The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 516 BID: $OPDX.516 June 18, 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, KF2TI, WA2YMX, W3UR & The
Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, W4WX, KM6IU, K8YSE, WZ8D, K9OT,
KE9KD, W9DC, 9A6AA, 9V1YC, DL1EK & DX News Letter, DM5TI,
DS1DBX, EA7FTR, F5NOD, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, GM3WOJ,
GM0CLN, JI3DST, JR4QZH, OH1EH, OZ6OM/OZ7M & OZ 50 MHz DX
Bulletin, PA3GEO, S53AU, SP6TPM, UR5WCW, VE2MBS, VO1MX/VO2ZZ and
ZL1AMO for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 10/June, through
Sunday, 17/June there were 203 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5A,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5X, 5Z, 7Q, 7X, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K,
9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9,
CE, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, D6, DL, DU, EA, EA6,
EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ,
FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HC,
HI, HK, HK0/a, HK0/m, HL, HP, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J7, JA,
JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY,
LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA,
PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7,
T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3,
V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VP2E, VP5, VP6, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW,
YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7,
ZD8, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS.
* 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".
C6, BAHAMAS. John, WZ8D, will be leaving for
Abaco Island (NA-080) on June 21st and will be there until July
2nd. He will be signing C6AIE. His main bands of operation will
be 6 and 2 meters (Grid Square FL16iq). During slow times, he
will be on 40-10 meters. His equipment is a Kenwood 2000, 4
element beam on 6 meters, 7 element beam on 2 meters and 3
element on 10 meters. He will also have a vertical and dipoles
for the other bands. Power will be 250 watts on all bands. QSL to
WZ8D: John Walker, 1930 Meredith Dr., Loveland, Ohio 45140-7216
USA. U.S. stations include a SASE. All others SAE and at lease 1
IRC or USD. Please, NO cards through the Bureau.
DX-CENTRAL WEBSITE (Change). Kelly, KE9KD,
wants the readers to know that the DX-Central Website has been
redesigned. There seems to be some "paranoia" about the
use of cookies so the new redesign allows visitors to use the
site even if they have cookies disabled. There have also been
some changes in the user interface and features of the site.
Kelly states, "Hopefully these changes will make it a little
easier to use. As always, if anyone has comments or suggestions,
feel free to let me know." The Web site is at: http://www.dx-central.com.
FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. Pete/NN9K,
Peg/KB9LIE and Paul/K9OT will be active from Miquelon (NA-032)
starting Thursday, July 26th until August 1st. Activity will
include the IOTA Contest July 28-29th. Their activity before the
contest will be mainly WARC bands and PSK31. They will be using
FP/homecall outside of the contest and FP/K9WM during the
contest. They also plan to operate 80-10 meters with a
possibility of 6m CW/SSB plus PSK31. QSL via home callsigns The
contest FP/K9WM callsign goes to NN9K.
HA, HUNGARY. Robert, PA3GEO, will be active
from July 14-31st as HA5ORP. He plans to be active on CW/SSB on
HF and also on VH. QSL via PA3GEO. His Web page is: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3geo.
HK0M, MALPELO ISLAND. Jairo/HK5MQZ and
Hiro/HK5QGX are now active. Jairo is operating as HK5MQZ/0M on
SSB. QSLs only via HK5MQZ (Jairo Vargas, P.O. BOX 10862, Cali,
Colombia). Hiro is signing HK5QGX/0M (operating on CW only). QSL
via JA0MGR. Again, suggested frequencies are (+/- few kHz):
AS-NEW. (Update) Remember to look for
Kefken Island to be activated June 23-25th. The callsign
to be used will be YM0KI. Activity will be on 2-3 bands
(one SSB, one CW, and one sporadically on SSTV depending
on propagation).
AS-049. Takeshi, JI3DST, will activate
Tokara Archipelago (Kuchinoshima, Toshima-mura,
Kagoshima-gun, Kagashima-ken) from 0800z, June 28th
through 0100z, July 5th. He will sign JI3DST/6 on
40/17/15/12/10/6/2 meters on SSB. QSL via JI3DST.
AS-103. Operators Doji/JH3JWW and
Takeshi/JI3DST will activate the Taiwan island Penghu
(aka Pescadores), 0900z July 20th through 0200z July
22nd. They will sign BV9A/JH3JWW and BV9A/JI3DST.
Activity will be on 40/20/17/15/12/10/6/2 meters on SSB.
QSL via home callsigns.
AS-148. Members/Operators of club
station HL0C, will be active as HL0C/4 from Wi Island
between August 2-8th. Wi Island belongs to the
Chollabukto Province Group (Korea). Activity will be on
SSB, CW and RTTY on 80, 40, 20 and 15 meters. Please send
QSL cards to CPO Box 4397 Seoul, KOREA zip code: 100-643
(QSL via BURO also OK).
EU-008. A team from the Cockenzie and
Port Seton Amateur Radio Club (C&PS ARC) will once
again operate from the Isle of Tiree (reference number
IOSA NH04 and WAB NM04), which is the most westernly of
Scotland's Inner Hebridean Islands. Activity will be
during the RSGB IOTA (Islands on the Air) Contest, which
runs from 1200z July 28th through 1200z July 29th. The
team, which consist of Cambell/MM0DXC, John/GM7OLQ,
John/MM0CCC, Colin/GM0CLN, Bob/GM4UYZ, Ron/GM0NTL,
Landles/GM4XZZ, Tony/GM3PGY (the island's only resident
radio amateur), Iain/MM1CPP, Robert/MM0ANT, Brian/M5BAP,
Ron/GM4IKU and Bob GM0BWU, will be using the special
contest callsign GM2T. The QSL Manager for all GM2T
operations is Bob, GM4UYZ. Updates will be posted on the
club's web page at: http://www.cpsarc.com/.
EU-012. (Advance Notice) For the CQ WW
SSB Contest at the end of October 2001, Chris/GM3WOJ and
Keith/GM4YXI will again be active as GZ7V from the
Shetland Islands, a separate multiplier for CQ WW
scoring. They will also be active on the WARC bands for 3
days before the contest, mostly on CW. The Shetland
Islands also have a IOSA reference number SH1.
EU-016. (Lighthouse Activity) Emir,
9A6AA, IOCA Manager, informs OPDX that Luka/9A7Z and
Neno/9A2FL will activate the Islands of Vrhovnjaci
(Reference Numbers - Glavat Lighthouse LH-0170 and IOCA
CI-144) for the first time ever and only for one day,
June 22nd. Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters SSB.
EU-028. John, I2ZGA, will be signing
IA5/I2ZGA from Elba Island from July 1-14th. He will be
active on CW only from 80-10 meters.
EU-121. Jeremy, EJ3HB, will be operating
from Sherkin Island on July 28-29th. Activity will be on
all bands. QSL via WA2YMX.
EU-124. A team of "Barry Amateur
Radio Society (B.A.R.S.)." operators will be going
out to Flatholm Island, August 24-29th. Their activity
will be on CW, SSB, PSK31, RTTY and SSTV using 160
through 70cm plus 6 meters. OPDX was told that since the
Isle of Anglesey is deleted, the Welsh coastal Flatholm
Island will be very much needed. The team intends to be
active on at least 1 band and mode for the whole
expedition. Their callsign will be GB5FI. QSL via GW0ANA
CBA or Bureau. HISTORICAL NOTE: Glyn, GW0ANA, informs
OPDX that it was on this island on the May 10,1897, that
Marconi made the first ever "Wireless TX and
RX" across water. Then on the May 18, 1897, he made
DX working England from Wales, thus the first DX in the
world and the first ever IOTA expedition.
EU-175. Alvaro, CU3EE, is active during
his free time from Terceira Island and can be found
sometimes around the IOTA frequencies. QSL via EA7FTR.
OC-021. Erizal, YC1GTS, is active during
his free from Bogor, normally working 6 meters. QSL via
EA7FTR.
NEW HEARD ISLAND VIDEO. James Brooks, 9V1YC,
has informed OPDX that he has updated his web site with full
details of the new Heard Island/VK0IR video release: http://home.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/vk0irvideo.htm.
James states,"For those that saw the original DXpedition
video, this one might interest them even more, as it includes
extremely rare footage of the first Americans and Australians to
ever visit Heard Island. For your information (FYI) - since 1998
the film ("Outpost at the Edge") has been shown to a
few million people worldwide on television, but only just made
available for home video. See, we originally made two programs
from the original footage I shot - one video for the hams
(without all the archive footage, history, extra wildlife etc...)
and one TV program for the general public (which includes some of
the ham stuff too - but not all). This new release is the
'general public' version which many DXers had been asking about
for years." According to his Web page, the video will be
released June 30th, first mailing July 2nd.
OH9, FINLAND. OH9A will be active in this
year's IARU using the same kind of equipment as the WRTC2002
competitors will use next year (100w, wires, tribander).
Operators are Ari/OH1EH and Pasi/OH1MM. The log will be available
from the WRTC2002 web site.
OZ & SM, DENMARK AND SWEDEN. Shigeru
"Eddy", JR4QZH, will be staying with his family in
Copenhagen, Denmark, and Gothenburg, Sweden, this coming July. He
has already received his licenses. Look for him to sign
OZ/JR4QZH/p from a very popular IOTA EU-029 between July 12-16th,
and SM6/JR4QZH between July 16-19th in the Gothenburg area. No
details of band/mode activity were provided.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
QSL REQUEST. OPDX has been asked to find
out what the QSL status is on the following Andorra
special HF event stations active during March 2000. These
stations were asking everyone to contact as many special
event stations as possible, and on as many bands. These
stations were using the callsigns like c34ji, c36hk,
c35pr... etc. They asked that the cards go to the Andorra
club station, Box 1150 Andorra. Has anyone received their
cards or have info on these station's QSLs?
QSL REQUEST ANSWERED. Regarding the
VO7A, VO1W and VO1X QSL requests from last week, these
were simply missed copied callsigns during the CQ WPX CW
Contest. Dan, VO1MX/VO2ZZ, informed OPDX that the
"Industry Canada" hasn't issued any of these
callsigns and apparently has no intention of doing so!
Many reports indicate that these callsign were 4O7A,
4O1W, and 4O1X. It is possible that maybe somebody
heard/received the letter "V" instead of number
"4". However, Matt, S53AU, provided the
following QSL information for these stations, which
should be: 4O7A via YU7AV, 4O1W via YZ1AU and 4O1X via
YU1DX. Also, heard in the same contest were the following
stations signing the "4O" prefix: 4O1B (QSL via
YT1BB), 4O1J (QSL via YU1JW), 4O7L (QSL via YU7JX) and
4O7M (QSL via YU7GMN).
3Y0C QSL STATUS. QRZ-DX is reporting
that Mac, WA4FFW, does not expect to start sending out
the 3Y0C cards until September/October at the earliest.
FR/F6KDF/T QSL STATUS. Gil, F5NOD,
reports that a batch of 1500 QSLs have been mailed June
14th. All QSLs received before April 2001 are now sent.
He also mentioned that he now has new web pages
addresses:
H40RW QSLS. Ron, ZL1AMO, informs OPDX
that the first posting of H40RW cards will begin Monday,
June 18th. He expects to catch up on the backlog over the
next 2 or 3 weeks.
Mike, W0YR, was in Europe on business
(as usual), but was going to try to squeeze in an /OH0
operation from Mariehamn, Aland Island, this past
weekend, June 16-17th. He was expected to work 20/40
meters CW only and PSK31. If you were lucky to work him,
QSL to W0YR CBA w/SASE or IRC.
V5/DM5TI and ZS/DM5TI QSLs. Hartmut,
DM5TI, informs OPDX that all QSLs (direct and via Bureau
) for his March 2001 operations have been sent out. His
complete logbook is available at the following Web page: http://www.qsl.net/dm5ti/africa.
SPECIAL EVENT. A special event station
signing EN1WJP will be active June 22-27th, to celebrate Pope
John Paul's II visits to the Ukraine and Lviv city. Activity will
be on all bands and all modes. QSL via UR4WG, either direct
(P.O.Box 7072, LVIV, 79018, Ukraine) or via the bureau. A
commemorative award will be given for all those who make 5 QSOs
with Lviv's amateurs (usually the letter W follows after the
prefix). A QSO with EN1WJP is essential. Duplicate QSOs are
permitted on different bands or modes, so the special event
station can be worked 5 times. The fee for the award is 3 IRCs or
2 USD. GCR lists must be sent to UR4WG.
SPECIAL EVENT. The Montreal Amateur Radio
Club has been given permission by the Radio Amateurs of Quebec to
use the station callsign VC2A at the Dorval (Quebec) Canada Day
event on July 1, 2001. The station will operate between 1800z
July 1st through 0200z, July 2nd. The station will be in the
Canada Day Contest. QSL via VE2ARC through the bureau or direct
(only for this July 1st operation) via: Montreal Amateur Radio
Club, c/o VC2A Canada Day Station, C.P. 53047, C.S.P. Dorval,
Dorval, Quebec, Canada H9S 5W4. They expect to get the QSL cards
from RAQI sometime in August or September. For more information,
see the MARC News Bulletin at: http://www.marc.qc.ca/news0132.html/.
SV5, DODECANESE. Look for Mike, SV5/NA9Q/p,
and Arlyce, SV5/NB9Q/p, to be active from Afondou Beach between
June 20th and July 3rd. They will be active on SSB/CW/PSK31 on
40-10 meters with a portable antenna. QSL via homecalls.
SV9, CRETE. Ron, WB2GAI, will be on the
island of Crete (EU-015) from June 29th through August 12th and
will sign SV9/WB2GAI/p. Look for him on the IOTA and QRP
designated CW frequencies. He will be using wire antennas for
160-10 meters, Yaesu FT100D and FT817. Activity will be CW only.
T5, SOMALIA. Baldur/DJ6SI and Tom/DL1QW, are
currently active as T5X and T5W, possibly until June 21st. Most
of Baldur's operations/activity will be on CW, however, Tom
operates CW, SSB and RTTY. So far their activity seems to be on
the following frequencies (+/- 5 kHz):
T5, SOMALIA. Bruce, WD4NGB, announced this
week that he has received his license last week for T5. He is
planning a trip to Somalia and will be active in the
September/October time frame. He was issued the callsign T5DX
which is valid from July 1, 2001, through July 1, 2002. It was
issued by the new Transitional Government that was put into
office last Fall.
VP2 & V2, MONTSERRAT AND ANTIGUA. Bill,
W4WX, member of the Florida DXPedition Group (FDXPG), will be
operating from Montserrat June 19-22nd as VP2MHX and V2/W4WX from
Antigua June 23-26th. He will be active on RTTY and some SSB,
including the WARC bands. QSL via home call.
ZD8, ASCESNION ISLAND. Frank, DL8YHR, will be
active as ZD8EME from August 9-13th. He is expected to be on 2
meters EME and 6 meters.
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