[DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #610 (Part 2)
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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 610 (Part 2)
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 610 (Part 2)
BID: $OPDX.610.P2
May 12, 2003
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, NC1L, K2FF, W2CE, W2LO, NG3K, W3HC,
W3UR & The Daily DX, K4SV, N4AA & QRZ DX, WB4PVT, WW5L, K6RIM, KI6T,
N7CW, K8JE, K8YSE, N8RKA, W8CNL, W8KL, W8UVZ, W9DC, 9M2/G3TMA, 9M2TO,
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DL2VFR & IOTA-POST, DL8YR, ES1FB, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX,
FJ5DX & La Gazette du DX, GACW, G4OBK, HK3JJH, I1JQJ & IK1ADH - 425 DX
NEWS, IK2SAI, IV3SKB, JA3MCA, JI3DST, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands News,
OZ6OM/OZ7M & OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin, PY2ZX, PY7AB, RW6HS, SP9JPA, SP5UAF,
SP5XSD, UR3GM, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3EXY, VE7DP, VK2UW, VK8NSB and YV4GMG for
the following DX information.
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LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY................
Members of the Michigan DX Association (MDXA) will activate both Grand
Havens South Pierhead Inner (USA-1077) and Outer Lighthouses (USA-1078),
August 16-17th. They will use their club callsign W8DXI. The lighthouses
are located in Ottawa County, Michigan, Loc. EN63ub. More details are
forthcoming.
Members of the Michigan DX Association (MDXA) will activate the Historic
Grand Haven (Main) Lighthouse (USA-327) on the shores of Lake Michigan
(Ottawa County, Loc. EN63ub), August 17-18th. More details are forth-
coming.
Operators Klaus/DF3GL, Gregor/DL1BFE and Uwe/DL3BJ will activate the
offshore Lighthouse "Roter Sand" (red sand), July 10-14th, using the
the club callsign DA0LRS. The lighthouse carries the amateur radio
related numbers FED 019 for the ARLHS, and WLH 0396 for the World
Lighthouse Award and DLD/GLA 44. Activity will be on all bands CW/SSB.
The Tandil Radio Club (LU2EE) announced that the next operations for
commemorating the start of "Mistongo DX Tandil Group (GMDXT)", will
be from the Lighthouses of CLAROMECO and SEGUNDA BARRANCA:
From May 31st to June 1st, they will activate Lighthouse CLAROMECO
(ARG 014), on all bands and modes. Operators are: LU5DIT/D, LW5EE/D,
LU6DLB/D, LU8EXJ/D, LU8ERH/D and LU3DR/D. QSL via direct to LU2EE
with SASE, or via the Bureau operator's home callsign.
Between June 13-16th, they will activate (first time ever) the
Lighthouse SEGUNDA BARRANCA (ARG 067), on all bands and modes.
Operators are: LU5DIT/D , LW5EE/D, LU6DLB/D, LU8EXJ/D, LU8ERH/D,
LU8EGS/D and LU3DR/D. QSL via direct to LU2EE with SASE, or via
the Bureau operator's home callsign.
Visit the following Web sites at:
http://www.qsl.ne/lu2ee
http://usuarios.tripod.es/mistongo
NCDXF PRESS RELEASE. Al Burnham, K6RIM, V.P. Northern California DX
Foundation, reports: Effective immediately, the Northern California DX
Foundation (NCDXF) has a new and greatly improved web site. Check it out
at: http://www.ncdxf.org/index.html
P4, ARUBA. Scott, K0DQ, will be active from Jacky's, P43P, QTH during
the CQ WW WPX CW Contest (May 24-25th) as P41P and as a Single-Op/All
Band/High Power entry. QSL via Mario, I2MQP. Look for some P40Q operations
before/after contest.
POLISH SPECIAL EVENTS.........................
Special event station HF6UE will be active now though June 10th. This
station is active to celebrate the signing of the European Community
Accession Agreement by Poland. The suffix UE means UNIA EUROPEJSKA
(European Union in English). This activity is organized by the SP6ZDA
club station. QSL via SP6ZDA, via the bureau (the best) or direct to:
Scouts Radio Club SP6ZDA, P.O. Box 41, 51-673 Wroclaw 9, Poland.
Special memorial operation will be taking place in the coming months
to commemorating Ignacy Lukasiewicz, the Polish petroleum pioneer who
distilled crude oil and designed kerosene lamps to light up the
operating theatre in the hospital in Lvov on 31 July 1853. He is the
founder of the petroleum industry (Award: http://www.ot5.cq.pl ).
"This lotion is the future wealth of this country, it's the welfare
and prosperity for its inhabitants, it's a new source of income for
the poor people and a new branch of industry, which shall bear
plentiful fruits." -- Ignacy Lukasiewicz, 1854
Look for the following special event stations:
Now thru June 30th - HF8IL (via SP8PJG) Ignacy Lukasiewicz:
founder of the petroleum industry
July 1st-August 15th - HF150IL (via SP8PJG) Ignacy Lukasiewicz:
distilled kerosene, designed lamps and
illuminated an operating theatre in a
hospital (1853)
July 25th-August 4th - 3Z0IL (via SP8ZBX), SN0IL (via SP9PEE),
EN3WLL (via UR4WXQ) Ignacy Lukasiewicz
memorial stations (Award: www.ot5.cq.pl)
August 20th- September 10th - HF8IL (via SP8PJG) Ignacy Lukasiewicz:
founder of the petroleum industry
QSL INFO AND NEWS..................
8TH AREA QSL BUREAU ADDRESS CHANGE: Great Lakes Director Jim Weaver,
K8JE, informs OPDX that effective May 1st, the address for the 8th
Area Incoming QSL Bureau will be changed to:
W8 QSL Bureau, PO Box 307, W Chester, OH 45071-0307.
Also, Jay Slough, K4ZLE, has been named to replace Ed Gassman, N8HTT,
who has managed the 8th Area QSL Bureau for several years and is
retiring.
9K2ZZ OPERATIONS. Ray, W8CNL, reports he received the following from
Bob, 9K2ZZ. Ray states, "He (Bob) is going to be spending the majority
of his time in YI and A9. I ask about logs, cards, etc. He informed me
that all requests for confirmations go to the LOTW. This includes the
past K4CY/P and K4CY/M operations from Iraq. These are his wishes. I
am starting to get cards for K4CY/M. Do not waste your money as I do
not have logs or cards. I do have all the 9K2ZZ and 9K9Z logs and plenty
of cards. Direct only to me with SASE or SAE and postage. Some countries
tell me they can not get IRC's. I accept a ruble, franc, lira, mark,
etc." Ray's address is: Raymond H. McClure, 5 McKenzie Circle, North
Augusta, S.C. 29841-4319
Memebers of CW-Philippines Club were active from Mindoro Island (OC-244)
on May 1-3rd as DX1CW. QSL via VE7DP.
Frank, VE7DP, provides OPDX with the QSL info for the recent IOTA
activations from the Philippines:
4G6A OC-125 via VE7DP 4H1LC OC-244 via VE7DP or DX1CW
DX4CN OC-202 via VE7DP
Frank states he has several listed addresses, but the preferred one
is: General Delivery, Winfield B.C. Canada V4V 1M6
Special event station EO58G was active from May 5-11th to commemorate
the 58th anniversary of the end of World War II. QSL via UR3GM, via the
Bureau (Box 56, Kiev 01001, Ukraine) or direct to: Igor Pulin, Box 23,
Kherson 73022, Ukraine.
Phil, G4OBK, has recently returned from his GD4OBK/P Isle of Man
operation (Saturday, May 3rd) and made 1159 QSOs in 20 hours of
operating. A log search and report is available at the following
Web page: http://www.qsl.net/g4obk
QSL route is via his home callsign G4OBK. His address is: Phil Catterall,
Wayside, Lendales Lane, Pickering, YO18 8EE, England.
K1B QSL STATUS. Dave, K4SV, "K1B North America QSL Administrator",
reports: "So far we have processed ~11,000 QSOs and ~2300 cards. Please
contact Stephen, K4YL, at < [email protected] > if you have any special
requests (Please note his new E-mail address). Stephen will do all he
can to help in obtaining K1B QSL cards. Please remember Stephen only
handles DIRECT requests, NO bureau cards please.
Stephen Grose, K4YL (ex W4SMG)
PO Box 183
Flat Rock, NC 28731-0183
Our goal is to get everyone QSLed for K1B who has not received their
cards. Any small donations will be gratefully accepted towards printing
cards, printing supplies and postage. Please remember: USA send SASE,
DX send SAE, one Green Stamp preferred or one LARGE IRC accepted."
COLLECTION OF OLD QSLS. Jean-Michel, F6AJA, from Les Nouvelles DX
informs OPDX that more than 1000 old QSL in five different galleries
are waiting your visit on the web site: http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr
It was announced that Mac, W3HC, will handle the cards for the PT5T
operation of November 2001 conducted by CT1BOH. Cards are being designed
now.
QSL RA3AR (ex-RV3AKU) via: Dmity K. Darkov, 115211, Moscow,
ul. Borisovskie prudy 10-1-108, RUSSIA.
T9 CALLBOOK. Nenad, VE3EXY, reports that a T9 (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
callbook is available online at: http://www.t93y.com
June, VK4SJ, has been active as ZK1AYL for about two weeks from the
Aitutaki Group (OC-083), Southern Cook Islands, as ZK1AYL. QSL to her
home callsign VK4SJ. By the way, she was heard on 10 meters begging
for QSOs as this was being typed up Sunday.
XQ6ET UPDATE. George, W8UVZ, provides OPDX with an update mentioned
in issue OPDX.609 regarding Bob, XQ6ET, and his becoming his QSL Manager.
George has now ordered the QSL cards and expects them in 4-5 weeks.
Bob is loading all his QSOs into a logging program which they hope to
soon transfer to George. Also, Bob has been without high power on the
low bands - particularly 160 meters. A small group in Battle Creek
(ala the "Battle Creek Special" guys) are in the process of shipping
an amp to XQ6ET. In addition, to the cost of the amp, they will have
air freight expense to Chile and will have about 600 USD total into
the project when Bob receives the amp. So, if you would like to help
out in the cost, any donations are accepted no matter what the amount
is with or without QSL requests, to help fund the amp for XQ6ET. W8UVZ
would be glad to receive your donations and confirm good QSOs with
XQ6ET.
XY1M QSL STATUS. OPDX was asked to find out if anyone has received their
QSL cards for Hiroo's operation in Myanmar last November. If you received
one let us know.
Wayne Carroll, W4MPY, wants it to be known that he will furnish QSLs
at no charge to Military personnel deployed to Kuwait and Iraq if the
quantities are reasonable and there is a stateside shipping address.
Wayne states, "I feel they have sacrificed a lot for all of us and
that is the least I can do to say THANK YOU!"
Z32AF NEW QSL MANAGER. Please note Arthur, N8RKA, is the new QSL
Manager for Venci, Z32AF. His address is: Arthur Barbetta,
2395 Liberty Rd, Stow OH 44224, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
RL1, RUSSIA (Special Prefix). Radio amateurs from Sankt Petersburg, Russia,
are celebrating the 300th anniverary of their city. Look for 21 stations
to be on the air from Sankt Petersburg now through May 31st.
R300SP via RU1AE (RZ1AWT) RL1N via RA1ABC
RL1A via RA1AG RL1O via RZ1AWO
RL1B via RU1AB RL1P via RZ1AP
RL1C via RV1CC RL1Q via RV1AQ
RL1D via OH5ZZ (UA1DJ) RL1R via RA1ALA
RL1F via RU1AS RL1S via UA1AES
RL1G via RA1AR RL1T via RX1CQ
RL1J via RZ1AWF RL1U via RA1AOL
RL1K via UA9KG/1 RL1W via RW1AI
RL1L via RZ1AYA RL1X via RX1AX
RL1M via UA1ANA
S9, SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE. Duarte, CT1CPP, is now active as S92UN. He is
now active on 12/15/17/40 meters with dipole antennas. Watch around 7067-
7074, 14260-14270, 18126-18130 and 21260-21270 kHz starting around 2100z.
Duarte asks to please be patient with his answering of the QSL cards,
because he can only answer them when he returns to Portugal. QSL via CT1CPP
(QRZ.com): Antonio Duarte Prates Bebiano, Estrada dos 4 Marcos No. 17,
Sarilhos Grandes, 2870 Montijo, Portugal. Duarte is expected to be here
for about 3 months.
SOMETHING OF INTEREST ON THE WEB. There was a story on NPR's "Talk of the
Nation" on April 30th about Ham Radio. Visit the following Web page at:
http://discover.npr.org/rundowns/segment.jhtml?wfId=3D1248508
SPECIAL EVENT. Special event station HF25KVW is active until July
31st in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the SP5KVW Radio Club
in Ostroleka. QSL via SP5KVW, either via the bureau or direct to:
Radioklub SP5KVW, P.O. Box 56, 07-410 Ostroleka, Poland. Their Web
page is at: http://www.sp5kvw.prv.pl/
SPECIAL EVENT. For the next 2003 French Mills Day, on June 15th, look
for Andre, F5PEZ, to be active using the callsign TM1JNM. Activity will
be on the HF bands, mainly SSB. QSL via Andre, F5PEZ, either direct or
via the French Bureau.
SPECIAL EVENT. The year 2003 is the European Disabled Persons Year. Look
for operators Domi/F5PTI, Alain/F6ANA and Joel/F8DCZ are now active using
the special callsign TM5I until May 17th. On May 18th, they will use the
same special callsign TM5I, for the 2nd European Castles Day, from the
Oisellerie Castle (JN05BN). Look for them on CW/SSB, 80-10 meters and on
2 meters (144.316 MHz). QSL via F5PTI, either direct or via the French
REF Bureau.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for the special event callsign VC3RCS to be active
between June 1-30th to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the formation
of the Royal Canadian Signals Corps. QSL via the operator's instructions.
SPECIAL EVENT. The special callsign W2H continues to be active until May
15th. Activity is for the anniversary of the crash of the Airship
Hindenburg. This is the 66th anniversary. Operations, hopefully, will take
place each year using the same callsign. They plan to be active on as
many bands as possible. QSL only direct to W2CE (no bureau cards).
TA, TURKEY. Andy, G3AB (ex-G4ZVJ), will be active as TA3/G3AB in the
CQ WPX CW Contest as a Single-Op (possibly Single Band) entry. QSL via
G3AB.
TO5, MARTINIQUE. Jack, RW3QC, will be active as TO5AA, in the CQWW WPX CW
Contest (May 24-25th) as an All Band/High Power entry. Activity will be
from FM5BH's QTH. The QSL Manager has not been chosen yet.
V63, MICRONESIA. Operators Funaki/JA7ZP, Takao/JA7AGO and Sho/VA7HMZ will
be active from Pohnpei (OC-010) May 12-15th as V63ZP, V63GO and V63DX
respectively. Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via their
home callsign (Bureau OK).
VI8, AUSTRALIA (Special Event). The Darwin Amateur Radio Club of the
Northern Territory, Australia, will be operating a special event station
with the callsign of -- VI8NT -- to celebrate 25 years of self government.
The station will be opened officially on the 1st of July 2003 (Northern
Territory Day) and run until the 31st December 2003. This special Amateur
Radio callsign -- VI8NT -- is allowed to be used by any licenced VK8
Amateur. Only one Amateur will hold the callsign at any one time, meaning
only one station on air at a time. They have many VK8's who are interested
in operating one week periods on all bands and modes and the Darwin Amateur
Radio Club will partake in all major contests with this special callsign.
A special QSL card is being made up by the QSL Manager Neil, VK6NE. All
QSLs will be accepted directly or via the Bureau.
VP2, MONTSERRAT. Three members of the Florida DXpedition Group are on the
"Road Again"! Operators Bill W4WX/VP2MHX, William/N2WB and Bob/K9MDO (both
waiting on VP2M callsign) will be here July 22-29th. They will have three
Kenwood TS-570D stations and will be active on most bands and modes. This
is a "Little warm up for the upcoming San Andres trip in October". QSL via
their homecalls, CBA. N2WB via QSL Manager N2OO.
VP9, BERMUDA. Merv, N6NO, will be active as N6NO/VP9 from May 14-21st.
His activity will be on 80-10 meters, possibly 160, with a 100w and a
focus on CW. His operating times will favor the difficult Asia/Oceania
path. QSL via N6NO.
VQ9, CHAGOS ISLAND. Larry, VQ9LA, has been very active on 20 meters RTTY.
Watch around 14083-14090 kHz beginning around 2200z. Larry will be there
for about year.
XU, CAMBODIA. Jaak, ES1FB, informs OPDX that he will once again return
to Shianoukville, and operate as XU7ACE for about 10 days starting May
11th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters, mostly SSB. He plans to activate
IOTA AS-133 on May 17-18th, but this depends on the weather condition
(It is the rainy season now...). QSL via his home callsign, ES1FB, either
by the CBA or by the bureau (but this will take more time). ADDED NOTE:
Previous XU7ACE bureau cards are answered about 70%, direct cards on
a weekly basis..
XW, LAOS. Champ, E21EIC, will be back in Laos around June 3-23rd and will
be active as XW1IC. His activity will be on 160-10 meters, including the
WARC bands using only 100 watts. He states the modes he will use are
CW/SSB/RTTY and 2 meter FM (Maybe 6 meters if possible). Champ will also
be active in the All Asian DX Contest as a Single-Op/All Band/Low Power
entry. QSL via E21EIC.
YO, ROMANIA (ed. I don't mean YAO!). Jean-Michel, F6AJA, will once again
be YO/F6AJA (10th year consecutively) from Suceava (450Km north of Bucarest)
from May 19-28th. He will be on the air when time permit from the Silviu
station YO8FZ.
YV4, VENEZUELA. Dario, YV4GMG, in Santa Cruz, informs OPDX that he is active
on 160 meters and 6 meters (on 50110 kHz), as well as 20/15/10 meters. On
HF, he can also be active on PSK31/SSTV/RTTY/MMT63/AMTOR. QSL via his home
callsign. Also, active from the same station is Hector/YV4GMH and
Maria/YV4GMB.
Z38, MACEDONIA. Lothar/DJ7ZG and Babs/DL7AFS will once again be on tour.
This time they will be active from here using the callsign Z38Z. They
hope to be active starting on May 15th for about 10 days. Activity will
be on 160-6 meters, mainly on RTTY, PSK and SSB. They will travel through
the country to reach Z3-land. They ask you to cross your fingers that
the ride will be without problems. Lot informs/states to OPDX, "Due to
the request of many Hams from America and Japan we want to work these
countries particularly." QSL via DL7AFS. Their homepage and online
log will be at: http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs
ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. The team of John/K6AM, Ned/AA7A, Lee/KY7M and Bud/N7CW
will activate ZF1A (IOTA NA-016) in the 2003 CW WPX Contest. This will be
a multi-single operation with limited operation before and after the
contest. Please QSL via W5ASP.
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