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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 180

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 180 (InterNet Version)
BID: $OPDX.180
October 24, 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, AD1C, WB2K, WB2DND, N3SL,
K3ZO, KD4HXT, WB4IUX, N4VZ, KG4TM, N5OK, K8PYD, CO2KK, CO2OJ, EY8MM,
AH0W/OH2LVG and W6PQS, WAPJR, W2JGR of the IRDXA for the following 
DX information.

160 METERS. Arnie, CO2KK, states he is now ready for the 160 meters DX
season, using a 50 watt rig and rooftop inverted L antenna (55 meters
overall length), working against a counterpoise. Those interested in 
skeds may write to his InterNet address, acoro@tinored.cu, or may call
him on the phone at 53-7-293738. QSL to his home address: Prof. Arnaldo
Coro Antich, Ave 23 No. 3413 Altos, Entre 34 y 36, Playa, Ciudad Habana,
Cuba 11300 or use is PO Box Number: Arnaldo Coro, PO Box 6060, Habana
Cuba 10600.

80 METERS. Every day, from the middle of October, a group of Asian
operators (EX0V, EY8MM, UN7VV, AP2SD, UK's and EZ's) are looking for
NA West Coast stations on 3795 MHz between 1200 and 1400z. They use 
directional antennas listening long path.

A6, U.A.E. Don, WB2DND, will be visiting Dubai from November 11-16th.
Look for him on 20 meters at 1300z on either 14025 or 14090 (RTTY). Also,
he will concentrate on 80/160 meters each morning at 0200z. On 14240 kHz
at 2100z, he has a sked with his father and son each day and he will take
callers after their QSO.

BV, TAIWAN. WB4IUX reports he has been asked to visit organizations of his
company in Japan and Taiwan to make some presentations and carry out 
some training.  The final approval for the trip should be received next 
week. He will be in Taiwan either during the November 7/8/9 or November
16/17/18 timeframe, and is working feverishly on getting permission to
operate. If he can secure this permission, he plans to operate almost
solely on 80 and 40 meters to give those low band operators a chance 
for BV. The low end of 40 meters in SE Asia is a mess, so it isn't easy
to find a clear frequency. His plan is to be in the 7008-7012 and 
3508-3512 windows. He promises more info as it develops particularly in
reference to the exact dates and the station from which he will be 
operating.

CO9, CAYO CAGUAMA, CUBA. A group of hams from Cuba and Portugal will
activate CO9OTA in the archipelago Jardines de la Reina between November
7-9th. (ed. An IOTA number is not available at this time because we
believe that this may be a new IOTA number.)

EY NEWS (TAJIKISTAN). Nodir, EY8MM, plans to take part in CQWW SSB Contest
as a Single Op/Multi bands entry using his home callsign. He will pay
special attention to 160/80/40 meters and will be the only station from
Tajikistan in this contest. QSL for EY8MM via DL8WN.
  Nodir mentions he and others will also plan to be active during CQ WW
CW Contest as EY3A. The team will consist of EY8MM, WW, QX, CQ, JX and
UA3AB. They may operate as M/M or M/S. 
  During the month of November, the special callsign EY70D will be used
to celebrate 70th aniversary of Dushanbe City. QSL via DL8WN.

GUANTANAMO BAY COFFEE CUP. As we mentioned in last's weeks bulletin
(OPDX.179), Jeff, WI2T, will be active in the CQWW SSB Contest as a
Single Op (work sked permitting) signing KG4JO. A coffe cup from KG4 is
being offered to those stations that work KG4JO on all six bands during
the CQWW phone contest. The cups will be sent out in time for Christmas
to the callbook address of the station.

HS, THAILAND. Fred, K3ZO/HS0ZAR, has just returned from HS-land to
report that the members of the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand are
busy planning major efforts in the CQWW SSB and CW contests. Look for
HS7AS and HS0AC in the contests. Meanwhile, the station at the Asian
Institute of Technology, E20AT (formerly HS0A), is being refurbished 
with a full-sized 2-element yagi for 40 meters. Fred also reports many
more Thais have now received permission to set their stations up at home
and you will begin to see more activity from these stations on HF. There
are presently 460 citizens of Thailand who hold licenses which give them
persmission to operate on the HF bands. This is 460 out of a total of some
95,000 licensees altogether, the vast majority of them being VHF no-code
licensees. The ham population has increased enough so that the Thais are
able to support a net on 40 meters. It is on SSB, meets at 1300z on 7060
kHz. A CW net has also been started at 1400Z on 7015 kHz. Zone 26 should
become very available in the upcoming year.

HZ, SAUDI ARABIA. Terry, N4KT will be active in the CQWW SSB Contest
operating HZ1AB solo on 3.7 MHz band. Last year he operated 40 meters
single band entry, and this year he wants to try 80 meter single band. 

IMPORTANT NOTICE. Steve, N3SL, reports that anyone still needing an AH1A
QSL card should resubmit now. The Mile Hi DX Association will close the
post office box effective February 1, 1995. All unclaimed U.S. and JA 
QSLs were sent to the respective bureaus nearly a year ago, so check 
there first. After February 1st, K1ER and N3SL will have the logs.  

IRDXA EQUIPS HF0POL FOR RTTY. The International RTTY DX Association 
(IRDXA) has donated a Hal RTTY Terminal for use at HF0POL, the Polish
Antarctic Expedition Base on King George Islands in the South Shetland
Group. The equipment was shipped via air to the supply station in Puenta
Arenas, Chile. There it will meet up with the new HF0POL operator, Andy
Grotha, SP2GOW, for the supply ship voyage to the base on King George
Island. Wald, SP4KM, organized the RTTY effort and trained Andy on the
keys. Dxers looking forward to this new one should be aware it may be
several months before Andy gets to the base and appears on RTTY. Keep an
eye on the VK2SG RTTY DX notes for updates.

KC6, BELAU. Jim, WV5S, and Coy, N5OK, of the Oklahoma DX Association will
be returning to Belau (Palau).  They may be using their previous calls of
KC6SS and KC6OK. Operations will be October 25th to November 2nd and will 
include activity in the CQWW-SSB Contest. Emphasis will be on CW, WARC,
80/160 meters and with some RTTY activity. QSL via home calls. After
their stay in Belau, they will also operate from Yapp, November 2-9th
using the calls V63SH and V63OH.  

NEW QSL MANAGER. Adam, N7VEW, will now handle cards for 5V7MD, Dave
Moody in Togo and Randy, TJ1JR in Cameroon. Adam has announced the 
following skeds: Wednesdays, 2230z on 14165 kHz with TJ1JR and Thursdays,
2200z on 14165 kHz with 5V7MD. After the sked, usually 5V7MD or TJ1JR will
stick around or move up the band to work some stations. QSL TJ1JR or 5V7MD,
to N7VEW 1994 CBA or Adam J. Boettiger, 6911 Naches Heights Rd., Yakima,
WA 98908 with an SASE. Please no bureau cards. Both stations are 
missionaries and will be there for a few years.

QSL BUREAU (8th Area) SLOWING DOWN! Leo Fry, K8PYD, Manager of 8th Area
QSL Bureua, informs OPDX that processing of cards are down in the 8th
Area, as well in other bureaus. Leo says, "Our incoming work load a year
ago was an average of 50 lbs. a week. Sometimes it was as high as 100 lbs.
a week. Now, since last December, it has been 5 lbs. a week. That is a
90% cut! Out of that, at least 50% goes to DX QSL Managers leaving only
5% of the original load of a year ago for the remainder of the hams. The
active DXers are not aware of this and they continually call and inquire
where their cards are." (ed. "SEND DIRECT" is becoming common place on
the bands by DX stations. WHY? Good question! The bureau system was set
in place to help lower the cost of "SENDING DIRECT" to both sides of a
QSL exchange. For a new DXer it has become very expensive to QSL as the
price of postage continues to rise. Usually the only stations that asked
for direct cards were major DXpeditions. It would be a shame if this 
system is beginning to break down because there are a lot of individuals
(on their own free time) who are involved in the sorting and distributing
of cards.)

QSL CORRECTION. The QSL information for the upcoming DXpedition to 
Revillagigedos, XF4M, is: AA6BB, Gerald D. Branson, 93787 Dorsey Lane
Junction City, OR. 97448. (Not JH1AST as reported earlier.)

SU, EGYPT. There have been reports that SU2MT will be active in both
CQWW SSB & CW as a Multi/Single entry. Meanwhile, look for him on 15
meters around 1200z or 20 meters between 1700 and 2000z.

ST0, SOUTHERN SUDAN. John, PA3CXC, is once again active as PA3CXC/ST0.
This trip it seems that he is concentrating mostly on CW, the WARC bands
and 40 meters (few spots on 15 meters). Check around 18075 kHz between
1800 and 2200z, 7005 kHz around 0315z and 21020 kHz after 2200z. His 
length of stay is unknown at this time. QSL via his homecall.

TI9, COCOS ISLANDS. TI9JJP is now active. Activity seems to have started
on October 22nd. The length of this operation will last until the 29th.
Check 14195 kHz and the usual DX frequencies.

TK, CORSICA. DL6RAI, DL5MAE, DL5MFF, DJ0MBU and DF4RD will be visiting
TK5EL to be active in the upcoming CQWW DX SSB Contest as a Multi/Sinlge
entry. They will try to be active before the contest (24th of October) 
using their own TK/callsigns (e.g. TK/DL6RAI, etc.).

VP2E, ANGUILLA. K1DG and KA1XN will operate during CQWW SSB as a 
Multi/Single entry (No callsigns were mentioned). After the contest,
look for FS/K1DG and/or PJ7/K1DG for a few days on various bands and
modes.

VP5, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS. A group from the North Florida DX Association
(NFDXA) will be traveling to VP5 for the CQWW phone contest. The group
last year, as a Multi/Multi entry, took 3rd place in the world. This year
they plan to operate as Multi/Single using the callsign VP5Y.
 
XX9, MACAO. G3SXW and G3TXF have been active on the air as XX9SXW and
XX9TXF. Activity has been mainly on CW only all bands including the
WARC bands. They will be active until October 27th.

YI, IRAQ. Robert, N4VZ, in a QSO with YI9CW, found out that the YI 
station's current license does not authorize him to use 30 meters. YI9CW
states that he has applied for the authorization and that he is hoping he
will receive it at the first of the year.

ZONE 2. John/WB2K and Davis/WJ2O are venturing up to the great white 
north to ensure Zone 2 will be LOUDLY heard in CQWW SSB this year!!!
They will be operating 2 separate Single-Op stations from locations
about 20 miles apart, high power, beams, and below freezing temps!
WB2K will be signing VE2TJA and WJ2O will be signing WJ2O/VE2. QSL via
their home calls. John says, "Work us...A LOT!!! Help us stay awake
(and warm!). Zone 2 snowballs for anyone that works us on 6 bands."

SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR. The will not be a bulletin next week (October
31st). Please continue to send your DX information.

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