The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 553 BID: $OPDX.553 March 11, 2002 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 3/March, through
Sunday, 10/March there were 238 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N,
5R, 5U, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K,
9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV,
BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX,
D2, D4, DL, DU, E3, 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, H4, HA, HB, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP,
HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX,
JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH4, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX,
LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4,
PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0S, PY0T, PZ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV,
SV/a, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TT, TU,
TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VP2E,
VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU,
XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA,
ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZK3, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3W, VIETNAM (New IOTA). Yuki/JI6KVR will lead
a team of operators consisting of JA6IEF, Hau/3W2LI and 3W2KA
(3W2LI's son) to activate a new IOTA in the South China Sea Coast
North Group called Cham Island which is located 20 km south of
Hoi-an and about 30 km from Danang. The callsigns for this
operation will be XV3C, 3W3C, 3W2LI/3 and 3W2KA/3, respectively.
The team will depart from Fukuoka to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,
on March 12th. The team expects to be on the air during the late
hours of March 13th and will be working in a non-stop operation
with two stations active until their departure on March 18th.
Operations will be from 160 through 6 meters on SSB and CW.
Special plans have been made to insure that the low bands and 6
meters are activated with appropiate antennas and experienced
operators dedicated to overcome the challenges that these bands
offer. Visit the DXpedition Web site at: http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage25.htm.
The online log will be available when operators return back home.
Questions before the operation begins can be sent to JI6KVR at: ji6kvr@orange.ocn.ne.jp.
The team is looking for individual support and contributions,
and they can be sent to JI6KVR or with your QSL-SASE to
EA5KB/EA5RM.
XV3C - QSL via EA5KB: Jose F. Ardid Arlandis, Apartado
5013, E-46080 Valencia, SPAIN
3W3C - QSL via EA5RM: Antonio Gonzalez, Po Box 930,
E-03280 Elche, SPAIN
3W2LI/3 and 3W2KA/3 - QSL via: Trihn Hau, No 4 Dong Xoai,
F13, Tanbinh, Hochiminh City, VIETNAM
The Cham Island DX Team would like to express deep thanks to
the VARC (Vietnam Amateur Radio club) and Hau 3W2LI for their
extremely important support that will permit the World Ham Radio
Community a contact with Cham Island on all popular modes and
bands.
5R, MADAGASCAR. Bruno, F5DKO, who has been
active as 5R8/F5DKO from the island of Nosy Be (AF-057),
currently does not have a valid 5R license. Ben, PA5BW (aka
5R8DS), informed OPDX that he talked to Bruno, and he admitted to
him that he does not have a valid license. So the operation is
NOT valid for DXCC or IOTA. According to Bruno, the Radio
Administration had been closed when he arrived in the capitol
city, Tananarive. His plans are to pass via Tananarive again when
he travels to Ile Sainte Marie (AF-090). Ben gave Bruno the
telephone number of the President of the Malagasy Amateur Radio
Asociation (Solofo, 5R8ET) in the hope that he can still obtain a
license. It will depend however on how much work he has done
already to create a complete file BEFORE he went to Madagascar.
Ben states, "To do just all that and get all appropriate
signatures in the single day he is in Tananarive is totally
unrealistic. As he did not know Solofo or any other 5R8-hams, I
have my doubts about his preparations. .... But we'll see. If he
will make legal activity from Ile Sainte Marie he will have a
5R8+two letters callsign. All legal amateur radio stations on
Madagascar have callsigns ranging form 5R8DA through HZ or so. No
5R8/homecalls... have ever been issued."
7Q, MALAWI. Harry, G0JUM, continues to be
active as 7Q7HB until April 28th. He was heard this past week on
14220 kHz around 0315z. In past weeks, he was heard on 21324 and
28600 kHz between 1400-1800z. QSL via G0IAS direct only to: Allan
Hickman, The Conifers, High Street, Elkesley, Retford, DN22 8AJ
Notts, UK.
ARRL PRESS RELEASE ON THEIR "Electronic QSL
Policy". OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an
additional bulletin containing this press release by Wayne Mills,
N7NG.
C6, BAHAMAS. Bill, AA7X, will be operating as
C6AKK from Exuma Island (NA-001) from March 23-31st. This
includes an entry in the CQWW WPX Contest. QSL to AA7X.
CT3, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Hardy/DL3KWF and
Rosel/DL3KWR are active now as CT3/homecall until March 21st.
Activity will be only on CW and mainly on the WARC bands. They
were spotted this past weekend on 10106, 18072 and 24889 kHz at
various times. All QSOs will be answered automatically on E-QSL
at: http://www.eQSL.cc.
A QSL card is available via the bureau as well.
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Axel, DL5SDK, will be
active as EA8/DL5SDK this coming weekend, March 17-22nd. Activity
will be on 14300, 21350 and 28400 kHz using only a 100 watts into
a 3 element tri-band beam. QSL via the bureau.
FG, GUADELOUPE. Look for Pierre, F6FXS, to be
active as FG/F6FXS for a month starting April 17th to May 16th.
Pierre will use an IC-706 and a long wire antenna; his power will
be about 30to 40 watts. He will also take a FD3 antenna if he can
put it in his luggage. Suggested frequencies are: 28030, 21030,
14030 and 7023 +/- QRM and CW only. Suggested operating times
are: 1400-1600z on 10 and 15 meters; and possibly from 2100-2200z
on 20 and 40 meters. QSL via home callsign direct to CBA or via
the French bureau.
HI9, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Danny, T93M, will be
active as T93M/HI9 between March 26th and April 1st. Activity
will be on all HF bands, CW and SSB with special attention to 6
meters. His operation will include SOAB entry in CQWW WPX SSB
Contest. QSL via DJ2MX through DARC bureau, direct or via E-mail
at: dj2mx@t-online.de.
ADDED NOTE: All direct QSLs for the FG/T93M activity have been
processed and a picture of his QSL may be found in the QSL
gallery on the Web site: http://www.dj2mx.com.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-049. Hiroshi, JO1EPY, was expected to
be active as JO1EPY/6 from Tokara Archipelago over the
past week through March 11th. His activity was to be on
the IOTA frwquencies 40/17/15/12/10/6 meters CW and SSB.
QSL via the bureau or direct to: Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19
Kishimashi Kawagoe City, Saitama 350-1131 Japan.
AS-079. Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active
from Miyako Island (Miyako-jima Hirara-city Okinawa-ken),
March 29th through April 2nd, as JI3DST/6. Activity will
be on 40/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB. He will also be active
in the CQ WPX Contest. QSL to JI3DST via the Bureau
(Bureau is best) or direct.
AS-093. A few HL operators are planning
a DXpedition from the Huksan Island group April 4-7th.
Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW/SSB with two 100 watt
stations active simutaneously using dipoles. The
callsign, QSL info, team members and other detailed
information are not definite yet, but will be forthcoming
soon.
AS-155. Bill, BV8BC informs OPDX to look
for BV9G to be active from Green Island March 21-25th.
Location will be from Gong-Guan Elementary school,
Lu-Tao. QSL via direct to BV8BC: Bill-Chen, Box 222,
Taitung-city 950 Taiwan. PLEASE NOTE: IRCs are not accept
in Taiwan.
EU-045. Tony, IK8VRH, is expectedto be
active from the islands of Ventotene (IIA LT-011) and
Ponza (IIA LT-001) now through March 21st and April
13-19th, respectively. He plans to operate as IB0/IK8VRH
in his free time. QSL via home call.
NA-188. A team of Mexican operators
consisting of XE1LWY, XE1KOF, XE1YJL, XE1UZ and XE2ML
will be on Cacaluta Island from March 26-31st. Activity
will be on air on all bands/modes, including 6 meters.
QSL via: Enrique Garcia, P. O BOX 75-481, 07300 D.F,
Mexico. Their Web site is at: http://www.qsl.net/xe2ml/cacaluta.
KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Jay/K4ZLE and
Pick/WA5PAE will be visiting GITMO again from March 21-30th and
sign KG4MO and KG4IZ, respectively. Their activity will place an
emphasis on the low bands including 160 meters. The majority of
their operations will be on CW. QSL via their home callsigns.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. Look for Francis/F6HKS
and Jean Claude/F6HDH to be active on March 17th, starting about
0800z, for the day long operation from L'Espiguette Lighthouse
(Gard Department) located South of Le Grau du Roi (ARLHS FRA 276;
DPLF PB 069 - French Onshore Lighthouses Program). Activity will
be mainly on 40 and 20 meters. If propagation is good, they will
be on 15 meters. Look for Francis as F6HKS/p on CW and
Jean-Claude as F6HDH/p on SSB. QSL via the French REF Bureau or
direct via the current CBA.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Updated QSL Manager Information: QSL
GM7V and GZ7V to ZS5BBO via the SARL Bureau (Please mark
cards clearly 'ZS5BBO via SARL Bureau') or direct at:
Edwin Musto, PO Box 673, Westville 3630, South Africa
(his new address).
Updated QSL Manager Information: QSL
GM3WOJ and GS2MP via N3SL at: Kim Larson, 22 N Hidden
Acres Drive, Sioux City, Iowa 51108.
Scott, N9AG/J68AS, reports that all
those awaiting for QSLs for PJ2Z (CQWW SSB 2001) and PJ2T
(many contests) may sit by your mailbox. All the requests
that he has received through March 2nd have been
answered. Any new ones coming in will be answered as they
arrive.
QSL cards for the VP8CBA operation is
via Ralph, K0IR, not Steve, K0SR. Steve states that he
will forward any cards he mistakenly gets to K0IR.
QSL W4D to W5UE. This was activity by
the members of the Magnolia DX Association from Dauphin
Island (IOTA NA-213, USI AL-002S).
Steve, KU9C, reports that he has the
logs for the YA5T through March 5th, 0214z and the Web
site (log search) has also been updated.
Victor Rivera, ZK1CG (and ZK1USA),
informs OPDX that he has mailed via air mail 2 boxes of
ZK1CG (North Cooks) and ZK1USA (North and South Cooks)
QSLs. The group that went to Manihiki Atoll for the CQWW
SSB Contest still have not received the QSL cards from
the printers. Victor states that he was running low on
personal QSLs, so he had a new card designed and printed
from Italy for both North and South Cooks Island
operations as ZK1CG and ZK1USA. PLEASE NOTE: The other
contacts made with the group are being handled by Ralf,
VE7XF, and as soon as the group's cards are ready, they
will be sent out. Victor did not want to delay sending
out cards for ZK1CG and ZK1USA any longer and states that
he is sorry for the delay to all the hams that made
contact with ZK1CG and ZK1USA. He also thanks all who
helped make this trip possible to North Cook (The Group;
Roger, Bob, John, Ralf and Tuatai, and the the donors).
Enclosed with most cards are stamps that were stamped
with the Manihiki, North Cook Island postal stamp which
is very rare. If anyone has not received a QSL, please
contact Victor via his E-mail address at: sales@computers.co.ck.
P5, NORTH KOREA (YU op). This one is
currently up in the air. All we can say is wait and listen.
During last week there was conflicting information about Hrane's,
YT1AD, location (was he at the airport in Rome, presumably
heading back to Belgrade or in Pyongyang, North Korea). It is
believed he is in Pyongyang with Voja, YU7AV, the docs/permits
and is awaiting the "OK" to begin Amateur Radio
transmissions (which they hope will happen March 11th). All
activity so far (P5/YT1AD) has been the work of a pirate.
PJ2, CURACAO. Steve/N8BJQ and Geoff/W0CG will
be active between March 14th through April 2nd as PJ2/homecall.
They plan to operate in the CQ WW WPX-SSB Contest as Single Op
(possible single bands) entry as PJ2T. QSL via their home
callsigns. QSL PJ2T via N9AG.
TN, CONGO. Josep/EA3BT and Nuria/EA3WL are
planning another DXpedition; this time to the Congo between May
16-27th. You may remember them from their 2001 DXpedition to
Comoros as D68BT and D68WL. They have applied for the callsigns
TN3B and TN3W (still not comfirmed). They plan for activity on
80-6 meters with operations on SSB/RTTY and some CW. Two stations
will be active with beams (for 20/17/15/12/10) and dipoles (for
40/80 meters) in the hope to provide a "new one"
(entity/band/mode) to as many as possibe. The Congo is listed as
the 38th most wanted entity by the ARRL's DXCC. Check out their
Web page for more information at: http://www.qsl.net/ea3bt.
V51, NAMIBIA. Laurence (aka "Flo"),
KL7/G4DMA, informs OPDX that he will be active as V51/G4DMA from
Aris, Central Namibia, from March 17th until the end of the
month. Activity will be on 80-6 meters.
VP6/D, DUCIE ISLAND. There were no press
releases over the past week to report on. The VP6/D team should
be leaving Mangareva, French Polynesia, (March 12th) to head to
Pitcairn Island by the time you read this. They will pickup
supplies and operators, and then head to Ducie Island (two day
trip). Activity should take place by the weekend. Keep watching
the following Web page for updated details at: http://www.qsl.net/wd5ngb/ducie.htm.
XQ0X, SAN FELIX ISLAND. Mike, N6MZ, provided
the following update: "The San Felix 2002 DXpedition is on
schedule to hit the airwaves around March 17th, with radio
operations continuing for approximately 12-14 days. Expedition
leader Carlos, NP4IW/CE3AQI, arrived in Chile on Tuesday, March
5th, and is busy making final preparations; the rest of the
13-person team will arrive later this week. Departure from
Valparaiso is scheduled for March 12th, and the vessel is
scheduled to make port at Isla Juan Fernandez (CE0Z) during the
outbound voyage. Please see the expedition web site http://www.cordell.org/SFX
for for more information on frequencies and operating plans.
Radio operations manager Mike, N6MZ, worked closely with the
Ducie Island expedition team to coordinate frequencies and
splits, given that both expeditions will be on the air
simultaneously. The teams hope that this coordination will
maximize the success of both operations. The web site will
contain a Web Log QSO search and frequent news updates, both
thanks to our USA pilot Dr. Bill, K6GNX, and our EU pilot Klaus,
DL1XX. The San Felix 2002 DXpedition is being undertaken in
conjunction with Cordell Expeditions (Robert Schmieder, KK6EK), a
nonprofit organization that has carried out expeditions to remote
sites for more than 20 years. Contributions made to the
expedition through Cordell Expeditions are eligible for income
tax deductions as a donation to a 501( c )( 3 ) organization.
Some expedition expenses will be quite large (for example, use of
the Chilean Navy's helicopter), so your contributions are still
needed and will be greatly appreciated."
YA, AFGHANISTAN (YA5T Update). Robert,
S53R/YA5T, reports the following dated March 7th: "YA5T has
not been much on the air during the past week due to work
commintments. It really is hard to get on the radio after working
for 18 hours and you have to be up at 7 o'clock in the morning -
day after day. However, since our last report we have hit over
17,000 QSOs. First U.S. contact on 80 meters also came through. I
bet you know who that was! Bob, W6RJ - and it was on SSB long
path. Bob serves as a beacon every day, hi! In following days
N7UA and W6KW were also worked CW with very good sigs. Don't
forget we are using 100W and a piece of wire. 160 meters is going
well with some 400 Qs, but no U.S. so far. ICOM America is
sponsoring a PW1 kilowatt amplifier, so I hope we are getting
closer and closer to YA - North America contact! Mark, ON4WW,
left Kabul today and will do some ground work for WFP in the next
weeks in northern part of the country. Peter, ON6TT, was here for
2 days, but just too busy to do any radio. I stay for another 3
weeks and promise to be on bands as much as possible. So, CU in
the next days from 160-10. 73 Robert, S53R / YA5T"
ZD8, ASCENCION ISLAND. By the time you read
this, Jim, N6TJ, should be on the air again as ZD8Z until March
21st. Activity will be on all bands on CW and SSB, with an
emphasis on 160 meters and the WARC bands. QSL via VE3HO, direct
only.
ZK3, TOKELAU ISLANDS. Station signing ZK3HC
has been active over the past weekend on 20 meters CW. Activity
has been on 14025 kHz after 0400z up to 0900z. There was one QSN
SSB report stating ZK3HC was on 21280 kHz around 1850z. QSL via
DL9HCU.
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