The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 090 (OPDX.090)
December 14, 1992
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, DL1HBT & DXNL, DF4RD,
KW2P, WB3JFS, WB3LHD, K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster Group, W8GIO, KF8VW
and VE3CDX for the following DX information.
3W, VIETNAM. 3W4VL was reported active on 28025 and 14025 kHz between
0000 to 0200z on December 12th. The operator stated he was UV3HD and to
QSL to OK3IA.
5R8, MADAGASCAR. George (5R8GW) has a new call sign as of December 8th.
It is 5R8DG. He has been heard on 24952 kHz around 1453z and 21260 khz
at 1600z. QSL via F6FNU.
5X, UGANDA. 5X5WR with Baldur at the key, summed up the CW side of the
operation on 21025 on December 9th: The station used by Baldur was a
FT747, Windom antenna, 100 watts, on Lake Victoria. He reported making
8500 CW QSOs and said "DL Dxpedition to Uganda QRT QRT QRT" at 1942Z.
CW QSLs to DJ6SI direct, SSB QSLs to Medical Assistance Radio (M.A.R.) -
Box 1223, D-8209 Scholssberg Stkn. 1 - Germany.
6W, SENEGAL. Apparently, Rich's, K3IPK, stay in The Gambia was short.
He was again active this week as 6W6/K3IPK. His length of stay is still
unknown. Check 7007 kHz around 0545z and 28025 kHz around 1600z.
EP, IRAN. A Canadian station reported that EP2AS was active during a net
operation on 21157 kHz around 1200z. (Hopefully his activity will move
up the band.)
FW, WALLIS ISLAND. FW/Y31XO and FW/Y58IO have been quite active on 18
and 24 MHz as well as 7 MHz. Activity will continue until the end of the
year. Check around 1100 to 1230z on or around 7010 kHz. Also, check
24900 kHz starting around 1800z and 18100 kHz around 2345z. QSL via Y58IO.
KP5, DESECHEO ISLAND. (UPDATE) From a news release sent to OPDX by Bob,
KW2P. The KP5 team plans to depart from KP4 on December 28 at about 1130z
(before sunrise). They are hopeful, prior to 2300z, that all stations will
be active from Desecheo. A lot depends on sea conditions and the associated
problems of transferring the equipment from the boat to shore. The list
of operators and call signs are as follows: Randy N0TG/KP5, Dave W0RJU/KP5,
Murray WA4DAN/KP5, Ron AA4VK/KP5 and Bob KW2P/KP5. Activity will be 10-160
as follows:
CW - 1830, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14020, 18075, 21020, 24900, 28020
SSB - 3790, 7090/7150, 14195, 18125, 21295, 24940, 28395
RTTY - 3620, 7085, 14080, 18015, 21080, 28080
QSL all call signs to N0TG: There will be a new QSL address for N0TG:
Randy Rowe N0TG, P.O. Box 891, Desoto, TX. 75123. (Please, direct only,
S.A.S.E and NO BURO)
P5, NORTH KOREA. (A Christmas treat or a belated Halloween prank?) WFWL!
A station signing P51AA has been quite active every day like clockwork on
15 meters mostly, but there have been 10 meter spots reported. The station
was heard on 21022, 21330 and 28550 kHz between 2200 to 2345z. Some of
the reports on the operator's behavior range from his being confused
about what mode to operate on or that he sounded like he was drunk. The
operator states to QSL via HA5BBE. JA operators are stating that the
P51AA station is transmitting somewhere in Japan.
S2, BANGLADESH. Erik, WZ6C, has now been issued the callsign S21ZG. This
is valid for one year and he may renew it. He promises to work lots of CW.
QSL to W4FRU.
T5, SOMALIA. T5CB is Chuck Brainerd of Tennadyne. He is going to Somalia
the first two weeks of January to install some antennas and train some
operators. He'll be on the air during this time as T5CB. He says SSB only,
no CW. Plans are for 40, 20, 15, and 10 using a dipole for 40 and one of
Tennadyne's 14-30 MHz log periodics for 20-10. He says he's not sure about
any WARC band operation. Due to his busy schedule, he may only be on 4-5
hours per day. Later in January, another guy (in the military) will be
operating as time permits.
Meanwhile, TU4EC/T5 was active this week on the 14226 DX net around
2115z. We have no other details on this station.
XW, LAOS. WD4NGB reports that Gus, 9V1ZE, K4SXT/DU3, K4SXT/VS6, etc.
works for the Embassy in Singapore, and was to be transferred to the
Embassy in Vientiane (Capital of Laos). Gus apparently arrived in Laos
on December 1st, but unrelated matters required his return to Singapore
on December 4th. Gus told Bruce (WD4NGB) that licensing action by the XW
authorities is very slow due to some problems with a previous operation
there by other parties. A 500 watt rig is available for his use. With
some diplomatic help, he expects to be licensed sometime in early spring.
Evidently, he will not be transferred to Laos, but his job requires some
amount of travel back and forth from Singapore to Laos.
YI, IRAQ. VERON DXPress reports YI1MH is a new station in Iraq. QSN
reports show activity on or around 28507 kHz starting at 1330z. Also,
there has been activity on 14199 kHz around 1515z. QSL via Majid Abdul
Hamid, P.O. Box 5864, Baghdad, Iraq.
PIRATE ALERTS!!
5X, UGANDA. It has been reported by Baldur (DJ6SI) and Wilfried (DJ5RT)
that a pirate was using their call sign of 5X5WR on 40 meters SSB
on December 1st between 2300-0000z and on December 2 on 10 meters
CW at 0600z.
PZ, SURINAM. PZ1EE, who is a resident Amateur in Surinam, announced that
PZ5EL is a pirate. Please DO NOT QSL this station.
C9RJJ AND C9RDM CARDS. QSL cards for these two stations should ONLY be
sent direct to Paul, W8GIO, with a S.A.S.E. Paul requests that you should
refrain from using the ARRL Buro. There is already a pile of QSL cards
for both of these stations at the W8 bureau. Cards sent to the bureau
will take longer to answer.
KEEP THOSE BALLOTS COMING! Ballots for the Second Annual OPDX/NODXA DX
Survey can be found in OPDX.088. Ballots can be sent to the following
packet and online addresses listed below.
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