The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 817
BID: $OPDX.817
July 16, 2007
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, ARRL Letter, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, KU4BP, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4II, K8BL, K8YSE, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, 4L2M, 9A6AA, CE3FZL, DK8JB, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, E21EIC, F1JXQ, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, HA0HW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ8EDJ, JA1XGI, JI6KVR & JA IOTA News, MM0BQI, ON6QR, PG7V, PY1NEZ, PY3DF, RSGB IOTA, SM6CVX, VE1JF, VE2VE and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT
According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 8th-July, through Sunday, 15th-July there were 211
countries active. Countries available: 1A, 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W,
3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9,
BV, BY, C2, C3, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D6, DL,
DU, E5/s, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, F, FG, FK,
FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK,
HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K,
KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH,
OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, R1FJ,
S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL,
TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE,
VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU,
YA, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z7, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZF,
ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
4K, AZERBAIJAN
Operator Leonid, 4K8F, will active during the CQ World
Wide DX RTTY Contest (September 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Multi-Band
entry. He will also be active in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest
(November 24-25th) as a Single-Op/Multi-Band/Low-Band entry. Most of
the activity will be on the lower bands. QSL both operations via 4K8F.
4O, MONTENEGRO (IOTA Op)
Emir, 9A6AA, plans to be active as 4O6AA from
Sveti Nikola Island (EU-163, LH-1097) between August 13-19th. Activity
will be on the HF bands. More detailed info can be found at:
4O7AMD MONTENEGRO WEB SITE
Visit the 4O7AMD Montenegrin Amateur Radio
Station's Web page at:
5TH IDXC ANNOUNCEMENT
The 5th International DX Convention organized by
the Strange Radio Team (SRT) which will be held April 12-13th, 2008.
The
City will be Paestum near Salerno (fantastic Archeological Area) and the
airport is Napoli Capodichino. The hotels are:
6Y, JAMAICA (Early announcement, NA-097)
Operator Mark, M0DXR, will be
active as 6Y5/M0DXR, February 12-25th (2008). Activity will include the
ARRL DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power
entry. Outside the contest Mark will be active on all bands. QSL via
his home callsign.
8J1, JAPAN (Special Event)
Look for special event station 8J1ESP to be
activated by Lenio/PY3DF, Tanaka/JA1FXZ and a group of International
League of Esperantists Radioamateurs (ILERA) from the following areas
in Japan:
July 31st-August 4th: From Nagano/Takato, Japan8Q, MALDIVES (Update)
August 4-12th : From the 92nd Esperanto World Conference in Yokohama
August 12-31st : From TokyoStation will operate from the following frequencies (+/-): 7066, 14266, 21266 and 28766 kHz. QSL via JA1YAR or JA1FXZ, by the bureau or direct.
A5, BHUTAN
Steven, W7VOA, is currently in Thimpu and was active on 20
meters CW as A52SW for a short time around 1439z. He may also be active
for a short on Monday and Tuesday (July 16-17th). Watch 20 and 17
meters. QSL via K2AU.
ARRL CONTEST & DXCC NEWS
The "ARRL Letter" reports: "The DXCC Honor
Roll listing, which normally appears in the August issue, will be in
the September 2007 issue of QST. In addition, the ARRL International DX
Phone Contest Results that normally appear in the September issue will
instead appear in October."
DXCC ONLINE LISTINGS (July 12, 2007, 10:51 ET)
Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL
DXCC Manager, reports: "Due to database problems the live online
listings on the DXCC web site are temporarily unavailable. We are
working on restoring access to the listings as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience."
E2/8, THAILAND
Champ, E21EIC, will again be active as E21EIC/8 from
Southern Thailand between July 19th and August 10th.
FG, GUADELOUPE (NA-102)
David, F1JXQ, will be active as FG/F1JXQ
between August 4-20th. He will operate SSB and likely to be found on
10, 6 and 2 meters between 1000-1600z. QSL direct or via eQSL. PLEASE
NOTE: For the first time you will be able to follow a DXpedition on
Twitter! See it at:
FG, GUADELOUPE (NA-102)
Christian, F6HLC, will be active as FG5JK
during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 27-28th) as a
Single-Op/TBD entry. QSL via F6HLC.
FS, ST. MARTIN
Operators Art/N3DXX and Steve/KN5H will be active as
FS/N3DXX during the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 24-25th) as
a Multi-2 entry. Activity will be from Morton's (FS5UQ) QTH. QSL via
KN5H.
IOTA NEWS
AS-012. Operators JA6RGJ, JK6IIS and JO6RGZ will be active as
homecall/6 from Kuro Island (JIIA AS-012-028), JA6 Nagasaki
Prefecture, July 28-29th. Activity will be on the HF bands
and 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to their home callsigns,
direct or by the bureau.
AS-053. Cha, HS8KAY, will active from Phuket Island durin the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) as a Single-Op/24-Hrs entry.
AS-060. Member of the Gwangju DX Club will be active as 6L0NJ/4 from Ch'ung Island unitl 0300z, July 17th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HL4XM, direct or by the bureau.
AS-101. Champ, E21EIC, will be active as E21EIC/P from Samui Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) as a Single-Op/ 24 Hrs entry. He will be active on the island between July 27-29th. JA stations QSL via JR5XPG; all others via E21EIC.
AS-102. Look for station BO0K to be active from KinMen Island (Quemoy Island), July 26-30th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (no WARCs) using CW and SSB. QSL via BV2KI.
AS-120. Members of the Nicosia Amateur Radio Club will be active as 5B4NC from Agios Georgios [aka Kakoskaliou] (MIA MCI-001) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). No QSL inform- ation at this time.
EU-010. Members of the Workington and District Amateur Radio and IT Group will be active as MS0WRC from Crannag, NE Coast Isle of Barra (IOSA OH-11, SCOTIA HI-02, WAB NF70), Outer Hebrides, from October 6-12th. Operators mentioned are: Steve/G0MTD, Paul/M1PAF, Mark/M0WCR and Jim/G7GAG. The group also plans to travel to Vatersay (IOSA OH-07, SCOTIA HI-01) and Eriskay (IOSA OH-09, SCOTIA HI-05) during their trip and activate WAB Squares NF60, NF70, NF71, NF80, NF81, NL69 and NL79. QSL via MX0WRC. More information can be found at:
EU-038. Operators Jack/PD2J and JanJaap/PG7V will be active again with the special callsign PC6IOTA from Texel Island between July 24th and August 1st. Activity will be on all HF bands. Their main activity will be in the RSGB IOTA contest. ALL QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; for those who are in a hurry, direct QSLs are via PG7V. For more info, visit the Web page at:
EU-038. Operators Henk/PA0HFT, Leo/PA0LMD, Ben/PA0IBF, Hans/PA0WYS, Lex/PA3CDM and Gert/PA5TS will be active as PA0HFT from Terschelling Island (WLOTA LH-0943) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via PA0HFT, direct or by the Bureau.
EU-072. Operators Zdenek/OK1MBZ and Jindrich/OK1MKI will be active as SV8/homecall from Skopelos Island, September 10-20th. Activity will be on CW from 80-10 meters.
EU-092. Jim, MM0BQI, will be active from the Summer Isles (IOSA SC10) during the last week in July and the first in August. He plans to be in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) using the callsigng MM0Q and the special event callsign GB5SI outside of the contest. QSL to MM0BQI, bureau, direct or the LoTW.
EU-170. Laci/HA6NL, and his friends Gyuszi/HA2VR, Zsolti/HA6PS, Sanyi/HA7JJS, Laci/HA7PL will be active as 9A6NL and 9A/homecall from Pasman Island (JN73QW, CI-085), between July 21-31th. Activity will be on all HF bands and 6 meters on CW and SSB, and possibly some digital modes are expected as well. All of them will work in the RSGB IOTA Contest with different callsigns, in different categories. QSL via their home callsigns (9A6NL via HA6NL) by the HA QSL Bureau or direct to the QRZ.com address.
NA-014. Dana, VE1VOX, will be active VE1OTA/VE9 from Grand Manan Island (C.I.S.A NB-003 and LH CAN-491), July 26-29th. Look for activity on 40/20/15 meters. QSL direct to VE1VOX.
NA-027. Fred, ON6QR, plans to be active as VO/ON6QR in the next RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) from Newfoundland. Activity will be mainly CW using a dipole, vertical and running QRP (5w). QSL via his home callsign.
NA-031. Page, WA3EOP, will be active as WA3EOP/p from Conanicut Island (USI RI-007S, Newport County, Rhode Island) and the Beavertail Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-048, WW Loc. FN41HK), July 18th. Most of the activity will take place during the after- noons and evenings. Suggested frequencies are: 14266, 14332, 7178 and 3902 kHz. Watch before and during the Century Club nets on 40 and 75 meters. The QSL will have a picture of the lighthouse on it. There will be an additional operator after 1900z, Al, KZ3AB.
SA-077. (POSTPONED) Brazilian operators that were going to activate Santana Island (ARLHS BRA-062 and WLOTA-0714) between July 12-15th had to cancel their operation due to Rick´s (PY1VOY) serious health problem which occurred last Monday (abnormal blood pressure). OPDX was informed that they will try to put the SA-077 on the air as soon Rick gets out of the hospital in Rio de Janeiro. They apologize for the delay.
IS0, SARDINIA (EU-024)
. Operator Tano, IZ8GCB, will be active as
IS0/IZ8GCB between August 1-19th. Activity will be on 40/20/15/10
meters CW/SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.
Visit his Web page at:
JD1/M, MINAMI TORISHIMA (OC-073)
Operator Masafumi, JA6GXK, will be
active as JA6GXK/JD1 between July 18th and August 2nd, and again from
August 29th to September 30th. He seems to like PSK31 on 20 meters.
KH3, JOHNSTON ISLAND
Skipper of the USSV Dharma, Susan Meckley, W7KFI,
is expected to depart sometime this week for Johnston Island (OC-023,
USI OI-006). Susan was told that she is the last official operation from
KH3-land as the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
has delcared it a closed island. It took Susan 7 months to get
permission from the USAF to stop there. Susan is expected to use the
callsign KH3/W7KFI and prefers the CW mode (she states "I can get many
more QSOs in"). Watch the frequencies 7036, 10105, 14036, and 18170
kHz. She will also operate SSB (possibly 14236 kHz), but can operate
most anything upon request. QRP fans are supposed to watch 10105 kHz.
QSL via her home callsign (QRZ.com).
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY
Look for CE4T and CE4S to be active from Topocalma Lighthouse
(CHI-076) during August 17-19th. They will also be active in the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW - August 18-19th).
Activity will be on 40/20/10 meters using SSB only. QSL CE4S and
CE4T via EA5KB Jose in Spain.
Operators Ian/GW0VML and Jayne, Steve/G0SGB and Hugh/M1NTO will be participating in this year's International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (August 18-19th) as GB1SL from "The Skerries Lighthouse" (BARLS A-5168, RLHS WAL-030, TWLHD WLH GW-016, WW Loc. IO73QJ), in Wales. More details are forthcoming closer to the operation.
LIGHTHOUSE/IOTA ACTIVITY
Members of the Greater Norwalk Amateur Radio Club will be active as
N1EV from Sheffield Island (NA-136, USI CT-008S, Fairfield County,
CT) and the lighthouse (ARLHS USA-753, TWLHD WLH K-150, WLOTA
LH-2712), during the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend,
August 18-19th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters. QSL direct to
N1EV (QRZ.com).
Members of the Motorola Amateur Radio Club (Florida Chapter) will take part of International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend
Members of the Englewood Amateur Radio Society (EARS) plan to be active as K8ONV from the Boca Grande Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-910, WW Loc. EL86UR) on Gasparilla Island (NA-069, USI FL-034S, Charlotte County, Florida), August 18-19th. They will participate in the Inter- national Lighthouse Day. QSL via K8ONV (QRZ.com).
MARITIME MOBILE
Michel, F6DWQ (ex-FB8ZP), will be /MM aboard the "M/V
Grigoriy Mikkheev" vessel around Svalbard (JW) from July 15-24th. Look
for Michel to be mostly on 20 meters with a TS-50 rig.
OH0, ALAND ISLAND
Juha, OH9MM, will be active as OH0Z during the CQ
World Wide DX RTTY Contest (September 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band
entry. QSL via W0MM.
P2, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (New IOTAs To Be Activated)
Look for operators
Hans/SM6CVX, Derek/G3KHZ, Steve/G4EDG and Luis/CT1AGF to be active
as P29VCX from Nukumanu Island (New IOTA OC-284) between September
23-29th. QSL via SM6CVX. The team will then go to Takuu Islands (New
IOTA OC-283) and be active as P29NI from September 30th until October
5th. QSL via G3KHZ. It is also possible that the team may be active
from Tulun Island (OC-256) between October 6-9th. The callsign is yet
to be decided as is the QSL route. The group plans to have 3 stations
and 2 linears on the air. Activity will be on all bands and each night
they expect to be on either 80 or 160 meters as well as all the other
bands. They will use verticals and multiband dipoles.
PIRATE ALERT
Mamuka, 4L2M, President of the National Association
Radioamateurs of Georgia (NARG), informs OPDX that 4L6VV is a pirate
station. Operator states his name is Yuri and is in Tkvarcheli. Mamuka
says this is not a Georgian license, and they believe the pirate is
operating from Russia. Please do not QSL this operation.
PJ4, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Operators Jeff/KU8E, John/K4BAI and Larry/
K5OT will be active as PJ4/homecall from Bonaire (IOTA SA-006) between
November 20-27th. Also look for them to be active as PJ4A during the CQ
World Wide DX CW Contest (November 24-25th) as a Multi-Single entry.
QSL all callsigns via K4BAI.
QSL INFO AND NEWS
QSL routes provided by Johannes/DK8JB and Tedd/KB8NW: HS0AC via HS0ZFZ VR2VTN via JM1FYH XW1A via E21EIC YL7X via YL2LY VR10VTN via JM1FYH YU5C via 4N1GZ VR10VVJ via VR2VVJGOLIST QSL MANAGER DATABASE HELP NEEDED. John, K1XN, from the GoList informs: "During my QSL Manager confirmation process, I have accum- alated list of QSL Managers for which I could not find a published E-mail address or the E-mail address that I found is not valid and bounces mail. Listed below are some of those QSL Managers that I am having problems with. I hope that maybe they will read this message and take the time to update their E-mail address on (QRZ.com) or send them to me direct at: golist@gmail.com "
3A2AH 4X6DK 4Z5FL 9A1A 9A3ZA 9K2DZ 3A2LW 4X6IL 4Z5JE 9A1ADE 9A4AA 9K2MT 3B8AD 4X6MS 4Z5MK 9A1AKL 9A4BL 9M2TO 3D2SJ 4X6VT 4Z9EBI 9A1AYZ 9A4NA 9M6MO 3V8SM 4X6WP 5B4AGN 9A1BHI 9A4RV 9M8BL 4F1EJD 4X6YN 5B4NC 9A1CVW 9A4W 9Y4AL 4F1FZ 4X6YY 5N9GM 9A1EZA 9A5AEI 9Y4NZ 4K2DX 4X6ZI 6K5SSR 9A1HCD 9A5AX 4L4CR 4Z4SZ 6N0YO 9A1HDE 9A6Z 4N1LB 4Z4TT 6W1AAD 9A1O 9A7C 4N1RS 4Z4UR 6W1QV 9A2AJ 9A7W 4U1ITU 4Z4UT 6Y5DA 9A2DM 9A8DX 4X4HQ 4Z4YU 7X2ARA 9A2TW 9A9R 4X4JU 4Z5AV 7X2DD 9A3FT 9H1EU 4X4JW 4Z5CU 7X2LS 9A3JB 9H1FG 4X4KK 4Z5FF 8P6AW 9A3LM 9H1XT 4X4SO 4Z5FG 8R1AK 9A3TY 9J2BOINFO NEEDED. Has anyone received XU7ADB QSLs yet? OPDX has some individuals inquiring.
NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Bob, K8BL, informs OPDX that he is receiving QSLs for VP2EDH and IS NOT the QSL Manager. He is the QSL Manager for VP2EOH. QSL VP2EDH via W7XU.
Ed, KU4BP, QSL Manager for V26H in the 2007 ARRL DX SSB Contest, informs OPDX that the operators of V26H have informed Ed that QSL cards for V26H will be going to the printer in a few weeks. So Ed expects to have them by late August. He has confirmed all QSOs for the contest that he has received so far is 340+. Ed states, "My job is taking me out of town from mid July to mid November. When I return home I will start getting the cards out. Thank you all for your patience."
QSLS VIA LOTW: A25KDJ, CT6A, GM4WZL, HB0/HB9CVQ, LA6FJA, OJ0/OH3RM, OY/G3SXW, R1FJ and SJ2W
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4L3Y, 5H3EE, 9M2/PG5M, 9U0X, N8S, SV2ASP/A, SV9/SM2EKM, TG9ANF, TO3T, VE0MMA and XW1A
RAC DRAFTS A NEW HF BANDPLAN
The Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) has
been involved in the study and drafting of or a new proposed HF
bandplan, which is now posted:
TK, CORSICA (EU-014)
Jack, HB9TL, will be active as TK/HB9TL, July
18-30th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters SSB. Other reference numbers:
IIA TK-001, MIA MCO-001 and WLOTA LH-1390). QSL direct to HB9QR.
TO1, MARTINIQUE
Operators Franck/FM0IR, Thierry/FM0JR, Yvon/FM0JZ,
Eric/FM1HM, Christian/FM1II, FM1KM and Tijus/FM1HN will be active using
the special callsign TO1YR from July 29th to August 5th during the turn
of the Round Skiffs of Martinique. Activity will be on 80-2 meters on
SSB, RTTY and PSK.
VE2, CANADA (Special Event)
Look for special event station VE2XPO to
be active from the site of the former Korean Pavilion on Ile Ste-Helene
in Montreal from July 13-29th. Activity is to celebrate the 40th anni-
versary of the 1967 EXPO.
VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND
Haru, JA1XGI (W8XGI), informs OPDX that he will
be active as VK9GLX between October 19-22nd (only 3.5 days!). Activity
will be on 40/30/20 meters and possibly the lower bands. Modes will
be CW, SSB and Digital (RTTY, SSTV). QSL via JA1XGI (Bureau or direct)
or W8XGI (only direct).
WP3, PUERTO RICO (NA-099)
Alfredo, WP3C, will be active in the CQWW DX
RTTY Contest (September 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power
entry. His activity will also count for the WLOTA as LH-2802. QSL via
W3HNK, direct preferred, but Bureau is OK.
YJ, VANUATU (OC-035)
Hank, W0CZE, is now active as YJ0CZE until July
21st. Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB. Suggested frequencies
are:
CW - 3505, 7010, 10105, 14020, 18075, 21025, 24895 and 28020
SSB - 3795, 7082, 14190/14250, 18150, 21295, 24950 and 28495 kHz
QSL via W0FF.
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