21, BELARUS (Arctic Expedition, "POLAR
RING"). There is currently an expedition going on
in the Arctic and is being helped by the members of the
"Activity Group of Belarus" (AGB). The
expedition/operation started February 1st in Minsks and will
travel the southern part of the Arctic and the Polar Area. The
expedition will pass through Yama (R9K/), Taimyr (R0B), Yakutia
(R0Q) and Chukot (R0K). Currently, R0B/EV21ABG is now on from
Taimyr. Igor, EU1EU (AGB#001 - President of AGB), informs OPDX
that there is usually traffic being passed every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday on 14120 kHz at 0500z. However, most of the
information is in Russian. The operators are Yuri (AGB#124) and
Vladimir (AGB#123, Leader of expedition). There is an award
available for working this station. Some information can be found
on the club's Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu. A special link for
the English language can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu/EV21AGB_eng1.txt.
In a week the group plans to be active from Yakutia and sign
R0Q/EV21AGB. Any questions/messages can be sent to either/or:
Igor, EU1EU, at: eu1eu@qsl.net;
Vladimir, EU1CQ, at: eu1cq@usa.net.
FM, MARTINIQUE. Gerard, FM/F2JD, has closed
down his station from here and he will be back in France sometime
this week. He made 11,200 QSOs (6600 CW, 1000 RTTY, 3600 SSB).
H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE. Ron, ZL1AMO, now active
as H40RW, has been very active on 15 and 10 meters CW.
HK0, MALPELO ISLAND (Update). It has been
reported that Jairo/HK5MQZ and Hiro/HK5QGX will be embarking off
to Buenaventura on April 6th arriving on Malpelo Island April 8th
in the late evening. They will disembark April 9th and expect to
start operation April 10th until April 21st. They will operate on
all bands 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 and 6 meters. They will carry a
Hygain TH3-MK3 Tri-Bander and home brew 3 element monobands for
17 and 12 meters. For 80/40/30 meters they will use wire dipoles.
The group will also use a Yaesu FL-2100B linear amplifier and two
HF transceivers: One Icom model IC-706-MK2 and another Kenwood
TS-430S. Jairo will be active as HK5MQZ/0 only on SSB. QSL direct
ONLY, via HK5MQZ (Jairo Vargas, P.O. Box 10862, Cali, Colombia).
Hiro will be active as HK5QGX/0 and will operate on CW only. QSL
his contacts via his QSL Manager JA0MGR (direct ONLY).
IOTA NEWS...
EU-065. Didier, F5BWJ, will be active as
TM2A from Noirmoutier Island from March 31st to April
7th. QSL via F5BWJ.
EU-126. Lawrence, KB9YXM, reports that
the Finnish Club station, OH8TA, is planning an IOTA
DXpedition to the Island of Hailuto in the Gulf of
Bothnia off of the Finnish coast near Oulu. They will be
operating for three days from the University of Oulu's
marine research station on the island. They will be
operating on HF, VHF and UHF. The frequency for 6 meters
will be 50110 kHz. For other bands and frequencies please
send an E-mail message to: oh8ta@oulu.fi.
Operating conditions for 6 meters will be a Cushcraft 3
element Yagi, Yaesu ATAS-100 with GP and counterpoise,
Yaesu FT-100 at 100-500Watts. The Yagi and ATAS-100 will
be mounted atop the lighthouse station at 30-35 meters
above sea-leval. The dates will be April 6-8th. KB9YXM is
a U.S. operator currently living in Finland and very
active on 50 Mhz and above. QSL to KB9YXM will be 100%
via OH8TA.
EU-174. Eddy/ON6HE, Dirk/ON5CT and
Frank/ON4AAX will be active from Thasos Island between
May 27th and June 3rd. Their activity will be on all HF
bands, CW and SSB. They will try to have a special
callsign. QSL via the bureau or direct to ON4AAC: Frank
Pletinck, Potaardestraat 72, B-9190 Stekene, Belgium.
OC-087. Tom, K7ZZ, informs OPDX that
plans for the expedition to Enewetak (part of the
Marshall Island group) on April 19-26th are going
smoothly. An antenna mast will be loaned from Force 12.
Support has been obtained from the makers of Mountain
House freeze dried foods. And a donation to cover part of
their QSL expenses is expected from the Island Radio
Expedition Foundation. The only real snag has been the
failure of a second amplifier to materialize. The two
Stateside team members will depart the West Coast on
about April 10th to join the rest of the team on
Kwajalein. From there they will fly on to Enewetak.
Although only one station will have an amplifier, two
additional tranceivers will be included. Antennas are a
small tri-bander, a log for 10-6 meters, and a R-7000
vertical plus a wire dipole for the low bands.
Propogation predictions show a slim chance of a 10 meter
opening to Europe, but lots of chances on 15 meters. All
other areas should have lots of openings. The callsign
V73E has been issued/assigned. QSL cards go to WF5T.
SA-035. Dr. Rick, NE8Z/HC1MD, will be
active as YV5/NE8Z from Los Roques roughly between March
31st-April 2nd. He will be using a TS50 + dipole mainly
on 28.460 SSB. If propagation is poor on 10 meters, he
will operate on 21260 or 14260 kHz SSB. No CW this trip.
QSL via NE8Z: Rick Dorsch, Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139 USA
JW, SVALBARD. Per, LA3FL, is currently active
in his spare time from Hopen Island (EU-063) as JW3FL. He is the
only radio operator on this little island with many polar bears.
He will be here until June 2001. He was recently heard on CW on
21025 kHz at 0915z and 1833 kHz between 0045 and 0330z. QSL via
LA3FL.
PACIFIC TRIP 2001. Gerard, PA3AXU, has
announced another DX trip into the South Pacific. This time
during September 2001, he will be heading to T30, C21 and 3D
(Fiji). He reports that like his last trips, this will not be a
holiday but work on the radio. He also hopes to give everyone a
new one on SSB/CW/RTTY/SSTV and/or PSK31. Gerard will start his
activity on Tarawa, West Kiribati, as T30XU, beginning September
4th. He will then travel to Nauru and sign C21XU beginning
September 11th. Gerard will end his activity in Fiji signing as
3D2XU, from September 20-28th. For more details and up-to-date
information, check the Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/pa3axu/2001.
Gerard requests to please submit any comments/remarks/suggestions
on his 2001 Pacific trip in the guestbook on his Web site.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
3D2CI Update. Hrane, YT1AD, in Belgrade,
reports that the logs are going to be on the Web site
soon (they may be there!). They are currently having
problem recovering some QSOs from a damaged hard disk,
but they hope in a few days all will be consolidated into
one log on the Web site. There are some photos of the
Conway Reef operation on the Web site. Check them out at:
http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/3d2/photos/photos.htm.
Hrane is going to be at the Dayton HamVention with a 1
hour video of Conway Reef.
LAST MINUTE CHANGE: The Hillview Gardens
ARC (9M6AAC) was assigned the special callsign 9M6A for
this past weekend's CQWW WPX SSB Contest with Peter G4MJS
as the operator. Please QSL 9M6A via N2OO: Bob Schenck,
PO BOX 345, TUCKERTON, NJ 08087 USA.
Paul, A35RK, would like to remind
everyone that the Kingdom of Tonga (licensing authority -
Tonga Communication Commission) has no national amateur
radio society, no radio club of any sort, and NO QSL
BUREAU. At present, it is a waste of time and money to
send "bureau" cards to Tonga. Currently
licensed A3 operators are certainly not receiving any
"bureau" cards, and therefore they are unable
to reply. In his own case, "QSL A35RK via
W7TSQ" is the only possible route. The postal
address for A35RK, in any database that he has seen is
incorrect: "via direct", using that incorrect
information, will most certainly result in a "dead
letter" and no response.
Gerard, F2VX, can confirm the contact
made with A51AA ONLY for the contacts made in September
2000, NOT for the new operator that was newly autorized.
Charly, K4VUD (aka A52UD), reports that
all direct mail requests for A52UD QSLs have been
answered to date. The bureau QSL will be done next fall.
QSL CW6V, which was active in last
weekend's contest, to W3HNK.
Yannick, F6FYD, informs us that all
direct and bureau requests for his operation as 5T5YD and
5T5YD/P are on the way.
HI9/DL7AFS and HI9/DJ7ZG QSL and Log.
Babs, DL7AFS, informs OPDX that as of the early morning
of March 23rd, the duo have arrived back in Germany. They
thank the many for the interest in their Dxpedition. They
made 16340 QSOs and plan to begin printing the QSLs next
week. The log search is now available at: http://www.qsl.net/DL7AFS.
L40F was active in the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest as a Multi/Multi category. The LU4FM team was:
LU1FAK, LU1FAM, LU1FGE, LU1FGZ, LU1FZR, LU2FT, LU2FP,
LU2JCW, LU3FCK, LU4FPZ, LU5FA, LU6FEC, LU8FCM, LU8FPT and
LU8FQQ. QSL Manager is LU4FM: Radio Club Rosario,
Zeballos 811/817, (2000) Rosario, Republica Argentina.
The Finnish Army Signals School is
celebrating its 60th anniversary this year with their
station OI3AY that was activated during the CQ WPX
Contest. Also, Martti Laine, OH2BH, was one of the
operators from the OI3AY station during the contest. A
special QSL card will be issued for this special event.
The QSL Manager is Teuvo Kaistila, OH1BV, Ahventie 5B1,
25410 Suomusjarvi, FINLAND.
Alan, VK4AAR, announced that all QSL
requests for VK0MM cards received through March 20th have
now been processed. There were some
"not-in-log" replies sent out, but please be
assured, that they were not sent out without a thorough
check. Alan states, "My wife opened and checked the
incoming card against the computer log. If she found any
sort of problem she gave it to me to look for obvious
typos etc etc.. If I could still not resolve the
situation I would E-mail Alan, VK0MM, who would then
search his own master log and get back to me. Therefore,
it is useless to contact me for further checks.... I have
already done all that is possible. Donations for Camp
Quality (a charity supporting children who are dying of
cancer etc..) are coming in regularly though some still
expect a card when they don't even send reply postage and
SAE. But a donation will NOT "buy" a card for a
QSO that is not in the log. To those who have not yet
sent their card to me..... be warned .... DO NOT PUT
AUSTRALIAN STAMPS ON YOUR REPLY ENVELOPE. It is most
likely that you do not have the correct series of
international stamps. Most are putting the wrong amount
on their SASEs, too. Let me do the stamps. Just send SAE
and USD or IRCs (dollars are preferred as the surplus can
go to the charity...IRCs only buy stamps). Those that
have the wrong stamps on will be mailed back to you but I
don't guarantee if you will receive them. Finally, and
for the umpteenth time, **DO NOT** SEND REQUESTS FOR
VK0LD OR AX0LD CARDS TO ME. I HAVE NO AUTHORITY ON THOSE
AT ALL !!!"
The Grupo DX Caracas which participated
in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest this past weekend as YW4M
gets QSLed via W4SO.
ZL4CC QSLs for the March 2001 operation.
Bob, G3PJT, informs OPDX that the correct direct QSL
route for this operation is to Bob Whelan, G3PJT, 36
Green End, Comberton, Cambridge CB3 7DY UK. Bob states,
"Do not send cards to any other address which may
appear in old callbooks as the call was reissued to me
for this operation. Bureau cards are OK via G3PJT and the
RSGB QSL bureau. An E-mail log request is OK for a bureau
card." Bob's E-mail address is: Bob_g3pjt@compuserve.com.
TX, NEW CALEDONIA. Jacky, F2CW, is now active
as TX5CW. Look for him mainly on CW. His activity this past week
was on 30/20/17/15 meters. QSL via F2CW.
VO2, LABRADOR, CANADA DXPEDITION. Fred,
K2FRD, reports that he is planning a DXpedition to Labrador; not
a DXCC Entity, but an uncommon contact nevertheless. He will be
operating from about June 6th through August 31st, as VO2/K2FRD
from a tent. His QTH is about 90km WSW of Churchill Falls,
Labrador, Province of Newfoundland, Canada. His activity will be
mainly 10, 15 and 20 meters in that order. Suggested frequencies
are: 28415, 28515, 21315, 21415, 14215 and 14295 kHz. He does
plan to be active on some nets. For more details on bands,
frequencies, schedules, QSL info, etc...., check the Web page at:
http://sites.netscape.net/thefred3/labr1.
ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. The UK team is now
active from here as ZD8K until March 28th. They will move onto
St. Helena and sign ZD7K and be active until April 12th. QSL via
GW0ANA.
ZY0, ST. PETER ANS ST. PAUL ROCKS. Joaquim,
PS7JN, reports that he will be active from "Sao Pedro and
Sao Paulo Archipelago" beginning April 1st through April
15th, as ZY0SAT during his free times (afternoons and evenings).
His primary objective there is Geochemical of Sao Pedro and Sao
Paulo Archipelago. He will be active on HF and the satellites.
His suggested operating frequencies are: HF - 3780, 7085, 14180,
21280, and 28450; SAT - AO-10 (145.9), UO-14 (435.07), FO_20
(435.850) and FO-29 (435.850); His equipment will be a FT-480R,
20dB amp., XY 7+7 element, 4800 Standard, 20W PA, XY 15+15
element and a HF Atlas 210 with inverted V all band. QSL Manager
is PS7JN: Joaquim "Kim" das Virgens, Rua Carlos
Serrano, 1969, CEP: 59076-740, Natal-RN, Brasil (Send 2 IRC and a
SASE. Any contribution will be welcomed).
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