The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 622 BID: $OPDX.622 August 11, 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
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Contesting.info, DL1EK/DL7VOA & DX Newsletter, E21EIC, F5NQL
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HL1VAU, I1JQJ & IK1ADH - 425 DX News, IZ0FKE, JI6KVR &
JA-IOTA Islands News, LA9VDA, MMODFV, P29KM, PC2A, PG7V, RW3RN,
TA3YJ, VA3RJ & ICPO, VK2SOB, VK4AAR and Z35M for the
following DX information.
SPECIAL NOTICE FROM THE EDITOR (by KB8NW):
There will be "NO BULLETIN" for August 18th and
(probably) 25th. Linda and I will be heading south, first to
Tennesee to drop-off/move my daughter at Middle Tennesee State
University (MTSU) and then off to Biloxi, Mississippi. I really
need this break to rest up, and I hope that lying in the sun on
the beach will help bring back some of my strength. However,
PLEASE continue to send your DX info to me. TNXS and GUD DX de
Tedd KB8NW.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 3rd/August, through
Sunday, 10th/August there were 209 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I,
4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, AP, BV,
BY, C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D6, DL, DU, E3,
E4, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F,
FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA,
HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, JA, JD/o,
JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, 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, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T32,
T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN,
UR, V2, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o,
VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU,
YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
4K, AZERBAIJAN. Axel, DL6KVA, now active as
4K0CW from Baku until August 17th, was heard this past week on 17
meters CW. Watch around 18075-80 kHz after 1130z. QSL via DL6KVA
(Bureau OK).
7Q, MALAWI. Harry, G0JMU, will once again be
back in Malawi from August 10th for about 2 months as 7Q7HB. Look
for him to be very active on 30 meters. QSL direct to G0IAS with
return postage please.
9Y, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. Look for DL1MGB to
be active as 9Y4TBG in the WAEDC SSB Contest (September 13-14th)
and the IARU Region 1 Field Day SSB Contest as a Single-Op. QSL
via DL4MDO.
C5, THE GAMBIA. Holger/DL5XAT and
Matthias/DL5OB will be active from here October 21st and November
2nd. Callsign(s) is/are not yet known, but they plan to be active
in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a
Multi-2 entry. QSL via DL5XAT. Outside of the contest, they will
be active mainly on CW.
DU2, PHILIPPINES. Look for PA0CYW to be
active as PA0CYW/DU2 in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October
25-26th) as a Single-Op/All Band entry. He will be active 5 days
before and after the contest using the same callsign. QSL via his
home callsign (Bureau is OK).
DXCC LISTING. The "ARRL Letter"
reminds everyone: "DXCC Annual List deadline approaching:
The ARRL DXCC Desk says the deadline to submit applications for
the 2003 DXCC Annual List is rapidly approaching. Applications
must be postmarked no later than September 30, 2003. For more
information, contact DXCC Manager Bill More, NC1L, dxcc@arrl.org."
F6, FRANCE. A team of members from the F6KNL
Radio Club of Cenon (REF33) will be active on Oiseaux Island
(Arcachon Bay, Sud Ouest France) as F6KNL/p from Friday, August
15th (0800-1700 local time). Activity will be on 40/20/15/10/2
meters CW/SSB. QSL via Laurent, F8BBL, by the Bureau (100%) or
direct. Reference numbers of island: DIFM - AT-028 and Grid SQ:
IN94JQ.
H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE. Kazuo, P29KM, informs
OPDX that on Saturday, August 9th, they (Dan - H40V and JA1PBV;
Kazuo - H40H and P29KM) were in Honiara and will arrive at Lata,
Temotu Province (H40) Sunday, August 10th, as long as their
Solair flight is OK/on schedule. They will be there for one week,
leaving Lata on August 17th. They are planning to operate CW,
PSK3, RTTY, SSB, SSTV on 6-160(!) meter bands there. Their
activity depends on location and the local power. As this was
being typed, activity by H40H was on 18070 and 14014 kHz; H40V
was on 10107 and 14083 kHz. QSL info is via the address on
www.QRZ.com.
IOTA MICROLITE TOUR 2003. Vincenzo, IZ0FKE, a
member of the ARI Frascati DX Team (http://www.arifrascati.it)
plans to activate the following islands and is calling the
operation the "Microlite IOTA Tour". He will use a
Yaesu FT100D and a short one G5RV antenna 40-10 meters (and
possibly a simple monoband dipole for 20 meters). He will operate
first as OH0/IZ0FKE from a cottage on the Baltic Sea from Aland
Islands (EU-002 - Finstrom is the location - the first Italian
operating from Aland Island) from August 16-23rd. He will then be
active as OH1/IZ0FKE from a private home located on a small
island in the Lansi-Suomi (Turku) Province Group (IOTA EU-096)
from August 23-27th. Acvtivity will be mainly SSB, especially on
20/17/10 meters. QSL via IZ0FMA. Vincenzo will use a Photo
Cellular Phone (largely used in Europe), so everyday he will post
pictures on the 425dxn Web page. He will also use a cam-recorder
to record some movies to post later online on his Web site at: http://www.iz0fke.com.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-060. Look for 6L0NJ/4 to be active
from Choyal Island from August 15-17th. Activity will be
on 160-6 meters, including the WARC bands, on
SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK31. QSL Manager is DS4AEN. A log search
will be availale at: http://www.dx.or.kr.
AS-085. Operators Kim/HL1OYF,
Kwon/HL1SRJ, Ryu/DS4NYE and possibly others will be
active from Soan Island between August 14-17th. Activity
will be barefoot on 40-10 meters CW/SSB into a vertical
pharastic array. QSL via HL1OYF.
AS-101. Choon, E20HHK, will go to work
in the south of Thailand. He will use E20HHK/P on Samui
Island from August 14-17th. After his operation he will
operate as E20HHK/8 in the SEANET Contest. QSL via E21EIC
KH7K, KURE ATOLL. Kimo Chun, KH7U, has
informed OPDX that he is organizing a DXpedition to Kure Atoll.
He states, "Kure is in demand within the top 20 or so around
the world and even as high as number 2 in Europe by some
accounts. We hope to provide many QSOs and cards to as many
people as possible with special emphasis on Europe as they have
the highest need. We are hoping to be on the air for two full
weekends (in EU) and the intervening week. If possible, we will
end with participation in the CQWW-SSB contest. Operation on
other modes and bands during the contest is intended." Here
are some of the details:
Team Leaders:
Kimo Chun, KH7U, and Pat Guerin, NH6UY. Experienced operators - many from Kingman K5K trip.
Tentative operating period:
Latter half of October 2003. With attempt at participation in CQWW-SSB.
Team size:
Between 12 and 15.
Stations:
4 to 6 plus 6m. Most with linears. Icom will be providing equipment.
Will announce if they have one. They will not likely have "on-line" logs.
Target:
The emphasis will be Europe but they will be working
the world.
Call Sign:
To be determined.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY...
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend
(ILLW), August 16-17th.
Cory/N1WON and David/WA4ET will be
active as KG4LH, from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (NA-015) and
Windward Lighthouse (GTM-01), August 16/17th for the
International Lighthouse Weekend. Activity will be on
80-6 meters SSB, RTTY and PSK, including 5 MHz USB.
Please QSL KG4LH to N1WON or WA4ET, as listed in QRZ.
Reminder: Please do not send cards for this event to the
bureau. There is no KG4 bureau for Guantanamo Bay. Please
QSL as directed to receive QSL cards.
Operators from Gainesville, FL, area ham
clubs and the University of Florida will activate the
Cedar Key Lighthouse (WLH# 2741, USA #745) on Seahorse
Key (IOTA NA-076) in Levy County using the call W4L
during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend,
August 16-17th. There will be SSB/CW activity mainly on
the HF bands with a possibility of some 6 meters. This is
only the second time that a radio operation has been
allowed from the Cedar Key lighthouse at Seahorse Key
which is a closed wildlife sanctuary. QSL via W4DFU:
University of Florida, Box J-12 JHMHC, Gainesville, FL
32610 USA.
From Eagle Harbor, Michigan, look for
the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse (USA-253) to be activated in
the ILLW, August 15-16th, using the special 1x1 callsign,
K8E. Modes of operation include HF/VHF, CW/SSB, FM
Satellite and possible HF digital. Collectors of ARLHS
numbers can get credit for three upon request: Eagle
Harbor Lighthouse USA-253, Front Range Light USA-254 and
Rear Range Light USA-255. QSL via bureau or direct to
N8MR with #10 SASE. The Web page for this operation is
available at: http://www.kc8nah.com/Interests/illw03.htm.
Berkin, TA3J/4, will be active only on
SSB on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters from Antalya Bababurnu
Lighthouse (TUR-???) (KM56JU) on August 16-17th for the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. QSL via his
home callsign, direct (SASE+New IRC only, no greenstamp
please) or bureau. SWL QSL cards are OK. Further
information is available at: http://www.qsl.net/ta3j.
Look for VK3BV to be active from the
Macquarie Lighthouse (ARLHS AUS-105, Grid Loc. QF56),
Australia's first lighthouse. Activation will be between
0300-0700z on August 16th. QSL via QRZ.com.
Look for ZV7AA to be active on all bands
and modes from Tamandare Lighthouse (ARLHS BRA-102, DFB
PE-07) August 15-17th, including an entry in the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (August
16-17th). Activity will be on all bands 160-10 meter SSB,
CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via PY7AA: P. O. Box 1043,
51001-970 Recife - PE, Brazil.
OFFICERS FOR 2003/2004. Members of the CDXC
(Chiltern DX Club) - The UK DX Foundation held their annunal
general meeting on July 19th and the following were elected to
the 2003/2004 committee:
President: Neville Cheadle, G3NUG
Committee Members:
Chairman : John Butcher, G3LAS
Jim Kellaway, G3RTE
Secretary: Shaun Jarvis, M0BJL
Mark Haynes, M0DXR
Treasurer: Nigel Cawthorne, G3TXF
Digest Editor: Martyn Phillips, G3RFX
CDXC contributes around 4,000 USD each year to DXpeditions and
has supported 84 DXpeditions since 1992. The club also supports
IREF in recognition of the interest in IOTA activities. There are
now over 600 members. The CDXC web page can be found at: http://www.cdxc.co.uk.
OJ0, MARKET REEF. The QLF DX Team will be
active from Market Reef (EU-053) as OJ0LA between September
19-26th. This operation is good for the following Lighthouse
Award's: ARLHS MAR-001 and WLH-0542. Operators are: LA5UKA,
LA6MP, LA8AJA, LA8SDA and LA9VDA. Also, OH0RJ will join the group
as OJ0RJ. They are expected to be active on all bands,
CW/SSB/RTTY and will be looking especially for NA and JA
stations. The plan is to be active in the SAC CW Contest with one
station. Due to possible bad WX conditions in the fall, they
might use an expensive helicopter. They need financial support
for this. QSL for OJ0LA via LA9VDA. For direct cards please add
SAE + 2 USD or 1 IRC. QSL OJ0RJ via OH0RJ, only direct. More info
can be found on their homepage at: http://www.qsl.net/la8aja/oj0la/.
PA-PH, NETHERLANDS (New Prefixes To Be Heard!).
As of August 4th, we should begin to hear new prefixes on all
bands from The Netherlands. JanJaap, PG7V, informs OPDX that all
prefixes from PA-PH can be used now, choice of prefix and suffix
is free. Suffix has to be 1-3 letters long. PD is novice
(2m/70cm), PE and PH is VHF and higher. You can find a list of
all Dutch prefixes on his Web site. He is also keeping a list of
new callsigns, together with the former calls. You can find this
on: http://www.pg7v.net/english.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
4W1BK QSLS. Stu, WA2MOE, reports that
all QSLs cards received by Saturday, August 2nd, have
been answered and are in the mail.
Alex, RW3RN, reports that he made a
mistake last week. QSL 5B4AGM via RW3RN (only for 2003 EU
HF Championship QSOs, not the 2003 IOTA Contest). He is
sorry for the mistake.
Carlos Nora, CT1END, reports that
information and photographs of the recent activities by
CS4B (EU-040, QSL via CS1GDX) and CS5F (EU-145,
Lighthouse Cabo de Santa Maria, QSL via HB9CRV/CT3FN )
were updated at the following Web pages: http://ct1end.netpower.pt
and http://www.portal-dx.web.pt.
George, K8GG, has recently sent QSLs via
the ARRL outgoing bureau to all non-US contacts from
PJ2/K8GG (Jan 2003), and KP2/K8GG (Jan 2001). PJ9/K8GG
QSLs for all non-US contacts were previously sent via the
bureau. All direct QSLs with return postage were answered
within a week of being received. There is no need to
answer these bureau QSLs. U.S. stations needing a QSL
card can send direct with SASE or use a forwarding
service for these callsigns. The address is correct on
all web sites such as Buckmaster, E-ham.net and QRZ.com.
George still has logs for K8GG/VP2M (Oct 1986), K8GG/PA
(Dec 1987 & Jan 1988), J3/K8GG (Jan-Feb 1990),
VP2M/K8GG (Oct 1986) and P4/K8GG & P40GG (Jan-Feb
1994) and will answer direct and bureau QSL requests.
Nilay, TA3YJ, informs OPDX that she sent
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 the QSL Bureaus of China, Iraq, Quatar,
Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uzbekistan direct on August 6th.
Alan, VK4AAR, informs OPDX, "I wish
to advise that logs for the stations for which I am the
manager are still open with the exception of YJ8AA. I
have received information that many people have been
sending QSLs via the bureau for these stations. It is
only possible DIRECT. People can still send to me direct
(PO Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia with S.A.E. and
greenstamp)." DX stations VK4AAR manages are: C21RH,
P29RH, KH2VM, V63PD, VI0ANARE, VK0MM, VU3RSB, ZK2JJ and
ZK2PJ (Also, a couple of 4W in the near future). IOTA
stations VK4AAR manages are: VK6BM (OC-234), VK6BSI
(OC-243), VK8AN/6 (OC-154), VK8AN/8 (OC-229), VK8AV/3
(OC-136) and VK8MI (OC-173). Plus Australian mainland
stations are: VK8AN, VK8DP, VK8RH and VK8XC.
The YI/KV4EB logs through the end of
July (states Joe Nemecek, K0JN) are now online at: http://dx.qsl.net/logs/.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station
TM5GAP to be active from September 6-14th, from GAP/TALLARD
airfield during the "World Parachuting Championship".
Activity will be on the air on all HF bands, 6 meters and 2
meters. The Department of Hautes Alpes hams are awaiting for your
QSO. Those who will be vacationning near this area are welcome to
the station settled on the airfield. QSL per operator's
instructions.
SRM 2003. The Scottish-Russian ARS introduces
Scottish-Russian Marathon to encourage activity by all radio
amateurs worldwide to contact areas of Scotland and Russia. This
is purely an activity week and will enable participants to pursue
the CAOSA Award Scheme, WAB Scotland Award Scheme, IOSA Award
Scheme, SOTA Award Scheme, ARLHS Award Scheme, RDA Award Scheme,
RRA Award Scheme, RIIA Award Scheme, RMA Award Scheme, RFFA Award
Scheme, RLHA Award Scheme, RABA Award Scheme, and provide an
interest in contacting different areas of Scotland and Russia.
The event is to be held on the full second week in August each
year. The 2003 Marathon will start at 0000z on Monday, August
11th, and last until 2400z on Sunday, August 17th. Activity is
encouraged on all HF bands by individual licensees and club
stations or the use of a special event callsign from radio
amateurs in Scotland and Russia. For more details on this SRM
award and others, please contact: Jurij Phunkner, MMODFV, P.O.
Box 7469, Glasgow, G42 0YD, Scotland, U.K. (E-mail: jurij@phunkner.freeserve.co.uk)
or visit the following Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/mm0dfv/index.htm.
T33, BANABA ISLAND (OOOPSS!! Correction).
There are two corrections to last week's bulletin (OPDX.621). The
most important one is the QSL Manager. Your editor misread the
announcement, please note that the QSL Manager for the T33C
operation is F5CWU and not PA5ET. Also, the vessel's name is
"Te Taobe" and not "Te Toobe". Remember, the
international team of 20 operators will be active as T33C during
the first two weeks of April 2004 (April 4-16th). They will have
6 HF stations on the air (3 CW and 3 SSB), plus a separate 6
meter/AO-40 and separate HF digital mode station. Activity will
be on 160-6 meters, satellite, CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and some SSTV.
For updates and more information, visit their Web page at: http://www.dx-pedition.de/banaba2004.
TZ, MALI (Update). The TZ6RD Team announced
that everything is "OK" for their operation this week.
They also announced that Angel, EA1QF, President of URE (the
Spanish National Bureau) and a very well known Dxpeditoner has
joined their Mali 2003 team. They state he is a great SSB
operator. The TZ6RD team is now confirmed and is expected to be
active this week between August 12-21st from Bamako, Mali. The
operators confirmed are: XE1L, N6TQS, EA1QF, EA5KM, EA5RD, EA5RM
and EA5XX. They also announced their PILOT STATION will be Max,
I8NHJ, and you can reach him at: i8nhj@pagus.it.
The new and tiny light-weight Spanish-made amplifiers had been
tested by EA5RM last week, and they seem to put out 400 watts.
They are going to feed vertical, dipoles in this all bands, all
modes operation. The QSL Manager will be EA4URE, the Spanish
Bureau, and the online logs will be available on the WEB page: http://www.pagus.it/tz6rd.
Z3100, MACEDONIA. Vlado, Z35M now signing
Z3100M (QSL via his original callsign Z35M), wants to remind
everyone that in celebration of 100 years of Macedonian statehood
and 100 years since the Ilinden Uprising (August 2, 1903, against
Othoman's slavery, and formation of Republic of Krushevo, the
first Republic in the Blacans), Z3 stations will be active with
the special event prefix "Z3100" between August 1-31st.
Please refer to OPDX.621 for a list of stations.
ZK1/S, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. "Team
Vertical" is on the DX trail again. This time they are
headed to Rarotonga, South Cook Islands (OC-013), and will be
active between August 18-27th. Operators will be: Bill/K6KM
(ZK1TOO), Mark/AG9A (ZK1KAT), Ralph/K9ZO (ZK1ZOO) and Kenny/K2KW
(ZK1TTT). Activity is limited to 40-10 meters on CW/SSB. Two
stations will be active when snorkeling permits, using 2 x
Elecraft K2/100, and Force 12 vertical antennas on the beach. The
station is on the northeast side of the island, with water paths
to all the major population centers. The team will make extra
efforts to work Europeans, since ZK1/s is a difficult path for
them. QSL all ops via Kappy, WA4WTG.
ZM4, NEW ZEALAND (Special Event). Look for
ZM4A to be activated during the month of August by the Otago
branch of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters to
celebrate its 75th anniversary. Activity so far has been on 14205
kHz (also 14219, and 14230 kHz SSTV) between 0330-0600z. QSL via
bureau.
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