The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 523 BID: $OPDX.523 August 6, 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, WF1N, K2JXW, W3UR &
The Daily DX, K4VUD, KW4DA, N4AA & QRZ DX, W5FI, KM6HB, N6HR,
AC7DX, KL7AK, W7QF, K8YSE, BA1DU, DJ7IK, DL6KAC, DS5RNM, EA4DX,
EA4ST, F5NQL, GM4SUC, HA0HW, LU4BR, OH2LRE, PA5ET, PA5NT, PS7AB,
PT7WA, PY2ZX, PY3DF, RZ1AK, VA3RJ, VU2JOS, 9A6AA and 9M2TO for
the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Saturday, 28/July, through
Saturday, 4/August there were 211 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H,
5N, 5R, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N,
9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE9, CM,
CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E4, EA, EA6, EA8,
EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK,
FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0,
HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J8, JA, JT,
JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH4, 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, SM, SP, SU, SV,
SV5, SV9, T32, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU,
TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N,
VP2V, VP5, VP8, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YB, YI, YK, YL,
YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZB, ZC4, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, 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".
3V, TUNISIA. Now through September 15th, all
Tunisian stations will use the special callsign 3V8MED. MED
stands for the "MEDiterranean Games 2001" in Tunis. See
the following Web page for details: http://www.tunis2001.tn/en/indexen.html.
5B, CYPRUS. Laci, HA0HW, informs OPDX that he
and his family will spend their holidays on Cyprus between August
7-21st. He will use his radio as 5B4/HA0HW/p on the basis of CEPT
license. His activity will be limited to the early mornings and
later evenings mainly on CW. QSL cards will be OK via the HA
bureau or direct.
CARIBBEAN TOUR 2001 (Update). Rob, PA5ET,
reports that the callsign J3PA, which was previously announced,
can't be used and has been changed by the Government of Grenade
into J38PA. The 8 in the callsign is for visitors and MUST
unfortunately be used. Remember, the Low Land DXpedition Team
(LLDXT) will be active from the Island of Carriacou, Grenada,
(IOTA NA-147) August 2-15th and the Island Bequia, St.Vincent,
(IOTA NA-025) August 16-27th. The team members will be
Bouke/PA0ZH, Ronald/PA3EWP, Rob/PA5ET and Dennis/PA7FM. The
callsigns will be J3/homecall, J8/homecall and J38PA. The J38PA
callsign will be used on Topband and during contests. Their
activity will be around the clock on 160-10 meters on the modes
CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. The Tour Web site, which will be updated
daily with the latest information, on-line logs, tour diary,
digital photo's, propagation forecasts and digital pile-up
recordings, can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/lldxt. All QSLs will be
managed again by PA5ET: Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273
VS Voorburg, The Netherlands.
H40. TEMOTU PROVINCE. Roberto, EA4DX, will
operate for two weeks beginning August 15, from Lata on Santa
Cruz Island (OC-100). The H4 callsigns will be issued upon
arrival. Before and after his Temotu operation, he will be
signing H44** from Honiara (OC-047). The operation, as usual,
will be a one man effort only SSB, usually operating +18 hours a
day. His equipment includes Yagis for 10/12/15/17/20 meters and a
Vertical for 40/80 meters using a 1 Kw. His suggested
frequencies, as circumstances permit, will be as follows:
3795-3799, 7042-7045, 14195, 18135, 21295, 24945 and 28395 kHz.
QSL via EA4DX: Doce de Octubre #4, 28009 Madrid SPAIN. A log
search will be updated "only" after his return at: http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx/.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-NEW. Alan, BA1DU, informs OPDX that
the Beijing DX Club will team up with Jiangsu DX Club to
work out the last unnumbered IOTA group in China. The
activity will be at Furong Island (37 20'E,119 48'N)
which belongs to Shandong Province Northwest Group of the
IOTA program. The island is entirely a desolate and
uninhabited island and is used as a bomb-dropping range
by the Chinese Air Force. They plan to set up four
stations at the island including two Yagi antennas and
two linear amplifiers and expect to be active at about
1200z on August 10th. Their operations will be continued
until the local morning of August 13th. Activity will be
on SSB, CW, RTTY and SSTV, using the normal IOTA
frequencies from 40 meters to 6 meters. Their callsign
sign will be BI4F. The team members consist of BA1AJ,
BA1DU, BA1FB, BA1KA, BA1MK, BA1MT, BA1RB, BA1TU, BD1CC,
BD1CL, BD1CU, BA4KR, BA4RD, BA4TA, BD4RS, BD5RV and
others. Since this Island is a military area the activity
schedule may be changed at last minute. QSL via Jin,
BA4TA, directly or to the Chinese QSL bureau.
AS-148. Lee, DS5RNM, informs OPDX that
he and other members of Taegu DX Club (TDXC - 6N0YO) in
Korea will be active as 6N0YO/4 from Wi Island, August
17-19th. Activity will be on all bands, CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK31. A special emphasis will be given to the North
America. QSL via 6N0YO: Taegu DX Club, POB 4, TAEGU,
700-600, KOREA (or the KARL bureau). For more info check
the Web page at: http://myhome2.karl.or.kr/6n0yo/.
EU-133. Dennis RZ1AK, Vlad UA1CIO and
Tim UA3DPB will be active from Vysotskiy Island
(RR-01-14) and a few other islands in the Baltic Sea on
August 5-12th. Most of the islands would qualify for IOTA
EU-133. Look for RK1A/p, RZ1CXF/p, RZ1CXO/p and possibly
some other callsigns. All QSLs are via RZ1AK, either
through the bureau or direct to: Dennis Eremin, PO Box
202, St.Petersburg 196070, Russia.
EU-136. Paul, 9A/DK8SP/p is active from
the Island of Rab (CI-096) until August 10th, mainly on
20m SSB.
EU-136. Jozo, 9A5RJ, will activate the
Island of Pag in the Kvarner Group (CI-082), now through
August 8th. He will be active on 20/15/17/12 and 10
meters.
EU-136. Emir, 9A6AA will try a short
trip to two islands on August 9-10th (weather
permitting). On August 9th, look for him to be on the
Island of Galiola (EU-136, LH-0315, CI-020, not
inhabited) beginning at 1000z on 14240 kHz (plans to also
work on 40, 20, 15 and 10m, too). On August 10th, look
for him to be on the Island of Unije (EU-136, CI-135),
between 1000-1300z on 40 and 20 meters. QSL only direct
to 9A6AA, Emir Mahmutovic per the following addresses: Up
to September 1st (The island of Losinj): Zad Bone 8,
51551 Veli Losinj, CROATIA After September 1st (home):
Slovenska 15, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
NA-053. Richard, KL7AK, and others will
be active from the Trinity Islands, Alaska, from about
2130z August 9th, to about 1800z August 14th. They will
be operating from the island called Sitkinak. Activity
will mainly be on SSB on or near the 20 meter IOTA
frequency of 14260, but they also plan to operate on 15
and 10 meters CW/SSB, propagation permitting, and
possibly on 40 meters. They will be operating on the
Amateur Satellites, mainly AO-27 during the daylight
passes only, and UO-14 on all daily passes. For IOTA,
this is a very very rare island. There will be 4
operators and the main station will consist of a Kenwood
TS-570D transceiver, an Ameritron AL-80A amp, and a
Mosley 3 element Yagi up about 30 feet. A backup station
and antennas will also be taken. QSL Manager is Fred,
N6AWD.
SA-055. L80AA/D will be active on August
11-12th from Martin Garcia Island. Activity will be from
Martin Garcia Lighthouse (ARG-045) on HF-VHF-SSB-CW. QSL
via LU4AA.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY...
PRIZES AND AWARDS FOR THE NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE
- LIGHTSHIP WEEKEND, AUGUST 3-5, 2001. In honor of the
USA national Lighthouse Weekend, "EVERY"
participant who submits an NLLW log showing valid
contacts with at least one USA lighthouse OR one ARLHS
member will receive a "FREE" Harbour Lights
collectible lighthouse miniature prize. (See the Harbour
Lights web site at: http://www.harbourlights.com).
The Harbour Lights company, makers of miniature
lighthouse collectibles and a sponsor of the ARLHS, has
donated one lighthouse miniature for every NLLW
participant. These exquisitely detailed models are among
the most valued by collectors. All you have to do is
participate in the NLLW event and submit 1 USD along with
your valid log to the ARLHS secretary, Lee Graves,
WA7OBH, 4341 SE Satinleaf Place, Stuart, FL 34997. All
logs must be postmarked by August 31, 2001, and must show
the ARLHS lighthouse number (see page 10 of the web site:
http://www.arlhs.com)
or the member number for at least one contact. Be sure to
include your name and address. Logs submitted that do not
meet all the requirements and guidelines are not eligible
for this prize.
The Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
makes the following Public announcement: "Through a
lot of hard work and dedication by some ham radio
operators, Thomas Point Light in the Chesapeake Bay
(ARLHS USA-845) will be activated by two ham groups under
two call signs for the ARLHS, NLLW and ILLW events,
August 4-5th and August 18-19th. More important, this is
the FIRST time the Coast Guard has granted permission for
hams (or members of the general public for that matter)
to board this automated and rather isolated lighthouse.
We owe a debt of gratitude to the US Coast Guard for
their interest in and support of this project. It is a
tribute to the professionalism and expertise of the ham
operators that the Coast Guard has placed enough trust to
allow our boarding of this previously
"off-limits" beacon. So significant is this
event that Baltimore newspapers and TV are planning
coverage, and there will be a live broadcast from the
light over radio station WBCQ, 7415 MHz, at 7 PM eastern
time on Saturday night, Aug 4th. The stations will
operate from both the light and Thomas Point Park. Look
for special event station W3T, which, through the efforts
of Reg, W3REG, and his crew, will concentrate on CW and
some SSB. Reg will also be giving out ARLHS member #329,
as well as the ARLHS Thomas Point number. Then, if you
are an old fan of AM radio, look for K3L set up at the
light. This may be your only chance to work Thomas Point
on AM fone, and the event takes on further significance
in that it celebrates the first 'voice' transmission made
from Cobb Island in MD by Reginald Fesseden. Ops N2INR
and WA3VJB, among others in their group, deserve a lot of
credit for taking initiative in activating AM phone
operation and in choosing Thomas Point for their
celebration." Further information can be gotten from
the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS) web page at http://arlhs.com
or by sending an E-mail to Jim Weidner, K2JXW, President
and Founder of ARLHS, at: mailto:k2jxw@arrl.net.
The North Fulton Amateur Radio League
(Atlanta, GA, USA) will operate special event station K4T
from Tybee Island Lighthouse on the Georgia coast during
the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society's National
Lighthouse Weekend, August 4 and 5th. Stations will be
operating on (+/-): 28270, 21270, 14270, 7270 and 3970
kHz. QSL via K4PCF.
Members of the Metro Amateur Radio Club
(MAC) will activate K9Y from Grosse Point Lighthouse (USA
359) in Evanston, Illinois. They will participate in the
National Lighthouse Weekend sponsored by the Amateur
Lighthouse Society. This is the first time that Grosse
Point Lighthouse will be on the air for an amateur radio
event. Grosse Point Lighthouse is one of eight
lighthouses in the United States designated as a National
historic landmark, and the only one located on the Great
Lakes. Look for K9Y on August 5th, on CW and SSB (1800 to
2300 Zulu) on or around these frequencies: CW - 7030,
14030, 21030 and 28030; SSB - 7270, 14270, 21370 and
28370. A special event QSL card is available by sending a
SASE to N9BOR via the callbook address. They will not
reply to e-QSLs. Visit the Metro Amateur Radio Club (MAC)
web site at: http://www.qsl.net/mac.
Christian, DL6KAC, reports to look for
activity from Helios Lighthouse in Cologne/Ehrenfeld
(FED-107) during the International Lighthouse weekend.
Callsign will be DN1KAV (QSL via DH4KAV / bureau) or
DN2EI (QSL via DH7KAT / bureau). Activity will be on
40-10 meters, maybe on 80 meters on SSB.
During the International Lighthouses weekend
(August 18-19th), look for Francis/F6HKS and Jean
Claude/F6HDH, operating from Cordouan Lighthouse (located
in the middle of the Gironde at sea). They will sign
homecall/p and be active on 40/20 meters SSB/CW. QSL via
their home calls. Cordouan reference numbers are: WLH -
0271; French "Phares et Balises du littoral
(PBLF)" award - PB 018; ARLHS - FRA 007; IOTA -
EU-159 and DIFM - AT-032.
Mike, GM4SUC, reports that with just
about two weeks to go for the Internationl
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (0001z Saturday, August 18th
through 2359z on Sunday, August 19th), they have 257
lighthouse/lightship stations in 37 countries confirmed.
Here is the list of countries and their number of
stations: Argentina 4, Australia 17, Austria 2, Belgium
4, Brazil 5, Canada 6, Canary Islands 1, Croatia 1,
Denmark 17, England 22, Finland 8, France 2, Germany 20,
Gibraltar 1, Greece 2, Iceland 3, Ireland 3, Isle of Man
1, Israel 1, Italy 2, Japan 1, Lithuania 2, Malta 1,
Netherlands 9, New Zealand 8, Northern Ireland 5, Norway
3, Poland 2, Portugal 1, Puerto Rico 3, Scotland 11,
Slovenia 1, South Africa 8, Sweden 10, Turkey 1, USA 65
and Wales 4. Countries represented = 37,
Lighthouses/Lightships = 257. A full list, including
callsigns QTH and QSL information can be found at: http://www.vk2ce.com/ILLW/2001.htm.
PRESS RELEASE: OPDX InterNet Subscribers will
receive an additional bulletin containing a special press release
from the ARRL by Wayne Mills, N7NG, about the details of the new
"Logbook of the World".
PY0T, TRINDADE ISLAND. Operators PY1LVF and
PY1VOY are sailing to Trindade for a short operation to take
place from August 7-10th. Currently it is unclear whether or not
there has been confirmation from the Brazilian Navy that the two
have received the requested callsigns ZX0T and PT0T. If not, they
will be active as homecall/PY0T. Look for them on CW/SBB on 40-10
meters, including the WARC bands. QSL via PY1LVF, Jose Luiz
Vieira Fernandes, P.O. Box 18009, 20722-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
Brazil. Those reading Portuguese can find more details at: http://br.geocities.com/py1lvf/destaques/destaques.htm.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Ron, AC7DX, would like to let everyone
know that after sorting everything out and being promised
the logs by Gabby, he will again be the QSL Manager for
the following stations: XE2Z, XE2GV, 6D0Z and 6D8Z.
You can request Bureau cards via E-mail
for the operation by WF1N and W1DIG from Thacher Island
(IOTA NA-148, ARLH USA105 and USI MA001S) from: Tony,
WF1N, megahertz260@mindspring.com;
Lou, W1DIG, megawatt@snet.net)
Hillar N6HR/VE7 and Elsie N7YX/VE7
operated from NA-075 Gabriola Island (BC-013) during the
IOTA contest. Please QSL via N6HR.
TEX, 9M2TO, has a new QTH and address.
As of August 1st, please QSL via: Tex Izumo, 2C-10-03,
Ferringhi Mutiara Apt., JLN. Sungai Emas 11100, Batu
Ferringhi, Penang Is., MALAYSIA.
QSL CQ2I via EA4URJ: URE Jarama, P.O.Box
123, 28700 San Sebastian de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain.
OH0/OH2K/M was active from a sailing
boat fastened to an island from Aland Islands (OH0) in
July 2001. QSL via the bureau via OH2LRE or direct to:
Simonito, PO BOX 73, 02710 ESPOO, FINLAND.
Gerben, PA5NT, reports that the you can
find the story about the JW0PK operation to Prins Karls
Forland on the following web site: http://dx.to (select Dxpeditions and
then Prins Karls Forland).
Lenio Marobin, PY3DF, International
League of Esperantists RAdioamateurs Secretary (ILERA),
reports that special event station, 9A0E, has the QSL
Manager of DJ4PG: Hans Welling, zum Ortenbrink 42, 49205
Hasbergen, GERMANY (also via bureau). The early manager
DL1CC is still valid if someone already sent a card. 9A0E
was located within the Congress complex at the Faculty of
Electronics and Computing in Zagreb and was operated by
DJ4PG and PY3DF.
S2, BANGLADESH. Junji, JA7KXD, will operate
S21YT again from now through 1759z August 8th. Bands and modes of
activity were not mentioned, however, he was active last time on
20 meters CW. QSL via JA7KXD: Mr. Junji Ogawa, 2-3-51,
Kimachidori, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-0801, JAPAN.
VU (India) NEWS. Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, informed
the DX community last week that permission to use the following
frequencies by Indian Amateurs has been extended up to January
31, 2002. (It was to expire at July 31st, 2001). VU operators can
use: 3790 to 3800 kHz, 10100 to 10150 kHz; and 50.35 and 50.55
MHz.
XW, LAOS. Charly, K4VUD, reports that he had
to abandon his efforts to obtain a XW license this summer. He
states that the process is rather difficult, but the personel at
the Lao PDR are very friendly and responded to his E-mails in a
timely manner. The big draw back seems to be the visa. The usual
Laos visa is for only 15 days, and the license application
process takes longer than that. Charly states, "One must
depart Loas (or somehow get a longer term visa), wait for the
license approval, and then return for ham operations." He
recommands to work Hiroo, XW0X, who is now there and will be
active in Laos for a limited period.
XX9, MACAU. Gary Jones, W5FI, informed OPDX
that he will be active from here and will be arriving in Macau on
August 5th and hopes to be operational on the 5th of August. He
will operate until the 8th or 9th depending on when
transportation has to depart back to Hong Kong. This is part of a
business and pleasure trip to Asia and includes travel to Hong
Kong, Korea, and Japan, however, he intends to operate only in
Macau. Gary will be staying at a hotel and using a roof mounted
Butternut vertical. He will be operational on all major modes:
CW, RTTY, SSB, and PSK-31. His suggested frequencies will be the
standard DX frequencies, QSX up as announced. Gary will operate
on all bands 80 through 10 meters including the WARC bands. He
will emphasize RTTY and will show on RTTY early in the operation
since Macau is most rare on digital modes. RTTY frequency will be
14083 kHz and PSK31 14070 kHz. Gary states he will be running
only 100 watts (maybe less on digital) to the Butternut vertical
and dipoles. He is sorry the signal will be weak, but he will try
to make up for it with persistence. His previous DXpeditions have
been single operator solo operations at: HS0AC (1993), JD1/7J1AYK
(Ogasawara - ChiChiJima, 1996), and ZB2/W5FI (Gibraltar, 1999),
and some other smaller operations.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (Update/Reminder).
Mark, KM6HB, will again be operating from the South Cook Islands
next week, August 7-17th. Look for him to be active as ZK1AHB,
from August 7-8th on Rarotonga (OC-013), August 9-11th on Mangaia
Island (OC-159), August 11-16th on Autituki Atoll (OC-083) and
then back to Rarotonga, August 13-17th. Activity will be on all
modes including RTTY and PSK31, on 40-6 meters. QSL via KM6HB or
the W6 bureau.
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