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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 764

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 764
BID: $OPDX.764
June 26, 2006
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, Associated Press, K1XN & GoList, N2OO, NG3K, W3HNK,
W3UR & The Daily DX, W3YY, N4AA & QRZ DX, N7OU, WA7NB, K8YSE, Pete's
-DX-Newsdesk, BA4RF, DL1EK & The DX News Letter, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les
Nouvelles DX, G7GLW, HA0HW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, JI6KVR & JA IOTA
News, M5AAV, VA3RJ & ICPO and VK4AAR for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 18th-June, through Sunday, 25th-June there were 200
countries active. Countries available: 1S, 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W,
3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP,
BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL,
DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM,
FO, FR, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP,
HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J6, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, 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, PZ, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5,
SV9, T2, T5, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V4, V5, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2V, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR,
VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4,
ZD7, 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).

A6, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Bob, W3YY, will be in Dubai, from June 27th
through July 2nd. He is seeking an opportunity for a guest op operation
from an A6 station.

B1/B3/B4/B7, CHINA. The Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) HQ stations
will be on air during the 2006 IARU HF Word Championship, July 8-9th.
There were four different special callsigns assigned by CRSA to be active
on 160-10 meters. Look for B1HQ (B1Z), B3HQ (B3C), B4HQ (B4R) and B7HQ
(B7P). QSL all four callsigns via BA4EG. The CRSA will issue four awards
to encourage QSOs with CRSA HQ stations. The following Web link provides
more information about the CRSA activity, and awards eligibility and
application process (includes application forms):
English Version operation announcement: http://www.crsa.org/2006_BnHQ/e.htm
Chinese Version operation announcement: http://www.crsa.org/2006_BnHQ/c.htm
For CRSA HQ Award application form download (Basic award and Extra award):
http://www.crsa.org/2006_BnHQ/form1.doc
For CRSA HQ SWL Award application form download:
http://www.crsa.org/2006_BnHQ/form2.doc

HS0, THAILAND. Look for Tony, G4UZN, to be active from here for three
weeks starting on June 23rd. He hopes that the WARC bands should be
available by then and expects to be on the air as HS0ZGH (CW only) as
time permits. QSL via home call (QRZ.com).

IOTA NEWS.............................
AS-043. Operators Noboru/JR1WEB, Youichi/JO1IRO and Yasuko/JF1IZM will
be active as homecall/1 from Aoga Island (JIIA AS-043-001),
from the JA1 South Izu Group between June 30th and July 3rd.
Activity will be on HF and 6 meters SSB only. QSL to their home
calls, direct or by the bureau.

AS-129. Look for Vange (Wenjun), BD7KLO, to be active from Sanmen Island,
July 27-30th. Activity will include an entry in the IOTA Contest.
QSL via BD7KLO.

EU-011. Members of the Cray Valley Team will activate St. Mary's Island
during the IOTA Contest (July 29-30th). They will travel to
St. Mary's on July 26th, and return on August 2nd. Operators
mentioned a G4BUO, G4TSH, G0FDZ, G0VJG, G7GLW and M3CVN.
They will operate on the WARC bands and 6m prior to the contest
either using their callsigns above /P or the club callsign of
G3RCV/P. During the contest they will be active as M8C and
after until they leave the Islands under the callsigns above.
QSL via G4DFI, the QSL Manager of M8C and the Club callsign.

EU-047. Reinhard, DH6DAO, will be active as DH6DAO/p from Spiekeroog
Island between July and August 4th. Activity will include an
entry in the IOTA Contest but SSB only. QSL via the Bureau.

EU-049. Marcel/PA9M and George/SV8GXC will be active as SV8/PA9M/p
from Chios Island between July 29th and August 10th. Activity
will include an entry in the IOTA Contest. QSL via PA9M.

EU-059. Remember to look for Gordon, G3USR, to be active as GM3USR/p
from St. Kilda (IOSA OL02 and SCOTIA DI23), June 24th to July
6th. His activity will be limited since he is there visiting
St. Kilda as part of a National Trust for Scotland working
party. He will operate only SSB on 40/20 meters. There is a
possibility of some 6 meters. QSL via G3USR (QRZ.com).

EU-068. Operators Danny/ON4ON, Harvey/ON5SY, Andre/ON6CX, Eddy/ON7PO
and Pat/ON7PQ will be active as F/ON4ON/p from Ile de Sein
during the IOTA Contest. QSL via ON4ON.

EU-077. Operators Gerard/EA4ST, Amadeo/EA1CA, Manuel/EA1HP, Jose/EA1OS,
Jesus/EA1DAV, Domingo/EA1DAX, Javier/EA1FDI and Jose/EA1DKV
will take part in next IOTA Contest from Sisarga Grande Island
as a Mixed-Mode/Low-Power entry. QSL via EA1CA.

EU-090. Look for Neno (9A5AN), Tami (9A/OM5MF), Rudi (9A/OM3PC) and
Lubo (9A/OM5ZW) to be active from Palagruza Island (IOCA
CI-084, ACIA IC-901, CIA-33, MIA MC-284), September 2-9th.
Activity will also count toward the following lighthouse
reference numbers: ARLHS CRO-012, WLH 9A-046, WLOTA LH-0057,
CLH-100 and WW Loc. JN82DA. Activity will be on all bands and
modes. QSL via the operator's home callsign, direct or through
the bureau. More information and a log search is available at:
http://www.palagruza.net/

EU-131. Matteo, IZ3HER, was expected to be active as IZ3HER/P from
Crevan Island (IIA VE-037 and MIA MI-306) on June 24th
(0800-1600z). Crevan (Ex-Ridotto di Crevan) is a private area
and very hard to get permission, so it is a very rare one to
activate. QSL via IK3GES.

NA-034. Operators Jim/N4AAC, Mike/N4MAA, Kyle/N4NSS and Chris/K8QV
were expected to be active as W4Z from Mullet Key (USI FL-132S,
Pinellas County, Florida), June 24th and 25th. Activity was to
include Field Day using SSB, SSTV, PSK31, CW and RTTY. QSL via
K8CXM, SASE please.

OC-295P. Steve Telenius-Lowe, 9M6DXX, reports: "Following the RSGB IOTA
Committee's recent announcement that Pulau Sebatik (Sebatik
Island, 9M6, YB7) would count as a new IOTA group (OC-295P),
a DXpedition is to be mounted to activate this island for the
first time. Members of the Borneo Amateur Radio Club including
Steve, 9M6DXX (ex-G4JVG, P29DX etc) and John, 9M6XRO
(ex-9M6/G3OOK), will be active as 9M4SEB (callsign applied for)
from approximately 1100 UTC on 14th July until about 0300 UTC
on 17th July 2006. Activity will be on 10 to 80m, CW and SSB,
using up to three stations simultaneously. One station will use
a beam antenna and two will use 400W amplifiers. QSL direct or
via the bureau to M5AAV, Graham Ridgeway, 6 Pilgrim Street,
Nelson, Lancs BB9 0JQ, England."

J6, ST. LUCIA. Dave/KC2HO and Lauren/KC2LR will be active as J6/KC2HO and
J6/KC2LR, respectivelly, now through July 4th. Most activity will be during
their evening hours on 40-10 meters, on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their
home callsigns.

LX, LUXEMBOURG (Date Change). Operators Ivo/OQ0A, Guido/OP7A, Peter/OO7A,
Jan/ON6RJ and Rob/OR9Q will be active as LX/homecall from the castle of
Wiltz in Luxembourg (QTH LX5A) between September 8-10th. Activity will
be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters on CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL via the operator's home
callsign, by the Bureau or QRZ.com address.

MONTENEGRO (One Step Closer - New DXCC Entity). The UN Web site and the
Associated Press reported the U.N. Security Council unanimously recommended
Thursday, June 22nd, that the newly independent Balkan nation of Montenegro
become the 192nd member of the United Nations. The General Assembly is
expected to approve the council recommendation on June 28th. That means
on June 28th DXers will have a new DXCC entity to work. The latest country
to join the UN was Timor-Leste, which became the 191st UN Member State on
27th September 2002. For more details, visit it the following Web sites:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.as...ontenegro&Cr1=
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060622/...n_montenegro_2
http://www.yu6scg.cg.yu/internationa...ntenegro-2006/

Remember, the DXpedition MONTENEGRO 2006 is expected to start July 20th
through August 12th and will be on the air on all HF bands/modes.

OX, GREENLAND. Dwayne, KD4POJ, will be here for eleven months starting on
July 30th. He plans to operate as OX3PG on most bands and modes. He also
plans to participate in contests as work and propagation permit. QSL direct
only via WA0SMQ.

QSL INFO AND NEWS......................
Jean-Michel, F6AJA, announced after a very long delay, the CE0Z cards
have arrived. All QSL requests for Europe have been answered except for
some requests without SAE and some with multiple QSL requests. He is
still waiting for the CE9/F2JD cards... be patient!

MORE ON CE0Z QSLS. Bob, N2OO, reports: "The CE0Z QSL cards have been
printed AND are in the USA, and enroute to me at this moment. We have
pre-processed the log so the cards will start to go out 'steadily' once
they arrive here. I don't expect that to happen for another couple of
weeks. So, please be patient everyone! Since we have more cards to deal
with, we will not be quite as quick as Jean-Michel! (good job J-M)"

QSL ROUTE CHANGE. Gary, K7ZD, reports that "Due to increasing serious
health problems (XYL) I will no longer be managing any activities by
Tony, HK1AR,...etc/W4OI, from this date forward (18th, June 2006).
Please send ALL further HK QSL requests to Tony, W4OI. I can and will
answer all requests for 5K5Z, HK0/HK1AR and HK1AR for QSOS made BEFORE
09 FEB 2006. Reminder - QSOs made with HK1AR between February 10-21st,
2006, go to Girts, YL2KL, who was the guest operator there and has his
own logs." Gary still has logs/cards for 3B9R (APR 1999) and C56V (1993)
operations: 3B9R 10-160M Direct Only (NO BUREAU) to K7ZD
3B9R Bureau to AH0W
3B9R 6M to Ned, AA7A
C56V 1993 - Direct or Bureau
For more infor/updates, visit: http://qrz.com/k7zd

QSL Manager Alan, VK4AAR, advises OPDX readers that "they should be
VERY CAREFUL when QSLing and sending IRCs for return postage costs. The
large IRCs have an expiry date printed on them and won't be accepted if
they are past that date, but my local PO (post office) has been lenient
with me up to now. I would imagine that, in view of this, the older
(small) ones will no longer be accepted by the post office, and they
will be of no use to me either. I suggest that DXers send U.S. dollars,
if possible. A new IRC in USA costs more than a dollar in the post
office, anyway." Alan is the QSL Manager for: 9VØA, 9V1DX, C21RH,
KH2VM, P29RH, V63PD, VIØANARE, VKØMM (Macquarie), VK6AN (OC-266),
VK6BM (OC-234), VK6BSI (OC-243), VK6DHI (OC-206), VK6LI (OC-071),
VK8AN/6 (OC-154), VK8AN/8 (OC-229), VK8AV/3 (OC-136), VK8DP, VK8MI
(OC-173), VU3RSB, VP2V/W3HQ and (YJ8AA, ZK2JJ, ZK2PJ logs are now
closed). If YOU need a QSL Manager, just E-mail Alan at:


SV9, CRETE. Mick, G8VHB, will be active as SV9/G8VHB from Crete (EU-015)
from September 27th until October 9th. Look for activity on all bands
20-10 meters using only 100 watts and a rotary dipole antenna.

T6, AFGHANISTAN (Update). Mika, OH6MKL, is now active as T66T until the
end of July. Suggested frequencies a
CW - 1820, 3520, 7020, 10120, 14020, 18090, 21020, 24900 and 28020 kHz
SSB - 1880, 3680, 7080, 14180, 18150, 21250, 24980 and 28495 kHz.
He was heard this past week on 30 meters between 1700-2100z and on
20 meters CW between 1400-1700z. QSL via OH6MKL.

VP2, MONTSERRAT. Graham, M0AEP, will be active as VP2MDD between July
1-14th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters with 200 watts into a windom
antenna, on SSB and CW. His main focus will be on 6 meters on SSB and
CW with 350 watts plus a 5 element yagi. QSL via M0ARP (QRZ.com).

VP2, MONTSERRAT. Art, WA7NB (formarly N2NB), will be active as VP2MDY,
October 25-31st. He will be participating in this year's CQWW SSB Contest.
Outside of the contest, look for Art to be active on 160-6 meters CW,
SSB and PSK31. QSL via WA7NB.

YJ, VANUATU. Tommy, VK2IR, will be active as YJ0IR from July 3-15th.
QSL via W3HNK.

Z3, MACEDONIA. Laci, HA1RS, will visits Zoli, Z38C/HA1CA, in Scopje
between June 24th and July 14th. He will use the Z38R callsign on HF
and 6 meters; also VHF/UHF bands. Dime/Z35Z and Szabi/HA1DRJ will join
Laci and Zoli during the upcoming VHF/UHF Contests from Grid KN12DC on
Mnt. Podrzi Konj (1400m ASL). QSLs for Z38R and Z38C go to HA1RS via
the HA QSL Bureau or to his QRZ.com address. Full colored QSL cards
are expected to be ready at the end of August.

ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Andy, G0JLX, is expected to operate from Ascension
Island (AF-003) as ZD8AD between July 1-23rd (dates are approximate at
this stage). Activity will be on all HF bands, SSB and CW. QSL via G0JLX,
direct or by the bureau.

ZK1, NORTH AND SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. In November, Bill/N7OU and Bob/W7YAQ
will be operating from both the North and South Cook Islands. From November
4-18th, they will be on Penrhyn Atoll, North Cooks, and from November
18-28th, they will be on Rarotonga, South Cooks, and be an entry in the
CQ WW CW Contest. Like their DXpedition to the South Pacific earlier this
year, they will be operating mostly CW with some RTTY and SSB, on 80-10
meters, and using lightweight rigs, low power, and vertical antennas.

ZL8, KERMADEC ISLANDS. Look for Jacky, ZL3CW, to be active from Raoul
Island (OC-039) starting around June 27-28th. He plans to be there for
about one week as ZM8CW. Activity will be limited to his spare time. He
will concentrate on the lower bands. QSL via ZL1AMO.

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