The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 814
BID: $OPDX.814
June 25, 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, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K5LBU, W7KFI, K8YSE, N8DX, K9CS, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, DK8JB, DL6KAC, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, E21EIC, EA3GHZ, EA5RM, F5NQL & UFT, G0IAS, G0SFJ, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IK0REH, M0RNR, OE1WHC, RSGB IOTA, TA3YJ and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT
According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 17th/June, through Sunday, 24th/June there were 199
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B7, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W,
4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A,
9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV,
BY, C3, C5, CE, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, EA, EA6,
EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FJ, FK, FO,
FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP,
HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0,
KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM,
ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5,
SV9, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9L, VK9N, VP2V, VP8, VP9,
VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YK, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3,
ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD8, 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).
3A, MONACO
Operator Slavo, SP2JMB, will be active as 3A2/SP2JMB between
June 26-28th. Activity will be on 40m to 70cm on CW and SSB.
3B7, ST. BRANDON ISLANDS (DXpedition Update)
DXpedition was expected
to go QRT at/around 0600z, June 21st; QSL via SP9SX. For more details,
updates and the log, visit the 3B6SP Web page at:
5X, UGANDA
Vladimir, UA4WHX, has left Rwanda and is once again active
as 5X1VB. As always there is no indication on how long he will be
there. He was heard this past weekend on 80/17/12 meters mostly CW.
We were told by Allan, G0IAS, that Vlad wants to visit with Graham,
5X1GS, but it seems that Graham is in the UK at the present time.
QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau. It is recommend
to send direct cards after his travels.
9X, RWANDA
Antonio, EA5RM, has announced that a multi-national-team
is planning to be on the air from Kigali this summer. Details will be
announced later. Stay tuned!
A2, BOTSWANA (Update)
Frosty, K5LBU/A25CF, announced this past week
that his team operators will use the possible following SSB frequencies
during their July 6-20th (possibly the 5th) operation:
Transmit Receive
1840 1845-1850
3790 3800-3810 also up at 3850-3860
7075 7185-7195
14220 14225-14230
14265 14270-14275
18145 18150-18155
21270 21275-21280
24935 24940-24945
28450 28455-28460
50110 50110
Frosty says that he has not received the CW frequencies from the CW
operators on the team yet. He also mentioned that the team has been
issued the callsign of A25HQ to use in the IARU Contest next month.
C5, THE GAMBIA
Andre, ON7YK, will once agin be active as C56YK from
September 14-27th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters and also on 6
meter SSB. QSL via the info on .
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Manager, reports: "The 2006 DXCC Yearbook - Jun 22, 2007 16:19 ET The 2006 DXCC Yearbook is now at the printer and it is expected to 'hit the streets' in mid to late-July. While this is a little later than usual it is still within the DXCC timeframe for this publication. In order to receive the free publication you must:
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FS & PJ7, ST. MARTIN AND ST. MAARTEN ISLANDS (Update/Survey)
Operators
Marq/CT1BWW, John/EA3GHZ and Tomas/EA5YH will be active as FS/homecall
and PJ7/homecall between July 15-25th. The trio (with their XYLs) will
start their activity on the French side of the island but will make
visits to the Dutch side throughout their stay. Activity will be on
80-6 meters, CW, SSB and the digital modes. QSL via their home
callsigns. Visit their very interesting Web page at:
HAMIGG (Ham Social Forum)
Christian, DL6KAC, informs OPDX about a new
project he has started last week called HAMigg (http://hamigg.de). It
is a social bookmarking platform similar to digg.com (therefore
HAMigg = Ham Radio + Digg). Christian states, "The big difference is
HAMigg is limited to ham radio and technical topics only. In my
opinion, Digg.com and all other platforms are heavily congested and
it is really difficult to find the 'good stuff'. HAMigg is an effort
to change this a bit. The idea is the following:
Users can submit interesting stories or articles which they have found on the internet (DX news, websites, ham software [freeware], ham radio news in general etc.). Other users can vote on these stories via an interactive voting system. Submissions or articles which receive a lot of positive votes will rank high, others will rank lower, helping to sort the submitted articles. RSS feeds are available so that users can easily subscribe and stay updated once new submissions are online. In a nutshell it's all about content for hams by hams."
Christian has compiled a more detailed write-up about the new project at:
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN
Pierre, HB9QQ, will be active as HB0/HB9QQ between
June 29th and July 2nd and again between July 6-9th. Activity will be
on the HF bands, 6 and 2 meters. QSL via his home callsign.
IOTA NEWS
AF-019. Giuseppe "Joe", I2AZ, is now active as IG9/I2AZ from
Lampedusa Island (IIA AG-001). The length of his stay
is unknown. I2AZ is only active on CW. QSL via the
Bureau.
AF-104. (NEW ONE!) Operators Ivan/OM3CGN, Robert/OM1KW, Afif/7X2RO, Youcef/7X2HF, Sofiane/7X2GF, Faouzi/7X2FB, Frantise/7X0RY and Yves/7X0MT are expected to be active as 7U5CI from Cavallo Island in the Mediterranean Sea Coast East Group for the first time between June 23-28th. They plan to have three stations active with a spiderbeam and wire dipoles. Activity will be on 160-6 meters on all modes. This island is located between Bejaia and Jijel. QSL via OM3CGN.
AS-155. Operators Bill/BV8BC, Bob/BV8BQ, Cheng/BX8AAA, Chan/BX8AD, Max/BX8AE, and Ryan/BX8AG will be active as BV9G from Green Island (also known as Lu Tao, WLOTA LH-0495) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via BV8BC.
EU-008. Members of the Cockenzie and Port Seton Amateur Radio Club (CPSARC) will once again operate from the Isle of Tiree (IOSA NH04, WAB NM04), the most westernly part of Scotland's Inner Hebridean Islands, during the RSGB IOTA (Islands on the Air) Contest which runs from 1200z, July 28th to 1200z, July 29th, using the clubs special contest callsign GM2T. Pre-contest activity members will be signing as MM0CPS/P. CPSARC heavily supports newcomers to their wonderful hobby and has a large number of newly licensed members who are actively encouraged to participate in their contest effort, whether experienced or not. This way, not only does their hobby benefit from new operators, but contesting benefits as they invariably become bitten by the contest bug. This year's team consists of: Cambell/MM0DXC, Bob/GM4UYZ, John/ MM0JXI, Brian/M0RNR, John/MM0CCC, Landles/GM4XZZ, Willie/ MM0WZZ, Iain/MM1CPP, Gary/MM0FZV, Gareth/M3INO, Derek/ MM0WST, Colin/2M0CRR, Moe/MM0MRM, Geoff/MM5AHO, Ellis/GM4GZW and Innes/GM4VJV. QSL GM2T via the Bureau, or their QSL Manager GM4UYZ, by the Bureau or direct. Details are available at:
EU-031. Operators Luigi/IK8HCG, Salvatore/IK8UND, Mauro/IN3QBR, Walter/IZ8FDG, Walter/IN3XUG, Virgilio/IC8OZM and Paolo/ IC8DAK will be active as IC8R from Procida Island (IIA NA-002, MIA MI-080) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via IC8OZM.
EU-042. Manfred, DF7FC, will be active as homecall/p from Langeness Island (N-19 for the German Islands Award) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). His activity will be SSB only, with 100 watts. QSL via his home callsign; bureau is preferred.
EU-057. Joachim, DL5KUD, will be active from Ruegen Island (O-07 for the German Islands Award) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via DL5KUD; bureau is preferred.
EU-115. Dez, G0DEZ, will be active as EI9JQ from Ireland during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). Activity will be on 80-10 meters, but low power. QSL via G0DEZ.
EU-123. Operators Colin/MM0NDX and Ian/GM1RIG will be active as homecall/p from Cramond Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via their home callsigns, direct only.
EU-127. Operator Jo, DL5AUA, will be active as homecall/p from Neuwerk Island (N-12 for the German Islands Award, ARLHS FED-165, TWLHD WLH DL-019, WLOTA LH-2311) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via his home callsign.
EU-128. Holger, DL5XAT, will be active as homecall/p from Fehmarn Island (O-01 for the German Islands Award) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via his home callsign.
EU-129. Members of the club station "des OV Konigs Wusterhausen" (DL0KWH) will be active as DL0KWH/p from Usedom Island (0-13 for the German Islands Award) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th) as a Multi-Op CW and SSB entry. QSL via DL0KWH; bureau is preferred.
EU-129. A team of German operators will be active as DR6IOTA from Usedom Island (0-13 for the German Islands Award) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via DM5DX.
EU-146. Operators Hans/PA1BX, Jochen/DH5HV, Joe/ON4JZ, Andre/ON4PH, Jim/ON5UM, Luc/ON6LUQ, Geert/ON7GF, Francis/ON4CFQ and possibly others will be active as PA1BX/p from Schouwen Duiveland during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via PA1BX.
EU-146. Operators Hans/ON4ASG, Dan/ON4ON, Harvey/ON5SY, Dries/ON6CX, Pat/ON7PQ and Jean-Marie/ON7XT will be active as PA/OQ1C/p from Schouwen Duiveland during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via ON4ON.
EU-170. Operators Miko/9A4ML, Ivica/9A2HW, and Igor/9A4CD will be active as 9A9Z/p from Pasman Island (IOCA CI-085, CIA-34, ACIA IC-348) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via 9A1ADE; bureau is preferred.
EU-088. Ric, DL2VFR, will be active as OZ/DL2VFR from Laeso Island (NK-003 for the Danish Islands Award), and possibly Horn- fiskroen Island (NK-005 for the Danish Islands Award), from June 24th and July 1st. Activity will be on all HF bands, CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
EU-121. Look for operators G3ZAY, M0HSW and M0TJH to be active as EI/homecall/p from Inishbofin Island in the Irish Coastal Islands Group from June 25-27th. QSL via their home callsigns.
NA-046. Howie, K1VSJ, will be active as K1VSJ/p from Martha's Vine- yard (USI MA-005S, Dukes County, Massachusetts, WLOTA 2804), during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via his home callsign.
NA-196. Operators Pete/VE3IKV and Bill/W4TAA will be activating Belcher Islands in CQ Zone 2 (VY0 Nunavut Territory), using the special callsign authorized by Industry Canada, VF0X, between June 29th and July 4th. Activity will be on HF and 6 meters, CW and SSB. QSL is via VE3IKV, direct (quick) or by the bureau (slow).
SA-027. Bone, PP5VX, will be active from Sao Francisco Island (DIB 08 for the Brazilian Islands Award) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 28-29th). QSL via the address on (QRZ.com).
KH3, JOHNSTON ISLAND (Delay and Update)
Skipper of the USSV Dharma,
Susan Meckley, W7KFI, who got sidelined from her trip to KH3-land
because of her bad toothache, has informed OPDX that she had to have
jaw surgery. The almost 73 year old grandmother states, "boy does it
hurt today...anyway it was 1366.48 USDs....wow." Susan states it will
take her a week or so to recuperate, then she will be off for KH3 and
V7 again. She indicated that she wants to (has to) "leave Honolulu well
before August as the hurricanes start coming this far west in August."
She estimates to look for her to be active from KH3 on 14036 and 14236
kHz during the last week of July or the first week of August.
LZ, BULGARIA (Bird Op/Possibly YO)
Andy, G0SFJ, hopes to operate as
LZ/G0SFJ/P again, this time from the Rhodopi Mountains south of
Kardjali between August 12-14th. He will be at the Astrocamp there.
His equipment will be a FT-51R (QRP) and a trusty Arrow on AO51 and
SO50. ADDED NOTE: Andy will be taking a train to Bucharest, Romania,
and he needs a partner/supporter in Bucharest to help him operate as
YO/G0SFJ/P in a public park in Bucharest on Saturday and Sunday,
August 18-19th. Andy states, "Without a partner in YO I will not feel
secure in operating there, and I might not take my equipment at all."
If you can help him, E-mail him at the following addresses to make
arrangements: andythomasmail AT yahoo.co.uk
andythomasmail AT gmail.com
OE16, AUSTRIA (Special Event)
The Amateur Radio Section of ORF
(Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) and the Documentary Archives Radio
Communication/QSL Collection will activate the unique callsign OE16B
between August 31st and September 9th. This special event station is on
the air to celebrate the Papal visit of Bendedikt XVI to Austria. QSL
only direct via: ORF/OE16B, A-1136 Wien, Austria,. This is a charity
operation for the El Molo Mission and School in Kenya*. Therefore, the
special QSL will only be issued for a donation (at least 1 new IRC or
1 USD). All other reports will be answered with a plain QSL via the
Bureau.
PACIFIC TRIP (IOTA Op)
Karl, N1DL, who was active from various Carib-
bean locations last year, will be active from various French Polynesian
Islands as FO/N1DL and as E51ADL from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks
Islands, this year between June 27th and July 11th. His activity will
be limited because he is on holiday, but look for operations to be on
most bands and all modes. QSL via his home callsign.
PJ2, NETHERLAND ANTILLIES
Operators Carsten/DL6LAU, Jan/DJ8NK and
Joachim/DL8OBQ will be active from Curacao Island (SA-006, WLOTA
LH-0942) as PJ2/homecall, July 9-16th. The trio will also participate
in the IARU HF Contest (July 14-15th) as PJ2HQ, a Multi-Multi entry.
QSL via their home callsigns. QSL PJ2HQ via N9AG or LoTW.
QSL INFO AND NEWS
QSL routes provided by Johannes, DK8JB, and Tedd, KB8NW: 6M0W via HL5BMX IZ1LBG via IW1ARB 7J2YAF via JA1KSO KB1OVL via E21EIC AO5JK via EA5JK W1/E21EIC via E21EIC GM6NX via GM4UYE W3/E21EIC via E21EIC GX5BK via G3SNN W4/E21EIC via E21EICChamp, E21EIC, informs OPDX that QSLs for XW1A, XW1LLR, XW1IC, E21EIC/P and E21EIC received between March and June 10th have all been answered.
3V8SS
Dan, IK0REH, was recently active as 3V8SS between June 5-17th.
Activity was on the HF bands "CW ONLY". He made 1100 QSOs from Hammam
Sousse (in the Sousse Province) at the Maison de Scout Tunisienne. QSL
"this operation ONLY" via IK0REH and "DIRECT ONLY". Donations are
welcome to help spread ham radio in Tunisia. Dan thanks Mustapha,
DL1BDF, for his efforts and help in Tunisia.
QSLS VIA LOTW: 4U1ITU, 7Z1HL, DP9Z, E51TUG , EA7FIQ, FY/G3SXW, FY/G3TXF, GM4WZL, P40L, PY5EW, RA4LW, SM2CEW, T97C, TF/G4EDG/P, TF/G4ELZ/P, VP8LP and VR2PX
QSLS RECEIVE VIA MAIL: 3B9/G3TXF, 3C0M, 5H1Z, 5W0CK, C21HC, C98BWW, ER1DA, ER/RW3AH, GB5HQ, J20SA, JT1BV, KH7DX, KH8/K6SRZ, T20HC, V26B, VK9DNX, VU7MY, VU7RG, W1AW, XF4DL, XT2C, OY3QN, ZF1A and ZL2PR
SV9, CRETE (EU-015)
Operator Theo, SV1EJD, will be active as
SV9/SV1EJD, July 3-17th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters SSB and RTTY.
QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or by the Bureau.
VP2E, ANGUILLA (Interesting Callsign)
Look for Jim, WB2REM, to operate
with a special four letter suffix callsign, VP2EREM, from here between
June 28th and July 8th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW and SSB.
QSL via his home callsign.
VP2M, MONTSERRAT
Operators Larry/K3VX, Greg/K4NO, Lee/K7NM, Howard/
AK9F, Don/K9NR and Carl/K9CS (VP2MSC) plan to be active from here
between November 20th and December 3rd. Activity will include entries
in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 24-25th) and ARRL 160 Contests
(November 30th-December 2nd). Callsigns and other info will be forth-
coming. QSL via K9CS.
VY2, CANADA
Tom, KV8Q, will be active as VY2/KV8Q from Prince Edward
Island from July 11-16th. Activity will be mainly CW. He will also be
in the IARU HF World Championship Contest (July 14-15th) as a Single-OP
CW entry. QSL via KC8UR.
YM1907, TURKEY (Special Event/Prefix)
To celebrate the 100th anni-
versary of Fenerbahce Sports Club, look for Berkin, TA3J, to be active
using the special callsign YM1907FB, which was authorized by the
Turkish Republic Telecommunication Department of Istanbul Site Manage-
ment, between 1907z, July 19th and 1907z, August 2nd. Activity will be
on 160/80/40/20/15/10/2 meters and the WARC bands on all modes. QSL via
TA3YJ, direct or by the bureau. For direct QSLs, please send only SASE
and 1 IRC (2006 version) with your QSL card, no green stamps please.
SWL QSL cards are OK. No eQSL. Visit the Web page:
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