SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.140
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 140
The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 140
BID: $OPDX.140
December 20, 1993
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,
4X4NJ, G3NUG, SV2WT, NA2M, WA2UDT, K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster Group,
N4VZ, KY7M and ARRL DX Bulletin for the following DX information.

1B, NORTHERN CYPRUS. Igor, KU0J, is now active as 1B/KU0J. His length of
stay is unknown at this time. He was heard operating mainly on CW on the
following bands: 80 meters at 0230z and 0330z, 40 meters between 1930
and 0330z, 20 meters between 1700 and 1800z, 17 meters between 1300 and
1430z and 15 meters at 1400z (All bands on various frequencies.) QSL via
home call.

4X, ISRAEL. Riki, 4X4NJ, is active on 160 meter almost daily operating
CW for QSOs with North America. He can be found on 1832 kHz (sometimes
QSYing between 1830-1835 to avoid QRM) about 15 minutes before his
sunrise until 5 minutes afterwards or later depending if the band
conditions last. During the pileups, Riki usually listens "1 up" or
sometimes just up. Riki needs only Zone 2 on 160 meters to have worked
all the zones.

9M2, WEST MALAYSIA. Neville, G3NUG, will be active from three islands
off the west coast of West Malaysia during January/February 1994. His
callsign will be 9M2/G3NUG and he prefers the frequencies 14260 and 18140
kHz (both +/- 5 kHz). Look for him on: Pangkor Is. (AS-072) from January
14-21, Langkawi Is. (AS-058) from January 22-28 and Penang Is. (AS-016)
from January 29 to February 10. Neville mentions that there has been
no activity from AS-072 and AS-058 for about three years. All direct
QSL request will be cleared by the end February. QSL via CBA.

9N, NEPAL. Kiyoko, NH6RT, is now active from Kathmandu. She will be there
for another year or two. She is reportedly one of three new stations
licenced in Nepal (9N1HA and 9N1HP are the other two ststaions.) There
has only been one report from the UT4UZ and UB4LRQ DXpedition team. 9N1UZ
was heard on 7009 kHz at 0130z calling "QRZ USA".

9X, RWANDA. Paul, F6EXV, and a friend, are currently active as 9X5DX
and 9X5CW, respectively. They are working in the telecommunications
field for the UN, and are currently in 9X5 on business.  They reportedly
are using commercial equipment there, and are unable to work split at
this time. They will be active as time permits, but no word on their
length of stay. Another source reports that Paul will be operating from
here for three months, and that he does expect to have a ham transceiver
soon that will have split capability. Meanwhile, Paul and his friend have
been heard on 17 meters (around 18135 kHz) at 1530z.

A7, QATAR. Chris, A71CW has been heard on 160 meters (around 1831 or
1834) between 2200 and 2300z (one report as late as 0125z). He has also
been heard on 80 meters (3511 kHz at 0310z and 3800 kHz at 2240z). QSL
to Chris Dabrowski, P.O.Box 22101, Doha, State of Qatar, Asia.

C6, BAHAMAS. Bill, WA2UDT, will be active from Great Abaco Island
(NA-080) from December 22-29. Using the call sign WA2UDT/C6A, he plans
to concentrate on the WARC bands.

HS, THAILAND. Reiner, DL2VK, is now active as HS0/DL2VK until January
31st, 1994. He will be active on all modes (mostly on CW) including
PACTOR.

SILENT KEY. Well known DXer Lloyd Colvin, W6KG, has become a Silent Key
while in Ankara, Turkey. Lloyd with his wife, Iris, W6QL, has activated
many DX countries through the years, suppling a new one for many DXers
world-wide. DXers of the world will sorely miss W6KG because he will
be known as "One of Legends of DXing". OPDX and the DX community would
like to send Iris, their deepest condolences.

SU, EGYPT. Mohamed, SU2MT, has been active on 160 and 80 meters. Listen
for him on 3799 kHz between 1400 and 1500z and on 1840 or 1845 khz around
1930z. QSL to Mohamed Tartousleh, 496 Horeya Str., Bulkely, Alexandria,
Egypt.

YJ, VANUATU. Rudi, DK7PE, who has been active this past weekend as from
Solomon Islands as H44/DK7PE, will be active next week from YJ-land.
There is no further information on his call sign or operation from here.

SV/A, MOUNT ATHOS. GOOD NEWS! Niko, SV2WT, has informed OPDX, that Monk
Apollo is active again on the HF bands and would like to be active on
most DX nets. Niko says, "For more info stay tuned to the OPDX bulletins".

XZ, MYARMAR. There were two spots reported on a XZ4TA active on 14018 and
24895 kHz between 1630 and 1730z. There were no other details to report,
but "Work First and Worry Later" (WFWL).

ZS9, WALVIS BAY. The ZS9DX Dxpedition that was to start on December 10th,
was cancelled due to transportation problems. ZS6BRZ states he hopes to
have an operation out of Walvis Bay before it is handed over to Namibia.

"HAM RADIO AND MORE". Lee, KY7M, informs OPDX that this new weekly radio
show on the "Talk America Network" (TAN) is hosted by Len Winkler,
KB7LPW. "Ham Radio and More" is broadcasted nationally on over 80 stations
around the USA. Lee (who sometime co-hosts with Len) does a two minute
segment on the show called, "Weekly DX Update". The segment is based on
information from OPDXB, QRZ DX and ARRL DX Bulletins. DXers around the
country can listen for the show on their local TAN affiliate, Sundays
at 2300z. This past Sunday (Dec. 19) they had a special DX program
featuring Ralph Fedor, K0IR, from VP8SSI and a member of the upcoming
Peter I DXpedition. Call TAN at 508-460-0588 for information on their
nearest station that carries this broadcast.

DXCC ACTIVITIES. The ARRL Awards Committee voted 6 "YES" and 1 "NO" to
accept an ARRL DX Advisory Committee (DXAC) recommendation to create an
Honor Roll for RTTY DXCC.  Qualification for this new Honor Roll is
the same as for Mixed Honor Roll. For more details read ARRL DX Bulletin
68 (ARLD068).

EDITOR'S NOTE: I would like to wish all readers a Happy Holiday and
a Great New Year. I also would like to thank the many who have contributed
information to the OPDXB. Without their contributions of info, there would
not be a bulletin. And a special thanks to my wife who takes time to be
my chief proofreader. Lastly, there will not be a bulletin next week.
Since the bulletin is written on the weekends, I plan to spend more time
with my family during this holiday. I will do my best to have a bulletin
for January 3rd. 73 de Tedd KB8NW

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Survey can be found in OPDX.137. Ballots can be sent to the following
packet and online addresses listed below.

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