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SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.512 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 512 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 512 BID: $OPDX.512 May 21, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K2KW, AJ3M, K3EST, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4VUD, N4AA & QRZ DX, N5VT, WW5L, K7BV, K8YSE, KU9C, 9A6AA, DF6JC, DJ2MX, DL1GGT, DL1EK & DX News Letter, DL2VFR, DL5XAT, F5UJK, GW0ANA, HA0HW, IN3ZNR, JI3ERV, PA0RDY, PA3GIO, PY3DX, RN3OA, SQ9FMU, VE3EXY, VU2NTA and ZK1CG for the following DX information. EDITOR'S NOTES: I know, just call me cazy! I returned from the Dayton HamVention about 4:45 PM (Sunday, local time) and decided to finish OPDX.512. 'Just call me dedicated to my readers'. BTW, I had a great time! DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 13/May, through Sunday, 20/May there were 229 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B6, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A9, AP, BV, BY, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E3, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZK3, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS There were 40 CQ Zones available during the past week. There were 54 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 4,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31,34,35, 43,58,59,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,90 * PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 4W, EAST TIMOR. Thor, 4W6MM, is active again. Check 20 meters around 14002 kHz after 1200z. 6Y, JAMAICA (Change/Update). The DXpedition team activating 6Y1A in the CQ WPX CW Contest has a last minute change of operators. The group now consists of: KE7X, N6XG, K6ST, and K2KW. Activity will be from May 20-29th, on 80-6 meters with an emphasis on 6 meters and the WARC bands outside the contest. QSL 6Y1A and K2KW via WA4WTG, others via CBA. CONTESTERS/DXERS HONORED. Bob, K3EST, from the CQ Hall of Fame, reported last week that the CQ Contest Hall of Fame Committee is pleased to announce the two inducees for 2001 will be Sig/N3RS and Algis/LY2NK. Both new members were officially inducted into the Contest Hall of Fame at the contest dinner on Saturday, May 19th, in Dayton. The DX Hall of Fame is also proud to announce the two inductees into the DX Hall of Fame for 2001 were Bob/K4UEE and Bob/W4DR. Both were officially inducted into the DX Hall of Fame by Steve, N8BJQ, during the DX dinner May 18th, also in Dayton. You can read their biographies in the June CQ and May/June CQ Contest. EXTREME DXING (Bert will be one busy guy!). Bert, PA3GIO, has updated his plans for his DXpeditions in 2001. Here is his planned schedule: 1) Bert, PA3GIO, will be signing 5R8GY in Madagascar on Ile Sainte-Marie (Nosy Boraha), IOTA AF-090 (Rare), from May 30th or 31st through June 9th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/5R/ 2) Bert will be signing FH/PA3GIO/p on Grande Terre, Mayotte Island (AF-027) from June 11-18th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/ 20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/FH/ 3) Bert will be signing FR/PA3GIO/p on Reunion Island (AF-016), June 19-22nd (with LIMITED ACTIVITY). He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/FR/ 4) Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as VK9XV on Christmas Island (OC-002), from September 6-13th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/ 15/12/10 meters with 100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/VK9XV/ 5) Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as VK9CQ Cocos-Keeling Island (OC-003) September 14-20th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/ 12/10m with 100w using doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/VK9CQ/ 6) Bert, PA3GIO, will be signing VK6GIO from Australia, September 22nd through October 8th (On route and VERY LIMITED ACTIVITY). He mentions that perhaps he may have a short visit to Kangaroo Island (OC-139) as VK6GIO/5. 7) Bert, PA3GIO, will be signing VK9LO on Lord Howe Island (OC-004) from October 9-15th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/VK9LO/ FG, GUADELOUPE. The Russian Contest Club is glad to announce that Jack/RW3QC and Igor/RN3OA will be active from here May 21-28th, as FG5BG (CQ WPX CW Conetst) and FG/KC8QKF (before and after contest). It will be their second RCC Contest\DXpedition. RW3QC will participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as a Single Operator/Multi Bands/HP entry. RN3OA will operate out of the contest on 160-80 meters, including the WARC bands, RTTY and PSK-31. QSL via RN3OA, by the bureau or direct to: Igor Zakharov, P.O.Box 381, Voronezh, 394000, Russia. (They would like to thank Georges/FG5BG for his help. HAM-COM 2001. The Lone Star DX Association will be sponsoring the DX program at this event in Arlington, Texas. Some of the guest speakers will be Wayne/N7NG (ARRL), Wes/W3WL (D68C) and John/ON4UN (Topband DXing), The featured speaker will be Martti Laine, OH2BH. The LSDXA will also have a Hospitality Suite available June 8th (7-11PM) at the Wyndham Hotel. For more details, check the Web page: http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa Also, check the Web page: http://hamcom.org HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. A group from Germany will be active for four days from the Principality of Liechtenstein starting Friday, June 1st, ending on Monday, June 4th. They will participate in IARU Region 1 Field Day. In addition, they will be active on 6 meters and on 10 GHz looking for ES and Rainscatter openings. The operators will be DF5UL, DL1GGT, DL5EBT and DL6SAQ and their callsigns will be HB0/homecall. QSL via their homecall. HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Rob, PA0RDY, will be active as HB0/PA0RDY from May 25-29th, especially for the CQ WPX Contest. He will be running 100 watts into a vertical on 10/15/20 meters, plus a dipole on 40 meters. There will be some activity on RTTY and SSB before and after the CW contest. QSL via homecall. HS0, THAILAND. Charly, K4VUD, is back here again for a few days as HS0ZCW (ed. may be waiting for his XW license -- See XW below). He has announced that he will be active on 40 meters CW (maybe some SSB). Check around 7015 to 7020 kHz between: 2300-2400z, 0900-1000z and 1100-1200z. (ADDED NOTE TO CHARLY: The group from NODXA missed you at their Dayton HamVention hospitality suite this year. Hope you can make it next year.) IOTA CONTEST 2001. Ric, DL2VFR, informs OPDX that once again you can find this year's summary of activities for the IOTA CONTEST 2001 on the Web page: http://www.iota-post.com Last year he had 123 announcements - which was very useful for DXers/ Contests looking for a new one in the contest, and a good source for contesters having a look to see if the island they want to go to was already occupied. The list is growing daily. IOTA NEWS............... EU-048. Members of Clipperton DX Club, Fabrice/F5NBQ (CDXC1050), Pierre/F5RRW (CDXC942 and UFT 978), Eric/F5LOW and Christian/ F1SDQ will activate the Island of Houat in Morbihan, May 31st through June 4th. They will use the callsign TM1H and will be operational from 160-10 meters (including WARC) on SSB and CW on the usual IOTA frequencies. They will use two IC-706MKII and TS-50 (100 watts), a vertical line antenna on 40 meters, a G5RV for the WARC bands, a sloper for the low bands and Yagi TH3MK3 for 10/15/20 meters. QSL via F6ANA (operator of A52FH) to the bureau or direct to Alain Mesnier, Les Grands Bois, Chemin De La Bussiere, 16440 Mouthiers, France. EU-110. Operators DF9MV, DL1GEO, DL9CHR and DE0MST will be active from the lighthouse on Porer Island (Rock, south of Pula) on August 12-17th. Other reference numbers are: CI-090 and WLHA 0240. QSL via bureau (DARC) to DE0MST. Direct-address is: Fredy Stippschild, P.O.Box 1406, D-83657, Germany EU-128. Kurt/DF4XX and Holger/DL5XAT will be active from Fehmarn Island for the WPX Contest weekend. They will participate as a Multi-Operator/Mixed Mode entry. The callsign will be DF4XX/p. All incoming QSLs will be answered through the bureau or direct. EU-177. Thomas/SM5NGK, Stefan/SM5WAF and Jorg/DF6JC, will be operating from Harstena Island between May 24-27th, signing 8S5T. QSL via DF6JC. SA-026. Paul, PY3DX, informs OPDX that he is going to take part in the upcoming CQ WPX CW Contest as PU3A (special contest callsign), portable on Santa Catarina Island in southern Brazil. Some other DX friends from his area (PY3KK/Koetz, PY3FOX/Xris and PY3YY/Andy) will also be going with him, but as they are not contest enthusiasts, their goal is to activate this island on the WARC bands, mainly on SSB mode. Paul adds, 'Thus, while I'm suffering under big CW pile-ups performing my contest, they plan to drink a coconut water, watch the girls hanging around and make some DX from the island, hi hi hi. I think as time goes by I'm becoming less smart than I use to be, hi hi hi.' QSL cards for PU3A will be OK either through the bureau or direct via Paul's home call, which is OK on the www.QRZ.com or Buckmaster at www.buck.com . J49, CRETE. Laci/HA0HW, Tamas/HA4DX and Bandi/HA5NG will be here between May 25th and June 7th. They will use the special callsigns J49HW (HA0HW), J49DX (HA4DX) and J49NG (HA5NG). They will take part in the CQ WPX Contest (just for fun). It was also mentioned that they will try to go to one of the islands of the newly created 'Crete Coastal Islands Group' (EU-187), June 2-3rd. QSL via home calls. KH2, GUAM. Operators Ban/JF2WXS, Yoshi/JE2EHP, Michy/JH2CYU, Aki/JH2QFY, Yasu/JJ2CYO and JS2ITP will be active June 9-12th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters SSB/CW. QSL N3WW/KH2 via JF2WXS, K1HP/KH2 via JE2EHP, KH2/JH2CYU via CBA, KH2/JH2QFY via CBA, KH2/JJ2CYO via CBA and KH2/JS2ITP via CBA. KH2/AH2, GUAM. Aki, JI3ERV/NH2C, Chairman of Guam Contest Club, informs OPDX that after being absent in the CQ WPX SSB Conetst, the Guam Contest Club (GCC) has decided to be on the air during CQ WPX CW Contest at the end of this month. This time they plan to set a target as the Oceanic leader in a Multi-Single category and World Top 5. Also, they are trying to build an Oceanic record in Muliti-Single category. Look for operators JG3RPL/N1BJ, JI3ERV/NH2C, JR7OMD/WI3O and JR8VSE/NH2N to sign AH2R in the contest from Guam Island (Zone 27,IOTA OC-26). Their Sunrise/Sunset is 1953/0843z. QSL via JH7QXJ (Direct or JA bureau, NOT KH2 bureau). NEW LIGHTHOUSE AWARD. The 'German Lighthouse Award' is out now and has been approved as an official DARC Club Award. You can find it detailed on the Web page: http://www.lighthouse-award.de (Deutsches Leuchtturm Diplom) Rules are available in German, English and Danish (TNX OZ2ZB). The award consists of 57 landbased LHs in Germany at the moment. PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA (Correction). Dennis, K7BV, reports that he is very sorry for making a mistake in listing the Web site for his PY0F DXpedition. Last week's announcement read ' <http://www.qth.com/py0f> '. It should have been < http:.//www.qth.com/k7bv/py0f >. Please accept Dennis' apologies. Remember, he will begin his operation on May 24th. Look for him as an All-Band/Single Op effort in the CQ WPX CW Contest He will operate through June 1st on all bands 160-6 meters, primarily on CW. A special callsign PV0F will be used throughout the operation. QSL via KU9C. QSL INFO AND NEWS................. Mario, DJ2MX (aka T94DX, N0MX), QSL Manager for 9A/OE1EMS (Krk Island, IOTA EU-136, IOCA CI-046), reports that he has the logs and QSL cards. QSL will be OK via DARC bureau or direct to him. He is also QSL Manager for his last activity from Bosnia as T94DX in the 2001 ARI Contest. Please Note: If you send your QSL direct, please enclose 2 USD or 1 IRC (outside Europe) for air-mail return postage. Europe is 1 USD or 1 IRC. Ric, DL2VFR, reports that QSL cards for his and DL2SWW latest DXpedition to EU-037 (SM7) and EU-002 (OH0) will be sponsored by the magazine 'Funkamateur'. QSLs should be printed within the next 8 weeks. They plan to answer the direct requests first. Logs are available at: http://www.iota-expedition.com OPDX received a request to find out, 'What is the QSL status of FT5WH?' Can anyone help? Steve Wheatley, KU9C, reported on the evening of May 13th, that about 70% of the direct QSL card requests for the February PW0S operation, roughly 2000 cards, are in the hands of the U.S. Postal Service. QSL Manager Glyn, GW0ANA, reports that the final updated logs for ZD7K and ZD8K are on the Web site: http://www.dxpedition.co.uk He also states that they have sorted out the photographs that they are going to use for the QSL card. These will be sent off to their Italian printer as per the sponsors list ASAP. Once he has received them back, the QSL cards will go out. Fabrizio, IN3ZNR (aka XW3ZNR, XU7AAY etc.), informs OPDX that all direct QSLs for his operations in the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Laos People Democratic Republic have been answered. If you did not receive yours, please contact Fabrizio via E-mail at: [email protected] Uwe/DL9NDS (ZK1NDS) and Klause/DLNFK (ZK1NFK) have uploaded the logs for both their North and South Cook Islands on the Web. Check the following Web site to see if you are in the log: http://www.dl9nds.de SPECIAL EVENT. Station SN45KDU will be active now through May 31st and again November 1-18th to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Radio Club (SP5KDU) in Tarnowskie Gory, Poland. Activity will be on CW/SSB. QSL via bureau via SP9KDU. VU4, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. Nat, VU2NTA, announced again this week that no foreign amateur radio operators are allowed to operate from VU4. He has indicated that just the sheer number of foreigners attempting to put VU4 on the air is making the authorities say NO. There is hope, however. Nat states that, after working two years with the government and asking for suggestions for certain ammendments to the AMATEUR RADIO rules in India, they have just about succeeded. So, maybe something may come through, but he requests to please not press for the VU4 since right now even citizens of India are not allowed to carry radios there. Nat says, 'I hope you understand the problems we face.' XW, LAOS (Update). As this bulletin was being prepared, Charly, K4VUD, is staying in the Saylom Yen Guest House in Vientaine and he is currently trying to obtain a license. He reported that he spent a couple of hours at the Lao's equivalent of the PTT office and was told that it may be a month or more before he is assigned a real XW ham license. Charly mentioned that three separate offices must touch/look at his application papers, and he may have to appear in person for an interview for the last step. He is expected to be here until August. (NOTE FROM EDITOR: This was written before I left for Dayton, however, Charly is back in HS0-land for a few days. Please see HS0 above.) ZONE 2. Nenad, VE3EXY, reports that he has received confirmation authorizing him access to the Indian reserve in ZONE 2. He will be active 4 days (and 5 nights) from Wednesday, May 23rd evening to Monday, May 28th morning, around the CQWW WPX CW Contest weekend. Nenad will be active on the following modes: CW, RTTY, and PSK31 possible, but not guaranteed outside contest. Most of the CW will be during the contest (Not much phone at all). From ZONE 2 (Loc. FO20), Nenad will sign VE3EXY/2 (Counts as VE2 in the contest). His sunrise will be 0912z and sunset 0035z. Suggested frequencies will be (he will always work split -2 kHz CW, 5 kHz RTTY or Phone): CW - 1827, 3510, 7010, 14025, 18077, 21025, 24897 and 28025. RTTY - 14090, 21090. There will be no 6 meters. Reports will be something like '599Z2' which will indicate Nenad is there. Outside of the contest, he will be active on the WARC, RTTY and LF. During the CQ WPX CW Contest, look for him on 80/40/10 meters. Check around the greyline times. He will be either on 80 or 160 meters. There are some chances for EU and JA on those two bands. QSL via VE3EXY (Home call). Nenad's QSL Policies: 'For all my DXpedition, I do not do blanket cover of all QSOs in my log. Instead I answer QSLs when I receive them. You can send them direct with SASE (SAE +postage), via the bureau, or direct without postage. QSLs with sufficient return postage will be answered the same day (if in the log), or via the bureau otherwise. QSL cards are already printed, and there is no reason to wait. 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To access: 1) Dial Number. 2) Wait for first ring (the second ring should be a false ring from the fax/data switch box) and then dial four quick ones ('1111'). (NOTE: Some FAX machines that send single 'BEEPS' every second will not have to do this step.) 3) The phone will pick up and after the 'BEEP' leave your voice message or FAX. /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Additional Bulletin for OPDX InterNet Subscribers. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AB5K AR-Cluster Network DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity For the week of Sunday, 13/May - Saturday, 19/May Nmbr Nmbr Band of Days of DXCC Stations Spots Activity the Week Modes ---- ------- ----- ----------------------------- ------------- ---------- 3A 4 11 .20. .15. .T.W. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY 3B6 8 916 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 3B8 7 23 160. .30.20.17.15. .10. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3B9 2 45 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3C 3 38 .80. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2 2 14 .40. .20. .6 .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3V 5 14 .20.17. .T.W. .S.S .SSB. 3W 6 34 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4J 6 34 .40.30.20. .15.12.10. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4L 11 23 .80.40.30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 4S 10 60 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4U1I 1 26 .17. .12. .T. CW. .RTTY 4W 3 11 .20. .6 .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4X 42 162 160.80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5A 1 49 .17.15. .10.6 .W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 5B 10 43 .30.20.17.15. .10.6 .T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5H 4 42 160.80. .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5N 4 13 .20. .15. .10. .T.F.S.S .SSB. 5R 7 23 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5V 4 63 .17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .S .SSB. 5X 3 5 .15. M.T. .SSB. 5Z 4 14 .17.15. .10. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6W 2 5 .12. .6 .S .SSB. 6Y 2 5 .17.15. .10. M. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY 7Q 7 40 .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 7X 10 88 .30.20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8P 8 52 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8R 2 11 .40. .20. .15. .10. .T. .F.S.S .SSB. 9A 41 98 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9G 3 57 .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9H 18 94 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9J 3 28 .40. .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9K 7 53 .30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9L 1 1 .20. .S CW. .RTTY 9M2 5 24 .15. .10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M6 2 20 .17.15. .6 .T. .F.S.S .SSB. 9N 1 6 .15. .T. .F.S. .SSB. 9Q 6 52 .40. .20.17. .12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW. .RTTY 9V 7 45 .20.17.15. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9Y 8 13 .20.17.15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A2 3 8 .20. .15. .10. .W. .S.S .SSB. A3 2 3 .17.15. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A4 5 21 .20.17. .12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. A5 1 2 .15. .T. .SSB. A6 1 4 .20. M. .F. .SSB. A9 3 10 .20.17.15.12. .T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY AP 8 179 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BV 19 41 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BY 28 229 .40. .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C2 1 2 .6 .W. .SSB. C6 5 16 .20.17.15. .6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C9 3 29 .15.12. .W. .F.S.S CW. .RTTY CE 28 59 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE0A 1 1 .20. .T. CW. .RTTY CE9 3 26 .40. .20. .15.12. M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CM 16 59 .40.30.20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CN 8 44 .40.30.20. .15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CP 1 9 .17.15. .10. .T.W. .F. .SSB. CT 36 104 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT3 7 24 .20. .15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CU 12 62 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CX 21 52 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D2 1 7 .15. .10. .S .SSB. D4 3 33 .20. .15.12. .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D6 2 8 .10. .T. .SSB. DL 205 415 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DU 18 43 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY E3 1 1 .20. .T. .SSB. EA 122 363 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA6 26 85 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA8 21 47 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA9 7 43 .40. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EI 13 37 .40. .17. .6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EK 5 50 160. .20.17.15. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EL 3 5 .80. .15. .6 .T.W. .F. .SSB. EP 10 29 .20.17.15. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ER 16 48 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ES 16 30 .40.30.20. .6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ET 1 1 .6 .S CW. .RTTY EU 29 85 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EX 9 32 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. .T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EY 3 11 .30. .17.15. .W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY EZ 4 11 .20. .15. .10. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY F 129 238 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FG 6 19 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FJ 2 13 .20. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FK 13 30 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FM 4 11 .40. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FO 4 35 .30.20.17.15 .10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FP 2 6 .20. M. .F.S. .SSB. FR 14 80 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FW 1 27 .20. .15. .6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FY 4 16 .30.20.17.15. .6 .T. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY G 162 298 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GD 3 17 .20. M. .S. .SSB. GI 10 15 .40. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GJ 4 4 .30. .15. .6 .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GM 41 120 .80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GU 16 104 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GW 20 41 .20.17.15. .6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY H4 1 1 .20. M. .SSB. HA 17 29 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB 25 38 .80.40. .20. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB0 1 1 .20. .S. HC 7 29 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HC8 3 5 .15. .6 .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HH 2 6 .20. .15. .W. .F. .S CW. .RTTY HI 2 8 .80. .20.17. .12.10. M.T.W.T. CW.SSB.RTTY HK 9 22 .40.30.20.17.15. .10. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/a 2 12 .40.30.20. .T.W.T.F.S. CW. .RTTY HL 54 140 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HP 1 2 .6 .W. .S .SSB. HR 11 103 .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HS 10 58 .40. .20. .15. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HZ 3 38 .80. .20.17.15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. I 234 555 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY IS 18 36 .40.30.20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J2 2 24 .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J5 1 2 .15. .S. CW. .RTTY J6 2 3 .20.17. .10. .T.F.S. .SSB. J7 1 2 .15. .T. .SSB. J8 2 23 .17.15.12.10.6 M. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY JA 168 361 160. .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JD/m 1 5 .6 .S CW.SSB. JD/o 1 5 .40. .6 .T.W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY JT 2 7 .20.17. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JW 5 71 .30.20.17.15. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY JX 2 12 .15. .F.S. .SSB. JY 7 82 .80. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY K 451 654 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KG4 4 4 .6 .T. .S .SSB. KH0 10 23 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH2 9 59 .40. .20. .15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH6 14 26 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY KL 13 38 .30.20.17.15. .6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP4 20 52 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LA 55 132 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LU 90 192 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LX 7 15 .30. .17. .6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LY 7 22 .30.20.17.15. .6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LZ 43 150 .40. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OA 9 30 .20.17.15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OD 9 69 .20. .15. .6 .T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OE 36 50 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH 33 82 .20.17.15. .6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH0 10 42 .30.20.17.15.12. .6 .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY OK 31 54 .40. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OM 18 32 .80. .20.17.15. .6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ON 35 62 .40. .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OX 3 14 .17. .6 .W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY OY 2 11 .20. .6 .W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY OZ 39 122 .40. .20.17. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P2 8 20 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P4 3 12 .17.15.12.10. .T. .T.F.S. CW. .RTTY PA 42 79 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ2 2 6 .20. .15. .10. .T. .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY PJ7 6 18 .20. .15. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY 103 252 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0F 1 2 .6 .F. .S CW. .RTTY PZ 3 17 .30. .17.15.12. .6 M. .W. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY R1FJ 1 1 .20. .S. .SSB. S2 1 9 .15. .T.W. .F.S. .SSB. S5 37 77 .80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SM 75 188 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SP 67 119 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SU 20 121 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV 46 114 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV5 7 27 .80. .30.20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV9 7 59 .40.30.20.17.15.12. .6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T30 1 1 .20. .F. .SSB. T7 2 4 .17. .6 .S.S CW. .RTTY T8 2 17 .15.12.10.6 .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T9 10 22 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TA 28 100 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TF 6 8 .40. .20. .15. .6 .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY TG 3 9 .40. .20.17. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY TI 16 42 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TJ 1 1 .20. .S. .SSB. TK 5 13 .40.30.20.17.15. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TL 4 5 .15.12.10. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY TR 11 64 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TT 3 17 .17.15.12.10.6 .W. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY TU 6 32 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T. .F.S.S .SSB. UA 116 232 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA2 7 23 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12. .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA9 89 229 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UK 10 23 .20.17.15. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UN 15 27 .20.17.15.12.10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UR 77 276 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V2 1 1 .10. .T. .SSB. V3 2 5 .20. .15. .T.W. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY V4 5 73 .80.40. .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY V5 3 56 .80. .30.20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V7 1 3 .20. .6 .T. .SSB. VE 37 73 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK 78 218 160.80. .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9N 1 7 .10. M. .S .SSB. VP2E 2 6 .30. .10. M. .W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP2V 1 2 .20. .15. .S CW. .RTTY VP5 1 5 .17. .S.S .SSB. VP6 1 2 .10. .S. .SSB. VP8 2 2 .20. .10. .T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY VP9 3 3 .17. .6 .T. .S .SSB. VQ9 5 59 .17.15.12. .6 M.T. .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY VR 5 29 .30.20. .15.12.10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VU 30 104 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XE 30 49 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XU 1 4 .20. .15. .T.W. .S XW 1 1 .17. .F. .SSB. XX9 1 2 .20. .W. .SSB. YB 45 161 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YI 4 10 .40. .20. .15. .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY YK 2 2 .15. .6 .T. .S CW. .RTTY YL 9 17 .80. .20. .15. .6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YN 2 3 .20. .6 .F.S. .SSB. YO 49 150 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YS 4 32 .20. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S .SSB. YU 36 117 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YV 18 37 .30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z2 7 38 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S .SSB. Z3 12 73 .80. .20.17.15. .6 .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY ZA 7 29 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY ZB 8 28 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZC4 3 27 .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD7 5 22 .20. .15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD8 7 138 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD9 0 0 ZF 1 1 .20. .S .SSB. ZK1/s 7 200 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZK2 1 1 .17. .T. CW. .RTTY ZK3 1 1 .20. .S. .SSB. ZL 37 70 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZL7 2 94 .20.17.15. .10. M. .T.F.S.S .SSB. ZP 15 31 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZS 45 139 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tot Stations: 4378 Tot Spots: 13821 Spotter of the week: RK3AZ (97 spots) ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: [email protected] Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 'Totally devoted to Amateur Radio' - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.512 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 512 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 512 BID: $OPDX.512 May 21, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K2KW, AJ3M, K3EST, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4VUD, N4AA & QRZ DX, N5VT, WW5L, K7BV, K8YSE, KU9C, 9A6AA, DF6JC, DJ2MX, DL1GGT, DL1EK & DX News Letter, DL2VFR, DL5XAT, F5UJK, GW0ANA, HA0HW, IN3ZNR, JI3ERV, PA0RDY, PA3GIO, PY3DX, RN3OA, SQ9FMU, VE3EXY, VU2NTA and ZK1CG for the following DX information. EDITOR'S NOTES: I know, just call me cazy! I returned from the Dayton HamVention about 4:45 PM (Sunday, local time) and decided to finish OPDX.512. 'Just call me dedicated to my readers'. BTW, I had a great time! DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 13/May, through Sunday, 20/May there were 229 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B6, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A9, AP, BV, BY, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E3, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZK3, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS There were 40 CQ Zones available during the past week. There were 54 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 4,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31,34,35, 43,58,59,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,90 * PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 4W, EAST TIMOR. Thor, 4W6MM, is active again. Check 20 meters around 14002 kHz after 1200z. 6Y, JAMAICA (Change/Update). The DXpedition team activating 6Y1A in the CQ WPX CW Contest has a last minute change of operators. The group now consists of: KE7X, N6XG, K6ST, and K2KW. Activity will be from May 20-29th, on 80-6 meters with an emphasis on 6 meters and the WARC bands outside the contest. QSL 6Y1A and K2KW via WA4WTG, others via CBA. CONTESTERS/DXERS HONORED. Bob, K3EST, from the CQ Hall of Fame, reported last week that the CQ Contest Hall of Fame Committee is pleased to announce the two inducees for 2001 will be Sig/N3RS and Algis/LY2NK. Both new members were officially inducted into the Contest Hall of Fame at the contest dinner on Saturday, May 19th, in Dayton. The DX Hall of Fame is also proud to announce the two inductees into the DX Hall of Fame for 2001 were Bob/K4UEE and Bob/W4DR. Both were officially inducted into the DX Hall of Fame by Steve, N8BJQ, during the DX dinner May 18th, also in Dayton. You can read their biographies in the June CQ and May/June CQ Contest. EXTREME DXING (Bert will be one busy guy!). Bert, PA3GIO, has updated his plans for his DXpeditions in 2001. Here is his planned schedule: 1) Bert, PA3GIO, will be signing 5R8GY in Madagascar on Ile Sainte-Marie (Nosy Boraha), IOTA AF-090 (Rare), from May 30th or 31st through June 9th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/5R/ 2) Bert will be signing FH/PA3GIO/p on Grande Terre, Mayotte Island (AF-027) from June 11-18th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/ 20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/FH/ 3) Bert will be signing FR/PA3GIO/p on Reunion Island (AF-016), June 19-22nd (with LIMITED ACTIVITY). He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/FR/ 4) Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as VK9XV on Christmas Island (OC-002), from September 6-13th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/ 15/12/10 meters with 100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/VK9XV/ 5) Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as VK9CQ Cocos-Keeling Island (OC-003) September 14-20th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/ 12/10m with 100w using doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/VK9CQ/ 6) Bert, PA3GIO, will be signing VK6GIO from Australia, September 22nd through October 8th (On route and VERY LIMITED ACTIVITY). He mentions that perhaps he may have a short visit to Kangaroo Island (OC-139) as VK6GIO/5. 7) Bert, PA3GIO, will be signing VK9LO on Lord Howe Island (OC-004) from October 9-15th. He will be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/VK9LO/ FG, GUADELOUPE. The Russian Contest Club is glad to announce that Jack/RW3QC and Igor/RN3OA will be active from here May 21-28th, as FG5BG (CQ WPX CW Conetst) and FG/KC8QKF (before and after contest). It will be their second RCC Contest\DXpedition. RW3QC will participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as a Single Operator/Multi Bands/HP entry. RN3OA will operate out of the contest on 160-80 meters, including the WARC bands, RTTY and PSK-31. QSL via RN3OA, by the bureau or direct to: Igor Zakharov, P.O.Box 381, Voronezh, 394000, Russia. (They would like to thank Georges/FG5BG for his help. HAM-COM 2001. The Lone Star DX Association will be sponsoring the DX program at this event in Arlington, Texas. Some of the guest speakers will be Wayne/N7NG (ARRL), Wes/W3WL (D68C) and John/ON4UN (Topband DXing), The featured speaker will be Martti Laine, OH2BH. The LSDXA will also have a Hospitality Suite available June 8th (7-11PM) at the Wyndham Hotel. For more details, check the Web page: http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa Also, check the Web page: http://hamcom.org HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. A group from Germany will be active for four days from the Principality of Liechtenstein starting Friday, June 1st, ending on Monday, June 4th. They will participate in IARU Region 1 Field Day. In addition, they will be active on 6 meters and on 10 GHz looking for ES and Rainscatter openings. The operators will be DF5UL, DL1GGT, DL5EBT and DL6SAQ and their callsigns will be HB0/homecall. QSL via their homecall. HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Rob, PA0RDY, will be active as HB0/PA0RDY from May 25-29th, especially for the CQ WPX Contest. He will be running 100 watts into a vertical on 10/15/20 meters, plus a dipole on 40 meters. There will be some activity on RTTY and SSB before and after the CW contest. QSL via homecall. HS0, THAILAND. Charly, K4VUD, is back here again for a few days as HS0ZCW (ed. may be waiting for his XW license -- See XW below). He has announced that he will be active on 40 meters CW (maybe some SSB). Check around 7015 to 7020 kHz between: 2300-2400z, 0900-1000z and 1100-1200z. (ADDED NOTE TO CHARLY: The group from NODXA missed you at their Dayton HamVention hospitality suite this year. Hope you can make it next year.) IOTA CONTEST 2001. Ric, DL2VFR, informs OPDX that once again you can find this year's summary of activities for the IOTA CONTEST 2001 on the Web page: http://www.iota-post.com Last year he had 123 announcements - which was very useful for DXers/ Contests looking for a new one in the contest, and a good source for contesters having a look to see if the island they want to go to was already occupied. The list is growing daily. IOTA NEWS............... EU-048. Members of Clipperton DX Club, Fabrice/F5NBQ (CDXC1050), Pierre/F5RRW (CDXC942 and UFT 978), Eric/F5LOW and Christian/ F1SDQ will activate the Island of Houat in Morbihan, May 31st through June 4th. They will use the callsign TM1H and will be operational from 160-10 meters (including WARC) on SSB and CW on the usual IOTA frequencies. They will use two IC-706MKII and TS-50 (100 watts), a vertical line antenna on 40 meters, a G5RV for the WARC bands, a sloper for the low bands and Yagi TH3MK3 for 10/15/20 meters. QSL via F6ANA (operator of A52FH) to the bureau or direct to Alain Mesnier, Les Grands Bois, Chemin De La Bussiere, 16440 Mouthiers, France. EU-110. Operators DF9MV, DL1GEO, DL9CHR and DE0MST will be active from the lighthouse on Porer Island (Rock, south of Pula) on August 12-17th. Other reference numbers are: CI-090 and WLHA 0240. QSL via bureau (DARC) to DE0MST. Direct-address is: Fredy Stippschild, P.O.Box 1406, D-83657, Germany EU-128. Kurt/DF4XX and Holger/DL5XAT will be active from Fehmarn Island for the WPX Contest weekend. They will participate as a Multi-Operator/Mixed Mode entry. The callsign will be DF4XX/p. All incoming QSLs will be answered through the bureau or direct. EU-177. Thomas/SM5NGK, Stefan/SM5WAF and Jorg/DF6JC, will be operating from Harstena Island between May 24-27th, signing 8S5T. QSL via DF6JC. SA-026. Paul, PY3DX, informs OPDX that he is going to take part in the upcoming CQ WPX CW Contest as PU3A (special contest callsign), portable on Santa Catarina Island in southern Brazil. Some other DX friends from his area (PY3KK/Koetz, PY3FOX/Xris and PY3YY/Andy) will also be going with him, but as they are not contest enthusiasts, their goal is to activate this island on the WARC bands, mainly on SSB mode. Paul adds, 'Thus, while I'm suffering under big CW pile-ups performing my contest, they plan to drink a coconut water, watch the girls hanging around and make some DX from the island, hi hi hi. I think as time goes by I'm becoming less smart than I use to be, hi hi hi.' QSL cards for PU3A will be OK either through the bureau or direct via Paul's home call, which is OK on the www.QRZ.com or Buckmaster at www.buck.com . J49, CRETE. Laci/HA0HW, Tamas/HA4DX and Bandi/HA5NG will be here between May 25th and June 7th. They will use the special callsigns J49HW (HA0HW), J49DX (HA4DX) and J49NG (HA5NG). They will take part in the CQ WPX Contest (just for fun). It was also mentioned that they will try to go to one of the islands of the newly created 'Crete Coastal Islands Group' (EU-187), June 2-3rd. QSL via home calls. KH2, GUAM. Operators Ban/JF2WXS, Yoshi/JE2EHP, Michy/JH2CYU, Aki/JH2QFY, Yasu/JJ2CYO and JS2ITP will be active June 9-12th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters SSB/CW. QSL N3WW/KH2 via JF2WXS, K1HP/KH2 via JE2EHP, KH2/JH2CYU via CBA, KH2/JH2QFY via CBA, KH2/JJ2CYO via CBA and KH2/JS2ITP via CBA. KH2/AH2, GUAM. Aki, JI3ERV/NH2C, Chairman of Guam Contest Club, informs OPDX that after being absent in the CQ WPX SSB Conetst, the Guam Contest Club (GCC) has decided to be on the air during CQ WPX CW Contest at the end of this month. This time they plan to set a target as the Oceanic leader in a Multi-Single category and World Top 5. Also, they are trying to build an Oceanic record in Muliti-Single category. Look for operators JG3RPL/N1BJ, JI3ERV/NH2C, JR7OMD/WI3O and JR8VSE/NH2N to sign AH2R in the contest from Guam Island (Zone 27,IOTA OC-26). Their Sunrise/Sunset is 1953/0843z. QSL via JH7QXJ (Direct or JA bureau, NOT KH2 bureau). NEW LIGHTHOUSE AWARD. The 'German Lighthouse Award' is out now and has been approved as an official DARC Club Award. You can find it detailed on the Web page: http://www.lighthouse-award.de (Deutsches Leuchtturm Diplom) Rules are available in German, English and Danish (TNX OZ2ZB). The award consists of 57 landbased LHs in Germany at the moment. PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA (Correction). Dennis, K7BV, reports that he is very sorry for making a mistake in listing the Web site for his PY0F DXpedition. Last week's announcement read ' <http://www.qth.com/py0f> '. It should have been < http:.//www.qth.com/k7bv/py0f >. Please accept Dennis' apologies. Remember, he will begin his operation on May 24th. Look for him as an All-Band/Single Op effort in the CQ WPX CW Contest He will operate through June 1st on all bands 160-6 meters, primarily on CW. A special callsign PV0F will be used throughout the operation. QSL via KU9C. QSL INFO AND NEWS................. Mario, DJ2MX (aka T94DX, N0MX), QSL Manager for 9A/OE1EMS (Krk Island, IOTA EU-136, IOCA CI-046), reports that he has the logs and QSL cards. QSL will be OK via DARC bureau or direct to him. He is also QSL Manager for his last activity from Bosnia as T94DX in the 2001 ARI Contest. Please Note: If you send your QSL direct, please enclose 2 USD or 1 IRC (outside Europe) for air-mail return postage. Europe is 1 USD or 1 IRC. Ric, DL2VFR, reports that QSL cards for his and DL2SWW latest DXpedition to EU-037 (SM7) and EU-002 (OH0) will be sponsored by the magazine 'Funkamateur'. QSLs should be printed within the next 8 weeks. They plan to answer the direct requests first. Logs are available at: http://www.iota-expedition.com OPDX received a request to find out, 'What is the QSL status of FT5WH?' Can anyone help? Steve Wheatley, KU9C, reported on the evening of May 13th, that about 70% of the direct QSL card requests for the February PW0S operation, roughly 2000 cards, are in the hands of the U.S. Postal Service. QSL Manager Glyn, GW0ANA, reports that the final updated logs for ZD7K and ZD8K are on the Web site: http://www.dxpedition.co.uk He also states that they have sorted out the photographs that they are going to use for the QSL card. These will be sent off to their Italian printer as per the sponsors list ASAP. Once he has received them back, the QSL cards will go out. Fabrizio, IN3ZNR (aka XW3ZNR, XU7AAY etc.), informs OPDX that all direct QSLs for his operations in the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Laos People Democratic Republic have been answered. If you did not receive yours, please contact Fabrizio via E-mail at: [email protected] Uwe/DL9NDS (ZK1NDS) and Klause/DLNFK (ZK1NFK) have uploaded the logs for both their North and South Cook Islands on the Web. Check the following Web site to see if you are in the log: http://www.dl9nds.de SPECIAL EVENT. Station SN45KDU will be active now through May 31st and again November 1-18th to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Radio Club (SP5KDU) in Tarnowskie Gory, Poland. Activity will be on CW/SSB. QSL via bureau via SP9KDU. VU4, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. Nat, VU2NTA, announced again this week that no foreign amateur radio operators are allowed to operate from VU4. He has indicated that just the sheer number of foreigners attempting to put VU4 on the air is making the authorities say NO. There is hope, however. Nat states that, after working two years with the government and asking for suggestions for certain ammendments to the AMATEUR RADIO rules in India, they have just about succeeded. So, maybe something may come through, but he requests to please not press for the VU4 since right now even citizens of India are not allowed to carry radios there. Nat says, 'I hope you understand the problems we face.' XW, LAOS (Update). As this bulletin was being prepared, Charly, K4VUD, is staying in the Saylom Yen Guest House in Vientaine and he is currently trying to obtain a license. He reported that he spent a couple of hours at the Lao's equivalent of the PTT office and was told that it may be a month or more before he is assigned a real XW ham license. Charly mentioned that three separate offices must touch/look at his application papers, and he may have to appear in person for an interview for the last step. He is expected to be here until August. (NOTE FROM EDITOR: This was written before I left for Dayton, however, Charly is back in HS0-land for a few days. Please see HS0 above.) ZONE 2. Nenad, VE3EXY, reports that he has received confirmation authorizing him access to the Indian reserve in ZONE 2. He will be active 4 days (and 5 nights) from Wednesday, May 23rd evening to Monday, May 28th morning, around the CQWW WPX CW Contest weekend. Nenad will be active on the following modes: CW, RTTY, and PSK31 possible, but not guaranteed outside contest. Most of the CW will be during the contest (Not much phone at all). From ZONE 2 (Loc. FO20), Nenad will sign VE3EXY/2 (Counts as VE2 in the contest). His sunrise will be 0912z and sunset 0035z. Suggested frequencies will be (he will always work split -2 kHz CW, 5 kHz RTTY or Phone): CW - 1827, 3510, 7010, 14025, 18077, 21025, 24897 and 28025. RTTY - 14090, 21090. There will be no 6 meters. Reports will be something like '599Z2' which will indicate Nenad is there. Outside of the contest, he will be active on the WARC, RTTY and LF. During the CQ WPX CW Contest, look for him on 80/40/10 meters. Check around the greyline times. He will be either on 80 or 160 meters. There are some chances for EU and JA on those two bands. QSL via VE3EXY (Home call). Nenad's QSL Policies: 'For all my DXpedition, I do not do blanket cover of all QSOs in my log. Instead I answer QSLs when I receive them. You can send them direct with SASE (SAE +postage), via the bureau, or direct without postage. QSLs with sufficient return postage will be answered the same day (if in the log), or via the bureau otherwise. QSL cards are already printed, and there is no reason to wait. 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SB DX @ ARL $ARLD020 ARLD020 DX news ZCZC AE20 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 20 ARLD020 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 17, 2001 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD020 ARLD020 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, QRZ DX, K7BV, 425DXnews and The Daily DX. Thanks to all. RODRIGUES ISLAND, 3B6. Robert, 3B9FR, has been QRV around 24900 kHz at 1200z. He has also been active around 21295 kHz just prior to 1300z. NIGER, 5U. Jim, 5U7JK, has been active on 28495 kHz around 1630z. QSL via I2YSB. EAST MALAYSIA, 9M6. ON4ON and ON5SY will be QRV as 9M6ONT from Sabah from May 21 to 30. This includes an entry in the CQ WPX Contest. QSL via ON4ON. CHINA, BY. BA4DW/2 is QRV from the Changshan Islands in the Liaoning Province East Group until May 22. MOZAMBIQUE, C9. Joe, G3MRC, is now active as C91MR/3 from Beira. He is usually QRV on 24901 kHz between 1600 and 1830z. QSL to home call. CEUTA AND MELLILA, EA9. Toni, EA9AK, has been QRV using RTTY on 14091 kHz around 2000z. FRANCE, F. Special event station TM0AR is QRV on 40 to 10 meters, including the newer bands, until May 27 during the International Festival of Art and Technologies. QSL via F5TJC. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HC8. Kay, K6KO, and Ken, K6TA, will be QRV as homecalls/HC8 for one week beginning May 19. They will use CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL both calls via WM6A. ITALY, I. Special event station IQ8MFC is active through July 31 to celebrate the centenary of Marconi's First Transatlantic Contact between Great Britain and Newfoundland. QSL via IZ8AJQ. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2. Look for Ron, VK3IO, to be active as P29IO from May 18 to August 22. QSL to home call. FERNANDO DE NORONHA, PY0F. Dennis, K7BV, will be QRV as PV0F beginning May 24. He will be active on 160 to 6 meters, primarily using CW, until June 1. He will also be QRV in the CQ WPX CW Contest. QSL via KU9C. BANGLADESH, S2. Rashid, S21AR, is active almost daily on 15 meters. Check around 21260 and 21290 kHz, from 1100 and 1530z or after 0430z. QSL via JA1UT. CHAD, TT. Chris, TT8DX, has been very active on 10 meters. Check 28495 kHz starting around 1330z. QSL via F5OGL. MACAO, XX9. Arto, OH2KW, is QRV as XX9TKW until May 20. He will also be QRV during the CQ WPX Contest. QSL to home call. SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, ZK1. Carsten, DL1EFD, is QRV as ZK1EFD from Rarotonga, IOTA OC-013, until May 29. He is active on 80 to 10 meters using mostly CW. This includes an entry in the CQ WPX Contest. QSL to home call. NNNN /EX
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.511 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 511 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 511 BID: $OPDX.511 May 14, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, W3RM, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4VUD, KO4MR, N4AA & QRZ DX, W4VQ, K6GNX, N6UB, K7BV, K8MR, K8YSE, KU9C, 4X6UO, 9A6AA, 9A7K, DL1EK & DX News Letter, E21EIC, EA5KB, F5NOD, G0KJW, G3XSV, G3XTT, HB9DLE, HP1AC, I2YSB, JA0DWY, OA4DJW, ON4BAM, PA1AW, RA4HT, SP5PB, UX7MA, UZ8RR, V31MX, VA3RJ and VK4CP for the following DX information. FEW NOTES FROM EDITOR, TEDD, KB8NW: Because I will be attending the Dayton HamVention, I cannot guarantee that there will be a bulletin next week. If it does happen, it will probably be late Monday. Please, continue to send your information (you never know!). The Northern Ohio DX Association (along with WVNO Radio) will once again sponsor a Hospitality Suite at this year's Dayton Hamvention. It will be in Suite 1011 on the 10th Club Floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel (old Stouffers) on Friday and Saturday evenings. All DXers/Contesters are welcome. Munchies and refreshments will be avaialble. Come and meet the members and friends of NODXA. TIP OF THE YEAR (Get the hint!): When sending regular messages, turn OFF your 'HTML' format in your mail programs and use plain text. This will save a lot of bandwidth. Using 'HTML' usually makes the message twice as big and copies itself twice in one message! DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 6/May, through Sunday, 13/May there were 224 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B6, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E3, E4, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZK1/n, ZK1/s, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2 There were 51 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,9,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31, 34,35,43,58,59,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,90 * PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 3B6RF THE AGALEGA DXPEDITION (Update). It seems this DXpedition is now going QRT early. According to Sigi, HB9DLE, Headpilot Station for the 3B6RF operation, a 'Huriccan Warning for Agalega' will make the 3B6RF Agalega DXpedition go QRT on Monday, May 14th. Check for official news and updates on the team's Web page at: http://www.agalega2000.ch/ 5U, NIGER. Jim, 5U7JK, has been active recently on 10 meters. He was heard this past Wednesday, May 9th, on 28495 kHz around 1630z where he has been heard sporadically over the past few weeks. QSL Manager is Silvano, I2YSB. 5V, TOGO. YL Elvira, 5V7SE, has been active over the past week on 12 meters as well as 10 and 15 meters SSB. Check the following frequencies after 1600z for activity: 21275, 24965 and 28495 kHz. She has also been on a 40 meters net with Daniel, 5V7TD, on 7045 kHz around after 2130z. Daniel has been active mainly on 20 meters but has also been heard on 17/12/10 meters. QSL both via IV3TDM. 6Y, JAMAICA. Look for 6Y6L to be active October 23-30th from IOTA NA-097. Operation will be on all bands 160-6 meters, CW, SSB and PSK-31. QSL via WA8LOW. C9, MOZAMBIQUE. Joe, G3MRC, is now active as C91MR/3 from Beira. You can usually find him on 24901 kHz (sometimes on 21052 kHz) between 1600 and 1830z (sometimes as late as 0700z). QSL via home call. E4, PALESTINE. Guenter, E4/OE1GZA, was expected to operate from Ramallah over the past week with a linear amp. He is mainly looking for stateside contacts. EN, UKRAINE (Island Operations). Operators UX7MA, US5MPO, UR0ML and others will be active as EN1MKN from islands on the river 'Severskyi Donets' (the Ukrainian Island Award references numbers are: SD-06 and SD-07). Their activity will be on all HF bands CW/SSB, from June 13-30th. QSL via UX7MA, by the bureau or direct to: P.O.Box 22, Stakhanov 94000 Ukraine. HK3JJH/HK0M WRAP-UP. Pedro, HK3JJH, wrote to OPDX and informed us that he returned from Malpelo late Saturday evening (May 5th). He states that it was a little hard, but he is glad to be home. Pedro made approx. 15000 QSOs on SSB on all the bands, except 6 and 160 meter, which had bad propagation. He now has to translate the hand written log to the computer and send all the information to Carl, N4AA. He plans to write about his trip/activity and send it to Carl for the 'DX Magazine'. HOSPITALITY SUITE IN THE SUN. The Mad River Radio Club is pleased to announce that it will again be hosting the 'Suite in the Sun' at the Dayton Hamvention Friday and Saturday May 18th and 19th. Located in spaces 3858-3860, they will be there with chairs, cold soda, munchies, and a roof overhead (think protection from sun, not rain!). Stop by to take a break, talk contesting, or even look over their fine selection of radio junk for sale. HS, THAILAND. Champ, E21EIC, will activate the RAST club station HS0AC in the CQ WPX CW Contest (possibly as a Single Op). He will be active on 80 and 160 meters. Suggested frequencies are 3.524 MHz and 1.834 MHz. QSL via G3NOM. IOTA NEWS............... EU-016. Look for the following operators/callsigns Alfred/9A5KV/p, Matija/9A3VM/p and Tom/9A2AA/p to be active from Sveti Andrija Island May 18-20th. This DXpedition will be active, weather permitting. QSL Manager for all callsigns is: Alfred Raguz, 9A5KV, P.O.BOX : 286, 20000 Dubrovnik , CROATIA. Other reference numbers good for this operation are: World lighthouse Award : LH-388 Croatian lighthouse award : CLH-143 The 'Lighthouse Sveti Andrija' is valid for the Croatian Light House Award. Hams interested in the Croatian Light House Award can get all the details on the following Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/9a7k EU-038. Maurice, ON4BAM, will be traveling to Holland on a holiday. While there, he will activate the 'Island of Terschelling' from May 24-27th. He will be active from his car while signing PA/ON4BAM/mobile, using his TS-50S and Outbacker Perth. He mentions that if there's enough free space, he will put up his DK8SQ tower and some wire antenna(s). His activity will be on 15, 12, 10, 18, 20 meters in that order depending on propagation. QSL via CBA. NA-073. Jay, V31MX, will be operating from Caye Caulker, Belize, starting the evening of May 15th through May 17th. He will be operating on 15 and 20 meters SSB. QSL Manager is K0BCN. SA-052. A group of enthusiastc Peruvian hams are planning to activate San Lorenzo Island. They are currently trying to solve/finalize all the paperwork to operate from the island, including the use of the special 4T prefix callsign. They inform OPDX that the island is under Peruvian Navy control. The operators are expected to be Manuel/OA4AHW, Sergio/OA4DKC and Pablo/OA4DJW. They planned to have 2 stations active on 80-10 meters. The prearranged date is June 29th through July 1st, but these dates can suffer changes depending of the paperwork. The QSLs will be via OA4DJW. LIGHTHOUSE OPERATION (Lights Out!). The information OPDX received and reported on in last week's bulletin about Eric/G0KJW and Terry/G0OWE going to Longstone Lighthouse (LH 0234) is not true. Eric contacted OPDX and confirmed this. We are not sure who started the rumor, but we are sorry for reporting it. PJ2, CURACAO. Nine members of the Bristol Contest Group will be here and active from July 19-31st. Operators G6YB, G3RFX, G3TKF, G3XSV, G4FKA, G4HFX, G0WKW, M0AXF and M0WLF will provide plenty of activity as PJ2/homecall on all bands CW/SSB. They will also be active during the IOTA Contest on July 28-29th, using the special callsign PJ2Y. A special QSL for PJ2Y will be issued with G3SWH as QSL Manager. QSL all other activity to the home callsigns. PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA (Update). Dennis, K7BV, will begin operation on May 24th as scheduled. After an All-Band/Single Op effort in the CQ WPX CW Contest, he will operate through June 1st on all bands 160-6 meters, primarily on CW. A special callsign PV0F will be used throughout the operation. Rod, WC7N, < E-mail: [email protected] > is building up a 9BDXCC chasers 'work list' for Dennis including long path 160 skeds for Asia. Carl, N4AA (editor of QRZ DX), has joined the team assisting Rod keeping in touch with Dennis frequently to insure that every effort is made to fill the needs of the deserving. Carl, K9LA, is brewing propagtion guru magic to predict the best path/time for those QSOs. QSL via Steve, KU9C. Check the following Web site which will be updated frequently with Dennis's current status: http://www.qth.com/py0f QSL INFO AND NEWS................. Alex, PA1AW, reports that he now has all of the 5A24PA logs. Cards will be printed during the next month. Cards will start going out mid June 2001. QSLs for 5A24PA go to: Alex van Hengel, PA1AW, Schoener 85, 2991JK Barendrecht, The Netherlands. QSLs for all valid callsigns in the A52UD log not previously answered direct have been prepared and sent through the bureau system. Work is now proceeding on outstanding requests for QSLs from K4VUD's activity as HS0ZCW, XW1UD, 9N1UD and 9N7UD. Questions should be directed to K4VUD. Don, G3XTT, (D68C Publicity Manager), reports: 'Phil, G3SWH, is receiving a lot of phone calls and e-mails asking about the availability of QSLs for our February Dxpedition as D68C. As most folk will realise, with the biggest DXpedition of all time (168k QSOs!), getting the cards printed has been a major task, especially as we have gone for a high quality 4-sided card, which will look good in everyone's QSL collection. The cards are being printed in Germany, and should arrive with Phil late May. However, Phil and his xyl have a week's trip to 8Q7 scheduled for early June, and doesn't expect to get into the QSL activity until after his return (even QSL managers deserve a break occasionally!). Please be patient. The cards will be well worth the wait. And remember that SWL cards do not go to Phil, but to Bob Treacher (see previous bulletins for his and Phil's address).' Jose, EA5KB, informs OPDX that he is the QSL Manager for following stations: CO2FN, CO8EJ, CO8OT, CO3JR, CO8CY, CM6QN, CM6YD, CE2LZR, YV6AZC, TG9AMD, TG9AAK, CX2AQ, CX5AO, CX2SA, CX3VB, HP1AC, CX1CCC and CW0Z (SA-030). QSL is OK via the Bureau or CBA. FR/F6KDF/T QSL STATUS. Gil, F5NOD, one of the FR/F6KDF/Tromelin CW operators, reports that around 1500 QSLs were supposed to be mailed last week (The major part of it are QSLs received last year). A second QSL package (around 800) will be sent at the end of this month (The last package of QSL received last year). Gil states again, 'Do not resend QSL requests yet ... Save your green stamps .. I will inform you when all QSLs were mailed! Please do not send me E-mail 'Did you receive my QSL?': Because I really don't know! Don't worry about your QSL! All QSLs received will be returned!' Cam, HP1AC, informs OPDX that he now has a QSL Manager handling his cards after May 1, 2001. QSL HP1AC via his QSL Manager EA5KB: Jose Ardid, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 VALENCIA, SPAIN. Members of the United Amateur Radio Club (URAC), operated using the callsign N6UB from Catalina Island (IOTA NA-066) during last weekend (May 11-14th). Please QSL using a SASE or enclose an envelope with green stamps or an IRC to cover postage, direct to N6UB (good in the callbooks). URAC operates a Club Station at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in San Pedro, CA (part of Los Angeles). Operators from the club will include Martin/N6UB, Dale/W7IXL, Neal/N7NW and Doug/WB6ROH. Steve, KU9C, states that the PW0S QSLs have began to hit the mail. He is working hard to get as many out as he can before the Dayton HamVention. Some of the PW0S team will be there, and if you want to see them, look for them at the DX forum on Saturday morning or at the QRZ DX booth on Saturday 2-3 pm (booth #313). The PW0S QSL can be viewed at the following Web site: http://www.ku9c.com Thanks to Vladimir, UZ8RR, for providing a short list of QSL routes. SO8ZZ via UY5ZZ EM10UCC via UY5ZZ EM7Q via UY5ZZ US0Q via UY5ZZ QSL only direct to UY5ZZ: Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, UKRAINE The VK9ML QSL Cards have been received back from the printer. The card can now be seen on the VK9ML website (Go to News Bulletin #21) at: http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/ VK9XY QSL UPDATE. OPDX was informed of the following: Stefan, DH1SGS, has stated in late April that all VK9XY cards have not been sent out yet. There is some problem with mailing the cards at present, but when this is cleared up, all cards will go out. RG, RUSSIA. Slava, UA4HTT, will be active as RG4H in the CQ-M, WPX and all major contests. QSL manager for Slava is RW4HB. Bureau cards are OK, for sending direct, send to: Serge Golobokov, P.O.Box 37, Samara, 443099, Russia. S2, BANGLADESH. RASHID, S21AR, is active almost daily on 15 meters. Check around or inbetween 21260 and 21290 kHz, from 1100 and 1530z or after 0430z. QSL via JA1UT. SPECIAL EVENT. Gil, JA0DWY, informs OPDX that a special event station for 'International Telecommunications Day' will be active from Nagano, Japan (JCG: 09008), now through May 20th. The callsign will be 8J0ITU. Gil told OPDX that he will operate this station May 17-20th. The station will be active on 80-10 meters (WARC bands too) CW/SSB (however, mainly CW). QSL via JARL bureau. SPECIAL EVENT/IOTA OPERATION. A group of Italian operators will be active May 23-27th from Santo Stefano Island (IOTA EU-045) Pontinian Archipelago with the special callsign IB0S. This special event is to commemorate the century of the first radio contact made by Guglielmo Marconi between Cornwall and Newfoundland through the Atlantic Ocean. A contact will be made with VO1WET on SSB and also on CW Saturday, May 26th at 1300z. QSL Manager for this special callsign IB0S is I0YKN: Carmine Meoli, Via della stazione snc, 04010 CORI (LT) ITALY. SP, POLAND (Lighthouse Operation). Peter, SP5PB, will activate the Niechorze Lighthouse as SP5PB/1 from May 18-20th. Activity will be on CW/SSB. This operation is valid for the 'SP Lighthouse Award', SPL 13. QSL via the bureau or CBA. TT, CHAD. Chris, TT8DX, has been very active on 10 meters over the past weekend. Check 28495 kHz starting around 1330z as late as 1800z. QSL via F5OGL. VP5, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS. Dick/W3RM and Mike/N3MT will be active from the Providenciales Island (NA-002) from May 31st through June 14th as VP5/W3RM and VP5/N3MT. Operation will be on 80-10 meters, mainly CW, some SSB. QSL via home calls. XW, LAOS. Charly, K4VUD, who has been active as HS0ZCW over the past week, should be in Laos by the time you read this. He did not mention what his callsign would be, but he did state, ' I will be searching for the correct license there to satisfy ARRL DXCC.' Charly hopes to be on the air on 20 and 15 meters with 100 watts. Check on CW about 20 kHz up from bottom of band edge (plus or minus Asian pirate QRM) and on SSB, check the usual frequencies. ZL7, CHATHAM ISLAND. Ed, K8VIR, is active as ZL7IR. His length of stay is unknown, but his activity seems to center around 20/17/12 meters. He reportedly is working on the island and will be active during his free time. Operations seem to start around 0100z and sometimes last as late as 0700z. There have been a few QSNs as early as 1030z on 20 meters. Check the following frequencies: 14260, 14270, 18130 and 24950 kHz. QSL via W8WC. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving bounced mail by sending mail to me via ' [email protected] ', please send mail to me via ' [email protected] '...... 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To access: 1) Dial Number. 2) Wait for first ring (the second ring should be a false ring from the fax/data switch box) and then dial four quick ones ('1111'). (NOTE: Some FAX machines that send single 'BEEPS' every second will not have to do this step.) 3) The phone will pick up and after the 'BEEP' leave your voice message or FAX. /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Additional Bulletin for OPDX InterNet Subscribers. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AB5K AR-Cluster Network DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity For the week of Sunday, 6/May - Saturday, 12/May Nmbr Nmbr Band of Days of DXCC Stations Spots Activity the Week Modes ---- ------- ----- ----------------------------- ------------- ---------- 3A 3 8 .40. .20.17.15. M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3B6 15 2257 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3B8 5 24 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3B9 2 16 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 3C 2 8 .20. .15. .6 .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2 6 5 .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2/r 1 17 .20. .15. .T. .S 3V 3 9 .20. M. .T.F.S.S .SSB. 3W 4 21 .17.15. .6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4J 7 36 .20.17.15.12.10. .T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4L 8 25 .80.40. .20.17.15.12. .T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4S 10 20 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4W 2 5 .6 .T. .S.S .SSB. 4X 33 78 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5A 1 24 .17.15.12. M. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 5B 12 22 .40. .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5H 3 62 160.80. .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5N 5 14 .20. .15. .10. .T.W.T. .S. .SSB. 5R 10 39 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5U 5 30 .15. .10. .W. .S .SSB. 5V 2 51 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M. .W.T.F.S.S .SSB. 5X 1 4 .10. .S. .SSB. 5Z 4 16 .40. .20. .15. .10. .T. .S.S .SSB. 6W 3 9 .20.17.15. .10. .T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6Y 1 7 .17. M. .S.S .SSB. 7Q 4 15 .20. .15.12. .6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 7X 6 29 .20. .15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8P 3 10 .20.17. .12. .T. .S. CW. .RTTY 8R 4 14 .20. .15. .10. M. .F. .S .SSB. 9A 43 95 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9G 4 66 .20. .15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9H 20 77 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9J 4 42 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9K 8 56 .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M2 9 23 .80. .30. .17.15.12. .6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M6 2 11 .17.15.12. .W. .S.S .SSB. 9N 2 7 .15. .W. .S .SSB. 9Q 4 52 .30.20.17. .12. M. .W.T. .S CW. .RTTY 9V 11 68 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9X 1 1 .12. .S CW. .RTTY 9Y 8 18 .20.17.15. .10. M. .W.T.F.S.S .SSB. A2 1 26 .17.15.12. .T. .T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY A3 1 6 .20. .15.12. M. .W. .F. .S CW. .RTTY A4 3 20 .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A7 2 3 .20. .6 M. .S CW.SSB.RTTY A9 1 4 .17. M.T. CW. .RTTY AP 10 103 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BV 19 39 160. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BY 32 66 .80. .30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C2 2 2 .20. .T. .T. CW.SSB.RTTY C3 4 6 .30.20. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C6 5 48 160. .40. .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C9 1 11 .15.12. M. .W. .S CW. .RTTY CE 17 31 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE9 3 37 .30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY CM 17 41 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CN 7 24 .30.20. .15. .10.6 .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CP 2 5 .80. .20. .15.12.10. M. .F.S.S .SSB. CT 36 109 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT3 8 48 .80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CU 8 14 .20.17. .12. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CX 19 63 160.80.40.30. .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D2 4 32 .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY D4 2 28 .80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D6 1 1 .20. .T. .SSB. DL 247 539 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DU 15 36 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY E3 1 1 .15. M. .SSB. E4 2 18 .20. .15. .F.S. .SSB. EA 130 314 160.80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA6 19 94 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA8 17 53 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA9 9 50 .20.17.15.12.10.6 .W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EI 14 50 .80. .20. .15. .10.6 M. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EK 5 35 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EL 2 4 .15. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EP 5 6 .20. .15. .T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ER 8 25 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ES 17 76 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ET 6 28 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY EU 21 46 160. .40. .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EX 9 45 .30.20.17.15.12. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EY 4 15 .40.30.20.17.15.12. .6 .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EZ 5 19 .30.20.17.15. M.T.W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY F 143 378 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FG 2 6 .20.17.15.12.10. .T.W. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY FJ 1 13 .20. .12. M. .F. .S .SSB. FK 14 48 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FM 5 6 .40. .20. .T.W. CW.SSB.RTTY FO 5 15 .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FR 12 74 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FW 2 20 .40. .20. .15. .6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FY 5 18 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY G 134 285 160.80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GD 5 15 160. .17. M. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY GI 8 9 .40. .17. .12.10.6 M. .W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY GM 24 65 160. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GU 5 9 .15. .6 M. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GW 13 19 .40. .20. .6 M. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HA 32 98 .80.40. .20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB 18 31 160. .40. .15. .6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB0 1 3 .40. .20. .S. CW. .RTTY HC 5 54 160.80. .30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HH 1 1 .20. .W. CW. .RTTY HI 2 5 .40. .15. .10. M. .S CW.SSB.RTTY HK 13 27 .80. .30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/a 2 8 .40.30.20.17. M.T.W.T.F. CW. .RTTY HL 43 97 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HP 7 7 .40. .20.17.15. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HR 7 102 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HS 8 39 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HZ 4 20 .20. .6 M. .T.F. .SSB. I 258 585 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY IS 7 11 .20. .15. .10.6 .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY J2 6 71 .40. .17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J5 2 267 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J6 2 13 .20.17. .10. .W.T. .S.S .SSB. J7 3 3 .20. .15. .W.T.F. CW.SSB.RTTY J8 3 20 .30. .12.10. .S CW.SSB.RTTY JA 125 220 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JD/m 3 8 .10.6 .W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY JT 3 10 .20. .15. .10. M. .S .SSB. JW 8 71 .40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JY 9 54 .80. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY K 343 483 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KG4 4 4 .6 .T. .T. .S. .SSB. KH0 3 3 .20. .15. M. .T.F. CW.SSB.RTTY KH2 7 98 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH6 14 25 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH8 2 3 .15. .6 .T.W. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY KL 7 18 .20.17.15. .6 M. .S .SSB. KP2 2 4 .20.17. .W. .F.S. .SSB. KP4 5 11 .20. .15.12. M. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY LA 29 70 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LU 83 188 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LX 11 22 .30.20.17. .12. .6 M. .W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY LY 11 22 160. .20. .15. .6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LZ 35 78 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OA 8 18 .20. .15.12.10. M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OD 8 33 .20. .15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OE 31 62 .40. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH 24 43 .80. .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH0 3 5 .20.17.15.12. .T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY OK 67 106 160.80. .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OM 15 40 .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ON 36 75 .80.40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OX 4 6 .40. .15. .6 .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY OY 4 14 .20.17. .12. .6 M. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OZ 38 120 160.80. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P2 7 26 .20. .15. .6 M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P4 2 3 .20. .10. .F. .S CW. .RTTY PA 68 164 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ2 1 11 .20. .15. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY PJ7 4 5 .20. .10. M.T. .S. .SSB. PY 79 211 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0F 2 2 .12. .6 .S.S CW. .RTTY PZ 2 9 .40.30. .17. .12. M. .T.F. .S CW. .RTTY S2 2 13 .20. .15. .W. .F.S. .SSB. S5 26 76 .80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S9 1 1 .80. .F. CW. .RTTY SM 68 146 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SP 37 63 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ST 2 2 .6 .W. .F. .SSB. SU 11 68 .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV 45 123 160. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV5 5 32 .30.20.17.15. .6 .T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV9 9 30 .40. .17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T7 4 13 .40.30.20.17. .12. .6 M.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T8 4 32 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T9 13 44 .80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TA 17 77 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TF 8 13 .40. .20.17. .12. .6 M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TG 2 25 .20.17.15.12. .T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TI 8 18 .40. .20.17. .6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TK 5 15 .40. .20.17. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TL 1 1 .15. .S. .SSB. TN 1 1 .20. .T. CW. .RTTY TR 8 34 .80. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TT 1 21 .10. .F.S. .SSB. TU 1 1 .15. .S. CW. .RTTY UA 127 282 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA2 7 28 .30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY UA9 71 147 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UK 8 22 .30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UN 17 30 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UR 61 194 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V2 8 38 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. .T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY V4 6 71 .20.17. .12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V5 4 49 .80. .30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V7 8 14 .17.15. .10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V8 2 6 .20. .15. M. .T.F. .SSB. VE 65 118 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK 84 180 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9N 1 3 .20. .12. .T.F. .SSB. VP2M 1 8 .20.17.15.12. .T. .S.S .SSB. VP2V 2 2 .20. .S.S .SSB. VP5 1 1 .12. .F. .SSB. VP8 4 138 160.80.40.30.20.17. .12.10. M. .S CW.SSB.RTTY VP9 5 55 .80. .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY VQ9 3 77 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY VR 12 29 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VU 45 177 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XE 21 25 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XT 2 2 .15. .10. .S. .SSB. XU 3 25 .30. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY YB 41 126 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YI 2 4 .40. .20. M. .W. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY YJ 0 0 YK 3 12 .40. .20. M.T. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY YL 10 21 .80. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YN 2 26 .17. .S CW.SSB.RTTY YO 31 76 160. .40. .20. .15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YS 6 16 .20.17.15. .10. .T. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY YU 17 25 .40. .20.17.15. .6 .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YV 13 27 .20.17.15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z2 3 19 .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S .SSB. Z3 10 22 .40.30.20.17. .12. .6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZA 1 1 .12. .S CW. .RTTY ZB 5 11 .17.15. .10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZC4 3 77 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD7 9 40 160.80 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZK1/n 1 10 .20.17.15.12.10 M.T.W.T.F.S. .SSB.RTTY ZK1/s 2 151 .20.17. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZL 23 36 .80.40.30.20.17. .12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZL7 9 182 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZP 5 16 .20. .15.12.10.6 M. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZS 43 105 160. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tot Stations: 4032 Tot Spots: 14012 Spotter of the week: G7UWA (59 spots) ---------------------- ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: [email protected] Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 'Totally devoted to Amateur Radio' - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.511 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 511 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 511 BID: $OPDX.511 May 14, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, W3RM, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4VUD, KO4MR, N4AA & QRZ DX, W4VQ, K6GNX, N6UB, K7BV, K8MR, K8YSE, KU9C, 4X6UO, 9A6AA, 9A7K, DL1EK & DX News Letter, E21EIC, EA5KB, F5NOD, G0KJW, G3XSV, G3XTT, HB9DLE, HP1AC, I2YSB, JA0DWY, OA4DJW, ON4BAM, PA1AW, RA4HT, SP5PB, UX7MA, UZ8RR, V31MX, VA3RJ and VK4CP for the following DX information. FEW NOTES FROM EDITOR, TEDD, KB8NW: Because I will be attending the Dayton HamVention, I cannot guarantee that there will be a bulletin next week. If it does happen, it will probably be late Monday. Please, continue to send your information (you never know!). The Northern Ohio DX Association (along with WVNO Radio) will once again sponsor a Hospitality Suite at this year's Dayton Hamvention. It will be in Suite 1011 on the 10th Club Floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel (old Stouffers) on Friday and Saturday evenings. All DXers/Contesters are welcome. Munchies and refreshments will be avaialble. Come and meet the members and friends of NODXA. TIP OF THE YEAR (Get the hint!): When sending regular messages, turn OFF your 'HTML' format in your mail programs and use plain text. This will save a lot of bandwidth. Using 'HTML' usually makes the message twice as big and copies itself twice in one message! DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 6/May, through Sunday, 13/May there were 224 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B6, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E3, E4, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZK1/n, ZK1/s, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2 There were 51 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,9,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31, 34,35,43,58,59,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,90 * PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 3B6RF THE AGALEGA DXPEDITION (Update). It seems this DXpedition is now going QRT early. According to Sigi, HB9DLE, Headpilot Station for the 3B6RF operation, a 'Huriccan Warning for Agalega' will make the 3B6RF Agalega DXpedition go QRT on Monday, May 14th. Check for official news and updates on the team's Web page at: http://www.agalega2000.ch/ 5U, NIGER. Jim, 5U7JK, has been active recently on 10 meters. He was heard this past Wednesday, May 9th, on 28495 kHz around 1630z where he has been heard sporadically over the past few weeks. QSL Manager is Silvano, I2YSB. 5V, TOGO. YL Elvira, 5V7SE, has been active over the past week on 12 meters as well as 10 and 15 meters SSB. Check the following frequencies after 1600z for activity: 21275, 24965 and 28495 kHz. She has also been on a 40 meters net with Daniel, 5V7TD, on 7045 kHz around after 2130z. Daniel has been active mainly on 20 meters but has also been heard on 17/12/10 meters. QSL both via IV3TDM. 6Y, JAMAICA. Look for 6Y6L to be active October 23-30th from IOTA NA-097. Operation will be on all bands 160-6 meters, CW, SSB and PSK-31. QSL via WA8LOW. C9, MOZAMBIQUE. Joe, G3MRC, is now active as C91MR/3 from Beira. You can usually find him on 24901 kHz (sometimes on 21052 kHz) between 1600 and 1830z (sometimes as late as 0700z). QSL via home call. E4, PALESTINE. Guenter, E4/OE1GZA, was expected to operate from Ramallah over the past week with a linear amp. He is mainly looking for stateside contacts. EN, UKRAINE (Island Operations). Operators UX7MA, US5MPO, UR0ML and others will be active as EN1MKN from islands on the river 'Severskyi Donets' (the Ukrainian Island Award references numbers are: SD-06 and SD-07). Their activity will be on all HF bands CW/SSB, from June 13-30th. QSL via UX7MA, by the bureau or direct to: P.O.Box 22, Stakhanov 94000 Ukraine. HK3JJH/HK0M WRAP-UP. Pedro, HK3JJH, wrote to OPDX and informed us that he returned from Malpelo late Saturday evening (May 5th). He states that it was a little hard, but he is glad to be home. Pedro made approx. 15000 QSOs on SSB on all the bands, except 6 and 160 meter, which had bad propagation. He now has to translate the hand written log to the computer and send all the information to Carl, N4AA. He plans to write about his trip/activity and send it to Carl for the 'DX Magazine'. HOSPITALITY SUITE IN THE SUN. The Mad River Radio Club is pleased to announce that it will again be hosting the 'Suite in the Sun' at the Dayton Hamvention Friday and Saturday May 18th and 19th. Located in spaces 3858-3860, they will be there with chairs, cold soda, munchies, and a roof overhead (think protection from sun, not rain!). Stop by to take a break, talk contesting, or even look over their fine selection of radio junk for sale. HS, THAILAND. Champ, E21EIC, will activate the RAST club station HS0AC in the CQ WPX CW Contest (possibly as a Single Op). He will be active on 80 and 160 meters. Suggested frequencies are 3.524 MHz and 1.834 MHz. QSL via G3NOM. IOTA NEWS............... EU-016. Look for the following operators/callsigns Alfred/9A5KV/p, Matija/9A3VM/p and Tom/9A2AA/p to be active from Sveti Andrija Island May 18-20th. This DXpedition will be active, weather permitting. QSL Manager for all callsigns is: Alfred Raguz, 9A5KV, P.O.BOX : 286, 20000 Dubrovnik , CROATIA. Other reference numbers good for this operation are: World lighthouse Award : LH-388 Croatian lighthouse award : CLH-143 The 'Lighthouse Sveti Andrija' is valid for the Croatian Light House Award. Hams interested in the Croatian Light House Award can get all the details on the following Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/9a7k EU-038. Maurice, ON4BAM, will be traveling to Holland on a holiday. While there, he will activate the 'Island of Terschelling' from May 24-27th. He will be active from his car while signing PA/ON4BAM/mobile, using his TS-50S and Outbacker Perth. He mentions that if there's enough free space, he will put up his DK8SQ tower and some wire antenna(s). His activity will be on 15, 12, 10, 18, 20 meters in that order depending on propagation. QSL via CBA. NA-073. Jay, V31MX, will be operating from Caye Caulker, Belize, starting the evening of May 15th through May 17th. He will be operating on 15 and 20 meters SSB. QSL Manager is K0BCN. SA-052. A group of enthusiastc Peruvian hams are planning to activate San Lorenzo Island. They are currently trying to solve/finalize all the paperwork to operate from the island, including the use of the special 4T prefix callsign. They inform OPDX that the island is under Peruvian Navy control. The operators are expected to be Manuel/OA4AHW, Sergio/OA4DKC and Pablo/OA4DJW. They planned to have 2 stations active on 80-10 meters. The prearranged date is June 29th through July 1st, but these dates can suffer changes depending of the paperwork. The QSLs will be via OA4DJW. LIGHTHOUSE OPERATION (Lights Out!). The information OPDX received and reported on in last week's bulletin about Eric/G0KJW and Terry/G0OWE going to Longstone Lighthouse (LH 0234) is not true. Eric contacted OPDX and confirmed this. We are not sure who started the rumor, but we are sorry for reporting it. PJ2, CURACAO. Nine members of the Bristol Contest Group will be here and active from July 19-31st. Operators G6YB, G3RFX, G3TKF, G3XSV, G4FKA, G4HFX, G0WKW, M0AXF and M0WLF will provide plenty of activity as PJ2/homecall on all bands CW/SSB. They will also be active during the IOTA Contest on July 28-29th, using the special callsign PJ2Y. A special QSL for PJ2Y will be issued with G3SWH as QSL Manager. QSL all other activity to the home callsigns. PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA (Update). Dennis, K7BV, will begin operation on May 24th as scheduled. After an All-Band/Single Op effort in the CQ WPX CW Contest, he will operate through June 1st on all bands 160-6 meters, primarily on CW. A special callsign PV0F will be used throughout the operation. Rod, WC7N, < E-mail: [email protected] > is building up a 9BDXCC chasers 'work list' for Dennis including long path 160 skeds for Asia. Carl, N4AA (editor of QRZ DX), has joined the team assisting Rod keeping in touch with Dennis frequently to insure that every effort is made to fill the needs of the deserving. Carl, K9LA, is brewing propagtion guru magic to predict the best path/time for those QSOs. QSL via Steve, KU9C. Check the following Web site which will be updated frequently with Dennis's current status: http://www.qth.com/py0f QSL INFO AND NEWS................. Alex, PA1AW, reports that he now has all of the 5A24PA logs. Cards will be printed during the next month. Cards will start going out mid June 2001. QSLs for 5A24PA go to: Alex van Hengel, PA1AW, Schoener 85, 2991JK Barendrecht, The Netherlands. QSLs for all valid callsigns in the A52UD log not previously answered direct have been prepared and sent through the bureau system. Work is now proceeding on outstanding requests for QSLs from K4VUD's activity as HS0ZCW, XW1UD, 9N1UD and 9N7UD. Questions should be directed to K4VUD. Don, G3XTT, (D68C Publicity Manager), reports: 'Phil, G3SWH, is receiving a lot of phone calls and e-mails asking about the availability of QSLs for our February Dxpedition as D68C. As most folk will realise, with the biggest DXpedition of all time (168k QSOs!), getting the cards printed has been a major task, especially as we have gone for a high quality 4-sided card, which will look good in everyone's QSL collection. The cards are being printed in Germany, and should arrive with Phil late May. However, Phil and his xyl have a week's trip to 8Q7 scheduled for early June, and doesn't expect to get into the QSL activity until after his return (even QSL managers deserve a break occasionally!). Please be patient. The cards will be well worth the wait. And remember that SWL cards do not go to Phil, but to Bob Treacher (see previous bulletins for his and Phil's address).' Jose, EA5KB, informs OPDX that he is the QSL Manager for following stations: CO2FN, CO8EJ, CO8OT, CO3JR, CO8CY, CM6QN, CM6YD, CE2LZR, YV6AZC, TG9AMD, TG9AAK, CX2AQ, CX5AO, CX2SA, CX3VB, HP1AC, CX1CCC and CW0Z (SA-030). QSL is OK via the Bureau or CBA. FR/F6KDF/T QSL STATUS. Gil, F5NOD, one of the FR/F6KDF/Tromelin CW operators, reports that around 1500 QSLs were supposed to be mailed last week (The major part of it are QSLs received last year). A second QSL package (around 800) will be sent at the end of this month (The last package of QSL received last year). Gil states again, 'Do not resend QSL requests yet ... Save your green stamps .. I will inform you when all QSLs were mailed! Please do not send me E-mail 'Did you receive my QSL?': Because I really don't know! Don't worry about your QSL! All QSLs received will be returned!' Cam, HP1AC, informs OPDX that he now has a QSL Manager handling his cards after May 1, 2001. QSL HP1AC via his QSL Manager EA5KB: Jose Ardid, P.O.Box 5013, 46080 VALENCIA, SPAIN. Members of the United Amateur Radio Club (URAC), operated using the callsign N6UB from Catalina Island (IOTA NA-066) during last weekend (May 11-14th). Please QSL using a SASE or enclose an envelope with green stamps or an IRC to cover postage, direct to N6UB (good in the callbooks). URAC operates a Club Station at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in San Pedro, CA (part of Los Angeles). Operators from the club will include Martin/N6UB, Dale/W7IXL, Neal/N7NW and Doug/WB6ROH. Steve, KU9C, states that the PW0S QSLs have began to hit the mail. He is working hard to get as many out as he can before the Dayton HamVention. Some of the PW0S team will be there, and if you want to see them, look for them at the DX forum on Saturday morning or at the QRZ DX booth on Saturday 2-3 pm (booth #313). The PW0S QSL can be viewed at the following Web site: http://www.ku9c.com Thanks to Vladimir, UZ8RR, for providing a short list of QSL routes. SO8ZZ via UY5ZZ EM10UCC via UY5ZZ EM7Q via UY5ZZ US0Q via UY5ZZ QSL only direct to UY5ZZ: Box 4850, Zaporozhye, 69118, UKRAINE The VK9ML QSL Cards have been received back from the printer. The card can now be seen on the VK9ML website (Go to News Bulletin #21) at: http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/ VK9XY QSL UPDATE. OPDX was informed of the following: Stefan, DH1SGS, has stated in late April that all VK9XY cards have not been sent out yet. There is some problem with mailing the cards at present, but when this is cleared up, all cards will go out. RG, RUSSIA. Slava, UA4HTT, will be active as RG4H in the CQ-M, WPX and all major contests. QSL manager for Slava is RW4HB. Bureau cards are OK, for sending direct, send to: Serge Golobokov, P.O.Box 37, Samara, 443099, Russia. S2, BANGLADESH. RASHID, S21AR, is active almost daily on 15 meters. Check around or inbetween 21260 and 21290 kHz, from 1100 and 1530z or after 0430z. QSL via JA1UT. SPECIAL EVENT. Gil, JA0DWY, informs OPDX that a special event station for 'International Telecommunications Day' will be active from Nagano, Japan (JCG: 09008), now through May 20th. The callsign will be 8J0ITU. Gil told OPDX that he will operate this station May 17-20th. The station will be active on 80-10 meters (WARC bands too) CW/SSB (however, mainly CW). QSL via JARL bureau. SPECIAL EVENT/IOTA OPERATION. A group of Italian operators will be active May 23-27th from Santo Stefano Island (IOTA EU-045) Pontinian Archipelago with the special callsign IB0S. This special event is to commemorate the century of the first radio contact made by Guglielmo Marconi between Cornwall and Newfoundland through the Atlantic Ocean. A contact will be made with VO1WET on SSB and also on CW Saturday, May 26th at 1300z. QSL Manager for this special callsign IB0S is I0YKN: Carmine Meoli, Via della stazione snc, 04010 CORI (LT) ITALY. SP, POLAND (Lighthouse Operation). Peter, SP5PB, will activate the Niechorze Lighthouse as SP5PB/1 from May 18-20th. Activity will be on CW/SSB. This operation is valid for the 'SP Lighthouse Award', SPL 13. QSL via the bureau or CBA. TT, CHAD. Chris, TT8DX, has been very active on 10 meters over the past weekend. Check 28495 kHz starting around 1330z as late as 1800z. QSL via F5OGL. VP5, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS. Dick/W3RM and Mike/N3MT will be active from the Providenciales Island (NA-002) from May 31st through June 14th as VP5/W3RM and VP5/N3MT. Operation will be on 80-10 meters, mainly CW, some SSB. QSL via home calls. XW, LAOS. Charly, K4VUD, who has been active as HS0ZCW over the past week, should be in Laos by the time you read this. He did not mention what his callsign would be, but he did state, ' I will be searching for the correct license there to satisfy ARRL DXCC.' Charly hopes to be on the air on 20 and 15 meters with 100 watts. Check on CW about 20 kHz up from bottom of band edge (plus or minus Asian pirate QRM) and on SSB, check the usual frequencies. ZL7, CHATHAM ISLAND. Ed, K8VIR, is active as ZL7IR. His length of stay is unknown, but his activity seems to center around 20/17/12 meters. 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SB DX @ ARL $ARLD019 ARLD019 DX news ZCZC AE19 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 19 ARLD019 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 10, 2001 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD019 ARLD019 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, QRZ DX, JH1BAM, 425DXnews, The Daily DX, the ARRLWeb and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. AGALEGA AND ST. BRANDON, 3B6. 3B6RF continues to be QRV from Agalega using CW and SSB on all bands. QSL via HB9AGH. AZERBAIJAN, 4K. 4K56GF has been QRV around 14013 kHz from 1145 to 1230z. QSL via TA2ZV. BARBADOS, 8P. Conny, DL1DA, will be QRV as 8P9BK from May 12 to 17. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters, and possibly 160 and 80 meters, using CW. QSL to home call. PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 9Q. Pierre, 9Q5BQ, has been QRV around 18071 kHz just before 1900z. QSL via HB9AMO. PAKISTAN, AP. AP2ARS has been QRV using CW around 10103 and 10104 kHz as early as 1600z. He has also been active around 18074 kHz between 1200 to 1500z. QSL via S53R. ETHIOPIA, ET. Claudio, ET3VSC, continues to be active using CW on 17 and 12 meters. Look for him on either band after 2200z and sometimes as early as 1030z. QSL via K3IRV. MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. JD1BCK has been QRV on 15 meters. Look for him between 21270 and 21290 kHz after 2300z. He often has another station on frequency to assist him. QSL via JM1TUK. OGASAWARA, JD1. You, JD1BIA, has been QRV around 21280 kHz between 0000 and 0830z. QSL to home call. GUAM, KH2. Mitsubishi Electric members JA1RTG, JF1CPE, JI1EOP, JK1EBA, JR3OET, JA5AGW and JI0PFJ are QRV as KH2/JM1YGG until May 13. Activity is on 40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via JA1RTG. CRETE, SV9. Jan, PA9JJ, is QRV as SV9/PA9JJ, IOTA EU-015, until May 22. QSL to home call. ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ISLAND, V4. Larry, KJ4UY, is QRV as V47UY, IOTA NA-104, until May 16. QSL to home call. CAMBODIA, XU. Station XU7ABC has been active over the past week on 20 to 10 meters, including the newer bands, using CW. QSL via G3XAQ. Meanwhile, XU7ABN has been QRV using RTTY on 20 and 15 meters between 1330 and 1400z. QSL via operator instructions. ROMANIA, YO. Jean, F6AJA, will be active as YO/F6AJA from the QTH of YO8FZ in Suceava from May 14 to 20. QSL via operator instructions. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ-M International DX Contest, FISTS CW Club Spring Sprint, Nevada QSO Party, Oregon QSO Party, Armed Forces Day Communications Tests and the VHF/UHF Spring Sprint are all scheduled for this weekend. Please see May QST, page 106, and the ARRL Web page for details. NNNN /EX
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.510 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 510 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 510 BID: $OPDX.510 May 7, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, W1JR, K2FRD, KF2TI, N2OO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4GN, K6GNX, KG6AR, KI6HT, W7WM, K8YSE, KU9C, N9RD, N0KE, 9H5IP, DJ7AO, DL1EK & DX News Letter, EA7FTR, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G4EDG, JE2EHP, JH1BAM, LA9VDA, LU6EF, ON4CGY, PA3DZM, VA3RJ, VK2CA, VK3DI and ZP6CW for the following DX information. TIP OF THE MONTH: When sending regular messages, turn OFF your 'HTML' format in your mail programs and use plain text. This will save a lot of bandwidth. Using 'HTML' usually makes the message twice as big and copies itself twice in one message! DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 29/April, through Sunday, 6/May there were 234 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, 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, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HK0/m, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TX0, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP6, VP8, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2 There were 55 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,15,21,22,23,24,25,26, 31,34,35,43,58,59,69,70,71,72,74,90 * PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. ARE WE HAVING A GREAT YEAR FOR DXING? Joe, W1JR, thinks so. Joe wrote to OPDX and states, 'Just a note to tell you DX this year is doing well and possibly ahead of all years. Each year I try to see how many DXCC entities I can work. In a good year I can make about 280-290. Hence, on January 1, 2001 I started anew AGAIN. I guess I never learn! Yesterday (May 3rd) I worked XU7 for DXCC #270, all in just over 4 months. This is the earliest in the year that I have ever worked 270 entities. I figure I have missed about 10 others. I do keep a normal sleep pattern and don't catch them all! The DX is there. You just have to listen and work them!' 3B6RF THE AGALEGA DXPEDITION (Update/Change). It has been reported that the 3B6RF team is now on the island as this bulletin was being prepared, but not after a change in traveling plans. The team flew to Seychelles as planned but ended up taking a boat to Agalega instead of flying. It was reported that it took the team 34 hours by boat, with rough seas and waves 3 meters high, to reach the island. They are expected to be on the air by 1500z, May 6th. The official news and updates will be posted on the team's Web page at: http://www.agalega2000.ch/ 9H, MALTA. To mark the event of the Pope's visit to Malta, the Malta Amateur Radio League is issuing a special Award and QSL Card. For further details, check out the Web page: http://www.9h1mrl.cjb.net A2, BOTSWANA. Charles, A25/KY4P, has been pleasing the crowd on CW on 17/15/10 meters. Watch 10 and 15 meters after 1530z around 1 to 2 kHz up from band edge. Check around 18089 kHz later in the day (as late as 2100z). QSL via SV0LM. AP, PAKISTAN. A good friend told me he needed AP on CW. Well, look for AP2ARS on 30 meters (one QSN said 'NO TAKERS'). Look around 10103 and 10104 kHz as early as 1600, but generally as late as 1900-2100z. Also, check 17 meters around 18074 kHz between 1200-1500z. QSL via S53R. DX ACTIVITY (Dayton HamVention). The Northern Ohio DX Association (along with WVNO Radio) will once again sponsor a Hospitality Suite at this year's Dayton Hamvention. It will be in Suite 1011 on the 10th Club Floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel (old Stouffers) on Friday and Saturday evenings. All DXers/Contesters are welcome. Munchies and refreshments will be avaialble. Come and meet the members and friends of NODXA. Visit the NJDXA Hospitality suite on the 12th floor of the Crowne Plaza. The suite should be open around 9 PM on Friday and will start hoping after the DX Dinner. ET, ETHIOPIA. Claudio, ET3VSC, continues to please many on CW on the 17 and 12 meter bands. Look for him on either band after 2200z, sometimes as early as 1030z. QSL via K3IRV. IOTA NEWS............... AS-089. By the time you read this, UA1PBP should have started a two week operation as UA1PBP/9 from the Kara Sea Coast West Group. QSL to RK1PWA. EU-038. Joel, F5PAC, will be active from Texel Island, as PA/F5PAC for the IOTA Contest at the end of July. EU-113. (Possibly EU-158) Steve, G4EDG, informs OPDX that he intend to operate from Kythira Island as SV8/G4EDG and possibly EU-158 as SV3/G4EDG starting appox. May 7th, for 2 weeks. This is a backpacking trip and operation will be 20 meters CW only with 5 watts to a dipole. QSL via home call. EU-148. Operators F5AUB, F5OSN, F5RVI, F5DBX, F5UOE, F5BJW, F5BKB, F4CLO, F5JBR, F5VV and F5XX will be active as F5XX/P from Fort Brescou, May 24-28th. However, during the CQWPX CW Contest, F5XX, F5VV and F5JBR will be active as TM5B. NA-041. NODXA member Byron, KF8UN, will sign KF8UN/KL7, and will be active (time permitting) from Sitka City Island, Alaska. The dates are July 7 through 10th, and he will start at 0700z. Operations will be on 40 and 20 meters. QSL via CBA. J5, GUINEA-BISSAU. Baldur, DJ6SI, and the J5X team continue to be active until May 11th. There has been plenty of active on RTTY and the WARC bands. This should be an easy catch if some one needs it. JD/M, MINAMI TORISHIMA. Katsumi, JD1BCK, seems to really like 15 meters. Look for him between 21270 and 21290 kHz after 2300z. QSL via JM1TUK. JD/O, OGASAWARA. You, JD1BIA, was heard this week and weekend on 15 meters around 21280 and 21290 kHz after 0000z and as late as 0830z. QSL via JD1BIA. JW PHOTOS. Rag, JW5HE, reports photos from Svalbard can be viewed at: http://no.photos.yahoo.com/la5he KH2, GUAM. Members of Mitsubishi Electric, JA1RTG, JF1CPE, JI1EOP, JK1EBA, JR3OET, JA5AGW and JI0PFJ will be active as KH2/JM1YGG between 0800z on May 10th through 0100z on May 13th. Activity will be on 40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 meters CW/SSB. QSL via JM1YGG for the bureau or direct to JA1RTG. KH2, GUAM. A group from the JA2 area will be active from here between June 9-12th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters. The callsigns and the QSL information are as follows: K1HP/KH2 (Yoshi) via JE2EHP KH2/JH2QFY (Aki) via JH2QFY N3WW/KH2 (Ban) via JF2WXS KH2/JJ2CYO (Yasu) via JJ2CYO KH2/JH2CYU (Michy) via JH2CYU KH2/JS2ITP (Yasu) via JS2ITP LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY.............. Operators G0KJW and G0OWE will be active as homecall/P on May 13th from Longstone Lighthouse (LH 0234 - WLH Award). QSL via their home callsigns. Look for SK0QO to be active between August 18th to 20th from Soderarm Lighthouse (LH 0175 - WLH Award). QSL via SK0QO. LU1ZA, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLAND (Update). The station LU1ZA has not been heard since April 21st. However, OPDX has received some info about this station. The operator's name is Claudio, and he is in the Argentina Army. He is a Ham but not a DXer. He does not speak English, but thanks to Raymundo, YS1RR, on April 21st a few people were able to work this station. His QSL route is as follows: Serv. Auxil. de Radioafic., de la Armada, Av. Del Libertador 8209, Capital Federal, CC 1429, Argentina. OJ0, MARKET REEF. Operators Arne/LA3IKA, Bjorn/LA5UKA, Paul/LA6YEA and Trond/LA9VDA will be active from Market Reef's Lighthouse (LH 0542 - WLH Award) between August 5-8th. They will sign OJ0/LA3IKA, OJ0/LA5UKA, OJ0/LA6YEA and OJ0/LA9VDA. Lars, OH0RJ, has also been invited to join them. They plan to be active on 160-2 meters, SSB/CW/RTTY. LA5UKA (ex-LC3NAT) will be active in the 2m NAC contest. QSL to homecalls except for LA6YEA (QSL via LA9VDA). Look for more info later by checking the following Web page: http://www.qsl.net/la9vda OY, FAROE ISLAND. Max/ON5UR and Wim/ON4CJI of the United Radio team will operate from Faroe Island (Stremoy Island - EU-018) with the callsign OY9UR, from May 28th through June 7th. They will be operating on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 meters. Wim is expected to be on PSK31. Also, look for them on May 26-27th and June 8-9th as a /MM. They will be active during the 6 meter contest on June 2-3rd. There will be a special full color QSL cards for both callsigns. QSL direct via OY9UR: United Radio, P.O.Box 33, Zichem 3271, Belgium. Remember: The QSO is short, the QSL is forever. QSL INFO AND NEWS....... Fran, EA7FTR, reports that he has the logs for BA1RB, and any station who needs a QSL can send via EA7FTR: Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain. He is also the QSL Manager for Jack, HC3RJ. QSL MANAGER CHANGE. Steve, DJ7AO, informs OPDX that he is no longer the QSL Manager for Ray, DL2GG/YV5. The new QSL Manager is Sigi, DL3AMA. Send direct via the CBA or via bureau. Allan, VK2CA, reports that Norried, H44NC, will be leaving New Georgia Island (OC-149) shortly to return to the USA for approx. 12 months. He will be carrying the H44NC logs from July 2000 onwards with him. The new address for H44NC, as of the 1st of May 2001, DIRECT ONLY will be as follows: Norried F. Chaisson, P.O. Box 2262, Springfield, MO 65801, USA. QSLs before July 2000 will still be answered, but only after returning to H4. QSL INFORMATION FROM THE DESK OF OH2BN: 'Effective May 15th, late QSLing of E44DX, H40AA, 4W/N5KO and 4W/W3UR will be done by Steve, KU9C. The procedure we use is to keep answering all direct requests for 18 to 24 months from the time of the actual DXpedition. At the end of that period, all remaining QSOs will be QSLed through the bureau network. Because we do not print extra QSLs for another round, a 'combo late request QSL-card' has been designed to confirm these late requests at KU9C. In the case of TX0DX, we will keep answering all direct requests up to September 2001, when the bureau release will take place. All TX0DX direct requests have been answered as of today and we hold no backlog.' de Jarmo Jaakola, OH2BN Update on PW0S QSL Status by Steve, KU9C: 'It appears that I will have the QSL cards for PW0S, barring unforeseen shipping problems, the weekend BEFORE Dayton. I expect them to arrive at my QTH on May 11th. If this happens on schedule, I plan to issue ALL direct QSL cards that are clean in the log by Tuesday, May 15th (it will be a busy weekend, but most of the preparation is done). Thus, many of you should have a shot at having your card in advance of the Dayton Hamvention. If the schedule slips, my plans are to do what I can do before leaving for Dayton, and finishing the process upon my return. Some of the PW0S members will be at Dayton, and will be hand carrying the paper logs, which will allow me to research any of the 'not in log' QSOs. Thus, if your card does not appear in your box immediately, please give me a few weeks to research the logs, as you may well be not in the log. I'll post a note when the QSL process is 'up to date'. Thanks to all of you that included donations with your QSL requests. The donations will be forwarded to the PW0S team to help pay down the expenses of this operation. If you would like further details, PY7ZZ's web site has a very detailed accounting of the DXpedition expenses, which you may find of interest. Go to the log search page at: http://www.soutomaior.eti.br/mario Click on the 'Costs' shortcut. Donations are still being accepted by myself and W9VA, Bill, as we are still trying to close the gap on expenses.............. 73 es DX IS! Steve KU9C' OPDX has been asked 'What is the QSL status of the VK9XY cards?' Last we heard was cards were coming out (for the U.S.) the first past of the year. Does anyone have a more current update to report? Doug, ZP6CW, informs OPDX that he has had a houseguest for the last thirty-some days, Ian, G4DIE. He obtained permission to operate and was active on CW and PSK. He has made over 400 PSK contacts to date. Ian was scheduled to leave May 1st. His QSL MANAGER is Doug's wife, Dani, ZP6CU. Doug states that, ZP6CU continues to be his manager, and manager for another North American there ZP6GG. She still has logs for S07UN and CN2UN, and they still have the cards on hand for those operations which are now QRT. Raul, LU6EF, GACW Coordinator and QSL Manager, announced this week that 'The GACW Group will accept eQSL cards to achieve the awards that they are currently using. Also, they will accept eQSL cards for any special certificate of merit issued to relevant individuals and/or organizations. In other words, the GACW coordinators will spread the benefits of this system to more than 500 members in Argentina and some other countries to encourage and enforce the use of this very safe, quick and cheap method of confirming amateur radio contacts. R1, FRANZ JOSEF LAND. R1FJL has been active on 12 meters lately. Check 24910 kHz around 1200z and after 0800z. QSL via UA3AGS. SPECIAL EVENT. Peter McDonald, VK3DI, Secretary, EMDRC Inc., informs OPDX that the special event callsign AX3ITU will be operated by members of the Eastern and Mountain Districts Radio Club (EMDRC) to celebrate the International Telecommunications Day for 24 hours commencing 0000z on May 17th, on behalf of the Wireless Institute of Australia (Vic Div). This is a relatively rare prefix for those prefix hunters. All HF bands will be activated at some time during the period of operation. QSL via VK3ER: P.O. Box 87, Mitcham, Victoria, Australia 3132. All logged callsigns will receive a QSL via the Bureau unless a direct request with sufficient return postage is received within 90 days of event. SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station EO56JM to be on by the Crimea Contest Club now through May 13th. QSL via KG6AR (Direct or Bureau). SPECIAL EVENT. The club station PI4TIL will use the special callsign PA6T during the period May 27th through June 3rd. During the field day weekend they will enter the CW contest and the 6 meter contest. During the weekend of June 2nd and 3rd, they will be active on 80-6 meters, 2 meters, 70 cm, 23 cm and 13 cm. Operations will be on CW, Phone, SSTV, RTTY, PSK31, ATV and satellites. On Wednesday, May 30th, they will be active on SSTV from 1800-2200z around the usual SSTV frequencies on 10, 15 and 20 meters. SPECIAL EVENT. The Old Barney A.R.C. announces a Special Event operation for the 'International Lighthouse Activity Weekend'. Station W2T will be operating from the 'Tucker's Island Lighthouse' in the 'Tuckerton Seaport', Tuckerton, New Jersey, at 1300z, August 18th, through 2300z, August 19th. Suggested frequencies are: 7280, 14280, 21380 and 28480 kHz (146.835/rpt). QSL via N2OO, PO Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087 USA. Send a 9'x12' SASE with 55 cents postage for QSL and Certificate... or SASE/SAE+IRC for just a QSL. TI, COSTA RICA. Philip, N0KE, will operate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as TI5X from TI5KD's station as QRP/All Band entry. N0KE will handle all contest QSLs for TI5X and TI5/N0KE outside the contest. ADDED NOTE: Over the previous two years contest operations were TI5N, and TI5KD handled the QSLs for this and other contest operations of TI5N. USI ACTIVITY....... The Roane County Amateur Radio Club (KW4JS) will be active beginning 1300z on May 19th, from Thief Neck Island, Tennessee. Thief Neck Island is in the Tennessee River in Roane County. Operation will be on all bands 20 through 10 meters. QSL via KW4JS. The USI reference number was not provided. VO2, LABRADOR, CANADA (Update). Fred, K2FRD, want to make one last plug for his Labrador DXpdition before he leaves for the north country on June 1st. He expects to commence operations about June 6th and will operate daily until he QRTs on August 31st. This will give the worldwide hams an opportunity to contact CQ Zone 2 and ITU Zone 9 (which are usually not active/listed every week). In brief, Fred will be operating mostly SSB (with occasional CW) on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, and 40 meters and CW on 30 meters per the schedule on his Web site. Normally, look for him near the MUF, which given the state of 10 meters recently, could be 17 or 20 meters. For more on his frequencies, bands, and schedule details, check his Web page at: http://sites.netscape.net/thefred3/labr1 Fred, K2FRD, states in his last press release: 'I'd like to thank you (KB8NW) and the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin, and the many hams worldwide who have provided encouragement and moral support for this trip. I will do my best to live up to everyone's (and my own) expectations. See you on the air......73, Fred K2FRD' VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS. Only a few more days to work VP8SDX. They will go QRT on May 9th. QSL via GM4FDM. XU, CAMBODIA. The station signing XU7ABC has been active over the past week on 20/17/15/12/10 meters CW. Check around 18072 kHz, 24903 kHz and 11 kHz from band edge. QSL via G3XAQ. Meanwhile, XU7ABN, has been playing on RTTY on 20 and 15 meters between 1330 and 1400z, also after 1800z. YO, ROMANIA. Jean Michel, F6AJA, will again be active as YO/F6AJA for the 8th year from Suceava (450km north of Bucarest). He will operate from the YO8FZ's QTH during his free time. Jean will be there from May 14-20th. ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Jim, N6TJ, will once again be active from here during May 7-17th. QSL via VE3HO. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving bounced mail by sending mail to me via ' [email protected] ', please send mail to me via ' [email protected] '...... 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To access: 1) Dial Number. 2) Wait for first ring (the second ring should be a false ring from the fax/data switch box) and then dial four quick ones ('1111'). (NOTE: Some FAX machines that send single 'BEEPS' every second will not have to do this step.) 3) The phone will pick up and after the 'BEEP' leave your voice message or FAX. /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Additional Bulletins for OPDX InterNet Subscribers. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AB5K AR-Cluster Network DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity For the week of Sunday, 29/April - Saturday, 5/May Nmbr Nmbr Band of Days of DXCC Stations Spots Activity the Week Modes ---- ------- ----- ----------------------------- ------------- ---------- 3A 6 18 .20. .12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3B6 6 11 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 .T. .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 3B8 4 21 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 3B9 1 59 .20.17.15.12.10. .T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2/r 1 95 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2 2 10 .20. .15.12.10. .T.W. CW. 3DA 3 22 .15. .10. M.T. .S CW. .RTTY 3V 4 11 .20. .15. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3W 12 260 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4J 11 46 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4L 11 36 .80. .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4S 15 114 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4W 3 10 .6 .T.W.T. .S. .SSB. 4X 54 145 160.80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5A 1 57 .20.17.15.12. .6 .W. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 5B 16 41 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5H 2 43 .80. .30.20.17.15.12. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5N 7 19 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5R 11 201 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5U 2 7 .15.12.10. .T. .S. .SSB. 5V 2 13 .20. .10. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5X 2 4 .15. .10. .S .SSB. 5Z 6 18 .20.17.15.12.10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6W 3 21 .40. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6Y 1 8 .20.17. .T.W.T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY 7Q 6 43 .30. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 7X 17 132 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8P 1 1 .10. .W. .SSB. 8Q 9 257 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 8R 6 19 .20. .15.12.10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9A 50 146 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9G 1 2 .10. .T. .SSB. 9H 24 93 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9J 3 22 .20.17.15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9K 9 128 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9L 1 1 .15. .S .SSB. 9M2 10 52 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M6 1 26 .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W. .F.S. .SSB. 9N 8 38 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9Q 4 64 .17.15.12. M.T. .F.S.S CW. .RTTY 9V 9 85 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9Y 5 13 .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T. .S.S .SSB. A2 4 22 .17.15. .10.6 .T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A4 6 59 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A5 2 2 .20.17. .T. .S CW. .RTTY A6 3 11 .20. .15. .10. .W. .F. .SSB. A9 4 9 160. .17. .10. .T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY AP 9 191 .80.40.30. .17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BV 28 71 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BY 40 145 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C3 4 11 .30.20.17.15. .T. .T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY C6 4 8 .17.15. .6 M. .W.T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY C9 1 23 .15.12. M.T. .F. .S CW. .RTTY CE 24 43 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE0A 1 2 .15. .F. CW. .RTTY CE9 4 107 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CM 25 90 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CN 10 32 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CP 7 40 160.80. .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT 43 90 160.80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT3 5 23 .12. .6 .T.W.T. .S.S .SSB. CU 12 63 .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CX 29 69 160. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D2 6 46 .40. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D4 3 27 .20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. D6 1 2 .15. .T. CW. .RTTY DL 331 811 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DU 27 84 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA 156 337 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA6 21 66 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA8 34 65 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA9 23 259 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EI 18 47 .80. .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EK 5 25 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. EL 3 4 .20. .15. .T.W. .F. .S .SSB. EP 2 2 .20. .T.F. .SSB. ER 14 42 .30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ES 14 29 160. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ET 6 76 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EU 28 70 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EX 15 104 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EY 5 50 .30. .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EZ 11 35 .20.17.15.12.10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY F 184 613 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FG 5 16 .20. .15. .10. M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FH 7 118 .40.30. .17.15.12. M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY FJ 3 10 .20.17. .12. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FK 17 82 .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FM 7 16 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FO 9 98 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY FP 1 1 .15. .T. .SSB. FR 9 86 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FW 2 60 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FY 2 15 .30.20. .15.12.10. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY G 120 256 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GD 5 32 .20.17.15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GI 11 21 160. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GJ 2 2 .17. .10. M. .S CW.SSB.RTTY GM 23 47 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GU 3 4 .6 M.T.W. .S CW. .RTTY GW 11 14 .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY H4 1 5 .17. .12. .F.S. .SSB. HA 53 140 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB 41 101 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB0 2 2 .20. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY HC 7 93 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HC8 1 2 .6 M. .S CW. .RTTY HH 1 3 .20. .S .SSB. HI 3 10 .80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK 10 24 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/a 5 29 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/m 9 96 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F. .S .SSB. HL 86 253 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HP 3 15 .20. .15. .10. M. .W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY HR 3 6 .15. .10. .T. .S.S .SSB. HS 17 107 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HV 1 58 .80. .20.17.15. .10.6 .T. CW.SSB.RTTY HZ 3 29 160. .15. .10.6 .F. CW.SSB.RTTY I 315 756 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY IS 10 18 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J2 7 72 .80. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J3 0 0 J5 4 783 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J6 3 16 .20.17. .12.10. .F.S.S .SSB. J7 6 154 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S CW. .RTTY J8 1 57 .30.20.17. .12.10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JA 286 637 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JD/o 1 10 .15. .T.F.S. .SSB. JD/m 6 42 .20. .15. .6 .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY JT 9 71 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JW 9 186 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JX 2 12 .15. .T. .S. .SSB. JY 11 96 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY K 484 757 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KG4 4 4 .20. .10.6 .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH0 16 87 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH2 6 57 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY KH3 1 1 .6 .S. .SSB. KH6 33 84 160.80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH8 2 8 .20. .6 M. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KL 28 90 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP2 4 4 .20. .15.12. M. .F. .S .SSB. KP4 22 27 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LA 40 79 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LU 96 172 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LX 17 55 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LY 25 55 .30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LZ 44 91 .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OA 13 28 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OD 16 131 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OE 59 128 .80.40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH 32 59 160. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH0 9 69 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OK 90 174 160.80. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OM 27 58 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ON 45 111 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OX 3 14 .30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY OY 3 30 160. .30. .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY OZ 45 127 .30.20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P2 7 31 .20. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P4 3 6 .40. .15. .10. .F.S.S .SSB. PA 64 132 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ2 1 5 .20. .15. .10. M.T. .T. .S. .SSB. PJ7 2 7 .80. .20. .15. .10. M.T.W. .SSB. PY 108 292 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0F 4 14 .12. .6 M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY PZ 4 20 .30.20.17.15.12. .6 M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY R1FJ 2 41 .20. .15.12. .T. .T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY S2 1 6 .15. M.T. .F. .S .SSB. S5 45 118 160.80. .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SM 78 189 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SP 81 145 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SU 12 113 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV 56 199 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV5 8 52 .20. .15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV9 8 31 .20.17.15. .6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T5 2 3 .20. .6 .W.T. CW.SSB.RTTY T7 7 45 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T9 15 46 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TA 31 123 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TF 11 47 .40. .20. .15. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TG 3 26 .20.17.15.12. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TI 13 18 160. .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TI9 1 1 .15. .F. TK 9 69 .40.30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TL 1 6 .17. .10. .W. .S .SSB. TR 7 31 .17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TT 1 1 .40. M. CW. .RTTY TU 4 18 .20.17.15. .10. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TX0 5 20 160.80.40.30.20. .10.6 M.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TY 1 1 .40. .F. UA 180 420 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA2 11 22 .40.30.20.17.15. .10. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA9 125 430 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UK 14 54 160. .20.17.15. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UN 28 69 .80. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UR 90 278 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V3 2 2 .20. .15. .T. .F. CW. .RTTY V4 4 27 .20. .12. .W.T.F.S.S .SSB. V5 8 121 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V6 6 221 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY V7 7 18 .80.40. .6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V8 4 6 .40. .15. .10. .T. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY VE 62 104 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK 144 356 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9C 16 1093 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9N 5 24 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. .T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP2E 2 2 .17. .12. M. .S. .SSB. VP2M 1 2 .17. .F. .SSB. VP2V 2 9 .20.17.15.12. M. .W. .S.S .SSB. VP6 1 1 .40. .T. VP8 11 943 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP8/o 1 1 .10. M. .SSB. VP9 7 139 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VQ9 3 71 .20. .15. .6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VR 16 78 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VU 50 230 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XE 29 64 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XT 1 5 .15. .S. .SSB. XU 6 42 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY XX9 1 1 .15. .T. .SSB. YB 62 260 .80. .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YI 7 32 .40. .20.17.15.12. M.T. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY YL 14 42 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YN 5 28 .30. .17. .12. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY YO 28 58 .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YS 6 14 .80. .20. .12.10.6 .T.W. .S.S .SSB. YU 39 132 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YV 23 32 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z2 6 35 .17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z3 11 40 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZA 4 16 .20.17.15.12. M. .W.T. CW.SSB.RTTY ZB 10 40 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZC4 4 91 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD7 6 19 .20.17. .6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD8 6 11 .6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZF 1 1 .6 .F. .SSB. ZK1/s 8 186 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZL 61 101 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZL7 1 10 .20. .15. .S. .SSB. ZP 11 34 .80. .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZS 65 227 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tot Stations: 5682 Tot Spots: 21994 Spotter of the week: K3ZO-1 (265 spots) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: 'Victor Rivera' <[email protected]> To: 'Northern Ohio DX Group' <[email protected]> Subject: ZK1 North and South Cooks update Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 08:14:24 -1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Kia Orana from the Island of Rarotonga Kia Orana to all Hams from ZK1CG Victor Rivera As you may have heard we are making a DX trip to North Cooks in October for CQWW SSB contest with five operators from the Western Washington DX Club. We will be in Manihiki North Cooks for 2 weeks from October 18th . We need help with this operation and would like to know if anyone is planning a vacation or trip to the Cook Islands before October. We just received the antennas we will use in the North and South Cooks for this operation at great expense via air freight to insure we can ship to the North Cooks before October. Now we need to get some ham radio gear down to Rarotonga so we can ship to Manihiki before October. So if any of you serious or not so serious hams are coming to the Cooks for a vacation or DXing please contact me. I'm sure we will make your stay in the Cook Islands a most pleasant and enjoyable, plus you will be helping many make a new contact from North and South Cooks. If you would like more information about this operation and what bands and modes we will be operating on please contact me. 73's Regards Victor Rivera Po Box 618 Rarotonga Cook Islands Ph (682) 23412 Fax (682) 23411 E-Mail [email protected] ZK1CG (Ham Radio call sign) ----------------------------------------- ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: [email protected] Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 'Totally devoted to Amateur Radio' - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.510 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 510 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 510 BID: $OPDX.510 May 7, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, W1JR, K2FRD, KF2TI, N2OO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4GN, K6GNX, KG6AR, KI6HT, W7WM, K8YSE, KU9C, N9RD, N0KE, 9H5IP, DJ7AO, DL1EK & DX News Letter, EA7FTR, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G4EDG, JE2EHP, JH1BAM, LA9VDA, LU6EF, ON4CGY, PA3DZM, VA3RJ, VK2CA, VK3DI and ZP6CW for the following DX information. TIP OF THE MONTH: When sending regular messages, turn OFF your 'HTML' format in your mail programs and use plain text. This will save a lot of bandwidth. Using 'HTML' usually makes the message twice as big and copies itself twice in one message! DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 29/April, through Sunday, 6/May there were 234 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, 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, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HK0/m, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TX0, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP6, VP8, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2 There were 55 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,15,21,22,23,24,25,26, 31,34,35,43,58,59,69,70,71,72,74,90 * PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. ARE WE HAVING A GREAT YEAR FOR DXING? Joe, W1JR, thinks so. Joe wrote to OPDX and states, 'Just a note to tell you DX this year is doing well and possibly ahead of all years. Each year I try to see how many DXCC entities I can work. In a good year I can make about 280-290. Hence, on January 1, 2001 I started anew AGAIN. I guess I never learn! Yesterday (May 3rd) I worked XU7 for DXCC #270, all in just over 4 months. This is the earliest in the year that I have ever worked 270 entities. I figure I have missed about 10 others. I do keep a normal sleep pattern and don't catch them all! The DX is there. You just have to listen and work them!' 3B6RF THE AGALEGA DXPEDITION (Update/Change). It has been reported that the 3B6RF team is now on the island as this bulletin was being prepared, but not after a change in traveling plans. The team flew to Seychelles as planned but ended up taking a boat to Agalega instead of flying. It was reported that it took the team 34 hours by boat, with rough seas and waves 3 meters high, to reach the island. They are expected to be on the air by 1500z, May 6th. The official news and updates will be posted on the team's Web page at: http://www.agalega2000.ch/ 9H, MALTA. To mark the event of the Pope's visit to Malta, the Malta Amateur Radio League is issuing a special Award and QSL Card. For further details, check out the Web page: http://www.9h1mrl.cjb.net A2, BOTSWANA. Charles, A25/KY4P, has been pleasing the crowd on CW on 17/15/10 meters. Watch 10 and 15 meters after 1530z around 1 to 2 kHz up from band edge. Check around 18089 kHz later in the day (as late as 2100z). QSL via SV0LM. AP, PAKISTAN. A good friend told me he needed AP on CW. Well, look for AP2ARS on 30 meters (one QSN said 'NO TAKERS'). Look around 10103 and 10104 kHz as early as 1600, but generally as late as 1900-2100z. Also, check 17 meters around 18074 kHz between 1200-1500z. QSL via S53R. DX ACTIVITY (Dayton HamVention). The Northern Ohio DX Association (along with WVNO Radio) will once again sponsor a Hospitality Suite at this year's Dayton Hamvention. It will be in Suite 1011 on the 10th Club Floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel (old Stouffers) on Friday and Saturday evenings. All DXers/Contesters are welcome. Munchies and refreshments will be avaialble. Come and meet the members and friends of NODXA. Visit the NJDXA Hospitality suite on the 12th floor of the Crowne Plaza. The suite should be open around 9 PM on Friday and will start hoping after the DX Dinner. ET, ETHIOPIA. Claudio, ET3VSC, continues to please many on CW on the 17 and 12 meter bands. Look for him on either band after 2200z, sometimes as early as 1030z. QSL via K3IRV. IOTA NEWS............... AS-089. By the time you read this, UA1PBP should have started a two week operation as UA1PBP/9 from the Kara Sea Coast West Group. QSL to RK1PWA. EU-038. Joel, F5PAC, will be active from Texel Island, as PA/F5PAC for the IOTA Contest at the end of July. EU-113. (Possibly EU-158) Steve, G4EDG, informs OPDX that he intend to operate from Kythira Island as SV8/G4EDG and possibly EU-158 as SV3/G4EDG starting appox. May 7th, for 2 weeks. This is a backpacking trip and operation will be 20 meters CW only with 5 watts to a dipole. QSL via home call. EU-148. Operators F5AUB, F5OSN, F5RVI, F5DBX, F5UOE, F5BJW, F5BKB, F4CLO, F5JBR, F5VV and F5XX will be active as F5XX/P from Fort Brescou, May 24-28th. However, during the CQWPX CW Contest, F5XX, F5VV and F5JBR will be active as TM5B. NA-041. NODXA member Byron, KF8UN, will sign KF8UN/KL7, and will be active (time permitting) from Sitka City Island, Alaska. The dates are July 7 through 10th, and he will start at 0700z. Operations will be on 40 and 20 meters. QSL via CBA. J5, GUINEA-BISSAU. Baldur, DJ6SI, and the J5X team continue to be active until May 11th. There has been plenty of active on RTTY and the WARC bands. This should be an easy catch if some one needs it. JD/M, MINAMI TORISHIMA. Katsumi, JD1BCK, seems to really like 15 meters. Look for him between 21270 and 21290 kHz after 2300z. QSL via JM1TUK. JD/O, OGASAWARA. You, JD1BIA, was heard this week and weekend on 15 meters around 21280 and 21290 kHz after 0000z and as late as 0830z. QSL via JD1BIA. JW PHOTOS. Rag, JW5HE, reports photos from Svalbard can be viewed at: http://no.photos.yahoo.com/la5he KH2, GUAM. Members of Mitsubishi Electric, JA1RTG, JF1CPE, JI1EOP, JK1EBA, JR3OET, JA5AGW and JI0PFJ will be active as KH2/JM1YGG between 0800z on May 10th through 0100z on May 13th. Activity will be on 40, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6 meters CW/SSB. QSL via JM1YGG for the bureau or direct to JA1RTG. KH2, GUAM. A group from the JA2 area will be active from here between June 9-12th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters. The callsigns and the QSL information are as follows: K1HP/KH2 (Yoshi) via JE2EHP KH2/JH2QFY (Aki) via JH2QFY N3WW/KH2 (Ban) via JF2WXS KH2/JJ2CYO (Yasu) via JJ2CYO KH2/JH2CYU (Michy) via JH2CYU KH2/JS2ITP (Yasu) via JS2ITP LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY.............. Operators G0KJW and G0OWE will be active as homecall/P on May 13th from Longstone Lighthouse (LH 0234 - WLH Award). QSL via their home callsigns. Look for SK0QO to be active between August 18th to 20th from Soderarm Lighthouse (LH 0175 - WLH Award). QSL via SK0QO. LU1ZA, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLAND (Update). The station LU1ZA has not been heard since April 21st. However, OPDX has received some info about this station. The operator's name is Claudio, and he is in the Argentina Army. He is a Ham but not a DXer. He does not speak English, but thanks to Raymundo, YS1RR, on April 21st a few people were able to work this station. His QSL route is as follows: Serv. Auxil. de Radioafic., de la Armada, Av. Del Libertador 8209, Capital Federal, CC 1429, Argentina. OJ0, MARKET REEF. Operators Arne/LA3IKA, Bjorn/LA5UKA, Paul/LA6YEA and Trond/LA9VDA will be active from Market Reef's Lighthouse (LH 0542 - WLH Award) between August 5-8th. They will sign OJ0/LA3IKA, OJ0/LA5UKA, OJ0/LA6YEA and OJ0/LA9VDA. Lars, OH0RJ, has also been invited to join them. They plan to be active on 160-2 meters, SSB/CW/RTTY. LA5UKA (ex-LC3NAT) will be active in the 2m NAC contest. QSL to homecalls except for LA6YEA (QSL via LA9VDA). Look for more info later by checking the following Web page: http://www.qsl.net/la9vda OY, FAROE ISLAND. Max/ON5UR and Wim/ON4CJI of the United Radio team will operate from Faroe Island (Stremoy Island - EU-018) with the callsign OY9UR, from May 28th through June 7th. They will be operating on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 and 6 meters. Wim is expected to be on PSK31. Also, look for them on May 26-27th and June 8-9th as a /MM. They will be active during the 6 meter contest on June 2-3rd. There will be a special full color QSL cards for both callsigns. QSL direct via OY9UR: United Radio, P.O.Box 33, Zichem 3271, Belgium. Remember: The QSO is short, the QSL is forever. QSL INFO AND NEWS....... Fran, EA7FTR, reports that he has the logs for BA1RB, and any station who needs a QSL can send via EA7FTR: Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, 21110 Aljaraque, Huelva, Spain. He is also the QSL Manager for Jack, HC3RJ. QSL MANAGER CHANGE. Steve, DJ7AO, informs OPDX that he is no longer the QSL Manager for Ray, DL2GG/YV5. The new QSL Manager is Sigi, DL3AMA. Send direct via the CBA or via bureau. Allan, VK2CA, reports that Norried, H44NC, will be leaving New Georgia Island (OC-149) shortly to return to the USA for approx. 12 months. He will be carrying the H44NC logs from July 2000 onwards with him. The new address for H44NC, as of the 1st of May 2001, DIRECT ONLY will be as follows: Norried F. Chaisson, P.O. Box 2262, Springfield, MO 65801, USA. QSLs before July 2000 will still be answered, but only after returning to H4. QSL INFORMATION FROM THE DESK OF OH2BN: 'Effective May 15th, late QSLing of E44DX, H40AA, 4W/N5KO and 4W/W3UR will be done by Steve, KU9C. The procedure we use is to keep answering all direct requests for 18 to 24 months from the time of the actual DXpedition. At the end of that period, all remaining QSOs will be QSLed through the bureau network. Because we do not print extra QSLs for another round, a 'combo late request QSL-card' has been designed to confirm these late requests at KU9C. In the case of TX0DX, we will keep answering all direct requests up to September 2001, when the bureau release will take place. All TX0DX direct requests have been answered as of today and we hold no backlog.' de Jarmo Jaakola, OH2BN Update on PW0S QSL Status by Steve, KU9C: 'It appears that I will have the QSL cards for PW0S, barring unforeseen shipping problems, the weekend BEFORE Dayton. I expect them to arrive at my QTH on May 11th. If this happens on schedule, I plan to issue ALL direct QSL cards that are clean in the log by Tuesday, May 15th (it will be a busy weekend, but most of the preparation is done). Thus, many of you should have a shot at having your card in advance of the Dayton Hamvention. If the schedule slips, my plans are to do what I can do before leaving for Dayton, and finishing the process upon my return. Some of the PW0S members will be at Dayton, and will be hand carrying the paper logs, which will allow me to research any of the 'not in log' QSOs. Thus, if your card does not appear in your box immediately, please give me a few weeks to research the logs, as you may well be not in the log. I'll post a note when the QSL process is 'up to date'. Thanks to all of you that included donations with your QSL requests. The donations will be forwarded to the PW0S team to help pay down the expenses of this operation. If you would like further details, PY7ZZ's web site has a very detailed accounting of the DXpedition expenses, which you may find of interest. Go to the log search page at: http://www.soutomaior.eti.br/mario Click on the 'Costs' shortcut. Donations are still being accepted by myself and W9VA, Bill, as we are still trying to close the gap on expenses.............. 73 es DX IS! Steve KU9C' OPDX has been asked 'What is the QSL status of the VK9XY cards?' Last we heard was cards were coming out (for the U.S.) the first past of the year. Does anyone have a more current update to report? Doug, ZP6CW, informs OPDX that he has had a houseguest for the last thirty-some days, Ian, G4DIE. He obtained permission to operate and was active on CW and PSK. He has made over 400 PSK contacts to date. Ian was scheduled to leave May 1st. His QSL MANAGER is Doug's wife, Dani, ZP6CU. Doug states that, ZP6CU continues to be his manager, and manager for another North American there ZP6GG. She still has logs for S07UN and CN2UN, and they still have the cards on hand for those operations which are now QRT. Raul, LU6EF, GACW Coordinator and QSL Manager, announced this week that 'The GACW Group will accept eQSL cards to achieve the awards that they are currently using. Also, they will accept eQSL cards for any special certificate of merit issued to relevant individuals and/or organizations. In other words, the GACW coordinators will spread the benefits of this system to more than 500 members in Argentina and some other countries to encourage and enforce the use of this very safe, quick and cheap method of confirming amateur radio contacts. R1, FRANZ JOSEF LAND. R1FJL has been active on 12 meters lately. Check 24910 kHz around 1200z and after 0800z. QSL via UA3AGS. SPECIAL EVENT. Peter McDonald, VK3DI, Secretary, EMDRC Inc., informs OPDX that the special event callsign AX3ITU will be operated by members of the Eastern and Mountain Districts Radio Club (EMDRC) to celebrate the International Telecommunications Day for 24 hours commencing 0000z on May 17th, on behalf of the Wireless Institute of Australia (Vic Div). This is a relatively rare prefix for those prefix hunters. All HF bands will be activated at some time during the period of operation. QSL via VK3ER: P.O. Box 87, Mitcham, Victoria, Australia 3132. All logged callsigns will receive a QSL via the Bureau unless a direct request with sufficient return postage is received within 90 days of event. SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station EO56JM to be on by the Crimea Contest Club now through May 13th. QSL via KG6AR (Direct or Bureau). SPECIAL EVENT. The club station PI4TIL will use the special callsign PA6T during the period May 27th through June 3rd. During the field day weekend they will enter the CW contest and the 6 meter contest. During the weekend of June 2nd and 3rd, they will be active on 80-6 meters, 2 meters, 70 cm, 23 cm and 13 cm. Operations will be on CW, Phone, SSTV, RTTY, PSK31, ATV and satellites. On Wednesday, May 30th, they will be active on SSTV from 1800-2200z around the usual SSTV frequencies on 10, 15 and 20 meters. SPECIAL EVENT. The Old Barney A.R.C. announces a Special Event operation for the 'International Lighthouse Activity Weekend'. Station W2T will be operating from the 'Tucker's Island Lighthouse' in the 'Tuckerton Seaport', Tuckerton, New Jersey, at 1300z, August 18th, through 2300z, August 19th. Suggested frequencies are: 7280, 14280, 21380 and 28480 kHz (146.835/rpt). QSL via N2OO, PO Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087 USA. Send a 9'x12' SASE with 55 cents postage for QSL and Certificate... or SASE/SAE+IRC for just a QSL. TI, COSTA RICA. Philip, N0KE, will operate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as TI5X from TI5KD's station as QRP/All Band entry. N0KE will handle all contest QSLs for TI5X and TI5/N0KE outside the contest. ADDED NOTE: Over the previous two years contest operations were TI5N, and TI5KD handled the QSLs for this and other contest operations of TI5N. USI ACTIVITY....... The Roane County Amateur Radio Club (KW4JS) will be active beginning 1300z on May 19th, from Thief Neck Island, Tennessee. Thief Neck Island is in the Tennessee River in Roane County. Operation will be on all bands 20 through 10 meters. QSL via KW4JS. The USI reference number was not provided. VO2, LABRADOR, CANADA (Update). Fred, K2FRD, want to make one last plug for his Labrador DXpdition before he leaves for the north country on June 1st. He expects to commence operations about June 6th and will operate daily until he QRTs on August 31st. This will give the worldwide hams an opportunity to contact CQ Zone 2 and ITU Zone 9 (which are usually not active/listed every week). In brief, Fred will be operating mostly SSB (with occasional CW) on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, and 40 meters and CW on 30 meters per the schedule on his Web site. Normally, look for him near the MUF, which given the state of 10 meters recently, could be 17 or 20 meters. For more on his frequencies, bands, and schedule details, check his Web page at: http://sites.netscape.net/thefred3/labr1 Fred, K2FRD, states in his last press release: 'I'd like to thank you (KB8NW) and the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin, and the many hams worldwide who have provided encouragement and moral support for this trip. I will do my best to live up to everyone's (and my own) expectations. See you on the air......73, Fred K2FRD' VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS. Only a few more days to work VP8SDX. They will go QRT on May 9th. QSL via GM4FDM. XU, CAMBODIA. The station signing XU7ABC has been active over the past week on 20/17/15/12/10 meters CW. Check around 18072 kHz, 24903 kHz and 11 kHz from band edge. QSL via G3XAQ. Meanwhile, XU7ABN, has been playing on RTTY on 20 and 15 meters between 1330 and 1400z, also after 1800z. YO, ROMANIA. Jean Michel, F6AJA, will again be active as YO/F6AJA for the 8th year from Suceava (450km north of Bucarest). He will operate from the YO8FZ's QTH during his free time. Jean will be there from May 14-20th. ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Jim, N6TJ, will once again be active from here during May 7-17th. QSL via VE3HO. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving bounced mail by sending mail to me via ' [email protected] ', please send mail to me via ' [email protected] '...... 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SB DX @ ARL $ARLD018 ARLD018 DX news ZCZC AE18 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 18 ARLD018 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 3, 2001 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD018 ARLD018 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, QRZ DX, 425DXnews, The Daily DX, W5STI, JT1KAA and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. AGALEGA AND ST. BRANDON, 3B6. Look for 3B6RF to be QRV from Agalega beginning about May 6. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via HB9AGH. BAHAMAS, C6. Bill, W4WX, will be QRV from Treasure Cay from May 7 to 14 as W4WX/C6A. He will be active using RTTY and some SSB on the newer bands. QSL to home call. ETHIOPIA, ET. Claudio, ET3VSC, has been QRV of late on 21260 kHz between 2030 and 2330z. QSL via K3IRV. GUINEA-BISSAU, J5. DJ6SI and others are QRV as J5X. They will be QRV until May 11 on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, FSK and SSTV. QSL via operator's instructions. JAPAN, JA. Special event station 8J3EAG is QRV until May 27 from the East Asian Games in Osaka. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters. QSL via JA3DBD. MONGOLIA, JT. Special event station JU1O will be QRV from May 5 to 13. QSL via JR0CGJ. FRANZ JOSEF LAND, R1FJ. R1FJL has been QRV on 24911 kHz from 0800 to 1230z. QSL via UA3AGS. POLAND, SP. Helmut, DL7VOX, is QRV as SO1VOX from Wolin Island, IOTA EU-132, until May 15. Activity is on all HF bands, including the newer bands, using mostly CW. QSL to home call. EGYPT, SU. Said, SU1SK, has been QRV on 21084 kHz just after 1200z. CENTRAL AFRICA, TL. Charles, TL8CK, has been QRV on 17 meters just prior to 2100z. QSL via F6EWM. UKRAINE, UR. The Ukrainian QRP Club will hold its first QRP expedition to the mountain Ai-Petri in the Crimea. They will be QRV as EM5QRP. Activity will generally be on the international QRP frequencies using mostly CW. Some SSB, RTTY and SSTV activity is also planned. QSL via UR7IRL. MONTSERRAT, VP2M. Look for VP2MR to be QRV for the first two weeks in May on all HF bands. QSL via W5PB. IRAQ, YI. Rodger is QRV from YI1BGD. He has been active on 18150 kHz just prior to 1400z and then on 14184 kHz just before 1600z. ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Jim, N6TJ, is expected to be QRV as ZD8Z from May 7 to 17. QSL via VE3HO. CHATHAM ISLANDS, ZL7. Ed, K8VIR, is here on business during the next few weeks. He will be QRV as ZL7IR during his spare time. Activity will be on 20, 17 and 15 meters. QSL via W8WC. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The MARAC County Hunters CW Contest, ARI International DX Contest, Danish SSTV Contest, Indiana, Connecticut, and Massachusetts QSO Parties, Ten-Ten International Net Spring CW QSO Party and the VHF/UHF Spring Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see May QST, page 106 for details. NNNN /EX
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.509 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 509 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 509 BID: $OPDX.509 April 30, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, N2OO, N3SL, W3HC, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4JZ, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4GN, W4WX, AC6WO, K6KM, K7BV, K7ZZ, K8YSE, N9RD, 9A7K, CT1END, CX6VM, DL1EK & DX News Letter, DF6QN, DK8LV, DL7IO, DL7VOA, F5NOD, F5NQL, F5UJK & WLH Board, HB9DLE, HL1IWD, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IK4NQL, IK2XDE, IV3SKB, JI3DST, RN3RQ, S52DG, SM7AED, SQ4NR, VE3BX, VU3DMP, VU2SBJ and YS1RR for the following DX information. 'SO MUCH ACTIVITY NO - ROOM TO REPORT ALL OF IT!..... de Tedd KB8NW' TIP OF THE WEEK: When sending regular messages, turn OFF your 'HTML' format in your mail programs and use plain text. This will save a lot of bandwidth. Using 'HTML' usually makes the message twice as big and copies itself twice in one message! DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 22/April, through Sunday, 29/April there were 231 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, 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, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FO/a, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HK0/m, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH4, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TX0, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9M, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, XZ, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2 There were 55 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,9,15,21,22,23,24,25, 26,31,34,35,43,58,59,69,70,71,72,74 * PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 3B6RF THE AGALEGA DXPEDITION (Update). As this was being written, the 3B6RF team is heading to Agalega and plans to arrive around May 2nd or 3rd. The team will start operating 10 or 12 hours after landing and stay active until the 16th or 17th of May. From a press release by Steve, N3SL, the advance team for 3B6RF had been on 3B8 for a week where they obtained the license and landing permit, and purchased the perishable supplies and arranged final transportation. The remaining crew should have been in 3B8-land by Saturday, April 28th. Their flight arrangements now calls for travel to 3B6 via S7, and they expect to be on the air by May 3rd, and to begin the tear down process on May 16th. They will not begin operations until all 6 stations are assembled, which includes the massive array of antennas. Once they start, they will be on all bands, 160-6 plus satellite, and all modes (CW, SSB, RTTY/PSK, FM, and SSTV). Their team of 21 members, many of whom gave you 3B7, is giving concentrated effort to North America, with extra attention to the low bands. Unfortunately, they do not share common darkness past the Midwest, so pray hard to the 160 gods! There may be times they have 2 or even 3 stations on 160 simultaneously if conditions warrant. They fully expect to finish with 100,000+ QSOs, approximately 65,000 on CW and at least 2,500 on RTTY/PSK. The digital modes will commence on day 1, but with times limited to 1 hour/continent until the CW pile-ups are worked down a bit. Then more effort will be placed on digital. PSK31 will be a bit unique, as they are using software capable of decoding multiple signals simultaneously. They will listen both up and down 1+ kHz, allowing them to work someone 'up 1' while already decoding the next station 'down 1' and vice versa, keeping the rates as high as possible. Standard DX frequencies will be used, and they will always work split. The entire band plan is spelled out on their web page. A color QSL is planned, so QSLing will not begin for some time after the expedition is over. North American (Canada, U.S., and Mexico) QSLs go via Kimberly Larson, the daughter of N3SL, at N3SL's CBA: 22 N Hidden Acres Drive, Sioux City, IA, 51108. All other QSLs via HB9AGH. As usual, the bureau will be used for cards received via the bureau or without sufficient return postage. Their web page gratefully acknowledges all of their sponsors and contributors to date. Each team member has put forth a minimum of 6000 USD toward this effort, but with the change in travel plans via S7, significant, unexpected expenses have been incurred, and further assistance/donations will be greatly appreciated. Information and feedback during the expedition should be sent via their American pilot station: Bill Avery, K6GNX, at ' [email protected] '. They especially want feedback from the western half of the U.S., where 3B6 is needed most. Online logs will be updated daily during the expedition. For more info and daily news, check out the 3B6RF Web page at: http://www.agalega2000.ch 3D2/R, ROTUMA. Katsumi, JA1NVF, is now active as 3D2NV/R. His length of stay is unknown at this time. He has been very active on 20/17/15/12/10 meters SSB and FM 10 meters. QSL via home callsign. 4N8, KOSOVO, YUGOSLAVIA. Boyan, LZ1BJ, was signing 4N8/LZ1BJ from Pristina this past week. Activity seems to be on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via his home callsign. 8Q, MALDIVES. Only a few more days to work Peter, HA2SX, as 8Q7KK. He will go QRT on May 4th. His activity has been mainly on CW. Check 3504, 7005, 10107, 14003, 18080 and 21005 kHz. QSL via HA2SX. 9A, CROATIA (Lighthouse Operation). Franjo, 9A2MF, has started operation from the Croatian lighthouse Savudrija. Franjo is a lighthouse keeper who has been in service for the past 20 years, and stationed on many Croatian lighthouses. Currently, he is stationed on the SAVUDRIJA, where he will be for the next several years. He has already erected an antenna on the lighthouse building. The 'Lighthouse Savudrija' is valid for Croatian Light House Award. Savudrija is a CLH-73. Hams interested in the Croatian Light House Award can get all the details on the following Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/9a7k C6A, BAHAMAS. Bill, W4WX, will be operating from the Treasure Cay, Bahamas, May 7-14th, as W4WX/C6A. He will be active on RTTY and some SSB on the WARC bands. QSL via home call. CS, PORTUGAL. Operators CT1EPS, CT1ETX, CT1END, CT1AHU, EA7KW and EA7AH will be active from 'Point of Sagres' (locator IM56MX) as CS0RCL/p, June 2-3rd. This operation is valid for the 'Castles and Forts Portuguese Award', reference numbers: DCFP (F-054), DMP (815) and DFP (FAL-02). Their activity will be on HF, 6 meters, 2 meters and 23cm. Skeds can be made for 6/2 meters and 23cm via E-mail through CT1EPS at: [email protected] QSL via bureau or direct to CT1EPS. CW, URUGUAY. Jorge, CX6VM, reports that he will be active in the next CQ WPX CW Contest as CW6V. He will be operating as a Single Operator/ All Bands/ Tribander / Single elements category (SOAB TS). Jorge will be mostly on 10/15/20/40 meters due to the difficultly of getting 6 point QSOs on the others low bands. QSL to his QSL Manager W3HNK: Joseph Arcure Jr., P.O.Box 73, Edgemont PA 19028, USA EAST TIMOR VIDEO. Dennis/K7BV and Dick/N6FF have announced that a 32 minute video titled, 4W/K7BV 4W/N6FF Timor Lorosae DXpedition - 'Memories Beyond the Pileups', is now available in VHS 1/2' tape format (standard USA) or on a CD for 15USD + 5USD handling (USA via Priority Mail). They will also make the video available in PAL format if there is sufficient interest. If interested, contact K7BV, and he will forward all inquires on to the proper people. Please send inquiries via E-mail to: [email protected] Or by (snail) mail to: Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, 4357 Appollonio Way, Washoe Valley, NV 89704. FP, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON ISLANDS. Wendell, K4JZ, has announced what he calls 'The Poor Boy DX-Pedition'. From June 14-18th, Wendell will be operating from FP-land using the callsign FP/K4JZ. His operations will be on 40-10 meters SSB. QSL To K4JZ with SASE. This is a one man operation, and any donations will be appreciated. HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLAND. Operators Robert/N5KO, Charles/W6OAT, Ken/K6TA, Kay/K6KO, Jon/N0JK and George/K5PI will activate HC8N in the CQ WPX CW Contest as a Multi-Multi catagory. QSL via AA5BT. HK0, MALPELO. Pedro, HK3JJH/HK0, continues to be active. This will be the last week to work him. Activity will end May 7th. QSL Manager Carl, N4AA, reports he will NOT have cards/logs until mid-May after Pedro returns home. He estimates that it will be at least June before everything is in place to start answering the hundreds of requests pouring in. PLEASE READ SPECIAL NOTE under 'QSL INFO AND NEWS....' HV, VATICAN. Look for HV5PUK to be active from the Vatican City on May 3rd, as usual during the 'V Lateran Journey'. Operations will be on HF, 6 and 2 meters starting around 0800z. QSL to Luca, IW0DJB, the QSL Manager of HV5PUL. IOTA NEWS................... AS-NEW. Lee, HL1IWD, informs OPDX that the Korea DX Club regrets to say that their scheduled (May 5-6th) operation for the Kangwondo Province has been cancelled. They could not get the landing permission from government's Ministry of Defence. He states that a few years ago, a North Korean submarine was wrecked and captured near where they were going to operate. After that, the military's HQ has been sensitive to island landing, especially overnight stays. Also, they do not understand about ham radio and IOTAs! They will try to find another way. AS-056. Joe, JA4PXE/6, will be active from Danjo Island starting around 2200z on May 4th, ending May 6th at 2200z. He will be operating on 14260 and 21260 kHz +/- QRM, and 50.145 MHz. QSL via JA4PXE. AS-096. Chetan, VU3DMP, from Mangalore (West coast of Southern India) and Srikanth, VU2SBJ from Manipal, informs OPDX that a team of Indian operators will be activating St. Mary's Island from May 5-7th. The un-inhabited, bare and very small St. Mary's Island is located in the Udupi district in the state of Karnataka. The permission from the government, WPC (Wireless Planning & Coordination) has already been granted for this operation. WX permitting, they intend to run 3 stations active on most bands most of the time with about 12 operators. The stations will be active on CW and Phone. The 12 operators that were mentioned are: VU2MHC (Manipal Club Callsign), VU2SBJ, VU3DMP, VU2MTT, VU2RDQ, VU2PAI, VU2NJN VU2RDJ (YL), VU2HEG, VU2RCT, VU2JIX, VU2GPH and VU2JRO. Their activity will be on 80-10 meters with Yagis, Verticals etc..., on CW and SSB with three station active continuously. There is a web page with more information about the operations on: http://www.vuiota.com QSLing will be handled individually for each callsigns, direct (S.A.S.E) (Qrz.com, vuiota.com) or via Bureau is OK. Bureau requests can be sent to: [email protected] EU-048. Francois, F2GL, will be active from Houat Island now through May 6th. Operations will be on CW/SSB, 80-10 meters (including the WARC bands). QSL to F2GL, direct or via bureau. EU-130. Andy/IV3SKB and Mauro/IV3HAX will be active from Martignano Island (IIA-UD-005), May 1-7th. Activity will be 40-10 meters, including the WARC bands, on CW/SSB. QSL via IV3HAX. EU-136. Dusan, S52DG, will be active as 9A/S52DG/P from Krk Island (CI-046 - Croatian Island Award), now through May 1st. His activity will be 80-10 meters. QSL via CBA or bureau. J5, GUINEA-BISSAU. Baldur, DJ6SI, and others have activated the callsign J5X now through May 11th. Their activity will be on 160-6 meters on SSB, CW, RTTY, FSK, SSTV. QSL CW/SSB to DJ6SI. QSL RTTY, FSK, SSTV to DL1QW. JW, SVALBARD (Update/Rare IOTA). 'DXpedition Artic 2001' will take place during June 1-9th, from Prins Karls Forland Island (Polpynten Area) which has the rare IOTA EU-063 (Spitsbergen's Coastal Islands). The callsign will be JW0PK. The team operators are as follows: DL5NAM/Christoph, ES1CH/ Aleksei, F5PBL/Claude, I2ADN/Angelo, IK2XDE/Andrea, IK2XDF/Giampaoalo, IK4MED/Dario, LA3OHA/JW3OHA/Terje, LA8AV/JW8AV/Egil, ON4AMX/Marc, S57FYL/ Aleksandra, S53AC/Atila, SP5DRH/Jacek, SP5LCC/Witold, US0VA/Igor (Doctor of the team), XE1BEF/Hector and others (members of logistic & security). They plan to operate on all bands and modes on the following suggested frequencies: SSB - 1840, 3790, 7060, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24950, 28460, 50145, 144250 CW - 1822, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14020, 18080, 21020, 24895, 28020, 50095, 144025 RTTY - 14080, 21080, 28080 | JW7SIX Beacon Frq. 50.047 Mhz. PSK31- 14071, 21071, 28071 | WW Locator JQ68TB FM - 29200 | There will be activity on the satellites/RTTY/PSK31. They will try 6 meters 24 hours a day. They will try the lower bands, but they will have daylight during the operation, so low bands QSO will be difficult. They are looking for sponsors or support, so if you want send them a contribu- tions, you can use this address: DXPEDITION ORG., P.O. Box 584, 9171 Longyearbyen, Svalbard Islands, (Norway). QSL Manager is SP5DRH, QSL via the bureau is ok. If you prefer a direct QSL from SP5DRH, send it to: Mr. Jacek Kubiak, P.O.Box 4, 00-957 Warszawa - Poland. For more info, please send E-mail to them at: [email protected] Their Web Page is at: http://www.dxpedition.org KH1, BAKER AND HOWLAND ISLANDS. Raymundo, YS1RR, announced this past weekend that the same team which was active from Conway Reef 2001, is planning a DXpedition to Baker and Howland Islands at the end of the year. The expect it to take place during the months of September/October 2001, with alternative schedule for the months of February/March 2002. The leader of DXpedition will be Hrane, YT1AD. More datails and plans are forthcoming soon. LU, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLAND. A station signing LU1ZA from here was active for about an hour on April 21st on 28325 kHz on SSB. His activity started about 1830z, and the operator could not speak English. It is unknown how long he will be there. If anyone knows more information about this operator/station, please pass it on to OPDX. There are many who need this station as a new one. NEW DXER IN THE FAMILY? The DX team of Holger/DL7IO and Birgit/DL7IQ added an addition to the family on Sunday, April 22nd. NODXA's friend Holger informs OPDX that the mother Birgit and new daughter Xenia are fine. Xenia weighted in at 3590g and her length was 51 cm. She has long black hair (like her sister Saskia had). Congratulations to both Birgit and Holger! By the way, the first pictures of the new arrival are available at the following Web link: http://www.ea8.de/xenia.html QSL INFO AND NEWS.................... IMPORTANT NOTICE. Carl, N4AA, editor of QRZ DX and QSL Manager for Pedro, HK3JJH/HK0, reports that he has just learned that the FCC made an error in his zip code when they processed a change of address several months ago and he never noticed their mistake. The post office brought this to his attention when all the mail started coming in for HK3JJH/HK0. Please help and spread the word that the correct address for N4AA is: Carl Smith, PO Box 249, Leicester, NC 28748-0249 Mac, W3HC, has informed OPDX that he is now the QSL Manager for EP3SP. Gil, F5NOD, reports that Eric, F5SIH (ex-FO0BOG), states that the QSL cards are printed, and the first package of QSL should be in the mail as of this past weekend. FR/T QSL STATUS. Gil, F5NOD, reports that 1000 QSLs are still in the hands of Larry F5PYI, (QSL receieved in August/September). Larry is back at home and they will mail them very soon. They have sent about 8000 QSLs out, but they are still working on the QSLing and there is about 1000 QSL cards yet to go. Gil states the following: - 'PLEASE, Do not resend QSL request !! (save your green stamps) - I WILL INFORM YOU WHEN ALL QSL WILL BE SENT !! AFTER THAT YOU CAN RESEND REQUESTS .. FOR LOST MAIL etc... ... - We will start Bureau QSLing after all direct QSLs are sent - DO NOT SEND ME (or to Erwann F6JJX) E-mail 'Did you received my QSL ?' >> We really don't know! - DON'T FORGET to put with your request , postage contribution and SAE (SELF ADRESSED Envelop) many of you forgot the SAE!!! ... Also don't forget to write your country on the SAE!! Many of you forgot it too ... That's the major reason for lost mail.' QSL K5K STATUS. The 425 DX News reports that Tom, N4XP, is processing and mailing QSLs daily. He started six weeks ago, but the queue was over 30,000, so it will take a while. R2/DK8LV STATUS. Stephan, DK8LV, reports that all cards received have not been answered yet. The reason for this is that after his stay in Kaliningrad last year, friends in UA2-land ordered the QSL cards by UA3AA in Moscow. He received the package with the cards last December, but they were all printed with the wrong callsign (R2/DL8LV!). So, Stephan had to order new cards again, but they have not arrived yet - shipment date was February 22nd (!!). He states that he will wait until the end of April, and if the cards are not received by then, he will look for a new printer. Stephan will answer all cards as soon as they are ready from the printer. QSLs for TA0/IT9YRE/p and TA0/IT9WDY/p go to IT9YRE either direct (Ferdinando Rubino, P.O. Box 30, 96012 Avola - SR, Italy) or through the ARI bureau. The team of operators that were active from Enewetak as V73E are back on Kwajalein as this bulletin was being prepared. They made about 18,000 QSOs. QSL via WF5T. A Web site has been set up for this operation at: http://www.sixmeters.com/v73e Bill, K6KM, reports that all direct QSLs for VK9NOO and VK9NNN have been answered. No bureau cards have been received yet. He mentions that about 5% of the cards had the wrong date. NONE had time off by more than five minutes. Bill states, 'Apparently many ops don't know that U. S. postage to almost anywhere is now 80 cents. Many cards had 60 cent stamps. Correct U. S. postage is best, 1 USD is almost as good, IRCs are a pain but they work (only 1 required). Envelopes with peel-off stickies are GREAT! Thanks to those who sent them!' Bob Schenck, N2OO/9M6OO/V85OO, announced the formation of 'The QSL Manager's Society'. This will be a web based 'organization' that will act as a 'point of contact' for quality QSL managers, and for DXpeditions or DX stations looking for one. It will also provide a central source of information useful to any QSL manager. Please visit the web page at: http://www.qsl.net/qslmanagers SAD NOTE. Bob Schenck, N2OO/9M6OO/V85OO, sadly reported this week the passing of H.G. Hassan, V85HG (aka V8HG). Hassan was always a strong and steady voice for Ham Radio in Brunei. He will be sorely missed. Bob mentions that a nice photo of Hassan can be found on the Buckmaster callsign server at the web site: http://buck.com/cgi-bin/do_hamcallexe (enter V85HG). OPDX and the DX community send out our deepest sympathy to the family and friends. SPECIAL EVENT. During the celebration of the 56th Anniversary of the end World War II, the members of the 'Michurinsk Contest Groupe' will activate the special event stations RP3RST, RP3RTG, RP3RTK and RP3RZK between May 5-9th and May 12-13th (including the 'ARI DX' and 'CQ-M' contests). If you make contacts with these stations (CIS stations - 15 QSOs, EU stations - 10 QSOs, DX stations - 5 QSOs; dupes are valid on different bands or modes) you will receive a 'MCG-medal' trophy free of charge (please, send only 2 IRCs for postal expenses). QSLs for all these stations are via RN3RQ (direct, bureau or E-mail requests for bureau cards is OK): Jack Yatskiv, P.O.Box 30, Michurinsk 393760, Russia. His E-mail address is: [email protected] All QSL requests for the 2000 year activity were sent via the bureau. 'THE MOBILE DXER' (New Book). Dave, AC6WO, has informed OPDX that he has written a new book for 'The Mobile DXer'. This book is the 'First and Only' book devoted entirely to Mobile Dxing. 'The Mobile DXer' will be introduced to the Amateur Radio community by CQ Publications next month at Dayton. If you are interested in Mobile DXing and are going to Dayton, stop by the CQ Booth and take a peek at 'The Mobile DXer'. TK, CORSICA (IOTA Activity). Pierre/F5MOG and Jean-Pierre/F1AHO, will be active from North Corsica (EU-014, DIFM TK001) near cap Corse now through May 6th, as TK/F5MOG and TK/F1AHO. Activity will be on the HF bands, both CW and SSB, every day after 4:00 PM (their local time). On April 29th or May 1st (according to boat possibilities), check for them to be active from Giraglia Island (EU 164, DIFM TK 007, WLH 0511). On May 5 and 6th, Jean Pierre, F1AHO, will be active on hyper (5.7, 10 and 24 Ghz). QSL via F5MOG, direct CBA or via French REF Bureau. TX0, CHESTERFIELD ISLAND. The TX0C team is now active until about May 2nd or 3rd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW/SSB. QSL via JA1BK. VK9C, COCOS-KEELING ISLAND. The English team of three operators is very active on 30-10 meters CW/SSB (frequencies listed in OPDX.508). Activity by VK9CXF, VK9CXJ and VK9CXW will last until May 5th. VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS. The Scottish team of 4 four operators is making it easy for anyone who needs this on CW. VP8SDX is on ALL bands 160-10 meters (frequencies listed in OPDX.508). Activity will last until May 8th. XX9, MACAO. Arto, OH2KW, will be on the air again from here. He will be active between May 18-20th and during the CQ WPX CW Contest (May 26-27th). His callsign will again be XX9TKW. QSL via his home callsign, via the bureau or CBA. ZK1, NORTH & SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Remember to look for Uwe/DL9NDS and Klaus/DL7NFK to be active as ZK1NDS and ZK1NFK (refer to OPDX.500). By the time you read this, they should be active. Activity will last until May 18th. They will activate a few IOTAs during their stay: Rarotonga (OC-013), Mangaja Island (OC-159), Aitutaki Island (OC-083) and Manihiki (OC-014). Their emphasis will be on the modes RTTY/PSK31/MFSK16. QSL via their home callsigns. They will have an online log available at: http://www.dl9nds.de/Cook/cook.html ZL7, CHATHAM ISLANDS. Ed, K8VIR/ZL4IR, is expected to be here on business during the next few weeks. 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To access: 1) Dial Number. 2) Wait for first ring (the second ring should be a false ring from the fax/data switch box) and then dial four quick ones ('1111'). (NOTE: Some FAX machines that send single 'BEEPS' every second will not have to do this step.) 3) The phone will pick up and after the 'BEEP' leave your voice message or FAX. /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Additional Bulletin for OPDX InterNet Subscribers. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AB5K AR-Cluster Network DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity For the week of Sunday, 22/April - Saturday, 28/April Nmbr Nmbr Band of Days of DXCC Stations Spots Activity the Week Modes ---- ------- ----- ----------------------------- ------------- ---------- 3A 2 19 .40. .20.17.15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 3B8 5 43 .30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 3B9 2 20 .20.17.15.12. M. .W. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2/r 2 40 .20.17.15.12.10.6 .F.S. .SSB. 3D2 3 30 .20. .15. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3DA 1 11 .15. .10. .F.S. CW. .RTTY 3V 6 24 .20.17.15. .10. M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3W 7 206 .40. .20. .15. .10. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4J 7 37 .30.20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4L 12 27 .80.40. .20. .15. .10. M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4S 9 95 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4U1U 1 1 .17. M. 4W 2 9 .6 M. .W.T.F.S. .SSB. 4X 104 280 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5A 2 25 160. .17.15.12. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5B 18 98 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5H 3 48 .80. .30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5N 12 32 .20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5R 6 41 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5X 1 3 .10. .S. .SSB. 5Z 4 5 .20.17.15. .10. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6W 4 27 .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6Y 3 8 .20.17.15. .10. .W. .F.S.S .SSB. 7Q 8 66 .40. .17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 7X 10 38 .40. .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8P 4 11 .15. .10. M. .W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 8Q 6 231 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8R 6 10 .40. .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9A 24 60 160.80.40.30.20.17. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9G 1 1 .15. .T. .SSB. 9H 14 33 .40.30. .17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9J 2 27 .40. .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9K 8 70 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9L 0 0 9M2 13 87 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M6 2 13 .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F. .SSB. 9N 3 14 .15. .10. M.T.W. .S.S .SSB. 9Q 3 24 .17. .12. .T. .S. CW. .RTTY 9V 7 53 .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9Y 6 15 .30.20. .15. .10.6 .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A2 7 60 .17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A3 1 1 .20. .T. .SSB. A4 14 89 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A5 1 2 .20. .10. .T. .S .SSB. A6 4 26 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY A9 2 7 .17. .12. .W. .S. CW. .RTTY AP 10 60 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BV 28 53 160.80. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BY 32 78 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C3 6 8 .20.17. .12.10. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C6 2 2 .20. M. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY C9 5 16 .15.12. .6 M.T.W. .S.S CW. .RTTY CE 26 57 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE9 5 48 .30.20. .15.12.10. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CM 27 64 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CN 8 23 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CP 8 24 160. .40. .20.17.15. .10. .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT 20 31 160.80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT3 6 21 .80. .30.20. .12.10.6 M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CU 11 55 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F. .S .SSB. CX 30 75 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D2 6 33 .40. .20. .15. .10. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D4 2 52 .40. .20. M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. DL 170 295 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DU 27 82 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA 104 280 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA6 15 38 160. .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA8 24 51 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA9 11 46 .40. .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EI 19 37 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EK 5 16 .20.17.15. M.T.W. .F.S.S .SSB. EL 3 4 .20. M.T. CW.SSB.RTTY EP 3 8 .20. .10. M. .W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ER 4 13 .30.20.17. .12. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ES 14 20 .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ET 4 8 .80. .15. .6 .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EU 22 48 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EX 14 58 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EY 4 23 .30. .17. .12.10.6 .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EZ 6 18 .20.17.15. .10. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY F 113 351 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FG 8 15 .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FJ 1 8 .20. .12. .T. .T. .S. .SSB. FK 10 53 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FM 6 19 .40.30.20. .12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FO 8 109 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FO/a 1 4 .10. .S CW. .RTTY FR 17 136 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FW 2 35 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FY 7 27 .40. .20.17. .12.10. M. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY G 109 256 160. .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GD 9 33 .20. .6 .T.W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY GI 13 24 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GJ 3 3 .30. .10. .W.T.F. CW. .RTTY GM 48 164 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GU 8 12 .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GW 14 25 .17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY H4 1 2 .20.17. .F.S. .SSB. H40 0 0 HA 33 54 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB 43 64 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB0 1 1 .15. .S. HC 8 50 .80. .30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HI 3 4 .40. .20.17. .10. M. .T.F. .S CW. .RTTY HK 16 31 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/a 8 46 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/m 15 169 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. HL 66 154 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HP 4 10 .80. .20.17.15. .10. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HR 4 16 .30.20. .15. .10. M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HS 16 92 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HZ 5 24 .20. .15. .6 .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY I 222 555 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY IS 12 34 .40. .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY J2 5 88 .30. .17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J3 1 1 .10. .W. CW. .RTTY J5 1 111 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY J6 1 2 .20. M. .W. .SSB. J7 5 155 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J8 3 85 .30.20.17. .12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JA 176 287 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JD/m 2 3 .15. .10. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JT 8 71 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JW 10 97 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JX 2 13 .80.40. .20. .15. M.T.W. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY JY 6 44 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY K 304 451 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KG4 2 5 .6 M. .T.F. .S .SSB. KH0 7 18 .40. .20. .15. .10. M.T.W. .F.S.S .SSB. KH2 8 65 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH4 3 19 .80. .17.15.12.10. .S .SSB. KH6 18 35 .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH8 3 45 .15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KL 16 41 .30.20.17.15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP2 6 24 .30.20.17.15.12.10. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP4 27 49 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LA 37 62 .80.40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LU 85 149 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LX 10 30 .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LY 13 21 .80.40. .20.17.15. .T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LZ 21 53 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OA 10 19 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OD 8 73 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OE 32 46 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH 37 76 160.80. .30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH0 6 21 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY OK 32 48 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OM 18 24 .40.30.20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ON 27 36 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OX 3 16 .40.30. .17.15. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY OY 3 12 .40.30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY OZ 38 116 .40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P2 6 27 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P4 2 3 .17. .S .SSB. PA 52 94 160.80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ2 3 7 .20.17. .10. .T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ7 3 10 .20. .15. .10. .T. .T.F. .S .SSB. PY 103 261 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0F 3 16 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PZ 5 17 .40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY R1FJ 2 11 .10. .F. CW. .RTTY S0 1 4 M. CW. .RTTY S2 2 17 .20. .15. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S5 24 44 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S7 1 2 .30. .10. .W. CW. .RTTY S9 1 8 .15. .F.S. .SSB. SM 70 243 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SP 38 63 .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SU 21 110 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV 42 107 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV5 3 20 .20.17.15. .T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. SV9 6 9 .20.17. .6 .W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY T7 5 30 .40.30.20.17.15. M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY T8 4 29 .30.20.17.15.12. .6 .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T9 12 23 .40. .20. .15. .6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TA 39 206 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TF 9 12 .80.40. .20.17.15. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TG 3 20 .40. .20.17. .12.10. .T. .F.S.S .SSB. TI 17 42 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TK 5 13 .40. .20.17. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TL 3 5 .20. .15.12.10. M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TR 9 47 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TT 1 2 .15. .10. .T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY TU 5 28 .20. .15. .10. .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TX0 1 2 160.80.40.20. .15. .10. .F.S.S CW.SSB. UA 122 255 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA2 11 57 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA9 86 615 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UK 17 52 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UN 23 39 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UR 71 241 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V2 2 2 .15. .6 .W. .S. .SSB. V3 2 3 .20. .15. .6 .W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V4 2 5 .20. M. .W.T. .S .SSB. V5 5 106 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V6 1 1 .15. .S. CW. .RTTY V7 5 391 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V8 5 31 .20. .15. .10. M. .W.T.F.S. .SSB. VE 58 91 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK 145 356 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9C 3 87 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12. .S. CW. .RTTY VK9M 4 465 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9N 3 9 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY VP2E 1 1 .15. .S .SSB. VP2V 4 6 .30.20.17.15.12. M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP5 2 4 .17. .12. .W. .SSB. VP6 2 7 .20. .S .SSB. VP8 12 616 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP9 3 8 .30. .17.15. M.T. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY VQ9 6 80 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VR 8 42 .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VU 38 145 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XE 24 37 160. .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XT 2 4 .20. .10. M. .W. .S .SSB. XU 1 2 .20. .F. CW. .RTTY XX9 1 3 .15. .F. .SSB. XZ 2 3 .20. .S .SSB. YB 58 245 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YI 8 35 .40. .20.17.15.12. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YK 1 3 .20. M.T.W. CW. .RTTY YL 9 27 .80. .30.20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YN 1 1 .40. M. CW. .RTTY YO 13 19 .20.17.15.12. .T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YS 4 13 .20. .15. .6 M.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YU 35 126 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YV 19 39 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z2 6 49 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z3 11 36 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZA 2 5 .20.17. .10. .T. CW. .RTTY ZB 21 256 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZC4 6 81 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD7 6 24 .30.20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD8 5 21 .10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZF 1 4 .6 M.T. .T. .S .SSB. ZK1/s 3 13 .20.17. .12.10. M. .T.F.S.S .SSB. ZL 61 148 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZP 9 25 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZS 76 241 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tot Stations: 4428 Tot Spots: 15749 Spotter of the week: PY5EG (98 spots) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: [email protected] Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 'Totally devoted to Amateur Radio' - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD017 ARLD017 DX news ZCZC AE17 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 17 ARLD017 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 26, 2001 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD017 ARLD017 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, QRZ DX, 425DXnews, DL7NFK, BA1DU, The Daily DX and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. ROTUMA, 3D2. Kit, JA1NVF, will be QRV as 3D2NV/p from April 27 to May 4. QSL to home call. VIETNAM, 3W. Look for BA1DU, BA4TA, BA7QT, 3W6AR and 3W6LI to be QRV as 3W7D from Tam Island, a new IOTA, until May 1. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via BA1DU. MALDIVES ISLANDS, 8Q. Peter, HA2SX, is QRV as 8Q7KK until May 4. He is QRV on 80 to 10 meters using CW, RTTY and PSK31, with SSB and SSTV as well. QSL to home call. NEPAL, 9N. Kaz, JA8MWU, is QRV as 9N7WU until May 3. Activity is on 20 to 6 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. CAPE VERDE ISLANDS, D4. D44AC is usually QRV around 14190 kHz from 1900 to 0000z. KYRGYZSTAN, EX. Vlad, EX8F, is usually QRV on 18074 kHz around 0400z. MAYOTTE, FH. Ted, JJ1LIB, will be QRV as FH/JJ1LIB from April 29 to May 4 on all HF bands and 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JN1HOW. CHESTERFIELD ISLAND, FK/C. Look for TX0C to be QRV from April 27 to May 1. Activity will be on all HF bands and 6 meters. QSL via JA1BK. THAILAND, HS. Kurt, HS0ZBS, is active using RTTY and PSK31. He has been QRV on 15 meters using either mode just before 0900z and later around 1600z. MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Look for Taka, KH0/JR3TVH, and Natsu, KH0/JJ3NAW, to be QRV from Saipan, IOTA OC-086, from April 28 to May 1. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters, using CW and SSB. QSL KH0/JR3TVH via bureau and KH0/JJ3NAW to home call. GREECE, SV. William, N2DH, will be QRV as SV8/N2DH from Thassos Island, IOTA EU-174, from April 27 to May 4. Activity will be on 20 to 10 meters, and possibly 80 meters, using SSB. QSL to home call. COCOS-KEELING ISLAND, VK9C. Look for G3MXJ, G3SXW and G3TXF to be QRV as VK9CXJ, VK9CXW and VK9CXF, respectively, from April 28 to May 5. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters, including the newer bands, using CW only. QSL to home calls. FALKLAND ISLANDS, VP8. Gav, GM0GAV, Rob, GM3YTS, Tom, GM4FDM, and Jack, GM4COX are active as VP8SDX until May 8. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters, including the newer bands. QSL via GM4FDM. ALBANIA, ZA. Loreto, IK7VJP, is here for two months and is QRV as ZA1/IK7VJP from Durres. QSL to home call. SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, ZK1. Uwe, DL9NDS, and Klaus, DL7NFK, will be active as ZK1NDS and ZK1NFK, respectively, from April 28 to May 18. They will be QRV from Rarotonga, IOTA OC-013, Mangaja Atoll, IOTA OC-014 and Aitutaki Island, IOTA OC-083. Later on, they will also be QRV from Manihiki Atoll, IOTA OC-014, on the North Cook islands. Activity using RTTY, PSK31 and MFSK16 is planned. QSL to home calls. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Florida and Nebraska QSO Parties and the Six Meter Sprint are all scheduled for this weekend. Please see April QST, page 109 for details. NNNN /EX
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.508 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 508 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 508 BID: $OPDX.508 April 23, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, KT1J, K2KW, K3SWZ, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4VUD, N4AA & QRZ DX, K7BV, K8YSE, N8BJQ, 4Z5AY, BA1DU, DJ9IN, DL1EK & DX News Letter, EA7FTR, EA8AVB, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3SXW, GM4FDM, JF6OJX, JI3DST, JT1KAA, PY7ZZ, S53R, SM5BFJ, SM7AED, VA3RJ, VE3BX, VK4CP, VK4FW, YS1AG, Z36W, ZK1CG, ZL1AMO and Prodromos Hytiroglou for the following DX information. NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Linda and I would like to thank the many who sent congratulation messages on OPDX's celebrating its 10th anniversary in publication. We hope to continue to provide you with a possible new... Best 73 de Tedd/KB8NW and Linda/XYL. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 15/April, through Sunday, 22/April there were 226 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, 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, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FO/A, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HK0/m, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH4, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9M, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP6, VP8, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XX9, XZ, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2 There were 53 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31,34,35,43, 58,59,68,69,70,71,72,74,75,90 * PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 2000 DXCC YEARBOOK IS OUT. Many have began receiving the '2000 DXCC Yearbook' and the ARRL has put out another excellent publication for members involved on the DXCC program. The yearbook not only has the top '100 Most Need DXCC Entities' and the DXCC Annual List, but great articles by Wayne/N7NG, Martti/OH2BH and Carl/N4AA. There is also, an article and interview with Bob Eshleman, W4DR, the 2000 DeSoto Cup's winner. The Top 10 Most Wanted Entities are: 1 - P5 North Korea 6 - H40 Temotu Province 2 - BS7H Scarborough Reef 7 - BV9P Pratas Island 3 - E4 Palestine 8 - VU4 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 4 - FO/A Austral Islands 9 - 7O Yemen 5 - FO/M Marquesas Islands 10 - A5 Bhutan 3W, VIETNAM (Possible New IOTA). Look for Alan/BA1DU, Jin/BA4TA, Liao/BA7QT to team up with Bac Ai/3W6AR and Hau/3W6LI to activate Tam Island (new IOTA) from Vietnam. Tam Island is located in the South China Sea, about 12''10'N and 109''15'E. The team will use the callsign 3W7D and plans to operate from April 26th April to May 1st. They will set up two stations and work on CW and SSB on the normal IOTA frequencies from 40-10 meters. Their equipment will include FT-990 and TS-50 transceivers, GO-2KW linear amplifier, Cushcraft R5 vertical and multiband dipole antennas. The 3W7D team is supported by The Beijing DX Club, Chinese Radio Sports Association, The Vietnam Amateur Radio Club and sponsored by Island Radio Expedition Foundation Inc. QSL via BA1DU (E-mail: [email protected] ). Send directly to: P.O.Box 8091, Beijing 100088, CHINA, or Chinese QSL bureau. 4U, UNTIED NATIONS HQ (Update). Henry, KT1J, informed OPDX that: 'Yes, we had 4U1UN on the air in PSK and SSTV for a short time again last Friday (April 13th). (We initially ran some tests back in February). It is anticipated that 4U1UN will be on in the digital modes fairly regularly in the near future, once a few computer issues have been resolved, and antenna improvements have been made.' 6Y1, JAMAICA (Attention Prefix Hunters!). The rare prefix of 6Y1A will be activated by Tom/N6BT, Fred/KE7X, Walter/N6XG and Ken/K2KW in the CQ WPX CW Contest, May 26-27th, 2001. Outside the contest, look for operations using their homecall/6Y5 from May 20-29th. They will use KW amplifiers on 40-6 meters, and vertical arrays will be provided by Force 12. Special emphasis will be given on the WARC bands and 6m outside the contest. QSL 6Y1A and K2KW/6Y5 via WA4WTG, others via their home callsigns. Questions go to Kenny, K2KW at: [email protected] For information, visit the Web page: http://www.k2kw.com AP, PAKISTAN. Robert, S53R, informs OPDX that he wil be starting a new assignment with the U.N. beginning in May and will start in Pakistan. He will try to sign AP2ARS as much as possible again. Operation will be on 40-10 meters, including the WARC bands, almost exclusively on CW. Robert told us that other operations from the region are also possible, and he will keep us posted. BEACON CALLSIGN CHANGE. Yacov, 4Z5AY, informs use that the 4Z5AY 6 meter beacon located in Tel-Aviv has a new callsign. Look for 4X4SIX to be active on 50.080.20 MHz. More details are available at the Web site: http://www.iarc.org/~4z5ay/htmls/bea_tec.htm DAYTON DX DINNER BANQUET (Update). Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, informs OPDX that at the moment, all tickets for the DX dinner have been sold. All orders on hand have been filled and due to space constraints, no more can be sold. It is possible that some may become available just prior to the dinner. Also, Chuck Brady, N4BQW (3Y0C), will be the featured speaker and will talk about his 3Y expedition. For those that want to know more about Chuck's real job they can find it at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/brady.html FH, MAYOTTE. According to Ted, JJ1LIB, who operated as S07U, 5T5U and 8Q7JY, he will be active as FH/JJ1LIB from April 29th through May 4th. Ted will use a TS-570 plus an IC2KL(500W), a 2 element HB9CV yagi for 20-10 meters, and a 6 element yagi for 6 meters. For the lower bands, he will use wire antennas. Operations will be on CW, SSB, and RTTY. The QSL for FH/JJ1LIB should be sent to JN1HOW. H40RW WRAP-UP. Ron, ZL1AMO, informs OPDX that he is back home slowy recovering, and he has completed his H40RW DXpedition to Temotu on April 6th. He made about 11500 QSOs which includes about 300 on 6 meters (this was a suprise for Ron). Ron states that the weather there was really really hot and also extremely wet with constant electrical storms with deafening thunder. He also mentioned things have really changed in Honiara since his last visit in 1990. He also thanked OPDX for the write up on his DXpedition and congratulated OPDX on its ten years of dedication. HK0, MALPELO ISLAND. Pedro, HK3JJH/HK0M, continues to be very active on 75-10 meters, usually not working split. He will be there until May 7th. QSL via N4AA. HR, HONDURAS. Wolf, HR1BY, is active from Valle de Angeles on 6 meters. He is working QRP, only 8 watts. Check around 1830z and 2330z. QSL via EA7FTR. HS, THAILAND. Charly, K4VUD, will be active from Bangkok as HS0ZCW from April 26-28th. He states to look for him on the higher bands. IOTA NEWS................ AS-079. Take, JI3DST, will be active from Miyako Island (Miyakojima Hirara-City Okinawa-ken) as JI3DST/6 from April 27th through May 6th. Activity will be on 80/40/17/15/12/10/6/2 meters on SSB (he is planning SSTV/RTTY). QSL via the Bureau. EU-030. Klaus, DL7UXG, will be active from Bornholm Island as OZ/DL7UXG/p from August 5-18th. Activity will be on 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters, using CW and SSB. QSL via DL7UXG. EU-047. Karl, DJ9IN, reports that DA0IMD was active from Borkum Riff Lightvessel during the 'International Marcoi Day' this past weekend. Look for more activity from here using the callsigns DL0KBM and DL0BRF. EU-094. (Update) Team TM5N will be operators F2FZ, F4AJQ, F4BUX, F4BTP, F4TTR, F5FG, F5AGB, F5IKO, F6DOP, F6EGG, F8BUI, F8CTY, F8UHU and F9IE. Activity will be from St. Nicolas Island (Glenan Islands/DIFM AT-10) from April 26th through May 1st. They then will be active as F6KOP/P from Cigogne Island (DIFM AT-61) on April 28th or 29th. Operations will be on 160m-23cm. QSL via F6KOP. EU-127. Felix, DL5XL, will be active and signing DL5XL/p from Helgoland Island, July 28-29th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters, using CW only. He plans to participate in the RSGB IOTA Contest as a Single OP/24hr/CW/Island Class entry. QSL cards are 'OK' via the bureau. Further information is available at: http://www.dl5xl.de/ QSL via DL5XL, P.O. Box 1253, D-30984 Gehrden, Germany. EU-148. The 'Castres DX Gang', consisting of operators F5AUB, F5OSN, F5XX, F5RVI, F5DBX, F5UOE, F5BJW, F5BKB, F4CLO, F5JBR and F5VV, will be active from Fort Brescou Island, May 24-28th. Activity will be on CW/SSB, all bands 80-10 meters including the WARC bands. The will use the callsign F5XX/P, however, there will be a special entry in CQ WPX CW Contest CW using the callsign TM5B. QSL via F5XX direct CBA or via French REF Bureau. Other reference numbers for this operation are: French Metropolitan Islands Award - DIFM ME001 World Light Houses Award - 0500 International Light Houses Society - FRA 015 French Forts and Castles award - DFCF 34001 EU-174. Will, N2DH, will operate as SV8/N2DH from Thassos, from April 27th through May 4th. Operation will be on 20-10 meters SSB with some possible 75 meters operation. QSL direct to home callsign N2DH. OC-171/OC-172/OC-187. Bill, VK4FW, reported this past week that he had to change his planned Queensland operation from OC-138, OC-171 and OC-172 slightly. Due to problems associated with OC-138, he has made the following arrangements. By the time you read this, he should be active from North Coast Centre Group (OC-172) on Monday, April 22nd, for 3 days. From there, he will then go to North Coast (North) Group (OC-187) for 3 days. From there he will head south to activate the North Coast (South) Group (OC-171) for 3 days. As this trip is not funded, Bill would appreciate if you could help a little when QSLing. He will spend most of his time on CW on all bands 80-6 meters. JW, SVALBARD (Rare IOTA). Terje, JW3OHA, reports that he and others are planning/arranging a DXpedition to a rare Arctic island and are looking for operators. The operation is planned to take place this year from May 31st to June 9th from Prins Karls Forland (IOTA EU-063). If interested, check out the Web page: http://www.dxpedition.org PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Dennis, K7BV, < [email protected] > will operate from Fernando de Noronha, May 24th through June 1st. He will sign with a special callsign throughout the DXpedition. Dennis will be active in the CQ WPX CW Contest, most likely entering as a SOABHP category. After the contest he will be very active on all bands 160-6 meters, generally on CW. Rod, WC7N, < [email protected] > will serve as Pilot Station, assisting Dennis, helping 9BDXCC chasers fill empty bands. Logs will be posted on web site: http://www.qth.com/k7bv/PY0F This web site is expected to be launched sometime this week with details of the DXpedition. Steve, KU9C, will handle QSL chores. QSL INFO AND NEWS................. Carl, N4AA, editor of 'QRZ DX' reports that there has been some confusion on the callsign for the QSL Manager for 3V8SM and 3V8SQ. John, K1XN, of the GoList, tells Carl that the information he received was 3V8SM via DL1DBF: Manfred Wiedemann, Am Feldberg 43, D-57334 Bad Laasphe, GERMANY. The correct address for 3W2KF (operated by F5PBL) is: Claude Terrier, 18 allee du Mail, 92360 Meudon la Foret, France. Robert, S53R, informs OPDX that all direct requests for E4/S53R have been answered. All contacts made will also be confirmed via bureau when he is back home for a holiday in July 2001. Many requests for his recent operations as AP2ARS, EY8/S53R and UK8AXA were received. QSLs are being printed and will also be answered during the next holiday. Do not send duplicate requests. Fran, EA7FTR, reports that he is the QSL Manager for the following stations: CE3HKF, HR1BY, HR1RGA, HR1RQF and ZP6EM. It is reported that Ken, N8KR, is having printer problems on his QSL cards for his October 2000 operation from FP land. He states to please stand by and QSLs will be out as soon as he receives them. Also, his XYL wants the dining room table back! RAC CORRECT ADDRESS. Fred, PY7ZZ/PY0FZ, informs OPDX that there is a bad listing of his RAC address. The correct address is: Fred Souto Major, Rua Almedia Belo 241/302 - Bairro Novo, Olinda, PE 53030-030, Brazil. Leif, SM5BFJ, informs OPDX that he is QSL Manager for 5X1D, 9Q5TE, 9U5D and 9X/SM5DIC. The QSL information has been 'via SM0BFJ', but from now on the QSL information is 'via SM5BFJ'. His address is: Leif Hammarstrom, PL 1053, SE-730 91 Riddarhyttan, SWEDEN. SPECIAL EVENT. Look for the Mongolian special event station JU1O to be active from Ulaanbaatar between May 5-13th. We contacted Khos, JT1CD, explained what the special event is for and he stated that JU1O will be active during the 'National Technical Olympiad'. The children of the High Schools of the Mongolia will compete in these championships (which are Amateur radio direction finding, aeromodelling, Ship modelling and Car modelling... etc). QSL via JR0CGJ: Takashi Shimizu, P. O. Box5, Tateshina Kitasaku, Nagano 384-2305 JAPAN. TT8, CHAD. Look for Eric, F5JKK, to be active starting the 2nd or 3rd week of May. He has asked for the callsign TT8JE again. Eric prefers 6 meters using and FT 847 w/100 watts (maybe more!) into a 5 element Yagi antenna. He states to listen for his CQ on 50.110 kHz and will begin listening on 50.200 kHz (5 to 10 up). His operations will be mainly CW, but there will be some SSB if conditions are good. Eric will be running a beacon using 25 watts on 50.096 kHz. The beacon will send: VVVVV DE TT8JE JK72MC -- (5'') and break (5''). IMPORTANT! Eric reports that he worked many stations in 1998, however, in 2001, he states, 'NO dupe or I'll cancel old QSO. Listening carefully on my frequency, don't loose time for you and all others (Sample: When I say Alpha Bravo NO others like Alpha Kilo...). Education and courtesy, no need to say more.' Eric will be on HF using the same radio but with a R7000, dipoles and loop antennas. His modes of operation will be RTTY/PSK31 and will try SSTV and CW. He suggests to look for him on the WARC bands and especially on 10 meters. QSL via F6FNU. TX0, CHESTERFIELD ISLAND (Update). Andy, YS1AG, informs/reports to OPDX that he has received the following information from Kan, JA1BK, about the upcoming TX0 operation. Kan states that rumors of the upcoming TX0C DXpedition being cancelled is FALSE. Only Jacky/F2CW, and Akinori/JA4EKO have dropped out of the DXpedition. There will be only four operators now, Georges/FK8FS, Daniel/FK8FU, Dany/FK8VHY and Philippe/FO3BM. Activity is scheduled to take place April 27th through May 2nd, on HF and the 6 meters band. Pilippe will be the only operator that will listen to 6 meters using a 7 element beam and a FT-100D plus a small amp. All QSLs via JA1BK. VK9C, COCOS-KEELING ISLAND. Dennis/G3MXJ, Roger/G3SXW and Nigel/G3TXF plan to be active from here as VK9CXJ, VK9CXW and VK9CXF, respectively, from April 28th through May 5th. Activity will be on all nine bands, CW only. As many other DXpeditions will be active during that week, there are two suggested frequencies for each HF band. They will try to always be on one or the other of them: 10108/118, 14008/018, 18078/088, 21008/018, 24898/908 and 28008/018. On the lower frequencies, try 7008, 3508 and 1825 kHz. For their propagation and other details, check the web site: http://www.G3TXF.com/dxtrip/vk9cxf/vk9c.html QSL via home callsign. VK9M, MELLISH REEF. After three days of sailing, the VK9ML team landed on the Mellish Reef Thursday, April 19th at 2321z. According to a press release by Adam, VK4CP: 'There was some concern that Mellish Reef may not exist as such anymore as it has been a few years since the last DXpedition and there have been several cyclones in that area in recent years. Mellish Reef is only 1 metre above high tide, as was the case when the team arrived.' The team is expected to be active until April 24th. Look for them on various bands. For more details on the Mellish Reef Site Survey DXpedition have a look at the web site: http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS. By the time you read this, the Scottish team of Gav/GM0GAV, Rob/GM3YTS, Tom/GM4FDM and Jack/GM4COX should be active as VP8SDX until May 8th. Activity will be on all bands 160-10 meters. Their suggested frequencies are: CW - 1823.5*, 3503, 7003, 10103, 14023, 18073, 21023, 24893, 28023 SSB - 1843*, 3793, 7053, 14193, 18123, 21263, 24923, 28493 RTTY - 14083, 21083, 28083 PSK31 - 14069 * Other frequencies will also be used to accommodate specific country sub-bands (e.g for Japan). Their goal is to make 30,000 QSOs with two stations on the air. There will be lots of low band activity besides the HF. They plan to keep the WARC bands busy. There will be (as they state) 'gallons of CW, a few pints of SSB, a glass or two of RTTY, and maybe a 'wee dram' of PSK31. Their pilot station will be Chris, GM3WOJ. You will be able to send your feedbacks, comments and suggestions to them via E-mail at: [email protected] QSLs can be sent via the bureau, E-mail or direct to GM4FDM: Thomas Wylie, 3 Kings Crescent, Elderslie, Renfrewshire, PA5 9AD, Scotland. Check out their interesting Web page at: http://www.hfdx.co.uk/vp8sdx VQ9, CHAGOS ISLANDS. VQ9IO has been active on 24904 kHz at 1445z and 21017 kHz between 1430-1530z. Z3, MACEDONIA. Venco informs OPDX that since April 1st, he has changed his callsign from Z31JA to Z36W. He can usually be found on 40/20/17 meters CW after 2230z or on 10 meters after 1400z. QSL via NN6C, or the QRZ.com and CBA (using his old callsign). Venco states any contacts with him for skeds, info... etc, can be made via his E-mail address at: [email protected] ZK1, NORTH COOK ISLAND. Victor, ZK1CG, reports to OPDX that Tuatai, ZK1MA, is back in Manihiki, North Cook Island after his long stay in Rarotonga, South Cook as ZK1CY. Tuatai is mainly a CW operator using FT-747GX and dipoles for antennas. His home and radio gear/antennas were completely wipe off the Atoll a few years ago during a hurricane that destroyed 85.% of the Atoll. He is slowly recovering from this, Victor/ZK1CG sent Tuatai the FT 747GX to use with battery power. Victor is now operational from South Cook thanks to W7VV (Roger and Sue) who so kindly sent him a rig that he had as a spare. Victor states that they will be donating some antennas to Tuatai after their October CQWW SSB Contest operation. What Tuatai needs now is new a mike for his rig. If you have an old (not too used) mike for his FT-747GX laying around, please let Victor know and he will make arrangements to send it to Tuatai. 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M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4L 13 44 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4S 9 73 .40.30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4W 2 7 .6 M. .T.F.S. .SSB. 4X 79 235 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5A 1 12 .17.15. M. .T. .S. CW. .RTTY 5B 28 126 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5H 3 46 160.80. .30.20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 5N 6 36 .40. .20.17. .12.10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 5R 7 46 .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 5X 2 31 .15.12.10.6 M. .S.S .SSB. 5Z 6 15 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6W 3 84 .15.12.10.6 M. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6Y 5 11 .20.17. .10.6 M. .T.F.S.S .SSB. 7Q 7 72 .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 7X 9 50 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8P 11 26 .20. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8Q 4 273 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8R 5 24 .20.17. .12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9A 36 111 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9G 2 3 .20. .15. .T.W. .SSB. 9H 18 39 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9J 7 47 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9K 9 101 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M2 9 41 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M6 4 22 .17.15. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S. .SSB. 9N 2 5 .20. .15. .T. .T. .S. .SSB. 9Q 1 65 .17. .12. M.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 9V 13 75 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9Y 9 21 .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A2 5 48 .12. .6 M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A3 0 0 A4 8 44 .20. .12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A6 3 9 .20. .6 M. .W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY A7 1 1 .10. .W. CW. .RTTY A9 3 9 160. .20. .12.10. M.T.W.T.F. CW.SSB.RTTY AP 9 71 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BV 34 85 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BY 30 109 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C2 1 1 .20. .S CW. .RTTY C3 8 20 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S. .SSB. C5 5 15 .20. .15. .10.6 M. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY C6 1 6 .10. M.T. .T. .SSB. C9 2 27 .10. M.T. .F.S.S CW. .RTTY CE 25 83 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE0A 2 2 .10. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY CE9 2 15 .40. .20. .15. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CM 30 104 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CN 10 33 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CP 7 50 .80. .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT 33 49 160. .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT3 9 33 .30.20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CU 13 28 .20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CX 33 92 160. .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D2 4 31 .40. .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D4 1 9 .20. .T.W. .F.S. .SSB. DL 131 253 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DU 39 128 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA 140 328 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA6 17 48 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA8 35 74 160. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA9 8 81 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EI 16 25 .80. .30.20.17.15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EK 8 25 .20.17.15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EL 1 1 .15. .T. .SSB. EP 9 42 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. ER 8 30 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ES 3 12 .20. .12.10. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ET 5 17 .15.12.10.6 M.T. .T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY EU 16 31 .80.40. .20.17.15. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY EX 10 67 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EY 8 68 .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EZ 8 23 .80. .20. .15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY F 78 172 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FG 6 22 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FH 1 1 M. CW. .RTTY FJ 2 12 .12.10. M. .T. .S .SSB. FK 20 113 .80. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FM 9 23 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FO 12 131 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. FO/a 2 28 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FP 1 4 .80. .W. .SSB. FR 12 98 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FW 1 53 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FY 3 17 .40. .20. .15.12. .6 M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY G 98 315 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GD 7 13 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY GI 18 26 160. .30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GJ 5 10 .20.17. .6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GM 24 49 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GU 9 22 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GW 16 20 .80.40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY H4 1 1 .6 .S. .SSB. HA 31 53 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB 16 31 .80.40.30.20. .15.12.10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB0 2 6 .40. .12.10. M. .W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HC 7 29 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY HC8 3 12 .6 M.T.W. .F. .S CW. .RTTY HI 7 26 .80.40.30.20.17. .6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK 23 47 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/a 14 67 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/m 12 276 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HL 55 121 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HP 8 22 .20. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HR 11 25 .30.20. .15.12.10. .T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HS 14 61 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HZ 5 37 .20.17. .10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY I 141 391 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY IS 16 76 .40.30.20.17.15.12. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J2 7 63 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J3 2 5 .20. .10. .T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY J5 2 2 .20. .F. .SSB. J6 2 7 .40. .20. M. .T.F.S. .SSB. J7 1 1 .10. .F. .SSB. J8 3 43 .20. .12.10. .T. .T.F.S. CW. .RTTY JA 257 449 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JT 5 89 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JW 6 54 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JX 1 28 .20. .15. .10. M. .F.S.S .SSB. JY 6 29 .20. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY K 340 459 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KG4 3 6 .40. .20. .10. .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY KH0 10 45 160. .20.17.15.12.10. M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH2 6 54 .20.17.15. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH4 7 228 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH6 33 108 .80. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH8 6 32 .20.17. .6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KL 8 17 .40. .20.17.15.12. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP2 6 34 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP4 35 61 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LA 18 22 160.80. .30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LU 106 232 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LX 16 29 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LY 7 7 .20.17.15. .10. .T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LZ 28 52 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OA 6 18 .20.17. .10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OD 16 100 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OE 36 123 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH 22 29 .80. .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH0 9 188 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OK 60 101 .80.40.30.20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OM 24 33 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ON 24 50 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OX 3 6 .20.17. .6 .T.W. CW.SSB.RTTY OY 4 11 .40.30.20.17.15. .6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OZ 22 44 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P2 6 40 .30.20. .10.6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P4 3 51 .20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PA 30 41 .80.40.30.20. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ2 4 14 .30. .15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY PJ7 5 9 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. PY 137 403 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0F 3 14 .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0S 1 1 .20. .T. CW. .RTTY PZ 4 32 .80. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S2 1 10 .15. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY S5 27 51 .80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S7 12 176 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY S9 2 2 .20. .T. .S .SSB. SM 43 109 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SP 39 56 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SU 14 109 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV 35 98 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV5 5 5 .40. .20.17. .10. M.T. .S .SSB. SV9 6 45 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T7 8 61 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T8 5 49 .20.17.15. .10.6 M. .F.S. .SSB. T9 10 21 160. .40. .20.17.15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TA 29 107 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TF 5 19 .30.20.17. .10. M. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY TG 4 21 .20. .12. .6 M.T. .T. .S.S .SSB. TI 30 115 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TK 9 36 .40.30.20.17.15. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TL 1 3 .12. M. .SSB. TN 1 1 .10. .F. .SSB. TR 10 89 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TU 3 12 .20.17. .12.10. M.T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY UA 101 262 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA2 10 17 .40.30.20.17. .12.10. M.T. .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY UA9 91 538 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UK 11 26 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY UN 27 47 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UR 47 77 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V2 1 2 .17. M. .SSB. V3 3 10 .20. .10.6 M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V4 4 12 .20. .15. .T.F.S. .SSB. V5 9 121 .30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V7 17 516 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V8 3 10 .20. .15. .10. .T.W. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY VE 58 95 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK 142 283 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9M 4 366 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY VK9N 4 19 .20. .15. .10.6 .T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9W 1 3 .20. .F. CW. .RTTY VP2E 2 3 .80. .17. M. .T. .S .SSB. VP2V 3 36 .20.17. .12.10. M.T. .T.F.S.S .SSB. VP6 1 4 .15. .W. .SSB. VP8 4 16 .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP8/o 1 5 .10. .S. .SSB. VP9 1 1 .20. M. .SSB. VQ9 6 105 .15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VR 22 101 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VU 37 150 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XE 29 80 .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XT 2 3 .20. .W. .SSB. XX9 3 10 .17.15. .T.W. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY XZ 1 11 .20. .T.W.T. .S .SSB. YB 62 310 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YI 3 8 .30.20. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YK 5 9 .20.17.15. M. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YL 10 21 160.80. .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY YN 1 5 .15. .6 M.T. .T. .SSB. YO 23 32 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YS 6 31 .80. .20. .12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YU 36 113 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YV 25 44 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z2 8 48 .30. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z3 10 41 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZA 6 20 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZB 8 27 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZC4 4 44 .30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD7 6 71 160. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD8 4 32 .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZF 3 11 .40.30.20. .6 M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZK1/s 1 2 .20. .10. .T. .S .SSB. ZL 68 153 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZP 21 52 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZS 58 158 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tot Stations: 4452 Tot Spots: 15478 Spotter of the week: PY5EG (135 spots) ------------ ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: [email protected] Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 'Totally devoted to Amateur Radio' - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD016 ARLD016 DX news ZCZC AE16 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 16 ARLD016 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 19, 2001 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD016 ARLD016 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, QRZ DX, 425DXnews, The Daily DX, MM0BQI, VE3TKI and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. GUINEA, 3X. 3XY6A, a new station, has been QRV on 20 and 12 meters. QSL via VE2XO. Meanwhile, Jacques, 3XY2S, has also been active on 10 meters. QSL to home call. ISRAEL, 4X. Yoram, 4Z1GY, will be QRV as 4X2K on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters using CW and SSB during the Holyland Contest. QSL to home call. BOTSWANA, A2. Charles, A25/KY4P, has been active over the past weekend on 10 meters using CW and SSB. Check around 28002 kHz or 28452 kHz between 1200 and 1500z. QSL via SV0LM. MOZAMBIQUE, C9. Joe, G3MRC/C9, is QRV on 10 meters using CW around 1600 to 1800z. QSL to home call. GERMANY, DA. Willy, DL1BJN, and others will be active as DA0IMD from Borkum Island, IOTA EU-047, during the International Marconi Day event. They are here until April 22. QSL via operator's instructors. SCOTLAND, GM. Look for MM0BQI/p to be QRV from April 20 to 23 from the island of Tanera Mor, IOTA EU-092. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL to home call. MALPELO ISLAND, HK0. Pedro, HK3JJH, is active as HK3JJH/HK0M. He is QRV on 160 to 6 meters. QSL via N4AA. ITALY, I. Operators from ARI Pisa will be active as IY5PIS from the Marconian site at Coltano during the International Marconi Day event. QSL via IK5QPZ. GUAM, KH2. Shige, JI3CEY will be active on HF and 6 meters as KH2/JI3CEY from April 21 to 23. QSL to home call. MIDWAY ISLAND, KH4. Hiro, JF1OCQ, is active as W1VX/KH4 until April 22. He is QRV on 80 to 6 meters using mostly CW, with some RTTY. QSL to home call. CANADA, VE. The Golden Horseshoe DX Association will be QRV as VE3TKI from Manitoulin Island from April 20 to 22. This includes an entry in the Ontario QSO Party. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters, including 6 and 2 meters, and 70 cm, using CW, SSB and FM. QSL to home call. MELLISH REEF, VK9M. David, VK4ZEK, Alan, VK4BKM, Peter, VK4APG and Harris, VK4CWT, will be QRV as VK9ML from April 21 to 24. This activity is in preparation for a much larger operation planned in late 2001 or early 2002. Their activity will be on 80 to 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via VK4APG. FALKLAND ISLANDS, VP8. Keith, VP8CMT, has been extremely active on 6 meters. QSL to home call. GIBRALTAR, ZB. Look for Babs, DL7AFS and Lot, DJ7ZG, to be QRV as ZB2/homecalls from April 23 to 30. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via operator's instructions. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Michigan QSO Party, Ontario QSO Party, The TARA PSK31 Rumble (The Spring Wakeup), The International Marconi Day and the Holyland DX Contest are all scheduled for this weekend. On April 25, look for activity in the 432 MHz Spring Sprint and the DXYL-NAYL Phone Contest. Please see April QST, pages 108 and 109 for details. NNNN /EX
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.507 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 507 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 507 BID: $OPDX.507 April 16, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1NU, K1VV, N3SL, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8AV, K8YSE, KC8FS, 4X4NJ, DL1EK & DX News Letter, F5NQL, F9IE, IZ8AJQ, I2YSB, JR3TVH, LA5HE, MM0BQI, SM7AED, UZ8RR, VA3RJ and ZK1CG for the following DX information. OPDX CELEBRATES ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY! I can't believe that almost every Sunday morning for the last 10 years I have sat in front of my computer writing the OPDX bulletin. Even my wife Linda (OPDX's chief proof reader) can't believe she has been reading 'all this stuff' (as she puts it) for 10 years. When I first started the bulletin, it used to take a few hours to write, but it has grown, and now it takes several hours. Actually, I am a week late in celebrating. With all the confusion last week in losing my link to the InterNet for BARF-80 BBS, I forgot that April 7th, 1991, was the first issue of the OPDX. Many ask, why do you write the OPDX for free?' (including my wife, she says, 'If you get one USD from everyone you could buy a new radio'). The reason that I write the OPDX and my involvement in the DX community is to help others achieve the pleasure and challenge of working DX as I have. I really enjoy the hobby. However, I also must not forget the many friends I have gained over the years writing the bulletin. Without their help and contributions of information, there would not be a bulletin. Lastly, I would like to thank my wife. Without her there would not be an OPDX. She is a non-ham (which one day I hope to change), but a LD teacher and proof reads the bulletin every week (usually telling me she is not sure what she is reading), plus she puts up with the many hours I spend at the keyboard and with club activities. Thanks for reading the OPDX and I hope to continue to provided information each week that will let you work a 'NEW ONE'.... Remember, DX IS .. 73 de Tedd KB8NW (Editor of OPDX) DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 8/April, through Sunday, 15/April there were 230 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D6, DL, DU, E4, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FO/a, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HK0/m, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PY0S, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP8, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, XZ, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2 There were 51 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,15,21,22,23,24,25,26, 31,34,35,43,58,59,68,69,70,71,72,74,75,90 * PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 3A, MONACO. Fabrizio/IK5GQK, Giuseppe/IK5YOJ, Stefano/IW5BZQ and Virginio/ IW5EDQ will be active for 3 days from 3A-land (JN33RR) between June 1-3th. They will CONCENTRATE their activity on 6 meters, but they will also be active on 2 meters and HF. Their callsigns will be 3A/IK5GQK, 3A/IK5YOJ, 3A/IW5BZQ and 3A/IW5EDQ. Their activity is as follows: 6 meters - (50.210 SSB, 50.600 RTTY, 50.620 PSK31) using an Icom IC-706MKIIG with 6 element yagi and HQ50 Halo Loop. 2 meters - (144.290 SSB) Icom IC-706 with 9 element yagi. HF bands - (SSB, RTTY, PSK31, SSTV) two Yaesu FT-100 and vertical antennas. You can make skeds before and during their operation by sending E-mail to: [email protected] They will check their E-mail at the top of every hour during their operation. For the latest news and log, please check their Web page at http://www.mannelli.com/3a QSL VHF QSOs (6/2 meters) direct to: Stefano Mannelli, P.O.BOX 569, 50123, Firenze Centro, ITALY. QSL HF QSOs direct to: Fabrizio Vannini, via Forlanini 68, 50127 Firenze, ITALY. 3B6, AGALEGA (Update). Steve, N3SL, informs OPDX of the following and states that there will probably be one last press release bulletin from the 'official sources' before the team hits the air. The advance team leaves in little over one week with the rest of the team on April 28th from Zurich to Mauritius. It is NOT absolutely certain, but it is looking like the team is flying to and from 3B6, which would give them an extra 3 days on the air (that should probably come from the official news release). Steve, N3SL, states that his daughter, Kim, is now going to handle the QSLs for North America (not just the USA). So, Canada and Mexico are to be sent via Kim Larson, 22 N. Hidden Acres Dr., Sioux City, IA 51108 (which is N3SL's CBA). Reportedly, Kim is handicapped and is getting a real thrill in doing this job. It occupies her time, and she loves seeing all the cards. She did probably 75% of the AH1A QSL cards, so she is not a novice. The 3B6RF team is planning a photo card, so that will undoubtedly take a bit of time after the DXpedition to get printed. Steve states that he will see to it that all the U.S. DX newsletters are kept informed on their status. Steve will be doing mostly CW, but he has been asked to do RTTY (or possibly SSB) whenever they're trying to work the U.S. Riki, 4X4NJ, reports that he will be joining the 3B6RF team as part of a 21 amateur group. He states, 'We'll have 8 stations on the air during the first 3 weeks of May. All of the equipment and antennas are 'World Class' - examples: 4square arrays on 80m & 40M, Titanex vertical and Beverages for 160M, beams for HF, Yaesu FT1000MP transceivers with 1KW amplifiers, etc...... Naturally, I will devote myself to 160M as much as possible!' For more details, check online at: http://www.agalega2000.ch 3C, EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Martin, 3C5J, was active last week on 20/17/10 meters. The sad part is that his operation will not count for DXCC because he is operating from an oil platform. He is expected to be there for 6 months. The good news is that 'The Daily DX' is reporting Martin may have a chance to go to Malabo to operate which will count for DXCC. 3XY, GUINEA. A couple of new stations have been on the air signing the prefix 3XY. Station 3XY6A was active during last week, mainly on 12 meters (24955 kHz between 1730-1930z) with little activity on 20 meters (14203 kHz after 2230z). QSL via VE2XO. Station 3XY2S showed up over the weekend on 10 meters (28447 kHz around 0915z). QSL via P.O. Box 1484, Konakry. 4U, UNITED NATIONS HQ. This one has to be the most interesting report of the week. Reports on the Cluster Network indicate that 4U1UN was active on PSK31 on 20 meters and SSTV on 15 meters. A2, BOTSWANA. Charles, A25/KY4P, was heard active over the past weekend on 10 meters CW/SSB. Check around 28002 kHz or 28452 kHz between 1200 and 1500z. QSL via SV0LM. C6, BAHAMAS. By the time you read this, Tom, WB8N, should be in Nassau (IOTA NA-001) beginning Easter Sunday, for 6 days. He intend to operate a portable HF station from the resort he is staying at, beginning Monday April 16th. He will receive his callsign upon arrival. His operating times will be approximatly from 2000-2200z (possibly longer). His suggested frequencies are: 10 meters - 28495 kHz +/- 10 kHz (main) 28450 kHz +/- 5 kHz (secondary) 28520 kHz +/- 5 KHz If conditions are poor on 10 meters, look for him on 20 meters (14195 kHz +/- 10 kHz). He will also give 12 meters a try, on: 24950 kHz (SSB) and 24890 kHz (CW) both +/- 5 kHz. E4, PALESTINE. Gunter, OE1GZA, is now active from here as E4/OE1GZA. He was heard this past weekend on 15/10 meters between 1100 and 1600z. Check around 28460 and 21270 kHz. HK0, MALPELO ISLAND. Pedro, HK3JJH, is now active as HK3JJH/HK0M. Reports show he has been on 40/20/15/10 meters SSB. INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY (Special Event). Over 30 Special Event Stations representing Historic Marconi station locations worldwide will participate on April 21st, from 0000-2359z, on CW/SSB/Digital. The list of participating stations is on the Web page: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~straff/particip.htm Award Certificate rules are available at: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~straff/ The Marconi Radio Club W1AA/IMD wll represent the 1903 Marconi Transatlantic Station on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. W/K QSL to CBA with an S.A.S.E., DX via the W1 Bureau. Their Web page is: http://personal.tmlp.com/k1vv/w1aa/ IOTA NEWS................. EU-048. Francois, F2GL, will be active from Houat Island (French Brittany - DIFM AT-016), April 30th through May 6th. Check the HF bands from 80 to 10 meters, including the WARC bands, both on CW and SSB. QSL direct via F2GL's CBA or via the French REF Bureau. EU-051. Look for Erminio/IZ8AJQ and Mario/IZ8DBJ to be active from Ustica on April 26-29th, sign IE9/homecall. Activity will be on 80-10 meters including the WARC bands on CW/SSB/RTTY and possibly PSK31. QSL IE9/IZ8AJQ to: Erminio Cioffi di Michele, Piazza Umberto I 16, 84036 Sala Consilina - SA, Italy. QSL IE9/IZ8DBJ to: Mario Pesce, Via Privata Falci 2, 80070 Bacoli - NA, Italy. QSL either direct or through the bureau. EU-065. Look for stations F6BFH/p, F6EGG/p and F9IE/p to be active from Molene Island (DIFM AT-002), May 2-8th. Activity will be on the HF IOTA frequencies on CW and SSB. QSL via home callsigns. EU-092. Jim, MM0BQI, will be active from the Island of Tanera Mor in the Summer Isles from April 20-23rd. The various references numbers are; Islands of Scotland Award SC10, WAB NB90 and QRA IO78. Activity will be on all bands 80-10 meters SSB/CW/RTTY and PSK31. He states, 'Hopefully this year conditions will be better, and I am looking forward to working lots of DX stations who require the Summer Isles for IOTA or IOSA. I will be using my own call MM0BQI/P for some contest activity and also special callsign GB5SI (Summer Isles).' QSL is 100% via RSGB or direct to MM0BQI: Jim Martin, 3 Lismore Avenue, Edinburgh, EH8 7DW, SCOTLAND - UK. EU-094. Look for TM5N to be active from Saint Nicolas Island (Glenan Archipelago), from April 27th to May 1st. Other reference numbers are: DIFM AT-010 and Loc Grid IN77XR. Check the usual IOTA frequencies on 160-23cm on CW and SSB. There will be 14 operators and 2 YLs at the logs. QSL via F6KOP. EU-094. Look for F6KOP/p to be active on Cigogne Island, April 28-29th (depending on WX conditions). Other reference numbers are: DIFM AT-061, Loc Grid IN87AR and DFCF29004. Activity will be mainly around 7055 kHz SSB. QSL via F6KOP. EU-171. On April 17th, Jakob, OZ7AEI, plans to activate the Danish Islands, Venoe (NO IOTA, DIA NJ-005) around 1200z for about an hour before going to Jegingoe (IOTA EU-171 and DIA NJ-006). Activity will be on 14260 +/- QRM. QSL via bureau or direct: Jakob Pedersen, Hvamvej 47, DK-7500 Holstebro, Denmark. NA-137. Scott/K1OA and Len/K1NU will be activating Peaks Island, ME, on Saturday, April 28th using the special event call W1N. This island represents a new counter for the U.S. Island awards and will be issued a number after this activation. Look for them on 14260 and 21260 kHz +/-. QSL via K1OA, bureau or CBA. JW, SVALBARD. Rag, LA5HE, will once again be active as JW5HE from April 26th through May 1st. He states low band contacts are very unlikely as there is the 'midnightsun' now. KH4, MIDWAY. Hiro, JF1OCQ, is now active as W1VX/KH4 now through April 22nd. Look for his activity on 80-6 meters, mostly on CW with some RTTY. As this bulletin was being prepared he was active on 7007 kHz around 1345z. QSL via JF1OCQ either JARL QSL bureau or direct to: Hiroyuki Miyake, 1-3-6 Asakura, Maebashi, 371-0811 Japan. KH0, MARIANA ISLAND. Members of the ODXLG will be active from Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Island (IOTA OC-086) April 28th through May 1st. Look for Taka to sign KH0/JR3TVH and Natsu to sign KH0/JJ3NAW. Activity will be mainly on 40-6 meters CW/SSB/SSTV/RTTY/PSK31 (will take any request). Antennas used are: C4 (Force12 JA dealer,EDC) and a 6 element yagi (Radix). Also, they will use a Zepp like wire (Saga) and a HB9CV (Minimulti) housed in the shack. QSL via the Bureau or direct w/SASE to JR3TVH home QTH listed on QRZ.com. KP4, PUERTO RICO (QRP Op). Hal, KC8FS, reports that his 18-year old daughter Holly, N8VUQ, is now there with several of her high school classmates and a local college biology class. She will be in San Juan and the north coast of KP4 until April 21st for an ecological research trip that will net her some pre-college biology credit. She took along a borrowed AEA 10 meter DX Handy and will try to work her father if conditions are right. This would be a great demo of amateur radio for the other students if it works. She will be calling him near 28375 kHz (+/- 5 kHz) at the top of the hour beginning at 1700z and depending upon her scheduled activities. Her operating time will be limited because her itinerary is pretty full with snorkeling, exploring mangrove swamps and hiking in a tropical rain forest. Hal asks that if any DXers hear her, please spot her on the DX PacketCluster. Also, he can be reached via E-mail ( [email protected] ) or via the phone (304) 744-5949 (H) and (304) 767-6202 (W). LIGHTHOUSE OPERATION. Leon, ON4ZD, will be signing F/ON4ZD/P between May 5-7th from Fort Boyard. There are three lighthouses on that Fort, FRA 287, FRA 288 and FRA290. Leon will attempt to find a place that will have all lights in the line of sight on at the same moment. QSL via home call, bureau (UBA) or direct with sase. LLDXT 2001 CARIBBEAN TOUR. The Low Land DX-pedition Team (LLDXT) is pleased to announce the 6th Caribbean Tour. This year's tour will bring them to the 'Island of Carriacou' (Grenada - IOTA NA-147) from August 2-15th and the Island of Bequia (St. Vincent - IOTA NA-025) from August 16-27th. The team members will be Bouke/PA0ZH, Ronald/PA3EWP, Rob/PA5ET and Dennis/ PA7FM. The callsigns will be J3/homecall and J8/homecall. They will use two FT1000MPs with amplifiers and will be active around the clock on 160-10 meters on the modes CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Titanex has sponsored a V160E vertical to give them a good low-band signal. As is in past years, they will have a Tour Web site which will be updated daily with the latest information, on-line logs, tour diary, digital photo's and digital pile-up recordings. The Guestbook can already be signed. The LLDXT home page can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/ All QSLs will be managed again by PA5ET, Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The Netherlands. He is a QSL Manager for many other stations; look under 'QSL INFO AND NEWS'. QRP-PEDITION FROM A UR-QRP CLUB. The Ukrainian QRP Club will hold its first (what they call a) 'QRP-pedition' to the Ai-Petri mountain in Crimea, from May 4-11th. The main aim of this expedition are: 1) To publicize low power activity on the air. 2) To attract the attention of hams to the QRP movement and to show the boundless possibilities for low power operations. 3) To test home-made QRP transceivers, as well as, to meet friends and associate with them. A special callsign will be used during the QRP-pedition: EM5QRP. The members of the QRP-pedition are: RK3ZK, UR6IRL, UR7IRL, US1RCH, US1REO, UU4JCQ, UY1AW and UZ8RR. The QRP-pedition members output power of their transmitters will be: 5 watts (CW) and 10 watts (SSB). Look for them to be active mainly on the international QRP frequencies. Operations on RTTY and SSTV are being planned too. Prizes (A book, published by Igor Grigorov, RK3ZK) will be given out to three stations who have the largest number of the QSOs with the QRP-pedition members on various bands. All other contacts will get a special QSL card confirming their QSOs. Those who wish to get the QRP-pedition pennant must send their QSL and 4 IRC to the expedition QSL Manager UR7IRL: Vladimir Tretyakov, Post Box 41, Konstantinovka-10, Donetsk Region, 85110, Ukraine. QSL INFO AND NEWS............... The final and complete logs for 5U2K, 5U3T, and 5U5A are now available on Sil's, I2YSB, Web site at: http://digilander.iol.it/i2ysb Rob, PA5ET, is the QSL Manager for the following stations: 1994 - HB0/PA3ERC/p 1995 - VP5C (August 95), VP5/PA3BBP, VP5/PA3ERC, VP5/PA3EWP, VP5/PA3FQA 1996 - FG/PA3BBP, FG/PA3ERC, FG/PA3EWP, FG/PA3FQA, TO5C (Guadeloupe August96), J79BP, J79RC, J79WP, J79QA, J77C (August 96), FM/PA3BBP, FM/PA3ERC, FM/PA3EWP, FM/PA3FQA 1997 - J6/PA3BBP, J6/PA3ERC, J6/PA3EWP, 9Y4/PA3BBP, 9Y4/PA3ERC, 9Y4/PA3EWP 1998 - 6Y5/PA3ERC, 6Y5/PA3EWP, ZF2RC/ZF9, ZF2WP/ZF9 1999 - PJ7/PA3EWP, PJ7/PA3GCV, PJ7/PA4EA, PJ7/PA4WM, PJ7/PA5ET, PJ7/PA7FM, FS/PA3EWP, FS/PA3GCV, FS/PA4EA, FS/PA4WM, FS/PA5ET, FS/PA7FM, V47WP, V47CV, V47EA, V47WM, V47ET, V47FM, VP2EWP, VP2ECV, VP2EEA, VP2EWM, VP2EET, VP2EFM 2000 - 8Q7ET (January 00), 8Q7WP (January 00), V26EA, V26ET, V26WP, V26FM, VP2MPA , 8P9JR, 8P9JS, 8P9JT, 8P9JU S0, WESTERN SAHARA. By the time you read this, the short operation by S07BT will probably be over. QSL via EA1BT. V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS. Just a quick reminder that Tom/K7ZZ, Dave/WW2AVG, George/AH8H and Jim/W7UG will be active from Enewetak Atoll (IOTA OC-087) in the Marshall islands from April 19-26th. They plan to use the callsign V73E, some operators have their own individual callsigns. Activity will be 80-6 meters with operation on CW/SSB/RTTY. Check the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via WF5T. VK9M, MELLISH REEF (Refer to OPDX.500). Look for David/VK4ZEK, Alan/VK4BKM, Peter/VK4APG and Harris/VK4CWT to be active later in the week from here. They will be on the reef signing VK9ML between April 21-24th. This activity is in preparation for a much larger operation planned in late 2001 or early 2002. Their activity will be on the following suggested frequencies: CW - 3504, 7025, 14025, 21025, 28025 and 50105 kHz SSB - 3799, 7085, 14195, 21295, 28480 and 50145 kHz. Check the web site for more details at: http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml QSL via VK4APG. ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (Update/Help Answered). OPDX received another message from a very excited Victor, ZK1CG, and he stated that thanks to the call for help for his KT43A antenna situation in last week's bulletin, someone has offerred to send him a complete/operational KT43A. Details have to be worked out on sending it, but Victor will keep us informed. He will use the antenna at his Rarotonga location, and on his vacation in October to Manihiki, North Cook Islands for the CQWW SSB Contest with five operators from the Western Washington DX Club. They will be in Manihiki for one week, and possibly Victor will be there for 2 weeks. If you are planning a trip to the Cooks and would like to help in getting some antennas down to Rarotonga (so they can be shipped to Manihiki before October), contact Victor. He states, '..... coming to the Cooks for a vacation or DXing........... I'm sure we will make your stay in the Cook Islands a most pleasant and enjoyable one, plus you will be helping many make a new contact from North and South Cooks.' Keep looking for Victor on 10 meters between 28480 and 28490 kHz after 0000z. ADDED NOTE: Victor is looking for the extension kit to make the KT43A into a six element beam. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving bounced mail by sending mail to me via ' [email protected] ', please send mail to me via ' [email protected] '...... 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To access: 1) Dial Number. 2) Wait for first ring (the second ring should be a false ring from the fax/data switch box) and then dial four quick ones ('1111'). (NOTE: Some FAX machines that send single 'BEEPS' every second will not have to do this step.) 3) The phone will pick up and after the 'BEEP' leave your voice message or FAX. /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Additional Bulletins for OPDX InterNet Subscribers. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Path: barf80!news From: 'Steve Wheatley KU9C' <[email protected]> Subject: PW0S/BQ9P QSL Status Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:22:26 -0400 I've had several requests for information on BQ9P and PW0S status....here goes: PW0S: I have the logs and have started the process of printing labels for the cards I have. We've about completed the QSL design, which I think you will find a prominent spot in your collection for, as it depicts the challenges and personal efforts and risks the team took in putting PW0S on the air for you. As soon as we get the QSL into the printing process, I'll have an arrival date and be able to predict when cards will go out and the first round of cards completed. There are on-line logs at http://www.soutomaior.eti.br/mario/ and then follow the PW0S link....and click on logs. Please report any problems to me at [email protected], but please also note I'm a bit behind, and in many cases, have to direct the question to the appropriate PY amateur. Also, if you have submitted your card, no need to ask via email, I'll research it as I process the cards. BQ9P: The logs were all by hand, and have yet to be entered into a computer. I'm about to start that process. The QSL design has been started, and as with PW0S, when I send the card to the printer, I'll be able to predict when the cards will be going out. It too will be a color card, so your patience will be rewarded with a nice QSL to commemorate this operation. Logs may be posted on the web if I find time, although there appears to be limited value in doing so. If you have submitted your card, your QSOs will be checked against the paper logs if there are any questions. Email me at [email protected] if you have any questions. 73 Steve KU9C --------------------------- Steve Wheatley KU9C PO Box 5953 Parsippany NJ 07054-6953 (yes, the -6953 is correct!) U.S.A. Phone: 973.644.5111 Fax: 973.644.5053 email: [email protected] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: 'Danny Van Tricht ON4VT' <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Info for DX-bulletin Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:28:55 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 SSTV and DX-peditions Never before there was so many SSTV activity from different countries as nowadays. The release of the free soundcard software 'MMSSTV' is a big help on the popularity of SSTV. And it's fine to see that major DX-peditions add SSTV to their mode-list. In the past we had already SSTV from 3D2CI, BQ9P, XZ0A, ZK1AXU, ZD7K, ZD8K, A35SC etc etc. If you are going on a trip to an exotic spot, we ( a bunch of SSTV DX'ers ) like to help you to do some SSTV ... It's different to run a SSTV pile up ... we can advise you and bring you in contact with previous 'SSTV DX-peditioners'. For everybody there is a lot of info for STARTERS on my website: www.qsl.net/on4vt. There you find also recently received DX pictures (4U1UN, ZC4BS, ZD7K, ZD8K, 3D2CI, etc etc). 73 Danny ON4VT Hot SSTV info ??? Join the PDXB-SSTV reflector at www.qsl.net/on4vt !!! *** Radio Amateur Station ON4VT *** Danny Van Tricht Hulshoutveld 2 B-2235 Hulshout B E L G I U M Email [email protected]=20 Website http://www.qsl.net/on4vt SSTV AWARDS: CQ WAZ #001 ARRL WAS #031 IVCA WAS #001 =20 IVCA DXAA #006 WAC RUSSIA SSTV AWARD #005=20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AB5K AR-Cluster Network DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity For the week of Sunday, 8/Apr - Saturday, 14/Apr Nmbr Nmbr Band of Days of DXCC Stations Spots Activity the Week Modes ---- ------- ----- ----------------------------- ------------- ---------- 3A 5 29 .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3B8 4 39 .30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 3B9 1 1 .17. .F. CW. .RTTY 3C 4 27 .20.17. .10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2 6 67 .40. .20. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3V 7 85 .40. .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3W 4 12 .20. .15. .10. .W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3X 3 27 .20. .12.10. .T.W.T. .S. .SSB. 4J 8 12 .30.20. .15. .10. M. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4L 11 27 .80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4S 6 44 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4U1U 1 2 .20. .15. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY 4W 2 8 .6 .T.W.T.F. .SSB. 4X 47 165 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5A 3 31 .17.15.12.10. M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5B 16 66 160. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5H 1 44 160. .30.20.17.15. .10. M. .W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 5N 9 56 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. 5R 8 68 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5U 1 3 .6 M. CW. .RTTY 5X 3 28 .17.15. .10.6 .T.F.S.S .SSB. 5Z 5 32 .20.17.15. .10.6 .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 6W 3 28 .40. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6Y 3 5 .20.17. .10. .T.W. .F. .SSB. 7Q 7 39 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 7X 8 55 .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8P 3 8 .20. .10.6 .T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8R 4 7 .20. .15. .10. .T. .F.S.S .SSB. 9A 33 77 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9G 1 4 .15. .S. .SSB. 9H 21 54 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9J 3 29 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9K 8 57 .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M2 6 38 .30. .17.15.12.10.6 .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M6 3 9 .20. .15. .6 M. .W.T.F.S. .SSB. 9N 3 7 .15. .10. .T.W.T.F. .S .SSB. 9Q 3 5 .80. .12.10. .T. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 9U 0 0 9V 8 49 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9X 1 13 .40. .20. .W. .F. .SSB. 9Y 6 25 .20.17.15. .10.6 .W.T.F.S.S .SSB. A2 1 11 .10. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY A3 1 4 .6 .F. .SSB. A4 6 30 .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A5 2 19 .20. .15.12.10. M.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY A6 3 44 .20.17. .12. .T.W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY A7 2 4 .20.17. .10. .S .SSB. A9 2 18 160. .20.17. .12. .W. .F.S. CW. .RTTY AP 8 38 .40. .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BV 21 51 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BY 38 89 160.80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C2 1 1 .20. .W. .SSB. C3 5 6 .20. .15. .T.W.T. .S .SSB. C5 2 27 .40. .20. .10.6 .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY C6 5 27 .80.40. .17.15. .10. M.T. .T. .S.S .SSB. C9 5 17 .20. .10.6 M. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE 36 130 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE0A 4 46 .20. .10.6 M. .S CW.SSB.RTTY CE9 4 31 .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CM 34 143 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CN 9 30 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CP 7 45 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT 26 49 160.80. .20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT3 10 75 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CU 10 25 .20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CX 55 166 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D2 3 72 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D6 1 2 .20. .10. .T. CW.SSB.RTTY DL 203 397 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DU 36 117 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY E4 4 22 .15. .10. .S. .SSB. EA 145 352 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA6 18 63 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA8 45 116 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA9 13 118 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EI 23 54 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EK 4 15 .20. .15. .T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY EP 6 28 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W. .F.S.S .SSB. ER 5 20 .80. .30.20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ES 10 23 .40.30.20. .15. .10.6 .T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ET 8 51 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EU 15 24 160.80.40.30.20.17. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EX 6 35 .40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EY 8 95 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EZ 4 4 .20.17. .10. M. .W. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY F 95 157 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FG 9 31 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FJ 2 25 .20. .12. M.T.W. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY FK 12 34 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY FM 9 23 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FO 8 197 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. FO/a 2 44 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FP 1 1 .6 .F. .SSB. FR 20 99 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FW 2 31 .20. .15. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FY 4 21 .40.30. .15.12.10. M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY G 135 261 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GD 6 10 .20.17. .10.6 .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GI 13 31 160. .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GJ 3 5 .20.17. .6 .T. .T. CW.SSB.RTTY GM 33 103 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GU 8 52 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GW 17 22 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY H4 1 2 .20. .S. .SSB. HA 22 30 .80.40.30. .17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB 20 32 160. .40. .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB0 1 6 160.80.40. .20. .12. M. .W. .F. CW. .RTTY HC 17 83 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HC8 5 40 .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW. .RTTY HH 2 4 .20. .10. .W.T. .S. .SSB. HI 11 45 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK 31 58 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/a 12 58 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/m 11 151 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10. .W.T.F.S. .SSB. HL 48 122 160. .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HP 9 26 .80. .20. .15. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HR 13 89 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY HS 16 118 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HV 1 1 .6 .S .SSB. HZ 5 84 .20.17. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY I 138 277 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY IS 18 47 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J2 11 104 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J3 4 56 .20.17. .12.10. M.T.W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY J6 4 9 .20. .12. M. .F.S.S .SSB. J8 1 1 .15. .F. CW. .RTTY JA 217 421 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JT 7 35 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JW 7 52 .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JX 1 2 .40. .F. CW. .RTTY JY 6 54 .20.17.15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY K 409 585 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KG4 3 4 .40. .10.6 M. .S CW.SSB.RTTY KH0 7 33 160. .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH2 7 72 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH5 1 1 .6 .F. CW. .RTTY KH6 33 85 160.80. .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH8 9 103 .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KL 7 8 .30.20.17.15. .W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP2 2 7 .12.10.6 .F.S.S .SSB. KP4 39 95 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LA 33 62 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LU 153 439 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LX 16 47 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LY 16 42 .80. .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LZ 20 38 160.80. .30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OA 13 76 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OD 7 66 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OE 21 52 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH 28 51 .80.40. .20.17. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH0 9 70 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10. M. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OK 34 53 160.80.40.30.20. .15. .10.6 .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OM 12 17 .20. .15.12.10.6 M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ON 30 52 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OX 6 38 .40.30. .17.15.12.10.6 .T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OY 4 11 .30.20.17. .12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY OZ 40 128 160.80.40.30.20.17. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P2 4 15 .20. .10.6 .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P4 5 43 .30. .17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PA 54 92 .80. .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ2 3 19 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ7 5 10 .20. .10. .T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY PY 199 611 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0F 5 34 .80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0S 1 32 .20. .15. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PZ 5 35 .80.40.30. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S0 4 69 .40. .20. .15. .10. M. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY S2 3 30 .20. .15. M.T.W.T.F. .S .SSB. S5 26 35 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S7 14 147 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S9 1 1 .15. .F. .SSB. SM 64 173 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SP 122 244 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SU 16 83 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY SV 39 102 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV5 5 23 .40. .20.17. .12.10. M. .W.T.F.S.S .SSB. SV9 6 34 .20.17.15.12.10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T30 1 2 .20. .S .SSB. T7 3 40 160. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T9 8 18 160. .40. .20.17.15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TA 27 76 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TF 5 10 .80. .30.20. .15.12. M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TG 5 20 .80. .20. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TI 34 250 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TI9 2 4 .10. .T. .SSB. TJ 1 1 .20. M. TK 4 5 .20.17. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TL 1 1 .12. .S .SSB. TR 11 46 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TT 3 5 .20. .10. M. .T. .S. .SSB. TU 6 15 .20.17.15.12. .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA 91 330 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA2 6 20 .80.40. .20.17. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA9 88 138 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UK 9 24 .80. .30.20.17.15. .6 M. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UN 16 31 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UR 47 57 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V2 1 1 .17. .S. .SSB. V3 3 14 .6 .T. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY V4 2 6 .20. .15. .10. M. .S .SSB. V5 10 220 .80. .30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V7 10 39 .20.17.15. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VE 61 90 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK 169 358 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9N 1 30 .80. .17. .10.6 M. .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY VP2E 2 18 .40. .20.17.15. M. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP2V 4 32 160. .17.15.12.10.6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP8 8 48 .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP8/o 1 3 .20. .15. .T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY VP9 2 5 .10. .S .SSB. VQ9 3 45 .20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VR 12 40 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VU 43 149 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XE 41 106 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XT 2 14 .20. .15. .10. .W. .F.S. .SSB. XU 2 3 .20. .6 .T.W.T. CW. .RTTY XX9 2 5 .15. M.T.W. CW.SSB.RTTY XZ 1 2 .20. .T. .SSB. YB 67 307 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YI 1 1 .15. .W. .SSB. YJ 1 1 .20. .F. .SSB. YK 2 6 .20.17.15. .T.W.T.F. CW.SSB.RTTY YL 12 33 .80. .30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YN 1 1 .10. .F. .SSB. YO 15 17 160.80. .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YS 4 25 .20. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. YU 26 63 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YV 28 84 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z2 7 28 .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z3 9 44 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZA 6 13 .40. .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W. .F.S. CW. .RTTY ZB 10 47 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZC4 5 25 .80.40. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD7 8 599 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD8 6 25 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZF 4 16 .20. .15. .6 M.T.W.T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY ZK1/s 3 9 .20. .10.6 M. .F.S.S .SSB. ZL 83 202 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZP 20 68 .40. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZS 87 244 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tot Stations: 4857 Tot Spots: 15536 Spotter of the week: HR1BY (94 spots) ------------------ ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: [email protected] Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 'Totally devoted to Amateur Radio' - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD015 ARLD015 DX news ZCZC AE15 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 15 ARLD015 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 12, 2001 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD015 ARLD015 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin, QRZ DX, CE1URH, N5VEI and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. WESTERN MALAYSIA, 9M2. Bruce, KD6WW, will be active from April 20 to May 2. QSL via home call. ALAND ISLAND, OH0. Frank, DL2SWW and Ric, DL2VFR, will operate CW, SSB and RTTY from April 14 to 20. CHILE, CE. 3G1M will be active April 13 to 15 on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters from Sta Maria Island in the north of Chile. QSL via CE1VLY, POB 103, Santiago 21, CHILE. US VIRGIN ISLANDS, KP2. Bill, N5VEI, will be activating St. Thomas from April 18 to 20. Primary operations will be on 10 meters, around 28360 or 28500 kHz. Look for him on 17 and 20 meters during the evening hours. QSL with SASE to home call. ISRAEL, 4X. Look for Yoram, 4Z1GY, under special callsign 4X2K, during the Holyland Contest, April 21 and 22. Activity will be on SSB and CW on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. MALDIVES, 8Q. Peter, HA2SX, will be active as 8Q7KK from April 14 through May 4 on 160 through 10 meters. His main operating modes will be CW, RTTY, PSK31, and SSTV skeds by special request. QSL to the following address only: Peter Kalocsa, MARKO, Bakonyi ut 20, H-8441, HUNGARY. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 9Y. Charlie, N2IM, will be operating from Trinidad, as 9Y4/N2IM, April 26 through May 4. He is expected to be on 20, 15, 10 and 6 meters, and possibly other bands. QSL direct to N2IM. ARMENIA, EK. Daniel, F5LGQ, will be here from April 9 to 21, signing EK8ZZ. Look for him to be active around 1600 to 1700z. AUSTRAL ISLANDS, FO0/A. Alain, F2HE/FO0CLA, will be active from Tubuai Island (OC-152) until April 27. QSL via F6CTL. DJIBOUTI, J2. Jean Louis, J28NH, and others will be active as J28CDX from April 12 to 16. MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Look for Akira, JA3AOP, to be active April 13 to 17. Activity will be on all bands, including 6 meters. QSL via JA3AOP. NAMIBIA, V5. Nick, ZS4NS, is expected to be active as V51/ZS4NS until April 20. His activity will be mainly on 6 meters, listening on 50110 kHz. He will, however, be active on 20, 15 and 10 meters also. QSL via N7RO. ST. HELENA, ZD7. The ZD7K team is now active. Operations are expected to last until April 12. QSL via GW0ANA. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Japan International DX Contest, CW, Lighthouse Spring Lites Rites QSO Party, QRP ARCI Spring QSO Party, His Majesty the King of Spain Contest, DXYL-NAYL Contest, CW, and the Low Power Spring Sprint will keep contesters occupied this weekend. Please see April QST, page 109 for details. NNNN /EX
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.506 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 506 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 506 BID: $OPDX.506 April 9, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, NC1L, N2IM, N3CR, W3EH, W3UR & The Daily DX, KJ4UY, N4AA & QRZ DX, AI5P, N5FG, KH6BZF, K8YSE, 4Z1GY, CO2TK, CE6TBN, DJ7ZG, DL1EK & DX News Letter, DL2SBY, F5PBL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, F8BBL, FM5BH, G3SWH, HA0HW, HK3JJH, HK5MQZ, IK7JWX, JA3MZB, JA0DMV, JI3ACL, PA1AW, RW3GU, SM0AGD, UR5EAW, UT7ND, VA3RJ, VK4AAR, Z32AM, ZK1CG and ZL3CW for the following DX information. SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR: Last week was a rough week for your editor. After about 7 days of no connection to the outside world, BARF-80 BBS was finally back on-line connected to the InterNet on Thursday, April 12th. How bad was the connection missed? After several hours of down- loading, BARF-80's backlog of messages was just over 1400 messages (and this does not include all the amateur radio UseNet New Groups). We were very lucky (and thankful) that 'APK.NET' held all messages (few were lost) until the new DSL service was reconnect with BARF-80's ISP 'NSHORE.ORG'. The DSL service that pulled the plug because of bankruptcy effected over 1000 ISP and 81,000 users in northern Ohio. We are glad it is back! DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 1/April, through Sunday, 8/April, there were 233 countries active. Countries available: 1A, 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, 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, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FO/a, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH3, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PY0S, PZ, R1MV, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T31, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, VU4, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2 There were 54 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31,34,35,43,58,59,69,70,71,72,74,75,90 PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 3A, MONACO (SLIM ALERT). A station signing as 3A2DX was heard active on April 4th, on 28495 kHz at 1400z and then QSYed to 15 meters CW. This station is a 'Pirate/Slim'. DO NOT QSL. Save your money. Buckmaster also has this station listed as a Pirate. 3W2KF IS NOW QRT. Claude, F5PBL, is now back in France as of April 2nd. He sent OPDX the following and requested that we publish it: 'Tnx to everybody for the calls. Despite a high level QRN on my side, I hope I have answered to most of your calls (except USA ... sorry guys, the QRN was S9 towards the States ! Did my best but ...). That was my very first DX trip so sorry for my lack of experience in pile-ups managering! QSLing is OK via bureau or direct (Claude TERRIER, 18 allee du Mail, F-92360 Meudon-la-Foret, France). Note that the address in Villeparisis (Zip 77270) is OK also but not the quickest one and please avoid Aulnay (Zip 93600) because the Postal services will soon stop the forwarding to me. QSL cards should be printed and delivered within 6 weeks now. I will then start the answering process, starting with direct requests, of course. I will NOT answer to eQSLs, sorry.' For more updated information and the log (which will be available soon), check out the Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/f5pbl 4X, ISRAEL. Look for Yoram, 4Z1GY, to sign with the special callsign 4X2K during the Holyland Contest, April 21-22nd. Activity will be on SSB and CW on 80/40/20/15/10 meters. 8Q, MALDIVES. Phil, G3SWH, and his XYL Jan, will be in the Maldives between June 4-11th. Phil has been allocated the callsign 8Q7WH. This will be the usual holiday type of operation, and he will have his IC-706 and R-7000 with him. Phil will be active on all bands 40-10 meters, CW only, as time allows. QSL to his CBA with SAE and return postage or via the RSGB bureau. 8Q, MALDIVES. Peter, HA2SX, will be on tour again to the Indian Ocean. He has received his old callsign which he used last year. Look for him to sign 8Q7KK again from April 14th through May 4th. He will be using his FT-1000MP Mark V w/200 watts. His antennas are a DX-88 + 160 m kit and a windom antenna (by DK9FN) for 80-10 meters. His main operation modes will be CW/RTTY/PSK31 and some times (only during his local daily time) he will be on SSB and for special requests, on SSTV. Request for SSTV skeds should be sent by E-mail until April 12th. Peter's E-mail address is: [email protected] QSL requests should be sent only to the following address: Peter Kalocsa, MARKO, Bakonyi ut 20, H-8441, HUNGARY. Peter will try to be active in the following contests: JA-DX, TARA PSK31, ES-OPEN-HF, YU-DX, and SP-DX RTTY. 9Y, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Charlie, N2IM, will be operating from Trinidad, as 9Y4/N2IM, April 26th through May 4th. He is expected to be on 20, 15, 10, and 6 meters, and possibly other bands. He will be using dipoles and 100 watts. Look for him on the air in the early morning and late evening. QSL direct to N2IM. CO/CM, CUBA. Eric, F5SSM, will be in Cuba from April 23-30th. He will try to operate if he can get a licence. DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager, informs OPDX that documentation has been received for the operations listed below; cards will now be accepted for DXCC credit: 3XY2D Guinea and 3W2LWS Vietnam EK, ARMENIA. Daniel, F5LGQ, will be here from April 9-21st, signing EK8ZZ. Look for him to be active during his evening around 1600-1700z. FJ, SAINT MARTIN. Philippe, F6BXE (ex-TR8DX and FG5HE), has been active as FJ5DX since March. At the moment, he has been heard on 12 and 20 meters. He was heard this past week on 14176 kHz around 0300z. FO & FO0/A, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND AUSTRAL ISLANDS. Marcel, ON4QM/FO0DEH, will once again be active from this area, possibly the same dates as last year (Sept. 25th through Nov. 25th). He will be active from Pukapuka (OC-062) in the Tuamotu Island group, then from Rapa (OC-051) in the Australes and may be again from Reao (OC-238) in the Tuamotu. FO0/A, AUSTRAL ISLANDS. Alain, F2HE/FO0CLA, is now active from Tubuai Island (OC-152) in the Australes. He will be there until April 27th. He will then move to Rurutu (OC-050) 'maybe' without a radio. QSL via F6CTL. FS & PJ, ST. MARTIN AND ST. MAARTEN. George, W3EH (ex K2KTT), will be at his St. Maarten home from April 11-17th. He will be on the air as PJ/W3EH and FS/W3EH, mostly on 10 meters phone (28.450 to 28.500) with appearances on other bands and CW depending on propagation. HK0, MALPELO ISLAND (Update). By the time you read this Pedro, HK3JJH, should be on his way or may even be active from Malpelo. He is expect to be active from HK0 at the beginning of the week and stay active until around May 7th. QSL via N4AA. He was heard this past week and weekend active from a Lighthouse on Isla La Palma (IOTA SA-017) as HK3JJH/5. HK0, MALPELO ISLAND (2nd Operation Update). Jairo/HK5MQZ and Hiro/HK5QGX have announced that the DXpedition originally planned between April 8-21st has been cancelled. The reason for this cancellation: The second voyage of the only ship that sails to Malpelo was cancelled; the scuba group that had originally contracted the ship cancelled out. Jairo informs OPDX that the first sailing from April 6th and 13th has no problems and would have taken place. They had planned to sail on April 6th on the first trip and return to Buenaventura on the second sailing. But their second trip was cancelled and they did not have any possibilities for the return trip. Therefore they cordially present their apologies to all colleagues who were interested in this operation. HONOR GIVEN. The Magnolia DX Association ( http://www.mdxa.org ) has sent an appreciation plaque to Chuck Brady, N4BQW, for his one man operation as 3Y0C. They wanted Chuck to know how much the DX community appreciated his one man operation from Bouvet Island. Chuck endured many hardships and much improvising to allow many thousands of DXers world-wide to make a contact with the VERY rare DXCC entity. IOTA NEWS................. EU-051. Look for IE9/IZ8AJQ and IE9/IZ8DBJ to be active April 26-29th from Ustica Island. Activity will be on 10/12/15/17/20/30/40/80 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY. If if is possible, they will also try to work PSK31. QSL via homecalls direct or bureau: IZ8AJQ - Erminio Cioffi (di Michele), Piazza Umberto 1 n.16, 84036 Sala Consilina (SA), ITALY IZ8DBJ - Mario Pesce, Via Privata Falcin.2, 80070 BACOLI (NA), ITALY. EU-096. Pekka, OH1lU, will be active from Kustavi Island April 13-15th. Their is no QSL information at this time. EU-098. Wolfgang, DH3ZK, will be active from Poel Island April 13-16th. This island will stop counting for IOTA on February 01, 2005. He will be on 15, 20, and 40 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSL via home callsign. EU-146. Eric, F5SSM, will be signing PA/F5SSM, April 14-16th, from Shouwen Duviland. OC-154. Dan, VK8AN, has decided to take his equipment back to Troughton Island for his next few tours. His activity is expected to take place April 10-24th, May 8-22nd and June 5-19th. If there are any alterations to those dates we will be advised. Dan has some changes planned for this time. Besides his 3 element tribander and IC-738, he will have a linear amp (FL2100) to help a bit. Later he might try a vertical on either 12m or 17m and a long wire for 40/80/160 meters. QSL to VK4AAR (as before) DIRECT ONLY to: POB 421, Gatton 4343, Australia. A Reminder: Do NOT send SASE with Aussie stamps unless you have access to the right series (this is IMPORTANT). It is better to send USD (or IRC if you must). SA-069. Pat, CA1URH, will be active from Santa Maria Island near to Antofagasta in the north of Chile. His callsign will be 3G1M from April 13-15th. Activity will be 40/20/15/10 meters. QSL via CE1VLY: Pat Valero Dazarola, P.O. Box 103, Santiago - 21 Chile. J2, DJIBOUTI (IOTA Op). Jean Louis, J28NH, and others will be active as J28CDX from Dijboutian Island of 7 Freres (Sept Freres Brother) IOTA AF-059. They will be there from April 12-16th. KH2, GUAM. Shige, JI3CEY, will be active as KH2/JI3CEY on HF and 6 meters from Guam between April 21-23rd. This is a short DX holiday from KH2JU's rental shack. QSL via homecall bureau or direct: Shigeru Yokoi, 2-138-1-704 Hamaderasuwanomorichonishi, Sakai-City Osaka 592-8347 Japan. KH0, SAIPAN. Look for Akira, JA3AOP, to be active April 13-17th. Activity will be on all bands and 6 meters. There was no callsign mentioned. QSL via JA3AOP. QSL INFO AND NEWS........... TX5CW QSL CORRECTION. It is recommend that QSLs for TX5CW be sent to Jacky's ZL3CW address instead of his F2CW address as reported last week. QSL to: Jacques Calvo, P.O. Box 593, Pukekohe, Auckland 1800, New Zealand (NOT to Chatham Island, New Zealand). Erik, SM0AGD, informs OPDX that all direct QSL requests received up to April 1st, for his January/February 3C1AG operation, have now been answered and were expected to be in mailed sometime last week. The 5A24PA special event station by Abubaker is history now. Currently, Abubaker is working to get the logs sorted and sent to Alex, PA1AW. Alex reports that after he receives the logs, it will be about 2-3 weeks to get the cards, and another 2-3 weeks to get the cards out in the mail. PLEASE NOTE: Alex is NOT the QSL Manager for 5A1A. QSLs for 5A24PA go to: Alex van Hengel, Schoener 85, 2991JK Barendrecht, The Netherlands. 9M2TO QSLS (New address). Tex, JA0DMV/9M2TO, informs OPDX that all QSLs received before March 31st (2001) have been sent out to the JARL Bureau. PLEASE NOTE: The JA0DMV address has been changed. The new address is as follows: Tex Izumo, 827 Nakanojyou Ueda, Nagano 386-0034, Japan. A61AJ QSL Situation. Bernie, W3UR, Editor of 'The Daily DX', reports that all direct U.S. requests received prior to March 23, 2001, for QSOs prior to January 1, 2001, have been answered and are now in the mail. He is now (1/5 through) working on all direct DX QSOs received prior to March 23, 2001, for QSOs prior to January 1, 2001. Bernie hopes to have this completed by the end of this month. Next will be all direct requests received after March 24, 2001. He also states that 95% of all QSOs are now on-line at: http://www.dailydx.com/a61aj_search.html If your QSO is not in the on-line log, more than likely it is in one of the hand logs. Please do not panic. Kasimir, DL2SBY, reports that he has been active as LX/DL2SBY, IS0/DL2SBY, TK/DL2SBY and HB0/DL2SBY. However, many stations continue to QSL via the wrong address. His correct address is: Kasimir Bastian, Gruenaeckerstr.39, 71069 Sindelfingen, Germany. Gene, UT7ND/ER0ND, QSL Manager for ER4DX, ER0N, ER/UT7ND and ER0ND, informs OPDX that many envelopes have been ripped open by what he calls ' mail rats ' and return postage in the SAE has been taken. He states that he can not send these QSL cards back direct, so cards will be sent back via the bureau. Gene recommends that when sending QSLs to him, use envelopes that are dense and sealed with tape. Also, it is better/safer to use IRCs. NEW address for Fred, IK7JWX, (also IQ7J and IQ7J/7): Alfredo De Nisi, Vico della Cavallerizza, 4/d, 73100 - Lecce - Italy Recently, AH7X was on Guam for the CQ WPX Contest. His QSL routes as AH7X go via JP1NWZ. Also, AH7X/PORTABLE is via JP1NWZ. TO5T logs for the last CQ WPX Contest are now online at the following Web page: http://www.madinina.fr.fm QSL TO5T direct via FM5BH not W3HNK. VK0MM QSLS. Alan, VK4AAR, reports that he is pleased to announce that the backlog of QSLs for VK0MM have been cleared. He adds that each day's mail is now being processed the same day and mailed back the next day (24 hour turn around now!) Alan, states, 'Just want to say 'thanks a million' to those amateurs that heeded our request for generosity with funds which we donate to Camp Quality (a children's cancer support charity). So far we have donated close to $20,000.00 and more will be welcome. US$$ are easily donated but IRCs will help a bit if you can't get greenstamps. Don't get the wrong impression... donations don't 'buy' a card... you MUST be in the log also, of course. Please visit the Macquarie Island web site (it is regularly up dated).........' http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html QSL DIRECT ONLY to VK4AAR. Important reminder.... Do NOT (repeat 'NOT') waste your time (and Alan's) asking for a QSL card for VK0LD. Cards are NOT available. Details on the above web site. QSL Z39A to: Radio Amateur Society Of Macedonia, P.O. Box 14, Skopje 1000, Republic of Macedonia. SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station 8J3EAG to be activated on 80/40/20/15/10 meters and VHF bands by several operators. Activity will take place from April 28th through May 27th during the East Asian Games from Osaka city (East Asian Games's Web site: http://www.eagocweb.com/ ) This station will also help in trying to promote publicity of Osaka to be a candidate for the next Olympic Games in 2008. Information about this station and an online log search can be found on the following Web site: http://www.qsobank.net/cgi-bin/logserch.pl QSL via JARL Bureau or direct to the JA3DBD: Souichi Miyamoto, 6-9-2 Habikigaoka, Habikino Osaka, 583-0864 Japan. SPECIAL EVENT. Pepin, CO2TK, informs OPDX readers to look for station T40VPG to be active durings the 40th aniversary commemoration of the 'Victoria Playa Giron', from April 14-15th. Activity will be on 160/80/40/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters on SSB and 2m FM, reference number EL-92. QSL via CO/CM Bureau. SPECIAL EVENT. The special callsign TM6JUN will be on the air from 'Utah Beach' from June 1-10th. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 3526, 7026, 14026, 21026, 28026 and 50206 SSB - 3644, 7074, 14174, 21174, 28574 and 50200 kHz. QSL via F8LDX (preferably via the bureau). SU, EGYPT. Members of the Russian Robinson, and Russian Contest Clubs (RW3GW and RN3OA) will operate as SU1HR as Multi-Single in the CQ WPX Contest and a few days before and after the contest. A special award is available for two QSOs on different bands. The QSL and Award Manager is: Valery Sushkov, RW3GW, P.O.Box 3, 398000, Lipetsk, Russia. The log will be available at the RRC Web site at: http://rrc.sc.ru/ SV9, CRETE. Laurent, F8BBL, will be on the Island of Crete (EU-015), near Heraklion, as SV9/F8BBL, from June 25th through July 2nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW/SSB using an IC-706MKII w/100w and long wire (L:80m) into an ICOM AH4. QSL card via home callsign (CBA 2001). TM, FRANCE. Patrick, F6OIE, will use the TM0A callsign from May 13-25th. He will be active on all bands SSB/CW and is expected to participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest. TX0C, CHESTERFIELD ISLAND (Update). Jacky, F2CW/ZL3CW, reports to OPDX that they found a 48 foot yacht last month capable of carrying up to 6 passengers. Originally, they wanted to travel with 4 operators and 2 divers in order to help share the cost. Unfortunatly, they could not find 2 divers. So, instead of leaving with 2 empty spaces (which still has to be paid as the charter and is a fixed price regardless the number of passengers) they decided to invite 2 more operators. The operators now are: F2CW, F5CW (FK8VHY), FK8FS, FK8FU, ZL1GO (JA4EKO) and FO3BM. They will be leaving Noumea, April 24th for a 3 day journey. In route they will be using the callsign TX4A/MM (for prefix hunters!). Their estimated time of arrival (ETA) is Friday, April 27th. They plan to depart the island on Thursday, May 3rd. They will again use the callsign TX4A/MM on their way back to Noumea (3 to 4 day journey). QSL for TX0C and TX4A/MM are via ZL3CW. UZ5, UKRAINE (6 meters). Look for grid square LN08 and LN09 to be active from June 2-11th, by UX2MM, UX2MF, UX5MZ, UR5LCV, UX7MX, UX7MA, UR3MP, UR5MID and UR5EAW. The group of Ukrainians will be active as UZ5M in the IARU1 50 MHz June Contest and the UKSMC. QSL via UX2MM (Box 59, Lisichansk, 93100). V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. Larry, KJ4UY, will be operating again as V47UY in May from the 10th through the 16th. He will be staying at Karl's, V44NK, shack on Nevis. Larry is sending a KT34A and 2 element Hygain 40m beam as soon as he can find out how to do it. QSL to homecall, KJ4UY. V5, NAMIBIA. Nick, ZS4NS, is expected to be active as V51/ZS4NS from April 10-20th. His activity will be mainly on 6 meters (listening on 50.110 MHz). He will, however, be active 20/15/10 meters also. QSL via N7RO. VP9, BERMUDA. Rich, AI5P, will be operating as VP9/AI5P from April 29th through May 9th, from Hamilton Parish, Bermuda. This is primarily a holiday trip with operating as a possibility. The emphasis will be on CW and on the WARC bands. QSL via AI5P. ZB2, GILBRALTAR. Babs/DL7AFS and Lot/DJ7ZG will be active again, this time as ZB2/DL7AFS and ZB2/DJ7ZG from April 23-30th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters RTTY/PSK/SSB. Look for more info (and their logs) on the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/DL7AFS Lot reports that they are still looking for a light weight power-amp (p.e.500-700 Watts) for their DXpeditions (Weight of 8-12 kg, incl.PS 120/220V is welcome). If you can help or have some helpful ideas, contact Lot at: [email protected] ZD7, ST. HELENA. The ZD7K team is now active. Activity is expected to last until April 12th. QSL via GW0ANA. ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (Update/Help Need). OPDX received another message from Victor, ZK1CG, and he states the following (edited): 'Jim/ZK1JD and myself are both running barefoot rigs. Jim has a dipole up about 30 to 40 feet for 20 meters, I know this because I threw the rock over the tree Hi Hi. He also has a vertical and a 5 element monobander on 10 meters up 20 to 30 feet pointed at a very high tree. I Have a G5RV up 35 feet and a Vertical and a Icom 751A (Thanks to W7VV Roger and Sue). I do have a KT34A that's on the ground that I'm trying to get parts for. It is over ten years old and has not seen much action on the Ham bands. I would love to get it up and running before we go to North Cook in October for CQWW SSB Contest with the group from Seattle and Canada for one week. If anyone has a old KT34A with usable parts on it that they would like to see and hear operating from both North and South Cook please contact me. I know not many old and used KT34As are around but you never know your luck... I am running on a single battery at the moment so if anyone hears me FMing, let me know so I can save the rig. Yes, I know you may need the contact, but I like to skip around to the new bands when possible to give the hams a new one on 17 and 12 meters....... Regards, Victor, ZK1CG'. QSL ZK1CG to: Victor Rivera, PO Box 618, Rarotonga Cook Islands. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving bounced mail by sending mail to me via ' [email protected] ', please send mail to me via ' [email protected] '...... 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To access: 1) Dial Number. 2) Wait for first ring (the second ring should be a false ring from the fax/data switch box) and then dial four quick ones ('1111'). (NOTE: Some FAX machines that send single 'BEEPS' every second will not have to do this step.) 3) The phone will pick up and after the 'BEEP' leave your voice message or FAX. /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Additional Bulletins for OPDX InterNet Subscribers. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >From [email protected] Thu Apr 5 13:16:17 2001 From: 'Neville Cheadle' <[email protected]> To: 'OPDX Bulletin' <[email protected]> Subject: RSGB IOTA Millennium Programme - IOTA 2000 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 14:56:13 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 There has been a very high level of interest in the IOTA 2000 Programme. A large number of applications have been received and these are now being processed by the CDXC Committee. We now plan to issue the first batch of certificates in May. The closing date for applications is 31 December 2001. Would those applying please remember to complete the application form. This can be found on the CDXC web site: www.cdxc.org.uk The calls of the two amateurs checking the log should be shown on the form. Both e-mail and postal applications are welcome. Applications by post should be sent to: CDXC C/o Neville Cheadle Further Felden Longcroft Lane Felden Hemel Hempstead Herts HP3 0BN England In the case of e-mail applications the SM6DEC system is being used by about 70% of the applicants. It is highly recommended and can be downloaded from the CDXC web site. Neville Cheadle G3NUG Chairman - CDXC (Chiltern DX Club), The UK DX Foundation (CDXC are managing the IOTA 2000 Programme on behalf of the RSGB IOTA Committee) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AB5K AR-Cluster Network DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity For the week of Sunday, 1/Apr - Saturday, 7/Apr Nmbr Nmbr Band of Days of DXCC Stations Spots Activity the Week Modes ---- ------- ----- ----------------------------- ------------- ---------- 3A 5 29 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S. .SSB. 3B8 7 57 .30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2 7 63 .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2/r 1 1 .10. M. .SSB. 3V 11 79 .40. .20.17.15. .10. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3W 11 124 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4J 3 13 .40.30. .10. .W. .S CW. .RTTY 4L 11 35 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4S 8 77 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4X 49 136 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5A 3 50 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 5B 11 50 .40.30.20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5H 2 44 160.80. .30.20. .15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5N 11 57 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5R 5 48 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5W 2 2 .20. .6 .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 5Z 2 3 .10.6 M. CW. .RTTY 6W 3 13 .15. .10. .W.T.F.S. .SSB. 6Y 5 31 .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W. .F. .S .SSB. 7Q 5 57 .15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 7X 8 77 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8P 7 9 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8R 4 8 .20. .15. .10. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9A 25 51 160. .30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9G 2 8 .15. .10. .S .SSB. 9H 18 54 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9J 2 40 .20.17. .6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9K 10 75 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M2 8 57 .40.30. .17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M6 3 75 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9N 2 26 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 9V 8 72 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9Y 6 31 .20.17. .10. M.T. .F.S.S .SSB. A2 2 6 .20.17. .T. .T. .SSB. A3 1 11 .15.12.10. .S. CW. .RTTY A4 10 96 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A5 3 40 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY A6 4 20 .20. .12. .T. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY A7 3 5 .20. .10. .T. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY A9 2 17 160. .20.17. .10. .T.F.S.S CW. .RTTY AP 11 69 .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BV 23 85 .40.30.20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BY 33 111 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C2 1 3 .10. .T. .SSB. C3 5 14 .20.17. M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C6 4 64 160. .20. .15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C9 2 7 .20. .10. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY CE 28 63 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE0A 11 195 .40. .20. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE0Z 2 67 .20. .10.6 M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY CE9 5 44 .30.20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CM 37 131 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CN 13 50 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CP 5 41 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT 29 49 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT3 8 62 160. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CU 6 19 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CX 30 76 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D2 4 31 .20. .10. .T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DL 154 264 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DU 31 127 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA 150 348 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA6 16 34 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA8 29 86 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA9 10 31 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EI 9 14 .80.40.30. .17.15.12. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EK 7 22 .20.17.15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. EL 3 7 .40. .15. .W.T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY EP 6 7 .20. .15. .W. .F.S.S .SSB. ER 6 14 .30.20.17.15. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY ES 7 13 .30.20. .15. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ET 7 78 .80. .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EU 22 56 .80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EX 13 40 .40.30.20.17.15. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EY 4 49 .30. .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EZ 8 26 .40.30.20. .15. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY F 96 251 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FG 5 14 .20.17.15. .10. M.T. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY FJ 4 16 .20. .12.10. M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FK 10 78 160. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FM 6 21 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FO 16 207 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FO/a 1 7 .15. .10. M. .S. CW. .RTTY FP 1 8 .20. .T. .SSB. FR 13 129 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FW 2 54 .20. .15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. FY 6 31 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY G 95 276 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GD 3 9 .20. M.T.W. .F. .S .SSB. GI 12 18 .80.40.30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GJ 1 1 .15. .W. GM 17 53 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GU 6 21 .17.15.12.10.6 .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GW 11 18 160.80. .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY H4 2 15 .20. .15. .T. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY H40 2 144 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY HA 26 36 .80. .30.20.17.15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB 20 29 160.80.40.30.20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB0 2 6 .30. .15.12. .W.T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY HC 11 71 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HC8 2 6 .6 M.T. .S.S CW. .RTTY HH 2 6 .20. .12. .T.W. CW.SSB.RTTY HI 13 52 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK 21 103 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/a 4 14 .30.20. .15.12.10. .T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HL 71 211 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HP 7 18 .80. .20. .15. .10.6 .T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HR 3 5 .20. .10.6 M.T.W. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY HS 22 150 .40. .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HV 2 3 .17.15. .W.T. CW. .RTTY HZ 8 118 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY I 125 260 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY IS 12 30 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J2 6 40 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S .SSB. J3 6 103 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J6 1 2 .10. .F. .SSB. J8 1 2 .30. .T. CW. .RTTY JA 215 328 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JD/m 1 1 .6 .W. CW. .RTTY JT 7 35 .20.17.15.12.10. .T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JW 7 79 .30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JX 2 38 .30.20.17.15.12. M. .W.T.F. .S CW. .RTTY JY 9 93 160. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY K 318 445 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KG4 1 1 .20. .S CW. .RTTY KH0 4 14 160. .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH2 5 25 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F. CW.SSB.RTTY KH3 1 1 .10. .F. .SSB. KH5 1 1 .6 .F. .SSB. KH6 30 60 .80. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH8 3 51 .6 .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY KL 9 17 .40. .20. .15. .10. M.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP2 3 5 .20. .10. .T. .S. .SSB. KP4 26 82 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LA 16 40 .40. .20. .15. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LU 122 289 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LX 15 46 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LY 6 13 .15.12.10. .T.W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY LZ 15 31 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OA 15 44 .80. .20. .15. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OD 14 134 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OE 24 35 160.80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH 17 31 .40.30.20.17.15. .6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH0 4 16 .30. .17.15.12. M.T. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY OK 31 44 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OM 9 19 .40. .17.15.12.10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ON 26 34 160.80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OX 3 42 .30.20.17.15. .10. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OY 4 10 .30.20.17. .12. .6 M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OZ 31 109 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P2 8 33 .20. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P4 4 31 .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PA 36 50 160. .40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ2 4 10 .40.30. .15. .10. M.T.W. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY PJ7 9 76 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY 136 298 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0F 4 16 .20. .15. .10.6 .W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0S 3 29 .20. .W.T.F.S.S .SSB. PZ 5 44 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY R1MV 1 1 .20. .W. .SSB. S2 6 25 .20. .15. M.T.W.T.F. .S .SSB. S5 26 57 .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S7 4 44 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY S9 1 11 .15. .F.S. .SSB. SM 33 68 .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SP 90 139 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SU 22 111 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV 31 99 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV5 3 16 .17.15. .10.6 M.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV9 8 114 160. .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T30 2 17 .20. M.T.W.T.F.S. .SSB. T31 1 1 .17. .S CW. .RTTY T7 6 61 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T9 8 20 .20. .15. .10. M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TA 18 94 .80. .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TF 2 5 .40.30.20.17.15. .T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TG 8 57 .40.30.20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TI 21 133 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TJ 1 1 .15. .T. .SSB. TK 7 13 .30.20.17. .10. M.T.W.T.F. CW.SSB.RTTY TL 1 2 .20. .T. TR 9 50 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TT 2 5 .15. .10. .W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY TU 5 10 .20.17.15. .6 .W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TZ 2 2 .20. .12. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY UA 122 178 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA2 4 6 .40. .20. .15. M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA9 117 233 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UK 14 39 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UN 19 42 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UR 53 79 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V2 3 41 .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V3 3 5 .6 M. .F.S. .SSB. V4 1 1 .6 .S .SSB. V5 8 68 .20.17. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V7 10 50 .30. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V8 1 2 .10. .T. .SSB. VE 57 80 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK 182 462 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9N 8 166 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9X 1 1 .20. M. CW. .RTTY VP2E 5 13 .30.20.17.15. .10. .T. .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY VP2V 2 3 .20. .15. .W.T.F. .SSB. VP5 6 99 160. .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY VP6 0 0 VP8 6 44 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP8/o 1 2 .15. .10. M. CW.SSB.RTTY VP9 5 6 .20. .10. .W. .S. .SSB. VQ9 6 59 .20.17.15.12.10.6 .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY VR 11 50 .80. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VU 49 245 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VU4 3 3 .17.15. .10. .S CW.SSB.RTTY XE 33 88 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XU 3 7 .20. .15. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XW 1 1 .15. .S CW. .RTTY XX9 1 3 .15. .S. .SSB. YB 74 395 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YI 4 7 .15. .10. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YJ 5 161 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY YK 2 5 .30. .10. .W.T.F.S. CW. .RTTY YL 8 12 .40.30.20.17.15. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YN 1 6 .15. .F.S. .SSB. YO 10 12 .80. .20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY YS 6 21 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YU 18 45 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YV 16 62 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z2 6 41 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z3 10 58 .40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZA 7 23 .40. .20. .15.12.10. .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY ZB 6 32 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZC4 5 91 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD7 13 487 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD8 5 24 .20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S. CW. .RTTY ZD9 2 2 .30. .10. .T. .S. CW. .RTTY ZF 5 16 .20. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZK1/s 6 19 .20.17.15. .10. .T.W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZL 77 144 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZP 11 21 .40. .20. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZS 79 436 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tot Stations: 4385 Tot Spots: 15030 Spotter of the week: OZ1SKY (111 spots) -------------------------- ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: [email protected] Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 'Totally devoted to Amateur Radio' - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud
MESSAGE FROM KB8NW: After about 7 days of no connection to the outside, BARF-80 BBS is now back on-line connected to the InterNet (Details in next week's bulletin. To OPDX InterNet Subscribers and readers on the various UseNet groups, 'We are sorry for the delay'. SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.505 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 505 (*Corrected) The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 505 (*Corrected) BID: $OPDX.505 April 2, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, KA1GJ, NC1L, K2FRD, W3HC, W3UR & The Daily DX, WN3VAW, N4AA & QRZ DX, N6RT, W7TSQ, K8YSE, WA0RJY, 9Y4VU, EA5BY, GM4SUC, HL1IWD, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IK7JWX, JA3MZB, JI3DST, ON5NT, OZ5MJ, VA3RJ, Zik and ZK1CG for the following DX information. SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR: As of 2230z Thursday, March 29th, BARF-80 BBS lost its ISP mailer until possibly April 2nd or 3rd. This is due to a changeover of DSL ownership and equipment/hardware/cable (which will not be available until then). This means your editor will probably lose all of his mail sent between March 29th and April 2nd or 3rd. If you have sent something for the OPDX, PLEASE send it again after April 3rd. Also, OPDX's InterNet Subscriber will be receiving their bulletin one to two days later than normal due to this changeover. I am very sorry for this inconvenience. However, OPDX.505 will be available as usual at the K8YSE OPDX Home Page. Provisions are being taken to have OPDX.505 uploaded to the various DX Reflectors and UseNet groups...... Thanks de Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 25th March, through Sunday, 1st April there were 237 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE0Z, 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, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PY0S, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T32, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/g, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2 There were 49 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31,34, 35,43,58,59,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,90 PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 4W, EAST TIMOR. Neville, VK2QF, is once again active from here as 4W/VK2QF. Reports indicate that he will be active on all bands 80-6 meters CW/SSB until April 5th. Over the past weekend, he was spotted on 15 and 10 meters CW. Check 10 meters after 0100z and 15 meters after 0830z. QSL via his CBA. 5R, MADAGASCAR. Sigi, 5R8GT, was quite active this past week on 12 meters and some other WARC bands. Check around 24942 kHz between 1630 and 1730z. Also, check 10104 kHz after 0300z, 18142 kHz around 1630z and 21242 kHz after 1730z. QSL via DK8ZD. 5X, UGANDA. Graham, 5X1GS, was active over the past week on 10 meters. Look for him on SSB on/around 28460 or 28475 kHz after 1030z and again after 2000z. QSL via WB2YQH. C9, MOZAMBIQUE. Joe, G3MRC, was active this past week as G3MRC/C9. He was heard on 28029 kHz between 1330 and 1600z. QSL via home callsign. D70, SOUTH KOREA (Special Event/Attention Prefix Hunters). A group of HL operators will be active now through May 25th with the special callsign D70IAF (Delta Seven Zero India Alfa Foxtrot) to celebrate the opening of the 'Incheon International Airport'. They were spotted last week on CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31. Check the following frequencies: 7006, 7070, 14014, 14070, 14086, 21070 and 21290 kHz. QSL Manager is Lee, HL1IWD, and he prefers QSLs be sent via the bureau. DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager, reports that 'Documentation has been received for ET3VSC and cards will now be accepted for DXCC credit.' E4, PALESTINE. The '425 DX News' reports that Gunter, OE1GZA, will be active from Ramallah until the end of next year as E4/OE1GZA. Activity will only be on 30-10 meters at this time. It is recommend that direct QSLs should be sent (as bureau cards will not be answered for a long time) to: Gunter Zwicki, c/o SICT, P.O. Box 91196, Ramallah, Palestine. H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE. Ron, ZL1AMO, continues to be active as H40RW and has been heard on 7007, 14025, 14226.5, 14236, 21028 and 28024 kHz. QSL via home callsign. INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE/LIGHTSHIP WEEKEND 2001 (Update). Mike, GM4SUC, reports that planning for this year's International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August, is progressing very well. A list of stations that have already confirmed their participation can be found at the following Web site: http://www.vk2ce.com/illw/2001.htm Rules and information on the weekend can also be found at: http://www.vk2ce.com/illw/index/html If you require any more information just contact Mike at: [email protected] IOTA NEWS............ AS-NEW. The Korea DX Club (KDXC) has an IOTA DXpedition scheduled for May 5-6th (only two days) to one of the Kangwondo Province Islands. The island name will be announced later because of military security. This will be a new IOTA and will also be the last IOTA in South Korea. They plan on using a beam and amp during this operation. QSL via HL1XP. All contacts will be confirmed via the bureau automatically. AS-024. Nasu, JM1TUK, will be active from Ishigaki Island from April 4-16th. He will use the callsign JM1TUK/6 and will be operating on 40-15 meters using a TS-50 and groundplane. QSL via JM1TUK. AS-056. Masa, JA6GXK, will be active from Danjo Archipelago (Meshima Island) during the following dates: April 10-20th, May 1-10th and June 1-12th. This will not be a DXpedition, and Masa will be active only during his spare time. He will be active from a lighthouse on Meshima. Suggested frequencies are: 7 MHz, 14260 +/-10kHz or 21260 +/-10kHz. QSL only via the Bureau. AS-056. Joe, JA4PXE/6, will be active from Danjo Island starting around 2200z on May 4th, ending May 6th at 2200z. He will be operating on 14260 and 21260 kHz +/- QRM, and 50.145 MHz. QSL via JA4PXE. AS-079. Look for JH0BLI to be active from Miyako Island, May 3-5th. He will use JH0BLI/6 and will be active on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via JH0BLI. EU-174. There is a correction to last week's bulletin. Look for operators Eddy/ON6HE, Dirk/ON5CT and Frank/ON4AAC (not ON4AAX as mentioned in OPDX.504) to be active from Thasos Island between May 27th and June 3rd. LYNX DX CONVENTION. The LYNX DX Group is proud to be hosting its annual Convention in Alicante, Spain, on April 28-29th, 2001, at the Hotel Melia Alicante. DX forum guests will be: N4XP (K5K), F2VX (A52FH), EA4DX (T24DX + 8Q7XX) and CT1EEB (4W6EB). For more info about the Convention, check the Web page: http://www.lynxdxg.com/conv2001/index.htm NORTHWEST DX CONVENTION 2001. The Western Washington DX Club (WWDXC) is proud to be hosting the Northwest DX Convention in Seattle on July 20-22th, 2001. The special event will be held at the Everett Holiday Inn (Web page http://www.rogueweb.com/holidayeverett/ ). DX Forum guests will be Bill Fisher/W4AN, Carl Luetzelschwab/K9LA, Bill Moore/NC1L, Al Rovner/K7AR, Garry Shapiro/NI6T, Dennis R. Motschenbacher/K7BV and others. For additional information and details, check the Web page at: http://www.wwdxc.org/convention Or send questions to WWDXC, P.O. Box 395, Mercer Island, WA 98040 or E-mail to: [email protected] OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the complete WWDXC press release as an addtional bulletin. QSL INFO AND NEWS............... Frank, 9Y4VU, informs OPDX that all QSL requests, including the cards by QSL Managers W3EVW and NY3Y up to September 2000, and all direct requests received up to March 23rd (2001) have been answered and mailed by March 23rd. He apologies for the delays. Doug, N6RT, reports that the A52CO log is now available online at: http://dx.qsl.net/logs Take, JI3DST, was expected to be active from 'O Island' (Ooshima-mura Munakata-gun Fukuoka-ken) during the past weekend as JI3DST/6. QSL via the bureau. *TX5CW QSL UPDATE. It is recommend that QSLs for TX5CW be sent to Jacky's ZL3CW address instead of his F2CW address as reported last week. QSL to: Jacques Calvo, P.O. Box 593, Pukekohe, Auckland 1800, New Zealand. Dr. Jeffrey Parker, KA1GJ, informs OPDX that all QSLs received to date have been answered for his V73GJ operation during January 2001. Confirmation of contacts with V73GJ are via KA1GJ. Zik a member of 'Radio Sekcija Kozara' (YU1AAV), informs OPDX that QSLs for YZ1V should go via YU1AAV. QSL via the bureau or direct to: Radio Sekcija Kozara, Jurija Gagarina 210, YU-11070 Novi Beograd, Serbia, Yugoslavia. ZX0F, active from Fernando De Noronha Island as a Multi-Single entry during the CQ WPX Contest, gets QSLed via W3HC. ZX5J, active from Boa Vista as a Multi-Multi entry during the CQ WPX Contest, gets QSLed via VE3HO. SPECIAL EVENT (IOTA Operation). Look for special event station OZ5HCA to be active from April 2-8th. The special callsign OZ5HCA will be used to commemorate the birthday of the fairy tale writer 'Hans Christian Andersen' (suffix HCA). The QTH of OZ5HCA will be located in Odense on the 'Island of Fyn' (IOTA EU-172 and for the Danish Island Award FY-001). THE SURPRISE OF WEEK. Mike, GM0HCQ, showed up as VP8SGK on South Georgia. He was active on Friday and Saturday, but it is reported that he will only be there for a few more days. However, he is there to work, and his operating is unpredictable or may have ended. Keep watching 14052 kHz. According to his Web page at http://www.qsl.net/gm0hcq/ Mike is a crew member of the 'Ernest Shackleton', a British Antarctic relief ship. There is a possibility he may also go to South Orkney Island. QSL via: Mike Gloisten, Rose Cottage Kinlochleven, Argyll, PA707RE, Scotland, U.K. VK9, COCOS KEELING/CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Jurek, SP9EVP, currently active as VK9KCP from Cocos Keeling as this bulletin is being written, is expected to be on Christmas Island soon (if not already there). He seems to like 12 meters a lot but has been on 40/30/20/17/15/10 meters. Activity should end April 6th. QSL via home callsign. VO2, LABRADOR, CANADA (DXPEDITION Update). Fred, K2FRD, reports to OPDX: 'Many thanks for adding my Labrador DXpedition to the OPDX List. I feel a little insignificant being listed next to the likes of 3G, 5R, and 9G, but from the hits I've received on my Web site and the E-mail messages I've received, I'm going to be very busy up there!' (ed. Hey Fred, 'DX IS') Fred also mentioned that, based upon all this feedback, he has updated the Web site with additional bands, frequencies, and schedules. All info may be found in: http://sites.netscape.net/thefred3/labr1 WAIS WEB SITE. Alfred, IK7JWX, informs OPDX that you can find the rules on the 'Worked All Italian Squares Award' (W.A.I.S.) on the Web site: http://www.qsl.net/ik2uvr/ SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Victor, ZK1CG, has been active on 20 meters SSB recently. Check above 14200 kHz after 0630z and again around 1500z. Also active is Jim, ZK1JD, on 20/10 meters SSB. Check 20 meters after 0400z and 10 meters (above 28470 kHz) after 2330z. It was mentioned this week by Victor that Jim, ZK1JD, would like QSLs sent direct to: Jim Ditchburn, PO Box 491, Rarotonga Cook Islands, via New Zealand. The Cook Islands do not have a QSL bureau, so all cards for ZK1 must go direct or to any managers indicated by operator. Any cards sent via the QSL bureau get dumped in the trash can. Victor states, 'If you are QSLing direct, please include a self addressed envelope and 2 IRCs or a green stamps to help cover the cost of the postage and QSL cards.' Jim/ZK1JD, Victor/ZK1CG, and Tuatai/ZK1CY (Also ZK1MA when he is in North Cook) are the only local hams on Rarotonga, South Cook Island that are operating. QSL ZK1CG to: Victor Rivera, P.O. Box 618, Rarotonga Cook Islands, via New Zealand. ZY0, ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL ROCKS. Joaquim, PS7JN, showed up as ZY0SAT on March 1st, on 14267 kHz and was active between 2300 and 0200z. He will be here through April 15th. Remember his is activity will be limited to his free time (his afternoons and evenings). QSL via PS7JN. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving bounced mail by sending mail to me via ' [email protected] ', please send mail to me via ' [email protected] '...... 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To access: 1) Dial Number. 2) Wait for first ring (the second ring should be a false ring from the fax/data switch box) and then dial four quick ones ('1111'). (NOTE: Some FAX machines that send single 'BEEPS' every second will not have to do this step.) 3) The phone will pick up and after the 'BEEP' leave your voice message or FAX. /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Additional Bulletins for OPDX InterNet Subscribers. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >From [email protected] Sun Mar 25 09:49:26 2001 Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 06:49:03 -0800 To: [email protected] From: Jack Fleming <[email protected]> Subject: Northwest DX Convention Announcement Mime-Version: 1.0 2001 Northwest DX Convention - DXing in the 21st Century! The Western Washington DX Club is proud to be hosting the Northwest DX Convention in Seattle in 2001. Dates: July 20-22, 2001 Location: Everett Holiday Inn (www.rogueweb.com/holidayeverett/). Activities: Friday and Saturday - Hospitality Suite hosted by the Western Washington DX Club Saturday - Programs from 9AM through 4PM - Internet Portals for Ham Radio - Bill Fisher, W4AN (eham.net, contesting.com) DXing on the Back Porch of Cycle 23 - Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA DXCC Manager - Bill Moore, NC1L YK9A DXpedition - Al Rovner, K7AR and others Other programs to be announced! DX videos hourly all day! Saturday Dinner - Garry Shapiro, NI6T, 'Confessions of a Mad Reefer' (a summary of his adventures to several rare reefs and islands) Sunday - DX Breakfast - Guest Speaker, Dennis R. Motschenbacher, K7BV - 'Tales of East Timor, 4W6/K7BV' Fantastic raffle prizes! Prices: Complete Package (Programs, Saturday Dinner, Sunday Breakfast): $62 (2 Free Raffle Tickets if you register early! $5 late fee if you register after July 10, 2001!) Programs: $20 Saturday Dinner (London Broil, Salmon, or Vegetarian): $30 Sunday Breakfast: $12 Additional Information will be announced at www.wwdxc.org/convention as our plans continue to progress. Send questions to [email protected] or to WWDXC, P.O. Box 395, Mercer Island, WA 98040. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Data: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 17:16:15 +0000 To: 'OPDXB' <[email protected]> From: I2UIY <[email protected]> Subject: EU Sprint 2001 Mime-Version: 1.0 EU SPRINT 2001 In 1994 the EU Sprint Gang (I2UIY, OK2FD, DL6RAI, and G4BUO) organized the first European Sprint contests. For 2001 there have been some rule changes, introducing an awards programme and bringing the Spring Sprints forward in the calendar. You can find past scores and other information about the sprints by visiting the official EU Sprint web site at this address: <http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/>. The BIG news is that now we will award a certificate to the winners in each country but this is not all. Three nice plaques will be awarded for the top three scores from all four contests combined. Therefore, please red circle the four EU Sprint saturdays on your calendar, we will be looking for you starting April 14! EU SPRINT 2001 The EU Sprint Gang hereby invites you to participate in the four European Sprint Contests held in 2001. ENTRANTS: any licensed station may enter the Sprint. European stations can work everybody; stations outside of Europe can work only European stations. CATEGORIES: Single Operator ONLY. Only ONE signal may be aired at one time. DATES: EU SPRINT Spring: * SSB: second Saturday in April - 14 April 2001 - managed by G4BUO * CW: third Saturday in April - 21 April 2001 - managed by B.C.C. EU SPRINT Autumn: * SSB: first Saturday in October - 6 October 2001 - managed by I2UIY * CW: second Saturday in October - 13 October 2001 - managed by OK2FD TIME: from 15:00 UTC until 18:59 UTC. BANDS: 20, 40 and 80 metres only. Pilot frequencies are: SSB: 14.250, 7.050, 3.730. CW: 14.040, 7.025, 3.550 EXCHANGE: all of the following data MUST BE PART OF THE EXCHANGE: a) your callsign, b) the other station's callsign, c) your serial number starting from 001 (RST not required), d) your name or nickname. Please note that BOTH stations MUST repeat BOTH callsigns DURING the exchange. A valid exchange is: 'OK2FD de I2UIY 118 Paolo' while 'OK2FD 118 Paolo' is NOT a valid exchange. SPECIAL QSY RULE: if any station initiates a call (by sending CQ, QRZ?, etc.), he is permitted to work ONLY one station on the same frequency. He must thereafter move AT LEAST 2 (two) kHz before he may call another station or before he may solicit again (CQ, QRZ?, etc.) other calls. VALID CONTACTS: valid contacts are QSOs correctly logged and confirmed. Each operator may use ONE and ONLY one name during the Sprint. If the exchange is copied incorrectly, that operator will receive zero (0) points. In case of miscopied callsigns, both stations will receive zero (0) points for that QSO. SCORING: each valid QSO counts one 1 (one) point. The final score is the total number of QSOs. AWARDS: Colorful certificates will be issued to the winners of each Sprint, and to the leaders in each country. A special plaque will also be awarded for the top three scores from all four contests combined. To be eligible for this award an operator must enter at least three of the Sprints in the year. Results will be forwarded as soon as possible to Leagues, magazines and bulletins. LOGS: a single chronological log is required. Please send us your log via email or on a floppy disk, if you use computer for logging. Use any of the available software or send a plain ASCII file. A separate summary sheet is also required. Please send us the right files: for DL2NBU software, send yourcall.ASC; for N6TR software, send yourcall.DAT; for IK4EWK software, send yourcall.DBF. If you want the latest release of the DL2NBU software, you can download it from the EU Sprint web site: <http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/free_sw/eu_sprint.zip>. Log files must be sent NO LATER than 15 days after the contest to: <[email protected]>. The receipt of your electronic log will be confirmed. If you do not receive a confirmation within two days, try again or use the postal system. Disk logs, or paper entries must be posted NO LATER than 15 days after the contest to the appropriate address: * Spring SSB Sprint: Dave Lawley, G4BUO, Carramore, Coldharbour Road, Penshurst, Kent, TN11 8EX, England, UK. * Spring CW Sprint: Bernhard Buettner, DL6RAI, Schmidweg 17, 85609 Dornach, Germany. * Autumn SSB Sprint: Paolo Cortese, I2UIY, P. O. Box 14, 27043 Broni (PV), Italy. * Autumn CW Sprint: Karel Karmasin, OK2FD, Gen. Svobody 636, 674 01 Trebic, Czech Republic. Thanks in advance for your participation de: G4BUO, I2UIY, OK2FD, and the B.C.C. Sprint Committee. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AB5K AR-Cluster Network DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity For the week of Sunday, 25/Mar - Saturday, 31/Mar Nmbr Nmbr Band of Days of DXCC Stations Spots Activity the Week Modes ---- ------- ----- ----------------------------- ------------- ---------- 3A 4 8 .20.17.15. .10. .T. .T.F. .SSB. 3B8 8 32 .40.30.20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 3B9 1 2 .30. .15. .W. .S CW. .RTTY 3C 3 63 .6 .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2/r 3 107 .40. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2 2 2 .15. .10. .T.F. .SSB. 3V 13 626 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3W 23 294 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4J 4 24 .30. .15.12.10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4L 16 47 .80.40. .20. .15.12.10. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4S 11 52 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4U1I 1 4 .17. .W. CW. .RTTY 4W 7 28 .15.12.10.6 M. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4X 44 88 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5A 5 18 .20. .15. .W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 5B 30 339 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5H 1 26 160.80. .30. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 5N 6 26 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5R 4 32 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5U 2 3 .6 M. .S CW. .RTTY 5V 2 3 .20. .15. .T. .SSB. 5W 1 3 .6 .T. .SSB. 5X 3 9 .15. .10. .T. .S. .SSB. 5Z 4 6 .17.15. .10.6 M.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 6W 3 9 .20.17. .10. M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6Y 9 25 .20. .15.12.10. M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 7Q 3 38 .6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 7X 4 39 160. .40. .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 8P 10 41 .80. .20. .15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8Q 1 26 .20. .10. M.T. .S .SSB. 8R 5 97 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9A 45 163 160.80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9G 3 59 .20. .15. .10. .T.W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 9H 19 75 160. .40.30.20.17. .12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9J 6 44 .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9K 8 99 .20.17.15.12.10. M. .F.S.S .SSB. 9M2 7 41 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M6 5 156 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9N 3 11 .15. .10. M.T.W. CW.SSB.RTTY 9U 1 1 .20. .T. .SSB. 9V 11 80 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9Y 8 20 .20.17.15. .10. .T. .T.F. .S .SSB. A3 1 7 .12.10. .S. CW. .RTTY A4 7 104 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A5 2 28 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S .SSB. A6 5 239 160.80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A7 3 8 .20. .15. .10. .T.W. .S.S .SSB. A9 4 10 160.80. .17.15.12.10. M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY AP 12 55 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BS7 0 0 BV 26 95 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BY 54 185 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C2 2 2 .20. M. .S. .SSB. C3 3 7 .20. .15. .T.F. .SSB. C5 1 1 .6 .S. CW. .RTTY C6 4 63 160.80.40. .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C9 2 27 .10. .S.S CW. .RTTY CE 27 116 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE0A 3 31 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY CE0Z 1 68 .17. .6 .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY CE9 5 49 .40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY CM 34 125 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CN 8 95 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CP 10 48 .40. .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT 30 52 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT3 7 107 .80.40. .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CU 12 33 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F. CW.SSB.RTTY CX 42 138 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D2 3 18 .40.30. .15. .10. M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DL 202 410 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DU 35 138 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA 188 481 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA6 15 43 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA8 34 145 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA9 11 72 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY EI 27 71 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EK 5 25 .80. .20.17. .6 M.T.W.T.F. .S .SSB. EP 3 4 .20. .10. .F.S. .SSB. ER 11 40 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ES 19 66 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ET 5 42 .20.17.15.12. .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EU 32 72 .80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EX 13 50 .80. .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EY 6 62 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EZ 10 27 .30.20.17.15. .10. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY F 105 435 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FG 6 21 .20.17.15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FJ 5 16 .20. .15. .10. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FK 12 243 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FM 12 159 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FO 11 64 .40. .20. .12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FP 3 3 .20. M. .S CW.SSB.RTTY FR 17 77 .30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FW 2 55 .80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FY 3 32 .20. .15. .10. M.T. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY G 143 359 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GD 6 16 160. .20. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GI 16 38 .80.40. .12.10.6 M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GJ 3 3 .17.15. .10. .T. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY GM 53 185 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GU 5 12 160. .20. .12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GW 17 57 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY H4 3 19 .20.17. .12.10. M. .F.S.S .SSB. H40 4 228 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HA 46 118 160.80.40. .20. .15. .10. M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB 16 33 160.80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB0 2 6 .80.40. .15.12. .S.S CW. .RTTY HC 7 69 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HC8 2 56 .80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 .T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HH 1 1 .10. .S .SSB. HI 18 209 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK 17 46 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/a 3 12 .40. .20. .10. M.T. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY HL 62 215 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HP 17 92 .80. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HR 5 6 160. .40. .10.6 .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HS 21 98 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HV 2 21 .20.17.15. .10. M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HZ 4 24 .20. .15. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY I 166 433 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY IS 7 16 .20. .15. .10. .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J2 5 29 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J3 4 26 .20. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J6 2 3 .20. M. .S. .SSB. J7 2 2 .10. M.T. CW.SSB.RTTY J8 1 1 .40. .W. CW. .RTTY JA 298 638 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JD/m 2 5 .80. .10. .S .SSB. JT 8 40 .40. .20. .15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JW 10 185 160. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JX 5 48 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY JY 6 94 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY K 633 1320 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KG4 6 16 .20. .15.12.10. M. .W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH0 8 58 160. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH2 7 78 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH6 24 104 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH8 3 3 .20. .6 .W. .S .SSB. KL 25 274 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP2 5 23 .80.40. .20. .15. .10. .S.S .SSB. KP4 22 100 .80. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LA 48 106 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LU 139 483 160.80.40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LX 15 89 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LY 28 125 160.80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LZ 25 45 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OA 8 40 .40. .20. .15. .10. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OD 12 94 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OE 36 88 .80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH 43 129 160.80.40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH0 6 23 160.80. .17.15.12. .6 .T.W. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY OK 48 106 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OM 18 56 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ON 35 148 160.80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OX 6 14 .17. .10.6 .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OY 5 23 160. .30.20.17. .12. .6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OZ 42 141 160. .30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P2 4 16 .15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P4 10 125 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PA 73 176 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ2 6 48 .80. .20. .15.12.10. M.T. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ7 13 138 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY 114 400 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0F 8 266 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0S 1 4 .20. .S. .SSB. PZ 3 15 .30.20.17. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY R1FJ 2 19 .40.30. .17. .12.10. M. .S CW.SSB.RTTY S0 1 1 .6 .W. .SSB. S2 3 11 .20. .15. .T.F.S. .SSB. S5 43 203 160.80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S7 2 86 .40.30. .17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S9 1 1 .10. .S. CW. .RTTY SM 73 170 160.80.40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SP 60 152 .80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SU 11 72 .30.20. .15.12.10.6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV 32 117 160.80. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV5 7 42 .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV9 2 10 .20. .15. .S. .SSB. T2 1 1 .10. .S .SSB. T32 1 1 .20. .T. .SSB. T7 2 28 160.80. .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T8 3 19 .40. .20. .15. .T.W.T.F. .S CW. .RTTY T9 14 42 160.80. .30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TA 18 85 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TF 6 29 .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY TG 11 19 .40. .20.17. .12.10.6 M.T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TI 19 134 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TI9 1 1 .10. .T. .SSB. TK 7 11 .20.17. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TL 1 1 .15. .T. .SSB. TR 9 31 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TT 1 1 .15. .T. TU 4 4 .30. .17.15. .10. M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TX0 1 1 .15. .S .SSB. UA 155 556 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA2 7 29 .40. .20. .12.10. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA9 128 412 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UK 16 56 160.80. .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UN 30 81 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UR 82 171 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V2 2 5 .20. .10. .W. .F.S. .SSB. V3 1 3 .20. .S .SSB. V4 4 52 .80.40. .20. .15. .10. M.T. .S .SSB. V5 10 110 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY V7 7 35 .40. .10.6 M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V8 1 1 .10. .T. .SSB. VE 124 408 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK 161 356 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9C 2 7 .80. .20. .15. .T. .T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY VK9N 8 291 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP2E 5 7 .30. .17. .12.10. .T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP2V 3 5 .15.12. M. .S.S .SSB. VP5 17 318 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP6 1 1 .20. .T. .SSB. VP8 8 13 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP8/g 1 30 .20. .F.S. CW. VQ9 4 36 160. .20. .15.12.10. M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VR 17 64 .80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VU 44 190 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XE 28 84 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XT 2 16 .20. .15. .10. .W.T.F. .SSB. XU 1 1 .20. .F. XW 2 4 .15. .10. M. .T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY XX9 1 1 .15. .S. .SSB. YB 56 221 160. .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YI 2 3 .40. .20. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY YJ 6 257 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YK 2 8 .40. .20. .15. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YL 13 42 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YO 21 44 160.80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 .T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YS 5 19 .80.40. .15.12.10.6 .T.W. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY YU 54 211 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YV 23 149 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z2 8 53 .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z3 16 90 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZA 5 20 .30.20. .15.12.10. M.T. .T.F.S. CW. .RTTY ZB 5 14 .40. .20. .15.12. .6 M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZC4 9 93 160.80. .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD7 5 26 .20.17.15. .6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD8 5 161 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZF 2 6 .30. .17.15. .10. M. .W.T.F. CW.SSB.RTTY ZK1/s 5 33 .40. .20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZL 59 145 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZP 19 71 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZS 77 297 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tot Stations: 5539 Tot Spots: 22363 Spotter of the week: W2GI (266 spots) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: [email protected] Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 'Totally devoted to Amateur Radio' - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD014 ARLD014 DX news ZCZC AE14 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 14 ARLD014 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 5, 2001 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD014 ARLD014 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, The OPDX Bulletin, QRZ DX, The Daily DX, 425DXnews, DXNL and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. ROTUMA, 3D2. Antoine, 3D2AG/p, continues to be QRV most days on 10 meters around 2200z and 0800z. QSL to home call. MALDIVES, 8Q. Armin, HB9JBN, is QRV as 8Q7JB until April 19. Activity is on 20, 15 and 10 meters. QSL to home call. NEPAL, 9N. Lawrence, 9N7RB, has been QRV on 20 meters from 0130 to 0230z. QSL via W4FOA. BHUTAN, A5. Yeshey, A51AA, has been QRV on 28480 kHz from around 1100 to 1330z. CHINA, BY. Zhang, BA0AA, is located in Zone 23. He has been QRV on 28015 kHz just before 1300z and then on 21025 kHz just after 1400z. ANDORRA, C3. Toni, C31OF, has been QRV using RTTY on 20 meters just after 1800z. MADEIRA ISLANDS, CT3. Ben, DJ8FW, is QRV as CT3AS until April 16. His activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL to home call. TAJIKISTAN, EY. Nodir, EY8MM, has been QRV near 18072 kHz between 0100 and 0200z and then on 24895 kHz around 1300z. QSL via K1BV. AUSTRAL ISLANDS, FO. Frank, DL7FT, is QRV as FO/DL7FT on Rurutu Island, IOTA OC-050. He is usually active on 28490, 24940, 21290, 18140, and 14195 kHz. QSL to home call. SOUTH KOREA, HL. Special event station D70IAF is QRV until May 25 to celebrate the opening of the new Incheon International Airport. QSL via HL1IWD. THAILAND, HS. Station E29AL is QRV from Terutao Island, IOTA AS-126, until April 15. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters and 2 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY, FM and PSK31. QSL via HS0GBI. Meanwhile, club station HS0AC has been QRV on 10 meters CW from 1300 to 1500z. QSL via G3NOM. CENTRAL AFRICA, TL. Charles, TL8CK, has been QRV on 14118 kHz between 1700 and 1800z. QSL via F6EWM. NAMIBIA, V5. Nick, ZS4NS, will be active as V51/ZS4NS from April 10 to 20. He plans to operate mainly on 6 meters, monitoring 50110 kHz. He may also be active on 20, 15 and 10 meters as well. QSL via N7RO. ANGUILLA, VP2E. Bill, W5SJ, is active as VP2EJ until April 10. His activity is concentrated on the low bands. QSL to home call. ST. HELENA, ZD7. ZD7K is QRV until April 12. QSL via GW0ANA. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The QCWA QSO Party, EA RTTY Contest, SP DX Contest and the VHF/UHF Spring Sprints are all scheduled for this weekend. Please see April QST, page 109 for details. NNNN /EX
Relayed for KB8NW SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.505 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 505 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 505 BID: $OPDX.505 April 2, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, KA1GJ, NC1L, K2FRD, W3HC, W3UR & The Daily DX, WN3VAW, N4AA & QRZ DX, N6RT, W7TSQ, K8YSE, WA0RJY, 9Y4VU, EA5BY, GM4SUC, HL1IWD, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IK7JWX, JA3MZB, JI3DST, ON5NT, OZ5MJ, VA3RJ, Zik and ZK1CG for the following DX information. SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR: As of 2230z Thursday, March 29th, BARF-80 BBS lost its ISP mailer until possibly April 2nd or 3rd. This is due to a changeover of DSL ownership and equipment/hardware/cable (which will not be available until then). This means your editor will probably lose all of his mail sent between March 29th and April 2nd or 3rd. If you have sent something for the OPDX, PLEASE send it again after April 3rd. Also, OPDX's InterNet Subscriber will be receiving their bulletin one to two days later than normal due to this changeover. I am very sorry for this inconvenience. However, OPDX.505 will be available as usual at the K8YSE OPDX Home Page. Provisions are being taken to have OPDX.505 uploaded to the various DX Reflectors and UseNet groups...... Thanks de Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 25th March, through Sunday, 1st April there were 237 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE0Z, 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, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PY0S, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T32, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/g, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zones that were not active are: 2 There were 49 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31,34, 35,43,58,59,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,90 PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 4W, EAST TIMOR. Neville, VK2QF, is once again active from here as 4W/VK2QF. Reports indicate that he will be active on all bands 80-6 meters CW/SSB until April 5th. Over the past weekend, he was spotted on 15 and 10 meters CW. Check 10 meters after 0100z and 15 meters after 0830z. QSL via his CBA. 5R, MADAGASCAR. Sigi, 5R8GT, was quite active this past week on 12 meters and some other WARC bands. Check around 24942 kHz between 1630 and 1730z. Also, check 10104 kHz after 0300z, 18142 kHz around 1630z and 21242 kHz after 1730z. QSL via DK8ZD. 5X, UGANDA. Graham, 5X1GS, was active over the past week on 10 meters. Look for him on SSB on/around 28460 or 28475 kHz after 1030z and again after 2000z. QSL via WB2YQH. C9, MOZAMBIQUE. Joe, G3MRC, was active this past week as G3MRC/C9. He was heard on 28029 kHz between 1330 and 1600z. QSL via home callsign. D70, SOUTH KOREA (Special Event/Attention Prefix Hunters). A group of HL operators will be active now through May 25th with the special callsign D70IAF (Delta Seven Zero India Alfa Foxtrot) to celebrate the opening of the 'Incheon International Airport'. They were spotted last week on CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31. Check the following frequencies: 7006, 7070, 14014, 14070, 14086, 21070 and 21290 kHz. QSL Manager is Lee, HL1IWD, and he prefers QSLs be sent via the bureau. DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager, reports that 'Documentation has been received for ET3VSC and cards will now be accepted for DXCC credit.' E4, PALESTINE. The '425 DX News' reports that Gunter, OE1GZA, will be active from Ramallah until the end of next year as E4/OE1GZA. Activity will only be on 30-10 meters at this time. It is recommend that direct QSLs should be sent (as bureau cards will not be answered for a long time) to: Gunter Zwicki, c/o SICT, P.O. Box 91196, Ramallah, Palestine. H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE. Ron, ZL1AMO, continues to be active as H40RW and has been heard on 7007, 14025, 14226.5, 14236, 21028 and 28024 kHz. QSL via home callsign. INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE/LIGHTSHIP WEEKEND 2001 (Update). Mike, GM4SUC, reports that planning for this year's International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August, is progressing very well. A list of stations that have already confirmed their participation can be found at the following Web site: http://www.vk2ce.com/illw/2001.htm Rules and information on the weekend can also be found at: http://www.vk2ce.com/illw/index/html If you require any more information just contact Mike at: [email protected] IOTA NEWS............ AS-NEW. The Korea DX Club (KDXC) has an IOTA DXpedition scheduled for May 5-6th (only two days) to one of the Kangwondo Province Islands. The island name will be announced later because of military security. This will be a new IOTA and will also be the last IOTA in South Korea. They plan on using a beam and amp during this operation. QSL via HL1XP. All contacts will be confirmed via the bureau automatically. AS-024. Nasu, JM1TUK, will be active from Ishigaki Island from April 4-16th. He will use the callsign JM1TUK/6 and will be operating on 40-15 meters using a TS-50 and groundplane. QSL via JM1TUK. AS-056. Masa, JA6GXK, will be active from Danjo Archipelago (Meshima Island) during the following dates: April 10-20th, May 1-10th and June 1-12th. This will not be a DXpedition, and Masa will be active only during his spare time. He will be active from a lighthouse on Meshima. Suggested frequencies are: 7 MHz, 14260 +/-10kHz or 21260 +/-10kHz. QSL only via the Bureau. AS-056. Joe, JA4PXE/6, will be active from Danjo Island starting around 2200z on May 4th, ending May 6th at 2200z. He will be operating on 14260 and 21260 kHz +/- QRM, and 50.145 MHz. QSL via JA4PXE. AS-079. Look for JH0BLI to be active from Miyako Island, May 3-5th. He will use JH0BLI/6 and will be active on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via JH0BLI. EU-174. There is a correction to last week's bulletin. Look for operators Eddy/ON6HE, Dirk/ON5CT and Frank/ON4AAC (not ON4AAX as mentioned in OPDX.504) to be active from Thasos Island between May 27th and June 3rd. LYNX DX CONVENTION. The LYNX DX Group is proud to be hosting its annual Convention in Alicante, Spain, on April 28-29th, 2001, at the Hotel Melia Alicante. DX forum guests will be: N4XP (K5K), F2VX (A52FH), EA4DX (T24DX + 8Q7XX) and CT1EEB (4W6EB). For more info about the Convention, check the Web page: http://www.lynxdxg.com/conv2001/index.htm NORTHWEST DX CONVENTION 2001. The Western Washington DX Club (WWDXC) is proud to be hosting the Northwest DX Convention in Seattle on July 20-22th, 2001. The special event will be held at the Everett Holiday Inn (Web page http://www.rogueweb.com/holidayeverett/ ). DX Forum guests will be Bill Fisher/W4AN, Carl Luetzelschwab/K9LA, Bill Moore/NC1L, Al Rovner/K7AR, Garry Shapiro/NI6T, Dennis R. Motschenbacher/K7BV and others. For additional information and details, check the Web page at: http://www.wwdxc.org/convention Or send questions to WWDXC, P.O. Box 395, Mercer Island, WA 98040 or E-mail to: [email protected] OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the complete WWDXC press release as an addtional bulletin. QSL INFO AND NEWS............... Frank, 9Y4VU, informs OPDX that all QSL requests, including the cards by QSL Managers W3EVW and NY3Y up to September 2000, and all direct requests received up to March 23rd (2001) have been answered and mailed by March 23rd. He apologies for the delays. Doug, N6RT, reports that the A52CO log is now available online at: http://dx.qsl.net/logs Take, JI3DST, was expected to be active from 'O Island' (Ooshima-mura Munakata-gun Fukuoka-ken) during the past weekend as JI3DST/6. QSL via the bureau. TX5CW QSL UPDATE. It is recommend that QSLs for TX5CW be sent to Jacky's ZL3CW address instead of his F2CW address as reported last week. QSL to: Jacques Calvo, P.O. Box 593, Pukekohe, Auckland 1800 Chatham Island, New Zealand. Dr. Jeffrey Parker, KA1GJ, informs OPDX that all QSLs received to date have been answered for his V73GJ operation during January 2001. Confirmation of contacts with V73GJ are via KA1GJ. Zik a member of 'Radio Sekcija Kozara' (YU1AAV), informs OPDX that QSLs for YZ1V should go via YU1AAV. QSL via the bureau or direct to: Radio Sekcija Kozara, Jurija Gagarina 210, YU-11070 Novi Beograd, Serbia, Yugoslavia. ZX0F, active from Fernando De Noronha Island as a Multi-Single entry during the CQ WPX Contest, gets QSLed via W3HC. ZX5J, active from Boa Vista as a Multi-Multi entry during the CQ WPX Contest, gets QSLed via VE3HO. SPECIAL EVENT (IOTA Operation). Look for special event station OZ5HCA to be active from April 2-8th. The special callsign OZ5HCA will be used to commemorate the birthday of the fairy tale writer 'Hans Christian Andersen' (suffix HCA). The QTH of OZ5HCA will be located in Odense on the 'Island of Fyn' (IOTA EU-172 and for the Danish Island Award FY-001). THE SURPRISE OF WEEK. Mike, GM0HCQ, showed up as VP8SGK on South Georgia. He was active on Friday and Saturday, but it is reported that he will only be there for a few more days. However, he is there to work, and his operating is unpredictable or may have ended. Keep watching 14052 kHz. According to his Web page at http://www.qsl.net/gm0hcq/ Mike is a crew member of the 'Ernest Shackleton', a British Antarctic relief ship. There is a possibility he may also go to South Orkney Island. QSL via: Mike Gloisten, Rose Cottage Kinlochleven, Argyll, PA707RE, Scotland, U.K. VK9, COCOS KEELING/CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Jurek, SP9EVP, currently active as VK9KCP from Cocos Keeling as this bulletin is being written, is expected to be on Christmas Island soon (if not already there). He seems to like 12 meters a lot but has been on 40/30/20/17/15/10 meters. Activity should end April 6th. QSL via home callsign. VO2, LABRADOR, CANADA (DXPEDITION Update). Fred, K2FRD, reports to OPDX: 'Many thanks for adding my Labrador DXpedition to the OPDX List. I feel a little insignificant being listed next to the likes of 3G, 5R, and 9G, but from the hits I've received on my Web site and the E-mail messages I've received, I'm going to be very busy up there!' (ed. Hey Fred, 'DX IS') Fred also mentioned that, based upon all this feedback, he has updated the Web site with additional bands, frequencies, and schedules. All info may be found in: http://sites.netscape.net/thefred3/labr1 WAIS WEB SITE. Alfred, IK7JWX, informs OPDX that you can find the rules on the 'Worked All Italian Squares Award' (W.A.I.S.) on the Web site: http://www.qsl.net/ik2uvr/ SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Victor, ZK1CG, has been active on 20 meters SSB recently. Check above 14200 kHz after 0630z and again around 1500z. Also active is Jim, ZK1JD, on 20/10 meters SSB. Check 20 meters after 0400z and 10 meters (above 28470 kHz) after 2330z. It was mentioned this week by Victor that Jim, ZK1JD, would like QSLs sent direct to: Jim Ditchburn, PO Box 491, Rarotonga Cook Islands, via New Zealand. The Cook Islands do not have a QSL bureau, so all cards for ZK1 must go direct or to any managers indicated by operator. Any cards sent via the QSL bureau get dumped in the trash can. Victor states, 'If you are QSLing direct, please include a self addressed envelope and 2 IRCs or a green stamps to help cover the cost of the postage and QSL cards.' Jim/ZK1JD, Victor/ZK1CG, and Tuatai/ZK1CY (Also ZK1MA when he is in North Cook) are the only local hams on Rarotonga, South Cook Island that are operating. QSL ZK1CG to: Victor Rivera, P.O. Box 618, Rarotonga Cook Islands, via New Zealand. ZY0, ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL ROCKS. Joaquim, PS7JN, showed up as ZY0SAT on March 1st, on 14267 kHz and was active between 2300 and 0200z. He will be here through April 15th. Remember his is activity will be limited to his free time (his afternoons and evenings). QSL via PS7JN. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving bounced mail by sending mail to me via ' [email protected] ', please send mail to me via ' [email protected] '...... 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SB DX @ ARL $ARLD013 ARLD013 DX news ZCZC AE13 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 13 ARLD013 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 29, 2001 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD013 ARLD013 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, The OPDX Bulletin, F6BJW, W1HEO, QRZ DX, The Daily DX, 425DXnews and DXNL. Thanks to all. EAST TIMOR, 4W. Neville, VK2QF, is QRV as 4W/VK2QF from Dili until April 5. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. GHANA, 9G. Derek, 9G5MD, has been very active on 15 and 10 meters generally between 1200 to 1800z. QSL via F5VCR. PAKISTAN, AP. Bob, AP2JZB, is active on 12 meters and 10 meters, usually around 1430 and 1530z. EASTER ISLAND, CE0. Arliss, W7XU, and Holly, N0QJM, are active as CE0Y/W7XU and CE0Y/N0QJM, respectively, until April 8. Activity is concentrated on 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home calls. JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND, CE0. Key, JE6JYT, Chip, N6CA, Jack, N6XQ, and Roman, XE2EED, are QRV as 3G0Z until April 3 from Robinson Crusoe running two stations on 6 meters. They will transmit on 50102 kHz and receive on 50140 kHz. QSL via N6XQ. IRAN, EP. Abdullah, EP2FM, has been QRV using RTTY on 20 meters after 0330z. He is also active using SSB on 20 meters generally after 1430z and again around 2000z. FRANCE, F. Look for F6BJW to be QRV as TM2A from Noirmoutier Island, IOTA EU-064, from March 31 to April 7. QSL to home call. GRENADA, J3. W1HEO and W5PF will be QRV as J3/homecalls from March 30 to April 11. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters, including 17 and 12 meters, using CW and SSB. QSL to home calls. JAN MAYEN, JX. Trond, LA8XM, will be QRV in his spare time as JX8XM from March 30 to April 4. QSL to home call. ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL ROCKS, PY0S. Kim, PS7JN, will be here to carry out some scientific research between April 1 to 15. He plans to be QRV as ZY0SAT in his free time. Activity is planned on 80 to 10 meters. There is also some satellite activity planned on AO-10, UO-14, FO-20 and FO-29. QSL to home call. CHRISTMAS ISLAND, VK9X. Jerzy, SP9EVP, will be QRV as VK9KXP from March 31 to April 6. QSL to home call. ANTARCTICA. Mike, GM0HCQ, is QRV as VP8ROT from Rothera Base. He will be here for another month. Look for him on 21052 or 28052 kHz around 1530z and on 14052 or 18082 kHz around 2130z. QSL to home call. VIETNAM, XV. Look for JA3AFJ, JR1JAA and JA1TAA to be QRV as XV3MRC, XV3JAA and XV3TAA, respectively, until April 3. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters, excluding 30 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL all calls via JA1TAA. VENEZUELA, YV. Rick, NE8Z, will be active as YV5/NE8Z from Los Roques, IOTA SA-035, from March 31 to April 2. Activity will be mainly on 10 meters, with some operations on 20 and 15 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. UK SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS ON CYPRUS, ZC4. Dez, G0DEZ, is QRV as ZC4DW. He has been active using CW, SSB and RTTY on 12 meters around 1500z. QSL to home call. NNNN /EX
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.504 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 504 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 504 BID: $OPDX.504 March 26, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K2FRD, N2OO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K4VUD, N4GN, K7ZZ, K8YSE, KB9YXM, A35RK, CX6VM, DL1EK & DX News Letter, EU1EU, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3PJT, HK5MQZ, I2MOV, IW5BZQ, LU4FM, ON4AAC, PA3AXU, PS7JN, VK4AAR, YS1RR and YV5EED for the following DX information. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT:According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 18/Mar, through Sunday, 25/Mar there were 235 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 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, C6, CE, CE0A, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zone that were not active are: 2 There were 50 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,9,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31, 34,35,43,58,59,69, 70,71,72,74,90 PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 3A, MONACO. A group of Italian operators will be active for 3 days from here (grid JN33RR) during June 1-3rd. They will mainly concentrate their activity on 6 meters, but they will also be active on HF and 2 meters. Look for the following callsigns (operators) to be active: 3A/IK5GQK (Fabrizio), 3A/IK5YOJ (Giuseppe), 3A/IW5BZQ (Stefano) and 3A/IW5EDQ (Virginio). Their activity on 6 meters is as follows: 50.210 SSB, 50.600 RTTY and 50.620 MHz PSK31 (using an Icom IC-706MKIIG with 6 element yagi and HQ50 Halo Loop). Their 2 meters activity will be on 144.290 MHz SSB (using an Icom IC-706 with 9 element yagi). Their HF activity will be on SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV (using two Yaesu FT-100 and vertical antennas). You can send E-mail for skeds to: [email protected] They mentioned that while they are on air they will check their E-mail every hour at the top of the hour. For the latest news, check their Web page at: http://www.mannelli.com/3a Direct QSL (SASE) for VHF QSOs (6/2 meters) via: Stefano Mannelli (IW5BZQ), P.O. Box 569, 50123 Firenze Centro, ITALY. QSL HF QSOs to: Fabrizio Vannini (IK5GQK), via Forlanini 68, 50127 Firenze, ITALY. 3G, JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND. Look for Key/JE6JYT, Chip/N6CA, Jack/N6XQ and Roman/XE2EED to be active from the Isla Robinson Crusoe (IOTA SA-005) between March 27th and April 3rd signing 3G0Z. They will have two stations active to cover many directions: one in San Juan Bautista village, the other on a nearby hilltop operating part-time. Activity will be mainly on 6 meters, transmitting on 50102 kHz and receiving on 50140 kHz. Their pilot stations, N6RV and KB6NAN, will be on 28885 kHz. QSL via N6XQ. For more details, check/watch the Web page: http://www.ham-radio.com/ce0z/ce0z.html 5R, MADAGASCAR. Stations 5R8FL, 5R8FU and 5R8GO have been active over the past week. Claude, 5R8GO, has been active on 20 and 10 meters. He was also active SSTV on 28680 kHz around 1245z. Ake, 5R8FU, has been active mainly on 15/12 meters CW. Check 12 meters around 0915z and 15 meters around 1815z. QSL via SM5DJZ. Andre, 5R8FL, has been active on 20 meters (14206 kHz) around 0430z and 10 meters (28496 kHz) around 1445z. QSL via F5TBA. 7X, ALGERIA. The 'LNDX' reports tha Yannick, F6FYD, will be here for the next 2 months starting very soon (mi-March). There was no callsign or bands of operation mentioned. However, Mohammad, 7X4AN, has been very active lately on 10 and 15 meters, mostly SSB. Activity has been between 1700 and 2200z. 7Z, SAUDI ARABIA. Joe, W5FJG, is expected to be active about April 15th from Jeddah as 7Z1AC. He will be working as a technician for the U.S. Consulate and is expected to be here for two years. According to his Web page, Joe works both CW/SSB, but will spend 60% of his operating on SSB. He likes and probably will spend most of his time on 20 meters. He will have equipment and antennas for 20/17/15/12/10 meters and expects 30/40/80 meters may come later. His operating time will be Saturday through Wednesday after 1530z and on Thrusday and Friday (his weekend) anytime. He does have equipment for the digital modes, so expect to possibly see him on Packet/RTTY/SSTV. QSL via WA4JT. More details can be found on his homepage: http://sites.netscape.net/joeyjeep99usa/homepage Joe mentions on his Web page that the American Embassy in Riyadh has received permission to restart amateur radio operations using the callsign 7Z1AB. Look for them soon to be on the air. 9G, GHANA. Derek, 9G5MD, has been very active on 15/10 meters, generally between 1200-1800z. Check around 28500 and 21250 (and above). QSL via F5VCR. AP, PAKISTAN. Bob, AP2JZB, continues to be active on 12 meters, as well as 10 meters. Check these bands between 1430 and 1530z around 28492 or 24946 kHz. ASIAN TRIP PLANNED. Charly, K4VUD, reports that he has purchased his airline tickets to Asia for the period of early May through mid-August, 2001. He plans to operate as HS0ZCW again and will apply for India (VU) and Laos (XW) licenses. He states that it will be not likely for him to be active as/from 9N7UD nor A52UD this trip. EP, IRAN. Abdullah, EP2FM, is a nice find on RTTY on 20 meters after 0330z. You can catch him on SSB on 20 meters generally after 1430z and again around 2000z. EV21, BELARUS (Arctic Expedition, 'POLAR RING'). There is currently an expedition going on in the Arctic and is being helped by the members of the 'Activity Group of Belarus' (AGB). The expedition/operation started February 1st in Minsks and will travel the southern part of the Arctic and the Polar Area. The expedition will pass through Yama (R9K/), Taimyr (R0B), Yakutia (R0Q) and Chukot (R0K). Currently, R0B/EV21ABG is now on from Taimyr. Igor, EU1EU (AGB#001 - President of AGB), informs OPDX that there is usually traffic being passed every Monday, Wednesday and Friday on 14120 kHz at 0500z. However, most of the information is in Russian. The operators are Yuri (AGB#124) and Vladimir (AGB#123, Leader of expedition). There is an award available for working this station. Some information can be found on the club's Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu A special link for the English language can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu/EV21AGB_eng1.txt In a week the group plans to be active from Yakutia and sign R0Q/EV21AGB. Any questions/messages can be sent to either/or: Igor, EU1EU, at: [email protected] Vladimir, EU1CQ, at: [email protected] FM, MARTINIQUE. Gerard, FM/F2JD, has closed down his station from here and he will be back in France sometime this week. He made 11,200 QSOs (6600 CW, 1000 RTTY, 3600 SSB). H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE. Ron, ZL1AMO, now active as H40RW, has been very active on 15 and 10 meters CW. HK0, MALPELO ISLAND (Update). It has been reported that Jairo/HK5MQZ and Hiro/HK5QGX will be embarking off to Buenaventura on April 6th arriving on Malpelo Island April 8th in the late evening. They will disembark April 9th and expect to start operation April 10th until April 21st. They will operate on all bands 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 and 6 meters. They will carry a Hygain TH3-MK3 Tri-Bander and home brew 3 element monobands for 17 and 12 meters. For 80/40/30 meters they will use wire dipoles. The group will also use a Yaesu FL-2100B linear amplifier and two HF transceivers: One Icom model IC-706-MK2 and another Kenwood TS-430S. Jairo will be active as HK5MQZ/0 only on SSB. QSL direct ONLY, via HK5MQZ (Jairo Vargas, P.O. Box 10862, Cali, Colombia). Hiro will be active as HK5QGX/0 and will operate on CW only. QSL his contacts via his QSL Manager JA0MGR (direct ONLY). IOTA NEWS............... EU-065. Didier, F5BWJ, will be active as TM2A from Noirmoutier Island from March 31st to April 7th. QSL via F5BWJ. EU-126. Lawrence, KB9YXM, reports that the Finnish Club station, OH8TA, is planning an IOTA DXpedition to the Island of Hailuto in the Gulf of Bothnia off of the Finnish coast near Oulu. They will be operating for three days from the University of Oulu's marine research station on the island. They will be operating on HF, VHF and UHF. The frequency for 6 meters will be 50110 kHz. For other bands and frequencies please send an E-mail message to: [email protected] Operating conditions for 6 meters will be a Cushcraft 3 element Yagi, Yaesu ATAS-100 with GP and counterpoise, Yaesu FT-100 at 100-500Watts. The Yagi and ATAS-100 will be mounted atop the lighthouse station at 30-35 meters above sea-leval. The dates will be April 6-8th. KB9YXM is a U.S. operator currently living in Finland and very active on 50 Mhz and above. QSL to KB9YXM will be 100% via OH8TA. EU-174. Eddy/ON6HE, Dirk/ON5CT and Frank/ON4AAX will be active from Thasos Island between May 27th and June 3rd. Their activity will be on all HF bands, CW and SSB. They will try to have a special callsign. QSL via the bureau or direct to ON4AAC: Frank Pletinck, Potaardestraat 72, B-9190 Stekene, Belgium. OC-087. Tom, K7ZZ, informs OPDX that plans for the expedition to Enewetak (part of the Marshall Island group) on April 19-26th are going smoothly. An antenna mast will be loaned from Force 12. Support has been obtained from the makers of Mountain House freeze dried foods. And a donation to cover part of their QSL expenses is expected from the Island Radio Expedition Foundation. The only real snag has been the failure of a second amplifier to material- ize. The two Stateside team members will depart the West Coast on about April 10th to join the rest of the team on Kwajalein. From there they will fly on to Enewetak. Although only one station will have an amplifier, two additional tranceivers will be included. Antennas are a small tri-bander, a log for 10-6 meters, and a R-7000 vertical plus a wire dipole for the low bands. Propogation predictions show a slim chance of a 10 meter opening to Europe, but lots of chances on 15 meters. All other areas should have lots of openings. The callsign V73E has been issued/assigned. QSL cards go to WF5T. SA-035. Dr. Rick, NE8Z/HC1MD, will be active as YV5/NE8Z from Los Roques roughly between March 31st-April 2nd. He will be using a TS50 + dipole mainly on 28.460 SSB. If propagation is poor on 10 meters, he will operate on 21260 or 14260 kHz SSB. No CW this trip. QSL via NE8Z: Rick Dorsch, Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139 USA JW, SVALBARD. Per, LA3FL, is currently active in his spare time from Hopen Island (EU-063) as JW3FL. He is the only radio operator on this little island with many polar bears. He will be here until June 2001. He was recently heard on CW on 21025 kHz at 0915z and 1833 kHz between 0045 and 0330z. QSL via LA3FL. PACIFIC TRIP 2001. Gerard, PA3AXU, has announced another DX trip into the South Pacific. This time during September 2001, he will be heading to T30, C21 and 3D (Fiji). He reports that like his last trips, this will not be a holiday but work on the radio. He also hopes to give everyone a new one on SSB/CW/RTTY/SSTV and/or PSK31. Gerard will start his activity on Tarawa, West Kiribati, as T30XU, beginning September 4th. He will then travel to Nauru and sign C21XU beginning September 11th. Gerard will end his activity in Fiji signing as 3D2XU, from September 20-28th. For more details and up-to-date information, check the Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/pa3axu/2001 Gerard requests to please submit any comments/remarks/suggestions on his 2001 Pacific trip in the guestbook on his Web site. QSL INFO AND NEWS................. 3D2CI Update. Hrane, YT1AD, in Belgrade, reports that the logs are going to be on the Web site soon (they may be there!). They are currently having problem recovering some QSOs from a damaged hard disk, but they hope in a few days all will be consolidated into one log on the Web site. There are some photos of the Conway Reef operation on the Web site. Check them out at: http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/3d2/photos/photos.htm Hrane is going to be at the Dayton HamVention with a 1 hour video of Conway Reef. LAST MINUTE CHANGE: The Hillview Gardens ARC (9M6AAC) was assigned the special callsign 9M6A for this past weekend's CQWW WPX SSB Contest with Peter G4MJS as the operator. Please QSL 9M6A via N2OO: Bob Schenck, PO BOX 345, TUCKERTON, NJ 08087 USA. Paul, A35RK, would like to remind everyone that the Kingdom of Tonga (licensing authority - Tonga Communication Commission) has no national amateur radio society, no radio club of any sort, and NO QSL BUREAU. At present, it is a waste of time and money to send 'bureau' cards to Tonga. Currently licensed A3 operators are certainly not receiving any 'bureau' cards, and therefore they are unable to reply. In his own case, 'QSL A35RK via W7TSQ' is the only possible route. The postal address for A35RK, in any database that he has seen is incorrect: 'via direct', using that incorrect information, will most certainly result in a 'dead letter' and no response. Gerard, F2VX, can confirm the contact made with A51AA ONLY for the contacts made in September 2000, NOT for the new operator that was newly autorized. Charly, K4VUD (aka A52UD), reports that all direct mail requests for A52UD QSLs have been answered to date. The bureau QSL will be done next fall. QSL CW6V, which was active in last weekend's contest, to W3HNK. Yannick, F6FYD, informs us that all direct and bureau requests for his operation as 5T5YD and 5T5YD/P are on the way. HI9/DL7AFS and HI9/DJ7ZG QSL and Log. Babs, DL7AFS, informs OPDX that as of the early morning of March 23rd, the duo have arrived back in Germany. They thank the many for the interest in their Dxpedition. They made 16340 QSOs and plan to begin printing the QSLs next week. The log search is now available at: http://www.qsl.net/DL7AFS L40F was active in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as a Multi/Multi category. The LU4FM team was: LU1FAK, LU1FAM, LU1FGE, LU1FGZ, LU1FZR, LU2FT, LU2FP, LU2JCW, LU3FCK, LU4FPZ, LU5FA, LU6FEC, LU8FCM, LU8FPT and LU8FQQ. QSL Manager is LU4FM: Radio Club Rosario, Zeballos 811/817, (2000) Rosario, Republica Argentina. The Finnish Army Signals School is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year with their station OI3AY that was activated during the CQ WPX Contest. Also, Martti Laine, OH2BH, was one of the operators from the OI3AY station during the contest. A special QSL card will be issued for this special event. The QSL Manager is Teuvo Kaistila, OH1BV, Ahventie 5B1, 25410 Suomusjarvi, FINLAND. Alan, VK4AAR, announced that all QSL requests for VK0MM cards received through March 20th have now been processed. There were some 'not-in-log' replies sent out, but please be assured, that they were not sent out without a thorough check. Alan states, 'My wife opened and checked the incoming card against the computer log. If she found any sort of problem she gave it to me to look for obvious typos etc etc.. If I could still not resolve the situation I would E-mail Alan, VK0MM, who would then search his own master log and get back to me. Therefore, it is useless to contact me for further checks.... I have already done all that is possible. Donations for Camp Quality (a charity supporting children who are dying of cancer etc..) are coming in regularly though some still expect a card when they don't even send reply postage and SAE. But a donation will NOT 'buy' a card for a QSO that is not in the log. To those who have not yet sent their card to me..... be warned .... DO NOT PUT AUSTRALIAN STAMPS ON YOUR REPLY ENVELOPE. It is most likely that you do not have the correct series of international stamps. Most are putting the wrong amount on their SASEs, too. Let me do the stamps. Just send SAE and USD or IRCs (dollars are preferred as the surplus can go to the charity...IRCs only buy stamps). Those that have the wrong stamps on will be mailed back to you but I don't guarantee if you will receive them. Finally, and for the umpteenth time, **DO NOT** SEND REQUESTS FOR VK0LD OR AX0LD CARDS TO ME. I HAVE NO AUTHORITY ON THOSE AT ALL !!!' The Grupo DX Caracas which participated in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest this past weekend as YW4M gets QSLed via W4SO. ZL4CC QSLs for the March 2001 operation. Bob, G3PJT, informs OPDX that the correct direct QSL route for this operation is to Bob Whelan, G3PJT, 36 Green End, Comberton, Cambridge CB3 7DY UK. Bob states, 'Do not send cards to any other address which may appear in old callbooks as the call was reissued to me for this operation. Bureau cards are OK via G3PJT and the RSGB QSL bureau. An E-mail log request is OK for a bureau card.' Bob's E-mail address is: [email protected] TX, NEW CALEDONIA. Jacky, F2CW, is now active as TX5CW. Look for him mainly on CW. His activity this past week was on 30/20/17/15 meters. QSL via F2CW. VO2, LABRADOR, CANADA DXPEDITION. Fred, K2FRD, reports that he is planning a DXpedition to Labrador; not a DXCC Entity, but an uncommon contact nevertheless. He will be operating from about June 6th through August 31st, as VO2/K2FRD from a tent. His QTH is about 90km WSW of Churchill Falls, Labrador, Province of Newfoundland, Canada. His activity will be mainly 10, 15 and 20 meters in that order. Suggested frequencies are: 28415, 28515, 21315, 21415, 14215 and 14295 kHz. He does plan to be active on some nets. For more details on bands, frequencies, schedules, QSL info, etc...., check the Web page at: http://sites.netscape.net/thefred3/labr1 ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. The UK team is now active from here as ZD8K until March 28th. They will move onto St. Helena and sign ZD7K and be active until April 12th. QSL via GW0ANA. ZY0, ST. PETER ANS ST. PAUL ROCKS. Joaquim, PS7JN, reports that he will be active from 'Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Archipelago' beginning April 1st through April 15th, as ZY0SAT during his free times (afternoons and evenings). His primary objective there is Geochemical of Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Archipelago. He will be active on HF and the satellites. His suggested operating frequencies are: HF - 3780, 7085, 14180, 21280, and 28450 SAT - AO-10 (145.9), UO-14 (435.07), FO_20 (435.850) and FO-29 (435.850) His equipment will be a FT-480R, 20dB amp., XY 7+7 element, 4800 Standard, 20W PA, XY 15+15 element and a HF Atlas 210 with inverted V all band. QSL Manager is PS7JN: Joaquim 'Kim' das Virgens, Rua Carlos Serrano, 1969, CEP: 59076-740, Natal-RN, Brasil (Send 2 IRC and a SASE. 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MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: The 42nd All Asian DX Contest- 2001 Dear Sirs/Madams, JARL would like to offer the following contest information for your publications. 1. The 42nd All Asian DX Contest- 2001 Supported by the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, Japan. (former MPT) Contest Period (1) CW >From June 16th, 00:00 to June 17th 24:00 UTC (48 hours) (2) Phone >From Sept. 1st 00:00 to Sept. 2nd 24:00 UTC (48 hours) Please refer to JARL's web site for more detailed information. http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/AA_Rule.htm Note: Please note carefully that there are some rule changes. 2. The Results of the 41st All Asian DX Contest - 2000 The results appeared on JARL's web site: http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/2000/2000index.htm Thank you very much for your attention. 73 -- International Section The Japan Amateur Radio League, Inc. http://www.jarl.or.jp/index.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: 'Leszek Przybylak' <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Invitation to SP DX Contest 2001 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:48:36 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Hello Tedd, We would like to invite you to our SP DX Contest. We enclose the rules. Please, pas it on to your readers and friends. Mni tnx & vy 73! SP DX Contest 2001 Committee Chairman Leszek Przybylak SP6CIK --------------------------------------------------------------------- SP DX CONTEST 2001 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Contest organizers: The PZK - Polski Zawiazek Krotkofalowcow (Polish Amateur Radio Union) and the SP DX Club have the honour to invite radio amateurs and SWLs all over the world to participate in the SPDX Contest. 2. Date: Every year - the first full weekend of April (April 7 - 8 in 2001) from 15:00 UTC on Saturday to 15:00 UTC on Sunday. 3. Contest subject: To make the highest possible number of contacts among Polish HAMs and non-polish HAMs. Remember: Polish stations can work only other countries; stations from outside Poland can work only Polish stations in the contest. 4. Bands: From 1,8 to 28 MHz (without WARC bands). 5. Modes: CW and/or SSB. It is possible to work the same station twice a band but on different modes. No crossmode contacts. It is necessary to observe IARU band plan during the contest. 6. Contest CQ: Foreign stations: 'CQ SP'; Polish stations: 'CQ CONTEST' on SSB or 'CQ TEST' on CW. 7. Exchange numbers: * Foreign stations send a five or six figure number consisting of RST or RS report + serial number, for example 599001 on CW or 59001 on SSB. * Polish stations give a two or three figure number representing the RST or RS report + one letter denoting the WOJEWODZTWO (province) abbreviation, for example 599G on CW or 59G on SSB. * Possible abbreviations of Polish provinces (max. 16 on one band): B, C, D, F, G, R, J, K, L, M, O, P, S, U, W, Z. B=Lubuskie C=Lodzkie D=Dolnoslaskie F=Pomorskie G=Slaskie J=Warminsko-Mazurskie K=Podkarpackie L=Lubelskie M=Malopolskie O=Podlaskie P=Kujawsko-Pomorskie R=Mazowieckie S=Swietokrzyskie U=Opolskie W=Wielkopolskie Z=Zachodniopomorskie 8. Points: * Foreign stations: 3 points for each QSO with Polish station. * Polish stations: DX QSO: 3 points; QSO with EU station: 1 point; QSO with another SP station: 0 points. 9. Multiplier: For foreign stations: each different WOJEWODZTWO (province) denoted by the one letter abbreviation counts for one multiplier (counted only once per band). The maximal multiplier is 16 provinces x 6 bands For Polish stations: DXCC countries (counted only one time per band) 10. Final score: The sum of QSO - points from all bands multiplied by the sum of provinces from all bands (or from a band in Single Band entries). 11. Categories: * SO MB Mixed Mode, * SO SB Mixed Mode, * MO MB Mixed Mode, * SO MB SSB, * SO SB SSB, * SWL's Mixed Mode, * SO MB CW, * SO SB CW. ** Note 1: Using DX nests, DXclusters will qualify a station for Multi Operator category. ** Note 2: Club (MO MB) stations should notify all operators. 12. SWL stations: * Foreign SWL must copy the call-sign of the Polish station and its contest report and the call-sign of the foreign station * Polish SWL must copy the foreign station call and contest report and call-sign of the Polish station. * Scoring is the same as for stations in transmitting section. The same Polish station and foreign station can be listened only once on the same band/mode. 13. Final scores:Score tables will be held separately for each country and then for all categories for one country. 14. Awards: For first places in all categories. The number of awards in one category is the thing of the Contest Committee decision. Foreign winners can also receive special plates sponsored by Polish HAMs. 15. Contest logs: Logs must contain date, time in UTC, correspondent call, exchanges, indicated multipliers and points. A summary sheet should contain all scoring information: category, contestant's name and adress and a signed declaration that all contest rules and regulations for amateur radio in the country of operation have been observed. Logs must be checked for duplicate contacts. A multiplier check list should be enclosed. Log can be sent on a floppy disc as a file (MS-DOS ASCII). The deadline for logs is April 30, 2001. Logs should be sent to the following addresss: Polski Zwiazek Krotkofalowcow, SPDX Contest Committee, P. O. Box 320, 00-950 WARSZAWA, POLAND Logs can be sent also via e-mail (ASCII file) to: <[email protected]>. It is recommended to use e-mail or disc logs if possible. 16. Disqualification: Violation of the rules of the contest or taking credit for incorrect or multipliers or duplicate contacts in excess 3% of total made will be deemed as sufficient cause for disqualification. The decisions of the SPDX Contest Committee are final and not contestable. 17. Additional information 1: SP DX Contest is fully supported by a demo version of Super Duper - contest log by EI5DI. It can be downloaded from author's WWW site at: <http://www.ei5di.com>. 18. Additional information 2: It is possible to apply for some Polish awards with no need to handle QSL cards from Polish stations if contacts are made during the SP DX Contest in 2001. Please check visit SP DX Contest Page at <http://dendro.sggw.waw.pl/sp5zcc/spdxc/spdxc.htm> for all information. If you have any questions about the contest, please write to SP DX Contest 2001 Committee Chairman - Leszek SP6CIK <[email protected]>. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AB5K AR-Cluster Network DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity For the week of Sunday, 18/Mar - Saturday, 24/Mar Nmbr Nmbr Band of Days of DXCC Stations Spots Activity the Week Modes ---- ------- ----- ----------------------------- ------------- ---------- 3A 4 10 .30.20.17.15. M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 3B8 6 24 .30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3B9 2 24 .30.20.17.15. .10. M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2/r 7 94 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3D2 2 11 .20. .15. .W. .SSB. 3V 7 110 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 3W 10 117 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 3Y/b 2 3 .10. .S .SSB. 4J 7 53 160. .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 4L 13 55 .80.40.30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4S 8 38 .40.30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 4X 47 107 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5A 6 13 .15. .10. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 5B 39 464 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5H 2 20 160. .30.20. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW. .RTTY 5N 4 10 .20.17. .10. M.T.W.T.F. .SSB. 5R 7 26 .80. .20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5U 3 8 .15. .6 .T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 5W 2 24 .40.30. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 5X 3 8 .10.6 .T.F.S.S .SSB. 5Z 1 3 .10. .S.S .SSB. 6W 3 11 .40. .17. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 6Y 10 59 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 7P 1 1 .10. .T. CW. .RTTY 7Q 5 55 .6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 7X 7 35 .40.30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8P 5 33 .40. .20. .15. .10. M. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 8Q 1 73 .20. .10. M.T.W.T.F. .S .SSB. 8R 7 79 .40.30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY 9A 52 220 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9G 6 74 .20. .15. .10. .W.T.F.S.S .SSB. 9H 16 74 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9J 1 11 .30.20. .15.12.10. M.T. .F.S. CW. .RTTY 9K 6 104 .40. .20. .15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9L 2 2 .12. .S CW. .RTTY 9M2 7 51 .40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9M6 6 100 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9N 2 23 .10.6 .T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY 9Q 1 1 .20. .T. .SSB. 9V 11 93 160. .40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY 9Y 6 12 .20. .12.10.6 .T.F.S.S .SSB. A2 2 12 .20. .10. .T. .SSB. A3 1 1 .20. .T. .SSB. A4 9 102 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A5 6 100 .80.40. .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A6 12 357 160.80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY A7 1 1 .20. .F. .SSB. A9 3 8 .20.17. .10. M.T. .T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY AP 4 21 .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S .SSB. BV 23 149 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY BY 45 144 .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY C3 6 14 .40. .20. .15.12. M.T.W. .S CW.SSB.RTTY C6 4 16 .40. .20. .15. .10. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE 36 143 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE0A 3 162 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CE0Z 1 5 .15. .10. .W. CW. .RTTY CE9 6 98 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CM 40 134 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CN 16 111 .80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CP 7 26 .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT 26 66 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CT3 16 127 .40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CU 11 42 .30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY CX 33 110 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY D2 2 7 .20. .10. .T. .T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY D4 1 1 .20. .S. D6 1 2 .12. .S .SSB. DL 155 328 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY DU 31 128 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA 170 404 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA6 15 48 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA8 35 172 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EA9 10 66 .40. .17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EI 18 41 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EK 8 37 .80. .20.17.15. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EL 2 3 .30. .15. .W. .F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY EP 8 45 .40. .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ER 12 46 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ES 15 53 160.80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ET 6 56 .17. .12. .6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EU 26 45 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EX 16 92 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EY 5 65 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY EZ 7 27 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY F 118 355 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FG 5 15 .20. .15. .10. M. .W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FH 1 12 .20. .10. .W.T.F. .SSB. FJ 4 28 .40. .20.17. .12. M. .W.T.F.S.S .SSB. FK 11 126 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FM 21 346 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FO 6 33 .30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY FR 8 75 .40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY FW 1 40 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY FY 8 58 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY G 107 210 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GD 5 12 .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY GI 12 21 .80.40. .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GJ 11 122 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GM 36 123 160.80. .17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GU 8 24 160. .40. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY GW 27 54 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY H4 4 26 .20.17. .10.6 .T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY H40 3 108 .20.17.15. .10. .W.T.F.S.S CW. .RTTY HA 36 109 160.80.40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB 28 55 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HB0 4 15 .80.40.30.20. .15.12.10. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HC 9 66 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HC8 3 116 160.80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HH 3 8 .15. .10. M. .S .SSB. HI 18 222 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK 32 77 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HK0/a 3 16 .40.30.20.17. .10. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY HL 50 123 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HP 12 95 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HR 8 56 160.80.40. .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HS 13 63 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY HV 1 1 .20. .T. CW. .RTTY HZ 2 8 .20. .15. .W.T.F. .SSB. I 185 500 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY IS 7 10 .80.40.30.20. .15.12. M.T.W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY J2 8 35 .20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J3 4 32 .20. .15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY J6 1 1 .10. .W. .SSB. J7 2 4 .30.20. .T.W. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY J8 1 5 .40.30. .T. .S CW. .RTTY JA 318 610 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JD/m 2 12 .80. .15. M. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JT 6 54 .40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JW 11 67 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JX 1 28 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M. .W.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY JY 6 95 .80.40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY K 467 1158 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KG4 12 416 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH0 14 143 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH2 9 86 .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH6 32 150 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KH8 2 18 .20. .15. .10. .T. .S .SSB. KH9 0 0 KL 24 184 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP2 10 41 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY KP4 36 120 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LA 44 87 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LU 144 573 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LX 22 84 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LY 27 103 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY LZ 36 73 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OA 8 58 .20. .15. .10. M. .T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY OD 10 68 .20.17.15.12.10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OE 36 109 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH 55 135 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OH0 3 7 .40. .17.15. .W. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OK 82 193 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OM 29 92 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ON 43 191 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OX 8 17 .30. .15.12. .6 M.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY OY 7 50 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY OZ 42 109 160.80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P2 4 20 .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY P4 10 180 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PA 46 78 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ2 7 95 .80.40. .20.17.15. .10. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PJ7 6 31 .40.30.20. .15.12.10. M. .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY PY 137 526 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PY0F 5 255 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY PZ 5 31 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY R1FJ 1 38 .40. .20.17. .T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S2 2 3 .15. .F.S. .SSB. S5 51 243 160.80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY S7 2 83 .40.30. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SM 75 169 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SP 61 153 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SU 12 121 160.80.40. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV 27 120 160.80.40. .20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY SV5 2 4 .20.17.15. .10. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY T30 2 81 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY T7 5 22 160.80. .30.20. .15.12.10. M. .W. .F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY T8 4 10 .30. .17.15. .F. .S CW. .RTTY T9 15 36 160.80.40. .20. .15. .10. M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TA 16 81 .80.40.30.20. .15.12.10. M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TF 9 45 .40. .20. .15. .10. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TG 9 41 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TI 20 243 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TI9 2 2 .40. .10. .T. .S CW.SSB.RTTY TK 9 49 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TR 9 58 .20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY TT 1 4 .6 M. .W. CW.SSB.RTTY TU 3 3 .20. .10. .W. .F. .S CW. .RTTY TX0 1 1 .20. .W. CW. .RTTY TZ 1 1 .17. .S CW. .RTTY UA 240 606 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA2 15 52 160.80.40. .20.17. .12.10. M.T. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UA9 216 599 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UK 11 37 160. .20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UN 36 121 .80.40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY UR 90 237 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V3 2 2 .10. M. .S CW.SSB.RTTY V4 4 60 .80. .20. .15.12.10. .T. .T.F.S.S .SSB. V5 10 126 .30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V6 7 127 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V7 8 51 .30. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY V8 1 2 .10. .T. .SSB. VE 118 359 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK 134 326 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VK9N 9 119 .30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP2E 6 8 .80. .30.20.17.15. .10. M. .T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VP2M 1 1 .80. .W. .SSB. VP2V 3 5 .30.20. .12. .W. .F. CW.SSB.RTTY VP5 7 149 160. .40. .20.17.15.12.10.6 .W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY VP6 1 1 .10. .S. .SSB. VP8 4 6 .20. .10. M.T.W.T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY VP8/h 1 1 .20. .S CW. .RTTY VP8/s 0 0 VP9 2 3 .15.12. M. .S .SSB. VQ9 5 38 160. .40. .20. .15.12.10. .T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VR 16 77 .80.40.30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY VU 39 156 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XE 34 87 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XF4 1 1 .17. .S CW. .RTTY XT 2 8 .15. .10. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY XU 4 9 .20. .15. .10. .T.W.T.F.S. CW. .RTTY XW 1 1 .15. .S. CW. .RTTY XX9 1 2 .15. .T. .SSB. YB 55 218 .80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YI 1 1 .20. .F. .SSB. YJ 6 163 .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S. CW.SSB.RTTY YK 2 3 .20. .15. .10. .T. .S. CW.SSB.RTTY YL 22 68 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YN 2 5 .15. .F. .S .SSB. YO 17 26 160.80. .30.20. .15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YS 5 32 .80. .20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T. .T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YU 59 229 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY YV 25 127 160.80.40.30.20. .15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z2 4 40 .15. .10.6 M.T. .S.S CW.SSB.RTTY Z3 12 84 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZA 6 16 .40.30.20.17.15. .10. M.T.W.T.F.S. CW. .RTTY ZB 4 10 .40. .20. .15.12. .6 .T. .F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZC4 5 64 .20.17.15. .10. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD7 6 42 .40. .20. .15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD8 6 292 160. .40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZD9 1 1 .15. .S. CW. .RTTY ZF 4 5 .40. .20. .10.6 .W.T.F. .S CW.SSB.RTTY ZK1/s 7 31 .20.17. .12.10. M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZL 54 139 160.80.40.30.20.17.15. .10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZP 15 56 .40. .20.17.15. .10.6 M. .W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ZS 63 353 160.80.40.30.20.17.15.12.10.6 M.T.W.T.F.S.S CW.SSB.RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tot Stations: 5559 Tot Spots: 22826 Spotter of the week: W2GO (343 spots) ------ ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: [email protected] Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 'Totally devoted to Amateur Radio' - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.504 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 504 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 504 BID: $OPDX.504 March 26, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K2FRD, N2OO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K4VUD, N4GN, K7ZZ, K8YSE, KB9YXM, A35RK, CX6VM, DL1EK & DX News Letter, EU1EU, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3PJT, HK5MQZ, I2MOV, IW5BZQ, LU4FM, ON4AAC, PA3AXU, PS7JN, VK4AAR, YS1RR and YV5EED for the following DX information. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT:According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 18/Mar, through Sunday, 25/Mar there were 235 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 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, C6, CE, CE0A, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS There were 39 CQ Zones available during the past week. CQ Zone that were not active are: 2 There were 50 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU Zones that were not active are: 3,4,9,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,31, 34,35,43,58,59,69, 70,71,72,74,90 PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 3A, MONACO. A group of Italian operators will be active for 3 days from here (grid JN33RR) during June 1-3rd. They will mainly concentrate their activity on 6 meters, but they will also be active on HF and 2 meters. Look for the following callsigns (operators) to be active: 3A/IK5GQK (Fabrizio), 3A/IK5YOJ (Giuseppe), 3A/IW5BZQ (Stefano) and 3A/IW5EDQ (Virginio). Their activity on 6 meters is as follows: 50.210 SSB, 50.600 RTTY and 50.620 MHz PSK31 (using an Icom IC-706MKIIG with 6 element yagi and HQ50 Halo Loop). Their 2 meters activity will be on 144.290 MHz SSB (using an Icom IC-706 with 9 element yagi). Their HF activity will be on SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV (using two Yaesu FT-100 and vertical antennas). You can send E-mail for skeds to: [email protected] They mentioned that while they are on air they will check their E-mail every hour at the top of the hour. For the latest news, check their Web page at: http://www.mannelli.com/3a Direct QSL (SASE) for VHF QSOs (6/2 meters) via: Stefano Mannelli (IW5BZQ), P.O. Box 569, 50123 Firenze Centro, ITALY. QSL HF QSOs to: Fabrizio Vannini (IK5GQK), via Forlanini 68, 50127 Firenze, ITALY. 3G, JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND. Look for Key/JE6JYT, Chip/N6CA, Jack/N6XQ and Roman/XE2EED to be active from the Isla Robinson Crusoe (IOTA SA-005) between March 27th and April 3rd signing 3G0Z. They will have two stations active to cover many directions: one in San Juan Bautista village, the other on a nearby hilltop operating part-time. Activity will be mainly on 6 meters, transmitting on 50102 kHz and receiving on 50140 kHz. Their pilot stations, N6RV and KB6NAN, will be on 28885 kHz. QSL via N6XQ. For more details, check/watch the Web page: http://www.ham-radio.com/ce0z/ce0z.html 5R, MADAGASCAR. Stations 5R8FL, 5R8FU and 5R8GO have been active over the past week. Claude, 5R8GO, has been active on 20 and 10 meters. He was also active SSTV on 28680 kHz around 1245z. Ake, 5R8FU, has been active mainly on 15/12 meters CW. Check 12 meters around 0915z and 15 meters around 1815z. QSL via SM5DJZ. Andre, 5R8FL, has been active on 20 meters (14206 kHz) around 0430z and 10 meters (28496 kHz) around 1445z. QSL via F5TBA. 7X, ALGERIA. The 'LNDX' reports tha Yannick, F6FYD, will be here for the next 2 months starting very soon (mi-March). There was no callsign or bands of operation mentioned. However, Mohammad, 7X4AN, has been very active lately on 10 and 15 meters, mostly SSB. Activity has been between 1700 and 2200z. 7Z, SAUDI ARABIA. Joe, W5FJG, is expected to be active about April 15th from Jeddah as 7Z1AC. He will be working as a technician for the U.S. Consulate and is expected to be here for two years. According to his Web page, Joe works both CW/SSB, but will spend 60% of his operating on SSB. He likes and probably will spend most of his time on 20 meters. He will have equipment and antennas for 20/17/15/12/10 meters and expects 30/40/80 meters may come later. His operating time will be Saturday through Wednesday after 1530z and on Thrusday and Friday (his weekend) anytime. He does have equipment for the digital modes, so expect to possibly see him on Packet/RTTY/SSTV. QSL via WA4JT. More details can be found on his homepage: http://sites.netscape.net/joeyjeep99usa/homepage Joe mentions on his Web page that the American Embassy in Riyadh has received permission to restart amateur radio operations using the callsign 7Z1AB. Look for them soon to be on the air. 9G, GHANA. Derek, 9G5MD, has been very active on 15/10 meters, generally between 1200-1800z. Check around 28500 and 21250 (and above). QSL via F5VCR. AP, PAKISTAN. Bob, AP2JZB, continues to be active on 12 meters, as well as 10 meters. Check these bands between 1430 and 1530z around 28492 or 24946 kHz. ASIAN TRIP PLANNED. Charly, K4VUD, reports that he has purchased his airline tickets to Asia for the period of early May through mid-August, 2001. He plans to operate as HS0ZCW again and will apply for India (VU) and Laos (XW) licenses. He states that it will be not likely for him to be active as/from 9N7UD nor A52UD this trip. EP, IRAN. Abdullah, EP2FM, is a nice find on RTTY on 20 meters after 0330z. You can catch him on SSB on 20 meters generally after 1430z and again around 2000z. EV21, BELARUS (Arctic Expedition, 'POLAR RING'). There is currently an expedition going on in the Arctic and is being helped by the members of the 'Activity Group of Belarus' (AGB). The expedition/operation started February 1st in Minsks and will travel the southern part of the Arctic and the Polar Area. The expedition will pass through Yama (R9K/), Taimyr (R0B), Yakutia (R0Q) and Chukot (R0K). Currently, R0B/EV21ABG is now on from Taimyr. Igor, EU1EU (AGB#001 - President of AGB), informs OPDX that there is usually traffic being passed every Monday, Wednesday and Friday on 14120 kHz at 0500z. However, most of the information is in Russian. The operators are Yuri (AGB#124) and Vladimir (AGB#123, Leader of expedition). There is an award available for working this station. Some information can be found on the club's Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu A special link for the English language can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/eu1eu/EV21AGB_eng1.txt In a week the group plans to be active from Yakutia and sign R0Q/EV21AGB. Any questions/messages can be sent to either/or: Igor, EU1EU, at: [email protected] Vladimir, EU1CQ, at: [email protected] FM, MARTINIQUE. Gerard, FM/F2JD, has closed down his station from here and he will be back in France sometime this week. He made 11,200 QSOs (6600 CW, 1000 RTTY, 3600 SSB). H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE. Ron, ZL1AMO, now active as H40RW, has been very active on 15 and 10 meters CW. HK0, MALPELO ISLAND (Update). It has been reported that Jairo/HK5MQZ and Hiro/HK5QGX will be embarking off to Buenaventura on April 6th arriving on Malpelo Island April 8th in the late evening. They will disembark April 9th and expect to start operation April 10th until April 21st. They will operate on all bands 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 and 6 meters. They will carry a Hygain TH3-MK3 Tri-Bander and home brew 3 element monobands for 17 and 12 meters. For 80/40/30 meters they will use wire dipoles. The group will also use a Yaesu FL-2100B linear amplifier and two HF transceivers: One Icom model IC-706-MK2 and another Kenwood TS-430S. Jairo will be active as HK5MQZ/0 only on SSB. QSL direct ONLY, via HK5MQZ (Jairo Vargas, P.O. Box 10862, Cali, Colombia). Hiro will be active as HK5QGX/0 and will operate on CW only. QSL his contacts via his QSL Manager JA0MGR (direct ONLY). IOTA NEWS............... EU-065. Didier, F5BWJ, will be active as TM2A from Noirmoutier Island from March 31st to April 7th. QSL via F5BWJ. EU-126. Lawrence, KB9YXM, reports that the Finnish Club station, OH8TA, is planning an IOTA DXpedition to the Island of Hailuto in the Gulf of Bothnia off of the Finnish coast near Oulu. They will be operating for three days from the University of Oulu's marine research station on the island. They will be operating on HF, VHF and UHF. The frequency for 6 meters will be 50110 kHz. For other bands and frequencies please send an E-mail message to: [email protected] Operating conditions for 6 meters will be a Cushcraft 3 element Yagi, Yaesu ATAS-100 with GP and counterpoise, Yaesu FT-100 at 100-500Watts. The Yagi and ATAS-100 will be mounted atop the lighthouse station at 30-35 meters above sea-leval. The dates will be April 6-8th. KB9YXM is a U.S. operator currently living in Finland and very active on 50 Mhz and above. QSL to KB9YXM will be 100% via OH8TA. EU-174. Eddy/ON6HE, Dirk/ON5CT and Frank/ON4AAX will be active from Thasos Island between May 27th and June 3rd. Their activity will be on all HF bands, CW and SSB. They will try to have a special callsign. QSL via the bureau or direct to ON4AAC: Frank Pletinck, Potaardestraat 72, B-9190 Stekene, Belgium. OC-087. Tom, K7ZZ, informs OPDX that plans for the expedition to Enewetak (part of the Marshall Island group) on April 19-26th are going smoothly. An antenna mast will be loaned from Force 12. Support has been obtained from the makers of Mountain House freeze dried foods. And a donation to cover part of their QSL expenses is expected from the Island Radio Expedition Foundation. The only real snag has been the failure of a second amplifier to material- ize. The two Stateside team members will depart the West Coast on about April 10th to join the rest of the team on Kwajalein. From there they will fly on to Enewetak. Although only one station will have an amplifier, two additional tranceivers will be included. Antennas are a small tri-bander, a log for 10-6 meters, and a R-7000 vertical plus a wire dipole for the low bands. Propogation predictions show a slim chance of a 10 meter opening to Europe, but lots of chances on 15 meters. All other areas should have lots of openings. The callsign V73E has been issued/assigned. QSL cards go to WF5T. SA-035. Dr. Rick, NE8Z/HC1MD, will be active as YV5/NE8Z from Los Roques roughly between March 31st-April 2nd. He will be using a TS50 + dipole mainly on 28.460 SSB. If propagation is poor on 10 meters, he will operate on 21260 or 14260 kHz SSB. No CW this trip. QSL via NE8Z: Rick Dorsch, Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139 USA JW, SVALBARD. Per, LA3FL, is currently active in his spare time from Hopen Island (EU-063) as JW3FL. He is the only radio operator on this little island with many polar bears. He will be here until June 2001. He was recently heard on CW on 21025 kHz at 0915z and 1833 kHz between 0045 and 0330z. QSL via LA3FL. PACIFIC TRIP 2001. Gerard, PA3AXU, has announced another DX trip into the South Pacific. This time during September 2001, he will be heading to T30, C21 and 3D (Fiji). He reports that like his last trips, this will not be a holiday but work on the radio. He also hopes to give everyone a new one on SSB/CW/RTTY/SSTV and/or PSK31. Gerard will start his activity on Tarawa, West Kiribati, as T30XU, beginning September 4th. He will then travel to Nauru and sign C21XU beginning September 11th. Gerard will end his activity in Fiji signing as 3D2XU, from September 20-28th. For more details and up-to-date information, check the Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/pa3axu/2001 Gerard requests to please submit any comments/remarks/suggestions on his 2001 Pacific trip in the guestbook on his Web site. QSL INFO AND NEWS................. 3D2CI Update. Hrane, YT1AD, in Belgrade, reports that the logs are going to be on the Web site soon (they may be there!). They are currently having problem recovering some QSOs from a damaged hard disk, but they hope in a few days all will be consolidated into one log on the Web site. There are some photos of the Conway Reef operation on the Web site. Check them out at: http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/3d2/photos/photos.htm Hrane is going to be at the Dayton HamVention with a 1 hour video of Conway Reef. LAST MINUTE CHANGE: The Hillview Gardens ARC (9M6AAC) was assigned the special callsign 9M6A for this past weekend's CQWW WPX SSB Contest with Peter G4MJS as the operator. Please QSL 9M6A via N2OO: Bob Schenck, PO BOX 345, TUCKERTON, NJ 08087 USA. Paul, A35RK, would like to remind everyone that the Kingdom of Tonga (licensing authority - Tonga Communication Commission) has no national amateur radio society, no radio club of any sort, and NO QSL BUREAU. At present, it is a waste of time and money to send 'bureau' cards to Tonga. Currently licensed A3 operators are certainly not receiving any 'bureau' cards, and therefore they are unable to reply. In his own case, 'QSL A35RK via W7TSQ' is the only possible route. The postal address for A35RK, in any database that he has seen is incorrect: 'via direct', using that incorrect information, will most certainly result in a 'dead letter' and no response. Gerard, F2VX, can confirm the contact made with A51AA ONLY for the contacts made in September 2000, NOT for the new operator that was newly autorized. Charly, K4VUD (aka A52UD), reports that all direct mail requests for A52UD QSLs have been answered to date. The bureau QSL will be done next fall. QSL CW6V, which was active in last weekend's contest, to W3HNK. Yannick, F6FYD, informs us that all direct and bureau requests for his operation as 5T5YD and 5T5YD/P are on the way. HI9/DL7AFS and HI9/DJ7ZG QSL and Log. Babs, DL7AFS, informs OPDX that as of the early morning of March 23rd, the duo have arrived back in Germany. They thank the many for the interest in their Dxpedition. They made 16340 QSOs and plan to begin printing the QSLs next week. The log search is now available at: http://www.qsl.net/DL7AFS L40F was active in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as a Multi/Multi category. The LU4FM team was: LU1FAK, LU1FAM, LU1FGE, LU1FGZ, LU1FZR, LU2FT, LU2FP, LU2JCW, LU3FCK, LU4FPZ, LU5FA, LU6FEC, LU8FCM, LU8FPT and LU8FQQ. QSL Manager is LU4FM: Radio Club Rosario, Zeballos 811/817, (2000) Rosario, Republica Argentina. The Finnish Army Signals School is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year with their station OI3AY that was activated during the CQ WPX Contest. Also, Martti Laine, OH2BH, was one of the operators from the OI3AY station during the contest. A special QSL card will be issued for this special event. The QSL Manager is Teuvo Kaistila, OH1BV, Ahventie 5B1, 25410 Suomusjarvi, FINLAND. Alan, VK4AAR, announced that all QSL requests for VK0MM cards received through March 20th have now been processed. There were some 'not-in-log' replies sent out, but please be assured, that they were not sent out without a thorough check. Alan states, 'My wife opened and checked the incoming card against the computer log. If she found any sort of problem she gave it to me to look for obvious typos etc etc.. If I could still not resolve the situation I would E-mail Alan, VK0MM, who would then search his own master log and get back to me. Therefore, it is useless to contact me for further checks.... I have already done all that is possible. Donations for Camp Quality (a charity supporting children who are dying of cancer etc..) are coming in regularly though some still expect a card when they don't even send reply postage and SAE. But a donation will NOT 'buy' a card for a QSO that is not in the log. To those who have not yet sent their card to me..... be warned .... DO NOT PUT AUSTRALIAN STAMPS ON YOUR REPLY ENVELOPE. It is most likely that you do not have the correct series of international stamps. Most are putting the wrong amount on their SASEs, too. Let me do the stamps. Just send SAE and USD or IRCs (dollars are preferred as the surplus can go to the charity...IRCs only buy stamps). Those that have the wrong stamps on will be mailed back to you but I don't guarantee if you will receive them. Finally, and for the umpteenth time, **DO NOT** SEND REQUESTS FOR VK0LD OR AX0LD CARDS TO ME. I HAVE NO AUTHORITY ON THOSE AT ALL !!!' The Grupo DX Caracas which participated in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest this past weekend as YW4M gets QSLed via W4SO. ZL4CC QSLs for the March 2001 operation. Bob, G3PJT, informs OPDX that the correct direct QSL route for this operation is to Bob Whelan, G3PJT, 36 Green End, Comberton, Cambridge CB3 7DY UK. Bob states, 'Do not send cards to any other address which may appear in old callbooks as the call was reissued to me for this operation. Bureau cards are OK via G3PJT and the RSGB QSL bureau. An E-mail log request is OK for a bureau card.' Bob's E-mail address is: [email protected] TX, NEW CALEDONIA. Jacky, F2CW, is now active as TX5CW. Look for him mainly on CW. His activity this past week was on 30/20/17/15 meters. QSL via F2CW. VO2, LABRADOR, CANADA DXPEDITION. Fred, K2FRD, reports that he is planning a DXpedition to Labrador; not a DXCC Entity, but an uncommon contact nevertheless. He will be operating from about June 6th through August 31st, as VO2/K2FRD from a tent. His QTH is about 90km WSW of Churchill Falls, Labrador, Province of Newfoundland, Canada. His activity will be mainly 10, 15 and 20 meters in that order. Suggested frequencies are: 28415, 28515, 21315, 21415, 14215 and 14295 kHz. He does plan to be active on some nets. For more details on bands, frequencies, schedules, QSL info, etc...., check the Web page at: http://sites.netscape.net/thefred3/labr1 ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. The UK team is now active from here as ZD8K until March 28th. They will move onto St. Helena and sign ZD7K and be active until April 12th. QSL via GW0ANA. ZY0, ST. PETER ANS ST. PAUL ROCKS. Joaquim, PS7JN, reports that he will be active from 'Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Archipelago' beginning April 1st through April 15th, as ZY0SAT during his free times (afternoons and evenings). His primary objective there is Geochemical of Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Archipelago. He will be active on HF and the satellites. His suggested operating frequencies are: HF - 3780, 7085, 14180, 21280, and 28450 SAT - AO-10 (145.9), UO-14 (435.07), FO_20 (435.850) and FO-29 (435.850) His equipment will be a FT-480R, 20dB amp., XY 7+7 element, 4800 Standard, 20W PA, XY 15+15 element and a HF Atlas 210 with inverted V all band. QSL Manager is PS7JN: Joaquim 'Kim' das Virgens, Rua Carlos Serrano, 1969, CEP: 59076-740, Natal-RN, Brasil (Send 2 IRC and a SASE. 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SB DX @ ARL $ARLD012 ARLD012 DX news ZCZC AE12 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 12 ARLD012 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 22, 2001 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD012 ARLD012 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, The OPDX Bulletin, QRZ DX, The Daily DX, 425DXnews, DXL and Contest Corral from QST. Thanks to all. VIETNAM, 3W. Tom, 3W7CW, has been QRV on 24896 kHz between 0730 and 0830z. QSL via SP5JTF. Meanwhile, Jurgen, 3W9HRN, is very active on 10 meters CW around 0630z and 1300z. QSL via DL1HRN. MALDIVES, 8Q. Tusti is QRV as 8Q7DD and has been active on 20 meters SSB around 1200z. QSL via W4WET. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A6. A multi-national team of 10 operators will be QRV from the QTH of A61AJ in the CQ WPX Contest. QSL via W3UR. BAHAMAS, C6. Bill, AA7X, is QRV from Treasure Key until March 31 as C6AKK. This includes an entry in the CQ WPX Contest. QSL to home call. URUGUAY, CX. Jorge, CX6VM, will be QRV as CW6V in the CQ WPX Contest. QSL via W3HNK. BALEARIC ISLANDS, EA6. Gabriel, EA6AEQ, will be a Single Op/All Band entry in the CQ WPX Contest as AN6AEQ. QSL to home call. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. The Grand Canaria DX Group will be QRV as AM8CI as a Multi/Single entry in the CQ WPX Contest. QSL via EA8AKN. NEW CALEDONIA, FK. FK8HC, FK8GM, FK8HW and LA5IIA will be a Multi/Multi entry in the CQ WPX Contest as TX8G. QSL via operator's instructions. SCOTLAND, GM. Keith, GM4YXI, will be active during the CQ WPX Contest as GM7V. He will be a Single Op/Single Band High Power entry. QSL via ZS5BBO. LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0. Five operators will be QRV as HB0/F6KQL until March 26, including an entry in the CQ WPX Contest. QSL via F6KQL. MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Nob, JM1LRQ, is QRV using CW on 160 to 6 meters as KH0/JM1LRQ until March 26. He plans to be active in the CQ WPX Contest. QSL to home call. GUAM, KH2. Yoichi, JP1NWZ, is active as KH0XX/NH2 until March 26. He will participate in the CQ WPX Contest as AH7X/WH2 as a Single Op/All Band entry. QSL to home call. ARGENTINA, LU. Fifteen operators from Radio Club Rosario are signing LR7DX on all bands and modes until March 26. This includes an entry in the CQ WPX Contest as a Multi/Single entry. QSL via operator's instructions. LUXEMBOURG, LX. Contest Group Luxembourg will be a CQ WPX Contest Multi/Single entry as LX5A. QSL via LX1RQ. FERNANDO de NORONHA, PY0F. Peter, PY5CC, is QRV as PY0FM until March 31. QSL via JA1VOK. SWEDEN, SM. John, SM7CRW, will be active in the CQ WPX Contest as 8S7A from Oland Island, IOTA EU-037. QSL via W3HNK. GREECE, SV. Kostas, SV1DPI, and others will be QRV as J41K from Agrinio in the CQ WPX Contest. QSL via SV1DPI. VANUATU, YJ. Angelo is QRV as YJ0ABQ. QSL via I6BQI. WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ WW WPX Phone Contest is scheduled for this weekend. Please see March QST, page 114 for details. NNNN /EX
[ Postmaster's note: Sorry if this is a duplicate ... the system crashed and more seemed to have not received this than those who did! ] SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.503 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 503 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 503 BID: $OPDX.503 March 19, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, NC1L, K2KW, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4ZC, N6HPX, AA7X, KD7H, W7TSQ, K8YSE, KQ0B, CE6TBN, CX2AQ, DL1EK & DX News Letter, DL2VFR, EA7FGS, EA7FTR, F5LIW, F5TJC, F6BFH, FK8HC, GW3CDP, GM4YXI, HA0HW, HB9BXE, HB9CRV, HK5MQZ, JJ1ANW, PA1AW, PY7ZZ, TA3YJ, VA3RJ and VE5MX for the following DX information. OPDX INTERNET WEBSITE (by John, K8YSE)....... The OPDX InterNet Web site has moved to a new server. Those of you who read the bulletin at http://www.en.com/users/k8yse/opdx.html will be redirected to the new server at http://www.papays.com/opdx.html The redirect will continue for a few weeks but eventually you will have to use the new address in order to access the bulletin. The K8YSE Web site has been hosted at en.com for many years. The new site, however, will provide more flexibility and allow enhancements not possible on the exiting server. For now everything will appear the same. If you have any questions, please contact John at: [email protected] ADDED NOTE: The NODXA Web site has also changed. Please see URL address below. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 11/Mar, through Sunday, 18/Mar there were 234 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BV9P, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, 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, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH4, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T32, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZK3, ZL, ZP and ZS. PLEASE NOTE: The report 'could' contain 'Pirate/SLIM' operations. As always, you never know - 'Work First Worry Later' (WFWL). OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size) with a complete breakdown and 'DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity'. 3B6, AGALEGA (Update/Progress). Hans-Peter, HB9BXE, sent out a press release (3B6RF Bulletin Nr. 13) this past week. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the large release as an additional bulletin. In short, the press release states that preparations for this DXpedition is running according to plan. On April 21st, three members of the team will head for Mauritius in order to make final preparations on the spot. The rest of the crew departs on April 28th, from Zurich. The 3B6 team plans to arrive on Agalega on May 3rd and plans to be active May 5th for 12 days. There is the possibility of chartering an aircraft for their trip from Mauritius to Agalega, and they are still working on it. Using an aircraft will allow them 2-3 additional operating days. The crew now consists of 20 operators: HB9BQI/Rene, HB9BQW/Christine, HB9BXE/Hans-Peter, HB9CRV/Hermann, HB9HFN/ Cedric, HB9JAI/Karl, HB9JBI/Friedhelm, HB9AAQ/Fred, CT1AGF/Luis, CT1EVP/ Antonio, DL3KUD/Matthias, DL6UAA/Mart, F6HMJ/Jack, G3KHZ/Derek, NK6F/Ken, N3SL/Steve, SP9RTI/Stefan, 3B8CF/Jacky and 4X1DX/Seth. YAESU of Germany has lent them the following equipment: 6 Transceivers FT1000MP, 6 Linear Amplifiers VL1000, 6 Power supplies, 2 Transceivers FT 847 and 1 Transceiver FT 920. They will have a huge arsenal of antennas to use. The group will have 4 Diesel generators 5.5 kW each. The satellite activity from Agalega will be the first ever from this remote place. They will concentrate on using the satellite AO-10, but, however, they will also use RS-12/13 sporadically. There will also be 6 meter activity and also PSK31 since it is becoming more popular. PKS31 will be used alternately with RTTY. The PSK31 frequencies to be used are: 14068.15 kHz +/- 1.2 kHz, 21078.15 kHz +/- 1.2 kHz and 28078.15 kHz +/- 1.2 kHz. SSTV will also be used but for only 3 days. Split operation is a must for SSTV. Their complete frequency band plan can be found on the Web site at: http://www.Agalega2000.ch QSLs can be sent via the bureau or directly to: Ambrosi Fluetsch, HB9AGH, Lerchenweg 29, CH 8046 Zurich, Switzerland. For USA only via N3SL: Steve & Kimberly Larson, 22 N. Hidden Acres Drive, Sioux City, Iowa 51108. There will be a log search available during and after the operation. Please check their Web page for further developments. 3B9, RODRIGUES ISLAND. Robert, 3B9FR, has been active recently on 17/12 meters with NO takers. Check between 24480 and 24900 kHz around 1330z. Check 17073 kHz around 0300z. He can also be found on 20/15/10 meters CW/SSB between 1230 and 1530z. QSL via Robert Felicite, Box 31, Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean, via Mauritius. 3V8, TUNISIA (Attention YL Chasers!). YL operator Zaida has been active at the controls of 3V8BB. You can usually find her on or around 14260 kHz between 1030 and 1300z. 3W, VIETNAM. Tom, 3W7CW, was heard on 12 meters working simplex on 24896 kHz between 0730 and 0830z. QSL via SP5JTF. Jurgen, 3W9HRN continues to be very active on 10 meters CW (as well as 15 meters) as early as 0630z and as late as 1300z. QSL via DL1HRN. 4S, SRI LANKA. Nelson, 4S7NE, seems to like the 30 and 17 meters CW. Generally he can be found on/around 10103 kHz after 1200z and 18075 kHz after 1830z. 6Y8A - DXU RESULTS. Kenny, K2KW, reports that the results and photos of the 6Y8A DXpedition University (DXU) trip can be seen on the Web page: http://www.k2kw.com DXU was the first of its kind to offer a training ground for hams wanting to learn the art of DXpeditioning. In total, the group made over 21,000 QSOs, and nearly 11,000 in the ARRL SSB Contest. The trip was a great success, and they are thinking of holding another trip in October or November 2001 (also to Jamaica). If you are interested in attending, please send an E-mail message (to express your general interest) to: [email protected] 9N, NEPAL. Lawerence, 9N7RB, in Katmandu is a good catch on 10 meters around 28447 or 28487 kHz. Check around/after 1330z and again 0130z. A5, BHUTAN. Just a few more days to work Dimitri, RA9CO, as A52CO. His last day should be March 21st. He has been very active on 10 meters CW (very little SSB) at various time during the day. There has been some activity on 15, 20 and 40 meters. QSL via UA9DD. ALL ASIAN DX CONTEST. Suzuki, JJ1ANW, informs OPDX that this summer 'The Japanese Amateur Radio League' (JARL) will be sponsoring the 'All Asian DX Contest.' For more details and the rules, please refer to the JARL Web site at: http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/AA_Rule.htm C6, BAHAMAS. Bill, AA7X, will be operating from Treasure Key from March 24-31st including the CQ WPX SSB Contest. His callsign will be C6AKK. QSL via AA7X. DL, GERMANY. Nilay (XYL), TA3YJ, will be active as DL/TA3YJ from March 25th to March 30th. She will be active on all bands using SSB. QSL via TA3YJ. D68C PRESS RELEASE. 'The Five Star DXers Association' has released a four page bulletin (Number 6) with details and statistics of their record breaking DXpedition to Comoros. Because of its length/size, the D68C Bulletin No. 6 is available in RTF format at the K8YSE EIDX Web site at: http://www.papays.com/d68c_b6.rtf DXCC NEWS..... Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager, reports that XU7AAZ has been approved for DXCC credit. It was on the bad list for lack of documentation. The documentation has been reviewed and it is OK. People can now receive DXCC credit. Anyone who has submitted it and had it rejected can contact DXCC, and their record will be updated without having to re-submit the card. Send an E-mail to: [email protected]. If not, it can be included in the next submission. DU, PHILIPPINES. Larry, N6HPX, is currently on vacation and is signing as DU1/N6HPX until about April 10th. He is on IOTA OC-042. Most of his activity has been on 14260 kHz between 1130 and 1300z. He was also reported on 6 meters on 50225 kHz at 0929z. QSL via N6HPX: Larry Fields, 1207 E. Victoria Ct., San Pablo, CA 94806 FRENCH POLYNESIA OPERATION QRT (FO0/A & FO0/M Possibly Next!). Eli, HA9RE, recently active from French Polynesia as FO0ARE between February 27th and March 7th, was active from Tahiti Island (OC-046, Windward Islands Group) between February 27-28th, and again from March 6-7th. The other place he operated from was on Manihi (OC-131, King George Islands Group) between March 1-5th. The QSL Manager is Kari, HA8IB. His current address is: Szabo Karoly, Aradistr. 42., H-5525 Fuzesgyarmat, HUNGARY. QSL via the bureau is also OK. Eli and his girlfriend Sara, HA9SD, have plans to go back to the Pacific Ocean during the autumn, possibly to the Austral Islands or to Marquesas. GM7, SCOTLAND. Keith, GM4YXI, will be active during the CQ WPX SSB Contest using the 'North of Scotland Contest Group's' callsign GM7V. His activity will be a Single Op/Single Band (10m)/High Power entry. QSL as usual via ZS5BBO. H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE. Just a reminder that Ron, ZL1AMO, will be active from beginning around March 21st for three week. This operation is a special one because it will be his last DXpedition. We are sure many of you have worked Ron from many rare places and have many of his QSL cards. Ron is a very special, interesting DXer and person. Your editor is glad he had a chance to meet him many years ago at a NODXA meeting. Please show Ron thanks by working him from H40. He will probably sign H40RW or something with the 'RW' suffix. HB0, LIENCHTENSTEIN. A team of five French hams will be active from here from Friday, March 23rd to Monday, March 26th. Activity will be on the following bands: 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. The team will use the callsign HB0/F6KQL. They will also be active during the CQ WPX Contest. QSL direct or throught the bureau to F6KQL: Radio Club MJC, 7 Rue de Longvic, 21300 Chenove, France. HK0, MALPELO ISLANDS. Jairo, HK5MQZ, informs OPDX that he and Hiro, HK5QGX, will leave for Malpelo Island on April 6th. They plan to operate from April 10-21st. They will sign as HK5MQZ/0 and HK5QGX/0. Activity will be on CW and SSB, 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters. However, 160 and 6 meters will be optional. Jairo, HK5MQZ/0, will work SSB. QSL via Jairo Vargas, P.O. Box 10862, Cali, Colombia. Hiro, HK5QGX/0, will work CW. QSL via JA0MGR. IOTA NEWS............. AS-079. Take, JI3DST/6, will be active from Miyako Island April 28th through May 6th. Activity is planned for 15, 28 and 40 meters SSB/RTTY/SSTV. QSL via JI3DST. AS-155. Bob, EA7FGS, on the IOTA Committee, informs OPDX that Lan-Yu Island was given AS-155, and it is one of the islands in 'Taiwan's Coastal Islands'. BV9O was active from here during the past weekend. EU-065. Bernard/F9IE and Alain/F6BFH will be active as homecall/p from Molene Island May 2-8th. Activity will be on the IOTA frequencies SSB and CW. QSL to the bureau or via their home callsign. IOTA OPERATION. Bill, VK4FW, has made plans to visit three Queensland State IOTA groups within the next 2 months. He is expected to activate the North Coast (Centre) Group OC-172, the Torres Strait Group OC-138 and North Coast (North) Group OC-187. Bill expects to activate them one behind the other. QSL will be direct only. He also expects many of you to work him from all three locations, and if you do so, please include a minimum of 2 USD or 2 IRCs for cards. His callsign will be VK4FW/p. Bill will release more details as soon as all is finalized. OH, ALAND ISLAND (and IOTA Operation). Ric, DL2VFR, reports that in less than one month he and Frank, DL2SWW, will be active from Aland Island (OH0 EU-002) from April 14-20th and Vland Island (SM7 EU-037) from April 21-28th. Their activity will be on CW/SSB/RTTY. He requests to please use the questionare on the following Web page to give them feedback (Where do you need them?): http://www.iota-expedition.com QSL INFO AND NEWS.................. 3D2TC QSL ROUTE. Bob, W7TSQ, informs OPDX that people continue to send QSL requests for contacts with 3D2TC to him. He reports, 'I do not know of any reason that I should appear as a manager for this station, I am not, never have been, have no logs and no cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' The only route is DIRECT to 3D2TC, Craig Thompson, Box 273 Suva, Fiji Islands S. Pacific. As there is no effective bureau there, DIRECT is the only way to go. Craig does QSL and has a nice QSL card. Bob, W7TSQ is, however, QSL Manager for YB0AZ, YB3OSE, YB3ASQ, A35RK, A35SQ, 3D2RK, 3D2SQ, AH6PN/HR6, N7QXQ/HR6 and any W7TSQ operations ONLY!!!!!!!!!! Alex, PA1AW, is the QSL Manager for 5A24PA. However, he is NOT the QSL Manager for 5A1A or any other activities by Abubaker. He is only expecting logs for 5A24PA only. Cards will be printed directly after completion of this special activity and after receipt of the logs. QSLs for 5A24PA go direct only to: Alex van Hengel, PA1AW, Schoener 85, 2991JK Barendrecht, The Netherlands. He is currently not committed to any bureau QSLing. QSLs for Richard, CX2AQ, can be sent to his QSL Manager EA5KB. Fran, EA7FTR, informs OPDX that he is currently the QSL Manager for the following stations: CX8BU, OX3CO, TG9RZ, UN7GCE, VK7KHZ, YB4JIM, YC1VBH, ZP8AE and ZP8BHA. NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Denny, GW3CDP, informs OPDX that he still continues to receive QSL cards for EK4JJ/Serge and EK4GK/Alex for which he is NOT the QSL Manager. The only route for EK4JJ and EK4GK is DIRECT. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR DATABASES. Denny is, however, the QSL Manager for EY8XX and EW6WR. HK3JJH/HK0 QSLs. Apparently, Carl, N4AA, Editor of QRZ DX, has worked a deal out with Pedro, HK3JJH, on QSLing for his 1999 operation. Cards should be sent to N4AA with an SASE. Carl will send the QSO data to Pedro by E-mail. Pedro will fill out the cards and send them to Carl in batches, and Carl will put them in the SASE for return to the sender. This might be a little slow, but cards will be answered without fear of losing them in the Colombian mail system. The log for the PW0S (St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks) is now available on the Web page at: http://www.soutomaior.eti.br/mario If there are any questions about QSOs not in the log or any other kind of problem, please send a message to the QSL Manager KU9C at: [email protected] Mike, KQ0B, informs OPDX that anyone needing cards for Eli, PT7BZ, and as PT7BZ/PY0F can either send them direct to Eli, via bureau to PT7BZ or to Mike, KQ0B. Please note: Mike is awaiting Eli's latest log entries which should be sent to him shortly. He has already received the cards and will reply once he get Eli's log. QSLs for XW3QBR, XW3ZNR, XU7AAY and XY7AAZ. Roger, N4ZC, informs OPDX that IN3ZNR continues to be the correct QSL Manager for XW3QBR, XW3ZNR, XU7AAY and XU7AAZ .....but, for those USA stations that have not sent for their cards by now, or those wanting a faster reply, N4ZC has the complete logs and blank cards for those N.A stations that want a cheaper or faster way to get their cards. Those stations using U.S. postage may send a normal SASE for their cards to N4ZC. If you have already sent your cards to Italy, don't worry, all U.S. cards when answered will be sent in a box from IN3ZNR to N4ZC and mailed from N4ZC's NC QTH. If you must have a faster return for some reason, N4ZC can return N.A. cards within a day to two. Those stations outside N.A. should continue to use only IN3ZNR. They are working on answering cards at this time. SPECIAL EVENT. Look for station TM0AR to be active during the 'International Festival of Art and Technologies' from May 15-27th. Activity will be on 40/20/15/10 meters including the WARC bands. Reference DDFM - 72. QSL via F5TJC: Jean-Louis Briere-Lecomte, 18 Le Petit Saint Louis, 72400 Cormes, France. TX8, NEW CALEDONIA (Update/Correction). Franck, FK8HC, informs OPDX that FK8GM, FK8HW, LA5IIA and Franck will sign with the callsign TX8G (not TX5G as reported last week) during the CQ WPX Contest as a Multi/Multi entry. VB6, CANADA (Attention Prefix Hunters!). Todd, VE5MX, informs OPDX that he will be using the special callsign VB6A from VE6JY in the upcoming CQ WPX SSB Contest. All QSLs go via VE5MX, bureau preferred. VP6CW AND VP6BK QRT. Robert, KD7H, spoke with Tom, VP6TC, Tuesday night, and he told him that Jacky/F2CW (VP6CW) and Kan/JA1BK (VP6BK) were on Pitcairn for the entire length of their VP6 operation. They were not on Ducie Island or any other island. The two operators are attempting to get Pitcairn admitted into the IARU and 'then' perhaps Ducie will be a separate counter (new entity). The two operators left the island and might be active from other Pacific islands on their way home. ZK1, NORTH AND SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Victor Rivera, ZK1CG, on South Cook is back on the air again after being off for 10 years. This is thanks to Roger/W7VV and Sue for the very kind donation of an IC-751A and a G5RV vertical. Victor will be operating on all bands from 160-10 meters. If conditions are good he will change bands with you so you can work South Cooks on all bands. He was spotted this past week on 20 meters (around 14200 kHz) between 0430-0700z. QSL only direct to: Victor Rivera, P.O. Box 618, Rarotonga Cook Islands (or use the info on QRZ.com Web site). Victor is clearing a back log of old QSLs from the past contacts he has made. If you worked ZK1CG from South or North Cook Islands in the past and did not receive a card, please send again. Also, look for Victor/ ZK1CG, Tuatai/ZK1CY (ZK1MA) and members from the WWDXC Club Roger/W7VV (ZK1VVV), Bob/W7TSQ (ZK1TSQ), and three others to be going to Manihiki, North Cook for the CQWW SSB Contest this year in October for one week. They will have 4, 5 and 7 element beams and will be active on 160-10 meters. On the return from North Cook, all operators will be active from South Cook. ADDED NOTE: Look for ZK1MA to be active from North Cook. Tuatai, ZK1CY, is leaving South Cook and is heading back to Manihiki on the next boat. Tuatai lives in Manihiki. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving bounced mail by sending mail to me via ' [email protected] ', please send mail to me via ' [email protected] '...... 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To access: 1) Dial Number. 2) Wait for first ring (the second ring should be a false ring from the fax/data switch box) and then dial four quick ones ('1111'). (NOTE: Some FAX machines that send single 'BEEPS' every second will not have to do this step.) 3) The phone will pick up and after the 'BEEP' leave your voice message or FAX. /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Additional Bulletins for OPDX InterNet Subscribers. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: <[email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 10:47 AM Subject: Agalega Bulletin Nr. 13 Agalega - 3B6RF Bulletin Nr. 13 Time table The preparations for this DXpedition will soon come to a close. Everything is running according to plan. On April 21, three members of the team head for Mauritius in order to make final preparations on the spot. The rest of the crew departs on 28 April, flight MK071 from Zurich. Crew The crew now consists of: 1. HB9BQI Rene 2. HB9BQW Christine 3. HB9BXE Hans-Peter 4. HB9CRV Hermann 5. HB9HFN Cedric 6. HB9JAI Karl 7. HB9JBI Friedhelm 8. HB9AAQ Fred 9. CT1AGF Luis 10. CT1EVP Antonio 11. DL3KUD Matthias 12. DL6UAA Mart 13. F6HMJ Jack 14. G3KHZ Derek 15. NK6F Ken 16. N3SL Steve 17. SP9RTI Stefan 18. 3B8CF Jacky 19. 4X1DX Seth Equipment YAESU Germany has lent us the following equipment: 6 Transceivers FT1000MP 6 Linear Amplifiers VL1000 6 Power supplies 2 Transceivers FT 847 1 Transceiver FT 920 Generators 4 Diesel generators 5.5 kW each. Antennas 5 x Beam 10/15/20m Force12 2 x Beam 12/17/m Force12 1 x Beam 30/m Force12 1 x 4square 40m, Comteck Force12 1 x 4square 80m, Comteck Force12 1x Vertical 75m V80E Titanex 1x Vertical 160m V160 Titanex 1x Delta loop 30m, full size homebrew 1x Delta loop 40m, full size homebrew 1x Delta loop 80m, full size homebrew 1x Vertical HF6V Butternut 1x Vertical T25 Sommer 1x 7ele Beam 10m homebrew 1x 6m Beam ZX Wimo 1x 160m Beverage CW homebrew 2x 80 m Beverages CW/SSB homebrew 2x 80/160m terminated loops CW/SSB K9AY 2x 40/80m pennant antennas CW/SSB homebrew Filter: TX Band pass filters 48 items RX Filter, XTAL & LC 18 items Almost all antennas have been erected, tested and tuned during the 3B8 mid March meeting near Basle. The antennas are packed and ready to be shipped by airfreight. 1000m coax cable, 4000 feet Dacron guying rope etc. Satellite-Operating 3B6RF Our satellite activity from Agalega will be the first ever from this remote place. We will concentrate on using the satellite AO-10. Do not forget! This satellite has got a problem with the batteries. Apart from our activity via AO-10 we will also use RS-12/13 sporadically, which does not allow worldwide operation. We are also looking for the daily progress with the new satellite AO-40 and hope it may be possible to use it during our operation from Agalega. Keep your fingers crossed! Please check the sat frequencies, the status and the recommendations on the web side of AMSAT. We will publish all the necessary news and data of our satellite activity (e.g. like the timetable below) on our homepage in time to make sure that interested hams can successfully make QSOs with 3B6RF. We will be using a 9ele-Yagi for 2m-downlink incl. a preamplifier and a 21ele-Yagi for 70cm uplink. The transceiver is a Yaesu FT-847. Our downlink frequency will be 145.895 MHz, +/- QRM. During heavy pile-ups we will operate split. Please listen to the operator's instructions. Please send any information, hints and suggestions before our departure to Agalega to Matthias, DL3KUD ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>) and during our operation contact our pilot stations. 6m operating The 50MHz band really is a 'Magic Band'. Can you believe that on a dead VHF-Band you can suddenly hear a DX station about 10000km away from you? That's the 'Magic Band'. Now, we are at the solar maximum of cycle 23 and worldwide contacts may be possible frequently via F2-Reflections and TEP (Trans-Equatorial Propagation). We have a good opportunity to use F2 when the solar flux index is >185 and the earth magnetic A=20 .. 30. Six-meter F2 contacts are generally possible only over paths entirely in daylight. Limited experience with TEP indicates that it peaks between 1700 and 2200 local time. TEP signals have a rough aurora-like note. So it is better to work slow CW than SSB. High power and large antennas are not required to work TEP. Large pile-ups will be inevitable from European areas. For TEP from 3B6 the antenna will be directed to the north (360' +/- 45'). We will operate 3 different modes on 6m: Memory Scan Mode, Beacon Mode and QSO-Mode. Always remember, nobody can tell the duration of an opening. It can be a few minutes or several hours. PSK 31 PSK31 is becoming more and more popular. 3B6RF will also be QRV on this new mode on 20m, 15m and 10m. PKS31 will be used alternately with RTTY. The equipment for PSK31 will be: Transceiver FT1000MP + Linear VL 1000 Antenna: Force 12 3 el. multi band beam Computer Toshiba CX230, Pentium 133 MHz Software WinPSK31 Version 2.02 Frequencies to be used are: 14068.15 kHz +/- 1.2 kHz 21078.15 kHz +/- 1.2 kHz 28078.15 kHz +/- 1.2 kHz We will call CQ on the above mentioned frequencies. However, in order to handle the pile up we will listen +/- 1.2 kHz. That will mean that you have to shift the RX frequency on your sound card slightly. For instance; TX is on 1500 Hz and RX 1350 Hz or vice versa. Contrary to the usual operating 3B6RF will use the TX frequency as master in PSK31. This operating method will also give a chance to the little pistols. SSTV We have decided to operate SSTV for 3 days. All involved stations have to maintain discipline and good operating practice to guarantee success. Guess what will happen if all stations start to send a picture at the same time! The following rules will allow each station to copy a picture from 3B6RF and to get the chance to send his personal picture with call sign etc. Split operation is a must in SSTV too. Example 1: Agalega calls in phone CQ SSTV from 3B6RF. The answering stations reply with the 2 last letters of their suffix. 3B6RF copies AX and answers 'AX' go ahead and send your picture. The length of the transmission should not exceed 40 seconds, containing call sign and report. Please don't send a full picture because this will take too much time. Example 2: 3B6RF transmits a picture of 40 seconds length with incorporated call sign HB9EAX answers with his suffix AX. More details can be found on our home page www.Agalega2000.ch <http://www.Agalega2000.ch> Propagation Extensive propagation studies have been carried out which will allow us to become aware of all possible openings. The outcome of these studies can be found on our homepage www.Agalega2000.ch <http://www.Agalega2000.ch>. They show the times of band openings. Gray line charts are also contained and show the small windows of band openings on 40m, 80m and 160m. A special link connects to an excellent propagation tool www.agtim.ch/Java/HFmapViewer/3b6.html <http://www.agtim.ch/Java/HFmapViewer/3b6.html>. OM Andre HB9BIG the author of these propagation maps. Frequency plan As far as possible we will stick to our frequency plan. That will be maintained, as long as our TX frequency is as free from QRM as possible. Modifications of our band plan will be published on our home page www.Agalega2000.ch <http://www.Agalega2000.ch>. Stations who don't have an Internet link please see our attached frequency plan. Police men We didn't elect so called BAPO's (band police man). Anyway they will become active with their own justification and they will interfere with efficient operating. In the worst case they will make operating impossible. In this case 3B6RF will shift it's TX frequency. If, suddenly 3B6RF cannot be copied any more please look 1 kHz (CW) or 2 kHz (SSB) up or down!! Pilots The following pilot stations are active for 3B6RF: HB9DLE, Sigi, Europe and pilot coordinator: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> K6GNX, Bill, USA [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. JA3LDH, Yasu, Japan: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> PT7BI, Daniel, South America: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> These stations will handle all public relations and the feed back from the HAM community world wide. They will report to us, on how our expedition is being judged and suggest what improvements we may be able to make. This input is very important to us, because this will be our only feed back about signal strength, possible band openings and other suggestions. Communications to and from our pilots will be via Inmarsat satellite. The crew will read these inputs on our notice board. QSL QSLs can be sent via the bureau or directly to: Ambrosi Fluetsch, HB9AGH Lerchenweg 29 CH 8046 Zurich Switzerland Or to HB9AGH via the QSL bureau USA only via N3SL Steve & Kimberly Larson 22 N. Hidden Acres Drive Sioux City, Iowa 51108 Please include a self-addressed envelope in order to keep QSL'ing fees to a minimum. Don't use airmail envelopes and don't mark your return envelope via airmail. Surface mail to USA / Canada, Europe and Japan goes by air anyway ! QSL requests with insufficient or without IRC/$ will be answered via the bureau. For instance SAE airmail with 1 IRC or 1$ will be sent via the bureau. Please be aware of the fact that postal fees from Switzerland to outside Europe for a 20 g letter (2 QSLs) requires 2 IRCs or 2$ Log search During and after our expedition one can check whether and on which band your call is contained in the 3B6RF log. Whenever possible the log will be updated every 24 hours. Our logs will be forwarded via INMARSAT to our head pilot Sigi HB9DLE. Afterwards, Markus, HB9ZFL transfers the log data to our home page. It is our sincere hope that the DX community benefits from this service and that it helps to prevent dupes. Please note that one minute via INMARSAT costs us >6US$!! Schedule Saturday April 28th 2001 departure from Zurich to Mauritius Tuesday May 1st 2001 departure by ship from Port Luis to Agalega Thursday May 3rd 2001 arrival at Agalega Saturday May 5th 2001 QRV for 12 days Wednesday May 16th 2001 disassembly of the stations and the camp Thursday May 17th 2001 departure by ship from Agalega to Port Luis Friday May 18th 2001 arrival at Mauritius Sunday May 20th 2001 09:00, flight back to Zurich There is the possibility of chartering an aircraft for our trip from Mauritius to Agalega and we are still working on it. Using an aircraft will allow us 2 - 3 additional operating days. Please check our home page www.Agalega2000.ch <http://www.Agalega2000.ch>. for further developments. See you in the pile ups. Best 73's Hans-Peter, HB9BXE -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AB5K AR-Cluster Network DXCC/Entities Chart of Activity For the week of Sunday, 11/Mar - Saturday, 17/Mar Nmbr of Nmbr of Band of Days of DXCC Stations Spots Activity the Week Modes ---- -------- ------- -------------------------- ------------- ---------- 1A 1 1 /S CW/ /RTTY 3A 4 13 /40/ /20/17/15/ M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 3B6 0 0 3B8 7 52 /30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 3B9 2 17 /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/ /W/T/F/ CW/SSB/RTTY 3D2 5 91 /40/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY 3D2/r 1 6 /20/ /15/ /S CW/ /RTTY 3V 2 14 /20/ /T/ /T/ /SSB/ 3W 10 64 /20/ /15/ /10/6 /T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY 4J 8 32 /20/17/15/12/10/6 /T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 4L 10 55 /80/40/ /20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 4S 7 34 /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY 4U1U 2 2 /12/ /T/ /S /SSB/ 4X 26 66 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY 5A 2 3 /15/ /10/6 M/ /W/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 5B 12 66 160/ /30/20/17/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY 5H 1 42 160/ /30/20/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 5N 5 16 /40/ /20/17/ /T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 5R 5 11 /20/17/ /12/10/6 /T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 5U 8 207 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/ /F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 5V 1 4 /15/ /10/6 /T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 5W 2 23 /80/40/ /15/12/ /W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 5Z 3 9 /15/12/10/6 /F/ /S /SSB/ 6W 6 19 /20/17/15/ /10/6 M/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 6Y 8 34 /20/17/15/12/10/6 /T/F/S/S /SSB/ 7Q 5 64 /20/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 7X 9 50 /80/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 8P 5 8 /40/ /20/17/15/ M/ /W/ /F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 8Q 1 5 /20/ /15/ /T/F/ /SSB/ 8R 4 8 /17/15/ /10/6 M/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 9A 20 59 160/80/ /30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY 9G 1 11 /10/6 /W/T/ /SSB/ 9H 19 51 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 9J 2 10 /80/ /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/ /T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 9K 18 204 /80/ /30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY 9M2 5 38 /40/ /17/15/ M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 9M6 4 27 /15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/ /RTTY 9N 1 35 /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/T/W/ /F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 9V 4 9 /30/20/17/15/ /W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY 9Y 8 12 /20/ /12/ M/T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY A2 2 15 /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/ /W/ /S/S /SSB/ A3 2 6 /20/ /15/ M/T/W/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY A4 14 149 /80/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY A5 5 98 /80/40/ /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY A6 1 4 160/80/ /20/ /T/ /S/ /SSB/ A7 2 7 /20/ M/ /W/T/ /S /SSB/ A9 2 11 /20/17/ M/T/W/T/ CW/SSB/RTTY AP 5 20 /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY BV 37 176 /80/40/ /20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY BV9P 3 564 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY BY 41 99 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY C2 3 59 /80/ /30/20/17/15/ M/T/W/ CW/SSB/RTTY C3 5 18 /40/ /20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY C5 1 1 /12/ /T/ /SSB/ C6 5 9 /20/ /15/12/10/6 /T/W/T/F/ /S /SSB/ C9 1 1 /10/6 /T/ CW/ /RTTY CE 24 57 160/80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY CE0A 6 1056 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY CE9 5 116 /80/ /30/20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY CM 33 100 /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY CN 12 42 /40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY CP 3 21 /20/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S /SSB/ CT 27 40 160/ /40/ /20/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY CT3 7 48 /30/20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY CU 5 14 /20/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S /SSB/ CX 24 62 /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY D2 3 26 /20/ /15/ /10/6 /W/T/ /S /SSB/ DL 105 153 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY DU 30 87 160/ /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY EA 117 242 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY EA6 11 27 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY EA8 32 82 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY EA9 9 27 /40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 /T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY EI 12 18 /80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/ /W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY EK 3 19 /20/17/15/ /10/6 /T/W/T/F/ /S /SSB/ EP 9 37 /20/ /15/ /10/6 /T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ER 10 50 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ES 11 24 /80/ /20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ET 3 56 /20/17/ /12/ M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY EU 21 52 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY EX 17 118 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY EY 5 69 /80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY EZ 7 51 160/ /30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY F 57 81 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY FG 9 35 160/ /20/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY FH 2 13 /20/ /10/6 /T/ /T/F/ /SSB/ FJ 6 22 /80/ /20/ /12/ M/T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY FK 8 34 /40/30/20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY FM 9 50 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/ /F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY FO 5 19 /20/ M/ /T/F/ /S /SSB/ FR 10 64 /40/ /20/17/15/ M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY FW 1 37 /40/ /20/ /15/ /10/6 /T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY FY 7 24 /20/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY G 59 95 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY GD 5 17 /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY GI 12 23 /80/40/ /17/15/12/10/6 /T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY GJ 11 103 160/80/40/30/20/17/ /12/10/6 M/ /W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY GM 17 29 /40/ /20/ /15/12/10/6 M/ /W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY GU 3 21 /40/ /20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/ /T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY GW 13 19 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY H4 3 9 /20/17/15/12/ M/ /T/F/ /S /SSB/ HA 30 56 160/80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/ M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY HB 18 29 160/ /40/30/20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/ /T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY HB0 1 3 /12/ /F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY HC 12 58 160/ /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY HC8 2 8 /W/T/ /S CW/ /RTTY HH 1 3 /10/6 /S CW/ /RTTY HI 19 235 /80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY HK 15 35 /80/40/ /20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY HK0/a 3 10 /30/20/ /10/6 /T/ /F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY HL 60 218 160/80/40/ /20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY HP 10 92 /40/ /20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY HR 5 15 /20/ /15/ /T/W/ /S/ CW/SSB/RTTY HS 11 65 /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY HV 2 5 /12/10/6 /F/ /S CW/ /RTTY HZ 4 23 /20/ /12/10/6 M/ /W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY I 83 135 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY IS 11 15 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY J2 3 19 /20/17/15/ /10/6 /T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY J3 2 13 /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/ CW/SSB/RTTY J6 2 8 /20/ /15/ M/T/W/T/ /S /SSB/ J7 4 13 /20/17/ /12/10/6 M/ /T/F/ /S /SSB/ J8 1 8 /40/30/ /10/6 M/ /W/T/ /S CW/ /RTTY JA 188 269 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY JD/m 3 19 /40/ /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/ /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY JT 5 76 /80/ /30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY JW 8 85 160/ /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY JX 4 37 /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/ /F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY JY 5 65 /40/ /20/17/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY K 318 503 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY KG4 4 18 /12/10/6 /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY KH0 12 125 160/ /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/ /T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY KH2 7 20 /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/ /F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY KH4 1 1 /15/ /F/ CW/ /RTTY KH6 20 66 160/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY KH8 2 2 /10/6 /S /SSB/ KL 18 55 160/80/ /20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY KP2 4 10 /20/ /15/ /10/6 /T/W/ /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY KP4 21 76 /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY LA 18 29 160/80/40/ /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY LU 86 196 160/80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY LX 16 28 /80/ /30/20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY LY 12 28 /40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 /T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY LZ 20 42 160/80/40/30/20/ /15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY OA 6 36 /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY OD 8 87 /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY OE 22 28 /80/40/ /20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY OH 16 20 /80/ /30/20/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY OH0 2 3 160/ /15/ M/ /W/T/ CW/SSB/RTTY OK 36 59 160/80/40/30/20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY OM 11 35 160/ /30/ /17/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ON 22 37 160/80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY OX 3 6 /30/ /17/ /12/10/6 /T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY OY 8 42 /30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY OZ 21 46 /30/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/ /T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY P2 6 15 /40/ /10/6 M/T/ /T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY P4 10 86 /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY PA 28 42 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY PJ2 5 42 /40/ /20/17/ /12/ M/T/W/T/ /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY PJ7 6 61 160/80/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY PY 102 272 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY PY0F 2 11 /20/ /15/ /W/T/ /S/S /SSB/ PZ 8 30 /40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY R1FJ 2 24 /40/ /20/ /10/6 M/ /W/ /F/ CW/SSB/RTTY S5 21 31 /40/30/20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY S7 2 52 /40/30/ /17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY S9 1 1 /T/ CW/ /RTTY SM 43 68 160/80/ /30/20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY SP 34 43 160/80/ /30/20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY SU 8 47 /20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY SV 30 86 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY SV5 3 7 /80/ /20/ /15/ /T/W/ /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY SV9 4 8 160/ /15/12/10/6 /T/W/ CW/SSB/RTTY T30 1 23 /20/ /15/ /T/F/ CW/SSB/RTTY T32 1 1 /20/ /S CW/ /RTTY T7 2 24 160/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 /T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY T9 8 17 160/ /40/ /20/17/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/ /F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY TA 13 55 160/ /40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY TF 9 23 /20/17/15/12/10/6 /T/ /T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY TG 7 28 /20/17/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY TI 20 57 /80/ /20/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY TJ 1 1 /20/ /T/ /SSB/ TK 5 13 /30/20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/ CW/SSB/RTTY TN 1 1 /W/ /SSB/ TR 9 38 /40/ /20/ /15/ /10/6 M/ /W/T/ /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY TT 2 2 /15/ /T/ /S/ /SSB/ TU 2 10 /17/15/12/ /S /SSB/ UA 119 201 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY UA2 9 14 /80/40/ /20/17/15/ /10/6 /T/ /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY UA9 151 407 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY UK 13 76 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY UN 27 85 /40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY UR 55 93 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY V2 1 1 /15/ /T/ CW/ /RTTY V3 7 200 /80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S /SSB/ V4 2 2 /10/6 /S/S /SSB/ V5 12 95 /80/ /30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY V6 4 60 /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 /W/T/F/S/ CW/SSB/RTTY V7 5 43 /15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY V8 2 3 /20/ /10/6 /W/T/ /SSB/ VE 87 129 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY VK 121 273 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY VK9N 4 97 /40/ /20/17/ M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY VP2E 2 22 /30/ /17/ /12/ M/ /T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY VP2M 2 2 /12/10/6 M/ /T/ CW/SSB/RTTY VP2V 5 68 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/ /W/T/ /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY VP5 7 115 /80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S /SSB/ VP6 5 77 /40/30/20/17/15/12/ M/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY VP8 1 2 /10/6 M/ /T/ CW/ /RTTY VP8/h 2 22 /20/17/15/ M/ /W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY VP9 2 3 /30/ /17/15/ /T/ /F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY VQ9 6 49 160/ /40/ /12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ CW/SSB/RTTY VR 18 81 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY VU 40 157 /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY XE 26 40 /80/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY XU 1 5 /20/ M/T/W/ /F/ XX9 1 4 /15/ /F/ /SSB/ YB 52 187 /80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY YI 3 5 /20/17/ /T/ /F/ CW/SSB/RTTY YK 2 7 160/ /30/20/ M/T/ /T/F/ /S CW/ /RTTY YL 13 25 /80/ /30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY YN 1 7 /20/ M/ /SSB/ YO 19 26 /80/40/ /20/17/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY YS 7 44 /80/40/ /20/17/15/ /10/6 /T/W/T/F/S/S /SSB/ YU 27 76 /80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY YV 20 46 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/ /F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY Z2 5 47 /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY Z3 14 68 160/80/40/30/20/ /15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ZA 8 32 /20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/W/ /F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ZB 8 20 /30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ZC4 5 28 /40/30/20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ZD7 5 47 /20/17/15/ /10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY ZD8 4 29 M/T/W/T/ /S/S CW/SSB/RTTY ZF 14 111 /80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ZK1/s 10 158 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/S/S CW/SSB/RTTY ZK2 4 248 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ZK3 1 1 /15/ /T/ CW/ /RTTY ZL 33 73 /80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ZP 16 67 160/80/40/ /20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ZS 61 315 160/ /40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 M/T/W/T/F/ /S CW/SSB/RTTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tot Stations: 3887 Tot Spots: 14732 Spotter of the week: EA7KW-7 (101 spots) ------------ ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: [email protected] Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 'Totally devoted to Amateur Radio' - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud