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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 723

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 723
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August 22, 2005
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, N2TO, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4VUD,
N4AA & QRZ DX, W4GKR, AA5AU, K8YSE, N0AX, 4X6UO, DL1EK & The DX News
Letter, DL5ME, F5CWU & La Gazette du DX, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, F8BBL,
F5NQL & UFT, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ8CCW, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands
News, OH2UA, SP2DX, SP5MXZ, UT5UGR, VA3RJ & ICPO, VK4AAR and VK4FW for
the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 14th/August, through Sunday, 21st/August there were 201
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J,
4L, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G,
9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP,
BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, EA,
EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM,
FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP,
HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J6, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6,
KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX,
OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV,
SV5, SV9, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V2, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP8, VP8/h, VP9,
VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YU, 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).

CCF & OHDXF CRUISE. Once again, the Contest Club Finland (CCF) and the
OH DX Foundation (OHDXF) are proud to announce the 11th CCF & OHDXF Contest
and DX Meeting on January 20-22nd, 2006. The meeting concept will be the
same as last January - a cruise on the Baltic Sea from Helsinki(OH) via
Aland Islands (OH0) to Stockholm (SM) and back to Helsinki. More details
of special cruise packages, agenda, registration etc... are coming soon.
Information from the previous CCF & OHDXF meetings can be found on the
CCF Web pages: http://www.qsl.net/ccf

CN, MOROCCO. Jim, W7EJ, will be active as CN2R during the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest (October 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m) entry. Look
for him to be active before the contest on the WARC bands and 160 meters.
QSL via W7EJ.

EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Uli/DK2OC and Rich/W4GKR will be active (possibly as
EA8/homecall) from Gran Canaria Island (AF-004) now through September 4th.
Uli will handle CW and Rich will do SSB/PSK. If anyone needs a (specially)
PSK contact, please send info on Band/GMT, band opening to your QTH to:

They try very hard to be on that band/opening time slot. They should have
a good signal on all bands 40-10 meters. They will also try to get on
80 meters with a dipole. Listen between 18120-18130 kHz SSB, if band is
open. PSK frequencies a 18105, 14070, 10139, 7035 and 3579 kHz. QSL
via their home callsign.

ET3, ETHIOPIA. YL chasers may want to look for the E.A.R.S. club station,
ET3AA, on 20 meters. Operator Mima was heard this past week on 14174 kHz
between 1530-1600z. QSL via Box 60258, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

GD6, ISLE OF MAN. Operators Joe/K1JB and Mike/K1EU will be active as
GD6IA during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as Multi-Single
entry. QSL only direct to K1EU.

HI3, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Ted, HI3TEJ, announced that he will be active
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band
entry. QSL via ON4IJ.

HS0, THAILAND. Charles, K4VUD, is now on the air as HS0ZCW. He informed
the DX community that there will be no 80 meters operations planned for
now. However, he may try to activate the HS0AC club station on that band
during the big contests. More details are forthcoming.

IOTA NEWS......................
AF-NEW. Mustapha/DL1BDF and Salaam/SU1ER announce that an Egyptian
team consisting of SU1KA, SU1KM and SU1ER will be teaming
up with guest operators from Italy to activate the new IOTA,
Gifton Island (AF-New). The SU/I team has received permission
to activate the island using the callsign/license, SU8GFTN.
Activity is expected during September 2005. More details are
forthcoming. QSL is via SU1ER: Ezzat Sayed Ramadan, PO Box 11,
El-Thanaweyya Al-Gaweyya, Almaza 11391, Egypt.

AF-018. Operator IT9BLB and an international team will be active as
IH9P from Pantelleria Island (IIA: TP01, WAIP: TP and ITU
Zone: 37) during both CQ WW DX SSB and CW Contests as a
Multi-???? entry. QSL via KR7X.

AS-060. Members of the Pyongtaek DX Club (D90HE) will be active from
Saok Island (KDN H32 - Shinan-Gun), August 26-28th. Operators
mentioned a Han/DS2GOO, Lee/6K2CEW, Kim/DS4PAI and Kim/
6K2CSD. The operators will sign as homecall/4. Acttivity will
be on 80-10 meters SSB, RTTY and BPSK31. QSL via operator's
home callsign, by the bureau or direct. For more details, visit
the Web page at:
http://myhome.naver.com/dxer2han/as060

AS-100. Mark/4Z4KX, Ros/4Z5LA, Yuli/4X6HP, Isaac/4Z5LI, Ilya/4Z1UF
and Jan/4X1VF will be active as 4X7AZ from Akhziv Island
between September 30th and October 1st. Activity will be on
40-10 meters CW and SSB. They plan to have three stations on
the air. QSL via 4Z5LA (QRZ.com).

EU-017. Fabio, IZ7FLQ, will be active as ID9/IZ7FLQ/p from a few
islands in the Eolie Group (IOTA EU-017) between now and
August 27th. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the
bureau.

EU-047. Matt, DJ8OG, will be active as DJ8OG/p from Baltrum Island
(GIA N-06), now through August 27th. Activity will be on
80-10 meters (no WARC bands) SSB. QSL via his home callsign,
direct or through the bureau.

EU-061. Jorgen/LA5UF, Paul/LA6YEA and Trond/LA9VDA will be active
as LA6Q from Svenner Island, September 15-18th. They will
also activate the Svenner Fyr/Larvik lighthouse (WLH LA-025,
ARLHS NOR-044 and WLOTA 1029). Activity will be mostly on
80-17 meter CW, SSB with some RTTY. They also plan to
participate in the SAC CW Contest with one station. QSL via
LA9VDA (QRZ.com).

EU-124. Look for the Barry Amateur Radio Society to activate GB5FI
from Flatholm Island, Friday, August 26th to Tuesday, August
30th. This is their annual trip. Activity will be on SSB,
PSK, RTTY, SSTV, CW, Top Band to 70 Cms plus 6 meters. QSL
via GW0ANA, callbook address or by the bureau.

EU-138. Operators Mario/DL5ME and Guenter/DG3HWO will be active as
SM7/DL5ME and SM7/DG3HWO from Hassloe Island, August 27-31st.
Activity will be on the 40/30/20/17/15 meters CW/SSB. Antennas
are a Butternut and Spiderbeam. QSL via their home callsigns,
direct (prefer) or by the bureau (longer wait).

OC-148. Hot, YC0IEM, will be active as YC0IEM/9 from Timor Island
from August 29th through September 15th. QSL via IZ8CCW,
direct or by the Bureau.

IARC'S AWARD WEB PAGE CHANGE. Isaac Lindenbaum, 4Z4TL, IARC V. Chairman
and Secretary, announced that the "Maccabiah 17 Games Award" Web page was
updated as follows: Award sample picture and a small applet to search
eligibility for the award were added. The Web page address is:
http://www.iarc.org/~4z4tl/Maccabiah17_award.htm
In case a callsign is not found on the search applet, please contact
Isaac, 4Z4TL, at:

KH7K, KURE ISLAND (Update). A press release was sent out by Ward, N0AX,
late last week (dated 8/19/2005) indicating that the K7C team will be
leaving for Kure Island in less than a month. OPDX InterNet Subscribers
will receive the complete press release as an additional bulletin. Excerpts
from the release state that the K7C team will leave the Hawaiian Island
by boat aboard the Machias on September 15th. It will take about 9 days
to sail to Kure Atoll, aided by the trade winds. The return trip will take
another day or two. During the voyage, they hope to be active as K7C/mm
on the HF bands. The success of this phase of the operation depends on
how they can best rig an antenna aboard the Machias. Activity from Kure
is expected to be between September 24th and October 6th. For more details,
please visit the K7C Web page at:
http://www.cordell.org/htdocs/KURE/

MONTAIN DXPEDITION CANCELLED! Alan, VK4AAR, reports: "It is with regret
that the DXpedition to a remote Dayak mountain village (of Sarawak - 9M8)
has had to be cancelled. Various factors contributed to this unfortunate
circumstance which caused Sengchai Chan (9M8SC) and Festus (9M8FH) and
their team to 'pull the plug' on their late August plans."

OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Ari, OH5DX, will be active as OH0Z during the CQ WW
DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th). Operation class is to be determined,
probably Single-Op and Single-Band (15m) or All-Band entry. QSL via
W0MM.

P5, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA. No QSNs reported yet for Dave,
KA2HTV, as P5/KA2HTV as this was being written Sunday morning. There has
been some PIRATED QSNs but nothing legit. During the next few days there
"should" be activity. He announced that his last three days would be
devoted to ham radio. He is expected to be there until August 23rd.
QSL via KK5DO.

QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
C91CW-C93DY NEWS. Dimitry, UT5UGR, reports that the on-line logs are
available at: http://www.dxer.com.ua/c9/log.html
If your contact is not in the on-line log or if there is any mistake,
please request Dimitry to check the log manually via E-mail at:

QSL cards will be arriving from the printer in 2-3 weeks. Please, QSL
via UT5UGR: Dimitry Stashuk, P.O. Box 115, Kiev-147, 02147, Ukraine.
Take a look at the QSLs via:
http://www.dxer.com.ua/c9/qsl_info.html
Photo gallery of C91CW is available at:
http://users.iptelecom.net.ua/~ut5ugr/cw.htm
Photo gallery of C93DY is available at:
http://users.iptelecom.net.ua/~ut5ugr/dy.htm

Laurent/F8BBL (CW) and Jean Marc/F4ECL (SSB) was active this past
weekend from Banc d'Arguin Island (EU-159 and DIFM AT-033). QSL via
F8BBL, 100% by the bureau or direct.

Online logs and photo story of the unexpected expedition of Barbara/
SQ5BB and Andy/SP5XSD (from August 5-12th, 2005) to the islands and
lighthouses of the Polish Baltic coastline (6 islands & 5 lighthouses)
are now available at: http://sp5xsd.za.pl/aug2005/

QSL VK4YN/p via VK4FW. Activity was from Fraser Island (OC-142) this
past weekend. Address via QRZ.com: Bill Horner, PO Box 612, Childers,
4660, Australia.

QSL VK6DHI via VK4AAR (direct only) to: Alan Roocroft, 376 Old Toowoomba
Road, Placid Hills 4343, Australia. Operators were Wally/VK6YS, Dan/
VK8AN and Nigel/VK6KHD from Dirk Hartog Island (OC-206) this past
weekend.

RTTY DX SURVEY. Don, AA5AU, Co-editor of the "VK2SG RTTY DX Notes", is
pleased to announce the "2005 RTTY Most Needed DXCC Entities Survey."
All digital operators are invited to take part in this exciting new
survey. The survey can be found on the following Web page at:
http://aa5au.com/rttysurvey2005.html
Survey ends 2400Z September 18, 2005.

S6, SINGAPORE. Members of the "Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting
Society" (SARTS) will organize another local field day to be held August
26-29th, from St. John's Island (AS-019). They expect a fairly large
group of local operators to operate and be active as S61FD. Look for
2-3 stations to be on the air on 40-15 meters all modes. If time permits,
and there is the availability of hardware; he may also try 80 meters and
possibly 160 meters. QSL via PA0KHS, by the Bureau or direct to:
Henk van Hensbergen, Smaragdstraat 53, 6534WN Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

SPECIAL EVENT. A special event station, SN25SOL, is operating from the
Gdansk Shipyard to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Solidarity
(Solidarnosc), the social movement which changed the country
(Poland) and Europe. The festivities will end on August 31st, 2005.
The station is operating on all bands from 80-10 meters (CW, SSB and
digital modes). Piotr, SP2AYC, is the QSL Manager (via PZK Bureau).

YO CONTEST. The Romanian Amateur Radio Federation (FRR) invites radio
amateurs world-wide to participate in the annual YO DX HF Contest. The
24 hour contest is scheduled on Saturday, August 27th, 1200z - Sunday,
August 28th, 1200z. Rules can be found on the following Web page at:
http://www.hamradio.ro/contests/yodx_eng.pdf
Writelog and N1MM Logger have recently included YO DX HF on their supported
contest list.

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