| Asunto: | [dxcolombia] DX Bulletin No. 738 | | Fecha: | Domingo, 4 de Diciembre, 2005 19:25:35 (-0500) | | Autor: | Oscar A. Gaviria <hk6dos @.......co>
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SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.738
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No.
738
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 738
BID:
$OPDX.738
December 5, 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, K1XN & GoList, K2FF, K2PF, NG3K,
W3UR & The Daily DX,
N4AA & QRZ DX, K5WW, K8JE, K8YSE, W0YG, WDŘM,
9V1YC, DL1EK & The DX News
Letter, EA4ATI, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA &
LNDX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News,
JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands News,
LU6EF, OH2BN, OK1DOT, OK1FUA, PY7RP,
UA4WHX, VA3RJ & ICPO and Low Land
DX-pedition Team for the following
DX information.
*** SPECIAL NOTE
FROM EDITOR (Tedd, KB8NW): Just as I was finishing this
week's issue, I received a phone call from my step-mother
informing
me that things turned worse for my Dad. I will
be heading west ASAP,
so there will probabaly be no OPDX
until further notice. Thanks for
understanding...........
"I dedicate this issue to by
Dad. I hope I made him proud, as his son
as I was proud of
him as a father. I will miss him when he leaves,
but I
know he will be with my mother."
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to
the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 27th/November, through Sunday,
4th/December there were
239 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8,
3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V,
3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U,
5V, 5W, 5X,
5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6,
9N,
9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6,
CE,
CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6,
EA8,
EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK,
FM,
FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HC, HC8, HH,
HI,
HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J5, J6, J7, J8, 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,
PY0F, PZ, R1MV, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T32,
T7,
T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR,
V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M,
VP2V, VP5, VP8,
VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL,
YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2,
Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, 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).
4X411, ISRAEL (Intertesting Item Of The Week!). The
"Holyland DX Group"
will operate as 4X411A on December 23-24th from the
"Lowest Dry Point"
on the Globe. From minus (-) 411 meters Below Sea Level in
the middle
of the Dead Sea, operators will use the special callsign and run
two
complete stations with one power amplifier on 80-10 meters, on CW
and
SSB starting at 0700z Friday, December 23rd. The group had/has
received
special permission from the Dead Sea Works Factory. Operators
mentioned
are: Shalom/4Z4BS, Mark/4Z4KX, Ros/4Z5LA, Ruben/4Z5FI, Ilya/4Z1UF
and
Jan/4X1VF. QSL via 4Z4BS. Visit Web page at: http://www.4z5la.net/4x411a
6W, SENEGAL. Dani, EA4ATI,
is back in Africa again, this time in Dakar,
Senegal. He informs OPDX that he
received the licence 6W/EA4ATI and also
mentioned that he will be on the air
for the next ARRL 10m Contest as
6W1EA. Dani states that he will be here
until June-July (he is working
there now). We asked him what bands he would
be on and he replied stating,
"For now I have a three element yagi beam
antenna for 10-15-20, but soon
I will set up the dipoles for the other bands
(40-80-160 and WARC bands)."
QSL via direct to his home callsign
EA4ATI.
6W, SENEGAL. Tibi, HA7TM, will be active as 6W/HA7TM from the QTH
of
6W7RV located in Le Caola, Senegal, December 15-22nd. Activity will
be
HF, mainly CW and SSB, possibly RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or
by
the bureau.
C9, MOZAMBIQUE (Update/Looking For Operators). Frosty,
K5LBU, reports that
so far there are 3 operators going with him to Mozambique
in July 2006.
They plan on arriving in Maputo, Mozambique, on June 29th and
depart on
July 13th. They plan on having 2 complete stations set up and
running the
whole time. One for CW and one for SSB. They will also have a
station set
up for RTTY and PSK. They are planning to be active in the IARU
Contest
the weekend of July 8-9th with one CW and one SSB station. Frosty
mentions
that he just returned from Mozambique and Swaziland on November 26th
after
looking at a very good site at Praia do Bilene which is on the coast
about
80 miles north of Maputo. He states that they will have the stations
set
up in a cabin that has 3 rooms so they can put the CW and PSK/RTTY
station
in one and the SSB in the other. They will also have 2 trailer
mounted
towers set up along with the 72 foot vertical for 160-80 meters which
also
works on 30 meters quite well. There will be four 40 meters sloping
dipoles
on each tower that work very well also. Daniel, ZS6JR, is also
planning to
set up an EME station so they can also try that mode. Frosty
states, "So
are there any more that would like to join us and make this trip?
We will
have at least two more 2 bed room cabins and can get a third if
more
operators join with us." If interested in joining their team,
please
contact Frosty via E-mail
at: frosty1@pdq.net
CE0Z, JUAN FERNANDEZ. On
their way to the Peter I Island DXpedition
(3Y0X), Gerard/F2JD will team up
with Pedro/CE3BFZ and probably some
other operators and will be active from
Juan Fernandez between January
20-26th.
FT5XO KERGUELEN ISLAND VIDEO
IS OUT! James, 9V1YC, informed OPDX this past
week that the FT5XO Kerguelen
DVD is finished and is now available at the
following Web page
at: http://www.dxvideos.com/ft5xovideo.htm
What a great Christmas gift
for DXers! Witness the Microlite Penguins
DXpedition team leave home for 6
weeks and travel to this icy, windswept
island aboard the famous R/V
Braveheart. Sailing to new extremes in the
South Indian Ocean, and again
using the "low power-vertical antenna"
approach, join the Microlite Penguins
DXpedition team as they battle
through the seas and the pileups from yet
another remote Antarctic
destination! Video is digitally filmed and edited,
and mastered to
Digital Betacam in Stereo. Look for OPDX to publish a review
on the
DVD as soon as it is received.
HS0 & XU7, THAILAND AND
CAMBODIA. By the time you read this, Pete, SM5GMZ,
should be back in Thailand
again and be active as HS0ZFI until December
31st. His activity will be
limited due to work, but he will operate during
his spare time. Operations
will be on CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY, probably on
all permitted bands. Also,
look for Pete to be active as XU7ADI for at
least two months starting January
6th. Activity will be on on all bands
and 6 meters. Modes should be the
same.
IOTA NEWS..........................
AS-013.
Roberto, IW1RIH, will be active as 8Q7IH from Rannalhi
Island,
The
Maldives, December 5-12th. He states, "The Maldives
are
certainly
not the 'Most wanted' on HF, but I think nobody
has
been on the
air from Rannalhi Island, so far and though, I
will
be so happy
to do it." QSL via IW1RIH. Rannalhi Island
is
located 35
km, away from Male' in the South Male' Atoll,
45
minutes by
speedboat. It is now a popular diving
destination
with
a beautiful house reef around the Island.
AS-117. Look for
Kenji, JA4GXS, to be active as homecall/4 from
Yashiro
Island
(JIIA AS-117-118) in the JA4 Yamaguchi Pref
Honshu's
Coastal
Islands Group, December 24th. Activity will be
on
40/30/20/15
meters CW/SSB (IOTA frequencies). QSL to his
home
callsign,
by the bureau or direct to: Kenji
Sasaki,
2-15
Ishikannon-cyo, Yamaguchi-City, 753-0038 JAPAN.
AS-117.
Operators JI2ZLM and JF0BPT will be active as homecall/2
from
Shino
Island (JIIA AS-117-008) in the JA2 Aichi Pref
Honshu's
Coastal
Islands Group, January 2-3rd. QSL to their home
callsign,
direct
or by the bureau.
AS-117. OPERATION POSTPONED! Operators
Joel/F5PAC/4S7PAG and
Mario/
HB9BRM/4S7BRG were scheduled to activate Barberyn Island
for
December
3-4th but had to cancel. They have the licence
in
hand but not
the permision to go to the island. They are
trying
to get
the permision to go there for an activity on
December
10-11th. Their website is: http://www.qsl.net/f5pac/4s7
Joel
is expected to remain in Sri Lanka until December 16th.
EU-113. (IOTA Number Corrected) Steve/G4EDG and Jeff/G4ELZ will
be
signing /SV8
from a hilltop location on Kithira
Island,
December
4-11th. Activity will be CW only with two
stations.
They
will be using a FT100 and a FT817 into G3HCT vertical
and
modified
dipoles, running 100 watts output. QSL via G4ELZ
NA-057.
Operators Eugene/K0IEX, Vladimir/N0STL and Ron/N0AT will
be
active from
Utila Island, Honduras, during the ARRL DX
CW
Contest
(February 18-19th) as a Multi-Single entry.
Contest
callsign
is yet to be determine, QSL via W0JAR.
Operators
outside of the contest will sign HR9/K0IEX, HR9/N0STL
and
HR9/N0AT.
NA-135. Members of the Radio Club Cancun will be
active as XF3NN
from Carmen Island. December 16-18th. Activity will be
on
160-6 meters
SSB and RTTY, with some PSK31 and
Satellite.
QSL
via N6AWD.
OC-215. Operator Adhi/YC3MM and possibly others
(YB5BO, YC5JAU
and
YD5NGQ were
mentioned) will be active this week from
Siberut
Island,
December 6-9th. The group hopes to be active as
YE5M
(the
requested callsign). They plan to have two
stations
on the
air with operations on 20/17/15 meters SSB and
the
digital
modes. For Asia, QSL via YB9BU (PLEASE NOTE: Use
only
new IRCs,
and not "green stamps"). For the rest of the
world,
QSL via
IZ8CCW. Inquiries can be sent to: yc3mm@mdxc.org
SA-092. As part
of the Low Land DX-pedition Team's (LLDXT)
Surinam
activity, the team was able to arrange transportation
and
permission
to land on the rare IOTA island "Papegaaien
eiland"
(Parrot
Island) this past weekend. This was the second
time
that SA-092
was activated. The callsign was PZ5C/P. The
team
members
were Rob/PA2R, Ronald/PA3EWP and Ramon/PZ5RA. The
team
was advised
to leave the island before sunset, so they were
only
active
between 1000-2000z. The QSL Manager is PA7FM. Logs
are
posted on
the LLDXT Web page at: http://www.lldxt.nl
Rob/PA2R and Ronald/PA3EWP will be active from Surinam
until
December
14th. They will probably be in the ARRL 10
meter
Contest.
KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Hide, JM1LJS, plans to be active as
KH2VL/KH0 from
Saipan (OC-086), Northern Mariana Islands, December 22-25th.
QSL via
JM1LJS (QRZ.com). Visit it his Web page with an online log search
at:
http://radio-dream.com/anyway_holiday/kh2vl_kh0_rota_logsearch.html
LR50, ARGENTINA (Special
Event). Look for special event station, LR50U, to
be on the air during the
month of December from the La Pampa Province,
about 700 Km west of Buenos
Aires City. Activity is to celebrate the
50th anniversary of the first
operation from the Argentine station on
South Sandwich Island. Members of the
Radio Club Pampeano will celebrate
this event during the whole month and
between December 7th and 12th,
three operators (LU1DZ, LU7EE and LW2DX) from
the Grupo Argentino de
Radiotelegrafia (GACW) will join the locals. The modes
will be mainly CW
and SSB. Details and useful information regarding this
event are available
on the GACW Web site
at:
http://gacw.no-ip.org
OJ0B AND OJ0J NOW QRT. The
Market Reef DXpdition is now over. The radio
operations terminated on
November 29th at 0400z, with 12,166 QSOs in the
log. OPDX readers are
encouraged to visit the following Web page to read
the story and view the
pictures by Martti Laine, OH2BH. The Web URL
is:
http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh2bn/pagemarket.htm
QSL INFO AND
NEWS...................
POSTAGE GOING UP (Other Reminder).
Charlie, W0YG, wants to remind
everyone that postal rates, both
domestic and international, increase
after the first of the
year. Many stations, including overseas stations,
that sent just
an SASE do not have sufficient postage to guarantee a
return of
VK9XG and VK9CG cards. Charlie states, "I am trying to weed
down
the VK9XG stack as much as I can now but I will not have the
VK9CG
cards until after the postal increase goes into effect. It
is tough to
subsidize the entire trip and the QSL cards and have
to face subsidizing
postage too. I am sure this caught many by
surprise, especially our
overseas friends. However the
fact remains if I drop a SAE in the mail
with user installed 80
cents airmail postage, I am not sure it will get
to them as
there is some chance involved."
Ralph, K2PF, informs OPDX
that he will be handling QSL cards for the
recent 4O3AA
activity.
Martin, OL5Y/OK1FUA, operated IS0N during 2005 CQ
WW DX CW Contest. QSL
via OK1MG.
LOTW NEWS.
Several sources are reporting that the "Lookbook of The
World"
(LoTW) is scheduled to become accessible for the "Worked All
States" (WAS) award by early January at the latest. Also, it is
anticipated that still additional ARRL as well as non-ARRL award
programs will be available through the LoTW later this year.
NEW MANAGER. Gert, K5WW, informs OPDX that effective immediately,
he
will be Tom, CX7TT's, QSL Manager. QSL direct (with
SASE/GS/IRC),
by the bureau or LoTW is
accepted.
NOT THE MANAGER. Joe, WDŘM, reports receiving QSLs
for KG4FK, and
would like to report that he is not the QSL
Manager.
QSL PQ7Q via PY7VI. Activity was by a group of PY7
operators during
the ARRL 160m Contest from Olinda Lighthouse
(ARLHS BRA-068 and DFB
PE-004).
UA4WHX
OPERATIONS QSLS STATUS. VLADIMIR, UA4WHX/5H3VMB, currently in
Zanzibar, Tanzania, informed OPDX that he would like to answer a
number
of questions being raised by hams regarding his QSLing
and would like
to advise them of the
following:
1. ALL DIRECT REQUESTS RECEIVED FOR
PACIFIC OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN
ANSWERED.
2. THE PACIFIC BURO REQUESTS ARE BEING
PROCESSED AND ANSWERED NOW.
3. IF SOMEONE BELEIVES
THAT HE HAS NOT RECEIVED HIS REQUESTED
CARD,
CONATACT EITHER ME OR MY
MANAGER (HE IS AT UA4WHXAA@UDM.RU)
DIRECTLY TO SEE
WHAT THE STATUS OF THE QSLS IS.
IMPORTANT: WE ANSWER ALL VALID REQUESTS. SOME QSLS APPEAR TO
HAVE
BEEN LOST ON THE WAY BACK. DO
CONTACT US IF THIS IS YOUR CASE.
AND
QUIT SAYING UA4WHX DOES NOT
QSL.
4. AFRICA OPERATIONS WILL BE ANSWERED ALL
TOGETHER AFTER THE TRIP IS
OVER.
I HOPE
THAT HELPS. 73, VLADIMIR BYKOV, UA4WHX/5H3VMB
QSL YB1JZS via
OK1DOT: Petr Gustab, P.O. Box 52, CESKY BROD 282 01,
Czech
Republic. QSL cards received by bureau are answered via bureau.
Cards received directly with SAE and 1 USD/IRC will be answered
directly (do not send old IRCs please).
QSL INFO NEEDED for
the recent ZF1A operation during the 2005 CQWW DX
CW Contest.
There seems to be some confusion on the route. It looks
like all
indications point via W6VNR (direct).
T30, WESTERN KIRIBATI. Finnish
operators Ari/OH6DX, Veko/OH1AWW, Veijo/
OH6KN and Jouko/OH1RX will once
again return to the Pacific (for the
fourth time) and operate from Tarawa
(OC-017), West Kiribati, January
5-22nd. The group will be active as T30DX
and focus mainly on the lower
bands, 160-30 meters, and look for Europe and
the U.S. East Coast stations.
They plans to have two or three stations on CW,
SSB and RTTY. Suggested
frequencies (-/+ QRM) are:
CW -
1822, 3503, 7003, 10108, 14008, 18068, 21008, 24898, 28008 kHz
SSB - 1845, 3790, 7050, 14190, 18145, 21295, 24945, 28495 kHz
QSL via OH6DX,
by the Bureau or direct to: Ari Hyvonen, Viklonkuja 4F18,
FI-78880 Kuvansi,
Finland. A Web site is currently under construction
and is expected to be
online soon at: http://www.ohpacificdx.com
The Web site will also have
a log search on it.
T8, PALAU. Hide, JM1LJS, plans to be active as T80W
from Palau (OC-009),
March 18-21st. Activity will be on all bands. QSL via
JM1LJS (QRZ.com).
TT8, CHAD. Philippe, F4EGS, will return here on
December 25th and stay
until the end of February 2006, and again from May to
July 2006. He is
there on Military assignments. He will once again use the
callsign TT8PK.
Look for him on 20/15/10 meters using a FT100 and a MA5V
antenna. If
Philippe can get a Cushcraft R7 or R8 antenna on loan, he will be
active
on 40-10 meters. He will be on the digital modes and maybe SSB.
To
indicate to Philippe what bands you need Chad on, send an E-mail
to:
kochp@wanadoo.fr
QSL via F4EGS. He will
answer the QSLs when he return to Metropolitan,
France.
XU, CAMBODIA.
John, KF0RQ, will be active as XU7ACQ now through December
28th. He
recommands to listen on 14245 kHz between 1400-1700z. QSL
via
KF0RQ.
XU, CAMBODIA. Peter, NO2R, will be returning to
Sihanoukville again and
should be on the air as XU7ACY from January 7-21st.
Activity will be
mainly on CW (with some SSB)on 160, 80 and 40 meters. QSL
via K2NJ. The
pilot station will be W2EN.
YS, EL SALVADOR. Look for
Roberto, I2JIN, to be active as YS3/I2JIN from
December 10-30th. Activity
will be on all bands, mostly
CW.
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