From: skitch@nadc.navy.mil (M. Squicciarini)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: DX Bulletin #94 January 11, 1993
Date: 11 Jan 93 13:29:31 GMT
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The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 094 (OPDX.094)
January 11, 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, K4CEF & Southeastern
Cluster Group, N4DUG, WA4JQS, K6OZL, N6QHO, KF8VW, NW8F, W8XD, K8YVI
and K9AJ for the following DX information.

THE BUS STOPS HERE! It has been reported on CNN Headline News that the
Hungarian's bus (HA5BUS group) has been impounded in Longbeach, CA. for
lack of $7000.00 to pay the shipping fee. The three Hungarians had
started out 15 months ago on an around the world tour to show off 
Hungarian products, but their sponsor went bankrupt. If they do not
come up with the money by the end of the month, the bus will be auctioned
off. 

3Y, BOUVET ISLAND. It was reported in the VK2SG RTTY DX Notes to be
on the lookout for news of a possible operation from Bouvet Island
sometime in April-May 1993, by Russians and others signing 3Y/R0L.

3Y, PETER I ISLAND. Tony, WA4JQS (one the ops of VP8SSI), has stated that
they have 2/3's of the required approvel to land on Peter I Island and
hope to have the other required 1/3 by the weekend (10 Jan.). The group
is looking for an early 1994 landing.

5R, MALAGASY REP. JE8XRF is currently QRV from Reunion, and mentioned 
today that he plans to be in Malagasy Rep. in about 10 days. He hedged
a little when asked about plans to operate, but it bears watching. 
Meanwhile, there is still operation from here by 5R8DG (ex-5R8GW).

D2, ANGOLA. Elliot, N6QHO, informed OPDX that he will be returning to
Angola, January 17th. He will be signing N6QHO/D2 as before, and plans
to be active on the following frequencies: between 28460 and 28500 kHz
on Sundays after 1500z and during the week after 1800z on 10 thru 20
meters. Elliot stated that he has submitted his paperwork to the ARRL
and they told him he is good for DXCC. QSL via his homecall.

DXCC BACKLOG. Stan, K8YVI was told by Paul, KB1BE, that the DXCC is 
working on early August submissions. (BRAVO.... Sounds like adding the
second shift is helping tremendously.)

KH1, HOWLAND ISLAND (UPDATE). The following information has been supplied
by Mike McGirr on the DXpedition to Howland Island scheduled to begin
around January 28th: "We are pleased to announce the frequencies that
we plan to use during our upcoming DXpedition to Howland Island:

 CW: (QSX up) 28023, 24893, 21023, 18073, 14023, 10103, 7023, 3503, 1833
 
 SSB:    28475   QSX  480-500
         24935        940-950
         21295        300-310
         18115        120-130
         14195        200-210 (generals 240-250)
          7080        230-240 (Europe above 080)
          3795        3800-3810;  3635-3650

 RTTY:   28085    QSX up 5
         24925       "
         21085       "
         18105       "
         14085       "
          7085       "      &     7040
   "Please see the accompanying page taken from our DXpedition Operator's
Guide that describes our planned station set-up.  The inverted-L for 
160 referred to in the text is the Battle Creek Special vertical. *"

   The vessel " Machias" is loaded and will sail from Honolulu on Friday,
Jan 8. I plan to send a last-minute FAX from Honolulu before we leave 
for Christmas Island on Jan 19. .... 73's, Mike, K9AJ
enclosure:  page 12 of Howland-93 Operator's Guide. * 
   This is from the KH1/93 --- Operator's Manual (page 12): "We will have
four HF station setups, plus VHF and satellite. There will be two widely
separated HF station sites, one primarily for SSB and one primarily for 
CW. We hope to be able to operate SSB and CW on the same band without 
serious interference problems. Of course, we will be operating from each 
of the locations on two different bands simulteneously. The problem of 
inter-station interference will be significantly reduced by the 
mono-banders, which will more effectively reject signals  on other 
frequencies than tri-banders that are typically used. We will also be 
using band-pass filters and tunable filters to further reduce 
inter-station interference."
   "Each station location will have two station positions, each with a 
fully filtered Kenwood transceiver and an Alpha 89. The SSB station will
have an HF6V for 80-10 meters. It will also have mono-band yagis for 10,
15, and 20 meters on two separate masts, and a WARC band beam on a third
mast. The CW station will also have mono-band yagis. We will also be
installing a pair of phased Butternut HF2V verticals on 80m (with top 
loading) and another pair on 40m which will give us 4dB of gain to Europe.
An inverted "L" will also be installed for 160. The vertical ground system
for each vertical will consist of several hundred square feet of chicken 
wire in a square, augmented by a 3ft square of aluminum at the base of 
each antenna. We also have a mile of magnet wire to lay out as radials 
for 80m and 160m - something to do in your spare time."
  "All station positions will have laptop computers for real-time logging.
The computer at one of the CW positions will also be equipped for RTTY. We
will be patching the Kenwoods into the computers, so that band tracking 
will occur automatically. Each station position will have a Dx-edge 
grey-line map, so you can keep track of the grey line despite your 
disorientntion at being in a different part of the world! Special 
headphones have been customized that incorporate the Heil element and 
also cut out ambient noise muff-style phones. These stations should be a
lot of fun to operate."
   "Power will be provided by 4-Yanmar diesel generators, each with over 
3Kw of power capability. One of our sponsors is Panamax, who will be
providing line voltage protection for all of our sensitive equipment. 
Their sister company is providing our hi-tech water bottles."

J5, GUINEA-BISSAU. Mark, J5UAI, will be returning to J5-land on January
17th. He will be taking with him a new tri-band beam, amplifier and a
Kenwood TS 430 plus RTTY gear. He plans operations on RTTY/CW/SSB. Mark
has been at home in the states for a 6 week vacation. He will be in J5
until June of 1994. QSL via NW8F.

VU7, LACCADIVES. A DXpedition to the Laccadive Islands is being planned
with the tentative dates of activity being January 13 to 19. There is
also a possibility of an extension. The operators are VU2SF, VU2API and 
VU2LZ. Operation will be on 10-80M , but no WARC band activity is currently
planned. QSL to P.O. Box 41366, Nashville, TN 37204. This info from W2XP
on the Nashville Cluster.

YX0AI CARDS. The INDEXA net has mentioned that there is now a stateside
address that you can send for the YX0AI cards (if you have not received
one yet). This is a stateside mail drop off, so postage IRCs or 
greenstamps are still required because the QSL cards still come from 
Venezuela. Send to: YX0AI-YV5ARV 
                    3180 Leewood Terrace, L-208
                    Boca Raton, FL 33431

W1YL/4 NEW ADDRESS. Ellen White (W1Yl) and her husband Bob (W1CW) are
now living in a new house near Tampa, Florida. Their last home was
destoryed by the hurricane this past year. Ellen conducts the section
in QST magazine called "How's DX?". Their new address is: 6607, Flicker
Court, Seffner, FL 33584.

NOW FOR THE BAD NEWS!!! Do to a major computer malfuncation, ballots that
were saved to a file were lost. The only ballots that were not lost were
the ones mailed and the optional PacketCluster Sysop questions. PLEASE,
PLEASE, PLEASE, R E S E N D YOUR BALLOTS and your comments. The comments
were great this year. The deadline has been moved to February 28. SO PLEASE 
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.

FAX YOUR DX INFORMATION NOW! This is just in the testing stage, but faxing
will be available Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 0430 to 2030z only. The
number is 216-237-2816 and operates only Class 2 Fax. Use only the dates
and times specified because this is not a dedicated line.

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	73 -- marty -- nr3z     	skitch@nadc.navy.mil