[DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #560
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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 560
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 560
BID: $OPDX.560
April 29, 2002
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 Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, K1XN & GOLIST, N1NK, WF1N, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4WW,
N4AA & QRZ DX, K5QM, K8PT, K8YSE, WB8YJF, WZ8D, W9DC, DJ9AO, DL1EK/DL7VOA
& DX Newsletter, DL9NDS, EA7FTR, F5NQL & UFT, F5TJC, FJ5DX & La Gazette
du DX, G0WMW, G0PSE, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IK2DUW, IK2XDE, IK4ZHH,
IV3SKB, JI3DST, LU1DZ, OM3JW, ON4CAS, PY3DX, RV3GW, VA3RJ & ICPO,
and VE3EXY for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 21/April, through Sunday, 28/April there were 236 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I,
4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H,
9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3,
C5, C9, CE, CE0Z, 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, FO/m FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC,
HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT,
JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH1, 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, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2, T30, T31,
T32, T5, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9L, VK9M, VK9N, VP2E,
VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, XZ, YB, YI, YJ,
YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/n,
ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3DA0, SWAILAND (Possibly from A25 also!). Look for Hide, JM1LJS, to be
active May 1-4th, as 3DA0LJ. Activity will be 40-6 meters SSB and CW).
QSL via home callsign. ADDED NOTE: Hide might possibly operate for a few
hours on April 30th from Botswana, probably as A25/JM1LJS. Activity will
only be on 40 meters CW/SSB. Check out his Web page for details at:
http://radio-dream.com/3da0lj/
7W, ALGERIA (New IOTA To Be Activated!). Steve, OM3JW, states preparations
for a DXpedition to Habbibas Islands (7X, AF-NEW, LH- 0970) are now
finished. Operators 7X2RO, 7X2YL, 7X2ZL, 7X2SA, DL7FER, OM3CGN, OM2DX
and OM3JW will be active May 14-18th using the special callsign 7W4HI.
The Habbibas Islands are in the Mediterranean Sea Coast West Group. They
plan to run two stations barefoot (100W) to verticals and dipoles. QSL
info will be announced later.
8Q, MALDIVES. Operators JA2AAU, JR2FOR, JA2AZX, JA2AIC, JA2ALN, JJ2KYT
and JA2ATE will be active as 8Q7NK, 8Q7FO, 8Q7HS, 8Q7IC, 8Q7JA, 8Q7MI
and 8Q7TE, respectively, May 10-15th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters
CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31/SSTV. QSL via their home callsigns.
AN AWARD REFLECTOR (InterNet Mailing List). Egbert, ON4CAS, UBA Award
Manager, informs OPDX that an international mailing list is now available
to award hunters. He states, "Time has come to offer award enthusiasts a
forum where they can discuss award hunting in general. Any licensed HAM
and SWL with a genuine interest in this part of our hobby is invited to
join the list." More details can be found on the Web page at:
http://users.pandora.be/egbert.hertsen/awardlist.htm
DXCC NEWS.........
As of press time, the DXCC Desk is currently processing DXCC submissions
that were received the week of April 13th. If you would like to know
their current status throughout the week, go to the following Web page:
http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/appstatus.html
Pete, K8PT, just received a bunch of cards back from the ARRL DX Desk
(three weeks- record time for him.) These cards were not accepted:
7O1YGF No Documentation Received (Still)
ZK1QMA Documents pending
3DA0DF No Documentation Received
ZK1NCP No Documentation Received
7Z1AC Documentation Pending
Pete suggests that if you know any of these operators, please pass this
info along so they WILL send in their required docs.
4U1VIC, AUSTRIA. The Vienna International Center Station, 4U1VIC, will
be activated from May 10-12th by DF5AU/Johannes, DL9NDV/Michael, JH4RHF/Jun
and DJ9AO/Oliver. They will take part in CQ-MIR-DX-Contest on all HF
Contest bands and try to be active via satellite RS-12 mode K, too. The
QSL comes automatic via the bureau or with a direct request to 4U1VIC.
C6, BAHAMAS. John, WZ8D, reports he has his plane tickets for his next
trip to Abaco Island (FL16iq) from June 3rd through June 13th. He will
be active in the June VHF Contest using bands 6 and 2 meters for the
contest. He plans to operate on the other bands when six meter is not
busy. Please send all QSLs to WZ8D: John Walker, 1930 Meredith Ln.,
Loveland, Ohio 45140. To receive a nice picture QSL you need to send
the card direct with a SASE if inside the USA. All others must send SAE
with 1 IRC or U.S. dollar. No cards will be sent through the QSL bureau.
ADDED NOTE: John also states he hopes to be on from a couple of rare
grids from Canada in July or August; more on this later.
C6, BAHAMAS. Joe, W8GEX, and his C6AJR crew will be going back to
Eleuthera for the 10-10 contest. This is around the end of July. They
will most likely be using the callsign C6DX during the contest. They will
also be on six meters from FL15 with 100 watts and a 3 element beam.
FR/T, TROMELIN. Jacques, FR5ZU, will be once more on Tromelin Island
(AF-031; DIFO FR-006) for his job, from June 5th to July 5th. Look for
him on the air during his spare time on all HF bands SSB and RTTY, as
FR5ZU/T. At the beginning of his work duty, his activity hours will be:
0200-0400z, 0900-1000z and 1300-1500z. Jacques expects to be active more
towards the end of his stay. QSL via FR5ZU: Jacques Quillet, 1 Cite,
Meteorologique, Le Chaudron, 97490 SAINTE CLOTILDE, Reunion Island via
France. Some pictures of Tromelin, Europa and other Islands attached to
Reunion Island, can be viewed at the following Web site:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jacques.quillet/index.html
IOTA NEWS..............
AS-049. Hiroshi, JO1EPY, will activate Tokara Island (Kuchino-shima,
Toshima-mura, Kagoshima-gun, Kagoshima-ken) as JO1EPY/6 from
June 8-10th. Activity will be on 40/17/15/12/10/6 meters
CW/SSB, however, his main bands will be 17 and 15 meters.
QSL via his home callsign, either via the bureau or direct
to (per QRZ.com): Hiroshi Kotoku, 3-4-19 Kishimachi, Kawagoe,
Saitama 350-1131 Japan.
EU-011. The Taunton and District ARC (TADARC) will be using the special
event callsign, GB0SM, from St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, from
May 18-25th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW/SSB and
RTTY. QSL via the Bureau or direct to G3WNI: Bill Lindsay-Smith,
Way Close, Madford, Hemyock, Devon EX25 1AB, England. E-mail
requests for QSLs received via the Bureau can be sent to:
[email protected]
EU-028. Look for IA5G to be activated by seven operators on the weekend
of May 4-5th from Gorgona Island.
EU-057. A group of German operators (namely DH8WLA, DL1APR, DL1APW,
DL2AXA, DL5AOJ, DM3BJ and DL9NDS) will be active from Ummanz
Island (O-06 for German Islands Award) from May 9-13th. Their
activity will be on all bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31.
QSL via their home callsigns. Updates will be posted on the
Web page at: http://www.ummanz.dl9nds.de
EU-130. Andy/IV3SKB and Mauro/IV3HAX were expected to activate
Conchiglie Island (I.I.A UD-005) this past weekend. Andy
informed OPDX to QSL via their home callsign. More info can
be found on their Web sites at:
http://www.qsl.net/iq3x
http://www.qsl.net/iv3skb
NA-136. Tony/WF1N and Lou/W1DIG will be on the The Thimble Islands,
Pot Island, May 17-19th. Their operation, with a tribander
and amp, will be on/near the usual IOTA frequencies, (40m,
7.260+/- at the top of the hour), SSB, will start around 1500z
Friday and end about 1800z Sunday. QSL to home callsigns direct
(SAE and postage, PLEASE) or Bureau. Tony, WF1N,
< [email protected] >, and Lou, W1DIG, < [email protected] >,
will accept requests for Bureau Cards via E-mail. E-mail
requests do not require a card to them via the Bureau.
SA-026. Paul, PY3DX, is planning to take a part in the upcoming CQ
WPX CW Contest, in late May, signing with his special callsign
PU3A from Santa Catarina Island. Activity will exclusively be
on CW all bands, but he will pay special attention to the low
bands, during the contest evenings. The QSL Manager for PU3A
is PY3DX (ok in QRZ.com or via the bureau).
ITALIAN ISLANDS ACTIVATED. An Italian group of operators called "Project
DX Team", have and will activate a few islands this week. Over the past
weekend they activated Bacucco Island (IIA RO-004 - NO IOTA) and Scannone
di Goro Island (IIA FE-005 - NO IOTA). From April 29-30th, look for them
to activate Baron Island (IIA FE-003 - IOTA EU-155). On May 1st, look
for them again to activate Scannone di Goro Island (FE-005 - NO IOTA).
The team's activity will be on HF and 6 meters SSB, with a possibility
of some RTTY. Team operators are: IK2XDE/Andrea, IK2XDF/Giampaolo,
IK2JYT/Giovanni, IK2RZL/Matteo, IK2ZJR/Antonio, IW2NHE/Alberto and IW2LWB/
Fabio. QSL via their home callsigns, either direct or through the bureau.
JD1, OGASAWARA ISLAND. This seems to be a BIG week for this island to be
activated by several JA operators. Look for the following group of operators
Yone/JM3FVL, Naga/JE5DTS, Hide/JG4LSR and Yuzo/JL4CVB to sign homecall/JD1
from Chichi-jima from now through May 4th. They plan to be active on 80-6
meters SSB/CW/PSK31/RTTY. QSLs via bureau. Also expected to be active, but
from the club station, JD1YBO, in Apli will be Kimura/JR3PZW, Tack/JD1BKQ
and Nori/JA1OZK.
KH1, BAKER ISLAND. The KH1 team had a smooth sailing try to Baker Island
and are now active as K1B. The team consists of: KW4DA, LY3NUM, N6TSQ,
RA3AUU, RW3AH, RZ3AA, S56A, YT1AD, YU1AU, YU1DX, Z32ZM, ZS6MG, USFW
representative Mr. Doug Forsell and Mr. Jordan Naydenov photo and
multi-media expert. For up-to-date news and on-line logs, please visit
the following Web sites at:
http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/KH1
http://www.magma.ca/~ve3exy
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY AND NEWS............
Albert, RV3GW, reports to look for R6/UR3IFD/p, R6/UX7IM/p, UA6MC/p,
UA6LP/6, RA3GD/6 and RV3GW/6 to be active from several insular lighthouses
in the Azov Sea (WLH #0493, #0761, #0935, RRA new one, RLHA new ones)
on May 1-6th. Their planned activity will include two stations (100w)
with GP and dipoles with operations on 40-10 meters. Main operations
will be on 20 and 17 meters with an emphasis outside of Europe. QSL
via their home callsigns.
Filippo, IK4ZHH, had to postponed his activity from Wail Lighthouse
(ER 003 ARLHS - ITA 052) due to bad weather conditions.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...............
P5/4L4FN QSLS. QSL Manager Bruce, KK5DO, states that he has the QSLs
in hand and is currently stuffing envelopes now. Cards should be going
out in about 2-3 weeks.
Alberto, LU1DZ, who is active as AY1DZ until the end of this year,
celebrating the GACW 25th Anniversary under the Amateur Radio (a safe
way for our children, high school program), states to please not send
him any QSLs via bureau. He is not a bureau member. Alberto will be
uploading his log every week into eQSLcc. If you need a paper QSL,
please send it with one IRC to: Alberto U. SILVA, Obligado 1175,
1846 - Adrogue, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
ADDED NOTE: Also, look for the following operators to sign with the
following callsigns (QSL as instructed by operators):
LU5OM = AY5OM (GACW) LU1AEE = AY1AEE (GACW)
LU2EI = AY2EI LU8XW = AY8XW (GACW Cyber Club member)
LU1DK = AY1DK LU6GY = AY6GY
LU2HRH = AY2HRH LU7AWY = AY7AWY (GACW)
LU9HGF = AY9HGF LU1DZ = AY1DZ (GACW)
LU9HMJ = AY9HMJ LU6EF = AY6EF (GACW)
LU4FXI = AY4FXI LU5FF = AY5FF (GACW)
LU4OO = AY4OO LU7EE = AY7EE (GACW)
LU9DA = AY5DA LW2DX = L52DX (GACW)
LU5YLC = AY5YLC LU1GOE = AY1GOE (GACW)
LU2AS = AY2AS (GACW) LW9DAH = L59DAH (GACW)
NOT THE MANAGER! Antonello, IK2DUW, informs OPDX that he is NOT the
QSL Manager for UA0FO.
Fran, EA7FTR, informs OPDX that he is the new QSL Manager for the
following station: Rob/OA2AEL from Peru, Gustavo/CM2AI from Cuba (likes
CW QSOs) and Greg/YV5OHW (who can still send cards with contact work in
his previous logs. All the cards go via EA7FTR.
Jon, WB8YJF/FO0SEV, informs OPDX that he should have his QSLs for his
operation as FO0SEV any time now. He requests that people PLEASE don't
send second requests! It has taken 3+ months so far (to receive the
QSLs), and he has been told they were mailed from Europe about 12 days
ago. Cards will go out as soon as he get them.
QSL Manager Terry, N6CW, for the following stations prefers to have all
QSLs sent direct to him. However, he does accept E-mail request for
Bureau card ONLY. This is to cut down on the expense and time for bureau
cards. He does have an E-mail address specifically for this purpose:
[email protected]
Here is the list of stations: HC8/KP2A, HI8/KP2A, J37A (1990-1991),
J73A (1986-1992), J78A, J8/KP2A, KP2A/KP5 (1989), NP2/N6CW, PJ5/KP2A,
PY0SJ (1989), PY0SP (1989), PY0ZSA (1982), PY0ZSB (1982), PY0ZSC (1982),
SU1ER (1988 October CW ONLY), TI4/N6CW, TR8IG (1985), V44/KP2A, VP2ECW,
VP2V/N6CW, VP2VCW (1990), VP2VFW, XE2/N6CW, XE2GDK (1990), ZD88A and
ZD8A.
Part of the KH1 DXpedition team activated Tuvalu before heading to Baker
Island. Here are the callsigns used with their QSL route:
T25A - QSL via YT1AD T23A - QSL via RZ3AA
T2X - QSL via RW3AH T2DA - QSL via KW4DA
Jim, N1NK, announces that he is assuming QSL Manager chores for Yuri,
XE1UN. He has all the logs and will be pleased to answer any QSL from
December 15, 1999, and on. He also has the contest logs for his 4A1UN.
QSL to: Jim Spears, 494 West Demello Drive, Tiverton, RI 02878 USA.
ZY3PEI activity over the past weekend was from Itapua Fortress, which is
also a lighthouse placed very close to Porto Alegre in southern Brazil.
The operators were as follows: PY3JAF/Fauth, PY3YY/Andy, PY3KK/Koetz and
PY3DX/Paul. The QSL Manager for ZY3PEI is PY3JAF (ok in QRZ.com).
SPECIAL EVENT. Commemorating the 128th running of the Kentucky Derby,
Amateur Radio Transmitting Society members will activate W4CN on Saturday,
May 4th, from 1100-1700z. Frequencies will be (+/- 20 KHz): 7200 kHz,
14275 kHz, 21275 kHz and 28350 kHz. A full color 8X10 certificate,
suitable for framing, is available. U.S. stations send 1 USD and DX
stations send 2 USDs, to cover cost of printing and postage, along with
your QSL card. SASE IS NOT REQUIRED!! Any station desiring a QSL card,
along with the certificate, please indicate with your own QSL card.
Certificates for DX stations WILL NOT be returned via the ARRL outgoing
QSL bureau! Any DX station desiring just a QSL card, may request via:
[email protected]
QSL Information: Shelby Summerville, K4WW, 6506 Lantana Court, Louisville,
KY 40229-1544 USA
USI NEWS..............
Mark Harville, KG8DP, President of the Rusty Zipper HF and DX Contest
Club, informs OPDX that he and Doug, N8TUT, (the primary operators)
will activate two Ohio islands for the U.S. Island Award. Activity will
be from Kelley's Island (OH-001L) and South Bass Island (OH-007L) from
May 31st through June 1st using the callsign NA8KD. They plan to have
2 (possibly 3) stations active on 80-2 meters CW/SSB. The finalizing
of plans and sponsorship is in part through Heil Microphones (Bob Heil)
and Tarheel Antennas of North Carolina. QSL will be via NA8KD. Mark
informs us that he has good contacts with the Lake Erie folks, and
depending on how this one goes, perhaps an activation of an island not
activated yet might be possible.
VQ9, CHAGOS ISLAND. Jesse, AB5RY, continues to be active as VQ9J. He is
there on duty for the U.S. Air Forces for about another 4 months. His
activity will be on all bands CW/SSB. QSL with a SASE to K5QM.
ZD7K/ZD8K VIDEO. Although the project had been shelved due to lack of
interest, Doug, G0WMW, has now been talked into running some copies of
the "Double DXpedition" video. This 45min version was shown at the
HF/IOTA Convention (Windsor, UK) and at the GMDX Conference. The master
tape goes for duplication in mid-May, with copies available mid-June
(earliest). If you want a copy, order by E-mail via [email protected] as
soon as possible (May 15 deadline), and state which format (NTSC or PAL).
Price, shipping included, is 14 UKPounds (to UK addresses), or 23 Euro
(to EU), or 22 US$ (NTSC or PAL, to DX).
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