| Asunto: | [dxcolombia] boletin DX Bulletin No. 668 | | Fecha: | Miercoles, 14 de Julio, 2004 20:17:37 (-0500) | | Autor: | pedro <pclaver @.........co>
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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 668
The Ohio/Penn
DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 668
BID: $OPDX.668
July 12,
2004
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
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DX News, JH6RTO/M0RAA,
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OH2BN, OY1CT, P43P, PA7DX,
PA7FM, PS7AB, SM3CVM, SV1DPI, SV2WT, TA3YJ, VA3RJ
& ICPO, and YT1NT
for the following DX information.
DXCC
COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for
the week of
Sunday, 4th/July, through Sunday, 11th/July there were 212
countries active.
Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J,
4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P,
9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q,
9V, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY,
C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP,
CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU,
E3, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES,
ET, EU, EX, EZ, F, FG,
FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW,
HA, HB, HB0,
HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J7, J8, JA, JD/o,
JT,
JW, JY, K, KH0, 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,
S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T5, T7, T9, TA,
TF,
TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4,
V5,
V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE,
XU,
XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB,
ZC4,
ZD8, 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).
4S7, SRI LANKA (Ham in need!). Rohan, 4S7RO, is urgently wanting
someone
to scan the wiring diagram of a TS-850S for the page that
contains the
RF Board X44-320-00. He has a manual for it but has left it in
Jamaica
and is now back in Sri Lanka for a few months of R+R... If
someone
has an 850S and has the capability to scan the necessary diagram
page,
please send it to Rohan. He would be very grateful. His E-mail
address
is:
sparkrohan@yahoo.com
9A,
CROATIAN ISLANDS (Hungarian IOTA/Contest Activity).......
Feco,
HA8KW, will be active as 9A/HA8KW from the Island of Rab (IOTA
EU-136, IOCA CI-096), July 19-26th. He will participate in IOTA
Contest
(Low Power, 12-hour). After his activity from the
Island of Rab, he
will activate the Island of Brac (IOTA EU-016,
IOCA CI-010) from
July
26th to August 2nd. After August 2nd,
Feco will go to Pag Island
(EU-170, IOCA-082). Activity from all
locations will be on 30-10
meters.
QSL via his home callsign
either direct or through the bureau.
Look for Laci/HA6NL to
be active as 9A6NL and Zsolt/HA6PS,
Tibor/HA6ZV,
Al/HA7JJS
to be active as 9A/homecall, from the QTH of Branko/9A2ZD
at
Maly Pasman, Pasman Island (IOTA: EU-170, IOCA: CI-085) between
July
20-30th (IOTA Contest included). They will build up a
portable
contest
station with Yagis, TEN-TEC radios and so
on. QSL via their home
callsigns either direct or through the
bureau. They are expected to
do some 2 meters operations
also.
Aniko/HA5TAA (XYL) and Feri/HA5AAZ have plans to
activate different
Croatian islands between July 19th and August
1st. They will use
9A/homecall from the IOTA EU-016 group, near
Rogoznice, including
CI-171, CI-187 and CI-193 for IOCA. QSL via
their home callsigns
either direct or through the
bureau.
C3, ANDORRA. Reports indicate that the hams in C3-land are now
authorized
to use 6 meters. Johan, ON4IQ, reports that Jordi, C31JI, near
Andorra
La
Vella, has become active. Also, Fred, C31HK, is still active
on the
bands
but keeps a low profile and prefers to listen a
lot.
CFT PARTY POSTPONED. To avoid interferences with the Scandinavian
Activity
Contest (CW) and the 2004 High Speed Telegraphy Championship,
the first
EUCW Belgian Society CFT (Club Francophone de Telegraphie)
Party which
was scheduled for September 19th has been postponed. This Party
is
still
on the agenda, and the new date will be published in the near
future.
CN, MOROCCO. Look for Andre, HB9HLM, to be active again this week
as
CN2DX until August 8th. Activity will be on 6 and 2 meters,
possibly
from either grid IM63 or other grid locators. QSL via his home
callsign.
CT3, MADEIRA. Operators EA2RU, EA2BXV and EA2RY will
heading to this
island of the Atlantic September 20-30th, to participate in
the 2004
CQ WW RTTY Contest as CT9R. Activity will be on 80-10 meters with
100w
and wire antennas. They will be on SSB, but operations will be
mainly
on the Digital modes. QSL via the Bureau or direct to EA2RY. Visit
their
Web page at:
http://www.rtty.org/madeira2004
FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON ISLANDS. Pete, NN9K, will be on
Miquelon
Island, September 10-18th. He will use the callsign FP/NN9K. Pete
states,
"My operating goal is to make FP as available as possible on
30-meters
especially for Asia and the Pacific Rim amateurs. This will be a CW
only
expedition and although the plan is to spend as much time as
possible
on
30-meters I may be found on other bands as well." For more
information
please visit the Web page at:
http://nn9k.home.mchsi.com/
FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON ISLANDS (Update to OPDX.666). Due to
numerous
requests, the FP/VE7SV team going to Miquelon Island (NA-032)
between
October 23rd to November 2nd have added the RTTY, PSK31 and
Satellite
modes to their operating plan. For more updates and details,
please
visit their Web page at:
http://www.bcdxc.org/fpve7sv_daily_updates.htm
Or the DXpedition's Web page at:
http://www.bcdxc.org/st_pierre_miquelon.htm
HA, HUNGARY (Update to OPDX.667). It seems Nilay (XYL), TA3YJ,
will be
joining Berkin, TA3J, to operate from different locations in
Hungary,
and will sign HA(?)/TA3YJ between July 18-21st. Look for activity
on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 meters (including the WARC bands)
on
SSB and FM. QSL via her home callsign, direct (only SASE and 1 IRC,
no
green stamps please) or by the bureau. SWL QSL cards are
OK.
HB0,LIECHTENSTEIN. Geza/HA4DX will operate from Masescha (1350m
ASL)
as HB0/HA4XG between August 28th and September 4th. He will be
active
on 30-10 meters (CW, SSB) with GP antennas and on 2 meters with a
8
element Yagi and also on WSJT. QSL via their home callsign either
direct
(QRZ.com) or through the HA Bureau.
IOTA
NEWS...................
AF-018. Operators IK2JUB, IZ2ABI,
IZ2ABZ, IW2HAJ and IH9GPI
will
activate
IH9/IQ2CJ from Pantelleria Island during the
RSGB
IOTA
Contest (July 24-25th) as a Multi-Op entry. QSL
via
the
Bureau.
AF-018. Operator IT9BLB and an international
team will be active
as
IH9P from
Pantelleria Island (IIA: TP01, WAIP: TP and
ITU
Zone: 37)
during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (October
30-31st)
as a
Multi-Single entry. This is another Tikirriki
Contest
Club's
Multi/Op. operation. QSL via KR7X.
AS-017. Look for JH1MUK
to be active as JH1MUK/6 from Ie
Island
(JIIA-017-011) on July 22nd and then from Iheya
Island
(JIIA-017-012) on July 23-24th. QSL to this home
callsign
either
direct or via the JARL bureau.
AS-079. Seiji, JH6RTO, will
sign JH6RTO/6 from Miyako Island on
July
16-20th,
using his IC-706 and R7000. Activity will be on
40-6
meters,
CW and SSB. QSL via the bureau.
AS-147. Takeshi, JI3DST,
will be active as JI3DST/8 from
Okushiri
Island
from about 0700z on July 24th through about 0000z
on
July 27th. He
is expected to be active during the IOTA
Contest.
QSL
via JI3DST by the bureau.
EU-064. Jerome, F5ASD, will be
active from Noirmoutier Island (AT
020)
between
August 2-15th. Activity will be on SSB for the
most
part, and
on 80-2 meters. QSL to his home callsign,
either
direct
(SASE + 1 IRC or 1 USD for Europe; 2 USD outside
of
Europe) or
via the French REF Bureau.
SA-045. Operators PQ8KGB, PQ8VA
and PT7BI will activate Maraca
Island
(DIB
39) as ZX8M from July 21-25th. Activity will be on
all
bands CW/SSB
(possibly RTTY). QSL via PT7BI. The
DXpedition's
Web page is at: http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/ilhademarac
IOTA SPECIAL EVENT OPERATION. To celebrate the 2004 Olympic Games
in
Athens, look for a group of Greek amateurs to be active as SY2004KF
now
through September 15th, from Kefalonia Island (IOTA EU-052) in the
Ionian
Sea. Operators mentioned are: SV1BJW (Vasilis or Bill), SV8CKJ
(Panayiotis)
and assisted by SV1DPI (Costas) and SV1CIB (Dimitris).
Activity will be
on 160-10 meters (including the WARC bands) and probably
some 6 meters.
Modes will be: mostly CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Antennas are:
Long
wires,
Windoms, G5RVees, Verticals, Tribander yagis and Quads. Power
is be
within
legal Greek State limits. Simultaneous multiband operation
is expected.
The CW operators are expected to transmit as : SY2004KF or
SY2TT4KF or
SY04KF. The recommended split frequencies are 1-5 kHz UP on the
CW
mode.
The recommended split frequencies are 5-10 kHz UP on the SSB
mode.
Listen
for QSL instructions. QSL can be either by the operator's
instructions
or via SV1BJW, by the Bureau or the address at QRZ.com (provided
that
the other operator encloses a SAE + IRC or equivalent for the postal
fee).
J45, DODECANESE. Anton, PA7DX, informs OPDX that he will be on
his
first
"DXpedition" on his own for the 2004 IOTA Contest (He was on
Malta as
9H3UJ with a group some years ago.), and states this is "so very
exciting".
Look for him to be active as J45C from Kos Island
(EU-001).
OJ0J, MARKET REEF (Party at Sea Wrap-up!). A press release from
Martti,
OH2BH (via Jarmo, OH2BN), states: "The weather was calm this
morning
(Monday, July 5th) and the party at OJ0J had no difficulty
departing
Market Reef. They have now returned safely to Aland Islands. Due to
bad
weather, dipole radiators had to be used most of the time while a
beam
was hoisted only on the last day of operations. Total time on the
reef
was 84 hours, and 12,414 QSOs were made with two radios, resulting
in
150 QSOs per hour for the entire stay. Only 30, 40, 20 and 17M
bands
were activated. QSL via OH0RJ."
QSL INFO AND
NEWS........................
Laci/HA0HW (CTC 264) and Tomi/HA4DX (CTC
192) were active as 9A/HA0HW
and 9A/HA4DX from Silo, Krk Island, in
the North Adriatic (IOTA:
EU-136,
IOCA: CI-046) between July
2-12th. This was a family holiday. QSL via
their home callsigns either
direct (QRZ.com) or through the HA
bureau.
9K2ZZ ON LOTW! Ray,
W8CNL, has uploaded all 253,600 plus contacts
with
9K2ZZ to the
"Logbook of The World" (LoTW). He states, "I am very
sure
there
will be some missing QSOs due to broken calls, etc. If you are
one
that needs the card, please send a SASE or SAE and postage, with
all
the details you can come up with and I will try every means to
find
you in the logs."
QSL B4HQ via BA4RD (P.O.Box
538 Nanjing, China). This activity was
by the Chinese Radio Sports
Association (CRSA)> They had 5 stations
set up for the IARU HF
World Championship, and all the stations were
located in
Nanjing.
Operators JA4BBP/4 and JA4TI/4 were expected to be active
from Mu
Island (AS-117 and JIIA AS-117-073) (QTH Okayama) over the
past
weekend.
QSL to their home callsign either direct or via the
JARL bureau.
Operators JE4TST/4,JE4WIP/4 and JE4QIG/4 were
expected to be active
from Mutsure Island (AS-117) (QTH Yamaguchi)
over the past weekend.
QSL to their home callsign either direct or via
the JARL bureau.
Operators JA5BEX/5 and JA5BQX/5 were to be active
from Ibuki Island
(AS-076) (QTH Kagawa) over the past weekend. QSL to
their home
callsigns
either direct or via the JARL
bureau.
QSL OY1CT via the CBA or the address on QRZ.com. Activity
was during
the IARU HF World Championship Contest as the official
station of
the Foroyskir Radioamatorar [FRA].
QSL P40HQ
via Mario, I2MQP. Activity was during last weekend's IARU
Contest.
Jacobo (Jacky), P43P, states that since Aruba is celebrating
its 50th
Carnival this year, they will be printing full color
conmemorative QSL
cards that are sure to become collector's items. He
also mentions that
a special P40HQ team T-Shirt and a small surprise
sponsored by ACOM
will be given to the first Single Op or Multi
Single
station to
work them on 6 bands (SSB, CW or mixed).
The special callsign
YT80HQ commemorating 80 years of ham activity in
Serbia and Montenegro
was active over the past weekend during the
IARU
HF Championship
as a SCG Multiplier. Special YT80HQ QSL cards
confirming
all
contacts will be sent automatically via the bureau. In case you
need
it, their mail address is: Savez radioamatera
Srbije
Trg republike
3/6
11000
Beograd
Serbia & Montenegro
OE, AUSTRIA (Update to OPDX.667). It seems Nilay
(XYL), TA3YJ, will be
joining Berkin, TA3J, to operate from different
locations in Austria,
and will sign OE(?)/TA3YJ between July 21-23rd. Look
for activity on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 meters (including the WARC
bands) on
SSB and FM. QSL via her home callsign, direct (only SASE and 1
IRC,
no green stamps please) or by the bureau. SWL QSL cards are
OK.
OK, CZECH REPUBLIC (Update to OPDX.667). It seems Nilay (XYL),
TA3YJ,
will be joining Berkin, TA3J, to operate from different locations
in
the Czech Republic, and will sign OK(?)/TA3YJ between July 23-25th.
Look
for activity on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 meters (including
the
WARC bands) on SSB and FM. QSL via her home callsign, direct (only
SASE
and 1 IRC, no green stamps please) or by the bureau. SWL QSL cards are
OK.
P4, ARUBA. Look for John, KK9A, to be active as P40A in the CQ WW
DX
SSB
Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry.
Activity
will be from the Iguana Villa [http://www.iguanavilla.com]. QSL
via
WD9DZV.
SI9, SWEDEN (Special Event). Look for SI9AM to be active
now and then,
July 17-19th (Open House) on HF CW/SSB. SI9AM is located close
to
the King Chulalongkorn Memorial in Utanede, Sweden, the largest
Thai
Pavilion in the world outside Thailand. The radio shack can be
rented
by worldwide radio amateurs, and it is very popular because of its
very
attractive callsign. QSL via SM3CVM CBA or via bureau. For more
information
about this station, please the following Web page
at:
http://www.qsl.net/si9am
SILENT KEY. David A. Whitaker, BRS 25429, informs OPDX that his
brother
Mike, G3IGW, became a Silent Key on June 29, 2004, after a short
illness.
Mike was very well known throughtout the world for his CW
transmissions,
especially on the LF Bands. Besides being a member of the
RSGB for over
50 years, he was a highly respected member of the FOC for his
superb
operating on the key. OPDX and its readers would like to send out
our
deepest sympathy to Mike's family and friends.
SPECIAL EVENT. From
July 22nd to August 1st, look for the special
callsign
LX8LGS (Luxembourg
Guides and Scoutes) to be active from an
International
Scout Camp from
Lasauvage (South of Luxembourg). Activity will be on
all
bands and modes
(especially the Scout frequencies). Operators are
Tobias/
DL4KBS,
Dan/LX1JU, Mike/LX1KQ, Gilles/LX3GR and Philippe/LX2AJ/LX7I.
QSL
via
LX2AJ (by the Bureau or direct). Visit the camp's home page
at:
http://4u.lgs.lu
-or- http://www.qrz.com/lx8lgs
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for the following French activities to
celebrate
the
60th anniversary of the Allied Forces landing in Provence,
August 1944.
>From various locations on Provence landing Coast, the
following
stations
will be active as:
TM3ID -
August 7-21st, under Patrick, F4TXE, leading, and also
from
Cavalaire on August 15-16th. Activity being part of
the
Official commemoration. QSL via F4TXE, either direct or
via
the
French REF Bureau.
TM6ANV - Activity will take place during
the same period (August
7-21st).
Also look especially on CW. QSL Manager: Guy, F5MNW,
either
direct or via the French REF Bureau.
ST2, SUDAN. QSL Manager
Dennis, PA7FM, informs OPDX that ST2DX has gone
QRT on the afternoon of July
9th. Online logs, audio files and some
photos
are available on the
following Web page at: http://www.pa7fm.nl
Dennis
states, "The QSL design will go to the printer as soon as
possible
now....and will try to answer all direct QSLs before the end of
August
(off course depending on the card delivery from the printer)." He
also
wants to remind those who still need the Sudan, ST2T is active
inbetween
work from the same QTH, and in a few weeks LA5PN is expected in
Sudan
(Who also works for the World Food Program of the UN). His callsign
is
unknown yet. ST2T was heard on 15 meters over the past week and
weekend
(in the contest). QSL via S57DX.
SY2004, GREECE. Look for
Nikos, SV2WT, to be active as SY2004WT now
through
September 15th.
Activity will be on 160-10 meters, SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK
and
SSTV. QSL via
the Bureau. The SY2004 and SX2004 are two special
prefixes
that can be
used by Greek radio amateurs for the period before and
during
the Olympic
Games in Athens. For more details and information, please
visit the Web page
at: http://www.raag.org
XU, CAMBODIA. Claude, XU7ABN, has been active over the past week
on
20/15 meters RTTY. Watch 20 meters between 1830-2230z and after
0600z.
On 15 meters, watch after 1000z.
YJ0, VANUATU. Franz, DK1II
(ZL2III), will be active from Port Vila,
Vanuatu
(IOTA OC-035), from
August 6-15th. He plans work mainly on CW on 40-10
meters, depending on
propagations. Franz has applied for the callsign,
YJ0II, but this is not
confirmed yet. Please QSL via DK1II.
ZP, PARAGUAY. Look for Tom, ZP5AZL,
to be active as ZP0R in this year's
CQWW SSB DX Contest as a
Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via
W3HNK.
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