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DX Bulletin No. 594 BID: $OPDX.594 January 13, 2003 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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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 5/January, through
Sunday, 12/January there were 225 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S,
4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7,
A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, CE, 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, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, 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, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K,
KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA,
OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY,
PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T9, TA, TF,
TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3,
V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h,
VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL,
YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZK3, ZL, ZP,
ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3905 CENTURY CLUB NETS. Kevin Burkhart, WM0F,
PR Director for the "3905 Century Club", wants to
inform OPDX readers that the 3905 Century Club has been around
running "Worked All States and DX" type contact nets
for 25+ years. Nets are held daily on 40m, 80m, and 160m SSB,
along with a bunch of weekly CW, PSK, and RTTY nets. The complete
net schedule and other info can be found at the club Website at: http://www.3905ccn.com.
The Century Club just recently started a DX bureau operation for
all contacts made on Century Club nets. This DX bureau is free
and open to all amatuers stateside and DX who had contacts made
on the CC nets. The CC DX bureau will be especially convenient
for DX stations who may E-mail logs to the bureau manager. Their
bureau manager will handle all the QSL duties and will forward
all cards to the DX station, free of charge. The Century Club DX
bureau manager is Ron, N9KNJ. His address is good in all
callbooks and QRZ.com. More information on CC bureau operations
can also be found at the Website. The 3905 Century Club has
operated bureaus for contacts made on the CC nets for many years.
The turnaround in CC bureaus is a matter of weeks, so there will
not be the long delays typical of international QSL bureaus. DX
stations interested in earning the ARRL WAS or other Century Club
awards will find this service really useful for getting timely
service for their QSL cards.
3B8, MAURITIUS. A German team plans to head
south to get away from the cool weather and be active as
3B8/DK7AO from February 9-15th. The team consists of: Frank/DK7AO
and his XYL Katrin/DL1AXL, Guenter/DL2AWG and Peter/DL3APO (and
his XYL). Activity will be on 160-10 meter, but they will focus
on the low bands, the WARC bands and some RTTY. They will have 2
HF stations. QSL via DL3APO. For more details and the log, visit
the Web page at: http://www.radioklub.de/3b8.
3C5, EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Alan, G3XAQ, is now
active as 3C5XA from Malabo until January 21st. Activity will be
on 160-10 meters (mainly CW). Over the past weekend, he was heard
on 40m (after 2100z), 30m (around 2045z), 12m (after 0830z) and
10m (after 1400z), all CW. QSL via G3XAQ.
D8, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. Lee, DS4CNB,
currently signing as D88S from the South Korean Base "King
Se-Jong" on King George Island (AN-010), continues to be
active until November 30th. Most of his activity has been on CW
on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters. However, over the past weekend he
was heard on 17 meters SSB on 18155 kHz between 1000-1200z. QSL
via DS4CNB.
DXCC NEWS. From the ARRL Web Page: "DXCC
processing resumes after faulty server replaced (January 7, 2003)
-- After a two-week hiatus, DXCC application processing resumed
January 3rd. DXCC processing ground to a halt December 23rd after
a computer server that supported the DXCC software failed. ARRL
Membership Services Manager Wayne Mills, N7NG, said he's glad to
report that the DXCC system once again seems stable, and DXCC
applications from late September are being entered into the
system this week. The Information Services Department (ISD)
determined that the old DXCC server had reached the end of its
useful life. After replacing a power supply and attempting to
resuscitate the aging hardware, ISD shifted the application to
another available server. Mills said system downtime actually was
less than two weeks. 'With Christmas, New Year's Day and
associated vacations, we probably didn't lose a full two weeks,
but on the calendar, we lost two weeks,' he allowed. The even
better news is that the current DXCC system is slated for an
upgrade that will interface with both Logbook of the World--now
undergoing beta testing--and the ARRL Web site. Mills says this
will allow field checkers to take further advantage of electronic
data input and speed processing time by as much as 75
percent."
HH4, HAITI. Jan Heise, K4QD, the HH4 March
2003 DXpedition Team Leader, informs OPDX that members of the
Florida DXpedition Group (FDXPG) will be part of a thirty member
humanitarian mission team traveling to Haiti. They will operate
from the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission (NWHCM) March 10-21st.
Team members are Jan-HH4/K4QD, William-HH4/N2WB, Bill-HH4/W4WX
and Al-HH4/K3VN. The team will have three stations, and when not
working on mission projects, they will operate on all bands 160-6
meters and all modes including PSK-31. QSL HH4/K4QD, HH4/W4WX AND
HH4/K3VN via their home CBA. QSL HH4/N2WB via N2OO. For more
information visit the DX team website at: http://www.geocities.com/n2wb2003/.
For information on the NWHCM visit: http://www.nwhcm.org/.
ADDED NOTE: Jan Heise, K4QD, also reports that all QSL requests
received direct or via the bureau for his April 2002 operation as
HH4/K4QD (about 1500 to date) have been answered.
HC4, ECUADOR (Update). Andy, NP3D, reports
that he will be active as HC1/NP3D from Quito for 1-2 days
(January 21-23rd) and be active as HC4/NP3D near Manta on the
Ocean (January 24-27th). He will try to be active from an island
named "Isla de la Plata" (IOTA SA-033).
HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. John, F5VHQ
(ex-OE5TGL), will be active as F5VHQ/HI9 from January 16-24th.
Activity will be on 40-10 meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign,
direct or bureau.
HR, HONDURAS. Gerard, HR5/F2JD, continues to
be active from here and has made more than 5200 QSOs at the
moment. He hopes to put an antenna for 160 meters. Remember, he
is here until early March. Over the past week he has been active
on 80/40/30 meters CW, usually after 2200z. His QSL Manager Jean
Michel, F6AJA, reports that he has received the first part of
Gerard's log, and you can look to see if you are on the log by
sending an E-mail to: log.f6kpo@eudil.fr.
(With YOUR callsign in the subject line and the robot will answer
you.)
HS0, THAILAND. Charles, K4VUD, who just
concluded some activity as HS0ZCW again, expects to return again
during the summer of 2003. He reports that during his recent
December activity the bands were rather poor in HS-land. He only
worked five or six stateside stations and only heard very few.
Also, 40 meters CW was spotty but useful sometimes. He adds that
he only worked 90-some-odd stations in the 10 meter contest!!! He
worked all he heard.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-006. Terry, VE7TLL, is expected to be
active as VR2/VE7TLL from Lantau Island, Hong Kong,
between January 30th and February 10th. However, this is
not a DXpedition, but he will try to be as active as
possible on the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via his home
callsign.
EU-032. Look for Fabrice/F5NBQ,
Bertrand/F6HKA and Jean-Louis/F5UJK to be active as
F5NBQ/p from Oleron Island (DIFM AT-025) from January
25-27th. They also plan to participate in the CQWW 160m
CW Contest. QSL via F5NBQ.
EU-039. Franck/F5JOT, Daniel/F5LGQ,
Claude/F6CKH will be active from Chausey Island from
April 19-26th. Their activity will be on 80-10 meters on
CW, SSB and maybe RTTY and SSTV.
NA-057. By the time you read this,
Wayne, K9YNF, should be active as K9YNF/HR9 from Roatan
Island until January 18th. Activity will be SSB only on
14260, 18128, 24950, 28460 and 28560 kHz (+/- QRM). QSL
via his home callsign, direct or bureau.
NA-062. Dick, K2ZR/4, is on Key West,
FL. His address is as follows: Dick Stein, 206 / Apt.2
Southard Street, Key West, Florida 33040. Dick's E-mail
address is : k2zr@arrl.org.
SA-061. Update! Fernando, XQ5SM, reports
that he will not be able to join the team going to Mocha
Island, January 15-18th.
OC-203. Remember to look for Steve,
G4EDG, to activate the rare IOTA Stewart Island as
ZL4/G4EDG late on January 17th for approx. 4 full days.
Refer to OPDX.591 for more details. Steve will be active
mostly on 20 meters CW. QSL via his home callsign, direct
or via the bureau.
OC-233. Look for Shane, VK7KHZ, to be
active as VK7KHZ/P from Bruny Island, January 19-22nd. He
will have antennas for 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters only
and expects to be on the air by 0800z on January 19th. He
will be on or close to IOTA frequencies. QSL via EA7FTR.
IOTA/LIGHTHOUSE DXPEDITION. Members of the
IOCA Group lead by Fredy, DE0MST (member of WLH Management
Committee) will activate Vela Palagruza and Otocic Palagruza
Lighthouse (EU-090, CI-084, LH-0057) as 9A0CI between May 2-10th.
The group may also try to operate from Mala Palagruza (EU-090,
CI-461) and Galijula Island (EU-090, CI-462). Operators mentioned
are: 9A2WJ, 9A6AA, 9A7N, DE0MST, DF9MV, DJ3XG, DL1SDN, DL5MFL and
DL9CHR. Their activity will be on CW/SSB and near the IOTA and
lighthouse frequencies on 80-10 meters. QSL to a DE0MST (only for
9A0CI, May 2-10th, 2003) via the DARC Bureau or direct to: Fredy
Stippschild, P.O. Box 1406, D-83657 Lenggries, Germany.
J7, DOMINICA. Bob/AA1M and Mike/W1USN will be
active from the island of Dominica from January 21-28th.
Operations will be on the HF bands with activity on CW, SSB and
PSK31. Assigned callsigns are J75PL (AA1M) and J75RN (W1USN). QSL
via the bureau, WF5E or direct CBA.
JW, SVALBARD. Three members of the Voluntary
Radio Organization (SL0ZS), Stockholm branch, are planning a
DXpedition to here between February 23rd and March 1st. The team
consists of Pete/SM0BSO, Stellan/SM0LQB and Eric/SM1TDE. All will
sign JW/homecall from the club station JW5E located in
Longyearbyen. Activity will take place on all bands from 160-6
meters on CW, SSB, RTTY as well as several other digital modes.
QSL via their home callsigns, bureau or direct. Logs will be
available on the Web at: http://www.qsl.net. Also, Electronic-QSLs can
be obtained at: http://www.eQSL.cc.
Further information can be found at: http://w1.865.telia.com/~u86523219/JW03.htm.
KH9, WAKE ISLANDS. Reports indicate that
Chuck Brady, N4BQW, is expected to be active as N4BQW/KH9 from
January 15-25th. Bands/modes of activity were not provided. QSL
via KB6NAN direct.
LU/LT, ARGENTINA. Luc, LU1FAM, informs OPDX
that he will be active in the ARRL International CW Contest as a
Single-Op/Single Band (10 or 40 meters)/High Power. Also, look
for the club station LU5DX to be active as LT1F in the same
contest (on 40 or 10m). QSL LU1FAM via AC7DX and for LT1F via
LU1FKR.
LU, ARGENTINA (Mountain Expedition). This is
just a reminder to look for Robert, 3A2MY, who will sign LU/3A2MY
between January 16-23rd from the Aconcagua, the highest peak of
the South American Andes mountains, 6959 meters ASL. He will be
there with the Alibert expedition members. Robert will use a
homemade QRP transceiver with 5 watts out, supplied by solar
cells. Suggested frequencies and mode are: 14280 to 14290 kHz,
SSB. A special QSL card will be issued when he returns to Monaco.
QSL via his home callsign.
NEW OFFICERS FOR 2003...
At its annual meeting/Christmas Banquet
in December 2002, the Carolina DX Association elected a
new slate of officers for 2003. The new officers are:
Ted Goldthorpe, W4VHF - President
Bob Burton, N4PQX - Vice-President
Jim Miller, K4SQR - Secretary-Treasurer
Joe Simpkins, K4MD - Cluster Manager
John Scott, K8YC - Newsletter Editor
The Carolina DX Association is an association of amateur
radio operators who have an interest in long distance
radio communications (DX). Although membership is
somewhat concentrated in Charlotte, North Carolina, its
membership consists of DXers across both North and South
Carolina. Besides DXing, the Association enjoys
participation in radio contesting.
The following amateurs were elected to
serve as officers in the Southern California DX Club
(SCDXC) for 2003:
The official mailing address for all SCDXC
correspondences during 2003 will be: Southern California
DX Club (SCDXC), Attn: James Shryne, N6DHZ, Secretary,
10301 Maybrook Ave., Whittier, CA 90603-2620 (E-mail at: n6dhz@scdxc.org) For
information on the Southern California DX Club or a
membership application, please visit the club web site
at: http://www.scdxc.org.
OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Ari, OH5DX (ex-OH1EH),
will be active as OH0Z in the CQ 160-Meter CW Contest (January
24-26th) as a Single-Op/High Power entry. QSL via OH5DX: Ari
Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9A1, FIN29200 Harjavalta, Finland.
PIRATE ALERTS...
Activity on 40 and 20 meters by a
station signing E44Q this past week seems to be a pirate.
If you work it, hold off from sending QSLs until we known
for sure.
Also, CO2QQ informs OPDX that a pirate
station has been using the callsign CE/CO2WW on the ham
bands. There have been many QSL requests sent to the CO
QSL Bureau for this station.
Scott, K7ZO, QSL Manager for NK7U,
informs OPDX that he has been receiving QSLs through the
Bureau for TA0/NK7U. They are for QSOs on August 9, 2002,
on 15 meters CW. There was NO such operation, so the
activity must have been the work of a PIRATE/SLIM.
PJ2, CURACAO. George/W8UVZ, George/K8GG and
Gary/KD9SV, will be going here January 20-29th, and plan to be in
the CQ WW 160 CW Contest (January 25-26th). They have applied for
the contest callsign PJ2X. Outside of the contest they will use
PJ2/homecall. There will be plenty of Low Band and WARC Band
activity. QSL PJ2X via W8UVZ. QSL other contacts via the
operator's home address.
PJ4, BONAIRE. Operators Noah/K2NG, Tom/K2TW
and Peter/NO2R plan to be active as PJ4Gin the ARRL International
DX CW Contest (February 15-16th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via
WA2NHA. Also, look for activity before and after the contest on
all bands.
PJ5, ST. EUSTATIUS ISLAND. Lee, VP2VE, plans
to be active as PJ5/K3RGD from the Dutch Antilles IOTA NA-145 now
through February 10th. Activity will be on all bands, CW+. As
this bulletin was being written, Lee was very active on 30 meters
beginning as early as 0330z and later at 2100z. QSL will be via
WA2NHA. Skeds may be arranged by sending a short E-mail (1
line-75 characters) to: vp2ve@amsat.org.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
CORRECTION. OPDX has been informed by
the NJDXA group that the activity by Bob, W2SF, from IOTA
NA-062 (listed in OPDX.593) should only be QSLed direct
and not by the Bureau. Bob has not had any bureau credits
for over 2 years. Incoming cards to the NJDXA QSL Bureau
are trashed.
Lee R. Wical, KH6BZF, reports:
"With the untimely death of Rick Sonones, KH7RS,
ex-KH6JEB (Mr. Kure Island), last month (December 2002),
Mr. John Peters, K1ER/KH6, has volunteered to undertake
Rick's QSL duties/managership." John's address can
be found on WWW.QRZ.COM/K1ER. BTW, John is the
QSL Manager for KH6BB, the Battleship USS Missouri's club
station, as well as others listed in his WWW.QRZ.COM/Bio.
Juha, OH9MM, team leader of the
C53M/C56R operation, reports that the C53M/C56R logs are
now available at: http://dx.qsl.net. The QSLs have been
ordered and are expected to be out at the end of
February.
Martti/OH2BH and Pertti/OH2PM were
active this past weekend as OH0B and OH0R, respectively.
QSL OH0B via OH2BH and OH0R via OH2PM.
MORE POSTAGE NEED! Leif, SM5BFJ, informs
OPDX: "Those who still need a QSL for 9U5D and 9Q0AR
- I am sad to inform you that the Swedish Post Office has
raised the postage to a level that 1 USD is not enough to
cover my return postage. Consequently please send 2 USD
or 1 IRC."
TI9M QSLS. QSL Manager Bill, AK0A,
reports that all DIRECT and BUREAU cards received as of
Janaury 9th are in the mail.
Vladimir, UA4WHX/AC4LN, reports that he
apologizes for the delay in answering the following QSL
requests for the following stations which were active
during the past summer:
V31BV
AC4LN/TI2
8P9BV
TG4/AC4LN
HP8/AC4LN
J6/AC4LN
TG4/UA4WHX
HP1/AC4LN
J73/AC4LN
YS1/AC4LN
AC4LN/6Y5
J8/AC4LN (both NA 025 and 109)
AC4LN/HR2
9Y4/AC4LN
AC4LN/J3
AC4LN/HR1
8R1/AC4LN
H7/AC4LN (NICARAGUA)
8P9/AC4LN
Vladimir states that the QSLs have been printed, but to
his surprise, the quality was very bad and the whole
order was placed again (which will take some extra time).
The QSLs received have been checked with the logs, and
all the valid contacts are ready to be confirmed. If
someone is interested in whether his or her QSL has been
received, drop a note (E-mail) to Vladimir with your
callsign and the date/time of the QSO(s), and he will get
back to you as soon as he can. His E-mail address is: ua4whx@vem.udm.ru
-or- ua4whx@mail.ru.
QSL via UA4WHX: Vladimir M. Bykov, 426000 Izhevsk,
P.O.Box 2040, Russia.
UPDATE ON "DON'T BE SURPRISED" (VK1AA'S
QSL PRACTICES). Nick, VK1AA, has contacted OPDX,
and he wants to clarify his QSL practice which was
mentioned in OPDX.593. Nick states, "QSL cards
received with insufficient postage or multiple requests
for different callsigns will be forwarded in the manner
most suitable for both sender and manager. Please note:
I'm talking here about requests with INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE
enclosed. Unfortunately one USD or 1 IRC is not enough to
cover my QSL expenses. For all other requests it's
business as usually."
NOT THE MANAGER. Please note that DJ7DZ
is not the QSL Manager for Yuri, UA9SP.
ST, SUDAN. Gerben, PA5NT, informs OPDX that
he will be back in Khartoum, Sudan, again between January 20-28th
and will be active as ST2X. Activity will be CW on all bands
40-10 meters (including WARC) and depending on the circumstances,
also 80 and 6 meters. There could also be some occasional SSB
operation. QSL via PA5NT: Gerben A.Menting, Waezenburglaan 104,
9351 HG Leek, The Netherlands. More information is on the Web at:
http://dx.to. During
the operation an online log search will be available.
TM0, FRANCE. Look for Patrick, F6OIE, to use
the special callsign TM0A from January 18th to February 1st.
Activity will be on all HF bands CW during the French Contest.
QSL via F6OIE.
V2, ANTIGUA. Wicky/W4LW and Fred/K4FMD will
operate as V2/K4UP from Antigua on their annual DX Vacation from
February 2-8th. Their activity will be a casual style operation
on 10, 12, 15, 17, and 20 meters SSB only. QSL via K4UP direct or
bureau.
V4, ST. KITTS. Look for Stan/AC8W, Hank/K8DD
and possibly one or two operators to be active from here February
12-19th. Activity will include the ARRL DX CW Contest. Personal
callsigns have been applied for in addition to a contest
callsign; however, they are not yet known. Before and after the
contest, they will be on the WARC bands, and also PSK31 and RTTY.
QSL will be via home callsigns. An update will be sent out when
they know what the callsigns are going to be.
VP6/D, DUCIE ISLAND. Stu, WA2MOE, reported
this past week: "In early March the operators for the second
Ducie operation will leave Gambier Island in French Polynesia via
boat for Pitcairn and then Ducie. The organizer, JA1BK, indicates
that several more operators will be welcome, particularly one who
is CW competent. Some phone and RTTY experience will be helpful.
Interested and experienced operators can contact me at wa2moe@firstinter.net
with a brief outline of experience. Dates and other details will
then be provided."
WEB PAGE TO VISIT. Jose, CT1EEB (ex-4W6EB and
VK8CS), reports his homepage is now updated with the most recent
photos and stories of his DX activities. There are photos from
remote places in Northern Spain to Southern Portugal and also
from East-Timor to the oposite side of the world in the Azores
Archipelago. His homepage is at: http://www.qsl.net/ct1eeb.
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