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SB DX @ ALLBBS $OPDX.148
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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 148
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The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
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DX Bulletin No. 148
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BID: $OPDX.148
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February 21, 1994
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Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
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Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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Online at 216-237-8208
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Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
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Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, ARRL DX Bulletin, DL7VEE &
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DXNL, DF4RD, ON7GB, VP2ML, NT2X, K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster Group,
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WA6YOU and AH9B for the following DX information.
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3Y0PI, PETER I ISLAND (UPDATE). (ed.- A DXpedition of "EXCELLENCE") Now
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that the 3Y0PI operation is history, there is only one word to describe
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this DXpedition, "SUPER". Making 60,000 QSOs, the Peter I DXpedition team
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(Ralph/K0IR, Tony/WA4JQS, Bob/N4GCK, Bob/KK6EK, Terry/W6MKB, Willy/HB9AHL,
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Peter/ON6TT and Martin Tosseyn, a Belgian, who is a non-ham, but acted as
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campsite manager looking after the tents, food and generators.) should
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be commmended for a well organized operation despite set backs, such as
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being hit with major snow storms, equipment being damaged during their
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landing on the island and the storms freezing generators and damaging
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antennas. But members of the team were technical enough to repair some
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things so all operations were not lost. The operation has officially
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gone QRT February 16th, but as this bulletin was being written during
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the weekend some of the team remains on the island. Extremely bad weather
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has hampered efforts to get the team off the island. A fax sent to
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WA4JQS's mother, Ada, from the Russian ship which is picking up the
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3Y0PI operators indicated the following: At 2315Z February 18, only two
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operators (K0IR and HB9AHL) had made it to the ship via only one
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helicopter run.
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1. Very slow evacuation from the island because of bad weather
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(too much fog). Helicopter flights very risky and difficult.
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2. Two operators are already on board the Russian vessel. Only one
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flight was possible yet.
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3. Everybody is OK and waiting for better weather.
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Once the 3Y team is safely aboard the Russian ship, they will be taken
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to Puntas Arenas, Chile to take flight home, instead of a long sea trip
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home. (UPDATE February 20th at 0001z: Operators still on the island and
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they are now in a middle of a tremendous blizzard. Currently, very little
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equipment has been taken to the Russian ship and all are doing fine. In
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case of extreme emergency, they will evacuate the island leaving all
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equipment behind.) (Another UPDATE just before going to print: A fax
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sent Sunday morning indicated that 5 of the operators and half of the
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equipment from the DXpedition are now safely aboard the Russian ship.
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Tony, WA4JQS, and 3 others operators still remain on the island, but
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all are expected to be completely off the island by 1700z Sunday.)
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OH YEA! There is one more group to be commended during the 3Y0PI
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operation and that would be the amateurs (DXers/Non-Dxers) all over the
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world. The amateurs of the world were on their best behavior, EVER,
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during this DXpedition. There were no real major problems of deliberate
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interference or an overabundance of policemen on patrol (only a couple
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of minor infractions). This can be attributed to the amount of 3Y0PI
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stations operating at the same time and the amount of spectrum they used.
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It is a shame that most DXpeditions are not well thought out (ORGANIZED)
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and planned like the 3Y0PI.
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HS, SAMUI ISLAND - IOTA AS-101 (THAILAND). A group of Thailand amateurs
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will activate this island sometime in March, no specific dates were
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mentioned. Samui Island is located in the Malay Peninsula North East
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group and has not been active for two years. During the operation the
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operators will pay special attention to the WARC bands. Operators are
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only allowed to operate on these bands with a special licences and can
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only obtain these licences for special occasions (such as an IOTA
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activity).
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KH8, AMERICAN SAMOA. Andy, G4ZVJ, will be active from February 16 thru
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March 16, as AH8F. He will be active mostly on CW, only little SSB and
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RTTY.
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KP5, DESECHEO ISLAND. Bad news! The ARRL DX Buletin and other sources
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report that the upcoming DXpedition for the SSB weekend of the ARRL
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International DX Contest has been cancelled. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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Service has denied landing permission because a group of Haitian
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squatters are on the island. The Coast Guard was unsuccessful in
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removing them, and reports are that the U.S. Navy may be called to
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remove the group. Until this situation is resolved, no landing permission
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can be given. AB4JI and crew hope to make last minute arrangements to
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operate from another island.
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PY, BRAZIL. PY0A and PY0B will be active from Abrolhos Archipeligo (IOTA
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SA-019) from February 23-28. This island is located in the Bahia State
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South group and will only count for Brazil. Activity will be CW/SSB on
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10-80 meters. QSL to Roberto Stuckert PT1GTI, P.O. Box 09647, 70001-970,
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Brasilia DF Brasil.
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T5, SOMALIA. Ron, WA6YOU, will be active from Mogadishu from February
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24th thru March 4th (Information was not clear. It may be March 24th
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thru April 4th). He will sign T5YOU and will be active on a time
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available basis from 1800-2000z daily. Due to location constraints, his
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rig will be an Icom 735 and a dipole antenna. Ron will attempt to operate
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on the usual DX splits on 15/20 meters SSB only. QSL to WA6YOU direct.
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TI9, COCOS ISLAND (UPDATE). Members of OKDXA and the Young Gunners DX
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Foundation are in the final stages of planning a May 94 DXpedition to
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Cocos Island. The trip will last for 10 days beginning around the 2nd
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week of May. Transportation has been obtained, permission to land and
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operate has also been granted. This will be a full-scale, multi-national
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effort with about 12 ops. There will be six stations, including one
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dedicated satellite and another to RTTY. Heavy emphasis will be given
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to CW and WARC bands. The co-leaders of the team are Javier/AH6MM and
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Craig/AH9B. Other operators include V73C, AD1S, TI2JJP, XE2CQ, NH6UY,
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N5MIH and Dr. Pete/N0AFW. QSLs will be handled by OKDXA, Box 88 Wellston,
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OK 74881.
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WORLD NEWS: A rumor is circulating around 20 meters that Voice of
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America had a report on the air that all BY hams have been rounded up
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and sent to labor camps. Apparently, they were charged for "listening to
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unauthorized frequencies". No more info is available on this one, but
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there has not been any BY QSN reports on the Ohio/Penn Network since
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February 1st. Hope it is not true. (This information from KN4QS.)
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According to Ed, NT2X, the Reuter news agency had a report on the
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Spralty Islands (which are contested by several nations). The report
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states that two of the countries which contest the islands, China (PRC)
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and Taiwan (ROC), will have a joint scientific expedition that will
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explore the Spratly Archipelago. A Chinese oceanographic vessel will
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carry a team of scientists, including 9 ROC citizens. This is a first
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such joint trip since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. There
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were no details when all this takes place, and obviously, this is not
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amateur radio related, but perhaps the BV and BY stations may find a
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way to put a different twist on a Spratly DXpedition in the future.
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XF4, REVILLA GIGEDO. Hector, XE1BEF, and others plan to activate XF0C,
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from February 18 thru March 4. Activity will be all bands 160-6 meters
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on CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL via XE1BEF.
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ZS0, PENGUIN ISLANDS. Just a reminder to begin looking for Baldur, DJ6SI,
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and others as ZS0X, February 23-28. This will probably be the last ZS0
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operation to count for DXCC. Word has it that Baldur and crew will stay
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after the 28th and use V5 callsigns.
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FAX YOUR DX INFORMATION NOW! Faxing is available Mon/Wed/Fri from
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0430-2330z only. The number is 216-237-8208 and the FAX card is sharing
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the same phone line as BARF-80 BBS using a data/fax/phone switch.
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Excerpts and distribution of The OPDX Bulletin are granted as long as
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OPDX/BARF80 receive credit. To contribute DX info, call BARF-80 BBS at
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216-237-8208 and leave a message with the Sysop or send email to:
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aq474@cleveland.freenet.edu via BitNet: aq474%cleveland.freenet@cunyvm
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or PRODIGY:DFJH48A or via packet KB8NW @ WA8BXN.OH.USA.NA
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