Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 391
January 11, 1999

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 391
BID: $OPDX.391
January 11, 1999
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, K1XN & Golist, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, K3TEJ, KN4UG, W4DC, NC6J, N6HR, N7YA, K8EP, K8YSE, KU9C, C6AFV, CT1EEN, F5NOD, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, HK8RPV, IV3NVN, JI3DST, ON6KZ, PS7KM, SV7DMU, VE6TP, VE7ARS and VK4AAR for the following DX information.

2U0, GUERNSEY. The "DX News Sheet" reports that Colin, 2U0ARE, (a novice operator) is often active between 1430-1600z on 10130-10135 kHz.

9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Ed, K8EP, informs OPDX that he will be active from 9M6AAC station at the Hillview Gardens Resort from January 29th through February 1st. Operations will be on CW and SSB, with some activity in the 160M CQ Contest. QSL via N2OO.

ATTENTION PREFIX HUNTERS. Look for the station OA464QV to be active to commemorate the 464th anniversary of Lima, Peru. Operator Cesar, OA4QV, will be active until January 31st. QSL via OA3QV.

C6, BAHAMAS. Don, KN4UG, will operate from Great Abaco Island (IOTA NA-080) as KN4UG/C6A now until January 19th. He will also be active in the SSB portion of the NA QSO Party January 17-18th. QSL via the Bureau or direct to: Don Namm, 103 Birkhaven Drive, Cary, North Carolina 27511. Check out Don's Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/kn4ug/

C6, BAHAMAS. John/K3TEJ and Edward/WA3WSJ will be here from February 16-23rd. Their activity will be on 160-10 meters, including the WARC bands. They will also be in the ARRL CW DX Contest using the callsign C6AKW. QSL via K3TEJ.

FT5W, CROZET ISLAND. Gilles/F5AGL is now signing FT5WH and has been reported active mainly on 20 meters (14180 kHz) around 1915z. Reports indicate that he can be active on 40/20/15/10 meters for the moment, but he doesn't have an amplifier at the present. QSL via F6KDF: Radio Club de la Gendarmerie, 292 route de Genas, 69677 Bron Cedex, France. SPECIAL NOTE: Please don't send QSLs for FT5ZH and FT5WH in the same envelope. You must send 2 different mailings (one for each station).

FK8, NEW CALEDONIA. The "LNDX" reports that Philippe, ex-TU2FH, has received the callsign FK8VHU. He will stay there until August, 1999. He was heard this past week around 0000z on 10 meters (around 28500 kHz).

FT5Z, AMSTERDAM. The "DX News Sheet" reports that Michael, FT5ZJ, is now active and was heard on 14122 kHz between 1700-1800z. Hopefully someone can ask him to move up the band. He will be stationed on the island for a year with the army. QSL via F2YT.

FY, FRENCH GUYANA. The French DX bulletin "Les Nouvelles DX" (LNDX) reports that Christian, F6BEN, has received the callsign FY5DG and is active on 20 and 40 meters. The length of his stay is unknown.

HD1DX MOJANDA DXPEDITION. Look for several Ecuadorians to operate from Laguna Mojanda Grande beginning on Saturday, January 30th at 1500z. This operation will last until 1500z, Sunday, January 31st. Activity is expected to be on 40/20/17/15/10 meters. The following information received was a little confusing: "Laguna Mojanda Grande is located within the crater of Mojanda Volcano, located in spurs of Volcano Fuya-Fuya to 3,800 meters on the level of the sea." QSL via HC6DC, Rodrigo Camacho.

IOTA NEWS.......

• The "LNDX" reports that Jean Marc, F5SGI, will be F5SGI/P from Noirmoutier Island (IOTA EU-064) from February 20-26th. He will be active mostly on CW.
• RARE IOTA. Hillar, N6HR, reports that the Western Washington DX Club and the Island County ARC (WA) will be operating from the rare Tatoosh Island (NA-169) in the July, 1999 IOTA Contest. Tatoosh Island belongs to the Makah Indian Nation and is located off Cape Flaherty at the western tip of Olympic Peninsula (WA). For more info, contact N6HR at: hraamat@whidbey.net
• NEW IOTA. Sam, CT1EEN, informs OPDX that he will be in Australia September/October 1999, using the special callsign VK6EEN. During his stay, he states that he will be one of a TEAM (consisting of 12 to 16 operators) for a DXpedition to Rowley Shoals (VK9-99, IOTA OC-New). There may be another possible island in VK6-Land activated.
• AS-041. Look for Oki Island (Shimane-Ken) to be activate by Yuji/ JA3CMY, Fumio/JE4CIL and Takeshi/JI3DST between March 20th (0700z) through December 21st (2200z). Activity will be on 80/75/40/20/17/ 15/12/10 meters with operation on CW/SSB/SSTV. QSL via the following"
  • JA3CMY - Yuki Iwata, 3-13-3 Kaneda-Cho Moriguchi-City, Osaka 570-0011 Japan
  • JE4CIL - Fumio Suzuki, P.O.Box 3 Hamamura Ketaka-Cho, Ketaka-Gun Tottori 689-0331 Japan
  • JI3DST - Takeshi Funaki, 2-18-26 Hannan-Cho Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City Osaka 545-0021 Japan -- E-Mail: MXK00027@nifty.ne.jp

J47, GREECE (Special Event). George, SV7DMU, informs OPDX that the "Radio DX Group of Thrace" (in SV7-land) will activate the special event station J47XCF from the February 8-21th. The station is active to commemorate the "Carnival Festival of City Xanthi" in North East Greece. For more details, check the home page of "Radio DX Group of Thrace" at: http://members.xoom.com/georgexanthi/dxgroup.htm

J7, DOMINICA. Members of the "Foundation for Amateur International Radio Services" (FAIRS) will be active again from here on February 12-22nd. Look for operartors Gay/KD4GMV (YL op) and her husband David/KK4WW; Kay/KF4EKH (YL op) and her husband Don/KE4UGF; Bill/W4WX and Larry/N4VA to sign as J79GMV, J79WW, J79EKH and J79UGF. Operations will be on CW/SSB and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are: 7180, 7240, 14190, 14240, 18130, 21350, 28380 and 50125 kHz. QSL via operator's instructions.

KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Don, W4ZYT, will once again be active from here, February 16-23rd, as KG4ZK. Also, look for him to be active as KG4DZ in the upcoming ARRL CW Contest. QSL KG4ZK via home call and KG4DZ via W4SD.

PACIFIC TRIP. Simon, IV3NVN, reports to OPDX that from February 16-20th, he will be in Honolulu and probably active as KH6/IV3NVN. From February 21st to March 3rd, Simon will be active as KH4/IV3NVN from Midway Island. His activity will be on SSB and CW. His equipment includes the following: Yaesu FT-890, maybe a linear from Sommerkamp FL-2277B, a 5 element Log-periodic by TITANEX (for 10/12/15/17/20 meters), a home made vertical for 30/40/80 meters and maybe an inverted L for 160 meters. If Simon can find a 6 meters rig, he will also be active on this band. His QSL Manager will be Flavio IV3TMV, direct or via Bureau.

PY0S, ST.PETER & ST. PAUL ROCKS DXPEDITION CANCELLED. Karl, PS7KM (NDXG Coordinator), informed OPDX that the DXpedition to St Peter & St Paul Rocks (PY0S) scheduled for the first week of March was cancelled due to low budget. All donations received to cover expenses for the trip will be returned to sponsors as soon as possible. Karl and the "NATAL DX Group" would like to thank all, directly or indirectly, for their valuable help one more time.

QSL INFO AND NEWS....

• QSL Manager Fritz, DL7VROI, who has just returned from his EA8 operation, reports that the QSL cards for the 8Q7IO and 8Q7IQ operation (October 19th-November 5th) should be received within the next week from the printers'. He does mention to us that he is the QSL Manager for the EA8 activity by him (DL7VRO) and only the following DL stations: DL1YFF, DL7AU, DL7IO, DL7UBA and DL7VRO.
• It has been reported to OPDX that QSLs for Gyuri, HA5JI, no longer go to Bob, W9XY. Bob used to be the QSL Manager because Gyuri was strapped for time, but Gyuri is home more now so he asks that all QSLs be sent direct to HA5JI.
• Bernie, W3UR (editor of "THE DAILY DX") reports that the A61AJ logs are now available on the InterNet at: http://www.dailydx.com/a61aj_search.html Bernie has printed the labels for all QSL card requests received before December 29th. He is in the process of attaching labels to the color photo QSL cards and will have all U.S. cards in the mail before the January 10th postal increase. Most of the U.S. cards will go in the mail Monday morning. He adds that the foreign mail will follow very quickly afterwards and Bureau cards are OK (However, he will only answer them in bulk once a year and that will be sometime in the summer). Also, A61AJ does have a Web page, which has some older pictures at: http://www.a61aj.com For those who may be interested, Boris, T93Y, has posted pictures of the recent A61AJ CQWW CW DX Contest on his home page at: http://www.qsl.net/t93y/a61aj/
• The "Checkered Turtle" QSL cards for the October, 1998 J3A CQWW SSB Contest are now being sent out. The QSL Manager for that international team effort led by Harry/J37K and Gill/J39AL is Ron Hasselbrock, WA8LOW.
• Alan, VK4AAR, reports to OPDX that he has been asked by Sara, VU3RSB, to take on his QSL management. AIan mentions that he guesses he will be able to handle earlier QSOs also. Please, QSL to VK4AAR DIRECT.
• NEED A QSL MANAGER? Alan, VK4AAR, states he will be happy to take on the job. If you have an E-mail address, Alan can turn cards around very fast but the old fashioned method of mailing the log is OK too. If interested, contact Alan by E-mail or postal as per the following addresses: VK4AAR's E-mail - almee@halenet.com.au New Postal Address - Alan Roocroft, PO Box 421, Gatton 4343, Australia
• Scott, VE7ARS, QSL Manager for the XM7P (RCMP 125 Ann Station) that was on Trutch Island (IOTA NA-181), states all the QSLs for this event have been sent out. Some cards went out blank to stations which was an error. Some operators were wondering what to do. Scot states that they have fixed the problem, and that they will re-issue all those blank cards. THERE is NO NEED FOR STATIONS TO SEND ANOTHER QSL OR MORE POSTAGE. Any station that QSLed direct will receive a card direct with the QSL info on it. Scot regrets the mix-up, but this stuff happens from time to time. Any station wishing to confirm QSL status for XM7P can send an E-mail messsage to: ve7ars@sfu.ve7cc.ampr.org
• Bob Chambers, NC6J, reports that after ten years of handling the QSL Manager job for KC4AAA, he has decided to turn the job over to Larry, K1IED. Bob states Larry is more than capable and is in touch with the people at the South Pole on a daily basis. He will handle all prior and future QSL cards.
• Jacky, F5OIU, has been informed that he is no longer the QSL Manager for MU0ASP or MJ0ASP. At this date Jacky has received only a few pages of the logs and no QSLs. Effective as of the 1st of January, please QSL via the operator F5SHQ.
• NEW BELGIUM BUREAU ADDRESS. Peter, ON6KZ, reports that QSL cards for ON stations should now be sent via the new address: Federation Radio Amateurs - Belgium, P.O.Box 1630, B-1000 Brussels 1, Belgium.
• JUST ANOTHER REMINDER. Coly, 3W5FM (aka UA0FM), has a new address for direct QSLs: P.O. Box 37, Vladimir, 600000, Russia.

SAN ANDRES 1999 DXPEDITION. The Woodbridge Wireless (WWI) from Woodbridge, Virginia is pleased to announce its 4th DXpedition. This DXpedition will be to San Andres Island (HK0, NA 033) and will coincide with the 1999 ARRL DX Phone Contest. Their callsign is yet to be assigned (it may turn out to be HK0/W4DC). They plan to operate from March 2-9th, including the contest, when two transmitters will be on the air. Operations before and after the contest will emphasize RTTY, CW, and WARC bands. All contest QSOs will be confirmed automatically with a photo QSL via the bureau. You can send an SASE to W4DC if you need one quicker, or for QSOs outside the contest. The TEAM SAN ANDRES members are W4DC, K5OF, AA3KX, WB4ZNH, WN4FVU (if you need a YL contact), N2PP, and WZ8P. Check out their Home Page for the latest news and log checking at: http://www.pwcweb.com/wwi/DXpedition/ Questions and comments before and after the Dxpedition should be directed to Denis, W4DC (catalanode@navsea.navy.mil). During the operation, please contact Mike, KA4RRU (ka4rru@erols.com).

SILENT KEY. OPDX was informed that Philip Dawkins became a Silent Key on December 30th. His callsign was C6ACN. OPDX sends our deepest sympathy to the family.

T2, TUVALU. Mar/DL3DXX, Falk/DK7YY, Manfred/DK1BT, Tom/DL2OAP and Uli/ DL8OBQ are now active as T20FW until January 14th. Please refer to OPDX.388 for more details. QSL via DK7YY.

V3, BELIZE. Art/NN7A and Mike/NG7S will be active January 31st through February 6th as V31JZ and V31RL. They will operate from Turneffe Island. Their activity will be mainly CW, but there will be some SSB. QSL via their home callsigns.

XJ1, CANADA. Look for Nova Scotia amateur radio stations to use the XJ1 prefix now until November 27th. This is to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Pony Express between Halifax and Victoria Beach.

ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. "The 59(9) DXReport" states that Jim/N6TJ and Glenn/K6NA will be active as ZD8Z and ZD8A, February 2-10th. QSL ZD8Z via VE3HO and ZD8A via K6NA.

ZL9, CAMPBELL ISLANDS. The ZL9CI team with ten operators and six stations is very active on the bands now. Just a little reminder that the operators have permit restrictions. They are limited to the hours of daylight only on the island, and the operators have to leave the island between 1030 and 1600z (weather permitting). QSL via ZL2HU. Operation should last until January 25th. On-line logs are available with updated information on this operation at the Web site: http://www.qsl.net/zl9ci/ OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive all the latest press releases by Don, N1DG.

SPECIAL NOTE FROM THE EDITOR. Please send all DX announcements/information "ONLY" to the addresses below and "NOT" to the distribution InterNet address of: dxinfo@barf80.nshore.org

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http://www.intercom.es/qtc/qtcopdx.htm

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