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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 751

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 751
BID: $OPDX.751
March 13, 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, ARRL Letter, K1XN & GoList, NC1L, NG3K, W3UR & The
Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, W6LD, K8YSE, K9GY, K9WZB, 9A5CY, 9V1CW, DL1EK
& The DX News Letter, DL3APO, DL4KQ, EC8AUA, F5NQL & UFT, I1JQJ/IK1ADH
& 425 DX News, LA3OHA, OK1DOT, UA4CC and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following
DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 5th/March, through Sunday, 12th/March there were 228
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3DA,
3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y,
7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y,
A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM,
CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER,
ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ,
GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ,
I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2,
KH6, KH8, 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, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP,
ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU,
TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N,
VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA,
YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD8, ZF,
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).

3B8, MAURITIUS (Maybe 3B9 too!). Operator Jose, ON4LAC, will be active
as 3B8/ON4LAC between March 17th and May 13th. Activity will be on 80-10
meters SSB, RTTY and PSPK31. He is also trying to get authorization to
go and operate from Rodrigues Island as 3B9/ON4LAC. If he gets the
permission, he will be active between April 25th and May 13th. QSL via
his home callsign.

4Z, ISRAEL (Holyland Areas). Alex, 4Z5KJ, will activate some Holyland
Areas (for the Holyland Award) on his business trip to the south of Israel
on March 13th. He will sign 4Z5KJ/m and will leave his home (G-11-HS) at
0400z. While traveling mobile, Alex will activate the following areas:
HS: G-11, G-12, H-12 RH: F-17
PT: G-12, H-12, G-13, G-14 RM: G-17, F-17
RM: G-15, G-16, F-17 AS: F-18, E-18, F-19, G-19, E-20, F-20, E-21
JS: G-16, G-17 BS: E-21

From 1100-1200z, he will reactivate Holyland Areas:
BS: J-26, J-25, K-25, K-23, J-22, H-22, H-23, G-23, G-22.
HB: G-22.

All activity will be on the usual frequency 14265 kHz. Alex is planning
another trip next week. More details about the "Holyland Award" is available
on the 'Israel Amateur Radio Club" (IARC) Web page at: http://www.iarc.org

5T, MAURITANIA. Fernando, EA1BT, will be active as 5T6BT, April 7-16th.
Activity will be on all bands. QSL via EA4URE.

5Z, KENYA. Look for Riccardo to sign 5Z/IZ1GDB from April 20th to May
1st. Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign,
by the bureau or direct using the QRZ.com address.

9A, CROATIA (Special Event). Members of the Radio Club "JAN HUS" Daruvar
(9A1CCY or 9A5Y in contests) will be operating with the special callsign
9A35Y (NINE-ALFA-THREE-FIVE-YANKEE) to celebrate their 35th anniversary
of their formation. Their first activity was during this past weekend's
CQ RTTY WPX Contest. Look for this callsign to be used throughout the
year of 2006. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, as well as 6 and 2 meters,
CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL Manager is 9A5CY: Dean Milde, P.Preradovica 15,
HR-43500 DARUVAR, CROATIA.

9K, KUWAIT. Operators Hamad/9K2HN, Faisal/9K2RR, Faisal/9K2ID, Yaser/9K2YM,
Ahmed/9K2OO, Ahmad/9K2DB and Mohamed/9K2CQ will be active as 9K2HN during
the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26th) as a Multi/Single entry. QSL
via 9K2HN (QRZ.com).

AP, PAKISTAN. Operators Ijaz/AP2IA and Dane/S57CQ will be active as
AP2IA during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26th) as Multi/Single
entry. QSL via AP2IA, direct or by the Bureau.

BP0, TAIWAN. Operators Wendy/BV2RS(YL), Katie/BU2AO(YL), Bruce/BV2KI,
Eddie/BV2DD, Hao/BX4AQ, Pro/BX4AN, Lee/BV2NT, Evan/BV2KS, BX9AAA, BM2AAL
and BM2AAV will be active as BP0P during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March
25-26th) as a Multi/Multi entry. QSL via BV2KI.

C6, BAHAMAS. Eric, K9GY, will be active as C6AYM from Nassau, New Providence
Island during the CQ WW WPX CW Contest (May 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-
Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via K9GY, direct or by the Bureau. Eric informs
OPDX that he will be there from Thursday, May 25th to Monday, May 29th.
Most of his operating will be in the contest on 40/20/15/10 meters (maybe
80m - if he gets an antenna strung up). Mode outside of the contest will
be CW. ADDED NOTE: Eric states, "Slight chance I might operate from
Eleuthera Island instead."

C9, MOZAMBIQUE (Still looking for Ops!). Frosty, K5LBU, announced again
this past week that he is still looking for operators to go to Maputo,
Mozambique, for 15 days and to be active in the IOTA Contest. Currently,
the operators are Frosty and Tom, WW5L. They would like to have 6 operators
so they can set up 2 complete stations. They need CW operators. For details,
contact Frosty via E-mail at:
Also, visit the following Web pages for more details:
http://www.k5lbu.com http://www.dxsafari.com
http://www.africandxsafari.com http://www.tdxs.net/C9.html

CENTRAL/NORTH AMERICAN OP. Marcos, EA1APV, is planning to spend 26 days
in Central and North America, and he hopes to be active from 6 different
locations. His planned schedule is as follows:
March 22-26th: He will be active from Guatemala City, Guatemala (TG),
to take part in the CQ WPX Contest with a special callsign
with other TG Hams in a Multi category entry. Callsign
will be TG7M.

March 27-28th: Active as TG7M/P, from Tikal Ruins, North Guatemala. Mayan
Tikal Ruins are the most important ancients of Guatemala.
March 29th
to April 2nd: Active as V31SF from Orangewalk, North Belize (V31). A special
effort will be on WARC bands.

April 4-5th: Active as HR5/EA1APV from Copan Ruins in Honduras (HR). The
Copan Ruins are the most important ancients from Mayan
Culture.

April 7-14th: Active as HR6/EA1APV from Roatan Island (in the Bahia
Island Group - IOTA NA-057).

April 15-20th: Active as W4/EA1APV from Florida. Activity will be from
different lighhouses in the Cayos Area.

On April 21st, Marcos will take a one day tourist trip on a ship to
Barbados. On April 22nd, he will return to Spain. QSL via EA1APV. He
prefers direct QSL (w/SAE and 2 USDs/1 IRC), but will accept bureau QSL
(these will be delayed for several months to ship). Send one QSL per
envelope (PLEASE DO NOT SEND OLD IRCs). All the QSOs will be uploaded on
the LoTW. His direct home address is: Marcos Suárez, Capitan Almeida 25 4ºB,
E33009 Oviedo, Spain. QSLs received direct without SAE and with 1 USD/IRC
will be sent out via the Bureau.

DAYATON 2006 HAMVENTION NEWS. A press release by Jay, K4ZLE, from the
SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) states: "The program for the 21st
annual DX Dinner has been finalized. The speaker this year will be Harvey
Laidman, W8DX. Harvey has had a 30 year career directing network TV shows
including "The Waltons", "JAG", "7th Heaven", "Magnum PI", and many, many
more. Harvey suggested the following as titles for his presentation:
"DXpedition to Oblivion", "The Psychosexual Evolution of Ham Radio",
"I Hate Ham Radio", "DXing and its Power Over the Opposite Sex", "Fifty
Years in Front of the Same Table", "I Didn't Fall off the Roof. This is
How I am.", "Put That Stuff Down and Go Get a Job", "You'd Rather Talk to
Stranger Than to Me!". He added that regardless of what title we pick, the
program will be the same! We think the program will be very entertaining.
Tickets are moving quickly and we expect to sell out. If you plan to attend,
please act now. The dinner will be Friday evening, May 19th, at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel, located in Dayton city center. Tickets are 34.00 USDs per
meal, payable in U.S. funds to SWODXA. (Sorry, We do NOT process PayPal
or Credit Card payments.) You may order from Jay Slough, K4ZLE, at his
CBA. Requests received without SASE will be available at the door. If
you do not send an SASE, include your E-mail address and we will confirm
receipt of your check. We attempt to honor group seating requests when
tickets are ordered together. DX stations wanting to attend should contact
Jay directly for payment options." Further information may be obtained from
Jay at: k4zle at yahoo dot net
K4ZLE's CBA is 8183 Woodward Dr., West Chester, OH 45069. Also, visit
the SWODXA's Web page to see the prizes they are giving away at:
http://www.swodxa.com/dxdinner.htm

DXCC NEWS.......................
Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Branch Manager, informs OPDX that the
following operation is approved for DXCC credit:
YI/OM2DX - Iraq; Operation commenting June 9th, 2003

This week's ARRL Letter reports/reminds DXers that the DXCC Honor Roll
deadline is approaching: "The deadline for the next ARRL DXCC Honor Roll
list is rapidly approaching. In order to appear in next list, which will
be published in August 2006 QST, operators must be current on the DXCC
Honor Roll as of March 31, 2006 -- the last day applications may be
postmarked. To qualify for the DXCC Honor Roll, operators must be within
the numerical top 10 of the overall entities on the DXCC List. Since
there are 335 current entities on the DXCC List, the minimum level to
make the Honor Roll is 326 current entities. Deleted entities do not
count toward DXCC Honor Roll. Wall plaques remain available for those
currently or previously on the Honor Roll. The DXCC Web site has the
order form and more information http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/.

EY0, TAJIKISTAN. Operators Ark/UA4CC, Roman/UR0MC, Nodir/EY8MM, Alex/EY8CQ,
Artem/EY8BA and possibly several other operators will participate in the
Russian DX Contest (RDXC) during March 18-19th in the MOST category (Multi
Op, All Bands, Single transmitter, MIXED) using the callsign EY0R from
Dushanbe, Tajikistan. They will be active on all bands CW and SSB. QSL
via UA4CC (direct or by the bureau). E-mail QSL-requests are also welcome.
During the period of March 14-21st, EY8/UA4CC and EY8/UR0MC will be active
on all bands, especially on the WARC and lower bands CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL via
their home callsigns.

GERMAN HAMRADIO (2006 Friedrichshafen). Frank, DL4KQ, GDXF Administrator,
informs OPDX that to celebrate its 10th year anniversary, the German DX
Foundation (GDXF) is proud to present the following DXpedition highlights
of 2005 during the German HAMRADIO, Friedrichshafen, June 23-25th. On
Saturday, June 24th, 4 P.M., the GDXF will present exclusively:
1. 3Y0X - Peter I Island Presentation
2. K7C - Kure Island Presentation
3. Announcement/Presentation of the GDXF DXpedition AWARD

HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Operators Gerry/IZ1DSH and Giovanni/IK1WEG will be
active as HB0/homecall from April 22-25th. Activity will be from the
locality of Gaflei (1000m ASL) on 80/40/20/17/15 meters CW/SSB/RTTY.
QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau.

HH, HAITI. Operator Chris, W3CMP, will be heading here on a mission trip
with the Northwest Haitian Christian Mission http://www.nwhcm.org/
from June 17-28th. He will be active as HH4/W3CMP from St. Louis du Nord
(Grid FK39) on the northern coast. Activity will be mainly on 6 meters,
but he will also be on the HF bands (limited) and 2 meters. There is an
existing tower with a tribander at the site, but he hopes to mount more
antennas above the existing ones. He will emphasize multiple hop sporadic
E openings on 6 meters and whatever meteor scatter or sporadic E he can
also find on 2 meters. Chris notes Haiti has been absent from 6 meters
the past few years, and he hopes to give it out as a new 6m country to
many stations. Chris is currently debating whether to take his 800w or
200w 6m amplifier along and use it with a five or six element yagi. Chris
is also thinking about making a possibe side trip to Navassa Island (KP1)
for an operation since he hears that Haitian fishermen occupy the island
on a regular basis. However, the tricky part is getting the official U.S.
permission to land and operate from it, which is required for it to count
for DXCC.

IOTA NEWS.................................
EU-127. A group of 30 operators will be active as DA0HEL (DOK E-20)
from Helgoland Island (N-14 for the German Islands Award)
between March 16-21st. They will also activate the Helgoland
Lighthouse (GLHA #26, ARLHS FED-101, WLH DL-009, WLOTA LH 0518).
Look for activity on the usual IOTA frequencies, CW, SSB and
the Digital modes. QSL via DA0HEL (by the bureau is prefered).

EU-189. A group of operators plan to activate the rare Scottish Isle
of Rockall between June 16-28th. The group is currently waiting
for a special callsign (TBA). Operators mentioned so far a
Jacek/SP5DRH, James/MM0CWJ, Witold/SP5LCC, Terje/LA3OHA and
more to be announced (they want 12 ops for this trip - XYL, YL
and OM). QSL route will be announced later. More details are
forthcoming but for now visit the following Web page at:
http://www.dxpedition.org
OC-008/
OC-181. Johan, PA3EXX (aka VK4WWI), will be active as P29VV from Witu
Islands (OC-181), June 16-19th. Activity will be on CW/SSB on
40/30/20/15/10 meters. If possible, he will operate from New
Britain (OC-008) a few days before and after his OC-181 activity.
QSL info and additional information will be published on:
http://home.quicknet.nl/mw/prive/willemsen/

OC-258. (JUST A REMINDER!) Operators Jerry/P29ZAD, Norm/P29NB, Tommy/
P29TL and Peter/P29KPH will activate the rare IOTA Kranket
Island as P29K between 0000z, March 17th to 0400z, March 20th.
Activity will be on 80-6 meters SSB. Suggested frequencies a
3755, 7055, 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950, 28460 and 50260 kHz.
QSL via LZ1JZ (QRZ.com). Further information can be found at:
http://P29K.blogspot.com

J5, GUINEA-BISSAU. Peter, HA3AUI, who was recently active as 6W/HA3AUI
from Senegal, is now active as J5UAP until the end of April. Look for
activity on 20/17/15/12/10 meters, SSB, with some possible PSK and RTTY.
QSL via home callsign direct only.

J6, ST.LUCIA. Jack, K9JE, will be active as J68AR from March 16-20th.
QSL via K9JE.

OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Juha, OH9MM, will be active as OH0Z during the CQ WW
WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via
W0MM.

MJ0, JERSEY (Castle Activity). Chris, M0DOL, plans to make a trip to the
Island of Jersey (EU-013) and be active as MJ0DOL/p. He also plans to
activate some castles while there between April 26th and May 4th. A list
of castles will be forthcoming.

P40, ARUBA. John, W6LD, will be active as P40L between March 22-29th.
His activity will include the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26th) as
a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Outside of the contest John will be active
on 160-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via K5WW.

QSL INFO AND NEWS...............
Jun, JA2EWE, was active this past week as 3D2JM from the Fiji Islands.
QSL via his home address at: http://www.hamcall.net/call?callsign=ja2ewe

QSL Manager Peter, DL3APO, informs OPDX that the log search page for
the recent German FO operation has a new design (thanks to DF3CB for
his Log Search Script). It has also been updated after the return of
Wulf (FO/DL1AWI), Mat (FO/DL5XU) and Erik (FO/DL9AWI). QSL via DL3APO.
Please visit the Web Page at: http://www.radioklub.de/cgcg

QSL WP3F via OK1DOT at: Petr Gustab, Box 52, Cesky Brod, 282 01 CZECH
REPUBLIC. E-mail:

S65, SINGAPORE. Selva, 9V1UV, will be active during the BARTG RTTY Contest
(March 18-19th) using the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society's
(SARTS) special contest callsign S65X. Operations will be from Selva's home
QTH. QSL via PA0KHS.

TC3, TURKEY. Members of the Balkan Contest Club will operate from Karacabey,
Asiatic part of Turkey, as TC3A during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March
25-26th) as a Multi-One entry. QSL via LZ1KZA.

V2, ANTIGUA. Nobby, G0VJG, will be active as V25V from June 23rd through
July 6th. Bands/Modes of activity were not provided. QSL via G4DFI, direct
or by the bureau.

VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND. Merv, N6NO, will celebrate 55 years of hamming and
his 70th birthday from May 5-13th as VK9LNO. Activity will be mostly CW
with 100 watts and wire antennas on 80-10 meters. QSL to N6NO.

VU4, ANDAMAN ISLANDS. Frank, DL4KQ/VU3FRK, (NIAR Coordinator Europa),
has informed OPDX that (ed. edited) "The already announced 3 day VU4-
activities during the NIAR HAMFEST at Pt. Blair (VU4) has been extended
according to information received from Bharathi, VU2RBI. All licensed
participants of the hamfest (April 18-20th) are now permitted to operate
from Andaman Islands for a period of 8 days. It is still possible to join
the hamfest and apply for VU4 licenses (info: www.niar.org). The permitted
operations will cover all Indian HF hambands including 30m and 2m EME
operations planned by DL9GFB and DL9MS."
ADDED NOTE: Frank, DL4KQ/VU3FRK, and a team of operators will be active
from the Andaman Islands during the above event. Possible callsign will
be VU4/VU3FRK or individual callsigns issued. Operators announced so far
are Frank/DL4KQ (CW), Sarath/VU3RSB (Digital), Bernd/DL5OAB (CW), Doug/
N6TQS (Digital) and possibly three other operators. Activity will be on
160-10 meters (including 30m) with an emphasis on CW. QSL route TBA. Visit
the following Web for updates at: http://www.dx-pedition.de

VU4, ANDAMAN ISLANDS. Joe, DK5WL, will be active from the Andaman Islands
betweem April 18-23rd. Callsign will be in the form VU4/VU3***. His
activity will be on 160-10 meters all modes, but he will focus on 20/30/40
meters CW and PSK31. Logs will be sent to the ARRL's LoTW. There will be
updated information and an online log at: http://www.160m.de

ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Jim, N6TJ, will once again be active as ZD8Z,
March 19-30th. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL
via VE3HO.

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