SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.176 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 176 The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 176 BID: $OPDX.176 September 26, 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 & DX NEWS Letter, K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster group, G8XFT, JH2PDS/1, WA3RHW, KA3DBN, WB3JFS, K4UTE, W5KSI, W5ZPA, WD8IXE, N0BSH, AD1C and VE3UOL for the following DX information. 5V, TONGO. Baldur, DS6SI, is now active as 5V7DB. Most of his activity is on CW (with some RTTY) on 15, 17, 20, 30 and 40 meters. Apparently, the RTTY operator is DJ6JC and is traveling with Baldur. The QSL information is unclear at this time for RTTY contacts, they may go to DJ6JC (Listen for instructions). QSLs for CW and SSB go to DJ6SI. (Just a reminder! One green stamp is not enough to cover return postage from Germany.) The length of this operation is unknown at this time. C2, NAURU. Ron, ZL1AMO, became active this past weekend as C21/ZL1AMO. He usually operates mainly CW and seems to favor 30 and 40 meters. His length of stay is unknown, but it is rumored he will be traveling to T31 next. QSL via CBA. D6, COMOROS. JA1ELY, JA1ETQ, JA1IDY and JL1UXH are currently in the planning stage to be active from D6-land. No dates have been mentioned as of yet, but the group plans to be operational on CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV, the satellites and on all bands. Stay tuned! DX TIDBITS..... Effective October 1st, Selim, OE6EEG, will cease to be QSL Manager for the following stations: A71AL, HZ1MM, SU1AY, SU1ER, SU1RR, SU1SR, YI1DZ and 7Z1IS...... Kash, WB2RAJ, continues to communicate with Lou, ST2AA, and is trying to have Lou send the logs stateside for ST2AA and ST0K. Once the logs are received the cards will be printed. Please be patient. Meanwhile, Lou is off the air due to rig and commerical power problems...... FR/G, GLORIOSO. Rumor from 256 Group is that FR/G tentatively is scheduled for December 1994 and again for July 1995. The operator on FR/G will probably be Jacques, FR5ZU. It is believed he only operates on SSB nets, some RTTY but no CW. IOTA NA-034. Steve, W4/YV5DTA, will be active October 3rd and 4th from Anna Maria Island, which is in the Flordia State West Group. The operation will only be on 20/15 meters and CW only. QSL to: Esteban J. Morao, 850 E. Commercial Blvd. # 131, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334. J6, ST. LUCIA. Several Southwest Ohio DX Association members will return to St. Lucia for a CQWW SSB contest DXpedition. Activity will begin October 22nd and last for 2 weeks (November 5th). Operations will be on 160-10 meters (including WARC bands) on CW, SSB, and RTTY. This is the first SSB contest effort (multi/multi class) by the J6DX crew who won the 1993 CQWW CW in the multi/single class. J6DX or some other special calls will be used during the contest period. QSL contest QSOs via N9AG. Individual callsigns/QSL routes will be used outside the contest. PJ7/PJ8, ST. MAARTEN. Jim/KI4HN, Scott/KA9FOX, and Mike/N0BSH will be active from October 25th to November 1st. The group plans to operate signing PJ8Z as a multi-single entry in CQ WW SSB. Operators will will sign PJ7/ before and after the contest. Activity will be on 160-10 meters including the WARC bands. KA9FOX and N0BSH will also spend a couple days in KP4-land after the contest. QSL all calls via KA9FOX. SY1MF IS NOT MOUNT ATHOS. Several have asked about the location of SY1MF. According to several on Internet who have worked him, he is NOT in Mt. Athos. The callsign is actually in use by SV1MF who is on an IOTA expedition to Salamis (EU-075), one of the Greek Islands in the Peloponnisos East Group. Thus, Monk Apollo appears to be the only active station from Mt. Athos. V3, BELIZE. Operators Mike/W5ZPA, John/KV5E, Nellie/XE1CI and Stan/W5JYK will be active October 4-7th, from Ambergris Caye (IOTA NA-073), signing V31MP, V31JY, V31CK and V31YK respectively. The team will try to have three stations on the air, if possible. They will be on all usual DX frequencies operating CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to each home call with SASE. VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Tom/K2TD, Jack/N2VW and Mike/WB2YOF will be operating as VP5R, a multi-single entry in the CQWW SSB Contest on all bands during the contest. Before and after the contest, from October 25 through November 1, they will be signing VP5/home call, emphasizing CW and the new bands. QSL VP5/call via home calls, and VP5R via N2VW, via the bureau, or direct with SASE or SAE and return postage. (Please note that VP5R is re-issued; QSL this operation only via N2VW). Also, there will be a group from the Florida DX Association to return to VP5 (Providenciales) NA-02 to participate in the CQWW SSB Contest. The operators will sign /VP5 before and after the contest while signing VP5Y during the contest. Look for operators: Steve/AB4UF, John/AC4ET, Dick/K4UTE, Bill/KQ4GC, Ron/N4KE, Mike/NF4L, Jim/NU4Y and AL/W3ZNB. All QSLs go to K4UTE (Please do not send bureau cards to VP5 bureau!). VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS. Jon, G8XFT, will be active from Mt. Kent in the Falkland Islands from October 18th until approximately February 20, 1995. His activities will be on all HF bands plus 2m and 70cm on all voice modes. He hopes to be active also on Packet, Amtor and RTTY. He does not plan any CW operations, although he stated an occasional slow morse contact may be possible if requested. Jon is currently in the process of setting up a P.O. Box to receive QSLs and will publish the address at a later date. UA0, STOLBOVOY ISLAND. Sanyi is currently signing UA0QJG/0 and can usually be found on 20 meters CW between 1130 and 1300z on/or around 14003 kHz. Stolbovoy is located in the Lyakhovskiye Island group and has an IOTA number of AS-029. QSL via UA1AGC. XY, MYANMAR (BURMA) UPDATE. Robert, K4MZU, had a chat with Ray HS0AC on September 21st and Ray indicated that JA1UT, himself and a few others did complete the SSTV demo with Burma Authorities a few days ago. They made several contacts throughout SE Asia using the call XY1HT for 2 days. No remarks were made regarding final outcome and further operations, but looks like some progress is being made. FAX YOUR DX INFORMATION NOW! Faxing is available Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 0430 to 2330z only. The number is 216-237-8208 and the FAX card is sharing the same phone line as BARF-80 BBS using a data/fax/phone switch. Excerpts and distribution of The OPDX Bulletin are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receive credit. 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