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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 799

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 799
BID: $OPDX.799
February 26, 2007
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, N1DG, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, KI4HLV,
N4AA & QRZ DX, K8YSE, W8QZA, K9NW, AK0M, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, DJ5AV & The
DX News Letter, DK8JB, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, F6FQK,
HL1VAU, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, JK1QLR, ON4CAS, RSGB IOTA, SM5DQC,
SM5MX, SP2FAP, SP9MRO, VA3RJ & ICPO, VK6HZ and ZL3AB for the following
DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 18th-February, through Sunday, 25th-February there were
228 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W,
4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y,
7Q, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5,
A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT,
CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E5/s, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL,
EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ,
GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I,
IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, 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, PJ7, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV,
SV/a, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ,
UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N,
VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU,
XW, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YU, YU6, YV, Z2, Z3, Z7, ZA, ZB, ZC4,
ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK2, ZK3, 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).

3B6, AGALEGA ISLAND (DXpedition Update). Team leader Witek, SP9MRO, sent
out the following press release (edited): "2007 DXpedition to Agalega
Islands 3B6 Newsletter No. 3 -- Today (February 21st) the decision to
suspend the expedition to 3B6 Agalega had been taken. We will decide on
March 15th whether it is postponed only or rather cancelled. The decision
is due to enormous costs of the expedition that have much exceeded the
estimated budget.
The expedition was supported by PZK, SP-DX-C, G DX Foundation, EU DX
Foundation and institutional sponsors as well as other hams from a few
countries. We would like to thank all of those. Our main sponsors have
decided that the period between receiving the licenses and the time set
by Mauritius' government to start the ham's activity is too short.
Due to all of that, expedition's members are checking the possibility to
postpone it until the 4th term of 2007 unless it collides with September's
expedition to St. Brandon.
All of the donations will be immediately returned the same form they
were paid. We hope that, in case of reorganizing the expedition to Agalega
in the end of this year, our kind donors will be able to support us once
again. We would like to thank those who supported our actions, especially
those from Mauritius. Simultaneously we would like to apologize to all of
those who along with us counted on QSO in March 2007."

3DA, SWAZILAND. Operators Filip/ON4AEO, Kath/ON7BK, Danie/ZS6VWD and
Elize/ZS6EMH will be active as 3DA0FC from April 5-9th. Activity will
be on 80-10 meters including the WARC bands. QSL via ON4CJK. The group's
Web pages a http://www.3da0fc.be
http://www.filipstattooshop.be/swaziland

6Y, JAMAICA. Iain, KI4HLV, is expected to be active as KI4HLV/6Y5 on
the satellites from Kingston very soon. He is expected to be active
there for an extended time. Hopefully, more details will be forthcoming.
If anyone needs/wants 6Y5 on the satellites, please contact Iain at:


9U, BURUNDI. Operators Franz/DJ9ZB and Baldur/DJ6SI are now active as
9U9Z and 9U0X, respectively, until March 1st. Activity is expected to
be on 160-10 meters on CW and SSB. Baldur has been heard mainly on CW
and active on 30/20/17/15 meters. Franz has been mainly SSB on 20/17
meters. QSL 9U0X via DJ6SI and 9U9Z via DJ9ZB.

AH7, HAWAII. Bill, W8QZA, will be operating from the QTH of KH6SQ for
the ARRL International DX Phone Contest (March 3-4th) as AH7ZA. His
category will be All-Band/QRP. QSL via W8QZA.

BD3, CHINA. Look for Zhang, BD3APX, to be active during the ARRL Inter-
national DX Phone Contest (March 3-4th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry.
QSL via BD3APX.

BS7, SCARBOROUGH REEF. The following is another press release on the
upcoming DXpedition to Huang Yan Dao (Scarborough Reef) which will take
place in late April. PRESS RELEASE (February 21, 2007): "Plans and
arrangements are on track for the scheduled date of late April. Equipment
is being received from sponsors and testing will begin soon. So far Icom,
Acom, SteppIR, Butternut and Heil have provided equipment.
To those who have already sent donations, thank you. Please help us make
this operation a success by assisting with a donation. You can see your
donation listed on our web site at www.bs7h.com. Your donations can be
received using Pay Pal, credit card or by mail as explained on the web
site. All support is appreciated. You can also sponsor a page on the web
site, contact N1DG if interested at .".... Tom, N4XP
The multi-national team is seeking financial contributions to help defray
the cost of this DXpedition. Full details on how to contribute can be found
on the DXpedition's Web site at: http://www.bs7h.com/

CT3, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Operators Rosel/DL3KWR and Hardy/DL3KWF will be
active again as CT3/DL3KWR and CT3/DL3KWF, respectively, March 8-22nd.
Activity will be mostly CW and on the WARC bands. QSL via their home
callsign. E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to:
or , respectively. Their Web site is at:
http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr

CU2, AZORES. Look for Pedro, CU2CR, to be active during the ARRL Inter-
national DX Phone Contest (March 3-4th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry.
QSL via CU2CR.

E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Remember to look for Bob, G3PJT, to be active from
Raratonga Island (OC-013), March 3-17th. He has requested the callsign of
E51PJT. Activity will mainly be CW and an entry in the RSGB Commonwealth
Contest (March 10-11th). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to:

FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Oliver, F5MZN, will be active as FY5KE during the
ARRL International DX Phone Contest (March 3-4th) as Single-Op/All-Band/
Low or High-Power entry. QSL via FY5KE.

IOTA NEWS.....................
AS-079. Take, JI3DST, will be active as JI3DST/JS6 or JS6RRR from Miyako
Islands, March 2-5th. Look for him to be especially active on
160/80/40 meters. QSL via his home callsign through the JARL
bureau only.

AS-148. Operators Rocky/HL1VAU, Ryu/DS4NYE and Han/DS2GOO plan to
activate Sonyu Island (Korean Distriction Number G02) on March
1-4th. Operators will sign homecall/4. Activity will be on
40-10 meters CW/SSB/RTTY and PSK31. Their activities will
also include the ARRL International DX Phone Contest (March
3-4th) signing as D70LW/4 and possibly as a Single-Op/Single-
Band (20m)/High-Power entry. QSL via their home callsigns
and D70LW/4 via DS4NYE. Look for pictures and online logs to
be available after their return trip.

OC-164. (Update/Change) Operator John, VK6HZ, will be active as VK6ARI
from Rottnest Island (WLOTA LH-2197), March 2-11th. This will
be a holiday style operation (between fishing, drinking beer,
fishing, spending time with his family, drinking beer and
fishing!) using an IC-7000 on SSB, PSK and RTTY, possibly CW.
Activity will be around the usual IOTA frequencies. John informs
OPDX that he hopes to be up on 40 meters SSB during the evenings,
then the following mornings. He suggests to look for him around
1100z for an hour or two, and 2200z, again for an hour or 2 on
7055 kHz SSB or 7030 kHz CW. John states, "Look on 6 meters
(50.110) for VK/JA, but please don't expect much! Hope to spend
some time over the weekend of March 3-4th on 20 and 15 meters
SSB/RTTY and maybe some PSK. Will hopefully have online logs
uploaded each evening at: http://home.exetel.com.au/vk6hz
If not during the operation, the logs will be avaliable after
March 15th online. QSL is via VK6NE."

MOST WANTED OCEANIA SURVEY DEADLINE APPROACHING. Mark, ZL3AB, wants to
remind operators in VK/ZL and Oceania area that submissions for the
"Oceania Most Wanted Countries List" will close on February 28th. Lists
can be submitted in text, Word, or Excel formats or simply in the body
of an E-mail. Email your list to:
The results will be published in March and E-mailed direct to all who
submit.

OE4, AUSTRIA. Members of the OEVSV HQ Contest Team will be active as OE4A
during the ARRL International DX Phone Contest (March 3-4th) as a Multi/2
entry. QSL via OE1EMS Direct.

ON60, BELGIUM. Look for UBA club stations in Belgium to use the "ON60"
prefix until early 2008, to celebrate the 60th annivesary of the UBA,
the IARU Society for Belgium. A special commemorative UBA 60 Award will
be available. Contact at least five different ON60 stations during the
calendar year 2007. Each ON60 station is only valid one time. There are
no band or mode restrictions, but contacts via repeaters, packet radio
or echo link do not count towards the award. The award can be achieved
by HAMs and SWLs worldwide. Endorsement stickers are available for 10,
20 and 30 different contacted ON60 stations. For more details, please see
the following Web page at: http://www.uba.be/hf/awards/awards_fr.html
Web page is in French, but Google will translate the page.

PJ2, NETHERLAND ANTILLES. "The Sultans of Shwing" will be taking a break
from the snow and the cold of northern climates to spend a few days on the
sunny Island of Curacao (SA-006) sippin' some brews and makin' some Qs.
Operators Chad/WE9V, Scott/KA9FOX, and Mike/K9NW will be active from
February 26th to March 6th signing PJ2/homecall. Look for them during
the ARRL International DX Phone Contest (March 3-4th) as PJ2T in the
Multi/2 category. QSL PJ2T via N9AG. QSL all other individual (PJ2/homecall)
callsigns via their home callsign addresses.

PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Bil/W8EB and his wife Dorothy/W8DVC will be here between
now and March 25th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK31 as PJ7/W8EB and PJ7/W8DVC. Bil will operate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(March 3-4th) as PJ7B. This will be Bil's 12th consecutive ARRL DX SSB
Contest participation from St. Maarten. All QSL requests go to W8EB. Visit
their PJ7B Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/pj7b/

QSL INFO AND NEWS......................................
QSL Route For Contest Stations and Beacons
QSL 6Y1V via OH3RB QSL DB0SGA via DJ4YJ QSL GB3MCB via G3YJX
QSL C6A via LotW QSL DB0VC via DL8LAO QSL GB3NGI via GI6ATZ
QSL DA5DUB via DM8MM QSL DF0ANN via DL8ZX QSL HG1BUA via HA1YA
QSL DB0FAI via DL5MCG QSL DL0UB via DL7ACG QSL HG1BVA via HA1YA
QSL DB0IH via DL8DC QSL DM0PR via DL8LD QSL HG8BUA via HA8MV
QSL DB0INN via DJ8QP QSL EA5VHF via EA5EZJ QSL HG8BVA via HA8MV
QSL DB0JG via DL3QP QSL EB1WW via EA1EY Bureau QSL HI3C via ON4IQ
QSL DB0JW via DL9KAS QSL EB3UHF via EA3DGI QSL LX7I via LX2A
QSL DB0KI via DC9NL QSL ES0UHF via ES2NJ QSL OL4W via Bureau
QSL DB0LB via DK3PS QSL F1XAT via F1HSU QSL RK2FWA via DK4VW
QSL DB0LBV via DC6WM QSL F1ZNI via F1AAM QSL XF2K via N6AWD
QSL DB0MMO via DH4FAJ QSL GB3BSL via GW8AWM

9Q1EK/9Q1TB QSL STATUS. QSL Manager Osten, SM5DQC, informs: "Due to
a misunderstanding between me and the printer, Tony, LZ1JZ, (my fault)
I have not yet received the 9Q1TB cards - please be patient! I'm up to
date with mailing of 9Q1EK cards, more than 230 letters mailed as of
today (February 20th). Georges is now back from his vacation, busy with
work but on the bands as much as he can.. For Europeans: We don't have
“euro” postage here, it's the same 11 SEK if mailed to USA or to Finland.
1 USD is NOT enough as our postage to ALL foreign countries is the same,
and we do NOT have economy mail, all mail goes as 'priority mail' = 'air
mail'. (USD 1 = SEK 7)"
There is a log search available at: http://www.logsearch.de
However, Osten states that there are “busted calls”, and if you have
any questions to please send him an E-mail at:
-or-

NEW UK POSTAL RATES. QSL MANAGER Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH (AD5YS), reports
that beginning April 2nd, 2007, the UK postal rates will rise across the
board by slightly more than 10%. Current situations and for some time
now, the 1 USD has been insufficient to pay for the minimum return
postage to countries outside Europe. This new increase will mean that
1 USD is no longer sufficient to pay for the minimum return postage to
countries *WITHIN* Europe. There is no surface mail service offered by
the Royal Mail to countries within Europe. However, they do offer a
surface mail service to countries outside Europe. However, at today's
exchange rate, the new postage cost is barely met by 1 USD and with the
continuing decline in the dollar/pound sterling exchange rate, it is
unlikely to remain so. The good news is that the new, 2009 expiry IRCs
are still exchangeable for the minimum return postage to all parts of
the world. However, very few seem to be using them at present. Please
bear the above in mind when sending QSL requests which may not be able
to be processed and returned before April 2nd. In particular, the cards
for the VP2MTE operation are unlikely to be received from the printers
by this date. Please do not send currency other than USDs or properly
stamped, 2009 expiry IRCs. If you must use mint stamps, please supply
them loose (not stuck onto the envelope). Any QSL requests received
without adequate return postage will be answered via the RSGB bureau.

SESH AWARD. The editor of Polish Radio Amateurs' Journal "QTC" is issuing
a "Special Events Stations Hunter Award" (SESH) to an amateur radio station
which can submit proof of 100 or more contacts with special events stations.
QSOs can be made on all bands and modes for contacts that have been made
after November 15, 1945. The SESH Award is also available for SWLs. For
complete details, visit QTC's SESH Web page at:
http://qtc.radio.org.pl/pokazartykul.php?articleID=482

TP2, FRANCE (Special Event). Francis, F6FQK, TP2CE Station's Director,
informs OPDX that to commemorate "International Woman Day", the Council
of Europe Radio Amateur Club (TP2CE) will be active between March 9-11th.
The station will be operated by 3 YLs (operators were not provided) on CW,
SSB and RTTY. QSL via F5LGF. Visit the Council of Europe Radio Amateur
Club (CERAC) Web site at: http://www.coe.int/t/e/tp2ce

USI ACTIVITY. Operator Jay, AE4MK, is expected to be active as K3USI from
several new islands in North Carolina for the U.S. Islands Awards program
April 20-22nd. His plans include to activate the following islands: Bear
(NC-new), East Dudley (NC-new), Wast Dudley (NC-new) and Huggins (NC-new).
Jay will be kayak camping on the North Carolina coast near Swansboro. He
will be limited to battery power using only a TS-50 w/50 watts on all
bands. QSL via USi eQSL, direct or by the bureau.

V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS (Update). Keisuke, JK1QLR, informs OPDX that he will
once again be active as V73KN from Majuro Island (OC-029), March 16-22nd.
Operations and band activity will be limited because Keisuke will be there
on business. He recommends to watch for updates on QRZ.com. QSL via JK1QLR
only, either through the JARL Bureau (DO NOT QSL VIA THE V73 BUREAU!) or
direct to (new address):
Keisuke Nagase, 486-60, Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku Yokohama City, 2440003 JAPAN

VP2V, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (TSA Problems). Steve, AK0M, informs OPDX
just before going to print "my VP2V/AK0M operation did not happen as was
planned for last week. TSA in Chicago refused to let me carry most of my
gear onboard my flight, causing a last-minute scramble for a way to get
the gear there. It ended up loosely packed in a cardboard box that was
checked through as luggage and things arrived in various states of
operability. Then my other luggage with some of my antenna parts was lost
for 4 days..... This is the first time that TSA has ever had any problem
with my equipment and is hopefully due to the specific manager in Chicago
that examined my carry-ons. Hopefully, Andi, DL2AU, was able to meet the
needs for VP2V. I will have more information on my website." His Web site
is at: http://www.ak0m.com

WP3, PUERTO RICO. Alfredo, WP3C, will be active during the ARRL Inter-
national DX Phone Contest (March 3-4th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/
Low-Power entry. His activity will also count for the WLOTA as LH-2802.
QSL via W3HNK.

XV, VIETNAM. Rolf, SM5MX, is back in Hanoi and has revived his old license
for XV9SW. He is expected to be on the air until April 30th. Activity
will be on CW on 20 and 15 meters. However, Rolf informs OPDX that the
downtown electric smog is worse than ever, so operation is just barely
possible now and then. Looking at the QSNs, Rolf's activities seem to take
place between 0430 and 1100z around 14044 and 21044 kHz. QSL via his home
callsign. He will answer QSLS upon his return to SM-land in August.

Z35, MACEDONIA. Ozren, Z32XA, will be active as Z35T during the ARRL Inter-
national DX Phone Contest (March 3-4th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band entry.
QSL via Z35T.

ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS (NA-016). Bob, K3UL, will once again be active as
ZF2UL, March 1-7th. Activity will be mainly CW on 160/80/30 meters.
QSL via his home callsign.

ZP0, PARAGUAY. Tomas, ZP5AZL, will be active as ZP0R during the ARRL
International DX Phone Contest (March 3-4th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL
via W3HNK.

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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - --or--
Editor of the "Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin" (OPDX - "DXer's Tool of Excellence")
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
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