The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 632 BID: $OPDX.632 October 27, 2003 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern
Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K &
the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, K3GV, NG3K,
W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8YSE, W8UVZ, WB8B,
DL/VE3ZIK & contesting.info, DL1EK/DL7VOA & DX
Newsletter, EA5BYP, EA7FTR, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands News,
MM0BQI and OE1WEU and for the following DX information.
EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin
was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW DX
SSB Contest announcements. Also, it will provide the readers with
a consolidated listing of the CQWW DX SSB Contest participants.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 17th/October, through
Thursday, 23rd/October there were 238 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I,
4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X,
8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3,
A4, A6, A7, AP, BV, BY, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, 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, HC8, HH, HI, HK,
HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, JA,
JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, 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, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5,
SV9, T30, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ,
UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK,
VK9C, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU,
XE, XT, XU, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3,
ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZL, ZL8, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3XY, GUINEA. Operator Leo, UT1WL, will be
active as 3XY1L during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October
25-26th) using low power. QSL via UY5XE.
8P6, BARBADOS. Dean, 8P6SH, will be active in
the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). Look for him
to sign 8P6SH as a Single-Op/Single Band (40m) entry and 8P2K as
a Single-Op/Single Band (15m) entry. QSL both callsigns via KU9C.
C4, CYPRUS. Marios, 5B4WN, will be active as
C4W during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as
a Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. He will attempt to use the
"Logbook of the World" (LoTW) after the contest.
D70, SOUTH KOREA. Operators DS3GLW, DS4NYE,
HL3VQ, HL3AHQ, HL3AMO and HL3SEO will be active as D70LW in the
CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-???
entry. QSL via HL3VQ.
DXCC NEWS. Wolfgang, OE1WEU, informs OPDX and
readers that YI9OM QSLs are being rejected. Reason indicted: No
Documentation Received.
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Well known DXer Martti
Laine, OH2BH, will be active as EA8BH in the CQ World Wide DX SSB
Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single Band (80m) entry.
QSL via OH2BH.
EX, KYRGYZSTAN. Andy, UA3DPX, will be active
as EX9A during the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 29-30th)
as a Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. All QSOs in the log
will be QSLed via the Bureau.
HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (Update). As mentioned
in OPDX.631, Trey/N5KO and other operators (team not finalized)
will be active as HC8N during the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest
(November 29-30th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via W5UE. Trey
informs OPDX that he will arrive on the island on Sunday
afternoon, November 23rd local time, and depart on the Monday
morning after the CQWW CW Contest. Activity before the contest
will be on 6/10/12/15/17/20/30/40/80/160 meters, mostly on SSB
and CW.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-049. Operators JA6PSE and JA6PSI will
be active for about one week beginning of March 2004 from
Tokara Arc in the Takara Islands (JIIA-049-012,
WLH-0884). He will be on 160-10 meters CW and SSB. He
might try some RTTY and PSK31. They will use the
callsigns JA6PSE (for SSB and RTTY) and JA6PSI (CW only).
QSL via home calls.
EU-156. Bruno, F5JYD, will be active as
F5JYD/P from some of the Normandie Islands (for the
DIFM), October 27-30th. Look for operations from Le Mont
St. Michel (MA 005), Rimains Island (MA 006) and Landes
Island (MA 034). Activity will be QRP with solar power
energy. QSL via his home callsign.
NA-072. Mike/DL2OE and Will/DJ7AA will
be active as HP1/homecall from Contadora Island now
through October 29th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters
(with special interest on the low bands) CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL
HP1/DL2OE via DL7CM and HP1/DJ7AA via his homecall.
NCDXA 2004 OFFICERS. At the October meeting,
the members of the National Capitol DX Association elected the
following officers to serve in 2004:
Dick Mayott, W2YE -- President
Terry Hines, N2ZH, -- Vice President
Brian Bayus, N1KC, -- Treasurer
George Vincent, K3GV -- Secretary
OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Toni, OH2UA (ex-OH2JTE),
will be active as OH0B in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest
(October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. QSL
via OH2BH.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Elmo, EA5BYP, reports that the logs for
the 3C0V operation (modes PSK31, RTTY and CW) are now
available at: http://www.tabarca.es.mn. SSB
contacts will be available in a few days. They continue
processing data.
Fran, EA7FTR, informs OPDX that he is
now the NEW QSL Manager for Billy, 6W1RD. QSL via EA7FTR.
Zik, DL/VE3ZIK (4N1DX), informs OPDX
that the latest QSL info from the CQWW DX SSB Contest
will be published next Wednesday or Thursday at: http://www.contesting.info.
RW2, KALININGRAD. Members of the UA2 Contest
Club will be active as RW2F in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest
(October 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via DK4VW.
SU9, EGYPT. Tom, N9NC, will be active as
SU9NC in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a
Single-Op/All Band/Low Power entry. QSL via OM2SA.
T30, WESTERN KIRIBATI. Vladimir, UA4WHX, is
again active from the Pacific. After being active from Fiji and
Rotuma (3D2VB and 3D2VB/R), he is now active from Western
Kiribati with the callsign T30VB. Activity will be on 40-10
meters CW/SSB. Over the last few days he has been very active on
40 meters. There has also been QSNs reported on 30 and 20 meters.
The length of his stay is not known. QSL via UA4WHX.
TF3, ICELAND. Members of the IRA club will be
active as TF3W during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October
25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via TF3GB.
V73, MARSHALL ISLANDS. Brian, K9QQ, will be
active as V73AZ during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October
25-26th) as a Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. QSL via K9JS.
V73 MARSHALL ISLANDS. Neil, V73NS, is still
active from Kwajalein Atoll (OC-028). Most of his operating time
is between 1700-1840z and from 0300-0500z. You will find him
working only CW on all bands except 20 meters and 160 meters. He
has spent most of his previous operating time on 20 meters but is
now trying to spread the QSOs out more across the other bands. He
plans on being active on 160 meters in late November and is also
getting more active on 6 meters from grid RJ-39. QSL is direct
(S.A.S.E. only): Neil Schwanitz, BOX 8341 APO, AP 96557 (USA).
VP9, BERMUDA (Update). Bill/N1HRA, Matt/WE1H,
Foster/N3KCJ and Joe/K1JN will be active from October 23-28th and
will take part in the CQWW DX SSB Contest as VP9I. Outside of the
contest, they will be active on 160-6 meters as homecall/VP9. QSL
to homecall outside of the contest and to K1JN for VP9I QSOs.
Please do not use the VP9 bureau.
XQ6, CHILE. George, W8UVZ, informs OPDX that
Bob, XQ6ET, has been mostly inactive for several weeks now with
rig problems. A replacement radio is on its way to Chile but not
expected to arrive for at least 4 weeks. A reminder that QSLs for
XQ6ET are done only DIRECT to W8UVZ. Bureau cards are being
received but cannot be processed.
CQ WORLD WIDE DX SSB CONTEST. The following
stations are expected to be active in the CQ World Wide DX SSB
Contest (October 25-26th, 2003) Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for
providing OPDX readers the following consolidated listing of the
participants in the 2003 CQWW SSB Contest. For a more detailed
listing in HTML format, please visit the Web page at: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2003.html;
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsd2003.html
(by entity); http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsz2003.html (by
zone).
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Contest DXCC CQZ Class QSL
Callsign Entity Route
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3XY1L Guinea 35 LP UY5XE
4L4AJ Georgia 21 SOAB HP
4L6AM Georgia 21 SOSB 20M
4W2A Timor Leste 28 JR2KDN
4X6FR Israel 20 M/S 4X6OM
5I3A Tanzania 37 M/M
5W0ZY Western Samoa 32 JA2ZL
5J0X San Andres 07 M/?
7S2E Sweden 14 SOSB 40M SM2DMU
8P1A Barbados 08 SOAB HP NN1N
8P2K Barbados 08 SOSB 15M KU9C
8P6SH Barbados 08 SOSB 40M KU9C
9A7P Croatia 15 SOAB LP 9A6XX
9A0R Croatia 15 M/? 9A9R
9H3UD Malta 15 M/2 DL5OB
9N7ET Nepal 22 JI1LET
9N7MV Nepal 22 JA0UMV
9Y4ZC Trinidad & Tobago 09 SOAB HP DL6FBL
A61AJ United Arab Emirates 21 M/M See Info
AH2R Guam 27 M/2 JH7QXJ
BW3/JD1BKQ Taiwan 24 SOAB JR3PZW
C2 Nauru 31
C4W Cyprus 20 SOAB HP LOTW
CE4Y Chile 12 SOSB 10M CE4FXY
CE0Y/SQ9BOP Easter Island 12
CN2R Morocco 33 SOAB W7EJ
CO8LY Cuba 08 M/2 EA7ADH
CQ9K Madeira 33 M/M CS3MAD
CT9L Madeira 33 M/2 DJ6QT
D4B Cape Verde 35 SOAB HP K1BV
D44TD Cape Verde 35 SOAB CT1EKF
D70LW South Korea 25 M/? HL3VQ
E21EIC Thailand 26 SOSB 15M E21EIC
EA1COZ Spain 14 M/S EA1COZ
EA8BH Canary Islands 33 SOSB 80M OH2BH
ED3SSB Spain 14 M/S EA3QP
ED7VG Spain 14 M/M EA7HY
EM0U Ukraine 15 M/M UT3UZ
FM5FJ Martinique 08 SOSB 20M KU9C
FS St Martin 08 Home Call
FY5KE French Guiana 09 M/S FY5KE
GM5A Scotland 14 M/2 GM0RLZ
GM7V Scotland 14 SOAB HP M0CMK
GM0B Scotland 14 M/M Buro
HB0/HB9AON Liechtenstein 14 DJ2YE
HC4/NP3D Ecuador 10 SOSB W3HNK
HC8N Galapagos 10 SOAB HP W5UE
HI3NR Dominican Republic 08 KB2MS
HP Panama 07
HQ9R Honduras 07 N6FF
IH9P Italian Africa 33 M/2 KR7X
IO3C Italy 15 SOSB 40M IN3QBR
IO3T Italy 15 M/S IZ3ESV
IO4T Italy 15 M/S IK4XCL Direct
IR1A Italy 15 IK1GPG
IR4X Italy 15 M/S IK4QJH
IR7G Italy 15 SOSB 40M I7RIZ
IR8M Italy 15 M/S
IS0/DL3EW Sardinia 15 M/M TBA
IS0A Sardinia 15 M/M See Web
IT9GSF Sicily 15 SO2R IT9GSF
IU2X Italy 15 M/S IK2GSN
J42A Greece 20 SV2AEL
J42C Greece 20 SV7CLI
J42T Greece 20 SV2BFN
J43GRC Greece 20 M/? K6HRO
J49Z Crete 20 M/S IK8UND
JW5E Svalbard 40 M/? JW5NM
KH6/K0CD Hawaii 31 K0CD
KH0A Mariana Islands 27 JF1MIA
KH0AA Mariana Islands 27 M/2 JA5DQH
KP2A Virgin Islands 08 SOSB 20M W3HNK
KP3Z Puerto Rico 08 SOAB/A WC4E
LN4C Norway 14 M/M LA4C
LN8W Norway 14 M/S LA9VDA
LT1F Argentina 13 M/M AC7DX
LX5A Luxembourg 14 SOSB 80M LX1RQ
LX7I Luxembourg 14 SOSB 40M LX2AJ
LX9SW Luxembourg 14 SOSB 20M LX1RQ
LY7A Lithuania 15 M/M LY2ZO
LY7Z Lithuania 15 SOAB LP LY2TA
LY9Y Lithuania 15 M/? LY2CY
LZ9W Bulgaria 20 M/M See Info
M4A England 14 M/S G6UW
MD4K Isle of Man 14 M/2 G3NKC
MD0BJM/M Isle of Man 14 MD0BJM
MJ2Z Jersey 14 SOAB HP M5RIC
MM0Q Scotland 14 SOAB MM0BQI
MM0LEO Scotland 14 W3LEO
MU/DL2OBF Guernsey 14 SOAB DL2OBF
MW/VE6WQ Wales 14 SOSB
OE2S Austria 15 M/S OE2GEN
OE5T Austria 15 M/? OE5XVL
OH1F Finland 15 M/? OH1AF
OH4A Finland 15 SOSB 20M OH6LI
OH0B Aland 15 SOAB HP OH2BH
OH0V Aland 15 SOSB 15M OH6LI
OH0Z Aland 15 SOAB OH5DX
OL5T Czech Republic 15 M/M OK1TNM
OL7R Czech Republic 15 M/S OK1XUV
OM7M Slovakia 15 M/S OM3PA
OT3A Belgium 14 M/M ON7LR Direct
OT3H Belgium 14 M/S Buro
OT3L Belgium 14 M/2 ON6NL
OX3UB Greenland 40 SO OZ1GER Direct
P29AM Papua New Guinea 28 NU5O
P40A Aruba 09 SOSB 20M WD9DZV
P40W Aruba 09 SOAB HP N2MM
PA0CYW/DU2 Philippines 27 SOAB PA0CYW
PJ2T Netherlands Antilles 09 M/2 N9AG
PJ4T Netherlands Antilles 09 M/? DL9NDS
PJ7/AH8DX St Maarten 08 SOAB AH8DX Direct
PT0F Fernando de Noronha 11 SOAB W3HC
PZ5A Surinam 09 M/2 W5UE
PZ5JR Surinam 09 M/S K3BYV
RL3A Russia (Europe) 16 M/S W3HNK
RM0A Russia (Asia) 18 SOAB HP UA0ANW
RT9W Russia (Asia) 17 M/S RT9W
RU1A Russia (Europe) 16 M/2 RU1AE Buro
RW2F Kaliningrad 15 M/2 DK4VW
S79AX Seychelles 39 ON5AX
S53S Slovenia 15 M/S Buro
SU9NC Egypt 34 SOAB LP OM2SA
SY8A Greece 20 M/S SV8CS
TF3W Iceland 40 M/S TF3GB
TI5A Costa Rica 07 M/S TI5AA
TI5N Costa Rica 07 M/M W3HNK
TI8M Costa Rica 07 M/2 TI2KAC
TM9AF France 14 M/S F5SM
TO5A Martinique 08 SOAB F5VHJ
UK/JE7RJZ Uzbekistan 17 TBD JE7IDA
UV7M Ukraine 16 M/? US5MTJ Buro
V26B Antigua 08 M/2 WT3Q
V26DX Antigua 08 M/2 KU9C
V47KP St Kitts Nevis 08 M/2 K2SB
V55V Namibia 38 M/S ZS6MG
V63B Micronesia 27 M/M JA7AO
V73AZ Marshall Islands 31 SOAB HP K9JS
VB2C Canada 02 M/M See Notes
VE2CVI Canada 02 M/?
VE3BW/HR6 Honduras 07 M/S VE3BW
VK9XD Christmas Island 29 SOAB VK2CZ Direct
VO2WL Canada 02 SOAB HP VE3JM
VP2E Anguilla 08 M/S N5AU
VP5B Turks & Caicos 08 M/2 N2AU
VP5DX Turks & Caicos 08 M/S NU4Y
VP5T Turks & Caicos 08 M/M N2VW
VP9I Bermuda 05 M/2 K1JN
W8JE/C6A Bahamas 08 SO W8JE
WP3C Puerto Rico 08 SOAB LP W3HNK
XU7ACE Cambodia 26 SOAB HP ES1FB
YB0ZDA Indonesia 28 M/S YB0AI Direct
YJ0X Vanuatu 32 M/S VK4TI
YL8M Latvia 15 SOAB YL2KL
YM2ZF Turkey 20 SOAB LP UT2UB
YN2EJ Nicaragua 07 M/S K5LBU
ZS5T South Africa 38 SOSB 20M ZS5BBO
ZW5B Brazil 11 SOSB 10M ZW5B
ZK1SSB South Cook Islands 32 M/S W6ORD
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