The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 536 BID: $OPDX.536
November 12, 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
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News Letter, DL5EBE, DL7NFK, F5NOD, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX,
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OZ6OM & OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin, VA3RJ and VK3EW for the
following DX information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE BY EDITOR: It is with great
sorrow to report the owner of "NSHORE.ORG" and
administrator of the "OPDX Mailing List" has passed on.
Father Steve Walick, age 57, of St. Wenceslas died late Sunday
afternoon, November 4th, of complications from a stroke. Steve,
who was not an amateur radio operator, was very instrumental in
providing BARF80 BBS a UUCP connection to the InterNet for the
last several years. He also provided a subscription of the OPDX
Bulletin each week to the DXers of the world via his mail list
server on "NSHORE.ORG". The sad part for me is that I
met Steve for the very first time a week before his passing. This
is when I picked up the new LINUX machine (Steve installed the
software) for "BARF80 BBS" (ed. He was working on the
new system remotely up to the time of his stroke). I will miss my
good InterNet friend, especially our talks on the phone. He has
done a lot for me and the OPDX. As far as the status of
"NSHORE.ORG" and "BARF80", the connection
will stay in place, however, "NSHORE.ORG" will be
moved. The administrator at St. Wenceslas stated that he would
like to keep Steve's legacy operating and has turned over the
controls of "NSHORE.ORG" to Dave Foran, WB8APD, of
"HAMNET.ORG". Dave will be moving the system to a new
location, so there may be a few days when "BARF80" is
disconnected from the InterNet. Also, over the last several days
Dave has been very helpful in getting "BARF80" back on
track. Thanks to him, mail is now outgoing on the system, and I
am learning more about LINUX.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 4/November, through
Sunday, 11/November there were 230 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W,
4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6,
A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, 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, 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, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o,
JT, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY,
LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, PA, PJ2,
PJ7, PY, PZ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T5,
T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VK9X, VP2V,
VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, XZ, YB, YI, YK,
YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/n,
ZK1/s, ZL, ZL8, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
4W, EAST TIMOR. Carlos, CU3FT as 4W/CU3FT,
was a nice catch on 10 and 12 meters SSB this past weekend. Keep
an eye on 28430 and 24940 kHz between 1200 and 1400z. QSL via
CT1EEB.
9L, SIERRA LEONE. Zbyszek (Zbig), SP7BTB, is
now active as 9L1BTB for the next 10 months. He is currently
working there for the UN in Freetown. He was heard this past week
on 40/20/17/15/12 meters SSB. QSL via SP7CDG.
9M8, EAST MALAYSIA (Also, V85). Operators
JA3AA, JA3UB, JA3AER, JA3ART, JH3GAH, JR3MVF and JA4HCK, who were
recently attending the SEANET Convention in Kota Kinabul (9M6),
will be active this week from Mulu National Park (First World
Heritage site in Malaysia) until November 14th. Their bands/modes
of activity were not mentioned. Look for the following callsigns:
9M8/JA3AA via JA3AA, 9M8/JA3UB via JA3UB, 9M8/JA3AER via JA3AER,
9M8/JA3ART via JA3ART, 9M8/JR3MVF via JR3MVF, 9M8/JA4HCK via
JA4HCK and 9M8TG via JH3GAH. ADDED NOTE: Operator JH3GAH will
travel to Brunei (V85) alone between November 15-17th and will be
active as V85TG. His activity will be on 80-6 meters
CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31 (160m unsure). QSL to JH3GAH.
AH2, GUAM. After successful efforts during
CQWW SSB Contest, the Guam Contest Club will be on the air again
during CQWW CW Contest at end of this month. This time they plan
to set a target as the Oceanic leader in the Multi-Single
category and World Top 5. Also, they are trying to build an
Oceanic record in Muliti-Single category. Look for operators
JI3ERV/NH2C, JR7OMD/WI3O, JK3GAD/AL7NC, JR8VSE/NH2N and
JP1JFG/N2IU to sign AH2R Guam Island (Zone 27,IOTA OC-26). Their
Sunrise/Sunset is: 2024/0750z. QSL vVia JH7QXJ (Direct or JA
bureau, NOT KH2 bureau).
FO & FO/M, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND MARQUESAS.
JI1JKW will be operating as FO0SAI from Hiva, Marquesas (OC-027)
from November 18-21st. He will then move to Moorea, French
Polynesia (OC-046) to operate from November 22-23rd. Operations
will be on HF and six meters. QSL via JI1JKW.
FO/A, AUSTRAL ISLANDS. Both Leo/K8PYD and
Jon/WB8YJF have informed OPDX that they will be leaving on
December 1st for the Australs. They expect to arrive on December
3rd, and will leave on December 14th. They should be active all
days inclusive December 3-14th. They plan to operate mostly RTTY
and some CW (Leo states maybe he will take a mic also if any room
is available.... hi) on 80-10 meters. Jon Severt, WB8YJF, will
use the callsign FO0SEV and Leo Fry, K8PYD, has the callsign
FO0FRY. All cards are to be sent to the home callsigns. They hope
to provide a new one for a few that still may need the Australs
on RTTY.
HK0, SAN ANDRES ISLAND. Gerd, DL7VOG, will be
operating from here now through November 29th using the callsign
HK0GU. Activity will be on 80-6 meters, with a possibility of 160
meters. Operations will be mainly on CW and RTTY with some SSB
upon request. Equipment will include a barefoot IC-706 and HF9VX
vertical. QSL via DL7VOG. You can request a Bureau QSL via E-mail
at: dl7vog@snafu.de.
IOTA NEWS...
SA-052. Rene/DL2JRM and Daniel/DL5SE,
will be active from San Lorenzo Island, Peru, January
3-13th, hopefully as 4T4I and 4T4X respectively. If they
cannot use the applied for 4T4 callsigns, they will sign
homecall/p. QSL via home callsigns (4T4I via DL2JRM, 4T4X
via DL5SE).
JD/O, OGASAWARA. Three stations were active
this past week, one probably a pirate (JD1XX). The station
signing JD1BIA was active this past weekend on 6 and 15 meters.
Watch 21275 kHz (or lower) after 0530z or later for stateside
starting around 2300z. JD1BKZ was also active, mainly on RTTY, on
20 meters usually after 0830z or 1030z.
JT, MONGOLIA (Attention Top Banders). Ken,
K4ZW, states final preparations are being made for the lowband
operation from Mongolia. JT1CO informs him that the Titanex
vertical is installed but not working. There were no instructions
with the antenna and tuner, so he suspects something is not set
up properly. Their first priority is getting the Titanex
operational. Following that, they will work on some receive
antennas. Ken has supplies for a rotatable loop and a beverage.
They should be active on 80 and 160 meters early in the week of
November 19th. A lot will depend on the weather. Ken will be
operating as JT1/K4ZW and not JT1FZW as previously reported.
L34/L64, ARGENTINA. A gruop of LU's from the
Radio Club Rosario are going on a DXpedition (longitude 64 H and
latitude 34 H) November 23-26th. They will operate as L34H on HF
on 80, 40, 30, 17, 12 and 6 meters on CW/SSB/RTTY and as L64H on
VHF on 2 meters and 70cm in FM. They will send a special QSL.
Send direct QSLs to CC 400, CP 2000 Rosario, Argentina or via
LU4FM: Radio Club Rosario - LU4FM, Zeballos 811, (2000) Rosario,
Republica Argentina. Their Web site is: http://www.lu4fm.org.ar.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY...
ARLHS CHRISTMAS EVENT DRAWS NEAR
(Participants To Receive Harbour Lights Miniature). Jim
Buffington, K5JIM, Publicity Chairman for the Amateur
Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS), reports all
participants in the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society's
upcoming Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party (LCL 2001)
will be eligible to receive a Harbour Lights miniature
lighthouse collectible. This second annual edition of the
popular event will take place from December 22, 2001,
through January 2, 2002. Harbour Lights, an ARLHS
sponsor, has donated one lighthouse miniature from their
"This Little Light of Mine" series for each LCL
2001 participant. All one has to do to receive the
miniature is submit a valid LCL 2001 log confirming
contact with at least one lighthouse or one ARLHS member
and 3 USD to cover cost of postage and handling. Complete
details on frequencies, exchanges, scoring, certificates
and prizes can be found on the organization's website at:
http://www.arlhs.com.
ARLHS was founded in 2000 by Jim Weidner, K2JXW, because
of a large demand by ham radio operator lighthouse buffs
who wanted an organization to create and guide
lighthouse-oriented operating activities. Its membership
now stands at over 400.
CHICAGO HARBOR LIGHT TO BE ACTIVATED.
One of the contacts most wanted by lighthouse chasers
will be available early next year. The Metro Amateur
Radio Club (MAC) of Chicago will activate Chicago Harbor
Lighthouse, Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society USA #171, on
February 9th and 10th, 2002. Special event station K9Y
will be operated from Columbia Yacht Club, according to
Mike Dinelli, N9BOR. A special QSL will be available. The
usual ARLHS frequencies will be used: SSB - 3970, 7270,
14270, 21370, 28370 CW - 3530, 7030, 14030, 21030 and
28030 kHz. Questions may be directed to: mac@qsl.net.
NJDXA EXECUTIVE COMMITTE ELECTED: The
following North Jersey DX Association members were elected to the
2001-2002 Executive committee:
President - Ron, K2CO
Treasurer - Gene, N2BIM
Vice President - Stephen, N2TN
Secretary - Steve, KF2TI
PY0, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. It has been
reported that Peter, PY5CC, will be active again as PY0FM on
November 20-29th. He is expected to be on 6 meters, but details
were provided about HF operations. QSL via JA1VOK.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Information and QSL routes for 5B/IZ8CCW
and 5B/IT9SSI operation from Agios Georgios Island
(AS-120) can be found on the Web site: http://www.mdxc.org.
Leo, K8PYD, reports that they are still
getting many, many cards at the 8th area ARRL QSL bureau
for 9K2ZZ and others intended for W8CNL. He accepts QSLs
for these stations but for 9K direct ONLY. Leo states he
tries to return all QSLs stamped with this info but many,
many continue to arrive. He hates to just pitch the cards
if he can return them by letting people know how to
QSL.....in this case direct only.
QSL II2R, who was active during the CQWW
DX SSB Contest and the upcoming CQWW DX CW Contest, via
the Bureau to I2RFJ or direct to: Ivano Rigoli, Via
Spluga 3, 21050 Gorla Maggiore (VA), Italy.
Mike, W2GR, reports that he is now the
QSL Manager for Rob, MW5EPA, for past, present and future
QSOs. QSL via the bureau or direct to: Mike Benjamin,
1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304.
Mike, KA2AEV/V26R, reports to please QSL
V26B either direct to WT3Q or via the Bureau to WT3Q.
NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Ed, W7LY, reports
that he is not QSL Manager for XE2/NR7O.
Joels, XE2P, reports that he now has two
QSL Managers to handle his QSL chores. QSLs for North and
South America go via AC7DX: Ron Lago, POB 25426, Eugene,
OR 97402, USA. QSLs for Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania
go via F6FNU: Antoine Baldeck, POB 14, Arpajon, 91291,
FRANCE.
NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Jean, F6AJA,
reports that he has received a phone call from F5JRY who
is receiving many QSL requests for XU7ABN. He is NOT the
QSL manager for this station.
Klaus, DL7NFK, informed OPDX that the
processing of the QSL cards from their ZK1/s and ZK1/n
activity is on its way, and 50% of the direct QSL cards
are already sent out. Further more, they did receive the
confirmation by the DXCC Desk that their activity from
North Cook is approved, and the QSL cards are valid for
DXCC.
SILENT KEY. Jean, F6AJA, (from LNDX) informs
OPDX that Robert, FO5BI, has become a "SK" on September
28th. Many of you may have worked him on CW from Tahiti, French
Polynesia. OPDX sends out our deepest sympathy to his family and
friends.
SPECIAL EVENT. Stuart Constable, M0CHW,
Chairman, QRZ Amateur Radio Group of Sussex, states,
"Following the events of September 11th amateur radio
operators provided emergency communications to assist the
emergency services, proving again the value of our hobby in times
of need. As a tribute to those operators, and as a token of our
sympathy for the victims and relatives of those involved in the
disasters, the QRZ Amateur Radio Group of Sussex will be holding
a special event station from 18.00hrs, Friday, November 23rd
until 18.00hrs Sunday November 25th. The callsign will be GB4ISE
and will be operated on VHF and HF. The purpose of the event is
to enable amateurs around the world to express their support on
air for the work done by our American colleagues. A copy of the
log book will be presented to the ARRL as a token of our support.
We would appreciate in letting your club members know about the
event to give them an opportunity to participate. A special QSL
card will be sent to all amateurs contacting the station. Thank
you for your co-operation and we look forward to working you
during the event."
SPECIAL EVENT. To commemorate Marconi's radio
experiments between 1901 and 1931, look for special event station
IY1SP to be active on the air until Decemebr 31st. The station
was heard on 10 meters SSB on various frequencies. QSL via I1FNX,
direct or via the bureau.
SPECIAL EVENT (Marconi Celebration). In
celebrating the 100th anniversary of the reception of the first
transatlantic signal on Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland,
the Society Of Newfoundland Radio Amateurs (SONRA) will be
operating with the special callsign VO1S during the entire month
of December, 2001. Special QSL cards will be designed and printed
for all contacts made during the month. These cards will be sent
via the bureau as of March 1, 2002. Anyone wishing to receive a
card directly can do so by providing a SASE before this date to
the club address: SONRA, Box 23099, St. John's, NF A1B 4J9,
Canada In addition, the club will be operating for a 24-hour
period (0000 to 2400Z) December 12, highlighted by the official
contact with Poldhu at 12:30 pm local time (1600Z). For all
contacts made during this 24-hour period, a certificate will be
awarded to those who send a SASE. For more information on these
events, check the SONRA web site at: http://www.sonra.ca/.
T8, PALAU. Tosy/JA6VZB and Seiji/JH6RTO will
be active from Palau as T88JA and T88FS, respectively, November
22-27th. Tosy's focus is his Single Op/Multi Band operation
during the CQWW CW Contest. In contrast, Seiji will always be on
6 meters looking for the Americas and Europe. QSL via their home
callsign.
VK, AUSTRALIA (80m DX Window Expanded). The
WIA approached the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) with
a view of expanding the window through the creation of a sharing
arrangement with present commercial users. After considerable
dialog between commercial users, the WIA and the ACA, the ACA has
decided to proceed with a change in the allocation of the band
3776-3800 KHz. The ACA's intention is to reallocate this band to
the amateur service on a primary basis from 1 January 2004.
Commercial incumbents will be moved to the existing land mobile
spectrum adjacent to the new amateur band by the end of December
2003. The Australian operators presently are limited to a 4 kHz
segement around 3798 kHz.
VP6/D, DUCIE ISLAND (Possible New One!). Just
a reminder that the Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association
(PIARA) is expected to be admitted as an IARU society member on
November 15th, and an operation will take place to celebrate the
event on November 16th. Their IARU membership would result in the
addition of Ducie island to the ARRL DXCC Entities List. The
group will use a VP6 callsign to be announced at the beginning of
the operation. The frequencies to be used are 21.020 MHz (CW) and
21.295 MHz (SSB), both 24 hours each day to allow more stations
to find and work the group, depending upon propagation to their
area. Also, 28.495 MHz, and 14.195 MHz will be the prime SSB
frequencies, and 14.020 MHz will be the prime CW frequency other
than 15 meters. Since Ducie is expected to be an all time new
DXCC entity, and this is the very first operation, Bill, K6GNX,
states the emphasis is to get Ducie into as many logs as possible
all over the world. Because of that, 160 meters is not a
priority. Nevertheless, the team is taking an inverted L 160
antenna and, if the weather and other factors cooperate, there
may be 160 operation nearer the end. The ARRL DX Bulletin ARLD045
reports, "Ducie Island is located 360 kilometers from
Henderson Island, the nearest land. It is the easternmost atoll
in the Oceania, and rarely visited. Because of ecological
concerns, only one group may be on the island at one time."
XW, LAOS. Hiro, JA2EZD, active as XW0X was
very active the past week on 15 meters CW (around 21031 kHz
between 2345-0030z). Reports indicate that he has a new 24 meter
high tower and a Kenwood TL-922 amplifier at his office station
in downtown Vientiane. His is expected to be active on
40/20/15/10/6 meters, with plans to be on the WARC bands soon.
There are even plans for some RTTY operation (equipment donated
by JA7MYQ). QSL via Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 2659 Vientiane,
Laos.
YI, IRAQ. Roger, G0MMI, was active from the
YI1BGD club station this past weekend on 17 meters for a few
hours. Watch 18145 kHz after 1400z. He was saying QSL via G0MMI.
ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Joe/W5ASP, John/K6AM and
Carl/K9LA are each planning a Single Band effort for the CQWW CW
Contest. Look for K6AM to sign ZF2AM and operate on 10 meters for
the contest. W5ASP will sign ZF1A and probably will do either 15
or 20 meters. K9LA will sign ZF2LA and will do 80 meters.
Additionally, look for Vicky, AE9YL/ZF2YL, to be active on SSB
before, after and during the contest. QSL to their respective
home callsigns.
ZL7, CHATHAM ISLAND. Hiro Miyake,
JF1OCQ/W1VX, has plans to go here and be active as ZL1WY/ZL7 from
November 30th through December 5th. His activity will be on 80-6
meters CW/SSB. He will especially look for North America and
Europe stations on 6 meters during this time. He will operate a
breakable Beacon on 50.115 MHz for DX around the clock. QSL via
JF1OCQ only: Hiro Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura, Maebashi, 371-0811
Japan. Do NOT send QSLs to the New Zealand Bureau.
ZS7, ANTARCTICA. Reports indicate that the
ZS7ANT SANAE Base is back on the air with a new operator named
Anton, who came to Antarctica without having a ham. However, he
has passed his exams (written and CW) under the supervision of
the SANAE base commander and a telephone call to South Afric.
Anton's new callsign is now ZS4AGA, and he will stay there until
February 2002. Plans are in the works to organize a somewhat like
traffic net for the WABA interested DXers. Other stations to look
for from the Antarctica are: CE9NKR, CE9MFJ, EM1HO, EM1KCC,
KC4/N3SIG, KC4AAA, KC4USA and VK0KMT.
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