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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 793

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 793
BID: $OPDX.793
January 15, 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, NC1L, NJ1Q, N2OO, K3LR, NG3K, W3UR &
The Daily DX, K4ZLE, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4II, K6EID, AC7DX, N7NG, K8ND, K8YSE,
Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, 5B4MF, 5B4NC, 9A6JYL, DJ5AV & The DX News Letter,
DJ7IK, DK8JB, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3SWH, I1JQJ/IK1ADH
& 425 DX News, I1HYW, I2YSB, LZ1ZF, M5AAV, OH2BH, PA7FM, RSGB IOTA and
VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 7th/January, through Sunday, 14th/January there were 218
countries active. Countries available: 1A, 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 3X,
4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6,
A7, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU,
CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX,
EY, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA,
HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, JA,
JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX,
LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2,
PJ7, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV9, T30, T7, T9,
TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3,
V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2V, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VQ9, VR, VU, XE,
XT, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YU6, YV, Z2, Z3, Z7,
ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, 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).

2006 MOST WANTED SURVEY RESULTS ARE IN! Look for the complete results
of the "2006 Most Wanted Countries" in the January/February issue of
"The DX Magazine". From the top 100 world-wide listing/ranking, the
most wanted top 10 a
1) Scarborough Reef (BS7) 6) Glorioso (FR/G)
2) Lakshadweep (VU7) 7) Bouvet (3Y/B)
3) North Korea (P5) 8) Desecheo (KP5)
4) Yemen (7O) 9) Marion Island (ZS8)
5) Navassa (KP1) 10) Heard Island (VK0/H)

Editor Carl Smith, N4AA, does mention that this year's survey does
have an error. Swains Island was NOT shown on the survey form by mistake
and Carl apologizes for the error. Carl actually feels Swains Island is
the number one most wanted country due to the "relatively small number
of contacts" made by the KH8SI DXpedition and that "only one operation has
ever taken place from Swains Island". He states, "Although it is not shown
in the #1 spot on any of the reports, please consider it to be there."
Carl usually posts (not there yet) the results of the survey on "DX
Publishing, Inc." Web page at: http://www.dxpub.com/

3B8 & 5R8, MAURITIUS AND MADAGASCAR. Karl, DK2WV (one of the XF4DL crew),
is currently on holiday in Mauritius (AF-049) until January 20th and is
expected to be active as 3B8/DK2WV. He has been there since January 6th,
but we have not seen any QSNs on him yet. He is also expected to be active
as 5R8HG from Madagascar (AF-013) between January 21-23rd. Activity will
be on the HF bands using an amplifier and dipole antenna. QSL via his
home callsign by the bureau.

4TH ANTARCTIC ACTIVITY WEEK (AAW Update). The Worldwide Antarctic Program's
(WAP) 4th Antarctic Activity Week (AAW) will take place between 0000z,
February 19th and 2400z, February 25th.

* Stefan, DC2SF, will be active in the 4th AAW as DR2ØØ7ANT (WAP-83)
from Hochschule Ulm (JN58AK), Germany. QSL via the Bureau is preferred,
direct with no problem via DC2SF. QSLs will be printed in Spring 2007.
ADDED NOTE: DR2ØØ7ANT will also be active during the International
Polar Year starting March 1st. Activity will be from Michael's, DH8BM,
QTH in Ertingen (JN48RC), Germany.

* Lanny, W5BOS, will be joining the 4th AAW be signing N5T/ANT from
Texas, USA. His WAP reference is WAP-91.

* Operators Willy/OE3WWB, Reiner/OE3RPB, Karl/OE3KTA, Bert/OE3AIS,
Karl/OE3KKA and Gus/OE3SGA will join the 4th AAW by signing their
own callsigns/ANT. They wanted to apply for a club callsign but their
regulation in Austria will only allow them to work from each operator's
home station. The WAP reference number issued individually, is as
follows: OE3WWB/ANT WAP-85 OE3KKA/ANT WAP-88
OE3RPB/ANT WAP-86 OE3AIS/ANT WAP-89
OE3KTA/ANT WAP-87 OE3SGA/ANT WAP-90
They will be active mainly on SSB but also PSK and CW from February
19-25th.

* Correction. Last week, under "stations announced/lined" to be active
for the AAW, had K4A's operator listed as K6IED and it should have
been K6EID. Information was listed wrong on the WAP Web site.

For more details/updates on the WAP and the 4th AAW, please see the
following Web page at: http://www.ddxc.net/wap

5T, MAURITANIA. Benoit, F8PDR (ex-6W7/F8PDR), will be active as 5T5DY
from Nouakchott, February 5-18th. Activity will be mainly CW on 80-10
meters, using only 100w into a vertical antenna and a G5RV antenna. Since
amplifiers are not allowed, Benoit will try to focus on most evenings
on the low bands (160/80m). Benoit says a great thanks to Jean, 5T0JL,
for helping him with official formalities to get a 5T5 licence. QSL via
the bureau (French REF-Union Bureau only) or direct to: Benoit Lebourgeois,
Route de Chevry, F-50420 Tessy sur Vire, FRANCE.

6O, SOMALIA. Michael, PA5M, is currently in Kenya (he has applied for a
5Z license) and is expected to return to Somalia on the January 17th. He
will stay for a short period (possibly 7-10 days or so) due to the safety
situation; this schedule is subject to any changes at anytime. He will
be activating his 6O0M callsign again. Most of his activity will be during
his local evening hours while daytime is worktime. He will be using wire
antennas (same as last year) and only 100w from a FT857. QSL via PA7FM:
Dennis Robbemond, Loggerhof 11, 3181NS Rozenburg, The Netherland. Visit
the following Web site with a log search at: http://www.pa7fm.nl

8Q, MALDIVES. Andrew, G7COD, will be active for the second time as 8Q7AK
from Embudu Island (AS-013) between January 21st and February 2nd. Activity
will be on 30/20/17/15/12 meters mostly SSB with a little CW. QSL via
G7COD, direct or by the bureau. However, if you use the Bureau system
and do not have access to a QSL Manager or a bureau, please inform him
on your QSL card, and instead he will send an eQSL. ADDED NOTE: Andrew
has announced the following schedule later in the week:
He will be transmitting at the following times every day on the
designated frequencies +/- 10 kHz to allow for QRM.
0900-1000z - 18133 and 21253 kHz
1300-1515z - 14183, 18133 and 21253 kHz
1600-1700z - 10123 and 14183 kHz

9A60, CROATIA (Special Event). Members of the Amateur Radio Club Koprivnica
(9A8K) will be active with the special anniversary callsign 9A60K to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of the ARC Koprivnica. This special callsign
will be in use between January 10th and December 31st. Also, to celebrate
this 60th event of the radio club of Koprivnica, the members will issue
the "Koprivnica City Award" for the contacts with radio amateurs from the
City of Koprivnica. The QSL and Award Manager for this activity is Kresimir,
9A7K. For more detailed information about this activity, please visit
the following Web page at: http://www.9a7k.com

C6, BAHAMAS. Foster, W1CGT, will be active as C6AWN from March 19-26th.
During his stay, he will be active from the islands of South Andros
(NA-001) and New Providence (NA-001, also counts for WLOTA LH-1115). His
activity will mainly be on 40/20 meters, maybe some other bands. Look
for him during his mid afternoons on 14260 or 14300 kHz.

CU2, AZORES. Operators Martti/OH2BH and Juha/OH8NC will be in the Azores
from January 23-29th. They will be active using their portable callsigns
on 160m and 80m. Martti will be operating in the CQ 160M CW Contest
(January 27-28th) as CU2A. QSL via their home callsigns and CU2A via
OH2BH.

DAYTON HAMVENTION ACTIVITIES....................
* The SouthWest Ohio DX Association is pleased to sponsor the 22nd annual
DX Dinner to be held in conjunction with the 2007 Dayton HamVention ®.
The dinner will be Friday evening, May 18th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel,
located in Dayton City Center. This is the same venue as in years
past. The program details are not final yet, but they will have a good
one. As in the past, there will be some nice attendance prizes - last
year the main prize was an Icom IC-756 Pro III! They have upgraded the
menu this year. Tickets are 36.00 USDs per meal, payable in U.S. funds
to SWODXA. (Sorry, they do not process PayPal or Credit Card payments.)
Please advise if you want a vegetarian meal when you order. You may
order tickets from Jay Slough, K4ZLE, at his CBA. SASE would be
appreciated. They attempt to honor group seating requests when tickets
are ordered together. There is not a bad seat in the house, but seating
is definitely limited. Come join them for an evening of fun and
fellowship. Further information may be obtained from Jay at:
k4zle at yahoo dot com
K4ZLE's CBA is: 8183 Woodward Dr., West Chester, OH 45069

* Tim, K3LR, Dayton Contest Dinner Chairman, informs "The North Coast
Contesters are pleased to announce: "The 15th Annual Dayton Contest
Dinner --
2007 Contest Dinner tickets are on sale now exclusively via
the WEB this year!

Master of Ceremonies for the Contest Dinner is CQ Magazine Contest
Editor John Dorr, K1AR

The 2007 Contest Hall of Fame Inductions will be formally announced
by the CQ WorldWide Contest Director Bob Cox, K3EST.

We are thrilled to have Dr. Barry Merrill, W5GN as our keynote speaker.

The Contest Dinner will be held on Saturday night, May 19, 2007 at
6:30 PM Cash bar opens at 5:30 PM.

Located at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (Official Contest Hotel) 5th and
Jefferson Streets (Next to the Convention Center) Dayton (Downtown),
Ohio in the VAN CLEVE BALLROOM

Menu: Prime Rib of Beef, Potato, vegetables, rolls, chocolate fudge
cake, choice of beverage, coffee, tea or iced tea.
*** Vegetarian menu available by request at the Contest dinner.

Price is $34.00 per person or $265.00 for a reserved table of 8.
** SEATING IS LIMITED TO 300, SO PURCHASE YOUR CONTEST DINNER
TICKETS EARLY ****

***** You must bring your WEB receipt to the dinner to get in.
Seating is random. Tables are set in rounds of 8.
Tickets are only available on http://www.contestdinner.com
There will be no Contest dinner tickets for purchase at the door.

Many contest operators from around the world attend this event. If
you enjoy radio contesting, you do not want to miss this Contest
dinner. We expect a quick sell out just like past years. Go to the
web and get your tickets early!
73! Tim K3LR - 15 years and going strong!"

DXCC NEWS............
* Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Branch Manager, informs OPDX that the
following operation is approved for DXCC credit:
5X1RI - Uganda; Operation from May 5th, 2005, to February 3rd, 2006.

* N7NG E-MAIL. From Wayne Mills, N7NG: "Effective tomorrow, 15th, January,
2007, all personal email for N7NG should be sent to . This
mail will be properly forwarded to my personal account.
Mail sent to or will NOT necessarily
be rejected or returned. It will likely be read and forwarded to the
appropriate individuals.
Non-electronic mail can be sent to my Wyoming CBA or to my Bloomfield,
CT address until late Spring...... 73, Wayne, N7NG"

EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Leppala, OH2BYS, will be active as EA8/OH2BYS during
the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 17-18th) as a Single-Op/
Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via OH2BYS.

FM, MARTINIQUE (NA-107). Patrick, F6CMH, will be active as FM/F6CMH from
January 18-28th. Activity will be on 20/15 meters, on the usual IOTA
frequencies. QSL via his home callsign.

G6, ENGLAND. Operators G6PZ, M0CLW, M0DXR and possibly others will be
active in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 17-18th) as a Multi-Single
entry. QSL via M5AAV.

IOTA NEWS.........................
AS-120. The Nicosia Amateur Radio Club (5B4NC) has decided to go on a
DXpedition to Agios Georgios, one of the coastal islands of
Cyprus. The DXpedition will take place at the end of July and
the Club will operate in the IOTA Contest from AS-120. The
team will probably operate there for an extra 1-2 days either
before or after the contest. Callsign, QSL info and other details
will be announced at a later date.

NA-123. Operators Frank/DL2SWW (V31FG), Gerd/DJ4KW (V31YN), Gisela/DK9GG
(V31GW) and Gabi/DF9TM (V31DG) will be active February 8-13th
from the Turneffe Islands, Belize. QSL via the operator's
instructions.

NA-141. Members of the Motorola Amateur Radio Club (Florida Chapter),
will operate from Key Biscayne, part of the Florida State South
East group, as W4MOT/4 on February 3rd between 1400-2230z.
This operation will also activate the Cape Florida lighthouse,
ARLHS USA-118. Activity will be on CW, BPSK31, and SSB, on
40-10 meters on the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via W4MOT,
direct or by the bureau.

OC-066. Alain, F2HE/FO5RH, will once again be back on Tuamotu Island
starting January 16th. He informs us that if he cannot receive
the QSL cards from the FO QSL bureau, he will then reply through
the bureau once a year when he is back in France.

OC-084. Operators Mike/KM9D and Jan/KF4TUG are expected to be active
now as T32MO from Fanning Atoll (aka Tabuaeran), East Kiribati,
possibly through this coming weekend. NO QSNs have been reported
as this was being written. Activity will be on 160-10 meters.
Look for Mike to be on CW while Jan will handle the SSB. QSL
via OM2SA, including the LoTW.

SA-027. Bone, PP5VX, is currently active from Sao Francisco do Sul
(DIB SC-02 for the Brazilian Islands Award) in the Santa
Catarina State North Group until December 31st, 2010. Activity
will be on all bands and all modes. QSL via the address on
QRZ.com. E-mail skeds are OK at:

J20, DJIBOUTI (Update/IOTA Op). A group of Italians will be active
from Moucha Island (AF-053), February 1-15th. Silvano, I2YSB, informs
OPDX that the team has added another operator. Stefano, IK2HKT, will
join operators Alfeo/I1HJT, Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR, Carlo/IK1AOD,
Marcello/IK2DIA and Silvano/I2YSB for the DXpedition. They expect to land
in Djibouti on February 1st (early morning) then go straight to Moucha
Island. The first station should be ready before sunset. Callsigns will
be J20M and J20R. Activity will be on all bands 160-10 meters including
the WARC bands, CW, SSB and RTTY. They plan to have three stations on the
air. QSL is via I2YSB. Their Web page is available at:
http://www.i2ysb.com/j2/
Silvano informs OPDX: "Internet access is not available on the island.
To update the online log it will be necessary to sail to the mainland.
Furthermore, Internet connection is very slow in Djibouti, we will do
our best to update the log online every 3-4 days."

J6, ST. LUCIA. Bill, WB5ZAM, will be here for his annual vaction/DXpedition
between April 1-13th. Look for him to be active as J68WI on the HF bands,
CW and SSB. He states, "Operations will be between the beach and enjoying
the St/ Lucian hospitality." QSL via his home callsign.

KC4, ANTARCTICA. Adam, KC4/K2ARB, has been active from Patriot Hills
Base (WAP MNB-02) in Antarctica since November 11th. He has been heard
around 0600z on 14219.5 kHz using an Icom 746 and a 1000' V-Beam, 25 ft.
above the Ice. Patriot Hills is a Logistics Base supporting expeditions
to the South Pole and the Ellsworth Mountains and is privately funded.
Location is 80S and 81W about 600 miles from the South Pole. The operation
ends on January 27th. QSL to K2ARB. Visit the following Web site for
more info and updates: http://www.k2arb.blogspot.com
ADDED INFORMATION: Adam, K2ARB, reports that a group researchers/members
of the KoreaMet are setting up a Field camp at the "Martin Hills Fields
Camp". Location is: 82=B0 01' South, 88=B0 04' West. The 2006/2007 Korea
Expedition for Antarctic Meteorites includes 2 Hams: Hankyoo Yoo/HL1TJF
and Jongwoo Park/HL1TR who are both signing KC4/HL1TJF and KC4/HL1TR.
Their operation will last until the end of January. Their setup is an
HF rig and dipole, provided by Adam, KC4/K2ARB. Look for them to be active
on 40/20 meters SSB (Check 7040 and 14188 after 2300z). Look for the
"Martin Hills Fields Camp" to be added in the WAP Directory as WAP MNB-05.

OM, SLOVAK REPUBLIC. Members of the LBCC will be active as OM7M in the
ARRL DX CW Contest (February 17-18th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via OM3PA.

PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Operator Jeff, K8ND, (Station Manager for PJ2T)
and members of the Caribbean Contesting Consortium (CCC) will operate as
PJ2T from Signal Point, Curacao (SA-006, WLOTA LH-0942) in the CQWW 160
CW Contest (January 27-28th). He states, "Everyone should note that we are
at or very near the sunspot minimum, a GREAT time for Topband operations!
The CQWW 160 CW Contest will be a great opportunity for a 160 meter 'newbie'
to jump in and work some DX!" QSL PJ2T via N9AG or Logbook of the World
(LOTW); be among the first to receive the *new* PJ2T QSL card design!

PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Bil/W8EB and his wife Dorothy/W8DVC will be here between
February 25th 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.

QSL INFO AND NEWS.........................
LY1FGW via LY3BV LY2IN via LY2TX
LY1FTG via LY2TG LY3AV via LY3R
LY1XM via LY4T LY3NL via LY1KAT
LY2BT via LY2BVB LY3TL via LY2L

3Y0X QSLS. QSLs via Bob, N2OO. Bob reports: "I am expecting a large
crush of QSL mail once the VU7RG operation gets going. So, if you have
been waiting to send for your 3Y0X, CE0Z, XR9A QSLs (or any other QSL
I handle), right now is a GOOD time to send for it. Once the VU7 mail
starts coming in, all other QSLs I handle COULD be delayed a bit.
Remember! If you use IRCs, ONLY send the NEW current IRCs that expire
Dec 31, 2009."

5A7A QSL STATUS. Andy, DJ7IK, informed OPDX on January 8th that some
38000 QSL cards were printed, and they are now starting to answer the
4400 direct QSL cards which they have received. There has been some
reports that people are receiving their cards. Andy also mentions
that there are two different QSL cards which and they can be viewed
on the 5A7A Web page at: http://5a7a.gmxhome.de/qsl.htm
Please remember that they can only accept the new valid IRCs for direct
return. QSL cards sent with old IRCs will be answered via the bureau,
but with the first batch. ADDED NOTES: Several articles have been written
about their DXpdedition for QST, ARRL and other ham magazines which
will be published soon. Andy, DJ7IK, states that he is producing a
powerpoint presentaion about 5A7A, and Rudi, DK7PE, is working hard on
their DXpedition video. Meantime you can watch video samples on:
http://youtube.com
Just search for 5A7A. The team is happy to make Jari's, OH2BU, "Mega
DXpedition List", listed in the 4th position after D68C, 3B9C and 4O3T,
but they set two new records: Most QSOs of a DXpedition on 160m and 80m!

NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Ron, AC7DX, reports that he is no longer the QSL
Manager for T93X and VK6JB.

Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH, is pleased to announce that he has recently
acquired a copy of the log for the XU7ABC operation by G3XAQ between
May 3-6th, 2001. Anyone still needing a card can apply for one via the
usual channels, i.e. direct with adequate return postage and SAE, E-mail
for a bureau reply or via the RSGB Bureau. His E-mail address is:


QSL STATUS FOR YX0A AND YX0LIX. QSL Manager Steve, KU9C, reported on
January 10th, the following: "As of this morning, I've probably got
about 25% of the card requests in the mail. Many more to do, so please
be patient. The timing of the stuff I need to manage the QSL sending
came at a bit of an inopportune time for me with other commitments, but
I'm hammering them out. A few notes:
- There were a number of QSOs that DID NOT make it in the initial logs
that are online. I've recently received a final update, and am checking
the 'not in logs' thoroughly against these new logs. Unfortunately,
this is going to slow me up a bit, but I want to make sure you get
credit for as many QSOs as I can match!

- A number of you requested QSLs for other stations I manage. I've been
able to finish many of these before the YX0 cards arrived, so that
hasn't slowed me down...but for those of those I missed, this will
slow the request down substantially. Please do not re-submit, as this
just adds confusion.

- I'll be putting up the logs in LOTW, but this will be after I get the
direct cards mailed, for a number of reasons.

I'll update as I get down the pile further. 73, and
Happy New Year -- Steve KU9C"

S21, BANGLADESH (Update). The "Bangladesh 2007 DXpedition" is now active
until January 16th. The callsign is S21XA. The team reports that the
"conditions are terribly poor and they try to take advantage of all the
openings towards EU and NA since with JA there are better conditions."
QSL via EA3BT (direct or by the bureau). Further information and updates
will be available at: http://www.ea3bt.com/s21xa.htm

SPECIAL EVENT. Look for the Balkan Contest Club (LZ1KZA) to use the
special callsign LZ170VL from now until December 31st. Activity is to
celebrate the 170th anniversary of the Bulgarian national hero Vasil
Levski, who was born on July 18th, 1837, in Karlovo. For details, visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasil_Levski
http://www.iianthropology.org/vassillevski.html
QSOs with LZ170VL counts for 10 points towards the "St. Teodosii Tyrnovski
Award". For details, please visit: http://www.balkanclub.org
QSL via LZ1KZA, by the LZ QSL Bureau.

V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS (Kwajalein Atoll, OC-028). Just a reminder that Neil,
WD8CRT, will once again be active as V73NS as January 12th and will remain
there for at least two years on the Island of Roi-Namur. Activity will be
mostly CW (possibly some Digital) on 160-6 meters. He was spotted this
past weekend on 40 meters CW after 0930z and 20 meters CW after 0000z.
QSL by the Bureau or direct to: Neil Schwanitz, Box 8341, APO, AP 96557
(USA). QSLs for his 2003 to 2005 QSOs are "OK" to the same address. Visit
his Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/v73ns

VU7, LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS (VU2RG News)................
* By the time you read this, the fun should begin to work the second
VU7 operation. (CHECK THAT! Just before going to print, the VU7RG
team is now up and active.) Remember, for up-to-date details, visit
the VU7RG Web page at: http://www.vu7.in/

* PRESS RELEASES (dated January 9th) from the VU7RG Web page:
- Special callsign for Minicoy Island (AS-106): The Minicoy operations
will have a special callsign VU7MY granted by WPC (Indian Govt.) and
will be active from January 15-31st. This will be an all Indian
Amateur Radio operation station.

- License extended for Indian Operators: Indian Radio Amateurs have
given permission to operate until 31st January 2007.

- VU7 Team: The Kadmat advance team is already on Kadmat to make
preparations. Lots of the other team members are arriving in Cochin.

XT, BURKINA FASO (Update). The F6KOP ARS of Provins group continues to
be active as XT2C from Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso.
Activity will last until January 20th. The team reported Sunday morning
that some of the operators are still ill, but they continue to operate.
They are all close to their physical limits, and even the strongest team
members are exhausted. However, they are still having fun and are in a
good mood. The propagation is not as good as during their first days of
operation. They also report that the low bands (160-40m) are now very
noisy, and signals on the higher bands during daytime have a strong QSB.
QSOs count as of Sunday's report is about 36,558. The QSL Manager for
XT2C is F9IE, by the bureau or direct to: Bernard Chereau, BP 211,
85330 Noirmoutier en l'ile, France. If you wish to receive a QSL via
bureau, you can speed up the process by sending a list of your QSOs by
E-mail (with callsign, date, time, band and mode of each QSO) after
January 21st to:
By following this procedure, you do not need to send a paper QSL via bureau.
All requests received via e-mail or bureau will be answered. Visit the
XT2C Web page at: http://xt2c.free.fr/

XU7, CAMBODIA (Update). Operators Steve/9M6DXX, John/9M6XRO and Pete/SM5GMZ
will be active as XU7DXX, XU7XRO and XU7ADI, respectively, from an
established DX shack in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, between February 1-10th.
Activity will be on CW, SSB and the digimodes with operations on all
bands, depending on propogation, of course. Steve will primarily be on
SSB and John will be on the key and RTTY. QSL XU7ADI via SM5GMZ, and
for XU7DXX and XU7XRO via M5AAV: Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street,
Nelson, Lancs, BB9 0JQ, England. ADDED NOTE: Please see the following
interesting Web site at: http://www.qth.com/dxshack/XU/XUtop.htm

XU7, CAMBODIA. Operators Yoko/JA3DFM, Yoshi/JA3EGZ and Tada/JA3PPH will
be active as XU7DFM, XU7EGZ and XU7PPH, respectively, from Shihanoukville
City, March 16-19th. Look for activity on all HF bands and modes. QSL
via their home calls (QRZ.com).

XW, LAOS. Alex, RK3DT, is now active as XW3DT between now and January
20th. Activity seems to be on 40/30/20/17/15/12 meters, mostly CW with
some SSB. QSL via: PO Box 11, GPO, Hong Kong (before May 2007).

ZK3, TOKELAU ISLANDS (Also, 5W). Look for operators Sara/HA9SDA and
Eli/HA9RE to be active as ZK3RE from February 3-21st (possibly 22nd).
They plan to have two stations on the air operating CW, SSB and RTTY,
and on 160-10 meters. The suggested frequencies a
CW - 1815.5/1831.5, 3507/3511, 7007, 10117, 14040, 18084, 21040, 24914
and 28040 kHz
SSB - 3789, 7047/7080, 14240, 18114, 21255, 24940 and 28440 kHz
RTTY- 14075, 21100 and 28075 kHz
After their activity on the Tokelau Islands, they will head to Samoa
and be active as 5W0RE possibly starting February 26-27th to March
11-12th. Activity will be the same as on the ZK3 operation. QSL via HA8IB.

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