The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 792
BID: $OPDX.792
January 8, 2007
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q, NG3K, W3HC, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4GN, WD4ELG, K5LBU, K8CX, K8YSE, WD9EWK, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, 9M2TO, DJ5AV & The DX News Letter, DL4KQ, DK8JB, DL5EBE, F5NQL & UFT, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I1HYW, JT1CD, PG5M, RSGB IOTA, SP6NVK, VA3RJ & ICPO, VK4FW and YZ5W for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT
According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 31st/December, through Sunday, 7th/January there were 223
countries active. Countries available: 1A, 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 3X,
4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P,
8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5,
A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP,
CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER,
ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI,
GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2,
J6, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX,
LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA,
PJ2, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9,
T30, T5, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP8,
VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU,
YU6, YV, Z2, Z3, Z7, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
1A4, SMOM
By the time you read this, activity from 1A4A from the S.M.O.M.
(Sovereign Military Order of Malta) should be going or are QRT. QSL seems
to be only direct to the QSL Manager IZ4DPV: MASSIMO CORTESI, P.O.BOX 24,
47100 FORLI' CENTRO (FC), ITALY. Online log will be available at:
3DA, SWAZILAND
To celebrate the 75th Jubilee of the Irish Radio
Transmitters Society (IRTS), a group of IRTS members plan a "AFRI75
Dxpedition 2007" to Swaziland between March 16-30th. Activity for this
DXpedition will also cover St. Patrick's Day and the CQWW WPX SSB Contest.
The callsigns to be used will be published as soon as available. The
DXpedition's leader is IRTS Vice President Paul Martin, EI2CA. Currently,
the following members have signed up for the DXpedition: Peter/EI7CC,
Aidan/EI8CE, Paddy/EI8BFB, David/EI4DJ (GI4FUM), Rory/EI4DJB, Brendan/EI3GV,
Pete/GI4VIV and Paul/EI2CA. A private UK/Ireland YAHOO newsgroup for this
DXpedition is available at:
3Y9, ANTARCTICA (Update)
Dag, 3Y9SDA, who is currently operating from the
Norwegian Troll Base Station (WAP NOR-10), will leave to head back home
for Tromso on February 5th. He is there installing satellite equipment for
receiving polar obit remote sensing satellites. He is operating on the 20
and 40 meter bands using a dipole and a ground plane antenna with only 100W
output. Dag is trying to be active on PSK and SSB in the morning around
0730z and in the afternoon starting at 1900z. Watch around 14203 kHz.
4TH ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK (AAW Update)
The Worldwide Antarctic Program's
(WAP) 4th Antarctic Activity Week (AAW) will take place between 0000z,
February 19th and 2400z, February 25th. The following stations have
announced/lined to be active next month:
Callsign Ref. Number Opeartaors -------- ----------- ---------- GB0ANT WAP-72 M0OXO HB9ICE WAP-81 HB9BHY, HB9BHW, HB9CET and HB9DPO II1ANT WAP-32 IW1QN, I1SCL, IK1HJS, and IK1YDB @ SRT LIGURIA II2ANT WAP-30 I2JJR/HB9TZA II4ANT WAP-17 IK4QIB II5ANT WAP-25 IZ5BTC @ SRT TOSCANA II0ANT WAP-16 I0NZK @ ARI CASSINO IO2ANT WAP-77 I2AZ (CW only) IO8IAA WAP-82 IK8WEJ IOØANT WAP-35 I0YKN and I0OCD IR1ANT WAP-02 I1HYW IR2ANT WAP-04 IK2DUW IR4ICE WAP-67 IZ4AKS IR7ANT WAP-74 IZ7AUH and A.R.I. Taranto (Taranto HF Team) IR0ANT WAP-10 IK0ESM IU7ANT WAP-15 IK7JWY IU8ANT WAP-44 I8QJU IU0ANT WAP-19 IZ0BTV @ SRT Lazio K4A WAP-73 K6IED K4Z/ANT WAP-78 W4KDS TM1ANT WAP-37 F5SIH TM2ANT WAP-40 F4DNW TM3ANT WAP-38 F5PFP TM5ANT WAP-29 F5NOD TM5TAF WAP-79 F6AXX, F5MQW, F6DKV, F6FXS and F5HEW TM8ANT WAP-14 F8DVD TM8WAP WAP-80 F5XL, F5MLE and F5VHQ TM0ANT WAP-08 F6KDF'S RADIO CLUB TMØTAF WAP-43 F4TTR and ARS Provins (France) VA3ANTA WAP-71 VE3XN VA7ANTA WAP-70 VE7IG YQ2ANT WAP-75 YO2BPFor more details/updates on the WAP and the 4th AAW, please see the following Web page at:
9M2, WEST MALAYISA
Tex, 9M2TO, informs OPDX that the callsign 9M4SIX
has been issued to the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitter Society (MARTS)
for 6 meters operations. A beacon signing 9M4SIX (supported by MARTS,
JA1OCZ and JI1ETU) is now active and transmitting on 50005 kHz from Tex's
QTH.
A22, BOTSWANA (Ops Needed!)
Frosty, K5LBU (aka-C91CF/7P8CF/3DA0CF), is
once again trying to put a team together to operate from another African
country. He thinks operating from Botswana (A22) for the IARU Contest in
July would be a good place. The contest is July 14-15th, so Frosty thinks
that 15 days total would be the best amount of time to operate (arrive on
the 9th of July and depart on the 23rd). This would give them 2 weekends
on the air. If he can find at least 5 or more operators to join him, he
will set up 2 stations (one for CW, one for SSB and/or possibly one can
be used for RTTY and PSK or whatever a person would like to run). If he
can not find a good place in A22-land, Frosty might look at Lesotho (7P8)
if they can get real callsigns and not portable ones. He states that
Daniel, ZS6JR, will have to check both places out. If you are interested
in joining Frosty, let him know ASAP, at: frosty1@pdq.net
CT9, MADEIRA ISLANDS (Lighthouse Activity)
Members from Madeira Island
Radio Club (ARRM) and operators Alfons/DJ8VC and Rudolf/HB9CQL will be
active as CT9F from the Ponta do Pargo Lighthouse (DFP FMA-004, ARLHS
MAD-005 and WLOTA LH-0053) on Madeira Island (AF-014, DIP MA-001),
January 19-21st. Operators mentioned are Hermann/CT3FN, Rudi/HB9CQL,
Alfons/DJ8VC, Jose/CT3MD, Luis/CT3EE, Tiago/CT3KU, Jose/CT3DZ, Jose/CT3KY,
Luis/CT3DL, Joe/CT3BD, Duarte/CT3EN, Miguel/CT3IA, and other associates
from the Radio Club. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW, SSB, RTTY
and PSK. QSL via CS3MAD: ARRM, P.O. Box 4694, 9058 Funchal, Madeira Island.
DX0, SPRATLY ISLANDS (Update)
Members of the Philippine Amateur Radio
Association (PARA) and a group of JA operators will be active as DX0JP
from the Pag-Asa Island, in the Kalayaan Island Group (AS-051), Philippines,
February 3-13th. Activity will be on 160-2 meters, CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK,
with a special emphasis on the low bands. Operations will also be on 6 and
2 meters (JT65 EME). JA team members include JA1BRK, JA1RJU, JF1IST,
JA4DND, and JF2XGF, and the PARA operators are DU1EV, DU1BA and 4F2KWT.
QSL via JA1HGY. EME QSO only via JA1RJU. Look for more info to appear
nearer to the date on the DX0JP Web page at:
DXCC NEWS
OPDX received a report that the 5X1RI operation should be
approved for DXCC credit very soon. Documentation was mailed and possibly
the approval announcement will take place this week. Stay tuned!
EY8, TAJIKISTAN
Nodir, EY8MM, will be active in the CQ 160-Meter CW
Contest (January 27-28th) as a Single-Op/High-Power/Assisted entry.
QSL via K1BV. Priority will be given to NA QSOs and New ones. See Nodir's
Web page for skeds:
HAMATLAS ON THE WEB!
Darek, SP6NVK, informs OPDX that he has started a
new ham atlas service on the Web after 4 years of work on it. This service
contains the complete information on all 337 DXCC Entities, over 3000
pictures and 1100 maps. He hopes everyone will enjoy and be satisfied in
using his service. The HamAtlas Web site is available at:
HL8, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS
Sang, DT8A, was on the air this past weekend
as HL8KSJ from the South Korea's King Sejong Station on South Shetland
Islands (VP8/h, IOTA AN-010). Activity was on 20 meters CW/SSB. The length
of his stay is not known. QSL via HL2FDW.
IOTA NEWS
AS-093. Kang, DS4DRE, is currently active as DS4DRE/4 from Hong Island
(ARLHS SKR-041, WLOTA LH-1528, WW Loc. PM24OR) until June 30th.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via DS4DRE (see
(QRZ.com)).
JT, MONGOLIA
Khosbaya, JT1CD, announced this past week that licensed
radio amateurs of Mongolia held a conference on November 18th and have
now established a new organization. The name of new organization is the
"Mongolian Amateur Radio Soceity" (MARS). MARS will officially represent
Mongolia to the IARU and all amateur radio societies. MARS hopes that they
can co-work together in the future. Once all licensed amateur radio
operators of Mongolia have switched their membership from Mongolian Radio
Sport Federation (MRSF) to MARS, they hope that they can change the name
and keep IARU membership. MARS will continue to pay its dues to IARU and
their QSL bureau will be working permanently in the future. Also, MARS will
be providing Mongolian Amateur Radio Awards to the world's amateur radio
operators. If there are questions, please feel free to contact the
following:
President of MARS D.Bolor, bolor@ntc.mn General Secretary N.Khosbayar, JT1CD, jt1kaa@mtcone.net Secretary D.Nekhiit, JT2AN, jt2an@yahoo.com Member of EC C.Chadraabal, JT1CO, jt1c@mongol.net Member of EC S.Baatar, JT1BB, baatars@yahoo.comKP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
NCDXF PRESS RELEASE
"NCDXF announces new video! I'm pleased to announce
a new video about the Northern California DX Foundation. This video
explains the history of NCDXF and highlights the Foundation's many
accomplishments, including our scholarship program, the sponsorship of
DXpeditions, the NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Network, and support for
the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC). Everyone will enjoy the
footage from numerous Foundation-sponsored DXpeditions and even long-time
NCDXF supporters will probably learn a few things they didn't already know
about the Foundation's activities.
The video runs just under ten minutes in length and was produced by James Brooks, 9V1YC. DXers around the world are certainly familiar with the high-quality DXpedition videos James has produced over the years.
DVD copies will be available in the coming weeks, but the video is available now for viewing on-line under the "Videos" section of the NCDXF web site:
NEW OFFICERS FOR 2007
Members of the Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Inc
(ODXG) recently had its annual general membership meeting and elected the
following officers for 2007:
President - Bill Horner, VK4FW
Senior Vice President - Maurice King, VK2KV
Junior Vice President - John, Mcrae, VK5PO
Secretary/Treasurer - Eric Fittock, VK4NEF
Directors - Elvira Simoncini, IV3FSG
- Larry Duncan, K4WLS
- Paul Spinks, VK5GX
- George Koutsoukos, VK6NKG
- Mill Reiff, LX1CC
PACIFIC TRIP/ACTIVITIES (Update)
PIRATE ALERT
Tom, K8CX, informs OPDX that a station signing VU2DX on 40
meters CW, around 2220z on December 31st, working a pileup was a PIRATE.
Tom thought the VU2's signal was way too strong, so he E-mailed Abdul,
VU2DX, and he stated that he hasn't been on the air for a couple of months.
QSL INFO AND NEWS
CN2BG via F8ALU
CT1APE via W3HNK - Only for USA & North America, after 01-Nov - 2006
DU2US direct
LU9DO via LU2CN
LX2007D via LX1KC
LX2007L via LX1KC
SM4FQW via SM4EXP
QSL 9M2/PG5M via PG5M, by the Dutch QSL Bureau or direct to: Gerben A.Menting, Brandparken 2, 9351 XM Leek, The Netherlands. Activity this past week was from Pulau Pangkor (AS-072), West Malaysia.
INTERNATIONAL REPLY COUPONS (IRC)
The international reply coupons that
bear the following language on their front side:
TYPO/CORRECTION: Last week our fingers got carried away and typed an extra character in QSL Manager Osten's, SM5DQC, callsign as SM5DQCI. We are sure most individuals caught it, but if you didn't we decided to report the TYPO anyway.
S21, BANGLADESH (Update/Reminder)
Just a reminder that the "Bangladesh
2007 DXpedition" will take place this week between the January 10-16th.
The callsign to be used is S21XA. The team members are: Josep/EA3BT (Team
Leader/SSB/Digital), Tony/EA2PA (CW), Nuria/EA3WL (YL/SSB/Digital),
Fernando/EA5FX (CW) and Juan/EA8CAC (CW/SSB). Activity will be on SSB,
CW and RTTY, on all bands from 160-6 meters. Their aim is to give a new
entity to the maximum number of stations, and that's why they will have
3 stations on the air simultaneously. The team is expected to arrive
at Dhaka, at 2:00 a.m. (local time), January 8th. Plans are to install
all antennas and equipment during January 8-9th so as to have all 3
stations up and running. They will be on the air on January 10th, at
12:00 a.m. local time (1800z, January 9th). QSL via EA3BT (direct or by
the bureau). Further information and updates will be available at:
SATELLITE DEMO
Patrick, WD9EWK, will be part of the AMSAT table at the
Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club's "Westfest", at Glendale Community College
in Glendale AZ on Saturday, January 13th. As part of the AMSAT table,
Patrick will demonstrate the AO-51 and SO-50 satellites on up to 4 passes
during the morning, subject to satellite availability:
Thanks to the hamfest organizers, Patrick is authorized to use the hamfest's special callsign W7W for the demonstrations. He will provide the hamfest with a copy of the satellite log, which will be combined with the log for the HF contacts the hamfest's station makes. QSL information, and more details about the hamfest, can be found at:
V31, BELIZE
Greg, K4NO, will be active from here between February 14-19th.
Activity will include the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 17-18th). The
callsign will be determined. Operations will be from V31MD's rental QTH.
QSL to his home address or via the Bureau.
VP9, BERMUDA
Kyle, WA4PGM, will be active as VP9I in the CQ 160-Meter
CW Contest (January 27-28th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via N1HRA, by the
bureau or direct to: William R Champagne, 105 Main St., Ashaway, RI 02804,
USA). The log will be uploaded to eQSL and LoTW.
VU7, LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS (VU2RG News)
* The countdown continues for the second VU7 operation. Activity should begin in about one week. For up-to-date details, visit the VU7RG Web page at: http://www.vu7.in/XT, BURKINA FASO (Update)* PRESS RELEASE (January 4th, edited): "VU7RG permitted for Minicoy Island (AS-106)!!!! Today special permit was granted by WPC (Indian Govt.) to operate from Minicoy Island (Asia's #1 on Most Wanted IOTA List) which will be the fourth operation site.
Minicoy operations will start on January 16th, and you can expect 2-3 well equipped stations on SSB and CW, 40-10 meters.
The IOTA-Hunters easily can identify the Minicoy stations since they will use VU7RG/VU...... while Agatti, Bangaram and Kadmat Island stations will use VU7RG.
Pilots - William, K6GNX, has joined the team of pilots. We now have 2 pilots for North America, see the operations page (on the Web page) for the details.
Frequencies - Now we have 4 operating sites, the frequency plan has slightly changed, see the operations page (on the Web page) for the details."
* ADDED NOTE: Frank, DL4KQ, reports: "The last operation from Minicoy Island took place decades ago, and it was extremely difficult to obtain this additional permit. Once again NIAR and Bharathi, VU2RBI, made it possible again; first the special 30m permit and now Minicoy!"
CW - 3514, 7014, 10115, 14014, 18071, 21014, 24892, 28014 and 50096The QSL Manager for XT2C is F9IE, by the bureau or direct to: Bernard Chereau, BP 211, 85330 Noirmoutier en l'ile, France. For all direct requests, please send a Self Addressed Envelope (SAE) with:
SSB - 3785, 7057, 14266, 18140, 21266, 24966 and 28444
RTTY - 10140, 14082, 18100, 21082, 24920 and 28082
PSK - 10140, 14072, 18100, 21072, 24920 and 28122 kHz
160m - CW only Asia/OC: TX 1830 RX 1820-1825
EU: TX 1832 RX 1835-1840
NA/SA: TX 1832 RX 1833-1835
- 1 IRC or 1 USD for European Union and SwitzerlandOnly "NEW IRC" (with validity date after 31st Dec 2006) will be accepted. All direct requests that do not have a SAE and/or sufficient IRC/USD required to cover postal fee will be returned via the bureau. If you wish to receive a QSL via bureau, you can speedup the process by sending a list of your QSOs by E-mail (with callsign, date, time, band and mode of each QSO) after January 21st to: xt2c@orange.fr
- 1 IRC or 2 USDs for other destinations
By following this procedure, you do not need to send a paper QSL via bureau. All requests received via e-mail or bureau will be answered. Visit the XT2C Web page at:
XU7, CAMBODIA
John, 9M6XRO (ISWL Member 9M6-6982) will be active as
XU7XRO from an established DX shack in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, between
February 1-10th. Activity will be on CW, SSB and possibly digimodes as
well (bands information was not provided). Pete/XU7ADI and Steve/XU7DXX
are also accompanying John, and will be operating under their own callsigns.
John is looking forward to working some International Shortwave League
(ISWL) members and welcomes SWL reports. QSL route for XU7XRO is via QSL
Manager M5AAV: Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street, Nelson, Lancs, BB9 0JQ,
England. Direct QSLs with return postage are preferred, but Graham will
also reply to cards received via the bureau. PLEASE NOTE FOR SWLS: SWLs
be aware that Graham, the QSL Manager, will not accept SWL reports unless
you log John working at least 3 or more stations. ADDED NOTE: Please see
the following interesting Web site at:
XU7, CAMBODIA
Peter, NO2R, will be active as XU7ACY from Sihanouk Ville
between January 7-30th. He will be concentrating on the lowbands, CW and
SSB. Peter will also be active in the CQ 160-Meter CW Contest (January
27-28th). Doug, W2EN, will act as his pilot station. QSL via K2NJ.
YS, EL SALVADOR
Look for Roberto, I2JIN, to be active as YS3/I2JIN from
January 10-31st. Activity will be on all bands, mostly CW. An online log
can be found on Roberto's Web site at: http://www.i2jin.com/
QSL via his home callsign.
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