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Dave
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Sun, 20 Apr 2003 19:41:17 -0500
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 608
April 21, 2003
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
7P8, LESOTHO (Update). A fifth operator has been added to the July 7P8
Lesotho DXpedition that will give the group an added plus in the digital
mode operation. The newest operator to join the group is Dave Anderson,
K4SV, a veteran of many world-class DXpeditions and a world class RTTY
and digital modes operator. Dave Anderson of Ashville, NC, whose 7P8
callsign is expected to be 7P8DA. Dave joins Charles Frost, K5LBU/7P8CF;
Madison Jones, W5MJ/7P8MJ; Neil King VA7DX/7P8NK; and Tom Anderson
WW5L/7P8TA, on the all bands and modes operation July 18-25th from
Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho. REMEMBER: THIS OPERATION IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED
with the "African Double Jump DXpedition". Dave gives the team some
added strength on the digital modes and is a very experienced DXpedition
member (member of the A50A and A52A Bhutan, VP5/KW4DA Turks & Caicos
2000 & 2003 operations, T2DA Tuvalu, 3D2CW Fiji, K1B Baker Island, and
ZL7C Chatham Islands). QSLs will be handled by each operator separately
via their home callsign as each will have their own 7P8 callsign. Look
for more details to be released after June.
A6, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Ghis, ON5NT, is now in Dubuai for the UN for
the next 3 months. Look for possible activity from him.
C9, MOZAMBIQUE (Update). Filippo, IK4ZHH, has informed OPDX that he has
left for Mozambique on Friday, April 18th. Remember to look for Max/IZ4DPV
and Filippo/IK4ZHH to be active as C93CM and C93FF, respectively, now
through May 4th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB and possibly
RTTY and 6 meters. They will also participate in the ARI DX Contest
(May 3-4th). QSL via their home callsign, either direct or through the
bureau.
GD, ISLE OF MAN. Phil, G4OBK, will be on holiday here soon and will operate
as GD4OBK/P from near Andreas in the north part of the Island from April
27th until May 2nd. The WAB square is NX40. Phil expects to be active for
an hour or two every day on HF 40-10 meters on CW and RTTY. He will use
an Icom IC-706 and doublet antenna/ATU. QSL is via his home callsign on
QRZ.com. Also, a log search will be available on his home page in early
May at: http://www.qsl.net/g4obk/
IOTA NEWS.......................
EU-017. A group of operators from the "Radio Group Etna" will be active
as ID9RGE from Filicudi Island (IIA ME-003), April 24-27th. The
team is: IT9EJW, IT9GAC, IT9GIE, IT9LCY, IT9TPJ, IT9VKY, IW9BCW,
IW9BDV, IW9FY and IW9HDS. They plan to operate on HF bands
CW/SSB and 6/2 meters. QSL via IT9EJW either via the bureau
or direct: Alfio Bonanno, P. O. Box 18, 95028 Valverde - CT,
Italy. For further information, go to the Web site at:
http://www.rgetna.org
EU-030. Thomas, DL7UZO, will be active as OZ/homecall from Bornholm
Island, May 18-23rd. Activity will be on the IOTA frequencies
80-10 meters, including the WARC bands and 6 meters (50.100 MHz
CW and WSJT on 50.250 MHz). Operations will be on CW, SSB, RTTY
and PSK31 using a FT-847 + Dipole. QSL direct or via Bureau.
http://portal.funkstation.info
EU-030. Ben, OZ6B, will be active from Bornholm Island (BO-001 for
Danish Island Award), June 19-26th. Activity will be on 14265
kHz (+/- QRM). QSL via the bureau or direct (CBA).
EU-039. As announced earlier, Franck/F5JOT, Daniel/F5LGQ and Claude/F6CKH
will be on Chausey Island, but from April 26th to May 2nd (not
April 18-26th). They will be active on 80-10 meters on CW, SSB,
may be RTTY and SSTV.
EU-047. Peter, DH9YPA, will be active from Borkum Island (German
Island Award N-01), April 27th through May 9th. Activity will
be on SSB. QSL via bureau.
EU-048. Members of the Radio Club of Provins (F6KOP IOTA Team) will be
active as TM7R from the Island of Groix (AT 012), May 7-12th.
Their activity will be on HF, VHF and UHF on CW, SSB, RTTY,
PSK31 and SSTV. There may also be operations for the French
Castle and Forts Award (DFCF). Operators mentioned F4AJQ, F4BTP,
F4BUX, F4EAV, F4EAX, F5AGB, F5PVF, F5TST, F5VHQ, F8BUI, F8BJI,
F8BQQ and F9IE. QSL via F6KOP.
EU-063. Terje, LA3OHA, is once again heading up DXpeditions to Prins
Karls Forland Island. DXpeditions will take place between July
1st and August 2nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters. This is
the same type of activity that took place in June 2001 as a
multi-national team operated from Prins Karls Forland Island
as JW0PK. The IOTA Community/Group states that it was the "Most
outstanding IOTA expedition in 2001". You can join and operate
from this expedition with your family/friends. For more
information and pictures, please visit the Web page at:
http://www.dxpedition.org/dxjwpk
QSL Manager will be SP5DRH: Jacek Kubiak, P.O. Box 4,
00-957 Warszawa, Poland.
EU-155. The Northern Italy DX Team will be active from Piallazza Island
(IIA ref. is FE-001), April 25-27th. Activity will be on 5 HF
bands CW/SSB. During this stay, the Team will try to activate
a little island (New One for IIA) near Piallazza Island. Expected
callsigns are: IK2SNG (CW only), IK4ALM, IK4VET and IK4XCL.
QSL via their home callsigns or via Bureau.
NA-013. Mike/AD5A and his sons Micheal/AB5EB and Jake/KB5SKN will
activate Little Corn Island between May 31st and June 2nd.
This is a RARE island and only about 10% of the IOTA chasers
have it. All operators are experienced IOTA operators and have
activated several island before. The family operators will use
an IC-706 with an amp and a vertical antenna. The team will
be active on RTTY and possibly 6 meters. The callsign is not
known yet. For more details, please visit the Web page at:
http://www.islandradio.org/na013.htm
NA-076. Operators David/WA4ET, Cory/N1WON, Ron/N4KE and Jim/NU4Y will
be active as WA4ET from Havens Island (USI FL 104S, Grid EL89).
They will be on the air starting around 0000z Friday, April
25th and ending at 1400z Monday, April 28th, WX and conditions
permitting. This island is in the Cedar Key Group on the west
coast of Florida. Activity will be on 40-6 meters CW/SSB/RTTY.
IOTA Frequencies will be used +/- QRM. QSL to WA4ET.
OC-057
OC-067. Yoshitake, JJ8DEN, will be active as FO/JJ8DEN from Maupiti
Islands (OC-067) between April 28th and May 1st. This also
includes activity from Maupihaa Atoll (OC-057). Look for him
to be active on HF on CW and RTTY with an IC-706 and HX52A.
QSL via JJ8DEN either via the bureau or direct to:
Yoshitake Izumi, Minami-24-7, Nishi-1, Obihiro-City, Hokkaido,
080-0011, JAPAN.
OC-066
OC-152. Fabien, F8CFU, will be active as homecall/FO from Hao Atoll
(OC-066), now through May 5th, and Tubuai Island May 6-16th.
Activity will be on 30/20/17/15/12/10 meters using a 2 element
dipole.
OC-121. Tad, JF6OJX, plans to be active as 3D2JX between now and April
24th from Mana Island, Fiji. Activity will mainly be on the
low bands. QSL via JN1HOW.
OC-202. Roland, DU1KGJ, is organizing another trip to Calagua Islands,
April 26-28th. Possible/probable callsign will be DX4CN. QSL
via VE7DP.
SA-015. The "Caracas DX-Group"/ARV will be active as YW5M from Los
Monjes Archipel, located at the extreme west part of Venezuela,
July 17-20th. Activity will be on all bands CW/SSB. QSL via
W4SO (maildrop!).
SA-063. The "Caracas DX-Group"/ARV will be active as YW8D from the
Island of La Cotorra, located at the east-coast of Venezuela
in the Orinoco-delta, June 20-24th. Activity will be on all
bands CW/SSB. QSL via W4SO (maildrop!).
J5, GUINEA- BISSAU. Sebastien, F8DQZ, who was active from 3X with the
callsign 3XD02 from the mainland and IOTA AF-051, will be here for the
next two weeks starting April 19th.
KH9, WAKE ISLAND. Jake, N6XIV, will once again operate from Wake Island.
His travel plans will have him arriving on or about April 19th. At this
point he expects to stay for at least 30 days...with the possibility of
up to 60 days. Once again operating time(s) will be limited due to his
work requirements. However, Jake states he will carry along his AH-4 tuner
in order to try and operate on multiple bands if the opportunity affords
itself. As before, K2FF - Glenn in Mississippi and W6FRH - Bob in California
will help with piloting duties. All QSLs go via K2FF direct or via the
bureau.
PIRATE ALERT. Sasi, 9V1SM, informs OPDX that his QSL Manager W3HNK has
been receiving QSLs for 9V1SM on 12 meters CW. This is not Sasi and this
operation is a pirate. Sasi states that he only operates on PSK31 and
SSB. All QSLs received for this band and mode will be returned to the
sender. If you did happen to have a QSO on this band/mode, Sasi would
greatly appreciate it if you could drop him a note before sending the
card to his manager at: [email protected]
RRA/RDA ACTIVITY. Members of the RZ6AZZ team (which include UA6AMB, RU6AX,
RX6AH, RW6CT, RA6AX, UA6MF and RA6AU) will be active from the Caspian Sea
Islands between April 23-28th. They plan to activate Morskoy Ivan Karaul
Island (RRA-new for the Russian Robinson Award and RDA KM-05 for the
Russian Districts Award) using the call UE6IKI, and Morskaya Chapura
Island (RRA-new, RDA KM-05) using the call UE6IAA. Activity will be on
40-10 meter CW/SSB. It is possible that the team will be active with
personal callsign/p. QSL UE6IKI and UE6IAA via RA6AU.
S0, WESTERN SAHARA. By the time you read this, the S05X DXpedition should
be winding down or QRT. Full details on the DXpedition are available at:
http://www.pagus.it/s05x/
Logs will be updated daily and will be available at:
http://www.pagus.it/s05x/
As this bulletin was being prepared, a press release announced last
Saturday that the S05X DXpedition has logged about 26,000 QSOs (CW 8135,
SSB 14491 and RTTY 1953). QSL via EA4URE either direct or through the
bureau. Donations to help offset the trip will be gratefully accepted and
can be sent via the QSL Manager, EA4URE (URE - Union de Radioaficionados
Espanoles, Avda. Monte Igueldo 102, Madrid 28053, Spain; E-mail [email protected]).
SPECIAL EVENT. A team of SP4KSY club members will be active as HF650O to
celebrate 650 years of Olsztyn city. The station will be active from May
1st to July 31st, on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via SQ4NR, bureau or direct
to: Grzegorz Gawel, ul. Herdera 16/14, 10-691 Olsztyn POLAND.
TM5, FRANCE. Dominique, F5SJB, will once again be active as TM5CW from
May 24th to June 7th. There was NO mention what the special callsign
is for.
VP2V, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. Bob, N6RFM, will be active as VP2V/N6RFM
from April 22-25th. He will be on vacation, so his activity will be limited
as time permits. Activity will be PSK31 QRP on 20 meteres only. QSL via
his home callsign.
VUSHF NEWSLETTER. Derek, G0NFA, reports that the 144 MHz & Above Newsletter
(Now Includes 50 MHz News), which is updated daily, and includes all the
VUSHF News, DXpeditions, VUSHF Contests, 50MHz News, Beacon News, Etc Etc
and much more, can be found at: http://www.144mhz.co.uk
You will also find at the bottom of the page a link to join the VUSHF
E-mail List. The 144MHzEu is hosted by G0NFA using Topica and is very
popular (w/500 Subscribers). Please sign the guestbook with your comments.
ADDED NOTE: G0NFA will be active in Gibraltar for the August 2003 Perseids.
YI, IRAQ (Update). With the mention of portable YI operations in last
week's bulletin, many have been wondering whether or not these operations
would count for DXCC. Well, this past week ARRL Membership Services Manager
Wayne Mills, N7NG, provided the answer in/on the ARRL Letter and ARRL
Web page. Here is your answer: "ARRL Membership Services Manager Wayne
Mills, N7NG, says the League will accept for DXCC credit YI/ operations
from Iraq by U.S. or British military personnel provided the operator has
written permission from his or her commanding officer. 'There is precedent
for this,' Mills said, citing an operation during the 1991 Gulf War. 'These
operators will need written authorization to operate from their commanding
officers until an interim Iraqi civilian government is in place,' Mills
said. After that point, operators would need documented permission from
Iraqi authorities." YI portable activity heard so far has been from Mark
Smith/NG5L, Jim Dunkerton, KT4CK and Bob Furzer/9K2ZZ/K4CY. ADDED NOTE:
There has been some mention of Ed Giorgadze, 4L4FN, who is now in the
Middle East after wrapping up his North Korean (P5) operation last fall,
may be heading to Iraq because of his involvement in the United Nations
World Food Program.
ZA, ALBANIA (Update to OPDX.607). Team ZA3/ has announced that during
their May 29th-June 3rd operation, they have organized on June 2nd a
demonstration called the "Day of the Forces of Peace from the Foreign
Countries". They will have two stations (radio/mobile) active from the
Port of Durres, Albania, for mutual QSO exchanges by civilians and military
personnel from Italy and the bordering nations with Albania (that includes
Kosovo - Greece - Macedonia - Yugoslavia). All the radio amateurs of the
world, particularly military (and ex-military) operators are invited to
be on the radio June 2nd.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Operators Jun/VK4SJ and Doug/VK4BP will be active
as ZK1AYL and ZK1SIM from April 27th through May 26th. They plan to visit
Aitutaki (OC-083) April 27th through 14 May, and then Rarotonga (OC-013)
from May 15-26th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters. QSL via VK4SJ either
via the bureau or direct to: June Sim, P.O. Box 406, Caloundra 4551,
Queensland, Australia. E-QSLs will not be accepted.
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