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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 679

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 679
BID: $OPDX.679
October 4, 2004
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, K1JN, K1XN & GoList, NC1L, N2US, NG3K,
W3HNK, W3LEO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, W5WP, NW7US, K8YSE,
CE6TBN, CT1EEB, DL1EK & The DX News Letter, DL2VFR, F5CWU & La Gazette
du DX, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G0WRE, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425
DX News, IK7JWX, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands News, PA3GIO, SM2EKM, UX0FF,
VA3QSL, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE1JF, VK4AAR and VK4FW for the following DX
information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 26th/September, through Sunday, 3rd/October there were
212 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V,
4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q,
7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3,
A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU,
CX, D2, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY,
EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA,
HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J7, JA, JD/m,
JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, 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, PY,
PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T9, TA,
TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V5, V6, V7,
V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW,
XX9, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, 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).

4Z0, ISRAEL (Special Event). Look for special event station 4Z0V to be
active until October 9th. Activity is taking place during the Wine Festival
at Rishon Le Zion. Activity over the past week was on 40/30/20/15/12
meters CW/SSB/PSK. QSL via 4Z4KX.

5Z4, KENYA (Interesting Callsign of the Week!). Miki, YT1CS, is currently
active from Nairobi and will bethere until November 18th. His callsign is
5Z4YT1CS (ed. Wow! What a mouthful. Yes, it is true and there is no
"/" [slatch] between the 5Z4 and YT1CS). It was reported that Miki's
activity would only be SSB on 20/15/10 meters. There is a possibility he
may activate some of the IOTA islands there. QSL via YT1CS (direct or
by the bureau).

7W0, ALGERIA. The 7W0AD is now active until October 9th. Activity over
the past weekend was very active on 30m (RTTY) and 17 (SSB/RTTY) with
some 40m (CW). QSL via EA4URE.

CE0Z, JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND. Marco, CE6TBN, informs OPDX that there is
now no amateur radio operator on this island. Eliazar, CE0ZIS, has left
the island 4 month ago and is now living near Valparaiso City in CE2-land.
Marco states that he has plans to travel to CE0Z next year, but he is not
sure when yet.

CN, MOROCCO (Update OPDX.678). Last week we mentioned that Jan "Jim",
SM2EKM, will be active as CN2KM in the CQWW DX CW Contest. Jan now has
informed OPDX that he will be there November 23rd to December 1st. QSL
via SM2EKM.

FR, REUNION ISLAND. Bert, PA3GIO, informs OPDX that he will be active as
FR/PA3GIO/p from Reunion Island (AF-016), October 2-11th. Activity will
be on 80-10 meters SSB only; using 100 watts and Doublet (Limited activity).
He was heard this past weekend on 3800, 7046, 14260, 18145, 24945 and
28495 kHz. For Bureau QSLs, PLEASE use the easy QSL request form on his
Web site. (ADDED NOTE: Also for all other operations.) For direct QSLs,
please use the QSL info/address on his Web site at:
http://www.pa3gio.nl/FR/

HZ1AB CHANGE. For almost six decades the HZ1AB club station in Saudi
Arabia has been active. Originally known as the United States Military
Training Mission station and more recently known as the Dhahran Amateur
Radio Club, this station is now shut down. According to "The Daily DX"
and the "ARRL Letter", Club Secretary Thomas Carlsson, SM0CXU/AB5CQ,
said this week that new station license requirements in Saudi Arabia
made it necessary to shut down the station, and the callsign has been
reissued to a Saudi national. The QSL Manager Leo Fry, K8PYD, still has
the HZ1AB logs and will handle any past/late QSL requests.

IOTA NEWS.....................
AF-019. Check out the pictures on the recent September 24-28th
IG9/IZ8CGS IOTA DXpedition to Lampedusa Island (MIA MI-126)
online at: http://www.mdxc.org/ig9_iz8cgs

AS-024. Anci, JA2ZL, will be active as JA2ZL/6 from the Kobama Island
(JIIA AS-024-008), now through October 7th. Activity will be
on 40-10 meters (including the WARC bands) CW, SSB, RTTY and
SSTV. QSL via the bureau or direct to JA2ZL: Anci Yamada,
17-8-2 Takiro-cho, Tajimi, Gifu, JAPAN.

EU-023. Arno, DL1CW, will be active as 9H3AP from Gozo Island, October
5-13th. Activity will be CW only on 40-10 meters. QSL via
DL1CW.

EU-182. Nikolay/UX0FF, Alexandr/UR5FAV, and Vitali/UR5FGW will be
active as homecall/p from the Island of Ankudinov in the
Black Sea, October 7-10th. Activity will be all bands and
modes. QSL via operator's home callsign.

NA-069. Jeff, VA3QSL, informs OPDX that he will be visiting Florida
the 2nd week of November. He plans to be on the air from
Estero Island (USI FL-035S) using the callsign VA3QSL/W4
from November 11-13th. Activity will be on 14260 kHz (+/-).
QSL to his home callsign via the bureau, or direct with 1
greenstamp or IRC.

OC-147. Bachrun, YC9YKI, was heard this past week from Yapen Island
(resident) on 15 meters SSB just little before 1230z. QSL
via YB9BU.

IOTA VIDEO. A new IOTA video is available on the recent CS7T operation
to the Estelas Islands. The press release states that this is a professional
produced DVD and an excellent piece of HAM radio history directed by
Jose Alberto, EA1OS, with incredible footage of these most beautiful
Islands. For more details, please have a look at:
http://web.newsguy.com/ea12537/Intro_Videos.htm
They are not looking for any sponsorship so the DVD costs only 10 Euros
(shipping included). For enquires contact Jose Alberto, EA1OS, at:

or
Jose Alberto Suarez Rodriguez
C/ Praga 23 - Urb. Valaire
E15008 - A Corunna, SPAIN

JD1, MINAMI TORISHIMA. Itokazu, JR6TYH, is now active as JR6TYH/JD1 on
Marcus Island (OC-073) until December 20th. During the past week, he
was heard on 21260 kHz between 0600-0900z and again at 2200-0000z. He
reportedly has a tribander for 10/15/20 meters. QSL via the JARL Bureau.

KH9, WAKE ISLAND. Terry/K7ASU and George/AH8H are now active as K7ASU/KH9
and KH9/AH8H until about October 23rd. Activity will be limited as the
two operators will only be on during their spare time. All of the activity
reported so far has been CW on 20 and 15 meters between 0700-1030z. Watch
around 14018 and 21017 kHz. QSL K7ASU/KH9 via K7ASU. QSL KH9/AH8H via
AH8H: George Talbot, PO Box 45, APO AP 96555-0045, USA.

LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. Operators Jim/KA3UNQ and Stan/N2US will operate as
N3L from Maryland's Hooper Strait Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-378), celebrating
the 125th anniversary of the first lighting. Expected operation will be
on SSB, October 16th, 1400-2200z. Suggested frequencies a 14270 and
7270 kHz (+/- QRM). QSL with a SASE to KA3UNQ.

MM0, SCOTLAND. Leo, W3LEO, will once again be active from Portpatrick
in southwest Scotland from about October 10th to November 15th. His
callsign will be MM0LEO. In the CQWW DX SSB Contest, he will use GM3W
[the contest callsign of the Wigtownshire A.R.C.]. He will use an Icom
706 (100 watts]), an R-5 vertical [10, 12, 15, 17, 20 meters], and a
40-meter dipole [in inverted-V, semi-delta configuration]. QSL via W3LEO
-- QRZ.com address w/SASE or via W3 bureau for both callsign. His activity
is good for the following awards and reference numbers:
Worked All Britain [WAB] Squa NW-95
CQ Zone: 14 ITU Zone: 27 Grid Squa IO-74ku
IOTA: EU-005 [Great Britain].

NP3, PUERTO RICO. Several members of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club
(YCCC) will be traveling to the NP3U "Mi Casita" contest station of Carlos,
WP4U, for the upcoming CQWW DX SSB Contest, October 30-31st. Operators
Bill/N1HRA, Foster/N3KCJ, Joe/K1JN, Matt/WE1H, Pat/WL7Z and Dave/W1CTN
will be making the trip. Look for some limited activity prior to the
contest as homecall/KP4. QSLs for NP3U is via WP4U and for individual
activity will be via the individual home call.

PIRATE ALERT! Bill, VK4FW, informs OPDX that he has received a few
inquiries regarding a FW8FP station being active over the past week or
so. He states, "This is a pirate...... don't waste your time QSLing
please."

PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Andy, DL5CW, will be active as PJ2/DL5CW from
Curacao (SA-007), November 1-15th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters on
all modes. QSL via the bureau is a sured.

PROPAGATION (Last Minute Forecast Updates and More!). With the CQ WW SSB
Contest coming up, Tomas, NW7US (AAR0JA/AAA0WA), Propagation Editor for
CQ, CQ VHF, and Popular Communications, states for those who use the CQ
Magazine Propagation Column "Last Minute Forecast" to help plan your
operation, you might be interested in the "live" version of that table.
Tomas has a live version of the LMF at:
http://hfradio.org/lastminute_propagation.html
Also, the NW7US HFRadio.org Propagation Center ( http://prop.hfradio.org/ )
which features a collection of live space weather and radio propagation
data, as well as commentary by NW7US, graphics, and so forth, has been
updated with a new layout. The data has been "load balanced" between
several pages. Specific data that is of interest:

1. CQ Magazine "Last-Minute Forecast" table is updated daily - for
those who follow Tomas's column in CQ Magazine, you will know
that the "Last Minute Forecast" is used with the published
propagation tables. Use the latest table for DX scheduling, etc.

2. Optimal Working Frequencies and predicted Smoothed Sunspots and
10.7-cm Flux tables are updated on a regular basis.

3. Discussion forum for a wide topical range - from Propagation to
Shortwave Listening, NVIS, and more ( http://hfradio.org/forums/ ).

4. All of the major data is syndicated via RSS (XML RSS version 2.0)
( http://hfradio.org/propsupport/prop.rss ).

5. Same information, plus SWL BCL database search, DX spots, Callsign
Lookup via WAP/WML ( http://wap.hfradio.org ).

6. Propagation and Space Weather e-Alert service (as used by the
troops in the Middle East Theater, pigeon racers, and DXers alike)
( http://prop.hfradio.org/ealert/ ).

QSL INFO AND NEWS...........................
Dave, W5WP, informs OPDX that at the request of David, KH9AE (5X4CM
and 5X4/KH9AE), he will be performing his QSLing "chores". Direct
requests must be accompanied with an SASE. International (outside U.S.A.)
must have an SAE and sufficient return postage. All requests will be
answered, Those received via the bureau or without sufficient postage
and SAE/SASE will be replied to via the bureau. Please do not request
confirmation via eQSL as Dave does not subscribe to it. At this time,
Dave does not use LoTW. He does not have the time to reconfigure the
E-mail logs to meet LoTW requirements. Please send mail requests to:
W. David Paperman, W5WP, 19266 Sims, Cleveland, TX 77328-6205. Dave
states, "Please place the call of the station somewhere on the envelope
as I am also the manager for CO2KK."

QSL 8S7A via W3HNK. Activity was last weekend from IOTA EU-037.

QSL JA4GXS/4 via the bureau or direct to JA4GXS: Kenji Sasaki,
2-15 Ishikannon-cho,Yamaguchi, 753-0038 Japan. Activity was by Kenji
from No-shima Island (AS-117) (JIIA-AS-117-110).

Joe, W3HNK, has informed OPDX that he has the logs for the V44NK
operation; July 10th and 11th 2004 ONLY!!!! PLEASE NOTE: Joe is "NOT"
the QSL Manager for V44NK. However, he will answer QSL requests (ONLY)
for the above 2 day operation!

OLD QSL COLLECTION. Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind everyone to
visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see some 2000 old QSLs
in six different albums. This site contain:
- At least, one card, for each 58 deleted DXCC countries (more than
400 QSLs)
- Nearest the totality of current prefix, disappeared now (more than
800 QSLs)
- More than 300 QSLs from the Antarctic bases.
- Nearly 190 QSLs from the TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques
Françaises).
- More than 200 cards for the old timer with more than 100 countries
before 1945.
- A card from the French Department before 1945.
The URL address for the Web site is : http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr
Some cards are still needed for the collection and your participation
is welcome, please visit their site and give them your comments by send
an E-mail to:

SOUTH PACIFIC DXPEDITION. Operators Carlo/IK6CAC and Elvira/IV3FSG will
activate a few Pacific Ocean island during the months of October and
November. Look for them to join the Ocean Amateur Radio DX Group (ODXG)
as VK9LA and VK9LW from Lord Howe Island, October 9-23rd. See VK9L below.
The Italian team will also activate New Caledonia (OC-032) as FK/IK6CAC
and FK/IV3FSG from October 25th to November 4th. Activity is also planned
for Loyalty Island (OC-033) and the rare Belep Island (OC-079). They will
move from FK-land to Vanuatu (YJ) and be active between November 5-13th.
Callsigns for YJ-land were not provided. QSL via operators instructions.

TJ, CAMEROON. Just a reminder! Also, refer to OPDX.669. Operators DL7DF,
DL7UFR, DL7KL, DL7DF, DL4WK, DK1BT and SP3DOI will be active this week
as TJ3SP and TJ3FR from October 6-20th. They will have four stations
active and on all modes and all bands, except on 160m and 6m (no licence).
For more information, please watch the Web page at:
http://www.qsl.net/dl7df

TO7, MARTINIQUE. Laurent, F5MUX, will be here and active between October
26th to November 5th. His activity will include the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry using the callsign TO7X. All
stations which contact him on a minimum of 4 bands will receive a QSL
DIRECT automatically. All others will be confirmed via the bureau. QSL
via F5MUX.

V5, NAMIBIA. Vladimir, ZS6MG, will be active as V55V in the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via ZS6MG.
His Web page is at: http://zs6mg.hobby.com.mk

VE1, CANADA. Jim, VE1JF, informs OPDX that he will be running as a
Multi/2 in the upcoming CQWW SSB Contest and will attempt to "make a
market" (ed. that how he phrased it!) for EU/NA 10M QSOs. Look for him
to be on 28450 kHz (+/- QRM) around 1300z both days. He expects to have
the other rig running EU on 20m at that time, and will announce this
and the frequency on the air. Jim will be running his F12 7/7/7 3-stack
and is hopeful at least some of the EU Big Guns can hear and work him (He
will of course be listening carefully for others).

VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND (Update). Bill Horner, VK4FW, President of the ODXG,
informs OPDX that "All systems go. Callsigns....... VK9LA for the OMs....
VK9LW for the YLs." QSLs will be handled by the Oceania Amateur Radio Dx
Group Inc, P.O. Box 513, NAMBOUR 4560, AUSTRALIA. Activity will be between
October 9-23rd. Operators will be: Vicki/VK2IVK (YL), Elvira/IV3FSG (YL),
Laurie/G3UML, Eric/VK4NEF, Mike/VK3SU, Carlo/IK6CAC and Bill/VK4FW.
Suggested frequencies a
6m - 50100 kHz (CW/SSB)
CW - 1812, 3512, 7012, 10107, 14012, 18072, 21012, 24912 and 28012
SSB - 3785, 7045, 14260, 18140, 21260, 24950 and 28495
RTTY - 7080, 10120, 14090, 18100 and 21090 kHz

YJ0, VANUATU. Trent, VK4TI, is now active as YJ0AX until October 10th.
He was active this past weekend's Oceania DX Contest. Activity will be
limited. Watch 40/20/15/10 meters on CW/SSB. QSL via VK4TI: Trent Sampson,
PO BOX 1647, Toowoomba QLD 4350 Australia.

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