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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 957 BID: $OPDX.957 April
26, 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, NG3K & ADXO, WK3N, N4AA & QRZ DX, KH6BZF, K8AV,
K8BN, K8YSE, W8GEX (60m News), KQ0B, W0GJ, Algarve STAR DX Team, AT
International, DJ8NK, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, DX World.Net, F5NQL
& UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3SXW, HA5X, HP1AC, I1HYW,
I1JQJ/ IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IK7JWX, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News,
Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, RN4LP, RSGB IOTA Web Site, SP5DRH, UR5EAW, VA3RJ
& ICPO and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 18th-April, through
Sunday, 25th-April there were 208 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R,
5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U,
9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE9, CM,
CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9,
EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FW,
FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP,
HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J7, JA, JT, 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, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a,
SV5, SV9, T2, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V6, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2V, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9,
VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA,
ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could"
contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED
CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later"
(WFWL).
4M200/YV200/YW200, VENEZUELA (Special Event). Look for
several different stations to be active until December 31st, to
celebrate the 200th anni- versary of Venezuela's Independence. Some
of the stations that have been active are: 4M200AJ - Operator
Manuel; Activity mainly on PSK on 40/30/20/15/10m; QSL
via YV5AJ. YV200D - Operator Paolo; Activity mainly on RTTY on
30m; QSL via YV1DIG. YW200A - Operator Alfredo;
Activity on PSK and SSB on 20/15m; QSL via YV5SSF. YW200ER
- Operator Elvis; Activity on SSB on 40/20/15m; QSL via YV8ER. YW200L
- Operator Frank; Activity on RTTY and PSK, on 30/15m; QSL
via YV5LI. YW200T - Operator Juan; Activity on SSB, RTTY and
PSK, on 40/30/20/15m; QSL via YV5JBI.
A
"Bicentenary of Venezuelan Independence Award" is available by working all
the 6 special callsign: 4M200AJ, YV200D, YW200A, YW200ER, YW200L and YW200T.
More information is expected to be available at: http://www.radioclubvenezolano.org/concurso.htm
5BWAZ
ACHIEVEMENT. Congratulations to Scottie, WK3N, (the man who never sleeps
according to Martti, OH2BH) on becoming the 816th person to work all
200 zones on 5 bands!
8Q, MALDIVES. Ron, DL5JAG, will be active
as 8Q7SR and on holiday from Embudu Island, South Male Atoll
(AS-013), between May 8-23rd. No other details were provided. QSL via
his home callsign, direct w/SAE and proper postage for return. Log
will be uploaded to LoTW 1-2 months after his holiday, and for
eQSL.cc about 1 month. Also, he does mention to visit the following
Web page: http://www.protectthemaldives.de
AFRICAN
TOUR. Operators Les/W2LPL and his son Daniel/W2DBL will be active as
ZS6/homecall from South Africa between August 11-15th. Activity will be
on the HF bands, mainly SSB. They will also be active as A25/homecall from
the Tuli Bloc, Botswana, between August 16-19th. Activity will be the
same as above. QSL via their home callsign (QRZ.com address).
BSCC
UPDATE. Alexander, UR5EAW, reports that the BSCC (Black Sea Contest Club)
thanked all who took part in the "Black Sea Cup International - 2010",
as well as invites all to take an active part in their competition in
2011! To learn all the details about this contest, you can follow any responses
at: http://bscc.ucoz.ru/index/black_sea_cup_international/0-54
Preliminary results of the Black Sea Cup 2010, which can be found: FINAL
RESULT - "Black Sea Cup International" - 2010 at: http://bscc.ucoz.ru/index/bsci_2010_final_result/0-56
BW,
TAIWAN. Yoshihiro, JK2VOC, will be active as BW2/JK2VOC between June
18-20th. No other details were provided. QSL direct to his home callsign.
CO,
CUBA. Members of the Cubans Amateur Radio Federation (CO2FRC) will be
active during the Volta Contest (May 8-9th) as a Multi-Multi entry. Operators
mentioned are: Gustavo/CO2NO, Lazaro/CO2WL, Jesus/CO2IZ and Winston/CO2WF.
CO,
CUBA. Gustavo, CO2NO, plans to be active during the odd days in April and
May, between 1200-0000z, on 20 meters (14070 kHz) using the BPSK31 mode,
and between 0300-0000z on 40 meters (7038-7040 kHz) using modes BPSK31
and JT65A. QSL via only direct (w/SAE) to HA3JB: Gabor Kutasi, H-8601
Siofok, P.O.Box 243, Hungary. Please write on your QSL card your E-mail
address (If Gabor received your QSL, he will send an E-mail feedback).
CQ72,
PORTUGAL (LH Op!). Members of the Algarve STAR DX Team (16 operators) will
activate 6 Algarve Lighthouses simultaneously between May 15-16th. There
will be six teams to activate the following lighthouses using the following
callsigns [CQ72LH(*)] callsigns: CQ72LHA - Ponta do Altar
Lighthouse CQ72LHM - St. Maria Lighthouse (Culatra Island)
CQ72LHP - Ponta da Piedade Lighthouse CQ72LHR - Vila
Real St. Antonio Lighthouse CQ72LHV - S.Vicente Lighthouse
CQ72LHZ - Alfanzina Lighthouse This activity is to promote
Algarve STAR DX Team DFFA award (Algarve Lighthouses Award <http://algarvedx.com/dffa>.
Their operations are also valid for many other awards. For more
details and an online log search, visit: http://www.algarvedx.com/cq72lh/cq72lh.htm QSL
all CQ72LH(*) LH callsigns via CT2HTN, by the Bureau or direct to: Carlos
Manuel Oliveira, Arroteia CX. Postal 595 E, Livramento, 8800-102 TAVIRA,
PORTUGAL.
CR1, AZORES. Operators Carlos/CU3CO, Pedro/CU3DI,
Joao/CU3DR, Jose/CU3EQ, Dinarco/CU3HV and Mike/CU3HY will be active
as CR1FSC from Forte Santa Catarina (DMHP AZ-010 and WCA CT-00337) on
Terceira Island (EU-175) between April 30th and May 2nd. QSL via
CU3EQ, direct or by the Bureau.
H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE. Operators
Jacek/SP5DRH and Jerzy/SP3BQ will be active as H40KJ and H40BQ,
respectively, from Pigeon Island (OC-065) in the Reef Islands Group
between October 7-22nd. Activity will be focus on 160 and 80 meters
using mostly CW. Some Digital operations are planned but on 30/20m only.
Depending of propagation, they will be active on higher bands as well.
Due to lack of power on the island, they will only have one station running
at the time. Equipment will be: two Elecraft K3/100 with two 600w amps,
one 26m high Spiderbeam pole, one 18m high Spiderbeam pole and GP7 antenna
by SP7GXP. QSL via their home callsigns. Online logs are mentioned on
their DXpedition's Web page at: http://www.sp5drh.com/h40
HS8,
THAILAND. Wut, HS8JYX, will be active during the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May
29-30th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via HS8JYX, direct, by LoTW
and eQSL. Visit his Web page at: http://www.hs8jyx.com
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN.
David, OK1FJD/OK6DJ, will be active as HB0/OK6DJ/P between June
3-6th. His activity will include the IARU Region 1 Fieldday Contest.
He will use a Kenwood TS480hx into a G5RV and dipole antennas. QSL
via OK1DRQ, by the Bureau or direct. Also QSL via LoTW.
IOTA
NEWS.................... AS-005. Valery, RZ9DX, is now active as
RZ9DX/0/A from Medvezh'i Islands (Bear Island, RR-06-27)
in the Kara Sea Coast West Group (in the Arctic Ocean
Basin). Activity has been mainly on 20 meters CW and SSB,
but he intends to fix his antennas for the other HF bands.
His length of stay on the island is unknown at this time.
QSL via his home callsign.
EU-008. Operators Jurij/MM0DFV
and Alan/GM4TOQ will be active as GB8RUM from Isle of Rum
between April 30th and May 3rd. Their activity will be on
80-10 meters using CW, SSB and BPSK63. QSL via MM0DFV.
SA-008. Members of the Radio Club of Ushuaia (LU8XW) will once again
be active from the City of Tolhuin on Tierra Del Fuego Island
(W.A.P. - W.A.D.A Ref ARG-23) starting at 0100z, on May 22nd
through 0300z, on May 24th. Activity is to commemorate the
25th anniversary of their radio club. Operations will be
on CW, SSB, PSK, RTTY and the satellites. QSL via LoTW or
direct to WD9EWK. All contacts on this expedition are
valid for the Radio Club Ushuaia Permanent Diploma. For
more details, check out their Web page at: http://www.lu8xw.com/index.php
SA-081. Pedro, HK3JJH, who was recently active from Playa Blanca
(SA-084), will now be active as 5K8T from El Morro Island
between April 30th and May 4th. Activity will be on 40-20
meters SSB. Suggested frequencies are: 14260 and 7160 kHz
(+/- QRM). QSL via his QRZ.com address.
IS0, SARDINIA
(Update). Members of the F6KOP Team will be active as IS0R from Isola
Rossa, Sardinia (EU-024, Loc. JN41ka), between May 7-15th. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters, using 3 stations on HF and 1 station on 6
meters. They plan to use CW, SSB and RTTY. Each station will be a FT450
with an Acom 1010 using Micro Ham and PC. Antennas include 6m Yagi Beam,
Spider Beam for 30-10m, 4 square for 40m, vertical for 80m (K9AY) and
an Inverted L for 160m plus a beverage. Operators mentioned are: Team leader
Thierry/F4TTR (SSB), John/F5VHQ (SSB), Sergio/IS0AWZ (SSB), Norbert/ F6AXX
(CW), Maurice/F5NQL (CW), Bruno/F5AGB (CW), Jean-Paul/F8BJI (Digi), Henri/F1HRE
(Digi), Frank/F4AJQ (Digi), Gerard/F2JD, Sebastien/F5UFX, Gabriele/I2VGW
and Eric/N7RN. QSL will be via Florent, F5CWU. QSL via direct (w/SAE
and right postage) or by the Bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW
(a few months later, when the bulk of the paper QSLs have been processed.).
For more info/details, see their Web page at: http://is0r.perso.sfr.fr/cariboost1
KH6BZF
PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (For April 26th- May 2nd).... Apr 26
AN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS Apr 27 AN
-------------------- Apr 28 AN BN - Below Normal
Apr 29 AN AN - Above Normal/Geomagnetic Level is QUIET
Apr 30 AN LN - Low Normal May 1 AN HN -
High Normal/Geomagnetic Level is UNSETTLED May 2 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
NCDXF PRESS RELEASE
(April 20th). "At its annual board meeting at the Visalia
(California) International DX Convention last weekend, the Northern California
DX Foundation elected two new directors, W6SZN and K6MM, bringing
the board compliment back to eleven members. W6OAT and K6ANP recently
retired after many years of dedicated service to NCDXF. Kip
Edwards, W6SZN - Kip was a board member of NCDXF in the 80's. He
is a Life member of ARRL, DXCC Honor Roll, 5BDXCC
and 5BWAS. Kip has been on a number of DXpeditions
including Rotuma, and Clipperton. He has also been
past president of the Northern California Contest
Club and is currently the secretary/ treasurer of
the YASME Foundation. Kip is an attorney and
resides at Kings Beach, Ca.
John
Miller, K6MM - John is both an active DXer and very much into
contesting as past President as well as secretary/
treasurer of the Northern California Contest Club.
John's other hobbies include antenna
experimentation, music composition and Harley
Davidson motorcycles. John and his wife live in
San Jose. John is retired from a large
corporate consulting firm.
Please direct any questions to:
Glenn Johnson, W0GJ Vice President,
NCDXF"
PACIFIC TOUR (Update/Wallis & Funtuna and the Fuji
Islands). Operators Mini/JA2NQG, Yuji/JH2BNL and Shige/JI2UAY had to
change their plans for their upcoming operations. The trio will be
active (on their way to Wallis) from Nadi on the Fiji Island between
July 13-14th. Callsigns are not yet known. Activty from Wallis Island
(OC-054) will take place between July 14-24th. They will also try to
activate Hoorn Island (OC-118) in the Futuna Island Group. The
callsigns requested are FW5M (JA2NQG), TO2BNL (JH2BNL) and FW5FM
(JI2UAY). Activity will be on 160-10 meters using all modes. QSL via
their home callsigns.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
NEW QSL ROUTE. Effective immediately, Buzz, NI5DX, is the QSL Manager
for the radio club station in Martinique. The club callsign is FM4KA.
All QSL requests for contacts made with the club station in the past
or in the future should be sent to NI5DX. Buzz is waiting for past
logs to be sent. Cards will either be shipped to Buzz from Martinique
or will have to be printed. A very nice Web site for the club is
available for viewing at: http://www.fmhamra.com
NOT THE QSL MANAGER.
QSL Cards for PT7BZ should be sent directly to his callsign. Do
not forward cards to KQ0B as he has no logs for his activity.
Vladislav, RN4LP, informs OPDX that he is now the QSL Manager for
EK6LP. QSL only direct via RN4LP: Lakeev Vladislav, P.O.Box 208,
Dimitrovgrad, 433512 Russia.
YI9PSE QSL STATUS. The YI9PSE
DXpedition Team reports on their Web page: "The YI9PSE QSL card
designs have now been sent to the printer. We cannot add any more
sponsors or donors to the cards at this time. We will continue to
add donors of 25 USDs or more to the Sponsors page of our website.
All donors of 5.00 USDs or more will be sent our deluxe folding
picture card. We expect to begin mailing our QSL cards within the
next six weeks. Thank you...."
QSLS VIA LoTW: 5W0OU AND ZK3OU
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3B9WR, 3DA0VB, 5H3VMB, 5H3VMB/5, 7P8AO, 7Q7VB,
9J2FM, 9J2VB, 9U0VB, 9X0VB, A25NW, C6AUM, C91VB/6, D60VB, ET3SID,
H44MY, HC8GR, J37BO, OD5/DL6SN, PV1S, SV1DPI, SV2ASP/A, TX3A,
V21ZG, V51VV, VP6DB, W4/VG3RA, XX9TLX, Z2/UA4WHX, ZS2DL and ZZ6Z
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 5K0CW, 6Y0B, DL2RVL/HI8, DL4MO/TI8,
HH4/K4QD, HI3/N3SY, HP4/W4JKC, P40CG, PS7YL, T32Z, TO5E, TO5RZ,
VK9X/G6AY, YW5F and ZF2GU
S7, SEYCHELLES (AF-024). Marq, CT1BWW,
has announced that he will be active as S79BWW between July 17-31st.
He states that the main purpose of this activity is to be the first
official WFF (World Flora Fauna) DXpedition on Seychelles --
reference number WFF004. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (operating
split) using CW, SSB and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are: CW -
3507/3527, 7050/7055, 10117/10119, 14006/14054, 18084, 21021/
21054, 24897 and 28007/28027 SSB - 7060 (listen above 7200 for
NA), 14145/14260, 18140, 21260 and 28477 RTTY - 10137,
14080, 21080 and 24977 kHz
QSL via, CT1BWW, by the Bureau or
direct. This operation will be valid for DXCC, WAZ, WAC, WPX, IOTA,
WFF, ZONE 39 and the BWW Award. For more details, look at: http://www.ct1bww.com/s79bww
SILENT
KEY. It is sad to report that well-known DXer and doctor Vince Thompson,
K5VT, became a Silent Key (SK) at the age of 67, 11:30 AM Saturday,
April 24th. He was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (M5) four
weeks ago and has been in the hospital since early March. Vince will
not only be remembered as a great doctor, but as an avid DXer who was
on many DXpedition teams and activated many rare locations. OPDX and
its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to the
family and friends of K5VT.
TK9, CORSICA. Members of the the
Valle Brembana DX and Contest Team will be active as TK9E between May
26–31st. Operators mentioned are: Enzo/IZ2GLU, Fabio/IZ2GMT,
Andrea/IZ2AJE, Diego/IW2MZX and Claudio/IK2AOO. Activity will be on
80-10 meters including 30/17/12 meters. QSL via IZ2GLU. For more
details, see their Web page at: http://www.radioamatori.vallebrembana.org/vbdxc/Spedizioni/Corsica_2010/TK9E.htm
TL,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (Also News About 5U). Jan, DJ8NK, informs OPDX
that Paul, F6EXV, and he will be active as guest operators from Christian's,
TL0A, station between May 13-26th. They plan to have 2 stations on
the air simultaneously. Look for Jan to focus his activities on RTTY,
while Paul will be on CW. Chris will continue his SSB operation and
CW/RTTY from time to time after May 26th. Bands of activity will be on
40-6 meters, maybe some 160/80m (it is late in the season for the low bands,
plus it is the rainy season in TL with daily storms). Operators will
use standard DX frequencies, and always run "SPLIT". PLEASE NOTE THE
QSL INFO! QSL direct to the QRZ.com TL0A address. "Neither Jan, nor Paul,
will be able to confirm any contact. So we repeat, QSL ONLY via TL0A.
Jan and Paul also mention, "We are unlikely to have internet access
from the station. There will be no online log. This operation could
not have taken place without Christian's full support, help and cooperation.
We already want to thank him a lot for making this possible. So see
you from the Central African Republic." Also mentioned, " Chris, TL0A,
should definitively leave the Central African Republic in July 2010 and
probably return over to Niger (5U5U) next September."
TM24,
FRANCE (Special Event). Look for TM24H to be active between May 30th
and June 13th, to celebrate the 78th edition of the "Le Mans 24 Hours" car
race. Activity will be on the HF, VHF and 50 MHz bands using CW, SSB, PSK
and RTTY modes. A special QSL card will be printed. QSL Manager is F6KFI.
Take a look at the interesting collection of QSL cards for this event
at: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/bruno.martineau/radio/24h00.htm
TS8,
TUNISIA (IOTA Op). Just a reminder that Alfredo, IK7JWX, will lead a
team of operators to activate two IOTA islands between April 27th and May
4th. Operators mentioned are: Alfredo/IK7JWX, Leo/I8LWL, Raul/IC8ATA, Titti/IK8GQY
(YL), Armando/IK8BPY, Ampelio/IS0AGY, AntoNello/IK2DUW, Rosy/IW2NLC
(YL), Michele/IK2GPQ, Simon/IZ7ATN, Ruggero/IK2PZC and Stanislav/IZ2GRG.
The team will air Djerba Island (IOTA AF-083, ARLHS TUN-022, WLOTA
L-1394, 3VFF-008) as TS8P starting possibly the evening of April
27th. They "may" also activate Kuriat or or Conigliera Island (IOTA
AF-092, ARLHS TUN-002, WLOTA L-0974, 3VFF-007) as TS8P/p on May 1-2nd.
Activity will be on all HF bands and 6 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY
and PSK31. QSL via IK7JWY. Online logs will be available at:
http://www.i8lwl.it
VK4,
AUSTRALIA (WFF Op!). Operators Gary/VK4FD and Dale/VK4DMC will activate
Undara Volcanic National Park (WFF VKFF-506, GL: QH21HS) from Australian
Mainland as VK4YN between 0000-2359z, May 21-23rd. Suggested frequencies
are per the WFF website +/- QRM. Antennas are: a 4 element tri-band
Yagi 10/15/20m, double extended zepp 40m, and G5RV for 80m and the
WARC bands. QSL Manager is VK4FW, fastest way is via OQRS at:
http://www.odxg.org
ZA,
ALBANIA. Chris, HG5XA, will be active as ZA/HA5X from the town of Orikum
and a beach on the Bay of Vlora between June 10-24th. Activity will
be holiday style, but he plans to activate some lighthouses and/or WFF
locations. Please listen to the operator's comments for possible Lighthouse
and WFF references, if any. Chris will also focus on some 6 meters
and portable battery operations. Also, please remember that this is
not a DXpedition, but a family holiday with his XYL Marta, ZA/HA9WM, and
twin 5 year old daughters. Operating times will be limited and of lower
priority. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. If possible, please DO NOT send QSL
cards. Paper QSLs will be available both direct and by the Bureau using
the OQRS (Online QSL Request System) to be launched and announced later.
Bureau cards will be sent out using GlobalQSL.
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