The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 614 BID: $OPDX.614 June 16, 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, NC1L, W1RQ,
K2FF, N2OO, N2WB, WA2MOE, WA2VUY, K3PD, NG3K, W3UR & The
Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, N6UK/DL4TT, K8YSE, KG8DP, N8PR,
W8CNL, W9DC, K0BCN, 9A6AA, CT1END, DL1EK/DL7VOA & DX
Newsletter, DL6UAA, F5NQL & UFT, FJ5DX & La Gazette du
DX, GM0CLN, I1JQJ & IK1ADH - 425 DX NEWS, JA1ELY, JI6KVR
& JA-IOTA Islands News, LX1NO, MM0DFV, OZ4ACK, SM3CVM, TA3YJ,
VA3RJ & ICPO and VE3EXY for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 8th/June, through
Sunday, 15th/June there were 214 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4U1U, 4W,
4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A,
9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9V, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6,
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, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0,
HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J8, JA, JD/o, JT,
JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU,
LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA,
PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2,
T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TN, TR, TU, TY, TZ, UA,
UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, VE, VK, VP2E,
VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL,
YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL,
ZL7, 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 (Wrap up).
Fritz, N6UK/DL4TT, informed OPDX that he was active as 4U1UN on
June 10th, a day later than first announced because his trip back
from Europe was delayed. However, Fritz provided OPDX with the
following report on the 4U1UN station: "Access to the
station is quite limited right now, as is the equipment/antennas
that are available. The only antenna I could use was a folded
dipole for the HF bands. The power was 100 watts."
QSO breakdown:
Band No. of QSOs Comments
50 MHz 111 Sporadic E to eastcoast, midwest a very
few W6 and VE
24 MHz 27 US: W0 and east coast
14 MHz 71 20% US and 80% EU/AS
7 MHz 1 no condx
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Total 210
"There is currently activity improving the antenna
situation (for 6m and shortwave). We hope future operations will
be less limited. QSL only via Box 3873, Grand Central Station New
York, NY 10163 USA. (Be patient with QSLing. Currently there is a
backlog due to limited capacity of the QSL Manager.)"
4W, TIMOR LESTE. Thor, 4W3DX, continues to be
very active on 20 meters CW/SSB/RTTY, as well as some activity on
40/15 meters. Most of his activity takes place between
1000-1430z, however, he has been heard on after 0230z. Watch
around (+/- 5 kHz) 14025, 14195, 21083 and 7005 kHz. ADDED NOTE:
Stu, WA2MOE, announced this week, "A petition was filed with
the Chief Executive Officer of ARRL today seeking removal of
UNTAET (United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor)
from the DXCC entities list and for the addition of Timor Leste
as an entity." The petition states that DXCC rule under
"Section II. DXCC List Criteria -- Criteria:
(b): The entity has been assigned a call sign prefix bloc
by the ITU. A provisional prefix bloc assignment may be made
by the Secretary General of ITU. Should such provisional
assignments not be ratified later by the full ITU, the Entity
will be removed from the DXCC List."
and should be applied. Stu states, "The assignment was
not ratified and UNTAET returned it to ITU which has reissued the
block 4WA-4WZ to Timor Leste. It is the position of JA1BK and
WA2MOE that the addition of 4W to the DXCC entities list was
premature and that a mistake was made."
C6, BAHAMAS. Pete, N8PR, will be operating as
C6AHR from Andros Island (IOTA NA-001) from June 21-23rd.
Activity will be on SSB and CW with operations on 80-10 meters
including the WARC bands are planned. QSL via N8PR.
CU2, AZORES. Lars, SM3CVM, plans to be active
as CU2/SM3CVM/P from Sao Miguel (EU-003), June 24th- July 6th.
Activity will be mainly CW on 80-10 meters. This will be a
holiday operation, so he will mostly be active late evenings
local time. QSL to his home callsign via the bureau or direct to
CBA.
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC
Manager, informs OPDX that the following operation is approved
for DXCC credit:
S05X - Western Sahara -- April 15th through 21st, 2003
IOTA NEWS...
AS-081. Operators DS5AAQ, DS5ACV,
DS5ARL, DS5DNO, DS5DYM, DS5KJR and DS5MNO will be active
from Ch'angson Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July
26-27th) as a Single-Op/12 hour entry. Contest callsign
will be DS5AAQ/p or HomeCall/p...etc. QSL via their home
callsign by the Bureau.
EU-008. The Cockenzie and Port Seton
Amateur Radio Club (CPSARC), GM2T, will once again
operate from the Isle of Tiree (IOSA NH04, WAB NM04), the
most westerly of Scotland's Inner Hebridean Islands,
during the RSGB IOTA (Islands on the Air) Contest which
runs from 1200z, July 26th until 1200z, July 27th, using
the clubs special contest callsign GM2T. The team will
consist of: Cambell/MM0DXC, Bob/GM4UYZ, John/MM0JXI,
BrianM0RNR, Landles/GM4XZZ, Ron/GM4IKU, Innes/GM4VJV,
Stevie/MM3SRU, Isa/MM3ISA, and Iain/MM1CPP/MM3IDM. In
addition to operation during the contest, a small group
of the team (Cambell, Brian, Iain, Stevie and Isa) will
be travelling to Tiree over the weekend of July 19th to
set up the station in preparation for the contest and
will be operational from Tiree on all HF bands during the
week before the contest from around Monday, July 21st,
using the club callsign MM0CPS/P. QSL's for both
callsigns via GM4UYZ.
EU-010. A team from the Forth Valley
Contest Group will operate from Benbecula (IOSA OH04 and
WAB NF75), one of Scotland's Outer Hebridean Islands,
during the RSGB IOTA (Islands on the Air) Contest. During
the contest (which runs from 1200z, July 26th until
1200z, July 27th), they will be using the special contest
callsign GM4V. At present, the team consists of
John/MM0CCC, Robert/MM0ANT, Colin/GM0CLN, Ian/GM4ZRR and
Keith/GM0FZM. The QSL Manager for all GM4V's operations
is MM0ANT (his QSL details are avaliable at QRZ.com).
They hope to post updates on their Web page at: http://www.gm4v.co.uk/.
If you would like to contact the group, you can E-mail
them at: gm4v@mm0fvc.co.uk.
They look forward to working you in the contest.
EU-017. Antonello, IK2DUW, will be
active as ID9/IK2DUW from Filicudi Island now through
June 23rd. Activity will be on CW/SSB/RTTY and PSK.
EU-020. Martin, SM0DTK, will be active
from Gotland Island as SM0DTK/1 from June 19th through
July 18th. Any sked can be arranged by E-mail via: sm0dtk@passagen.se.
Look at QTH at: http://hem.passagen.se/sm0dtk/.
(Click "Losgodis")
EU-123. Look for Ed, G3SQX, to be active
as GM7X from the Isle of Arran during the RSGB IOTA
Contest (July 26-27th) as a 100w CW entry. QSL via G3SQX.
EU-170. (IOCA 2003 Tour!) Look for
operators Eugene (9A/RZ3EC), Sergey (9A/UA3NAN) and
Emir/9A6AA (also as 9A0CI) to go on a 7 day expedition
(July 12-19th) to activate rare Croatian islands and
lighthouses in the Dalmatia North Group. More information
is available at: http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa. Some
islands/LH they are going to activate are:
NA-046. Brad, W1RQ, will be going to
Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, MA, using the callsign
W1RQ/NA046, from June 21st through July 12th. Operation
will be SSB only, using the typical IOTA frequencies. QSL
via his home callsign W1RQ.
NA-128. CORRECTION. Nenad's, VE3EXY,
activity as CK2/VE3EXY/P from Orleans Island (Zone 4) is
IOTA NA-128, not NA-125 as mentioned in last week's
bulletin. QSL via his home callsign VE3EXY.
OC-019. Now through July 3rd, look for
Tom, KH6/W4MDL, to be active during the weekends from
various islands around Oahu. He plans to activate Ford
Island (USI HI-022S, Honolulu county), Konoehe Island
(USI HI-new) and Sand Island (HI-021S, Honolulu county).
Activity will be on 20-10 meters, including the WARC
bands. QSL via his home callsign, direct or bureau.
OC-140. By the time you read this, the
VK6 DX Chasers Club should be active from Thevenard
Island as VI6TI. Look for them on or near the usual IOTA
frequencies, 40-6 meters plus AO-40, SSB and CW. The 8
member team will be active through June 22nd. INTERESTING
NOTE: Alek, VK6APK, states that for a sked, if you need
them real bad, call on the Phone at +61 4 28925406.
OC-241. A group of operators are
expected to operate as 8A9R from Rote Island (WW Loc:
PH19) in the middle of June for about 10 days. This will
be a multi-band operation. Kadek, YC9BU, will be one of
the operators and also the QSL Manager. The team will be
operating near an old lighthouse on Rote Island, which
will be submitted for World Lighthouse Award acceptance.
Further information is forthcoming.
JD1, OGASAWARA (Commemorative Station of The Ogasawara
Islands 35th Anniversary of the Reversion). Toshi,
JA1ELY, reports the following: "Ogawawara Islands are
located approximately 1000km south of Tokyo, and it is
distinguished from the mainland on the DXCC program as JD1. The
Village of Ogasawara organized the commemorative amateur radio
station to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the reversion from
June 10th through August 31st this year. This radio station is
the club station and is employed including many newcomers who are
from among the 2400 residents of Ogasawara Islands. For this
purpose, we trained the people of the village for purposes of
allowing them to obtain the license. The same callsign 'JD1YAB'
is the JARL commemorative station of reversion employed 34 years
ago, i.e., one year after return, is used for this radio station
under the recognition of the JARL!! We will operate all bands,
all modes including 80-2 meters band and SSB, CW, RTTY, SSTV,
Satellite(AO-10, UO-14) etc up to 200W output depending on each
operators privileges. All QSLs will be sent to the world via the
bureau automatically without any requests. Also, if you want it
directly, it will be issued by the QSL Manager/JA1MRM. Send SAE
(Self Addressed Envelope) and 1 IRC or sufficient return postage.
JA1MRM: Saburo Asano, 3-26-8, Toyotama-Kita, Nerima, Tokyo,
176-0012 Japan." 73. JD1YAB Operation Manager: Toshi/JA1ELY
and Aki/JD1AMA .
KH9, WAKE ISLAND. By the time you read this
Jake, N6XIV/KH9, is expected (June 14th) or has left Wake Island
after having added approximately over 1,500 additional QSOs to
the log on his second trip. However, Chuck, N4BQW/KH9, will be
remaining on the island for about 4 to 5 more weeks. Both
operators were working 20 meters between 0600z and 1100z this
past week giving the beam and amplifier a nice workout. Chuck,
N4BQW, took time out to work Glenn/K2FF and Frank/W6FRH on 30
meters last weekend with solid signals reported both ways on the
wire antenna. An additional antenna for 40/80/160 meters was
installed this past week and Jake was working 40 meters, so Wake
Island should now be active on multiple bands. Just as a
reminder, Chuck will operate whenever he has spare time outside
of his work requirements. And remember, QSLs for N6XIV/KH9 go via
K2FF, while QSLs for N4BQW/KH9 go via KB6NAN.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY...
Wade, AA8LL, plans to activate the
Beaver Island, Michigan, Lighthouse on Friday, June 19th
through Saturday, June 20th. It is reference number
LH-1527 for the WLA and USA-046 for the ARLHS. Wade will
be on the usual lighthouse frequencies 40-10 meters (if
the propagation cooperates) and mostly SSB. The call and
QSL route will be AA8LL.
The Old Barney Amateur Radio Club will
be operating N2OB from the Barnegat Lighthouse (ARLHS
Lighthouse USA-039), Long Beach Island, NJ (IOTA NA-111)
(USI NJ001S) on August 2nd, (rain date August 3rd) from
1300-2300z. Operation will be primarily on or around 7240
and 14240 kHz SSB and 146.835 MHz (-600 FM rpt). A
special photo QSL is via N2OB, PO Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ
08087 USA.
OD, LEBANON. Pavel, OD5/OK1MU, in Beirut
informs/reminds OPDX and its readers that his stay in Lebanon is
coming to an end and he will be going back to the Czech Republic
at the end of July. He was heard on 20 and 17 meters CW last
week. He is preparing a special color double-sized QSL cards
(with the support of OKDXF) which will be sent to everyone who
worked Pavel on all 9 HF bands 160-10 meters. A list of stations
which have already worked OD5/OK1MU on 9 bands is available at: http://www.qsl.net/ok1mu.
There is some 40 days left for those who need to work Pavel on
certain bands and are interested to get his special QSL card. For
a sked, send and E-mail to: ok1mu@yahoo.com.
On behalf of the operator and his QSL manager OK1TN, they are
requesting the HAM community for patience with the QSL cards
(which are managed via the OK QSL Bureau). They just received
25,000 QSL cards from the printers, and since Pavel will finish
his activities from Lebanon at the end of July, they will send
all QSL cards they get via the bureau after his return.
"PLEASE, be patient, all QSOs will be confirmed!"
PIRATE STATION. Mogens, OZ4ACK, informs OPDX
that a PIRATE station has been active from Copenhagen using the
callsign OZ9TR.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
QSL CORRECTION. OPDX has been notified
by Norby, LX1NO, that Phil, F5OGG, does NOT QSL through
his home callsign. All QSLs for F5OGG/p activities (in
this case 9A/F5OGG/p mentioned in last week's OPDX.613)
must be requested through LX1NO. Phil will not answer
these requests, and it would not make sense to send
direct or bureau requests to him since it will cause a
huge delay.
3B9FR QSLING ROUTE. Mart, DL6UAA,
informs OPDX that over the past few months he has been
reading about problems with QSLing to Robert, 3B9FR. Mart
states he is in contact with Robert, and he does a good
job! The only problem he sees is some WRONG details about
Robert's address being published. Here is the correct QSL
adresss (and please, send it only like this ... NO VIA
MAURITIUS OR other via in the address field. Also, NO
callsign on on the envelope):
Robert Felicite,
P.O.Box 31
Citronelle
Rodrigues Isl.
REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS.
If possible, don't use envlopes larger then 17cm x 12cm.
In that style Mart states he has NO problems with his
mailings to Robert.
9K2ZZ QRT. Ray, W8CNL, reports to OPDX:
"Bob Furzer, 9K2ZZ, has informed me this morning
(June 13th) that he will be QRT from Kuwait next weekend.
The tower and antennas should be coming down the 20th or
so. He is not sure of the next callsign he might use. I
would really like to wrap up the QSLing by the end of the
year. I have about 3000 cards left and quite sure no more
will ever be ordered. SASE or SAE and postage is a must.
I will except postage from your country, ie: dollars,
pounds, rubles, lire, francs, etc. I am all caught up on
the QSLing, so if you didn't get a card, better try
again. If you're after 10 band/mode contacts, just send 1
card and a note with the other contacts your after.
Please don't send 10 separate cards!!! Any comments or
questions, send to me direct. Don't tie up the
reflectors. If you're not sure if you're in the log,
write me before sending a card. Thanks for reading. 73
and Gud DX.... Raymond H. McClure - W8CNL, 5 McKenzie
Circle, North Augusta, S.C. 29841-4319".
Special Event Field Day Station, CQ0QXL,
was activated by CT2IGX/Bruno, CT2IEL/Filipe and
CT2FUQ/Joao. QSL via CT4IS.
Jurij, MM0DFV, was active as MM0DFV/p
this past week from (June 11-12th) from Isle of Arran
(Western Scotland). Co-ordinates of the island are: 55,43
N and 5,11 W, QRA-Locator is IO75KK. QSL cards for QSOs
can be sent through RSGB QSL Bureau or via his home
address (QRZ.com). The info for the islands diplomas:
Nilay, TA3YJ, reports that she has sent
out QSL cards for TA3YJ, TA3YJ/0, TA3YJ/3, TA3YJ/4,
TA3YJ/LH, SV1/TA3YJ, LZ2/TA3YJ, TA3J, TA3J/0, TA3J/1,
TA3J/3, TA3J/4, TA3J/LH, SV1/TA3J, LZ1/TA3J, LZ2/TA3J,
YM3BU, YM3ATA, YM3SV, YM75TA, YM21TA, YM3LZ/WPX2000 and
YM3LZ/WAE2000 to QSL Bureaus of Monaco, Tunisia, Cyprus,
Algeria, Malta, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, China,
Andorra, Chile, Cuba, Morocco, Portugal, Philippines,
Ireland, Moldova, Estonia, Ecuador, Colombia, South
Korea, Panama, Jordan, Argentina, Luxembourg, Bulgaria,
Faroe Islands, Aruba, Brazil, Bosnia & Herzegovina,
Iceland, Australia (VK2, VK3, VK4), India, Mexio,
Indonesia, Iraq, Latvia, Venezuela, Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Albania, New Zealand, South
Africa, Armenia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan direct
on June 14th.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station
to as sign, W1T (W 1oo TourdeFrance). Activity will be on all
bands during the Tour de France bicycle race, July 5-27th, to
commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France (TdF) and
USA's Lance Armstong's attempt to win his 5th consecutive TdF.
The operators are: Angel/WA2VUY and Rudolf/K2MVW. QSL via WA2VUY.
The QSL card will have a unique photograph of the 21 of the 22
living Tour Champions taken October 24, 2002, in Paris, France,
at a special reunion.
T32, EAST KIRIBATI. Pete, K3PD, informs OPDX
that La Marr is returning to Kiritimati (Christmas) Island (CQ
Zone 31, GRID - BJ11) using the callsign T32Z licensed for E.
Kiribati (Line Islands). He expects to arrive on June 30th, and
will operate as time permits for several weeks. La Marr will be
active on 50 MHz, and the HF bands, SSB, CW, and some digital
modes. The QSL Manager for T32Z is K3PD. Any prior requests for
QSLs that have been sent to N7YL are no longer available. Logs
prior to 2002 may not be available. The preferred method is to
send SASE direct to his QSL Manager K3PD. SASE without adequate
postage will be returned via the Bureau. You may request a QSL
via the Bureau by marking your cards: T32Z via K3PD. QSLs are
being printed, and logs will need to be copied, please do not
expect instant return on your QSL requests until the QSLs and
Logs are ready. The direct QSLs will be answered first. Direct
any questions about the operation or QSLs to the QSL Manager
Pete, K3PD, via E-mail at: k3pd@arrl.net.
USI ACTIVITY (Field Day Operation). Members
of the Rusty Zipper HF and DX Contest Club will once again
activate, NA8KD, from South Bass Island (U.S. Islands Award
OH-USI-007L, Ottawa County) during Field Day. Operators mentioned
are Mark/KG8DP and possibly one other to be named later. It will
be a limited operation, but when on the air, they will sure to be
heard. The group is expected to also activate Kelly's Island
(OH-USI-001L, Erie County) and North Bass Island (OH-USI-006,
Ottawa County). North Bass Island has not yet been activated.
More info to follow in the next few weeks. All QSL should go to
KG8DP (OK via address at QRZ.com).
V3, BELIZE. Jay/K0BCN/V31MX and Cal/V31MF
will be active from Caye Caulker (IOTA NA-073) from July 23rd
until noon of July 29th. They will operate on 80-10 meters SSB
with some CW activity. Look for V31MF to be active in the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). Jay states he will be sitting this
one out. QSL both callsign via K0BCN, either direct or via the
bureau.
VP2, MONTSERRAT. Three members of the Florida
DXpedition Group are on the "Road Again"! Operators
Bill/W4WX/VP2MHX, William N2WB/VP2MWB and Bob/K9MDO/VP2MDO will
be here July 22-29th. They will have three Kenwood stations and
will be active on most bands and modes. QSL via their home
callsigns, CBA. N2WB via QSL Manager N2OO.
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bounced mail by sending mail to me via kb8nw@barf80.nshore.org,
please send mail to me via kb8nw@arrl.net.
TNX de Tedd KB8NW
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