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The OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin #01-011
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, 19 Mar. - 24 Mar.
Call Period Operator QSL Remarks
C93AN Jun10. - Jun24. C93AN & JA team
CE0Y Mar29. - Apr09. W7XU & N0QJM
CE0Z.. Mar28. - Apr02. XE2EED,N6XQ,N6CA
CN2DX Jun26. - Jul17. CN2DX/HB9HLM @ HB9HLM
EM1HO Feb. - EM1HO @ I2JPA Antarc.
FO0SIX Mar18. - FO3BM
HI9/DL7AFS Mar04. - Mar23. DL7AFS @ DL7AFS
HI9/DJ7ZG Mar04. - Mar23. DJ7ZG @ DL7AFS
JW.. May31. - Jun10. JW3OHA a.o.
KG4MO Mar16. - Mar25. K4LZE @ K4LZE
KG4IZ Mar16. - Mar25. WA5PAE @ WA5PAE
KH0/JM1LRQ Mar22. - Mar26. JM1LRQ
OA/N6XQ Apr04. - Apr12. N6XQ
OA/XE2EED Apr04. - Apr12. XE2EED
OH0/DL2SWW Apr14. - Apr20. DL2SWW @ home call
OH0/DL2VFR Apr14. - Apr20. DL2VFR @ home call
OY9UR May28. - Jun08. ON1DRZ
OZ6OM Mar27. 17-21 UT. OZ6OM @ bureau 50.173ñ
PY0FM Mar17. - Mar31. PY5CC @ JA1VOK
S7... Apr13. - Apr19. JA team
TF/LA6HL Jul12. - Jul31. LA6HL
TY... Aug09. - Aug31. F5CWU,5MOO,5AOV
TX5CW Apr24. - May08. F2CW a.o. @ JA1BK
T88LJS Mar17. - Mar20 JM1LJS @ JH8DEH
VK9ML Apr21. - Apr24. VK4 team @ VK4APG
VP5B Mar21. - Apr05. W5AO,K5CM&N5KW
V2... Mar30. - Apr07. W6JKV @ W6JKV
V47CA Apr09. - Apr24. VE3BW
V5... Apr10. - Apr20. ZS4NS
V63KX - Mar21. JE8KKX
V73E Apr19. - Apr26. US team @ WF5T
XU7ABR Jul15. - Aug03. DL4KQ a.o. @ DL4KQ
XV3MRC Mar29. - Apr03. JA3AFJ @ JA1TAA
XV3JAA Mar29. - Apr03. JR1JAA @ JA1TAA
XV3TAA Mar29. - Apr03. JA1TAA @ JA1TAA
YJ0.. Mar17. - Apr07. I6BQI @ I5BQI
ZD7K Mar19. - Mar25. GW team @ GW0ANA
ZK2GEO Mar18. - Apr06. DL1EMH @ DL1EMH
3B6RF May05. - May18. Int. team
6Y5/GM0EFT Apr10. - Apr29. GM0EFT @ bureau
9M6BAA Mar21. - Apr04. G4MJS @ G4SHF
Contest calendar.
Date Contest Time UT Rules Log entry
27/03 Nordic activitycontest 17:00 - 21:00 #00-006 OZ5TG
27/03 LY activitycontest 17:00 - 20:59 #99-005 LY2BIL
24/04 Nordic activitycontest 17:00 - 21:00 #00-006 OZ5TG
24/04 LY activitycontest 17:00 - 20:59 #99-005 LY2BIL
28-29/04 East Tennessee DX 23:00 - 04:00
01-06/06 East Tennessee DX 23:00 - 03:00
02/06 Region 1. 50 MHz starts 14:00 - National
03/06 Region 1. 50 MHz ends - 14:00 Manager
09/06 50 MHz DX Marathon start 00:00 -
08/07 50 MHz DX Marathon ends - 24:00 K6FV
07/07 EDR VHF fieldday starts 14:00 -
08/07 EDR VHF fieldday ends - 14:00
16-17/06 SMIRK contest 00:00 - 24:00
21-22/07 East Tennessee DX 23:00 - 04:00
General information.
El Salvador, YS. Raymundo YS1RR, writes; Hi, I am quite active as new-
comer in 50 MHz since a week ago, using IC-706MK2g and 3 elements Cush
craft. Here propagation at the moment is limited to some South America
countries but hope sooner the openings to EU. CU soon on the bands,
best 73 Raymundo YS1RR.
Italy, I. Giancarlo IK5ZUL, writes; I installed an autorizzated beacon
on 50.020 whit my call IK5ZUL in JN52JW, the power is 5 watts, antenna
dipole orizz dir Nord/South. 73 de IK5ZUL
Seychelles, S7. Philip, 9H1PA, reports working S79MX on 12 Mar. He will
be there for 3 weeks. QSL to homecall, HB9MX. Info courtesy of 9H1PA,
Philip (QSP de SMIRK)
Micronesia, V6. Yap, V63KX Noz, JE8KKX, will be QRV as V63KX from Yap
Island through March 21. Look for him on 6 through 40 meters CW, SSB
and possibly RTTY. QSL via homecall either via JARL QSL bureau or
direct to Nozomu Takahashi, 2-5, 5-chome 18-jo Toko, Asahikawa,
078-8358 Japan. (QSP de SMIRK)
Nanibia, V5. I will be in V51 from 10 April till abt 20 April 2001. I
will post the WWLOC later. 73 Nico ZS4NS nick@mwu.co.za (QSP de UKSMG)
Bolivia, CP. Bruce K2RTH, QSP's following from Mike, ZP5YW. Hi Bruce,
Heard you very loud as usual while attempting qso with CP1FQ. i thought
you made it as I didnt stay on frequency. He has a very strong signal
here, but he thinks his antenna is not working well. He built a "Hen-
tenna" according to specifications given by a JA who visited him last
year, but the antenna is on the southern part of his tower, and he does
not copy anything from the north, so he is building a 5 element yagi,
which I understand is a copy of the A50-5S. He expects to have it ready
this next week, as I told him many ham need CP and he is the only one
working 6m. He will improve his antenna and perhaps add some power to
his YAESU FT620. He said he'll be listening and calling above 50.110
daily, since 0000z, so I hope you and the other fellows will be able
to make in the coming weeks. Good luck ... 73 de Mike, ZP5YW
Australia, VK. Historical flashback. Steve VK3OT, writes; Death of an
Amateur. VK3FA Jack Falkenberg died alone on a property 20KM south of
Hamilton some time between 1999 and 2000. A visit to the site discove-
red old MOPAR 56 Mhz equipment Qsl cards from all states of VK made on
56 Mhz CVW as well as an ellusive ZL2, W5 and ZS6 qsos. so the mystery
of who made the first 6M qso and when is finially solved. Who was this
guy and why did he have to die alone ? Was he the 1950's version of
the excessive compulsive characters who pervade the 6M dx band today.
Every state has one and I can think of at least a half a dozen isola-
tes who live alone who do nothing but eat sleep breath the 6M band in
search of that ellusive DX. Tiffs and scuffles are the order of the
day and like them VK3FA was an isolate he refused to have anyone on
his farm as long ago as any here can remember his callsign. I found
qsl cards dating backto the start of 56 Mhz 1959 IGY in this region
written in copper plate ink and pen. In each state there are isolates
like Jack, will they die at the controls of their 6M radio and be
found a few years later ? Incredible you say, well this guy was not
found for at least 2 years. How could an organisation like the Western
Zone of the WIA lose track of one of their sons ? And a famous one
(in 1959) I mean he made the first 6m qso with South Africa. What was
his name - Vale, VK3FA this was his story. It is not going to be mine.
Malpelo Isl., HK0. Jon Jones writes; Looks like Pedro will be going to
Malpelo with a IC-706 xcvr and has indicated he will operate some on
6M. This will be the first time ever Malpelo is on 6M, and perhaps a
once in a 6M DXers lifetime chance to work Malpelo on the magic band.
Pedro's operating site on Malpelo is on the south side of the Island
with a large mountain between him and North America. He has a clear
shot to Europe, Africa, South America, Japan and Oceania. He may be
workable from North America via backscatter, I worked him on 10M back-
scatter when he went to Malpelo in 1999. His 6M propagation should be
similar to the Galapagos, thus hearing the HC8GR beacon may indicate
condx to Malpelo. 6M DXers who wish to encourage Pedro to spend some
time on 6M should consider sending a donation for his DXpedition to
N4AA. de N0JK Jon.
Turks & Caicos Isl., VP5. Dave/W5AO, along with husband/wife team
Connie/K5CM and Pam/N5KW, will operate from the VP5B station on North
Cacios Island from March 21st through April 5th. Each operator will
sign out the contest VP5/homecall. They will operate 160-6 meters SSB/
CW and will be active during the CQ WPX SSB Contest as VP5V. QSL cards
for VP5/K5CM and VP5/N5KW go to their home address and for VP5/W5AO
and VP5V, QSL to Box 88, Morris, OK 74445-088. (QSP de OPDX #502)
Pitcairn, VP6. Dianna KB6NAN, QSP a mail from Nob JF2MBF whits says;
Check out http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/index2.html He is now on Pit-
cairn as VP6BK with Jacky VP6CW (ex F2CW). He said he has 6m gear with
him. 73 de Nob, JF2MBF
Jamaica, 6Y. Assuming everything goes to plan I will be qrv between
10th and 29th April as 6Y5/GM0EFT from FK08. If the band actually
opens, I will operate around 50.135 and if things get hectic will work
split (10 up), but will also listen on 50.235 for French stations. I
will try my best to be at the radio at the best time of day for Eu pro-
pagation but family duties will come first. Qsl either direct (self
addressed envelope plus sufficient return postage) or via the bureau.
If by some miracle there is propagation to Eu, please no duping during
pileups. Pileup dupers will receive no qsl card - be warned!! 73s.
Roy, GM0EFT gm0eft@btinternet.com (QSP de UKSMG ann.)
Australia, VK. I'm sorry to advise that the beacon VK6RSX on 50.304 MHz
at Exmouth Western Australia is QRT indefinitely. A new site is being
sought. EMC problems at the old site have forced the closure. With 50W
omni, the beacon had been well reported. Hopefully a new location will
eventually be found atthis latitude Don VK6HK patndon@cygnus.uwa.edu.au
(QSP de UKSMG ann.)
Cambodia, XU. Frank, DL4KQ (XU7ABR) reports that the planned activity
from Cambodia (15 July-3 August) will take place from Siem Reap (Angkor
Wat) for the first four days, with limited high band operations. The
group of four operators will then move to Sihanoukville where they
should be active on all bands 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL
via DL4KQ either direct Frank Rosenkranz, Blumenstr. 25, 50126 Bergheim
Germany or through the DARC bureau. Updates will be posted on
http://www.dl4kq.de (QSP de 425 DXN #515)
Comoros, D6. From the 6 th. and final Comoros bulletin by G3XTT, an
overview statistics (there are some minor inconsistencies in these
tables, as we are still reconciling some of the log data):
Category Previous record Held by D68C
Mixed 96,004 ZL9CI 168,722
SSB 41,343 ZL9CI 75,497
CW 52,270 ZL9CI 84,482
FM N/A 3,458
RTTY 2,827 FO0AAA 4,167
PSK N/A 1,112
Unique calls 36,109 4J1FS 45,315
First 24 hrs 14,000 FO0AAA 16,412
First week N/A 92,728
NB ! The full bulletin can be read at www.qsl.net/oz6om/ click at the
Stop Press page. (E.d.)
Guantanamo Bay, KG4. Reminder. Jay, K4ZLE and Pick, WA5PAE stay in
Guantanamo Bay from Mar 16-25. They are operating mainly in CW on 6-
160m incl. WARC. QSL for KG4MO via K4ZLE, KG4IZ via WA5PAE.
(QSP de DXNL #1234)
Niue, ZK2. Hape, DL1EMH and Uwe, DL2YAK will be activating ZK2GEO be-
tween Mar 18 and Apr 8. Operation will take place in CW/SSB/RTTY on
80m-6m (50.118) with an IC-706, 300 watts, G5RV and WARC dipoles. QSL
via DL1EMH. (QSP de DXNL #1234)
Caribean tour, maritime mobile. J6 & J8/KC8CCD Look for Steve J6 & J8/
KC8CCD from 03/09/01 thru 03/19/01. He will be Maritime Mobile in the
Southern Caribean. Steve will be operating on 6 and 10 meters. Should
be in some rare grids. Look for him on 28.885 for information about six
meter and for skeds. Send all Qsls to KC8CCD. Include a SASE or SAE and
a IRC. Thanks John Walker WZ8D/C6AIE (QSP de SMIRK)
QSL Database. Boye Christensen, OZ7C has updated his QSL DBase (which
now contains 281,430 unique records) for Packet Cluster. You can down-
load oz7c0103.exe at: www.muurkrant.com/pi4com/QSLDatabase/index.html
A search engine is available at http://www.hammall.com [TNX OZ7C,
oz7c@qsl.net] (QSP de 425 DX #514)
France, F. Georges F8OP, writes; The Provins Radio Club F6KOP planes a
dxpedition on the Glenan archipelago from 27.04 to 01.05 2001. They will
be active from the Saint-Nicolas island, locator IN77XR. Calling frequ-
ency: 50.210. A special call (TM?) has been asked for. Instead of, the
operators will use F6KOP/P. 73 Georges F8OP
Juan Fernandez Isl., CE0Z. Jack N6XQ, writes; The Juan Fernandez Isl.
6 meter expedition is on schedule. We have received word our call will
be 3G0Z. This is a re-assigned call that was used last month. Operatio-
nal dates are 28 Mar thru 2 April. Full details are on the webpage
http://www.ham-radio.com/ce0z/ce0z.html 73 Jack
Faroe Isl., OY. Chris G3WOS, QSP; For info: I will be active from 28 may
to 8 june 2001 from the Faroe Islands. We will be active from Eysturoy
Islands. Our callsign will be OY9UR Full colour High quality QSL cards
will be printed for our activations. We will be also active MM from
Denmark to Faroe Islands (and back). Look out first for some sponsors,
but will write you later back with more details. Wish you all the best
for now. 73's ON1DRZ Max
Nigeria, 5N. JK1UWY "Peter" Noda,who had been active as 9J2HN on last
cycle, has received a permission to QRV in Nigeria.Peter is in 5N0 from
last September and will QRV as JK1UWY/5N0 from Feb.01,2001. According
to his e-mail he has already set up home brew Cubical Quad at 10m above
the ground. His rigs are two IC706Mk2G and FL7000 (for HF). He is look-
ing for EUs via TEP and Asia via LP.QSL to JH8BKL.FB DX and Sayonara.
Han JE1BMJ je1bmj@jarl.com (QSP de UKSMG)
Hungary, HA. Viktor, HA5LV, informs OPDX that operators in HA-land are
still waiting to be permitted to use 6 meters. Any reports of activity
are SLIMS. (QSP de OPDX #501)
Credits to; SMIRK, OPDX, UKSMG, SM7AED and IK0FTA. Special thanks to
the following for contributions of news to the OZ50MHz DX Bulletin;
YS1RR, IK5ZUL, K2RTH, VK3OT, N0JK, KB6NAN, G3XTT, N6XQ, IK0FTA & F8OP.
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 17.03.2001
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