SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.147 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 147 The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 147 BID: $OPDX.147 February 14, 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, DL7VEE & DXNL, DF4RD, AD1C, W2JGR, K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster Group, WB5B, NL7TB N8AC and VE1CBK for the following DX information. 3Y0PI, PETER I ISLAND. As this bulletin was being prepared, reports indicate that the DXpedition team has worked over 50,000 QSOs. Monday, February 14th, will be the last night for 80/160 meter operations. Tuesday, February 15th, will be the last day for a full-time operations, if the schedule for the pick-up ship holds. The ETA for the pickup ship is February 17 or 18. This requires the team to start dismantling the base about 48 hours before the ship arrives (February 15 or 16). 9I, ZAMBIA. Holger/DL7VTM (NODXA member), Birgit/DG9WYL and Lutz/DL7VLA will arrive in Zambia on or about March 14th for a 3 week operation until April 7th. The callsigns that Holger, Birgit and Lutz will be using are 9I2Z, 9I2M and 9I2A, respectively. Their operations will be on all bands (including the WARC bands) and also operations on AO-13 satellite. This will be the first satellite operation from Zambia. All QSLs will go to Fritz, DL7VRO. KP5, DESECHEO. AB4JI, KB4GYT, W4JKC, WA3YVN and VP2VE will be active from March 1-7. They will be on 10-160 meters, CW, SSB and RTTY; and possibly the RS-12 satellite. They will concentrate on the ARRL DX Contest, March 5-6. The callsign will be KP5/AB4JI. QSL via AB4JI. They are still looking for one more operator. Contact Robert, AB4JI, at 205-539-7665. V3, BELIZE. Bobby, WB5B, and Mike, WA5TKC, will be active from February 19 to March 12 as V31BW and V31PP, respectively. They will operate from two locations, Bobby on South Water Caye (NA-080) and Mike in the rain forest area near Blue Creek. Mike will be operating 10-80 meters (SSB and RTTY) and Bobby mostly CW, 160-10 meters. V31BW will be active in both the ARRL DX Contests and the CQ WW 160 Meter Contest. QSL to home calls. Both operators are providing video and data communications for the "Jason Project", headed by Dr. Robert Ballard (discoverer of the Titanic) in conjunction with the National Geographic Society. This will give school students in the U.S., Canada, Bermuda and the United Kingdom live educational "tours" from these locations. VY1AU, HERSCHEL ISLAND DXPEDITION. Northern expeditioners will activate Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea for the first time in Amateur Radio history. They will use the callsign VY1AU. The group will leave July 23rd from Inuvik where they will charter a float plane for Herschel. The team will be leaving the island on the 28th. Their 5 day operations will take place from Pauline Cove, a safe harbor on the east side of the Island. Herschel Island is the Yukon's first territorial park, complete with historic buildings and graveyards. Perched on the arctic edge of North America, Herschel's southern shore faces the mountainous Yukon mainland while the north shore is brutally exposed to the Arctic Ocean. The Island, 9 miles by 5 miles by 600 feet high is a mere six-tenths of a mile off the Yukon coast and accessible from mid-May to mid-September by boat or float plane. They hope to have two stations operational from a park building and use their generator. The Herschel Island DXpedition team: Bill/VY1AU, Brian/VY1BE, Richard/N6IV/KL7, Larry/KF6XC, Carl/VE8CF and John/NL7TB will handle the logistics/QSL manager duties. Operating SSB frequencies will be 21260, 14260, 14130 kHz and plus some activity on 40/80 meters. They will have a special event full-color QSL and also a video (VHS) tape of the whole event made available from NL7TB. QSL direct only to NL7TB. XU, KAMPUCHEA. From the west coast statside, Sanyi, XU7VK, was heard active on 3522 kHz at 1524z, 7009 kHz at 1700z and one day on RTTY on 14083 kHz at 1705z. Sanyi will be active thru the end of February. ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Seven members from the Glen Canyon Wireless Association will be active from Rarotonga, March 4-10. The group will also be active in the ARRL SSB DX Contest as ZK1AVY. ZONE 2. Wayne, VE1CBK (CY0SAB), and Maurice, VE3YYR, will be active from February 22-28. Their main purpose is to operate in the CQ WW 160 Meter Contest, February 26-27. Before the contest they will be working all bands, but will concentrate on RTTY and SSB. They will also be on RS-12 satellite. QSL via VE3YYR. Wayne also mentioned that the CY0SAB cards are in the mail. ZS9, WALVIS BAY. Ian, ZS9A, will be on 160 meters shortly before sunrise beginning February 14th. Look for him on 1815 kHz at or around 0400z. ZY0SK AND ZY0SP, ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL ROCKS. After long delays trying to put these stations on the air, finally last weekend, the group ran into problems. Reports indicate that both stations lost their generators and had to resort to battery power. With battery power the group was only able to operate with 5 to 10 watts of power. This made them cut their operations short and they went QRT on February 11. FAX YOUR DX INFORMATION NOW! Faxing is available Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 0430 to 2330z only. The number is 216-237-8208 and the FAX card is sharing the same phone line as BARF-80 BBS using a data/fax/phone switch. Excerpts and distribution of The OPDX Bulletin are granted as long as OPDX/BARF80 receive credit. 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