[KCDXC] Fw: [OPDX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #597
T.M. Rose
[email protected]
Sun, 2 Feb 2003 16:10:20 -0600
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Subject: [OPDX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #597
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> Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 597
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> DX Bulletin No. 597
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> February 3, 2003
> 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, K1XM, N1SNB, W2SC, N3SL, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4SV,
> K4YL, N4AA & QRZ DX/The DX Magazine, W4BD, AJ6V, K6IPV, W6/IK3ZAW, WQ7R,
> K8YSE, N8BJQ, W9VNE, NW0L, 9A3Z, DL1EK/DL7VOA & DX Newsletter, DL2VFR,
> DL3APO, F5NQL & UFT, FJ5DX & La Gazette du DX, HB9EAA, HK6DOS, HK6PSG,
> I1JQJ & IK1ADH - 425 DX NEWS, I2YSB, IK8UND, JI6KVR, OZ6OM/OZ7M & OZ 50
> MHz DX Bulletin, PS7AB, RW6HS, RZ3AA, SV1DPI, VA3RJ & ICPO, XE2AC and
> ZL4HU for the following DX information.
>
> DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
> week of Sunday, 26/January, through Sunday, 2/February there were 239
> countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J,
> 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q,
> 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2,
> A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE0A, 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, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM,
> GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV,
> HZ, I, IS, J3, J5, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH3, KH6, KH8,
> KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON,
> OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU,
> SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T30, T31, T32, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK,
> TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6,
> V7, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9L, VK9N, VP2E, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9,
> VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU,
> YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZK3, ZL, ZP, ZS
>
> * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
> always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
>
> 10 YEARS OF 9A. The year 2002 marks the 10th anniversary of allocation
> of the 9A prefix to Croatia. The Croatian Amateur Radio Association
> sponsored a special award for contacts made with 9A stations between
> July 5, 2002, and December 31, 2002. On the following Web address below,
> there is a link to the web site that shows a picture of the award and
> a page with award winners: http://www.hamradio.hr/award.asp
> The first 169 awards have been mailed out. The deadline for applications
> is March 31, 2003 (to be sent to Denis, 9A3Z, at: [email protected] ).
>
> 3B8, MAURITIUS (Update). Peter, DL3APO, wants to remind everyone that
> all preparations are going well for a German team to be active as
3B8/DK7AO
> (Please refer OPDX.594). However, due to health and family reasons,
Katrin,
> DL1AXL (Frank's, DK7AO, XYL), has been forced to cancel her participation
> in the 3B8/DK7AO operation from February 9-15th. The team will now include
> Achim, DL1XD. QSL via DL3APO. For more details, update and the log, visit
> the Web page at: http://www.radioklub.de/3b8
>
> 5W, SAMOA. The "World-Wide Young Contesters" will be sponsoring a DX
> operation from August 4-14th. Operators will include Hrvoje/9A6XX,
> M0GMT, Cedrick/K9YO, Jeff/N1SNB and Faisal/9K2RR. Operations will be on
> 160-6 meters CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK-31 and with two stations active 24 hours a
> day. QSL via N1SNB.
>
> 5W & KH8, AMERICAN SAMOA AND SAMOA. Ulli, DL2AH, will be going on his
> first DXpedition/operation to these two countries. Activity from Samoa
> (5W) is planned for July 2-15th and July 24-29th. Activity from American
> Samoa is planned for July 16-23rd. His operations will be on 40-10 meters
> SSB/RTTY/PSK using a FT-1000MB with GAP Titan and Windom antennas. He
> also plans to be active in the 2003 IOTA Contest.
>
> 8P, BARBADOS (Update). As mentioned last week, Tom, W2SC, will be active
> as 8P5A in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 1-2nd). Tom informs OPDX that
> he will be there the week leading up to the contest and will mainly be
> there to checkout the station, primarily on the low bands. Since the
> contest is SSB, Tom will exclusively be on that mode.
>
> 9H, MALTA. Gaby/OE8YDQ and Chris/OE8CIQ will be active as 9H/homecall
> (but this could change, if they apply for a visitor's license) between
> April 20-27th. This will be a holiday style operation. Activity will be
> on 80-10 meters CW/SSB with 100 watts and a vertical antenna. QSL via
> the bureau or direct to their home callsign. For more information,
> please visit their Web page at: http://www.oe8ciq.com
>
> 9Y, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Sigi, DL7DF, will be on holiday from here and will
> be active as 9Y4/DL7DF from March 23rd through April 10th. Activity will
> be on all bands CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV using a transceiver with
> a linear.
>
> AH3, JOHNSTON ISLAND. Just a few more hours of activity from the AH3D
> team. Finnish operators Martti Laine/OH2BH, and Pertti Simovaara/OH2PM,
> and DX editor Bernie McClenny/W3UR are expected to leave early Tuesday
> (local time), February 4th. Remember to QSL via OH2BH's special postal
> box at: 2003 Johnston Atoll DXpedition, P.O. Box 73, 02380 Espoo, FINLAND.
>
> CN2, MOROCCO. Jim, W7EJ, plans to be very active as CN2R from here in
> some upcoming contest. Look for him in the CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest
> (February 21-23rd) as a Single-Op entry and the ARRL International DX
> SSB Contest (March 1-2nd) as a Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. Also,
> look for him in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30th) as a Single-Op/
> All Band/High Power entry. QSL via W7EJ.
>
> DAYTON HAMVENTION ANNOUNCEMENTS...................
> * Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, reports: "The Southwest Ohio DX Association is
> pleased to announce the Eighteenth Annual DX Dinner to be held on
> Friday, May 16th, 2003, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dayton, OH. There
> will be a cash bar at 6:30 PM and dinner at 7:15 PM. Tickets are
> 34.00 USD and must be purchased in advance. Groups wishing to sit
> together must order as a group. A table seats eight. Please make
> your check or money order payable to SWODXA and send an SASE for
> ticket return. Seats will be assigned in the order that requests
> are received. Seats will be assigned on March 16, 2003. Seating is
> limited." Please order tickets from:
> Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, 7354 Thackery Rd, Springfield OH 45502
> For information on the dinner, check the Web page at:
> http://my.erinet.com/~n8bjq/
> Or contact Steve Bolia, N8BJQ at (937) 788-2803 or send an E-mail
> to: [email protected]
>
> * Jim, W9VNE, reports, "Don Miller, ex-W9WNV and now AE6IY, informed
> me that he is planning on attending the Dayton Hamvention in May.
> He said that he will be a speaker at the DX Forum. Don now lives
> in Los Angeles County, California. Don will be remembered as a
> prolific DXer with superb operating skills who traveled extensively
> during the mid 1960s and 1970s. After some personal problems Don
> has reentered Ham Radio and the world of DX." ADDED NOTE: A Web
> page has been set up to cover Don's past DXpedition at:
> http://www.qsl.at/common/miller2.html
>
> FM, MARTINIQUE. Ed, AJ6V, will be operating from here using the callsign
> FM5BH bewteen February 11-18th. Activity will include the ARRL DX CW
> Contest (February 15-16th) as a Single-Op/All Band entry. Outside of
> the contest he will mainly be active on SSB. QSL via W3HNK.
>
> FO/M, MARQUESAS ISLANDS. Silvano, I2YSB, informs OPDX that he and six
> other operators (all experienced DXers and Contesters) will be active
> from here. Their operation is scheduled to start around late April and
> run for about 2 weeks. Exact dates will be announced soon. They plan to
> use a "FO" callsign, this is to be confirmed and announced later. The team
> consists of: Silvano/I2YSB, Flaviano/I2MOV, Marcello/IK2DIA,
Adriano/IK2GNW,
> Giuseppe/IK2WXV, Carlo/IK1AOD and Andrea/IK1PMR. They will operate on
> all modes (CW, SSB, PSK/RTTY) on all HF bands, including 50 MHz (they
> will also operate a beacon on 50.105 MHz). Their equipment will include
> 3 complete HF stations,with linear amplifiers (including a TL-922) and
> several antennas (including beams for the higher bands). More information
> about the DXpedition QTH, operators' profiles, equipment and sponsors
> can be found on the following link from I2YSB's Web page at:
> http://digilander.libero.it/i2ysb/
> Links to further information and online logs will be added.
>
> IOTA NEWS.................
> AS-006. Remember to look for Terry, VE7TLL, as VR2/VE7TLL from Lantau
> Island, Hong Kong, now through February 10th. Watch the usual
> IOTA frequencies. QSL via CBA.
>
> AS-047. Toshiyuki, JM1PXG, (and possibly others) will be active as
> JM1PXG/6 from Daito Island from July 25-28th. Activity will
> include the 2003 IOTA Contest. QSL via home callsign to the
> JARL Bureau or direct.
>
> AS-049. Hiro, JO1EPY, will be active as JO1EPY/6 from Tokara Islands
> (Nakano-shima) from 0000z, March 1st to 1000z, March 3rd. His
> activity will be on 40/17/15/12/10 meters CW/SSB. His main
> frequencies are: 21260 kHz SSB or 21040 kHz CW. QSL via the
> bureau or direct to his home address: Hiroshi Kotoku,
> 3-4-19 Kishimachi Kawagoe City, Saitama 350-1131 Japan.
>
> EU-048. Jean Marc, F5SGI, will be on Groix Island (DIFM AT012) from
> April 7-12th, using CW with the special callsign TM6ILE. His
> activity will be on 80-10 meters (His stay was previously
> announced from April 14-20th). Jean Marc may provide some
> SSB activity on April 12th during the morning, from the Fort
> du Grognon, which counts for the French Forts and Castles
Award
> program as DFCF 56002. QSL via the bureau or direct.
>
> EU-052. Spiros, SV8CS, will be active from Zante Island in the western
> part of Greece during the CQWW 160m SSB Contest (February
> 21-23rd) with his special contest callsign SY8A. The callsign
> SY8A is NOT for Mount Athos but a special Greek contest call.
>
> EU-129. A large German team will be active from Usedom Island as
> DL0KWH in the 2003 IOTA Contest. This Multi-Op team will
> consists of DL2SWW, DH7NO, DH2AX, DL6ATM, DL2RTK, DH1LA,
> DL2VFR and possibly others. They will operate from Peenemuende
> (known for where the V1 and V2 rockets were built in WWII).
> The group will be using beams and ground planes with 500
> watts PA, and they will be on the air 2-3 days before the
> contest with individual callsigns. Activity will include
> CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSLs will be via the bureau 100%.
>
> EU-174. Michael, DF3IS, will be active as SV8/DF3IS from Thasos
Island,
> September 11-25th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW/SSB.
> QSL via his home callsign (no E-QSL accept).
>
> NA-057. Ray, WQ7R, informs OPDX that he will be active as HQ9R from
> Roatan Island during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30th)
> as a Single-Op/All Band/Low Power entry. Ray states he will
> be leaving Las Vegas on March 22nd and will arrive on Roatan
> Island the same afternoon via direct from Houston. This year
> Ray will be staying with friends at their beach house on the
> north shore. His equipment will be a FT1000MKv w/voice keyer,
> RigblasterPro for the digital modes and an assortment of
> other necessary parts and pieces. Antennas will be: an A3
> tribander and dipoles for 40/80. He expects to be on the air
> March 27th, probably on SSB testing the antennas and rig.
> Again on the 28th, he will be on SSB and CW, and on the
29-30th,
> he will be devoted to the contest. After the contest, Ray will
> be on and very active until April 4th. He does want to do RTTY
> and PSK on this trip but has no schedule for those operations.
> As mentioned, his contest callsign will be HQ9R, however
before
> and after the contest, he will sign WQ7R/HR9. All QSLs should
> go to his good friend Dick Wolf, N6FF. Cards will be printed
> prior to departing for Honduras, and all logs will be computer
> generated and forwarded to Dick after his return to his home
> QTH on April 5th. Ray states he will not be checking into any
> DX nets.
>
> NA-149. The German team of Hans/DL7CM and Sid/DM2AYO will be active
> as HH6/DL7CM and HH6/DM2AYO from the Haitian coastal Island
> of Ile a Vache now through February 15th. Activity will be
> on 160-6 meters CW, SSB and RTTY using a beam and a GP for
> the lower bands. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or via
> the Bureau.
>
> SA-042. Operators Carlos/CT1AHU, Jose/PY8EA, Daniel/PT7BI, Roberto/
> PT2GTI and Jorge/PT2HF will be activating Mexiana Island
> (DIB-69), a rare wanted IOTA, on May 21-25th. Their callsign
> is still unknown. Activity is planned for 40/20/15/10 meters
> SSB. More details are forthcoming.
>
> J49, CRETE. Operators Roberto/I2WIJ, Luigi/IK8HCG and Salvatore/IK8UND
> will be active as J49Z in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October
25-26th)
> as a Multil-Single/High Power entry. Activity from the team will begin
> on Thursday, October 23rd, on all bands 160-10 meters, including 12/17
> meters, mainly on SSB (but they will take a key and do some CW). A large
> range of antennas will be used: 11 element triband yagi, phased vertical
> array on 40 meters (2 or 4 verticals), single vertical 1/4 wave on 80
> meters, Inverted "V" for 160 meters, a 8 element 5 band beam for 20/17/
> 15/12/10 meters for the multiplier station, and a rotatable dipole for
> 40 meters. QSL via IK8UND. Visit the web site for this operation at:
> http://www.qsl.net/i2wij/j49z/j49z.html
>
> KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Members from the Virginia DX Century Club will be
> active from February 11-19th. Their activity will include the ARRL DX CW
> Contest as KG4DZ. QSL KG4DZ via W4SD. Look for the following operators
(with
> their own KG4 callsign) to be active: Don/W4ZYT/KG4ZK, Chuck/N8CH/KG4NW,
> Gordon/KU4EC/KG4EC and Chet/N6ZO/KG4ZO. QSL via their home callsigns.
>
> KH6, HAWAII. Don, K6IPV, will be vacationing at "Seaqmaui", the B & B
> (ed. We think he means "Bed and Breakfest") of Terry, KH6SQ, from February
> 10-20th. He states, "This will be a casual operation, mostly SSB and as
> many bands as Terry has antennas for. He's got a couple of towers (which
> probably creates a hazard for the golfers on the course he lives
> alongside!), with beams and other assorted antennas. I'll take my keyer
> along but am a notoriously poor CW op!" He expects to be signing KH6/K6IPV
> and his dream is to be on the air enough when not vactioning with his wife
> and doing the "tourist" things. He wants to work more than 100 countries
> to earn DXCC from a different "country". QSL via direct.
>
> OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Ari, OH5DX, will once again be active from here as
> OH0Z, this time during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February
> 15-16th). His operating class is still to be decided. QSL via OH5DX
> (ex-OH1EH).
>
> OOOPPPSSS DEPARTMENT. For those that missed it, in OPDX.596 under "IOTA
> NEWS......." the IOTA number listed as NA-073 should have been NA-072.
>
> P4, ARUBA. Jim, N6TJ, will be active as P40T during the ARRL DX CW Contest
> (February 15-16th) as a Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. QSL via
VE3HO.
>
> P4, ARUBA. Andy, K2LE, will be active as P4/K2LW now through February.
> His plans of activity were not provided. QSL via his home callsign.
>
> PJ2, CURACAO. Operators Tom/AE9B, Marty/NW0L and Jerry/WB9Z will be active
> in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 1-2nd), signing PJ2T. QSL PJ2T via N9AG.
> Look for all 3 operators to sign PJ2/homecall, on SSB, CW and RTTY before
> and after the contest from February 26th through March 4th. There will
> be an emphasis on the WARC bands. QSL non-contest QSOs via home callsigns.
>
> PJ7, SINT MAARTEN. William, W8EB, will be active as PJ7/W8EB from February
> 23rd throughh March 23rd. His activity will include the ARRL International
> DX SSB Contest (March 1-2nd) as PJ7B and as a Single-Op/All Band entry.
> Activity outside of the contest will be on 160-10 meters CW, SSB, RTTY and
> PSK-31. QSL both callsign via W8EB.
>
> QSL INFO AND NEWS.................
> K1B QSL UPDATE/CHANGE. Roman Thomas, RZ3AA (K1B, K5K, 3D2CI etc.),
> reports, "I completely understand the problems that many of you are
> having getting the SSB K1B QSL cards. I feel bad for each of you who
> have still not received your QSL card. Unfortunately the mail situation
> in my country certainly has room for improvement. In hindsight it was
> probably not a good choice to use a Russian QSL address." Roman
explains
> he processed more than 3000 direct QSL requests that were returned
> direct and has received more than 1000 bureau QSL cards that have all
> been sent back via the bureau. However, he has received about 300
> direct QSL card requests which were already opened and were missing
IRCs
> or postage money, these have been answered via the bureau. Also, he has
> received at least 200 E-mail requests asking for status on specific
> cards which never arrived. Roman suspects many more card requests
> were lost somewhere in the mail system. To date, Roman still receives
> about 20 direct requests per week, all being returned direct. If you
> would like to pick up a K1B SSB QSL card in person, Roman will be at
> Dayton this year and he is prepared to hand out cards there. Watch
> for an announcement. --- OR --
> Due to Roman's mail situation a new QSL route has been announced.
> If you worked K1B using "SSB ONLY", QSL requests can now be sent to
> K4YL (ex-W4SMG) to the following address: Stephen M. Grose, P.O.Box
183,
> Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731-0183. Please include the following:
> 1) Your QSL Card indicating Time in GMT, Date, Band, Mode and Report.
> 2) A Self Addressed Envelope (SAE) with all necessary addressing
> information (USA send SASE).
> 3) One Green Stamp (preferred) or One Large IRC is accepted.
> Please make sure the envelope contains the three items shown above.
> "NO" Bureau cards will be accepted. Please send Bureau cards via Roman,
> RZ3AA, via the Russian Bureau. All cards will be processed in the order
> they are received. PLEASE send ONLY SSB cards. Depending on the demand,
> some delay might result if additional cards have to be printed. All CW
> and Digital requests are to be sent to Hrane, YT1AD. Any questions
> can be E-mailed to Stephen, K4YL at: [email protected]
>
> As of February 1, 2003, Kim, daughter of Steve, N3SL, is the QSL
Manager
> for "J", VY1JA, and Les, KL7J. She is handling all of the VY1JA cards
> EXCEPT for Japan, which remain with Akio, JA3JM. QSL direct (SASE or
> USD) or bureau. QSLs for KL7J are via direct ONLY (to Kim). The logs
> of both of these active stations can be searched at:
> http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm
> QSL instructions are listed there also.
>
> Oscar, HK6DOS, informs OPDX that due to the high cost of the mail in
> Colombia, all QSL cards for HK6DOS (via direct and bureau) must be
> sent to EA5KB, his QSL Manager.
>
> Luis, HK6PSG, informs OPDX that due to the high cost of the mail in
> Colombia, all QSL cards for HK6PSG (via direct and bureau) must be
> sent to EA5OL, his QSL Manager.
>
> Vasilij, RW6HS, informs OPDX that he is NOT the QSL Manager for ER100
> and ER3DX. However, he is the QSL Manager for the following special
> Kazakhstan callsigns: UO60SB, UP57EX, UP58EX and UQ1EDX.
>
> Paul, K1XM, reports that the S9MX/S9CR cards arrived from the printer
> last Wednesday (January 22nd). Charlotte, KQ1F, has answered all
requests
> received, probably around 1500 cards. Most were mailed the morning
> of January 27th, the rest were to go into the mail the following day.
>
> Luis, XE2AC, informs OPDX that he has a new QSL Manager. QSL all cards
> for XE2AC and 6J2AC now via Paco, EA5OL.
>
> Ken, ZL4HU, announced:"Please be patient regarding the issue of ZL7C
> QSL Cards. We HAVE received the cards from Vertex Standard (formerly
> Yaesu) and we are presently working on these. A mail out date will be
> advised within the next few days. PLEASE and I say again PLEASE DO NOT
> send 2nd QSL Card requests. We have already received some and these
> are causing further delays in processing....... Many thanks and keep
> an eye out for the release of the QSL information for ZL7C."
>
> SV/A, MOUNT ATHOS. Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A, has been active over the past
> week on 40 and 10 meters CW (Yes CW!). Stateside QSNs show him on 7005
> kHz after 0030z and as late as 0207z, as well as 28022 kHz between
> 1315-1415z. Europe reported him on 14022 kHz. Kostas, SV1DPI, states
> Monk Apollo is expected to be active also on SSB and RTTY. Veronica,
> W6/IK3ZAW, reports that Monk Apollo told her he has made several attempts
> (during his free time) to work U.S. stations on different bands, but his
> reception is very poor from his area. Good openings do not usually
coincide
> with his free hours which he can spend on the radio. However, he reassured
> Veronica that he shall keep on trying. QSL only direct to one of the two
> following addresses:
> (Provided by SV1DPI) (Provided by W6/IK3ZAW)
> Monk Apollo Monk Apollo
> Monastery od Dochiariou Docheiariou Monastery
> 63087 Mount Athos 63087, Dafni
> Greece Mount Athos
> Greece
>
> T8, PALAU (KH0 Cancelled). Takeshi, JA5AUC, has cancelled his Saipan
> operation (as reported in OPDX.596) and will be active instead from Palau
> Island as T88TM. He will be joined by Norikazu/JA5MY, Kouji/JA5SUD,
> Tatsuo/JA5EIY and Yuji/JA5ROH/T88RH. Activity will be from February
> 7-12th, on 160-6 meters. QSL via their home callsigns.
>
> TI8, COSTA RICA. Operators Chadwick/K4UN, Carlos/TI2KAC, Fred/W4BD and
> possible others will be active as TI8/K4UN during the ARRL International
> DX SSB Contest (March 1-2nd) as a Multi-2/All Band entry. QSL via K4UN.
> They will be active a little over a week before the contest, and activity
> outside of the contest will be on 160-10 meters primarily on SSB with
> the possibility of some CW and PSK31.
>
> V31, BELIZE (Update to OPDX.596/IOTA Op). Paul/K1XM informs OPDX that
> he and Charlotte/KQ1F still don't have their callsigns yet. However,
> he states they will operate the contest (ARRL DX SSB Contest, March 1-2nd)
> from Turneffe Island (IOTA NA-123). They will arrive at the site the
> Wednesday before the contest and leave the Wednesday after. Outside of
> the contest, Paul may operate CW or RTTY. Also, they may be on the air
> a bit from the mainland before they go to Turneffe, depending on what
> else they are doing and whether or not they can put up a wire at their
> hotel.
>
> VK8, AUSTRALIA. David, VK2CZ, will be active as VK8AA in the CQWW WPX SSB
> Contest (March 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All Band entry. Activity will be
> on 160-10 meters. QSL via VK2CZ or VK8 bureau.
>
> VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND. It has been reported that Barry, VK2BJ, will be
> active as VK2LBJ beginning February 8th. Activity will be for one week.
> There was no information provided on his bands/modes of activity.
>
> VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND. David, VK2CZ, will be active active from here
> during the CQWW SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All Band
> entry. His callsign is currently unknown at this time, but activity will
> include 160-10 meters. QSL via VK2CZ direct only.
>
> VP6, PITCAIRN ISLAND (A Reminder!). Remember to look for Ed, W2SN, to be
> active this week as VP6EM beginning on February 4th. Activity will take
> place between 1700-2359z, on 10/15/20 meters SSB, depending on the
> propagation. QSL to his home callsign.
>
> XE, MEXICO (160m Op). Operators Victor/XE1VIC, Arnulfo/XE1ME, Jesus/XE1JG,
> Ortega/XE1YJY and Ramon/XE1KK will be active as XE1RCS in the CQ 160-Meter
> SSB Contest (February 21-23rd) as a Multi-Op entry. QSL via CBA or Bureau.
> This is a good chance to work Mexico and Zone 6 on 160 meters. Also,
> there is some activity planned on 3.8 MHz the week before the contest.
> Operators will be using their personal callsigns.
>
> ZK1/N & ZK1/S, NORTH AND SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Nik, HB9EAA, informs OPDX
> that he will be active from Penrhyn, N. Cooks (OC-082) from March 8-15th
> and Aitutaki, S. Cooks (OC-083) from March 15-22nd. He hopes to go on the
> air with the callsign ZK1EAA, mainly on the CW mode. The license with the
> definitive callsign will be known after his arrival on Rarotonga. Activity
> will be mainly on CW on the following suggested frequencies: 14040, 21040
> and 28040 kHz (+/- QRM). QSL via HB9EAA direct or via the bureau is OK.
> For more details, please visit the Web page at:
> http://www.qsl.net/hb9eaa/dxped03/
>
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