SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.141
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 141
The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 141
BID: $OPDX.141
January  1, 1994
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 8/N/1

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, DF4RD, DL7VEE & DXNL,
OZ1FJB, AD1C, K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster Group, KJ4VH, WA4JQS, AC4CS,
K8YSE and KE9A for the following DX information.

1B, NORTHERN CYPRUS. The DX Advisory Committe was advised by Cliff
Watson, KR4M, to table his petition for Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus. No definite reason was given, but there are negotiations going on
between both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot to resolve intercommunal
differences and to create a new federal system of government. SPECIAL
NOTE (from the Editor): The OPDXB has been accused of promoting the
"1B operations" which is WRONG! OPDXB does not promote or take sides,
but it is a "DX news service", and like all the other DX news
publications, it reports on activites and events on the air.

3Y, PETER I ISLANDS (ALMOST CALLED OFF!). The entire DXpedition was
almost aborted when it was discovered the icebreaker that was scheduled
to pick up the DXpedition team from the island for the return trip, would
not be able to schedule a stop for the pickup. The team has been working
feverishly behind the scenes for weeks to change this situation. It has
involved lots of liason work, telephone calls and visits into Russia in
order to solve the problem. They now have a Russian ship that will make
the pickup. There are very few ships in the world that can make such a
pickup and are equipped to have helicopters to bring the gear off the
island. Thanks to a lot of perserverance by the entire team, and within
just a few days of the drop-dead date for aborting the DXpedition, the
Russians magically came through with an offer of help. So the DXpedition
is now back on track again. However, the team had to spent over $2000 in
telephone calls, plus plane tickets for some of the Scandinavian team to
fly into the Russia to solve the problem. This is a very expensive
DXpedition and if you would like to help contribute to this operation,
send contributions to KA6V. The team will be departing in mid-January
for Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. The landing date for Peter I
is February 1st. The DX-team is made up of the following: Ralph/K0IR
(Team Leader), Tony/WA4JQS, Terry/W6MKB, Bob/N4GCK, Peter/ON6TT,
Bob/KK6EK, Luis/XE1L, Willy/HB9AHL and MR. Martin Tosseyn/Researcher.
Also read VP8 below. Special Note: Tony, WA4JQS, has stated he has been
working the past few months on plans for a DXpedition to Heard Island
with an operation to Kerguelen Island afterwards.

4U1ITU, ITU HQ (on RTTY). Wolfgang, DK7UY, will be active from January
3rd to 7th, in Geneva to test some DX-pedition equipment from the
ITU-Headquater station 4U1ITU. He will operate mainly on RTTY on 15, 17
and 20 meters, but also some CW and SSB operations will take place on
all the other bands. QSL's for this activity ONLY via bureau to DK7UY.

4Z85TA, ISRAEL (SPECIAL EVENT STATION). From January 1st through April
30th this station will be on all bands and modes (RTTY, PACKET, SSTV,
AMTOR, PACTOR, CW and SSB) to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the
founding of the city of Tel-Aviv. A special QSL will be sent to everyone
contacting the station. Also, a special award certificate signed by the
mayor of Tel-Aviv will be available (listen for details). Award and QSL
manager for 4Z85TA goes to 4X6LM, Shlomo Mussali, P.O.Box 8225, Tel Aviv
61081 Israel.

9K, KUWAIT. Bob, N6BFM, has signed up for another year in Kuwait as
9K2ZZ. Currently he is home in Atlanta, but will be active from Kuwait
in another week. He is taking back a 40 meter beam with him which was
donated by some W8's in Michigan. Bob's QSL manager is Ray, W8CNL. It
has also been announced that Ray's son, Derek, KC4ELO, has now become
the QSL manager for Tom, 9K2ZC, and his XYL, Donna, 9K2YY. Address for
both W8CNL and KC4ELO is 674 Crestlyn Dr., North Augusta, SC 29841.

BV0ARL/BV9P, PRATAS ISLAND. There was a glimmer of hope for this operation
to take place the day after Christmas, but a FAX sent by Martti Laine,
OH2BH/VR2BH, and received by Ron, K6OZL, states it was called off at the
last minute to allocate space for officers heading to Pratas and for more
valuable cargo. The next tentative scheduled try is for late February or
early March. FROM THE RUMOR MILL (Just before going to print!): From a
conversation that was overheard on 75 meters Sunday morning. The rumor
now circulating states that two phone calls from a BV operator to some
K7 stations informed them that there may be a short operation from BV9P
on Jan 5, 1994 for 4.5 hours only (from 0300-0730 UTC). Frequencies to
watch are reported to be 14020, 14260, 21020, 21260 and two frequencies
on 17 meters which were missed in copying the info. Antennas that will
be used are a sloper and dipoles. The rumor says that the opertors will
be several BV ops and Martti. There is supposed to be a follow up
operation which will be a much bigger effort in March. All of this is
band-chatter at this point, but may be good dope. WFWL. This information
from AC4CS.

HK0, MALPELO & GORGOLA ISLANDS. Rumors have been circulating that
IT2RAO/HK0 will be operational from Malpelo January 4-7, and from
Gorgola Island (in the Valle/Cauca Division group) January 12-15. Very
little information is available on either of these operations, but the
operator has mentioned that the IOTA numbers are: SA-007 for Malpelo and
SA-017 for Gorgola. So you might keep an eye on the IOTA freqs. This is
a surprising operation. Malpelo has been a restricted area and authorites
only authorize DXpeditions about once every 7 years.

HUANGYAN DAO (SCARBOROUGH REEF). Hans, DK9KX, has sent a petition to the
DXAC for DXCC Country status for this one. Hans feels that Huangyan Dao
qualifies under Point 2 (a) of the DXCC Countries Criteria. Huangyan Dao,
a possession of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), is an uninhabitated
island situated in the South Chinese Sea. The petition states that the
island is in excess of 225 statute miles from the nearest point of the
PRC, with nothing between it and the mainland. (15 deg 7'N, 117 deg 51'E)

S2, BANGLADESH. Carl, SM6CPY, will be active until January 11th. His call
sign is unknown at this time, but plans to emphasize his activity on 30,
80 and 160 meters. There was a station active on New Year's Day signing
S21ZZ on 10102 kHz at 1500z which could have been him. Meanwhile, Eric,
S21ZG, continues to be active on 14226 DX Net around 1330z, and before
that time, he can sometimes be found on 20 meter CW. QSL S21ZG via W4FRU.

SAD NOTE: Khalid, A61AB, at the age of 24, became a silent key December
17th, due to accident with his microlight airplane. Khalid was
instrumental in helping non-Emirates residents to operate amateur radio
in his country.

T5/OZ1FJB UPDATED AND QSL CARDS. Lars, T5/OZ1FJB, states he made 1500
QSOs (95% were CW) in the period of May 1st thru September 31st, from
Garbaharre in Somalia while working for the UNHCR as a Radiotechnician
and Operator. QSL cards will be printed the first of January. Also,
Lars has a new address: Lars E. Hinrichsen, Graeshavevej 17, DK-2730
Herlev, Denmark.

VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS. Before the 3Y operation, Ralph/K0IR, Peter/ON6TT
and a civilian member of the DX-team will arrive on the Falklands 4 to 5
days ahead of the rest of the DX-team because of the lack of seats on
the R.A.F. flight. The early arrivers plan to do some low band operations
as VP8BZL (Tony/WA4JQS's call) while they are waiting for the rest of the
team to arrive later in the week. They will try to be active mainly on
160, 80 and 40 meters CW and SSB. QSL via KA6V.

XF4, REVILLA GIGEGO. Per an operator at XF4CI, on 3795 kHz at 0722z on
December 31st, the team will pay special attention to HF CW on the last
three days of the DXpedition (January 4,5,6). The XF4CI was also active
on 160 meters SSB the same day at 0330z and 0600z. They were also heard
on OSCAR 13 at 0640z, 145.900 MHz.

XZ4TA WAS ACTUALLY 4Z4TA. In OPDX.140 we reported on two QSN reports on a
XZ4TA from the cluster networks. Ken, KE9A, believes these reports were
actually 4Z4TA, not XZ4TA.

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