SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.166
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 166

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 166
BID: $OPDX.166
July 11, 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, DL7VEE & DXNL,
JH2PDS, SM0TXT, WB2RAJ, K4CEF, NW8F, VE1CBK and ZL2TT for the
following DX information.

1A, SMOM. (The following is information excerpted from reports on
Internet, and heavily editorialized by K4CEF.) There appears to be some
sort of feud going on over the recent 1A0KM operation between the
operators who went this past week, and those ops who have gone on all
the previous operations and who were NOT present for this one. The
problem seems to stem mostly from the fact that none of the latter
group were invited to participate, and those in the latter group seem
to be having a tough time understanding how the new group got permission
to operate 24 hours a day without them etc etc. They have posted letters
on Internet casting disparaging remarks about the integrity, friendship
and honesty of the new group, and apparently trying to discredit them.
It all appears that the old group just wants to keep the operation of
1A0KM to themselves, and to keep it on the rare list in order to have
"their own country". I would imagine the primary aim here is to assure
the continued flow of American dollars to the proper hands.-- de K4CEF

7Q, MALAWI. Peter, ON6TT, who is currently signing D2TT from Angola,
will be active next weekend possibly signing 7Q7XT. He is scheduled to
be there from July 17th through August 5th. Activity will be on all
bands, but mainly on the WARC bands and the lower bands. QSL via ON5NT.

8P, BARBADOS. Mark, ex-J5UAI, is now active as 8P9HB. He plans to be
active on all bands, CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via NW8F.

A3, KINGDOM OF TONGA. Masa, JE1DXC, will be active from Tongatapu Island
(IOTA OC-049), July 14-27th. His callsign has not been issued as of yet,
but he plans to be active on CW/SSB on 40-10 meters, including the WARC
bands. There may be some 75-80 meters. Masa would like to put an
emphasis on 30 and 20 meters for the East coast and European operators.
QSL via CBA or the JARL Bureau.

CY0, SABLE ISLAND. Wayne, VE1CBK, informed OPDX that there will be a
50/50 chance he will be active as CY0SAB from July 18-22nd. Wayne will
probably be active on all bands and he is hoping to take 6 meter gear
with him. QSL to VE1CBK new address: Wayne King, 63 Brook St., Lake
Fletcher, N.S., Canada B2T 1A5. (This is not in the CallBook!)

FR/T, TROMELIN. There was one report over the weekend that Jacques,
FR5ZU, was heard on RTTY signing FR5ZU/T on 14084 kHz around 1630z. WFWL!

FT5, KERGUELEN ISLAND. Pierre, FT5XJ, was heard around 14085 kHz on RTTY
between 1215 and 1245z. He is expected to leave the island sometime this
month. Pierre will be gone for 3 months and then return. QSL via F5NLL
or F1NLL in the callbook.

KH0, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND. Tosy, JA6VZB, is planning to be active as
AH0T, from July 14-17th. His activity will actually be from Rota Island
(IOTA OC-046). Look for him on all bands in CW/SSB and with a possibility
of some RTTY operations. QSLs only via JA6BSM.

OH2C (SPECIAL CALL). The Radioclub of the Helsinki Telephone Company
(OH2AQ) used this special call at Finnish Amateur Radio League station
during the IARU HF Championship Contest this past weekend. The operators
were OH2BCI, OH2BQW, OH2BVF and OH2NRV. QSL via OH1NRV.

S2, BANGLADESH. There was a rare appearance on July 5th, by both S21A
and S21B. S21A was heard on 14168 kHz around 1430z and S21B was heard
on 14196 kHz around 1450z. QSL both W4FRU.

S9, SAO TOME. Charlie, S92SS, continues to be very active. He has been
heard lately on some of the WARC bands. Check 18087 or 10109 kHz around
2245z. If he is not there check 20 meters SSB between 2100 and 2300z.
S92YL has also been active on 15 and 20 meters between 2030 and 2130z.

ST, SUDAN. Lou, ST0K, has been heard on 20 meters (around 14019) CW
between 2230 and 0030z. He reports that his QSL Manager is Richard
(WB2RAJ). Richard informs OPDX that he has not yet received the logs
and is unsure (or clear) whether or not he is Lou's QSL Manager.
Richard has heard from others sources that Lou wants him to be just a
"mail drop". Richard has stated he will return all the cards to Lou and
explain to Lou he will not be just a mail drop. As soon as Richard
receives a correspondence (or logs) from ST0K or ST2AA, he will inform
all of the situation.

ZK3, TOKELAU. Steve, AA6LF, who is currently active from North Cook
Islands as ZK1ALF, will be active from ZK3-land, July 13-18. Most of
his current activity has been on 20 meters between 0300 and 0700z. QSL
via AA6LF.

ZL8, KERMADEC ISLAND (PIRATE!). Ron, ZL2TT (NZART DX Editor), informed
OPDX that ZLs and VKs have been hearing activity by a station signing
ZL8BX on 80 meters. There have also been reports of 40 meter activity
on the Ohio/Penn Network. This station states his home call is VK1QQ
and that he is going to be on the island for 3 years. Ron was told by
the New Zealand Radio Licencing, that they have not issued a ZL8BX call
and that no one would ever spend three years on the island. The maximum
stay on the island is one year. This is the second rare ZL call that
has been used on CW in the last couple months. The last was ZL9RV on
Campbell Island and this was also not genuine.

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