The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 543 BID: $OPDX.543 December 31, 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, AA1M, K1XN & GoList, NG3K,
KI4RU, N4AA & QRZ DX, WB4PVT, K8YSE, DS1BHE, JI3DST, JJ2QXI,
LU6EF, ON4CD, PA1MR, PA5ET, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3EXY, VK4CP and
YU1AB for the following DX information.
SPECIAL EDITOR'S NOTE: The year 2001 has been
an interesting and surprising year for DXers. Let's hope 2002 can
be just as great. Anyway, my family (wife/OPDX's chief
proof-reader Linda, Teddy [TJ], Katie) and I (KB8NW) would like
to wish all DXers, Contesters and OPDX readers a very "Happy
New Year". Also, we would like thank the many who have
contributed information over the year (there are too many to
list). REMEMBER, without them there would not be an OPDX
Bulletin. I would also thank the many who sent holiday greetings.
I tried to answer some, and wish I could answer each one of them
individually, but it would take a huge amount of time. You would
not believe the amount of E-mail I receive...... Have a Great New
Year and GUD DX in 2002 de Tedd KB8NW
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 23/December, through
Sunday, 30/December there were 214 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J,
9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A9, AP, BV,
BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2,
D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX,
EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU,
GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I,
IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, 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, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, S2, S5, SM, SP, SU,
SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR,
TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK9N,
VP2E, VP2V, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9,
YB, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9,
ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3W, VIETNAM. 3W2EA and 3W2FM were active over
the past weekend on 15 and 20 meters. On SSB, 3W2EA was heard on
14212 kHz between 1530 and 1700z. On CW, 3W2FM was heard on 21010
kHz after 0000z.
5N, NIGERIA. Frank, 5N1BHF, has been active
on 12 meters (around 24940 kHz) as early as 1000z and sometimes
as late as 1615z. When not on 12 meters he can also be found on
20 meters (14195 kHz) after 0500z. QSL via OE6LAG. 5N0NHD has
also been active on 12 meters (24899 kHz) after 0700. QSL via
JH8BKL.
5R, MADAGASCAR. Solofo/5R8ET and Albert/5R8GZ
have both been active on 12 meters. Look for Solofo on 24947 kHz
SSB after 1600z. QSL via K1WY. Watch for Albert on 24902 kHz CW
or on 24966 kHz SSB between 1215 and 1530z. QSL via G3SWH.
A6, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Huraiz, A61AU, has
been very active on 20 meters SSB (above 14200 kHz) usually after
0400z. He was also heard this past weekend with a huge pile-up on
28500 kHz after 1300z. QSL via direct to: Huraiz Al Maktoum, P.O.
Box 270, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
C6, BAHAMAS. John, WZ8D, will be active as
C6AIE from Abaco (NA-080), January 1-10th. His main focus for
this trip will be to work as many F2 contacts as possible on 6
meters during day time, and he will also put a lot of effort in
making WSJT contacts on 2 meters (144.140 MHz) in the evenings.
However, if 6 meters is not open, John will spend some time on
40-10 meters CW, with some SSB. QSL via home call.
CORRECTIONS TO OPDX.541 AND OPDX.542 (Let's
try this again! Third time is a charm). Please note in last
week's bulletin under "CORRECTIONS" and the Web site
listed under "5U, NIGER (Update)" in OPDX.541 was
incorrect. The Web site's URL address should have been: http://www.qsl.net/niger-2002.
FR5, REUNION ISLAND. Roland, FR5AB, has been
active this past week on 10 meters PSK31 and SSTV. For PSK31,
watch 28120 kHz after 1030z. For SSTV, watch around 28677 kHz
after 1100z. He is also active on RTTY on 20 meters after 0230z.
Joseph, FR5HA, has also been active on PSK31, but on 20 meters
(14071 kHz) after 1630z and again after 0245z.
HL17, SOUTH KOREA. Lee, DS1BHE, informs OPDX
that the Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL) will operate a
special event station with the callsign HL17FWC which celebrates
the 17th FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, and will be active from
January 1st through May 30th (Just before games start). Also,
KARL will operate DT#FWC (# -- 0 through 9), which celebrates the
ten hosting cities in Korea and will be active from May 31st
through June 30th (until the final match). QSL Manager is HL0HQ:
KOREAN AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE, CPO Box 162, Seoul, KOREA. ADDED
NOTE: All the Korean Hams will change their callsign during the
game period (May 31st-June 30th) as the following:
HL1ABC ---> HL17ABC
DS1ABC ---> DS17ABC/1 (Because they have five DS#ABC)
6K2ABC ---> 6K17ABC/2
DS0AB, 6K0AB, 6L0AB, 6M0AB, D70AB, D80AB
- Club station will
change their 0 (zeros) to 17 (but no need to use " /
").
The KARL is planning to make a special AWARD for this event.
Details will be forthcoming.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-079. Takeshi "Take",
JI3DST, will be active from Miyako Island (Miyako-jima
Hirara-city Okinawa-ken) as JI3DST/6 now through January
5th. Activity will be on 40/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB. QSL
via the Bureau (Bureau is best) or direct to: Takeshi
Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka
545-0021, JAPAN.
EU-153. Alexander, RX3AJL, will be
active from Mudjugsky Island (RR-02-05) as RX3AJL/1 from
January 3-5th. His activity will be mainly on 20 meters
SSB, with some possible operation on 40 and 80 meters.
QSL via home call.
OC-136. Tony, VK3TZ, will be active
sporadically from the Phillip Island now through January
26th. His antennas will be either verticals or wire
dipoles and the rig will only be a TS-50s. He will try to
be active on the usual IOTA frequencies on 10, 15 and 20
meters, and also he will try to check into the ANZA net
on 14183 at 0530z. Tony mentions, "As Phillip Island
has weak TV reception from the main Melbourne TV stations
the TVI is often a very big problem and this may limit
operations. I may need to operate from the car in a
remote spot to avoid this." QSL for this operation
only via the CBA.
JD/O, OGASAWARA. A station signing
JE1PIO/JD1 was heard this past weekend on 40 meters CW
(7010 kHz) around 1120z. There are no other details to
report. If someone else has more details on this operator
please send it to OPDX and we will publish it.
KH2, GUAM. Tetus/JF2UED and Mack/JJ2QXI
will be active from here between January 3rd and 5th.
They are planning to operate on 160-6 meters, including
the WARC bands, on SSB/CW/RTTY. Mack informs OPDX that he
knows KH2 is not so rare of an entity, but they would
like to take as much time as possible to be on the air
based on QSO requests. For any SKED or comments, please
write to Mack via E-mail at: mori@shotoku.ac.jp.
QSLs should go to their home callsigns.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY...
USA-592. Look for the "Five Flags
Amateur Radio Association" to activate the
Pensacola, Florida, lighthouse on January 1st, as a
special event, using the callsign W4UC. The Amateur Radio
Lighthouse Society (ARLHS) says its research indicates
that no Amateur Radio operations have ever been conducted
from the Pensacola lighthouse which will mark its 143rd
anniversary on New Year's Day. The Coast Guard and U.S.
Navy restored the lighthouse and keeper's quarters in
1994. The special event station will operate from January
1st, 1400-1800z on 20 and 15 meters. Operation on 40
meters also is possible. Stations contacting W4UC at the
lighthouse may receive a W4UC special event QSL card and
a Pensacola Lighthouse history brochure in return for a
self-addressed, stamped envelope to KC7DCW.
OA, PERU. Ghis, OA/ON4CD, informs OPDX that
he has been in Belgium for a two week break, but he will return
to Peru on January 4th for a one month stay. He states that he
has made more than 3000 QSOs from Peru, mainly on CW during his
free time. His equipment there is a FT-100D (barefoot) with an
ATAS mobile vertical antenna hooked on the roof. He is expected
to be active on 80 meters with a dipole. He advises the ham
community to be patient for the QSLs; they will be printed after
he returns to Europe (February 2002).
P5, NORTH KOREA (Great News). Toma, YU1AB,
informs OPDX that Hrane/YT1AD and Voja/YU7AV have returned from
P5-land (December 26th). He also reports that they have received
a license to operate from P5, together with two other operators
starting March 5th, 2002. In return, Hrane and Voja will instruct
future Korean ham radio operators (a minimum of 20 novice
operators). Their callsigns are not known. More details are
forthcoming.
PJ2, CURACAO. Look for Martin, NW0L, to be
active from January 2-9th. He plans to operate in the ARRL RTTY
Roundup (January 5-6th), as a Single Op, High Power, category, as
PJ2T. He will be active before and after the contest using the
callsign PJ2/NW0L. QSL PJ2/NW0L via NW0L. QSL PJ2T via KN7Y.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Rob, PA5ET, reports that all direct QSLs
for the "Caribbean Tour 2001 J3/J8" have now
been mailed. He had difficulty getting stamps from the
Post Office for cards being sent outside of Europe since
they were preparing for the new Euro stamps. However,
European cards have been mailed some weeks ago. The cards
for outside of Europe, most of them are from USA and JA,
can be expected as of next week as a New Year's gift.
Douwe, PA1MR, reports that he has been
receiving QSLs for PJ4M, who was active in the CQWW
Contest, for which he is NOT the QSL Manager. OPDX did a
search for PJ4M and could not find any QSN reports or QSL
route for this station. We feel that this may have been a
busted callsign, and it should have been PJ2M (QSL via
KD4D).
Keith, K0KG, reports that he is the QSL
Manager for Vlad, UA6JD. He will be setting up a log
transfer via E-mail and will print cards in the new year.
Nenad, VE3EXY, informs OPDX that someone
has posted him as QSL Manager for VC7GM, which he is NOT.
However, he is the only RAC QSL Bureau Manager. Nenad has
contacted the VC7GM operator and has worked out the
following deal:
- Cards sent to VE3EXY will be sent directly to Mapple
Ridge ARC, who will process them.
- Cards should be sent either via the bureau, or via CBA
(Maple Ridge ARC: P.O. Box 292, Maple Ridge B.C. V2X 7G2,
CANADA)
- Any direct QSLs that VE3EXY receives in the future
direct, he will forward to VE7 QSL bureau.
QSL XF3IC via XE3OYJ: Jose Angel Yanez,
Apartado Postal 1883, Cancun, Quintana Roo 77500, Mexico.
This was activity from Holbox Island (NA-045) by Cancun
radio club. For more info, check their Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/xf3ic/holbox.htm.
OPDX has been informed that QSLs for
ZA1M "DO NOT" go to IK2HTW. This is according
to what ZA1M said. QSL direct only.
SLIM ALERT. Raul, LU6EF, informs OPDX
that he has been in touch with Guillermo, LU5DG, and the
station operating as VP8/LU5DG in mid-December was a
SLIM. Guillermo requests for the DX community to PLEASE
do not send QSL cards for this operation.
TI, COSTA RICA. Look for Bob/AA1M and
Mike/W1USN to be operating from here February 4-11th. Their
callsigns were not provided or bands/modes of activity. QSL to
CBA or via bureau.
TI9, COCOS ISLAND (Update). Bill, AK0A,
reports that there has been a QSL Manager change for the TI9M
DXpedition to Cocos Island scheduled for February 17th through
March 4th. The QSL Manager now is AK0A, Bill Boeckenhaupt, 8904
Westbrooke Dv, Overland Park, KS 66212 (SASE is requested. If no
SASE, cards will be answered via the Bureau twice a year).
Contributions are accepted to help cover the cost of the
DXpedition. Also, Rob, PA5ET, reports that they now have a new
Web site on-line containing lots of up-to-date information about
the upcoming TI9 DXpedition. The URL address is: http://www.qsl.net/ti9m/.
VK9M, MELLISH REEF (Update). Adam, VK4CP
(VK9ML Pilot/Webmaster), reports that the VK9ML team is
interested in comments regarding whether they should run either
PSK-31, RTTY, or neither during their DXpedition to Mellish Reef
in April 2002. RTTY and PSK-31 both have pros and cons, and they
are simply asking which mode you would prefer them to operate on.
If neither is desirable, then, of course, they can spend more
time concentrating on CW and SSB operation. Let them know your
thoughts in the Poll they are conducting. Visit their Web site
and let them know at: http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002/.
XU, CAMBODIA. Claude, XU7ABN, was a catch on
RTTY this past week. He was active on 15 meters around 0830z and
20 meters around 1945z.
ZL1AMO HONORED. When Ron Wright, ZL1AMO,
returned home from Fuji, he had a package waiting for him from
the Northern Ohio DX Association (NODXA). After Ron's
announcement that he was retiring from traveling to rare and
interesting place for DXpeditions, NODXA sent him a
"Lifetime Achievement Award" plaque to show their
appreciation. The NODXA group never forgot Ron's special visit to
a NODXA meeting many years ago in Cleveland, Ohio, where he put
on a slide presentation of his participation in the "1984
Scientific and Amateur Radio Expedition to the Kermadec
Islands". Congratulations Ron, and thank you for all the new
ones you gave all of us to put in our logs.
ZL, NEW ZEALAND. Look for the Hamilton
Amateur Radio Club to be active using the callsign ZL6JAM during
and after the "16th New Zealand Scout Jamboree" at
Mystery Creek Hamilton now through January 6th. The station will
be active from this site from 2000-0500z during this period, and
outside these hours if possible. As this station is being set up
for Scouts (both boys and girls aged 11 to 16), these kids would
love to talk to kids around their own age, as well as Hams from
around the world. The frequencies planned are: 3593, 3677, 7075
and 14260 kHz. They will be as near as possible to those
frequencies. The 15 and 10 meter bands will be used depending on
conditions. A special QSL card is being printed for the Jamboree.
QSL details are direct with 1 IRC or 1 USD with a SAE to: ZL6JAM,
P O Box 606, Hamilton, New Zealand.
SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving
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please send mail to me via "kb8nw@arrl.net"......
TNX de Tedd KB8NW
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