The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 581 BID: $OPDX.581 October 7, 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, NC1L, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily
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OZ6OM/OZ7M & OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin, PS7AB, S50U, VA3RJ &
ICPO, XE1KK, XE1YJS and Z36W for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 29/September, through
Sunday, 6/October there were 226 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G,
9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9,
AP, BV, BY, C3, C9, 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, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM,
GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM, HP,
HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4,
KH0, KH2, KH6, 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, PZ,
S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG,
TI, TI9, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2,
V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9L, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h,
VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS,
YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, 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).
4D0/DZ1/DX0, PHILIPPINES (Attention Prefix and IOTA
Hunters). Just a reminder that the Philippine Amateur
Radio League, Inc. (PARL) and other members of Radio Society of
Great Britain (RSGB) are planning to activate Talicud Island
(OC-235) this week through October 10th using the callsign 4D0MS.
Also to be activated is Cuyo Island (OC-120) from October 11-16th
using the callsign DZ1MS and ending with activity from Lubang
Island (OC-126), October 17-20th using the callsign DX0L. QSL via
DU1MS.
4X, ISRAEL. Andy, NP3D/W2, will be active as
NP3D/4X in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th). Look for
NP3D/4X to be active on on all HF bands on CW/SSB/RTTY between
October 20-28th. QSL via W3HNK.
9V, SINGAPORE. Sasi, informs OPDX that he is
now active as 9V1SM. His activity will be on 80-6 meters with
most of his operations on 20, 17 and 15 meters. Currently the
operations are limited to SSB but will operate PSK 31, hopefully,
in a month's time. QSL via W3HNK.
CARIBBEAN DXPEDITIONS. The Low-Land
DXpedition Team will once again be active. This year it will be
from the Caribbean starting from J7 (Dominica, NA-101) and VP2M
(Montserrat, NA-103) between October 14th and November 1st. The
J7 team will be Bouke/PA0ZH, Ronald/PA3EWP, Enno/PA5EA and
Rob/PA5ET. The J7 Team will move onto Montserrat (VP2M) on
October 21st. Operators Henk/PA3GCV and Martin/PA4WM will join
the team on October 23rd. The team plans to do a serious effort
in the CQWW SSB Contest as a Multi-Single entry. Their Montserrat
activity will end on November 1st. All callsigns are currently
unknown and will be received upon their arrival. QSL via PA5ET.
For more details, check the Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/.
CT2 PREFIX (Important Fact). Sergio, CT2HMN,
reports that some hams still think the prefix CT2 is assigned to
Azores Island according to their logbook programs and/or prefix
list. In fact, CT2 *was* assigned to Azores Island in the past,
but not anymore. So, the main prefixes for Portugal are CQ, CR,
CS and CT (including CT2). The only prefix assigned to the Azores
Islands is CU.
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC
Manager, reports the following:
They continue to log DXCC applications that were
postmarked on or before September 30, 2002. The backup is
heavy, so it may take some time to log all of the
September mail into the system. Keep checking the DXCC
Web site "List of DXCC Applications Received,"
at: http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc. If
your application does not appear on this page by October
20th, you can check with xcc@arrl.org
to determine the status of your application.
The following operations are approved for DXCC credit:
K1B -- Baker & Howland Island from April 20th to May
21st (2002); ST0F -- Sudan from February 19th to December
31st (2002).
FRENCH CASTLE ACTIVITY. Look for members from
the town of Beziers-Herault Radio Club to be active about 0830z
on October 12th, as F6KEH/p for the French Forts and Castles
Award (DFCF) program. The operation will be from the Castle of
Montpezat (DFCF reference 34012, WAZ 14, ITU 27), located in the
Provivnce of Languedoc Roussillon (Dept 34). Look for them on
14120 Hz +/- QRM, SSB. QSL via F6KEH, direct or bureau.
GB2, ISLE OF MAN (LH and GS Op). Just a
reminder that operators Bill/G3WNI, Tom/G0PSE and Richard/M5RIC
are expected to sign GB2IOM from here now through October 11th.
Operations will be from the Point of Ayre Lighthouse (IOM-013)
which is in the rare WAB square NX40. Activity will be on 160-10
meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via the Bureau or direct to
G0PSE. E-mail requests for bureau cards go to: g0pse@qsl.net.
GM, SCOTLAND. Jim, GM4CHX, will be active as
GM4CHX/p on October 8th, from the Scottish Island of Ornsay (IOSA
reference NH40, SCOTIA reference CN15). He is expected to start
on 40 meters, then move to 20 meters afterwards.
GU, GUERNSEY. Just a reminder to look for
Gerhard/DL3NBL and Rainer/DL2MDZ to be active from here late in
the week (October 11-27th). Please refer to OPDX.576. Their
activity will be on 160-110 meters on CW/SSB/RTTY.
HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Ramon, XE1KK, will be
active from the Galapagos Islands as HC8/XE1KK on HF, 6 meters
and UO-14 from October 20-30th. QSL via homecall bureau or
direct.
HH & HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI.
Koh, JA7KAC, will be active from the Dominican Republic (HI),
October 18-22nd, as either K2AC/HI8 or JA7KAC/HI8. He will also
be active from Haiti (HH), October 23-30th, as K2AC/HH2. Koh will
also be active in the CQWW DX SSB Contest from Haiti as K2AC/HH2
as a Single Op/All Band entry. Activity from both places will be
on 80-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL all three activitie via his home
callsign JA7KAC.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-017. Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active
as JI3DST/6 from Okinawa Island (Okinawa-ken, not fix QTH
[JCC or JCG]) from 0600z, November 18th through 0000z,
November 21st. His activity will be on 40/17/15/12/10/6
meters SSB. QSL via JI3DST; address is on QRZ.com or via
the Bureau (Bureau is Best).
AS-049. Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active
as JI3DST/6 from Tokara Island (Kuchino-shima
Toshima-mura Kagoshima-gun Kagoshima-ken Japan) from
0600z, November 9th through 0000z, November 17th. His
activity will be on 40/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB. QSL via
JI3DST; address is on QRZ.com or via the Bureau (Bureau
is Best).
AS-079. Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active
as JI3DST/6 from Miyako Island (Miyako-jima Hirara-City
Okinawa-ken Japan) from 0600z, November 21st through
0000z, December 6th. Also, from 0600z, December 29th
through 0000z, January 5th. His activity will be on
40/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB. QSL via JI3DST; address is
on QRZ.com or via the Bureau (Bureau is Best).
AS-100. Yuki/4X6HP and Ros/4Z5LA were
active this past Sunday as 4X6HP/p and 4Z5LA/p from
Akhziv Island. Activity was only expected to be between
0330-1430z. QSL via their CBA.
AS-147. Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active
as JI3DST/8 from Okushiri Island (Okushiritou
Okushiri-cho Okushiri-gun Hokkaido) from 0600z, October
24th through 0000z, October 27th. His activity will be on
40/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB. QSL via JI3DST; address is
on QRZ.com or via the Bureau (Bureau is Best).
NA-040. Look for Randy, AL7PJ, to be
active as KL1SLE from St. Lawrence Island (USI AK-015S,
2nd Northwestern county, Alaska) between October 14-18th,
weather permitting. This will actually be a business
trip, so he will operate when time permits. Suggested
frequencies are: 14260, 21360 and 28460 kHz (+/- QRM).
QSL via AC7DX.
OC-046. Anci, JA2ZL, will be active as
FO/JA2ZL from Morea Island from October 30th through
November 2nd. He hopes to operate on 40-10 meters, mainly
SSB but some CW and RTTY using only a 100 watts +
vertical. QSL via his homecall: Anci Yamada, 17-8-2
Takirocho, Tajimi, 507-0813 JAPAN.
J28, DJIBOUTI. Vincent, F8UNF, is now active
as J28UN until June 1, 2003. He will be active on 160-10 meters
CW/SSB, however, his favorite band is 10 meter SSB. Watch
28400-28500 kHz between 1730 and 1930z. QSL direct via F8UNF at:
Vincent Charles, BP 12, 54760 Leyr, France.
KH8, AMERICAN SAMOA. Dave, AH6HY, one of the
team members of the upcoming Double IOTA DXpedition to American
Samoa (K8T and K8O), informs OPDX that he will be arriving in
Pago Pago a few days before the DXpedition team for some scuba
diving and may squeeze in some brief low power activity during
and after the CQWW contest as AH6HY/AH8 to hand out multipliers.
QSL via home callsign direct or via the bureau. UPDATE TO IOTA
DXPEDITION: The operators of the Double IOTA DXpedition to
Tutuila Island (callsign K8T, IOTA OC-045, October 29th-November
8th) and Ofu Island (callsign K8O, IOTA OC-077, October
30th-November 6th) are: Glyn Jones, GW0ANA, Team Leader; Doug
Roberts, G0WMW; Dr. Markus Dornach, DL9RCF; Roger Mulzer, DL5RBW;
David Flack, AH6HY; and Thomas Steinmann, DJ6OI. Their pilot
stations will be Larry/AH8LG, and Fumio/JE4CIL. See the Web page
for more details at: http://www.ukdxers.co.uk.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. Operators LU1AEE, LU2WD,
LU5WF, LU5WR, LU6WBH, LU7DW, LU8WFY and LW8EXF are planning to be
active as L65W from the Lighthouse (ARG-071) on the Lyons Island
(IOTA SA-065), October 11-13th (depending on the weather
conditions because it is not easy to disembark on the island.
Activity will be on 20-6 meters. QSL via Claudio, LU7DW.
MU0, GUERNSEY. Operators G0WAT, G3BJ, G3XTT,
G4JKS, G4JVG, G4VXE, GU0SUP and GU4YOX will be active in the CQWW
Phone Contest in the newly created Multi-Two category. They will
use the Chiltern DX Club contest callsign, MU0C, and operate as
guests of the Guernsey Amateur Radio Society from its HQ station.
QSL via G3XTT.
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS. At a recent Chiltern
DX Club (CDXC) meeting, The UK DX Foundation, the following were
elected to serve on the 2002/2003 Committee:
President: Neville Cheadle, G3NUG
Committee Members:
Chairman: John Butcher, G3LAS
Jim Kellaway, G3RTE
Secretary: Shaun Jarvis, M0BJL
Mike Devereux, G3SED
Treasurer: Nigel Peacock, G4KIU
Paul Brice-Stevens, G0WAT
Digest Editor: Don Field, G3XTT
Mark Haynes, M0DXR
Although the CDXC is targeted primarily at HF operators in the
UK with an interest in competitive amateur radio (DXing and
contesting), CDXC has a worldwide membership and is a significant
contributor to major DXpeditions, as well as producing a
bi-monthly newsletter (typically 60 pages) with high-quality
articles including equipment reviews, DXpedition stories, regular
contests, SWL and IOTA columns. For further details, please
contact the Secretary Shaun, M0BJL, secretary@cdxc.org.uk or
check the CDXC Web page at: http://www.cdxc.org.uk.
P4, ARUBA. Robert, W5AJ, is expected to be
active as P40P in the CQWW DX SSB Contest as a Single Op/All Band
entry. The operation will operate with a kite supported 80 meter
antenna. QSL via WJ5DX.
P5, NORTH KOREA. Bruce, KK5DO, reports that
Ed, P5/4L4FN, has postponed Kids Day with North Korea (see
OPDX.580) due to poor propagation on 10 meters. This activity
will be rescheduled towards the end of October or the beginning
of November. Ed will be out of the country from October 8-15th.
PACIFIC IOTA DXPEDITIONS. Michael, HB9DKX,
informs OPDX that he will be active from a few IOTA islands in
the Pacific during October and November. His planned
activity/schedule is as follows:
October 24-26th -- Tongagatapu (OC-049), Tonga (A3)
October 25th-November 1st -- Niue (OC-040, ZK2) (Datums Grenze!!)
November 2-7th -- Ha`apai (OC-169), Tonga (A3)
November 7-11th -- Vavau (OC-064), Tonga (A3)
Activity will be on the following suggested frequencies/modes:
CW - 7015, 14015, 21015 and 28015 kHz
SSB - 3580, 7080, 14280, 21280 and 28480 kHz
Michael states callsigns will be issued upon his arrival.
Also, he will work split and try to make a lot of European Hams
during his stay. QSL via HB9DKX via the bureau. INTERESTING NOTE:
Please notice the dates overlap. Reason: Niue is behind the date
line, so Tonga is in the new day and Niue is in the day before!
For more details on his Pacific trip, look at the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/hb9eaa/dxped02/index.html.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
QSL 8N1OGA via JA1MRM: Saburo Asano,
3-26-8 Toyotamakita, Nerima, Tokyo, 176-0012 Japan.
EW900B INFO. Larry, EW2EO, informs OPDX
that anybody can check to see if your QSL cards have
already been confirmed and received for the EW900B
operation (from May 1st-Aug 1st, 2002) on the EW2WW Web
page at: http://www.qsl.net/ew2ww.
Randy, W5UE, reports: "Since
contest season is underway, I would like to remind
everyone that the new QSL Manager for HC8N is W5UE. AA5BT
no longer handles HC8N cards. I maintain a Web page that
DXers can check the status of their QSL request at: http://www.datasync.com/~w5ue/qsl-w5ue.html.
QSL direct with SASE to Randy Becnel, P.O. Box 170, Kiln,
MS 39556-0170 or via bureau."
Alfredo, LU7JA, reports that Patrick,
WD9EWK, is now his QSL Manager. Please send QSL cards for
LU7JA via WD9EWK (direct or throught the QSL bureau).
More information is available at his web page: http://www.qsl.net/wd9ewk/qsl-mgr.html.
Dan, S50U, informs OPDX that he has just
completed a log search for Charles, S9SS, on the Web. He
also has inclued QSL information for Charles' previous
A22AA, S92SS, SV0LM and A25/KY4P operations as well. The
log, along with nice S9SS photos and station information
can be found at: http://lea.hamradio.si/~s50u.
SV5/G4OBK WRAP-UP. Phil, G4OBK, states
that his SV5/G4OBK holiday DXpedition to Tingaki Kos went
QRT on October 1st, and he is now back home. He provided
a quick resume of his operation: "Total of 1840 QSOs
made. I did better on RTTY than I thought I would and
ended with 798 QSOs. Out of those QSOs I spent 18 hours
in CQWW/RJ RTTY Contest and made 633 QSOs. I also made
1015 QSOs in CW, 20 on SSB and 7 on PSK31." QSLs are
available now direct to Phil Catterall, Wayside, Lendales
Lane, Pickering YO18 8EE England or via the QSL Bureau.
Venco, Z36W (ex-Z31JA, Z32JA and 4N5JA),
informs OPDX that the Radio Club in Stip, Z37GBC (better
known as Z30M), since May has changed their callsign to
Z37M. Their first activity with the new callsign was from
Turkey as TA0/Z37M. The last acitivty was in CQWW RJ RTTY
Contest, as a Multi Single station. QSL for Z37M (and for
the Z37GBC and Z30M callsigns) go via: Radio Club
"Nikola Tesla", P.O. Box 71, 2000 Stip,
Macedonia. ADDED NOTE: For a few years the QSL Manager
for this station and for other stations (club members)
was Mike, NN6C. But since he had heart attack, he is not
able to manage them anymore, so do not send cards anymore
to him. Those other stations are Z33F and Z36W, and the
address for both stations are OK at QRZ.com.
SO2, POLAND. Operators Kazimierz/SP2FAX,
Roman/US5WDX, Przemyslaw/SP7VC, Adam/DJ0IF, Leszek/SP2WKB and
Waldemar/SM0TQX will be active as SO2R in the CQWW DX SSB Contest
(October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via SP2PI, Bureau
is OK.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for 6F1LM to be active on
all weekends until the end of 2002. This is the official station
of the Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores (FMRE), A.C.
operating on digital modes (RTTY, PSK31, MFSK, SSTV and HELL).
The special callsign 6F1LM is to celebrate the 70th anniversary
of the FMRE, A.C. Their Web page is at: http://www.fmre.org.mx.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special
event/callsign CW60F to be active now through October 20th, to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Scout Group, "Jose
Gervacio Artigas", from the City of Juan Lacaze. Activity
will end with and entry in the "Jamboree on the Air".
QSL only direct with two green stamps or 1 IRC coupon (new ones)
to CX3FH.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for station TM2E to once
again be on the air from October 14-17th to commemorate the new
currency in Europe. Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW/SSB. A
TM2E QSO can be used as a wild card for the "Euro
Award". For more information, check the Web page at: http://www.euro-award.fr.st.
QSL via F8BPN, bureau or direct.
T8, PALAU. Nob, JH1EAQ, will be active during
the CQWW SSB Contest as T88EA as a Single Op/All Band/High Power
entry. QSL via JH1EAQ, Bureau or direct to: Nob Watanabe, 6-11-2
Azuma-chou, Iruma-City SAITAMA, JAPAN 358-0002. He will be using
PPR's shack. Check the Web site at: http://www.api-japan.com/palau/radio/english/radio1-e.htm.
VP2M, MONTSERRAT. Operators Dick/K5AND,
Llewellyn/W5OZI and John/W5LXG will be active from October 31st
through November 8th. Their main focus will be on 6 meters, but
there will be activity on other bands. They will have an FT-897,
7 element 6 meter beam and 800 watts. It is supposed to be a
great location for EU, AF and US. Their CW beacon will be on
50155. If there is propagation, they will operate split listening
up 5, but they doubt that this will be necessary. The callsign to
be used will most likely be VP2MJD.
WEB PAGE OF INTEREST. Ronaldo's, PS7AB,
Webpage contains information about Amateur Radio in Brazil (QSLs,
DXpeditions, islands, special callsigns, QSL Managers,
awards...etc.). For further information, please visit at: http://www.ps7ab.com.br.
ZB2, GIBRALTAR. Wolfgang, DH3ZK, will be
active as ZB2/DH3ZK from October 7-21st. Activity will be on SSB,
PSK31 and RTTY. Bands of activity were not mentioned.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Members of the
Southwest Scania Radio Amateurs (SSRA) Bengt/SM7EQL and
Ronnie/SM7DKF are now active as ZK1EQL (CW only) and ZK1DKF (SSB
only) until October 14th. Activity this past week was from
Mangaia Island (OC-159). Their length of stay on this island is
not known. They are expected to also activate Rarotonga Island
(OC-013). ZK1EQL was quite active on 40 meters (7005 kHz) and
also 17 meters (18095 kHz) for a few hours over the past week.
ZK1DKF was heard mainly on 17, 15 and 10 meters (around 18144,
21260 and 28465 kHz). QSL ZK1DKF via SM7DKF: Ronnie Nilsson, V.
Haggviksvagen 12, SE-236 32 Hollviken, Sweden. QSL ZK1EQL via
SM7EQL: Bengt Falkenberg, Blomstervagen 6, SE-225 93 Lund,
Sweden.
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