The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 606 BID: $OPDX.606 April 7, 2003 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 30th/March, through
Sunday, 6th/April there were 229 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S,
4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q,
7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y,
A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, 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, FR,
FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI,
HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT,
JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH3, KH6, 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, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9,
T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN,
UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6,
VP8/o, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, XZ, YA, YB, YJ, YK, YL,
YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
5J0, SAN ANDRES ISLAND. Members of the
Florida DXPedition Group have entered the CQWW SSB Contests from
many DX locations starting in 1996 as WP2AHW. In 1997, they were
C6AJT, 1998 as WP2Z, 1999 as J6J, 2000 as FG5BG, 2001 as J75J,
and 2002 HI9X. In addition to the CQWW Contests, their members
have operated from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Antigua, Montserrat,
Haiti, Crete, Wake Island, Spratly Island, Chatham Island, East
Malaysia and New Zealand. This year eight members will be
operating from San Andres Island (IOTA NA-033) during the period
of October 20-28th. They plan to run 4-5 stations before and
after the contest. They have also requested the contest callsign
5J0X. In the past they have never asked for any assistance. This
year they are asking for donations to help offset the cost. If
you are interested in helping them out, please send your
donations to: Bill Gallier, FDXPG, 2694 North Camel Ave.,
Middleburg, FL 32068. Visit their two web pages at: http://www.geocities.com/hk02003
or http://www.geocities.com/w4wx1/upcoming.
8P, BARBADOS. Richard, G3RWL, is expected to
be active from here until April 20th (No callsign was provided).
Activity will be on 40-10 meters, plus 80 and 6 meters if he can
arrange the antennas. QSL via his home callsign, direct or to the
bureau.
9N, NEPAL. Dov, 4Z4DX, is expected to be
active as 9N7DX from April 22nd to May 13th. He will be looking
for Israeli stations everyday on 14195 kHz starting around 1500z.
His activity will be on all bands and modes, but mostly on
PSK31/RTTY/CW.
A4, OMAN (Pirate Activity). Axel, DL6KVA, has
been in contact with Alex, A45WD (YO9HP), and has confirmed that
a station using Alex's callsign operating on 30 meters (March
29th, 2000-2100z on 10107.6 kHz) was a PIRATE. Alex states he is
NOT licensed to operate on 30 meters (yet). All QSLs for this
band activity will be returned. He is trying very hard to get
approval to operate on 30 meters, but it is going very slow.
CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND (Update). OPDX was
informed that the 5-6 operators (who will be named later) going
to CY9-land July 24th-August 2nd, should be active on 160-2
meters SSB/CW/RTTY. The group is trying to get a CY9 callsign
which will be put out after their arrival.
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Branch
Manager, announced this past week that the following is approved
for DXCC credit: VP6DIA - Ducie Island - March 8-13th, 2003.
GACW DX CONTEST. Raul, LU6EF, GACW
Coordinator, wants to remind everyone that the GACW World Wide DX
Contest will be held during the third weekend of April (April
19-20th). For details and rules on the contest, please visit
their Web site at: http://gacw.no-ip.org.
IN SEARCH OF BY YOUR EDITOR! I know this has
nothing to do with DX, but your editor's second love (other than
DXing) is MUSIC. I have been searching for a music CD (not LP)
called the "Young and Rich" by the group "The
Tubes". The CD is now out of print. Please look at your
local record/CD store to see if they have a copy. I am interested
in buying a copy (or even a backup version) at a reasonable
price. Thanks Tedd, KB8NW
IOTA NEWS...
AF-045. Members of the Association des
Radioamateur Senegalais (ARAS) 6W Radio Club will be
active as 6V1A from Goree Island, June 7-9th. Activity
will be on HF bands mainly on SSB with some CW. QSL via
ARAS QSL bureau to Jean Louis, 6W6JX.
AS-079. Taka, JR3TVH, informs OPDX that
he will be active as homecall/6 from Hirara City (near or
around), on the Island of Miyako (Ryukyu Islands,
Okinawa-ken) between April 11th (0700z) until around
April 13th (0100z). He will be on the HF band from 40-6
meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. His specific aim on this
visit is to provide QSOs on 6 meters overseas (especially
to African and European stations). Look for his beacon on
50.138 MHz (JR3TVH/b) to call him on the frequency, or
contact him by an E-mail at: jr3tvh@arrl.net. QSL to
his home callsign, via the bureau or direct (QRZ.com).
AS-117. Opertaors JA1KJW, JJ1JGI, JK1EBA
and JN1IKT will be active as homecall/0 from Sado Island,
April 10-13th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW/SSB.
QSL via the bureau or direct to their home callsign.
EU-038. Peter, DL4FCH, will be active as
PA/DL4FCH from Texel Island, April 11-17th. Activity will
be only CW on 10/15/20/40/80 meters. QSL via his home
callsign. An online log will be available on his home
page at: http://www.niksch.de/dl4fch.
EU-045. Members of the Mediterrano DX
Club (MDXC); Antonio/IZ8CCW, Antonio/IK8VRH and
Gianni/IZ8CGS will be active as IB0DX from Ventotene
Island, April 25-27th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters
CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL via home callsign, direct or via the
bureau. Their Web page is at: http://www.mdxc.org/ib0dx.
EU-170. Ron/9A5JR (OE3REB) and
Emir/9A6AA will activate the Island of Dugi Otok (CI-018,
CRO-183, not WLH) from April 7th (afternoon) to April 9th
(before noon). They will operate from the lighthouse of
Veli Rat. Look for for them on SSB on 15, 20 and 40
meters.
EU-171. Ela/DL3YMK and Torsten/DH3YMG
will be active as OZ/homecall from
Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland Island (aka Jutland Island).
This island also counts as DIA NJ-001 for the Danish
Islands Award. Activity will take place between now and
April 17th. Operations will be on 40/20/15 meters. QSL
via their home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
SA-056. Members of the HCDX group will
be active from April 8-11th from Muisne Island in the
Esmeraldas Province Group. Their callsign is currently
not known yet. Activity will be on 10, 15, 20 and 40
meters. QSL via EA7FTR: Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias
23, 21110 - HUELVA - SPAIN.
IR4, ITALY. Igor, IZ4COT, informs OPDX that
the IR4A contest team, which consists of operators IK4MSV,
IK4SWX, IK4IDS, IK4HLU, IZ4COT, IZ4DIW and IZ4AGI, will be active
during the ARI International Contest May 3-4th. QSL via the
bureau (preferred) or via direct to: ARI, P.O. Box 178, 42100
Reggio Emilia, Itlay.
J5, GUINEA-BISSAU. Miguel, EA5IK, hopes to be
active during his spare time from here, April 12-15th. No
callsign or bands/modes of activity were provided. QSL via EA5BY.
J7, DOMINICA. Jon/AA1K and Jeanie/AB1P are
now active through April 12th as J79K and J79P, respectively.
This is a vacation and casual DXpedition. They will have a pair
of IC-706's and wire antennas. Jon hopes to be active a little on
all of the bands 160-6 meters, but he will focus mainly on CW,
especially on the WARC bands. Jeanie will do some phone
operating. The second radio will be monitoring 50.110 MHz or
CQing on 50.102 MHz CW. Activity began late on April 5th and is
expected to end early on April 12th. The only QSNs to report as
of print time are Jon was heard on 10107 kHz around 2255z and on
18073/18080 after 1900z. QSL via their home callsign.
OH, ALAND ISLAND. Ben, SM6CCO, will be active
as OH0CO from April 10-16TH. Activity will be mainly on the WARC
bands and CW. QSL via SM6CCO, bureau or direct.
OY, FAROE ISLAND. Plently of activity by the
LLDXT group continues until April 10th. Remember ALL QSLs will be
handled by LLDXT's QSL Manager PA5ET. Pictures and an online log
search are now available on the LLDXT Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/oy_2003/.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Activity by 4G6A was by Frank/VE7DP and
Rey/4F1FZ on Semirara Island (OC-125). Operation to end
April 7th. QSL via VE7DP (QRZ.com).
Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH, is pleased to
announce that the 8Q7ZZ QSL cards have been delivered
from the printers on April 1st. He states, "Needless
to say, I am very embarrassed about the delay in sending
out the cards. I have not been responsible for the design
or printing of them, as the expedition operators wanted
to do this themselves. I will get on with the job as fast
as I can now they are to hand, but please do NOT send
second applications, as they will not be answered. As you
will imagine, there is quite a large backlog of requests
to answer, which will take many weeks (if not months) to
work through, so please have patience."
According to "The Weekly DX",
the AH3D cards will not be back from the printers until
May. The QSL is expected to be a great aerial photo of
Johnston Atoll. QSL AH3D to: 2003 Johnston Atoll
DXpedition, P.O. Box 73, 02380 Espoo, Finland.
QSL AY9H via LU9HO. Use the address on
QRZ.com. OPDX was informed to please remind the readers
to QSL as follows:
1 SASE with one IRC is ok for reply for the whole
world.
1 USD for the bordering countries.
1.50 USD to the rest of Americas.
2 USD to the rest of the world.
Gerben, PA5NT, reports that all direct
cards for ST2X have been answered and are in the mail
right now. Those who worked ST2X on all 7 bands that were
activated will receive a special award.
ST0RY QSL INFO. Chris, DL5NAM,
DXpedition Team Leader/QSL Manager, has requested that
only one QSL card with all QSO info listed on the card be
sent to expedite processing. Chris said that he really
did not care if you did not send a card, and a piece of
paper would do as long as all info for all your QSOs were
on one peice of paper. A system will shortly be in place
on the ST0RY Web page to request a bureau card via
E-mail. For direct QSL returns for US stations, please
enclose 2.00 USD (the German cost of return airmail
postage) and a pre-addressed return envelope. For
European stations, please enclose one Euro Dollar and a
pre-addressed envelope. Direct cards go to Chris, DL5NAM,
at: Chris Sauvageot, Guttenburg 19, D-91322 Graefenberg,
Germany. Chris also said that individual donations would
be greatly appreciated to help defray the great cost of
putting #18 of the 100 Most Wanted List on the air for a
lot of DXers.
Rustam "Rusty", UU2JQ, informs
OPDX that his QSL Manager Andy, KZ1L, passed away in
2001. QSLs for UU2JQ should now be sent to the Ukraine
via direct or bureau.
QSL XF3RCC via XE3RCC: P.O. Box 1883,
Cancun, Quintana Roo 77500, Mexico. Activity was by
members of "Radio Club Cancun" from a few
Mexican islands and lighthouses over the past week.
Nik, HB9EAA, informs OPDX that he has
been receiving a lot of direct cards for his ZK1EAA
DXpedition without sufficinet postage. Nik states to
please remember the cost of an airmail-letter for outside
of EUROPE is more than 1 USD (approx. 1.35 USD). So all
cards without enough postage will answer via the QSL
bureau. Also, Nik can't use stamps from USA or JAPAN.
These cards will also be answered via the QSL bureau.
Detailed information about his activity can be seen on
the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/hb9eaa/dxped03/.
The ZK1EAA activity on 40m or 30m was not operated by
Nik. (This was a Pirate). An ONLINE log of ZK1EAA will be
available soon.
S0, WESTERN SAHARA (Update). The S05X Team
keeps preparing the next "BIGGEST DXPedition" ever seen
in the Sahara Desert. They will have 11 operators from 6
different countries. The S05X Team will be active from April
16-21st, and be on air from Tifariti, Western Sahara, operating
24 hours, on all bands, all modes. The list of equipment
includes: Kenwood TS2000, a few Icom 706s, Icom 756PRO and a
BRAND NEW ICOM 7400 (Icom 746PRO) to test in this really hard
environment. They have this special Icom IC7400 thanks to one of
their supporters, the major Icom reseller in Italy: Giorgio
Mossino's "D.A.E. Telecomunicazioni" who is always
ready to support RADIO ACTIVITIES. Other kind supporters have
supplied the team with 4 brand news laptops to use during their
DXpedition. "Hewlett Packard of Italy" will let them
use their fast new XE4000 for their logging and digitals
transmission. From the first day of operation, S05X will be on
CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK, and is expected to provide you with a
59(9) signal from an exceptional locator for the very first time.
The S05X Team will be on 6 meters from a very new LOCATOR: IL46RD
They are going to use a 6 meters 3 element yagi (Cushcraft A30S)
during the operation. They will try to be on air as much as
propagation allows because they know this is the very first time
this locator is activated. QSL Manager is URE, the Spanish
National Asociation and Bureau, and the cards will go VIA EA4URE.
Any comments or ideas can be sent to their specials pilot
stations: Mauro I1JQJ (i1jqj@interlink.it)
and Maurizio (i121171@tin.it).
SPECIAL EVENT. The Maritime Radio Historical
Society is pleased to announce that K6KPH will be on the air on
April 26th, to participate in the annual International Marconi
Day commemorative event. International Marconi Day takes place
each year on a weekend close to the birthday of the great radio
pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. The event is organized by the Cornish
Amateur Radio Club which offers awards to stations in various
classes. See their Web site for details at: http://www.gb4imd.co.uk/.
Station K6KPH's transmitting frequencies will be 7050, 14050 and
21050 kHz (3545 kHz may also be activated if conditions warrant).
Also, K6KPH will begin operations on April 26th at 1700z (1000
PDT). The actual International Marconi Day event runs from
0000-2359z on April 26th. QSLs for K6KPH and reception reports
may be sent to: Ms. DA Stoops, P.O. Box 381, Bolinas CA
94924-0381, USA. Visit the Maritime Radio Historical Society Web
page at: http://www.radiomarine.org.
TX4, MARQUESAS ISLAND (Update to OPDX.597 and
OPDX.602). Silvano, I2YSB, informs OPDX that his
callsign for his April 25th-May 9th operation will be TX4PG.
Updates and all other information is available on his Web page
at: http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb.
V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA. A group of amateurs
from the recently formed Antigua and Barbuda Radio Club (callsign
V21ARC) will be going on DXpedition to the sister island of
Barbuda over the Easter weekend (April 18-21st). Their callsign
for this operation will be V21BBQ (BBQ is the Airport designator
for Barbuda Airport!). They plan to operate on 160-10 meters plus
localized 2 meter contacts. The plan is to have three stations on
HF and one on 2 meters. To their knowledge, there has never been
any ham activity from Barbuda. With their activity and presence
on the island, they hope to expose the residents to ham radio and
secondly, to familiarize the ham community with Barbuda. QSL to:
Antigua & Barbuda Radio Club, P.O. Box 965, St.John's,
Antigua, West Indies.
VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND (Update). Steve, VK3OT
(ex-VE3SIX), reported before he left Victoria on April 4th, that
he has changed his operating schedule for his VK9XI operation
between April 7-21st. His priority is now the 6 meters band and
HF CW when 6 meters is closed. The following operating times are
subject to change due to propagation and solar activity.
Steve may make possible appearances on the "IOTA
Net", Saturday on 14260 kHz at 1300z and Sunday on 21260 at
1300z. Also, watch on the weekends for him to possibly show on
the ALARA Net, 14222 kHz at 0600z and on the daily ANZA Net,
21205 kHz at 0500z. QSL via VK3OT (Direct ONLY) to: Steve
Gregory, Post Office Box 622 Hamilton, Victoria 3300, Australia.
For a printout of the frequency schedule, visit the Web page at: http://members.datafast.net.au/electronics/path.htm.
VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLAND. By the time you
read this, Rodger/GM3JOB and Willie/GM4ZNC should be active once
again as VP5/homecalls from North Caicos (NA-002) between now anf
April 19th. No QSNs have been reported yet as of print time, but
they plan to be active on most bands CW/SSB. QSL via their home
callsigns, either direct or through the bureau.
XY, MYANMAR. Franks, DL4KQ, is now active as
XY4KQ until April 15th. He was heard this past weekend on 20 and
15 meters. Watch 14150 kHz between 1800 and 2045z. Also, watch
21307 kHz after 1630z. Remember, his activity is expected to be
on all bands including the WARC bands, and he will try to
activate a new IOTA (refer OPDX.603). For more info and updates,
go to the Web page at: http://www.dx-pedition.de.
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