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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 888

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 888
BID: $OPDX.888
December 15, 2008
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, NJ1Q, KF2TI, W2VU, NG3K, N4AA & QRZ DX,
KH6BZF, K8YSE, DX-IS News Site, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, A35RK, DK8JB, DL7MAE
& The DX News Letter, EA5RM, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3SWH,
I1HYW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ7DOK, RA4HT, RSGB IOTA Web Site,
RW6HS, VA3RJ & ICPO, and XE1KK for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 7th-December, through Sunday, 14th-December there were
214 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY,
C3, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA,
EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM,
FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a,
HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, JA, JT, JX, JY, K, KG4,
KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH,
OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S5,
SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV9, T31, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TN, TR,
TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V8, VE, VK, VK9N,
VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, YA, YB,
YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, 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).

2008 WINNERS 5TH SRE. The 2008 winners of 5th Strange Radio Event were
announced this past week. They a
IK8WSQ - 1st European (SSB)
WK3N - 1st Station Outside Europe (CW/SSB)
IU8SRE (Operator IK8WEJ) - 1st S.R.T. Special Callsign (SSB)
IU3SRT (Operator IZ3DBA) - 1st S.R.T. Special Callsign (CW)
I1 GE 0844 - 1st SWL
Award plaques will be presented during the 6th International DX Convention
in Paestum, Italy. Congrats to the winners!

2009 CQ DX MARATHON. The fourth running of the CQ DX Marathon begins at
0000 UTC on January 1, 2009, and runs through 2359 UTC on December 31,
2009. The goal, as always, is to work as many countries and CQ zones as
possible at least once during the calendar year. The only change from
the 2008 rules is that the prohibition on assistance, such as lists and
passes, for the Unlimited Class is deleted (the limitation remains in
effect for the Formula Class). Once again they will use a downloadable
Microsoft Excel template which may be filled in and e-mailed to a special
address as your log entry. For complete details, please visit the following
Web page at: http://cq-amateur-radio.com/DX%20Mar...es%20Dec08.pdf

2009 MEXICO RTTY INTERNATIONAL CONTEST. The Federacion Mexicana de
Radioexperimentadores (FMRE) would like to invite everyone to participate
in the 2009 Mexico RTTY International Contest, February 7-8th, 2009.
Please take note that the new contest manager for this event is Dani,
XE3RR, and logs should be sent to him as the
rules now indicate. Details/Rules of the contest are available at:
http://www.fmre.org.mx/concursos/200...y-2009-eng.pdf

3 STEVE'S TO BE ACTIVE AGAIN! Yes, it is that time again. The 3 Steve's
(Steve/KF2TI, Steve/N2IFA, Steve/KB2ENF and Kurt/W2MW [aka Steve]), along
with "those two laughing young men", Andrew/N2IFB and Eric/K2EMZ, will be
guest operating at the ARRL station, W1AW, Tuesday, December 30th, from
1700-2045z. This is their 16th annual WAS (Worked All Steve's) DXpedition
to Newington, and they will be operating on the following bands:
30m CW - Kurt/W2MW [aka Steve]
40/20/15m SSB - Steve/KF2TI, Steve/N2IFA and Steve/KB2ENF
17/10m (possibly 80m) - Andrew/N2IFB and Eric-K2EMZ will also be
operating as "Steves"
They hope conditions will improve and will try to listen for outside the
U.S.; packet spots will be posted. If you work any 3 operators, they will
send you a beautiful, full color WAS (Worked All Steve's) certificate
(suitable for framing). No QSL is needed as they will have copies of
the log and send out a certificate to all those who qualify. QSL cards
to them are not necessary for the WAS. If you want a W1AW QSL card,
please send to them direct or via the bureau. The logs will be posted
(hopefully) after January 1st on their Web site at:
http://the3stevesarc.org
PLEASE NOTE: This is not an officially sanctioned ARRL event. It is run
for fun by the 3 Steves Amateur Radio Association (TSARC) - WK3SS (all
rights reserved) and they are responsible for the printing and sending
of the "Worked All Steve's" certificate (suitable for framing). They
would like to thank the ARRL for allowing them to play with their great
toys and putting up with them each year. They hope to work you.

14th CCF/OHDXF CONTEST/DX MEETING. The 14th International Contest/DX
Meeting will take place on January 16-18th (2009). Join their traditional
round-trip cruise on the Baltic Sea crossing 3 DXCC countries: From
Helsinki (OH) via Aland Islands (OH0) to Stockholm (SM), and back to
Helsinki. On their preliminary agenda:
* New DXCC Countries by Dutch Caribbean 2009 - Hans, PB2T, President
of IARU R1 and President of EUDXF
* Azores, CU2X & CU2CE and CU2DX (Winning Formula) - Martti, OH2BH
and Toni, OH2UA
* Arcala Extremes extreme antenna - 3 element Yagi for 160m; Juha, OH8NC
* SAC Contest forum - change or not to change; Jouko, OH1RX, Panel and
discussions
* CW and SSB pileup contests
* ......etc
For the latest updates of agenda, please check: http://www.ohdxf.fi

Kari, OH2XX, "It's time to act! Our special prices for the 'coolest'
Contest & DX meeting in 2009 are still valid for one more week! Please
book your trip Now!" Information packages are available at:
http://www.ohdxf.fi/ohdxf/content.php?content.17

A3, TONGA. Paul, A35RK/KK6H, is back home in Ha'apai as of December 12th,
as he says "to a rousing welcome of thunder, lightning, and torrential
rain, which is forecsat to continue for awhile. I'll be QRV as soon as
the bad weather breaks and I can get my antennas back up." Paul reports
that as KH8/KK6H he made "about 600 QSOs from American Samoa, on both CW
and SSB, on 80, 30, 20, 17 and 15 meters, including a few Europeans on
20M long path. Conditions were generally lousy." The log has been sent
to W7TSQ and posted on LoTW. QSL via W7TSQ or LoTW.

A3, TONGA. Just a reminder that Dave "Kawe", W6ZL, will return as A35KL
from FOA Island (OC-169) in the Ha'apai Island Group, for a brief period
possibly around 0000z, December 17th until 1800z, December 19th. QSL
via W6ZL, SASE or new style IRC, or via the LOTW (may not be able to
post log until after his return to U.S. around Christmas time).

ASIAN TRIP. Frank, I2DMI, announces on QRZ.com that he will be visiting
Thimphu, Bhutan, between December 22-31st and Nepal between December 31st
and January 5th. He states that he has received his callsign for Bhutan
and will be signing A52RY but will only be active during his spare time.
Activity will only be RTTY. He thinks his operating periods will likely
be in the ranges of 0100-0300z and 1200-1900z. Suggested target frequencies
will be 3582, 7040, 10142, 14082, 18102, 21082, 24922 and 28082 kHz,
listening up 2 or spread 2-10 kHz depending on the pileup. He will
concentrate his activity on the opened bands. His activity from Nepal
will be the same. However, he will get his callsign after his arrival
(possibly 9N7RY or 9N7DMI which one available). QSOs will be put on LoTW
and e-QSL the second week of January. Bureau cards will go out the fourth
week of March. You can QSL direct to I2DMI: P.O. Box 55 - 22063 CANTU,
Italy. Include a self addressed envelope (SAE) and sufficient return
postage. Please QSL only to his P.O. Box # 55 - 22063 Cantu (not his
home address).

CHU TO QSY JANUARY 1ST. The CQ Newsroom reports: "Canadian time/frequency
standard station CHU -- a fixture for decades on 7335 kHz -- will change
frequency to 7850 kHz at 0000 UTC on January 1, 2009. The move comes
as a result of the International Telecommunication Union's decision in
2007 to expand the 40-meter ham band in Europe and Africa (Region I) to
7000-7200 kHz. It was previously 7000-7100 kHz, with -- as every 40-meter
DXer knows -- international broadcasting allocated from 7100-7300 kHz.
As part of the 40-meter expansion, the international broadcast band
was shifted to 7200-7350 kHz. As broadcasters began relocating, CHU
on 7335 began experiencing significant interference. Thus, officials
at Canada's National Research Council which operates CHU, decided to
move the time/frequency standard station's transmissions to 7850 kHz
as of the beginning of 2009. The complete NRC announcement (English
version) is online at:
http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/comm...mmunique_e.pdf

E44M DXPEDITION NEWS. The E44M team will use "Hamradioweb" as forum to
share information about the DXpedition in Palestine directly with the
community of the DXers. During the operations, feel free to put your
questions or suggestions there. The Web link is:
http://www.hamradioweb.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3335
The forum will soon become the only one meeting place for open discussion
of various topics about the DXpedition that the operators will check day
by day.

FH, MAYOTTE. Operators Phil/G3SWH and Richard/G3RWL (Dick on CW) will
be active from here between February 26th and March 5th (2009). Mayotte
counts as AF-027 for IOTA purposes. The 2003 "Most Wanted" survey by the
425 DX News shows Mayotte ranks 121 for DXCC purposes. Both operators
will use the single callsign of FH/G3SWH. Their activity will be mainly
on CW on all bands 80-10 meters. Subject to QRN and site conditions,
there may be some 160 meters CW activity. Richard may also operate some
RTTY and/or PSK31. Propagation permitting, they plan to have two stations
on the air for as many hours every day as is possible. Their main objective
is to work as many European, North American and ROTW stations on as many
bands as possible. QSL via G3SWH, either direct with SAE and adequate
return postage (recommended), or via Phil's Web site for a bureau reply
or by the bureau. For updates and more information, please visit the
following Web page at: http://www.g3swh.org.uk/mayotte.html

FT5Y, ANTARCTICA (Update). Hopefully you were lucky to work Nicolas,
F4EGX, as FT5YI from the French scientific station "Dumont D' Urville"
this past weekend. He is expected to go QRT this week on December 19th.
According to Jean-Michel, F6AJA, Nicolas doesn't know if he will spend
Christmas at the station or on the boat "Astrolabe". He will be back in
France around the New Year. Take a look at some of the interesting photos
he is putting on his Web page at: http://f4egx.homelinux.net
LAST MINUTE UPDATE: Nicolas's last operation will be December 16th,
during his afternoon around 14267 kHz.

FW, WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS. Eli, HA9RE, and a team of operators will be
active from Wallis Island as FW0RE. The group is expected to arrive on
the island January 26th. Eli states, "Provided all our baggage arrives
in due time then we can begin the operation on January 28-29th." They
are expected to be there for about a month. Activity will be on 160-10
meters, including 30/17/12 meters, using CW, SSB and RTTY. Two stations
will be on the air. Antennas to be used a a 24m vertical on 160/80/40m,
Spiderbeam for 20/17/15/10m, HB9CV for 20-15m and a 7-band Butternut.
Eli and his team are now looking for sponsorship. To help, contact Eli
via E-mail at:
A Web site dedicated to the FW operation will be set up on HA9RE's own
Web pages after the expedition has taken place.

HAM IN NEED! Mike, RX1AL, informs OPDX that Vladimir "Vlad", 4K9W, a
DXer in Baku, Azerbaijan, is in a very difficult situation. Vlad, who is
an invalid for over 30 years, has been bed ridden and constantly dependant
on respite care. Vlad's mother recently passed away and Vlad is now alone
without other relatives. At present, his friends and acquaintances from
the neighborhood support him. However, it is necessary to find constant
home care for him. If this is not possible from his own means, then the
State will be compelled to move Vlad into a home for severely disabled
persons in order to guarantee him minimum care to survive. This would
mean that Vlad would no longer enjoy different facets of his life:
Amateur radio (almost QRV daily and along with CW and SSB also on PSK
and RTTY for over a year now), communicating with friends for many years
on Amateur radio airwaves, participating in contesting, and also on the
internet. If you would like to know more and would like to help him,
please visit the Web page at: http://4k9w.oe4vie.com/4k9w_english.html

HB, SWITZERLAND (6m News). The Swiss authorities will allocate the 50 MHz
band to amateur radio on a secondary basis on January 1, 2009. All Swiss
and foreign CEPT class licensees may transmit with 100 watts PEP on 50-52
MHz without any antenna restrictions. Primary users may not be disturbed
which includes the Ticino since there are still some TV stations active on
the VHF band I in Northern Italy.

HE8, SWITZERLAND (Special Event/AAW). Walter, HB9BHY, has announced that
he will participate in the 6th Antarctic Activity Week (AAW, February
16-22nd [2009]). He will use the callsign HE8ICE (reference number WAP-81).
QSL via HB9BHY. PLEASE NOTE: The HE8 prefix is special and was issued to
celebrate the 80th anniversary of USKA (see OPDX.887), so HE8ICE will be
used for the 2009 AAW instead of the old previous callsign HB9ICE. Also,
a full list of callsigns already booked for the 6th AAW is available
at the WAP Web site at: http://www.waponline.it/Default.aspx?tabid=113

HF0, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. Janusz, SP9YI, has been very active using
the new callsign HF0APAS from the Polish Henryk Arctowski Station on King
George Island (AN-010, WLOTA LH-0312). Watch around 14195 kHz between
2130-0200z. QSL via SP9YI.

IOTA NEWS.............................
EU-066. Operators Andrey/UA9XC, Leonid/UA9XF, Ilya/UA9XLC and Nikolai/
UA9XTL will be active as RI1OTA from Solovetskiy Island between
December 15-19th. QSL via UA9XC.

NA-057. Paolo, IK2QPR, will be active as HR9/IK2QPR from Roatan Island
between January 4-12th. QSL via IK2QPR.

NA-086. Ed, CO7PH and possibily other operators will be active as
T47C from Cayo Coco, December 16-21st. Activity will be mainly
CW with some SSB on 160-10 meters. QSL via W3HNK.

SA-030. A large group of "Radio Grupo Sur" members will be on the air
from Flores Island (ARLHS URU-001, TWLHD WLH CX-001, WLOTA
LH-0528, Admiralty G 0690, WW Loc. GF25AB), Uruguay, using
the CV5A callsign between January 22-26th. The team will use
monoband beam antennas for all bands. They will work all
modes and there will be a dedicated RTTY/PSK31 station. QSL
via CX2ABC. Visit the club's Web page at:
http://www.radiogruposur.com

KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (NA-106). Masumi, JA3AVO, will be active as
KP2/JA3AVO between January 17-22nd (2009). Activity will be holiday
style. QSL via his home callsign.

QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
OL140PS via OK1DOL
PA30KST via PE9DX
RP3APR via RA3ATX
RP67MB sends automatically; RZ3FR (direct)

The A5100A log is now available online at:
http://www.tuduri.net/f5lmj/Log/loga5100a.htm

IRC REMINDER! Vasilij, RW6HS, wants to remind everyone that some IRCs
are dated and will expire on December 31st, 2008.

LOG RECOVERY HELP NEEDED! Al, VE1AL, reports: "Due to my own stupidity,
I have lost the DXbase log I keep from October 11, 2008, through
December 1, 2008. While I don't necessarily want to have QSLs, I would
like to try to rebuild the log information. If it is possible, would
those stations who worked me through that period please send me the log
information including your call, the date and time of the QSO and the
band on which we worked. I know it will be impossible to rebuild the
log but any and all pertinent information would be appreciated. I would
also appreciate it if the DX bulletin editors could pick up this request
and publish it in an upcoming issue. Many thanks to all who might reply
to "

QSLS VIA LOTW: HT2N

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 9L1X, BT1OH, BT1OJ, CE0Y/JJ2NYT, CN2IPA, ER4DX,
F6DWQ/MM, GJ3YHU, H7/AJ9C, HC5WW/HC8, JY4NE, LU4DXU/MM, P29NI, PY0FF,
PZ5Z, RA2FF, SU8BHI, TO5DX, V26B, VO2A, VP2ETN, VP6DX, VY2ZM, XU7ABN,
YJ0AQY, YJ0AVE, ZK1EHH and ZP6/N3BNA

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: None reported this week!

SILENT KEY. Alexander, RA4HT, informs OPDX that Joseph Raihstein, RD4HF
(ex-4K6GF, UD6GF, UD6DLJ, 4K500GF, 4K70GF and 4KA6GF) became a Silent
Key (SK) on December 7th. In recent years he was seriously ill, but every
day if he was not in the hospital, his voice could be heard on the bands.
Until recently, RD4HF participated in a round table of Russian Emergency
Network (RAS). All his life was associated with amateur radio. Most of
his life of Joseph - "Semen-Semenych" as he was affectionately called
by his Baku friends, lived in Azerbaijan, where he became known as
radiosportsmenom, deserved coach of Azerbaijan, a judge of the All-Union
category, Honorary Radio USSR. OPDX and its readers would like to send
out our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of RD4HF.

T32, EAST KIRIBATI. Toshi, JA8BMK, has gone QRT as T31DX from Central
Kiribati last week and is now headed back to Christmas Island. He should
be there around by the end of the week. Look for him to be active as
T32YY again for possibly 7 days. QSL direct to JA8BMK.

T8, PALAU. Operators Mike/JA6EGL, Yas/JA6UBY, Yu/JE6DND and Hiro/JA6KYU
will be active as T88SM, T88CP, T88HK and T88HS, respectively, from Koror
Island (OC-009), January 16-18th. Activity will be 80-10 meters CW/SSB.
QSL via their home callsigns (direct only).

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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - --or--
Editor of the "Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin" (OPDX - "DXer's Tool of Excellence")
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
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