[DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #610 (Part 1)
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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 610 (Part 1)
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DX Bulletin No. 610 (Part 1)
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May 12, 2003
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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the following DX information.
** A NOTE FROM TH EDITOR, TEDD, KB8NW: Because I will be attending the
Dayton HamVention next weekend, there will not be a bulletin on May 19th
(unless something major is announced). Since I missed an issue last
weekend and will miss an issue next week, this week's bulletin is extra
long to make up for it. Please continue to send your information ("you
never know"), and I hope to see you/meet you at the HamVention or the
NODXA Hospitality Suite (see Dayton Happenings below).
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Monday, 5th/May, through Sunday, 11th/May there were 220 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L,
4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 7Q, 7X,
8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4,
A6, A7, AP, BV, BY, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU,
E4, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG,
FK, FM, FO, FO/m, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HC, HH,
HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J8, JA, JD/m,
JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH3, 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,
PY, PZ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG,
TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5,
V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9L, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8/h, VQ9, VR, VU,
XE, XW, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB,
ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
7P, LESOTHO (Update). A sixth operator has joined July's week-long 7P8
Lesotho DXpedition. That will give the group even more expertise on CW
and digital mode operations. The newest operator to join the group is
Igor Zdorov, W0IZ, of Minneapolis, MN. Look for 7P8CF and 7P8TA to be
the main phone ops, while 7P8MJ, 7P8NK, and 7P8DA, 7P8IZ will be mostly
CW and digital modes. This all modes, all band operation is under the
aegis of the Texas DX Society < http://www.tdxs.net/ > and the Lone
Star DX Association < http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa >. QSL routes for July
18-25th 7P8 DXpedition are as follows:
7P8CF--K5LBU--Frosty 7P8NK--VA7DX--Neil
7P8TA--WW5L--Tom 7P9DA--K4SV--Dave
7P8MJ--W5MJ--Madison 7P8IZ--W0IZ--Igor
QSL each call individually since there won't be a main DXpedition callsign.
A web page will be announced later. ADDED NOTE: K4SV and VA7DX will also
be operating from 3DA after 7P8, but callsigns have not been issued yet.
AGAIN NOTE (Please): This is a different operation from the "African Double
Jump" at: http://www.qsl.net/xu7aay/africa/
AL1, ALASKA. Operators Corliss/AL1G, Francis/KL7FH, William/KL7Z and
Kyle/AL7J will be active in the CQ WPX CW Contest as AL1G. The entry
is Multi/??. QSL via AC7DX.
BALLOON EXPERIMENT RESCHEDULE (Update from OPDX.609). The Italian Amateur
Radio Society - Milano Chapter (Associazione Radioamatori Italiani -
Sezione di Milano) has rescheduled their ARBE (Amateur Radio Balloning
Experiment) to May 17th due to weather conditions. Look for IQ2MI/p, on
144.300 MHz +/- QRM USB starting at about 0800-0900z. Flight should be
1-3 hours long. If delayed again, they will try again on May 18th. For the
latest updates about the ARBE event, please visit the ARI Milano Website
at: http://www.arimi.it/rubriche/arbe.html
C6, BAHAMAS. Operators Frederick/K9VV and Calvin/K6CT will be active as
C6AKU during the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 24-25th) as a Multi-Single
entry. QSL via K9VV.
CANADIAN SPECIAL PREFIXES. Just a reminder that Industry Canada has
authorized the use of "Special Event Prefixes" to celebrate the 50th
Anniversary of the National Library of Canada between May 24th and July
27th. This means that the special prefixes will be available for use in
the upcoming CQ WPX CW Contest (May 24-25th). The special prefixes are
as follows: CK for all VE's, CJ for all VA's, CY for all VO's and CZ for
all VY's.
CASTLE ACTIVITY............
EUROPEAN CASTLES DAY will take place on May 18th. Look for a lot of
castle activity on all HF and VHF bands from France, Italy, Belgium,
Spain and Portugal. All contacts will count for the National Castles
Awards.
(Update to OPDX.609). Members of the "Clube Radioamadores do
Entroncamento", who are expected to be active as CS7AL on May 31st
from Castel Alcanede, will now be active on 40/20 meters CW/SSB/DIGITAL.
QSL via CT1BXE.
Francois, F5JNE, will be active from the French Castle of Maligny.
Reference number DFCF 89226 (contacts also count for French Department
Yonne - 89 and Province Burgundy). Activity will be on 40 and 20 meters
SSB, starting about 0600z. QSL via bureau preferred.
On Sunday, May 18th, members of the Association des Radio Amateurs des
Cotes d'Armor (ARACA 22) will be active from the Cap Frehel Lighthouse
as F6KBO/p. Activity will be between 0630-1600z on the HF and VHF bands.
References numbers are: WAZ 14, ITU 27, French provinces - Brittany,
French Departments - Cotes d'Armor/22, and for the Onshore French
lighthouses Award (DPLF) - PB087. QSL via F6KBO through the French
Bureau.
CU, AZORES. Goran, SM4DHF, will be active as CU2/SM4DHF in the CQ World
Wide DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Single Band (20m)
entry. QSL via SM4DHF.
DAYTON HAMVENTION HAPPENINGS...........
DX FORUM. Moderator Jay, K4ZLE, states, "This should be one of the
better DX forums in recent history." The scheduled speakers and
presentations are as follows:
Bernie McClenny, W3UR, on the AH3D story
Al Hernandez, K3VN - ZL7C story
Wayne Mills, N7NG - ARRL DXCC update
Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - Northern Ohio DX Association Award
presentation (2002 DXpedition of the Year)
The Northern Ohio DX Association (along with WVNO Radio) will once
again sponsor a Hospitality Suite at this year's Dayton Hamvention.
This year's Hospitality Suite will be dedicated to the memory of one
of NODXA's "Silent Key" club members Jim Hire, W8ZET. Jim loved ham
radio and enjoyed meeting his friends from around the world each year
at Dayton. He was also a NODXA "Honorary Life Member" and was very
involved with NODXA and the Hospitality Suite. This year Jim's wife,
Janeen (now a new ham - KC8VRS, not KC8BRS as first reported and
soon to be W8ZET ... ) has decided to keep the tradition going and
will provide some special memorabilia of Jim at the Hospitality Suite.
Please stop by and visit. It will be in Suite 1011 on the 10th Club
Floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel (old Stouffers) on Friday and Saturday
evenings. All DXers and Contesters are welcome. Munchies and
refreshments will be avaialble. Come and meet the members and friends
of NODXA.
DXCC NEWS..................
Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Manager, informs OPDX that the following
operations have been approved for DXCC credit:
Afghanistan: YA1BV, YA1CQ and YA1JA -- (November 14, 2002 through
March 31, 2003).
Uganda: 5X1CW -- (License renewed through March 1, 2004).
Nepal: 9N7DX -- (April 22, 2003 through June 19, 2003).
Market Reef: OJ0/OE1ZKC, OJ0/JH1ARJ, OJ0/AH7X and OJ0/JR4PMX
(July 12-16, 2001)
Looks like the ARRL 2002 DXCC Yearbook is out. Many have begun to
receive them. Be watching the mailbox for it (Your editor has not
received his yet!). The DXCC yearbook is sent free if you are or were
a member of ARRL as of September 30, 2002, and made a DXCC submission
between October 1, 2001, and September 30, 2002. If you did not submit
anything, you will still get one free if you are on the DXCC Honor Roll.
If you are NOT a member of ARRL and would like to have one, we believe
details are available on the ARRL Web page on how to order one. Yearbook
is 5 USD plus shipping.
INTERESTING NOTE: Gary Stilwell, KI6T, reports: "At the Visalia
International DX Convention this past weekend (May 3-4th), the DXCC
QSL card checkers processed 85 DXCC applications which included 8,660
QSL cards.
DXING/CONTESTING WEB SITE/NEWLETTER. Zrinko, DL/VE3ZIK (4N1DX), informs
OPDX that he is administrator of the Web site at: http://www.contesting.info
He states, "We publish fresh DX/Contest news and QSL infos EVERY DAY. Also,
at the end of the month we send QSL info bulletin to our subscribers." If
one wants to subscribe to their QSL info Bulletin... please send an
E-mail to: [email protected]
FS, ST. MARTIN. Look for Craig, AH8DX, will be active as FS/AH8DX during
the CQWW SSB Contest as a Single-Op/All Band entry. QSL via CBA.
HC, ECUADOR. Andy, NP3D, will be heading back to HC-Land on May 18th to
celebrate his birthday. He will be there until May 26th. Also, he will
be joined by Alexandro/HC1AJQ and Taka San/JA2JPA. They will try to activate
SA-033 at this time. They will have a generator, ICOM-706MKIIG and dipoles.
The schedule is as follows:
May 18th - Celebrating Andy's 44th birthday.
May 19-20th - HC1/NP3D and HC1/JA2JPA QTH on the Mountain at
11,000 ft ASL near Quito.
May 21-23rd - IOTA SA-033 as HC4/Homecalls.
May 24-25th - CQ WPX CW as HC4/NP3D on 80 meters.
IOTA NEWS...................
AF-018. Look for OL5Y to be active from Pantelleria Island during
the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 29-30th), either
as IH9/OL5Y or IH9P and as a Single-Op/Single Band (40m)/
High Power entry. QSL via OK1MG.
AF-083. Look for Francois, F8DVD, to be active from Djerba Island,
Tunisia, using the callsign of the Djerba Scouts Radio Club,
3V8SM, from June 23rd to July 4th. Activity will be on the
HF bands, SSB. By special permision of Mustapha, DL1BDF,
who's the coordinator for Scout Radio Clubs organization in
Tunisia, all the cards for Francois' QSOs will go to him,
either direct or via the French Bureau. Please write
"via F8DVD/71" on the cards going through the bureau. For
direct cards please send a SAE and the correct return postage.
All the direct cards with insufficient return postage due
will be answered by the bureau. Send direct cards to:
Francois Bergez, 6 rue Liberte, 71000 MACON, FRANCE.
AS-024. Operators Kaoru/JA3MCA, Aru/JA0KNM, Jun/JJ1EQW and Kai/JE3NJZ
will be active as homecall/JR6 respectively from Hateruma
Island, Yaeyama Archipelago, Okinawa, from June 6-9th. Their
activity will be on CW/SSB and on 40-2 meters. Please QSL
via their home callsigns by the Bureau or direct. Hateruma
Island is known as the inhabited island in the south end of
JA-land.
AS-073. Tex, 9M2TO will be active as 9M2TO/P from Perhentian Island,
May 15-18th. Using an IC-706 plus a G5RV, Tex will be active
on 40-10 meters, including the WARC bands. QSL 100%
AUTOMATICALLY through the Bureau via JA0DMV.
AS-074. Ian, 9M2/G3TMA, will be operating from Pulau Ketam from May
14-18th. Operations will be on CW and some SSB. Callsign will
be 9M2/G3TMA. QSL address is: Ian Buffham, Bekay Court,
Lorong Enau, (off Jalan Ampang), 55000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
AS-107. Champ, E21EIC, will be active as E21EIC/P in the RSGB IOTA
Contest in July from Si Chang Island. He will use a dipole
antenna and 100 watts. QSL via E21EIC
AS-147. Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active as JI3DST/8 from Okushiri
Island (Okushiri-cho Okushiri-gun Hokkaidou) starting at 0700z,
July 25th through 0000z, August 3rd. Activity will be on
40/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB. QSL via the Bureau ONLY.
EU-004. Peter, DL8YR, will be active as EA6/DL8YR/p from Mallorca
Island, May 14-28th. Activity will be mostly on CW on all
bands including an entry in the WPX Contest on CW.
EU-008. Bob/N5ET with XYL Linda/KE5TF and Peter/GM3OFT are expected
to be active on May 31st as MM/N5ET/P from Raasay Island (IOSA
NH-10, SCOTIA CN-24, Loc. IO67xi). Activity will be for 5
hours starting around 0900z. Activity will be on 40/20/15
meters, following propagation. Send direct QSLs (EU-only)
via GM3OFT, all other areas via N5ET or bureau.
EU-080. A multi-national team (CT1APE, CT1CJJ, CT1EEB, CT1ILT, CT2GLO,
EA1CA, EA1DKV, EA4ABE, EA4ST, EA5FX and N5KO with the close
help of EA1MC) will be active during the IOTA Contest from
Ons Island as ED1ONS. The Team will be on Ons from July
25-27th. A Web page will be set up very soon (online logs
will be available) at: http://www.qsl.net/ed1ons
Also, the team wants to know your needs for EU-080 so they
can set an operating plan for outside of the contest hours.
Send your feedback to: [email protected]
QSL via ED4URJ: Seccion Comarcal Ure Jarama, P.O. Box 123,
28700 San Sebastian de los Reyes (MADRID), SPAIN. Cards can
be send Direct or via Bureau. PLEASE NOTE: A station will
also be active on 50, 144 and 432 MHz.
NA-057. Raymound, WQ7R, will be active as HQ9R from Roatan Island,
Honduras, in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th)
as a Single-Op/All Band/Low Power entry. QSL via N6FF.
NA-067. Ken, W8KL, will be active from the North Carolina State East
Group between May 18-22nd. This will be a "Mobile Operating
Position" using a FT-100D/Hamstick Mobile Antenna. Look for
him on SSB on 14260 kHz +/- QRM during the afternoons/evenings
(East Coast Time), if band conditions are good. He will also
try during the mornings for JA/VK stations. Ken states, "If
Bands Are Dead There's A Nice Beach There!!!" QSL via the
Bureau or direct (QRZ.com OK).
NA-144. Tom, WA6WPG, will be active as WA6WPG/P from San Miguel Island,
July 25-27th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters and include
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op. Tom will
have a solar panel in addition to his battery and plans to be
operating at least 24 hours. QSL via his home callsign.
OC-NEW. Members of the Mediterraneo DX Club (YC3DIK, YC3MM, YC3BDJ
and YC3BCS) and possibly others plan to activate Pisang Island,
a new IOTA in the Sumatra's Coastal Islands South Group. All
operators will sign homecall/5 and activity will start around
1200z May 11th and end May 17th. Activity will be on 80/40/15/10
meters SSB. QSL all callsigns via IZ8CCW, direct or bureau.
Their web page is at: http://www.mdxc.org/southsumatra/
SA-024. Members of the LABRE/SP (Liga Amadoristica Brasileira de Radio
Emissao in Sao Paulo's) will activate Comprida Island (DIB 021),
May 17-18th. Their callsign will be PV2AA. Activity will be
on 160-2 meters CW/SSB/FM. QSL via PY2AA: Caixa Postal 22,
Sao Paulo/SP, CEP 01059-970, Brasil. "The main objective
of the PV2AA Comprida Island Expedition is the educational
approach, with University - Ham integration. Teachers and
students of journalism from UNICID (Universidade Cidade de
Sao Paulo) will be following the expeditionaries, making one
institutional video, interviews, and stay more closed with
basic ham radio DX activitie."
SA-042. UPDATE to OPDX.599. Operators PT7BI/Daniel, PT2GTI/Stuckert,
LU1YU/Helmult, PY8BI/Marcelo, CT1EEN/Samuel and PY8EA/Rocha,
will be active from Mexiana Island, May 21-25th, using the
callsign ZW8M. QSL via CS1GDX. For more details, visit the
Web page at: http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/mexianaisland
SA-082. Pedro, HK3JJH, will be active from Morro Grande from June
3-8th. There was no callsign provided, but activity will be
on all the bands (mostly 20m). He also mentions that there
is a lighthouse (WLH- LH-0404) on the island. QSL cards are
only by direct to: P.O. Box 81119, Bogota, Colombia, SA
(Postage is 2 USD, any help is welcome)
IU3, ITALY. Operator Andy, IV3SKB, informs OPDX that he will use the
special callsign IU3X in the CQ WPX CW Contest as a Single-Op/Single
Band (40m)/High Power entry. His Web page is at: http://www.qsl.net/iv3skb
J75, DOMINICA. George, K5KG, will be active as J75KG between May 20-29th.
Activity is planned for the HF bands CW/SSB and an entry in the CQ WPX
CW Contest (May 24-25th) using the J75A callsign. QSL via KU9C. George
is currently working to help local hams get on the air. A request has
gone out, asking for donations of small rigs or HTs. You can contact
George via E-mail at: [email protected]
KH9, WAKE ISLAND. This may be the last week to work Jake on Wake as
N6XIV/KH9. He has been active on most days on 20 meters (around 14265 kHz
between 0730-0915z. His QSL Manager Glenn, K2FF, informed OPDX that Jake
was expected to install a Force-12 tribander C3SS last week which was left
behind by Chuck Brady (N4BQW/KH9) and will be used by both operators when
there.
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