Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 519
July 9, 2001

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 519
BID: $OPDX.519
July 9, 2001
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, K1VV, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4JZ, W4SAA, K5KG, K7BV, K8AZ, K8YSE, NE8Z, KU9C, W9DC, 9A6AA, DL1EK & DX News Letter, EA5RM, F5NQL, F5OGG, G3XTT, GM0HCQ, GW3KJN, HA8IC, HA0HW, JA1ELY, JH1ORA, JQ1SUO, LU7DW, LY1DR, OH1EH, S57AW, SM4DDS, UR5LCV, VE7DP and YS1AG/G5AYU for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 1/July, through Sunday, 8/July there were 220 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E4, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J6, J8, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T32, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS

* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and "DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity".

3B8, MAURITIUS. Taher, 3B8DB, was active this past weekend on 12 meters CW. Watch between 24894 and 24900 kHz between 0900 and 1400z.

4W, EAST TIMOR. Thor, 4W6MM, was heard this past weekend with very few takers on 20 meters CW. Watch 14002 kHz as early as 0545z and as late as 1430z. He was also heard around 7025 kHz at 1030z and also at 1130z. There was one QSN on 10 and 15 meters this week. Check 28490 kHz at 0215z and 21003 kHz at 0445z.

E4, PALESTINE. Gunter, E4/OE1GZA, was heard this past weekend on 21287 kHz between 1145 and 1330z. QSL via Gunter Zwickl, BOX 1133, Ramalah, Palestine.

DX VIDEOS............

• VK0IR HEARD ISLAND - "Outpost at the Edge" (Editorial by KB8NW) This broadcast television documentary is a must for any DXer who collects DXpedition videos. James Brooks, 9V1YC, who has written and filmed the video, provides 50 minutes of interesting facts and history of this isolated island. The video not only contains footage of the famous, very expensive VK0IR DXpedition, but also rare film on the first expedition to the island. You will learn about the history of the island from the early 19th century American sealing industry through the Austrialian occupation in the 1950s. If you enjoyed James's other videos, you will really like this one. For more details, visit the web site: http://home.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/
• Dennis, K7BV, introduced his "Fernando de Noronha - PV0F - CQ WPX 2001" video at the Ham Radio 2001 Convention in Friedrichshafen, Germany, last weekend. A World High Power 3rd place finish is claimed for his operation. The professionally produced video is 14 minutes long and features an entertaining tour of the island, its history and the QTH of its most famous occupant, Andre, PY0FF. It is currently available in NTSC format and will be made available in PAL if there is sufficient interest. For more information, send E-mail to Dennis at: k7bv@aol.com

IARU 2001 ANNOUNCED HQ OPERATIONS. Bill, NG3K, has created a listing of HQ and official stations announced for the forthcoming 2001 IARU Contest (July 14-15th) and can be found on the Web at: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iaru2001.html. If you'd like to have your HQ/official operation listed, please send the details (Callsign, Country, Class, QSL Info, Operators) to: Bill@ng3k.com (Please, only HQ/Official operations for this one.)

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

• AS-041. Eiji/JQ1SUO and JH4WXV will be active from Oki Island between August 11-14th, as JQ1SUO/4 and JH4WXV/4. Activity will be on 160-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via their home callsigns via the CBA.
• EU-091. The Salento DX Team will be on the air from Grande Island (I.I.A. LE-002) during the IOTA Contest. Callsign is not known. Operators will draw lots for the uses of callsign/p. QSL via IK7JWX or via CBA.
• EU-170. A Hungarian team will operate from the Croatian Island of Pasman from July 21-30th. The members of the team are: Zsolt/HA6PS, Tibor/HA6ZV and Laci/HA6NL. Their callsigns will be 9A/homecall/p on all HF-bands. They are going to be active on 2m and 70cm from the JN73 grid square. They plan to participate in the IOTA Contest. QSL should be sent to their respective home callsigns and will be answered the same way as received.
• EU-177. Kjell, SM4DDS, will be active as 8S4C/5 from Stora Alo, July 9-14th. His activity will be on CW and SSB. QSL via bureau is OK and direct QSLs via his home callsign SM4DDS: Kjell Bonerfalt, Oskarsvagen 4B, S-702 14 Orebro, SWEDEN.
• NA-141. Joe/W4SAA and Dick/N4RP will operate a 100w CW DXpedition station from Virginia Key, FL, for the IOTA Contest, July 28-29th. Antenna improvements have been made over last year's operation. QSL cards are printed. Please QSL via the new address: Joe Hornbach, W4SAA, 13691 NE 25 AVE, North Miami Beach, FL 33181-3502 USA (SASE PSE).
• SA-055. Operators LU1BCE, LU3DW, LU7AWP and LU7DW will activate the Island of Martin Garcia as L80AA/D during the IOTA Contest. There will be activity outside the contest, and it will be mostly on SSB and on the WARC bands. They hope to be able to have a 160m dipole up, even if conditions in July may not be so good for that band.
• Scheduled Croatian IOTAs and IOCAs to be active provided by Emir, 9A6AA, IOCA Manager:

     Callsign          IOTA       Island     IOCA        Date
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     9A4A             EU-170      Pag       CI-082    until September 2001
     9A6AA            EU-136     Losinj     CI-058    until September 2001
     9A/DL1BKK        EU-110     Pulari     CI-205    July 15th-August 7th
     9A/ON4IPA        EU-136     Cres-Losinj area     July (last week)
     9A/OE5EMS        EU-136     Krk        CI-046    IOTA contest
     9A9R             EU-136     Krk        CI-082    IOTA contest
     9A5JR/p          EU-170     Sestrice   CI-103    August (Lighthouse event)
     9A2V/p           EU-170     Sestrice   CI-103    August (Lighthouse event)
  

J7, DOMINICA. George, K5KG, will be active as J75KG from IOTA NA-101 from July 7-17th. He will operate 160-10 meters, with a concentration on CW, WARC and the low bands. He will also operate in the IARU Contest as a mixed mode. QSL via KU9C.

KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Keiko/JJ1CRV and Kaz/JH1ORA will be on vacation here from July 13-16th and will be active as KI8CT/KH0 (JJ1CRV) and KD1OS/KH0 (JH1ORA). Activity will be on CW/SSB on 40/20/15/10/6 meters (possibly 160 and 80 meters) and the WARC bands. QSL via the JARL Bureau to their home callsigns or direct to JJ1CRV. ADDED NOTE: KD1OS/KH0 will participate in the IARU HF Championship.

LY0, LITHUANIA. Look for LY0HQ activity in the IARU Contest 2001 by the HQ station from Lithuania. QSL via LY1DR: Saulius Zalnerauskas, P.O.Box 922, Kaunas 3005, Lithuania.

MUSEUM SHIP SPECIAL EVENT WEEKEND will be held beginning 0001z July 21st until 2359z July 22nd and is sponsored by the USS Salem Radio Club, K1USN, Quincy. MA. U.S.A. During the "Museum Ship Special Event" you will be able to work warships, submarines, lightships and various motor vessels from WWII (earlier USA, Russian, German U Boats, British and much more). By working these ships you will be able to collect unique QSL cards which have their histories going back almost 100 years!! A certificate is usually available from the sponsors of these ships. See the USS Salem Web page for the list of participating ships with operating frequencies and certificate information at: http://www.qsl.net/k1usn/event.html Also, every one of the U.S. WWII ships has an individual historic record on the web which you can read from the US Navy records at: http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-ships.html

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

• D68C QSL STATUS. Don, G3XTT (D68C publicity officer), reports that the D68C QSLing is now well underway. Many cards have already gone out, and a large batch for U.S. hams will be mailed very soon. Of course, with the biggest DXpedition of all time, it will take several weeks to catch up with the cards already on hand. Once those are out the way, it should be possible to deal with any new incoming cards pretty quickly. He requests to PLEASE NOT E-mail Phil, G3SWH, about your cards as answering E-mails simply takes him away from the QSLing task! Don states, "We would, of course, have wanted to get cards out even earlier, but with so many sponsors who, naturally, looked for proper recognition on the card, we needed time to run the design past them before we went to print. And simply printing something like 80,000 cards (in Germany) and getting them shipped to the UK took time too. But when you see the cards, I'm sure you will all be delighted."
• Wendell, K4JZ, reports that the QSL cards for the Poor Boy DXpedition, FP/K4JZ, June 15-18th, will be replied to as soon as he receives the cards from the printer (In approx. three weeks).
• Dr. Rick, NE8Z, was active this past week as WW8DX/8 from Rattlesnake Island, Michigan, which has been known to be infested at times with poisonous Eastern Massassagua Rattlesnakes. Rattlesnake Island is MI-051L for the U.S. Islands Award. QSL via WW8DX QRZ.COM or NE8Z at: Rick Dorsch, Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139 USA
• NOT THE QSL MANAGER! Igor Zeldin, UR5LCV, President of UARL, informs OPDX that he is not or has never been the QSL Manager for RU9CI. He continues to receive direct request from many U.S. stations.
• Frank, VE7DP, informs OPDX that QSL cards for the February 2001 IOTA operations from the Philippines have arrived from the printer. The processing of direct requests has already begun, and the first batch will be in the mail this week. It may take him about 4 weeks to clean up the backlog. Bureau cards will be sent out later to every station in the log. It is not necessary to send him cards via Bureau!! The QSO totals are as following:

       OC-091    1600   VE7DP/DU1 & DU1KGJ/p     OC-126    2100   4I1P
       OC-244    3900   4I1P                     OC-093    4100   4H2B
  

  He mentions that the documentation to have the operations accredited is on its way to G3KMA. Some cards are arriving also for 4G1A, but Frank is NOT the QSL Manager. Cards for the 4G1A contest station should be sent direct to 4G1A/DX1CW.
• The YV5/NE8Z QSLs for the IOTA SA-035 operation from Islas Los Roques have been printed and direct requests will be sent out on or about July 25th.

SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special station HG8SDS to be active only once a year between August 14-21th, in Veszto-Magor to celebrate "Sarret Days" (HG8 Sarret DayS). A contact with this station is good towards the "Sarret Award" (10 points). Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW and SSB. For more details on the award and HG8SDS, check the Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/hg8sds/

SPECIAL EVENT. Gene, UA9AB, President of the Troisk Amateur Radio Club, reports that the TARC will celebrate its 30th anniversary on July 23rd. During their celebration, they will be active using the special callsigns UE9ATC and UE9ATC/P from July 20-27th. A special colored QSL card will be issued for contacts during this period. Also, any station that makes contact with 3 members of the club during this period will receive a Special Award.

T8, PALAU. Hideki, JE8BKW, will be active as T88BB from the evening of July 8th through the morning of July 11th. Look for Hideki on 80-6 meters, SSB and CW. QSL via the JARL bureau or direct to his new address at: Hideki Sanada, 4-2-11-312, 24-Ken 2-Jo, Sapporo, 063-0802 JAPAN.

TG, GUATEMALA. A Spanish team consisting of EA1QF, EA3CUU, EA4BT, EA4KA, EA7AAW, EA7JB, EB1ADG and EB4EE will be in Guatemala from September 17-26th, installing a digital radio emergency network as was done in El Salvador and Honduras in past years. At the same time, a HF operations will take place on all bands from 160-6 meters on SSB, CW and RTTY with special emphasis on CW and the WARC bands. They have requested the callsign TG0R, but the final approval from the Guatemala PTT is still pending. All the activities will be done jointly with the Club de Radioaficionados de Guatemala (CRAG). QSL via EA4URE.

TI9, COCOS ISLAND. Andy, YS1AG/G5AYU, informs OPDX that there is an active station on Cocos Island, and the operator is Hugo, TI2HFM/TI9. He is a gamekeeper/forester there working for the Costa Rica Parks administration. He is usually heard on weekends, around 0300z somewhere near 7070 kHz ragchewing with TI5ECC (YL) and TI3GBP, who is due to join him by the end of this month. They will also take a radio along so there will be two TI9 stations on the air. They are not DXers, but like to ragchew in Spanish on 40 meters (it is better than no activity at all).

VP8, SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND (possibly South Orkney Island also!)..... OPDX received an E-mail this week from Mike Gloistein, GM0HCQ, who was active from South Georgia Island as VP8SGK for a few days during the end of March and the beginning of April. To start, Mike informed OPDX that the address we had listed in OPDX.505 was wrong (Sorry!). The correct address is: Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, PH2 6SP, Scotland. He also reported to OPDX that he will be going back to South Georgia sometime in late November or early December. He will be active onboard the Royal Research Ship Ernest Shackleton beginning about October 10th. He will be changing his callsign to VP8CMH/MM once in the Falkland Islands and the Antarctic waters. There is a slim chance that he may even be able to operate from Signy Island this time around, but he won't know for sure until he gets there. Mike hopes to post the ships itinerary on his Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/gm0hcq/ Once he is away, updates will be posted at: http://www.hfdx.co.uk

WORLD LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY......

• WLH-NEW WLH-0074. Mario, DL5ME, states that he will be active as LA/DL5ME from the lighthouse on the Island of Runde (Soroyane -IOTA EU-079, WLH-0074), July 14-16th. He will also be active from a new lighthouse on the Island of Vigre (Nordoyane - IOTA EU-056), July 19-21st. He will use a log-periodic and 500 watts. During the IARU Contest, look for him on 17 meters (during the NA window). QSL via homecall direct (the fast way, 2-3 months) or the bureau (the slow way, 1-2 to 5 years).
• LH-0978. Masafumi, JA6GXK, will activate the Japanese lighthouse on Me Shima Island (AS-056) over the next few months. Look for him on the following dates: July 13-24th, August 14-24th and October 5-16th. Activity will be on 40 meters, 14260 and 21260 kHz.

WRTC 2002 UPDATE. The 13 U.S. contest clubs have nominated the following contesters to eventually lead the ten U.S. teams to Finland in July 2002.

     USA West:                                USA East:
  N6MJ   Daniel Craig                    NT1N   David (Dave) Patton
  N6RT   Douglas Brandon                 K1AR   John Dorr
  N5RZ   Ralph Bowen                     W4AN  Bill Fisher
  N2IC    Steven London                  KQ2M  Robert (Bob) Shohet
  N5KO   Robert (Trey) Garlough.         K5ZD   Randall (Randy) Thompson

Congrats to Team Croatia for being the first one to select a national team! The following contesters will represent Croatia in the WRTC2002: Zdravko (Emil) Balen/9A9A and Robert Orehoci/9A3GW.

WRTC 2000 AWARDS. Robert, S57AW, reports that the distribution of awards, T-shirts and gifts is less than a month away. They are almost finished processing everything, and they are sorry for the delay.

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