
SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.176
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 176

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 176
BID: $OPDX.176
September 26, 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, K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster group, G8XFT, JH2PDS/1, WA3RHW,
KA3DBN, WB3JFS, K4UTE, W5KSI, W5ZPA, WD8IXE, N0BSH, AD1C and VE3UOL for
the following DX information.

5V, TONGO. Baldur, DS6SI, is now active as 5V7DB. Most of his activity
is on CW (with some RTTY) on 15, 17, 20, 30 and 40 meters. Apparently,
the RTTY operator is DJ6JC and is traveling with Baldur. The QSL
information is unclear at this time for RTTY contacts, they may go to
DJ6JC (Listen for instructions). QSLs for CW and SSB go to DJ6SI. (Just
a reminder! One green stamp is not enough to cover return postage from
Germany.) The length of this operation is unknown at this time.

C2, NAURU. Ron, ZL1AMO, became active this past weekend as C21/ZL1AMO.
He usually operates mainly CW and seems to favor 30 and 40 meters. His
length of stay is unknown, but it is rumored he will be traveling to
T31 next. QSL via CBA.

D6, COMOROS. JA1ELY, JA1ETQ, JA1IDY and JL1UXH are currently in the 
planning stage to be active from D6-land. No dates have been mentioned
as of yet, but the group plans to be operational on CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV,
the satellites and on all bands. Stay tuned!
 
DX TIDBITS..... Effective October 1st, Selim, OE6EEG, will cease to be
QSL Manager for the following stations: A71AL, HZ1MM, SU1AY, SU1ER, 
SU1RR, SU1SR, YI1DZ and 7Z1IS...... Kash, WB2RAJ, continues to 
communicate with Lou, ST2AA, and is trying to have Lou send the logs
stateside for ST2AA and ST0K. Once the logs are received the cards will
be printed. Please be patient. Meanwhile, Lou is off the air due to rig
and commerical power problems......

FR/G, GLORIOSO. Rumor from 256 Group is that FR/G tentatively is
scheduled for December 1994 and again for July 1995. The operator on
FR/G will probably be Jacques, FR5ZU. It is believed he only operates
on SSB nets, some RTTY but no CW.

IOTA NA-034. Steve, W4/YV5DTA, will be active October 3rd and 4th from
Anna Maria Island, which is in the Flordia State West Group. The operation
will only be on 20/15 meters and CW only. QSL to: Esteban J. Morao, 850 E.
Commercial Blvd. # 131, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334.

J6, ST. LUCIA. Several Southwest Ohio DX Association members will return
to St. Lucia for a CQWW SSB contest DXpedition. Activity will begin 
October 22nd and last for 2 weeks (November 5th). Operations will be on
160-10 meters (including WARC bands) on CW, SSB, and RTTY. This is the
first SSB contest effort (multi/multi class) by the J6DX crew who won the
1993 CQWW CW in the multi/single class. J6DX or some other special calls
will be used during the contest period. QSL contest QSOs via N9AG. 
Individual callsigns/QSL routes will be used outside the contest.

PJ7/PJ8, ST. MAARTEN. Jim/KI4HN, Scott/KA9FOX, and Mike/N0BSH will be
active from October 25th to November 1st. The group plans to operate 
signing PJ8Z as a multi-single entry in CQ WW SSB. Operators will will
sign PJ7/ before and after the contest. Activity will be on 160-10 meters
including the WARC bands. KA9FOX and N0BSH will also spend a couple days
in KP4-land after the contest. QSL all calls via KA9FOX.

SY1MF IS NOT MOUNT ATHOS. Several have asked about the location of SY1MF.
According to several on Internet who have worked him, he is NOT in Mt. 
Athos. The callsign is actually in use by SV1MF who is on an IOTA 
expedition to Salamis (EU-075), one of the Greek Islands in the 
Peloponnisos East Group. Thus, Monk Apollo appears to be the only 
active station from  Mt. Athos.

V3, BELIZE. Operators Mike/W5ZPA, John/KV5E, Nellie/XE1CI and Stan/W5JYK
will be active October 4-7th, from Ambergris Caye (IOTA NA-073), signing
V31MP, V31JY, V31CK and V31YK respectively. The team will try to have
three stations on the air, if possible. They will be on all usual DX
frequencies operating CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to each home call with SASE.

VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Tom/K2TD, Jack/N2VW and Mike/WB2YOF will
be operating as VP5R, a multi-single entry in the CQWW SSB Contest on
all bands during the contest. Before and after the contest, from October
25 through November 1, they will be signing VP5/home call, emphasizing
CW and the new bands. QSL VP5/call via home calls, and VP5R via N2VW, via
the bureau, or direct with SASE or SAE and return postage. (Please note
that VP5R is re-issued; QSL this operation only via N2VW).
   Also, there will be a group from the Florida DX Association to return 
to VP5 (Providenciales) NA-02 to participate in the CQWW SSB Contest.
The operators will sign /VP5 before and after the contest while signing
VP5Y during the contest. Look for operators: Steve/AB4UF, John/AC4ET,
Dick/K4UTE, Bill/KQ4GC, Ron/N4KE, Mike/NF4L, Jim/NU4Y and AL/W3ZNB. All
QSLs go to K4UTE (Please do not send bureau cards to VP5 bureau!).

VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS. Jon, G8XFT, will be active from Mt. Kent in the
Falkland Islands from October 18th until approximately February 20, 1995.
His activities will be on all HF bands plus 2m and 70cm on all voice 
modes. He hopes to be active also on Packet, Amtor and RTTY. He does not
plan any CW operations, although he stated an occasional slow morse 
contact may be possible if requested. Jon is currently in the process
of setting up a P.O. Box to receive QSLs and will publish the address
at a later date.

UA0, STOLBOVOY ISLAND. Sanyi is currently signing UA0QJG/0 and can
usually be found on 20 meters CW between 1130 and 1300z on/or around
14003 kHz. Stolbovoy is located in the Lyakhovskiye Island group and
has an IOTA number of AS-029. QSL via UA1AGC.

XY, MYANMAR (BURMA) UPDATE. Robert, K4MZU, had a chat with Ray HS0AC on
September 21st and Ray indicated that JA1UT, himself and a few others
did complete the SSTV demo with Burma Authorities a few days ago. They
made several contacts throughout SE Asia using the call XY1HT for 2 
days. No remarks were made regarding final outcome and further 
operations, but looks like some progress is being made.

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