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The OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin #01-004
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, 28 Jan. - 3 Feb.
Call Period Operator QSL Remarks
A35BQ Feb. 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
CE0Y Mar29. - Apr09. W7XU & N0QJM
CE0ZT Feb10. - Feb18. CE/int. team @ CE6TBN FG93WQ
CN2DX Jul26. - Aug18. CN2DX/HB9HLM @ HB9HLM
D68C Feb08. - Feb28. Int. team
FG/JA2EZD Jan25 - Jan31. JA2EZD
JW.. May31. - Jun10. JW3OHA a.o.
J3/DJ7RJ - Feb03. DJ7RJ @ home call
KH0/JI1EFP Feb16. - Feb19. JI1EFP @ JQ1NGT
KH0/JQ1NGT Feb16. - Feb19. JQ1NGT @ JQ1NGT
KH9/AC4G Feb09. - Feb27. AC4G
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 Jul12. - Jul31. LA6HL
TY... Aug09. - Aug31. F5CWU,5MOO,5AOV
T32RD Feb11. - Mar04. OK team @ OK1RD
V31SN Jan17. - Feb12. DJ4SO @ home call
V47CA Apr09. - Apr24. VE3BW
YK9A Feb03. - Feb09. U.S. team @ K9LA
ZD7.. Mar19. - Mar25. GW team @ GW0ANA
ZD8CA Jan22. - Feb05. KR6MR
ZD8.. Mar26. - Mar09. GW team @ GW0ANA
ZK2BQI Feb. I6BQI
ZK2GEO Mar18. - Apr06. DL1EMH @ DL1EMH
3B6RF May05. - May18. Int. team
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
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
27/03 Nordic activitycontest 17:00 - 21:00 #00-006 OZ5TG
27/03 LY activitycontest 17:00 - 20:59 #99-005 LY2BIL
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.
Grenada, J3. J3/DJ7RJ Willi, DJ7RJ, is now on Grenada and is using
J3/DJ7RJ until February 3. He will be QRV on 6 through 160 meters CW
and SSB. QSL via DJ7RJ. (QSP de SMIRK)
St. Helena & Ascension Isl., ZD7/ZD8. Glyn, GW0ANA, Chairman of the
Barry Amateur Radio Society, informs OPDX that on March the 19th, 4
members of Barry Amateur Radio Society (B.A.R.S.), Rich/GW4BVJ (CW op),
Sheri their logistics manager, Doug/G0WMW (CW & SSB op), Glyn/GW0ANA
(Data & SSB op), will be flying down to Ascension Island. They intend
to operate on all bands and various modes (i.e. 160-6 meters - Modes:
CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, SSTV, MFSK, Heilshriber). They will be on Ascen-
sion for 8 days then it's off to St. Helena were they will again repeat
the operation as on ZD8 using as many modes as possible. They will be
on St. Helena for 15 days before returning to Ascension and then home.
The callsigns are at this moment being finalized, so Glyn will tell us
once they have confirmation. QSL manager for both islands is GW0ANA.
(QSP de OPDX #495) (Shortend by E.d. OZ6OM)
St. Peter & St. Paul rocks. PY0S. Update. Bill, W9VA, reports, "Plans
are moving ahead on schedule for the DXpedtion to PY0S in early Febru-
ary, 2001. All government permissions to operate from the Rocks are in
hand, and the callsign PW0S has been issued. The team will leave Re-
cife, Brazil, on February 2nd, arriving on the Rocks on February 7th,
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 previously operated from the Rocks in 1978 as PW0PP. Other opera-
tors are Fred/PY7ZZ and Ciro/PY7ZY. All have previously operated from
Fernando de Noronha and various Brazilian IOTA islands. Operation will
be on 160 through 6 meters, CW and SSB, possibly RTTY. Steve, KU9C,
has joined the team as QSL Manager. Financial support from clubs and
individuals is most welcome." Contact Bill, W9VA/PY0ZFO, for more
information at: w9va@aol.com (QSP de OPDX #495)
Iceland, TF. TF/LA6HL update. Johannes, LA6HL has made some changes in
his trip (info Jan. 11th). Here in short the new route Egistadir (IP25)
on July 12th - 14th. Hofn (IP24) on the 14th. Skaftafjell (IP14) 15th -
17th. Reykjavik (HP94) 17th - 24th. Isafjordur (HP96) 25th - 27th. Aku-
reyri (IP05) 27th - 28th. Rafnarhofn (IP26) 29th. Vopnafjordur (IP25)
30th - 31st. Egistadir (IP25) 31st until departing to Farooe Isl on the
2nd of August. Note that this is a vacation trip together with his wife
and he will try to be QRV mostly during the nights and mornings but in
Reykjavik he might be QRV most of the days. Johannes will be active on
50 MHz with a 5 el yagi and about 120 W. He plans to try 2M EME on July
20th till 23rd from Reykjavik and maybe also some M/S with high power
and 2x15el CueDee. Frequency 144.139 MHz, CW speed on M/S 1000 lpm.
(de LA6HL) (QSP de SM7AED)
Easter Isl., CE0. W7XU and N0QJM will be active from Easter Isl. from
29 March to 9 April, concentrating on 6m. QSL's for my FY and 8R1 ope-
ration should be going out soon (had problems with first QSL printer).
Arliss W7XU w7xu@dtgnet.com (QSP de UKSMG ann.)
Guinea, 3C. 3C5I beacon is operational again. Watch for it on 50.096,
with 30 watts with beam heading chasing expected dx. Probably to Europe
during day, LP to VK or JA overnight. Any predictions welcome! If I am
not in the shack, it will be continuous. If I am around the shack, it
will call cq with a listening period. I will be out of 3c from Jan 31
to Feb 4 in ON land. Alan 3c5i kb2wf@hotmail.com (QSP de UKSMG ann.)
Nuie Isl., ZK2. Hi everyone,just wanted to tell all the "Sixers" that
a friend I will be on Nuie Island from 18 March until 6 April. We have
no special antenna for 6m, but the extended G5RV does a good job there!
So, maybe there will be some contacts (I hope so). Please check 50.118
from time to time. We will be there with our IC 706 in times when
shortwave is too crowded or there is no traffic. In 1999 we had a QSO
to TI5KD, and we heard several beacons from KH6, VK and ZL. The call
will be ZK2GEO again, and I'm the QSL manager. Bureau cards are welcome
and will be processed in order of receiving. So, CU in the pile-up then
73's from Hape DL1EMH/ZK2GEO dl1emh@t-online.de (QSP de UKSMG ann.)
Australia, VK. VK3SIX beacon. Both VK3SIX beacons off until further
notice. The 10M beacon suffered failure. The 6M beacon has been removed
for a frequency change to 50.293 maybe later in the year. One noticeable
aspect of pulling off the 6M beacon has been the cessation of opposite
direction calling on by stations within E skip range 110, thus leaving
the way clear to take advantage of what remains of the F2 DX. Steve
VK3SIX. e-mail: vk3six@qsl.net (QSP de SM7AED)
Malawi, 7Q. Don Gardner KC7JDC is now active on 6m from Malawi as
7Q7DC. His locator is KH66RK and his QSL route is via G0IAS QTHR.
(de Ted G4UPS) (QSP de SM7AED)
Morocco, CN. CN8LI beacon. The CN8LI beacon on 50.026 is QRT until I
find a yagi ant for the 2m beacon on 144.465. I can hear the ZD8VHF
beacon almost every night and sometimes PY stations. 73 and GL de Said
CN8LI cn8li@yahoo.fr (QSP de SM7AED)
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)
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)
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 St. Lucia, J6. From
January 25 to the end of the month he'll be active from Guadeloupe,
FG. During early February he will operate from Puerto Rico, KP4.
(QSP de SMIRK)
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 27.01.2001
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