[KCDXC] Fw: [OPDX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #578
T.M. Rose
[email protected]
Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:52:26 -0500
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> Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 578
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> September 16, 2002
> Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
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> Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
> Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
> Clusters Network, NC1L, WF1N, K2HJB, W2GR, N3II, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily
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> LA7MFA, OZ6OM/OZ7M & OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin, PA1AW, RW6HS, TA3J, VE2XO,
> VA3RJ & ICPO, VK1AA, VK3EW, VK4AAR and Z35M for the following DX
> information.
>
> DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
> week of Sunday, 8/September, through Sunday, 15/September there were 228
> countries active. Countries available: 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L,
> 4S, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
> 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6,
> A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX,
> D2, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
> EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA,
> HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6,
> JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4,
> LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OY, OZ, P2, P4,
> PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SV, SV5, SV9, T32, T7, T8,
> T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR,
> V2, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9N, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9,
> VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2,
> Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZL9, ZP, ZS
>
> * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
> always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
>
> 3XY, GUINEA (possibly 6W also). Francois, VE2XO, informs OPDX that he
> will be again active from Conakry as 3XY6A from September 22-25th. It is
> also possible that there may be activity from Dakar as 6W1RT on September
> 26th and 27th. His focus is on RTTY, but with some SSB. Activity will be
> mainly on 20m, 17m and 15m. His equipment will be a TS-850SAT and an
> IC-706MKIIG with an Acom 1000 amplifier. Antennas will be a Force 12
> Sigma-5 and Sigma-20. QSL via home call.
>
> 5Z, KENYA. Alex, 5Z4DZ, has fixed the problem with his yagi and has now
> added 40 meters to his activity. Apparently, no more tower work is needed
> and the 80m Inverted L will go up shortly. He can now be active on all
> the bands he is permitted to work. He was spotted this past weekend on
> 24940, 14024 and 21024 kHz. QSL Manager Alex, PA1AW, has received the
> first logs and the first cards are out already. The logs will also become
> available on the Web shortly at: http://www.qsl.net/5z4dz
> Check out the Web site for more information about 5Z4DZ. The correct
> address for 5Z4DZ QSL is:
> Alex van Hengel, De Manning 15, 2995AE Heerjansdam, The Netherlands.
>
> 8N1, OGASAWARA ISLANDS. Just a reminder that the commemorative DXpedition
> by the JARL (Japanese Amateur Radio League) to celebrate their 75th
> anniversary will begin this week, starting September 15th (for about
> 6 months). Callsign will be 8N1OGA and activity will be on all
> bands and modes. For more details, please refer to OPDX.576.
>
> 9 BAND ACHIEVEMENT. David, VK3EW, informs OPDX that he has been chasing
> Ake, 5R8FU, from Madagascar for some time now and has recently worked
> him on the 160 meter band, thus completing all 9 bands. Ake told David
> that he was the first station ever to achieve this with his station. Ake's
> QSL Manager, John, SM5DJZ, sent an E-mail to David telling him he has
> prepared some sort of award to be sent to him for this achievement.
> Congratulations to David, and what a nice jester by the QSL Manager.
>
> 9U, BURUNDI. Baldur, DJ6SI, is currently active as 9U0X until September
> 20th or 21st. His activity is mainly CW and was spotted on 7005, 10120,
> 14022, 18085, 21025 and 28025 kHz over the past weekend. Watch 10 meters
> between 1030-1400z and the other bands between 2030-0100z. QSL via his
> home callsign.
>
> C21, NAURU. Rex, VK8RH, will be active as C2RH until September 27th. His
> activty will be mainly on 6 meters, but he will also be on the HF bands.
> He will use a beam antenna on 6 meters and verticals on HF. His primary
> HF frequency will be 14260 kHz (SSB), and he will also monitor 50.110 MHz.
> Also, watch 18125 and 28885 kHz (+/- QRM). Rex has set up a 6m beacon
> (C21SIX, 25w to a dipole) on 50.038 MHz at his hotel, and this will stay
> in place when he leaves. Eventually the 6m antenna will be raised atop
> a decent sized tower. When he is operating on 6m he will switch off the
> beacon as it will interfere. If the beacon is not heard on 50.038 MHz,
> then try 50.110 MHz to see if Rex is there. If you miss him on this
> trip, he will return and be active again November 4-22nd. QSL via VK4AAR:
> Alan Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia. Online logs and
> updates can be found on the Web at: http://www.users.on.net/rpearson
>
> CN, MOROCCO. Jim, W7EJ, who recently announced that he would active in
> the CQWW DX SSB Contest as CN2R, now announces that he will also be
> active in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 23-24, 2002) using
> the same callsign. His activity in the contest will be as Single Op/All
> Band entry. QSL via W7EJ.
>
> CV5, URUGUAY (Special Prefix). Luis, CX5UR, informs OPDX that the special
> callsign CV5Y will be used to activate "Merin Lake" from October 26th
> through November 3rd. No details were provided on "what" Merin Lake is
> or why a special callsign is being used. Hopefully, more details are
> forthcoming. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via EA5KB.
>
> DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Manager, reports the following
> operations are approved for DXCC credit:
> Myanmar - XY3C, XY5T, XY7V, XY0TA, XY4KQ and XY3EZ (Operation
> dates: From August 1, 2002 to August 25, 2002)
>
> Afghanistan - YA/G0TQJ (Operation dates: from April 30, 2002 to
> July 11, 2002)
>
> E27, THAILAND. Champ, E21EIC/XW1IC, informs OPDX that the youngest YL ham
> inside Thailand has received her license. Her name is Thanaporn (OIL)
> Longcharoen and she is 8 years old. She just passed her VHF-license exam
> and received her callsign from PTD which is E27ZI. Her hobbies are Ham
> radio and Karaoke singing. Anyone looking for a QSO can contact her on
> 144.950 MHz. Her father is Pongprasert (Long) Longcharoen, HS2CRU, and
> her mother is Pitsamai (Toi), They live in SRIRACHA, Chonburi/THAILAND.
> The location is in the eastern part of Thailand about 100 km southeast
> of Bangkok. Thanaporn does have a Web page at:
> http://www.geocities.com/e27zi
>
> FO0, MARQUESAS ISLANDS. Hiroyuki/JI1JKW and Arihide/JI1WTF will be active
> as FO0SAI from October 8-11th. Activity will be on HF and 6 meters. QSL
> via home callsign.
>
> FR, REUNION ISLAND. Look for Bernie, F6BLK, to be active as FR/F6BLK
> between September 23-29th. Most of his activity will be mainly CW but
> with some SSB. QSL via F6BLK either direct or through the bureau.
>
> IOTA NEWS............
> AS-139. Look for the BI7DX IOTA-expedition team to be active from
> Weizhou Island which is located in the Gulf of Tongking in
> South China, between September 27th and October 4th. The team
> members will come from four provinces of China. The first
> group of the team members will be Alan/BA1DU, Zhang/BA6AP,
> Terry/BA7NQ, Liao/BA7QT, Chen/BD7NI, Wu/BD7QY, Li/BG7IEE,
> Liu/BG7OH, and they will land on the island September 27th.
> They expect to be active at 0800z. They plan to set up three
> stations using two Yagis, one vertical antenna and two linear
> amplifiers. The operations will be on SSB and CW modes on
> the normal IOTA frequencies from 40-10 meters, including the
> WARC bands. The second group of operators include Ken/BA1AJ,
> Jerry/BA1FB, Qin/BA1KA, Fan/BA1RB, Xiang/BD1CC and Liu/BG1DO,
> and they expect to land on the island October 2nd. The BI7DX
> team will be QRT on October 4th. QSL via Alan, BA1DU at:
> P.O.Box 8091, Beijing 100088, CHINA.
>
> AS-147. Taka, JR3TVH, will be active as JR3TVH/8 from Rishiri Island
> September 20-23rd. Activity will be on 40/20/17/15/10/6
> meters CW/SSB. QSL via JR3TVH direct or via the bureau.
>
> EU-048. Francois, F5JNE, will be active from Belle Ile Island,
September
> 25-26th. He will also try to activate one or two of the French
> castles on the island. Activity will be on 40/20 meters
CW/SSB.
> Other reference items are: French Departments Award - 56;
> French Provinces Award - Brittany and DIFM AT 015 (French
> Metropolitan Islands Award). QSL direct or via the French
> REF bureau.
>
> EU-093. Look for Murcia (Costa Blanca & San Vincente) District members
> to activate Tabarca Island, September 28-29th. They will be
> active from several castles for the Spanish Castles Award. For
> more information, go to the Web page:
http://www.qsl.net/ea5gqk
>
> EU-109. Jim/G3RTE and John/G4CVC are planning to be active as GB4FI
> from Longstone Island in the Farne Group, depending on
weather,
> September 21-22nd. Their operating time will be limited at
> the present to daylight hours. Activity will be on both
CW/SSB.
> QSL via G3SWH. ADDED NOTE: This operation is very much
dependent
> upon the weather. If unsuccessful, they will attempt an
> operation in early 2003.
>
> EU-127. Hans/DL1YFF and Jochen/DH8IJ will be on the Island of
Helgoland
> in the German Sea and will be active on Wednesday, September
> 19-22nd. They will work SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK. QSL via their
> homecalls.
>
> EU-172. Jakob, OZ7AEI, will be active as OZ7AEI/p from several Danish
> Islands, September 19th. All will be good for the Danish
Islands
> Award and IOTA EU-172. He plans to be activate:
> Thuro (FY-016) Langeland (FY-019)
> Tasinge (FY-015) Fyn (FY-001)
> Sio (FY-021)
> Look for him in the early morning on/about the IOTA
frequencies
> on 40/20/15 meters. QSL via his home callsign, direct or
bureau.
>
> NA-217. Tony/WF1N and Lou/W1DIG had to cancel their trip to Appledore
> Island scheduled for September 20-23rd because of boat
> connection problems. They will not be able to be rescheduled
> in 2002.
>
> OC-066. (Update) Look for Kenji, JA4GXS and his XYL to be active as
> FO/JA4GXS and operating on 160-6 meters SSB and CW from
Rangiroa
> Island between October 8-13th. Watch for him on 21260 and
14260
> kHz +/- QRM. QSL via JA4GXS: Kenji Sasaki, 2-15,
Ishikannon-cho,
> Yamaguchi-City, 753-0038 JAPAN.
>
> SA-081. Look for Colombian operators to activate Isla del Morro,
> October 11-14th. Callsigns to be used are: HK8RQS/P, HK8HIX/P
> and HK8UUC/P. QSL via EA5KB.
>
> KH2, GUAM (Possibly KH0 also). Walt, KF2XN, will be active as KH2/KF2XN
for
> at least the next month. Activity will be on most bands, depending on the
> propagation, mostly on SSB and during his spare time between his work
> assignment. Most of his activity last week was on/around 14270 kHz between
> 0645-0930z and after 1100z. QSLs for this operation should go to W2GR via
> the CBA: Mike Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14304 USA.
QSLs
> will be printed after his return to his home QTH. ADDED NOTE: Walt's
> assignment may get extend for 3 months, however at the moment this is
> not clear. Also, weekend hours of operation will be increased and will
> vary depending on propagation. LATE NOTE: Larry, N5FPW, informs OPDX that
> he talked to Walt this past Sunday morning on 20 meters and was told that
> Walt will be heading to Mariana Island (KH0) in 2 to 3 weeks for an
> "extensive operation".
>
> KH8, AMERICAN SAMOA (Double IOTA Operations). Glyn, GW0ANA, Team Manager
> of the KH8 DXpedition, provides OPDX with the following details and
> callsigns for their KH8 double IOTA DXpedition to Tutuila and Ofu Island:
> Island of Tutuila - (IOTA OC-045) They will use the callsign K8T
> (KILO 8 TANGO). The operation starts on Tutuila
> on October 28th and ends November 8th. The QSL
> route for this IOTA QSO is only via Glyn, GW0ANA,
> and the address is in any callbook or on QRZ.com.
>
> Island of Ofu - (IOTA OC-007) They will use the callsign K8O (KILO 8
> OSCAR). The operation starts on Ofu on October 29th
> and ends November 7th. The time at Ofu may vary due
> to weather affecting flying conditions, but the team
> will do their best to give the deserving this island
> for as long as possible. The QSL route for this IOTA
> QSO is only via David, AH6HY, good in any callbook or
> QRZ.com
> If any members of the DX community feel they would like to assist them
> in sponsorship, then your kindness would be very much appreciated.
>
> KH9, WAKE ISLAND. Jake, N6XIV, active as N6XIV/KH9, continues to be active
> on 20 meters between 14260 and 14270 kHz and generally between 0700 and
> 1000z. He has been notified that his stay on Wake Island has been extended
> to October 4th. QSL via K2FF.
>
> KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Operators Darrell/AB2E and John/K3TEJ will be
> active in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 23-24th) as WP2Z
> and as a Multi/(?) entry. QSL WP2Z via KU9C. Activity before and after
> the contest, the operators will sign KP2/homecall. QSL to their home call.
>
> LA DX GROUP WEB PAGE. Lech, LA7MFA, provides a Web page as an InterNet
> DX magazine with frequent updates with own articles, links to articles on
> the web, as well as other interesting links and info. He thought it would
> be of interest to at least the Danish and Swedish DXers and contesters,
> but they do have articles/links in English, too, which might be of
interest
> to others. They have had articles by such known DXers like OH2BR, SM0AGD
> and LA1EE. The Web page can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/ladxg
>
> LIGHTHOUSE/LIGHTSHIP ACTIVITY AND NEWS...........
> The Peconic ARC, W2AMC, will be active from 1300z September 21st to
> 2000z September 22nd, to celebrate the Maritime Festival/Lightship
> Nantucket. Suggested frequencies are: 7270 and 14270 kHz. QSL via
> Peconic ARC, PO Box 113, Peconic, NY 11958.
>
> Look for special callsign K4E to be active November 2-3rd from Egmont
> Key (USI FL-014S, IOTA NA-034) and lighthouse (WLH LH-0426, ARLHS
> USA-269), located in Hillsborough County, Florida. Start time will be
> 1500z both days. Rain date for this operation will be November 9th.
> Operations will be on 80-10 meters, CW and SSB. The QSL Manager is
> John, KU4BT.
>
> Just a reminder that a group of operators plan to activate the rare
grid
> square EN67 and the Copper Harbor Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-193) using the
> callsign K8B from September 21-23rd. A last minute note from the team
> reports: "All of the pieces are falling into place for next weekend's
> expedition. We will have a variety of wire antennas and a homebrew
> vertical for HF. The VHF antennas are as follows: 2m 20 element and 5
> element beams, 6m 5 element beam and an end fed wire, 70 cm 30 element
> and 11 element beams. All stations will be operating with low power. In
> addition to the EN67 grid square we also will be giving out Copper
Harbor
> Lighthouse US-193 and Keweenaw County, MI. We should be QRV on HF
> sometime by mid morning on September 21. The expedition will end on
> Monday, September 23rd." For more details, refer to OPDX.575 or the
> Brockway Mountain expedition Web page at: http://members.aol.com/nv8v
> QSL via NV8V.
>
> OZ, DENMARK (Islands and Lighthouses Activity). Knud, OZ2ZB, will be
> active as OZ2ZB/p, September 17th through 28th, from several Danish
Islands
> for the Danish Island Award. His activity schedule is as follows:
> September 17th - Store Rotholm Island (EU-172, JY-013), 0800-0900z
> September 27th - Hirsholm Island (EU-171, NJ-009) and Lighthouse
> (ARLHS DEN 067 / DLS 013), 1800-1900z
> September 28th - Laesoe (EU-088, NK-003), 0600-0800z
> Borfeld (EU-088, NK-006), 1000-1100z
> Soendre Roenner (EU-088, NK-007), 1400-1500z
> Knud may also activate a few more islands in the NK group depending on
> weather and time. Bands will be 20 and 15 meters (around 14260 and
> 21260 kHz). QSL via his home callsign, direct or bureau.
>
> P4, ARUBA. John, KK9A, will be active as P40A during the CQ World Wide DX
> SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single Op/Single Band (20m) entry.
> John will also be active as P40A in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest
> (November 23-24th), but as a Single Op/Single Band/QRP entry. QSL both
> operations via WD9DZV.
>
> P5, NORTH KOREA. Bruce, KK5DO, reports on his Web that Ed, P5/4L4FN, has
> gotten the Hex Beam mounted atop the new mast with the rotor on September
> 14th. He reports a 3-4db difference compared to the vertical he has.
>
> PIRATE ALERT. Save your green stamps. Station signing ST0/ST2SA/p was a
> PIRATE operation according to Sid, ST2SA.
>
> QSL INFO AND NEWS............
> Mario, 4S7BRG, has changed his QSL information. The old route via
HB9BRM
> is no longer valid. Cards should now be sent via the 4S bureau or via
> his the qrz.com address. He has now moved completely to Sri Lanka and
> has therefore no address in Switzerland any more. The records on
qrz.com
> and Buckmaster are now updated. The QSL Manager will be removed in the
> near future.
>
> Jose, EA5MB, is reportedly the QSL Manager for Ali, 8Q7AM, and a online
> log search is available on the Web at:
http://webs.ono.com/usr002/ea5mb/
>
> Joe/JA4PXE/4 and Takeshi/JI3DST/4 were both active from Yashiro Island
> (AS-117) this past weekend. QSL via the following:
> JA4PXE - Joe S. Kuwahara, 1-74 Midorimachi Tokuyama-City,745-0075
JAPAN
> JI3DST - Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho Abeno-ku Osaka-City,
> Osaka 545-0021 JAPAN
>
> Vasilij, RW6HS, reports that he is the QSL Manager for the following
> stations: UN7TO, UN9M, UT1EO and R0/UT1EO.
>
> Andrew, ZS1AN, says he has received the QSL cards from the printer for
> his recent ZS1AN/P Dassen Island Lighthouse operation. He expects to
> reply to all cards received by the end of last weekend. He doesn't
> anticipate more than a one-week delay in replying to QSLs received
> from now on. For those who missed it earlier, the QSL address is:
> PO Box 350, Newlands 7725, South Africa. Please include a green
> stamp or IRC to cover return postage. You can see what the card looks
> like on his web site at: http://www.qsl.net/zs1an/dassen.html
>
> SILENT KEY. It is sad to report that Murphy Ratterree, W4WMQ, the founder
> and first president of INDEXA, became a "Silent Key" on September 9th.
> OPDX and its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to his
> family and friends.
>
> SPECIAL EVENT. The Pearl River DX Association will be signing W2WTC
through
> the month of Setember. They are honoring the 7 amatuers who were killed on
> September 11th. They are expected to be on daily, usally between
1500-2100z
> or until the bands conditions dictate otherwise. Look for them on 14257,
> 18130 and 7252 kHz. QSL via the bureau or to the operator K2HJB or KA2NUE
> with a SASE.
>
> SPECIAL EVENT. The National Weather Service of Germany, Deutscher
> Wetterdienst, is going to celebrate its 50th anniversary during the
> night of November 8th and 9th. A special cross-band event will take place
> between amateur radio stations and weather service's longwave transmitter
> DDH47 on 147.3 kHz from 2230z until 0530z. Amateur radio stations are
> encouraged to call DL0SWA/DDH47 on 3565, 7025 or 14052 kHz according to
> the announcement made by transmissions from DDH47. The crew of DL0SWA
> (Seewetteramt) will listen for callsigns on the above mentioned HF
> frequencies and reply on longwave 147.3 kHz and shortwave (7025, 1 watt).
> QSL cards will be printed and distributed after the event via DARC Bureau.
> Please visit the following Web page for more information at: http://
> www.dwd.de/de/wir/Geschaeftsfelder/Seeschifffahrt/Sendeplaene/Amateurfunk
>
> ST0, SUDAN. William, ZS5WC, is reportedly working in the Sudan and will
> be active as time permits. He was issued the callsign ST0F. He states that
> his equipment is an old FT7B, vertical loop or moxon beam, running only 20
> to 30 watts. Look for him around or near 21300 kHz. QSL via his home
> callsign ZS5WC.
>
> TI8, COSTA RICA. Operators Ed/K4QFF, Ron/K4WZ, William/K4WPM,
Robert/WA4PUJ
> aand Dennis/WA4ZJJ will be active in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest
> (October 26-27th) as TI8/K4QFF and as a Multi/2 entry. Activity will be
> on 160-10 meters. QSL via K4QFF.
>
> TM8, FRANCE. Be looking for the Clipperton DX Club to be active and
signing
> TM8CDX on all bands during their annual meeting from September 14-30th.
> QSL via F5CQ.
>
> USI ACTIVITY AND NEWS...........
> The Lake Whitney Amateur Radio Society (LWARS), NZ5T, will be active
> October 26th starting at 1400z from The Island, Texas (USI TX-036L),
> located in Lake Whitney. Operation will be on 14250, 21290 and 28435
> MHz SSB. QSL SASE via LWARS, POB 1181, Whitney, TX 76692.
>
> VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND. Just a reminder to look for the YL operators
> Elizabeth/VE7YL, June/VK4SJ, Mio/JR3MVF, Raija/SM0HNV and Gwen/VK3DYL to
> be active as VK9YL now through September 29th. QSL via VK3DYL: Gwen
Tilson,
> 3 Gould Court, Mt. Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia. Send either direct
> with a SAE and sufficient return postage or via the VK3 Bureau. Any direct
> cards received without the above will be returned via the Bureau.
>
> WHO'S WHO ON TOPBAND? Can be found on the Web at: http://www.qsl.net/160
> First published in 1997, "Who's Who..." is the world's most up-to-date
> listing of 160m band DXCC standings. With over 500 stations listed in 8
> categories, the listing provides much needed information for any serious
> low band operator. New submissions are welcome by sending an E-mail to
> Nick, VK1AA at: [email protected]
>
> XU, CAMBODIA. XU7ACJ (SSB) and XU7ACN (CW) are now active until September
> 26th. Operators Max/ON5UR, Wim/ON6NP and Karel/ON5TN were active this
> past weekend on 20/17/15/12/10 meters. QSL via ON6NP. Remember this group
> will try to activate Koh Poah Island (AS-133) as XU7AUR, September
21-23rd.
> QSL via ON5UR.
>
> YM3, TURKEY. Mill, LX1CC, will operate as YM3CC from Izmir between
> September 13th and October 2nd. He will be active on all bands including
> the WARC bands, and most VHF/UHF bands using CW, SSB and FM. QSL to LX1CC
> via bureau or direct.
>
> ZA, ALBANIA. Vlado, Z35M, informs OPDX that he plans to be active from
> here for the next few years as ZA/Z35M. Activity will be 80-10 meters
> on only CW and SSB, using an IC-745 with 100w into a G5RV 40m up (sloping
> to 20m). QSL only DIRECT to his home address: Vladimir Kovaceski, Box 10,
> Struga 6330, Macedonia. Vlado also mentions that in 2001, Z35M set
"European
> Year QSO Record" with 43300 QSOs all in one year (single operator, one
> callsign, home station).
>
> ZL9, CAMPBELL ISLAND. No, ZL9BSJ was not a pirate. Activity was by
Wilbert,
> ZL2BSJ, who was active for a brief time on September 12th. "The Daily DX"
> reports that Wilbert is (was) currently in the area on work business and
> was ashore for a very brief time. The length of his stay was not
mentioned,
> and he has not been heard since then. QSL via ZL2BSJ.
>
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