The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 595 BID: $OPDX.595 January 20, 2003 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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DX Newsletter, F5NQL & UFT, FJ5DX & La Gazette du DX,
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& ICPO, VK3EW, VK4BP and ZL3AO for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 12/January, through
Sunday, 19/January there were 233 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S,
4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7,
AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, 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, FP, FR, FW,
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, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o,
JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX,
LY, LZ, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2,
PJ7, PY, PZ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9,
T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M,
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, 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).
5X, UGANDA. Lot, DJ7ZG, informs OPDX that he
aand Babs/DL7AFS will be heading to Central Africa to be active
as 5X1DC. They will operate from Ssese Island, which is located
in Lake Victoria near Entebbe. They will fly to Africa on January
26th. Lot states to listen for them from Uganda between February
9-23rd and to look for them on the usual DX frequencies. QSL via
DL7AFS. For more detailed information, please visit the Web page
at: http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/.
9Y, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. Ben/DL6RAI and
Roberto/IV3IYH will operate from Tobago Island (IOTA SA-009) from
February 11th through March 3rd. Activity will include the ARRL
DX SSB and CW Contests. Operations will be CW/SSB and RTTY on
160-10 meters, including the WARC bands. Callsigns will be
9Y4/DL6RAI (QSL via DL6RAI), 9Y4/IV3IYH (QSL via IK2ILH), and
during the ARRL Contests, 9Y4TBG (QSL via DL4MEH).
AX, AUSTRALIA (Special Prefix for Australia Day).
Australian radio amateurs will be able to celebrate their
country's national day for 48 hours this year with the use of the
alternative prefix of Alpha Xray (AX) replacing the normal Victor
Kilo (VK). The mainland of Australia has four different time
zones - and mix of standard and summer time. VK's can substitute
the AX prefix from 0001 hours local time on Sunday, January 26th
through 2359 hours on Monday, January 27th. Because this year
Australia Day January 26th falls on a weekend, there is also an
official public holiday on Monday, January 27th. WIA Victoria
will be activating AX3WI on the two days using SSB, RTTY, PSK31
and CW, mainly on the 20, 15 and 10 meter bands. A special event
QSL card will be issued.
EX, KYRGYZSTAN. Pavel, EX8NP, has been very
active recently on 80 meters, as well as 15/20 meters SSB. Watch
around 3789-3799 kHz after 1315z (for about an hour) and again
after 2100z until about 0000z (then he MAY move to 20 meters
around 14171 kHz). QSL via IK2QPR: Paolo Fava, via Bertani 8,
46100 Mantova, Italy. ADDED NOTE: IK2QPR is also the QSL Manager
for the following callsigns in Kyrgyzstan: EX2U, EX5T, EX7MA,
EX7MK, EX8MF, EX8QB, EX8QF, EX8NK and EX8DX. Please note that he
can only confirm QSLs for EX8MLE for QSOs made before April 2002.
After this date, QSLs for EX8MLE should be send DIRECT to his
address listed on QRZ.COM.
FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Operators Didier/FY5FY and
Herve/F5HRY will be active as FY5KE in the CQ 160-Meter CW
Contest (January 24-26th).
HV, VATICAN CITY. HV0A was active this past
Sunday on 21320 kHz between 1545-1730z listening split. QSL via
IK0FVC direct only.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-017. Mat, JS6PXB, will sign JS6PXB/6
from Zamami Island (Zamami-jima Zamami-son Shimajiri-gun
Okinawa-ken) from 0600z, February 5th through 0000z,
February 6th. Activity will only be on 40 and 20 meters
SSB. QSL via the bureau or direct to: Mat Hosokawa,
2-39-3-306 Aragusuku, Ginowan City, Okinawa Island
901-2201 Japan.
AS-043. Operators Eiji/JQ1SUO,
Tatsuhiko/JF1CCH and JA2HMD will sign homecall/1 from
Hachijo Island, March 8-9th. They will be active on
40/30/20/15/10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via home callsigns,
direct or via the bureau.
IQ/IU, ITALY (Prefix News). Andy, IV3SKB,
informs OPDX that the "IQ" prefix will now be used only
for club stations in Italy. Andy states in the past he used the
callsign IQ3X in major contests and will now change his contest
callsign to IU3Y. Look for him to be active in the ARRL DX CW
Contest as IU3Y and as a Single-OP on 40 meters. QSL both
callsigns direct or via the bureau to IV3SKB.
J3, GRENADA. William, VE3EBN, will be active
as J37LR from January 31st through April 2nd. Activity will be
CW/SSB on 80-10 meters. QSL via his home callsign VE3EBN.
J7, DOMINICA (Update and QRP Skeds). Mike
W1USN, mentioned on the QRP-L InterNet Reflector that he will be
active this week (January 21-28th) as J75RN. He states, "If
anyone would like a sked, QRP or not, please send me an E-mail
and I'll try to make the contact. SSB or PSK is OK, also CW via
J75PL. 73, Mike W1USN, mike@rioux.org"
KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Pick/WA5PAE and
Jay/K4ZLE will be returning here and will be active as KG4IZ and
KG4MO, respectively, from January 28th through Feburary 4th. They
will operate on all bands from 160-10 meters using mostly digital
modes (CW, PSK-31 and RTTY). QSL via their respective home
callsign. SASE will get a quick turn around. Bureau response has
been taking two years or more.
KH9, WAKE ISLAND. Carl, N4AA, Editor of QRZ
DX, reports early Sunday morning Chuck, N4BQW, is now here. The
report states: "Chuck has the FT900/S2001 amp working and
the IC706mkIIg on 6 meters. The 160m dipole is up and he will try
to call and monitor CW on 1.8265 (down for JA and up for US) or
SSB on 1.8430+ from around 1000 to 1500Z starting January 20th.
He should be monitoring 50.110 as well. He has not had time to
set up the SSB beacon so don't expect it yet, if at all. He has a
5 element yagi. He's apparently had about 30 QSOs on 6m with JA
so far. He will be working on assembling the C3SS yagi on Sunday
(today). He does not have any WARC, 80 or 40 antennas. He's not
likely to be on those bands. He will only be there for a week,
leaving around mid-day (local) on January 26. He does have a hand
key for CW." He is expected to sign N4BQW/KH9. QSL via
KB6NAN direct.
LIGHTHOUSE/LIGHTSHIP ACTIVITY. Look for the
Metro Amateur Radio Club (MARC) to be active February 8-9th
(1600-2400z both days) from the Chicago Harbor Southeast
Guidewall Lighthouse (USA-930). They will be using the special
event callsign K9Y. QSL via N9BOR (with SASE) to: Michael J
Dinelli, 9423 Kolmar Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076-1321.
MIAMI HAMFEST DX FORUM. The South Florida DX
Association will be hosting the DX Forum at this year's Miami
Tropical Hamboree on February 1st. Guest Speakers for DX Forum on
Saturday morning in the Playhouse are:
Al Hernandez, K3VN, who will speak on the recent ZL7C
DXpedition.
Dan Street, K1TO, President of the Florida Contest Group
will speak about his recent unprecedented third win of
the WRTC event in Finland.
There will also be a "Gathering of Friends," a.k.a.
the DX Dinner, and it will be in association with the Florida
Contest Group. Also, there will be a DX "Happy Hour"
Cocktail Party. DXCC cards checking will be available before
dinner For more information, please visit the Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/k4fk.
NEW OFFICERS FOR 2003. The following were
announced as new officers for the Mother Lode DX/Contest Club
(Northern California) for the year 2003:
President: Ron St. Jean, KG6CMS
Vice-President: Dick Wilson, K6LRN
Secretary/Treasurer: Gary Stilwell, KI6T
Director: Ray Parker, ND6S
Director: Rick Casey, W6RKC
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Frank Dalonzo, N3ZOM, informs OPDX that
effective immediately, he will now be handling all of
CO6XN's direct ONLY QSLing. All bureau cards will
continue to be handled by HK6DOS. Please post and pass
along this info to the DX community.
Alan, K6ACZ, who was recently active as
DU1/K6ACZ from the Philippines, has returned home and
wants to thank all who gave him contest multipliers and
points during the ARRL 10M Contest. For a QSL, send to
his home QTH address (OK in RAC/QRZ/BUCK, etc). For a
rundown of his activities, please visit the following
link at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/index.html?con_id=24&ofst=0.
Jeff, K8ND, states that if anyone wants
a quick turnaround on a PJ2/K8ND QSL card for his 400+
160 meter QSOs from Signal Point on Curacao in November
2002, now is the time to send the SASE. He will QSL 100%
to the bureaus in the second week of February. Any cards
that arrive before he mails to the bureaus will be pulled
from the bureau box and sent immediately. QSLs for the
PJ2T Caribbean Contesting Consortium (CCC) operations in
CQWW SSB and CW Contest are via N9AG. Full logs for those
operations and information about the station can be found
at: http://asgard.kent.edu/ccc/.
NEW QSL ADDRESS. Pres, N6SS, QSL Manager
for VQ9SS, informs OPDX that he now has a new address
(Same QTH, address changed by USPO). His new address is:
Preston T. Smith, N6SS, 20 N. Outback Rd., Dewey, AZ
86327, U.S.A.
S2, BANGLADESH. John, KX7YT, informs OPDX
that he will be active as S21YV from Dhaka between January 27th
and March 2nd. Activity will be on 20/15/10 meters SSB, PSK31 and
CW. His usual operating times will be between 1200 to 1600z
daily. John will be active during the ARRL CW and Phone DX
Contests, work schedule permitting. QSL to John's home callsign,
KX7YT.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for the Boys Scout
Association of Baependi (PY3UEB), to be operating during the
period of January 19-29th as ZX3S. Activity is to celebrate the
"WORLD SOCIAL FORUM" taking place in Porto Alegre, in
the south end of Brazil (GS. GF49KX). Operations will be on all
the bands. A station will be set up at a Field School escoteiro
and available for local participants at the WSF camp. QSL via
PY3CQ.
SU, EGYPT. Said, SU1SK, was active this past
weekend on 21310 kHz between 1430-1530z. Sometimes he shows up
on/around 7025 kHz after 0330z. Also, heard this past weekend was
Alan, SU9BN, on 12 meters on 24956 kHz after 1245z.
SV/A, MT. ATHOS. Kostas, SV1DPI, has been
releasing information this past week about Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A.
He states that he talked to Monk Apollo on the phone and Apollo
stated he was not active on CW on 21018 kHz on January 13th. This
operation was the work of a SLIM. Also mentioned was that Apollo
has managed to connect his PC with his HF radio, and he is ready
to be on the air in the coming days. Kostas states, "He told
me that he will operate only on CW (not Phone), but I presume
that he will operate RTTY and maybe PSK, since I have sent him
the relevant programs." Apollo will only operate during his
freetime. Suggested times are: sometimes after 0530z (this is a
short period before he does his daily duties until sunset [around
1600z during winter in Greece] and between 1700-1900z before he
goes sleep. A request has been made for Apollo to listen for
stateside stations around 0000z on 40 meters. Apollo didn't
refuse but informed Kostas that it is quite difficult. LAST
MINUTE UPDATE: Before going to print, a look at the DXCluster
spots showed Apollo checked into a 40 meter net on 7075 kHz at
1011z. ADDED NOTE: Veronica, W6/IK3ZAW, has been asked by Monk
Apollo to forward the following information to OPDX to repeat the
following in order to avoid confusions and problems with QSL
cards: The SY prefix is currently being issued by the Greek
ministery to ordinary Greek stations as a special prefix. None of
the recent SYs is transmitting (or has transmitted) from Mount
Athos, except from SY2A (operated by Monk Apollo a couple of
years ago). His CORRECT address is: Monk Apollo, Dochiariou
Monastery, GR-630 87 DAFNI, Mount Athos, GREECE (He says he is
not taking any responsibility for those cards sent to an address
different from the one above.)
VK0, MACQUARIE ISLAND. Those who still need
this one may want to watch the weekend for Peter, VK0MQI, on
21365 kHz after 0000z.
VP6/D, DUICE ISLAND (More Updates). More
details were released this past week on the second Ducie Island
DXpedition. Activity is expected on March 8th or 9th, depending
upon seas and weather. Stu, WA2MOE, states the callsign will NOT
be released or announced just before the operation begins to
avoid slim activity. The announcement will come from Kan, JA1BK,
or Stu, WA2MOE. The operators will use SSB, CW and RTTY from
three sites on all HF bands, 6 meters and the AO-40 satellite.
However, the main bands to be used will be 20 and 15 meters (QRV
24 hours). The organizer is Kan, JA1BK. Operators will be
DJ9ON/Dieter (CW Op), DK9KX/Hans (CW Op), FO3BM/Philippe (6m SSB
Op), JA1SLS/Hiro (CW/SSB Op), JR2KDN/Yuichi (SSB Op), N6TQS/Doug
(SSB, AO-40 Op), VP6DB/Dave (10m SSB Op), VP6AZ/Mike (10m SSB Op)
and VP6MW/Meralda (17/12m CW/SSB Op). Pilot stations will be:
JE2EHP, DJ8NK and Stu/WA2MOE. QSL Manager is JR2KDN (direct or
Bureau). The official Web page for the second Ducie Island
DXpedition is at: http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/ducie.htm. Another
site with the latest news from JA1BK and pilots, and with E-mail
links to pilots is at: http://www.qsl.net/aa0mz/ducie2.htm.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (IOTA and OM/XYL Op).
Look for June/VK4SJ and Doug/VK4BP to return to the South Cook
Islands in April and May to be active as ZK1AYL and ZK1SIM,
repsectively. They will operate from:
Aitutaki Island - IOTA OC-083, April 27th - May 14th.
Rarotonga Island - IOTA OC-013, May 15th - May 26th.
ADDED NOTES: June was part of the "All YL
DXpedition" that operated from Gina's on Aitutaki and
Rarotonga last September-October 2002. She had such an enjoyable
time that she and her OM Doug vowed to return as soon as
possible. June also said that because of the Solar disturbances
while on Aitutaki, the bands were dead for quite a few days so
hopefully those that missed out last time will not be
disappointed this time. Activity will be SSB only on all bands,
40-10 meters. QSL via VK4SJ, either direct to CBA with return
postage or via the bureau. Direct cards without return postage
will be returned via the bureau. E-QSL's will not be accepted.
June and Doug's address is as follows: June Sim, P.O. Box 406,
Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 4551.
ZK2, NIUE. Just a reminder that Bert, PA3GIO,
is now active as ZK2GI until January 26th. Activity will be on
20-10 meters, SSB only. He hopes there will be propagation to
Europe approximately 0800-1400z, peaking around 1100z. QSL
(preferably) is by E-mail to: qsl@pa3gio.nl.
(No attachment) Or via the bureau to PA3GIO. Bert states, "I
do not accept nor send eQSLs (i.e. www.eQSL.cc)! I do not read my E-mail when on
a DXpedition..." Direct QSLs go to: Bert vd Berg, Parklaan
38, NL-3931 KK Woudenberg, The Netherlands, Europe.
ZL, NEW ZEALAND (80m Activity). Winton,
ZL3AO, from Christchurch, South Island, informs OPDX that he
feels 80 meters DXing is peaking later in Christchurch than in
previous years (from a ZL perspective). Viewing the DXCluster
spots, OPDX noticed that ZL stations have been active as early as
1000z and as late as 1500z/plus). Winton states he has been
operating mobile on 80 meters in the DX segment since the 1999 DX
season. Others stations Winton states to look for are
Charles/ZL4DX (also in Christchurch) and Roy/ZL4BO, who has moved
to Alexandra (with a dipole strung across a gully, its
effectively 3-meters above ground level of surrounding land, but
about 20-meters above the gully floor). DXCluster spots show
ZL1BMW, ZL1HY, ZL2AL and ZL2AGY have also been active on 80
meters.
ZL1AMO UPDATE. Judy Roush, AA7UC, reported
the following late January 12th: "This evening, I am writing
to share great news with you. Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, informs us that
after three-months, he has been released from the hospital and is
now home! In Ron's own words, he thanks 'the many hundreds around
the planet who have kept me going over the past months.' Ron, I
think I speak for the entire DX and amateur radio community when
I say, "Welcome home dear friend! The prayers of many have
been answered! God bless and enjoy your reunion with Jeanette and
the family!"
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