SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.151 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 151 The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 151 BID: $OPDX.151 March 14, 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, DXAC, DL7VEE & DXNL, DF4RD, AD1C, WU1F, HS0/G3NOM, AA7QY, W5VSZ, AH0W/OH2LVG, WB8HIW and WD0GML for the following DX information. 1S, SPRATLY ISLANDS. Operators 9M6BZ, JA9AG, JQ1WSL, JS1QHO and G3NOM will be active from Pulau Layang-Layang Island (Swallow Reef). The operation will start April 2nd and end April 5th using the following three callsigns: 9M0A, 9M0AG and 9M0BZ. Operations will be on CW, SSB, FM, RTTY, AMTOR, PACTOR, and PACKET; and the frequencies will be 160-10 meters, including the WARC bands. Here are the suggested frequencies: CW: 1.825, 3.505, 7.005, 10.105, 14.005, 18.070, 21.005, 24.895, 28.005 MHz. SSB: 3.790, 7.080, 14.195, 18.145, 21.295, 24.945, 28.495 MHz. FM: 29.240 MHz. RTTY: 7.030, 14.085, 21.085, 28.085 MHz. QSL routes will be announced at a later date. HS0AC QSL INFORMATION. Gary, W5VSZ who operated HS0AC last year (1993) during August 14th thru the 23rd, can provide QSL's for ONLY this time period. He is NOT the manager for this club station, which is very active. QSL requests for other dates not in log will be returned when possible. DXers are asked to check the dates before submitting QSL requests. JW, SVALBARD. Tom, LA1BJA, and his father Inge, LA5VK, will be in Svalbard from March 18 until March 21, signing JW1BJA and JW5VK, respectively. They will be operating on all bands, including WARC, mostly on SSB. This is probably the first time that JW has been active on the WARC bands. The WARC bands was opened for SSB for Norwegian amateurs on January 1, 1994. QSL to JW5VK, Inge Johan Lauknes, Oldersneia 10, N-9100 Kvaloysletta, Norway. PY0, TRINDADE. Rolf, PY1RO, has announced that Mendonca, PY1UP, will be going to Trindade again in about a month. This time Mendonca will be going there for four months with a higher class of license, which mean he will be able to operate on all bands. He will be using the same call sign as last time, PY0TUP. PY0, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Peter, PY5CC, will be active until April 1st, as PY0FM. He will be active on 160-2 meters, including WARC bands and on CW/SSB. He has been heard 40 meters starting around 2100z, 80 meters at 0245z and 160 meters at 0415z. He was also heard on 30 meters which is rare for a Brazilian station. Stations in Brazil have had privileges on this band since February 21, 1992. QSL via PY5CC. ST0, SOUTHERN SUDAN. As this bulletin was being prepared, a PacketCluster spot showed that John, PA3CXC, is active again from here as PA3CXC/ST0. His length of stay is unknown at this time, but he was heard on 18072 kHz at 1745z and 24892 kHz at 1830z. TI9, COCOS ISLAND. Frank Smith, AH0W/OH2LVG, who spoke with Carlos, TI2CF, on the telephone, was informed that Carlos will be departing for Cocos Island for a one-week DXpedition as TI9CF. He expected to be on the air as of Sunday evening, March 13th. There will be a total of two operators operating CW/SSB on all bands. QSL route TBA. VK9, LORD HOWE ISLANDS. There was a report of a station signing VK9LA on March 12th that was active on a 40 meter net (7084 kHz) at 1148z. No other information is known at this time, but the callsign is listed in the callbook as: Down, 43 Hillcroft Dve, Templestone Viv 3106, Australia. RS-12 ACTIVITIES. Stations that were heard and worked this week: 4U1UN, 6Y5IC, 9Y4LY, GM0AGN, N2CQR/HI8, HP2CWB, HS0ZAU, PJ8CW, V47WK, V73C and Z37DRS. DX TIDBITS. QSL EA8AH to OH1RY's new address: Pekka Kolehmainen, Kisatie 10, 21530 Paimio, Finland. Contacts made in February 1994 with T33CW should not be QSLed to OH3JA who is reportedly getting cards from all over the world. OH3JA knows nothing about this operation. Veteran DXpeditioner Mats, SM7PKK, will be activating Banaba T33 in April 1994. QSL route TBA. (Info courtesy Frank Smith, AH0W/OH2LVG, Consulate of Finland, at Phoenix, Arizona) DXAC AND DXCC ACTIVITIES. DXAC Chairman Robert Beatty, W4VQ, has announced a "Proposed Vote Schedule" for the DXAC to vote on the following topics: (All are subjected to change.) March 1994-Mount Athos Deletion, Additional DXCC Awards and the 10 Meter DXCC Honor Roll. April 1994-Aldabra Island Reinstatement May 1994-Call Area Calling July 1994-Minimum Size for a DXCC Country Dates for the deletion of Walvis Bay/Penguin Islands are pending as soon as reasonable proof of the turnover to Namibia is made available. So as it stands right now, ZS9 and ZS0 are not deleted countries as of yet. FAX YOUR DX INFORMATION NOW! Faxing is available Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 0430 to 2330z only. 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To contribute DX info, call BARF-80 BBS online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 and leave a message with the Sysop or send InterNet Mail to: aq474@cleveland.freenet.edu or send BitNet Mail to: aq474%cleveland.freenet@cunyvm or send PRODIGY Mail to: DFJH48A or send a message via packet to KB8NW @ WA8BXN.OH.USA.NA /EX SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.93SUR 1993 OPDX/NODXA DX Survey The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster Network and the Northern Ohio DX Association DX Survey BID: $OPDX.93SUR March 13, 1993 OPDXB Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 8/N/1 Results of the 1993 OPDX/NODXA DX Survey The following is the percentage of votes from different areas received: U.S. Call Areas Foreign ------------------------ ----------------- W1 - 4.0% W6 - 6.4% Canada - 3.0% W2 - 1.2% W7 - 5.0% (E/W)Europe - 26.0% W3 - 5.0% W8 - 16.0% Asia - 1.2% W4 - 6.2% W9 - 5.0% Pacific- 3.0% W5 - 4.0% W0 - 14.0% 1993 DXer of the Year - G3SXW Roger, G3SXW, not only received the most amount of votes for DXer of the Year, but there were many who expressed their comments about Rodger's ability to control the pileups and making contacts more quickly. There were 27 DXers nominated in all, and here are some that should receive "Honorable Mention" for their efforts and hard work: Martti/OH2BH, Romeo/3W3RR and Randy/K0EU. 1993 DXpedition of the Year (by a group) - AH1A There were 10 nominated. The AH1A Howland Island DXpedition was voted by far the best operation of 1993. The eleven international operators made over 52,000 QSOs on a 15 day stay on the island. Here are a few DXpeditions that should receive "Honorable Mention" for their efforts and hard work: 9M0S, 9G1AA and E35X. 1993 DXpedition of the Year (by an individual) - Roger, ZD9SXW/G3SXW Roger's DXpedition to Tristan da Cunha has netted him this second honor. His three week operation pleased many on all bands CW. There were 19 individuals nominated in all, and here are some that should receive "Honorable Mention" for their efforts and hard work: Randy-K0EU/9G1XA, Romeo-3W3RR/5A0RR and Baldur-DJ6SI/9U5DX. The OPDX/NODXA 1993 Most Wanted - Countries (202 countries were submitted) -------------------------------------------------------- Last Year's Rating (xx) Needed CW SSB -------------------------------------------------------- 1 3Y/P Peter I Is. ( 1) 59.0% 56.9% 54.4% 2 VK0/H Heard Is. ( 4) 45.6% 44.3% 44.7% 3 A5 Bhutan ( 2) 42.2% 44.3% 35.4% 4 5A Libya ( 3) 40.2% 40.5% 35.4% 5 VU4 Andaman ( 5) 38.2% 37.9% 34.1% 6 VK0/M Macquarie Is. ( 9) 35.5% 39.9% 27.8% 7 4W Yemen (13) 34.8% 36.7% 29.1% 8 3V Tunisia ( 6) 32.8% 29.1% 32.9% 9 FR/T Tromelin (11) 30.2% 29.1% 27.8% 10 ZL8 Kermadec Is. (10) 27.5% 30.3% 21.5% 11 SV/A Mount Athos (19) 24.8% 24.0% 22.7% 12 XZ Burma (Myanmar) (14) 23.4% 21.5% 22.7% 13 3Y/B Bouvet (12) 22.8% 22.7% 20.2% 14 VU7 Laccadive Is. (13) 20.3% 18.9% 18.9% 15 XW Laos (20) 20.1% 18.8% 18.8% 16 FR/J Juan de Nova (**) 19.4% 18.9% 17.7% 17 FR/G Glorioso (**) 18.1% 16.4% 17.7% 18 FT8Z Amsterdam/StPaul(15) 18.0% 20.2% 13.9% 19 TN Congo ( 7) 17.4% 21.5% 11.3% 20 1A0 SMOM (18) 16.1% 17.7% 12.6% (**) Means new to this year's list. Editor's Analyzation: To start, the survey was taken between December of 1993 and January of 1994. As you can see the list has changed a bit since last year. Nine of the countries that were on last year's list are no longer in the "Top 20". These are 1S, 5X, 9G, EP, J2/A, KH1, KH5K, P5 and VK9/M. All these countries were very active in 1993 or had a major DXpedition from it, except for P5 and J2/A (Abu Ail, which has been deleted from the DXCC list). I am real puzzled again this year as to why the majority forgot about P5 (North Korea). By rights, the P5 should be the most wanted country, yet only 15% of the people surveryed had it on their ballots. You would think with the activity by Romeo, 3W3RR, as 5A0RR, the DXers would have remembered that his operation still does not count for DXCC credit. We can also say there is NO doubt that the 3Y/P is no longer the "Number One" country needed because of the recent February 1994 3Y0PI operation. This would mean that Heard Island (VK0/H) is now the most wanted. As we head deeper into the lower side of the sunspot cycle, the outlook (changes) in 1994 for the rest of countries listed may be uncertain. This is because there are really no officially announced major DXpeditions planned for any of them. There are talks of plans in the works for Heard Island (VK0/H) and rumors of a possible operation to Andaman or Laccadive Islands. Also, there is a possibility of activity from FT/Z (Amsterdam & St. Paul Island), but not until 1995. As far as Tunisia (3V) goes, this will probably move down the list (but not by much) now that Karl's (DK2WV) 3W8V operation has been approved for DXCC credit. Just think, there may not be any major changes to this list for next year's survey. (GEE, I HOPE NOT!) /EX