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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 559
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 559
BID: $OPDX.559
April 22, 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, N1DG, AF2C, KF2TI, WA2MOE, N3SL, W3UR & The Daily DX,
KJ4UY, N4AA & QRZ DX, N5FF, K7BV, K8YSE, K9RZ, ARRL Letter, DL8AAM, E21EIC,
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LU9XT, OZ8ABE, T93Y, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3EXY, VE3XAP, VK2SOB and ZL4HU/ZL2HU
for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 14/April, through Sunday, 21/April there were 235 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L,
4S, 4U1I, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P,
8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9,
AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX,
D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, 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, H4,
HA, HB, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J7,
J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, 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, PZ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9,
T30, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TK, TL, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK,
UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9L, VK9M, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M,
VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI,
YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, 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. Carlos, 4W/CU3FT, was active this past weekend on 17
and 12 meters. Watch around 24945 kHz a little before 1500z and 18142
kHz around 1330z. Also, Thor, 4W6MM, was active this past weekend on
15 meters RTTY. Watch around 21082 kHz after 0400z.
A25, BOTSWANA. You still have a few days to work Baldur/DJ6SI and Hans/
DL1YFF as A25/homecall. Their activity has been on 160-10 meters CW (DJ6SI
only) and SSB/RTTY (DL1YFF). QSL via their home callsigns.
DU1, PHILIPPINES (IOTA Op). Gerard, F2JD/G0SHN, and Yannick, F6FYD, will
be active from an island for the Calamian group (OC-090). They will be
there from April 26-29th. Operations will be 100 watts and with a dipole
on SSB and CW as DU1/G0SHN. QSL via F6AJA.
DXCC NEWS. Jay/AF2C and Stu/WA2MOE, reported this week that the ARRL has
notified Kan, JA1BK, that the VP6DI operation has been accepted for DXCC
credit. Cards may be submitted on or after June 1, 2002.
FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. Linda/VE9GLF and Len/VE9MY will be active
from here at the end of July. They will take part in the IOTA Contest.
FP's IOTA is NA-032.
HS, THAILAND (WARC bands). Ray Gerrard, HS0/G3NOM, reports that "Thai
WARC allocations now in legal limbo. Unlikely to be assigned for another
two years." Ray writes, "The Thai Post and Telegraph Department (PTD) of
the Ministry of Transport and Communications responsible for amateur radio
administration has already agreed in principle to the assignment of the
WARC band to amateur radio services. In recent years they have moved other
users out of these bands. However, all significant changes to tele-
communications rules, regulations or laws in Thailand are now on hold,
pending the establishment of a National Telecommunications Commission
(NTC) that the 1997 Thai Constitution had mandated to be appointed not
later than October 2000. This process was delayed, however, after the Thai
Upper House, the Senate, rejected all those nominated to the commission
after allegations that there had been irregularities in the selection
process. (The Senate had been charged with selecting 7 of 14 nominees to
this all-powerful body.) Since then, the process has been derailed and
while PTD has been looking after the best interests of radio amateurs in
Thailand, it is unable to make changes to frequency assignments. At the
time of writing, it is unknown when the commission will be appointed or
when it can begin to take decisions, but informed sources in Thailand's
telecommunications sector doubt that the body will be established within
one year, while a decision by the commission on a relatively low-priority
item such as WARC band allocations would take additional time as a backlog
of legislation grows. RAST now estimates that it will be at least two years
before we can expect WARC bands or any other amateur bands to be authorized
in Thailand and the society will release any news of positive developments
to the international amateur community."
IOTA NEWS............
AS-017. Shigeru, JI3CEY/6, will be active from Okinawa Island, April
27-30th. Activity will be on 40/20/17/12/10/6 meter SSB and
CW. QSL via the JARL bureau, not direct to home callsign.
AS-079. Taka, JR3TVH, will be active as JR3TVH/6 from April 27th through
May 2nd from Miyako Island, MIYAKO-gun (county), Miyako
Archipelago, Okinawa Island. Activity will be on 40, 20, 17,
15, 12, 10 (custom HB9CV and Sigma 5) and 6 meters (F9FT) with
SSB as the main mode, but possibly other modes like RTTY. His
Yagi antenna will be kept pointed to the NW, N (if LP open, SE).
Look for him at JA gray zone centered from 2200z (morning)
and 0700z (evening). QSL via the Bureau (the best), or direct
to: Taka Sawaguchi, 22-81-406 Fuseya 3, Izumi Osaka 594, Japan
(QRZ.com and Buckmaster online database).
EU-006. Members of Limerick Radio Club will be active from the Aran
Islands as as EJ0A from May 24-26th. Activity will be on 80-10
meters CW/SSB. A 6 meter operation is also planned. QSL via
either EI8EM or W2ORA direct or via Bureau.
EU-032. Look for Bernard, F5XX, to be active as F5XX/p from Aix Island,
May 13-20th. Other reference numbers are AT-023 (French Islands
Award) and DFCF 17013 Fort de la Rade (French Castles award).
Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL are 100%; Bernard
prefers the bureau way, but if you try direct he will answer
too.
EU-091. Alfredo, IK7JWX, is waiting for a reply from the military
authority for permission to operate from Isola di Sant'Andrea.
If Alfredo receives the permission, he and the "Salento DX Team"
will be active April 27th and 28th from Islola di Sant'Andrea
(IIA LE-01, WLH LH-0075 and ARLHS ITA-084). QSL via IK7JWX.
EU-148. Bernard/F5XX and the Castres DX Gang will be on the air as
F5XX/p from May 23-27th, from the Languedoc-Roussillon Region,
Fort Brescou. Other reference numbers are DIFM ME001 (French
Islands Award), DFCF 34001 (French Castles Award) and WLH 0500
(World Lighthouses Award). The crew is composed of F5XX, F5AUB,
F5BJW, F5UOE and possibly 2 or 3 other hams may join them, but
they aren't known at the moment. Activity will be on 160-10
meters CW/SSB/PSK31/RTTY. QSL 100% Bureau or direct. ADDED
NOTE: The crew will enter the CQ WPX CW Contest as TM5B;
Multi-Operators/One Transmitter/Low Power.
IU7, ITALY (Special Prefix/Event). During the weekends of June, August,
October and December, look for the special callsign IU7LE to be used by
the Leece and Salento DX Team to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the
National A.R.I. Activity will be on the HF and WARC bands CW/SSB. A special
QSL will be available via I7PXV, by the bureau or direct.
KH1, BAKER ISLAND. By the time you read this, the KH1 team was expected
to meet together in Los Angeles on April 20th and depart to Nadi, Fiji
Island. Some of the team will fly to Funafuti, Tuvalu (T2), to operate
for three days. The whole team will once again meet and depart from
Funafuti on April 26th and will arrive on Baker Island on April 29th or
30th and operate until May 10th. They will take a six day voyage back to
Fiji and then fly to Los Angeles and finally onto the Dayton Hamvention.
The team will have six transceivers, five amplifiers, four generators
and a variety of beams, verticals and dipoles. They have plans to operate
on 160-6 meters CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK, SSTV, FM and the satellites. The
callsign will be announced when the operation starts. QSL all CW, RTTY,
PSK and SSTV QSOs via YT1AD and all SSB QSOs via RZ3AA. Donations can be
sent to Wil, K6NDV. Their Web page is: http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/kh1
KH9, WAKE ISLAND. It has been reported that Terry, K7ASU, is expected to
operate as K7ASU/KH9 starting around April 27th for approximately 4 weeks.
Apparently, he is there to work, so he will be active in his spare time,
most likely between 0700-0900z. QSL via K7ASU.
LIGHTHOUSE NEWS. The "Russian Robinson Club" has introduced the "Russian
Lighthouse Award" on April 15, 2002. The official Web site for the Russian
Lighthouse award, which includes rules, lighthouse list, award photos,
DXpeditions valid towards the award and much more, can be view at:
http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/rlha/
OJ0, MARKET REEF. Look for Seppo/OH1VR and Lars/OH0RJ to be active as
OJ0VR, (if all goes as planned) May 8-9th. They will use 100 watts and
a FD4 windom. This may be a short 12 hrs operation. Their purpose for
going there is to check their generator and other equipment.
OX, GREENLAND. Look for Per, OZ1EQC, to be active now through May 8th
as OX/OZ1EQC. His activity will be on 80/40/30/20/15/10 meters on CW,
RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. He also has plans to operate and activate Greenland's
Coastal Islands Groups, NA-134 (Northwest) and NA-220 (Southwest). QSL
via OZ1EQC.
P5, NORTH KOREA (Going to 3W and HS). Ed, P5/4L4FN continued to be active
for a few days last week on 21225 kHz before becoming ill, so there was no
weekend activity. However, there will be no P5 activity during this week.
Ed will be on a trip to Vietnam and Thailand from April 23rd until May
4th. He may try to be on the air from those countries.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.............
The Radio Club Ushuaia will have the special callsign AY8XW for the
rest of 2002. The QSL Manager for AY8XW is Patrick, WD9EWK, and he will
accept cards sent directly to him or through the QSL bureau. PLEASE
NOTE: Patrick is "NOT" the QSL Manager for contacts with the normal
club callsign, LU8XW. EA5BD is the QSL Manager for these contacts with
LU8XW. Patrick has a Web page with information about AY8XW at:
http://www.qsl.net/wd9ewk/ay8xw.html
The radio club also has its own Web site at:
http://www.geocities.com/rcushu/
Steve, N3SL, announced that his daughter, Kim, who has handled cards
for AH1A, 3B6RF, GM4YXI, GM3WOJ, and GS2MP, has been chosen by Pat,
HH2PK, to take care of his QSLs. Pat is no longer active (and hasn't
been since Jan 1998) and has moved from Haiti to Canada. They received
all of Pat's logs this past week, which include contest logs, from April
1989 to November 29, 1997. Unfortunately, the December 1997 and January
1998 logs (his last 2 months on the air) were corrupted and cannot be
recovered. Cards will not be received from the printer until mid-June,
at the earliest. For an on-line log search and specific instructions
on QSL requests, please go to the Web page:
http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm
Since all new cards will need to be printed, any donations to help with
expenses will be appreciated.
Boris, T93Y, informs OPDX that some operators have sent their direct
requests for FG/T93M and T93M/HI9 operations to T93M CBA (P.O. Box 59,
Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina) instead of Danny's QSL Manager,
DJ2MX (Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany).
All requests received in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be forwarded to
DJ2MX once a month, so those operators could expect some delay.
Larry, KJ4UY/V47UY, advises that he is not the QSL Manager for V44NK,
Karl Sage. QSL V44NK direct only as they do not have a QSL bureau in
St. Kitts/Nevis. However, Larry is the QSL Manager for V47UY only.
Luis, LU9XT, in Ushuaia, on the Island of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina,
informs OPDX that he has designated Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, as his
QSL Manager for cards sent directly or through the QSL bureaus for him.
His entries in QRZ.com and Buckmaster now show WD9EWK as his QSL Manager,
and the information for WD9EWK is correct at those web sites as well as
in the Radio Amateur Callbook since 1997.
P5 QSL UPDATE. It been reported that Bruce Paige, KK5DO, the QSL Manager
for Ed Giorgadze, P5/4L4FN in North Korea says he expects to receive the
first printing run of P5/4L4FN QSL cards this week and hopes to have all
QSLs out by May 1. As mentioned last week, Bruce states that any stateside
operator who mails for a QSL after May 15 must include 37 cents postage
to cover the new first-class mail rate going into effect June 30. He has
received 2900 requests for the P5 QSL cards, but Ed, P5/4L4FN, has made
more than 6000 QSOs during his stay in North Korea. Remember, Ed will
be there until June 2003 and only SSB contacts with P5/4L4FN have been
approved for DXCC credit.
VP6DI LOG UPDATE. The complete log is up now. However, there was an
interesting disppearance of the log in the middle of last week. According
to Jay, AF2C, he was told by Kan, JA1BK, that apparently a "hacker"
managed to get into the Web site and stole all the data. The site was
down only "temporarily". The restored logs can be viewed at:
http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/vp6di/search.html
Ken Holdom, ZL4HU (also ZL2HU), Group Organizer/Team Leader/QSL Manager,
reports that the Kermadec DX Association is continuing to receive QSL
cards for the ZL8RI Raoul Island (May 1996) and ZL9CI Campbell Island
(January 1999) DXpeditions. Unfortunately, a good number of these cards
are being sent to their old addresses in Wellington, New Zealand. Their
current address, as it has been since May 2000, is as follows: Kermadec
DX Association, P.O. Box 7, Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand. This
will be the only QSL address for their NEXT DXpedition to ZL7 in October
2002.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station TM0AR to be active from
May 1-13th to celebrate the International Festival of Arts and Technologies
(Departement 72). No bands or modes of activity were provided. QSL via
F5TJC via the bureau or direct to:
Jean-Louis BRIERE-LECOMTE, 18 Le Petit St Louis, 72400 CORMES, France.
SPECIAL EVENT (International Marconi Day). Remember next Saturday, April
27th, is International Marconi Day. Many stations should be active to
celebrate this event. Look for the Maritime Radio Historical Society
to operate special event station K6KPH using the original transmitters,
receivers and antennas of ex-RCA coast station KPH. Suggested frequencies
will be 7050, 14,050 and 21050 kHz and occasionally 3545 kHz. QSLs for
K6KPH and reception reports go to: D.A. Stoops, PO Box 381, Bolinas CA
94924-0381. Also, remember Radio Austria International will be operating
as OE1M (Please refer to OPDX.557) or visit the Radio Austria International
Web site for details at: http://roi.orf.at/intermedia
Their frequencies will be announced on the Web site. Operators entering
their call signs in the "QRZ" field will immediately get a call on the
band from OE1M.
SPECIAL EVENT AND ACTIVITY. The special callsign VC3T has been assigned
to Bob, VE3AGC, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Ottawa Tulip
Festival. This callsign is valid from April 20th to May 19th, 2002. Bob
and Sam, VE3XAP, were operating the Ontario QSO Party over the past weekend
and were expected to activate several counties as follows: Hamilton,
Niagara, Halton, Wellington, Peel and Toronto, York, Simcoe and Dufferin,
with a possible extension to Durham. Expect activity to be on 160-6 meters
as well as 2 meters and 70cm.
SPECIAL GERMAN NAVAL AND AMATEUR EVENT. OPDX has been informed that plans
for a special event transmission from DHJ61 (German Navy Communications
School in Flensburg-Muerwik) will take place May 4th at 1000z and May 5th
at 1500z. They will transmit a one-way broadcast (with historic items
about the German and International Naval Forces etc..) to celebrate the
25th year jubilee of the MF Runde (German Amateur Radio Club of ex-Naval
Radio Operators) and 100 years of Naval Communication School (also, the
sad event of the closing of the school in September 2002). Their transmit
frequencies are: Main - 12410.5 and 8443.5 kHz
Secondary - 5446 and 4576 kHz
All transmissions will be CW only. During these transmission, they will
be asking some questions where you can win prizes for sending the correct
answers to: MF Runde, Box 11 32 48, D-20432 Hamburg. During the DHJ61
operation, there will be two-way amateur radio communications under the
amateur radio callsign DL0MFS. Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 3565, 7025, 14052, 18095, 21052 and 28052 kHz
SSB - 3625, 7060, 14335, 21360 and 28935 kHz
QSL cards can be sent via the amateur radio QSL bureau system or direct
to the callbook address for DL0MFS: Clubstation, c/o Manfred Behrmann,
Kurlandstr. 20, D-24960 Gluecksburg, Germany.
SV9, CRETE. Look for Seppo, OH1VR, to be active April 22-29th as
SV9/OH1VR/P. This operation will be CW only. QSL via OH1VR, CBA.
V31, BELIZE. Hugh/K0GHK and Roger/WA0ETE will be returning to Ambergis
Caye (NA-073) April 23rd through May 2nd using the callsign V31KQ. Look
for them on both SSB and CW, especially on the higher frequency bands.
QSL via WA0ETE.
VK9ML, MELLISH REEF. Don, N1DG, VK9ML North American Pilot, states that
the activity began with 5 stations coming on the air at 1000z April 15th,
after a day of hectic setup. Last report viewed stated their logs have
been updated on the Web site April 21th at 0917z. A low band report from
Eric, K3NA, states, "We listen for USA every night from 0830z and SA at
0730z. Worked 1 HC8 but keep listening. QRN was a problem first night,
but reasonable since. Only have a few east coast in log, many west coast,
but no one has been really LOUD yet. We're on continuously from 0800 to
1300z. We work a few JA's if there are no US to work, but call again
after a few minutes. Big EU openings on 18th and 20th. 105 EU's in log.
Openings as far as F and ON, no G's yet. Openings seem to start with ON's
and spread. Today's EU opening (April 20) was from 1810 to 1940z. So
tell those top-band dogs to get their butts down there, line up, and
work us :-) ". There has been a revised and a progressive shut down
(QRT) which will now commence local Wednesday morning with the intention
to sail out on high tide Thursday. This is one day earlier than previously
advised, but it's still a two day extension on the original QRT date! One
HF station will be kept running as long as possible while other equipment
is being de-rigged and packed around it. For up-to-date infor, watch
their Web page at: http:www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002
VK0, MACQUARIE ISLAND. Bob, VK2SOB, wants to remind everyone to keep an
ear out for Peter, VK0MQI. He worked him on 17 meters with very poor
propagation. He told Bob that he would be there for 11 months. Cluster
spots also show Peter has been active on 15 and 10 meters, usually between
0430 and 0600z, but with a weak signal. Watch 21210, 21295 and 28630
kHz.
VP9, BERMUDA. Look for Tom, W9AEB, to be active as VP9/W9AEB until April
28th. Activity will be on 20-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via WF9V.
YK, SYRIA. Saad, N5FF, informs OPDX that he plans to leave for Damascus
this Friday, April 26th, and will be arriving there on Sunday, April 28th.
He plans to setup a simple station, bare foot into a short G5RV, hoping
to be on the air from May 1-11th. He may possibly extend his stay for few
more days up to one week. His callsign will be YK1BA. QSL via N5FF. Saad
states that the purpose of this trip is not radio, so his operating will
be very spotty and not extensive at all. He hopes to be able to operate
at least 2-3 hours a day. He is thinking he will limit his operating to
20 meters, unless the propagation is better on other bands (40-10 meters)
at the time. He will work NA around his sunrise local time, that's
0200-0300z, Europe and others in the afternoon local, that's 1200-1300z,
and late evenings local, that's 2100-2200z. Saad will try to be around
14195 kHz on SSB, and 14045 on CW, split listening 5KHz up.
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