SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.153
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 153
The OH/PA DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 153
BID: $OPDX.153
4/4/94
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 216-237-8208

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, DL7VEE & DXNL, DF4RD,
VE8EV, AD1C, K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster Group, K6OZL, WA8MEM, KF8VW,
K8YSE, K8YVI, NE8Z and N0ZOH for the following DX information.

WHAT AN EXCITING PAST WEEK FOR DXERS! (But all good things come to an
end.) Activity by T33CS and T33KK will end April 5th (QSL T33CS via
G4WFZ and T33KK via SM7PKK). XX9TZ will be going QRT April 4th or
5th. Operators DL5XX, XX9AS, OH6DO, OH2KNB and OH2BH were active from
the Hyatt Regency, on Taipa Island (QSL via KU9C). The four day operation
from Pulau Layang-Layang Island (aka Swallow Reef in the Spratly Island
group) will go QRT April 6th. The Germany operators from Zambia will be
going QRT April 5th (See 9I below).

1B, TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS (TRNC). Baldur, DJ6SI, is
currently active as 1B/DJ6SI. His activity is mainly CW on all bands.
At the present the TRNC does not have DXCC country status, but recently
Igor, KU0J, has filed a petition for country status, which the DXAC is
currently studying.

3A, MONACO. Ciao, I1YRL, will be active from here for two days starting
at 1100z April 9th. This will be a CW only operation. QSL to I1YRL.

4U1ITU, ITU HQ GENEVA. When not active from Monaco, look for Ciao,
I1YRL, to be active through the whole month of April. Also a special
prefix of 4U9ITU will be used during the month of April. QSL to I1YRL.

5A0RR AND P5RS7. Romeo (aka 3W3RR) who is now active as AH0M/2, was
overheard talking to Luis, XE1L, stating he will be traveling to
Newington April 4th. He hopes to straighten out or clear up what is
needed for his 5A and P5 operations to be accepted for DXCC. KYFC!!!

7O, YEMEN. GREAT NEWS!! On March 30th, the club radio station of 7O1AA
was activated again by Achmed, a Yemen native who has returned to the
country and was also once ex-HZ1FM. He has repaired equipment that was
left behind in Yemen by Paul, F6EXV. Check 14226.5 Family Hour Net
starting around 1600z or try 14243 kHz at 1500z with OE6EEG as net
control. It has also been mentioned, that Achmed may show up with Zedan
(JY3ZH) on the Arabian Nights Net (14250 kHz at 0600z). QSL via Box 485,
Aden, Yemen. INTERESTING NOTE: It was reported back in May of 1993, that
the ITU requested the government of Yemen to relinquish either 4W or 7O.
It was reported that the government chose to relinquish 7O, so Yemen
is supposed to be 4W now. LAST MINUTE UPDATE: There have been reports of
CW activity on Saturday, April 2nd. Achmed reportedly does not operate
CW, so beware of SLIMS. Also there was bad news reported on Sunday. It
seems Achmed is having rig problems (Lets hope it is not major!).

9I, ZAMBIA. Probably by the time you read this, Holger/DL7VTM (NODXA
member) who was signing 9I2Z, along with Birgit/DG9WYL (9I2M) and
Lutz/DL7VLA (9I2A), will be heading back to Germany, April 5th. Holger,
on April 1st, reported that the group's operation has made some 9000
QSOs. He also reported they made 302 Oscar 13 contacts and 200 RTTY
QSOs. During the CQ WW WPX Contest they operated Multi/Op and made
3000 QSOs primarily on 15 and 10 meters (40 meters signals were weak
and 20 meters had local noise). QSL via DL7VRO. The group plans to
attend the Dayton HamVention.

9Y, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. 9Y4TSB is a new operator who only has had his
license for a couple of months. He was heard on 21360 kHz between
2000 and 2100z. QSL to: Trueman Braithwaite, Bon Accord, Tobago - West
Indies.

EI4VRU QSL CARDS. Scott, WD8NSD, informed OPDX that NR8U and he have
been processing the cards for Barry, N2PNG, who was active from Ireland
in December 1993. Barry is currently away at school, so both NR8U and
WD8NSD have been computerizing his logs to making labels for the QSL
cards. As of the past weekend, the cards were received from the printers
and Scott reported the cards are going in the mail. DO NOT send QSL
cards to WD8NSD or NR8U, only to N2PNG.

FT, KERGUELEN ISLAND. Pierre, FT5XJ, was heard this past weekend for
over an hour on 14288 kHz beginning around 0315z. QSL via F5NLL.

IOTA NA-034. Dr. Rick Dorsch, NE8Z, will be active until April 9th as
NE8Z/4 from various islands in the "Flordia State West" group. On SSB,
look for him on the IOTA frequencies (14260, 21260 and 28460 kHz) and
for CW, check 5 and 25 kHz up. QSL to K8LJG. ADDED NOTE: Rick mentions
that all his XE1/NE8Z QSLs will be mailed out by April 15th. Colored
QSLs are being printed and K8LJG has all the labels and logs.

VE8YEV, HENDRICKSON ISLAND. Operators VE8CF, VE8EV, VE8GC and VE8NC,
from the Inuvik Amateur Radio Club, will begin operations at 2300z on
April 8th from this not-yet-activated NWT (Inuvik Region) IOTA island
group. They plan an around the clock operation on 20 meters and 15
meters, as well as some low band and satellite operations. QSL direct
to any of the operators or via the bureau.

SAD NOTE. Eva, PY2PE, a well known "friend of the DX community" became
a SILENT KEY, April 1st.

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