The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 560 BID: $OPDX.560 April 29, 2002 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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PY3DX, RV3GW, VA3RJ & ICPO, and VE3EXY for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 21/April, through
Sunday, 28/April there were 236 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X,
5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H,
9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV,
BY, C3, C5, C9, CE, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2,
D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU,
EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FO/m FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI,
GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP,
HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0,
KH1, KH2, KH6, KH8, KH9, 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, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2,
T30, T31, T32, T5, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT,
TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK,
VK9L, VK9M, VK9N, VP2E, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU,
XE, XU, XW, XX9, XZ, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2,
Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/n, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3DA0, SWAILAND (Possibly from A25 also!).
Look for Hide, JM1LJS, to be active May 1-4th, as 3DA0LJ.
Activity will be 40-6 meters SSB and CW). QSL via home callsign.
ADDED NOTE: Hide might possibly operate for a few hours on April
30th from Botswana, probably as A25/JM1LJS. Activity will only be
on 40 meters CW/SSB. Check out his Web page for details at: http://radio-dream.com/3da0lj/.
7W, ALGERIA (New IOTA To Be Activated!).
Steve, OM3JW, states preparations for a DXpedition to Habbibas
Islands (7X, AF-NEW, LH- 0970) are now finished. Operators 7X2RO,
7X2YL, 7X2ZL, 7X2SA, DL7FER, OM3CGN, OM2DX and OM3JW will be
active May 14-18th using the special callsign 7W4HI. The Habbibas
Islands are in the Mediterranean Sea Coast West Group. They plan
to run two stations barefoot (100W) to verticals and dipoles. QSL
info will be announced later.
8Q, MALDIVES. Operators JA2AAU, JR2FOR,
JA2AZX, JA2AIC, JA2ALN, JJ2KYT and JA2ATE will be active as
8Q7NK, 8Q7FO, 8Q7HS, 8Q7IC, 8Q7JA, 8Q7MI and 8Q7TE, respectively,
May 10-15th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters
CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31/SSTV. QSL via their home callsigns.
AN AWARD REFLECTOR (InterNet Mailing List).
Egbert, ON4CAS, UBA Award Manager, informs OPDX that an
international mailing list is now available to award hunters. He
states, "Time has come to offer award enthusiasts a forum
where they can discuss award hunting in general. Any licensed HAM
and SWL with a genuine interest in this part of our hobby is
invited to join the list." More details can be found on the
Web page at: http://users.pandora.be/egbert.hertsen/awardlist.htm.
DXCC NEWS...
As of press time, the DXCC Desk is
currently processing DXCC submissions that were received
the week of April 13th. If you would like to know their
current status throughout the week, go to the following
Web page: http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/appstatus.html.
Pete, K8PT, just received a bunch of
cards back from the ARRL DX Desk (three weeks- record
time for him.) These cards were not accepted:
7O1YGF No Documentation Received (Still)
ZK1QMA Documents pending
3DA0DF No Documentation Received
ZK1NCP No Documentation Received
7Z1AC Documentation Pending
Pete suggests that if you know any of these operators,
please pass this info along so they WILL send in their
required docs.
4U1VIC, AUSTRIA. The Vienna International
Center Station, 4U1VIC, will be activated from May 10-12th by
DF5AU/Johannes, DL9NDV/Michael, JH4RHF/Jun and DJ9AO/Oliver. They
will take part in CQ-MIR-DX-Contest on all HF Contest bands and
try to be active via satellite RS-12 mode K, too. The QSL comes
automatic via the bureau or with a direct request to 4U1VIC.
C6, BAHAMAS. John, WZ8D, reports he has his
plane tickets for his next trip to Abaco Island (FL16iq) from
June 3rd through June 13th. He will be active in the June VHF
Contest using bands 6 and 2 meters for the contest. He plans to
operate on the other bands when six meter is not busy. Please
send all QSLs to WZ8D: John Walker, 1930 Meredith Ln., Loveland,
Ohio 45140. To receive a nice picture QSL you need to send the
card direct with a SASE if inside the USA. All others must send
SAE with 1 IRC or U.S. dollar. No cards will be sent through the
QSL bureau. ADDED NOTE: John also states he hopes to be on from a
couple of rare grids from Canada in July or August; more on this
later.
C6, BAHAMAS. Joe, W8GEX, and his C6AJR crew
will be going back to Eleuthera for the 10-10 contest. This is
around the end of July. They will most likely be using the
callsign C6DX during the contest. They will also be on six meters
from FL15 with 100 watts and a 3 element beam.
FR/T, TROMELIN. Jacques, FR5ZU, will be once
more on Tromelin Island (AF-031; DIFO FR-006) for his job, from
June 5th to July 5th. Look for him on the air during his spare
time on all HF bands SSB and RTTY, as FR5ZU/T. At the beginning
of his work duty, his activity hours will be: 0200-0400z,
0900-1000z and 1300-1500z. Jacques expects to be active more
towards the end of his stay. QSL via FR5ZU: Jacques Quillet, 1
Cite, Meteorologique, Le Chaudron, 97490 SAINTE CLOTILDE, Reunion
Island via France. Some pictures of Tromelin, Europa and other
Islands attached to Reunion Island, can be viewed at the
following Web site: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jacques.quillet/index.html.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-049. Hiroshi, JO1EPY, will activate
Tokara Island (Kuchino-shima, Toshima-mura,
Kagoshima-gun, Kagoshima-ken) as JO1EPY/6 from June
8-10th. Activity will be on 40/17/15/12/10/6 meters
CW/SSB, however, his main bands will be 17 and 15 meters.
QSL via his home callsign, either via the bureau or
direct to (per QRZ.com): Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19
Kishimachi, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-1131 Japan.
EU-011. The Taunton and District ARC
(TADARC) will be using the special event callsign, GB0SM,
from St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, from May 18-25th.
Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW/SSB and RTTY. QSL
via the Bureau or direct to G3WNI: Bill Lindsay-Smith,
Way Close, Madford, Hemyock, Devon EX25 1AB, England.
E-mail requests for QSLs received via the Bureau can be
sent to: tom@tctaylor.demon.co.uk.
EU-028. Look for IA5G to be activated by
seven operators on the weekend of May 4-5th from Gorgona
Island.
EU-057. A group of German operators
(namely DH8WLA, DL1APR, DL1APW, DL2AXA, DL5AOJ, DM3BJ and
DL9NDS) will be active from Ummanz Island (O-06 for
German Islands Award) from May 9-13th. Their activity
will be on all bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL
via their home callsigns. Updates will be posted on the
Web page at: http://www.ummanz.dl9nds.de.
EU-130. Andy/IV3SKB and Mauro/IV3HAX
were expected to activate Conchiglie Island (I.I.A
UD-005) this past weekend. Andy informed OPDX to QSL via
their home callsign. More info can be found on their Web
sites at: http://www.qsl.net/iq3x and http://www.qsl.net/iv3skb.
NA-136. Tony/WF1N and Lou/W1DIG will be
on the The Thimble Islands, Pot Island, May 17-19th.
Their operation, with a tribander and amp, will be
on/near the usual IOTA frequencies, (40m, 7.260+/- at the
top of the hour), SSB, will start around 1500z Friday and
end about 1800z Sunday. QSL to home callsigns direct (SAE
and postage, PLEASE) or Bureau. Tony, WF1N, a.spino@snet.net , and
Lou, W1DIG, megawatt@snet.net
, will accept requests for Bureau Cards via E-mail.
E-mail requests do not require a card to them via the
Bureau.
SA-026. Paul, PY3DX, is planning to take
a part in the upcoming CQ WPX CW Contest, in late May,
signing with his special callsign PU3A from Santa
Catarina Island. Activity will exclusively be on CW all
bands, but he will pay special attention to the low
bands, during the contest evenings. The QSL Manager for
PU3A is PY3DX (ok in QRZ.com or via the bureau).
ITALIAN ISLANDS ACTIVATED. An Italian group
of operators called "Project DX Team", have and will
activate a few islands this week. Over the past weekend they
activated Bacucco Island (IIA RO-004 - NO IOTA) and Scannone di
Goro Island (IIA FE-005 - NO IOTA). From April 29-30th, look for
them to activate Baron Island (IIA FE-003 - IOTA EU-155). On May
1st, look for them again to activate Scannone di Goro Island
(FE-005 - NO IOTA). The team's activity will be on HF and 6
meters SSB, with a possibility of some RTTY. Team operators are:
IK2XDE/Andrea, IK2XDF/Giampaolo, IK2JYT/Giovanni, IK2RZL/Matteo,
IK2ZJR/Antonio, IW2NHE/Alberto and IW2LWB/ Fabio. QSL via their
home callsigns, either direct or through the bureau.
JD1, OGASAWARA ISLAND. This seems to be a BIG
week for this island to be activated by several JA operators.
Look for the following group of operators Yone/JM3FVL,
Naga/JE5DTS, Hide/JG4LSR and Yuzo/JL4CVB to sign homecall/JD1
from Chichi-jima from now through May 4th. They plan to be active
on 80-6 meters SSB/CW/PSK31/RTTY. QSLs via bureau. Also expected
to be active, but from the club station, JD1YBO, in Apli will be
Kimura/JR3PZW, Tack/JD1BKQ and Nori/JA1OZK.
KH1, BAKER ISLAND. The KH1 team had a smooth
sailing try to Baker Island and are now active as K1B. The team
consists of: KW4DA, LY3NUM, N6TSQ, RA3AUU, RW3AH, RZ3AA, S56A,
YT1AD, YU1AU, YU1DX, Z32ZM, ZS6MG, USFW representative Mr. Doug
Forsell and Mr. Jordan Naydenov photo and multi-media expert. For
up-to-date news and on-line logs, please visit the following Web
sites at: http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/KH1 or http://www.magma.ca/~ve3exy.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY AND NEWS...
Albert, RV3GW, reports to look for
R6/UR3IFD/p, R6/UX7IM/p, UA6MC/p, UA6LP/6, RA3GD/6 and
RV3GW/6 to be active from several insular lighthouses in
the Azov Sea (WLH #0493, #0761, #0935, RRA new one, RLHA
new ones) on May 1-6th. Their planned activity will
include two stations (100w) with GP and dipoles with
operations on 40-10 meters. Main operations will be on 20
and 17 meters with an emphasis outside of Europe. QSL via
their home callsigns.
Filippo, IK4ZHH, had to postponed his
activity from Wail Lighthouse (ER 003 ARLHS - ITA 052)
due to bad weather conditions.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
P5/4L4FN QSLS. QSL Manager Bruce, KK5DO,
states that he has the QSLs in hand and is currently
stuffing envelopes now. Cards should be going out in
about 2-3 weeks.
Alberto, LU1DZ, who is active as AY1DZ
until the end of this year, celebrating the GACW 25th
Anniversary under the Amateur Radio (a safe way for our
children, high school program), states to please not send
him any QSLs via bureau. He is not a bureau member.
Alberto will be uploading his log every week into eQSLcc.
If you need a paper QSL, please send it with one IRC to:
Alberto U. SILVA, Obligado 1175, 1846 - Adrogue, Buenos
Aires, ARGENTINA. ADDED NOTE: Also, look for the
following operators to sign with the following callsigns
(QSL as instructed by operators):
LU5OM = AY5OM (GACW)
LU1AEE = AY1AEE (GACW)
LU2EI = AY2EI
LU8XW = AY8XW (GACW Cyber Club member)
LU1DK = AY1DK
LU6GY = AY6GY
LU2HRH = AY2HRH
LU7AWY = AY7AWY (GACW)
LU9HGF = AY9HGF
LU1DZ = AY1DZ (GACW)
LU9HMJ = AY9HMJ
LU6EF = AY6EF (GACW)
LU4FXI = AY4FXI
LU5FF = AY5FF (GACW)
LU4OO = AY4OO
LU7EE = AY7EE (GACW)
LU9DA = AY5DA
LW2DX = L52DX (GACW)
LU5YLC = AY5YLC
LU1GOE = AY1GOE (GACW)
LU2AS = AY2AS (GACW)
LW9DAH = L59DAH (GACW)
NOT THE MANAGER! Antonello, IK2DUW,
informs OPDX that he is NOT the QSL Manager for UA0FO.
Fran, EA7FTR, informs OPDX that he is
the new QSL Manager for the following station: Rob/OA2AEL
from Peru, Gustavo/CM2AI from Cuba (likes CW QSOs) and
Greg/YV5OHW (who can still send cards with contact work
in his previous logs. All the cards go via EA7FTR.
Jon, WB8YJF/FO0SEV, informs OPDX that he
should have his QSLs for his operation as FO0SEV any time
now. He requests that people PLEASE don't send second
requests! It has taken 3+ months so far (to receive the
QSLs), and he has been told they were mailed from Europe
about 12 days ago. Cards will go out as soon as he get
them.
QSL Manager Terry, N6CW, for the
following stations prefers to have all QSLs sent direct
to him. However, he does accept E-mail request for Bureau
card ONLY. This is to cut down on the expense and time
for bureau cards. He does have an E-mail address
specifically for this purpose: qslvian6cw@aol.com.
Here is the list of stations: HC8/KP2A, HI8/KP2A, J37A
(1990-1991), J73A (1986-1992), J78A, J8/KP2A, KP2A/KP5
(1989), NP2/N6CW, PJ5/KP2A, PY0SJ (1989), PY0SP (1989),
PY0ZSA (1982), PY0ZSB (1982), PY0ZSC (1982), SU1ER (1988
October CW ONLY), TI4/N6CW, TR8IG (1985), V44/KP2A,
VP2ECW, VP2V/N6CW, VP2VCW (1990), VP2VFW, XE2/N6CW,
XE2GDK (1990), ZD88A and ZD8A.
Part of the KH1 DXpedition team
activated Tuvalu before heading to Baker Island. Here are
the callsigns used with their QSL route:
T25A - QSL via YT1AD
T23A - QSL via RZ3AA
T2X - QSL via RW3AH
T2DA - QSL via KW4DA
Jim, N1NK, announces that he is assuming
QSL Manager chores for Yuri, XE1UN. He has all the logs
and will be pleased to answer any QSL from December 15,
1999, and on. He also has the contest logs for his 4A1UN.
QSL to: Jim Spears, 494 West Demello Drive, Tiverton, RI
02878 USA.
ZY3PEI activity over the past weekend
was from Itapua Fortress, which is also a lighthouse
placed very close to Porto Alegre in southern Brazil. The
operators were as follows: PY3JAF/Fauth, PY3YY/Andy,
PY3KK/Koetz and PY3DX/Paul. The QSL Manager for ZY3PEI is
PY3JAF (ok in QRZ.com).
SPECIAL EVENT. Commemorating the 128th
running of the Kentucky Derby, Amateur Radio Transmitting Society
members will activate W4CN on Saturday, May 4th, from 1100-1700z.
Frequencies will be (+/- 20 KHz): 7200 kHz, 14275 kHz, 21275 kHz
and 28350 kHz. A full color 8X10 certificate, suitable for
framing, is available. U.S. stations send 1 USD and DX stations
send 2 USDs, to cover cost of printing and postage, along with
your QSL card. SASE IS NOT REQUIRED!! Any station desiring a QSL
card, along with the certificate, please indicate with your own
QSL card. Certificates for DX stations WILL NOT be returned via
the ARRL outgoing QSL bureau! Any DX station desiring just a QSL
card, may request via: k4ww@arrl.net.
QSL Information: Shelby Summerville, K4WW, 6506 Lantana Court,
Louisville, KY 40229-1544 USA.
USI NEWS...
Mark Harville, KG8DP, President of the
Rusty Zipper HF and DX Contest Club, informs OPDX that he
and Doug, N8TUT, (the primary operators) will activate
two Ohio islands for the U.S. Island Award. Activity will
be from Kelley's Island (OH-001L) and South Bass Island
(OH-007L) from May 31st through June 1st using the
callsign NA8KD. They plan to have 2 (possibly 3) stations
active on 80-2 meters CW/SSB. The finalizing of plans and
sponsorship is in part through Heil Microphones (Bob
Heil) and Tarheel Antennas of North Carolina. QSL will be
via NA8KD. Mark informs us that he has good contacts with
the Lake Erie folks, and depending on how this one goes,
perhaps an activation of an island not activated yet
might be possible.
VQ9, CHAGOS ISLAND. Jesse, AB5RY, continues
to be active as VQ9J. He is there on duty for the U.S. Air Forces
for about another 4 months. His activity will be on all bands
CW/SSB. QSL with a SASE to K5QM.
ZD7K/ZD8K VIDEO. Although the project had
been shelved due to lack of interest, Doug, G0WMW, has now been
talked into running some copies of the "Double
DXpedition" video. This 45min version was shown at the
HF/IOTA Convention (Windsor, UK) and at the GMDX Conference. The
master tape goes for duplication in mid-May, with copies
available mid-June (earliest). If you want a copy, order by
E-mail via g0wmw@arrl.net as
soon as possible (May 15 deadline), and state which format (NTSC
or PAL). Price, shipping included, is 14 UKPounds (to UK
addresses), or 23 Euro (to EU), or 22 US$ (NTSC or PAL, to DX).
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