SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.186 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 186 The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 186 BID: $OPDX.186 December 12, 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, WD5B, KF8VW, WD8NSD, 9K2RA, EY8MM, DL7VEE & DXNL, OM3DX & 160 DX Bulletin and VP2ML & The DX Bulletin for the following DX information. 3V, TUNISIA. 3V8BB continues to be active. Reports from the "160 DX Bulletin" indicate that the club station was active on 160 meters. The bulletin also states that a native operator named Mohamed is now active using the club station. Last week's spots were 7006 kHz at 2315z, 21290 kHz at 1500z and 14022 kHz at 1415z. QSL via JF2EZA. 9K, KUWAIT. 9K2MU has been active 3792 kHz around 0100z. George, DJ9LJ, has been with him to help control the pile-ups. QSL via WA4JTK. Meanwhile, a group from the "Kuwaiti Radio Amateur Society" will operate from the island of "Fialka", which is located about 25 km northeast of Kuwait City. The operators 9K2QA, 9K2VV, 9K2GM, 9K2IC, 9K2DB, 9K2DR and 9K2YJ will be active from December 15-18th, using the callsign 9K2F. Suggested frequencies: 3750, 7052, 14195, 18140, 21300, 24940 and 28450 kHz. There will be a special QSL card available. QSL direct to 9K2RA with 2 IRC or equivalent. ANTARCTICA. Gavin, VP8GAV, has moved on to another British Base. He is currently at Fossil Bluff Base. He can usually be found with a loud signal on 14024 kHz after 2300z. QSL via GM0LVI. Eddie, VI0ANT, active from one of the Australian bases, has been active on RTTY. Look for him around 14083 kHz between 0100 and 0200z, and again between 1300 and 1500z. Eddie was expected to erect a beam antenna over the past weekend if the weather was good. QSLs for VI0ANT go via his home call VK4EET, Eddie DeYoung, 131 Plantain Rd, Shailer Park Q 4128, Australia. EY (ex. UJ) QSL BUREAU. Nodir Tursoon-Zadeh, EY8MM, the Vice-president of TARL, informed OPDX that the Tajik Amateur Radio League QSL-buro (EY/ ex. UJ) is Box 303, Glavpochtamt, 734025, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He reports that during the past 2 years they have not receved any QSLs from Box 88, Moscow. He recommends not to send cards to the Box 88 service for EY cards. OH0 & OJ0, ALAND ISLAND AND MARKET REEF. Pete, N0AFW, will be visiting Finland from mid-December to mid-January. He plans to operate for a few days as OH0/N0AFW near the end of his stay, mainly on the WARC bands and lower bands. If transportation can be arranged and the weather can cooperate, Pete will also be active as OJ0/N0AFW for a few days between January 10-15th. VP8, SOUTH SHETLANDS. The DXNL reports that starting in mid December Henry, SP3FYM, will be on the air as HF0POL (presumably) until the end of 1995. He will emphasize RTTY and 160 meters. JD1, MINAMI TORISHIMA. Ishi, JI7BCD, is currently active as JI7BCD/JD!1. His length of stay is unknown at this time. Activity over the past week has been on 40 meters CW. Check around 7010 kHz starting around 1030z and as late as 2345z. There has been two reported QSL routes: 1) JARL or 2) S. Ishizawa, 13-40 Sakuragichou, Mutsu, Aomori 039-51, Japan. KP4, PUERTO RICO. Rich, WD5B, will be going here on January 6th for ten days. He will have a couple of days where he would like to operate on 160 and 80 meters while there. There was no special callsign or operating schedule mentioned. VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS. Dave, VP8BKT, has been heard this past week on 18153 kHz around 1830z. He has also been heard on 14184 kHz between 0000 and 0300z, and on 21290 kHz starting around 1700z. VP8CMP has also been active on 21290 kHz between 1300 and 1500z. ZC6, PALESTINE. On Sunday December 11th, at approximately 1430z, a station was heard on 14243 kHz signing ZC6B and was stating he was operating from Palestine. The station was reported to be very weak in signal strength. Also, Dr. Selim, OE6EEG, was also on the frequency running a list of stations to work the ZC6B station. He was also heard stating that he would run a list operation every Saturday and Sunday starting at 1400z on 14243 kHz for the ZC6B station. The station's operator and QSL route is: Dr. Sami Tarazi, Box 1008, Gaza, Palestine via Israel. According to Dr. Selim, the paperwork for this operation has already been sent to the League. EDITOR'S NOTE: ZC6 was deleted from the DXCC Countries List as of July 1, 1968. Also, the allocation list of international call signs shows that the prefix for ZC6 is allocated to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (From the ARRL DXCC Countries List, July 1994) ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. JH1ROJ will operate as ZF2RO from Grand Cayman Islands from December 29th to January 5, 1995. Activity will be on 80-10 meters SSB and CW. QSL via JH1ROJ, 4-9-31, Naka-Aoki, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332 Japan. KEEP THOSE BALLOTS COMING! Ballots for the Fourth Annual OPDX/NODXA DX Survey can be found in OPDX.184. Ballots can be sent to the following packet and online addresses listed below. 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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