SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.143
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 143
The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 143
BID: $OPDX.143
January 17, 1994
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 8/N/1

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, DF4RD, DL9WVM, G4OJW,
WK3N, WA4JQS, AA5BT, OD5ZZ, N8AC, K8BL, K8MBH, KF8VW and WD8NSD for
the following DX information.

3Y9YBA, ANTARCTICA. Aage, LA9YBA, has been active on from Zone 13.
Operating from Tierro Mountains at Bluefield camp, he has been heard
on 10102 kHz at 0100z or 14250 kHz at 0245z. QSL via LA9YBA.

4J1FS QSL CARDS. Jari, OH2BU, is trying to clear up some confusion
regarding the right route to QSL to past operations of 4J1FS. Jari states
many requests for 4J1FS cards for the 1991 and 1992 operations are being
sent to OH5NZ. This route is wrong and should only be used for the 1989
4J1FS operation. Cards for the 1991 and 1992 operations should only be
sent to OH2BU. Most of the cards which are being sent wrong are coming
from the U.S., and Jari feels there must be a commonly used manger database
that is providing the wrong information.

D2, ANGOLA. Kim, OZ1EYE, should now be active as D2EYE. Activity will
be on 30, 40, 80 and 160 meters, both CW and SSB. Kim's length of stay
is unknown at this time. QSL via OZ1ACB. Antonio, D2EGH has been quite
active daily between 2000 and 2300z on 20 meters (around 14201 kHz
+/- 5 kHz). Also, C91AI is usually on the frequency with him. D2EGH has
also been heard on the 21355 DX net around 1800z. QSL via CT1EGH.

J6, ST. LUCIA. Holger, DL5XAT, and Ralf, DL9XAT, will be active March
5-17. They are trying to apply for J6 calls, but for now it looks like
they will be using J6/DL5XAT and J6/DL9XAT. Activity will be on 160-6
meter on CW an SSB. QSL to CBA or P.O. Box 1411, D-21454 Reinbek, Germany.

JD, OGASAWARA. JD1BIE, should have left Minami Torishima by now and
will become active on Ogasawara. His length of stay is unknown at this
time. He likes to frequent the 14226 DX Net and he has also been heard
on the 7062 DX Net (between 1030-1200z) which is run by VK stations.

NEW "MIR" CREW. The Russian station "MIR" has a new crew aboard. The
crew is: Commander Viktor Afanasiev (U9MIR), Flight Engineer Yuri Usachev
(R3MIR) and Medical Doctor Valerij Polyakov (U3MIR). Other "MIR"
callsigns used on Packet, R0MIR and their Packet Mail System for "MIR"
is R0MIR-1. Listen to 145.55 MHz for passes of "MIR". The new QSL Manager
for the cosmonauts is RV3DR, Serge Samburov, P.O. Box 73, Kaliningrad-10
City, Moscow Area, 141070, Russia.

PY0, ST. PETER & ST. PAUL'S ROCKS (UPDATE). According to Luke, PT7WA,
another delay has happened. No reason why, but now the DXpedition will
take place the February 1st.

ST, SUDAN (MORE ON ST0K). According to G4OJW, the only legal licensed
station operating in the Sudan is ST0K in Khartoum. However, it is
expected that further licenses for individual stations will be
forthcoming. G4OJW is presently the main operator of ST0K and is awaiting
his own personal callsign. The Sudan Amateur Radio Association (SARA) is
being established and will be able to deliver QSLs received to all active
licensed stations in the Sudan. The address for SARA is: Khartoum Airport,
Box 73, Khartoum, Sudan. SARA is not a QSL Bureau, but should be a faster
and more reliable route if the following rules are observed: 1) A separate
SAE should be sent for each Sudanese amateur to respond. 2) sufficient
return postage is required (2 IRCs or 1 U.S. greenstamp). For QSLs received
with unsufficient return postage/envelope costs, they will be answered via
the bureau at irregular intervals. The previous announced addresses for
ST2/G4OJW (Box 4016) and ST0K (Box 617) are still valid, but less reliable
and slow.

TL, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. TL8NG was quite active this past weekend.
He was heard on 3789 kHz (net) at 2135z, 24935 kHz at 1700z (for a few
minutes), 18114 kHz at 1709z and on 10107 kHz at 1945z. Also check 21335
kHz at 1445z or as late as 1745z.

UX0, UKRAINE (NEW PREFIX). Nickoals, UX0FF, says he will be calling CQ
nightly from 0300 to 0600z on 3650 kHz. He will concentrate on listening
up for stateside. QSL to DF8BK.

VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS (PETER I UPDATE). With just two weeks away from
their Peter I DXpedition, the first of the 3Y Teams has arrived and is now
active as VP8BZL for a brief period. During their brief stay, part of the
team will help Mario, VP8ALJ, in setting up a E.M.E. station (which will
be left on the island). They hope that during their stay in Port Stanley
the first ever Earth-Moon-Earth QSO can be made. The second part of the
3Y team will arrive January 18th. They will then begin their major task
of loading food and hand carrying equipment aboard the Russian icebreaker,
"Kapitain Khebnikov". The depart from the Falklands will be on January
23rd and the trip to Peter I will take about a week. They plan to arrive
at this remote glacier covered island by February 1st. The team will use
helicopters to land and unload their equipment. The 9 man team will
spend the next 16 days conducting scientific work and trying to remove
Peter I from the most wanted list by amateurs world wide. The group will
be picked up by the Russian icebreaker, "Akademik Fedorov", again using
helicopters to retrieve the team and equipment. The vessel will than head
northeast towards Cape Town, RSA.

XT, BURKINA FASO. Peter, XT2BW, continues to be active on the WARC bands,
but will be leaving at the end of January in 1994 to spend 2-3 months on
vacation with his family in Ghana. Check 12 and 17 meters between 1600
and 1930z. He has also been heard on 3530 kHz around 2200z. Peter will
try to apply for a licence in 9G-land and will be active when time
permits. QSL via WB2YQH.

ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Bruce, K0BJ, will be active from January 23-29, as
ZF2NJ. Activity will be mainly on 15 and 20 meter CW. He plans to be
especially eager to make QSOs on RS-12. QSL to K0BJ, Box DX, Colby, KS
67701.

ZL, NEW ZEALAND. There has been a report that Jacky, F2CW, is now active
as ZL1WW. He is operating from Ron ZL1AMO's QTH. Jacky was heard on 7005
kHz at 0518z, Sunday, January 16th.

KEEP THOSE BALLOTS COMING! (Only a 2 weeks to go!) Ballots for the Third
Annual OPDX/NODXA DX Survey can be found in OPDX.137. Ballots can be
sent to the following packet and online addresses listed below.

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