The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 641 BID: $OPDX.641 December 29, 2003 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
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Islands News, M5AAV, UA2FM, VA3RJ & ICPO, XE1KK, XE2AC, Z35M
and ZL4HU for the following DX information.
SPECIAL EDITOR'S NOTE: My family (wife/OPDX's
chief proof-reader Linda, Teddy [TJ] and wife Jessica, Katie) and
I (KB8NW) would like to wish all DXers, Contesters and OPDX
readers a very "Happy Safe and Healthly New Year".
Also, we would like thank the many who have contributed
information over the year (there are too many to list). REMEMBER,
without them there would not be an OPDX Bulletin. I would also
thank the many who sent holiday greetings. I tried to answer some
and wished I could answer each one of them individually, but it
would take a huge amount of time. You would not believe the
amount of E-mail I receive. 73 and Have a Great Holiday de Tedd
KB8NW.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 21st/December, through
Sunday, 28th/December there were 214 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X,
5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H,
9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, AP, BV,
BY, C3, 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, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GM,
GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS,
HV, HZ, I, IS, J6, J8, JA, JD/m, 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,
S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK,
TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V5, V7, VE, VK,
VK9L, VK9N, VP8, VP8/h, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL,
YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, 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).
1A, SMOM. The following is a press release on
an upcoming operation from the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
(SMOM). Luciano Blasi, I0JBL, reports: Following the significant
number of "new one" requests received in these years, a
team led by Francesco, IK0FVC, will activate 1A0KM during the
weekend from January 2nd to January 5th, 2004. Other team members
will be I0JBL, IK0FTA and IK0PRG. From the beginning this
operation, the QSL manager for the 1A0KM's activities will be
Sergio, IK0FTA. For further information an E-mail address will be
activated: 1a0km@sixitalia.org.
5V, TOGO. Members of the F6KOP Le Radio Club
de Provins 77 (near Paris) plan to be active from Lome (Grid
Square JJ06) as 5V7C from March 6-12th. Operators mentioned are:
Dany/F5CW (one of the TO4E gang), Franck/F4AJQ, Pascal/F5TVG,
Pascal/F5JSD, Romain/F8BUI and Guenther/F5VHQ/OE5TGL. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters CW,SSB and Digital. QSL Manager is F5TVG:
Franck Savoldi, P.O. Box 92, F94223 Charenton Cedex, FRANCE. An
E-mail address is available for more information, suppoort,
sponsoring, help, skeds and etc at: 5V7C@free.fr.
The groups Web page (in French) is available at: http://5v7c.free.fr.
6Y, JAMAICA. Martin, KN5G, will be active as
6Y5/KN5G until January 4th. He E-mailed OPDX and states that all
operations are QRP with an Elecraft K2 using mostly battery power
and a vertical dipole along the beach in Negril. Martin states,
"The only problem now is I am running out of log
sheets!" OPDX spotted him on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters CW
this past week.
9N, NEPAL (News). Charles Harpole, K4VUD,
informed the DX community this past week that his efforts (along
with Satish/9N1AA) to expand ham radio in 9N-land including a
memorial club station for Father Moran, 9N1MM 9SK), are on an
indefinite hold due to the disturbed social and political
conditions there. All radios, including other gear and cash, that
was donated some years ago have been distributed to the existing
licensed native 9N hams (cash used immediately upon donation to
purchase needed items like coax and Morse keys, etc.). Charles
states, "That gear will come back to a club station someday.
Foreign visitors have operated there, as you know. Please bear
with this situation and extend understanding."
A5, BHUTAN. Dane, S57CQ, is now active as
A52CQ and is expected to stay in Bhutan through January 14th.
Activity is expected to be on all bands as much as possible (no
160m). He was spotted this past weekend on 40m (as early as 1700z
and as late as 2345z, then moves to 80m), 20m (1230- 1300) and
10m (after 0900z). QSL via S57DX.
DXCC NEWS. ARRL Great Lakes Division Director
Jim Weaver, K8JE, informs OPDX that Kirk E. Swallow, W8QID, of
Cincinnati, OH, was appointed the Great Lakes Division
Representative on the DXAC, effective January 1, 2004. He will
succeed Billy (Pick) Pickard, WA5PAE, who had recently became a
"Silent Key" (SK). Kirk is a lifelong worker/manager in
the field of two-way communications and retired recently from
Verizon as a technical area manager. He is former president of
the Queen City Emergency Net (Red Cross affiliate) and is an
active member of the SWODXA. He has gone on numerous DXpeditions
to the Caribbean (most recently to TI a couple of weeks ago) and
is listed at 345 at the Top of the (DX) Honor Roll. Kirk and his
wife Joyce serve as QSL Managers for a variety of DXpeditions.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. Members of the Five
Flags Amateur Radio Association (FFARA), W4UC, will once again
operate from the Pensacola Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-592) from the
Naval Air Station Pensacola (Escambia county Florida, WW Loc.
EM60ii) on January 1, 2004. This will be the FFARA's 3rd annual
event from the Lighthouse. The FFARA broadcasted their very first
official Amateur station from inside the Lighthouse 3 years ago
with assistance from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. January
1st marks a special day as it was on January 1st in 1859 when the
light was first lit in the Pensacola Lighthouse. W4UC plans on
having a minimum of 3 stations operating on 40/20/15/10/6 meters
from 1500-2200z. For QSL information, look up W4UC on QRZ.com Web
site. They will be using ARLHS member #844. QSL via operator's
instructions.
IOTA NEWS...
EU-157. John, F5VHQ, will be active from
Ile de Cezembre (DIFM MA-008) as F5VHQ between now and
January 2nd. Activity on bands/modes were not provided.
QSL via his home callsign.
OC-201. By the time you read this,
Jonathan, W1CU, should have operated again from Waiheke
Island in New Zealand on his way back to the US. He was
on the air very briefly on December 27th as ZL/W1CU. QSL
to his home call. ADDED NOTE: Jonathan worked about 650
stations on the second day of the CQWW CW Contest from
the same site on OC-201.
J49, CRETE. Peri, HB9IQB, will be active as
J49PM in the CQ WPX CW Contest (May 29-30th) as a
Single-Op/Single Band (15m)/Low Power entry. QSL to his home
callsign via the Bureau.
KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (Special Event). To
celebrate the New Year, remember to look for operators David/N4KZ
and Mark/K4MCE to activate the special event station, N4Z,
between December 30th to January 6th from St. Croix. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters, SSB and CW. QSL via N4KZ.
PACIFIC OPERATIONS (A3 and T2). Sara/HA9SD
and Eli/HA9RE are expected to be active during the new year from
Tuvalu between January 1-18th (their callsigns not yet known) and
from Tonga as A35RE from January 20th to February 4th. They will
have two stations active with operations on 80-10 meters CW/SSB.
QSL ONLY direct to HA8IB (with 2 new IRCs or 2 USD).
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Please note that QSLs for 4N25K go only
DIRECT to YU1SB. The address is: Bozic Slavko, Jurija
Gagarina 196/50, Novi Beograd, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO.
Please note QSL info for station
T9/9A3GZ, who was active in CQWW CW Contest, ARRL 160m
Contest...etc, is T98U (via the bureau) or 9A3GZ
(direct).
Graham, M5AAV, informs OPDX that he now
has the logs and QSL cards for the TX4PG operation and is
in a position to handle "Bureau Requests Only"
for last year's Dxpedition.
Victor Loginov, UA2FM, UA2 QSL Bureau
official, informs OPDX that on December 6th during a UA2
annual meeting, they decided to start their own incoming
QSL bureau. This means that they will stop getting
incoming QSL cards from SRR QSL Bureau in Moscow (P.O.Box
88). The new address is: UA2 QSL Bureau, ROSTO Technical
School, ul.Ozyornaya 31, Kaliningrad, 236029, Russia.
Please update your QSL bureau address book, and from now
on send all QSL cards for UA2 only to the address above.
Otherwise they won't get them. ADDED NOTE: Victor
mentions UA2 is the second call area of Russia. They have
the following active prefixes: all UA2, RA2, RK2, RU2,
RV2, RX2 and R2MWO (permanent callsign for the Museum of
the World Ocean). (Note that RK21Z was from R1Z.) RW2F is
a contest call for the UA2 Contest Club, RK2FWA.
Vlado, ZA/Z35M, informs OPDX that all
direct QSL cards for ZA/Z35M, Z35M and Z3100M received no
later than December 22nd, have been answered the same way
they were received. All QSLs for the Z3100M operation
were sent via the bureau. Direct QSLs should be sent via
Z35M to: Vladimir Kovaceski, Box 10, Struga 6330,
Macedonia.
The Kermadec DX Association along with
ZL2HU and ZL4HU wish to advise that with the very strong
New Zealand Dollar the way it is at the present, one
green stamp no longer covers the cost of ECONOMY postal
replies to QSL cards. However, one IRC is still
sufficient to cover return mail costs. The Association
will respond directly to all requests posted to them
before January 1, 2004, where there has been only one
green stamp included. As they are a non profit
organization, all cards mailed to them on and after
January 1, 2004, which do not include sufficient funds
for Ecomomy Class return mail will be replied to VIA THE
BUREAU. If and when the U.S. Dollar gains some ground
against the New Zealand Dollar, they will further
consider their position. THEY do appologize for this
delay for those expecting to receive cards by the direct
mode, but it is beyond their control when governments set
currency exchange rates that are not favourable to their
cause. "I trust you will all understand. Regards.
Ken Holdom, ZL4HU, Group Organizer/Team Leader/QSL
Manager for the Kermadec DX Association."
SURVEY BEING TAKEN. Jose, CT1EEB, informs
OPDX that he is just taking a survey and nothing else but a
survey, your reply and help will be mostly appreciated.
"From the DXCC Entities/IOTA Ref., what would you vote as
the most-wanted for you concerning the bands you need (from 160-6
meters and IOTA Ref.)?"
A) 4W - Rep. Dem. Timor Leste
B) D2 - Angola (and the Luanda Province Group for IOTA)
C) S9 - S. Tome (Rolas Islet IOTA AF-023)
D) C9 - Mozambique (Mozambique Island or Bazaruto for IOTA)
E) VU - India (the Goa State group for IOTA)
Once again let them know what bands you still need for these
DXCC Entities. Jose states, "Let me remind you that this is
not a DXpedition project, just a survey I am doing." Jose's
E-mail address is: zemurtosa@mail.telepac.pt.
TI, COSTA RICA. Bob, KE0UI, is now active as
TI5/KE0UI but only until December 31st. He states that he will
only be using low power with modest antennas, and CW on the WARC
bands will be his priority. QSL via his CBA or via the Bureau.
TO4E QRT. The TO4E/TO4WW team is back home
and stopped their transmissions December 20th around 2000z. Dany,
F5CW, reports they made 34,000 QSOs. Their logs are now available
on the Web at: http://europa2003.free.fr/. Logs were
temporarily suspended earlier due to a complaint by the ARRL. The
log search contained a wild card feature which Wayne, N7NG/7,
from the League stated could compromise the QSLing integrity.
VK9C, COCOS-KEELING ISLAND. Just a reminder
that Ken, JA1CMD, will be active from here as VK9CA now through
January 2nd. Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB with only
100 watts. QSL via JA1CMD or K4ST.
VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND (Very early Announcement!).
David, VK2CZ, will be active from here as VK9XD between December
3-12th, 2004. Activity will be on all bands plus include an entry
in the ARRL 10m DX Contest (December 11-12th) using a 7 element
monobander (at 330m ASL) with 400 watts. David makes the
following statement about his operation: "It is a long way
off, and its a long way there. 1st EVER activation in the ARRL
10m contest!!"
XF4, REVILLAGIGEDO ISLANDS. Ramon/XE1KK and
Luis/XE2AC inform OPDX that the Federacion Mexicana de Radio
Experimentadores (FMRE) announced last Sunday, December 21st, a
XF4 DXpedition is expected to begin March 3rd, for 2 weeks from
Socorro Island (NA-030) using the callsign XF4IH. They mentioned
that 95% of the paperwork is ready. There will be 8 operators
(all XE ops). Operators mentioned are: Pepe/XE1J, Ismael/XE1AVM,
Rafael/XE1GRR, Javier/XE1KOF, David/XE1XR, Luis/XE1GLL and
Martin/XE2ML. Their activity will be on all bands 160-6 meters
including the WARC bands, VHF, UHF. The modes will be CW, SSB
RTTY and PSK31. No QSL info was mentioned yet. More details to
follow.
Z3, MACEDONIA. Look for Antonio/IZ8CCW and
Pietro/IZ8FWN to be active as either Z38M or Z3/homecalls between
January 2-6th. Activity is expected to be on all bands CW, SSB
and RTTY. Several members of Z37M are expected to be with them.
QSL via IZ8CCW.
ZF2, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Just a reminder that
Pete, N2LM, will be active as ZF2PD on Grand Cayman Island
(NA-016) now through January 8th. Activity will be 80-6 meter
CW/SSB. Requests for QSL cards can be sent to his home callsign,
N2LM.
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