| Asunto: | [dxcolombia] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 714 | | Fecha: | Domingo, 19 de Junio, 2005 20:46:16 (-0500) | | Autor: | Oscar A. Gaviria <hk6dos @.......co>
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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No.
714
The Ohio/Penn DX
PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 714
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
June 20, 2005
4X, ISRAEL. Look for 4X0WV to be
active once again in the 2005 CQWW SSB
Contest (October 29-30th). The
operator is West Virginia's ARRL Section
Manager and Potomac Valley Radio
Club (PVRC) contester, Hal, W8HC
(ex-KC8FS). He will return to Israel in
October for a third consecutive
CQWW SSB Contest from the IARC Club Station
4X4REM in Reut, located
between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Joining Hal this year
is Jerry, K8OQL,
another PVRCer from West Virginia. They will operate as a
Multi-Single
entry using 4X0WV during the contest. The special callsign was
used last
year by Hal and Dave, WA8WV. QSL to W8HC or via the
bureau.
5H, TANZANIA. On Saturday afternoon there was a meeting of the
National
Capital DX Association at (Frank) W3LPL's QTH, and Ralph Karhammer,
VK4VB
(aka 5H3RK), announced that he would be leaving Sunday, June 19th
for
Tanzania. Look for him on 40/20/15 meters CW. QSL via: Ralph
Karhammer,
1306 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20007-2801.
9J, ZAMBIA.
James, 9J2CA, has been active recently on 20/17 meters CW.
Watch these bands
around 0430z and between 1400-1600z (maybe as late
as 1830z). His QSL Manager
is Phil, G3SWH. Phil states, "I have now
received all of James' historic logs
and the QSL cards from the printers."
A6, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (News from
ON5NT). Ghis, A6/ON5NT, informs OPDX
that about 10 new A61-one-letter-suffix
callsigns/licenses have recently
been issued to local operators. OPDX has
seen QSNs for A61M, A61Q and
A61R. Look for A6/ON5NT to be active from Dubai
until the end of June and
then again during August and September. Ghis will
spend his holidays at
home in Belgium during the whole month of July. A
multicolor-picture of
A6/ON5NT QSLs will be ready on his return home in July.
All cards received
as of now will be answered in July. He tells OPDX that he
has made 9000
QSOs.
ADDED NOTES FROM GHIS. Ghis
provides the following updates on the
operators in the
World Food Programme:
ST, Sudan: Dane/S57CQ (aka ST2T)
has left Sudan. He might be
back
there later in the year.
TT8, Chad: Michael, PA5M (TT8M),
will return to Abeche, Eastern
Chad
around June 20th for about another month's stay and
will
then be leaving Chad. As soon as Michael has
arrived,
Pierre, HB9AMO (TT8AMO), will be leaving Chad.
During
the middle of last week, Pierre was up to 10000 QSOs.
B*HQ, CHINA. The
Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) HQ stations will
be on air during the
2005 IARU HF World Championship. Nine well-equipped
contest stations will
sign 5 different special callsign on 160-10 meters,
CW and SSB. They want to
produce the best score ever done in China. Look
for the following stations to
be active:
Callsign Band/Mode Host
Station Operator
--------
--------- ------------ --------
B2HQ 160m/SSB
BA2QA BD2QA
B2HQ
160m/CW
BA2QA BD2QA
B7HQ
80m/SSB
BA7NI
B4HQ
80m/CW
BA4RF BA4RF
B4HQ
40m/SSB
BY4RSA BD5RV/4
B1HQ
40m/CW
BY1PK BA1RB
B7HQ
20m/SSB
BA7JA BA7JA
B4HQ
20m/CW
BY4BZB BA4ED
B1HQ
15m/SSB
BA1AJ
B7HQ
15m/CW
BD7IPD BA7NQ
B4HQ
10m/SSB
BA4RC BA4RC
B3HQ
10m/CW
BY3CC BA3CE
ADDED NOTE:
Two awards are available: CRSA HQ Award and the CRSA 0-9
District
Award. Please contact BA4RF for details at: ba4rf@...FONT>CY9SS, ST. PAUL ISLAND. The CY9SS operation still continues in
spite of
some early related weather problems. Reportedly, there are more
operators
on the island now. This past Sunday activity was heard on
160/40/20/15/6
meters some SSB and CW. There seems to be some confusion on
the QSL
address. There are three different addresses for
VY2SS.
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HamCall: Robert Robertson, #57 Tranquility Land,
Bloomfield,
PE
C0B 1E0, Canada
QRZ.com: Robert Robertson, #57 Tranquility Land,
Oleary,
PE C0B
1E0, Canada
CY9SS
Web Page: Robert Robertson, RR#3, Oleary,
PEI, Canada C0B
1V0
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Since
the CY9SS operation has a Web page with an address, OPDX suggests
to use that
address. However, OPDX would think all three addresses are
"OK", because
"Prince Edward Island" (PE or PEI) is not all that big.
GREEK (J4) ISLAND
TOUR. Antonio, IK8VRH, and possibly others have announced
their "2005 IOTA SV
Tour". Activity will be on 20/17/15 meters CW/SSB/RTTY.
QSL via IK8VRH. The
proposed schedule is as follows:
Dates Greek
Island Reference Numbers
Callsign
-------------- --------------
----------------- --------
August
12-14th - Spetses Island EU-075
LH-GRE063 J48RH/P
August
16-18th - Dokos Island EU-075
LH-GRE058 J48RH/P
August
20-22nd - Kityra Island EU-113 LH-GRE120
* J48RH/P
August 24-26th - Sapientia
Island EU-158 LH-GRE116 **
J43RH/P
* Or
possibly Elofonnisos Island (NO
LH)
** Or possibly
Skiza Island (NO LH)
HAMRADIO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN ACTIVITIES. Frank, DL4KQ,
provides the following
announcements:
The GDXF will
honor Mrs. Bharathi, VU2RBI, and the NIAR VU4 DXpedition
team with an "Award of Appreciation" at Hamradio Friedrichshafen.
The
ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 25th, 4:00
PM, Hall A2,
Room 2 and will be attended by
representatives of the Indian Embassy
and the Indian
Ministry of Communication & IT.
Following the
ceremony and as a part of the GDXF program, Mrs. Bharathi
will give a lecture about the VU4 DXpedition.
VU2RBI,
VU4 DXpedition members and more VU hams, which operated
during
the Tsunami disaster from the Nikobar Islands, can
be visited at the
NIAR/GDXF booth during the Hamradio
exhibition.
GDXF is glad to announce that a special
VU4 QSL service will be
available at their booth on
Friday, June 24th, 3-4:00 PM and Saturday,
June 25th,
1-3:00 PM.
Furthermore, the GDXF HAMRADIO program will
include further
presentations:
Following the VU4 lecture,
Bob, KK6EK, will give a report about
the
planned K7C, Kure Island Dxpedition.
Already on Friday afternoon, 4:00 PM, Hall A2, Room 3,
Andrea,
IK1PMR, will give a presentation about
the February 2004 6O0CW
DXpedition to
Somalia.
GDXF hopes to have arranged an attractive
program and would be
pleased if many visitors visit their
booth.
ILLW UPDATE. Mike, GM4SUC, reports that as of Sunday, June 19th,
there are
already 164 stations in 31 countries that have confirmed their
participation
in the 2005 International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, August
20-21st. A
list of the stations with QTH and QSL information can be found
at:
http://illw.net/2005_list.htmIf you want to join in the fun during the ILLW, please listen for
other
lighthouse or lightship stations. They wish to remind non-U.S. CW
stations
to operate above 14025 kHz to allow access by Advanced Class U.S.
amateurs.
Operations below 14225 kHz just eliminates the potential for some
U.S.
hams to work the LH stations. Last year there were 376
lighthouse/lightship
stations active during the ILLW. So come and join them
in the fun during
the ILLW and make a total of over 400 lighthouse/ship
station contacts. An
entry form can be found on the web page
at: http://illw.netIOTA NEWS..................
AS-117.
Operators JA0HNA, JE0OMG and JH0OLD plan to be active
as
homecall/p from Awa Island (JIIA AS-117-062) Niigata
prefecture,
from July 8-11th. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or
by
the
Bureau. Visit the JIIA Award Web page
at:
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage61.htm AS-133. Operators Jacques/ON4AJV and
Willem/ON6TZ plan to be
active
as
XU7TAS from Koh Tas Island between October 30th and
November
10th. Activity will be around the clock on all HF bands, CW
and
SSB.
QSL via ON4AJV (QRZ.com).
AS-147. Look for 7L3ATQ/8 to
be active from Teuri Island
(JIIA
AS-147-008) Hokkaido coast Island, now through June
21st.
QSL
via the home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
EU-020. Martin, SM0DTK, will be active as SM0DTK/1 from Gotland
Island
now
through August 28th. QSL via his home callsign,
direct
or
by the bureau.
EU-093. Steve, G0SGB, will be active as
EA5/G0SGB from either
Tabarca
Island (DIE E-006) and/or Benidorm Island (DIE E-007),
June
20-30th. Look for him primarily on SSB on 14264 kHz
daily.
QSL
via his home callsign, direct only.
EU-189. Activity
by MS0IRC/p from Rockall Island took place
Thursday,
June 16th. Some 262 QSOs were made, enough for the
operation
to meet IOTA qualification requirements. Operation was
cut
short
due to weather.
NA-057. Operators Rick/W7AV,
Darleen/K6JEN and Bob/KB7TX will be
active
from Utila Island (Grid EK66), Honduras, now through June
30th.
Callsigns were not mentioned but will probably be
HR9/homecall.
Their activity will be on 40-15 meters CW/SSB/PSK. They
are
expected to concentrate on 6 meters when and if the band
is
open.
There will be a breakable CW beacon (HR9/W7AV)
directed
towards the U.S. on 50110 kHz. QSL to their home callsigns.
NA-058. Tad, WF4W will be active as WF4W/4 from Jekyll Island
from
October 28th through November 2nd including a Single-Op
effort
in
the CQWW SSB Contest. Outside of the contest, Tad
will
operate on the suggested IOTA frequencies, mostly CW,
80-10
meters including the WARC bands. There is a possibility
of
some
SSB and RTTY operations. QSL via his home
callsign,
direct or via the Bureau.
J3, GRENADA. Remember to look for Dick, K5AND,
as J3/K5AND on June 24th.
He will be on the Island of Grenada (IOTA NA-024)
until July 3rd. Also
along on the trip are Arliss/W7XU, Holly/N0QJM and
Johan/ON4IQ. Activity
will be on CW/SSB on 6 meters (50107 kHz) and 2 meters.
There will also
be a 2m EME operation using the JT65a digital mode. You can
make EME
skeds on the following
sites: http://www.dxers.info
http://www.chris.org/cgi-bin/jt65eme
NO SKEDS until they arrive on the island!
KH5, PALMYRA ISLAND
(Postponed). Kimo Chun/KH7U and Patrick Guerin/NH6UY
announced that their
working trip to Palmyra, KH5, from June 28-30th, has
been postponed. The
announcement stated that their airplane seats were
needed for other
passagers. However, they are expected to go there for a
few days later in the
year, perhaps in a month or two. They state, "As
always, operations are never
predictable as we have specific tasks to
complete and a somewhat short time
to do them in. Generally, operations
occur at local night time with the
possibility of the hours at dawn and
later. It is pretty much the same time
zone as Hawaii, KH6/KH7 (UTC minus
10h). A new announcement will be
forthcoming when we know more."
KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND. Bob/W9UI and his
wife Traudel/WD6CTL will be at
Windwood on the Island of St. Croix from June
23rd to July 8th. Like the
other SWODXAers going to St Lucia, they will be on
the lookout for 6 meter
sporadic E contacts. At other times, they will be on
HF (or diving!). QSL
both operations via W9UI (by the bureau or
direct).
LA, NORWAY. Giovanni, IZ2DPX, will be active as LA/IZ2DPX/P from
July
11-17th. Activity will be with a FT-817 on HF and 6 meters. QSL
via
his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. Visit his Web page
at:
http://www.qsl.net/ik2duwNEW LIGHTHOUSE WEB SITE. Visit the new Web site for the "Worked
All
Italian Lighthouses Award" (WAIL) at:
http://www.wail.it/There are new rules and many new references numbers. Other
lighthouse
Web sites to visit are:
http://www.arlhs.com
http://www.wlota.comOE50, AUSTRIA. The Austrian Amateur Radio Society will take part
in the
2005 IARU-HF-Championship on July 9-10th. Their Club station will be
on
24 hours on all bands, and they will work in the
Headquarters-Section.
The callsign will be OE50A, and during the Contest they
will give out the
HQ-Multi: OVSV. QSL via the bureau or direct
to:
OVSV-HQ, Eisvogelgasse 4/1, 1050 Wien, Austria.
ADDED NOTE: This year
it is also possible to earn two diplomas:
1. The W-OE-XHQ Diploma: For
this Diploma, you have to work OE1XHQ-OE9XHQ
or
OE50A on 6 different Bands/Modes.
2. The OE50-Diploma: Austrian
Amateur Radio Operators are celebrating
50 Years
State Treaty with the Special Prefix OE50 from Jan. 1,
2005,
to Dec. 31, 2005.
In 2005, Austria
celebrates the 50th anniversary of the signing of the
State Treaty which
established political autonomy for the Austrian Republic
after occupation by
the Allied countries - the USA, Great Britain, France
and the Soviet
Union.
OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Tomi, OH6EI, will be active as OH0Z during the
IARU
HF Championships Contest (July 9-10th) as a
Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power
entry (possibly CW or Mixed, not yet decided
yet). QSL via OH5DX.
PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Operators Geoff/W0CG,
Martin/W1MD, Joe/W9JUV,
John/N4RV and Charles/K1XX will be active from
Curacao as PJ2T during
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a
Multi-2 entry. QSL via
N9AG. Visit the PJ2T Web page
at: http://www.pj2t.orgQSL INFO AND NEWS......................
MORE ABOUT IRCS
AND SWEDEN. The information about IRCs for HZ1EX by
QSL Manager SM0BYD
has now been changed for SM0BYD on QRZ.com. It
seems that IRCs are NOT
sold in Sweden, but accepted for postage but
with
"problems"...
QSL MM0DFV/p and GM0WRR/p (Activity this past
weekend from WAB square
NX13 at the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse [ARLHS
SCO-144] in Dumfries
and Galloway Council Area.) via the RSGB
QSL-Bureau or direct.
R750/RK2/UA2, KALININGRAD (Special
Activity/Event/Prefix). Victor, UA2FM,
RK2FWA Trustee, wants to remind
everyone that from June 20th to July 20th,
UA2 hams will be active with a
R750 prefix celebrating the 750th anniversary
of Konigsberg - Kaliningrad. He
mentions that this month is a great
opporunity to get their awards without
QSL cards. Please, see the rules
at the following Web sites. (Don't be
confused with the cyrillic letters,
move your cursor down, the English text
is also there.):
Kaliningrad - Koenigsberg 750:
http://www.qrz.ru/awards/detail/948.htmlKaliningrad Districts Award:
http://www.qrz.ru/awards/detail/37.html Most of the callsigns are suffix based, but some may be
different. Please,
do not send cards via Box 88 Moscow, since they do not
cooperate with the
SRR QSL bureau. Use the UA2 QSL Bureau address
instead: UA2 QSL Bureau,
ROSTO Technical School, ul.Ozernaya 31,
Kaliningrad, 236029 Russia.
Otherwise follow the operator's QSL instructions.
Also, look for the UA2
Contest Club station, RK2FWA (aka RW2F), to be active
signing R750KG during
the above dates. Please, see QRZ.com for QSL info, or
use the above bureau
address.
SV9, CRETE. Tomaz, S59W, will be active
as SV9/S59W on EU-015 between
July 25th and August 14th. His activity will be
limited, but he will
be active in the RGSB IOTA Contest (July 30-31st) as a
Single-Op/All-Band/
Low-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign.
T68,
AFGHANISTAN. Johnny, LA5IIA, who has been active as T68G since March,
informs
OPDX that he will be working with UNICEF (Afghanistan) as a Telecom
Officer
until March 2007. He mentions that he will do his best to stay
active as much
as possible with an emphasis on CW, the WARC bands, low
bands (He will do
special effort towards North, Central and South America
on 160-30m during
winter season.) and some digimodes. However, he does
state, "Be aware that
power cut offs, unstable voltage, heavy thunderstorms
and incredible man made
noise makes it difficult to keep up a regular
and steady activity." Johnny
was heard this past week very active on 20
meters RTTY between 1230-2000z.
His equipment is: FT-1000D, IC-706 MKIIG,
ACOM 1000, R8 mulitband vertical,
dipoles, 1/4 lmb vertical on 80m,
inverted L on 160m and Pennant RX antennas
for the low bands. QSL via
LA4YW or via the info on QRZ.com. Visit his Web
page
at:
http://home.broadpark.no/~johnnyj/YA8G/TA, TURKEY (Also, IOTA op!). Look for Goran, YZ1SG, to be active
(during
his spare time) this week from Bodrum, Turkey, as TA4/YZ1SG, and
also
from Karaada Island (AS-098) as TA0/YZ1SG. Activity will last
until
June 29th. He states that he will use 100 watts and verticals. QSL
is
"OK" via the bureau or direct via his home callsign.
UA0, ASIATIC
RUSSIA (New RRA!). Look for Andre/RA0CS/p, Slava/UA0AOZ/0
and Vlad/UA0ACG/0
to activate Toki Island (RR-14-05 new one, RDA: HK-15)
located in the Bay of
Sakhalin Group, June 24-26th. Activity will be on
CW, SSB and BPSK31. QSL via
their home callsigns. For details on the
Russian Robinson Award (RRA), visit
the following Web page
at:
http://hamradio.ru/rrc/AWARDS/rra_e.htmV3, BELIZE. Jerald/K0BCN and Mike/WQ5C will be active as V31MX and
V31MQ,
respectively, from Caye Caulker (NA-073), between October 26th
and
November 1st. Look for V31MQ to operate in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest
(October 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band/Low-Power entry (band
TBD
upon arrival). Outside of the contest they will be active on
20/17/15/12/10
meters CW/SSB/PSK. QSL via their home callsigns.
ZD9,
GOUGH ISLAND. Larry, W1MLG, informs OPDX that Andy Repetto, ZD9BV,
and his
XYL, Lorraine, ZD9CO, are in Capetown, South Africa until September
2005.
Lorraine required hospitalization, but she is now out and recovering.
Andy is
requesting/looking for a possible donation of a small rig that
might be used
for his return trip. He mentions that a possibility exists
for a stop at
Gough Island on the journey. He can be contacted in Capetown
at the following
local telephone number: 4613591
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Tommy, VK2IR,
will be active as ZK1IIR starting
July 2-12th. Activity will be on all bands
SSB from 40-6 meters. He is
looking for a QSL Manager. His Email address is:
vk2ir@... |
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