The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 567 BID: $OPDX.567 June 24, 2002 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 16/June, through
Sunday, 23/June there were 218 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J,
9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV,
BY, C3, CE, CE0A, 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, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FR/t, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU,
GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS,
HZ, I, IS, J2, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, 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, PY0F, PZ, S2,
S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK,
TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE,
VK, VK9N, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VQ9, VR, VU, XE,
XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA,
ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
9A, CROATIA (23 Islands to be Activate!).
Croatian operator Oto, 9A4OP/p, plans to activate 23 Croatian
islands during a two weeks period. He will visit two-to-three
islands per day starting on July 24th. The list of islands are
available on the Web page at (see "next activities"): http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa.
All of the islands, except one (Zecevo island, CI-147, NO IOTA)
are in EU-170.
9A, MORE CROATIAN ISLANDS. Operators Frano
(9A5V/p), Matko (9A3VM/p), and Fredy (9A5KV/p) were expected to
activate four Croatian Islands on June 22-23rd: Tajan (CI-221,
EU-016), Crkvina (CI-163, EU-016), Kosmec (CI-180, EU-016) and
Olipa (CI-079, NO IOTA).
AP, PAKISTAN. Bruce, KK5DO, informs OPDX that
it has been almost 3 years since Asad, AP2AUM, was last active on
the satellites. So, he has now started operating HF and satellite
again. Currently, he is operating on FO-20 and FO-29. Bruce is
working on getting Asad some downlink equipment for AO-40 (2.4
GHz). Also, Bruce mentions that he is the QSL Manager for AP2AUM.
Pakistan is very rare on the satellites, and Asad is the only
satellite operator there. On HF, look for AP2AUM on 15 meters SSB
around 21250 kHz between 1330 and 1400z.
FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Paolo, IK2QPR, informs
OPDX that he will be active from the Island of Bora Bora (OC-067)
between August 10-14th as FO/IK2QPR. Activity will be on SSB/CW
on 80-10 meters. QSL via IK2QPR: Paolo Fava, via Bertani 8, 46100
Mantova, ITALY.
FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON (Also Zone 2).
After their St. Paul Island operations, Ed/W0SD and his wife
Edith/W0OE will continue on and operate from FP8, July 27-29th.
Activity will be on HF and 6 meters, same frequencies as the St.
Paul operation. They will use a 6 meter beam left by K1TOL. Later
in August, they will be active from CQ WW Zone 2 from Labrador
City, Labrador. QSL via W0SD: Ed Gray, 43804 257 St., Salem,
South Dakota 57058-5907 USA.
FR, REUNION ISLAND. Tommy, WE7K, informs OPDX
that Pat, FR5FD, who has been very active from Reunion Island,
will be returning to France on September 8th. Thus far, he has
sent out 103,000 QSL cards since September 1999. Pat was heard
this past week on 18070 kHz around 0330z.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-147. Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active
from Okushiri Island (Okushiri-cho Okushiri-gun
Hokkaidou) from July 26th through August 5th, as
JI3DST/8. Activity will be on 40/17/15/12/10/6 meters
SSB. QSL via the Bureau ONLY (Please don't send QSL by
Air mail.) He will be active in the IOTA Contest.
EU-009. Peter, GM3OFT, will be active
between June 24th and July 12th from some 15 Orkney
Islands. Here are the following WAB areas: HY00, HY10,
HY20, HY40, HY41, HY42, HY50, HY51, HY52, HY53, HY62,
HY63, HY64, HY73, HY74, HY75 ND09, ND29, ND39, ND48, ND49
and possibly ND59. He will use the usual IOTA
frequencies, and his callsign will be GM3OFT/P. On 40m,
he will use 7072 +/- QRM or 7060 kHz.
EU-077. Look for ED1URJ to be activate
by a Spanish-Portuguese team from Sisarga Grande Island
(weather permittung) during the IOTA Contest, July
27-28th. Activity will be only 100 watts on CW/SSB.
Operators are CT1CJJ, CT1EEB, CT1EEN, EA1CA, EA1DAV,
EA1TV, EA4ABE and EA4ST. QSL via EA4URJ, direct or
Bureau.
EU-088. Per, OZ1DGQ, is active from
Laeso Island (NK-003 for the Danish Islands Award) now
through at least August 20th. His QTH will be close to
the Harbour Lighthouse (DEN-029). His activity will
mainly be on after 1800z on 10-80 meters SSB (with some
CW, PSK31 and RTTY) and on 6 meters (50200 kHz +/-). QSL
direct only to OZ1DGQ.
NA-046. Brad, W1RQ, will be operating
from Martha's Vineyard Island now through July 12th.
Activity will be mostly on 40-10 meters SSB. Look for him
on or near the IOTA frequencies. This counts for
Massachusetts Dukes County. QSL via his home call.
OC-221. Operators Kadek/YC9BU,
Yoppie/YE8XM and Marthin/YB8VM have left Ambon and were
expected to activate Kai Kecil Island this past Sunday
for about 3-4 days (maybe more). After their operation at
Kai Kecil, they will be going in to Wamar Island (Aru
Islands) for about a 7 day operation. Look for them to
sign YE8XM/P,YB8VM/P and YC9BU/8.
JW, SVALBARD. Tom, LA4LN, informs OPDX that
he will again be operating as JW4LN from Spitsbergen (IOTA EU-26)
and Bear Island (IOTA EU-27), July 6-21st, while on work. The
Bear Island operation is planned to take place July 9-16th,
landing weather permitting! He will be on the radio mainly in the
evenings (local time) and when time permits. Check the lower CW
portions, especially the 40, 30, and 20 meter bands (or other
bands which may be open); and 6 meters (50150 kHz, +/- 15 kHz).
Equipment will be an ICOM IC-706 MkII and mainly wire antennas.
PSK-31 and RTTY are possible, but not from Bear Island. While on
Bear Island a 60 Ah battery and a gasoline generator will be used
for power. Please QSL direct to Tom's home address: Tom V.
Segalstad, P.O. Box 15 Kjelsaas, N-0411 OSLO, NORWAY.
LA, NORWAY (Rare 6m Grids). Tom, LA4LN,
informs OPDX that during the period of June 18th and July 3rd, he
will be active on 6 meters (50150, +/- 15 kHz) as LA4LN/m while
driving from the South to Northern Norway. He will activate a
number of rare QTH locator grid squares. On Tuesday, June 25th,
between 1700-2100z, he will operate as LA1V from the rare grid
square JP78 in the VHF Nordic Activity Contest using 2 stacked 5
element Yagi antennas. Check 50.165 MHz. QSL LA1V via LA4LN.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY AND NEWS...
A group of operators will be active in
the IOTA Contest from Korcula Island (EU-016) as 9A8RR.
After the IOTA contest, July 30-31st, they will be active
from Glavat Island Lighthouse (WLH-0170) with two
transceivers on 40-10 meters as 9A8RR/p.
LLDXT WILL BE ACTIVE AGAIN! The Low-Land
DXpedition Team (LLDXT) will organize their next DXpedition from
October 12th through November 1st, to Dominica/J7 (NA-101) and
Montserrat/VP2M (NA-103). The team will consist of Bouke/PA0ZH,
Ronald/PA3EWP, Enno/PA5EA and Rob/PA5ET, who will start their
activity on Dominica on Monday, October 14th. Subsequently, the
team will travel to Montserrat on Monday, October 21st.
Henk/PA3GCV and Martin/PA4WM will join the team on October 23rd.
The Montserrat activity will include a serious Multi/Single entry
in the CQWW SSB Contest. The operation will last until November
1st. Callsigns will probably not be known before arrival. Their
aim is to obtain a special 160m callsign and a special contest
callsign. More information will be given in due time. They are
currently mounting a web site, which will be updated in the
coming period. Stay tuned and please check the following web
site: http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/.
As in previous years, the QSL manager is Rob Snieder, PA5ET, Van
Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The Netherlands.
NP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Bruce/W4OV,
Julio/WD4JR, John/NP2B and Joe/VE3BW will be operating from St.
Croix in the CQWW SSB Contest, October 26-28th as NP2B. They will
be arriving on October 22nd, and plan to operate the WARC bands
and especially 6 meters prior to the contest using their own
callsigns portable NP2. They will have a 4 element quad on 6
meters for pre-contest QSOs.
OJ0, MARKET REEF. Before operating in the
WRTC2002 in Helsinki, Roland/K9LA and Vicky/AE9YL will be active
from here July 8-11th, using the callsign OJ0/AE9YL. Reference
numbers are ARLHS MAR001 and IOTA EU053. They will be active on
all bands on or near the ARLHS frequencies (1970, 3970, 7270,
14270, 21370 and 28370 kHz). QSL to home call.
P5, NORTH KOREA. Bruce, KK5DO, informs OPDX
that Ed, P5/4L4FN, will be out of the country from June 24th
through July 1st. He will be in Beijing, China, picking up
supplies including a Hex Beam for 10 and 15 meters, satellite
antenna and down converter as well as additions to his Butternut
for 6/12/17 meters. Also sent was a rotor for the Hex Beam.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
6Y2A QSL STATUS. OPDX was informed that
there was an unexpected demand for 6Y2A QSLs, and the
printer won't finish the new order for 6 weeks. All 6Y2A
and Team Vertical QSL requests will be promptly returned
when the printing is done. QSL 6Y2A via WA4WTG.
Operators 9A5V/p, 9A5KV/p, and 9A3VM/p
were expected to activate, for the first time, Olipa
Lighthouse (LH-0517 for the World Lighthouse Award and
CLH-097 for the Croatian LH award) this past weekend. QSL
Manager is 9A5KV.
Members and friends of the HRO Employees
Amateur Radio Society (W6HRO) were expected to be active
in Field Day from the north coast of Puerto Rico as NP4A.
Operators that were expected to participate: NP4A, W1HIJ,
N6PEQ, K7JA, KL7MF and KF6SGV. QSL via W3HNK.
PIRATE. Sergey ("Jack"),
RA3SL, informs OPDX that the bureau for Kursk Oblast of
Russia has been recieving a lot of QSLs for A9/RK3WL.
RK3WL is unknown and a pirated callsign! Save your money
and time!
Denis O'Flynn, EI6HB, QSL Manager for
EI7M, EI7M/p and EJ7M has changed his E-mail address. His
new addresses are: ei6hb@eircom.net
-or- ei6hb@arrl.net.
Paolo, IK2QPR, continues to be QSL
Manager for the following active stations on the air:
UN2O, UN7FW, UN9PQ , UN7JX, UN7OD, UN7OP, UK8OM, UK8IZ ,
UK8GH, EX2U, EX5T, EX7MA, EX7NK, EX8NP, EX8QB, EX7MK,
UA0YAY, EU6MM, EW6GB ..... plus their respectibe special
prefixes or older callsigns. However, Paolo is no longer
the QSL Manager for the following:
EX8MLE - as of April 1, 2002.
For QSOs made after this date, QSL via direct to
Sergey in Kyrhyzstan using the address on www.qrz.com. EK3GM - as of May 20, 2002. He
can confirm all QSO made until this date. The new
manager for Boris is now DK6CW. EK8WB - as of May 1999. DO NOT
send for requests for QSOs made after this date.
QSL should be requested direct from: Vahan
Avetisian, PO Box 50, Gyumri, ARMENIA.
The special callsign IQ9YL was active
this past week to celebrate the "6th International
YL Meeting" to strengthen friendship among woman
operators throughout the world. QSL via IT9BLB directly
or via the bureau. The web page of meeting is: http://www.qsl.net/yl2002.
Jan, PA9JJ, reports that he just
received the QSL cards for his C56JJ operation. All
direct received cards were expected to be mailed out June
19th.
Rune, LA7THA, informs OPDX that QSL
cards for the S9LA Sao Tome DXpedition are nearly ready
from the printer. They will start to answer QSL around
the end of July, and then after, they will do the bureau
cards.
TN3B/TN3W QSL STATUS. Josep/EA3BT and
Nuria/EA3WL informed the DX community that the QSL card
is already at the printer and they have been told that it
will be in their hands by the end of month. So, if
everything goes OK, they will start to confirm QSLs by
the month of July. The QSL card is a full color, double
page, with plenty of pictures. Meanwhile, Josep and Nuria
are in the process of setting up their Web site to list
the QSLs/envelopes that were already received (this is to
let you know that your card got there). IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Some of you have sent envelopes with Spanish stamps on
it. Please notice that since the 1st of January 2002 the
coin used in Spain (and Europe) has changed. Now and
since the 1st March 2002, the only legal stamps are the
ones that have the value in Euros. So, all the QSL cards
received with stamps that only have the value in pesetas
(ptas) will not be confirmed direct. Please check the
stamps before sending them!!! Also, they are still
looking for some donations. The financial costs of their
operation was really high.
Nenad, VE3EXY, reports that all direct
QSL cards for his VE3EXY/2 operation from Zone 2 that
happened about a week and a half ago are in the mail. He
states he really did not have the idea that Zone 2 is so
needed, and not only on lower bands. He mentions,
"For those of you who sent VE3EXY/2 cards with K1B
cards, all cards are answered and placed in the K1B
SAE."
Cheryl Horner informed the DX community
that Bill Horner, VK4FW, had a mild heart attack June
18th. Doctors tell them that an infected lung triggered
it. Bill is expected to take a while to fully recover.
Please be patient if you are waiting for QSL cards or
other DX related things.
Alan, VK4AAR, announced that since he is
already the QSL Manager for VK8AN/6 (OC-154) and VK8AN/8
(OC-229), it has been agreed that he should also handle
QSLs for VK8AN operating from his home in Darwin,
Northern Territory. Starting from June 2002, Dan will be
operating QRP and would appreciate contacts for his
QRP-DXCC endeavours. QSL direct only via VK4AAR with SAE
and postage (minimum of 1 USD is OK). Address below is:
Alan Roocroft, PO Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia.
Kadek, YC9BU, informs OPDX that he has
the YE8V logs from Martin, YB8VM, but the cards were lost
in the ethnic war in Ambon. He states that this is no
problem. When he returns from Aru Island (see IOTA news
above), he will have new cards printed like the original
to help those who need YE8V (OC-157) Banda Island. He can
QSL QSOs only for November 1-5th, 1991, and November
15-17th, 1995.
V4, ST. KITTS. Joe, VE3BW, informs OPDX that
in November he will be returning here to operate the CQWW CW
Contest from a new contest site on St. Kitts as V47CA.
W1AW/5 TO BE ACTIVATED! Look for some 40
operators/members, mostly from the Central Texas DX and Contest
Club, to activate W1AW/5 from six contest stations during the
upcoming IARU HF World Championship on July 13-14th. W1AW/5 will
be operating on 160/80/40/20/15/10 meters CW/SSB during the
contest for the entire 24 hour period. QSL via W1AW. The complete
press release will be provided to all OPDX Subscribers as an
additional bulletin. A map of the station locations is online at:
http://www.ctdxcc.org/iaru2002.html.
WRTC2002'S NEWS (Att. Prefix Hunters), TEAM AND
REFEREE ROSTER CHANGES...
WORKED ALL WRTC2002 ("Worked All New OJ
prefixes"). The OJ1- OJ8 prefixes will be
activated for the 1st time! The WRTC2002 teams will be
using a special 2x1 type of callsigns with special
OJ1-OJ8 prefixes (e.g. OJ1A). The OJ1-OJ8 prefixes are
activated for the first time in history to honor WRTC2002
- the Olympics of Amateur Radio contesting in Finland.
Get your log in immediately after the contest and win
valuable "Early Bird" prizes - WRTC2002 special
incentive for 6-hour log-in! "Details/Press
Release" will be provided to all OPDX Subscribers as
an addtional bulletin.
TEAM ITALY: Maurizio Panicara, I4JMY,
will be replaced by I4UFH, so the new Team Italy is as
follows: Stefano Brioschi, IK2QEI, and Fabio Schettino,
I4UFH.
TEAM SLOVENIA: Robert Kasca, S53R, and
Robert Bajuk, S57AW, will be replaced by Vito Gregor,
S56M, and Ivo Jereb, S57AL.
REFEREE ROSTER: Edin Gadzo, T97M, will
be replaced by Boris Knezovic, T93Y.
XW, LAOS. Hiroo, XU2A, will once again be
active as XW0X from Vientiane, Laos. He will be there with his
sister for one week and then head to Thailand with her before
going alone back to Japan.
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