Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 134

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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 134

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster

DX Bulletin No. 134

BID: $OPDX.134

November 8, 1993

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 & DXNL,

CT1XK, JI1NJC, OH1NOA, ON5NT, AD1C, W100, NA2M, K8JP, N8AC, WD8NSD and

W8ILH for the following DX information.

3W, VIETNAM.  9V1ZJ was overheard stating that he was traveling to

Hanoi and that he was going to try to operate during his time there.

3Y, PETER I ISLAND (UPDATE). Luis, XE1L, one of the operators scheduled

to be part of the Peter I Island DXpedition, reported today (Nov. 6)

that the call sign the DXpedition was assigned will be 3Y0PI. They plan

to be QRV on or about February 1, 1994. It is reported that K0IR has all

permits in hand. WA4JQS and ON6TT have all the equipment cared for. Some

of the equipment has already been loaded on the ship. Other operators

include KK6EK and N4GCK. IT WAS REPORTED: If you work them 3 times on

same band/mode, all QSOs on that band/mode will be deleted. IT WAS ALSO

REPORTED: When the operators call for QSOs by the numbers, only those

stations with calls having the same number in their call sign are

permitted to call (no portable call sign numbers). QSL CW/RTTY contacts

to AA6BB; SSB contacts to KA6V.

9G, GHANA. John, G6LJU, will be active for the next three weeks as

9G1JI. He will be using a crystal-controlled radio and will only be

active on 15 and 20 meters (21269 kHz was mentioned, but none for 20

meters). Look for John between 1700-1830z. QSL via G6LJU.

KC6, REPUBLIC OF BELAU. A group of Japanese operators will be active

from November 19-23, with different KC6 call signs (which is unknown at

this time). They want to have three stations operational with amplifiers

and beams, using 160-6 meters on CW/SSB RTTY. QSL via JK1QHK.

KH4, MIDWAY ISLANDS. Scott, N7TNL, is now active as KH4/N7TNL and should

be there until January 6th. It was reported that the existing antennas

on the island were unknown, but the feeling was that there should be a

tribander of some type there (but it may not be functional). Scott traveled

to the island with a TS-430, along with a few accessories, but a stateside

group will be sending him some more equipment. Scott is with the U.S.

Fish & Wildlife Service and hopes to be active as much as possible. He

was heard this past weekend on 18096 kHz around 1755z. QSL via W1OO.

OH0M, ALAND ISLANDS. Timo, OH1NOA, informed OPDX that due to technical

problems with the helicopter, the OJ0/OH0M was unfortunately not able

to activate Market Reef during the CQ WW SSB Contest. In the contest,

the call sign OH0M was used from Aland Island. If you had any contacts

with an OJ0M during the contest, these contacts were the work of a

pirate. QSL OH0M via OH1NOA, Timo Klimoff, Metsakulmanraitti 292,

FIN.28760 PORI, Finland. QSL OH0/OH1XT and OH1NOA/OH0 via CBA.

S79, SEYCHELLES. Jean-Pierre, F6ITD, will be active as S79TD, from

November 14-25. He plans to be active on all bands using beams and

dipoles.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND (GEORGIA). John, W8ILH, will traveling to this stateside

coastal island to be active from November 8th thru December 6th. John did

not supply the IOTA number (we think it is NA-058) or the callsign he will

be using, but he will be active on 80-10 meters (SSB only) with a

possibility of some WARC activity. QSL via W8ILH.

V63, MICRONESIA. Mike, G4IUF, will be traveling to V63-land after he

finishes up his N6SVL/KH2 operation on November 10th from Guam. He plans

to be active from Kosrae Island as V63UF from November 10-17. He will

operate on CW/SSB and prefers to be active on the WARC bands and the

lower bands. Mike plans to be active from the Marshall Islands as

V73UF, from November 22-28.

VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND AND VK9MM CARDS. Bill, VK4CRR, will be active

from here as VK9XO together with Bob, W5KNE (signing VK9XN), from

December 1-11.  Bill also mentioned that the cards for the VK9MM

operation will be mailed out in the first part of January, not early

December as first announced.

VP9, BERMUDA. Leo, K8PYD, and Jon, WB8YJF, will be signing /VP9 from

November 23rd to December 1st. Both plan to be active on all bands CW/SSB

and each plan to operate individually in CQ WW CW Contest.

The Frankford Radio Club will also be active during the CQ WW CW

Contest as a multi-single operation from the VP9AD station.

VU4, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. (From the DXNL) Two DXpeditions were

supposed to take place from here.  Both were going to be funded by the

government of India, but due to the earthquakes, the government funding

was reallocated to help the victims of the earthquake. Therefore, both

DXpeditions are to be rescheduled at a later date.

ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLAND. Three Japanese operators will be active from

November 19th to 25th. No callsigns were mentioned, but activity will

be on 160-10 meters CW, SSB and RTTY. The QSL Manager will be JI1NJC,

Yasunori Iitsuka, P.O. Box 3, Naka Ibaraki 311-01, Japan.

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