The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 647 BID: $OPDX.647 February 9, 2004 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 1st/February, through
Sunday, 8th/February there were 219 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W,
4X, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G,
9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, 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, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW,
H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ,
I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, 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, PZ, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV,
SV5, SV9, T30, T32, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT,
TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK,
VK9L, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, 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).
4U1UN WRAP-UP. Bernie McClenny, W3UR, editor
of "The Daily DX", reports that last week's 10 hour
operation made 1062 QSOs. Operators were only able to use one
station at a time due to inter-station interference. He stated
that their operation was from about 1430Z on Friday, January 30th
until about 0200Z on Saturday, January 31st. Any QSOs after 0200Z
on Saturday was that of a pirate! Operators were Bernie/W3UR, his
daughter Christa/KB3JIU and Steve/KU9C. QSL via address on
QRZ.com.
5Z, KENYA. Sigi, DL7DF, will be here on
holiday with his XYL between February 16th and March 1st. He will
be active during his free time as 5Z4HW on all bands (no
160/30/6m ) on SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. He will only use a
100w into a GP and wire antennas. QSL via his home callsign
DL7DF.
6T1, SUDAN (Attention Prefix Hunter!). OPDX
was informed that a new interesting prefix from the Sudan will be
activated soon only during a contest. The operator is Namer,
ST2NH, and his new contest callsign is 6T1T. QSL via EA7FTR:
Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, HUELVA,
SPAIN.
8P, BARBADOS. Look for Peter, W0SA, to be
here for a month, February 11th to March 11th. His callsign will
be 8P9NX. Peter told OPDX that he would be active on 80-10 meters
including the three WARC bands, mostly on CW but some RTTY as
well. QSL all contacts DIRECT + SASE to his QRZ.com address.
A6, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (Topband!). It was
reported on the Topband Mail Reflector that Ghis, ON5NT, will be
here for a two month work assignment starting in Dubai on
February 9th. He will be staying 50km from A61AJ. Also, Robert,
S53R, is expected to be with him part of the time. Ghis said he
will try to activate A61AJ on the lowbands when work permits.
Apparently he has to work weekends - which makes sunrise openings
difficult for him. Additionally, Dave Rosen, K2GM, is also going
back to Dubai about February 15th and will try some more 160m
work permitting.
ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK. Gianni, I1HYW,
announced this past week that several special Italian callsigns
have already been issued for the Antarctic Activity Week which
will be held from February 22-28th. The callsigns issued so far
are: TM0ANT by F5NOD, IR1ANT by I1HYW, II6ANT by I6DHY, IR6ANT by
I6YOT, II7ANT by IZ7AUH, IR8ANT by I8ACB and IR0ANT by IZ0EGC.
Gianni also states that as soon as other callsigns are received
from the Ministry of Communication, he will up date the list.
They have arranged to use a unique QSL card (printed by IT9EJW)
and a QSL Manager in Germany (Manfred, DE0MST) during this event.
Manfred will do the Bureau service for all the callsigns used
during the Antarctic Activity Week. Readers may have noticed that
the Italian stations in Antarctica are already using a special
prefix callsign, IR0PS. This station will join the activity only
for few days starting February 24th. The actual crew has to leave
the Base, but they have promised to try to be active from the
Ship, as /MM.
AY1, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS. Henry, LU4DXU, has
arrived on Laurie Island (South Orkneys) and has started to
operate as AY1ZA. He has been very active on 20 meters SSB. Henry
has also been active on 80/40/15/10 meters usually operating
split and by the numbers. It was reported earlier by Dominik,
DL5EBE, that Henry's radio is/was interfering with the commercial
HF radio of the base. When both radios are operating, Henry has
to reduce his output to 10-15 watts. The use of the linear
amplifier is only possible when the commercial radio on Orcadas
Base is not operating. However, his digital equipment works fine
on AMTOR, RTTY + PSK31. Unfortunately, the conditions are very
poor at the moment.
CENTRAL AMERICAN OPERATIONS. Heikki
"Henry", OH3JF, is going to be active from Guatemala as
TG7/OH3JF from February 18-29th. He will then move to Honduras
and operate as HR5/OH3JF during the period of March 2-10th. As
usual, he is traveling with good antennas for the low bands and
800 watts power. The main focus of the operation will be from
160-30 meters, but also other bands will be activated. QSL this
operation via OH3OJ. The primary (suggested) frequencies are:
CN, MOROCCO. Jim, W7EJ, will be here starting
February 24th until about the end of March. During this time, he
plans to be active in three contests as CN2R. Look for him during
the CQ 160-Meter SSb Contest (February 28-29th) as a Single-Op
entry. Then in March, look for Jim in the ARRL DX Phone Contest
(March 6-7th) and the CQ WPX SSB Contest (March 27-28th) as a
Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry in both contests. QSL all
three contests via W7EJ.
DAYTON DX DINNER BANQUET. The Southwest Ohio
DX Association is pleased to announce the 19th Annual DX Dinner
to be held on Friday, May 14th, 2004, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel,
Dayton OH. There will be a cash bar at 6:30 PM and dinner at 7:15
PM. Tickets are 32.00 USD and must be purchased in advance.
Groups wishing to sit together must order as a group. A table
seats eight. Please make your check or money order payable to
SWODXA and send an SASE for ticket return. Seats will be assigned
in the order that requests are received. Seats will be assigned
in early March. Seating is limited. Please order tickets from
Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, 7354 Thackery Rd, Springfield OH 45502. For
information on the dinner, check the following Web page at: http://my.erinet.com/~n8bjq/.
Or contact Steve Bolia, N8BJQ at (937) 788-2803 or send an E-mail
to: n8bjq@erinet.com.
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC
Manager, reports that the following UA4WHX/AC4LN operations are
approved for DXCC credit:
UA4WHX/AC4LN 2003 Operations
Callsign DXCC Entity Date(s)
V63MB Micronesia May 13-20, 2003
T88VV Palau May 21-26, 2003
KH0/AC4LN Mariana Is May 27-31, 2003
V63MB Micronesia June 2-10, 2003
V73VV Marshall Islands June 12-20, 2003
5W0VB Samoa June 26-30, 2003
ZK2VB Niue July 1-4, 2003
A35VB Tonga July 10-18, 2003
ZL/UA4WHX New Zealand July 19-31, 2003
P29VVB Papua New Guinea August 4-17, 2003
H44VV Solomon Islands August 18-23, 2003
H40VB Temotu Province August 24-30, 2003
YJ0VB Vanuatu September 5-18, 2003
FK/AC4LN New Caledonia September 21-October 3, 2003
3D2VB Fiji Islands October 4-6, 2003
3D2VB/R Rotuma October 8-14, 2003
3D2VB Fiji October 16-20, 2003
T30VB Western Kiribati October 21-28, 2003
T20VB Tuvalu October 29-November 5, 2003
3D2VB Fiji November 6-7, 2003
ZK1/AC4LN North Cook Is November 9-15, 2003
ZK1/AC4LN South Cook Is November 18-26, 2003
FO/AC4LN Marquesas Is December 2-7, 2003
FO/AC4LN Austral Is December 11-13, 2003
FO/AC4LN French Polynesia December 16-25, 2003
UA4WHX/AC4LN 2002 Operations
Callsign DXCC Entity Date(s)
V31VB Belize May 25-30, 2002
YS1/AC4LN Belize June 5-9, 2002
HP8/AC4LN Panama June 26-July 1, 2002
J6/AC4LN St Lucia July 17-20, 2002
HH2/AC4LN Haiti July 23-27, 2002
9Y4/AC4LN Trinidad and Tobago August 2-7, 2002
8R1/AC4LN Guyana August 9-14, 2002
J73/AC4LN Dominica August 20-23, 2002
J3/AC4LN Grenada August 27-30, 2002
FW/AC4LN Wallis & Futuna Is September 27-October 3, 2002
FG, GUADELOUPE. Patrick, F6IRF, will be
active as FG5BG, in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 21-22nd).
His operating category will be decided on the spot according to
propagation and antenna condx. QSL via FG5BG. Patrick will be
here between February 14-29th and will be active as FG/F6IRF
outside of the contest on CW and RTTY. His activity will be
casual with low power and wire antennas. QSL via home callsign
(LoTW is preferred).
IOTA NEWS...
NA-102. Henri, F5DBC, will be active
from Marie Galante Island (Guadeloupe and DIFO FG-008)
now through February 18th. Activity will mainly be CW
daily between 2200-2400z and possibly other times.
Suggested frequencies are: 10104, 14025, 14135 and 18075
kHz. QSL according to instructions.
SA-057. A group of CX operators will
activate San Gabriel Island between February 15-18th.
Activity will be on 160-10 meters (including 6m and the
WARC bands). QSL via EA5KB.
SA-074. Operators Jorge/OA4BHY,
Pablo/OA4DJW, Sergio/OA4SJ, Marcial/OA4DM,
Hildebrando/OA4BHN and Manual/OA4AHW will be active as
OC3I from Los Chimus Island between February 11-16th.
Their activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB,
RTTY and PSK31. QSL via OA4DJW.
J6, ST. LUCIA (Update/More). Jack, K9JE, is
another member of the J6DX team in St. Lucia for the ARRL CW DX
Contest. He informs OPDX that he will be operating with his
callsign J68AR before and after the contest. Jack will be there
from February 11-25th. QSL via K9JE.
KH6, HAWAII. Witek, SP9MRO, will be active
from the islands of Hawaii as KH6/SP9MRO and perhaps from
Battleship Missouri Amateur Radio Club, KH6BB, between now and
February 17th. His activity between February 8-13th will be
sporadic (as time permits) but between February 13-17th very
intensive. He will be active on all bands (No 30m - no antenna
for 30M) and he will use a FT1000MP plus 7L on the higher bands,
2L on 40m, sloper on 80m and other antennas for the WARC bands.
The QSL cards for his YN1/SP9MRO and TI2/SP9MRO activity are
going to be mailed in March when he returns from Hawaii.
KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Harry, W6DXO, will
be active as KP2/W6DXO from the island of St. John (NA-106) from
March 14-19th. His activity will be focused on 17, 12 and 10
meters on SSB and PSK. QSL via his home callsign W6DXO.
MJ, JERSEY. Mat, F5SHQ, will be active as
MJ0ASP in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 21-22nd) as a
Single-Op/Single Band (20m) entry. QSL via F5SHQ.
MJ, JERSEY. Pete/K8PT and Craig/K3PLV are off
to the Channel Islands again. This is their 4th year in a row.
They will be operating from JERSEY from March 10th-17th courtesy
of the Jersey Amateur Radio Society. Callsigns will be MJ/K8PT
and MJ/K3PLV. They should have 2 amplifiers operating this year
which will help them during cycle 23 propagation. They will be
operating all HF bands and modes of SSB/CW/RTTY and will
concentrate on the lower bands during darkness. QSL via
individual home callsigns.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Luigi, IK8OZZ, is the QSL Manager of the
following stations: KC4/IK7JGQ and IK7JGQ/MM.
The callsign KL7DX has been re-issued to
the Alaska DX Club in memory of Robert L. Rapuzzi, former
holder of the callsign. AC7DX will be the QSL Manager.
Glenn, K2FF, informs OPDX that the logs
for PZ5FF, PZ5UE and PZ5A have been uploaded to LoTW.
NEW MANAGER. Joe, W3HNK, is now the QSL
Manager for FK8GX and YI3Q.
NOT THE QSL MANAGER! KZ5RO is the QSL
Manager for TA3DD, not KB2MS. Mark, KB2MS, states that he
is still receiving a few cards for him. However, KB2MS is
currently the QSL Manager for A22EW, 9K2SS, and HI3NR.
QSL HI3/KB2MS via KB2MS.
QSL W8P via P.O.Box 252, Oscoda,
Michigan 48750 (C/O: Raymond H.Knuth, KB8ZYY). Activity
was by the Iosco County Amateur Radio Enthusiasts,
located in Iosco County, MI (En-84), during the 54th
Perchville Winter Festival on the shore of Lake Huron.
This event took place on February 7-8th.
VK9CYL and VK9XYL Contacts. Gwen,
VK3DYL, informs OPDX readers: "Sorry for the delay
but all direct cards (with return postage) will be in the
mail in the next week. Cards received without postage
will be returned via the Bureau."
TOP 5 QSL MANAGER NOMINATION FOR 2003. John,
K1XN, from "The GoList" announced that the nomination
for TOP 5 QSL MANAGERS of 2003 closed on February 1st, and here
is the list of all the managers nominated as TOP 5 managers. He
states, "The response has been great this year and the
nominations show why you just can not place a single one on a
black list. QSL Managers provide the DX community a very valuable
service and our experiences with these managers will be 'good and
bad' but most of the time it is not the fault of the manager
personally. The nomination list proves that other variables enter
into the good/bad equation. Here is the complete list (98) in
alphabetical order. The TOP 5 of the Top 5 list will be announced
later (next week). Thanks to all of you that participated in this
activity and look forward to your help with this survey next year
(2004)."
SPECIAL EVENT. To celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the XIV Winter Olympic Games, look for special
event station T90ZOI to be active from Sarajevo between February
8-10th. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via the
bureau.
T32, EAST KIRIBATI. Gary/KH6GMP and
Tuck/KH6DFW will be operating from Christmas Island from March
1-8th as T32I and T32BI, respectively. Their activity will be on
40-10 meters (nothing on 75/80m). T32I will try to be on RTTY and
PSK31 at times, but main operations will be on SSB. Also, look
for T32I to be active on 40-10 meters in the ARRL SSB Contest on
March 6-7th. QSL T32I via his home callsign KH6GMP. QSL T32BI via
his home callsign KH6DFW.
UE4, EUROPEAN RUSSIA. Look for UE3SFF/4 to be
active February 17-22nd, from the Mordovsky Natural Reserve (RFFA
reference RFF-060), and whenever possible from the Smolnyj
National Park (RFF-143). QSL via RU3SD (Vasily Bardin, P.O. Box
1, Ryazan 390000, Russia).
VQ5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (Attention Prefix
Hunters!). Operators John/WE3C, Steven/N3FTI and
Robert/KQ3V will activate, for the first time, the prefix
"VQ5" during the ARRL DX Phone Contest (March 6-7th).
Look for them to be active as VQ5A as a Multi/Multi entry in the
contest. QSL via KQ3V.
XU, CAMBODIA (Also 3W). Reports indicate that
Hiroo, JA2EZD/XW2A, will once again travel to Cambodia and
Vietnam starting February 10th and possibly staying until the end
of the month. He is expected to operate as XU7AAA and 3W2B. QSL
direct to: Hiroo Yonezuka, P.O. Box 10003, Vientiane, Laos.
YI9, IRAQ. Darek, SP6NVK, informs OPDX that
he now has a license and sent us a copy showing his callsign
YI9NVK. He is working in An Nasiriyah in the Province of Thi Qar.
Darek wants/intends to be active as soon as possible! However, he
is having a problem obtaining equipment to operate. Darek will be
in Iraq until the end of March. His Web pages are: http://www.sp6nvk.milka.pl/
and http://www.milka.us/.
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