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The OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin #01-003
Edited by OZ6OM / OZ7M, O. Bjoern "Matt" Madsen
Telephone; + 45 2066 7388 or + 45 6591 7189
AX25; OZ6OM@OZ5BBS.FYN.DNK.EU
http://www.qsl.net/oz6om/
DX calendar, 21 Jan. - 27 Jan.
Call Period Operator QSL Remarks
A35BQ Feb. 2001 I6BQI
C56/DL2OE Feb20. - Mar04. DL2OE @ homecall
C56/DL7CM Feb20. - Mar04. DL7CM @ homecall
C93AN Mar17. - Apr25. C93AN & JA team
C93/JG6BKB Mar17. - Apr25. JG6BKB @ JG6BKB
C93/JA6SJN Mar17. - Apr25. JA6SJN @ JG6BKB
C93/JJ6VOV Mar17. - Apr25. JJ6VOV @ JG6BKB
C93/JR6XIW Mar17. - Apr25. JR6XIW @ JG6BKB
CE0ZT Feb10. - Feb18. CE/int. team @ CE6TBN FG93WQ
CN2DX Jul26. - Aug18. CN2DX/HB9HLM @ HB9HLM
D68C Feb08. - Feb28. Int. team
D68BT Jan13. - Jan28. EA3BT
D68WL Jan13. - Jan28. EA3WL
FM/JA2EZD - Jan23. JA2EZD
FG/JA2EZD Jan25 - Jan31. JA2EZD
JW.. May31. - June10. JW3OHA a.o.
J6/JA2EZD Jan24. JA2EZD
KH0/JI1EFP Feb16. - Feb19. JI1EFP @ JQ1NGT
KH0/JQ1NGT Feb16. - Feb19. JQ1NGT @ JQ1NGT
KH9/AC4G Feb09. - Feb27. AC4G
OZ6OM Jan23. 18-22 UT. OZ6OM/OZ7M @ bureau 50.173
PJ8/AA1M Feb27. - Mar06. AA1M @ AA1M
PJ8/W1HL Feb27. - Mar06. W1HL @ AA1M
PJ8/W1USN Feb27. - Mar06. W1USN @ W1USN
PW0S Feb07. - Feb15. PY7XC,7ZZ,7ZY @ KU9C
TF/LA6HL Jul04. - Aug08. LA6HL
TY... Aug09. - Aug31. F5CWU,5MOO,5AOV
T32RD Feb11. - Mar04. OK team @ OK1RD
V31SN Jan17. - Feb12. DJ4SO @ home call
V47CA Apr09. - Apr24. VE3BW
V73CW Jan21. - Jan28. V73CW/AC4G
YK9A Feb03. - Feb09. U.S. team @ K9LA
ZD8CA Jan22. - Feb05. KR6MR
ZK2BQI Feb. 2001 I6BQI
3B6RF May05. - May18. Int. team
3DA0WPX Jan26. - Jan28. ZS6WPX @ ZS6WPX
3D2.. Feb18. - Feb28. Balkan team
3D2AD Mar01. - Mar06. 3D2AD, YT1AD
3D2AU Mar01. - Mar06. 3D2AD, Z32AU
3Y0C Dec16. - Mar16. N4BQW
8Q7BZ Feb07. - Feb21. OE3YCB
8Q7MZ Feb07. - Feb21. OE3MZC
Contest calendar.
Date Contest Time UT Rules Log entry
23/01 Nordic activitycontest 17:00 - 21:00 #00-006 OZ5TG
23/01 LY activitycontest 17:00 - 20:59 #99-005 LY2BIL
27/02 Nordic activitycontest 17:00 - 21:00 #00-006 OZ5TG
27/02 LY activitycontest 17:00 - 20:59 #99-005 LY2BIL
03-04/03 EDR Nordic 14:00 - 14:00 OZ5TG
28-29/04 SMIRK contest 23:00 - 04:00
01-06/06 SMIRK contest 23:00 - 03:00
21-22/07 SMIRK contest 23:00 - 04:00
General information.
Benin, TY. F5CWU Flo, writes; From 9 to 31 August, F5CWU, F5MOO, F5AOV
will be active from Benin from 160 to 6 m ssb/cw and numerics modes.
We are waiting at this time the licenses to see the eventuals restric-
tions. We will leave france with quads for 20m to 10m, verticals for
low bands, yagi for 6m and a 500 watts amplifier. We are looking for
your needs about Benin. Tell me please the bands, modes... and any
comments. You can mail me the info to f5cwu@wanadoo.fr and also visit
the web site of the expedition to: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/f5cwu and
see in the item TY-2001. Flo, F5CWU
United Kingdom, G. Chris G3WOS. writes; UKSMG: 2001 6m convention &
dinner ! Dear OM, the UK Six Metre Group in conjunction with the RSGB
Spring Show and VHF convention is pleased to announce its Annual Ge-
neral Meeting and a two day 6-metre convention to be held at Bletchley
Leisure centre, near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK on the 7th and
8th of April 2001. A full programme of events is planned, including
lectures by the OX2K dxpeditioners who put Greenland well and truly on
the 6m map last year and the world's top 6m dxer PY5CC. Come, meet and
listen to the man who's worked 200+ countries on the 'magic band'. For
those just starting on 6m, Clive, G4FVP and Trev, G3ZYY will be pre-
senting a beginner's guide to operating and adventure on the best ama-
teur band in your transceiver. All of the major UK traders will be
there with bargains for your shack. There will be a 6m DXer's dinner
on the night of the 7th April at the home of the WWII Enigma de-coding
machine at Bletchley Park. Tickets for the dinner are limited. so if
you want to come along reserve your place quickly! The cost is 35
pounds Sterling per head for a four-course meal. For further informa-
tion please contact G0LCS Kerry on +44 (0) 208 441 7129 or e-mail
g0lcs@qsl.net or go to http://www.uksmg.org/dinner.htm See you there!
Committee of the UKSMG (Shortend by e.d. OZ6OM)
East Kiribati, T3. T32RD Pepa, OK1PD will replace Frank, OK1EK during
the T32RD operation from Christams Island. A couple of other modes
(RTTY and PSK31) a new band (6 metres) have been added to the pre-
viously announced plan. Operations are now expected to take place from
11 February until 4 March. Suggested CW and SSB frequencies are as
follows (but they may change due to the unusually high number of DXpe-
ditions in February): 50105 / 50125 QSL via OK1RD (Jarda Semotan,
Borova 155, 251 01 Ricany, Czech Republic). (QSP de SMIRK)
Sint Maarten, PJ8, FS Bob/AA1M, Mike/W1USN and Jim/W1HL will be ope-
rating PJ8/homecall from Sint Maarten (NA-105) between 27 February and
6 March. They plan to be active on 6-80 metres CW, SSB and PSK31. They
also hope to do some operating mobile from the French side as FS/home
call during this time. QSL PJ8/W1HL and PJ8/AA1M via AA1M (direct or
bureau), QSL PJ8/W1USN via W1USN (direct or bureau). (QSP de SMIRK)
Maldives, 8Q. 8Q7BZ, 8Q7MZ Mike, OE3MZC, and XYL Barbara, OE3YCB will
be vacationing in the Maldives from 7 - 21 February and will operate as
8Q7MZ and 8Q7BZ respectively. They will operate all HF bands plus 6 m.
This is a holiday dxpedition and will travel from Kurudu to Velavara
Island and do some snorkeling. Check their website www.qsl.net/oe3mzc
for more info and updates. oe3mzc@qsl.net (QSP de SMIRK)
Swaziland, 3DA. Hi, Please note that Andre, ZS6WPX, will be active
again from Swaziland as 3DA0WPX from 26 Jan to 28 Jan on all bands,
including 6m. QSL manager remains ZS6WPX. Direct QSL only. Include
greenstamp or 2 IRC for return postage. For full details on go to
www.zs6wpx.s5.com/3da.htm Hope to work you! Andre, ZS6WPX (QSP UKSMG)
Greenland, OX. AC4TO Ken, writes; Here is some good news for all of
those people (myself included) who are tired of hearing OX beacons loud
but no operators. I contacted Sven, OX3SA, (GP60) and asked him if he
was interested in operating on 6. He said that he was and in fact had
some time ago obtained an Icom 505 through a trade but it never worked.
After this I put out some feelers and Rick, N3ZTZ, has generously dona-
ted an MFJ 6 meter rig to Sven. Additionally, Paul, N4VHF sent a 3 elem
yagi for 6, however Sven will not be QRV with the yagi until winter is
over. Sven is now QRV on 6 with the MFJ rig, an amp that gives him 50-
60 watts, and a delta loop antenna for now. Sven lives in Qaqortoq, the
same town as the OX3VHF/b so if anyone hears the beacon, Sven can be
contacted (at a reasonable hour in Greenland) by phone: +299 64 14 93
and Cell +299 49 36 03. Sven works shifts, so many times he is home
during the day and he said he will be QRV on 6 often and watching for
internet posts concerning 6 meter propagation. Please respect Sven and
understand that there may be times he will be unable to go QRV due to
other things going on, but he said he will be happy to provide an OX
QSO for all of us 6 meter fanatics out there! :-) Good Luck to all of
us who need OX, and many thanks to Rick N3ZTZ, Paul N4VHF, and Sven.
73 de AC4TO Ken.
France, F. Georges F8OP, wrotes; The Provins Radio-Club F6KOP, will be
on the Saint-Nicolas island (Glénan archipelago) between the 27.04 and
the 01.05.2001. Callsign: TM5N, locator: IN77XR, TX: IC706, Ant : 4 elm
Yagi. QSL via F4TTR. More infos later. Georges F8OP
San Ambrosio Isl., CE0. (Update). Marco, CE6TBN, Team Leader for the
CE0ZT DXpedition to San Ambrosio Island during the second week in Fe-
bruary, reports that the team will use the following suggested frequen-
cies: CW - 50105 kHz SSB - 50120 kHz. The 6 Meters Beacon will be on
50.105 MHz. It will repeat every 30-45 seconds. The team states that
"they will probably listen on the same frequency, using the squelch of
the rig to cut the noise down. When a signal break the squelch, that is
a sign to get someone onto the 6 meter rig and begin making QSOs. We
probably will run the beacon at 50 watts so that the rig doesn't get
hot." DXpedition Web page for updates is: http://www.qsl.net/ce0zt
(QSP de OPDX #494) (Shortend by e.d. OZ6OM)
Marshall Isl., V7. Bruce, AC4G, will be active from Kwajalein Island
as V73CW before going to Wake Island. This will be during the last week
of January. Activity should be on all bands. QSL via AC4G: Bruce Smith,
1056 Old Railroad Bed Road, Taft, TN 38488. (QSP de OPDX #494)
Djibouti, J2. David, J28EX/F5THR (ex 6W1AE, T94CD, TL8CD) is active
from Djibouti until January 2002. He operates on 160-10 metres and is
going to have a 4-element beam for 6 metres. QSL via FB1BON. (QSP de
425 DX News #505)
Italy, I. SSTV operation. David IW3SBR, writes; The 20 January I start
with SSTV on 6 m on 50.510 Mhz. I work with ICOM-706MKII and 5 elem.
long boom H.M. My WWL is JN65KV. 73 de IW3SBR David.
Caribean tour. JA2EZD will be on the island of Martinique, FM until
January 24. On the January 24 he expects to be QRV from St. Lucia, J6.
From January 25 to the end of the month he'll be active from Guade-
loupe, FG. During early February he will operate from Puerto Rico, KP4
(QSP de SMIRK)
St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks, PY0S. A group of Brazilian DXers from
Recife, have received permission to operate from here beginning Fe-
bruary 7th and operate until approximately February 15th. Plans are
moving ahead on schedule for the DXpedition to PY0S in early February,
2001. All government permissions to operate from the Rocks are in hand
and the callsign PW0S has been issued. The team will leave Recife,
Brazil on February 2, arriving on the Rocks on February 7, intending
to operate for five or six days. This is a long open-ocean trip and
dates may vary. The operating team is led by Jim Faria, PY7XC, who pre
viously operated from the Rocks in 1978 as PW0PP. Other operators are
Fred PY7ZZ and Ciro PY7ZY. All have previously operated from Fernando
de Noronha. Operation will be on 160 through 6 meters, CW and SSB,
possibly RTTY. Steve, KU9C, has joined the team as QSL Manager. Finan-
cial support from clubs and individuals is most welcome. (QSP de SMIRK)
Iceland, TF. The 6 m beacon TF3SIX on 50.057 MHz got a new QTH Jan. 12
it is now just outside of Reykjavik in HP94BC. The beacon is sending
TF3SIX TF3SIX TF3SIX QTH HP94BC for ca. 25 sec. and then 6 sec. rest
until it start again. I am using Yeasu FT-690RII giving ca. 12w out on
CW in to 2.8 dBi GP so ERP is ca. 22W. This new QTH is on my working
place so I can take good care of it. 73's de TF3GW Tor tf3gw@amst.org
(QSP de UKSMG ann.)
Mariana Isl., KH0. KH0/JI1EFP KH0/JQ1NGT JQ1NGT and JI1EFP expect to
be active from Saipan between February 16 and 19. They will be QRV as
KH0/JQ1NGT and KH0/JI1EFP on 6 through 160 meters on CW and SSB. The
two plan to participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest either as single ops
or as a multi-single. QSL via JQ1NGT, Kenji Sekine, 3-4-7 Honcyo,
Fukiage,369-0115 JAPAN. (QSP de SMIRK)
Wake Island, KH9. AC4G/KH9 Bruce, AC4G/V73CW, will operate from Wake
Island from February 9 through 27. He will be using AC4G/KH9 on all
bands with an attempt at 6 meters if he can get an antenna in time.
Bruce already has antennas on the island and will be using a Yaesu
FT-847 for SSB and CW. He'll be working on the island and will operate
in his spare time. Plans are to participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest
and the CQ WW SSB 160 Contest. You can also look for Bruce to be ac-
tive from Kwajalein Island as V73CW, the last week of January. QSL as
usual to AC4G, Bruce Smith,1056 Old Railroad Bed Road, Taft, TN 38488
(QSP de SMIRK)
Iceland, TF. LA6HL/TF Johannes, LA6HL is going to Iceland on a five
weeks vacation on July 4th. He will be active on 50 MHz with a 5 elm.
yagi and about 120 W. He plans to be active on 2M EME on July 20 th.
till 23 rd. from Reykjavik and maybe also some M/S with high power and
2x15 el CueDee. Frequency 144.139 MHz, CW speed on M/S 1000 lpm. 73 de
Johannes Baardsen LA6HL. e-mail: j-baard@online.no (QSP de SMIRK)
Comoros, D6. Five Star DXers go to D68 - Bulletin No.4 From the fourth
bulletin, with news of our forthcoming D68C DXpedition to the Comoros
(active from about 8th to 28th February). Less than four weeks to go!
We are all looking forward to our expedition, and hope the DX world
will be looking out for us in force. We understand that our container
of equipment has now reached Mombasa in Kenya, and should be headed to
Moroni in the near future. Now we are working hard on the detailed
logistics of what happens when we get there! Just in case there should
be any doubt, this expedition will be one of the biggest ever! By the
way, according to the latest DX Magazine poll, D68 has moved up around
10 points in the rankings for each of the major areas of the world,
which reinforces our wish to make a big effort from the Comoros !
Preferred Operating Frequencies at 50 MHz - 50.102 CW, 50.145 SSB.
Also 6m beacon 50.090. We will nearly always work split frequency and
will regularly announce the frequencies on which we are listening. We
will only make contacts on our transmitting frequency during the last
few days of the DXpedition if the pile-ups have disappeared. Listen
to the operator carefully. Each has been briefed to give the D68C
callsign at least after every two QSOs and to announce the listening
frequencies every five QSOs. We will not work by numbers; we feel that
with good ears and equipment this is quite unnecessary. Sponsorship.
We are delighted to thank the UK Radiocommunications Agency (broadly
equivalent to FCC in the USA) who have joined the list of D68C spon-
sors, as have a number of prestigious DX Clubs and Foundations, along
with a number of individual sponsors. Full details appear on our Web
pages. Nevertheless, further sponsorship continues to be sought, espe-
cially from DX groups and Foundations, to help with the high cost of
shipping some 3 tonnes of equipment to D68, along with a number of
other logistical matters. We have now mailed our colour brochure to
over 150 DX Clubs. If you are involved with a DX Club which has not
received a copy, please contact Steve G4JVG (below). Sponsorship is
being co-ordinated by the following: US: Wes W3WL (blamboley@aol.com)
Japan: Taizo JA3AER (arakawa@sakuranet.co.jp) Rest of the World: Steve
G4JVG (g4jvg@cwcom.net) Our treasurer John G3WGV (g3wgv@aol.com) will
be pleased to accept donations. Web Page. The D68C Web Page continues
to be updated with the latest news. To remind everyone, the URL is
www.dxbands.com/comoros There have already been well over 4000 "hits"
on the site. Don Field G3XTT, NK1G (g3xtt@lineone.net) D68C Publicity
Officer 10th January 2001 (Shorted by E.d. OZ6OM)
Morocco, CN. Sorry Problem QRL i have change date for expedition CN2DX
Start from HB9 the 22 juni evening direction Algeciras, ferry direction
Tanger and mobile via Casablanca. QRV normal the 26 juni evening from
IM63DM on HF: dipol 100w, 50 MHz, 3 el 100w, 144MHz 9 el 200w. PSE no
sked. end of expedition 18 July. http://radioamateurs.eicn.ch/cn2dx
mail to: hb9hlm@freesurf.ch Andre HB9HLM (QSP de UKSMG ann.)
Tahiti Isl., FO. Georges F8OP, writes; Since july 2000, F5DYD is in
Tahiti island as FO5RA for 2 years. Equipement : FT847 and 2 el quad.
He is looking for Europe every days at 07.00 and 17.00 UT. Jean-Louis
has only worked several JA, KH6, VK4 and FK8CA. He is also on 28.470
around 16.30 UT. Are also QRV on Six: FO3QX and FO3BM (Moorea island)
73 and Happy New Year. Georges F8OP (same mail came as QSP from G3WOS)
Conway Reef, 3D (Update). According to Raymundo, YS1RR, the planning
for the Conway Reef DXpedition is progressing on a "fast track". Ope-
rators YT1AD, YU1RL, YU1NR, YU1FW, YU7AV, YU6AO (YZ7AA), YS1RR, Z32AU
and Z32ZM are expected to operate from here from February 19-28 th.
Their callsign will be announced on February 18th. They have announced
the following suggested modes and frequencies: CW, 50105 SSB, 50125.
NOTE: Receiving frequencies will be 5 to 30 kHz higher than transmit-
ting frequencies. Additional information will be given during opera-
tion time. QSL via YT1AD: Hrane Milosevic, 36206 Vitanovac, Yugoslavia
Raymundo reports that as in all DXpeditions, they are short of funds
and your donations will be very helpful to make this operation a great
success and any small or big donations are welcome. Donations can be
sent to YS1RR: Raymundo Rodriguez, P.O. Box 32, San Salvador, El Sal-
vador or to VIPSAL 682, P.O. Box 02-5364, Miami, FL 33102-5364, USA.
Please visit the Conway 2001 Web Page http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/3d2
This will be updated frequently. (QSP de OPDX #493)
Fiji, 3D2. From the Conway Reef update press release above, the ope-
rators will operate from here as 3D2AD, 3D2AU and possibly other indi-
vidual callsigns after their operation on Conway between March 1-6th.
(QSP de OPDX #493)
Comoros, D6. EA1DVY Carlos, writes; Due to an improvement in the poli-
tical situation, it is now posible for Josep EA3BT and Nuria EA3WL to
be QRV from the Comoros, starting January 13 th. untill January 28 th.
During the stay he will be QRV at 50 MHz with 100 watt and a 2 element
antenna. The calls will be D68BT and/or D68WL. More can be found at
Joseps website at http://www.qsl.net/ea3bt/Comoros-Introduction.htm
Estonia, ES. ES6SIX/b QRT. ES6SIX on 50.073 is QRT and will be moved
into YL-land as YL#SIX in somewhere KO16 or KO17 square. de Arvo
ES1CW via SM0KAK (QSP de SM7AED news)
Syria, YK. YK9A. Update. The suggested frequencies on 6m are 50.095
for CW and 50.130 for SSB. Operating schedule (UT): Japan 07 - 08;
Europe 09 - 14; N Africa 11 - 13; S Africa 08 - 16; SE Asia 06 - 13;
N Caribbean/SA 14 - 15; S SA 11 - 18. (QSP de SM7AED news)
Estonia, ES. ES0SIX/b. The ES0SIX beacon station on 50.037 kHz is tem-
porarily QRT. Arvo ES1CW (QSP de SM7AED news)
Credits to; SMIRK, OPDX, UKSMG, SM7AED and IK0FTA. Special thanks to
the following for contributions of news to the OZ50MHz DX Bulletin;
F5CWU, G3WOS, AC4TO, F8OP, IW3SBR, G3XTT, EA1DVY, & IW0BET.
Additional information of DXpeditions, will be appreciated.
Excerpts and distribution of The OZ50MHz DX Bulletin are granted as
long as OZ6OM/OZ7M receive proper credit.
OZ6OM @ OZ5BBS.FYN.DNK.EU 20.01.2001
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