[Kcdxc] Fw: [OPDX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #545
Chuck Kraly
[email protected]
Sun, 13 Jan 2002 20:23:48 -0600
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From: "Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)" <[email protected]>
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Subject: [OPDX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #545
>
> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.545
> Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 545
>
> The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
> DX Bulletin No. 545
> BID: $OPDX.545
> January 14, 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, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, WB4PVT, KI6T,
> ND5S, N6DHZ, K8YSE, N0NM, CE6TBN, CT1END, DL1EK & DX News Letter,
> DL2RUM, E21EIC, F6AJA & LNDX, F8BBL, LA8AJA, PA9JJ, VA3RJ & ICPO,
> VK1AA, VK4FW and YT1AD for the following DX information.
>
> DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
> week of Sunday, 6/January, through Sunday, 13/January there were 228
> countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3V, 3W,
> 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P,
> 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A7,
> A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, CE, CE0A, 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,
> F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB,
> HB0, HC, HC8, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, JA, JD/o,
> JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH4, KH5, KH6, KH8, 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, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9,
> T2, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9,
> UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h,
> VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XZ, YB, YI, YJ, 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).
>
> 4W, EAST TIMOR. Thor, 4W6MM, continues to be active almost every weekend.
> This past weekend he was on 40/20/15 meters. He was heard on 21002 kHz
> around 0900z calling CQ with no takers before he moved to 7006 kHz after
> 0915z. From 1300-1330z, he was on 20 meters CW on 14002 kHz before moving
> to 14195 kHz and operated until 1450z.
>
> 8Q, MALDIVES. Denise, F6HWU, will be active from here between January 23rd
> and February 7th. She will be active mostly on CW. No other details were
> provided.
>
> A5, BHUTAN. Ray, G3NOM, was heard active as A52OM over the past weekend.
> The length of his activity is unknown, but he was on 14009, 21025 and
> 21251 kHz during the period of 1300-1430z. QSL via G3NOM.
>
> C5, THE GAMBIA. Jan, PA9JJ, announces that he will go on a little
DXpedition
> to The Gambia. He will be there from April 15-29th, and will be staying
> in the Senagambia Hotel in Kololi. Jan will be asking for the callsign
> C56JJ upon his arrival in Banjul, but he is not 100% sure if he will get
> this. He will try to operate on 80/40 meters and the WARC bands mainly
> on SSB but also the other bands and some CW. There will be no RTTY and
> no topband operations. His rig will be the FT-100 running 100 watts and
> a multiband dipole antenna. Jan is actually on holiday, so no 24 hour
> activity. Logs will be available on his web site after returning at:
> http://www.qsl.net/pa9jj
> QSL via PA9JJ. Please include a greenstamp if QSLing direct.
>
> CLUB OFFICERS FOR 2002. It was announced that the 2002 officers for the
> "Mother Lode DX/Contest Club" are:
> Ray Parker, ND6S President
> Dick Wilson, K6LRN Vice President
> Gary Stilwell, KI6T Secretary/Treasurer
> Ron St. Jean, KG6CMS Director
> Rick Casey, W6RKC Director
>
> DU1, PHILIPPINES. Larry, N6HPX, will be going on vacation again to the
> Manila area and plans to operate from there as N6HPX/DU1. He plans to
> be active on 20-6 meters. This should take place after January 15th. He
> plans to also operate on 6 meters since it has been hopping the last few
> weeks and hopes to listen around 50.125-260 Mhz. He will also devote more
> time to the other bands like 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters as well. The QSL
> mailing route is: Larry Fields, 1207 E.Victoria Ct., San Pablo, Calif.,
> 94806 USA. QSLs can also be sent via the W6 bureau, or through the PARA,
> the Philippines Amateur Radio Association. He will respond to all as soon
> as he receives them. This trip is again a vacation, and he will spend as
> much time as possible on the air.
>
> DU6, PHILIPPINES. Gerard, F2JD, who has been in the DU-land, was active
> from Boracay Island (OC-129) as DU6/G0SHN, but unfortunatly he made
> only a hundred contacts.
>
> DU9, PHILIPPINES (160m Activity). Jon, N0NM, is now active as DU9/N0NM
> from Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, and reports that he has installed
> an inverted L for 160 meters. He is currently only running 100 watts
> with his Icom-756, but hope to get an amp soon. Jon states that he is
> listening during his sunrise and sunset. His sunrise is about 2130-2200z.
> This past week he was also heard on 40 meters (7008 kHz) around 1315z.
> QSL via W4DR.
>
> FS, ST. MARTIN. Look for Ron/ND5S and Sue/KF5LG to be active as FS/ND5S
> and PJ7/KF5LG between February 11-22nd. They will be staying on the Dutch
> side of the island (see PJ7 below) but will venture to the French side of
> the island during their stay. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW and
> RTTY primarily with some SSB. QSL via their home callsigns, direct
> or bureau. Ron's web page is at: http://www.qsl.net/nd5s
>
> IOTA NEWS.................
> SA-021. Memebers of the Argentina DX Group will activate Bermejo
> Island, February 1-3th. Look for operators LU1DK/D (Daniel),
> LU8EEM/D (Ruben), LU7DP/D (Paty), LU7DR/D (Mauricio), LU7DSY/D
> (Carlos) and LU8DWR/D (Osmar)to be active on 160/80/40/20/
> 17/15/12/10/6/2 meters on CW/SSB. Equipment will be Yaesus
> FT-757, FT-301, FT-101ZD and FT-840 for HF, and Yaesus FT-212
> and FT-2600 for VHF. Antennas are: Directional Yagi for 20/15/
> 10/6/2 meters; Vertical for 12/17/20/40 meters; Dipoles for
> 80/40 meters; and long wire 160-40 meters. QSL via LU8DWR:
> Osmar Margoni, P.O.BOX 22, 8103 ING. White, Buenos Aires,
> ARGENTINA.
>
> JW, SVALBARD. Andreas/LA8AJA and Jan/LA5QFA will be active from here now
> through January 20th. Activity will take place from the JW5E's club house
> in Longyear City, on 160-6 meters, CW/SSB and maybe some RTTY. Callsigns
> to be used will be JW4X for 6 meters, else JW5QFA and JW8AJA. They will
> have a 6 meter beacon running 24 hours on 50080 kHz sending "JW4X BEACON
> JQ78 + phone number". If you hear their beacon, they want you to call
> them on the phone. LA8AJA's phone number is +47 95161006. LA5QFA's phone
> number is +47 41688884. They will transmit on CW/SSB on 50145 kHz. QSL
> Manager for JW4X and JW5QFA is LA6EIA via the bureau or direct to:
> Ole Forr, Frya, N-2647 Hundorp, Norway. QSL JW8AJA is via LA8AJA, bureau
> or direct. LA8AJA's Web page has more information on this operation at:
> http://www.qsl.net/la8aja
>
> KH1, BAKER & HOWLAND ISLAND (Also T2). Dr. Hrane Milosevic, YT1AD, informs
> OPDX that he has received landing permission from United States Fish and
> Wildlife Service (USFWS) and plans to activate Baker Island at the end of
> April. The list of international operators are: YT1AD, YU1AU, YZ7AA,
RZ3AA,
> Z32AU, Z31FU, Z32ZM, K1LZ, K6NDV, N6TQS, KW4DA, AH6HY, K3NA and possibly
> YU7AV, G3UML, YU1NR, YU1DX and W2YC. Part of the team of operators will
> leave/depart on April 23rd from Port Denarau-Nadi, Fiji, for a 6 day
> trip (1100 miles one way) to KH1 on the boat the "Princess II". Five of
> the operators will leave Fiji by plane to Funufuti, Tuvalu (T2), to
operate
> for 3 days before the "Princess II" arrives and picks them up and refuels
> before they head to KH1. The team expectes to arrive on KH1 on April
> 29-30th, and expect to be active by April 30th. Activity will last until
> May 10th. They will then return to Fiji before heading to LA and onto the
> Dayton HamVention. The callsign will not be announced until after their
> landing on KH1. Activity will be on 160-2 meters with operations on
> CW/SSB/FM/PSK/ RTTY/ SSTV/Satelite (144/28 MHz). Their list of equipment
> include: 6 transceivers, 5 LPA (3 x ACOM 1000 + 2 x 400 W), 6 beams, 3
> verticals, 2 dipoles, 2 beverage 320m, 2 generators 5 kW, 2 generators
> 2 kW, 1 km coax cable, 2 km wire, 1 km cord, 2000 l fuel, 120 anchors
> for support and 4 tents. Their pilots are: VE3EXY and YU1AA. Their Web
> masters are: 4N1NM and 4N1FG. Total cost for this trip is about 80,000
> USD, without op's flying tickets. Any donations are welcome. For sending
> donations, please contact Will, K6NDV, via E-mail at:
[email protected]
> QSL all CW/RTTY/PSK/SSTV QSOs via YT1AD. For all SSB, QSOs QSL via RZ3AA.
>
> KH4, MIDWAY ISLAND. Tom, DL2RUM, informs OPDX that after the cancellation
> of their trip to Midway last September, they now have a new confirmed date
> for their activity as KH4/DL7VFR and KH4/DL2RUM, March 3-16th. They will
> have two stations active on 160-6 meters with operations on CW/SSB/RTTY.
>
> PIRATE ALERT. Laurent, F8BBL, has informed OPDX that someone has been
> using his callsign for the last two months on CW, SSB, RTTY, and also on
> the DX PacketClusters putting out bogus spots for YA, P5, VP8 and LU1
> stations. He states that he has written to the French REF Union Intruders
> Commission and also has notified the French Regular Telecommunication
> Authority (ART) and the French National Frequencies Authority (ANF).
>
> PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Ron/ND5S and Sue/KF5LG will again be active from Dutch
> St.Maarten as PJ7/ND5S and PJ7/KF5LG from February 11-22nd. Activity will
> be on 160-10 meters, CW and RTTY primarily with some SSB. Ron will be
> active in the ARRL CW DX Contest SOABLP. Ron states that over 8,000
> peri-contest contacts have been made from here in past years. QSL via
> their home callsigns, direct or bureau. Ron's web page is at:
> http://www.qsl.net/nd5s
>
> PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. It was anounced that Bill, W5SJ, plans to
> participate in the CQWW DX 160m CW Contest from Andre's PY0FF QTH at the
> end of January. He will be there between January 23-29th. Activity is
> planned before and after the contest on all bands, mostly CW, with some
> SSB and 6 meter operations.
>
> QSL INFO AND NEWS...............
> Marco, CE6TBN, reports that he has a new QSL Manager. His new QSL
> Manager is N1IBM (he managed Marco's QSOs from 1999, including his
> CE6TBN/7 SA-018 opration 2000-2001). QSL CE6TBN via N1IBM:
> Morris E. Maze III, 847 Dolan St., Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734 USA.
>
> Special event station HS1BK, which was active this past weekend to
> celebrate the 89th anniversary of the historical Siam Radio Telegraph
> Building (HS-BK), should be QSLed to E21EIC: Champ C. Muangamphun,
> P.O.Box 1090, Kasetsart Bangkok, 10903 THAILAND.
>
> NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Bill, K0DEQ, reports that he is NOT the QSL
> Manager for KP2J.
>
> OD5NJ/p activity was by OD5NJ (Gabi) and EA5BYP (Elmo) operating
> from Ramkin Island (AS-108). QSL via K1WY.
>
> QSL Manager Bill Horner, VK4FW, would like to remind everyone that
> his old "P.O. Box 929" address will totally cease operation as of
> April 2002. Currently, he is having his mail forwarded up until then.
> The new P.O. address is: P.O. Box 1343, Maroochydore, 4558, Australia.
> It takes approx. 4 weeks for mail to be forwarded from the old
address.
> He would appreciate it if this was spread far and wide to ensure that
> there are no problems with QSLing turnarounds etc.....
>
> SPECIAL EVENT. Look for the Brazilian special event callsign ZX2F to be
> used now through February 12th, during a Ham radio public demonstration
> and during the big Fig Festival held annualy in Valinhos/SP - Brazil. The
> operators will be running a full equipped station on all bands/modes
> in order to celebrate the event and also to introduce the local people
> to the ham radio hobby. Special attention will be given to the WARC bands.
> A colored QSL card will be available via PY2AE (qrz.com) after the event.
>
> V5, NAMIBIA. Klaus, DJ4SO, will be operating as V5/DJ4SO from Janaury 16th
> through February 6th. He will be a guest on a farm near Windhoek. Activity
> will be on 160-10 meters on CW/RTTY and possiblly a little SSB and 6
meters.
> QSL via the bureau or direct. For bureau QSLs, you can E-mail your QSO
> info to: [email protected]
>
> VK9 MELLISH OPERATORS WANTED. Nick, VK1AA, informs the DX community this
> past week that the VK9M team is looking for 1 CW and 1 CW/low band
operator
> to join them for their expedition approximately April 10-25th. If you
> are interested, contact Nick via E-mail at: [email protected]
>
> VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. John/G4RCG, Ray/VK4BRC and Bruce/KI7VR are
> planning to be active from North Caicos Island using the callsigns
> VP5/homecalls between January 20th and February 2nd. Their activities will
> include operations on 160-10 meters and also an entry in the CQWW 160m
> CW Contest on January 25-27th. QSL via homecalls.
>
> VP8/SG & VP8SS DXPEDITION UPDATE. As this was being written, the whole
> South Sandwich and South Georgia DXpedition team was expected to meet at
> at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, and should have departed on the vessel
> "Braveheart" to head to South Sandwich Islands on January 12th. This will
> be a 7 to 8 day voyage, so we may hear them next weekend. Be listening
> for James, 9V1YC/MM, on 14025 kHz between 0100-0200z for updates and
> news.
>
> WEB SITE ANNOUNCED. The 2002 International DX Convention now has a Web
> site at: http://www.qsl.net/visalia2002
> The International DX Convention is held each year in Visalia, California
> USA. The year 2002 will be the 53rd year for the convention and is
> presented this year by the Southern California DX Club.
>
> YA, AFGHANISTAN. Nick, G4KUX, has been active as G4KUX/YA and usually on
> 20 meters. Reports indicate that he is there working and setting up an
> international communication network. Also reported is the ARRL has NOT
> received any documentation from Nick. So WFWL. He is expected to be here
> for a while. Watch 14198 kHz after 0330z.
>
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> From: "Alan Roocroft" <[email protected]>
> To: "DX News - OPDX" <[email protected]>
> Subject: IRCs
> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:04:15 +1000
> MIME-Version: 1.0
>
> I have been getting some pieces of information about the future of
> International Reply Coupons (I.R.C.s) and things are finally happening.
> The type of IRC that we have been using world-wide for so many years is
> being phased out. The new (larger) type are now in use as I've received
> a number already. Two post offices have told me that the old type will
> be honoured for a short time but neither was able to give me a "cut off"
> date yet.
> The new ones, besides being larger, have a "use by" date printed on them
> (appears to be 5 years from date of issue) and they will NOT be honoured
> after that date.
> TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT WITH USELESS COUPONS WE SHOULD STOP CIRCULATING
> OLD ONES THAT WE RECEIVE.... CASH THEM IN.... NOW !!! The new type can
> be circulated while they are still fairly new, however.
> Other QSL managers, with whom I have spoken about this matter, agree
> that if we receive "out-of-date" IRCs that the post office refuses.....
> we will be unable to respond to the QSL request. If uncertain, use the
> good old Greenstamp. A US$ often costs less than a new IRC, anyway.
> Ask your local post office for more information.
>
> Alan Roocroft....VK4AAR
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> Gatton 4343
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