DX Bulletin OPDX #93 January 4, 1992

[M. Squicciarini]

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 093 (OPDX.093)
January  4, 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,
ARRL, NT2X, K0GU & Front Range DX Cluster, K8YSE, K9AJ, IK5AAX, PA3DZN
and VE3CDX for the following DX information.

ET, ETHIOPIA. Rudi, DK7PE (9F2CW), is QRT from here. There is still
activity from another station signing ET3RA (Rolf, HB9CVB). His activity
has been sporadic, but he was heard this week on 24980 kHz around 1200z.
It has been reported that he will be there until the end of January.
QSL via HB9CVB.

KH1, HOWLAND ISLAND (UPDATE- January 3). Mike, K9AJ, has informed OPDX
that the KH1-1993 DXpedition plans are on schedule. Operation should
begin around January 26th. All QSLs for this DXpedition should be sent
to the following address: Mile-Hi DX Association, P.O. Box 1, Franktown,
Co 80116. The callsign to be used on the KH1 DXpedition will be announced
at a later date.

KH5K/KH5, KINGMAN REEF/PALMYRA ISLAND. Alex, PA3DZN, has supplied the
following information dated December 22, 1992: "The operators for this
DXpedition so far are: from USA - N0AFW, N9NS, W7KNT, NH6UY / EUROPE -
OZ1ILGF, G0LMX, HB9AEE, HB9AHL, PA3DZN, PA0ERA. We are still looking for
two more operators to complete the team of twelve. We are especially
trying to find one Japanese operator. Several of the current operators
have been on large expeditions in the past (VP8SSI, 3Y5X adn FO0CI).
Transportation by boat (Machias) from KH6 to KH5K has been contracted
(charter US$ 40,000) and the costs are paid up front by the participants.
Besides, there are the travel expense, to L.A. and Honolulu for each 
individual operator. Operators will assemble in L.A. on February 26th,
and depart for KH6 on the 27th. Departure from KH6 by the boat "Machias"
to Kingman Reef will be February 28th, and arrival on Kingman will be 
around March 5th. Eight operators will land on KH5K while the remaining
four operators will travel to Palmyra. During the operation, operators
will change QTH several times so everybody has a chance to operate from
both locations. The operation will last 9 days (2 weekends, one week
included) and the callsigns will be announced later. KH5K is the number
4 most wanted country in Europe, so Europe will be the main target area.
There will be special attention to low bands and WARC bands as well.
The same applies to KH5. Station setup for KH5K will be 4 HF, one 6 meter
and one satellite station. For KH5, there will be 2 HF, one 6 meter and
one satellite. All stations will operate simultaneously with beam antennas
for the high bands (one for 10/15/20 and extension for 40 meters and
another beam for 12/17/30 meters) and the usual antennas for the low
bands. All stations will operate with at least 1 KW. Icom is probably 
sponsering this operation with several HF radios and Cushcraft is donating
the beam antennas. The up front costs are being covered by the twelve
participants. Several DX-clubs and Foundations have indicated that they
will support this operation. They also expect some support from individual
DXers. For more details on contributions contact the following: For 
Europe - G0LMX or PA3DZN. For USA or others - N0AFW."

OD, LEBANON. It has been reported that OD5/HB9AMO has been active daily
between 1830-1832 kHz at around his sunrise (which should be around 
0443z). QSL via HB9AMO, Pierre Petry, 3, Hutins-des-Bois, CH-1225
Chene-Bourg, Switzerland.

OSCAR 13 REPORTS (by Sergio, IK5AAX). Stations heard on January 1st, 
1993: S57TTI 145911.6/1500z, VU2CVP 145892.8/1543z, XU6TQ 145890/1455z
AND XX9AS 145903.3/1509z.

P5, NORTH KOREA (UPDATE).  There has been a report by Ed, NT2X, on the
status of the operators of P5RS7. The report states operators are in
good spirits, but their situation is rather uncomfortable. Apparently,
Romeo has sustained an injury to a hand, and one of the team members
was sent back to Russia for reasons unknown. Also, it appears that the
P5RS7 crew will be returning to Moscow January 8th or 9th, which means
the operation will probably go QRT January 6th or 7th.

T2, TUVALU. Y58IO and Y31XO, who were just active as FW/, are now active
as T28IO and T21XO, respectively. Both have been heard mainly on CW and
on 80-10 meters including the WARC bands. QSL to Box 73, Berlin 1020,
Germany.

T32, CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Karl, DL1VU, who is now active as T32VU, will
continue to be active for the next few weeks. He operates only CW and
has been heard on 3504 kHz around 1217z, 7001 kHz around 1543z, between
10103-10108 kHz from 0400-0530z, 18068 kHz around 1700z and again at
0015z, around 21021 kHz begining around 1730z and on 24895 kHz around
2015z. Karl also plans to operate from Canton Island (T31AF), Tarwara
(T30CT), Nauru Island (C2NI1) and in March will be Banaba Island 
(T33VU). QSL via DJ3TF.

V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS. Begin looking for AD1S and AH9B, as V73S and V73B
respectively, starting January 8th thru 15th. Activity will be on CW (25
kHz up from band edge), SSB and RTTY (80 kHz up from band edge). Check 
10-160 meters including the WARC bands. QSL to Oklahoma DX Association,
P.O. Box 88, Wellston, OK 74881.

XF4, REVILLA GIGEDO. The DX-News Letter reports XE1XA and others are
reported to be planning an operation for early February 1993.

MORE ACCURATE COORDINATES FOR YOUR DATABASE AND BEARING PROGRAM. 
Obtained from QRZ DX and John, K8YSE.
      YU4 & 4N4  Bosnia (Sarajevo)      43.52N   18.26E
      S5         Slovenia (Ljubljans)   46.04N   14.33E
  **  YU5 & 4N5  Macedonia (Skopje)     41.59N   21.26E
      9A         Croatia (Zagreb)       45.50N   16.00E
** Still has not been approved by the ARRL Awards Committee for DXCC 
status and is still under study.
    
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