SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.142
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 142
The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 142
BID: $OPDX.142
January 10, 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,
AD1C, N2PNG, K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster Group, K4MZU, K8BL and K8MBH
for the following DX information.

1A0KM, SMOM. Activity during the first part of the week was probably
the work of a pirate. Usually the group that activates this station will
announce when they will be on the air. SYGS! (Save Your Green Stamp)

9M2, WEST MALAYSIA. Just a reminder that Neville, G3NUG, will be active
from three islands off the west coast of West Malaysia during January
and February. His callsign will be 9M2/G3NUG and he prefers the
frequencies 14260 and 18140 kHz (both +/- 5 kHz). Look for him on:
Pangkor Is. (AS-072) from January 14-21, Langkawi Is. (AS-058) from
January 22-28 and Penang Is. (AS-016) from January 29 to February 10.
Neville mentions that there has been no activity from AS-072 and AS-058
for about three years. All direct QSL request will be cleared by the
end February. QSL via CBA.

BV9P, PRATAS ISLAND. A group consisting of BV5AF, BV2AP, BV4AS, BV4OB
and OH2BH were active from here on January 5th, for about 4 hours. It
was reported that lots of VK and JA stations were heard calling the BV9P
station on 14255 and 14260 kHz. There were no reports from anyone
stateside that could not hear BV9P. Martti, OH2BH/VR2BH, was heard saying
that another DXpedition would take place in March. Other reports also
indicate that the BV9P group made about 630 QSOs with JA, BV and VK
stations, and one single KH6 contact before going QRT.

EI4VRU CARDS. Barry, N2PNG, who has just returned from Ireland, states he
made 1800 QSOs in the limited time he had to operate. There are two QSL
routes available to use: N2PNG CBA or Barry Kennedy, POB 222, Austinburg,
Ohio 44010.

HK0, MALPELO & GORGOLA ISLANDS. Ermanno was very active from Malpelo
this past week as I2RAO/HK0 (not IT2RAO/HK0 as reported last week).
He has gone QRT as of January 8th, but will returning on the air
from Gorgola Island (in the Valle/Cauca Division group) January 12-15.
It is unsure what this island will count for, so WFWL. There are many
who hope his Malpelo operation will count (KYFC!).

HS, THAILAND. Fred, K3ZO, will be arriving in Thailand January 8th and
returning on February 15th. During his time there, he will activate the
club station HS0AC with his personal Thailand call, HS0ZAR. Fred plans
to be very active on 40 meter CW, both morning and evening gray line
paths. He states the bottom end of 40 meters is full of CB'ers from
Indonesia on SSB, so look for him above 7015 kHz (sometimes even as high
as 7030, but not down on the very low end of the band). In regards to
80 meters, it is not normally permitted for amateurs to operate in
Thailand, but he has asked for special permission to use the band from
2200z, February 4th thru 1700z February 6th, CW only. If he gets this
permission, ("Which is by no means assured," states Fred) look for him
around 3513 KHz. There will be no skeds or nets!

Just a reminder that Reiner, DL2VK, is now active as HS0/DL2VK until
January 31st. He will be active on all modes (mostly on CW) including
PACTOR.

P5DTG INFORMATION. For the many stations that worked P5DTG back in
November of 1992, here is some bad news. Responses are being received
from Josef, OK1DTG, the QSL Manager and Operator stating that the P5DTG
operation was an unlicensed operation. The information was printed on
Josef's OK1DTG QSL card with the QSO information blank and lined-through
and the operators call on it.

PY0, ST. PETER & ST. PAUL ROCKS. According to the son of PS7KM the
planned three week DXpedition by four Brasilian operators to St. Peter &
Paul Rocks that was to start January 10th, will be delayed until
January 20th and will only be for two weeks. There were no reasons given
for the delay. The group plans to have two stations working 24 hours a
day from 160 to 6 meters on CW/SSB/RTTY/Packet. QSL SSB/RTTY/6m contacts
to PS7KM and all CW contacts to PT7WA.

S2, BANGLADESH. K4MZU reports working Manju, S21AM, around 1240Z on 20
meters longpath. Manju is a Bangladesh national and is newly licensed.
QSL to PO Box 4000, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

DXCC HAPPENINGS. Another "Application For New DXCC Country" status was
sent to the DXAC. Actually this application was a request to reinstate
Aldabra Atoll to the DXCC Countries List. The application was filed by
Kurt Bindschedler, HB9MX/S79MX, who was active from Aldabra November
1st and 2nd in 1993. Kurt believes Aldabra qualifies under the DXCC
Criteria rule, "Point 1: by virtue of Governmnet." Aldabra was deleted
from the DXCC List, June 28, 1976. All contacts now made June 29, 1976
and after with Aldabra counts towards Seychelles (S7). Kurt states, "the
Seychelles government is the administrative authority for all outlying
islands with the exception of Aldabra. Aldabra is administered by
non-governmental, non-profit scientific and conservation organization
SIF (Seychelles Island Foundation). SIF consists of a board of trustees,
the execxtive officer and several foreign well reputed personalities as
members, with offices on Mahe and in London." Here are the coordinates:
Long 46 deg 20 min E/Lat 9 deg 25 min S.

KEEP THOSE BALLOTS COMING! (Only a 3 weeks to go!) Ballots for the Third
Annual OPDX/NODXA DX Survey can be found in OPDX.137. Ballots can be
sent to the following packet and online addresses listed below.

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