Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 470
July 17, 2000

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 470
BID: $OPDX.470
July 17, 2000
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, K1JN, K1XN, N2OO, WB2YQH/WB2RAJ & THE 59(9) DX REPORT, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4VUD, N6HR, K7BV, K8YSE, NR8U, WB8YJF, CU3AN, EA4ATI, F5LMJ, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles, G3NUG, GI0TJJ, GU0SUP, HL1TXQ, IK1QBT, IK0YVV, JT1CD, LA9VDA, PA5ET, PP5LL, PS7AB, PY2TNT, SM3CVM, UA6AF, UT5UGR, VK3DYL, VK8AM and YO3JW for the following DX information.

" DX IS (???) "....... Is what? (Update). Your editor was very impressed with the responses received last week to the question below. Most of the answers were to the point, some witty and some dissatisfied that I chose to seek the true meaning of "DX IS". Anyway, keep your inputs coming. For those who missed it last week, here it is again:

DX IS ..... We hear this incomplete sentence all the time. Well, here is your chance to finish the sentence or explain what this phrase means. Your editor is working on a project and would like your input. If the response and input is good, I (editor) will put something in print in the future. So, send to your editor the completed phrase/sentence in two to three lines only (if longer, the delete key will be used) at: kb8nw@barf80.nshore.org

3B8, MAURITIUS. After 4 years for the conversion of his French Ham licence, Piero is now officially "3B8GO" with a Mauritian Ham Licence. No QSNs have been reported with his new callsign, but check out his Web page at: http://pages.intnet.mu/ingepru/

3W, VIETNAM. Jani, YB0US (ex-3W6US), is now active as 3W2US due to the district changes in Vietnam. He was heard this past week on 20 meters CW/RTTY on 14083 and 14245 (DX Net) between 1300 and 1500z. QSL via N2OO, PO BOX 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087 USA. Also, active this past week was Hans, WA1LWS, as 3W2LWS, on 20 meters CW (1330-1600z). He will be there until July 30th.

A5, BHUTAN. Gerard, F2VX, President of the Clipperton DX Club (CDXC), reports that their project is now "on the road". They will fly from Paris to Bangkok/Timphu on September 1st and return on the 15th. The team consists of: F6ANA/Alain, F6HWU/Denise (YL), F5LMJ/Alain, F5MBO/G0LMX/Vincent, FH/TU5AX/Christian and F2VX/Gerard. They will travel with five tranceivers: 2 Kenwood TS50, 2 Icom IC706 and 1 Yaesu FT757. They have the authorization of the MOC to use one of the A52A antennass (a Cushcraft triband A3S). Also, they will have verticals and dipoles for the other bands and the WARCs. Power is still limited to 100 watts. They ask the DX community to help them with their project. Since the past 20's years, the CDXC has sponsored many international DXpeditions, for other DX Club from all around the world. They hope some clubs or associations could help them. The cost for this "A5" activity with travel, staying in A5 and licence is around 23 000 F (or 3400 USD) for each operator! The QSL manager will be F8RZ (Jean). All the team's members are both member of the Clipperton DX Club and REF-Union.

AX8, AUSTRALIA. Steve, AX8AM, will be operating as AX8AM, mainly on CW, from Darwin Northern Territory until November 2nd. He has been spotted on the 20 meters CW as early as 0630z and as late as 1300z. Also, check 40 meters around 1230z. QSL via VK8AM, Steve Salvia, 1 Elliott Point, Larrakeyah, NT 0820, Australia.

CARIBBEAN TOUR 2000. The Low Land DXpedition Team (LLDXT) is proud to announce this year's Caribbean Tour 2000 which will take place in August and September. The will be active from the beautiful islands of Antigua and Barbados. This year's team members are Ronald/PA3EWP, Peter/PA4EA, Rob/PA5ET and Dennis/PA7FM. Activity is scheduled as follows:

• Antigua - August 11-24th, callsigns V26WP, V26EA, V26ET and V26FM.
• Barbados - August 24th through September 4th, callsigns unknown until arrival.

There will be two HF stations (160-10 meters) active around the clock on the modes CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. As other years, on-line logs will be available during the tour as well the tour diary and digital photos. Alex, PA1AW, will be their Web master and will send out mailings with up-to-date information. The guestbook will be forwarded to the team on a daily basis. Also, 6 meters will be activated on a low profile, the grids are as follows: V2 - FK97, 8P - GK03. The team will be active in the WAE CW contest and SART and SCC RTTY contest. A Caribbean Tour 2000 web site has been setup on the LLDXT Home site which is fully operational now at: http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/v2_8p_2000/index.html The aim is to focus again on Europe and Japan and especially on the WARC bands. Because they will operate from two excellent sites, they also expect to work a lot on topband. The QSL manager for this tour will be Rob, PA5ET (ex PA3ERC): Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS, Voorburg, The Netherlands.

F, FRANCE (Island DXpedition). Look for Marc, F6HQP, to be active as F6HQP/P from some island in the Gulf of Morbihan. These islands do not count for the IOTA award, but they do count for the DIFM award. His activity will take place between August 1-12st.

FM, MARTINIQUE. Gerard, F2JD (ex-PY2ZDX, HK3JBR, HP1XBI etc...), will be active as FM/F2JD from early August for 4 months. He will be active on SSB and CW as usual. During this period he will try to be active from some other islands in the Caribbean Sea.

FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Laurent, F5AEG, will be active as FY/F5AEG from August 8th through the 22th. His activity will be will on 10, 15 and 20 meters SSB.

IOTA NEWS...........

• NEWS -- Heorhei, UY5XE, reports that the results of the EM5UIA activity from the following IOTAs is as follows:
  • EU-180 (For UIA BS-12) [Lebyazh'yi Island]: July 2-4th (1128- 0459z - 43 hours); 4500 QSOs, 96 entities (Ops: UR5LCV, UT8LL, UY1LA, UY5XE)
  • EU-179 (For UIA BS-08) [Kalanchakskiye Island]: July 5-6th (1143-0352z - 15 hours); 1700 QSOs, 57 entities (Ops: UR5LCV, UT8LL, UY5XE)
  • EU-182 (For UIA DU-01) [Poludennyi Island]: July 7-8th (0833- 0825z - 24 hours); 2400 QSOs, 74 entities (Ops: UR5LCV, UT8LL, UY5XE)
• AS-NEW. A Group of UA6s plans to activate NEW IOTA reference in the Black Sea Coast Group (Sudzhuk Island). They are going to use the callsign UE6AAA. Activity will be July 22-23rd. QSL either via the bureau or direct to UA6AF (Victor Kravchenko, PO Box 33, Novorossiysk-22, 353922 RUSSIA). Please do not enclose "green stamps"... IRC is enough for direct reply.
• AS-041. Takeshi "TAKE", JI3DST, will operate from Oki Archipelago (Oki-Gun Shimane) from 0800z July 28th through 0200z July 31st and 0800z August 6th through 0200z August 15th. His callsign will be JI3DST/4. Activity will be on 40/15/10/6 meters SSB. For the IOTA Contest look for him on 40/15/10 meters. QSL via the JARL Bureau or direct to: Takeshi "TAKE" Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-cho Abeno-ku Osaka-city, OSAKA 545-0021 JAPAN (Please do not send USD).
• AS-085. Look for Duk-Nam/HL1OYF, Phil/HL1TXQ and Park/DS1CJE to be active from Soan Islands (located in the Chunranam-do Islands) on July 28-30th. Their callsigns will be HL1OYF/4, HL1TXQ/4 and DS1CJE/4. They will be active during the IOTA contest CW/SSB on 40/20/15/10 meters. They plan to bring 2 transceivers and 4 element beam antennas. QSL via HL1OYF (Duk-Nam Kim, P.O.Box, Dong-Jack, Seoul 156-600, Korea) or via homecall's CBA.
• EU-008. Bill, M0BNN, will be active from the Isle of Skye between July 24th and August 2nd as MM0BNN/P. His modes and bands were not reported. QSL via homecall.
• EU-052. Gerard, F2VX, will be active as SV8/F2VX from July 29th to August 13th from Kefalonia Island.
• EU-077. Dani, EA4ATI, will take part in the 2000 IOTA Contest from Sisargas Island with the callsign EA4ATI/1 (category Single Op SSB, only 12 hours). QSL via direct or bureau to his home callsign.
• EU-079. Trond, LA9VDA, will be active as LA9VDA/P from Runoy Island (Soroyane) August 20-21st. Activity will be on the usual IOTA frequencies 40-10 meters. Look for LC3NAT to be active on 2 and 6 meters from JP22 grid square. QSL to home callsigns. For more information, check the Web page at: http://home.online.no/~la7sl/la9vda/
• EU-083. Operators Tony/IK1QBT, Nino/IK1ZOZ, Vincenzo/IK1YEK and Gianni/IZ1DFI will be active from Bergeggi Island (Ligurian Group) from 0700-1900z on July 30th. Operators will sign homecall/P and activity will be on all HF bands SSB/CW (WARC included) around the standard IOTA frequencies. There will also be activity on 6 meters, CW and SSB. Tony, IK1QBT/p, will participate as a Single Op/Low Power entry in the IOTA Contest. Reference number of Bergeggi Island for the Italian Island Award (IIA) is SV-02. QSL cards via their respective home callsign, bureau or direct CBA.
• EU-122. Ernie and Jim will sign GI0GDF/P and GI0PGC/P respectively from Rathlin Island now through Wednesday, July 19th. They will try to operate on all the usual HF bands. QSL to their home callsign.
• EU-175. Look for members of the Graciosa Island Radio Association to use the callsign CU4ARG to activate Praia Island near Graciosa Island. Operators will be CU4AH, CU3AN and CU3DJ. Activity will be from August 5-6th on 80-10 meters SSB. QSL via CU3AN.
• EU-183. Pit, YO3JW, was recently active from Sacalinu Mare Island last weekend as YP1W for 12 hours on July 8th, running only 40 watts (powered by batteries) into an inverted V for 14 and 21 MHz. He plans to go back during the period of July 23-30th for three days and may enter the IOTA Contest as a low power station. He states that EU-183 is a natural wild life reservation (like Navassa Island) and is very difficult to receive permission to operate on. QSL to YO3JW.
• NA-062. Jon/WB8YJF and Jim/NM8O will be active from Conch Key, FL (USI FL-066S) from July 28-31th. Activity will be on all modes, 40-10 meters. They will be active in the RSGB IOTA Contest as a Multi-Multi (2 xmtr, 2 ops) entry. Also, look for them to be active on RTTY before and after the contest. QSL via home callsigns.
• NA-075. Elsie/N7WDX and Hillar/N6HR want to remind everyone that they will be active from Galiano Island of the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia during the IOTA Contest. The callsign will be VE7DX/7. Weather permitting, they hope to be on the air before the contest beaming Europe.
• SA-NEW. A group of Brazilian operators consisting of PP5, PY5 and PY2 operators will activate the South Catarina South Group on August 2nd (beginning after 1800z on 20 or 15 or 10 meters) through August 7 at 1200z. Activity will be on CW/SSB on all bands including the WARC bands, 2m, 6m and 160m. Their callsign will be PV5IOTA. QSL via PP5LL.
• SA-028. Operators Anderson/PY2TNT, David/PY2DCE, Adriano/PY2AHX, Andres/PY2XIS and Alex/PY2RAZ will be operating as ZW2I from S. Sebastiao Island (DIB 016) July 27-30th in the RSGB IOTA Contest. QSL via direct to: Anderson Serevincis, P.O.Box 2605, Mogi das Cruzes - S.P. - Brazil - CEP- 08780-990 or via Bureau.
• SA-046. Operators PR7SD, PR7SM, PR7FB and PR7AR will activate Itamaraca Island (also Orange Fort) (DIB 18, DFH PE 01) July 29-30th as ZV7I. Activity will be on CW/SSB 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. QSL via PR7SD, Manoel - POB 008, Joao Pessoa-PB, 58001-970, Brasil.
• SA-059. Ray, DL2GG/YV5, reports that the DXpedition to Los Frailes in the Caribbean Sea had to be cancelled because of logistic problems for the "YV Navy". He will announce the next schedule soon. Right now it seems that the DXpedition will take place in August.

IS0, SARDINIA. Marco, IK0YVV, will be active now through July 31st signing IS0/IK0YVV. He will be active in the IOTA Contest as Single Op on CW ONLY. The QSL is OK via home callsign or the ARI Bureau.

JW, SVALBARD. Look for YL Unni, LA6RHA, to operate as JW6RHA from July 21st through the 26th. Unni will only operate 20 meters and will probably use the frequencies of 14222-14248 or 14288 kHz in the mornings and late evenings. QSL to her home address: Unni Gran, Mellomaasvn.128, N-1414 Trollaasen, Norway.

NEW ELECTED OFFICIALS. The following committee was elected on July 1st to serve until June 30, 2001, as Chiltern DX Club (CDXC) officials:

  President    - Bob Whelan G3PJT         Secretary  - Shaun Jarvis M0BJL
  Chairman     - Neville Cheadle G3NUG    Treasurer  - Barry Cooper G4RKO
  Vice Chairman- Mike Devereux G3SED      Member     - John Butcher G3LAS
  Digest Editor- Don Field G3XTT          Member     - Ian Capon G0KRL

NEW "GOLIST" WEB DOMAIN. John Shelton, K1XN, reports that the Golist has a new Web domain at: http://www.golist.net Also, new are John's and the GOLIST's E-mail addresses which are: golist@golist.net --- and --- k1xn@golist.net The Golist is also the world distributor for "DXTelnet" program for DXers and Sysops. Visit the Web site's products page for descriptions and use the order form to make purchases.

QSL INFO AND NEWS...........

• A52JS QSL Bureau cards. Jim, VK9NS, now confirms that arrangements have been made to handle Bureau QSL cards for the recent A52JS operation. Cards should be sent to A52JS via M0BJI at the RSGB QSL Bureau only. No other route will work or at least Jim cannot guarantee it. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the complete press release by Jim as an additional bulletin.
• Charly, K4VUD, who operated as XW1UD, is still in the process of supplying the ARRL DXCC Desk with all the documentation (permission papers, photos, Laos visa, etc...) it wants to accept his XW1UD operation from last December. He is currently getting some papers translated into English. More details will be forthcoming, and Charly states to hold onto those XW1UD QSL cards you may have pending the outcome of this activity.
• Dennis, K7BV, has returned from his European trip. He made a few hundred DL/K7BV QSOs 50 km from Frankfurt at the QTH of the newest CQ Hall of Fame inductee Walter, DJ6QT. His next stop was in Crete where over 2,500 CW QSOs were logged with a heavy emphasis on the WARC bands from the beachside QTH of Manos, SV9ANJ. A few hundred more QSOs were made as S5/K7BV from the mountain cottage of S57U and S57KAA - the site of the S566Z callsign used by Dennis and his teammate Ralph K9ZO in WRTC 2000 July 8-9th. QSL all via Steve KU9C.
• Bob, NR8U, the "O" QSL Manager for the ARRL 8th Area Incoming QSL Bureau, states that N8OW is not the QSL Manager for VQ9TW. In addition, VQ9TW appears to be a pirate operation as no information could be found from various internet sources on the callsign. Cards have been coming into the Bureau with N8OW listed as the QSL Manager for the period of 1992 through late 1994. Most claimed the operation was on 15m sideband with some CW contacts during the period.
• QSL the following Mongolian stations to their respective QSL routes:

                   JT1FCY via I1QOD   JT1FDA via KO6UW
                   JT1FCZ via I1ZB    JT1FDB via DL2ECW
  

• Phil, GU0SUP, informs OPDX that there is a GOOD, accurate, on-line callbook for all GU/MU/2U callsigns. It is on the site of the Guernsey Amateur Radio Society, and the precise URL is: http://www.gars.org.gg/calls.html
• Special QSL and photo of the WRTC Ukraine Team (callsign S548X) is available via UT5UGR (Dimitry Stashuk, P.O. Box 115, Kiev-147, 02147, Ukraine). QSLs of S5/UT5UGR and S5/UU2JZ are available also via UT5UGR.
• QSL ZY3PEI via PY3MHZ. Activity was from the Itapoan State Reserve to celebrate the 27th aniversary of the Reserve. Reference numbers mentioned are: DFH RS 05 and DFB RS 15
• QSL info for special event station W1S, OP SAIL 2000, New London, CT, active July 12-15th is as follows: QSLs will be automatically sent via the bureau for DX stations. Stateside and DX direct requests send SASE to K1JN.

SI9, SWEDEN (Attention Prefix Hunters!). Injuction with "King Chulalongkorn Day", the new "Visiting Station in Sweden", SI9AM, will officially be opened July 19th around 0900-1000z at the permanent QTH Utanede near the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building (Grid Locator is JP82iw). Special HF activities will take place until July 23rd, at 1700z. QSL via SM3CVM, bureau or CBA. After July 23rd, visiting operators are welcome to use SI9AM. The prefix is very rare and SI9AM is the only station in Sweden using the SI9 prefix! For more information, send E-mail to " si9am@qsl.net " or check the Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/si9am/

TK, CORSICA. "The 59(9) DX Report" reports that Serge, F6AUS, is active as TK/F6AUS until July 31st. OPDX has found that Serge was active on 15 meters RTTY last weekend between 1400 and 1500z. He will try to be active from EU-100 or EU-164 in IOTA Contest.

ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. After operating on Penrhyn in the North Cook Islands, Gerard, PA3AXU/ZK1AXU, has returned to Rarotonga in the South Cook Islands and will be active until July 20th. Over the past weekend, he was heard on 20 meters SSB between 0730 and 1200z. He was also on 40 meters CW working JAs 1015z. QSL via PA3AXU.

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