The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 950
BID: $OPDX.950
March 8, 2010
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q, N2ZN, NG3K & ADXO, N4AA & QRZ DX, WC5N, KH6BZF, WB6RSE, N7OU, K8GI, K8YSE, KE8G, NE8Z, W8GEX (60m News), AB0RX, AT International, CO8TW, DK2WV, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, DX World.Net, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3SWH, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, MM0DFV, OH2BN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site, SP5UAF, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3EXY, VE3ZIK, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) and ZS6XK for the following DX information.
EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE
This week's bulletin was sent out earlier
than normal to accommodate the late ARRL DX SSB Contest announcements.
Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing
of the ARRL DX SSB Contest participants.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT
According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Friday, 26th-February, through Friday, 5th-March there were 235
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O,
4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9,
AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL,
DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB,
HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8,
JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU,
LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2,
PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2,
T30, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9W, VP2E, VP2M,
VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/s, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, YA,
YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZF, ZK2,
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).
3W, VIETNAM (Update/Satellite Activity [VERY RARE IOTA - #2])
An inter-
national group of operators will be active as 3W6C from Con Co Island
(AS-185), Vietnam, in April 10-18th, 2010. This multi-national project,
being coordinated by Swiss ham-radio operators, consists of roughly 20
individuals including one woman and members not only from Switzerland
but also from Vietnam, Germany, USA and Japan. Operators mentioned as of
today: Team Leader Hans-Peter/HB9BXE, Jan/DJ8NK, Hans/HB9BHW, Rene/HB9BQI,
Christine/HB9BQW, Thomas/HB9BSH, Hans-Jurg/HB9DKZ, Paul/HB9DST/AA1MI,
Friedhelm/HB9JBI, Matthias/HB9JCI, Peter/HB9PJT, Rolf/HB9TVR, Bob/K4UEE,
Eddy/XV1X, Bac/XV2A, Quang/XV2B, Michal/XV9DX and Torsten/XV9TH.
During their stay they plan to have 4 stations on the air. Their goal is to make contacts on as many different frequencies as possible, even on the 80 meter and 160 meter bands which makes this DXpedition very special. Announced this past week, the team will also be on the satellites. The crew will use a FT-897 TRX with homebrewed "Easysat" - antenna for 2m and 70cm and a home-brewed 10m cross-dipole. The following satellite will be used: AO-07*, AO-51*, HO-68*, SO-50 and SO-67 (*first priority - not all overflights and sats will be used). Please note, that only AO-07 will be activated in the SBB/CW-mode. All other satellites are in the FM-mode. The main areas in the footprint are: East-Asia, Japan, China, India, Australia and eastern part of Russia. If possible, the 3W6C Team will also use some DX-Windows to near east and west part of Russia. Operation note: The main operator for the satellites is Hans-Peter/HB9BXE. Hans- Peter doesn't use a CAT-Interface for doppler correction. The equipment is in full manual use. It is important to know that Hans-Peter doesn't hear his own downlink. For AO-07, he will not make any doppler correction in his uplink. Hans-Peter will search some signals +/- 5 kHz around the downlink frequency (quasi splitmode like shortwave). If there is a pileup on the satellite, please use only callsign, signal strength and grid square. All crew members are primary shortwave operators. So please be patient if they have some troubles with the sat-operation. Complete details about the 3W6C operation are available at:
8Q, MALDIVES
Noel, F6BGC, will be active as 8Q7NC from Madoogali, North
Male Atoll (AS-013) between March 1321st. Activity will be holiday style
on 80-6 meters. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.
CO8, CUBA
Eduardo, CO8LY, will be in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March
6-7th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/QRP entry. QSL via EA7ADH. Also,
look for Juan Carlos, CO8TW, to be active in the contest as a Single-OP/
Single-Band/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via HB9SVT. His log will be
on-line at:
CR2/CU2, AZORES (Radio Arcala Press Release)
AZORES POISED TO HIT HARD
AT ARRL SSB DX CONTEST:
"The group out of Radio Arcala and their associates will put the Azores on the air on a variety of bands for the ARRL SSB weekend. CU2CE, CU2DX, OH2BH and OH8NC will be at the controls to provide you with an elusive Azores multiplier under a callsign not determined yet. Please update your CTY files to take note of the fact that the CR2 prefix along with the traditional CU2 will represent this Azorean outpost, the westernmost point of Europe, one hour behind UTC time.CT8, AZORESSoon Radio Arcala is scheduled to hold their Annual Meeting in the Azores and may activate several stations for the WPX SSB contest. The meeting is expected to have on its agenda the important issue of broadening the scope of the original Arcalians and their mission by inviting several international partners to join the radio operator team and to enter into Radio Arcala technology partnerships."
E2, THAILAND
Operators Dej/E21YDP and Champ/E21EIC will be active as
E21YDP during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 6-7th) as a Multi-Single
entry. QSL via E21YDP.
FR, REUNION ISLAND
Stephane, F5UOW, will once again be on holiday and
active from Reunion Island (AF-016) between April 9th ando May 2nd. He
will also be using the same callsign as last time, FR/F5UOW, but only
between April 9-17th, and activity will be only on 20 meters. He will
then move to another QTH were he will use the callsign TO2R and will
be active on 80-10 meters, mostly on CW. QSL via his home callsign,
direct or by the Bureau.
HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Operators Edwin/HI3K, Tino/HI3CC and Rafael/HI8KW
will be active in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as HI3K (March 6-7th) from Lomas
del Toro in Santiago (Lomadeltoro Contest Team's HI3CCP station) (NA-096,
WLOTA LH-2974) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via KB2MS. Visit their contest
Web page at:
IOTA NEWS
NA-058/
NA-062. (Update) Peter, VE3IKV, who was to be active as W4/VG3RA from
St. Simons Island (NA-058) and Key West (NA-062), Florida,
between March 6-13th, has cancelled his trip.
J6, ST. LUCIA
Just a reminder that Bob, G3PJT, will be active as J6/G3PJT
from the northeast corner of St. Lucia (NA-108) between March 9-16th.
Activity will be holiday style using a K2 w/100 watts and vertical
antennas. He plans to also be in the RSGB's 73rd Commonwealth Contest
(March 13-14th). Look for him outside of the contest, especially on 80
and 30 meters. QSL via his home callsign.
KH6BZF PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (For March 8-14th)
Mar 8 AN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS
Mar 9 AN --------------------
Mar 10 AN BN - Below Normal
Mar 11 AN AN - Above Normal/Geomagnetic Level is QUIET
Mar 12 AN LN - Low Normal
Mar 13 AN HN - High Normal/Geomagnetic Level is UNSETTLED
Mar 14 AN DIS - Disturbed
VDIS - Very Disturbed
GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
---------------------
QUIET - The "A" index is expected to be between
0-7 and the "K" index will be 2 or less
UNSETTLED - The "A" index is expected to be between
7-16 and "K" index will be 3 or less
MM0, SCOTLAND (GMFF Op)
PACIFIC TOUR (Update)
Hugh, K6HFA, has started his South Pacific tour
this past week from Upolu Island (OC-097), Samoa. He received the callsign
5W5A and will be active until March 10th. Activity will be on CW, SSB
and possibly RTTY using 100 watts into a multi-band vertical antenna
(for 80-15m). Look for him on the IOTA frequencies or possibly other
frequencies. Hugh plans to call by areas (EU, NA, SA, ASIA... etc..) per
propagation. QSL via K6HFA. His next stops will be:
Tonga (A3) - March 12thApril 2nd; IOTAs include OC-049,
OC-064 and OC-123.
Wallis (FW)- April 612th; IOTA OC-054
Tuvalu (T2)- April 1321st; IOTA OC-015
Fiji (3D2) - April 2326th; IOTA OC-016 or OC-156
Look for more details to be forthcoming.
PACIFIC TOUR (Update)
Tim, NL8F, is now active as VK9CF from Cocos
(Keeling) Island (OC-003) until March 10th. Activity will be on 80-10
meters, plus 6 meters, and an entry in the ARRL International DX Phone
Contest (March 6-7th). From Cocos, Tim will then head to the South Cook
Islands and once again operate as E51COF from Rarotonga Island (OC-013)
between March 2030th. Activity will also be on 80-10 meters. QSL both
operations via K8NA.
PB88, THE NETHERLANDS (WOTA Op)
Anneke, PB7XYL, of the WOTA CLUB (Member
#12) will be active with a special callsign PB88XYL between April 3-30th.
QSL via Bureau or direct. See (QRZ.com) for more info! This is the first
activity by the "Women On The Air (WOTA)". Check out the details on:
QSL INFO AND NEWS
NEED A QSL MANAGER? Jim, KE8G, is interested in becoming a QSL Manger
for a few stations. Contact him via his E-mail address at: ke8g@cox.net
LOG CLOSING. Karl, DK2WV, reports that he will be closing the logs for
the following operations at end of April:
Conway Reef -- 3D2WV
Banaba -- T33WV
Tunisia -- 3V8W
QSL via DK2WV ((QRZ.com) address).
Rick, NE8Z/HC1MD, reports that Pablo, HC5NAI, has passed his final test and now holds the callsign HC5AI. The original HC5AI was his father, Alfo. Pablo states that he can now confirm all new QSOs with his new HC5AI callsign and also any old QSO that you may have had with his father. Please send your QSL via DIRECT ONLY (w/SAE + 2.00 USDs or 1 new IRC/ properly stamped. Any IRC that is not properly validated will result in no QSL. Old IRC's will not be accepted either). The HC bureau only functions to receive cards from DX countries. There is no outgoing bureau from Ecuador any longer.
<OLD QSL COLLECTION (Update)>
Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind everyone
to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 7300 old
QSL cards in several different albums/galleries.
This site contains:
- The ten most wanted DXCC entities (2004 to 2008) with more than
300 QSLs
- At least one card for each 58 deleted DXCC countries (more than
1000 QSLs)
- Nearest the totality of current prefixes, disappeared now (more
than 2700+ QSLs)
- Album for stations from Magrebh - 1945 to 1962 (more than 300+ QSLs)
- More than 800 QSLs from the Antarctic bases.
- Nearly 240 QSLs from the TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques
Francaises).
- More than 300 QSLs for the rare French Pacific Islands such as
FK/C, FO/C, FO/A, FO/M, FO/C and FW
- Nearly 100 cards from Eparses Islands such as FR/B/E/G/J/T
- More than 850 cards for the old timer with more than 120 countries
before 1945.
- A card from the French Department before 1945.
- One card from each of the states in the U.S. before 1945.
The URL address for the Web site is :
Some cards are still needed for the collection, and your particip- ation is welcome. Please visit their site and give them your comments by sending an E-mail to: LesNouvellesDX@free.fr ADDED NOTE: A new album opened with the old cards for the D5 and DL5 stations between 1945 and 1962. Visit the URL address:
SENDING QSLS TO UK8. OPDX received a report that Mike, UK8OM, states "DO NOT" send greens stamps to Uzbekistan because envelopes will be opened and they will be taken. Also, don't send envelopes. Just send an address label if you have one. Since January, only envelopes produced in Uzbekistan can be used there.
VK9X/G6AY LOG. Phil, G3SWH reports: "Just to let you know that my Web site
QSLS VIA LoTW: C5YK, C56SMT, CX7TT, DL775TMG, DL9MEN, E51WWA, E51WWB, EI4GNB, F6HRP, GI4SIZ, HA2EOA, HZ1PS, IT9KCD, JM1XCW, K4M, LZ2BE, OX3XR, OY2J, T70A, TX4T, UR5EDU, UT2FF/A, VK9X/G6AY, VP8LP, W5KNE/NH8, XR0Y (not XR0X), YN2LJ, Z21BB and ZL1BYZ.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3D20CR, 6W/EI6DX, 9L7NS, EU3AR, KH0AC, KC4AAA, OH0X, PY2XB/PY0F, R1FJM, RW0CWA, TF4M, UA2FF, VP9/N1SNB and XU7ACY.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!
T03, PRINCIPALITY OF SEBORGA (Italy)
Zoli, HA3HK, will be active as
T03HK (Tango Zero Three Hotel Kilo) from the Principality of Seborga
between March 1214th. Bands and modes of activity were not provide.
According to Wikipedia: "The Principality of Seborga is a micronation
located in the northwestern Italian region of Liguria, near the French
border, and in sight of Monaco. The principality is coexistent with,
and claims the territory of, the town of Seborga, which is an Italian
municipality."
TF, ICELAND
Siggi, TF3CW, will be active in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(March 6-7th) as Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via LX1NO.
V6, MICRONESIA
Operators Sho/JA7HMZ (V63DX), Koh/JA1ADT (V63DQ) and
Keiichiro/JA7GYP (V63T) will be active from Pohnpei (OC-010) between
April 11-17th. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via their
home callsigns.
YU140, SERBIA (Special Event)
Members of Radio Club "Marica-Zemun"
(YU1AVQ) will celebrate 140th anniversary of Voluntary Fire Brigade
in the city of Zemun and will be active as YU140Z until May 31st. QSL
via YU1AVQ.
YU40, SERBIA (Special Event)
Look for the prefixes YU40 and YT40 to
be used by members of "YU CW Club" to commemorate its 40th anniversary.
ZK3, TOKELAU
By the time you read this, operators Bill/N7OU and Bob/
W7YAQ will be on their way to Nukunono, Tokelau Islands (OC-048), and
should be on the air by Sunday or Monday as ZK3OU and ZK3YA. Bill, N7OU,
informs OPDX that there is a chance of a very late entry from ZK3 in the
ARRL DX SSB Contest, but no one should count on it. He also states that
during their 3 weeks in Samoa (5W) they made a total of 22,400 QSOs.
ZS10, SOUTH AFRICA (Special Event)
Special event station ZS10WCS will
be on the air between now and July 12th (started Sept. 2009). Activity
is to celebrate the 2010 Soccer World Cup being held in South Africa
between June 11th and July 11th. The callsign will be operated by members
of various SARL affiliated clubs. Operations through May 31st will be
only on the air over weekends. However, operations between June 1st and
July 12th, will be on the air 7 days a week. Frequency band selections
and times will be dependent on propagation conditions. Preferred fre-
quencies are:
CW - 3510, 7010, 14010, 21010 and 28010
SSB - 3780, 7080, 14180, 21280 and 28480 kHz
Electronic QSL cards must be sent to: wcs@sarl.org.za
All stations logged will get a special QSL card via the Buereau. Direct
QSL can be sent to: PO Box 1721, Strubensvallei, 1735, South Africa.
Please included a self-addressed envelope (DL size) and 1 IRC or 1 USD.
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The following stations are expected to be active in the
ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 6-7th, 2010)
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Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following
consolidated listing of the participants in the 2010 ARRL DX SSB Contest.
For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML
format, please visit Bill's Web page at:
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2010.html (By callsign)
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxsd2010.html (By entity)
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Contest DXCC Class QSL
Callsign Entity Route
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6Y9V Jamaica WD9DZV
8P5A Barbados SOAB HP NN1N
BX5AA Taiwan SOSB 20M BX5AA
C6ANM Bahamas LoTW QSL via WA2IYO direct
CO8LY Cuba SOSB 15M EA7ADH
CO8TW Cuba SOAB LP HB9SVT
CR2X Azores M/? OH2BH
E21YDP Thailand M/S E21YDP
FS/KT8X St. Martin LoTW
HI3K Dominican Republic M/S KB2MS
J37K Grenada SO HP AC8G
J68JA St. Lucia SO W5JON
J7N Dominica SO K3TEJ
J88DR St. Vincent SOAB LP G3TBK
LX7I Luxembourg SO LX2A
NP3QE Puerto Rico SOSB 20M NP3QE
P40A Aruba SOAB WD9DZV
PJ2T Netherlands Antilles SO
PJ7B Sint Maarten SO LP W8EB
S65Q Singapore 9V1QQ
SO5A Poland M/S LoTW
T46A Cuba M/S CO6LC
TF3CW Iceland SOSB 20M LX1NO
TI5N Costa Rica M/? W3HNK
TI8M Costa Rica M/? TI2KAC
TO5A Martinique SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via F5VHJ, Buro or direct
V26M Antigua SO HP LoTW
VK9C/NL8F Cocos Keeling K8NA
VP9/W6PH Bermuda SOAB LP W6PH Direct
YN2EA Nicaragua M/S LoTW; QSL via W5PF
ZP0R Paraguay SO ZP5AZL
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