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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 839
BID: $OPDX.839
December 31, 2007
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, ARRL W1AW Bulletins, K1XN & GoList, NG3K, W3UR & The
Daily DX, AI4U, KP4BJD, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4MM, K8YSE, DX-IS News Site,
Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, DK8JB, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, F5NQL & UFT,
G3XTT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, OM3JW,
PY2WAS, PY2ZA, RSGB IOTA Web Site, VA3RJ & ICPO and ZS6DXB for the
following DX information.
*** SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR (Tedd, KB8NW): My family (wife/OPDX's chief
proof-reader Linda, son Teddy [TJ] and his wife Jessi, daughter Katie and
her husband Kevin), and I (KB8NW) would like to wish all DXers, Contesters
and OPDX readers a very "Happy New Year". Thanks to the many individuals
who have provided DX information over the past year. Without them there
would not be an OPDX Bulletin. Also, thanks to the individuals who sent
holiday wishes to my family and me.....
73 and Have a Great/Safe/Healthy New Year de Tedd KB8NW
P.S. The year 2008 should be one of the most exciting years for DXers
with all the upcoming new DXCC entites expected to be on the air.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 23rd-December, through Sunday, 30th-December there were
214 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W,
3X, 3Y/b, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y,
7X, 8P, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7,
A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL,
DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU,
EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU,
GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I,
IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JY, K, KG4, 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, PY0F, PZ, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5,
SV9, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR,
VU, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB,
ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or
more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work
First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3A, MONACO. Ghis, ON5NT, will be active as 3A/ON5NT from January 23-27th.
His activity will be mostly during his morning and evening hours.
3Y, BOUVET ISLAND (Update). Before last weekend there had been a report
by Mehdi, F5PFP, indicating that he has talked to Petrus, ZS6GCM (3Y0E),
via the Bouvet Island satellite phone and was told Petrus is currently
unable to transmit due to a problem with his transceiver. However, on
December 30th, Petrus/3Y0E and Rhynhardt/ZS6DXB had a conversation via
satellite phone. Petrus was happy to confirm that the radio and antenna
are working. He made a couple of contacts on December 30th with some ZS
and PY stations. Rhynhardt/ZS6DXB and Petrus/3Y0E will be trying a new
strategy to get 3Y0E into pileups. 3Y0E will, until further notice, be
calling CQ between 1600-1730z on 14200 kHz only. 3Y0E will work simplex
until Petrus gets more acquainted with the radio equipment. Please note
that no pre-arranged skeds "contacts" can be arranged with 3Y0E. Petrus is
still having some E-mail problems, and as soon as they are resolved, they
will publish the 3Y0E logbook on the 3Y0E Web site. There has been a
number of false cluster reports over the last couple of days and they
urge anybody that hears Petrus/3Y0E calling CQ to record him and forward
the recording to: zs6dxb@kats.za.net
The official 3Y0E operation Web page address is: http://www.3y0e.com
4X, ISRAEL. Henri, F6EAY, is now signing 4X8AY. No other details were
provided. QSL via F5LGE.
6W, SENEGAL. Jacques, F6HMJ, will be active as 6W/F6HMJ from January
8-29th. Activity is usually on 80-10 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. He
will use an IC-706 MKIIG and HF9V. QSL via his home callsign.
9L, SIERRA LEONE (Update). Norbert, 9L1FZ, is currently active and can
usually be found on 20 meters (14165 kHz) SSB. He informs OPDX that he
will announce a QSL Manager very soon. He also tells OPDX that he can be
active on all bands up to 30 MHz, from home, mobile, portable and
maritime mobile. Modes of activity will be SSB, CW (please only if
needed for specific diploma etc., as he is in the process of relearning
after 30 years and is very slow) and all digital modes which can be
covered by SCS PTC, including Pactor 3 and robust packet. Norbert adds,
"I can operate crossband and duplex, as there are 4 transceivers and
antennas available (remote transmitter available). I am not very active
and not operating in contests but can spend a couple of hours on the
radio if some folks need this rare country (don't think that there are
more than 10 licences and more than 3 OMs active over here)." There is
a possibility he may activate Banana Island (AF-037).
CN, MOROCCO. Didier, F4ELJ, will be active as CN4MC through January 3rd.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters SSB. Most of the activity over the
past weekend was on 20 meters. QSL via his home callsign.
CO8, CUBA. Eduardo, CO8LY, reports that he is very active on RTTY and
PSK31 on all bands. If you need to work Cuba on any band, he is willing
to make a sked for the QSO via E-mail. His E-mail address is:
co8ly@frcscu.ciges.inf.cu
D4, CAPE VERDE. Operator Yuris, YL2GM, will be active as D4C during the
CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest (February 9-10th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power
entry. Operator Girts, YL2KL, will be active as D4C during the ARRL DX
CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry.
QSL Manager for both operations go to IZ4DPV. For latest information,
check the Web page at: http://www.d4c.cc
DXCC NEWS. OPDX was informed by Gabe, KP4BJD, who received an E-mail from
Phil, 9Q1TB, who was recently active as TN/9Q1TB/p, was told by Bill Moore,
NC1L, that his TN/9Q1TB/p contacts are not good for DXCC.
FJ, ST. BARTHELEMY. Paul, F6EXV, reports: "Members of the KH8SI group
are happy to announce their upcoming activity from the newest DXCC entity,
Saint Barthelemy Island. With the help and support of FJ5DX, FJ5AB and
FJ5KH, both Yuichi/JR2KDN and Paul/F6EXV will sign FJ/F6EXV (callsign
used for SSB and CW) and FJ/JR2KDN (callsign used for RTTY), from January
6-20th. Activity will be on 160-10m, with beam antennas from Cushcraft,
vertical and dipole antennas, Yaesu FT2000 and FT857 plus 500W amplifiers.
QSL via respective home calls, OK on QRZ.com.
Please note the following:
1) F6EXV will do CW, but is not primarily a CW op. He will do his
best, be patient with him.
2) Several hams have been involved in the preparations. The list
would be too long but let them be thanked already for their help.
3) A Web page will be available for log checking, though access to
internet will not be possible from the operating location. Do not
use the clusters to ask us to QSY places, it would be a waste of
time... Logs will probably be uploaded every 2 or 3 days, depending
on internet access. Details to be given soon, as page is being
constructed now.
4) More details will come soon."
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Tom, DL2OBO, will once again be active as HB0/DL2OBO
from Chalet Barsula, January 1-9th. Activity will be mainly CW with an
emphasis on 160/80/40 meters using a FT-1000MP with an AL1200 amp. Look
for him on 40m the first night using a verticial. He will then use 2
element wire beams for 80m and 160m toward USA following the next day(s)
and a single vertical for JA/Asia (He states, "Sorry, there is no chance
for the 2 element in that direction.")
HC & HC8, ECUADOR AND GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (SA-004). Peter, DL9DAK, is
expected to activate Ecuador (HC) and the Galapagos Islands (HC8) during
the first half of January. His planned schedule is as follows:
January 2-9th - Active as DL9DAK/HC1 from Quito, Ecuador
January 11-14th - Active as DL9DAK/HC2 from Guayaquil, Ecuador
January 15-18th - Active as DL9DAK/HC8 from the Galapagos Islands
January 19-21st - Active as DL9DAK/HC2 from Guayaquil, Ecuador
Activity will mainly be on 20/17 meters (with some 40 meters) only on
the digital modes (RTTY, PSK31/63, MFSK, Feldhell and Olivia500/1000)
using only vertical dipoles and 50 watts. Look for him to be active as
DL9DAK/HC1 during the "ARRL RTTY Round-Up" Contest (January 6-7th). QSL
via his home callsign. For more information, please visit the Web page
at: http://www.dl9dak.de
IOTA NEWS....................
AS-060. Chae, HL5YI, will be active as HL5YI/4 from Sorok Island,
January 18-21st. Activity will be on 80/40/20/10 meters,
CW, SSB and RTTY. He will also participate in the UK DX RTTY
Contest (January 19-20th). QSL via his home callsign, direct
or by the bureau.
EU-011. A French team of operators lead by Tony, F8ATS, will activate
St. Mary's (Grid Square IN69UV) in the Isles of Scilly group
between May 15-23rd. During their stay they hope to manage
a 2 hour activation from the rare Grid Square IN79jx. The
callsigns to be used will be M/homecall. Activity will be on
HF (160-10m), VHF(2 m) and UHF (70 cm), CW and SSB. They are
expecting one or several digit operators to join them. St.
Mary's also counts for the "World Lighthouse On The Air" award
under the reference: WLOTA 0234. En route to St Mary's, the
team will be active as homecall/m and M/homecall/m, on 40m
and 2m. QSLs for all of the callsigns go via F8ATS, through
the French Ref-Union Bureau (please only this bureau). For
those who cannot use the bureau, Tony will accept valid IRCs
and SAEs (please avoid green stamps). More information will
follow.
NA-075. Richard, VA7MJR, will be active from Entrance Island (BC)
between Jan 9-20th. Activity will be limited due to work,
but look for him on 80-6 meters SSB. Other reference numbers
are: Canadian Island Award - BC 176, Grid Square CN89cf and
Lighthouse CAN-171.
SA-021. A team of Brazilian operators will be active as PW2M from
Moela Island, February 1-8th. Team members mentioned so far
are (alphabetical): Rolf/PY1RO, Joe/PY2EJ, Luiz/PY2OC, Alex/
PY2WAS, Fred/PY2XB, Junior/PY2ZA, with administrative support
by Andre/PY2MTV and Eder/PY2XAT. Activity will be on 160-2
meters, CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL Manager will be
AI4U for foreign operators and PY2AA for Brazilian operators.
There is a lighthouse on Moela Island (WLOTA 1335) and
permission for the operation was granted by the Brazilian
Navy. This is a rare island for IOTA.
J2, DJIBOUTI. Mal, F4FMI, will be active as J20MB between January and
the end of March. Activity will be on 20/17/15 meters SSB. QSL via his
home callsign.
J5, GUINEA BISSAU (Update). From a press release, the "F6KOP TEAM", who
is planning a DXpedition to Guinea Bissau on Bubaque Island (AF-020 and
WLOTA 1145) between January 12-21st (2008), report everything is a go.
This is the same group that was active as XT2C from Burkina Faso. They
hope to be able to use all their skills and experiences gained from the
past XT2C operation as well as being active on as many bands as possible
simultaneously. Team members located near Paris have spent a lot of time
packing their equipment (antennas, coax and guys, four PA's and five
transceivers, laptops, and other miscellaneous gear). The team has their
licenses in hand: J5C (the official DXpedition callsign), and one for each
operator's different nationalities (1 for F, OE and K). Operators are:
F2JD, F2VX, F4AJQ, F5JSD, F5PED, F5TVG, F5VHQ, F8BJI, F8BUI, F8IXZ, F8PDR,
F9IE, FM5CD, OE8KDK, N2WB and N6OX. Pilot stations are: Thierry/F4TTR and
Bruno/F5AGB. To contact the pilot stations, use the E-mail address:
pilots@j5c.eu
For more details and up-to-date info, visit their Web pages at:
http://www.j5c.eu
JD1, OGASAWARA. By the time you read this, Harry, JG7PSJ, will be active
as JD1BMH from Chichi-Jima (AS-031, JIIA AS-031-003, WW Loc. QL17CC,
JCG 10007), Ogasawara Islands, through January 4th. Activity will be on
160-10 meters, CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JG7PSJ, by the bureau or direct
to: Hiroyuki Kawanobe, 1-4-1,Mikamine, Taihaku, Sendai, Miyagi 982-0826
JAPAN. For more info and a log search, visit:
http://sapphire.ganko.tohoku.ac.jp:8080/jd1bmh
NEW OFFICERS FOR 2008. The following individuals were announced as new
officers for the North Shenandoah DX Association:
President - Godfrey Miller, N8GM
V. President - Steve Cuccio, NB3O
Sec/Treasurer - John Kanode, N4MM
NEW PREFIX FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA IS NOW OFFICIAL. In an announcement
by the ARRL and the ARRL Special W1AW Bulletin (ARLX008): "In response
to a request from the Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia
and Herzegovina in August, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
withdrew the call sign prefix allocation T9A-T9Z for Bosnia and Herzegovina
and made a new allocation, E7A-E7Z. The change was made initially on a
provisional basis under authority of the ITU Secretary-General and was
confirmed by the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference to be effective
November 17, 2007.
According to International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Secretary David
Sumner, K1ZZ, the Ministry of Communications and Transport (BiH) held
a press conference in Sarajevo on December 18 to formally announce the
change. Minister Dr. Bozo Ljubic explained the desirability of changing a
prefix that initially was allocated during wartime and how it was now being
replaced with one that has no connection to that troubled time; similar
steps have been taken with regard to passports, drivers' licenses and
automobile registrations, he said. Ljubic also observed that the costs
associated with the change were minimal compared to the benefits.
Amateur Radio station licenses bearing E7 prefixes will be issued
beginning in January 2008, and the use of other prefixes will be phased
out.
Sumner and IARU Region 1 President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, of Norway, were
invited to speak at the press conference. Accompanying them was IARU
Region 1 Executive Committee member Nikola Percin, 9A5W, of Croatia.
They expressed congratulations and support for the change, eliminating an
issue that has complicated relations among the radio amateurs of Bosnia-
Herzegovina.
Also invited to speak was Miroslav Nikse, President of the Union of
Radioamateur Associations of Bosnia and Herzegovina (URAS), a recently
formed umbrella organization of amateur radio associations based in
different parts of the country. He thanked those involved in promoting
the change. In his remarks, Dr. Ljubic pledged support from the Ministry
of Communications and Transport to the umbrella organization for the
development of Amateur Radio repeater and digital networks that would
cover the whole of the country, enhancing emergency communications
capabilities."
PZ, SURINAME. Just a reminder that the 4M5DX Group is expected to be
active from Paramaribo, Suriname, January 4-11th. There will be a multi-
national team of skilled and experienced operators, and their plans are
to have three stations active for 10 days. They will operate as PZ5YV on
all bands (160-6 meters) CW, SSB and RTTY. Team members mentioned are:
Olli/OH0XX, Spiros/SV8CS, Pedro/HK1X, Alex/YV5SSB, Ramon/XE1KK, Jose/YV5TX,
Diego/LU8ATX, Pasquale/YV5KAJ and Ramon/PZ5RA. They are still looking
for financial assistance to help offset the costs. For more information,
please visit: http://www.pz5yv.4m5dx.info/index.html
For a full colored QSL card, please QSL via IT9DAA (direct or by the
bureau).
QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
Steve, OM3JW, reports that the complete log, as well as statistics
for the recent E4/OM2DX operation from Bethlehem, Palestine, can be
found at: http://www.om2dx.com
QSL via OM3JW. PLEASE NOTE: One USD does not cover return postage,
but 1 IRC does. All direct requests with insufficient funds will be
replied to via the Bureau.
QSL CORRECTION. The correct QSL Manager for HR9/WQ7R is AI4U. K5WW is
the QSL Manager just for the HQ9R callsign.
QSLS VIA LOTW: None reported this week.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3C7Y, 5L2MS, 5U5U, 5W0RE, B1Z, CO6XN, EE5E,
EX2M, EY8MM, FM/JE1JKL/P, FM5BH, H40MY, J3A, J38AA, J88DR, KA3UNQ/p,
KP2/K3VA, OD5/F5PTM, OX3XR, P29VCX, P29VLR, VK9WWI, XQ0X and ZL1BYZ
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: DT8A, DR2006K, EE5E, GB95MGY, HP1WW,
TZ5A and SV0XAO
T2, TUVALU (Also, H4). Ito "Dan", JA1PBV, who was active as H44V from
the Solomon Islands last week, was expected to be active from Tuvalu (T2)
starting December 28th through January 4th. However, as of press time
there have not been any QSNs reported. So be listening. Dan will return
back to the Solomons and be active again starting January 5th. QSL via
JA1PBV.
TF, ICELAND. Siggi, TF3CW, will be active in the CQ 160-Meter CW Contest
(January 26-27th) as Single-Op entry. QSL via LX1NO.
TR, GABON. Roland, F8EN, continues to be active as TR8CR from Libreville
until January 12th. Activity will be mostly on 20 meters. Watch 14005
kHz after 0600z and 14191 kHz after 0700z. There is a possibility that
Roland may make a short operation from an island in the AF-043 IOTA group.
QSL via F6AJA or F8EN.
VP9,BERMUDA. Kurt, W6PH, will be active as VP9/W6PH again for the 2008
ARRL DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power
entry. He will also be active during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 1-2nd)
as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL direct to his home callsign
W6PH.
ZD7, ST. HELENA. Tom, KC0W, who recently moved to St. Helena Island in
September and is active as ZD7X, announced that he will be departing
the island in April 2008. He states, "This will prematurely bring to a
close my eight month ZD7X operation. Thanks to the Radio Amateurs in
over 225 countries with whom I have established on-the-air friendships
with. The reason that I moved to ZD7-land was my dream of constructing
a Big Gun Contesting/DXing station here on St. Helena Island. Unfortu-
nately, I must now abondon this project. I WILL start again in 2008 from
another desirable DX location. I will be spending the majority of my last
few months as ZD7X on 75/80 meters, CW and SSB. Look for me around 3502
kHz on CW and in the DX window on SSB (+/- QRM). My QSL manager is W0MM.
Please send all QSLs for ZD7X to W0MM via bureau or direct........ LoTW,
eQSL or any other type of electronic QSLing WILL NOT be accepted." This
past weekend Tom was heard on 160/80/20/17 meters at various times.
ZL8R DVD REVIEW. Another interesting video done by James Brooks, 9V1YC.
This 46 minute video takes you to Raoul Island which is in the Kermadec
Islands chain. As always, James shows you the beauty of the island. The
island has a large and active volcano on it where an eruption recently
took place on March 17, 2006. One scientist/conservationist died and
several others were evacuated from the island. The video tells the story
how the well-known ship (by DXers) called the "Braveheart" took a team
of operators known as the "Microlite Penguins" to Raoul Island on a
DXpedition in October that same year. James provides a view on how
the team had to follow strict regulations by the New Zealand Department
of Conservation before going to Raoul Island. All the equipment, clothing
and gear had to be quarantined before leaving for Raoul. However, seeing
that this was a "Microlite Operation", the radio equipment was light.
The ZL8R operation only used 100w radios (IC-7000) and dipoles. You will
enjoy the many different views from the island, and the interesting way
the DXpedition team had to get their equipment on the island to operate.
This DVD is definitely another "must have" for the collection. The ZL8R
video is available at: http://www.dxvideos.com
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