The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 535 BID: $OPDX.535 November 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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DX information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE BY EDITOR: We're back!
Almost! BARF-80 BBS (Home of the OPDX) has made the change to
"LINUX" (Red Hat ver. 7.1). Mail is coming into BARF80,
but currently we are still having problems with the mail going
out and receiving UseNet feeds. Since I am somewhat new to LINUX,
learning the commands and tricks to easily transfer files from
LINUX to MS-DOS has not happend and it is still a chore to put
the bulletin together. Once again, due to technical problems on
BARF-80, I am unable to send the following bulletin direct to the
OPDX Mail List Server on "NSHORE.ORG" and the three DX
Reflectors. Thanks to the Sysop on "HAMNET.ORG", I will
be entering the following bulletin from his system. "PLEASE
PLEASE do not send mail to the above E-mail address. Only use the
"BARF80" address to send your messages. Please continue
to send your DX info/announcements, and be patient during the
next few weeks as this transition takes place. A special thanks
goes out to the Sysops of "NSHORE" and
"HAMNET" for their time and help in getting BARF-80
back on-line....... 73 and GUD DX de Tedd KB8NW
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
4W, EAST TIMOR (Attention Stamp Collectors).
Carlos, CU3FT, now active as 4W/CU3FT, as been heard over the
past week on 12 and 14 meters. He was on 24945 kHz around 1215z,
going by numbers in Europe. On 20 meters, he was on 14240 and
14210 kHz after 1100z. Also, reports from Europe show he was
active on 6 meters with a very nice signal. Carlos's QSL Manager
Jose, CT1EEB, announced that QSLs for 4W/CU3FT have been arriving
at his postal box at a rate of 4 to 5 a day. QSLs are not ready
yet; they are waiting for a word from their sponsors and also for
the QSL sketch to be send from the Spanish graphic workshop
(EA7JX) soon. Meanwhile, you can send your card via CT1EEB: Jose
Emanuel Ribeiro de Sa, P.O. Box 79, 3860 Estarreja, Portugal.
Carlos also adds that if you collect mail stamps you can request
your card directly from Carlos in East-Timor (UNTAET mail stamps
will be issued once full independence is achieved next May 2002),
Carlos's direct address in East-Timor is: Carlos Poinho, Apartado
93, Dili, Timor-Leste / East-Timor.
5U, NIGER (Update). Paolo, I2UIY, informs
OPDX that a Web has been created to support the upcoming
DXpedition to Niger that will take place in January/February
2002. The URL address is: http://www.qsl.net/niger-2002. On the Web
page there is survey for the DX community to fill out to help
them understand what bands/modes are needed. Additional
information will be uploaded as soon as they get things
finalized. Exact dates and callsigns will be announced shortly.
5W, WESTERN SAMOA. Bill, W7TVF, will be
operating from here between November 20th and December 10th. He
will be operating from the Kitano Tusitala Hotel and hopes to put
up a big vertical antena in the courtyard. His activity will be
on 160-6 meters, mostly on CW. Special attention will be given to
Europe and Africa during their low band grayline openings. Bill
will be trying to provide an online log seach that can be
accessed daily. More details will be forthcoming. Also, watch the
Web page at: http://www.air-internet.com/~w7tvf.
9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Operators JA1BRK, JA1HGY,
JA1RJU, JK1OPL, JA2ADH, JA8GQZ are going to activate East
Malaysia as their DX-Vacation. The majority of the operators will
be there between November 8-11th, however, one of the operators
will stay until November 15th (9M6JU). Their activities will be
on 160-6 meters CW/SSB/RTTY from two separate stations. They will
concentrate on RTTY and the 6 meter band. The RTTY operator will
mainly be 9M6/JA1HGY and the low band operator will be mainly be
9M6/JK1OPL. Look for 9M6JU to be active mainly on 6 meters.
Operators JA1BRK and JA2ADH will operate as "guests"
from local club station 9M6TDC and 9M6LSC, November 8-11th. The
callsigns and QSL routes are as follows:
9M6/JA1HGY via JA1HGY
9M6/JK1OPL via JK1OPL
9M6/JA8GQZ via JA8GQZ
9M6JU via JA1RJU
9M6TDC via JA1BRK
9M6LSC via JA2ADH
9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Jani, YB0US, is expected
to continue to be active as 9M6US from the Hillview Gardens ARC
station in Sabah until November 6th. BTW (By The Way), he was
active in the CQWW SSB Contest last weekend using the club's
contest callsign 9M6A. All QSLs via N2OO.
9U, BURUNDI. Ragge "Gus", SM5DIC,
will go back to Burundi, November 16th for a period of
approximately 3 months. He will bring/use the same IC-706 as
before, and a 3 element beam for 50 MHz. He will also try out
some EME with the "big guns" with 400W and a single 17
element long boomer. His activity will also be on HF bands as
well but only with wire antennas. The ARCT licensing bureau has
promised him that they will renew his previous license (9U5D).
QSL direct to the same manager as last time: SM5BFJ, Leif
Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden.
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager,
reports, "The 2 operations shown below have been approved
for DXCC credit. The documentation has been reviewed and they are
now OK. Anyone who has submitted them and had them rejected, can
contact DXCC to have their record updated without having to
re-submit the card(s). Otherwise, they can be included with the
next submission." OJ0VR - Market Reef HK5QGX/0M - Malpelo
Island
FR, REUNION ISLAND. Patrick, FR5FD, will be
active during the next CQWW DX CW Contest at the end of November
as a Single Op/Low Power/All Band class. He is also very active
every day. He was heard this past weekend on 15 meters CW (21013
kHz after 0200z). Also, watch 10 meters around 28600 kHz about
1315z and again 0600z. He wants to remind everyone he does not
have a QSL Manager. QSL only to: Patrick Labeaume, 40 rue Louis
Desjardins, 97411 Bois de Nefles ST PAUL, Reunion Island, via
FRANCE.
FS/P4/VP2E, ST. MARTIN, ARUBA AND ANGUILLA.
Bill, KM4P, reportedly is on Aruba and is expected to be active
from St. Martin and Anguilla as well. No other details were
provided, but we will try to find out.
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. A Hungarian team will
once again participate from HB0-land during the HA-QRP Contest.
Between October 30th and November 7th, look for HB0/HG50RT/p to
be active on/around 3511 kHz. The operators will use their home
callsign on the other bands as follows: HB0/HA1TO/p - Lacy,
HB0/HA6NL/p - Laci, HB0/HA6PS/p - Zsolt, HB0/HA6ZV/p - Tibor and
HB0/HA7JJS/p - Sanyi. QSLs should go via the bureau via home
callsign, and for HB0/HG50RT/p via HA6NL.
HV, VATICAN. Remember on November 6th, there
will be activity by HV5PUL, the radio station from the Papal
Lateran University, in the Vatican State. Activity will be on
40/20/17/15/10 meters and also 6/2 meters. Transmission modes
will be CW/SSB. Four radio stations are going to operate at the
same time, two on CW and two on SSB, from 0800-1730z. QSL via
HV5PUL.
IOTA NEWS...
OC-NEW. Operators Nando/IT9YRE,
Maury/IZ1CRR and Erminio/IZ8AJQ have been planning an
operation to Sonsorol Island since August and were going
to operate in November but postponed their trip because
of the WTC disaster. The operation will now take place
February 6-13th in 2002. They will use the callsign
T88SI. Activity will be mainly SSB with two stations
active. Operations will be on 20/15/10 meters. Erminio
will operate CW and the digital modes.
OC-050. YL Sara/HA9SD and Eli/HA9RE will
continue to be active from Rurutu Island until the middle
of November. Activity seems to center around IOTA
frequencies +/- 10 kHz. QSL cards are direct to HA8IB.
The announcement states, "Instead of buying IRC
please include 2 USD along with your card. This way you
help recover some of the costs."
KH4, MIDWAY ISLAND. A DXpedition is planned
for June of 2002. Activity is expected to be on 160-10 meters as
well as 6 and 2 meters. For more details, check the Web site at: http://community.silverlink.net/midway/DXpedition.html.
LS2, VERDE ISLAND, ARGENTINA. The Radio Club
Mar Del Plata (LU2DT) has scheduled a DXpedition to Verde Island
which is situated 40 miles south from Bahia Blanca, Argentina,
and in the Atlantic Ocean. The operation will take place between
November 23-25th. This island is actually a desert, and it will
be activated by amateur radio for the first time. The special
callsign LS2D (Lima Sierra Two Delta) will be used for this
DXpedition. Suggested frequencies are:
NCDXF PRESS RELEASE. At its Board of
Directors meeting on October 23, 2001 in San Francisco, CA, the
Northern California DX Foundation re-elected the following
officers and directors:
President: Len Geraldi - K6ANP
Vice President: Al Burnham - K6RIM
Secretary: Tom McShane - NW6P
Treasurer: Bruce Butler - W6OSP
Director: Rusty Epps - W6OAT
Director: Dave Pugatch - KI6WF
Director: Chuck Ternes - N6OJ
Director: Steve Thomas - N6ST
Director: Glenn Vinson - W6OTC
Newly elected directors are Steve Merchant, K6AW and Ken
Anderson, K6TA. Information pertaining to the Northern California
DX Foundation is available at: http://www.ncdxf.org.
OQ, BELGIUM (Special Prefix). As of October
26th, many Belgian stations will be on the air using the
"OQ" prefix instead of the regular "ON or OT"
prefix. The Begian telecom authorities have issued this special
prefix in celebration of the birth of "Princess
Elisabeth". The permission to use this prefix runs until
December 31st.
POLISH DXPEDITION. Wojtek/SP9PT and
Jurek/SP9EVP, members of SP DX Club, are travelling in Oceania.
The main aim of their DXpedition was Norfolk Island (VK9N) which
has already taken place and VK9KND (via SP9EVP) and VK9KNE (via
SP9PT) operations which should be QRT by the time you read this.
However, during their travels, they will also visit Easy Malaysia
and Australia (some activity from Sydney if time permits). Look
for them on the followning dates:
East Malaysia:
November 6-11th; their callsigns will be 9M6EVT (via
SP9EVP) and 9M6APT (via SP9PT).
Sydney, Australia:
After the flight from Norfolk Island (November 4th);
their callsigns will be VK2JBQ (SP9EVP) and VK2JBR
(SP9PT).
Wojtek and Jurek will be active on CW, SSB and RTTY with
operations on 80-10 meters and also 6 meters (depends on
propagation). During their visit in East Malaysia, they will be
active from the club station 9M6AAC. Their equipment from Poland
consists of: IC-746, IC-706, GP7, Qubical Quad for 50 MHz, two
computers and RTTY interface. Online logs will be available after
their operation and return (to be announced later).
QRP NEWS AND INFO...
The New England QRP SSB Net meets every
Tuesday at 19:30 EST on frequency 7285 kHz +/- 5 kHz.
QRP from Jamaica! The guys of "Team
Vertical" will be leaving the amps and big rigs back
home and going down to Jamaica with five Elecraft K2's.
But don't let that fool you, as the gang will be using
their world-class vertical antenna system by Force 12.
QRP never sounded so loud! QRP operations will be from
November 20-26, 2001. The gang is specifically going down
to Jamaica to be active in the CQWW CW Contest on
November 24-25th, and going for North American QRP single
band records. They would really appreciate a contact
during the contest. Is it possible to operate a contest
without caffeine? (not likely!) So, Team Vertical is
giving you a chance to win some world renowned Jamaican
Blue Mountain Coffee! The fastest stations to work them
during the CQWW CW Contest will win the coffee. QRP and
QRO stations compete for the same prizes, and a total of
25 bags of coffee will be awarded. Check out the
following Web page for details about the awards and
operation: http://www.k2kw.com.
Pre-contest QRP activity will be on 160-10 meters. There
will be a dedicated 6 meters rig running high power.
Outside the contest, operators will sign homecall/6Y5.
During the CQWW CW Contest, the following callsigns will
be used for single band QRP efforts:
6Y1A on 10m; K2KW op
6Y4A on 40m; N6BT op
6Y9A on 15m; KE7X op
6Y8A on 80m; W0YK op
6Y2A on 20m; N6XG op
6Y0A on 160m; K2KW op
QRP Tactics: While their transmit signal may be a bit
weaker than normal, they can easily hear your QRP signals
with their high performance antennas! If you can hear
them, they should be able to hear you. If you can't break
the pileup after a few calls, try moving your transmit
frequency slightly higher or lower to gain their
attention. If the pileup is too big, try calling them
again in a few minutes when it might be easier to get
through. QSL all QRP Jamaica DXpedition callsigns via
Kappy, WA4WTG: Robert Kaplan WA4WTG, 718 SE 3rd Lane,
Dania, FL 33004 USA. Special "QRP Jamaica" QSLs
will be printed. WA4WTG will QSL all contacts made by
this operation for: 6Y0A, 6Y1A, 6Y2A, 6Y4A, 6Y8A, 6Y9A,
K2KW, N6BT, KE7X, N6XG, W0YK. For further information
visit their web site at: http://www.k2kw.com/qrp2001.htm.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
NEED A QSL MANAGER? Both Karen/VK2HKW
and Chris/VK2UW would like to take up being QSL Managers
for any of the DXpeditions. They can be contacted by
E-mail at: vk2uw@iprimus.com.au.
Or direct to: Chris Wright VK2UW & Karen Wright
VK2HKW, P.O. Box 165, Banora Point, New South Wales,
Australia 2486.
YL operator Jan, 5W0MO, should have her
QSL cards sent to OM2SA: Juraj Sipos, 93013 Trhova
Hradska, 550, Slovak Republic.
NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Kris, SP5BUD,
informs OPDX that he has been receiving QSLs for 5Z4TT.
The correct QSL Manager is SP5TT.
A special callsign DT2001PAF was
activated this past week by members of the Korean Amateur
Radio League Pyong Taek Office to celebrate the 4th Pyong
Taek Agriculture Festival in Pyong Taek city. QSL via
DS2AXU, by the bureau or direct (Yun, P.O.Box 80, Pyong
Taek, 450-600, South Korea).
In a previous issue of the OPDX we
listed GJ2A as via GJ3DNC. However, GJ3DNC does not
exist, and GJ2A is the contest callsign of GJ3DVC, the
Jersey Amateur Radio Society. The mailing address for
this club is: PO Box 338, Jersey,United Kingdom, JE4 9YG.
Visit the JARS homepage at: http://www.qsl.net/gj3dvc/.
Bob, KR4DA, reports that QSLs for the
Dominica W.I. J7 team (J79DA, J79WB, J79AA, J79LR and
J75WX) will not be sent out for around two months. They
will have a very nice photo card. The J75J CQWW SSB QSL
cards will be ready in about a week, and Bob will start
sending them out then. It will be just a plain TEXT card.
Bob states inquires are welcome and E-mails to him for
Bureau requests are OK for ONLY contest callsign J75J and
J79DA. His E-mail address is: kr4da@earthlink.net.
Danny/T93M and Edin/T97M were active
from Guadeloupe before, after and during the CQWW SSB
Contest. QSL FG/T93M via DJ2MX direct or via the DARC
Bureau. QSL FG/T97M via K2PF.
Send QSLs for Alfredo, who was active as
HC1HC in the CQWW SSB Contest, to NE8Z: Rick Dorsch, P.O.
Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139 USA.
Steve, KU9C, is the new QSL Manager for
HC8A. Richard, N6KT, thanks Betsy Townsend, WV7Y, for her
many years of tremendous service handling his QSL cards.
Currently, the QSL routes for stations
active from Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands
(SA-004) are: HC8A via KU9C, HC8GR via N5KO, HC8L via
N2AU, HC8N via AA5BT and HC8Z/HD8Z via NE8Z.
QSLs for SP0PZK are to be QSLed via
SP2UKB.
Stations UX0FF/p, UX3FW/p, UR5FEO/p,
UR5FJF/p and UT4FA/p were active from Ochakowskij Island
(EU-182) between October 19-21st. They made about 2500
QSOs. QSL via operator's home callsigns.
Cezar, VE3LYC, informs OPDX that he is
the QSL Manager for Jack, VY0/W2NTJ for his last
operation from Long Island (NA-173). He is in the
possession of Jack's paper log covering the period of
August 13th through October 15th, 2001. All QSL requests
need to be mailed to Cezar directly via the CBA (Cezar
Trifu, VE3LYC, 410 College St., Kingston, Ontario K7L
4M7, Canada). The QSL cards will be printed shortly and
will be timely distributed. Please, no requests at this
time for previous operations carried out by Jack. Cezar
will keep everyone informed, in due time, if he will be
able to act as his QSL Manager for his other operations.
Station XF2RCS was active from Lobos
Island (in Mexico's Veracruz State North Group), for the
first time this past weekend as an IOTA. It has a new
IOTA number of NA-221. Team members were: XE1VIC, XE1ME,
XE1JG, XE1YJY, XE1ZOI and XE1KK. QSL via KA9WON. Mexico
stations QSL via XE1KK.
NORTH COOK ISLAND QSL ROUTES. QSLs for
both ZK1CG and ZK1USA go via ZL1CG. However, CQWW SSB
Contest operations for ZK1CG go to VE7XF. QSLs for
ZK1APM, ZK1ASQ, ZK1AKF and ZK1VVV go to VE7XF. QSLs for
ZK1KDN and ZK1NCF go to JR2KDN.
T2, TUVALU. Team Tuvalu is now active through
November 8th as T2T. Activity is expected to be on all bands
(please refer to OPDX.532). QSL HF contacts via JN1HOW and 6
meter contacts via JN7OHF, direct only.
TI9, COCOS ISLAND (Update). You may want to
check out the following Web page at: http://qsl.net/ti2hmg/cocos.htm.
The Web page contains some great photos and information on this
island that belongs to Costa Rica. The TI9M operation will take
place February 17th and last for 12 days. A team of 15 operators
will be active on 160-6 meters CW/SSB/RTTY.
TJ, CAMEROON. Eduardo/EA2TV and Javier/EA2COL
will be in Cameroon between November 11-23rd, working on the
installation of some VHF and HF stations in hospitals and
missions in a project from "Radioaficionados Sin
Fronteras". During their spare time, they plan to be on the
air using the callsign TJ2RSF on the HF bands, on SSB mainly, and
probably also on RTTY and CW. QSL via EA4AHK.
TM0, FRANCE. Patrick, F6OIE, will be using
the special callsign TM0A twice over the next few months. From
November 17-31st, look for him to be active on all HF bands
including the WARC bands CW/SSB (CW only on 30 meters) as entries
in the the "All Austria" and "CQWW DX CW"
Contests. From January 19th through February 1st, look for
Patrick to be active on all HF bands including the WARC bands
CW/SSB (CW only on 30 meters). He will enter the "French REF
Cup Contest" as an "A" category during the last
weekend of January. QSL via F6OIE, direct or Bureau.
TM0, FRANCE. Gil, F5NOD, reports that the
F6KDF ARC will be active during the next CQWW DX CW Contest as
TM0DX. Operators will be Fred/F5ROP, Felix/DL7FER (Guest
operator), YL Viviane/F8BWB, Eric/F5SIH and Gil/F5NOD. The
operations will take place from the usual F6KDF's contest site in
the Ain department.
XT, BURKINA FASO. The Voodoo Contest Group
will operate as XT2DX in the CQWW CW Contest in the Multi-Multi
section. Operators are Bob/G3PJT, Roger/G3SXW, Don/G3XTT,
Fred/G4BWP, Gary/G4IFB, Andy/G4PIQ, Vince/K5VT and Mike/KC7V.
They will operate from the capital city of Ougadougou. QSL via
G3SXW. More information is available on their new Web site at: http://www.voodudes.org.
(This has changed from voodudes.com - please update your links).
ZM8, KERMADEC ISLANDS. Jacky, ZL3CW/F2CW, is
now active from Raoul Island (IOTA OC-039) as ZM8CW. Activity is
expected to last until November 26th. Operation will be on
CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31, however, most QSNs show he is mainly operating
on CW. Activity should be on all bands. QSL via ZL3CW.
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TNX de Tedd KB8NW
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