
SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.175
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 175

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 175
BID: $OPDX.175
September 19, 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, DF4RD, DL7VEE & DX NEWS
Letter, DL8AAM, DL8ZAJ, Japan DX News, JA0CVW, G3ZAY, K4CEF & Southeastern
Cluster group, JA1IDY, JA6VZB, K2UFT, WD8E, VE2DR, VE3UOL and VE3CW for
the following DX information.

1B, TRNC. Both KU0J and DK8FD have been active from here as 1B/. Activity
has been mainly on CW, 17, 30 and 40 meters. Just a reminder that the DXAC
recently rejected (by a 14 to 1 vote) a petition for new DXCC country
status for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). DXAC members
stated that the TRNC did not meet DXCC Criteria Point 1, Government. 

1P, PRINCIPALITY OF SEBORGA. Tom, DL8AAM (co-editor of the Germany Ham
magazine "FUNKAMATEUR") will be active for 5 days starting around 
September 25th. His callsign will be IK/DL8AAM/1P and he will be using
a TS-50S into a vertical. Tom's main purpose for going there, we quote,
"To get first hand information about this territory, not all these
second hand and commentary personal ideas, and I think the best way is
to have a visit down there."

BV, TAIWAN. Fritz, WD8E, will be in BV-land the last part of October.
Again this is a business trip and operations will be limited. He will
sign BV/WD8E. His activities were not mentioned, but QSL to his CBA or
via bureau. All cards from his last two operations have been answered.

CARIBBEAN DXPEDITION. Dieter, DL3KDV, will be traveling through the
Caribbean and will be active from the following places: J6 - November
9-17th, J8 - November 18th through December 1st and J7 - December 2-12th.
Dieter will be operating on CW/SSB/RTTY and on 160-10 meters.

C5, THE GAMBIA. Gary, C53HG, has been quite active lately on 17 and 20
meters CW/SSB. His activity varies on 17 meters, as early as 1330z and
as late as 2130z. On 20 meters, look for him on either mode between
1830 and 2230z. His QTH is in Banjul and he has a stateside QSL Manager
of W3HCW.

INDIAN OCEAN TRIP. The Japanese Magazine FIVE NINE is sponsoring
a trip through the Indian Ocean area to celebrate ten years of
publication of the magazine. Participating operators will be Toshi/JA1ELY,
Chao/JA1ETQ, Ted/JA1IDY, Mako/JA1OEM and Setsu/JL1UXH. Their tentative
schedule at this point is as follows:

    3B6  Oct. 14-22  by JA1OEM
    3B6  Oct. 23-24  by JA1ELY, JA1ETQ, JA1IDY and JL1UXH
    D68  Oct. 24-31  by JA1ELY, JA1ETQ, JA1IDY and JL1UXH
    FR   Oct. 25-30  by JA1OEM
    FH   Oct. 27-28  by JA1ELY, JA1ETQ, JA1IDY and JL1UXH
    5R8  Nov. 1 -20  by JA1OEM

  Licenses are in hand, but callsigns are yet unassigned except for
  5R8HP. Activity will be mainly on low bands, WARC bands (plus the other
  normal bands), CW, SSB, RTTY and one other mode as of yet undecided. 
  Rigs are two FT-850s and amplifiers. Antennas are a tribander, a
  duo-bander for the WARCs and wire antennas for 160, 80, 40 and 30 
  meters. No QSL Manager has been announced as of yet.

  Two of these operators carried out a successful DXpedition previously
  to S79 as S79ELY and S79IDY and a CQWW Phone contest operation
  as S79J, making about 3000 QSOs despite frequent power outages.

KC6/V6/KH2, REP. OF BELAU, MICRONESIA, GUAM. Tosy, JA6VZB, will be active
this week (September 22-26th) from KC6ZZ's QTH as KC6VW. Activity will
be on 160-10 meters (including the WARC bands), CW/SSB/SSTV and 
participation in the CQ WW RTTY Contest (24-25th). From September 26-28th,
Tosy will be active as V63BM from Micronesia but mainly on SSTV. He plans
to send Micronesian underwater pictures which he has taken on his trip.
On the 28th and 29th, Tosy will be active as AH0T/KH2 from Guam using 
CW/SSB/RTTY/SSTV. QSL via the bureau to JA6BSM (not JA6VZB). All QSLs
will be issued automatically through the bureau.

KH8, SWAINS ISLAND (AMERICAN SAMOA). Lanny, W5BOS, will be active from
this one starting around September 21st or 22nd. This will be a new
IOTA for you IOTA chasers. His operation will only last for a few days
and activity will be on CW/SSB.

PACIFIC DXPEDITION (Upate and change of plans.) Teo, DJ1RL, and Harry,
DL6NA, will now be active from Rarotonga (ZK1) from October 19-22nd 
instead of Niue as reported in OPDX.173. Meanwhile, Harry has received
his callsign of 3D2AN for the Fiji operation October 17-19th. ADDED NOTE:
Harry wants to inform the DX community that he is not (and has never 
been) the QSL Manager for D44BS. QSLs go direct to D44BS.

S9, SAO TOME. Charlie, S92SS, says he is now on 160 meters but due to
his work schedule he can only be active on Fridays and Saturdays. For
U.S. and Canadian stations, begin looking for Charlie around 0000z on
his favorite frequency of 1835 kHz.

QSL ROUTE CHANGE. Adam, N7VEW, announces he is the new QSL Manager for
Randy, TJ1JR, in Yaounde, Cameroon. QSL via his CBA with a SASE.

XZ, MYANMAR. An interesting report from the "Japan DX News" states that
JA1UT, JR0CGJ and G3NOM will be traveling to Myanmar to demonstrate SSTV.
The three operators will arrive in XZ on September 17th. After a day
of discussions and explanations of their intentions, the group will
demostrate SSTV on the 19th. Activity will be on 14230 and 21330 kHz
during their afternoon. They will also try to obtain permission to be
active on CW/SSB/RTTY, if not for this trip, then maybe the next. The 
operators will leave Myanmar on the 20th.

ZF2, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Dick, K2UFT, will be active as ZF2SY from November
19-23rd. He expects to be operating in the late evening (0300-0600z)
and early morning hours (1000-1400z), primarily CW, with emphasis on
WARC bands, 80 and 40 meters. QSL to K2UFT.

ZONE 2. Chris, VE2DR (President of the Quebec HF Club), states that a
schedule has been arranged for individuals needing to work Zone 2 
stations. No dates were mentioned, but check the following times and
frequencies (+/- few kHz): 3797 kHz at 0000z, 7070 kHz at 0100z and
14180 kHz at 0200z.

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