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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 591
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 591
BID: $OPDX.591
December 23, 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, ARRL DX Bulletin, NC1L, W2SN, W3UR & The Daily DX,
K4VUD, N4AA & QRZ DX, AA7UC, K8AV, K8YSE, WZ8D, W9MDP, NW0L, DL1EK/DL7VOA
& DX Newsletter, DL3GA, DL6KAC, F5NQL & UFT, FJ5DX & La Gazette du DX, G3AB,
G3NKC, G3OAG, G3XAQ, HG4I, HL1VAU, I1JQJ & IK1ADH - 425 DX NEWS, IZ8BRI,
JE8KKX, JI3DST, JI6KVR, JJ1BDX/3, LU6XQ, OM3JW, OZ6OM/OZ7M & OZ 50 MHz
DX Bulletin, PS7AB, SQ9MZ, UT3UY, VA3RJ & ICPO, VK4AAR and ZL4HU for the
following DX information.
SPECIAL NOTE FROM YOUR EDITOR. I guess many of you were very surprised
(as were my family, friends and myself) when you first heard your editor was
going to have unexpected open heart surgery on December 7th. This actually
all began during the first full week of November (Friday the 8th) with a
simple "stress test" which finally lead to a heart catheterization. During
the time between my operation and the stress test I learned one very
important health fact: Diabetics (which I am) usually do not feel heart
pain. Also, between the time of my stress test and operation, I have been
asked by several doctors the question: "DO YOU FEEL ANY HEART PAIN OR HAVE
YOU EVER FELT HEART PAIN?" My answer was always NO! However, the heart
catheterization showed something that I was not feeling. I had four
blockages in the left anterior descending artery (some 70-80% and some
80-90%), however, the heart muscle and the other two arteries were in good
shape. Four stents could have been put in but the doctor felt they would
not last and my best option was bypass surgery. A rare Saturday morning
operation was done on me to correct the problem. I had a double bypass
on the one artery (a vein taken from my left leg and an antery from by chest
area). The impression before and after the operation I received from all
the doctors and nurses was that I was a walking time bomb. Just think,
the week before the operation I was shoveling show, climbing my tower and
working hard at work unloading and climbing railroad cars (I work at a
lumberyard).
Let me say that I am fine now. I have lost some 22 pounds and naturally
I am weak and tired, but I am recovering very well (because I am 50 years
young) according to the doctor. This operation has done a lot to me
phyically, mentally and emotionally. My wife (Linda) was especially a real
big help and strong during all this, as my brother-in-law and his wife.
I also want to thank the MANY who E-mailed me get well wishes, cards and
flowers. Believe me the E-mail was overwhelming (over 12 meg when I returned
home) which included some 300 get well wishes. It took me four days to
catch-up on all the E-mail. It was truly touching, and I did not realize
how many friends I have throughout the ham community. Thank you all. Also,
a special to John/K8YSE, Carl/K8AV and Dave/WB8APD for keeping the DX
community informed about my condition.
Finally, my family (wife/OPDX's chief proof-reader Linda, Teddy [TJ],
Katie) and I (KB8NW) would like to wish all DXers, Contesters and OPDX
readers a very "Happy Holiday and Season's Greetings". Also, we would
like thank the many who have contributed information over the year (there
are too many to list). REMEMBER, without them there would not be an OPDX
Bulletin. I would also like to thank the many who sent holiday greetings.
I tried to answer some and wished I could answer each one of them
individually, but it would take a huge amount of time.....
73 and Have a Great Holiday de Tedd KB8NW
P.S. Now for a little DX. I hope to be in the full swing of things
next week..........
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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 15/December, through Sunday, 22/December there were 225
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S,
4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P,
8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7,
A9, AP, BV, BY, C6, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4,
D6, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA,
HB, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, JA, JT,
JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH3, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY,
LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F,
PZ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI,
TI9, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7,
V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8/h, VP8/o, VQ9, VR, VU, XE,
XT, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4,
ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK3, ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3C, EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Alan, G3XAQ, informs OPDX that he will be visiting
Malabo between January 9-21st. He expects to operate 160-10 meters
(especially LF CW) with a K2/100 and wire antennas. Callsign 3C5XA has
been requested. QSL direct to G3XAQ CBA.
4W, EAST TIMOR. Earlier announcements of Dan Holloway, VK8AN, planning
to be active as 4W6AN have been put on hold. Alan, VK4AAR, informs OPDX
a new operation is planned, and he will advise us later on the details.
He is sorry for the inconvenience.
5R8, MADAGASCAR. Ake, 5R8FU, has recently been active on top band as well
as 80 meters. Watch 1834 or 1836 kHz after 0150z through his sunrise and
then he will move to 80 meters (around 3513 kHz until about 0245z). QSL
vi SM5DJZ.
9G, GHANA. Arno/DL1CW and Andy/DL3GA plan to be active from Cape Coast
from February 5-18th. The requested callsigns are 9G5AP (DL1CW) and 9G5GA
(DL3GA), there is no confirmation for these callsign yet. Activity will be
on 80-10 meters, including the WARC bands, and hopefully 6m, on modes CW,
RTTY and some SSB. Participation in the contests WPX (RTTY) and ARRL-DX
(CW) is also planned.
9N, NEPAL. Hugo, LA5YJ, is now active as 9N7YJ and is staying in Kathmandu.
He is expected to stay through February. He was heard on 30 meters usually
after 0100z. QSL via LA5YJ, direct ONLY.
9N, NEPAL. Just a reminder! By the time you read this Kiyo, JH3PAS, should
be back in Katmandu and active as 9N7AS until December 30th. Also, look
for Kazu, JA8MWU, to be active from the capital city as 9N7WU between
December 30th and January 6th. Both operators plan to be active on 160-6
meters. 9N7AS will operate SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31, and 9N7WU will be
mainly on SSB only. QSL direct to their home callsigns or to the JARL
QSL Bureau.
JH3PAS - Kiyotaka Ichikawa, 1-74-3 Issiki-Nishi Hiraoka, Kakogawa,
675-0117 Japan.
JA8MWU - Kazunori Abe, 12-5-9, 7-Jyo, Kagura, Asahikawa, 070-8007
Japan.
ANTARCTIC TRIP. Reports indicate that Martin, G3ZAY, is currently in route
to be on a 3 week trip to the Falklands, South Georgia, South Orkneys,
South Shetlands and Antarctic Peninsula. The exact landing dates and
spots/bases will be determined by weather and ice conditions. No special
callsigns were mentioned, but you may hear him from time to time signing
VP8DFK.
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Manager, reports that the following
operations are approved for DXCC credit:
BQ9P - Pratas Island (June 2002 operation). Please Note: Some may
have had this rejected in a recent submission. If so, send
an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to have your record updated.
3XY7C - Guinea (2002 Operation)
HG03, HUNGARY (Special Prefix). Tibor, HG4I, informs OPDX that he will
be using the special callsign HG03HNY between December 20th and January
12th. The special event callsign HG03HNY stands for: the 03 is the call
area and the HNY suffix is the abbreviation of the phrase Happy New Year.
Activity will be on all HF bands (including WARC bands) and 2 meters on
the following modes: CW, RTTY, BPSK, SSB, (FM on 29 MHz and 2m). He will
try to take a part in all HF contests during the activity period. The
stations are valid as a separate multiplier in the HA-HNY activity contest
(rules see on SM3CER contest sevice web site: http://www.sk3bg.se )
QSL via only direct (SASE) to HG4I: Mr Tibor Szabo, A.R.S. HG4I,
H-2465 Rackeresztur, Budai u. 6., Hungary. ADDED NOTE: The special QSLs
are ready to send. Please send the QSLs for former HG01HNY and HG02HNY
to the same address above.
HS0, THAILAND. Charly, K4VUD, is once again here visiting his wife's
mother and father near Bangkkok. He is signing HS0ZCW and will stay until
Janaury 3rd. He has been heard on 15 and 40 meters over the past week.
IOTA NEWS.................
AS-079. Takeshi (TAKE), JI3DST, will be active as JI3DST/6 from Miyako
Island from December 28th through January 5th. Activity will
be on 40/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB. Take likes you to QSL via
the JARL Bureau. For direct cards, send to: Takeshi Funaki,
2-18-26 Hannan-cho Abeno-ku Osaka-city, OSAKA 545-0021 JAPAN.
AS-084. Han, HL1VAU informs OPDX that a group of HL operators (PDXC
members who activated AS-093 on Apr.2002) are planning their
3rd IOTA activity from Chu'Ja Islands. Activity is expected
around the 4th weekend of March. More details are forthcoming.
EU-004. Christian, DL6KAC, will be active as EA6/DL6KAC from Mallorca
Island (DIE: E-021) starting December 25th until January 9th.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters mainly on SSB. He will use
dipoles on the high bands and an Inverted L for 40/80 meters
using only 350 watts. This will be a holiday style operation.
QSL via DARC bureau or direct to the address on QRZ.com.
OC-203. Steve, G4EDG, will be activating one of the more rarer New
Zealand IOTA numbers in January 2003. He will be active from
Stewart Island as ZL4/G4EDG from late January 17th for
approximately 4 full days. Steve will be active on CW only
and running only 100w with a YAESU FT900 (kindly donated by
YAESU to ZL4HU some years back for this type of operation).
Steve will be active mostly on 20 meters. Steve is a noted
operator and one of the ZL7 team. QSL via his home callsign
G4EDG, either direct or through the G4 bureau.
KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Nozomu, JE8KKX, will be active from Saipan, Northern
Mariana Islands (OC-086) as AH2K/KH0 from December 28-30th. Activity will
be on 40-6 meters, RTTY. QSL via JE8KKX direct with a SASE (or JARL Bureau
is OK) to: Nozomu Takahashi, 2-5 5-chome 18-jo Toko, Asahikawa, Hokkaido,
078-8358 JAPAN. NOTICE!! Please DO NOT send QSL to KH2 BUREAU or the Guam
address!!
KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. John Walker, WZ8D, informs OPDX that he and
Joe Pater, W8GEX, are heading back to the Caribbean December 30th through
January 8th. They are staying at Windwood on St. Croix (IOTA NA-106 and
Grid Sq. FK-77). They have been issued the call N8Z. They will operate
160-6 meters on CW, SSB and PSK. QSL to WZ8D (SASE PSE or IRC and SAE).
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY................
The Central Texas Contest Group, WA5DTK, will be active between 0001
December 21st and 1159z December 31st from various lighthouses located
in Texas. No other specifics were given. Look for them on 7260, 14270
and 21310 kHz. QSL via Barry Brewer, 603 Broken Bow Drive, Round Rock,
Texas 78681, USA.
NEW OFFICERS FOR 2003. Members of the NorthEast Wisconsin DX Association
serving NorthEast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan elected the following
officers for 2003:
George Croy, W9MDP - President
Mark Michel, W9OP - Vice President
Tom Prust, N9WI - Secretary
Robert Schrader, AA9GZ - Treasurer
Gerry Radke, WA9GON - Ass't Treasurer
John Meyer, NZ9Z - Membership Coordinator
Skip Caswell, KE9L - at large board member
Mike Lawrence, N9UA - at large board member
David Jaeger, WN9Q - at large board member
QSL INFO AND NEWS..................
OOOPPPS. A slight typo was in OPDX.589. We said,"Edwin Musto, ZS5BBO,
informs OPDX that he is not the QSL Manager for Ian, ZS9IL, anymore."
It should have been ZD9IL, not ZS9IL.
Toly, UT3UY, QSL Manager for 4K5CW, 4J6ZZ and 4J10TX, reports that
finally all cards were printed and he will try to send out all direct
requests during December. QSL via UT3UY: Anatoly Kirilenko,
P.O.Box 439/3, Kiev-151, 03151, Ukraine.
Andy, G3AB arrived back in the UK on December 6th after 26 days of
activity (single op) from Freetown, Sierra Leone as 9L1AB. A total
of 40362 QSOs were logged on CW/SSB/RTTY on all bands 6m - 160m with
959 QSOs on 6m and 1265 QSOs on 160m. Only a dipole and an inverted
L antenna were used. A full report with statistics and photos will
appear on the website soon at: http://www.g3ab.net/9l1ab.htm
Direct QSL cards are already being mailed out. G3AB's address is:
Andy Chadwick, 5 Thorpe Chase, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 1UA UK
Dave, G3NKC, informs OPDX that he will be handling cards for MD6VL,
in addition to MD4K, but only for HF contest. The MD6V cards are on
order MD4K cards have arrived. All direct cards are up-to-date. Check
the Web site for further announcements and also remote QSL requests
at: http://www.md4k.com
The JARL Bureau. Joe, JJ1BDX/3, informs OPDX that the "JARL QSL Bureau
will mandate all JARL members to pay JPY 3600 (approx. USD 28 to 30)
each year for handling *each and all* non-JA callsigns including a JA
callsign with foreign prefixes, such as KH2/JJ1BDX or F/JJ1BDX/P,
effective July 7th, 2003. The bureau also enforces this policy to all
QSL card traffics for non-JA callsigns through a JA QSL manager. This
policy change has been announced on the JARL News December 2002 issue.
Please contact JARL HQ Member dept. (email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) for the
further details."
Alberto, LU6XQ, informs OPDX that he has chosen Patrick, WD9EWK, as
his QSL Manager. Please send QSL cards for LU6XQ via WD9EWK (direct or
through the QSL bureau). More information is available at his web
page at: http://www.qsl.net/wd9ewk/qsl-mgr.html
NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Steve, G3OAG, informs OPDX that he has been
receiving a few QSL cards for 5H3RK via the Bureau. He is NOT the
QSL Manager for 5H3RK. He hopes this does not turn into a flood of
QSLs. The correct route for 5H3RK is direct.
NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Ben, PA3EPG, reports that he still received a
lot of QSL card requests for 4K5CW, 4K9CW and 4J4K. However, he is
not the QSL Manager for these stations anymore (for about the last
2 years now). He was only the QSL Manager for a couple of months,
so here are the details:
4K5CW - between August 16, 2000 through March 11, 2001
4K9CW - between October 30, 2000 through January 26, 2001
4J4K - between November 3, 2000 through January 30, 2001
Before and after those dates, he does not have any logs. He receives
a lot of request, for cards before and after those dates and has
sent all the cards to 4KCW directly. Ben hopes you get a card back
via the bueau or directly from him, or his father. If you needed a
card from one of these stations, please send it directly to the
station via Callbook address or via http://www.qrz.com
Activity by PV7G this past weekend was from Itamaraca Island (SA-046,
DIB-018). QSL via the Bureau or direct to PY7XC at: Jemesson Faria,
Rua Dhalia 228, AP-401, Recife-PE, 51020-290, Brasil.
A Photo gallery has been put on the Web for the recent operation from
FO/JA4GXS on Rangiroa Island. Check it out at:
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage40.htm
A Photo gallery has been put on the Web for the recent operation from
Western Sahara (S07L). Check it out at:
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage39.htm
You can now view the QSL cards for the V63RE/V63WN operations from
Nomwin and Ta Island (OC-253/254) at: http://www.ddxc.net
Cards are ready for sending out through the Bureau or direct from
IT9YRE: Nando Rubino, P.O.Box:30, I-96012 Avola (SR), Italy
RTTY NEWS. Marty, NW0L, informs OPDX that barring any major blizzards,
the state of North Dakota will be activated during the ARRL RTTY Roundup
Contest, January 4-5th, in a portable operation by the team of NW0L,
AE9B, K0LW and W0ZAP. Contest callsign will be NW0L. QSL direct (with
SASE) or via bureau.
S2, BANGLADESH. Eric, VA7DZ, will be active as S21/VA7DZ from St. Martin's
Island (AS-127), January 3-4th. Activity will be QRP with an Elecraft K2,
Sigma-5 vertical. QSL are 100% via VA7DZ with green stamp.
SPECIAL PREFIXES. Henry, SQ9MZ, informs OPDX readers to look for the
following twelve special event station, to be active from Poland between
December 15th and March 15th. Activity is to commemorate the 70th
anniversary of the breaking of the Enigma machine code by the Polish
cryptoanalysts and mathematicians. More details on the Enigma Code and
a special "Enigma Award" (sponsored by the SP DX Club) visit the following
Web pages at: http://www.sp5zcc.waw.pl/en/enigma.html
http://www.enigmahistory.org/enigma.html
Look for the following stations to be active:
HF70E - QSL via SQ9AOJ SN70E - QSL via SP6CDP
HF70N - QSL via SP7CVW SN70N - QSL via SP6JKH
HF70I - QSL via SP6IHE SN70I - QSL via SP5PPK
HF70G - QSL via SP2DNI SN70G - QSL via SP1PBT
HF70M - QSL via SP2PI SN70M - QSL via SP5ZCC
HF70A - QSL via SP9PRO SN70A - QSL via SP9EVP
TI9, COCOS ISLAND. You only have a few more days to work Jose, TI2JJP,
as TI9JJP. He will be active through December 25th. There was not much
activity by him over the weekend, but watch 14195, 21295 and 28495 kHz.
QSL via PO Box 2048-2050, San Pedro Montes Oca, San Jose, Costa Rica.
V6, MICRONESIA. Bert, V73GOD, Bert, will be active as V63USA from
Kosrae Island (OC-059) between December 26th and January 1st. Activity
will be mostly on 17/12/10/6 meters SSB, and possibly PSK. Bert will be
active in his spare time as this is a vacation. QSL via V63USA:
P.O. Box 1480, APO AP 96555, USA.
VP6, PITCAIRN ISLAND. Ed, W2SN, informs OPDX that he is scheduled to
operate as VP6EM from Pitcairn Island on February 4, 2003, between 1700
and 2359z. His length of stay was not mentioned. Activity will be on 10,
15 and/or 20 meters SSB, depending on propagation. QSL to home call.
VP6/D, DUCIE ISLAND. Information released on the Central Arizona DX
Associations mailing list stated that Meralda, VP6MW, was confirmed
by Kan, JA1BK, to be the CW operator on 18 and 24 meters for the 2nd
Ducie trip happening in March. They leave Pitcairn Island around the
6th and will arrive the 8th on Ducie. The ship will be the Braveheart
again. Operators mentioned will be Dave/VP6DB, Cookie/VP6AZ and Meralda/
VP6MW, 3 Japanese operators (one of them being Kan/JA1BK) and a French
operator. Length of stay was not mentioned. Many details should be
forthcoming.
XU, CAMBODIA. Look for Jaak, ES1FB, to be active as XU7ACE from the city
of Sihanoukville now through December 27th. His operations will be
limited. Activity will be on all bands on SSB. He was spotted this past
weekend on 7060, 21270 and 24950 kHz. QSL to home call.
YI, IRAQ. Steve, OM3JW, informs OPDX that his son Mike, OM2DX, is the
newest operator at the Slovak Embassy in Baghdad. He will use the YI9OM
callsign a few weeks, then he will try to get other callsign (probably
YI9DX). He is using a TS-850SAT and IC-706, Logperiodic antenna on 10-30
MHz, a dipole, an Inverted Vee on 40 and 80 meters and a long wire on 160
meters. He does have an amplifier (1kW), but it does not work on 160m.
Mike will be active on CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31, and he is active every day after
2030z on 1832-1833 kHz. His stay in Baghdad will be 2-4 years. The
QSL Manager for YI9OM beginning November 28, 2002, is his father OM3JW.
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