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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 773

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 773
BID: $OPDX.773
August 28, 2006
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NC1L, AA3B, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX,
N4AA & QRZ DX, K6RIM, KX7YT, K8YSE, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, 9A6JYL, DK8JB,
DL4OK, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G4EDG, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425
DX News, IN3VZE, LA9VDA, RSGB IOTA, SM5DJZ, TA3YJ and VA3RJ & ICPO for
the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Monday, 21st/August, through Monday, 28th/August there were 191
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5B,
5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2,
9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, CE, CE9,
CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP,
ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM,
GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2,
J6, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU,
LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4,
PA, PY, PZ, S5, S9, SM, SP, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ,
TK, TR, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V5, V8, VE, VK, VK9N,
VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YU,
YU6, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS

* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or
more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work
First Worry Later" (WFWL).

3A, MONACO. Patrice, F5RBB, will be active as 3A/F5RBB from September
2-10th. Activity will be on 40/20/15/10 meters SSB. QSL via his home
callsign.

3XM, GUINEA (Possible IOTA Ops). Serge/UA6JR and Alex/RW3AZ will be active
again from Boke as 3XM6JR and 3XD2Z, respectively, starting August 29th
"for the next few years". Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW, SSB and
RTTY, plus PSK and SSTV (3XM6JR). Serge also plans to activate IOTA groups
AF-096 and AF-051 during his stay. He will also use the special callsign
3XY3AZ during contest activities. QSL via UA6JR, direct or by the bureau.

5B, CYPRUS (Possibly ZC4!). Colin, G3VCQ, will be active as 5B/G3VCQ from
August 28th to September 6th. Activity will be on all HF bands. Colin may
also be active from the U.K. Sov. Base Areas on Cyprus (ZC4) from time to
time if a callsign is allocated. QSL via G3VCQ.

5V, TOGO. Robert, 5V7BR, can sometimes be found on 14114 kHz after 0600z.
As of June 1st (2006), the QSL Manager for 5V7BR is Gerard, F2VX. QSL
cards are "OK" via the bureau or direct.

6W, SENRGAL. Albert, NH7A, will be active as 6W1RY during the CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL
via F5VHJ.

7Q, MALAWI. Ely, IN3VZE, informs OPDX that he will be active as 7Q7CE
from the southwest of Lake Malawi starting September 18th and ending
October 5th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters. QSL via IN3VZE, direct
or via bureau. His address is: Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100
- Trento - Italy.

9A, CROATIA. Gery, HB9TQF, will be active as 9A8TQF from August 28th to
September 6th. Activity will be from Grid Square JN83, probably the exact
locator will be JN83BB. Bands of activity were not provided, but he will
be CW, SSB and FSK.

CT3, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Kresimir, 9A7K, will stay at Funchal between August
28th and September 4th. During his free time he will visit radio club
stations CS3MAD and Jose CT3HG, and will be active as CT3/9A7K from IOTA
AF-014. This is the first Croatian amateur radio station active from DXCC
entity Madeira and from IOTA AF-014. QSL CT3/9A7K via his home callsign.
Visit Kresimir's Web page at: http://www.9a7k.com

CU, AZORES. Jean-Pierre, F8AYU, will be active as CU8/F8AYU from Flores
Island (EU-089), September 3-10th. Activity will be 40/20 meters CW/SSB.

DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Branch Manager, sent out the
following announcement.
DXCC Accreditation Clarification: Several QSLs for ZL7/KH0PR - Chatham
Island (May 2, 2005 - May 5, 2005) were inadvertently rejected. If you
have had QSOs rejected at DXCC, you can claim credit by contacting Bill
Moore at .

EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators Valery/RD3AF, Valery/RX3DU and Alexandr/RZ3AZ
will be active as EA8AH during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 23-24th)
as Multi-2 entry. QSL via RD3A.

EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Nicolas, F5TGR, will be active as EA8/F5TGR/p from
Fuerteventura (AF-004), September 2-16th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters
CW/SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.

FT/W and FT/X, CROZET AND KERGUELEN ISLANDS (Also 3B8). By the time you
read this, Gildas, TU5KG, may be active (August 27th) for 48 hours (maximum)
from Mauritius Island (AF-049) as 3B8/TU5KG during his spare time. Gildas
will then travel south for 7 days, but at the moment does not know if his
destination will be Crozet Island (FT/W, AF-008) or Kerguelen Island (FT/X,
AF-048, DIFO FT-011). Further information should be received in about a
week. Note that Gildas returns to France in December. QSL via F4EFI, direct
or by the bureau.

GD6, ISLE OF MAN. Chris, GM3WOJ (ZL1CT), will be active as GD6IA during
the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-
Power entry. QSL via GD6IA: GD6IA, PO BOX 1, PEEL CITY, ISLE OF MAN.

HB0, LIECHSTENSTEIN. Operators Andy/DG3XA, Joachim/DH9JK and DL1TX will
be active as HB0/DG3XA, HB0/DH9JK and HB0/DL1TX from Augstenberg (2349m
ASL and GS JN47), between September 2-9th. Activity will be on HF, 6 and
2 meters. The crew will enter the September IARU-Region 1 Contest. More
info is forthcoming.

IOTA NEWS.....................................
EU-013. Russell, G5XW, will be active as GJ5XW/p from the Jersey
Channel Islands between now and September 1st. Activity will
be on all HF bands, SSB only. QSL via G5XW.

EU-017. Walter, IZ3ALU, will be active as ID9/IZ3ALU from Isola Vulcano
(IIA ME-018, MIA MI-122, WLOTA LH-1001, WW Loc. JM78MI) between
now and September 2nd. Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters SSB,
PSK and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.

EU-038. Holger, DH1AD, will be active as PA/DH1AD from Texel Island
(WLOTA LH-0003) from October 9-19th. This will be a holiday-style
operation with 100 watts and wire antennas. QSL via his home
callsign, the bureau is preferred or direct.

EU-052. Ilario, IV3CGJ, will be active as SV8/IV3CGJ/p from Kefallonia
(MIA MG-054, WLOTA LH-0452) between now and September 3rd.
Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW. QSL via his home callsign.

EU-055. Yogi, DB5YB, will be active as LA/DB5YB from Halsnoy Island
between September 1-11th. Activity will limited because he is
on holiday, but it will be mostly on 20 meters SSB. QSL via his
home callsign, direct or by the bureau.

EU-120. Members of the Chippenham and District Amateur Radio Club will
be active as GB2LI from Lundy Island off the coast of Devon,
September 16-21st. They will operate SSB, CW and FM on HF and
2 meters (the generator will be off between 2300 to 0700 local
time). Visit their Web page at:
http://g3vre.org.uk/

EU-124. Members of the Grantham ARC will be active as GC0GRC/p and
GC7GRC/p from Skokholm Island and lighthouse (ARLHS WAL-022,
TWLHD WLH GW-013, WLOTA LH-1179, WW Loc. IO71IQ), now through
August 29th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters all modes. They
plan to have 10-12 operators involved in this activity. All
contacts will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. The
QSL Manager for direct QSL cards is G0RCI. Visit the Grantham
ARC Web page at: http://www.garc.org.uk/

EU-125. Andy, DL4OK, will be active as OZ/NX1S from Roemoe Island,
September 9-16th. Activity will be mostly on 40 and 20 meters
(mode was not provided). QSL via DL4OK, via bureau is okay.
(no e-cards!)

NA-112. Members of Tennessee Valley DX Association (TVDXA) will be
active again on yet another mini DXpedition to Emerald Isle
(North Carolina) as W4PL between September 27th and October
7th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters including the WARC bands,
CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Operators mentioned a Kenny/AB4GG,
Kathy/W4KRY, Greg/WA4NFO, Barbarra/WA4RMC, Tony/W4FOA, Nancy/
K2NAN, Tom/K4VCM, Lynn/K0MAI, Alan/N4HL (and XYL Janet),
Charlie/AD4F, Larry/WA4IVO, Howard/KE4MBP (and XYL Carol),
Paul/N4LCD (and XYL Lydia), Tommie/K4KWK and Kay/KI4GYS.
They will arrive on the Island September 27th and at least
have some stations going that evening. QSL via K4KWK: Tommie
Wright, 2344 Violette Drive – Soddy Daisy, TN 37379. Visit
the Web page at: http://www.tvdxa.com/W4PL%20Emerald%20Isle.htm

NA-168. Dennis, WA2USA, will be active as WA2USA/5 from Grand Isle (USI
LA-003S), located in Caminada Bay, Jefferson County, Louisiana,
between October 19-30th. He will be active during the CQWW SSB
DX Contest (October 28-29th), no category given. Activity will
be on all bands 80-10 meters before and after the contest.
Emphasis will be on 20 meters during the day and 80/40 meters
in the evenings. There will be some operations on 30 meters.
QSL via his home callsign (QRZ.com).

LN, NORWAY. Look for LN3Z to be active in the 2006 Scandinavian Activity CW
Contest (SAC) (September 16-17th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LA9VDA.
Details on the contest are available at:
http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/sacnsc.htm

MD0, ISLE OF MAN (EU-116). Operators Lars/DF1LON and Georg/DL1ECG will be
active as MD0LON and MD0ECG, respectively, between September 7-11th.
Activity will be on all HF bands, CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsigns.

NCDXF PRESS RELEASE (NCDXF ELECTION). Al Burnham, K6RIM, VP Northern
California DX Foundation (NCDXF), reports: At its Board of Directors
meeting on August 26, 2006, in Corte Madera, CA, the Northern California
DX Foundation re-elected the following officers and directors:
President Len Geraldi K6ANP
Vice President Al Burnham K6RIM
Secretary Tom McShane NW6P
Treasurer Bruce Butler W6OSP
Director Rusty Epps W6OAT
Director Dave Pugatch KI6WF
Director Chuck Ternes N6OJ
Director Glenn Vinson W6OTC
Director Steve Merchant K6AW
Director Ken Anderson K6TA
Director Tim Totten N4GN

Information pertaining to the Northern California DX Foundation is
available at: http://www.ncdxf.org

QSL INFO AND NEWS....................
ER15MD via ER1DA YR50A via YO5KAI OK1A via OK1FM
F8EML via F6KUQ XM2CBF via VE2CKC

NOT THE QSL MANAGER. John, KX7YT, informed OPDX that the June 17, 2002,
OPDX Bulletin lists him (KX7YT) as the QSL Manager for S21DM. This is
incorrect and he not the QSL Manager. He has unfortunately been getting
many of his QSL cards. John was active as S21YV (as well as KX7YT) and
has met S21DM while on business in Bangladesh. He tells John that he
only QSLs direct. He has NO MANAGER. John is however, the QSL Manager
for S21B.

GW3KHZ/P QSL STATUS. Steve, G4EDG, informs OPDX that all direct QSLs
sent to G4EDG for the GW3KHZ/P St. Tudwal's Island (EU-106) operation
on May 6th have been replied to and sent out August 22nd.

NEW QSL ROUTE. A new QSL Manager has been announced for Morokulien,
SJ9WL/LG5LG. For more than 10 years, John, SM5DJZ, has taken care of
all the QSLing chores for SJ9WL/LG5LG after the late SM0HUK, who became
a Silent Key in 1995. The new QSL Manager for both SJ9WL and LG5LG is
now Svenn-Erik Spigseth, LA4EKA, and his address is "OK" on QRZ.com.
Cards are welcome via direct and also via the Norwegian QSL Bureau
(NRRL). QSL cards that arrive in Sweden will automatically be transfered
to LA4EKA. Svenn-Erik will also handle the Morokulien Award. For more
info, please visit the WEB page at:
http://www.east.no/priv/la7tia/arim/engarim.htm

Nilay, TA3YJ, informs OPDX that she sent out QSL cards for TA3J,
TA3J/0 (AS-115), TA3J/3, TA3J/4 LH, TA3J/60, TC2K4J, TA3YJ, TA3YJ/4 LH,
YM75TA, YM3LZ (WPX2000SSB) and YM3LZ (WAE2000SSB) to the QSL Bureaus
of Croatia, Denmark, Germany (R), Greece (R), Italy (R), Netherlands,
Russia, Spain (R), Ukraine and United Kingdom (R) direct August 22nd.
(R: Registered Mail). She has also sent out all direct QSL cards for
TA3J/0 (AS-115) on August 22nd. PLEASE NOTE: TA3J didn't operate from
Croatia. 9A/TA3J is a pirate station.

S7, SEYCHELLES. Claudio, IZ0KRC, will be on holiday and will be active
as S79RC from September 3-16th. He plans to activate a few islands in
the Seychelles group (AF-024). Islands mentioned a Mahe, Praslin and
La Digue. QSL via IK0PRP, direct or by the bureau.

SPECIAL EVENT (IOTA Op). As part of the 2006 Orkney International Science
Festiva, special event station GB1H will be active from September 7-10th
from the Isle of Stronsay (IOSA OR-08, SCOTIA OI-18), Orkney Islands
(EU-009). Members of the Orkney Amateur Radio Club will be assisting with
a special event station powered entirely by hydrogen gas. This amateur
radio station is believed to be one of the first ever to use this form of
power, certainly within the United Kingdom. To celebrate the fact that
this is the first known station to use hydrogen power (from the UK), OFCOM
has kindly agreed for them to use the abbreviated callsign GB1H ("H";
being the chemical symbol for hydrogen). QSL direct to MM3LQK: William
Caithness, Bayview, Stronsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. The logs
will be uploaded to LoTW and also e-QSL.

SPECIAL EVENTS (Japan). Look for the following special event stations
to be active during the next two months on all bands and modes. QSL via
the JARL Bureau.
8J1H - Activity will be between September 1st and October 10th to
celebrate the 90th anniversary of Hachioji City.

8J3R - Activity will be between September 1st and October 31st to
celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Ritto City.

8J4HAM - Activity will be between September 1st and October 1st to
celebrate the Hamfesta Kasaoka.

8N1I - Activity will be between September 1st and October 9th to
celebrate the 18th All Japan Shogai (or Lifetime) Gakushu (or
Learning) Festival in Ibaraki

TM4, FRANCE. Operators Jean-Paul/F6FYA, Jean/F6EKS, Marc/F6EMT, Florent/
F5CWU, Beatrice/F5MYT, Genevieve/F5SQM, Rafik/F5CQ, Thierry/F5MOO and
Sylvain/F4EGD will use the special contest callsign TM4Q during the CQWW
DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via F6FYA.

V2, ANTIGUA. Bud, AA3B, will be active as V26K between November 22-27th.
His activity includes the CQ WW CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Single-
Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. This will be an all CW operation on the
contest HF bands only. Please QSL via AA3B.

VK, AUSTRALIA (IOTA/Lighthouse Ops). Just a reminder that Wade/AA8LL and
Liz/K8LIZ are planning to be operating "holiday style" later this week
rom the following islands and lighthouses:
September 1-4th - Look for VK7AAH/5 and VK7AED/5 from the Cape du Couedic
Lighthouse (AUS-030) on Kangaroo Island (OC-139).
September 5-6th - Look for VK7AAH and VK7AED from the Cape Bruny
Lighthouse (AUS-254) on South Bruny Island (OC-233).
September 7-10th - Look for VK7AAH and VK7AED from Tasmania (OC-006,
main island).
Casual operations will be with 100 watts and wire antennas on SSB and
CW (possibly RTTY) on 40-15 meters; IOTA frequencies. QSL direct or by the
Bureau: VK7AAH via AA8LL and VK7AED via K8LIZ. The address is correct on
QRZ.com and cards for both may go in the same envelope.

WP3, PUERTO RICO. Alfredo (Al), WP3C, will be active during the CQWW DX
RTTY Contest (September 23-24th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry.
QSL via W3HNK. Visit the Web page at: http://www.wp3c.qth.com

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