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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 564
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 564
BID: $OPDX.564
June 3, 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
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Clusters Network, K2PF, N3SL, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4QD, KQ4YI,
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VA3RJ & ICPO, VE2XO, VE3EXY, VK4AAR, VK6LC, VK6LK, XE1BEF and ZL4AFM
for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 26/May, through Sunday, 2/June there were 231 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S,
4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 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, 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,
FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0,
HC, HI, HK, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT,
JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH4, KH6, KH8, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX,
LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA,
PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, R1MV, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30,
T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TN, TR, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9L, VK9N, VP6, 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, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3D2, FIJI ISLANDS. Ron, ZL1AMO, is once again active from here as 3D2RW
for about the next three weeks. He was spotted this past weekend on 40,
20 and 15 meters CW between 1000-1200z. QSL via ZL1AMO.
4D70/DZ70, PHILIPPINES (Special Prefixes). Robin, DU9RG, informs OPDX
that from now through December 31, 2002, DU stations are authorized to
use the special prefixes 4D70 (for individual callsigns) and DZ70 (for
club callsigns). These special prefixes have been authorized in connection
with the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Philippine Amatuer
Radio Association (PARA).
5V, TOGO (Also TY possible). Francois, VE2XO, informs OPDX that he will be
active from Lome, Togo, as 5V7XO from August 25-31st. He will be mainly
active on RTTY and also on SSB on 20/17/15/12/10 meters, operating split.
Also, he may possibly be active on 6 meters. Francois also mentions that
he may possibly be active from Benin (TY) (TBA later). He will be using
a 1KW (TS-850SAT, IC-706 MKIIG and Acom 1000) into a Sigma-5 vertical,
a Sigma-6M and a four-square Sigma-20 vertical array. Thanks to Acom,
BUX ComCO, Comtek and Force 12. QSL via his home callsign.
BQ9P, PRATAS ISLAND DXPEDITION UPDATE. Further information on the upcoming
DXpedition to Pratas Island (BQ9P) scheduled from June 4th to June 12th
is as follows: Rod/WC7N and Dick/N6FF have agreed to serve as pilot stations
for this operation. They can be reached for purposes of providing
information of value to the DXpedition at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The team plans to operate the typical DXpedition frequencies. They will
make efforts to operate in the general class portions of the 20 and 15
meter bands.
CS0, PORTUGAL. An operation labeled as "DXpedition SAGRES 2002" will take
place July 5-7th using the CS0RCL. Activity will be on HF, 50 MHz, 144
MHz, 432 MHz and 1296 MHz. The following reference numbers were provided:
Grid Square IM56MX, Fortresses F-054 and Lighthouse FAL-02. For possible
skeds, contact via E-mail at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
QSL via the Bureau to CS0RCL or direct to QSL Manager CT1EPS.
FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA. PAOLO, IK2QPR, will be active as FO/IK2QPR from
Bora Bora Island (OC-067) between August 10-14th. QSL via IK2QPR:
Paolo Fava, via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova, Italy.
HB, SWITZERLAND (Also S5). Roy, W6UKX, will be active on most bands from
Switzerland, June 12-22nd and from Slovenia from June 24th-July 3rd. His
callsigns were not provided. QSL to his home callsign.
HK0, SAN ANDRES. Operators DH7WW, DK8YY, DL2AKT, DL2OAP, DL3ALI, DL4ALI,
DL4JS, DL4YY, DL7ZZ, DL8AKI and HC2DX will be active from July 16-29th.
They hope to get the callsign HK0ZZ. Activity will be on 160-6 meters
and the satellites on all modes. They will also be active in the IOTA
Contest. QSL via DH7WW. Pilot-station is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HL70, SOUTH KOREA. Look for some Korean amateurs to be using special
prefixes until June 30th to celebrate the 17th FIFA World Football (soccer)
Cup. Operators will drop their number designator for the number 17 (For
example HL3AMO will become HL17AMO). Also, club stations will replace
the zero (0) in their prefixes with 17.
IOTA NEWS....................
AS-008. Look for 7N1JZT andJQ1SUO to be active as 7N1JZT/1 and JQ1SUO/1
from Niijima between June 8-9th. Activity will be on 40-10
meters CW/SSB. QSL via their home callsign.
AS-024. Look for JA0KNM/6, JA3MCA/6, JJ1EQW/6 and JE3NJZ/6 to be
active from Iriomote Island, June 7-10th. Activity will be
on 40-6 meters plus the WARC bands on SSB and CW. QSL to
their home callsign or via the bureau.
EU-172. Jens, OZ5MJ, informs OPDX he just received the new IOTA
DIRECTORY where he read that only about 22% have EU-172
confirmed. He lives on Fyn Island (which belongs to the
Jylland East and Fyn Island Group) and is retired. He has
lived on the island for 71 years and has been active since
1948. Jens states that he is almost active 24 hours a day,
7 days a week and 365 days a year on SSB, CW and RTTY on
80-10 meters. Send him an E-mail at < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
to request/suggest a frequency and time, and Jens will be
there. He does send QSLs 100% via bureau every 2 month to
his QSL bureau. So within a year you should have his QSL.
Do you want QSL direct? Then send him a letter to:
Jens Palle Moreau Jorgensen, Jaegerbakken 13, DK 5260 Odense S,
Denmark (Please include 1 USD, that's enough).
K1B QSO TOTALS. It has been reported that Hrane, YT1AD, states that the
K1B Baker Island DXpedition made 95,127 QSOs. This total includes 89,898
on CW/SSB, 4,708 on RTTY, 446 on PSK and 75 on SSTV.
KH9, WAKE ISLAND. You may only have a few days left to work Terry,
K7ASU/KH9. He is scheduled to leave this week (actual date not sure).
His activity will be PSK31 ONLY between 0730-0930z. Bands will depend
on propagation. QSL via his home callsign.
OJ, MARKET REEF. Look for OJ0VR (CW/50MHz) and OJ0U (SSB) to be active
from Market Reef (IOTA EU-053) between June 6-10th. Activity will be on
80-6 meters, CW/SSB. On Friday there will be a short 2 hours break for
genarator repairs after 3 hours operation. Operators are Lasse/OH0RJ,
Seppo/OH1VR, Kauko/OH3KQ, Topi/OH3LO, Reino/OH3LG, Markus/OH3RM and
Mika/OH4YR. QSL via direct to OH1VR: Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18,
33100 TAMPERE, fin 33100 Finland.
P5, NORTH KOREA. Ed, P5/4L4FN, is expected to be more active this summer.
He made his first 6 meter contact this past week on May 26th with JJ2GAZ.
Over the past week, Ed has made some 100 QSOs on 6 meters (according to
the KK5DO Web site). He continues to be active on 15 meters SSB on 21225
kHz usually after 2130z.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...............
3W6LC and 3W2LC (Special Attention). Mal, VK6LC, reports that some-
how in the system people are sending his 3W QSLs via the bureau to
K6LC. Larry Clark, K6LC, is getting upset because of all the QSL cards
being received continuously via the ARRL bureau. The correct QSL
Manager is VK6LC and direct with return postage. Please request the
bureaus to send them back to the originator not to "K6LC".
Jean Michel, F6AJA, reports that he has received the DU1/G0SHN (OC-244
March, OC-090 April) cards from the printer. The direct requests will
be in the mail as soon as possible.
Steve, N3SL, reports that printed QSLs for HH2PK were received May 28th,
and over 300 cards went out May 29th. He mentions that they only confirmed
the single band/mode QSO, if there were multiple. Many people sent
requests for QSOs that were not in the log, so if a QSO was not confirmed,
it is for that reason. If there is any doubt, the recipient should check
the online log at: http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm
The donations received are greatly appreciated to assist with the
printing costs.
HH4/K4QD SUMMURY. Jan, K4QD, reports that his trip to the Northwest Haiti
Christian Mission was very successful. Their mission team of 21 people
accomplished many things. Jan was able to operate ham radio when not
involved with other mission team projects. He made 3486 Phone and RTTY
contacts (322 on RTTY). The QSL cards have been printed, and Jan has
started to respond to requests (4 feet of mail) in the order received.
To view some photos and the QSL card go to the Florida DXPedition Group
(FDXPG) web site at: http://www.geocities.com/w4wx1/
For photos and information about the mission go to: http://www.nwhcm.org/
Jan has provided the ARRL DXCC desk with a copy of his license, and
he hopes that he has provided many of you with a new country or
band/mode. If not, he is making plans to return at a future date. QSL
via K4QD CBA or Bureau.
Andreas, LA8AJA, reports that the JW4X/JW5QFA/JW8AJA QSL cards have
been printed. All the JW4X direct QSLs have been answered by LA6EIA.
The JW5QFA cards are also being answered. Andreas will start to answer
his own (JW8AJA) cards in a few days. Cards can be seen on the following
Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/la8aja/jw
Effective immediately, Ralph, K2PF, will be handling QSLs for Mike,
KH6ND.
Last week OPDX put a request out to help readers find out the QSL status
on the NH4/NH6YK Midway DXpedition of August, 2001. Well, we received a
mixed bag of messages on this. Some received their cards and others did
not. Someone also mentioned that he heard from NH6YK, and he was going to
deal with the delinquent QSL cards over the next few months. He also
stated that he had not sent the cards out sooner because he had recently
moved.
PW0T QSL CARDS. QSL Manager Steve, KU9C, reports that he should have
them out the last week of June. He will start pushing them out as soon
as they arrive from the printer. If you are a U.S. station, and sent a
34 cent SASE, please do not resend, Steve states he will cover the 3
cent postage increase as needed (He is thankful the post office is
coming out with self-stick 3 centers!). He 'guesstimates' that he will
have them all out by end of July, but it depends on some other things.
He will post another announcement after a few weeks to update how it's
going. Steve states, "Thanks for all the donations. I'm preparing to
wire the team the money I've received so far, which has really helped
close the gap on the expenses the team has incurred. I appreciate it,
as does the team!"
RUMORS!!! Alan, VK4AAR, states, "There has been an UNFOUNDED rumor going
around that I am not continuing as a QSL Manager! THIS IS TOTALLY UNTRUE.
In fact, I am looking for MORE work as I am getting lazy. So if you need
a manager with experience I AM AVAILABLE. Please E-mail me for details
at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is NO cost to you for my services." Alan's address is:
Alan Roocroft, PO Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia
TI9M QSL CARDS. Bill, AK0A, requests to 'PLEASE' do not sent duplicate
requests. They have been told that the cards will be shipped next week
so they should be able to get them out before the postage increase. Do
not send 3 cent stamps if you haven't already. They have had some nice
benefactors who have shipped them extra stamps to cover the postage
increase. If you have not mailed your cards yet, he suggest you do so
soon with sufficient postage to cover return.
SPECIAL EVENT REMINDER. Look for U.K. operators to use the prefixes 2Q,
GQ and MQ in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Golden Jubilee. This
The special prefixes may be used from 0000z, June 1st until 2400z on June
30th. This may cause some confusion because the country locator is dropped.
For example, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU and GW all become GQ, as well as M,
MD, MI, MJ, MM, MU and MW all become MQ. Listen carefully to the operators.
Also, Don, G3XTT, would like to remind everyone that the GB50 special
event station to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II will
be active daily between 0700-2200z now through June 9th. Activity will be
on CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. Suggested operating frequencies are:
CW - 3529, 7029, 10109, 14029, 18079, 21029, 24909, 28029
SSB - 3769, 3789, 7089, 14189, 14219, 18139, 21289, 24939, 28489 kHz
6m (local) 50.150 MHz, then QSY --- 6m (DX) 50.139 MHz
2m (SSB) 144.289 MHz, then QSY --- 2m (FM) 145.500 MHz, then QSY
2m (APRS) 144.800 MHz --- 2m (Satellite) As required.
QSL Route: Owen Cross, G4DFI, (bureau, or direct to: 28 Garden Avenue,
Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 4LF, England). Special Awards are available. Check
the following Web pages for more details:
GB50: http://www.gb50.com or RSGB: http://www.rsgb.org
Golden Jubilee: http://www.goldenjubilee.gov.uk
Visitor Information for Windsor Castle:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page576.asp
NEED A QSL MANAGER? Hector, XE1BEF (ex-XF0C, XF4C, XF4CIS, XF4CA),
offers his services as a QSL Manager for any expeditions or any
operator. If interested, contact hin via E-mail at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station TM6JUN to be on the air
from Utah Beach from now until June 8th. The activity will be on CW and
SSB on HF bands.
TN3B AND TN3W QRT. Josep/EA3BT and Nuria/EA3WL left the Congo on May 27th.
They are very tired but very happy with their DXpedition with almost
27,000 QSOs in his log in only 8 days.
VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND. Remember to look for Bert, PA3GIO, as VK9LO. His
activity will last until June 7th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters. QSL
to his home callsign.
YA, AFGHANISTAN. Robert, S53R/YA5T, is expected to be back in YA-land as of
this past Sunday. He is bringing with him a new IC-746PRO, IC-PW1 and some
extra aluminium. Also, he is carrying a 4 element 6m yagi. He hopes to
put YA on the 6m map! To make sure he works as many as possible in the
U.S. this time, Robert also has a 3 element 10/12/15 meters yagi (his
design, single band but only takes a few minutes to retune any 3 bands)
in his luggage and will put it up soon. He states propagation to U.S.
is perfect during the summer from about 0130 to 0330z and agian in the
evening hours in YA-land. He also plans to do much more SSB this time.
They have some 22,000 QSOs on CW and only about 4,500 on SSB. Meanwhile,
Chris, YA/G0TQJ, is active from Kabul until the end of July. QSL via his
home callsign either via the Bureau or direct to: C.M. Vernon,
66 Kesteven Road, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1SU, England.
YV, VENEZUELA. Steve, W4DTA, will be going to YV-land for a quick holiday
(June 19-23rd). He will be active as YV5DTA while down there and will be
on the air during his spare time. Steve should be active from 40-6 meters
(SSB/CW). QSL via W4DTA.
ZONE 2. Nenad, VE3EXY, reports that he just received confirmation that
he can operate from CQ ZONE 2. He will be active for 4 days (and 5 nights)
from Friday evening, June 7th, to Tuesday morning, June 11th around the
ANARTS/Jubilee RTTY/CW weekend. He expects to be active on the following
modes: CW, RTTY, and Phone, but mostly RTTY/CW during the contest. He
will use the callsign VE3EXY/2 (Counts as Zone 2 and VE2). Suggested
frequencies are:
CW - 3510, 7010, 10107, 14025, 18077, 21025, 24897 and 28025
RTTY - 14090, 21090 and 28090 kHz.
Sorry no 6 meters. Outside the contest he will always work split (2 kHz
CW and 5 kHz RTTY). Outside the contest look for him on the WARC bands,
RTTY and the Lower Frequencies. During ANARTS Contest, watch for him
on 20/15/10 meters. During Jubilee Contest, watch for him on 80/40/20/
15/10 meters. Around his Greyline times, Nenad will be either on 80 or
40 meters. QSL via VE3EXY. Nenad's QSL Policy: "For all my DXpedition
I do not do blanket cover of all QSOs in my log. Instead I answer QSLs
when I receive them. You can send them direct with SASE (SAE +postage),
via the bureau, or direct without postage. QSLs with sufficient return
postage will be answered same day (if in the log), or via the bureau
otherwise. QSL cards are already printed, and there is no reason to
wait. No special cards are waiting for sponsors' approval or funding.
E-mail requests are not accepted. However, e-QSL requests will be confirmed
electronically, subject to receiving notification and electronic QSL
server address."
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