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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 611 (Part 1)
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May 26, 2003
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, ARRL W1AW Bulletins, K1XN & GoList, NC1L, K2FF, K2PF,
NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4CD, N4GN, W5BOS, WW5L, AE6Y,
N6NBB, W6ZIP, AC7DX, KL7JR, K8CX, K8YSE, W9KNI, W0YG, CO8LY, CO8TW, DF4SA,
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& UFT, F5ASD, F5NOD, FJ5DX & La Gazette du DX, G3SWH, I1JQJ & IK1ADH -
425 DX NEWS, I2YSB, IK2QPR, JI3DST, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands News, JJ1BDX/3,
LA3OHA, LA7VK, OK1KT, OM3JW, OZ1HPS, OZ6OM/OZ7M & OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin,
PA5ET, PP5SZ, PY2YU, RW6CW, SM0DTK, VE6JY, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3EXY, Z33AA
and for ZS5WI the following DX information.
** NOTE FROM THE EDITOR, TEDD, KB8NW (Dayton Wrap Up and Mentionables):
HamVention 2003 is in the books. Eventhough the weather was not the
greatest, the annual event was still great. I enjoy meeting and greeting
my friend throughout world every year. However, it was on everyone's
mind whether there would be another "HamVention" (as we know it!). The talk
of it being moved was everywhere. Hopefully, this will not happen. Anyway,
I think the Southwest Ohio DX Association's DX Forum and Dinner were
particularly interesting for DXers this year. The talk by Vice Admiral
Scott Redd U.S. Navy (retired), K0DQ, during the Friday night DX Dinner
Banquet was interesting and enlightening. However, the turn out for the
DX Forum was amazing (the largest I have ever seen). Your editor started
off the forum presenting the "Northern Ohio DX Association's 2002 DXpedition
of the Year" to the VP6DI group. Mike McGirr, K9AJ, accepted the award
on behalf of the group. Wayne Mills, N7NG, followed with an interesting
presentation of the ARRL's "Logbook of The World" (LOTW). The LOTW is
still in the testing stage (possibly for 60 days), however, individuals
can upload their logs now after downloading some software on the ARRL
Web page. For more details, go to: http://www.arrl.org/lotw
Next on the agenda was a presentation by Al Hernandex, K3VN, on the
"ZL7C" operation, and then Bernie McClenny, W3UR, on the "AH3D" operation.
The DX Forum ended with an interesting talk (no slides/video) by Don Miller,
AE6IY. Don talked about some of his activities, as well as his views on
the DXCC program and some public apologies. He also mentioned he knows
of a new DXCC entity, and he plans to go there and activate it. No other
details were given. STAY TUNED. For some great pictures of the Dayton
HamVention, visit Tom's, K8CX, "Dayton 2003 Photo Gallery" at:
http://hamgallery.com/dayton2003/
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 18th/May, through Sunday, 25th/May, there were 222 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S,
4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P,
8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4,
A6, A7, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX,
D2, D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA,
HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J7, J8,
JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH3, KH6, KH9, 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, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8,
T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3,
V4, V5, V6, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU,
XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3,
ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZL9, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3DA0, SWAZILAND. Rad/ZS6RAD, Ron/ZS5ABD, Cliff/ZS6BOX and Willie/ZS5WI
will be operating from Ezulwini, Swaziland (Callsign awaiting), from July
29th to August 3rd. They will be joined by Willie/3DA0BD, Andy/3DA0TM and
Nigel/3DA0NG as time permits. Activity will be on all HF bands and on VHF
using all modes including WSJT, between 0300-0700z and from 1400-2200z
daily. They will also be participating in the SARL Phone Contest as a
Multi-Operator station. Activity will end on Sunday afternoon, August 3rd.
QSL via the SARL QSL Bureau (or direct) to ZS5WI: PO Box 1064, Eshowe,
3815, KZN, South Africa (enclosing a Self Addressed Envelope; South African
stations to enclose a SASE). It will be appreciated if the cost of postage
can be covered as they have not secured any sponsorship. Queries can be
directed to: zs5wi@iafrica.com
4W, EAST TIMOR. Stu Greene, WA2MOE, sent out the following press release on
May 22nd, about the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste:
"4W1BK (JA1BK) and 4W2DN (JR2KDN) will be QRV from Timor Leste from
May 24 to May 29, 2003. QSL information is 4W1BK via WA2MOE and 4W1DN
via JR2KDN. This is a WFWL operation.
The United Nations no longer is in control and independence was won by
the East Timorese on May 20, 2002. An application for new entity status
will be filed together with an application to delete the former 4W
territory as an entity under DXCC rules.
Article 5 of the treaty between Portugal and Indonesia of May 5, 1999,
removed East Timor from the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories of
the General Assembly and the deletion of the question of East Timor from
the agendas of the Security Council and the General Assembly. The treaty,
witnessed by the Secretary General of the United Nations, did not make
the United Nations the administrator of East Timor but did provide for UN
humanitarian assistance. Article 7 requested 'the Secretary-General to
maintain an adequate United Nations presence in East Timor.'
The DX Advisory and Awards Committees quite possibly misinterpreted the
language of the treaty as conferring status of East Timor as a UN
administered territory which in fact was not the case. Only when the
referendum authorized by the treaty was held and the East Timorese people
declared themselves independent was there a new entity.
The role of UNTAET (UN Transitional Administration in East Timor) was
humanitarian and peacekeeping and was not a quasi-government authorized
to issue amateur radio licenses. UNTAET did not have the authority to
issue amateur radio licenses; it was a peacekeeping mission and only
after the referendum was there a Ministry of Communications which does
have that authority. The text of the treaty for those interested is at:
http://www.un.org/peace/etimor99/agreement/agreeFrame_Eng01.html
If ARRL agrees, the UN sanctioned operations in East Timor would be
deleted on the ground that East Timor was not an entity under the rules
and a new entity would be created effective 20 May 2002, the date of
the creation of the East Timorese state. Democratic Republic of Timor
Leste became a UN state on 27 September, 2002. ITU has reassigned
4WA-4WZ to the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste on 23 April, 2003."
ADDED NOTES: Since this press release, there seems to be another
operator other than the team of Kan/JA1BK (4W1BK) and Yuu/JR2KDN (4W2DN)
who has been active. A station signing 4W3CW has been active on
30/20/15/10 meters CW and was active in the CQ WPX Contest this past
weekend. The operator was heard sending QSL via QRZ.com. It seems that
the operator is Peter, G3WQU. His length of stay is unknown. Also, no
comments or announcements have been made from the DXCC Desk. Hopefully,
something may be said by Wayne Mills, N7NG, after the holiday on Monday.
Stay tuned.
4W, EAST TIMOR. Thor, TF3MM, is also currently active from here as 4W3DX
and is expected to be there for another week. He is using a rhombic antenna
(leg lengths are 115 meters, up 50 meters beaming EU). Most of his activity
has been on 15 and 20 meters CW. Watch 21008 kHz after 2115z and 14002-14003
kHz between 1130-1800z. QSL via TF3MM. Thor states that he will QSL when he
gets back to TF-land (should be done before Christmas).
5W & KH8, AMERICAN SAMOA AND SAMOA (Update). Ulli, DL2AH, is heading to the
Pacific Ocean for a holiday between July 2-29th. He plans to be active
as 5W0AH from Samoa, July 3-15th and July 25-29th. He will also be active
from Ofu Island (OC-077), American Samoa (callsign not known yet), July
17-23rd. Activity will be on 40-10 meter SSB only using a FT897 + a GAP
TITAN antenna. He will also be active ib the IOTA Contest.
ANTARCTICA NET. There is a new Antarctica Net every Saturday on 14300 kHz
around 1900z. Net Control is LU4DXU. He is in touch with LU1Z stations.
Last Saturday LU1ZV, the Esperanza Base, was on the air. They expect
DP1POL for next Saturday.
C5, THE GAMBIA. Juha, OH9MM, reports that an international group of
operators will be active as C53M during the CQWW CW Contest as a Multi-2
entry in November. QSL via OH9MM. Look for C56R to be active outside of
the contest.
CANADIAN PREFIXES. Nenad, VE3EXY, informs OPDX to look for a lot of
different Canadian prefixes in the year 2003. He states, "This will be
like PX paradise for PX hunters." For more details, please visit the
following Web site at: http://www.rac.ca/specialcalls.htm
CN, MOROCCO. Jim, W7EJ, will be active as CN2R during the CQ World Wide
DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All Band entry. QSL via
W7EJ. Jim will be active one week before the contest.
DIB NUMBER CHANGED! Pedro, PP5SZ, informs OPDX that all operations from
"Cotijuba Island" (IOTA SA-060) with a DIB-43 reference number have been
changed to DIB-80! Please make the correction in your DIB List Numbers.
A new "Diploma das Ilhas Brasileiras" (DIB) List is available at:
http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/pp5sz/diblist.htm
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Manager, informs OPDX that the
following operations from Iraq are approved for DXCC credit:
YI/EK6KB YI/ON4WW YI/S57CQ
YI/EK6DO YI/ON6TT YI/SM7PKK
YI/F5ORF YI/S53R YI/VK4KMT
YI/ON5NT
HAM COM. The 25th anniversary of Ham Com in Arlington, TX, between Dallas
and Fort Worth, is the southwest's largest ham convention. Ham Com is also
this year's ARRL National Convention and will be held June 20-22th. Listen
for W1AW/5 (the convention's commemorative station) to be active. Also, the
Lone Star DX Association (LSDXA) is presenting a world class DX program
this year. For the DX program, please visit the following Web page at:
http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa/agenda.html
For Ham Com registration and information, please visit the following Web
at: http://www.hamcom.org/
HS0, THAILAND. John, W6ZIP, informs OPDX that he will be active as HS0ZEH
from May 31st to June 17th from several locations. Activity will be mainly
on CW on 40-10 meters. There will be some SSB towards the end of his
tour (last 2 days or so). QSL via home callsign.
INTERNATIONAL DX CONVENTION 2004 (Visalia). The Southern California DX Club
has announced that the 55th Annual International DX Convention will be held
in 2004 at the Holiday Inn Hotel/Conference Center in Visalia on April
23-25th. For online reservation and information, go to the following Web
page at: http://www.visaliaholidayinn.com
IOTA NEWS................................
AF-NEW. Ivan/OM3CGN, Afif/7X2RO and possibly three other local operators
will activate the Algerian Habbibas Island (a new IOTA in
the Mediterranean Sea Coast West Group) as 7W4HI, June 1-5th.
They will be active on CW/SSB on the usual IOTA frequencies.
QSL info will be announced later.
AF-019. Look for operators ON6VP, ON4CAQ and ON1AEO to be active as
IG9/ON4DST from Calla Madonna, Lampedusa Island, now through
May 29th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters SSB only.
QSL to ON4DST via the bureau, or direct via ON4AMM:
Mary Lou Moons, Oudestraat 9, B-3560 Lummen, Belgium.
AS-155. BV DX Group headed up by Paul, BV4FH, will be back on Liuchiu Yu
Island, June 6-8th. Activity will be on CW/SSB, 40-10 meters
and the WARC bands. They will use most IOTA frequencies. QSL
via BV4YB directly, and a SASE will be much appreciated. They
expect to start at 0800z on June 6th and go QRT at 0400z on
June 8th.
EU-020. Martin, SM0DTK, will be active from Gotland Island as SM0DTK/1
from now through May 31st. Skeds can be arranged via E-mail at:
sm0dtk@passagen.se
More info and a Web Cam is available at the following URL:
http://hem.passagen.se/sm0dtk/ (Click on "Losgodis"!)
EU-041. Marco, IK1YED, is expected to be active as IM0/IK1YED/p from
Maddalena Island (IIA SS-001) now through May 31st. Activity
will be on all HF bands and 6 meter SSB. He also plans to
operate from Caprera (also EU-041, SS-005) during the same
time frame.
EU-063. Terje's, LA3OHA (and JW3OHA), plans are confirmed for activivty
from Prins Karls Forland Island, July 11-25th. Four operators
have signed on. However, Terje states that they are still
looking for one more operator. More details are forthcoming.
EU-120. The South Bristol ARC will be active as GB2BLE from Lundy
Island (WAB SS14 - IO71) during June 28th through July 5th.
Activity will be on HF SSB only, 6 meters SSB/FM and 2 meters
FM. More details can be found on the Web page at:
http://www.draxium.com/gb2ble
EU-125. Operators Karl/LA8DW and Lars/OZ1HPS will activate Fanoe Island
(DIA NS-002) from June 5-7th, using the callsign OZ4DI. QSL
via OZ1HPS direct or bureau. ADDED NOTE: This callsign will
also be used for some other Danish Islands and Lighthouses
operations in the future.
EU-125. Siggi, DL1AZZ, will be active as OZ/DL1AZZ from Fanoe Island
(DIA NS-02 for the Danish Islands Award), June 7-14th. Activity
will be on all HF bands CW/SSB. QSL 100% via bureau.
EU-170. Siggi/DL1AZZ, Lutz/DL3ARK, Mario/DL5ASE and Heiko/DG0OGM plan
to visit the Island of Dugi Otok (IOCA CI-018) and the Light-
house Veli Rat (CRO-183) between now and May 31st. QSL via
their home callsigns, direct or bureau.
NA-121. Lanny/W5BOS and Don/N5XG will activate Walrus Isls, Alaska.
Operation is scheduled for July 15th (starting at 0200z) until
July 17th (ending at 1500z). Activity will be on CW and SSB.
Callsigns will be W5BOS/AL5 and N5XG/KL6. QSL via their home
callsign. Visit their web site at:
http://www.geocities.com/buzzsimm/NA121.html
J3, GRENADA. Paul, W4/G4BKI, has moved to Grenada and is now J3/G4BKI.
He will be active for 1 year under that callsign until he receives his
J38** callsign. His activity is mainly on 20/15 meters CW (between 2000-
2330z) right now. QSL information can be found on the Web page at:
http://stcgrenada.com/amateurradio.htm
JW7, SVALBARD. Look for Tormod "Tom", LA7VK, to operate from Svalbard
(EU-026) as JW7VK between May 29th and June 1st. QSL via LA7VK. Tom states,
"For those who send and require a QSL card via mail, please remember to
include a self-adressed envelope with one IRC or two green stamps. Otherwise,
the return card will be sent via bureau." For more details, please visit
the Web page at: http://www.dxpedition.org/dxjwpk
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. Operators Alex/RW6CW, Andy/RK6ABM, Slava/RZ6AER,
Alex/RA6AFB, Vit/RK6ALP and Serge/RK6ADS will be active from the Lighthouse
"Sazalniksky", ERU-174 for ARLHS and RLE-026 for RLHA (Russian Lighthouse
Award), June 6-7th, using the the club callsign RW6AWW/p. Activity is
planned for the HF bands CW/SSB. QSL via RW6CW.
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER'S STATION (Special Activity). W1AW reports that
the National Hurricane Center's Amateur Radio station WX4NHC (formerly
W4EHW) will conduct its 2003 hurricane season on-the-air station test
Sunday, June 1, 1300-2200 UTC. The event will mark the first time the NHC
uses its new WX4NHC callsign. The purpose of the annual station test is
to check out all of the WX4NHC radio, computer and antenna equipment using
as many modes and frequencies as possible. Look for WX4NHC to operate on
HF, VHF and UHF. Operation will follow this schedule:
1300 UTC--3.911 and 7.268 SSB and VHF/UHF FM
1400 UTC--14.325 MHz SSB, VHF 147.000 repeater/UHF 442.350
repeater
1500 UTC--144.200 MHz SSB, 14.070 MHz PSK31
1700 UTC--14.325 and 21.325 MHz SSB, VHF/UHF IRLP Node 9210
1800 UTC--21.325 and 28.525 MHz SSB
2000 UTC--14.325 and 144.200 MHz SSB. CW operation will be on
14.035, 21.035 and 28.035 MHz (times will vary).
Stations working WX4NHC are asked to provide a signal report, location and
brief weather report. QSL cards are available via W4VBQ. Include a SASE
with QSL requests.
NEW DX BOOKS FOR DXERS. Idiom Press is pleased and proud to announce the
following new publication for DXers. For details on how to purchase these
books, please visit the Web page at: http://www.idiompress.com
* The long awaited third edition of "The Complete DX'er" by Bob
Locher, W9KNI. This is the most popular DX book ever written,
"The Complete DX'er" is both the highly entertaining and fascinating
diary of a serious DX chaser, and at the same time a tutorial sure
to make the reader a more successful DX'er. This new edition brings
the work up to date, yet retains the author's warm, personal style
that made the earlier editions so popular. This is a work that the
owner is sure to read again and again. It very much respects and
honors the traditions of DX'ing, brings a sense of excitement to
the chase, and leaves the reader eager to turn on the rig and start
tuning the bands looking for the ever elusive "new one". With over
26,000 copies in print (but just try to find a used copy) this is
surely the return of a classic! (228 pages at 19.95 USD)
* Idiom Press is pleased and proud to announce publication of "Up
Two -- Adventures of a DXpeditioner" by well known contester, DX'er
and world traveler Roger Western, G3SXW. "Up Two" is a fascinating
account of operations by Roger from 22 different countries, many of
them quite rare, all reached by commercial transportation, and most
of them "microlite" expeditions taken long before others invented
the term. Roger entertains the reader with his accounts of sea
voyages, bus journeys across Africa, of far flung islands and
sun-blasted deserts, all with rig in hand. Some of Roger's trips
were keyed to major contests, others were purely DX'peditions. All
were made without support from the major foundations. This book is
both an entertaining travelog and a roadmap for others interested in
mounting similar operations. It is sure to fascinate both the armchair
DXpeditioner and the ham plotting his own adventure. (256 pages at
19.95 USD)
NEW OFFICERS FOR 2003-2004. The French National CW Society and The Union
Francaise des Telegraphistes (UFT) has elected new officers for 2003-2004.
President : Raymond TALAZAC, F6BQV
Vice President : Norbert LAURENT, F6AXX
Treasurer : Pierre GALLO, F6FXS
Secretary : Jean Pierre AUXENTIDES, F5TFP.
The Board include also the following assistant members:
Ghislain, F6CEL Bernard, F5HEW Andre, F5AKL
Alain, F6ENO Vincent, F5MJV
Alain, F6EQV Maurice, F5NQL
Gerard, F6ICG Martial, F5SIE.
The President has appointed, Jean Claude Perrotey, F9IQ, Honorary Past
President, to be the UFT's CW consultant for the IARU French Society,
RESEAU des EMETTEURS FRANCAIS (REF), whose UFT is associated.
***** End of Part 1 ******
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