The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 562 BID: $OPDX.562 May 13, 2002 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, KZ1Z, NC1L & DXCC Desk, WF1N,
K2JXW, WA2MOE, WB2YQH, K3MI, NG3K, W3RM, W3UR & The Daily DX,
N4AA & QRZ DX, K5OVC, KB6QLC, KG6AR, W6DXO, W7LWI, K8MR,
K8YSE, N8BJQ, Phil De Porter, 9K2HN, DL1EK/DL7VOA & DX
Newsletter, EA3BT, F5NQL & UFT, FJ5DX & La Gazette du DX,
G3XTT, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, JI6KVR, OA4AHW, OE1GZA,
OZ6OM/OZ7M OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin, PA3GIO, SM5AJV, VA3RJ &
ICPO, UA9ORQ, VE3EXY, VE7DP, YT1AD and Z36W for the following DX
information.
A NOTE FROM EDITOR, TEDD, KB8NW: Because I
will be attending the Dayton HamVention, there will not be a
bulletin for May 20th (unless there is a major announcement).
Please, continue to send your information (you never know!).
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 5/May, through Sunday,
12/May there were 233 countries active. Countries available: 3A,
3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U,
5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7O, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K,
9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6,
CE, CE0A, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU,
E4, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
EZ, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW,
H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS, HV,
HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0,
KH1, KH2, KH6, KH8, KH9, 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, PZ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2, T30,
T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9N, VP2V, VP6,
VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YK,
YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF,
ZK1/s, ZK2, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
5W, SAMOA. Ted/K8AQM and David/K8AA will be
active as 5W0TR and 5W0AA, respectively, July 2-12th. Activity
will be 40-10 meters mainly CW, Digital and some SSB. QSL both
callsigns via K8AA.
6O, SOMALILAND. Baldur, DJ6SI, who has been
active as 6O0X from here, will be active for a few more days
(probably the end of the week). Most of his activity has been
mainly on 20/17/15 meters CW, however, he has been on other
bands. Somaliland, which has declared itself independent from
Somalia (T5) in 1991, does not qualify for anything for DXCC. The
license was issued by Somaliland government, not Somali
government.
CONTEST DATE CHANGED. Jim, K8MR, reports that
the 2002 Ohio QSO Party (OQP) date, as published in the Contest
Calendar in the May/June NCJ, has been changed to Saturday,
August 24th. This is to avoid the Labor Day weekend. The OQP runs
from 1600z Saturday to 0400z Sunday, August 25th.
DAYTON EVENTS...
According to Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, the
program for the DX Dinner will be a presentation on the
recent VP6DI operation.
The Northern Ohio DX Association (along
with WVNO Radio) will once again sponsor a Hospitality
Suite at this year's Dayton Hamvention. It will be in
Suite 1011 on the 10th Club Floor of the Crowne Plaza
Hotel (old Stouffers) on Friday and Saturday evenings.
All DXers/Contesters are welcome. Munchies and
refreshments will be avaialble. Come and meet the members
and friends of NODXA.
DXCC NEWS...
Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager, reports
that QSLs for OJ0U, Market Reef, are being accepted for
DXCC.
QSLs for D6/WB4MBU still are not
approved for DXCC because WB4MBU has not provided
documentation for DXCC credit.
FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELO ISLANDS. Jean
Christophe, FP5AC, President of the Saint-Pierre & Miquelon
Islands ARC, informs that their next DXpedition will take place
on June 21-23rd. They will go to the Ile aux Chevaux (Horses
Island - IOTA NA-032, DIFO FP009). The Ile aux Chevaux is a
little 90m diameter island located in the Barachois off Miquelon.
The crew consists of four "JEANS",
Jean-Christophe/FP5AC, Jean-Pierre/FP5CJ, Jean/FP5BU,
Jean-Marc/FP5BZ and the cook, SWL Claude. They will go first to
Miquelon village by Land Rover, then they will use two little
boats to go and land on the Ile aux Chevaux. Jean-Christophe,
FP5AC, states a lot of thanks go out to Monsieur Joseph LUCAS,
the owner of the island who gave them the kind permission for
landing and staying there. The ARC's callsign, FP5KE, will be
used on all bands from 160 to 10 meters and they also plan to be
active on 50 Mhz. A special QSL card will be issued, so listen
carefully to the operator's instructions to get one.
GOLDEN JUBILEE. The complete press release by
Don, G3XTT, GB50 Publicity Officer, will be sent to all OPDX
InterNet Subscribers as an additional bulletin. GB50 activity
will take place from a marquee on the North Terrace of Windsor
Castle from 0900z on May 29th until 2100z on June 9th, with
operation daily from 0700-2200z on all bands 80 through 6 meters.
Visit the following Web site for all the latest news on the
arrangements for the Golden Jubilee amateur radio event at: http://www.gb50.com.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-099. Members of the radio club Stip
(Z37M/Z30M), Macedonia, and the members of the radio club
from Istanbul, Turkey, TA1KA, will be active from the
Island of Bozcaada between May 20-28th. Acitivities will
be on all bands (160-10 meters) including 6m, 2m and
70cm, CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and SSTV. There will also be
participation in the CQWW WPX Contest. Members of the
radio club Stip are: Z31MM/Momo, Z31GX/Chris,
Z31RM/Todor, Z32PT/Tone, Z33F/Zoki, Z36W/Venco and
YU7AV/Voja from Yugoslavia as a honorary member of the
club. Members of the TA1KA radio club are: TA1E/Aziz and
TA2DS/Selim. Callsigns will be TA0/homecall, and they
will also use the special callsign YM0KA. QSLs for YM0KA
are via TA1KA and for the others via home callsigns. More
information about the expedition are available at: http://www.qsl.net/z30m/Bozcaada.html.
AS-118. A group from the Kuwait Amateur
Radio Society will operate from Failaka Island with the
callsign 9K2F. If everything goes as planned, they should
be active May 22-31sst. QSL via 9K2RA; bureau is OK.
EU-125. A group of German Scouts will be
active from a camp site in Kongsmark on the Danish
northsea island Roemoe (Locator JO45GC). The Scout Club
station, OZ1RDP, will be on the air from May 18-21st.
Their activity will be on 80-2 meters CW/SSB. Operators
will be DL9BCP, DL4KBS, DM1CG, DL9BQ, DG2BCI and DG2BCJ.
NA-091. Frank, VE7DP, informs OPDX that
the planned operation from NA-091 on May 11-12th was
postponed until May 18-19th. The operation was going to
take place from Rebecca Spit Provincial Park on Quadra
Island. Due to unusually cold weather, the park remains
closed until May 15th. No other suitable operating
location could be found on short notice.
NA-148. Tony/WF1N and Lou/W1DIG will be
on Thacher Island July 26-28th. Operations will start
around 1500z Friday and end about 1800z Sunday. Their
activity before and during the IOTA Contest will be with
a tribander, dipoles and an amp for 40/80. Operations
will take place on/near the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL
to their home calls direct (sae and postage, pse) 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.
Thacher also counts for Lighthouse Awards: WLH, LH-0924
and ARLH, USA-105.
K1B QRT. The K1B DXpedition to Baker Island
finished its operation on May 7th, at 1800z. Last official report
says about 86000 QSOs were made. Logs are still not completely
uploaded on the K1B Web site.
LIGHTHOUSE NEWS AND ACTIVITY...
Jim Weidner, K2JXW, Founder and
President of the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society,
reports in a press release: "The Amateur Radio
Lighthouse Society (ARLHS), as part of National
Lighthouse Week, is sponsoring its annual August
lighthouse event, August 3rd and 4th, 2002. Formerly
known as the National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend, or
NLLW, the event's name has been changed to better reflect
the participating lights. With a growing membership in
our society from Canada and South America, the event will
now be known as the PanAmerican Lighthouse-Lightship
Weekend (PAL-LW). Details on this increasingly popular
ARLHS operating event, as well as guidelines for
operating in the ILLW (International LL Weekend), August
17th-18th, will follow soon from Dave, NF0J, the ARLHS
Contest Chairman."
Good news for Lighthouses hunters. A
lighthouse was spotted in the picture on the K1B Web
page, and it will be added to the list of ARLHS
Lighthouses. Here is the quote from Ted, W8TTS: "In
doing some research, I've noted that there was a
lighthouse on Baker Island. And, as the Lighthouse List
Keeper for the Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS),
I was wondering, if the QSL cards haven't been printed
yet, if the ARLHS number could be included. It is: ARLHS
BAK-001 Baker Island Lighthouse"
During the month of May, look for
W1KSI/p to be active from the following Hudson River, NY,
lighthouses: Esopus Meadows (USA 276), Roundout Creek II
(USA 702) and Tarrytown (USA 836). QSL via W1KSI, CBA.
NET ACTIVITY. Donald, KB6QLC, suggests to
check out the Ten-Ten nets on 28800 kHz, as well as 28380 kHz
which is active everyday (except Sunday) at 1800z.
OC, PERU. To commemorate/celebrate the
foundation of the International Telecomunication Union on May
17th (World Telecommunications Day), all OA stations may use the
special prefix "OC" between May 13-19th, on all
authorized bands and modes. Look for station OC4O. The official
station of the Radio Club Peruano will be on the air during that
week, on all bands, SSB and also CW. Also, the Radio Club
Peruano, under the auspices of the Ministry of Transport,
Communications, Housing and Construction (MTCVC) of Peru, has
created a "World Telecommunicacions Day - International
Contest". Please, check out the following Web site for
details at: http://www.qsl.net/oa4o/oadx.htm.
OJ0, MARKET REEF. Look for Seppo, OH1VR, to
be active as OJ0VR from June 7-11th and July 8-11th. Activity
will be on 160-6m CW/SSB. He will use a A4S and a 5 element on
6m. QSL via OH1VR CBA.
OJ0, MARKET REEF. The group of SM5AJV,
SM0GNS, SM5HJZ and SM0HPL will be active from Market Reef
(EU-053) from June 13-16th. They will travel by boat, and the
unpredictable sea surrounding Market Reef may cause landing
problems. Any changes in plans will be announced on the Web page:
http://www.mistra.se/oj0.
Operation plans are CW and SSB on 160-6 meters. They will try to
be on the air with at least two station 24 hours a day. Other
modes might be possible (RTTY, PSK31 etc.). QSL Manager is
SM5HJZ. QSL via the bureau is prefered. If possible use the
QSL-request form on the home page in order to speed up the
QSL-handling. Your QSL-card is not necessary. For direct cards,
send to: Jonas Ytterman, Lilla Breden, SE-740 10 Almunge, SWEDEN
(1 USD or 1 IRC and self-addressed envelope is required).
OY, FAROE ISLANDS. Tom/DL2RTK and Ric/DL2VFR
will be active as OY/homecall, May 20-22th, from Streymoy Island
(EU-018). This will also count for Strymoy Island Lighthouse
(ARLHS FAR-034). QSL via home calls.
P4, ARUBA. Mike/N3MT and Dick/W3RM will be
active from Aruba, May 29th through June 19th, as P40MT and
P40RM. Operation will be on 160 through 6 meters, mainly CW, some
SSB. QSL via their U.S. calls, CBA.
P5, NORTH KOREA. Ed, P5/4L4FN, is back in
Pyongyang after a little holiday in differnet parts of Asia. He
is now using an Ameritron AL80A amplifier that was donated to him
by Martti Laine, OH2BH, Bernie McClenny, W3UR and Al Baker, W5IZ,
which he picked up on his stop over in Beijing. Also, this past
week was a "BIG JOY" for many DXers who received their
P5 QSL in the mail. (ed. It was worth the wait! TNX you Bruce)
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
"YEA, what is the QSL status of S9LA?",
asks one of our readers. Well, we do not know. Does
anyone out there know or could anyone provide an update
for our OPDX readers?
Last week we sent out a request about
the QSL status of the KC4USV and KC4AAA QSL. Several
readers have informed OPDX that they have received their
QSLs about month ago (some say a week turn around). Russ,
W7LWI, informed OPDX that he E-mailed the QSL Manager
(Larry, K1IED) and asked if all cards would be sent out
before the new postage rates went into effect (June). He
replied that he felt all would be sent before that time.
Also, Harry, W6DXO, has been in touch with K1IED. He was
told by Larry that he has just finished a large batch for
KC4AAA QSLs and should be caught up in a couple of weeks.
Also, the KC4USV logs just came in, and he believes most
of the backlog should be done by the end of the month.
Bob, WB2YQH, informs OPDX why 5X1GS QSLs
have not been available for the past 3 months. Here is
the story on the missing in action 5X1GS: Graham has
spent most of his time since Christmas up on the border
with Sudan rather than Kampala. He got home to find his
E-mail connection was not working as someone had stolen
the entire length of telephone line on his street! He
says he should be spending most of his time in Kampala
now and will be active on 17 meters over the weekends.
Bob states that he has the log file for the current
period up through April. The UK department that Graham
works for set up a satellite link to their server in
Scotland just to get it back up. The local telecom boys
are getting/provding a new telephone line. Bob states
everything should be back to the 24 hour turnaround on
QSLs. Please QSL with a SASE or SAE/IRC via WB2YQH.
D68C QSLING STATUS. Phil, G3SWH, has now
confirmed over 56,000 QSOs and is completely up-to-date
with all incoming direct and E-mail requests. New
requests continue to be received with each mail delivery!
Under normal circumstances, Phil is able to respond to
incoming requests within about 48 hours. Attention is now
turning to bureau cards, and Phil has already received
several large boxes of cards via the bureau system.
Replying to these will take some time, so do be patient.
As a reminder, the D68C cards are four sided, printed in
full color and weigh about 10 grams. Each card carries
the information for 3 QSOs, so if you made lots of QSOs,
a direct request should be accompanied by adequate reply
paid postage and a strong SAE. In any case, outside
Europe, one IRC covers just 10 grams of weight, and as
even one card and envelope are likely to exceed this
weight, one IRC is generally not enough for postage for
non-European stations. If insufficient postage is
received, then cards may be returned via surface mail or
via the bureau, although they are able from time to time
to get cards mailed in the U.S., which helps to overcome
weight limits for US applicants. Phil says that there is
some evidence that a small number of incoming and
outgoing cards have been lost by the postal authorities.
If you mailed your card on or after 1st March 2002 and
have not yet received a reply, he suggests that you apply
again. For the latest information about the QSLing
process you may want to refer to the expedition web site
at: http://www.dxbands.com/comoros/.
E4/OE1GZA QSL STATUS. Guenter, OE1GZA,
informs OPDX that the recent adverse Middle East
situation has caused havoc for direct QSLing via P.O.Box
1133, Ramallah. All direct QSLs, which arrived there
between December 2001 and April 2002, have just now been
retrieved and have been replied to. So anyone who sent a
card to there during this period who has not received a
response by early June 2002, must unfortunately consider
his inbound mail lost. Please resend direct to OE1GZA in
Austria, address in QRZ.com - which incidently is the new
QSL-info (do not use the above P.O.Box any longer!!). The
E4/OE1GZA log is available on QSL.net: http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html.
Details about the E4-DXpedition(s) can be found on: http://www.geocities.com/dh2gz/arse4.html.
Please be advised that the callsign
EO57JM is used by the Crimea Contest Club, and that QSL
is via KG6AR at CBA.
QSLs for VP6AJ, VP6VT and VP6TK should
be sent to K9AJ at his CBA.
T30, WESTERN KIRIBATI. Eric, T30ES (N1JSY),
on the island of Butaritari in Western Kiribati, will be off the
air the until approximately May 16th to attend Peace Corps
meetings in Tarawa. His exact return date is dependent upon local
transportation. For the latest information and his operation
schedule, check the Web page at: http://people.mags.net/boem/kiribati1.htm.
TN, CONGO (CONGO DXPEDITION 2002 READY TO START!!).
Josep, EA3BT, informs OPDX that he and Nuria, EA3WL, are ready to
start their DXpedition. They will be leaving for Brazzaville, May
16th, and hope to be on air as soon as they get everything setup.
Their callsigns will be TN3B and TN3W (to be issued upon
arrival). They are going to put 2 simultaneous stations on air.
The bands will be from 80-6 meters, SSB, RTTY and some CW. You
can find all the information about this operation at: http://www.ea3bt.com.
They are happy to announce that their pilot stations are:
They expect to be able to have their logs online and update
them daily. You can check it at the Web page. They have also put
the propagation tables on their Web page from all the different
zones of the world towards TN.
TY, Benin. After their trip in North Benin in
2001, operators F5MOO/TY7Z, F5CWU/TY9F, F5AOV/TY4DX and
F1PJB/TY6FB are planning another DXpedition to the South part of
Benin (Grand-Popo, near the Togo boarder) which will take place
July 15th through August 14th. More details to follow later.
UE9, ASIATIC RUSSIA. Look for special event
callsigns to be used by a Siberian radio amateurs correspondence
club called "Radio-Prim" (RPC). They will be activating
the special events callsigns UE9OWQ and UE9ORQ now through 0000z
May 20th, to commemorate the 9th Anniversary of the formation of
the RPC on 15th on May, 1993. They expect to have 65 members of
the RPC active on the bands. A special award is available called,
"Radio-Prim.Novosibirsk" ("R-P.N"), during
this time of activity. For more information on the contest, check
the Web page: http://www.nsk.su/~rpc.
QSL via the bureau or direct to UA9ORQ: P.O. Box 868,
NOVOSIBIRSK, 630089, RUSSIA.
VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Bert, PA3GIO, informs
OPDX that he will be VK9XV on Christmas Island (OC-002), May
18-25th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10
meters with 100w and a doublet with open feeder line, or
Outbacker Perth mobile Antenna. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to
PA3GIO. His Web pages are as follows:
VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND. Bert, PA3GIO, informs
OPDX that he will be VK9LO on Lord Howe (OC-004), May 28 through
June 7th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10
meters with 100w and a doublet with open feeder line, or
Outbacker Perth mobile Antenna. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to
PA3GIO. His Web pages are as follows:
VP2, MONTSERRAT. Geno/WA3IOU and his wife
(Mar)lene/N3LGY, will be on here as VP2MEB and VP2MAB, from
October 14-25th. They will be staying with Keith, VP2MEG. QSL to
home callsign.
XE1CI UPDATE. Lenny, K5OVC, reports that
Nellie is seeing a therapist daily at her house. The therapist
has Nellie walking. She took 8 steps. The therapist has started
Nellie on her recovery program. As soon as she is able, she wants
to get on the radio and her computer; the doctor has OKed it.
Nellie wants to thank all her amateur radio friends for their
love and support, and thoughts and prayers.
YA, AFGHANISTAN. YA5T should be active again
this week both by Peter/ON6TT and Mark/ON4WW. Mark will be there
for the next two months, Peter will only be there for a few days
and Robert, S53R, will be there within a fews weeks. He is
currently in Palestine.
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TNX de Tedd KB8NW
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