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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 684

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 684
BID: $OPDX.68
November 8, 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, K1XN & GoList, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ
DX, K8YSE, 4X1UN, 9A3FO, DL1EK & The DX News Letter, DL1SDH, DL3DXX,
DL5XL, DL7MAE, F5CWU & La Gazette du DX, F5NQL & UFT, HB9AFI, HS0ZDZ,
I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ8BRI, JA1ELY, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands
News, LU7DR, VA3RJ & ICPO, and XE1IH for the following DX information.

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TNX and 73 de Tedd KB8NW.....

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 31st/October, through Sunday, 7th/November there were 234
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J,
4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q,
7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5,
A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT,
CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES,
ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI,
GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR,
HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J7, JA, JD/m, 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, S7, SM,
SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR,
TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE,
VK, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP8/g, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU,
XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2,
Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, 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).

3D2, FIJI (Update). Kenny, K2KW, wants to remind everyone that "Team
Vertical's" operation from Taveuni Island (OC-016) is about two weeks
away. In doing some research, Kenny reports that Fiji appears to be
relatively rare on 160 meters, so they plan to be very active on the
Top Band. They plan to be active daily on 160m beginning on November
21st, at around 0630z. Their 160m antenna will be the first antenna to
go up. The team's transmit frequency will be 1825.5 kHz (up/down two as
directed). Unfortunately, they will be limited to low power on 160m and
all the other bands. George/W2VJN (3D2SS) will be the main operator for
160m (Kenny/K2KW/3D2KW and Tom/N6BT/3D2SS will also fill in). There are
more details on the team's 160m operations and the expedition on Kenny's
Web page at: http://www.k2kw.com/3d2
Remember, the "Team Vertical" will be 3D2XA in the CQWW DX CW Contest
as a Multi/Multi entry. QSL via WA4WTG.

CROATIAN TELEGRAPHY CLUB. Chairman of the Croatian Telegraphy Club (CTC)
Den, 9A3FO, invites you to become a CTC member and welcomes membership
applications from telegraphy lovers from all parts of the world. He states,
"If your membership application is submitted by E-mail then no fee is
required and membership is gratuitous because it is the Club's principle of
supporting CW which is far more important than any financial consideration."
Take a look at their Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/ctc
Their E-mail address is:
Their mail address is: Croatian Telegraphy Club, Franjevacka 5,
42220 Novi Marof, Croatia - Europe.

CX, URUGUAY (IOTA Op). Shalom, 4X1UN, informs OPDX that he will be
operating as CX/4X1UN from Gorriti and Lobos Islands (SA-039) between
November 11-16th. Activity will be on 20/15 meters CW/SSB. He states
that he has all the documentation and permission required. QSL via 4X1UN.

D4, CAPE VERDE. Alexander, 4L5A, will be active as D4B in the CQ WW DX
CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry.
QSL via K1BV. Please visit the Web page at:
http://www.qsl.net/d44tt

FY, FRENCH GUYANA (IOTA Op). Operator Jean Pierre, F5AHO, will be active
as FY/F5AHO from November 11-24th. He will also activate an IOTA, Salut
Islands (SA-020, DIFO FY-008) from November 13-14th.

HS72, THAILAND (RAST News). Dietmar, DL3DXX, passed along the following
news from Ray, HS0ZDZ (which has been edited and reformated): "HS72B has
just passed its - 10,000 QSO milestone. This has been achieved with the
difficulties of old and borrowed equipment and unsuitable WARC antennas
at the club station and the need for operators to travel to Koh Chang
Island at other times. We are aware, from constant E-mail feedback, that
this number of QSOs does not meet the large demand for WARC and LF DX
counters for Thailand. Therefore, we are very happy to announce that help
is coming. A group of experienced LF DXPeditioners (DL3DXX, DL5LYM, WA6CDR,
N5IA and G4ODV) has offered to bring equipment and antenna hardware to
help launch several intensive HS72B LF and WARC operations together with
Thai operators. The proposed schedule is as follow:

November 19-21st: Look for HS72B from the SEANET Convention Hotel in
Bangkok. Using a Titanex LP5 antenna (brought by
DL3DXX) activity will be on most bands and modes. The
operation will be by DXpedition members, SEANET
visitors and Thai operators. There should be a lot
of activity but not suitable for skeds and intensive
weak signal operations.

November 23-28th: HS72B preparation and participation in the CQ WW CW
Contest as a Multi-Multi, with a formidable LF set-up.
This period will be predominantly on 10, 15, 20, 40,
80 and 160 meters with very strong emphasis on the LF
bands. We expect a number of visitors to the SEANET
Convention to stay on to join the Thai and DXpedition
team for this operation.

November 29th
to Decenber 12th: HS72B SDXO (Special DX Operation). This period will
be dedicated to LF and WARC band operations by the
visiting DXpedition team, but if freak openings occur
on 10m etc, some team members might not be able to
resist. For skeds, please ask Dietmar, DL3DXX. We will
announce more details later, including the very
specific frequencies of operation. We are in the
process of setting up a web-site at:
http://www.qsl.net/HS0AC
There we will post all information and an on-line log.

Overall coordination will be by Ray, HS0ZDZ (Station Manager HS0AC). The
Logistics Manager and HS72B SEANET Station Leader will be Khun Winit,
HS1CKC (Deputy Station Manager HS0AC). The Operational Leader of the CQ WW
CW Contest and SDXO operations will be Dietmar, DL3DXX, who was the
originator of this idea, and Chief Engineer par excellence will be Robin,
WA6CDR, who will implement the most fantastic LF set up ever seen in
Thailand. (If Robin is not constrained we may have to ask Bangkok Airport
to divert air traffic during the operations). Robin will also be a most
generous equipment donor to HS0AC. Consultant and also a most generous
equipment donor to HS0AC will be Milt, N5IA. Many Thai DXers will remember
Robin and Milt from the XZ0A DXpedition, and the donation of towers to
HS0AC by the Central Arizona DX Association. QSL Manager will be Mann,
E20NTS (QRZ.com OK). Software and Computer Network Manager is Thomas,
DL5LYM.
Most of the existing equipment at HS0AC is 10 - 20 years old and has
withstood the ravages of numerous contests, DXpeditions, and club station
use, but it needs replacing with more modern equipment. RAST does not have
the money do to this at present due to having committed a large part of
its small income to a joint project with the Asian Institute of Technology
and the YASME Foundation to rebuild the HS0AC Club Station. Therefore, any
contributions of equipment or money to improve the chance of success of
the proposed and future operations would be most welcome. The visiting
team is donating some equipment and is shipping hardware at significant
cost. Please contact Ray, HS0ZDZ raynom(at)loxinfo.co.th for general
enquiries, and Dietmar dl3dxx(at)DARC.de about skeds for the SDXO and
possible contributions........ 73, Ray HS0ZDZ"

IOTA NEWS.......................
AF-019. Look for Fabio, IT9GSF, to be active as IG9A from Lampedusa
Island in the CQ WW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a
Single-Op/Single-Band (160m) entry. QSL via IT9GSF.

AS-076. JA5BEX and JE5HXJ were expected to operate from the Odesima
Island (AS-076) (JIIA AS-076 - a new one for the Japanese IOTA
Islands Award) in the Shikoku Island Group, November 6-7th. Both
operators were to sign homecall/5. QSL via the Bureau or direct
to their home callsign.

NA-079. Operators Nelson/NE4LS, Tom/K4THL, Bob/N4BP and Bruce/W4OV
will be operating from the Dry Tortugas National Park on Garden
Key (aka Fort Jefferson) from the afternoon of November 12th
through the morning of November 15th. Activity will be on
40/30/20/15 meters 100% CW QRP. Their equipment will include
two K1 rigs and an AT Sprint II. For antennas they will be
using verticals of various home brew sorts. For those who
collect reference numbers/indicators: County - Monroe, Florida;
Grid Square - EL84NP; and Lighthouse - USA-316. For those who
are not familiar with Fort Jefferson, here are a couple of links
with the history and plenty of pictures.
http://www.shannontech.com/ParkVisio...yTortugas.html
http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/n...tugas.all.html

OC-033. Masayoshi, JF1UIO, was expected to be active as FK/JF1UIO from
the Loyalty Islands between November 4-8th. Activity was to be
on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via JARL Bureau or QRZ.com.

SA-021. Look for Wood Islands to be activated for the first time between
November 12-14th. These islands are a reserve comprised of Bahia
Blanca, False Bahia and Green Bahia, created by the Legislature
of Buenos Aires Province. It is located about 5 hours from
the Ingeniero White Port. Everything is ready to start the
expedition. A vessel has been hired to set off on Friday morning
so as to arrive at daylight and immediately transfer the
equipment/materials to a high area where water will not creep
up to their camping area. Activity will be on all bands and
modes (including the WARC bands and digimodes) depending on
propagation. Special callsigns will not be used, only their
personal calls "/D" (Buenos Aires Province). A special FULL
COLOR QSL CARD will be printed. QSL Manager is LU7DSY:
Carlos Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000 Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
For direct QSLs, please send 2 USDs or 2 IRC.

LX, LUXEMBOURG. Operators Joel/LX1ER, Helmut/DF7ZS and Robert/LX1RQ will
be active as LX5A in the WAEDC RTTY Contest (November 13-14th) as a Multi-
Single High Power entry. QSL via the bureau or LX1RQ (QRZ.com).

QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
Claude, F5PBL, informs OPDX readers: "Due to new internal rules of the
REF-Union, I can not receive anymore of my QSLs via their QSL bureau
starting 1st of January 2005." Please update your records with the
following info :
QSL 3W2KF: via LZ5KF (bureau) or F5PBL (direct only). (March 2001 -
cf. http://www.qsl.net/f5pbl/3W2KF.htm )
QSL F5PBL: via LZ5KF (bureau) or F5PBL (direct only).
QSL LZ5KF: via LZ5KF (bureau) or F5PBL (direct only).
F5PBL's address is (unchanged): Claude Terrier, 18 all‚e du Mail,
F-92360 Meudon la Forˆt, France. QRZ.com is updated accordingly.

XE4IH QSLS. Enrique, XE1IH, QSL Manager for XE4IH Socorro Island (NA-030
Revillagigedo) operation, informs OPDX that he is having problems with
the Mexican Postal Office, and QSLs to be confirmed are not arriving
at his P.O Box. He announces now to please send QSLs to his home
address at: Enrique Garcia Munive, Av. Insula Edificio 15-A-301,
U. H. Acueducto de Guadalupe, 07270 Mexico City, MEXICO. It is suggested
to send your requests "registered".

R1, ANTARCTICA. Vlady, RU3HD, will be active for about the next four
months as R1ANN and RU3HD/ANT from the Saam Novolazarevskaya Base,
Antarctica (IOTA AN-016, A.A. UA-08, WW Loc: JB59VF, CQ-38, ITU-67).
His activity is planned for all HF bands. QSL via RZ3DJ (address QRZ.com).

SILENT KEYS........
Joerg, DL1SDH, informs OPDX that Dieter, DL1SDN, became a "Silent Key"
on October 28th. Many may remember his callsign in numerous pile-ups
or many DXpeditions. Dieter was an enthusiastic DXer who was dedicated
to ham radio. He started as a SWL. After getting his VHF licence, he
soon became one of the top 2m DXers in Germany. He was active as A35DN,
3D2DS, DL1SDN/KH8 and some other destinations. He actively supported
DXing world-wide. He was a member of several DX associations like GDXF,
SDXG, DIG and NCDXF. OPDX and its readers would like to send out our
deepest sympathy to Dieter's family and friends.

Helmut, DL7MAE, informs OPDX that Albert, DL7MAT, became a "Silent
Key" on Tuesday, October 26th, at the age of 74. He "celebrated" his
last birthday in a Munich hospital. He was not only a keen DXer (with
only ZL8 left for a complete DXCC) but was furthermore the constructor
of one of the biggest ham stations in Bavaria. Many friends called him
"The King of DX" or the creator of the so called "Funkzentrum Lüß"
(radiocenter Luess). Luess was his QTH. He was one of the founding
members of the "Bavarian DX Group" and the "Bavarian Contest Club".
Also, he was active with EME and the host of numerous DX-friends and
DXpeditioners. He was very active in the local DARC section. OPDX and
its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to Albert's
family and friends.

SPECIAL EVENT (Veterans' Day Activity). Look for K1USN to be activated
from the U.S.S. Salem on Veterans' Day, Thursday, November 11th. Activity
will be from the museum ship berthed in the Fore River in Quincy, Mass. A
special event QSL card has been created borrowing the design of the official
2004 Veterans' Day poster. K1USN will be active on most HF bands on CW/SSB.
K1USN will QSL all requests received. All U.S. stations are requested to
include an SASE with their QSLs to: Harold "Pi" Pugh, K1RV, 78 Temple St,
Abington, MA 02351. All DX stations are requested to QSL via the W1 QSL
Bureau.

SPECIAL EVENT (Attention Prefix Hunters!). Members of the HB9MM ARS of
Lausanne, Switzerland, have received permision to air the special callsign
HE3RSI until December 4th. Their activity will be the former "Radio Suisse
Internationale (RSI)" facilities. The RSI has stopped broadcasting on
short waves, and all of the station will be dismantled after. Activity
will be on 40-10 meters. The prefix hunters will have a chance to contact
the "HE3" prefix for the first time. QSL via HB9MM. For more info, please
visit the Web at: http://www.hb9mm.com

SPECIAL EVENT. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of
Strasbourg, the Haut Rhin Department and the F6KQV's ARS members will
air the special callsign TM6OST between November 14-28th. Activity will
be on the HF bands and CW/SSB/Digimodes. Also, look for 2 meter SSB/FM
activity (Listen on the F, DL, LX, ON and HB repeaters). QSL via F5PWH.
Each QSO will be confirmed by a special QSL card.

V5, NAMIBIA. Felix, DL5XL, will be active as V51/DL5XL in the CQ WW DX
CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry.
He will also be activve a few days after the contest. This is another
DXpedition by the Rhein Ruhr DX Association (RRDXA). QSL via DL5XL. QSL
cards via the bureau are "OK". To request a direct card, please send QSL
with return postage ( 1 USD or 1 IRC for Europe, 2 USD or 1 IRC for
overseas) to: Felix Riess, Mittal 3, D-31073 Delligsen, Germany. Cards
have already been printed and will be replied to in a timely manner.
Visit Felix's Web page at: http://www.dl5xl.de

V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS. Four Japanese operators, Toshi/JA1ELY, Taki/JH3QFL,
Nob/JA6WIF and Yasu/JA6WJL will be active from Majuro Island (OC-029)
between November 20-24th. For Taki, Nob, and Yasu, this will be their
first DXpedition, and they expect to be welcomed by many Europe and East
Coast stations. They already applied for the callsigns V73EY, V73B, V73IF
and V73WJ. They will be active on all HF bands and all modes with three
stations. Toshi will concentrate on the low bands including 160 meters
with a 500 watt amplifier. Yasu will concentrate on 15/12/10 meters,
RTTY, SSTV and 10 meter FM. Nob will mainly operate on CW on any band.
Taki likes 20 meters and the WARC bands, either SSB and CW. The QSL
information is as follows:

V73EY via JA1ELY, Toshikazu KUSANO: Box 8, Kamata, Tokyo, 144-8691 JAPAN
V73B via JH3QFL, Takio HATA: 921-25 Rokujyo, Yasu, Shiga, 520-2412 JAPAN
V73IF via JA6WIF, Nobutaka NAGAISHI: Box 9, Omura, Nagasaki, 856-8691 JAPAN
V73WJ via JA6WJL, Yasumasa MAEDA: Box 9, Omura, Nagasaki, 856-8691 JAPAN

YW1,VENEZUELA. Members of the "Group DX Caracas" will be celebrating
their organization's 15th anniversary on November 16th. To celebrate
they organized a demonstration from Cayo Peraza (SA-089), Morrocoy National
Park between November 19-21st. They will use the callsign YW1F on all
bands and modes SSB/CW/Digital.

ZX0, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS (Update). Roberto/PT2GTI and Jorge/PT2HF are
now heading to the Antarctica. It was reported this past week that they
have already received authorization from the commander of the ship,
"Ary Rongel", to operate in maritime mobile. They are using PT2DX the
callsign of the ABRA - DX Brazilian Association. They expect to be on the
air as ZX0GTI (PT2GTI) and ZX0ECF (PT2HF) from "Emilio Goeldi Refuge" (WAP
BRA-03) base station on Elephant Island (AN-010), from November 11/12th to
November 17-19th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY,
SSTV and PSK31. QSL both callsigns via PT2GTI: Roberto Franca Stuckert,
Shin QI 7 Conj 12 Casa 14, Lago Norte, DF-71515-120, Brazil.

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SB DX @ WW KB8NW $OPDX.684
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 684

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 684
BID: $OPDX.68
November 8, 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, K1XN & GoList, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ
DX, K8YSE, 4X1UN, 9A3FO, DL1EK & The DX News Letter, DL1SDH, DL3DXX,
DL5XL, DL7MAE, F5CWU & La Gazette du DX, F5NQL & UFT, HB9AFI, HS0ZDZ,
I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ8BRI, JA1ELY, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands
News, LU7DR, VA3RJ & ICPO, and XE1IH for the following DX information.

** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: BARF80/OPDX's Mail Server (NSHORE.ORG) lost
its system files early last week and was down pretty much all week.
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address, but some mail was also "possibly" lost. If you do not see your
DX announcement in this issue, please send it again. Currently, the E-mail
to my system (BARF80) has been restored this past weekend, but as this
was being typed, the OPDX Mailing List Server on NSHORE.ORG is still not
working. So this week's bulletin will probably only be available via
the OPDX Web page (provided by K8YSE), the DX Mailing Lists and the UseNet
Groups. Please have patience, and pass the word on to OPDX subscribers.
TNX and 73 de Tedd KB8NW.....

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 31st/October, through Sunday, 7th/November there were 234
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J,
4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q,
7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5,
A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT,
CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES,
ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI,
GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR,
HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J7, JA, JD/m, 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, S7, SM,
SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR,
TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE,
VK, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP8/g, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU,
XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2,
Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, 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).

3D2, FIJI (Update). Kenny, K2KW, wants to remind everyone that "Team
Vertical's" operation from Taveuni Island (OC-016) is about two weeks
away. In doing some research, Kenny reports that Fiji appears to be
relatively rare on 160 meters, so they plan to be very active on the
Top Band. They plan to be active daily on 160m beginning on November
21st, at around 0630z. Their 160m antenna will be the first antenna to
go up. The team's transmit frequency will be 1825.5 kHz (up/down two as
directed). Unfortunately, they will be limited to low power on 160m and
all the other bands. George/W2VJN (3D2SS) will be the main operator for
160m (Kenny/K2KW/3D2KW and Tom/N6BT/3D2SS will also fill in). There are
more details on the team's 160m operations and the expedition on Kenny's
Web page at: http://www.k2kw.com/3d2
Remember, the "Team Vertical" will be 3D2XA in the CQWW DX CW Contest
as a Multi/Multi entry. QSL via WA4WTG.

CROATIAN TELEGRAPHY CLUB. Chairman of the Croatian Telegraphy Club (CTC)
Den, 9A3FO, invites you to become a CTC member and welcomes membership
applications from telegraphy lovers from all parts of the world. He
states,
"If your membership application is submitted by E-mail then no fee is
required and membership is gratuitous because it is the Club's principle
of
supporting CW which is far more important than any financial
consideration."
Take a look at their Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/ctc
Their E-mail address is:
Their mail address is: Croatian Telegraphy Club, Franjevacka 5,
42220 Novi Marof, Croatia - Europe.

CX, URUGUAY (IOTA Op). Shalom, 4X1UN, informs OPDX that he will be
operating as CX/4X1UN from Gorriti and Lobos Islands (SA-039) between
November 11-16th. Activity will be on 20/15 meters CW/SSB. He states
that he has all the documentation and permission required. QSL via 4X1UN.

D4, CAPE VERDE. Alexander, 4L5A, will be active as D4B in the CQ WW DX
CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry.
QSL via K1BV. Please visit the Web page at:
http://www.qsl.net/d44tt

FY, FRENCH GUYANA (IOTA Op). Operator Jean Pierre, F5AHO, will be active
as FY/F5AHO from November 11-24th. He will also activate an IOTA, Salut
Islands (SA-020, DIFO FY-008) from November 13-14th.

HS72, THAILAND (RAST News). Dietmar, DL3DXX, passed along the following
news from Ray, HS0ZDZ (which has been edited and reformated): "HS72B has
just passed its - 10,000 QSO milestone. This has been achieved with the
difficulties of old and borrowed equipment and unsuitable WARC antennas
at the club station and the need for operators to travel to Koh Chang
Island at other times. We are aware, from constant E-mail feedback, that
this number of QSOs does not meet the large demand for WARC and LF DX
counters for Thailand. Therefore, we are very happy to announce that help
is coming. A group of experienced LF DXPeditioners (DL3DXX, DL5LYM,
WA6CDR,
N5IA and G4ODV) has offered to bring equipment and antenna hardware to
help launch several intensive HS72B LF and WARC operations together with
Thai operators. The proposed schedule is as follow:

November 19-21st: Look for HS72B from the SEANET Convention Hotel in
Bangkok. Using a Titanex LP5 antenna (brought by
DL3DXX) activity will be on most bands and modes. The
operation will be by DXpedition members, SEANET
visitors and Thai operators. There should be a lot
of activity but not suitable for skeds and intensive
weak signal operations.

November 23-28th: HS72B preparation and participation in the CQ WW CW
Contest as a Multi-Multi, with a formidable LF set-up.
This period will be predominantly on 10, 15, 20, 40,
80 and 160 meters with very strong emphasis on the LF
bands. We expect a number of visitors to the SEANET
Convention to stay on to join the Thai and DXpedition
team for this operation.

November 29th
to Decenber 12th: HS72B SDXO (Special DX Operation). This period will
be dedicated to LF and WARC band operations by the
visiting DXpedition team, but if freak openings occur
on 10m etc, some team members might not be able to
resist. For skeds, please ask Dietmar, DL3DXX. We will
announce more details later, including the very
specific frequencies of operation. We are in the
process of setting up a web-site at:
http://www.qsl.net/HS0AC
There we will post all information and an on-line log.

Overall coordination will be by Ray, HS0ZDZ (Station Manager HS0AC). The
Logistics Manager and HS72B SEANET Station Leader will be Khun Winit,
HS1CKC (Deputy Station Manager HS0AC). The Operational Leader of the CQ WW
CW Contest and SDXO operations will be Dietmar, DL3DXX, who was the
originator of this idea, and Chief Engineer par excellence will be Robin,
WA6CDR, who will implement the most fantastic LF set up ever seen in
Thailand. (If Robin is not constrained we may have to ask Bangkok Airport
to divert air traffic during the operations). Robin will also be a most
generous equipment donor to HS0AC. Consultant and also a most generous
equipment donor to HS0AC will be Milt, N5IA. Many Thai DXers will remember
Robin and Milt from the XZ0A DXpedition, and the donation of towers to
HS0AC by the Central Arizona DX Association. QSL Manager will be Mann,
E20NTS (QRZ.com OK). Software and Computer Network Manager is Thomas,
DL5LYM.
Most of the existing equipment at HS0AC is 10 - 20 years old and has
withstood the ravages of numerous contests, DXpeditions, and club station
use, but it needs replacing with more modern equipment. RAST does not have
the money do to this at present due to having committed a large part of
its small income to a joint project with the Asian Institute of Technology
and the YASME Foundation to rebuild the HS0AC Club Station. Therefore, any
contributions of equipment or money to improve the chance of success of
the proposed and future operations would be most welcome. The visiting
team is donating some equipment and is shipping hardware at significant
cost. Please contact Ray, HS0ZDZ raynom(at)loxinfo.co.th for general
enquiries, and Dietmar dl3dxx(at)DARC.de about skeds for the SDXO and
possible contributions........ 73, Ray HS0ZDZ"

IOTA NEWS.......................
AF-019. Look for Fabio, IT9GSF, to be active as IG9A from Lampedusa
Island in the CQ WW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a
Single-Op/Single-Band (160m) entry. QSL via IT9GSF.

AS-076. JA5BEX and JE5HXJ were expected to operate from the Odesima
Island (AS-076) (JIIA AS-076 - a new one for the Japanese IOTA
Islands Award) in the Shikoku Island Group, November 6-7th. Both
operators were to sign homecall/5. QSL via the Bureau or direct
to their home callsign.

NA-079. Operators Nelson/NE4LS, Tom/K4THL, Bob/N4BP and Bruce/W4OV
will be operating from the Dry Tortugas National Park on Garden
Key (aka Fort Jefferson) from the afternoon of November 12th
through the morning of November 15th. Activity will be on
40/30/20/15 meters 100% CW QRP. Their equipment will include
two K1 rigs and an AT Sprint II. For antennas they will be
using verticals of various home brew sorts. For those who
collect reference numbers/indicators: County - Monroe, Florida;
Grid Square - EL84NP; and Lighthouse - USA-316. For those who
are not familiar with Fort Jefferson, here are a couple of links
with the history and plenty of pictures.

http://www.shannontech.com/ParkVisio...yTortugas.html
http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/n...tugas.all.html

OC-033. Masayoshi, JF1UIO, was expected to be active as FK/JF1UIO from
the Loyalty Islands between November 4-8th. Activity was to be
on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via JARL Bureau or QRZ.com.

SA-021. Look for Wood Islands to be activated for the first time between
November 12-14th. These islands are a reserve comprised of Bahia
Blanca, False Bahia and Green Bahia, created by the Legislature
of Buenos Aires Province. It is located about 5 hours from
the Ingeniero White Port. Everything is ready to start the
expedition. A vessel has been hired to set off on Friday morning
so as to arrive at daylight and immediately transfer the
equipment/materials to a high area where water will not creep
up to their camping area. Activity will be on all bands and
modes (including the WARC bands and digimodes) depending on
propagation. Special callsigns will not be used, only their
personal calls "/D" (Buenos Aires Province). A special FULL
COLOR QSL CARD will be printed. QSL Manager is LU7DSY:
Carlos Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000 Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
For direct QSLs, please send 2 USDs or 2 IRC.

LX, LUXEMBOURG. Operators Joel/LX1ER, Helmut/DF7ZS and Robert/LX1RQ will
be active as LX5A in the WAEDC RTTY Contest (November 13-14th) as a Multi-
Single High Power entry. QSL via the bureau or LX1RQ (QRZ.com).

QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
Claude, F5PBL, informs OPDX readers: "Due to new internal rules of the
REF-Union, I can not receive anymore of my QSLs via their QSL bureau
starting 1st of January 2005." Please update your records with the
following info :
QSL 3W2KF: via LZ5KF (bureau) or F5PBL (direct only). (March 2001 -
cf. http://www.qsl.net/f5pbl/3W2KF.htm )
QSL F5PBL: via LZ5KF (bureau) or F5PBL (direct only).
QSL LZ5KF: via LZ5KF (bureau) or F5PBL (direct only).
F5PBL's address is (unchanged): Claude Terrier, 18 all‚e du Mail,
F-92360 Meudon la Forˆt, France. QRZ.com is updated accordingly.

XE4IH QSLS. Enrique, XE1IH, QSL Manager for XE4IH Socorro Island (NA-030
Revillagigedo) operation, informs OPDX that he is having problems with
the Mexican Postal Office, and QSLs to be confirmed are not arriving
at his P.O Box. He announces now to please send QSLs to his home
address at: Enrique Garcia Munive, Av. Insula Edificio 15-A-301,
U. H. Acueducto de Guadalupe, 07270 Mexico City, MEXICO. It is suggested
to send your requests "registered".

R1, ANTARCTICA. Vlady, RU3HD, will be active for about the next four
months as R1ANN and RU3HD/ANT from the Saam Novolazarevskaya Base,
Antarctica (IOTA AN-016, A.A. UA-08, WW Loc: JB59VF, CQ-38, ITU-67).
His activity is planned for all HF bands. QSL via RZ3DJ (address QRZ.com).

SILENT KEYS........
Joerg, DL1SDH, informs OPDX that Dieter, DL1SDN, became a "Silent Key"
on October 28th. Many may remember his callsign in numerous pile-ups
or many DXpeditions. Dieter was an enthusiastic DXer who was dedicated
to ham radio. He started as a SWL. After getting his VHF licence, he
soon became one of the top 2m DXers in Germany. He was active as A35DN,
3D2DS, DL1SDN/KH8 and some other destinations. He actively supported
DXing world-wide. He was a member of several DX associations like GDXF,
SDXG, DIG and NCDXF. OPDX and its readers would like to send out our
deepest sympathy to Dieter's family and friends.

Helmut, DL7MAE, informs OPDX that Albert, DL7MAT, became a "Silent
Key" on Tuesday, October 26th, at the age of 74. He "celebrated" his
last birthday in a Munich hospital. He was not only a keen DXer (with
only ZL8 left for a complete DXCC) but was furthermore the constructor
of one of the biggest ham stations in Bavaria. Many friends called him
"The King of DX" or the creator of the so called "Funkzentrum Lüß"
(radiocenter Luess). Luess was his QTH. He was one of the founding
members of the "Bavarian DX Group" and the "Bavarian Contest Club".
Also, he was active with EME and the host of numerous DX-friends and
DXpeditioners. He was very active in the local DARC section. OPDX and
its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to Albert's
family and friends.

SPECIAL EVENT (Veterans' Day Activity). Look for K1USN to be activated
from the U.S.S. Salem on Veterans' Day, Thursday, November 11th. Activity
will be from the museum ship berthed in the Fore River in Quincy, Mass. A
special event QSL card has been created borrowing the design of the
official
2004 Veterans' Day poster. K1USN will be active on most HF bands on
CW/SSB.
K1USN will QSL all requests received. All U.S. stations are requested to
include an SASE with their QSLs to: Harold "Pi" Pugh, K1RV, 78 Temple St,
Abington, MA 02351. All DX stations are requested to QSL via the W1 QSL
Bureau.

SPECIAL EVENT (Attention Prefix Hunters!). Members of the HB9MM ARS of
Lausanne, Switzerland, have received permision to air the special callsign
HE3RSI until December 4th. Their activity will be the former "Radio Suisse
Internationale (RSI)" facilities. The RSI has stopped broadcasting on
short waves, and all of the station will be dismantled after. Activity
will be on 40-10 meters. The prefix hunters will have a chance to contact
the "HE3" prefix for the first time. QSL via HB9MM. For more info, please
visit the Web at: http://www.hb9mm.com

SPECIAL EVENT. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of
Strasbourg, the Haut Rhin Department and the F6KQV's ARS members will
air the special callsign TM6OST between November 14-28th. Activity will
be on the HF bands and CW/SSB/Digimodes. Also, look for 2 meter SSB/FM
activity (Listen on the F, DL, LX, ON and HB repeaters). QSL via F5PWH.
Each QSO will be confirmed by a special QSL card.

V5, NAMIBIA. Felix, DL5XL, will be active as V51/DL5XL in the CQ WW DX
CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry.
He will also be activve a few days after the contest. This is another
DXpedition by the Rhein Ruhr DX Association (RRDXA). QSL via DL5XL. QSL
cards via the bureau are "OK". To request a direct card, please send QSL
with return postage ( 1 USD or 1 IRC for Europe, 2 USD or 1 IRC for
overseas) to: Felix Riess, Mittal 3, D-31073 Delligsen, Germany. Cards
have already been printed and will be replied to in a timely manner.
Visit Felix's Web page at: http://www.dl5xl.de

V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS. Four Japanese operators, Toshi/JA1ELY, Taki/JH3QFL,
Nob/JA6WIF and Yasu/JA6WJL will be active from Majuro Island (OC-029)
between November 20-24th. For Taki, Nob, and Yasu, this will be their
first DXpedition, and they expect to be welcomed by many Europe and East
Coast stations. They already applied for the callsigns V73EY, V73B, V73IF
and V73WJ. They will be active on all HF bands and all modes with three
stations. Toshi will concentrate on the low bands including 160 meters
with a 500 watt amplifier. Yasu will concentrate on 15/12/10 meters,
RTTY, SSTV and 10 meter FM. Nob will mainly operate on CW on any band.
Taki likes 20 meters and the WARC bands, either SSB and CW. The QSL
information is as follows:

V73EY via JA1ELY, Toshikazu KUSANO: Box 8, Kamata, Tokyo, 144-8691 JAPAN
V73B via JH3QFL, Takio HATA: 921-25 Rokujyo, Yasu, Shiga, 520-2412 JAPAN
V73IF via JA6WIF, Nobutaka NAGAISHI: Box 9, Omura, Nagasaki, 856-8691
JAPAN
V73WJ via JA6WJL, Yasumasa MAEDA: Box 9, Omura, Nagasaki, 856-8691 JAPAN

YW1,VENEZUELA. Members of the "Group DX Caracas" will be celebrating
their organization's 15th anniversary on November 16th. To celebrate
they organized a demonstration from Cayo Peraza (SA-089), Morrocoy
National
Park between November 19-21st. They will use the callsign YW1F on all
bands and modes SSB/CW/Digital.

ZX0, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS (Update). Roberto/PT2GTI and Jorge/PT2HF are
now heading to the Antarctica. It was reported this past week that they
have already received authorization from the commander of the ship,
"Ary Rongel", to operate in maritime mobile. They are using PT2DX the
callsign of the ABRA - DX Brazilian Association. They expect to be on the
air as ZX0GTI (PT2GTI) and ZX0ECF (PT2HF) from "Emilio Goeldi Refuge" (WAP
BRA-03) base station on Elephant Island (AN-010), from November 11/12th to
November 17-19th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY,
SSTV and PSK31. QSL both callsigns via PT2GTI: Roberto Franca Stuckert,
Shin QI 7 Conj 12 Casa 14, Lago Norte, DF-71515-120, Brazil.

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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 684

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 684
BID: $OPDX.68
November 8, 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, K1XN & GoList, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ
DX, K8YSE, 4X1UN, 9A3FO, DL1EK & The DX News Letter, DL1SDH, DL3DXX,
DL5XL, DL7MAE, F5CWU & La Gazette du DX, F5NQL & UFT, HB9AFI, HS0ZDZ,
I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ8BRI, JA1ELY, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands
News, LU7DR, VA3RJ & ICPO, and XE1IH for the following DX information.

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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 31st/October, through Sunday, 7th/November there were 234
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J,
4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q,
7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5,
A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT,
CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES,
ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI,
GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR,
HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J7, JA, JD/m, 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, S7, SM,
SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR,
TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE,
VK, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP8/g, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU,
XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2,
Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, 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).

3D2, FIJI (Update). Kenny, K2KW, wants to remind everyone that "Team
Vertical's" operation from Taveuni Island (OC-016) is about two weeks
away. In doing some research, Kenny reports that Fiji appears to be
relatively rare on 160 meters, so they plan to be very active on the
Top Band. They plan to be active daily on 160m beginning on November
21st, at around 0630z. Their 160m antenna will be the first antenna to
go up. The team's transmit frequency will be 1825.5 kHz (up/down two as
directed). Unfortunately, they will be limited to low power on 160m and
all the other bands. George/W2VJN (3D2SS) will be the main operator for
160m (Kenny/K2KW/3D2KW and Tom/N6BT/3D2SS will also fill in). There are
more details on the team's 160m operations and the expedition on Kenny's
Web page at: http://www.k2kw.com/3d2
Remember, the "Team Vertical" will be 3D2XA in the CQWW DX CW Contest
as a Multi/Multi entry. QSL via WA4WTG.

CROATIAN TELEGRAPHY CLUB. Chairman of the Croatian Telegraphy Club (CTC)
Den, 9A3FO, invites you to become a CTC member and welcomes membership
applications from telegraphy lovers from all parts of the world. He
states,
"If your membership application is submitted by E-mail then no fee is
required and membership is gratuitous because it is the Club's principle
of
supporting CW which is far more important than any financial
consideration."
Take a look at their Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/ctc
Their E-mail address is:
Their mail address is: Croatian Telegraphy Club, Franjevacka 5,
42220 Novi Marof, Croatia - Europe.

CX, URUGUAY (IOTA Op). Shalom, 4X1UN, informs OPDX that he will be
operating as CX/4X1UN from Gorriti and Lobos Islands (SA-039) between
November 11-16th. Activity will be on 20/15 meters CW/SSB. He states
that he has all the documentation and permission required. QSL via 4X1UN.

D4, CAPE VERDE. Alexander, 4L5A, will be active as D4B in the CQ WW DX
CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry.
QSL via K1BV. Please visit the Web page at:
http://www.qsl.net/d44tt

FY, FRENCH GUYANA (IOTA Op). Operator Jean Pierre, F5AHO, will be active
as FY/F5AHO from November 11-24th. He will also activate an IOTA, Salut
Islands (SA-020, DIFO FY-008) from November 13-14th.

HS72, THAILAND (RAST News). Dietmar, DL3DXX, passed along the following
news from Ray, HS0ZDZ (which has been edited and reformated): "HS72B has
just passed its - 10,000 QSO milestone. This has been achieved with the
difficulties of old and borrowed equipment and unsuitable WARC antennas
at the club station and the need for operators to travel to Koh Chang
Island at other times. We are aware, from constant E-mail feedback, that
this number of QSOs does not meet the large demand for WARC and LF DX
counters for Thailand. Therefore, we are very happy to announce that help
is coming. A group of experienced LF DXPeditioners (DL3DXX, DL5LYM,
WA6CDR,
N5IA and G4ODV) has offered to bring equipment and antenna hardware to
help launch several intensive HS72B LF and WARC operations together with
Thai operators. The proposed schedule is as follow:

November 19-21st: Look for HS72B from the SEANET Convention Hotel in
Bangkok. Using a Titanex LP5 antenna (brought by
DL3DXX) activity will be on most bands and modes. The
operation will be by DXpedition members, SEANET
visitors and Thai operators. There should be a lot
of activity but not suitable for skeds and intensive
weak signal operations.

November 23-28th: HS72B preparation and participation in the CQ WW CW
Contest as a Multi-Multi, with a formidable LF set-up.
This period will be predominantly on 10, 15, 20, 40,
80 and 160 meters with very strong emphasis on the LF
bands. We expect a number of visitors to the SEANET
Convention to stay on to join the Thai and DXpedition
team for this operation.

November 29th
to Decenber 12th: HS72B SDXO (Special DX Operation). This period will
be dedicated to LF and WARC band operations by the
visiting DXpedition team, but if freak openings occur
on 10m etc, some team members might not be able to
resist. For skeds, please ask Dietmar, DL3DXX. We will
announce more details later, including the very
specific frequencies of operation. We are in the
process of setting up a web-site at:
http://www.qsl.net/HS0AC
There we will post all information and an on-line log.

Overall coordination will be by Ray, HS0ZDZ (Station Manager HS0AC). The
Logistics Manager and HS72B SEANET Station Leader will be Khun Winit,
HS1CKC (Deputy Station Manager HS0AC). The Operational Leader of the CQ WW
CW Contest and SDXO operations will be Dietmar, DL3DXX, who was the
originator of this idea, and Chief Engineer par excellence will be Robin,
WA6CDR, who will implement the most fantastic LF set up ever seen in
Thailand. (If Robin is not constrained we may have to ask Bangkok Airport
to divert air traffic during the operations). Robin will also be a most
generous equipment donor to HS0AC. Consultant and also a most generous
equipment donor to HS0AC will be Milt, N5IA. Many Thai DXers will remember
Robin and Milt from the XZ0A DXpedition, and the donation of towers to
HS0AC by the Central Arizona DX Association. QSL Manager will be Mann,
E20NTS (QRZ.com OK). Software and Computer Network Manager is Thomas,
DL5LYM.
Most of the existing equipment at HS0AC is 10 - 20 years old and has
withstood the ravages of numerous contests, DXpeditions, and club station
use, but it needs replacing with more modern equipment. RAST does not have
the money do to this at present due to having committed a large part of
its small income to a joint project with the Asian Institute of Technology
and the YASME Foundation to rebuild the HS0AC Club Station. Therefore, any
contributions of equipment or money to improve the chance of success of
the proposed and future operations would be most welcome. The visiting
team is donating some equipment and is shipping hardware at significant
cost. Please contact Ray, HS0ZDZ raynom(at)loxinfo.co.th for general
enquiries, and Dietmar dl3dxx(at)DARC.de about skeds for the SDXO and
possible contributions........ 73, Ray HS0ZDZ"

IOTA NEWS.......................
AF-019. Look for Fabio, IT9GSF, to be active as IG9A from Lampedusa
Island in the CQ WW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a
Single-Op/Single-Band (160m) entry. QSL via IT9GSF.

AS-076. JA5BEX and JE5HXJ were expected to operate from the Odesima
Island (AS-076) (JIIA AS-076 - a new one for the Japanese IOTA
Islands Award) in the Shikoku Island Group, November 6-7th. Both
operators were to sign homecall/5. QSL via the Bureau or direct
to their home callsign.

NA-079. Operators Nelson/NE4LS, Tom/K4THL, Bob/N4BP and Bruce/W4OV
will be operating from the Dry Tortugas National Park on Garden
Key (aka Fort Jefferson) from the afternoon of November 12th
through the morning of November 15th. Activity will be on
40/30/20/15 meters 100% CW QRP. Their equipment will include
two K1 rigs and an AT Sprint II. For antennas they will be
using verticals of various home brew sorts. For those who
collect reference numbers/indicators: County - Monroe, Florida;
Grid Square - EL84NP; and Lighthouse - USA-316. For those who
are not familiar with Fort Jefferson, here are a couple of links
with the history and plenty of pictures.

http://www.shannontech.com/ParkVisio...yTortugas.html
http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/n...tugas.all.html

OC-033. Masayoshi, JF1UIO, was expected to be active as FK/JF1UIO from
the Loyalty Islands between November 4-8th. Activity was to be
on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via JARL Bureau or QRZ.com.

SA-021. Look for Wood Islands to be activated for the first time between
November 12-14th. These islands are a reserve comprised of Bahia
Blanca, False Bahia and Green Bahia, created by the Legislature
of Buenos Aires Province. It is located about 5 hours from
the Ingeniero White Port. Everything is ready to start the
expedition. A vessel has been hired to set off on Friday morning
so as to arrive at daylight and immediately transfer the
equipment/materials to a high area where water will not creep
up to their camping area. Activity will be on all bands and
modes (including the WARC bands and digimodes) depending on
propagation. Special callsigns will not be used, only their
personal calls "/D" (Buenos Aires Province). A special FULL
COLOR QSL CARD will be printed. QSL Manager is LU7DSY:
Carlos Almiron, P.O. Box 709, 8000 Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
For direct QSLs, please send 2 USDs or 2 IRC.

LX, LUXEMBOURG. Operators Joel/LX1ER, Helmut/DF7ZS and Robert/LX1RQ will
be active as LX5A in the WAEDC RTTY Contest (November 13-14th) as a Multi-
Single High Power entry. QSL via the bureau or LX1RQ (QRZ.com).

QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
Claude, F5PBL, informs OPDX readers: "Due to new internal rules of the
REF-Union, I can not receive anymore of my QSLs via their QSL bureau
starting 1st of January 2005." Please update your records with the
following info :
QSL 3W2KF: via LZ5KF (bureau) or F5PBL (direct only). (March 2001 -
cf. http://www.qsl.net/f5pbl/3W2KF.htm )
QSL F5PBL: via LZ5KF (bureau) or F5PBL (direct only).
QSL LZ5KF: via LZ5KF (bureau) or F5PBL (direct only).
F5PBL's address is (unchanged): Claude Terrier, 18 all‚e du Mail,
F-92360 Meudon la Forˆt, France. QRZ.com is updated accordingly.

XE4IH QSLS. Enrique, XE1IH, QSL Manager for XE4IH Socorro Island (NA-030
Revillagigedo) operation, informs OPDX that he is having problems with
the Mexican Postal Office, and QSLs to be confirmed are not arriving
at his P.O Box. He announces now to please send QSLs to his home
address at: Enrique Garcia Munive, Av. Insula Edificio 15-A-301,
U. H. Acueducto de Guadalupe, 07270 Mexico City, MEXICO. It is suggested
to send your requests "registered".

R1, ANTARCTICA. Vlady, RU3HD, will be active for about the next four
months as R1ANN and RU3HD/ANT from the Saam Novolazarevskaya Base,
Antarctica (IOTA AN-016, A.A. UA-08, WW Loc: JB59VF, CQ-38, ITU-67).
His activity is planned for all HF bands. QSL via RZ3DJ (address QRZ.com).

SILENT KEYS........
Joerg, DL1SDH, informs OPDX that Dieter, DL1SDN, became a "Silent Key"
on October 28th. Many may remember his callsign in numerous pile-ups
or many DXpeditions. Dieter was an enthusiastic DXer who was dedicated
to ham radio. He started as a SWL. After getting his VHF licence, he
soon became one of the top 2m DXers in Germany. He was active as A35DN,
3D2DS, DL1SDN/KH8 and some other destinations. He actively supported
DXing world-wide. He was a member of several DX associations like GDXF,
SDXG, DIG and NCDXF. OPDX and its readers would like to send out our
deepest sympathy to Dieter's family and friends.

Helmut, DL7MAE, informs OPDX that Albert, DL7MAT, became a "Silent
Key" on Tuesday, October 26th, at the age of 74. He "celebrated" his
last birthday in a Munich hospital. He was not only a keen DXer (with
only ZL8 left for a complete DXCC) but was furthermore the constructor
of one of the biggest ham stations in Bavaria. Many friends called him
"The King of DX" or the creator of the so called "Funkzentrum Lüß"
(radiocenter Luess). Luess was his QTH. He was one of the founding
members of the "Bavarian DX Group" and the "Bavarian Contest Club".
Also, he was active with EME and the host of numerous DX-friends and
DXpeditioners. He was very active in the local DARC section. OPDX and
its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to Albert's
family and friends.

SPECIAL EVENT (Veterans' Day Activity). Look for K1USN to be activated
from the U.S.S. Salem on Veterans' Day, Thursday, November 11th. Activity
will be from the museum ship berthed in the Fore River in Quincy, Mass. A
special event QSL card has been created borrowing the design of the
official
2004 Veterans' Day poster. K1USN will be active on most HF bands on
CW/SSB.
K1USN will QSL all requests received. All U.S. stations are requested to
include an SASE with their QSLs to: Harold "Pi" Pugh, K1RV, 78 Temple St,
Abington, MA 02351. All DX stations are requested to QSL via the W1 QSL
Bureau.

SPECIAL EVENT (Attention Prefix Hunters!). Members of the HB9MM ARS of
Lausanne, Switzerland, have received permision to air the special callsign
HE3RSI until December 4th. Their activity will be the former "Radio Suisse
Internationale (RSI)" facilities. The RSI has stopped broadcasting on
short waves, and all of the station will be dismantled after. Activity
will be on 40-10 meters. The prefix hunters will have a chance to contact
the "HE3" prefix for the first time. QSL via HB9MM. For more info, please
visit the Web at: http://www.hb9mm.com

SPECIAL EVENT. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of
Strasbourg, the Haut Rhin Department and the F6KQV's ARS members will
air the special callsign TM6OST between November 14-28th. Activity will
be on the HF bands and CW/SSB/Digimodes. Also, look for 2 meter SSB/FM
activity (Listen on the F, DL, LX, ON and HB repeaters). QSL via F5PWH.
Each QSO will be confirmed by a special QSL card.

V5, NAMIBIA. Felix, DL5XL, will be active as V51/DL5XL in the CQ WW DX
CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry.
He will also be activve a few days after the contest. This is another
DXpedition by the Rhein Ruhr DX Association (RRDXA). QSL via DL5XL. QSL
cards via the bureau are "OK". To request a direct card, please send QSL
with return postage ( 1 USD or 1 IRC for Europe, 2 USD or 1 IRC for
overseas) to: Felix Riess, Mittal 3, D-31073 Delligsen, Germany. Cards
have already been printed and will be replied to in a timely manner.
Visit Felix's Web page at: http://www.dl5xl.de

V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS. Four Japanese operators, Toshi/JA1ELY, Taki/JH3QFL,
Nob/JA6WIF and Yasu/JA6WJL will be active from Majuro Island (OC-029)
between November 20-24th. For Taki, Nob, and Yasu, this will be their
first DXpedition, and they expect to be welcomed by many Europe and East
Coast stations. They already applied for the callsigns V73EY, V73B, V73IF
and V73WJ. They will be active on all HF bands and all modes with three
stations. Toshi will concentrate on the low bands including 160 meters
with a 500 watt amplifier. Yasu will concentrate on 15/12/10 meters,
RTTY, SSTV and 10 meter FM. Nob will mainly operate on CW on any band.
Taki likes 20 meters and the WARC bands, either SSB and CW. The QSL
information is as follows:

V73EY via JA1ELY, Toshikazu KUSANO: Box 8, Kamata, Tokyo, 144-8691 JAPAN
V73B via JH3QFL, Takio HATA: 921-25 Rokujyo, Yasu, Shiga, 520-2412 JAPAN
V73IF via JA6WIF, Nobutaka NAGAISHI: Box 9, Omura, Nagasaki, 856-8691
JAPAN
V73WJ via JA6WJL, Yasumasa MAEDA: Box 9, Omura, Nagasaki, 856-8691 JAPAN

YW1,VENEZUELA. Members of the "Group DX Caracas" will be celebrating
their organization's 15th anniversary on November 16th. To celebrate
they organized a demonstration from Cayo Peraza (SA-089), Morrocoy
National
Park between November 19-21st. They will use the callsign YW1F on all
bands and modes SSB/CW/Digital.

ZX0, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS (Update). Roberto/PT2GTI and Jorge/PT2HF are
now heading to the Antarctica. It was reported this past week that they
have already received authorization from the commander of the ship,
"Ary Rongel", to operate in maritime mobile. They are using PT2DX the
callsign of the ABRA - DX Brazilian Association. They expect to be on the
air as ZX0GTI (PT2GTI) and ZX0ECF (PT2HF) from "Emilio Goeldi Refuge" (WAP
BRA-03) base station on Elephant Island (AN-010), from November 11/12th to
November 17-19th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY,
SSTV and PSK31. QSL both callsigns via PT2GTI: Roberto Franca Stuckert,
Shin QI 7 Conj 12 Casa 14, Lago Norte, DF-71515-120, Brazil.

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