SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.178
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 178

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 178
BID: $OPDX.178
October 10, 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, AC4NJ, K4MZU, K5ESW, N4AR,
N4VZ, KG4ML/WB6VGI, KA3DBN, WD8NSD, KF8VW, AA9D, AH0W/OH2LVG, 5Z4FO 
and SV1CEC for the following DX information.

3A, MONACO. 3A/IK4WMG will be active from Monaco from October 21-24. He
will work in CW on 40 to 10 meters. QSL via IK4PKZ. Meanwhile, Scott,
WD8NSD, reports he received his card back from F6FYP for the station
3A/F6EEM (who was active on September 22nd). This station was a pirate,
so do not bother to send for the cards.

3B8, MAURITIUS. Begin looking for several JA operators to be active over
the next couple of weeks. It will start this week with JA1OEM who will be
there from October 14-22nd (After this he is off to Reunion Island). A
group with JA1ELY, JA1ETQ, JA1IDY and JL1UXH will be active from October
23-24th.

3DA, SWAZILAND. Adam, SP2JYX, is currently signing 3DA/SP2JYX and has
been quite active on 15 and 20 meters, mainly SSB. His length of stay
is unknown at this time. QSL via CBA.

5X, UGANDA. Look for Lynn/5Z4DU, Paul/5Z4FO and Dan/W5AHC to operate as
5X1HR during the CQWW DX SSB Contest. They will operate all bands 80-10
meters. QSL to KF7E.

9X5HG IN RWANDA (UPDATE).  Hartmut, 9X5HG, was overheard taking to SV1CRY
on October 1st stating the following: "I have been in Rwanda for 2 weeks
and it has taken 2 weeks to clean up the house enough to get back in. I
have been living in the guest house, using a sleeping bag. My yagi was left
intact (he was using it during the contact). I will be there until about
October 22 and then (as he put it) 'my time in Africa is over'." Hartmut
does have his laptop computer with all his logs in it. He was heard 
recently on 7001 kHz around 0300z and 14025 kHz around 2030z on CW. He
says to QSL thru the DL bureau to his home call, DK2SC.

HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Stefan, DL5XX, will be active during the CQWW DX
CW Contest in November. He may have a HC8 callsign during the contest,
if not, he will be using DL5XX/HC8. He will operate before and after 
the contest, mainly on CW along with activity on the WARC bands. QSL via
DL5XX.

HS, THAILAND. Reiner, DL2VK, will be in Nakhon Phanom for about 6 months.
He will be signing HS0/DL2VK and will operate mainly on CW, but may also
be active on Packet, AMTOR, Pactor and SSB. He did not mention what bands
he will be active.

KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Larry, WB6VGI, will be active from here until
October 21st, as KG4ML. Activity will be mainly on 17 meters, but he has
been heard on 30 and 40 meters. QSL via CBA.

MORE ON SY1MF (by John Caradimas, SV1CEC). The SY1MF is definetely not
in Mt, Athos, as you very correctly stated already in your bulletin. SY1MF
is a special callsign, issued to a special DXpedition to Salamis Island,
on the occasion of the Naval Battle between Greeks and Persians. Salamis
Island is located very close to the coast of Piraeus, which in turn is
the port of Athens. There is a very narrow passage between Salamis and 
the mainland coastline, and it was in this passage that the battle took
place. As for Apollo (SV2ASP/A), he is not the only ham monk on Mt Athos,
since a friend of mine worked another monk on VHF during the summer,
however, he doesn't seem to be active in HF.

NEW QSL ROUTE FOR 5W1GC. Cliff, AC4NJ, informed OPDX that Cliff, 5W1GC,
will be leaving Western Samoa, October 31st. His new QSL route is KE5GC
via bureau or Cliff Luxion, P.O. Box 1808, Aurora, IL 60507. Cliff has
been heard on 3508 kHz at 1115z, 14010 kHz at 0230z, 18070 kHz at 1915z,
21305 kHz at 2300z, 21027 kHz at 220z and 28480 kHz at 0045z.

SPECIAL "VE" PREFIXES. Later this month, VE stations will be using the
following prefixes in commemoration of the UN's "International Year of
the Family": Look for VB, XG, XO and XN.

XF4 CORRECT SPELLING (WE STAND CORRECTED!). Frank Smith, AH0W/OH2LV,
one of the operators in the upcoming XF4M operation (see OPDX.177),
informed OPDX that the correct name of XF4 is Revillagigedos and not
Revilla Gigedos. It is one word that represents a cluster of approx 4
islands in that group. The international team of operators for XF4M
will be active from Socorro Island, which is the larger of the four
islands. The team will be on the island from October 23rd through November
1st, when the team will be a Multi/Single entry in the CQWW/SSB Contest.
This will be the first contest ever that XF4 will be on the air which
means a rare and new multiplier for the contest. The XF4M team will have
to depart from LaPaz, Mexico by boat travelling through the Sea of Cortez
to Socorro Island because aircraft is now impossible since the runway on
the island has recently been severely damaged by hurricanes. Meanwhile,
Frank has announced the XF4M DXpedition is now considering invitations
for four more experienced operators to join this international group. If
you have an interest in joining this group, please contact Frank Smith
at (602) 938-8000 or (602) 876-2718 to discuss dates, details, expenses,
etc.. A decision will be made early next week.

XX9, MACAO. Roger, G3SXW, and Nigel, G3TXF, are going to XX9 on the 19th
of October for a week of CW operation and special attention to LF bands
and the WARC bands.

YK, SYRIA. Mike, VE3UWC, is currently signing VE3UWC/4U and will be in
Syria with the UN Peacekeeping forces until they move out in about 3 
months. It appears Mike is just getting started with his operation and
no information is available on what bands he will work or if he works
any CW. He was last heard on October 5th , on 14220 kHz between 2130 and
2200z.

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