>Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 17:15:38 -0400 >X-Authentication-Warning: nshore.org: slist set sender to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f >Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 17:13:20 -0400 (EDT) >From: Tedd Mirgliotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/666.0 >X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [OPDX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #666 >X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.stargate.net >Resent-Bcc: > > > >SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.666 >Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 666 > >The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster >DX Bulletin No. 666 >BID: $OPDX.666 >June 28, 2004 >Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW >Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) > >Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX >Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet >Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, K2MFY, WB2RAJ, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily >DX, >N4AA & QRZ DX, W5UE, K8JE, K8YSE, DJ7IK, DL/VE3ZIK & >www.contesting.info >DL1EK & The DX News Letter, DL5ME, DL5MO, F5CWU & La Gazette du DX, >F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, >IK4RUX, >JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands News, MM0DFV, PS7AB, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE7AVV and >YV5EED for the following DX information. > >DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for >the >week of Sunday, 20th/June, through Sunday, 27th/June there were 201 >countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, >4L, 4S, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, >9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9N, 9V, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, >C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, EA, EA6, >EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, >FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, >HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, 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, PZ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, >SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, >UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, >VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, >Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS > >* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or > more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work > First Worry Later" (WFWL). > >3A, MONACO. Operators Gerry/IZ1DSH, Giovanni/IK1WEG and >Riccardo/IZ1GDB >will be active as 3A/IZ1DSH, 3A/IK1WEG and 3A/IZ1GDB from July >16-18th. >Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL to the operator's home >callsign, direct or via the bureau. > >4U1, UNITED NATIONS HQ. Dmitri, N2OW, was once again active during the >past weekend. This time he was active on RTTY (a rare catch!). >Remember >to QSL via HB9BOU. > >4X, ISRAEL. Aharon, 4X1FQ, has been active on 17 meters CW/SSB lately. >Look for him as early as 2100z or as late as 0500z. QSL via AA4V. > >5A, LIBYA. Andy, DJ7IK, informs OPDX that there is a newly licensed >operator in 5A-land. Start to look for Ali, 5A3A, a former operator >of 5A1A, now operating with his own callsign. > >FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA (IOTA Op). Jean Michel, F6AJA, informs OPDX that >Alain, FO5RH, is active from Tuamotu Islands (IOTA OC-066). If he can >find a plane, he will try to go to Reao Island (IOTA OC-238). Also, he >will try to be active from different islands in the Tuamotu >archipelago >group. He hopes to activate Pukapuka (OC-062) and maybe Napuka >(OC-094). >He will be on 80-6 meters, mostly on CW and also on 14260 kHz. There >are >no more details about the dates! > >FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. Look for FP/VE7SV to be active from >Miquelon >Island (IOTA NA-032) between October 23rd to November 2nd, inclusive. >This will include participation in the CQWW SSB Contest -- in the M2 >category. Operations will be on 160-6 meters including the WARC bands >-- CW and SSB only at this point in the planning process. Additional >modes may be added. Suggested frequencies are: > CW - 1822, 3502, 7002, 10102, 14022, 18072, 21022, 24892, 28022 and > 50102 > SSB - 1842, 3795, 7052, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495, and 50145 >The idea of an expedition to St. Pierre & Miquelon >has been on the minds of Team Canada members Dale/VE7SV and >Andy/VE7AHA >since their return from the 2002 WRTC in Finland. From VE7-land, St. >Pierre & Miquelon seems a good balance between its rarity for the >worldwide >ham community and the relative ease of transport and setup to deliver >the operation. A 9-member team has now been selected, and all >participants >are members of the internationally well known British Columbia DX Club >(BCDX). Team members include: Dale/VE7SV, Andy/VE7AHA, Jason/VE7AG, >Lee/VE7CC, Steve/VE7CT, Dave/VE7VR, Paul/VA7NT, Dick/N7RO, Ramon/XE1KK >and Paul/VE7AVV. Most team members bring tremendous experience from >participation in previous DXpeditions on an international scale. >Others, >however, are newcomers who will get a taste of what drives the engine >of >success from the action side of the DXpedition radio. While the >primary >objective of the Team will be to achieve a high QSO total for the >DXpedition, their parallel objective is to give FP/VE7SV to as many >locations as possible. The team will have operational blocks of time >set >aside specifically for JA, VK, ZL and the Pacific -- as well as other >areas where working FP as a new one is particularly challenging. In >the >remaining months of lead time till the Team departs the west coast, >everyone is working on equipment planning and deployment preparation >process. Major equipment sponsors for the DXpedition are being >secured, >but individual or Club donations would be gratefully received. Please >check their Web site if you're interested in supporting the Team. Go >to >the Sponsor link. For complete details of the DXpedition, go to: > http://www.bcdxc.org/st_pierre_miquelon.htm >For updates and news releases on their upcoming activity, please go >to: > http://www.bcdxc.org/fpve7sv_news_release.htm for the news > >IOTA NEWS................... > AS-NEW. Members of the Russian Robinson Club (RRC) and the > Mediterraneo > DX Club are proud to announce that the team of RA3NAN, > RZ3EC, > RZ0OA, RW0OO and RN0CT, are going to activate the New > Asian > Group in R0C - SEA OF OKHOTSK COAST NORTH group, from > Malminskiye Island, starting July 15th for one week. > There > will be at least two stations + amplifier using the > callsign > RI0CM. For more details and updates, visit the following > Web pages at: http://www.mdxc.org/ri0cm > http://www.mdcx.org > QSL via IZ8CCW (world-wide), via RZ3EC (Russia ONLY!!!). > The project is expensive, so, any support and donations > are > very appreciated via Andy, at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > EU-045. (Correction, not EU-043) Thomas, DL5MO, will be on a > holiday > style operation from Orust Island and will be active as > SM6/DL5MO from July 12-23rd. His activity will be focused > on > 40/30/20 meters. QSL via his home callsign. Visit his Web > page for pictures, his QSL card and an online log search > (after operation) at: http://www.dl5mo.de > > EU-061. A two man IOTA-expedition to Tromoy-Island will take > place > between July 1-6th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15 > meters > CW and SSB. Antennas are a Butternut and a Spiderbeam. > There > will be no HF Bands during the time between 1400z, July > 3rd > and 1400z, July 4th (Participation in the VHF Contest). > Mario, > DL5ME, will be active as LA/DL5ME. He will later be > joined > by Gunter, DG3HWO, who will operate a second station. QSL > via their home callsigns direct (prefer) or by the bureau > (a longer delay for QSLs). > > EU-170. A member of the Croatian Telegraphy Club (CTC) will > activate > the Island of Pag (CI-082, JN74MK) from July 1-10th. > Operator > will be Den, 9A3FO, and he will sign 9A3FO/P. Activity > will > be CW on 40/30/20/17/15/12 meters. QSL via the bureau or > direct to 9A3FO (no eQSL). For more info about CTC, take > a > look their Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/ctc > > SA-090. The Association of Radioamateurs of Venezuela and the > Caracas > DX Group are organizing an IOTA DXpedition to activate > Chimana > Island (Grid: FK70) to celebrate the 2004 Venezuelan Navy > Day. > Look for the callsign YW6C to be active July 14-18th. > Activity > will be on HF (CW/SSB/RTTY) and VHF (FM). QSL via W4SO (a > mail > drop). QSLs are verified and mailed from Venezuela. > Please > no USA stamps. > >NEW CW CONTEST. Eric, ON4MIC, announces that the Belgian EUCW Society >(The Club Francophone de Telegraphie), invites you to enter their >first >contest next September 19th. This contest is open to all the world's >CW >lovers, members of the EUCW Society or not. SWLs are welcome as well. >The complete rules are available in French at: >http://www.on5cft.be.tf/ >The complete rules in the English language are available at: > >http://users.skynet.be/sb334255/CFT%20activity%20day%202004_English.pdf >More details will be forthcoming at the end of August. > >NEW OFFICERS FOR 2004-2006. The Long Island DX Association (LIDXA) has >elected new club officers for the 2004-2006 term: > President : Martin Miller, NN2C > V. President : Pat Masterson, KE2LJ > Secretary : Ed Whitman, K2MFY > Treasurer : John Reiser, W2GW > Directors : Andy Cola, W2VZQ > Lew Reinberg, W2BIE > Emil Tillona, KD1F > For more information on the LIDXA, check out their Web page at: > http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ > >QSL INFO AND NEWS.................... > NEW QSL MANAGER. Fran, EA7FTR, informs OPDX that he is now the > QSL Manager for Juma, A71EM. > > Randy, W5UE, reports that new cards for HC8L have been received > from > the printer. QSL requests sent direct to him with SASE or SAE + > IRC/GS > will begin to go out by this past weekend. He currently has the > logs > for the Feb/Mar 2004 HC8L activity and anticipates receiving logs > for > pre-2004 HC8L activity shortly. Randy is now handling all QSL > duties > for HC8L. Check his Web page for details: > http://www.datasync.com/~w5ue/qsl-w5ue.html > Randy also handle QSLs for HC8N, PZ5A, PZ5UE, C6ARB and W4D (IOTA > NA-213). > > QSL Manager WB2RAJ confirms that he has acquired new logs from > Dobri, > LZ2TU. The new logs span from February 15, 2001 thru May 17, 2004, > including contest contacts. QSL cards are at the printer now. To > confirm any of these contacts with LZ2TU, QSL DIRECT ONLY to: Kash > Kashdin - WB2RAJ, 4591 West Overlook Drive, Williamsville, NY > 14221. > WB2RAJ is also QSL Manager for EM3W, FK5DX, FK8GM, ST2/G4OJW, > ST2AA > (up to Feb. 1995), ST0K, UZ3AYR and WB2RAJ/VP9. > >SJ9, MOROKULEN PEACE REPUBLIC (Interesting Operation of the Week!). >OPDX >was informed that the Norsk Radio Relae Liga, LG5LG, will be active as >SJ9WL on 14277 kHz between July 27th and August 9th from Fredsriket >Morokulen (Morokulen Peace Replic). We have been told that this is a >little republic located between the borders of Sweden and Norway. It >was founded to honor the peace between the two countries. QSL via >PP5ASN. > >SPECIAL EVENT. During the next "27th Jazz in Marciac Festival (South >France, near Toulouse), look for special event station TM5JIM to be >activated by the Gers Department area Hams from August 1-15th. >Activity >will be on CW/SSB on 80/40/20 meters, on HF and on 144 and 432 MHz. >QSL >via F6DJB by the REF Bureau or direct to: Claude Bonne, Garderes 3 >Vallees, >F-32230 Monlezun, France. For direct QSLing, please use a SAE and 1 >IRC >(or 1 USD for Europe or 2 USD outside of Europe). > >ST, SUDAN (Update/Correction). Last week in OPDX.665 there was a typo >listed for Michael's, ST2DX, QSL Manager. Actually, it was listed >wrong >twice (first as PA7M and then PA7FN). The correct callsign for Dennis >is >PA7FM (the eyes are going or maybe the keyboard is being >uncooperative). >Anyway, Michael, ST2DX, was heard this past week on 17/15/10/6 meters. >Watch 18140 kHz between 1520-1545z, 21030 kHz after 1615z, 28430 kHz >after 1730z and 50110 kHz between 1545-1730z. Remember he is leaving >the >country on Saturday the 10th of July, so his last day of activity >prbably >will be on the 9th. His online log and also real audio of the recent >6m >openings can be found on the following Web page >at: http://www.pa7fm.nl >QSL to PA7FM (direct cards from outside EU with 2 USD or 1 IRC). > >TO4, MARTINIQUE. Jim, N6TJ, will be active as TO4A during the CQ WW DX >CW Contest in November as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. He will be >operating >from FM5BH's QTH. QSL via VE3HO. > >UK DX RTTY CONTEST. The Scottish-Russian ARS, who ran the UK DX CW >Contest >last weekend (June 25-26th), is honored to invite the radio amateurs >all >over the world to participate in the UK DX RTTY Contest (from 1200z, >July >10th to 1200z, July 11th. For more details on the contest, please >visit >their Web page at: http://www.srars.org/ukdxc.htm > >YA, AFGHANISTAN. Daniel, DL5SE, was quite active this past week, >mainly >on 17 meters CW, but there were also QSNs reported on 20/15/12 meters. >It seems he is active between 1045-1400z and again at 0400-0730z. QSL >via DL5SE. > >YZ80, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO. To celebrate 80 years of Amateur Radio in >YU-land and the first ham radio activity (Radio club YU1AFS, 1924) >look >for HAMs in Serbia and Montenegro to use some special prefixes. Rodja, >YZ1AA, is active already with the callsign YZ80A. QSL via his home >callsign. > >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >** IMPORTANT NOTICE/REMINDER ** The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin now has a >new >FAX number. 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