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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 439
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 439
BID: $OPDX.439
December 13, 1999
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, K2WE, N2OO, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH
& The 59(9) DXReport, W4VHF, KH6BZF, N6RT, W7TSQ, K8WK, K8YSE, N0JK,
DJ5AV & DX News Letter, ES2NA, I2YSB, LU3FP, LU4FPZ, OH1EH, OH2BR,
OH4MFA, ON4ATW, ON4UN and SM0BFJ for the following DX information.
IT IS WITH GREAT SORROW TO REPORT...... The DX Community learned this
week that Charles J. Harris, WB2CHO/VP2ML, (known by many as Chod) became
a "Silent Key" (SK) on December 8th. In Santa Rosa, California,
the 50
year old Chod died of complications from a severe heart attack he had
suffered in early November. Many will remember Chod for his active roles
in the DX Communty as DX columnist for "CQ Magazine", the
orginal editor
of the "DX Magazine" and "The DX Bulletin" and an
ARRL HQ staffer. He
was also an active DXer from exotic places. Mostly, the DX Community
will miss Chod's presence at the "Dayton HamVentions" DX social
gatherings.
OPDX and its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to
Chod's family. Chod Harris, a DX icon, will be surely missed......
OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the special ARRL bulletin about
Chod Harris as an additional bulletin.....
OPDX has also learned that Tiit, ES7RE, President of
ERAU, became a
"Silent Key" (SK) on December 7th in a car accident in Finland.
We
extend Tiit's wife and the children our deepest sympathy and strength
needed to get through the coming days and weeks. Members of ERAU and the
Board of Directors state that "Tiit will always stay in our memories
as a true gentleman and a great friend!"
PROPAGATION GURU KH6BZF STATES "The ARRL 10-MTR Contest should be better
than last year." Lee, KH6BZF, reports that the solar flux index (SFI)
should climb to near 200. Expect High Normal (HN) to Above Normal (AN)
conditions to exist the 11th and 12th. On Sunday, the band is expected
to be better than the day before.
3W, VIETNAM. Steve, K2WE (aka 3W6WE & XU2WE), reports that he will return
here in Febuary or March, and he has permission from Hau, 3W6LI, to
operate from his farm in Vung Tau, about 55 miles from Saigon right on
the South China sea. He will make every attempt to operate on 40, 80
and even 160 meters if he can get the license.
7S, SWEDEN. Rune, SM6COP, has obtained the Swedish contest callsign 7S5Q
and Tord, SM3EVR, has received 7S3E (which will probably be used in the
ARRL 10 Meter Contest. As reported earlier, the prefixes 8S, SM, SK and
SL are being issued with one letter suffixes for the SM operators for
contest activity.
8P, BARBADOS. Jon/N0JK and his father (William/W0FN) will be here until
December 14th from the 8P9Z station. There will be a special emphasis
on 6 meters using 100 watts into a 3 element yagi. They also plan to
operate in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. Callsigns are pending as this
bulletin was being written.
9N, NEPAL (Possibly, XW - LAOS). By the time you read this, Charlie, K4VUD,
should be in Kathmandu and will be active as 9N7DU for 30 days. He stated
this week that he was going to try to be active in the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest. The "DX News Letter" reports that Charlie may also make a one
week trip to Laos.
9N7, NEPAL. "The 59(9) DXReport" reports that Lawrence, W8NRB, has
been
active as 9N7RB since mid-September, mainly on 20-10 meters SSB. He will
be there for some time. QSL via W8NRB at the W8 Bureau.
9U, BURUNDI. QSL Manager Leif, SM0BFJ, informs OPDX that Gus, 9U5D, will
go QRT in the morning of December 11th. He will be on vacation at home
in Sweden for a month (signing SM5DIC). He will return to Burundi on the
10th of January for another 3 months assignment.
HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Steve, K8WK, reports that he will be here from
around December 23rd through January 2nd. He plans to operate as HI8/K8WK.
Steve was assured a license by the communications authorities and that
the license would be in the mail and a copy will be kept there "just in
case." He states that it has taken him since June (1999) to obtain this
license! Steve will operate mostly CW and mostly on the WARC bands,
conditions permitting. He adds, "Please be patient with my poor CW and it
will be the first time I've ever been on the other side of a pile....."
His equipment will be an ICOM 706MKIIG (running 100 watts) and a Gap Titan
all band vertical. Steve will bring enough wire for 160 meters but doesn't
know if he will have the support to allow use of the wire. He will try
and operate as much as he can outside of his family responsibilities as
he is on a vacation. Steve will be staying at a resort in Samana Pens
(NE part of DR). He is willing to make skeds for the needy. His E-mail
address is: litwins@badsector.com
QSL to his home callsign at:
Steve Litwins, 2398 Woodbine Dr., Crestview, FL 32536 USA (USA needs
return postage and all others need 1 IRC or Green Stamp.
LT5, ARGENTINA. Look for LT5F to be active in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest
as a mix mode (CW/SSB) on High Power. Operators will be Seba/LU4FPZ,
Ariel/LU6FUQ and Bob/LU2FA. QSL contacts for the CQWW CW and the ARRL
10 meters Contests via LU4FPZ, 1 de Mayo 2128, CP 2000, ROSARIO-ARGENTINA.
Look for Tony/LU2FFD and Hernan/LU3FP to be active from LU4FM
(Radio
Club Rosario) during the ARRL 10 Meter Contest on both modes SSB/CW. QSL
LU4FM to: BOX 263, (2000) Rosario Argentina.
MORE YEAR 2000 SPECIAL EVENTS STATIONS......
Members of the Carolina DX and Roswell [NC] DX Associations
will be
on the air during the month of January using the callsign
WY2OOO. This
operation will begin at 0000z, January 1st (2000). All bands
will
be activated from 160-2 meters. QSL Manager for the WY2OOO
operation
is via K4MQG. SASEs are requested; all cards received through
the
Bureau will answered.
The Old Barney Amateur Radio Club will be operating special
event
station W1K from December 19th through January 2nd (2000) to
celebrate
the "END OF THE MILLENIUM!" Activity will be on all
bands CW/SSB. A
special QSL will be available via (SASE appreciated): Bob
Schenck,
N2OO, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087, USA. For a special
certificate
in addition to a QSL card, include a 9x12 SAE with
appropriate return
postage or IRCs.
OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Ari, OH1EH, reports to look for OH0Z to be on the air
during the ARRL 10m Contest as a Multi/Single, CW/SSB. There will also be
some activity on 160 meters CW around 1832-1835 kHz between 0400-0700z
both on Saturday and Sunday. QSLs via OH1EH: Ari Korhonen,
Kreetalank. 9 as 1, FIN29200 Harjavalta, FINLAND.
PACIFIC TOUR (A3, FO, FW, KH6, ZK1). OPDX has been informed that Adriano,
IK2GNW, will be leaving for a six week trip in the Pacific in the new year.
He will start his operations on January 20, 2000, from French Polynesia.
The first week he will be in French Polynesia signing FO0PRE (still
unconfirmed). The second week he will be active from Austral Islands
signing FO0PRE (also unconfirmed). Adriano will travel to the North Cook
Islands during his third week and use the callsign ZK1NW. Look for Adriano
to sign A35NW from the Tonga Islands during the fouth week. During the fifth
week he will operate from Wallis & Futuna Islands signing FW/IK2GNW. To
end his Pacific tour, he will sign KH6/IK2GNW from Hawaii during his last
week. The exact dates will depend on the local flights. He will be
active on all bands CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL via I2YSB by the bureau or direct
to: Silvano Borsa, viale Capettini 1, 27036 MORTARA(PV), ITALY. For more
complete details, check out the Web site at:
http://digilander.iol.it/i2ysb
PY0, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Iwao/PY7FT will visit the island again with
his friend Nori/JA1WSK beginning December 21st and operate until
December 28th as PY0FT. Nori is an expert RTTY operator and he will
concentrate his activity on that mode (this includes PSK31). Look for him
on 14084, 21084 and 28084 kHz. Iwao will operate SSB as well as SSTV. Look
for Iwao on the higher frequencies, but he will try the low frequencies.
QSL via JA1ELY.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.......
Jukka, OH4MFA, was operating from Thailand (HS) with the callsign
HS0/OH4MFA for several days during his holiday between November
10-26th.
He logged 571 QSOs on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters, mostly on CW. QSL
info
for this operation is via OH4MFA and bureau cards are preferred.
Jukka
will be going back home to Finland, he states, probably in January
2000.
So QSL cards will not be answered before that time. Jukka states,
"Many
thanks to R.A.S.T. and especially HS0AC station managers Ray,
HS0/G3NOM
and Winit/HS1CKC for the possibility to operate from HS0AC
clubstation.
It was also pleasure to operate in the CQWW CW contest from the
HS0AC
M/S team!"
Bob, W7TSQ, QSL Manager for Wis, YB0AZ, reports/advises that the
best
way to get a QSL is via W7TSQ. Bureau cards are all answered by Bob
and
cards to Wis via the YB bureau just do not make to him, so PLEASE,
send any requests for QSLs to W7TSQ. Bob states that he does answer
bureau cards, though the quickest way is SAE plus postage!
Repeating,
Wis requests NO BUREAU cards to YB bureau.
Doug, N6RT, reports that the following new/updated logs are now
available at:
http://dx.qsl.net/logs
DS5DNO (thru
11/14/99) NH0E (thru
11/28/99)
DU1ODX (thru
11/29/99) T32PO (thru
11/30/99)
GD4UOL (thru
11/30/99) VQ9CV (thru
11/26/99)
HL5FUA (thru
12/5/99) WL7M
(thru 12/04/99)
ID8/IK8VRH (IOTA EU-144, 08/99)
XX9TDX (thru 12/01/99)
KP4AH (thru
11/28/99) YC0LOW (thru 11/27/99)
JD1BIC and JD1BKR are now members of JARL and QSL is OK via bureau
but direct QSL routes are listed below:
JD1BIC - Shiro Hazama, 3-7 Taura, Yokosuka,
237-0075 JAPAN
JD1BKR - Katuya Sawada, 43-1 No.2 UsogIgawamura,
Ominato, 035-0096
JAPAN
SPECIAL "OT" PREFIX. The Minister of Telecommunications has allowed
the
Belgian radio amateurs to replace their normal "ON" prefix with
"OT" prefix
from 2300z December 3, 1999, until 2300z January 5, 2000. This is to
celebrate the wedding of HRH Prince Philip and HRH Princess Matilde.
QSL cards can be sent to the only IARU affiliated QSL bureau in Belgium
at: UBA QSL Bureau, P.O.Box 900, 9000 Ghent Belgium.
Look for Theo, ON4ATW, to be active in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest
as OT4ATW. Theo states that all QSOs will be confirmed via the bureau
with a special QSL card.
VP6BR PITCAIRN WEB PAGE ACTIVE. Lech/LA7MFA and Jukka/OH2BR have announced
that the VP6BR site is now operating at: http://www.qsl.net/oh2br/
The Web has updates/information on the upcoming Janaury 2000 operation.
Jukka will be active as VP6BR to celebrate his 40 year long Amateur Radio
career. Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL via OH2BR.
XX9, MACAO. Moto, JK2PNY, will visit here again from December 15-26th.
Moto has the license XX9TSS, but this time he will be using XX9SAR instead
of his own callsign. Activity will be on 40-6 meters, SSB/CW. The special
callsign XX9SAR will be used by all Macau stations to celebrate the
restoration of Macau. For this reason, it is important to copy who is
the operator or QSL manager. Moto will send all QSLs automatically to
the bureau until August 2000, but if you need a QSL quickly try direct:
Motoi Kawatsu, 17-15-205 Nishisugamo 3, Tokyo, 170-0001 JAPAN
YS, EL SALVADOR. The "DX News Letter" reports that Markus, HB9KNA,
plans
to be active now through January 12th. His callsign is not certain yet. He
will only be active on SSB and on 80-6 meters (also the WARC bands). He
will use a 2 element quad for 20-10m and verticals for 80/40m. QSL via
HB9KNA.
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SB SPCL ARL ARLX011
ARLX011 Charles J. ''Chod'' Harris, WB2CHO, SK
Former ARRL HQ staffer and CQ magazine DX columnist Charles J.
''Chod'' Harris, WB2CHO/VP2ML, of Santa Rosa, California, died
December 8 of complications from a severe heart attack he'd suffered
in early November. He was 50.
An ARRL Life Member, Harris was first licensed in the late 1960s. He
was an honor graduate of Princeton University and president of the
school's Amateur Radio club. Before coming to ARRL Headquarters, he
taught school in Watertown, Connecticut.
In the mid-1970s, Harris ran the ARRL Club and Training Department.
ARRL Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ, said Harris'
tenure coincided with the League's response to the Citizens Band
craze. ''He faced the challenge of absorbing into our ranks the
refugees of the CB boom,'' Sumner recalled. ''He poured enormous
energy and creativity into the task.'' ARRL Field and Educational
Services Manager Rosalie White, WA1STO, remembered Harris as ''a
vibrant force, with a lot of new ideas for recruitment and
education.''
Harris also helped to author the beginner's classic Tune in the
World with Ham Radio, among other publications. He also wrote
numerous articles for QST and other publications over the years and
once published several DX bulletins.
An active contester and DXer, Harris had operated from several
exotic locations. He obtained VP2ML while living on the island of
Montserrat in the late 1970s and early 1980s before moving to
California.
Harris also served as an International Amateur Radio Union Region 2
Conference delegate from Montserrat, most recently in 1995 at
Niagara Falls, Canada, where he chaired the HF Committee.
Harris took over as CQ DX Editor in July 1989.
Survivors include his wife, Jean, whom he met while working at ARRL
Headquarters.
A memorial service will be held Friday, December 10, 3 PM, at
Lafferty Smith Colonial Chapel, 4321 Sonoma Hwy (Route 12), Santa
Rosa, California 95409.
The family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to
the American Heart Association or to the Northern California DX
Foundation. Friends may write the Harris family at 3201 Franz Valley
Rd, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
NNNN
/EX
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3B8 - Giovanni, I5JHW will be on Mauritius
Island (AF-049) between 31
December and 14 January and
will operate (including the RTTY Roundup
on 8-9 January) as 3B8/I5JHW.
QSL via home call. [TNX I5JHW]
3W - Mal, VK6LC will be working in the South China Sea
area for the next
four months. He reports he
might operate from Con Son and Cu Lao Thu
islands in his
leisure days off, "but will not be
considering
DXpedition style operating,
social 3W6 contacts only". [TNX VE6VK
and I1HYW]
5H - John, IN3GNV will be active (SSB and RTTY)
as 5H3MG from Tanzania
between 10 December and 15
January. QSL via IN3YYQ. (Bruno Prospero,
Via Roma 76/12, 39100 Bolzano -
BZ, Italy). [TNX IN3VRR]
9G - Derek, F5VCR and others will be active from Abokwa
Island (NO-REF),
Ghana for six days
including the first weekend of April. Further
information is expected in due
course. [TNX F5VCR]
BY - A group of Chinese amateurs will operate (on SSB,
CW, SSTV, RTTY and
PSK31) special Millennium
station BT2000 between 25 December and 2
January. The activity will take
place from Qushan Island, Zhoushan
Archipelago (AS-137). QSL
direct to No. 39 Room 502, Zao Zhuang
Road, Shanghai 200135,
People's Republic of China, or through the
bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
C6 - Pete, K2PS will participate in the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest as C6A/K2PS
from Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas.
QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
C6 - Wolf, DL2SCQ and Ann, DL1SCQ will be
active as homecall/C6A from
North Bimini (NA-048)
between 24 December and 4 January. QSL via
DL6DK. [TNX DL2SCQ and Islands
On The Web]
CO - According to Tito, LU7EE the 9-13 December
IOTA operation from Cay
Breton (NA-201) [425DXN 448]
has been cancelled. [TNX The Daily DX]
CT - A group of amateurs from Portugal and France will
participate in the
ARRL 10 Meter Contest as CT8W.
QSL route to be announced later. [TNX
CT4NH]
ER - Special station ER2000A will be active
between 15 December and 20
January to celebrate the
Millennium. QSL via ER1DA either direct
(Valery Metaxa, P.
O. Box 9537, Kishinev, MD-2071 Moldova) or
through the bureau. [TNX ER1DA]
FG - Phil, ON4LCE will be active (10-80 metres WARC
included on SSB, RTTY
and PSK31) as
TO2OOO (Tango Oscar Two Oscar Oscar Oscar) from
Guadeloupe (NA-102) between 20
December and 3 January. He will also
try to operate from
Les Saintes (NA-114). QSL via ON4LCE. [TNX
ON4LCE]
FM - Look for Ralph, K2PF and Steve, KU9C to
participate in the ARRL 10
Meter Contest as FM5DN
from Martinique (NA-107). They expect to
operate before and after the
contest as either FM5DN (QSL via KU9C)
or FM/K2PF (QSL via K2PF). [TNX
The Daily DX]
G - UK radio amateurs have been allowed
to use the suffix /2K during
January to celebrate the
Millennium. This means that anyone can add
/2K to their callsign, club
callsign or whilst operating a special
event station. [TNX RSGB
RadCom]
HI - Steve, K8WK will be active (mostly on
WARC bands CW) as HI8/K8WK
from the Dominican
Republic (NA-096) between 23 December and 2
January. QSL via K8WK (Steve
Litwins, 2398 Woodbine Dr., Crestview,
FL 32536, USA). [TNX K8WK]
HR - Gerard, F2JD/HK3JBR will be active as HR5/F2JD from
Honduras between
mid-December and early January.
[TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX]
HS - Champ, E21EIC reports the following Thai stations
are expected to be
active during the ARRL 10
Meter Contest: E20GMY, E21EIC, HS0GBI,
HS0/G3NOM, HS4BPQ, HS9EQY (YL),
HS72A (QSL via HS1CKC).
JA - Takeshi, JI3DST/3 plans to be active on
from Awajishima (AS-117)
between 00.00 UTC on 11
December and 3 UTC on the 13th. He will be
active during the 10 Meter
Contest. QSL via JI3DST (Takeshi Funaki,
2-18-26 Hannan-Cho
Abeno-Ku, Osaka-City, Osaka, 545-0021 Japan).
[TNX JI3DST]
JA - Look for members of the Ehime DX
Gang to activate club station
JH5ZCP/4 from Ikuchi
Island (AS-117) on 18-19 December. QSL via
JARL. [TNX JI6KVR]
KP2 - Dave, AG8L and Mike, KC8NJA will be
active as KP2/AG8L (QSL via
NN6C) and KP2/KC8NJA
(QSL via NN6C) from the Windwood contest
station on 9-15 December. Dave
will participate in the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest as WP2Z (QSL via KU9C).
[TNX AG8L]
LU - Tony, LU2FFD and Hernan, LU3FP will participate in
the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest as LU4FM from Radio
Club Rosario. QSL to P. O. Box 263, 2000
Rosario, Argentina. Also
look for Martin/LU3VED, Rafael/LU7VCH,
Sergio/LU7YS and ALex/LU8VCC to
participate in the contest as LT5V
(QSL via LU8VCC: Alex
Rocca, P.O. Box 37, 8332 General Roca, Rio
Negro, Argentina) and for
Seba/LU4FPZ, Ariel/LU6FUQ and Bob/LU2FA to
be active (CW and SSB) as
LT5F (QSL via LU4FPZ: Sebastian Rubio, 1
de Mayo 2128, 2000
Rosario, Argentina). [TNX LU3FP, LU4FPZ and
LU8VCC]
ON - ON stations have been granted
permission to use the prefix OT
between 23 UTC on 3 December
and 23 UTC on 5 January to celebrate
the wedding of Prince Philip
and Princess Mathilde. Look for OT4ATW
(ON4ATW), OT4AYM (ON4AYM) and
OT4MA (ON4MA) to be active during the
ARRL 10 Meter Contest (special
QSLs via the bureau). [TNX ON4UN and
others]
PJ2 - Ernest, ON4CFD will participate in the ARRL
10 Meter Contest from
Curacao (SA-006) as either PJ9I
or PJ9/ON4CFD. QSL via ON4CFD either
direct (Ernest Lichtert,
Wolvenstraat 101, 1070 Brussels, Belgium)
or through the bureau. [TNX
ON4CFD]
PY - PY1KS and PY1NX will participate in the
ARRL 10 Meter Contest as
PY1NX (Multi-Single, Mixed).
QSL via PY1NX.
PY0_fer- Iwao, PY7FT and Nori, JA1WSK will be active as PY0FT from
Fernando
de Noronha (SA-003)
between 21 and 28 December. Nori plans to
concentrate on RTTY
and PSK31 (look for him on 14084, 21084 and
28084 kHz), while Iwao
will operate SSB as well as SSTV. QSL via
JA1ELY. [TNX JA1ELY]
SM_ant - Dominik, DL5EBE reports that Victor Karassev will not
be able to
operate from
Norwegian Antarctic base "Troll" on his
way to
Novolazarevskaya [425DXN 445].
If he can be active from Swedish base
"Wasa", he will
operate as R1AND/A (QSL via DL5EBE).
SV - Olda, OK1YM reports to be active from
Athens as SV/OK1YM for one
year at least. Look for him on
CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL cards the OK DX
Foundation (P.O. Box 73,
Bradlec 293 06, Czech Republic). The web
sites for Olda and the
OKDXF are at http://www.qsl.net/ok1ym
and
http://www.okdxf.cz
R1A_ant- Evgenij, was active as R1ANB/A from Russian Antarctic base
"Vostok
I" [425DXN 447] on
10 December and is expected to remain there for
one more day
only. Look for him around 16 UTC on 14.160 MHz. Next
stop will be
at "Komsomolskaya" base. QSL direct to RU1ZC. [TNX
US4LCW]
V2 - Tom, K8CX will be active as V26X
from Antigua (NA-100) on 7-13
December. He will operate on
all 9 HF bands and will participate in
the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. QSL
via K8CX. [TNX K8CX]
V3 - Bert, PA3GIO will be active as V31GI
from Southwest Caye, Glovers
Reef (NA-180) on
19-24 March 2000 and from Little Water Caye
(NA-180) on 26-29 March. Look
for him on 10-80 metres SSB. QSL via
PA3GIO either direct
(Bert v.d. Berg, Parklaan 38, NL-3931 KK
Woudenberg,The Netherlands) or
preferably through the bureau. His
web site is at http://www.xs4all.nl/~pa3gio
[TNX PA3GIO]
V3 - Art, NN7A will be active as V31JZ from
Turneffe Islands (NA-123),
Belize between 26 and
31 March 2000. Look for him on all bands
mostly CW with some SSB on
or around 21260 and 14260 kHz. QSL via
NN7A either direct (Arthur M.
Phillips, P. O. Box 201, Flagstaff, AZ
86002, USA) or through the
bureau. [TNX NN7A]
VK0_ant- According to Dominik/DL5EBE, Tom, VK0TS will be leaving
Antarctica
in about four
weeks. He has already packed his amateur
radio
equipment, but some activity is
still possible using the commercial
equipment at the base.
VP6 - Jukka, OH2BR confirms he will be
active from Pitcairn Island
(OC-044) for some three
months starting in January 2000 [425DXN
435]. He will leave Finland on
9 January and arrive to Auckland, New
Zealand on the 11th. Departure
from Auckland to Pitcairn will be on
or around 19 January, while
the return voyage is planned in early
May. Jukka will be operating
(on 6-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) as
VP6BR from either Tom's (VP6TC)
QTH and/or the VP6PAC club site up
on the hill. Jukka is seriously
considering side trips to rare IOTA
Henderson (OC-056) and
Ducie (OC-182) islands transportation is
available at reasonable cost.
QSL via OH2BR (Jukka Heikinheimo, P.O.
Box 37, FI-01361
Vantaa, Finland). Latest information will be
available on
Jukka's newly born
web site at
http://www.qsl.net/oh2br/
[TNX OH2BR]
VP9 - Gene, W2FXA will be active (on 10-40 metres SSB and CW)
as W2FXA/VP9
from Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
(NA-005) between 27 December and 4
January. QSL via home call.
[TNX W2FXA]
VR2 - The Hong
Kong Amateur Radio
DX Association
(http://www.qsl.net/vr2dxa)
has been granted the special Millennium
call VR2K. Look for activity on
all bands from now until 31 January,
and again on 1-31 March and 1
May-31 July. QSL via VR2XRW. [TNX OPDX
Bulletin]
VU_ant - Bob, K4MZU reports that Mike, R1AND/RW1A still plans to operate from
Indian Antarctic base
"Maitri" [425DXN 435], but as "they only have
the Base transmitter, he will
not have the opportunity to go on when
he wishes".
W - The Old Barney Amateur Radio Club will operate
special event station
W1K to celebrate the end of the
Millennium from 19 December through
2 January. QSL via N2OO
(Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ
08087, USA). For a special
certificate in addition to a QSL card,
include a 9x12 SAE with
appropriate return postage or IRCs. [TNX
N2OO]
W - Members of the Carolina
DX and Roswell DX Associations will
celebrate the Millennium
operating on all bands as WY2OOO during the
month of January starting at
00.00 UTC on the 1st. QSL via K4MQG.
W - Frank, N5VT will be active as N5T to celebrate
the Millennium. Look
for him on all bands and modes,
including RTTY and PSK31, between 1
and 15 January. Special QSL
card via N5VT. [TNX N5VT]
XE - Neil, G0JHC and Lee, G0ULN will be active (on 10-80
and 6 metres) as
XE1/home call from Mexico
between 22 December and 10 January. QSL
via home calls. [TNX G0ULN]
XU - Mauro, IN3QBR and Fabri, IN3ZNR will operate
as XU7AAZ and XU7AAY
from Cambodia between 24
December and 3 January. Look for them on
all bands WARC
included on SSB, CW and RTTY during the
ARRL
Round-up. QSL via IN3ZNR
(Fabrizio Vedovelli, Via Gramsci 27, 38100
Trento - TN, Italy). [TNX
IN3ZNR]
XX9 - Moto, JK2PNY will be active (on 6-40 metres SSB and CW)
from Macau
on 15-26 December.
Moto's call is XX9TSS, but this time he will be
operating as
XX9SAR, which will be used by all Macau stations to
celebrate the handover of Macau
(for this reason it is important to
pay attention to
the operator's instructions for QSLlling). Moto
will confirm his
XX9SAR QSOs automatically through the bureau; if
you need a direct
card his address is Motoi Kawatsu, 17-15-205
Nishisugamo 3, Tokyo, 170-0001
Japan. [TNX JA1ELY]
YB - Special station YE2K will be active
on 10-80 metres SSB and CW
between 18 and 23 December. QSL
via YB2PBX either direct (P. O. Box
337, Surakarta 57103,
Indonesia) or through the bureau. [TNX YB2ERL]
YS - Markus, HB9KNA has been in El Salvador since
6 December and should
be active until 12 January. The
call was not mentioned, however he
plans to operate on
80-6 metres, WARC bands included. QSL via
HB9KNA. [TNX DX News Letter]
ZL5_ant- Dominik, DL5EBE reports that Geoff, ZL5PX [425DXN 442] has been
QRT
for several weeks now. His last
day on the air was 19 October and he
is believed to have left Scott
Base.
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Adriano, IK2GNW will be active from the
Pacific for six
weeks starting on 20 January 2000. He will operate (on CW, SSB and RTTY
for
one week from each location) from French Polynesia and the Austral Islands as
FO0PRE (call to be confirmed), from the North Cook Islands as
ZK1NW, from
Tonga as A35NW, from Wallis & Futuna as FW/IK2GNW and finally from Hawaii
as
KH6/IK2GNW. Actual dates depend on local flights. QSL via I2YSB either direct
(Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara - PV, Italy) or through
the
bureau. [TNX I2YSB]
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NA-056 ---> Eduardo, CO8LY was active as CO8LY/CO4 from Cayo Largo
(NA-056)
for a few hours on 9 December. QSL direct only to EA7ADH.
QSL 9G5AA ---> Please note that the QSL manager for the 9G5AA *1999* CQWW
CW
operation is Tom, GM4FDM (Roger, G3SXW was the manager in
charge for the
*1994* operation). Tom expects the cards from the printer before
Christmas.
Bureau QSLs can be requested via e-mail at twylie@net.ntl.com
(do not follow
up e-mail requests with a bureau card!) Otherwise send
your cards either
direct (Tom Wylie, 3 King's Crescent, Elderslie,
Renfrewshire PA5 9AD,
Scotland, UK) or through the RSGB bureau.
QSL AH2R ---> The QSL manager is JI3ERV (not JI1ERV as mentioned
in 425DXN
448, apologies for the typo) either
direct (Toshinobu Aki, 1-9-26
Ikuno-higashi, Ikuno, Osaka 544-0025, Japan) or through the JARL bureau.
QSL P29BI ---> Steve, VK4EMS made 6733 QSOs (3285 SSB, 3448 CW) operating
in
his spare time as P29BI from Bougainville (OC-135). His QSL manager
(VK4EJ)
reports he now has all the logs and can guarantee same day return for
QSLs.
Please send your cards to Bernie McIvor, 30 Brennan Parade, Strathpine,
QLD
4500, Australia. [TNX VK4EJ]
QSL P29VHX ---> Uwe, DJ9HX reports all of direct and bureau cards received so
far for P29VHX (OC-008, OC-025, OC-034 and OC-153) have
been processed.
Incoming requests are now being answered within one week.
QSL R1ANF & R1ANF/A ---> Oleg, R1ANF says that "his change of QSL
address for
the R1ANF/A operations caused much confusion". Contrary to what
previously
reported [425DXN 446], cards for both R1ANF (Russian base
"Bellingshausen",
South Shetlands) and R1ANF/A (Chinese base "Great Wall" and Korean
base "King
Sejong", both on South Shetlands) should therefore be sent to
RK1PWA (Nick
Shapkin, P.O.Box 73, 164744 Amderma, Arkhangelskaja, Russia). [TNX DL5EBE]
QSL TM0Y ---> Jean-Pierre, ON4BBA reports the cards for
TM0Y (18-25 July
activity from Yeu Island, EU-064) will are being be processed and it is hoped
to send them before the new year. QSL via ON4AMM either
direct (Mary-Lou
Moons, Oudestraat 9, B-3560 Lummen, Belgium) or through the bureau.
QSL VO2CQ ---> Chris, VE3FU (Chris Allingham, 3417 Torwood Drive,
Dunrobin,
ON K0A 1T0, Canada) reports to be in the process of having new colour
photo
QSLs printed, so it will take a few months before they are ready. There is no
need to resend your QSL. [TNX IK7WUJ]
QSL VIA I0MWI ---> I0MWI is the QSL manager *only* for M1Y
(1978-82, never
active as T77Y), T77CD, T77E, T77G (1985-92, never
active on CW), T77GM
(1989-96, pirated since 1997). Bureau cards are processed for A.R.I.
members
only, others should send their requests direct to
Stefano Cipriani, Via
Taranto 60, 00055 Ladispoli - RM, Italy. Cards for other San Marino
stations
should be routed through their QSL managers or through the ARRSM QSL
Bureau
(P.O.Box 77, 47031 Repubblica di San Marino). [TNX I0MWI, i0mwi@libero.it]
QSL VIA W3HC ---> Mac reports he has ogs and cards for HS0E
for the years
1989 (5 April-31 December), 1990 (1 January-31 December), 1991 (1
January-31
December) and 1992 (1 January-25 December). Mac also reports he is no
longer
the QSL manager for J73JT.
QSL VIA W6/G0AZT ---> "All requests received for
TY1RY cards have been
processed and are in the mail. Further requests for confirmation
should be
sent direct only to Eddie Schneider, Box 5194, Richmond, CA
94805, USA. I
only have 30 requests for GU0AZT cards. If anyone still needs GU confirmed on
RTTY, pse send your requests as soon as possible, so
that I can order a
specific number of cards". Finally, please note that Eddie is NOT the
general
QSL manager for 3V8BB. He can only confirm RTTY contacts he made from
3V8BB
on 9-13 October 1996. [TNX W6/G0AZT]
YA4A ---> It was active during the CQWW CW Contest, but it is believed it was
a pirate. Neither Jan, K5MA ("I worked him", he says, "and
have no idea why
he picked my callsign to 'nominate' as QSL manager") nor Dick, K4UTE are
the
QSL manager for this station (however Dick still has logs and cards for
his
own genuine YA4A activity back in 1963-65). [TNX OPDX Bulletin and IV3TMM]
+ SILENT KEYS + Former ARRL HQ staffer, "CQ Magazine" DX columnist,
original
editor of "DX Magazine" and "The DX
Bulletin", active contester and DXer
Charles J. "Chod" Harris, WB2CHO/VP2ML, of Santa Rosa, California,
died at 50
years of age on 8 December of complications from a severe heart attack he had
suffered in early November.
Tiit Praks, ES7RE, President of ERAU, died on 7 December in a car accident in
Finland. [TNX ARRL and ES2NA]
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LOGS: Logs for Steve, G4UOL recent operation
as GD4UOL are available at
http://www.g4uol.demon.co.uk/gd4uol_search.htm
(some 10,100 CW
QSOs) [TNX
G4UOL]
LOGS: Doug, N6RT reports
the following new/updated logs are now
available at http://dx.qsl.net/logs:
DS5DNO
(through 14 November)
DU1ODX
(through 29 November)
HL5FUA
(through 5 December)
ID8/IK8VRH
(IOTA EU-144, August 1999)
KP4AH
(through 28 November)
NH0E
(through 28 November)
T32PO
(through 30 November)
VQ9CV
(through 26 November)
WL7M
(through 4 December)
XX9TDX
(through 1 December)
YC0LOW
(through 27 November)
R1MV: The R1MV site is
under construction and may be visited at
www.vbg.ru/events/MVIDX/index.html
[TNX OH2BR]
WLH: A FAQ page for the World
Lighthouses award is now available at
http://www.infini.fr/~tquere
[TNX F5OGG]
QSL received via direct: 3C2JJ (AF-082), 3D2RR, 3V8BB, 3XY1BO, 4J9RI,
4M7A,
6V6U, 9A2000B (EU-110), 9G1MR, 9G5MF, 9M6NA (OC-133), 9U5D,
9V1BG, A35SO,
A45XJ, BV4QW, BV5GQ, BY4CYL, CE0ZIS, CE3F,
CU3DJ, CY9CWI, E4/JA8RUZ,
E41/OK1DTP, E41/OK1FHI, F5SNY/P (EU-074, EU-105), F5SNY/P (EU-157),
FG5EY,
FK/F6BUM (OC-032, OC-033), FO0SUC (OC-066), FT5YG (AN-017),
FT5ZH, FT5ZJ,
GD3AHV, GJ3YHU, H76C, HK3JBR, HL0IHQ/2 (AS-122), HL2WA, HS9AL (AS-126), HU4U,
IK7VJX/7 (IIA LE-037), IL7/IK7VJX (EU-050), IQ7T, IZ7CFF/7 (IIA LE-004,
017,
025, 041, 031), JA6LCJ/6 (AS-037), JA8BGR,
JF6WTY/6 (AS-067), JI3DST/3
(AS-117), JL1KFR/JD1, JL6UBM/6 (AS-032), JW4CJA (EU-027), JY9NX,
K7IL/KH0,
KH0T, KH2/N2NL, LU1ZC, LX2DX, LY7A, N6IC (NA-066), OD5SB,
P29BI (OC-135),
P3A, P40HQ, PZ5JR, R1MVA, RM6A, S57J, S79ZG, S92YN, SV9ANH,
T24DX, T33RD,
T33VU, T88II, TG9IGI, TI1C, TJ1GD, TY1RY, TY8A, TZ6YV,
UA0ZY/p (AS-142),
V26B, VE8YEV/VY1 (NA-193), VK8AN/8 (OC-229),
VO2WL, VP2MHJ, VP5/WB8VTK
(NA-003), VU2PAI, WL7EM (NA-019), XE3VD, XF4MX, XX9TRR, YI1HK, YM7PA,
ZA0IS,
ZC4RAF, ZL4IR/7, ZS5NK, ZV0SB, ZV0SW, ZV8A (SA-016).
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PERIOD CALL
REF
till 05/01 3F: special prefix (Panama)
445
till 04/01 3W6KM: Vietnam * by ES1AKM and
ES1AX
443
till 22/12 3XY2D: Guinea * by VE2DPS
442
till 25/12 4S7: Sri Lanka (AS-003) * by
DL7FER
445
till 31/12 9A643KC: special event call
444
till 31/12 9A770N: special event station
(Croatia)
422
till 18/12 9M6CT: East Malaysia * by
HS0/G4JMB
444
till 31/12 DU67: special anniversary prefix
441
till 09/12 FS/W2QM: St. Martin (NA-105)
448
till 15/12 FT5ZJ: Amsterdam Island
448
till 13/12 GU0OFE & MU0C: Guernsey
(EU-114) * by G0OFE
448
till 31/12 HB7OGR: special call
428
till 14/12 HC1MD and HC1MD/HC7: Ecuador * by
NE8Z
439
till 31/12 HS72A: special event call
443
till 01/01 IU0PAW: special event station
442
till April JD1BKR: Iwo-Jima (AS-030),
Ogasawara
441
till 15/12 KC4/WA1O: Antarctica
443
till 10/01 KH4/W4ZYV: Midway (OC-030)
445
till 15/12 KP2/AG8L, KP2/KC8NJA, WP2Z:
Virgin Islands (NA-106) 449
till 29/02 LZ0A: South Shetlands (AN-010) *
by LZ2UU
447
till 05/01 OT: special prefixes (Belgium)
449
till 13/12 PA3FDO/p: Ameland Island (EU-038)
448
till January PZ5DX: Suriname * by K3BYV
433
till ?? R1ANB/A, R1ANK,
R1ANC: Russian Antarctic bases
447
till ?? TZ6YV: Mali * by
K7YV
446
till 13/12 V26X: Antigua (NA-100) * by K8CX
449
till 01/04 V31JP: Belize * by K8JP
443
till Dec 2000 VK0LD: Macquarie Island (AN-005) * by
VK6CQ/VK8AC 448
till 15/12 VP5/K4LQ & VP5W: Caicos
Islands (NA-002)
448
till 31/01 VR2K: special Millennium call
(Hong Kong)
449
till January VQ9DX: Diego Garcia (AF-006), Chagos * by
AA5DX 439
till 31/12 XW2A: Laos * by JA2EZD
438
till 12/01 YS: El Salvador * by HB9KNA
449
till May ZF2NT: Little Cayman
(NA-016) * by N6NT
443
till 14/12 ZF2RT: Cayman Islands (NA-016) *
by W0GJ
448
till March ZM: special Millennium prefix
(New Zealand)
438
10/12-15/01 5H3MG: Tanzania * by IN3GNV
449
11/12-12/12 3V8BB (ARRL 10M Contest) * by I5JHW
448
11/12-12/12 C6A/K2PS: Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas
(ARRL 10 Meter) 449
11/12-12/12 CT8W (ARRL 10 Meter Contest)
449
11/12-12/12 FM5DN: Martinique (NA-107) (ARRL 10M)*
by K2PF & KU9C 449
11/12-13/12 JI3DST/3: Awajishima (AS-117)
449
11/12-12/12 LT5F (ARRL 10 Meter Contest)
449
11/12-12/12 LT5V (ARRL 10 Meters)
449
11/12-12/12 LU4FM (ARRL 10 Meter Contest)
449
11/12-16/12 MJ/PA3GIO/p: Jersey (EU-013)
447
11/12-12/12 OH0Z (ARRL 10M Contest): Aland Islands
448
11/12-12/12 PJ9I or PJ9/ON4CFD (ARRL 10 Meter):
Curacao (SA-006) 449
11/12-12/12 ARRL 10 Meters Contest
***
11/12-12/12 Italian Contest (40 & 80 Meters)
***
13/12-20/12 5T5U: Mauritania * by IARV
448
14/12 II2V *
special A. Volta station
407
15/12-20/01 ER2000A: special Millennium station
(Moldova) 449
15/12-26/12 XX9SAR: Macau * by JK2PNY/XX9TSS
449
16/12-20/12 AA1AC/VP9: Paget Parish, Bermuda
(NA-005)
447
17/12-19/12 OH9SCL: "Santa Claus"
station
447
18/12-19/12 JH5ZCP/4: Ikuchi Island (AS-117)
449
18/12-23/12 YE2K: special station
449
19/12-02/01 W1K: special station * by Old Barney
ARC
449
20/12-03/01 TO2OOO: Guadeloupe (NA-102) * by
ON4LCE
449
till January P2OOOK: New Britain (OC-008) * by P29PB
441
21/12-28/12 PY0FT: Fernando de Noronha * by PY7FT
& JA1WSK 449
22/12-10/01 XE1/G0JHC and XE1/G0ULN: Mexico
449
23/12-02/12 HI8/K8WK: Dominican Republic (NA-096)
449
24/12-04/01 DL2SCQ/C6A & DL1SCQ/C6A: North
Bimini (NA-048) 449
24/12-03/01 XU7AAZ and XU7AAY: Cambodia * by
IN3QBR and IN3ZNR 449
25/12-02/01 BT2000: special Millennium station
(AS-137), China 449
27/12-04/01 W2FXA/VP9: Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
(NA-005) 449
26/12-03/01 8Q7BX: Maldives (AS-013) * by I4ALU
445
26/12-31/12 V63LJ: Ponape (OC-010), Micronesia *
by JM1LJS 447
31/12-14/01 3B8/I5JHW: Mauritius Island (AF-049)
449
31/12-29/02 M2000A: special call (England) * by
Cray Valley RS 439
31/12-01/01 Happy New Year 2000 Contest
437
Dec-Apr P49MR: Aruba
(SA-036) * by VE3MR
447
December HR: Tigre Island
(NA-060) * by HR1RMG
447
Dec-Jan HR5/F2JD: Honduras
449
Dec -01/02 VP8NJS: Antarctic base Patriot
Hills
446
01/01-31/12 2000 IOTA 2000 (http://www.cdxc.org.uk)
***
01/01-15/01 N5T * by N5VT
449
01/01-31/12 SI75A & SIxSSA: SSA 75th
anniversary stations (Sweden) 445
06/01-16/01 CE0Z: Juan Fernandez * by CE6TBN and
others 443
13/01-06/02 XZ0A: Mergui Archipelago (AS-???) * by
CADXA 447
21/01-22/01 6th International Contest/DX Meeting
(Helsinki) 445
31/01-03/03 ZM7ZB: Chatham Islands (OC-038) * by
DJ4ZB
447
Jan-Feb FO0PRE, ZK1NW,
A35NW, FW/IK2GNW, KH6/IK2GNW
449
Jan-May VP6BR: Pitcairn
(OC-044) * by OH2BR
449
January WY2OOO: special
Millennium call
449
January /2K: Millennium
suffix (British stations)
449
10/02-14/02 LU: Pinguino Island (SA-???)
429
14/02-06/03 V6: Truk (OC-011) * by G0VJK and G4VGO
429
26/02-15/03 Clipperton Island
433
01-03/31-03 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong
Kong)
449
19/03-29/03 V31GI: NA-180 (Belize) * by PA3GIO
449
26/03-31/03 V31JZ: Turneffe Is (NA-123), Belize *
by NN7A 449
March HS:
Malay Peninsula South East IOTA group (AS-???) 441
March VU7:
Laccadives
433
14/04-16/04 International DX Convention (Visalia)
447
April 9G:
Abokwa Island (NO-REF) * by F5VCR and others
449
01/05-31/07 VR2K: special Millennium call (Hong
Kong)
449
May
SU9DX: Giftun Island (NO-REF) * by Is
447
22/06-24/06 HAMFEST (Friedrichshafen, Germany)
***
July-August Glorioso Is * by F5NOD, F5PXT, F5PYI
and F6JJX 435
17/11-19/11 SEANET Convention Pattaya, Thailand
***
2000
HF0POL: South Shetlands (AN-010) * by SP3GVX
441
Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ/KB2TJM
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