Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 364
July 6, 1998

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 364
BID: $OPDX.364
July 6, 1998
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 (New Area Code!)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB2E, WB2RAJ/WB2TQH & The 59(9) DXReport, WA4FFW, KH6BZF, W7WK, K8YSE, BA1DU, DL2GG, F6AJA & LNDX, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, GM4SUC, JA1ELY & The 59 Magazine, OH2KI, OH1MDR, OK2PAA, ON4BDS, ON5NT, PA3DMH, PA3ERC, VE2SEI, VE3BW, VK3EW and ZP5AZL for the following DX information.

5B4, CYPRUS. The "DX News Sheet" reports that a Russian group consisting of Val/RZ3TX, Andy/UA3DPX, RA9JX, RZ9UA, UA9NN and UA9ND will be active now until July 15th as 5B4/homecall and as P3A in the IARU HF Championship. QSL via W3HNK. ALso, "The 59(9) DXReport" states Steve/G3VMW and Bob/G3ZEM will sign 5B4/homecall between July 21st through August 5th from Paphos. QSL via homecalls.

AFRICAN DXPEDITION TOUR. Charlie, W0YG, leaves Wednesday for South Africa where he will spend a week before going on to Botswana and Zimbabwe. He will probably start his A2 activity on July 18th. Charlie expects to start his Z2 activity on July 22nd. He will then head back to A2 on August 7th and stay until August 22nd. Charlie currently holds V5/ZS6YG, A22/W0YG and Z21/W0YG licenses. Look for him to be active mainly on 40-10 meters CW with special attention on the WARC bands. There may be some RTTY activity. QSL via W0YG only (REPEAT, ONLY W0YG, not the ZS bureau).

CARIBBEAN TOUR. Rob/PA3ERC and Ronald/PA3EWP have announced they will be active from Montego Bay, Jamaica (6Y) between August 27th and September 8th, using the callsigns 6Y5/PA3ERC and 6Y5/PA3EWP. They will also be active from Leeward, Cayman Islands (ZF) September 8-20th, using the callsigns ZF2RC and ZF2WP. They plan to have two stations on the air operational on 160-10 meters. Operations are planned to be active on the modes CW, SSB and RTTY. Also, 6 meters will be activated when propagation permits. They will focus mainly on the WARC bands and the low bands for Europe during their grayline. Both locations will have an excellent takeoff to the US and Europe. A Web Page has been set up containing actual information, digital photo's and daily uploaded logs. Check out the URL address: http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/tour98.html Rob, PA3ERC, will be the QSL manager. QSLs can be sent via the bureau or direct to: Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The Netherlands

EI, IRELAND. Look for Graham, M0AEP, in the coming weeks (July 18th-August 1st) to be active as EI/M0AEP from Kenmare River in County Kerry. His activity will be on CW and SSB.

FG, GUADELOUPE. Baldur, DJ6SI, is currently active as FG/DJ6SI. The length of his operation is unknown at this time. His activity is usually CW. His activity seems to be on all bands including the WARC bands. QSL via his homecall.

FO0, AUSTRAL ISLANDS. Joel, F5JJW, will once again sign as FO0SUC between October 7-17th. He will be on Tubuai Island (IOTA OC-152). His activity will be mostly on 14, 21, 28 MHz.

GU0, GUERNSEY ISLAND (A change in plans). A group calling themselves "Golden Spur Section KTK - Kortrijk" of the UBA, who were planning to activate the Minquiers Reef IOTA EU-099 in the forthcoming IOTA Contest at the end of July, have changed their plans due to a conflict by another team that was going to EU-099. The reef is too small for two operations to take place. The Belgium team will now activate Guernsey Island, IOTA EU-114, before, during and after the IOTA contest this year. The team will commence activities on Thursday, July 23rd, or Friday, July 24th, terminating on Monday 27th or Tuesday 28th. There will be a team comprised of ON5SY/Harvey (leader), a cook-SWL Ronny, ON4AVA/Wilfried, ON4CHS/Lieven, ON4ON/Danny, ON6HH/Roland, ON7PQ/Pat and ON9CGB/Bill. They expect to use the callsign GU0MEU during the contest and possibly GB0ON, GU/personal, or call/p outside the contest period. They will operate on all contest bands in the contest and will concentrate on the WARC bands outside the contest using SSB and CW. QSL via ON bureau via ON4ON for all the callsigns from GU.

HR6, HONDURAS. Joe, VE3BW, will be returning to Roatan Island (NA-057) as VE3BW/HR6 for two weeks in October. He will arrive on the island on October 18th, and be active until November 1st. He plans to be active in the CQWW SSB Contest and will be active on CW and 6 meters before and after the contest. QSL via VE3BW, Joe Adams, 5 Romko Court, ST. Catharines, ON, Canada L2N-7A1.

IOTA NEWS....

• NEW IOTA'S! Alan Kung, BA1DU, IOTA Program Manager of the Beijing DX Club, reports that the Beijing DX Club plans to be active as BI4C from Changxing Island (AS-???) on July 13-14th, and as BI5Z from Zhoushan Island (AS-???) on July 16-17th. Changxing Island is located in 121.7E, 31.4N. Zhoushan Island is located in 122.2E, 30.1N. They will be on 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 meters, using a FT-990, IC-706MK2, 1KW HF linear amplifier, 2 meters linear amplifier, A3S, 6 meters and 2 meters beams. The team consists of Tong/BA1AA, Alan/BA1DU, Jerry/BA1FB, Ban/BA1MK, Fan/BD1RB, Jin/BA4TA, Qian/BD4DC, Shen/BD4DI and Shu/BD4DQ. QSL via Mac/W3HC. For more information, please send E-mail to Alan at: ba1du@amsat.org
• AN-017. F6ICA and F5GLS will be on from Adelie Land in the Antarctica from December, 1998, for one year and they will be active on all bands.
• EU-048. Jean, F8CIO, will be active from Houat Island from August 1-8th. He will be active on 20 and 40 meters on SSB.
• EU-096. 1996 IOTA Contest winners OH1MDR, OH1NOA and OH1MM will again activate Sandstrom Reef for the 1998 IOTA Contest, July 25-26th. The callsign will be OH0MDR/1. Special attention will be given to the IOTA hunters in NA and JA. The target is to make even more than last year's 2700+ QSOs. QSL via OH1MDR. More info is available at: http://www.stip.net/~oh1mdr/iota98.html
• EU-105 and EU-157. David, ON4BDS, reports that activity from Batz (EU-105) will take place and he hopes to be on the island Monday evening, July 20th. He will stay on the island until the July 23th, where he will leave for Cezembre (EU-157) around noon. Activity from Cezembre will last a couple of days, including the IOTA contest, where he will return from the island on Monday, July 27th.
• EU-107 and EU-156. Due to some unforseen problems obtaining landing permissions, David, ON4BDS, will not be able to activate EU-107. Permission for EU-156 Tombelaine is still pending, and he is trying to obtain permission to land on Tombelaine. David states, "Obtaining permission for Les Sept Iles EU-107 seems to be virtually impossible."
• EU-167. Samuel, CT1EEN, reports everything is a "GO" for this rare IOTA called Pessegueiro. Details have been worked out with the "Wildlife People". The operation should start at 0000z on Friday, July 24th, with the team of operators using their own callsigns/ portable. The call CQ2P will only be used during the IOTA Contest. For more details, see OPDX.357 or the Pessegueiro Island Web homepage: http://www.terravista.pt/meco/1597/
• SA-037. Ray, DL2GG, reports that from July 10-14th he and others will be active from La Blanquilla Island in the Caribbean Sea. Their callsign will be YW5LB, and they will work CW and SSB on all bands.

KH6, HAWAII. Marco, IK0PHY, will travel here to be active as KH6/IK0PHY between July 13-23rd. QSL via homecall.

OJ0, MARKET REEF. Seppo/OH1VR and Jorma/OH2KI, will activate OJ0VR from July 9-12th. Their activity will be on CW, SSB, and maybe some RTTY. QSL via OH1VR: Seppo Sisatto, Lansirinteenk 23, 33400 Tampere, Finland

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PACIFIC HOLIDAY AND ACTIVITY. Five members of FEDXP (Far East DX-Ploiters), which included JA1BRK, JA1HGY, JR1MLU, JA4DND and 7N3AWE, will activate the Belau Republic (T88) and Guam Island (KH2) as their summer DX Vacation. Their activity from T88 land will be between July 16-18th, using the callsigns T88AD (JR1MLU), T88AJ (7N3AWE), T88HG (JA1HGY), T88ND (JA4DND), and T88RK (JA1BRK). The KH2 Guam Island activity will be between July 19-21st, using the callsigns homecall/KH2. Activities will be on 160-10 meters plus 6 meters, SSB, CW and RTTY from two separated stations. They will concentrate on the WARC bands. QSL via their home callsigns.

QSL INFO AND NEWS....

• Joe, VE3BW, reports he keeps receiving QSLs for 8P9CW where he was the operator of this station in 1987 (ONLY). This callsign has been reissued at least six times to various operators. Please be advised to "PLEASE CHECK THE DATES OF THE OPERATION" before QSLing.
• W7A QSL ROUTE CORRECTION/CHANGE. W7A special event callsign from Great Falls, Montana, was published a few weeks back with the QSL Manager as KQ7K, but his address is incorrect in the RAC callbooks. The manager for this event will now be W7WK either via bureau or direct with SASE. For more details, check the W7A Web site: http://www.qsl.net/w7a/
• SV9/OH9MM/P QSLS. Juha, OH1KAG/OH9MM/OH0KAG, states that he will have a special 4 color QSL printed for his recent operation. He made 2000 QSOs, most of them on 40/30/20 meters CW (with a coulpe hundred Q's on RTTY). He reported having some TVI/RFI problems. By the way, we mentioned Juha's callsign in OPDX.360 as OK1KAG which was incorrect (Sorry, Juha!).
• CHANGE IN ADDRESS. Nishi, V63AO, has reported to David, VK3EW, that he has moved from Pohnapei Island to Kosrae Island within the V63 Group. He requests to please no longer send QSL cards to his old address as this PO BOX IS CLOSED. All QSLs now for V63AO should be sent to: Mr Nishi Nishimura, PO BOX 607, Kosrae, Micronesia 96944, U.S.A.
• KH1 QSLs and others. Mac, WA4FFW/NH1, reports that all the QSLs for the "Eric Edberg W6DU Memorial Dxpedition" have been mailed July 3rd. This included all QSL cards for K4AU/WH1, WA4FFW/NH1, N4DAZ/KH3 and N4BQW/KH5K. Mac also reports that with the great effort of Joe/N4DAZ and Gene/WJ4T, all the cards for N4BQW/KH5, KH6 (Tern Is.) KH7K and KH4 are also caught up and were mailed July 3rd. This includes all Bureau cards received to date. Mac reminds everyone that Ron, AC7DX, is the route for KA4IST/KH5. Thanks to all for their patience.
• LOG SEARCH for all callsigns from the OKDXF DX Expedition in the Pacific 98 is on Web site: http://www.sica.cz/ok2paa/okdxf/search.html

TF, ICELAND. We have been asked to remind everyone that TF3IRA will be operational on July 12-13th during the IARU Contest from the TF HQ Station. TF3IRA has again been granted full power license and the "BIG OLGA" antenna will be used on lower frequencies. The Clubs C3 antenna will provide the 20 meters and above QSOs. QSL via TF3GB.

TL5, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (Update). Alex, PA3DZN, now signing as, TL5A will be on 3504 or 1833 kHz between 2100-2300z and at his sunrise, 0400-0440z. It was mentioned that his amplifier went dead during last weekend's RTTY run, so all he has now is a 100 watts until new tubes are received. He was heard on 14025 khz around 0515z this past weekend.

V2, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA. Darrell, AB2E (V26B team), reports to OPDX that he will be here operating as usual from the V26B superstation site. He will be active using the callsign V26E between August 6-11th. His activity will be operating on the WARC and low bands. Darrell will also be a Single Op in the WAE CW DX Contest which is on August 8-9th. Later in the year, he will return (November 26th to December 1st) to be active in the CQWW CW Contest as a Single OP. He will once again use V26E and be active on the WARC and low bands before and after the contest. QSL for all V26E operations are via his home call AB2E.

XO1, FOGO ISLAND (Canada). Members of the West Island Amateur Radio Club of Montreal are preparing for their 8th annual summer DXpedition. This year they will activate Fogo Island, Newfoundland, 54.2 deg. W. Long., 49.7 deg. N. Lat. Fogo Island is IOTA NA-198, Canada Islands NF-05, CQ Zone 5, and Maidenhead grid square GN-39. The group will be entering the annual IOTA (Islands on the Air) contest, operating as a Multi-Op island station from 1200z Saturday, July 25th, to 1200z Sunday, July 26th. A special callsign, XO1CWI, will be used. It was issued in honor of the Brimstone Head Folk Festival to be held on Brimstone Head, Fogo Island from August 7-10th. Suggested frequencies to be used: 3505, 3790, 7025, 7070, 7200, 14005, 14195, 21005, 21310, 28005, 28485, and 50130 kHz. Operations should begin on July 22nd and continue through July 27th. QSL route is: West Island ARC, P.O. Box 884, Dorval, Quebec, Canada, H9R4Z6. For further information or comments send an E-mail to: archibal@pubnix.net (before July 19th).

ZP0, PARAGUAY. Tom, ZP5AZL, reports that he will use the special callsign ZP0Z in the upcoming IARU Contest (July 11-12th). Activity will be on all bands (if propagation is good). QSL "ONLY" to W3HNK and not direct to Tom's P.O. Box.

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