[KCDXC] Fw: [OPDX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #556
Chuck Kraly
[email protected]
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 11:12:10 -0600
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From: "Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)" <[email protected]>
To: "OPDX Bulletin Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:07 AM
Subject: [OPDX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #556
>
> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.556
> Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 556
>
> The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
> DX Bulletin No. 556
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> April 1, 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, ARRL Letter, NC1L, W3UR & The Daily DX, WN3VAW, KJ4UY,
> N4AA & QRZ DX, K6GNX, AA7UC, AC7DX, KL7AK, W7KEU, K8YSE, NE8Z, 4N1DX,
> DJ5JH, DJ2MX, DL1EK & DX News Letter, DK1MAX, F5NQL & UFT, FJ5DX & La
> Gazette du DX, HL1VAU, IK0DWN, IN3XUG, JI6KVR, LU1AEE, LU4BR, OZ1LQH,
> S53R, SP5UAF, UT5RP, UY2UF, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE2XO, VE9DX and VU2SDN for the
> following DX information.
>
> SPECIAL NOTED FROM EDITOR: This week's bulletin is being issued early
> because of the contest weekend and holiday.
>
> DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
> week of Saturday, 23/March, through Saturday, 30/March there were 242
> countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W,
> 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X,
> 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5,
> A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE0A, CE0X, 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, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI,
> GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM,
> HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX,
> JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH4, 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, PY0F,
> PZ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG,
> TI, TI9, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4,
> V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP6D, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o,
> VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, XZ, 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).
>
> 3XY, GUINEA (IOTA Op). Francois, VE2XO, will again be active from Kassa
> Island (Los Islands, AF-051) as 3XY8A from April 15-19th. He will be
> mainly active on SSB and PSK31 on 20 and 15 meters. Preferred SSB
> frequencies are 14195/14260 and 21295/21260 listening up 5 to 10 kHz.
> There will be some activity also on 17 and 12 meters, and some possible
> activity on RTTY on 20 and 15 meters. He will be using 1KW (Acom 1000)
> into Sigma-5 and SVDA verticals by Force 12. QSL via home call.
>
> 5W0IR DXPEDITION UPDATE. Tommy/VK2IR and Bruce/VK2KLM have been active
> during the past week mainly on 20/15/10 meters SSB. Activity will last
> until April 3rd. Watch around 14195, 14226, 21295 and 28480 kHz. IMPORTANT
> UPDATE: Tommy, VK2IR, at the last minute decided to go with a QSL Manager.
> This will make QSLing easier, and quicker. The QSL Manager for the 5W0IR
> DXpedition will be DJ2MX: Mario Lovric, AM Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad
Nauheim,
> GERMANY (E-mail: [email protected]). Mario's address is also good at QRZ.com.
> QSLing will be direct only, SAE - 1 new IRC or 2 USDs to DJ2MX. ADDED
> NOTE: Mario, DJ2MX, informed OPDX that if you already QSLed directly to
> Tommy's address in Australia, you don't have to send additional card to
> DJ2MX, your original request will be answerd as soon as the cards are
> out of print. For more information about Tommy's DXpedition to Western
> Samoa, please visit the two Web pages:
> http://www.qsl.net/va3rj/5w0ir.html
> http://www.dj2mx.com
>
> CORRECTIONS. Two weeks ago, under the heading "XZ, MYANMAR" we mentioned
> that Warren Hill's callsign was N7NG; this is an error, and we meant to
> correct it in last week's bulletin. Warren Hill's correct callsign is
K7WX.
> The callsign N7NG is Wayne Mills, now at ARRL. (ed. We are getting old and
> the mind is going! Just turned 50th - March 27th.....hihihihi)
> Also, we were informed by Max, UY2UF, that his QSL route was
incorrectly
> listed in OPDX.538 (under the NG3K CQ WW DX CW Contest listing). UX2UF is
> not his QSL Manager. QSL UY2UF to UY2UF.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> CQ WW WPX SSB CONTEST STATIONS - March 30-31st (Last Minute Updates)......
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> * 4L, GEORGIA. Omari, 4L5O, will be active in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest.
> QSL Info K1WY.
>
> * AL1, USA. Ron, AC7DX, informs OPDX readers to look for AL1G to be
> active in CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via AC7DX.
>
> * CE, Chile. Ivan, CE4EBJ, Chairman of the Southern Cross DX Group
> (SCDXG) provided the following information on Chilean stations
> that will be active during the 2002 CQWPX Phone Contest (all
> QSL route is via homecall, except the last one):
> CE8EIO Op. CE8EIO, Luis Entry: SOABHP
> 3G5A Op. XQ5SM, Ferdi Entry: SOABHP
> CE3NR Op. CE3NR, Carlos Entry: SOHP 7 MHz
> 3G1X Op. XQ1IDM, Nick Entry: SOHP 14 MHz
> XQ1ZW Op. XQ1ZW, Dan Entry: SOLP 28 MHz
> CE4Y Op. CE4FXY, Ferdy Entry: SOHP 28 MHz
> XQ4EM Op. XQ4EM, Pat Entry: SOHP 28 MHz
> CB4A Ops. CE4USW, CE4PBB Entry: M/S (Box 128,
> Talca, Chile)
> There is an informative web page for CB4A at:
> <http://www.qsl.net/cb4a>
> Log will be posted there around 0500z, April 1st. The CB Chilean
> prefix has been first issued to CE4USW especially for this
contest.
> Some rare prefixes such as 3G's and XQ's will be on the air as
well.
> All operators are members of the Southern Cross DX Group, (SCDXG).
>
> * ET, ETHIOPIA. Paul, ET3PMW, plans to operate in the CQ WPX SSB
Contest
> as a 10 meter station. QSLs go to the regular manager W7KEU.
>
> * IR, ITALY (IOTA Op). Walter, IN3XUG, reports that he will be active
> from Ischia Island (IA NA-001) now through April 2nd. He will
> participate in the CQ WW WPX Contest as IR3Z. Outside of the
> contest he will sign IC8/IN3XUG. Activity will be on SSB around
> the IOTA frequencies. QSL via IN3XUG, either the bureau or direct.
>
> * L20, ARGENTINA. Oscar, LU5EVK, will use the special callsign L20E
> in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL via bureau or direct (ok in
> QRZ.COM). Oscar, LU5EVK, is a very active member of the LU-CG
> "LU CONTEST GROUP".
>
> *** For additional information, check out the listing of announced
> operations on a Web page provided by Bill, NG3K, at:
> http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2002.html
>
> DXCC NEWS. The "ARRL Letter" reports this week: "The ARRL DXCC Desk has
> announced that the 2001 DXCC Yearbook is currently being assembled and
> should be ready for mailing sometime in late May or early June. The
> period for the Annual List in this issue is from October 1, 2000, to
> September 30, 2001. 'If you submitted an application postmarked during
> this period and you are a current ARRL member, you are entitled to one
> free copy,' said ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L. 'You are also
> entitled to one free copy if you qualified for the DXCC Honor Roll
> during this period and were an ARRL member, even if you did not submit
> an application.' Those not eligible for a free copy may order one (or
> more) from the DXCC Branch after June 1. Copies are $5 each, postpaid.
> For more information, contact the DXCC Desk, [email protected]."
>
> HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Pedro/HC1OT and Alfredo/HC1HC will be operating
> from HC8 now through about April 2nd. They were due to leave from Quito
> March 26th to join the HC8N contest group. Here is the QSL info for the
> following stations:
> HC1HC/HC8 -->QSL via NE8Z
> HC1OT/HC8 -->QSL via NE8Z
> HC8Z/HD8Z -->QSL via NE8Z
> HC8N via AA5BT
> HC8/XE1KK via XE1KK
> ADDED NOTE (from NE8Z): Please view the Galapagos Islands DX Award at:
> http://www.octavia.com/qsl/awards/htm
>
> IOTA NEWS..................
> AS-045. Per Jean-Louis, 6W6JX, the Dakar Radio Club will be active
> from Goree Island now through April 1st. No callsigns were
> provided. QSL accordingly per the instructions by the operator.
>
> AS-093. Operators Han/HL1VAU, Han/DS2GOO and Chae/DS5BSX will be
> active between April 4-7th from Taehuksan Island (Main
> Island of Huksan Archipelago). They will sign homecall/4.
> Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW/SSB using wire antennas.
> HL1VAU will concentrate on CW. They expect to have two stations
> active simultaneously. QSL for HL1VAU/4 is via homecall and
> other operators QSL via DS2GOO. More detailed information and
> a log search will be available at:
> http://www.qsl.net/hl1vau/as093/
>
> AS-152. Look for operators Vasily, UA0QMN/p, and Alexej, UA0QHZ/p, to
> be active from Bolshoy Begichev Island now through April 2nd.
> QSL via Eugene, RZ3EC, direct or bureau.
>
> AS-155. The team will sign BV9K and BV2B/9 from Kuei-San Island (Turtle
> Hill Island) now through April 1st. Activity will be on HF CW
> and SSB plus 6 and 2 meters. Team members include BV1ED, BV2AH,
> BV2KI, BV2KS, BV2NT, BV2QB, BO2AB/2, BM2AAL, BM2ACE, BX4AF,
> BV4AS and BV5DL. QSL via BV2KI.
>
> NA-NEW. Operators Rick/KL7AK, Blaine/KL7TG, Linda/NL7RE, Larry/KF6XC
> and Jim/K9PPY will activate Deer Island, part of the Southern
> Alaska Peninsula West group, an unnumbered IOTA island group.
> They will use the callsign KL7AK. They are projecting they
> will be on the island late in the evening on the 31st of July,
> UTC, until mid-afternoon on the 5th of August, UTC. Their main
> station will be a Kenwood TS-570S(G) HF transceiver with an
> Ameritron AL-80A amp, using a Mosley Mini-33 tri-band Yagi up
> about 30 feet. A Cushcraft R-7000 will be used for 40 and 80
> meters. Rick/KL7AK, has found during his many Alaska island
> DXpeditions that 20 meters is the optimum band, there in
Alaska.
> They normally have propagation up to 20 hours a day. However,
> they will operate 80-10 meters, both SSB and CW, including
> the AO-27 and UO-14 Amateur Satellites. They will operate on
> or near the IOTA frequencies on each band. The QSL Manager is
> Fred Stenger, N6AWD, good in the callbook/Internet databases.
>
> OC-032. FK8HC/p was expected to be active from Puen Island (DIFO FK067)
> from March 29-31st.
>
> JD1, OGASAWARA. Look for operators JM3FVL/JD1, JG4LSR/JD1, JL4CVB/JD1,
> and JE5DTS/JD1 to be active from Ogasawara Islands (AS-031) from April
> 28th to May 4th. Activity is planned to be on CW and SSB on all bands.
> QSL to home callsigns.
>
> PIRATE ALERT. Station signing BS7H/BA1HAM was a work of a pirate. The real
> BA1HAM, OM Chen, has confirmed this with Max, DK1MAX.
>
> PSK31 CONTEST. It has been announced that the 1st Annual CQC PSK Contest
> will be held on May 11, 2002. It is sponsored by the Colorado QRP Club.
> For more details and info, check the following Web site:
> http://www.cqc.org/contests/index.htm
>
> QSL INFO AND NEWS.............
> Zik, 4N1DX, informs OPDX that he will be moving to Canada from Serbia
> in April. PLEASE NOTE: You will still be able to send QSL cards via
> bureau, and all cards will be handled by members of RC Zemun (Radio
> Section Ugrinovci), YU1AVA. Their direct address is: RC Zemun,
> PPS Ugrinovci, Beogradska 1, 11277 Ugrinovci, Yugoslavia. Zil mentions
> that around 700 QSL cards will be answered via the bureau very soon.
> PLEASE do not send QSL cards to K1WY/ON4CAT. The YU bureau is still
> OK or direct to YU1AVA.
>
> Tom, SP5UAF, informs OPDX that he has met Mirek, SP5IXI (aka-7X0DX).
> Mirek has given Tom the log files, and now the 7X0DX log is on-line and
> available at: http://www.7x0.sp5zcc.waw.pl/ (just follow the links)
> Tom also has an updated photo page and information about Mirek's
> activity. By the way, Mirek does not know if he will vist 7X again,
> but it is possible.
>
> Ron, WN3VAW, reports that Willy, EL7X, who was active in the early
> 1990's, is now PA0WWV. Willy tells him that he still has the logs and
> will QSL via bureau or direct (1 USD for postage) for anyone who still
> needs his card.
>
> Roberto, LU4BR, President of the Radio Club Argentino (LU4AA), informs
> OPDX that all QSL cards for the LU80AA/D (IOTA SA-055 - LH ARG 045)
> operation have been released both direct and via the bureau.
>
> Please QSL V47UY or KJ4UY to his new temporary address at: Lawrence
> (Larry) W. Wolf, 4330 Mahogany Run, S.E., Winter Haven, Florida
33884-2945.
> All QSLs have been answered to date, so if you have not received a
return
> QSL, please resubmit it to this address. All DX journals and reflectors,
> please pass this on to our ham friends. When Larry moves again, he will
> pass on the new address, but he will be in this apartment for a couple
> of months.
>
> Marco, IK0DWN, informs OPDX that he finally received a YE8I QSL card
> (which he sent via the bureau and received it direct) from Syam, YB8NA,
> the QSL Manager for the 1995 IOTA operation. However, with the card
> there was a note apologizing for the delay. Syam is asking to spread
> the following message: "My very apologize the QSL delayed. I hope it
> is not tie up your IOTA program. But it's desirable to inform you that
> in 3 years of the last time, the situation of my district area is
> unsafe, chaotic which is sometime critical, explosive, no DXing or
> another activities on the VHF or HF bands. In the meantime, I have
> never forget our amateur radio friends who is need of the YE8I's QSL.
> Thanks God, it's now over from last month. My other need is you
> would like give me understood and also to inform other friends about
> this. Many thanks for all. Greetings from Palu City, Central Sulawesi.
> God bless us. De Syam, YB8NA."
>
> SILENT KEY. Gene Willbanks, N5BLK, an INDEXA staff member, became a
> Silent Key on Thursday, March 21, 2002. As an INDEXA staff member, Gene
> participated daily in the INDEXA Information Session on 14236 kHz at
> 2330z. Gene, along with fellow staff members, provided QSL routes and DX
> information to the amateur radio community. In addition to his
contributions
> to the DX community, Gene was an active County Hunter who especially
enjoyed
> HF mobile operation, helping many amateurs to contact new counties for
their
> USACA award. Gene will be missed by his family, his INDEXA colleagues, and
> radio amateurs around the world.
>
> SPECIAL EVENT. The world famous writer Hans Christian Andersen was born
> on April 2nd, 1805. Each year from 2000 to 2004 the special call OZ5HCA
> will be used to celebrate his birthday during the week of April 2nd. In
> 2005 OZ5HCA will be used during the entire month of April. This year
> OZ5HCA will be active from April 1st through April 7th. OZ3FYN has made
> an award to celebrate this event. The award has a picture of the house
> where Hans Christian Andersen lived as a child, and it will be signed by
> the mayor of Odense. The rules are as follows: You must work OZ5HCA once
> on three different bands. All modes count. The price of the award is 3
> USD or 3 IRC. Send application (GCR list) and green stamps to the
following
> address. OZ3FYN, P.O. Box 134, DK-5100 Odense C, Denmark.
>
> SPRINGTIME DX MEETING. Wolff, DJ5JH, would like to inform the readership
> of OPDX, that the 2002 springtime DX meeting of the South German DX Group
> (SDXG) takes place in Oetisheim near Karlsruhe/Germany on Saturday, April
> 27th, at 1330 CET. All interested DXers are invited to join the meeting.
> For further information, please visit: http://www.sdxg.net
>
> VU PIRATES. Sahruddin, VU2SDN, President of the Amateur Radio Society of
> India, informs OPDX that their QSL Bureau has been receiving a very large
> number cards of pirated stations using Indian callsign series.
Accordingly,
> it is requested that widest publicity be given to the fact that only the
> following callsigns are being authorized by the Indian Administration:
> * Callsigns beginning with VU2 followed by 2 or 3 letters and VU3,
> followed by 3 letters are only valid.
>
> * Contest callsigns are AT0, AT2 and AT3, followed by 1 or 2 or 3
letters.
>
> * Since there is a blanket ban on operations from Andaman, Nicobar
> and Lakshdeep Islands, callsign VU4 and VU7 have not be assigned
> to anyone since 1992.
>
> * Callsigns with prefixes like AU to AW, VT, VV to VW and 8T to 8Y are
> not authorized callsigns.
>
> They have received a few hundred cards from several countries indicating
> QSOs with amateurs using the above prefixes as well as VU4 and VU7. In
> addition to the above info, radio amateurs, as well as QSL Bureaus, please
> be informed that the following big time DXers do not accept Bureau cards:
> VU2AU, VU2DX, VU2FOT, VU2TMP, VU2TRI, VU2WAP and VU2XX. The Amateur Radio
> Society of India will be grateful if appropriate publicity is given to the
> above information.
>
> VP6 OPERATIONS. The VP6DI team went QRT on March 26th around 1530z. It
> was announced that they made about 52,000 QSOs. The team travelled to
> Henderson Island for the IOTA enthusiasts and stayed about two days.
> The operators used their own VP6 callsign on Henderson. The last report,
> they made over 2000 QSOs. The IOTA designations for Ducie is OC-182 and
> Henderson is OC-056. Per a press release, "logs will not appear on the
> web site until a later date. Please don't panic." Also a reminder that
> Ducie QSL cards are via VE3HO (JA1BK for six meters). They added that
> the QSL cards will not be available at Dayton.
>
> XR0X, SAN FELIX. The XR0X team closed down operations at 1415z on March
> 26th. The last QSO was with W8WFN. The total number of QSOs is just over
> 70,000. The XR0X team arrived back in Santiago on March 28th. Everyone
> was fine. They ask to please not send the team members E-mails to check
> the logs. The corrected logs will be posted on-line in a few days on the
> DXpedition's Web site: http://cordell.vwh.net/SFX/
>
> YA, AFGHANISTAN (YA5T Update). Robert, S53R, informed OPDX that on the
> 26th of March he left Kabul to Islamabad and will continue to Dubai, from
> where he will be travelling home for a break. He states, "Last two months
> have seen quite some activity from YA5T, since Mark and myself were there.
> Peter also came for a short visit, but working comittments kept him from
> operating. There are 22,571 QSOs in total made from Kabul in January,
> February and March. Mark was on a 10 day trip to Fayzabad, in one of the
> most remote places in Afghanistan and made additional 404 QSOs from there.
> And as you know, Peter initially made over 2000 Qs in December. We will
> be back in Afghanistan starting May, so get ready for more activity.
> The YA5T logs are now up-to-date on Andy's, VE9DX, Web page at:
> http://www.ve9dx.com/ya5t/ya5t.html
> ADDED NOTE: QSL Manager Steve, KU9C, informed OPDX that there was a
> pirated YA5T operation on March 27th around 0200z or so..... that was
> the work of SLIM...per a note from Mark, ON4WW.
>
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