The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 613 BID: $OPDX.613 June 9, 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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du DX, G4IRN, HA0HW, HS6NDK, I1JQJ & IK1ADH - 425 DX NEWS,
IN3ZNR, JG1OWV, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands News, PY2YU, RW3GU,
VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3EXY and YB0DPO for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 1st/June, through
Sunday, 8th/June there were 220 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, AP, BV,
BY, C2, C3, 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, EU, EX, EY,
EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GM, GU, GW, H4,
HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3,
J6, J8, JA, JD/M, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH3, KH6, KH8,
KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK,
OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, PA, PJ2, PY, PZ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP,
ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR,
TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7,
VE, VK, VP2E, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW,
YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7,
ZD8, 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).
4U, UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS (Possible
Change/Update). Fritz, N6UK/DL4TT, informed OPDX that he
would be active as 4U1UN on June 9th, however, some bulletins are
reporting that he will be active on the 10th. We have been trying
to contact Fritz over the weekend to confirm the change. It is
recommended to watch on both days for his activity. Remember, his
band choice will depend on shortwave conditions and the status of
the roof/antenna work going on at the moment. Mode will be mainly
CW. As usual, QSL only via Box 3873, Grand Central Station New
York, NY 10163 USA.
5J0, SAN ANDRES ISLAND (Update to OPDX.606).
Eight members of the Florida DXPedition Group will be operating
from San Andres Island during the period of October 20-28th. They
will run four to five stations before and after the CQWW SSB
Contest. They have been assigned 5J0J as their contest callsign.
The group is still looking for any assistance and is asking for
donations to help offset the cost. If you are interested in
donating, you may send it via credit card through PayPal (Paypal
ID: w4wx@bellsouth.net)
or mail to: Bill Gallier, FDXPG, 2694 North Camel Ave.,
Middleburg, FL 32068. For information on their team and
activities, visit their two web pages at: http://www.geocities.com/hk02003
and http://www.geocities.com/w4wx1/upcoming.
9A0, CROATIA (Special Event). As announced
last week, Pope John Paul II, visited Croatia over the past
weekend. Amateur radio stations from some Croatian towns have
activated the special callsign 9A0PAX. This callsign will be in
use from now until June 30th. QSL Manager for this station is
Kresimir Juratovic, 9A7K, P.O.Box - 88, HR-48001 Koprivnica,
Croatia. The special event station's callsign 9A0PAX is valid for
the "The Pope John Paul II in Croatia Award". The rules
for this award can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/9a7k.
9A, CROATIA (Lighthouses and Islands). A
DXpedition is being organized by the President of CIHG and WLH
checkpoint Kresimir/9A7K, WLH Manager Phil/F5OGG and
Branko/9A6BND, who are all members of Croatian IOTA Hunters Group
- 9A0LH. They will be active from many Croatian lighthouses and
islands between June 21-30th. During this activity they will use
the following callsigns: 9A7K, 9A6BND, 9A/F5OGG/p and 9A0LH. QSLs
are via their individual home callsigns; 9A0LH via 9A7K. The list
of all Croatian lighthouses and islands that they are going to
activate are:
Barjak Mali: (EU-016, LH1219, CLH 008, CI399)
Bisevo: (EU-016, LH901, CLHG050, CI007)
Daksa: (EU-016, LH 0111, CLH 017, CI 165)
Grebeni: (EU-016, LH 0483, CLH 036, CI 174)
Host: (EU 016, LH0938, CLH039, CI174)
Sveti Andrija: (EU-016, LH 0388, CLH 143, CI 216)
Vis Island: (EU-016, CI142)
Palagruza: (EU-090, LH0057, CLH100, CI084)
Cres: (EU-136, CI 12)
Losinj: (EU-136, CI 058)
Susac: (EU-136, LH 1430, CLH047, CI109)
Susak: (EU-136, LH 0444, CLH 031, CI108)
Babac: (EU-170, LH 831, CLH 004, CI 005)
Pasman: (EU-170, CI085)
Ugljan: (EU-170, CI134)
Blitvenica: (No IOTA, LH0913, CLH014, CI156)
Prisnjak: (No IOTA, LH 1492, CLH 110, CI 374)
Mulo: (No IOTA, LH 0137, CLH 085, CI 458)
Murvica: (No IOTA, LH 0806, CLH 091, CI 457)
Murter: (No IOTA, CI 074)
You can also visit the following Web page for more details and
updates at: http://www.qsl.net/9a7k.
A2 & 7P8, BOTSWANA AND LESOTHO (African Double
Jump DXpedition - Update). Fabrizio, IN3ZNR, reports
that they have lost a member of their team. Mauro, IN3QBR, will
not be joining the team on this DXpedition (no reason given). He
reports everything is ready for this African effort. Operators
are: Joe/AA4NN, Aldo/IK2ANI and Fabrizio/IN3ZNR. Activity will
take place between June 28th- July 13th. In June, they will be
traveling to South Africa, so it is possible for some operations
using ZS/home calls. The operation in Botswana will take place
starting on July 2nd through the 6th. The operation in Lesotho
will take place starting on July 7th through 11th. The plan is to
run both CW and SSB with two stations on the air. In spite of the
summer season, the CW guys will make a great effort on 80 and 160
meters. The Phone operators will be monitoring 50.110 MHz for
checking the 6 meter band. They will also pay attention to the
frequencies of USA General Class band plan, 10-15-20 meters. The
callsigns are already assigned:
Lesotho - 7P8NR (IN3ZNR), 7P8NN (AA4NN) and 7P8NI (IK2ANI)
Botswana - A25FV (IN3ZNR), A25NN (AA4NN) and A25NI (IK2ANI)
Send QSLs via their home callsign. For further information,
check their dedicated web pages at: http://www.AfricanJump.org.
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Members from the
Hungarian Pannon DX Club and the P.V.R.Klub Puspokladany will
operate from here again this year. The operation will take place
between June 22-27th from a rented house at Masescha 1350m ASL.
Activity is planned for the HF bands (40-10 meters, including the
WARC bands) CW/SSB and RTTY. There will be 3 stations active 24
hours a day by the following operators:
HB0/HA0HW/p Op Laci
HB0/HA0KHW/p Op Feri HG0ETA, QSL via HA0HW
HB0/HA4DX/p Op Tomi
HB0/HA4XG/p Op Geza
HB0/HG4LGN/p Op Boti
HB0/HA5BWW/p Op Ed
HB0/HA7VK/p Op Sanyi
They will be using a FT-840, a FT-890 and a FT-990 with
monoband yagis for 24 and 21 MHz, and groundplanes and wire
antennas for all the other bands sponsored by DunaX (http://www.pannondxc.hu/dunax).
Cards can be sent to their home callsigns direct or via HA
bureau. For more details, please visit the following Web pages:
INDIAN OCEAN OPERATION. John Warburton,
G4IRN, informs OPDX that he will be active as follows:
Seychelles (S7) -- (AF-024) from September 13-16th.
Mayotte (FH) -- (AF-027) signing FH/G4IRN from September 16-23rd.
Seychelles (S7) -- (AF-024) from September 23-27th.
All operations will be mainly CW with 100 watts, on 40-10
meters, into a vertical antenna. QSL via G4IRN (See QRZ.com for
details).
IOTA NEWS...
AS-023. Yoshitake, JJ8DEN, will be
active as JJ8DEN/6 from Amami Island June 21-23rd. Look
for activity on HF on CW and RTTY. He will be using 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.
AS-032. Yoshitake, JJ8DEN, will be
active as JJ8DEN/6 from Yaku Shima Island July 12-14th.
Look for activity on HF on CW and RTTY. He will be using
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.
AS-117. Kenji, JA4GXS, will be active as
JA4GXS/4 in the IOTA contest from Yashiro Island, July
26th (1000z) to the 27th until 2300z. Activity will be on
40/30/20/15/10 meters SSB and CW. QSL via the bureau or
direct to: Kenji Sasaki, 2-15 Ishikannon-cho, Yamaguchi,
753-0038 Japan.
EU-023. Andrea, IK1PMR, who was recently
active as TX4PG from Marquesas Island, should be active
from Gozo Island June 12-19th. This will mainly be a
vacation trip for him this time, not a full DXpedition
like his TX4PG operation. His callsign is not known yet
(probably something like 9H3**). He will operate on 80-10
meters with 100w, vertical antenna + 40m dipole + wires,
mainly on CW with some SSB and RTTY/PSK. QSL via IK1PMR
(Bureau or direct using the address on QRZ.com).
EU-070. Jacques/F6HMJ and Andre/F6AOI
will be active as TM3OR from Ile d'Or from June 13-15th.
QSL via F6HMJ.
NA-066. Members of the Escondido (CA)
ARS hopes to mount a mini-expedition to Santa Catalina
Island for the IOTA contest. Hopefully, more details will
be forthcoming.
NA-067. Randy, KD8JN, informs OPDX that
he will be active from Hatteras Island (USI NC-005S),
North Carolina, from July 19-26th using the callsign
KD8JN/4. Activity will be on all bands, primarily on SSB.
Suggested frequencies will be the usual IOTA frequencies
+/- QRM. Randy states, "This again, is a
Vacation/DXpedition, which includes the family. I will be
on the air as much as possible, and as propagation and
the wife permits! NOTICE!!!! 'IF' the fish are biting,
I'll be using my fishing rod more than the radio!! Please
be patient. I pay close attention for QRP stations, Kids,
and YL's/XYL's. I REALLY listen for the weak signals too!
I try to get everyone in the log that wants to be
there!" Direct QSLs to KD8JN: Randall Phelps, 1226
Delverne Ave SW, Canton, Ohio 44710-1306 USA. QSLs 100%
via the Bureau also! SWL's welcome too!
NA-125. Nenad, VE3EXY, informs OPDX that
he is too busy to travel to Zone 2 at this time. So, he
has decided to visit Orleans Island (Zone 4) for a
weekend operation. He will sign CK2/VE3EXY/P from June
13th (Fri. about 2200z) to June 15th (Sun. 2000z). His
activity will be on the following modes: CW, RTTY, and
SSB (but mostly RTTY during the ANARTS contest). His
sunrise and sunset: 0845 and 0035z. QSL via his home
callsign VE3EXY. His suggested frequencies: IOTA or RTTY
frequencies. No low bands. Nenad objectives are: Outside
Contest - DX stations (CONDX permitting); During ANARTS
Contest - 20, 15 and 10 meters; Around Greyline times he
will be either on 20 or 30 meters. His resting periods
are: 0400-0830z and 1600-1800z subject to change if CONDX
are good. Nenad requests/states, "I'll have no
access to the cluster. Please post me as much as
possible."
NA-NEW and NA-007 (possibly NA-009 and NA-047).
Mike/K9AJ and Jim/K9PPY will activate Somerset Island (a
new IOTA, in the Nunavut region of Northern Canada) from
July 13-20th. They may have two stations on the air,
depending on conditions. As there will be no sunset (less
than 500 miles north of Arctic Circle), they plan no
activity below 40 meters on this trip. Their callsigns
will be K9AJ/VY0 and K9PPY/VY0. Susan, K9XYL/VY0, might
also be active. After their Somerset Island operation,
K9AJ/VY0 will be active from Southampton Island (NA-007)
from July 22-24th. It is also possible that some activity
might occur from Cornwallis Island (NA-009) and/or Baffin
Island (NA-047) during the time period July 11-26th, so
pay attention to the QTH info given by the operator. The
usual IOTA frequencies will be used on CW and SSB. QSL to
operator's home callsign.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY...
Jim/W5AZN (ARLHS #484) and Patty/W5AZO
(ARLHS #485) will be activating several lighthouses on
Lake Superior signing with the special callsign, N8L,
between July 16-30th. Activity will mostly be on 20
meters SSB. Frequencies and operating times will vary
from different lighthouses each day. QSL direct to W5AZN,
#10 SASE PSE.
Operators Albert/RV3GW, Vlad/RA3GD, Valery/RW3GU
and possibly others are planning to visit some
lighthouses and islands in the Onega Lake June 12-15th.
Their goal is to activate the following three new LHs for
the WLHA and RLHA (RRA) programs: LH 0530 - Vasilisin, LH
0441 - Sosnovo-Shal'skiy and LH 0407 - Mihaylovets. Their
callsigns will be RV3GW/1, RA3GD/1, RW3GU/1 and possibly
others. Their activity will be limited to 20 and 40
meters CW/SSB and one day (about 5 hours from morning of
a local time) per island. The possible activity will
depend on the weather.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
FRENCH POSTAL INCREASE. Gil, F5NOD,
informs OPDX that there has been a new postage increase
for mailing from France to abroad: (Reference 1 USD = 0.8
Euro)
F to West Europe: (DL, OE, ON, OZ, EA,
OH, G, SV, EI, TF, I, HB0, LX, LA, PA, CT, HV, SM and
HB9) = 0.5 Euro (0.625 USD) F to Europe: (other than listed) and
AFRICA = 0.75 Euro (0.93 USD) F to OC, AS, NA, SA: = 0.9 Euro (1.125
USD) (Remark: 1 USD will not cover any more postage
expense to OC, AS, NA, SA)
Jean-Michel, F6AJA, informs OPDX that
the Les Nouvelles DX historical QSL gallery Web site
continues to grow. This site contains, more than 1400
QSLs in five different galleries. The Web page is at: http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr.
Some cards are still needed, and your participation is
welcome. Please visit their Web site and send them your
comments by E-mail to: LesNouvellesDX@free.fr.
To celebrate, Pope John Paul II visit to
the City of Rijeka, his 100th pastoral visit outside
Vatican, and his third trip to the Republic of Croatia,
members of radio club "Rika" activated the
special callsign, 9A100IP. "IP" means John Paul
in Croatian language. QSL via 9A1RKA: Radioclub
"Rika", P.O.Box 262, HR-51000 Rijeka, CROATIA.
Toni, EA5RM, reports that the S05X QSLs
have arrived on June 6th from the printer, so
confirmations will start Monday, June 9th.
XQ6ET QSL UPDATE. George, W8UVZ (QSL
Manager for XQ6ET), reports that cards for XQ6ET have
begun to flow as a large batch goes into Monday's (June
9th) mail from Battle Creek. Verification process is slow
with Bob's handwritten logs - as the process takes place
over the air when propagation cooperates. Also, Bob
reports he has many cards that are ready for QSLing, but
he had no blank cards. These (QSLs) are being sent to him
this week, so the deserving should QRX sending duplicate
requests until mid July as their cards may be in the
works! One final reminder for those seeking QSLs. Older
style IRCs (smaller size) are not redeemable in George's
area. He has gotten several QSL requests, particularly
from JA and UA with these older IRCs. Those requesting
QSLs should use the newer style CN01 (large size with bar
coding on rear) IRCs, US Dollars in their envelopes or US
postage on their return envelopes.
T32, EASTERN KIRIBATI. Members of the Western
Wireless CC will be active from here between November 23rd and
December 7th and participate in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest
(November 29-30th) as a Multi/2 entry. Operators will be
Barry/N0KV (T32KV), Bill/K0MP (T32MP), Valeriy/N2WW,
Gregory/W0ZA, Paul/NO0T and Tim/N0ZM. All T32 callsigns have not
been received yet. They will be active on 160-10 meters including
the WARC bands. Modes will be CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK-31. QSLs will
be via operators' home callsigns.
T33, BANABA ISLAND (Looking for SUPPORT!). In
OPDX.611, an announcement was made that an international team of
about 15 well known operators were going to activate Banaba
Island for a period of about 12 days in March or April of 2004.
Because of the long ocean voyage and the lack of facilities on
this devastated island, this will be an expensive undertaking.
Each member will be contributing to travel expenses. However,
even with this, they will fall far short of their needs. They
hope organizations will be able to provide some help. Any amount
is appreciated, and they will put your club logo on their QSL
card, and it will be included in the credits for the video and
articles for all significant donantions. For more information
please visit their web site at: http://www.dx-pedition.de/banaba2004.
You can send your contribution to: F5CWU - Florent Moudar, 25 Rue
du Castel Salis, 37100 TOURS, FRANCE or N4CD - Robert A. Voss,
3133 Charring Cross, Plano, Texas 75025 USA. All contributors
will be acknowledged by letter and by a listing on the web site
when received. If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact Flo at: f5cwu@qsl.net.
V2, ANTIGUA. Kevin, WB8XX, will be on holiday
from here June 10-16th. He plans to be active (callsign not
mentioned) and will try to catch a few European openings on 6
meters during this time. QSL via WB8XX.
VK9C, COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS. Operators
Gerhard/DJ5IW, Thomas/DL2RMC, Hartmut/DM5TI and Andree/DL8LAS
will be active as VK9CT and VK9D from here October 11-23rd.
Activity will be on all modes, 160-6 meters with a focus on the
lower and the WARC bands, including operations on AO-40. They
will have 3 stations on. QSL via DL2RMC.
VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Operators
Gerhard/DJ5IW, Thomas/DL2RMC, Hartmut/DM5TI and Andree/DL8LAS
will be active as VK9XW, VK9XM, VK9XT and VK9XA, respectively,
from October 4-11th. Activity will be on all modes, 160-6 meters
with a focus on the lower and the WARC bands, including
operations on AO-40. They will have 3 stations on. QSL via
DL2RMC.
XW, LAOS. Son, HS6NDK (XW1N), informs OPDX
that Champ, E21EIC, will continue to be active as XW1IC until the
morning of June 27th. He has been active on 6 meters (on 50.110
and 50.115 MHz around 1000-1700z). He will mainly be pointing to
Japan, Asia stations and sometime to Europe. He was heard this
past week/weekend on 17 meters RTTY (18104 kHz around 1330z) and
20 meters CW/SSB (between 1530-2030z or later). QSL via E21EIC.
YA, AFGHANISTAN (Update). Masa, JG1OWV, has
informed OPDX that Sada has joined Hiro/JA1CQT (YA1CQ) and the
group on June 5th. He was invited to use their club station,
YA1JA, on 6th. Sada will temporarily go to U.A.E. where he will
pick up his FT-857 that Masa has sent him. Sada will be back to
Kabul around June 12th with the equipment. Masa states, thet we
can expect Hiro's operation to continue for a few more days until
he leaves for the southern area next week.
YB35, INDONESIA (Attention Prefix Hunters).
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of ORARI (ORganisasi Amatir
Radio Indonesia), 1968-2003, the special prefix callsign YB35AR
will be on the air from Jakarta City, July 6-13th by a lot of YB0
call area operators. Activity will be on all HF bands including
WARC Bands, VHF 6m and AO-40 Satelite. Modes are: CW, SSB, RTTY,
SSTV and PSK31. QSL via YB Bureau, or P.O. BOX 8000, Jakarta
11000 Indonesia. On July 11th, 12th and 13th, the ORARI in the
Jakarta area will organize Jakarta HAMfest. YB35AR will be on 40
and 80 meters for local HAM, if everthing is running well. On
July 12-13th, look for YE0HQ (ORARI HQ Station) to participate in
the IARU World Radio Championship 2003.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Dave/W6AQ and
Don/K6IPV are going on the road again. Don states, "This
time, we'll stay away from the CW, which neither of us has a
great familiarity with, and will travel to the South Cook Islands
for the CQ WW SSB Contest the end of October." Don also
states, "Licenses have been applied for and a decision is
about to be made as to just which delightful place we will stay,
but we know it will be next door to Victor, ZK1CG/ZK1USA, who has
been a tremendous help in coordinating our trip and promises to
help whenever he can. We believe that help will probably be in
the form of constructive criticism and the supply of tools and
duct tape when necessary. We plan to arrive on Rarotonga the
evening, local time, of October 20th and will be leaving on
October 29th. We anticipate antennas for all HF bands, 160
through 10 meters, and will attempt to get in a little bit of CW
along with a lot of SSB. We understand that South Cooks is the
most wanted country, in Europe, on RTTY, so, Don will be
attempting to patch together some gear to be able to operate the
other digital modes while Dave will be checking out the local
dining and wine establishments. We have our wives along, this
time, so will not, obviously, 'have at least one transmitter on
the air 24 hours a day'. We'll do as much as we can." QSL
Manager is to be named later and callsigns will be announced as
soon as granted.
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