The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 607 BID: $OPDX.607 April 14, 2003 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, K1XN & GoList, NG3K, W3UR
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Gazette du DX, G0IAS, GM3WOJ, I1JQJ & IK1ADH - 425 DX NEWS,
IN3XUG, JI3DST, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands News, LU1BR,
OZ6OM/OZ7M & OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin, PA1AW, S05X Team, SM2EKM,
SP2FAP, VA3RJ & ICPO, and ZK1CG for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 6th/April, through
Sunday, 13th/April there were 232 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W,
4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X,
8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2,
A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, 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, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC,
HC8, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, I, IS, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT,
JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH3, KH6, KH8, 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, R1FJ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a,
SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA,
UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N,
VK9X, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XZ,
YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4,
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).
4S, SRI LANKA. Ivan, UR9IDX (ex-8Q7VG), will
be active as 4S7DXG until May 1st. His activity over the past
week was on 30/20/15 meters CW/SSB. Watch 21020 kHz after 1630z.
Also watch 14014, 14195 and 10107 kHz between 1630-2230z. QSL via
UR9IDX, P.O. Box 85, Mariupol 87531, UKRAINE.
4X/4Z, ISRAEL (Contest). The Israel Amateur
Radio Club will run the Holyland Contest on Saturday, April 19th,
between 0000-2359z, both CW and SSB. This is a good opportunity
to work a good number of 4X/4Z stations towards the famous
"Holyland Award" as well as other Israeli awards. The
Contest Manager is Mark, 4Z4KX (E-mail address: 4z4kx@iarc.org). For complete
details on this contest, please visit the Web page at: http://www.iarc.org.
5Z, KENYA. QSL Manager Allan, G0IAS, informs
OPDX that after nearly 12 years (when it was virtually impossible
for a U.S. citizen to get a 5Z callsign) Don Gardner, ex-7Q7DC
(KC7JDC), has been allocated 5Z4DE. Don is in Nairobi and will be
transmitting after a long period of inactivity; as soon as
possible (as soon as he gets his mast up!). ALL QSL cards are
DIRECT ONLY to G0IAS. NO BUREAU and NOTHING sent to Don. ADDED
NOTE BY ALLAN: Allan can still confirm any outstanding 7Q7DC QSL
cards, but he states that he will probably close the books at the
end of the year.
7P, A25 & ZS, LESOTHO, BOTSWANA AND SOUTH AFRICA.
Operators Mauro/IN3QBR, Fabrizio/IN3ZNR and Joe/AA4NN are teaming
up to go on the air as the "African Double Jump
DXpedition". The team will be going to South Africa, Lesotho
and Botswana starting at the end of June. According to their Web
page, the team will meet with Andre, ZS6WPX, who will become
their tour guide. Between June 28th and July 1st, the team will
go on a Safari. There is a possibility they "MAY" do
some operating using callsigns ZS/homecall. Early July 2nd, the
team will head to Botswana's capital, Gaborone City. They plan to
erect their antennas and operate from their hotel that day.
Callsigns mentioned so far are A25NN and A25ZNR. They plan to
leave for the town of Rustenburg on July 5th, and will travel to
Sun City, South Africa. There "MAY" be some activity as
ZS/homecall. Early July 7th, they will leave for Lesotho and
expect to be there late afternoon. They will be active that same
day. Expected callsigns will be 7P8JB and 7P8NR. Activity will
last until July 11th. They depart for Johannesburg on July 12th
and expect to leave for home July 13th. Please visit their Web
page for updates at: http://www.qsl.net/xu7aay/africa.
7P, LESOTHO. "NOT TO BE CONFUSED with
the African Double Jump DXpedition" listed above, look for
three Texans (Frosty/K5LBU, Madison/W5MJ and Tom/WW5L) and one
Canadian (Neil/VA7DX) to be active as 7P8CF, 7P8MJ, 7P8TA and
7P8NK, respectively, from July 18-25th. Activity will be on all
bands 160-10 meters CW/SSB/PSK31/RTTY. QSL each by their home
calls. The group currently does not have a Web page, but more
details will be released after June 1st. Watch Frosty's Web page
for possible updates at: http://WWW.k5lbu.com.
DAYTON HAMVENTION DX DINNER PROGRAM. Steve
Bolia, N8BJQ, informs OPDX that this year's SWODXA DX Dinner
Banquet Program will be "A DXer's Expedition through the
Halls of Power" with guest speaker Vice Admiral Scott Redd,
U. S. Navy (Retired), K0DQ/A92Q. There are still some tickets
available (Please refer to OPDX.597 for details).
DU, PHILIPPINES. Jon, N0NM, continues to be
active as DU9/N0NM until April 23rd, before he leaves on a trip
to HS-land. He was active this past week on 80 meters (between
3500-3506) after 1000z. If the bands are decent, he will usually
try top band (watch 1828.3 kHz).
ELECTED OFFICERS FOR 2003. The following are
the officers for the Spokane DX Association for 2003:
President - Gary Elliott, K7OX
Secretary - George Tuncil, W6AEA
Vice Pres - Randy Foltz, K7TQ
Treasurer - Dan Hearn, N5AR
GM, SCOTLAND (Special Weekend Activity). The
annual Scottish Activity Weekend takes place on April 19/20th,
and is organized by the GM DX Group. This is not a contest, just
an opportunity to work Scottish stations on all LF and HF bands,
and to gain credits for several awards, including the new
"Celtic Connections Award". For complete details, visit
the Web page at" http://www.gmdx.org.uk. Please work GM, MM,
GS and MS stations during the weekend.
IN SEARCH OF BY YOUR EDITOR (Still Looking)!
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". Not just the song, but the entire
CD. 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-019. Operators ON6VP, ON4CAQ and
ON1AEO will be active as IG9/ON4DST from Calla Madonna,
Lampedusa Island, between May 24-29th. Activity will be
on 80/40/20/15/10 meters SSB only. They will be using a
FT-757 with groundplanes and wire antennas. For skeds,
please E-mail: ON6VP@pi.be.
QSL to ON4DST via the bureau, or direct via ON4AMM (Mary
Lou Moons, Oudestraat 9, B-3560 Lummen, Belgium).
AS-079. Takeshi "Take",
JI3DST, will be active as JI3DST/6 from Miyako Island
(Miyako-jima Hirars-City Okinawa-ken) starting at 0600z,
April 26th to 0000z, May 5th. Activity will be on
17/15/12/10/6/2 meters SSB. He will be looking for AF and
SA on 6 meters. QSL via the Bureau (Bureau is Best) or
direct to the address on QRZ.com.
EU-008. Members of the Calderdale Raynet
Group will activate the Island of Colonsay (IOSA NH19 and
WAB NR39) from Saturday evening, April 26th to Thursday
lunch-time, May 1st. Their activity will be on all HF
bands depending on the conditions. They will use the club
callsign MM0CRG. All stations worked will be sent a QSL
card via the RSGB or QSL direct (w/SAE) to G3TAY.
EU-031. Walter, IN3XUG, will be active
on Ischia Island from April 16-27th using the callsign
IC8/IN3XUG. Activity will be on the IOTA frequencies
(28460, 21260, 14260 and 7060 kHz) SSB. He will pay
particular attention to U.S. stateside stations. QSL via
IN3XUG, Bureau or direct.
EU-172. Peter/DL4AMK and his XYL will
activate the Danish Island of Aaroe (JY-003) as OZ/DL4AMK
from April 16-21st. He will use an Icom 735 with an
ZZ-1004 amp and a Gap-Eagle antenna. Activity will be on
40/20/17/15/12/10 meters SSB. QSL via the DARC bureau or
direct.
OC-NEW. Just a reminder (refer to
OPDX.602), to look for Tom/VK3ZZ, Keith/VK3FT,
Jack/VK3WWW and Peter/VK3QI to activate the IOTA,
Waldegrave Island in the South Australia State West
Centre Group, April 17-22nd. Callsign will be VI5WCP. QSL
via VK3ZZ.
OC-241. Irfan, YC4FIJ, will sign
YC4FIJ/P from Utan Island, April 19-21st. QSL via YC9BU,
with SAE+IRCs only (Note: DO NOT send USDs, they will be
stolen in YB-land's post office).
OC-241. Look for a Multi-operation using
the callsign 8A9R to activate Rote Island in the middle
of June. Activity will be on several bands. Kadek, YC9BU,
will be one of the operators and also the QSL Manager.
LIGHTHOUSE/LIGHTSHIP ACTIVITY...
A special event station signing CS5E
will be active April 25th from Cabo Raso Lighthouse -
reference number ARLHS POR011. This activity will also be
valid for the Portuguese Lighthouses Award reference
number DFP FES04, and Portuguese Castles and Fortresses
Award reference number DCFP F141 - Forte de Sao Bras.
Activity will be on 20, 15 and 10 meters, SSB. Look for
them near the World Lighthouse frequencies. Suggested SSB
frequencies (+/- 20 khz) are: 14270, 21370, 28370 kHz.
QSL via the address on QRZ.com or via the Bureau.
Look for Kevin/MW3AFR and Melfyn/MW3AGN,
to be active as homecall/p from the Liverpool Bar
Lightship "Planet" (ENG-065, WW Loc. IO83LJ) on
April 18th and April 21st. Activity will be on various HF
bands, including 40 meters and also 2 meter FM/SSB. QSL
via their home callsigns, direct or bureau.
OH0, ALAND ISLAND (Cancelled!). Ben, SM6CCO,
reports that he had to cancel his OH0CO operation from Aland
Island. It was scheduled to take place between April 10-16th.
PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Operators
John/K1AR, Martin/W1MD, Jeff/WC4E, Steve/N8BJQ, Ron/K8NZ and
Geoff/W0CG will be active from Curacao as PJ2T in the CQ World
Wide DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi/2 entry. QSL via
N9AG.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
CT QSL HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. Carlos Nora,
CT1END, reports: "We are the only organization in
Portugal that is devoted to documenting and preserving
the history of Amateur Radio in Portugal, from the early
days to the present. If you have Portuguese QSL cards
prior to 1960, and Portuguese QSL cards from DXpeditions
and other special events, we would appreciate receiving
them as a donation to our collection, or as an
alternative, send a digital image of the QSL card."
If you can help them, please respond by E-mail
(ct1end@netcabo.pt) or by mail to the address: Carlos
Nora, CT1END, Praceta D.Mecia N 15 - 2 Dto., Massama
Norte, 2605 Belas, Portugal.
The LLDXT trip to Faroer Islands (OY)
went QRT during the morning of April 10th. Pictures and
the team's diary are available at the LLDXT Web site, as
are the logs. The logs are updated April 13th with all
QSOs. The LLDXT Website : http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/oy_2003/.
LAST MINUTE PRESS RELEASE BY ROB, PA5ET:" We have
completed our Faroe Island DX-pedition and had lots of
fights with the propagation and the high winds. We
managed to log 26,964 QSOs in 10 days of operation of
which 14,041 in CW and 11,054 in SSB, 1,532 in RTTY, 300
in PSK and finally 37 in SSTV from 10-160 meters although
it is better to say we worked mainly from 17-160 meter
due to the bad propagation. The QSO statistics can be
found on out web-site. Despite the lots of Europeans in
the log we worked outside Europe every oppurtunity we
had. There have simply not been that many openings
unfortunately. Despite of that we are very happy with the
result. The on-line logs have now been finalized so all
QSOs should be visible on our web-site. The LLDXT
web-site will be updated in the coming days with pictures
and real-audio files. I like to thank the Europeans for
the many times they had to QRX to allow us to work the
'rare' DX, a great example it can be done regardsless
what other DX-peditions say. All QSLs will be handled by
the LLDXT QSL manager PA5ET, Rob Snieder, Van
Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The Netherlands. 73
de Bill OY7WB (AK0A), Tom OY7TW (GM4FDM), Ronald OY7WP
(PA3EWP), Dick OY7QA (PA3FQA) and Rob OY7ET
(PA5ET)".
VISALIA CONVENTION. QSL card checking at
the "2003 Visalia International DX Convention"
will take place from 2-4 PM on Saturday, May 3rd, in the
Plaza Room of the Visalia Holiday Inn Hotel. All DXCC
QSLs can be checked which would include 160 meters,
deleted countries and cards over 10 years old. Also this
year they will be able to check cards for the CQ WAZ
Award and other ARRL Awards such as WAS and VUCC.
Application forms for DXCC and WAZ will be available at
the door, however, you can download the forms from these
organizations in order to fill them in prior to the
convention Any questions can be directed to Gary
Stilwell, KI6T at: ki6t@arrl.net.
QSL XR6T (active in the 2003 CQ WPX
Contest) via CE6TBN at: Box 1234, Temuco, Chile.
Georg, DF7JN, announced this past week
that he has lost contact (even a couple weeks before the
war) with his friend YI1FC. His friend YI1FC supplied
Georg with some (more or less uncomplete) logbooks from
YI1 stations. For this reason, Georg has quit his job as
QSL Manager for the YI1 stations until further notice.
S0, WESTERN SARAHA. The S05X team is expected
to be active on Wednesday, April 16th. In the S05X press releases
this past week, they informed the DX community that the S05X Team
will also be active in the U.S. General Class Operator's bands.
They also announced that another operator was added to the team.
Joe, KO4RR, from Georgia and a well-known Contester and
DXer/Dxpeditioner (E30GA, T32R, KO4RR/KH5K- Palmyra, K5K- Kingman
Reef and KO4RR/I8) was added to the team of YT1AD, YU1AU, I8NHJ,
CT1BWW, N6TQS, EA1BT, EA2RC, EA5RM, EA5XX and S01MZ. QSL Manager
is EA4URE. Also, due to the high expense to travel into the
desert, all donations to the S05X Team are WELCOME. Donations can
be sent to the S05X QSL Manager: URE, Union de Radioaficionados
Espanoles, Avda. Monte Igueldo 102, Madrid 28053, Spain. All
names will be listed on their Web site at: http://www.pagus.it/s05x/.
S2, BANGLADESH. Takeda, S21YY, was pleasing
the RTTY operators this past weekend on 20 meters. Watch for him
on/around 14080 kHz after 0100z.
SILENT KEY. Victor Rivera, ZK1CG and ZK1USA,
received word from Poko, the son of Tuatai Tupou (ZK1MA North
Cooks and ZK1CY South Cooks), that his father passed away in
Australia on the morning of April 12th. Victor states,
"Tuatai will be missed here and in Manihiki by a lot of
people. Poko ask me to inform all his Ham radio friends of his
passing away." OPDX and its readers would like to send out
our deepest sympathy to Tuatai's family and friends.
SPECIAL EVENT. The French Government Service
ART has issued the special callsign TM0GAY, to Jean Marc, F8IXZ ,
to be used from June 20th to July 4th. This special callsign is
issued as part of the French Gaypride activities. Activity will
be on HF bands from 40-10 meters mainly on CW, SSB possibly as
well. QSL via F8IXZ either direct ( + postage IRC or USD) or via
the French REF Bureau. Direct cards with insufficient postage
dues will be answered by the bureau.
SV9, CRETE. Jim, SM2EKM, will be active as
SV9/SM2EKM from Agia Marina, Crete, May 29th through June 12th.
Jim informs OPDX that most of his activity will be CW on all
bands (but this depends on antenna instalation). QSL to his home
callsign, bureau or direct. If there are any Bureau requests,
E-mail to: sm2ekm@telia.com.
VP8/LU1BR (Pirate Activity). Luis, LU1BR, has
informed OPDX that a station using his callsign was operating on
10 and 12 meters on the CW mode was a PIRATE. Activity took place
on March 13th, 2140-2240z on 28006 and 24896 kHz. Also, Luis
mentions that probably this same person changed all his data
entered on the QRZ.com Web page. All QSLs received for these
bands activity will be returned.
WARD (Remember!). Just a reminder that the
"World Amateur Radio Day" (WARD) will be celebrated by
IARU on April 18th (Please refer to OPDX.602). For rules on how
to receive the special WARD 2003 Award, go to the following Web
site: http://qtc.radio.org.pl/ward2003/.
XW, LAOS. Plently of activity from this one
over the past week. Stations heard were XW1A, XW1FAN, XW6KM and
XW1X. Operator Kamphan, XW1FAN, seemed to be the most active over
the past week. Watch around 21220, 21225 and 21260 kHz after
0830z or between 1330-1430z.
YI, IRAQ. Some interesting QSNs where
reported over the past week. Jim, KT4CK, was spotted as YI/KT4CK
on the DX cluster system. Jim is with or has been with the 101st
Airborne and lives near Ft. Campbell. DX Mail Reflectors suggest
he was trying to attempt to contact his family on 21312 kHz at
1438z and 21278 kHz at 1632z. Also, heard was Mark, NG5L, signing
as YI/NG5L over the past weekend. He was very active on 20 meters
after/or just before 0500z and between 1945 and 2300z. Watch
around 14195 kHz and 14240 kHz. Mark is with the 82nd Airborne in
the Iraqi desert near Nassaryia. Remember, WORK FIRST WORRY
LATER.
YK, SYRIA. Saad, N5FF, informs OPDX of the
following: "This is to advise the DX community that my
planned trip to the YK land, initially scheduled for tomorrow
(April 12th), has been postponed due to the current overall
situation in the Middle East. No firm date has been set for my
trip yet, but it's possible to take place in couple of weeks or
so, and it may even be postponed till later on in the year. I
guess it's fair to say that the trip is now up in the air, but I
will update you the minute I have concrete plans."
ZA, ALBANIA. Fred, IK7JWX, reports to look
for "Team ZA3/ On The Air" from the city of Durazzo,
Albania, May 29th through June 3rd. Activity will be on HF, WARC,
and 6/2 meters. Modes to be used are: CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31.
Their Grid Square will be JN91RH. Operators are: ZA1FD, ZA5G,
IK7JWX, IK7LMX, IZ7CTE, IZ7ATN, IZ7BNH, IK7QMJ, IK7FPX, IK2DUW,
IZ2DPX, IK6CAC, IZ0CKJ, IV3FSG, IK5MDF and IK5BHN. All the
operators will have the prefix ZA3/. Please, QSL via their home
call, either the bureau or direct w/SASE (addresses on QRZ.com).
ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Jim, N6TJ, will once
again be active as ZD8Z from April 16-26th. Activity will be on
CW/SSB on the WARC bands and low bands. QSL via VE3HO, direct
ONLY!
ZF, CAYMAN ISLAND. John, NC8V, informs OPDX
that he will be conducting his usual operation from the Little
Cayman Island (NA-016) this year from April 12th through April
19th. He will be using the callsign ZF2JC and will be operating
mostly SSB near the IOTA frequencies on 20, 15, 12 and 10 meters.
He will have a 6 meter antenna with him this year and will give
that a try if the band should open. QSLs should go to his home
address at: 15100 E. Scatter Ridge Rd., Athens OH 45701 (w/SASE
etc... would be appreciated).
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