The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 608 BID: $OPDX.608 April 21, 2003 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster
Network for the week of Sunday, 13th/April, through Sunday,
20th/April there were 231 countries active. Countries available:
3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T,
5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J,
9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP,
BV, BY, C2, C3, 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, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GM,
GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I,
IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, 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, PZ, R1FJ, S0, S2,
S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK,
TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6,
V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9X, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR,
VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU,
YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, 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).
3 YEAR DXPEDITION (Amazing Lady!). OPDX was
informed by Skipper Susan Meckley, W7KFI, that she was starting
her 3 year DXpedition to Central America and the South Pacific.
At the time she contacted us she was in Mexico soon to sign
W7KFI/mm. NOW FOR THE AMAZING PART! Susan told OPDX that she
originally was to go on a 1946 Brewer, the vessel called
Menage-A-tROIS. However, she states she soon found out that, at
the age of 69 years old (YES 69), she could no longer single
handedly sail the boat in heavy weather. She stated, "It was
just too much boat for an old lady." (ed. AMAZING) Susan
traded her boat for a Challenger 1932. The Vessel S/V Dharma. She
stated, "This size boat I can handle all by myself."
(ed. WOW!). Susan left Oakland, CA, in January and has been
slowly working her way south. She has spent time in many ports,
and she found them very nice. Susan has been in Ensenada, Mexico
(Baja California), for the last month, but has now left again on
Wednesday, April 16th, for San Jose, Punta Cabras. Heading south,
Susan told OPDX that she would be operating from an island that
has not been operated on before, the Isle San Martin (NA-162).
She was heard April 17th as XE2/W7KFI from San Martin on 14249
kHz at 2341z. The length of her stay is not unknown. However,
Susan provided OPDX with her next stops (no dates given). Her
next stop will be at Bahia de Torguga (Turtle bay), and from
there to Magdelina Bay, Cabo San Lucas, and finally La Paz. Susan
will be in La Paz for a few weeks, then it is off to the islands
in the Sea of Cortez for operating....and into Guymas for the
hurricane season. Come fall she will go down the mainland coast
ending in Costa Rica. In April 2004, she is off to Galapagos
Islands and into the South Pacific. Susan states, "I will be
in the South Pacific for up to three years, operating from any
island that will give me a license to operate. This is a fully
self-funded expedition. I asked all around for support but was
unable to get any. Rig is an FT-847 with two 32' pop-up masts and
I will be on all modes except SSTV...including Pactor. I intend
to follow in the footsteps of Danny Weil from the 50's.
Hopefully, I will not end up on a reef like he did." We hope
Susan will continue to contact us on her amazing trip, and we
wish her the best. One last note. Susan told us that she has room
on board for a crewmember if anyone wants to go. If interested,
let us know and we will forward the message.
7P8, LESOTHO (Update). A fifth operator has
been added to the July 7P8 Lesotho DXpedition that will give the
group an added plus in the digital mode operation. The newest
operator to join the group is Dave Anderson, K4SV, a veteran of
many world-class DXpeditions and a world class RTTY and digital
modes operator. Dave Anderson of Ashville, NC, whose 7P8 callsign
is expected to be 7P8DA. Dave joins Charles Frost, K5LBU/7P8CF;
Madison Jones, W5MJ/7P8MJ; Neil King VA7DX/7P8NK; and Tom
Anderson WW5L/7P8TA, on the all bands and modes operation July
18-25th from Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho. REMEMBER: THIS OPERATION IS
NOT TO BE CONFUSED with the "African Double Jump
DXpedition". Dave gives the team some added strength on the
digital modes and is a very experienced DXpedition member (member
of the A50A and A52A Bhutan, VP5/KW4DA Turks & Caicos 2000
& 2003 operations, T2DA Tuvalu, 3D2CW Fiji, K1B Baker Island,
and ZL7C Chatham Islands). QSLs will be handled by each operator
separately via their home callsign as each will have their own
7P8 callsign. Look for more details to be released after June.
A6, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Ghis, ON5NT, is now
in Dubuai for the UN for the next 3 months. Look for possible
activity from him.
C9, MOZAMBIQUE (Update). Filippo, IK4ZHH, has
informed OPDX that he has left for Mozambique on Friday, April
18th. Remember to look for Max/IZ4DPV and Filippo/IK4ZHH to be
active as C93CM and C93FF, respectively, now through May 4th.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB and possibly RTTY and 6
meters. They will also participate in the ARI DX Contest (May
3-4th). QSL via their home callsign, either direct or through the
bureau.
GD, ISLE OF MAN. Phil, G4OBK, will be on
holiday here soon and will operate as GD4OBK/P from near Andreas
in the north part of the Island from April 27th until May 2nd.
The WAB square is NX40. Phil expects to be active for an hour or
two every day on HF 40-10 meters on CW and RTTY. He will use an
Icom IC-706 and doublet antenna/ATU. QSL is via his home callsign
on QRZ.com. Also, a log search will be available on his home page
in early May at: http://www.qsl.net/g4obk/.
IOTA NEWS...
EU-017. A group of operators from the
"Radio Group Etna" will be active as ID9RGE
from Filicudi Island (IIA ME-003), April 24-27th. The
team is: IT9EJW, IT9GAC, IT9GIE, IT9LCY, IT9TPJ, IT9VKY,
IW9BCW, IW9BDV, IW9FY and IW9HDS. They plan to operate on
HF bands CW/SSB and 6/2 meters. QSL via IT9EJW either via
the bureau or direct: Alfio Bonanno, P. O. Box 18, 95028
Valverde - CT, Italy. For further information, go to the
Web site at: http://www.rgetna.org.
EU-030. Thomas, DL7UZO, will be active
as OZ/homecall from Bornholm Island, May 18-23rd.
Activity will be on the IOTA frequencies 80-10 meters,
including the WARC bands and 6 meters (50.100 MHz CW and
WSJT on 50.250 MHz). Operations will be on CW, SSB, RTTY
and PSK31 using a FT-847 + Dipole. QSL direct or via
Bureau. http://portal.funkstation.info.
EU-030. Ben, OZ6B, will be active from
Bornholm Island (BO-001 for Danish Island Award), June
19-26th. Activity will be on 14265 kHz (+/- QRM). QSL via
the bureau or direct (CBA).
EU-039. As announced earlier,
Franck/F5JOT, Daniel/F5LGQ and Claude/F6CKH will be on
Chausey Island, but from April 26th to May 2nd (not April
18-26th). They will be active on 80-10 meters on CW, SSB,
may be RTTY and SSTV.
EU-047. Peter, DH9YPA, will be active
from Borkum Island (German Island Award N-01), April 27th
through May 9th. Activity will be on SSB. QSL via bureau.
EU-048. Members of the Radio Club of
Provins (F6KOP IOTA Team) will be active as TM7R from the
Island of Groix (AT 012), May 7-12th. Their activity will
be on HF, VHF and UHF on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV.
There may also be operations for the French Castle and
Forts Award (DFCF). Operators mentioned F4AJQ, F4BTP,
F4BUX, F4EAV, F4EAX, F5AGB, F5PVF, F5TST, F5VHQ, F8BUI,
F8BJI, F8BQQ and F9IE. QSL via F6KOP.
EU-063. Terje, LA3OHA, is once again
heading up DXpeditions to Prins Karls Forland Island.
DXpeditions will take place between July 1st and August
2nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters. This is the same
type of activity that took place in June 2001 as a
multi-national team operated from Prins Karls Forland
Island as JW0PK. The IOTA Community/Group states that it
was the "Most outstanding IOTA expedition in
2001". You can join and operate from this expedition
with your family/friends. For more information and
pictures, please visit the Web page at: http://www.dxpedition.org/dxjwpk.
QSL Manager will be SP5DRH: Jacek Kubiak, P.O. Box 4,
00-957 Warszawa, Poland.
EU-155. The Northern Italy DX Team will
be active from Piallazza Island (IIA ref. is FE-001),
April 25-27th. Activity will be on 5 HF bands CW/SSB.
During this stay, the Team will try to activate a little
island (New One for IIA) near Piallazza Island. Expected
callsigns are: IK2SNG (CW only), IK4ALM, IK4VET and
IK4XCL. QSL via their home callsigns or via Bureau.
NA-013. Mike/AD5A and his sons
Micheal/AB5EB and Jake/KB5SKN will activate Little Corn
Island between May 31st and June 2nd. This is a RARE
island and only about 10% of the IOTA chasers have it.
All operators are experienced IOTA operators and have
activated several island before. The family operators
will use an IC-706 with an amp and a vertical antenna.
The team will be active on RTTY and possibly 6 meters.
The callsign is not known yet. For more details, please
visit the Web page at: http://www.islandradio.org/na013.htm.
NA-076. Operators David/WA4ET,
Cory/N1WON, Ron/N4KE and Jim/NU4Y will be active as WA4ET
from Havens Island (USI FL 104S, Grid EL89). They will be
on the air starting around 0000z Friday, April 25th and
ending at 1400z Monday, April 28th, WX and conditions
permitting. This island is in the Cedar Key Group on the
west coast of Florida. Activity will be on 40-6 meters
CW/SSB/RTTY. IOTA Frequencies will be used +/- QRM. QSL
to WA4ET.
OC-057 & OC-067. Yoshitake, JJ8DEN,
will be active as FO/JJ8DEN from Maupiti Islands (OC-067)
between April 28th and May 1st. This also includes
activity from Maupihaa Atoll (OC-057). Look for him to be
active on HF on CW and RTTY with an IC-706 and HX52A. QSL
via JJ8DEN either via the bureau or direct to: Yoshitake
Izumi, Minami-24-7, Nishi-1, Obihiro-City, Hokkaido,
080-0011, JAPAN.
OC-066 & OC-152. Fabien, F8CFU, will
be active as homecall/FO from Hao Atoll (OC-066), now
through May 5th, and Tubuai Island May 6-16th. Activity
will be on 30/20/17/15/12/10 meters using a 2 element
dipole.
OC-121. Tad, JF6OJX, plans to be active
as 3D2JX between now and April 24th from Mana Island,
Fiji. Activity will mainly be on the low bands. QSL via
JN1HOW.
OC-202. Roland, DU1KGJ, is organizing
another trip to Calagua Islands, April 26-28th.
Possible/probable callsign will be DX4CN. QSL via VE7DP.
SA-015. The "Caracas
DX-Group"/ARV will be active as YW5M from Los Monjes
Archipel, located at the extreme west part of Venezuela,
July 17-20th. Activity will be on all bands CW/SSB. QSL
via W4SO (maildrop!).
SA-063. The "Caracas
DX-Group"/ARV will be active as YW8D from the Island
of La Cotorra, located at the east-coast of Venezuela in
the Orinoco-delta, June 20-24th. Activity will be on all
bands CW/SSB. QSL via W4SO (maildrop!).
J5, GUINEA- BISSAU. Sebastien, F8DQZ, who was
active from 3X with the callsign 3XD02 from the mainland and IOTA
AF-051, will be here for the next two weeks starting April 19th.
KH9, WAKE ISLAND. Jake, N6XIV, will once
again operate from Wake Island. His travel plans will have him
arriving on or about April 19th. At this point he expects to stay
for at least 30 days...with the possibility of up to 60 days.
Once again operating time(s) will be limited due to his work
requirements. However, Jake states he will carry along his AH-4
tuner in order to try and operate on multiple bands if the
opportunity affords itself. As before, K2FF - Glenn in
Mississippi and W6FRH - Bob in California will help with piloting
duties. All QSLs go via K2FF direct or via the bureau.
OE, AUSTRIA. Dieter Kritzer, OE8KDK
(HF-Contest Manager), informs OPDX that the Austrian Radio
Amateurs and the Austrian Goverment Radiostations will do a
national EMERGENCY TEST on the 1st of May. Activity will be from
0500-0800z and 1400-1700z on the 80 and 30 meter bands and they
will be using the CW and SSB mode. The following stations are
expected to be active:
OEC: State Department
OEP213: Ministry of Interior
OEY???: Military
OEH???: Red Cross
The Goverment Stations have no permission to make
international QSOs, but SWL reports are available via the
Austrian QSL-Bureau.
PIRATE ALERT. Sasi, 9V1SM, informs OPDX that
his QSL Manager W3HNK has been receiving QSLs for 9V1SM on 12
meters CW. This is not Sasi and this operation is a pirate. Sasi
states that he only operates on PSK31 and SSB. All QSLs received
for this band and mode will be returned to the sender. If you did
happen to have a QSO on this band/mode, Sasi would greatly
appreciate it if you could drop him a note before sending the
card to his manager at: tmssn@nus.edu.sg.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
PA5ET is the QSL manager for the
following callsigns: HB0/PA3ERC, VP5C (1995), VP5/PA3BBP,
VP5/PA3ERC, VP5/PA3EWP, VP45/PA3EWP, FG/PA3BBP,
FG/PA3ERC, FG/PA3EWP, FG/PA3FQA, TO5C (1996), J79BP,
J79RC, J79WP, J79QA, J77C (1996), FM/PA3BBP, FM/PA3ERC,
FM/PA3EWP, FM/PA3FQA, J6/PA3BBP, J6/PA3ERC, J6/PA3EWP,
9Y4/PA3BBP, 9Y4/PA3ERC, 9Y4/PA3EWP, 6Y5/PA3ERC,
6Y5/PA3EWP, ZF2RC/ZF9, ZF2WP/ZF9, PJ7/PA5ET, PJ7/PA4WM,
PJ7/PA3EWP, PJ7/PA3GCV, PJ7/PA4WM, PJ7/PA4EA, FS/PA5ET,
FS/PA4WM, FS/PA3EWP, FS/PA3GCV, FS/PA4WM, FS/PA4EA,
V47ET, V47WM, V47WP, V47CV, V47WM, V47EA, VP2EET, VP2EWM,
VP2EWP, VP2ECV, VP2EWM, VP2EEA, 8Q9RC, 8Q9WP, V26EA,
V26ET, V26FM, V26WP, VP2MPA, 8P9JR, 8P9JS, 8P9JT, 8P9JU,
J3/PA3EWP, J3/PA5ET, J3/PA7FM, J38PA (2001), J8/PA3EWP,
J8/PA5ET, J8/PA7FM, J8PA (2001), J75ET, J75EA, J75ZH,
J75WP, J75PA (2002), VP2MET, VP2MEA, VP2MWP, VP2MPA,
VP2MCV and VP2MWM (2002), OY7ET, OY7QA, OY7TW, OY7WB,
OY7WP and OY8PA (2003). Direct cards via: Rob Snieder,
Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The Netherlands.
ADDED NOTES: Rob states that OLD type IRCs are not
accepted anymore. Also, IRCs that are not stamped are
treated as NO contribution which means he will send the
QSL(s) via the bureau. There are a few other guildlines
to follow (as mentioned in his press release) when QSLing
to Rob, PA5ET. His complete press release will be
provided to OPDX InterNet Subscribers as an additional
bulletin.
QSL STATUS OF RI0B and RU0B (Also Ham
Video) of the "Lost Islands" DXpedition.
EDITOR'S NOTE: We did our best to interpret the following
information. Yuri Zaruba, UA9OBA, informs OPDX that all
direct QSLs received in Russia after the polar expedition
to "Lost Islands" (2001) were answered by RW3GW
and UA9OBA during last year. Also, ALL QSLs for all QSOs
were sent via UA3DX-QSL-Bureau in 2002. More than 25,000
beautiful 2 page QSLs were printed and they want you to
please QSL! They feel some direct QSL may have been lost
in the postal system to/from Russia. Yuri, UA9OBA, now
has all the expedition logs (for RI0B, RU0B, RS0B,
RU0B/p,RS0B/p, R3CA/0 - 2001) and if you did not receive
your QSL(s), please send your QSL with SASE directly to:
Yuri V. Zaruba, P.Box 1, Novosibirsk-92, 630092, Russia.
Also, please remember, that one IRC will only pay for air
mailing of only 20 grams of foreign mail from Russia, so
don't forget to enclose sufficient IRCs for a few QSLs.
ADDED NOTE: Also Yuri, UA9OBA, informs OPDX that a
professional video on the "Lost Islands" is now
available. This is the same English version that was
shown during the IOTA/DX Hamvention in England on October
12, 2002. This film-and-radio polar expedition
("Lost islands" which included Ushakova Island
AS-156 as RI0B and Uyedineniya Island AS-057 as RU0B in
April 2001) was awarded the "MOST COURAGEOUS IOTA
DXPEDITION OF THE YEAR" by the IOTA community to the
team of Russian operators. This video can be ordered at
the following Web page at: http://www.nsiradio.com.
Video will be shipped next business day directly from
Russia by Registered AIR Mail. Please specify the version
you are interested in (PAL for Europe and NTSC for
America). They also welcome comments about their
professional HAM-video and would like to hear from you on
the Web page at: http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc.
RRA/RDA ACTIVITY. Members of the RZ6AZZ team
(which include UA6AMB, RU6AX, RX6AH, RW6CT, RA6AX, UA6MF and
RA6AU) will be active from the Caspian Sea Islands between April
23-28th. They plan to activate Morskoy Ivan Karaul Island
(RRA-new for the Russian Robinson Award and RDA KM-05 for the
Russian Districts Award) using the call UE6IKI, and Morskaya
Chapura Island (RRA-new, RDA KM-05) using the call UE6IAA.
Activity will be on 40-10 meter CW/SSB. It is possible that the
team will be active with personal callsign/p. QSL UE6IKI and
UE6IAA via RA6AU.
S0, WESTERN SAHARA. By the time you read
this, the S05X DXpedition should be winding down or QRT. Full
details on the DXpedition are available at: http://www.pagus.it/s05x/.
Logs will be updated daily and will be available at: http://www.pagus.it/s05x/.
As this bulletin was being prepared, a press release announced
last Saturday that the S05X DXpedition has logged about 26,000
QSOs (CW 8135, SSB 14491 and RTTY 1953). QSL via EA4URE either
direct or through the bureau. Donations to help offset the trip
will be gratefully accepted and can be sent via the QSL Manager,
EA4URE (URE - Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles, Avda. Monte
Igueldo 102, Madrid 28053, Spain; E-mail ure@ure.es).
SPECIAL EVENT. A team of SP4KSY club members
will be active as HF650O to celebrate 650 years of Olsztyn city.
The station will be active from May 1st to July 31st, on CW, SSB,
RTTY and PSK. QSL via SQ4NR, bureau or direct to: Grzegorz Gawel,
ul. Herdera 16/14, 10-691 Olsztyn POLAND.
TM5, FRANCE. Dominique, F5SJB, will once
again be active as TM5CW from May 24th to June 7th. There was NO
mention what the special callsign is for.
VP2V, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. Bob, N6RFM,
will be active as VP2V/N6RFM from April 22-25th. He will be on
vacation, so his activity will be limited as time permits.
Activity will be PSK31 QRP on 20 meteres only. QSL via his home
callsign.
VUSHF NEWSLETTER. Derek, G0NFA, reports that
the 144 MHz & Above Newsletter (Now Includes 50 MHz News),
which is updated daily, and includes all the VUSHF News,
DXpeditions, VUSHF Contests, 50MHz News, Beacon News, Etc Etc and
much more, can be found at: http://www.144mhz.co.uk. You will also find
at the bottom of the page a link to join the VUSHF E-mail List.
The 144MHzEu is hosted by G0NFA using Topica and is very popular
(w/500 Subscribers). Please sign the guestbook with your
comments. ADDED NOTE: G0NFA will be active in Gibraltar for the
August 2003 Perseids.
YI, IRAQ (Update). With the mention of
portable YI operations in last week's bulletin, many have been
wondering whether or not these operations would count for DXCC.
Well, this past week ARRL Membership Services Manager Wayne
Mills, N7NG, provided the answer in/on the ARRL Letter and ARRL
Web page. Here is your answer: "ARRL Membership Services
Manager Wayne Mills, N7NG, says the League will accept for DXCC
credit YI/ operations from Iraq by U.S. or British military
personnel provided the operator has written permission from his
or her commanding officer. 'There is precedent for this,' Mills
said, citing an operation during the 1991 Gulf War. 'These
operators will need written authorization to operate from their
commanding officers until an interim Iraqi civilian government is
in place,' Mills said. After that point, operators would need
documented permission from Iraqi authorities." YI portable
activity heard so far has been from Mark Smith/NG5L, Jim
Dunkerton, KT4CK and Bob Furzer/9K2ZZ/K4CY. ADDED NOTE: There has
been some mention of Ed Giorgadze, 4L4FN, who is now in the
Middle East after wrapping up his North Korean (P5) operation
last fall, may be heading to Iraq because of his involvement in
the United Nations World Food Program.
ZA, ALBANIA (Update to OPDX.607). Team ZA3/
has announced that during their May 29th-June 3rd operation, they
have organized on June 2nd a demonstration called the "Day
of the Forces of Peace from the Foreign Countries". They
will have two stations (radio/mobile) active from the Port of
Durres, Albania, for mutual QSO exchanges by civilians and
military personnel from Italy and the bordering nations with
Albania (that includes Kosovo - Greece - Macedonia - Yugoslavia).
All the radio amateurs of the world, particularly military (and
ex-military) operators are invited to be on the radio June 2nd.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Operators Jun/VK4SJ
and Doug/VK4BP will be active as ZK1AYL and ZK1SIM from April
27th through May 26th. They plan to visit Aitutaki (OC-083) April
27th through 14 May, and then Rarotonga (OC-013) from May
15-26th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters. QSL via VK4SJ either
via the bureau or direct to: June Sim, P.O. Box 406, Caloundra
4551, Queensland, Australia. E-QSLs will not be accepted.
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the same phone line as BARF-80 BBS using a data/fax/phone switch.
To access: 1) Dial Number. 2) Wait for first ring (the second
ring should be a false ring from the fax/data switch box) and
then dial four quick ones ("1111"). (NOTE: Some FAX
machines that send single "BEEPS" every second will not
have to do this step.) 3) The phone will pick up and after the
"BEEP" leave your voice message or FAX.
