SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.184 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 184 The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 184 BID: $OPDX.184 November 28, 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, WB4IUX, WB6GFJ, N6BIS, N8AC, DL7VEE & DXNL and ZL1AMO for the following DX information. 8P, BARBADOS. Marian, KB9EKO, and Myron, K9JJR, will be active from here starting next weekend through December 12th. Their activities on the bands were not mentioned, but their callsigns will be 8P9CT and 8P9DC, respectively. 8Q, MALDIVES ISLAND. NODXA member Tom, DL7UTM (aka H44XO, 3D2XO, T21XO and Y31XO) will be active as 8Q7XO during the holidays (presuming around Christmas and New Years). 9H, MALTA. NODXA members Birgit, DL7VTZ, and Holgert, DL7VTM, will be active from here (possibly Gozo Island) for two weeks at the end of March 1995. They plan to be active in a CQWW contest. Both were active earlier in the year from Zambia as 9I2M and 9I2Z. BV, TAIWAN. (Update and reminder!) Tom, WB4IUX, has announced over the weekend that he will definitely be active (as BV/WB4IUX) November 29th, starting around 1215z. He will be operating from Tony's (BV2TA) shack. During the three day stay, his primary frequenies will be 3508 to 3512 kHz (depending on local QRM). If 80 meters is closed to North America, he will try 7008-7012 kHz. On his second day, he will try to operate on 160 meters. On his final day (November 30th), Tom will be active on 20 meters SSB (around 14200 kHz) during the U.S.'s evening hours. VI0, ANTARCTICA. Eddie, VK4EET, is currently active and operating under the callsign VI0ANT. It is expected that he is going to be there through the Antarctica summer (March 1995). He plans to be on the air everyday from 1130z until 1630z on weekdays and whenever the bands are open on weekends (especially during DX contests). His preferred mode is CW, then SSB, but he can also work RTTY/AMTOR on request. He will be active on all HF bands but mainly the low bands. Suggested frequencies: CW - 3502, 7005, 14005, 21005 and SSB - 3798, 7070, 14190, 21295 kHz. QSL via home call VK4EET. The XYL, Mina (VK4BMD), will handle urgent QSL requests, with verification from Eddie. Bureau cards will be answered on his return to VK4 in April 1995. Other operators are also active from here using the VK0 prefix. Phil, VK4FPS, is active as VK0FPS on SSB and all digital modes. QSL to VK3MA. He will be here until December 1995. Lances, VK7ERZ, is active as VK0ERZ. He is occasionally active on SSB and prefers to ragchew. He will be active until March 1995. ZL7, CHATHAM ISLAND. Well known DXer Ron, ZL1AMO, informed OPDX that he will be active from here, December 10-20th. Ron usually likes operating on CW mainly on the low bands and the WARC bands but states he will also be active on SSB and RTTY. THE FOURTH ANNUAL OPDX/NODXA DX SURVEY FOR 1994 Here is your chance to be counted. Deadline will be January 31, 1995, with results in February. The questions of the survey will deal with: 1) The DXer of the year. This is a DXer who you thought was outstanding in operating and handling the pile-ups from their DXpedition. 2) DXpedition of the Year (Group and Indivdual). Choose the best and most well organized DXpedition that met the needs of the DX community. 3) The 30 Most Wanted Countries. Choose your 30 most wanted countries. 4) OPTION: Your personal comments about DXing in 1994. Please use the ballot below. Votes will only be accepted in the following format below. ____________________________________________________________________ Your | DXer of the Year| DXpedition of the| DXpedition of the Callsign | (Person) | Year by a person | Year by a group and QTH | | | ____________________________________________________________________ CHOOSE YOUR MOST WANTED COUNTRIES. (Please list only 30 of your most wanted countries. List CW and SSB modes separately. CW - AB,CD,EF SSB - GH,IJ --------------------------------------------------------------------- I work: [ ] only CW [ ] only SSB [ ] both CW/SSB --------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments on DXing in 1994: (Text Any Length) _____________________________________________________________________ * Just Fill-in The Blanks And Send It To One Of The Three Address: "Packet Radio" - KB8NW @ WA8BXN.OH.USA.NA "InterNet" - DX-SURVEY@barf80.nshore.org "PRODIGY" - DFJH48A 1994 OPDX/NODXA DX Survey Example Ballot: ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________ CHOOSE YOUR MOST WANTED COUNTRIES. (Please list only 30 of your most wanted countries. List CW and SSB modes separately. 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