SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.181 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 181 The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 181 BID: $OPDX.181 November 7, 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, AD1C, WB3JFS, WB4IUX, K6OZL, N8AC, N6SS, NI6T, K8BN/7, W8XD, W8GUS, KR0Y, DL3KDV, DL6RAI, G4DYO, GB2RS, IN3FDC and JE1CKA for the following DX information. 160 METERS. Preston, N6SS, reports that VQ9SS and VQ9QM should now be active again on this band. Also, VQ9SS plans to be an entry in the CQWW CW Contest on 160 meters and the ARRL 160 Meter Contest. A3, TONGA. Paul, KK6H, returns as A35RK from November 24th until February 7, 1995. He will be active from Tongatapu Island, (OC-049). Paul will emphasize 160-30 meters CW and he will be an entry in the following contests: ARRL 160 Meter (CW only) and CQWW-CW (160 meters). QSL via KK6H or via W6 bureau. A5, BHUTAN. Jim/VK9NS and Kan/JA1BK were in Thimphu last week trying to work out details for a possible future DXpedition from A5. Reports from G4DYO, who received a fax from VK9NS, stated that Jim says 27 QSOs were made with JA under poor band conditions in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Communications and his staff. Two Bhutanese ops made several QSOs. A51MOC is now the call of the Ministry of Communications. Jim finished his message saying "be patient". QSL via JA1HGY. A6, U.A.E. Just a reminder that you will have a rare opportunity to work A61AD on 160 and 80 meters around 0200z between November 11th and 16th. ANTARCTICA. Nigel, VP8CMR, has just arrived at Halley Base and plans to be very active on some of the bands. He has been worked on 14260 kHz after 2230z. He plans on being active on 17 meters from 1500 to 1900z. Nigel will be at the base until February 1995 (plenty of time to work him). His QSL info is: Nigel, Halley Base, BAS, Via Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. BV, TAIWAN. Tom, WB8IUX, has received permission to operate as BV/WB4IUX. The dates for his trip still are not set as of yet, but if he is not active later this month it will be early in December. His plans for this trip is to only operate on 80 and 40 meter CW (To help the deserving with this zone and country). He may get on 20 SSB for a short period, just to spread the word that he is operational and to provide operating schedule information. C56/G0MRF QSL INFO. Many have been asking for the address for this operation because G0MRF is not in the current callbooks (but it should make it in the 1995 callbook edition). For direct cards send to G8PDW and bureau cards should still go to G0MRF. CARIBBEAN DXPEDITION. Dieter, DL3KDV, will be active from J6, J8 and J7 starting this month. Look for him November 9-11th on St. Lucia (J6), November 18th-December 1st on Bequia (J8, NA-025, including an entry in CQWW CW as Single OP/All Band) and December 1-5th from Dominica (J7). Dieter prefers QSL cards via the bureau, but should anyone prefer to send direct, please remember that a oversea letter from Germany costs 2 green stamps! FM, MARTINIQUE. F6AOI, F6BFH and F9IE will be active from November 11-27th, signing FM/callsign. Their operation will be on all bands CW and SSB. KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. A group will activate KH0AM during CQ WW CW Contest (November 26-27th) as a Multi/Multi entry. Some activity will take place November 24-25th on WARC bands or RTTY. No exact frequencies have been determined as of yet. The operators will be KH0AM/JE1CKA, AH0K, KH0AK, KH0A, KI7QD, N1SID, WQ2P, AB5JJ, KC1XJ, WH6CQ, AL7NC, WI3O, KH0AZ and JF1SQC. All QSLs go via JE1CKA, Tack Kumagai, P O Box 22, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan (Do not send any QSLs to KH0AM address please.) P4, ARUBA. Jeff, KR0Y, will sign P40F from Aruba November 21-29th, including an entry in the CQWW CW Contest in the Single-Op/All Band catagory. QSLs via the bureau or 1995 CBA. TK5EL OPERATION. From October 24-30th, DF4RD, DF4TD, DL5MFF, DL5MAE, DJ0MBU, DL6RAI and TK5EL were active as TK5EL. They made about 8000 contacts, 5600 alone during the CQWW Contest. QSL cards for this period will be handled by DF4TD, direct or via the bureau. YK, SYRIA. WA2TMP, K3NA, K6ANP, N6TV, NW6P, W6OAT, W6OTC and W0YK will activate YK0A between November 23 and November 30, 1994. This DXpedition will be the first ever operation by foreigners officially sanctioned by the Syrian Government. It was made possible with the help of Omar, YK1AO, who arranged for issuance of the license and who secured an operating site inside a Syrian PT&T training facility on the outskirts of Damascus. The primary objective of the DXpedition will be to make YK available on CW, RTTY and the low bands. A secondary objective will be to operate as a two or three transmitter Multi/Multi in the CQ WW CW DX Contest. The group foresees some SSB and WARC band operation as time and band conditions permit. QSL via W6OAT. ZB2, GIBRALTER. Dave, N7RK, will be active from ZB2 November 10 thru November 15th. Call used will be N7RK/ZB2. Dave will be active on 80, 40, and 20 meters. He may try 160 meters if possible. He will be using an older radio with NO WARC bands running just 100 watts and wire antennas. He will not be able to operate split, so look for him on the usual DX frequencies. QSL via CBA. 1994 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL DX PHONE CONTEST (by The DXer's Magazine "Five-Nine"). OBJECTIVE: For amateurs around the world to contact JA stations in as many JA prefectures as possible. CONTEST PERIOD: Starts on November 11th (Friday) 2300 UTC Ends on November 13th (Sunday) 2300 UTC Operating period is maximum 30 hours of the total 48, except for JAs, who can operate the full 48 hours. Off period must be longer than 60m inutes length and clearly indicated in the summary sheet. BANDS: 3.8, 7, 14, 21 & 28 MHz, except for the WARC bands. ENTRY CLASSIFICATIONS (Choose only one!): Single Op/Multi Band, Single Op/Single Band and Multi Op/Single Transmiter. CONTEST EXCHANGE: JAs - RS report plus Prefecture number 01 to 50. Others - RS report plus three-digit serial number starting from 001. Keep one serial number count for all bands. For more information on the rules for the contest, send InterNet E-Mail to: jidx-info@dumpty.nal.go.jp 9I2A/9I2M/9I2Z CARDS. Fritz, DL7VRO, said that the mailing out of the QSL cards for the 9I2A--9I2M--9I2Z operation will resume. He stated that he had an accident and was in the hospital for a while, and that his QSLing chores will be back to normal soon. Members of the Northern Ohio DX Association wish our good friend (Fritz) a speedy recovery. 9J, ZAMBIA. Ely, IN3VZE, will be active as 9J2CE until November 20th. Activity will be on SSB, 20 and 40 meters. QSL via IN3VZE. WRONG INFORMATION REPORTED. Information relayed or received and reported in OPDX.176 (July 18, 1994) about Paolo Cortese, I2UIY, stating, "The PRINCE sold the license to the father/son duo" was an incorrect rumor. Paolo informed OPDX that he has never made this statement about the two operators from Seborga. NEW HAMVENTION DATES. Gerd, WB8IFM, reports that future upcoming Dayton HamVention will be three weeks later beginning in 1996. Here are the dates: 1995 - April 28, 29, 30 (no change) 1996 - May 17, 18, 19 1997 - May 16, 17, 18 1998 - May 15, 16, 17 FAX YOUR DX INFORMATION NOW! 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