| Asunto: | [dxcolombia] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 708 | | Fecha: | Domingo, 1 de Mayo, 2005 22:09:21 (-0500) | | Autor: | Oscar A. Gaviria <hk6dos @.......co>
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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 708
The
Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 708
BID: $OPDX.708
May 2,
2005
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, K1DG, K1XN & GoList, KF2TI, NG3K, W3UR & The
Daily
DX, K4ZLE, N4AA & QRZ DX, WW5L, KI6T, K8YSE, CX6VM, DL1EK & The
DX News
Letter, DL6KAC, DL5EBE, EA7JX, EC8AUA, F5CWU & La Gazette du DX,
F5NQL
& UFT, F5SLD, I1HYW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ8BRI,
IZ8CCW, JI6KVR
& JA-IOTA Islands News, LA5YJ, UA3FDX, UR5WCW, VA3RJ &
ICPO and VE3ZIK
& www.contesting.info
for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According
to the AR-Cluster Network for
the week of Sunday, 24th/April, through Sunday,
1st/May there were 224
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9,
3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W,
4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y,
7Q, 7X, 8P,
8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3,
A4,
A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU,
CX,
D2, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
EZ,
F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW,
HA,
HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J7, JA,
JT,
JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH4, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX,
LY,
LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2,
PY,
PZ, R1FJ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T7,
T8,
T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK,
UN,
UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9N, VP2E, VP5, VP8,
VP8/h,
VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS,
YU,
YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZL, ZL7, 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).
3V,TUNISIA (IOTA Op). Some
members of The Canary Islands DX Society have
announced that they will be
active from Tunez on Djerba Island (AF-083)
as 3V8SM (callsign of the
Tunisian Scout Radio Club in the Houmt Souk
City). Activity will be on the
WARC bands and on SSB/PSK31/RTTY between
July 26-29th. They will also be
active on SSB during the IOTA Contest
July 30-31st. The team icludes:
Dunia/EC8ADU, Javi/EC4DX, Edu/EC8AUA
and some Tunisian operators. QSL via the
Bureau to Javi, EC4DX; with more
infomation on QRZ.com. The team would like
to send out a special thanks
to Mr. Mustapha, DL1BDF, for his great help with
them. The team also
recommends that DXers pay special atention to their pilot
station Oscar,
EA4TD, and his Web page for up-to-date news from the team
at:
http://www.ea4td.comMore
informations is forthcoming very soon.
5Z, KENYA. It has been announced
that Enrico, IV3SBE, will be returning
to here and plans to be active as
5Z4ES. He will stay here through 2007.
His activity will be during the
weekends. QSL via the Kenyan QSL Bureau.
9A, CROATIA. Zik, VE3ZIK (aka
4N1DX and also one of the news adminintrators
at www.contesting.info),
will be active from Bilice, on the Croatian coast,
between May 7-17th. Look
for him on all HF bands, CW and SSB. Also, he will
make a special effort on
10m FM (check 29610 kHz). QSL via DL3PS; the DARC
Bureau is OK. Do not send
QSL cards via the VE3 Bureau because he said it
is too complicated to reach
them. Visit the following Web page for updates
and the online log
at:
http://www.qslnet.de/ve3zikANTARCTICA
NEWS..............
The WAP (Worldwide Antarctic Program) is in
regular contact with
Bhagwati, VU3BPZ, the Communication Officer
at the India's Maitri Base
(WAP IND-03) in Antarctica. Actually,
a team of 8 people will be there
at the base during their
winter. Bhagwati, VU3BPZ, is very active on
HF bands,
particularly on 15/20 meters SSB. Check on 21250 or 14150
kHz at
any time. It was mentioned that if a DXer needs a particular
sked, they can send an E-mail to Bhagwati, VU3BPZ, and he will be
more
than happy to answer you. His E-maill address
is:
maitri@ncaor.amosconnect.com
The WAP Antarctic Gallery is available at the following two Web
sites.
You will find one of the most complete Antarctic
Galleries with more
than 680 photos and QSL cards available and
divided by the following
segments: Ancient QSL, Antarctic QSL,
Maritime Mobile Photos, Polar
Ship Gallery etc.... Also, regular
information about activities from
the Antarctica are available
at WAP and Dynamic DX Charterhouse Web
sites
at:
http://www.ddxc.net/wap
http://www.ddxc.netCW5R
WEB PHOTOS. Visit the CW5R Lobos Island (SA-039) DXpedition 2005
Photo
Gallery at: http://www17.ocn.ne.jp/~iota-ja/newpage3cw5r.htmlCX,
URUGUAY. Jorge, CX6VM, informs OPDX that he will be active on 12, 17
and 30
meters for the next 2 weeks. He suggests to please look for him
on 24911,
18081 and 10111 khz (+/- QRM). He will be using a R7000 with
100 watts. QSL
via W3HNK.
D2, ANGOLA. Janne, OH5NKD (OH3DD), active as D2DX, is expected
to be
here 2007. This past week he has be very active on PSK especially
on
20/15 meters. His activity also includes 20/15/10 meters SSB. Watch
for
his activity between 1100-1330z and again after 1700z.
DAYTON HAMVENTION
ANNOUNCEMENTS.............
Jay, K4ZLE, provides the following
SWODXA press release: "The program
has been set for the 20th
Annual SWODXA DX dinner held during the
HamVention® at Dayton.
The program title is: "FT5XO - Not Your Regular
DXpedition" and
it will be presented by Wes, W3WL, and other members
of the
FT5XO operation. In addition, CQ Magazine's 2005 DX Hall of Fame
presentation is on the agenda. We plan to have our usual array of
door
prizes, with two of them worth 1000.00 USDs or more! There
are a few
seats available, and if you want to join us for the
evening's activities,
tickets are on a first come, first served
basis. The dinner will be
Friday evening, May 20th, at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel. Seats are 32.00
USD per meal, payable in
U.S. funds to SWODXA, and may be ordered from
Jay Slough, K4ZLE,
at his CBA. SASE would be appreciated. Prior to
ordering, it is
suggested that you contact Jay at k4zle <at> arrl
<dot>
net to be sure there will be a seat reserved for
you."
Announced by Doug Grant, K1DG: Two of the Dayton
Hamvention Forums will
be changing location this year. The
Antenna Technology Forum, originally
scheduled for Friday, May
20th, in Room 1 of the Hara Arena and the
Contesting Forum,
originally scheduled for Saturday, May 21st, in
Room 4 of the
Hara Arena, will now be held Saturday afternoon in the
Van Cleve
Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Dayton. The
Antenna Technology Forum, chaired by Tim Duffy, K3LR, will be held
from
12 noon to 2:30 PM, and the Contesting Forum, chaired by
Doug Grant,
K1DG, will begin at 2:30, running until 5:00
PM.
DX HOSPITALITY SUITE. Members of the North Jersey DX
Association
invite DXers to visit one of the oldest, continously
run hospitality
suites, on Friday and Saturday, May 20-21st, at
the Jimmy Doolittle
Suite, 12th Floor, Crowne Plaza
(7pm-??).
DXCC EU POLL. Egidio, IZ8BRI, informs OPDX that European
stations are
invited to visit the Dynamic DX CharterHouse Web page and
participate
in the European DXCC Poll for the most wanted countries. Please
vote,
just connect to the Web site at: http://www.ddxc.netEA6,
BALEARIC ISLANDS. Christain, DL6KAC, will once again visit Mallorca
Island
(IOTA: EU-004 and DIE: E-021) between May 4-24th. Activity will
be on 40-10
meters, mainly SSB, but a CW Key is available. Antennas will
be dipoles using
about 350 watts of power. This will be a holiday style
operation! QSL via the
DARC Bureau or direct (QRZ.com). He has a Web
page
at:
http://www.dl6kac.deEO60,
UKRAINE (Special Event). Operators Igor/UR3GM and Andy/UR5GAR will
activate
special event station EO60G from May 5-15th. Activity is to
commemorate the
60th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. QSL
via UR3GM, by the
Ukraine QSL Bureau or direct to: Pulin, Box 23,
Kherson 73022, UKRAINE. QSLs
can be requested by sending an
E-mail
to:
ur3gm@tlc.kherson.uaADDED
NOTE: A special "Victory-60 Award" is available by the Ukrainian
Amateur
Radio League in honor of the 60th anniversary for making QSOs/SWLs
with the
following memorial stations and veterans of the Second World War
from the
different countries of the world during the period May 1-31st
(2005). To earn
the award it is necessary to achieve the following:
1. For the CIS stations - 60 QSOs/SWLs (for UA0 30
QSOs/SWLs)
2. For Europeans - 40
QSOs/SWLs
3. For the rest of the world - 20
QSOs/SWLs
All modes and bands are allowed. No duplicate contacts.
Applications (GCR
list) should be sent not later than July 1st, 2005, to the
following
address: Vlad Ageyev (UR5WCW), P.O.BOX 1856, Lviv 79040, Ukraine.
The
award is free-of-charge. Applicants from the C.I.S. awards will be
sent
centralized through branches of UARL and/or the national
organizations.
Applicants from other countries of the world should enclose 3
IRCs for
the postage. The following memorial ARS dedicated to the event will
be
on the air from the Ukraine, May 5-15th:
EO60AN
EO60AB EO60AS EO60AX EO60AR
EO60AW EO60AKU EO60AK EM60C
EO60CC
EO60CK EO60CL EO60CT EN60FA
EM60F EM60FT EN60FY
EN60FHY
EO60G EN60G EM60GX
EO60I EM60IG EM60II EO60IM
EO60IS EO60JM
EO60JF EO60JK EO60JP
EO60JS EO60LC EO60M EO60MF
EM60N EO60NK
EO60NA EO60QF
EO60QQ EO60QWW EM60R EO60R
EO60RPL EO60TA EO60UD
EO60UWC EO60UW
EO60UAP EO60UZ EO60W EO60Z
For the QSL info,
just follow the operator's instructions. Also contacts
with the Russians, and
from other ex-USSR contries, special event ARS
are valid for the award.
Russians will be using RP... prefixes.
HAM COM 2005. Tom Anderson, WW5L,
announced that the DX programs and DX
Luncheon is now set for Ham Com 2005,
June 3-5th, in Arlington, TX,
sponsored by the Lone Star DX Association. The
DX Luncheon speaker will
be Charles Harpole, K4VUD, who is the spark that
made the VU4 operation
possible. Come hear a fascinating story of DX and
emergency operations
coming together. This year's DX programs will bring you
up-to-date on
many things going on in the world of DX. After each day's
activities,
join everyone at the Wingate Hotel for a hospitality suite
sponsored by
the North Texas Contest Club. For a complete schedule and a PDF
Ham Com
Flyer that lists all the DX activities and Ham Com events, visit
the
following Web sites at:
http:www.hamcom.org
http://www.dxer.org/lsdxaIOTA
NEWS.................
AF-097. The 7V2SI DXpedition from Sandja
Island in the Bay of
Algiers,
Algeria, is now active until May 5th. This is a new IOTA.
QSL
via
OM3CGN.
AS-117. Operators JG2TZL, JK2EBB, JK2NWU and JN2TZB
plan to be
active
from Saku
Island (JIIA AS-117-007), Aichi prefecture from
May
3rd. QSL via
their home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
AS-117.
Operators JE4YAR, JJ4VQU and JN4BBM plan to be active
as
homecall/4
from Miya Island (JIIA AS-117-021)
Hiroshima
prefecture, May 4-5th. QSL via their home callsign,
direct
or by the
bureau.
EU-054. Michele, IF9ZWA, will be active as IF9ZWA/p
from some of the
Egadi Islands and Lighthouses, May 12-18th. These
operations
will
count for several awards. Here are the reference
numbers
and
list:
Levanzo Island - IIA: TP-009, MIA: MI-050 and ARLHS:
ITA208.
Il Faraglione - IIA: TP-013 and MIA:
MI-277.
Isola Galeotta - IIA: TP-005 and MIA:
MI-031.
Isolotto
Prevedo - IIA: TP-007 and MIA:
MI-079.
Favignana Island - IIA: TP-011, MIA: MI-025, ARLHS: ITA135
&
ITA145, and WLOTA:
1545.
Galera Island - TP-014 and MIA:
MI-032.
QSL via
his home callsign.
EU-059. Just a reminder that members of
the Grantham ARC will
be
active as
GB0SK from St. Kilda (IOSA OL-02 and SCOTIA
DI-23),
May
2-6th (See OPDX.703). All contacts will be confirmed
from
St. Kilda;
only send a QSL if you want one returned
direct.
QSL via
G0RCI.
EU-105. Jean-Marc, F5SGI, will be active from Batz
Island (DIFM
MA-018)
now
through May 6th. Look for activity on 80-10 meters,
mainly
on CW.
QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
J3, GRENADA.
Harry/AC8G and others will be active as J3A during the
CQ WW DX SSB Contest
(October 29-30th) as a Multi-(?) entry. QSL route
is to be announced (TBA).
ADDED NOTES: Harry states, "Hurricane Ivan did
only nominal damage to the
normal J3A operating site. However, due to
temporary use of the site for
certain government offices, we may have
limited space both interior and
outside for the antenna farm. Before and
after the contest (and perhaps
during depending on circumstances) effort
will be made to operate on various
modes and bands other than used in
the contest. A full team has not yet been
assembled so anyone with
interest should contact AC8G
at: hflasher@dayton.netJD1,
OGASAWARA. Remember to look for Nob/JH1WCD and Joe/JR1AGC as JD1BLW
and
JD1BLZ, respectively, later this week from May 5-8th. Activity will
be on
80-6 meters, mainly SSB. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or
by the
bureau.
OJ0, MARKET REEF. Operators Pertti/OH2PM, Lasse/OH0RJ and
Risto/OH3UU
are active as OJ0J for a few more days. With two stations on the
air,
the team has been very active on 160/80/40/30/17 meters. QSL via
OH0RJ.
QSL INFO AND NEWS..................
NEW ADDRESS.
Hugo, LA5YJ, informs OPDX that effective as of May 1st,
2005,
the QSL address for LA5YJ, is permanently changed to:
Hugo B.
Ark, Rute 509, N-1766 Halden, NORWAY. This will also apply
to
XU7ACW, 9N7YJ, MI0YJR and ST2YJ.
NEW QSL MANAGER. Dom,
DL5EBE, who recently met with Nikolaj, RW6ACS,
and was formerly
R1ANL on the Antarctica Novolazarevskaya Base, has
announced he
will be the new QSL Manager for R1ANL.
NEW QSL MANAGER. Rod,
EA7JX, informs OPDX that he is glad to announce
he is the new
QSL Manager for Osvaldo/ZP8VAO, Osmel/CO6MAB and Milagro/
CM6MAM. All QSL cards are OK direct or by the bureau.
QSL
JA5BEX/5 via the home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
Activity
was from Honjima Island (IOTA AS-076) Kagawa
prefecture. Honjima Island
was expected to receive a new JIIA
number. Visit the following Web
page for details at:
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage61.htm
QSL JN2TZB via the home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
Activity
was from Take Island (IOTA AS-117 and JIIA
AS-117-021).
QSL TM380 via F5GNY, by the bureau or direct
to: Michel Valette,
1 rue des Mimosas, F- 31850, Beaupuy,
France.
VISALIA DX CONVENTION. Gary, KI6T, reports that the
DXCC card checkers
processed 88 DXCC applications covering 7,043
QSOs at the recent Visalia
DX Convention.
SPECIAL EVENT.
To celebrate "Shikoku Information Telecommunication Month",
look for special
event station 8N5SAIT between May 1st and July 31st.
QSL via the JARL QSL
Bureau. Each letter in the callsign's suffix represents
the old names of
Shikoku's four prefecture.
S = Sanuki (kagawa
Pre) I = Iyo (Ehime
Pre)
A = Awa (Tokushima
Pre) T =Tosa (Kouchi Pre)
SPECIAL
EVENT. To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World
War II, look
for special event stations, EV6ZK (from Orsha), EV7DP (from
Mogilev), EV8DP
(from Gomel) and EV60BR (from Baranovichi) in the Republic
of Belarus, to be
active from May 1-15th. QSL via UA3FDX (see the Web
page at: http://www.qrz.com/callsign.phtml?callsign=ua3fdx
).
SPECIAL SWEDISH PREFIXES. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of
the
separation of Norway and Sweden, look for Swedish stations to use
the
following special prefixes between May 17th and June
7th:
SE - SM
stations SJ - SK (club)
stations
SF - SA
stations SG - SL (milatary) ham stations
SV9, CRETE.
Wolfgang, OE1WWL, will be active as SV9/OE1WWL/p from May
8-13th. Activity
will be on all bands, SSB only, with 10 watts and a
longwire antenna. QSL via
his home callsign by the bureau.
TM5, FRANCE (Special Event). To
celebrate 40th anniversary of the Radio-club
de Sevran (F5KKD) near Paris,
members will be active as TM5KD from May
27th to June 11th. Activity will be
on all modes and bands. A special
QSL card will be available. QSL via F5KKD.
The radio club will also be
active as TM5KD during the "VHF and Above
Contest" the first weekend
of July.
V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA. Operators
Jurgis/LY2CY and Andrius/LY2TA will be
active as V25O in the CQ WW WPX CW
Contest (May 28-29th) as a Multi-(?)
entry. Activity will be from the V26B
QTH. QSL via LY2TA.
YI, IRAQ. Korey, YI9VCQ/KA5VCQ, will be active in the
CQ WW WPX CW Contest
(May 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry.
QSL via N3ST. ADDED
NOTE: Korey, YI9VCQ/KA5VCQ, reports: "We are trying to
organize a club
effort under the auspices of the Iraqi Amateur Radio Society
in Baghdad.
The contest may include both Iraqi and American radio operators."
Details
will be finalized and posted on the Hamurabi Hams group page
at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/hamruabihamsYI,
IRAQ. Hal, WB4E, active as YI9B4E (yes callsign is correct) was
heard this
past week very active on 17 meters. Watch this band after
1700z. QSL via
WB4E.
YJ, VANUATU (Also, A3). Remember YL operators Elizabeth/VE7YL and
Gwen/
VK3DYL will be active this week from Port Vila and Aore Island
(IOTA
OC-035) between May 2-19th. They will receive their callsigns upon
their
arrival. Their expected activity will be on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL
via
VK3DYL, by the bureau or direct with 2 USDs or 1 new IRC. ADDED
NOTE:
They will visit Tonga (A3 - May 24th to June 8th) after this
operation.
They will activate Nuku'alofa (OC-049) and Vava'u
(OC-064).
ZP0, PARAGUAY. Tomas, ZP5AZL, will be active as ZP0R during the
CQ WW DX
SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL
via
W3HNK.
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