The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 616 BID: $OPDX.616 June 30, 2003 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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following DX information.
EDITOR'S NOTE: WOW!!! It was a real challenge
putting this one together. I started Saturday about 5:00 PM and
wrote this between operating Field Day (also fighting off spiders
and bugs), and driving back and forth from the Field Day site
(Headed home about 3:15 AM. Not much sleep... Must have been the
bugs!). I woke up real early Sunday morning. Finished writing
around 11:15 AM so the official proof-reader (my wife) can look
at it while I head back out to Field Day. I came home around 3:30
PM, and corrected and added more to the bulletin... I do not
recommend this to anyone.... Hope you had fun at Field Day!!! 73
de Tedd KB8NW
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 22nd/June, through
Sunday, 29th/June there were 208 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4U1U, 4W,
4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P,
8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, A2, A4, A6, A7, AP, BV,
BY, 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, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0,
HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS, HV, I, IS, J6, J8, JA,
JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KH9, 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, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5,
SV9, T2, T5, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TY, UA, UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2V, VP5,
VP8, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XW, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2,
Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, 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).
3C0, ANNOBON ISLAND. Operators Franz/DJ9ZB,
Elmo/EA5BYP, Victor/EA5FO and Vicente/EA5YN, will be active from
Annobon Island in October. The station callsign is absolutely as
sured, and it will be announced before the operation starts with
other complete details (bands, modes, dates, etc). QSL via DJ9ZB.
4W, TIMOR LESTE. Well known DXer Kan
Mizoguchi, JA1BK, sent out a press release (via WA2MOE)
explaining why "East Timor" should be removed from the
ARRL DXCC List and "Timor Leste" should be added as a
new DXCC entity. Kan explains:
"Explanation of our petition to remove the former 4W and
to add Timor Leste: The Eastern part of the island Timor was
originally a Portuguese colony but was invaded by Indonesia in
1975.
Following the resignation of the Indonesian dictator General
Suharto, Portugal and Indonesia entered into a treaty allowing an
independence referendum to be held among the area's residents,
and the United Nations began a short period of temporary
administration and peacekeeping.
That area was called "East Timor", and the UN agency
charged with assisting the people to independence was called
UNTAET, standing for United Nations Transitional Administration
of East Timor. It should be remembered that UNTAET was not a
country but was a UN agency only.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) allocated to
UNTAET a bloc of call prefixes 4WA-4WZ , and under the provisions
of DXCC2000 rules, ARRL made "East Timor" a DXCC
entity.
There is a problem with this. At the time the entity was
established there was no state or country, just a land area which
shortly would have a referendum for independence according to the
treaty. DXCC2000 states that if '...provisional assignments not
be ratified later by the full ITU, the Entity will be removed
from the DXCC List '.
The referendum was held on May 20, 2002. Independence won, and
the provisional allocation of 4WA-4WZ was returned to ITU by
UNTAET. The allocation was never ratified. According to DXCC2000,
UNTAET should have been removed immediately from the entities
list. It was not. The new political state is known as the
Democratic Republic of Timor Leste and has been admitted to the
United Nations. The ITU has now reallocated the same bloc of
prefixes to Timor Leste and the government of that country has
established a procedure whereby amateur radio licenses can be and
are issued.
The conclusion is obvious: Since the ARRL added UNTAET/4W to
the DXCC list it had to be removed when the provisional call bloc
was cancelled effective May 20, 2002 because UNTAET disappeared
and the United Nations returned this provisional allocation to
ITU. The allocation to UNTAET was never ratified so removal from
the DXCC list should have been automatic according to the rules
of DXCC2000.
On the other hand, the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste
became a United Nations member state on September 27, 2002 and is
now eligible to be a new entity according to DXCC2000 criteria
a). ITU has reallocated 4WA-4WZ to the Democratic Republic of
Timor Leste and actual amateur radio activities started after
this reallocation."
9A, CROATIA. OPDX has been informed that
Braco, OE1EMS/T94JJ, is active at the moment from Krk Island
(EU-136), and he is using the callsign 9A/OE1EMS. He will
activate some other Croatian Islands and will use the callsign
9A/OE1EMS/p. With this callsign you can expect activity only on
20 meters and maybe 40 meters. Please note he will be active in
the IOTA contest from Krk Island. QSL via DJ2MX.
9H, MALTA. Thomas, DL1ASA, will be on holiday
on Gozo Island (EU-023) from August 1-15th. His callsign will be
9H3TM. His activity will be on all HF bands on CW, SSB, RTTY and
will participate in the WAE-CW Contest on the weekend of August
9-10th. He will enter the contest as a Single-OP in Low-Power.
QSL is "OK" via the DARC Bureau. For more details, see
his Web site at: http://www.dl1asa.de.vu.
B4, CHINA. Michael, BD5RV, reports that the
People's Republic of China Headquarters Station BY1PK (operated
by the JiangSu DX Club) will be active in the IARU HF World
Championship. They will use the callsign B4HQ. QSL via BA4RD: Ken
Wang, P.O.BOX 538, Nanjing 210005, P.R. CHINA.
C6, BAHAMAS. Look for Jimmy, W6JKV, to be
active as C6/W6JKV between now and July 7th. His activity over
the past week has been on 6 meters at various times between
1000-1800z (usually looking for Europe). Watch around/between
50110-50125 kHz.
CONVENTION. Hans, K0HB, states, "Keep
your calendars clear for October 18th! The Twin City DX
Association of Minnesota is proud to present the W0DXCC 2003
Conference at the Holiday Inn, Route 35W in Bloomington,
Minnesota! Top DX speakers, the W0 Buro, ARRL DX Advisory
Committee, DXCC card checking, retailers and demos of the top
radios plus lots more for a an exciting day of DX fun. It's near
Mall of America for the family, and don't miss the Vikings play
the Denver Broncos on October 19th!" Visit the following Web
page for more details at: http://www.TCDXA.org.
DX INFO ON THE WEB. Dejan Menges, T94DJ,
reports he is a Contest/DX Editor for the ARABiH. Please visit
the ARABiH official Web page at: http://www.arabih.org.
FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA (Also, a ZL IOTA and Austral
Islands [FO/A]). Look for operators
Barry/ZS1FJ/G4MFW/ZL1MFW, Phil/G3SWH and Deon/ZS1ZL, to activate
the following islands during a DXpedition to French Polynesia in
July:
Tubuai Island (OC-152) in the Austral Islands, July
11-14th ADDED NOTE: A short operation may also take place
on Rurutu Island OC-050 in the Austral Islands.
Mangareva Island (OC-063) in the Gambier Islands, July
15-22nd
Tahiti Island (OC-046) in the Society Islands, July
23-24th
Great Barrier Island (OC-201) in the New Zealand Island
Group around July 25-26th
The callsigns to be used are: FO/G4MFW on SSB and RTTY and
FO/G3SWH on CW. QSL routes: FO/G4MFW via ZS1FJ and FO/G3SWH via
G3SWH. Activity will be on all bands, including the WARC bands
(even during the IARU Contest weekend while on Tubuai Island).
The low bands 160, 80 and 40 meters will also be on the air.
Modes are SSB, CW and RTTY. The preliminary frequencies are:
Please note that small deviations might be needed, e.g. if the
announced frequency is busy, not busy enough or filled with QRM.
They will always work split, listening up 5 on SSB and up 1-2 on
CW and RTTY. Strategically located pilot stations have been
appointed to assist the expedition members in the efficient flow
of traffic and information.
European Pilot: Don, G3XTT
Pacific Pilot: Harry, KH6FKG
US Pilot: Don, W0DM
African Pilot: ZS1AU
Expedition costs in the Pacific Region are extremely high and
any donations from DX associations and individuals will be
gratefully accepted and may be sent to G3SWH. Please do not send
checks in any currency other than sterling or cash in currencies
other than Euros and U.S. dollars. The expedition website will
publish daily news, frequencies, operating conditions, pilot
station activity, equipment status, E-mail addresses and QSL
information. Web site is at: http://www.qsl.net/g4mfw.
I5, ITALY (Castles and IOTA). Paul-Joel,
F2YT, will be touring the Italian Province of Grossetto (I5) from
August 8-31st. He will be using the callsign I/F2YT. Paul-Joel
will be activating a lot of Italian castles which count for the
Italian Castles Award. Ottavio, IK1PML, the well known QSL cards
printer, will also go with him, at times. A short trip to Elba
Island (IOTA EU-028, IIA LI-001) is also scheduled between August
15-31st, where Paul will sign IA5/F2YT. Watch the clusters for
spots. Activity is planned on 7052 and 14252 kHz SSB, but by
request, Paul can make a CW QSO on the same frequency. QSL via
F2YT, either direct or via the bureau.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-036. Operators Takeshi/JA3GJE and
Hajime/JP3TKP will be active as homecall/6 from Iki
Island (Iki-jima Gounuura-cho Iki-gun Nagasaki-ken) from
0700z, July 3rd to 0000z, July 7th. Their activity will
be on 40/17/12/10 meters SSB. QSL via the Bureau to their
home callsigns.
AS-080. Club members of Pyong-taek DX
Club (Operators DS2GOO, 6K2CLF, 6K2CEO and 6K2CEW) will
be active from Anmyon Island (KDN F26) between July 4-6th
as D90HE/3 or with their private Homecall/3. QSL via Han,
DS2GOO (P.O.Box 39, Pyongtaek, Kyonggi-do, 450-600, South
Korea). Log search and pictures will be available at: http://myhome.naver.com/~dxer2han/2003/.
AS-147. Takeshi/JI3DST will be active as
JI3DST/8 from Okushiri Island (Okushiri-cho Okushiri-gun
Hokkaidou) from 0700z, July 25th to 0000z, August 3rd.
Activity will be on 40/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB. QSL via
the BUREAU (BURO is best). Also, look for Takeshi to be
active in the IOTA contest.
EU-001. Jun, OE1ZKC, will be on the air
from Kos Island, Dodecakese Island, as SV5/OE1ZKC from
July 16-23rd. QSL via home call.
EU-031 & EU-144. Operators
Ciro/I8ACB, Luigi/IK8OZZ, Antonio/IK8VRH,
Maurizio/IK8YTA, Gianni/IZ8CGS and Giuseppe/IZ8EBI will
be active with the callsign IR8DX and IR8DX/P from
Campania Region Group (EU-031) and Calabria/Basilicata
Region Group (EU-144) between July 1st and October 30th.
QSL via IK8VRH or the ARI Bureau.
EU-050. Operators IZ8CGS, IK7YTT,
IZ8CCW, IZ6FIR, IW8ROS and IK0ESW will be active as IL7M
from the Island of San Domino during the IOTA Contest.
QSL via IZ8CGS. For more details, visit the Web page at: http://www.mdxc.org/il7m.
EU-136. Bill, ON5JE, is expected to be
active now through July 17th as 9A/ON5JE from Rab Island
(IOCA CI-096). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by
the bureau.
SA-040. FALSE INFORMATION RECEIVED. OPDX
received some false information last week (for OPDX.
615). Operators Pablo/HK8RQS, Victor/HK8JEH and
Albaro/HK8HIX are NOT going to Morro Island, October
11-14th. Also, Morro Island is actually SA-081, not
SA-040.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. Francis/F6HKS and Jean
Claude/F6HDH will be operating from the Contis Lighthouse,
(FRA088, PB 060) for the International Lighthouse/Lightship
Weekend, August 16-17th. They will be operating on CW and SSB
from 40-10 meters, except the WARC bands. The other reference
indicators are: French Departments Loire Atlantique, 44 and
Province Brittany. QSL via their home callsign, include a SAE +
sufficient postage or via the French REF bureau.
P4, ARUBA. John, KK9A, will be active as P40A
during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a
Single-Op/Single Band (20m) entry. QSL via WD9DZV.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Members of the Pina Colada Contest Club
(KP2AA) and Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba did a
first-ever joint Cuban-U.S. Field Day operation over the
past weekend as CO0US. A special commemorative QSL
recognizing their common interest in emergency
communications preparedness, and international goodwill
through Amateur Radio will be available for SASE or SAE
and other return postage. QSL via K7JA. Operators were:
CO2OJ, CO2II, CM2OY, CO2KL, plus CO2KK, CO2JA and others;
W1HIJ, K6PEQ, KF6SGV, N6PEQ, K7JA, and KL7MF.
OPDX has been informed that Hiroo,
JA2EZD (aka XW2A, XY2A and XY2M), has set up (changed)
his postal box because of thieves. He even went as far as
to set a trap to see if his mail was being stolen (He put
six air mail letters in the box on a Friday and on Monday
they were gone!). He will use the new P.O. Box for
receiving QSL cards (it is a Mail Service Office). The
new POB is: P.O.BOX 10.003 Vientiane, Laos.
Joe, JJ1BDX/3 informs OPDX that QSL
cards for Manabu, UK/JI2MED, should preferably be sent to
his home callsign JI2MED via JARL bureau only. Manabu
also accepts direct QSLs to the following address, only
for those who promptly need his card: Manabu
SHIMOYASHIRO, 107-B, Amir Temur str., Tashkent 70084,
Uzbekistan. DO NOT SEND DIRECT QSLs to his home address
in Japan.
QSL ROUTE CHANGE. Yoshiro, N1VF/KH2, who
plans to be on from Guam Islands (OC-026), November
21-24th, seems to have changed his QSL route. QSL via
Yoshiro Nishimura M.D., 2-6 Takemidai 4-Chome, Suita
City, OSAKA 565-0863 JAPAN.
T31MY QSL STATUS. George, OM2SA, reports
that the next 700 QSLs for T31MY are answered and should
be mailed out this week. ADDED NOTE (Thanks to Pick,
WA5PAE): As you know, Mike/T21MY and Jan/T2YL went QRT
and will be heading to Fiji to visit with Paul, 3D2AJ,
and his wife Va'inga. Mike said that he had no plans to
do any more radio operations until they stop at Vanuatu
(YJ) later this year on their way back to Austrailia to
be "land lubbers" during the typhoon season.
Ralph, K2PF, informs OPDX that he is now
handling QSL cards for Dejo, T94DJ.
XQ6ET QSL STATUS. George, W8UVZ,
reports: "I finished processing all current requests
yesterday (June 25th) and the final batch is going in the
mail today. And I have mailed, and Bob has RX 150 blank
QSLs, to respond to about 100 QSL requests that he was
holding. A couple of reminders for those still needing
XQ6ET confirms: One call per envelope please. Old style
IRCs still won't flow easily thru our USPS. Send all QSL
requests to W8UVZ with SASE or SAE and funds for postage.
But note that I do not have logs to check E-mail 'in log'
requests. All QSLs are still verified over the air. There
has been a good outpouring of donations to help fund the
amp that was sent to Bob last month. Bob has the MLA 2500
on the air and his top band signals are much improved, in
spite of some still poor low band condx. We expect many
more QSL requests for low band QSOs since Bob is again
quite active in his winter season. And Bob has designs on
improving his modest antenna setups soon. Thanks to the
needy for being patient with this change in QSL
route."
SILENT KEY. It was announced last week that
well known DXer "Al" Albert H. Hix, W8AH, became a
Silent Key (SK) on June 25th. Almost every DXer who attended the
Dayton Hamvention and DX Dinner Banquet knew or knew of Al. With
DXCC totals of 388 it was hard not to notice him. He will surely
be missed. OPDX and its readers would like to send out our
deepest sympathy to his family and friends. ADDED NOTE: WV ARRL
Section Manager, Hal, KC8FS, has provided OPDX InterNet
Subscribers (as an additional bulletin) with a writeup from the
Charleston Gazette on Al, W8AH.
SN0, POLAND. A Polish team for the IARU HF
World Championship (July 12-13th) will be again active using the
callsign of SN0HQ. QSOs will be confirmed via the bureau. QSL
Manager is SP2PI. More details about SN0HQ (list of operators,
station locations, SN0HQ award etc.) can be found at: http://www.sp5zcc.waw.pl/iaru/info.html.
SOMETHING FREE! Emir, 9A6AA, member of the
Croatian Amateur Radio Association and IOCA Manager, reports that
the new IOCA directory (booklet) is finished. You can change
(free of charge) your old IOCA booklet for a new one, during the
"Hamradio" in Friedrichshafen.
SPECIAL EVENT. Territory Day is July 1st and
marks the celebrating of the 25th year of Self-Government in the
Northern Territory (NT). Early on July 1st, the most senior
elected member of the Northern Territory government, the
Honourable Chief Minister Clare Martin will be the first person
to transmit on-air using a special amateur radio callsign, VI8NT,
to celebrate the anniversary of self-government in the Northern
Territory.
TK, CORSICA. Fred, F5OZK, will be active as
TK/F5OZK between July 5-25th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters,
including the WARC bands. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by
the bureau.
TM0, FRANCE. Look for TM0HQ to be active from
the Official French Headquarter during the next IARU HF Contest,
July 13-14th. QSL via the French REF Bureau.
MESSAGE FROM JUN, VK4SJ (aka - ZK1AYL). Jun,
VK4SJ, sent OPDX the following message: "I wish to SINCERELY
THANK 'ALL' who sent E-Mails, Cards and Messages of Sympathy
after the tragic accident on Rarotonga, Cook Islands on the 23rd
of May that took the life of my husband Doug VK4BP - ZK1SIM.
These tributes and cards were of a great comfort to our 2 Son's
and myself and helped to ease the pain of our loss. The QSL cards
for our DXpedition on Aitutaki OC-083 and Rarotonga OC-013 have
been processed and will be posted by this coming weekend (June
28-29th). All cards without return postage will be returned via
the Bureau. June VK4SJ - ZK1AYL". Her address is: June Sim,
VK4SJ, P.O. Box 406, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 4551.
VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (Operators Needed!).
Operators KY1V/David, WA4PGM/Kyle, plus three other ops are
headed to VP5 for the 2003 CQWW CW Contest. Kyle/WA4PGM announced
this past week that they are looking for one teenage operator
that will get an all expense paid trip! (WOW!!!!) Plus two others
ops to complete the team. La Villa Rose has been secured as the
contest station; for more information go to: http://www.qth.com/vp5/ham-radio.html.
Please contact them ASAP to insure your spot. Their E-mail
addresses are: KY1V - dave@ky1v.com;
WA4PGM - vp5@wa4pgm.us.
VP8, SOUTH SHETLAND (Update to OPDX.615).
Dany, LZ2UU, informs OPDX more details of his stay at the
Bulgarian Antarctic Base "St. Kliment Ohridski",
situated on South Shetlands (Livingston Island). He will
basically be their radio operator. Dany wil be there from the
middle of November until the end of February 2004. He will use
the callsign LZ0A on all amateur radio bands, CW, SSB and RTTY
mode. However, in the CQWW DX-CW Contest, he will use the
VP8/LZ2UU callsign (Also, maybe in any other contests too). There
is no E-mail and Internet available there.
YV, VENEZUELA (Contest Activity). The Radio
Club Venezolano Contest Committee would like to invite everyone
to take part (and celebrate) in Radio Club Venezolano 70th
anniversary during the Venezuela Independence Contest on July 5-
6th. Activity will be on CW/SSB and the new rules for the contest
can be downloaded at: http://www.radioclub.venezolano.org
(look for concursos) A special anniversary QSL will be available
with QSOs with YV5AJ, the HQ station.
SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving
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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