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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.

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OPDX/BARF80 receive credit. To contribute DX info, call BARF-80 BBS
online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 and leave a message with
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BitNet Mail to: aq474%cleveland.freenet@cunyvm or send PRODIGY Mail to:
DFJH48A or send a message via packet to KB8NW @ WA8BXN.OH.USA.NA

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