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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 257
The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 257
BID: $OPDX.257
June 10, 1996
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, WA3YVN, W5IJU & Island News,
AA5DX, NL7TB, K8YSE, CT1ENQ & NPDXG, DF4RD, DL7VOA, DL9GOA & DX News
Letter, EI7DNB, F6ARA & LNDX, G3ZYP, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, GB2ATG & BARTG,
HA0DU, HA0HW, JA1IDY, PA3BIZ, VE9AA and YV5EED for the following DX
information.
3Z, POLAND. Activity by 3Z0WAW has been heard on all bands (including
the WARC bands), CW and SSB at various times through out the day. This
is a special event station in Poland to celebrate the 400th anniversary
of the transfer of the capital city from Cracow to Warsaw by Zygmunt III
Waza. Length of activity is unknown. QSL via SP5PBE.
4M5, VENEZUELA (IOTA ALERT!). A group of 16 Venezeulan operators will
activate Los Roques Island, SA-35, to celebrate Venezuelan Navy Day.
Operation will take place from July 18-21st. They will operate CW, SSB,
RTTY, satellite, VHF packet and 6 and 2 meters. The callsign will be
4M5LR and QSLs go to WS4E.
5V, TONGO. Roy, DL7UBA, and Lars, DL7ALM, have been very active as 5V7HR
and 5V7ML, respectively, and will continue to do so until June 18th.
Their activity seems to be mainly CW, but some SSB operations have been
reported. Activity will be on all bands including the WARC bands. QSL
via the homecalls.
9H, MALTA. On a combination holiday/DXpedition, operators Frits/PA0BEA,
Bill/PA3BIZ, Teun/PA0TPM, Peter/PE1NZA, Anton/PA3CRA, Eric/PA3DES,
Phillip/PA3EPV, and Andre/PA0JR will be active from June 23th until
July 6th, as 9H3IE, 9H3ON, 9H3TD, 9H3TE, 9H3UJ, 9H3UK, 9H3WA and 9H3WH,
respectively. The eight operator team will be active on 80-2 meters
and 70 cms, including satellite operation. Operations (if possible)
will be around the clock on the usual DX frequencies. From 1900-2100z,
the group will be on 14180 and 18140 kHz during a Dutch net. They will
be operating from the town of Sliema (Grid JM75FV and IOTA EU-023). All
QSLs direct via CBA or Dutch QSL bureau. QSLs can also be sent through
their club PI4KGL, P.O. Box 1126, 2340 BCOEGSTGEEST, The Netherlands.
BS7, SCARBOROUGH REEF. Your editor was told in Dayton by a well-known
DXer not to report on the specifics on this one. But since most of all
the DX bulletins have reported that another DXpedition to Scarborough
Reef could take place in October 1996 (ed. I was told later!) when the
typhoon seasons ends, I figured I would join in on the fun reporting
the possibility of an operation.
CANADIAN IOTA ISLANDS. John, N6JM, will be active from the following
islands with a vertical on 10-80 meters: Anticosti Island NA-077 (July
1-3rd), an island from the Newfounlands Coast Group NA-198 (July 9/10th)
and La Madeleine Island NA-038 (July 20/21).
CY0AA (SABLE DXPEDITION) FINAL UPDATE. Preparations for this operation
continue to proceed on time and on schedule. Mike, VE9AA, will be the
first arrival on the island. The CY0AA operation should begin on June
18th. The second group (WA8JOC & W9OEH) will then begin additional
activity for another 9 to 10 days on June 24th, and all 3 stations will
be active until July 3rd in the early morning. The band plan has now
been updated to include 432 Mhz also. Look for them on the standard HF
split frequencies, and on VHF, 50.110, or if a second station is needed
on 6 meters at the same time. Due to multiple Es openings, the second
frequency of 50.225 may be used. QSL information will be repeated
periodically. Please LISTEN to the operators instructions. QSLs for
160-10 meters will go to WD8SDL, and for any VHF (2,4,6,70cm and satellite
QSOs, cards should be sent to VE9AA. They ask that all cards go direct,
with SASE (Canadian stamp etc. for VHF cards) required. Bureau cards will
be handled but at a lower priority, and will most probably be of a lesser
quality than direct QSLs. Turnaround time for bureau cards will try to be
kept under a year. ADDED NOTE: OPDX InterNet subscribers will receive an
additional bulletin containing the complete news release. Also, check
out their WEB site at: http://www.cam.org/~dino/sable.html
JD1, MINAMI TORISHIMA. The DX News Sheets report that JG8NQJ will return
to here on July 15th for a 3 month stay as JG8NQJ/JD1. QSL via JA8CJY.
KH5 & KH5K, PALMYRA/JARVIS ISLAND AND KINGMAN REEF. The Northern Portugal
DX Group report rumors from Hawaii stating that a DXpedition to Palmyra
(KH5) and Kingman Reef (KH5K) is in the works. For now the operators are
in the planning phase and are facing the first major problem of getting
the very difficult permission to land on Kingman Reef. (UPDATES to OPDX
are very appreciated.)
NEW DX USENET GROUP NOW ACTIVE. Add the following new UseNet group
"rec.radio.amateur.dx" to your reading list. Check it out!
OOPS DEPARTMENT. In last week's bulletin, we reported that cards for
VQ9DX should go to AA6DX (WRONG!). VQ9DX cards go via AA5DX.
P5, NORTH KOREA. Sanyi, HA7VK (ex-XU7VK, XU95HA), is currently in
Phenjan, North Korea at the Hungarian Embassy and has contacted several
North Korean officials, reports the following: "At present time there is
absolutely no chance to get an amateur radio license in North Korea. They
will not even talk about a permission to operate." Sanyi has also spoken
to BZ1HAM and other Chinese operators in Beijing, who have tried to pursue
the same thing, but they have received the same results.
SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS......
Look for two stations (TM1V and TM8OV) to be active for the 80th
anniversary of the Battle of Verdun (1st World War). They will be
active on all bands SSB from June 10-16th. QSL TM1V via F5NPS and
TM8OV via F5REQ.
YM21HCS and YM22HCS are special stations to commeorate the United
Nations Conference on Habitat 2 in Istanbul. HCS means Habitat City
Summit. YM21HCS is located on the European side of Istanbul and
YM22HCS is located on the Asian side in Istanbul. Opearators are
members of TA1KB (European side club station) and TA2KK (Asian side
club station). JA1IDY was able to join the group's operation at YM22HCS
from June 3-4th during his stay while participating in Habitat 2.
Activity of these stations will last until June 14th. QSL via TA2BK
or via the bureau.
SV8, AEGEAN ISLANDS (GREECE). The Island News (News and Views for Radio
Amateur Island Hunter, published twice each month) reports Vitto, I3BQC,
will be active from the island called Samos (IOTA EU-049) and possibly
other islands in the area June 20th to July 5th as SV8/I3BQC. QSL via
CBA.
TRANSATLANTIC CHALLENGE. To assist in the study of transatlantic VHF
propagation, a test beacon will operate from the SW coast of Ireland
from Sunday 9th June 1996, for a period of aproximately 3 months. The
beacon's callsign is EI3DP/P, operating on 144.480 MHz (CW) and running
25 watts with a 8 element Quagi at 20 ft, pointing at USA/Canada. Beacon
transmissions are every 60 seconds sending "TEST DE EI3DP/P EI3DP/P
EI3DP/P QTH IO41XP. Any station in USA/Canada which monitors the
transmission and wishes to attempt a two way QSO is invited to telephone
a paging receiver number +353 1 2032371. This will give a bureau service
with Alphanumeric message service. The station operator Jim Ryan,
EI3DP, will appreciate any reports from stations who may monitor the
transmission. Home address as per callbook. Tel: (home +353 21 632365)
(work) +353 21 504744
ZL8RI KERMADEC ISLAND DXPEDITION WRAP-UP... Al, WA3YVN, provided OPDX
with a detailed fax of the ZL8RI operation. The ZL8RI team consisting
of Ken/ZL2HU (Leader), Lee/ZL2AI, Chris/ZL2DX, Ron/ZL2TT, Peter/ZL3GQ,
Bin/JA3ENU and Al/WA3YVN were able to make 34,000 QSOs including 1,439
on RTTY and 303 on 160 meters. The QSO breakdown was: 54.6% SSB, 41.2%
CW and 4.2% RTTY. This accomplishment was done despite a day of strong
gale winds which damaged their 160 meter antenna a few days before
leaving. They also had a generator fail, and it could not be repaired.
Violent weather also played a big part on their trip there and back.
The sailing ship the "EVOHE" lost one of two engines on the trip back
to New Zealand which made some of the operators have doubts whether
or not the ship would make it back on its own power. In all, the ZL8RI
DXpedition was a big success, and the DX community is very appreciative
of their hard work to provide many with a new one!
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