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The OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin #01-045
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, 11 Nov. - 17 Nov.
Call Period Operator QSL Remarks
D44CF - Nov26. SM0JHF @ SM0JHF #01-045
D6/WB4MBU - Dec. WB4MBU #01-037
FO0SAI Nov18. - Nov21. JI1JKW @ JI1JKW #01-044
FS/W2AZK Nov26. - Dec02. W2AZK #01-039
FS/KF2HC Nov26. - Dec02. KF2HC #01-039
HC8N Nov20. - Nov26. N0JK #01-038
HK0GU - Nov29. DL7VOG @ DL7VOG #01-045
KH4/W7IEW Jun08. - Jun25. W7IEW #01-037
KH5/VK2IR Nov24. - Dec01. VK2IR @ VK2IR #01-039
NH0S Nov22. - Nov26. JF2SKV @ JF2SKV #01-027
OX/KL7SIX Feb. 2002 KL7SIX/VK3SIX #01-034
OZ6OM Nov27. 18-22 UT. OZ6OM @ Bureau 50.173
PJ4/PA3CNX Nov05. - Nov30. PA3CNX #01-042
PY0FM Nov20. - Nov29. PY5CC @ JA1VOK #01-044
TI9M Feb04. - Feb19. TI2HMG a.o. #01-036
T88FS Nov22. - Nov27. JH6RTO @ JH6RTO #01-045
VP5.. Nov07. - Nov28. K5CM & N5KW #01-041
VP6.. Nov16. - ? Int. team @ VE3HO #01-041
YN/DL7CM Feb15. - Mar05. DL7CM @ DL7CM #01-036
YN/DL2OE Feb15. - Mar05. DL2OE @ DL2OE #01-036
YN/DL3DXX Feb15. - Mar05. DL3DXX @ DL3DXX #01-036
ZL7/ZL1WY Nov30. - Dec05. JF1OCQ @ JF1OCQ #01-045
3D2/VK2IR Jan18. - Jan26. VK2IR @ VK2IR #01-039
5U.. Jan/Feb. 2002 Int. team #01-038
5W.. Nov20. - Dec10. W7TVF #01-043
6Y5/K2KW Nov20. - Nov26 K2KW @ WA4WTG #01-045
6Y5/KE7X Nov20. - Nov26 KE7X @ WA4WTG #01-045
6Y5/N6XG Nov20. - Nov26 N6XG @ WA4WTG #01-045
6Y5/N6BT Nov20. - Nov26 N6BT @ WA4WTG #01-045
6Y5/W0YK Nov20. - Nov26 W0YK @ WA4WTG #01-045
9U5D Nov16. - Mar. 9U5D/SM5DIC @ SM5BFJ #01-040
Contest calendar.
Date Contest Time UT Rules Log entry
27/11 Nordic activitycontest 17:00 - 21:00 #00-006 OZ5TG
27/11 LY activitycontest 17:00 - 20:59 #99-005 LY2BIL
General information.
Ghana, 9G. Dick K5AND/9G5AN, writes; Arliss, W7XU, Dick, K5AND and Ed,
W0SD, arrived Accra, Ghana, on Thursday, Oct. 25; yes, it IS a long
trip&ldots;..about 14 hours in the air not counting the lay-overs. Pic-
ked up licenses the next morning and headed to Elmina, about 100 miles
southwest of Accra and midway to the Ivory Coast. Got to the Oyster Bay
Hotel mid afternoon Friday and began to erect antennas; temperature
about 90F with humidity to match. Our six meter antenna was a 7 element
K5AND design on a 27' boom with a hairpin match and 50 ohm current balun
It was supported by a 25' rotating mast turned by a Yaesu G-250 rotator
and was about 50' up over the water. The 28885 antenna was an inverted
Vee dipole, also at 50'. The equipment for six was a Yaesu FT-100D ra-
dio, 3CX800 amp by K5AND, Heil headsets, Paddlette key, Idiom memory
keyer. Both the antenna/mast package and the amp weigh less than 30lbs
each and are thus able to travel as carry-on baggage&ldots;.. really
important. Contact summary: Arliss and I concentrated on six, generally
with one operating and the other computer logging with WriteLog. This
resulted in a little over 3000 contacts in 84 countries in 8 days of
operating; 2300 EU, 200 NA, 300 Asia, 200 S. America, 30 Africa and 5
Oceana. We generally operated every day/night from 5:30 am until 2-3 am
We took off part of one morning to investigate the Castle in Elmina and
a near-by rainforest; this also helped relieve terrible fanny-fatigue,
and, was prescribed by our doctor. Ed operated during the contest week-
end and logged over 4000 contacts on RTTY and SSB during the contest
weekend and during the remainder of the next week. He used an ICOM 746
with an Acom 1000 amp connected to a G5RV antenna. Other notes: The
people of Ghana are very friendly and the people at the hotel were
anxious to help. Ralph Quist, 9G1RQ and George Hakim, 9G1RL were SO
helpful with all the licensing issues; we also got help from Mike,
KC7V, Roger, G3SXW and Fred, G4BWP on logistics, hotel choice, trans-
portation and the like. Getting through Ghana customs was hassle-free,
and no one got sick, got hurt or lost weight. Operating high-lights:
Long and short path contacts to JA, V73 and VR2 were very exciting, and
may be some kind of record. Working 8Q7 on side-scatter to ZS was fun,
as was working ZK1 direct path. Incredibly strong signals from EU and
TV blanking pulses so strong as to QRM some of our contacts. Best day's
work was 550 Q's, with the 8-day average at about 333/day. Sustained Q
rate reached 117 per hour on a number of occasions. Conclusions: Things
that contributed to success include having excellent equipment AND high
power, having two people on the radio to log and operate and using com-
puter logging. I honestly can't imagine sustaining the Q rates we had
and trying to log manually. Surprises. One big surprise was the number
of folks that just did not understand why we did NOT need nor want
grid squares in the exchange. You can't believe how much time this
wastes on a dxpedition. Repeated requests to please not give locators
were completely unsuccessful. Next trip we need to do a better job
publicizing this. Another surprise was line voltage that exceeded 300
volts several times. The average was probably 250-260, which of course
made the amp very easy to drive&ldots;&ldots;. Wish list: We wish we
could have worked a lot more US stations, and of course we would have
loved to have worked VK and ZL. So now what about late March/early
April and late June/early July??
Jamaica, 6Y. The guys of "Team Vertical" will be active from Jamaica on
20-26 November. They will participate in the CQ WW CW Contest, going
for North American QRP single band records: look for 6Y1A on 10m (ope-
rated by K2KW), 6Y9A on 15m (KE7X), 6Y2A on 20m (N6XG), 6Y4A on 40m
(N6BT), 6Y8A on 80m (W0YK) and 6Y0A on 160m (K2KW). Pre-contest QRP
activity will be on 10-160 metres and there will be a dedicated 6m rig
running high power. Outside the contest, operators will sign homecall/
6Y5. QSL all callsigns via WA4WTG. For additional nformation, including
how to win 25 bags of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, please visit
http://www.k2kw.com [TNX K2KW] (QSP de 425 DX News #549)
San Andres Isl., HK0. HK0GU is the call Gerd, DL7VOG will be using from
San Andres Island until 29 November. He will be active on 80-6 metres
CW and RTTY, with some SSB. QSL via DL7VOG. Bureau cards can be re-
quested by e-mail (dl7vog@snafu.de). (QSP de 425 DX News #549)
Palau, T8. Tosy, JA6VZB and Seiji, JH6RTO will be active from Palau on
22-27 November. Look for T88JA (QSL via JA6VZB) to participate in the
CQ WW CW DX Contest and for T88FS (QSL via JH6RTO) to operate on 6 met-
res. [TNX JH6RTO] (QSP de 425 DX News #549)
Chatham Isl., ZL7. Hiro, JF1OCQ will be active as ZL1WY/ZL7 from the
Chatham Islands between 30 November and 5 December. He will operate on
80-6 metres SSB and CW, with an emphasis on 6 metres for North America
and Europe. A breakable beacon will be on 50.115 MHz around the clock.
QSL via JF1OCQ. [TNX JF1OCQ] (QSP de 425 DX News #549)
Cape Verde Islands, D4. Henryk, SM0JHF, is QRV again as D44CF from the
Cape Verde Islands. He'll be active on all bands from 6 to 160 meters
mostly on CW now until just after the CQ WW CW DX Contest. QSL via
SM0JHF. (The Daily DX #218 via SMIRK)
Scotland, GM. Outer Hebrides 2002. Robin M1DUD/M5AEF writes; GM0BPU
Mike, again will be operating on six meters. This is a family holiday
with a lot of radio thrown in. Operation from IO67 and IO68 will take
place in August 2002 with the prospect of short skip into Scandinavia,
and the Low-countries. Any operators wishing for HF or VHF skeds should
contact m1dud@excite.co.uk The equipment used Depends on the demand for
these squares. I will forward details to all those interested. Robin
M1DUD/QRP
Cancelled operation. IW1DIM Freddy, writes; Hi Guys. I am much sad in
writing this message, some days ago i had announced that my group Turin
Vhf DXers would have gone to S. Marino (T7) during the next weekend for
ARRL 2m EME Contest and would have operated also 6m hoping in the F2
openings. Well, the S. Marino Telecommunications Ministry has denied
the permission to us, declaring that the Six meters band would have
been operated in the next days directly from they. I hope am true and
send our auguries to all those people who still must connect T7 of
being lucky. CU on Six from "simpler" countrys in future... de IW1DIM
Freddy one of Turin Vhf Dxers.
Fernando de Noronha, PY0. Peter, PY5CC will be active again as PY0FM on
November 20-29. QSL via JA1VOK. GL, Hatsuo, JA1VOK (QSP de UKSMG ann.)
French Polynesia, FO0. JI1JKW will operate as FO0SAI from Hiva, Mar-
quesas from Nov 18 to Nov 21 then shift to Moorea, French Polynesia
from Nov 22 to Nov 23. Operation will be on HF and six meters. QSL to
home call. (JA1RJU via SMIRK)
Australia, VK. Steve VK3OT, writes; VK3SIX beacon is now qrv 50.293
running 15 watts beaming North. Antenna is a 9 element m2 yagi 100 feet
high. VK3SIX 10M outlet is still on 28.253 beaming over pole running 15
watts to a 5 element yagi at 110 feet. Reports to vk3six@qsl.net thanks
Credits to; SMIRK, OPDX, UKSMG, 425DXN and IK0FTA. Special thanks to
the following for contributions of news to the OZ50MHz DX Bulletin;
K5AND/9G5AN, M1DUD/M5AEF, IW5DIM, VK3OT/VK3SIX, N0JK & 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 11.11.2001
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