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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 923

August 31, 2009
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q, K3GV, NG3K, N4AA & QRZ DX,
KH6BZF, K8YSE, N0TG, W0YR, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, DX World of
Ham Radio Web Site, F5NQL & UFT, HA0HW, I1HYW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX
News, ON9CDR, PC2A, Pete’s-DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site, SV8CYV,
VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3EXY, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) and ZL2TZE for the
following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for
the week of Sunday, 23rd-August, through Sunday, 30th-August there were
212 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H,
9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9,
CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8,
EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO,
FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H2, H3, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK,
HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0,
KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM,
ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST,
SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU,
TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2V,
VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS,
YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZK2, ZL, ZP, ZS

* PLEASE NOTE: The report “could” contain “Pirate/SLIM” operations or
more likely a “BUSTED CALLSIGN”. As always, you never know - “Work
First Worry Later” (WFWL).

4U30VIC, AUSTRIA. The Vienna International Centre Amateur Radio Club
(4U1VIC) will be on the air during the Worked All Europe DX Contest
(WAEDC), September 12-13th. This will be a SSB only operation. The
station is located in the secured United Nation campus in Vienna, Austria,
and due to access restrictions, they will not be able to operate the full
48 hours continuously. They will try to be on the air as much as possible.
4U1VIC will send QSL cards for all QSOs via bureau. If you are in a hurry
you can send it direct including SAE and return postage to: AMATEUR RADIO
CLUB, VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, P.O.BOX 500, A-1400 VIENNA, AUSTRIA.
ADDED NOTE: A new video about the 4U1VIC Radio Club in Vienna is available
online at: www.vimeo.com/6301009

6Y, JAMAICA. Look for 6Y1V to once again be active in this year’s CQWW
Contests. The 6Y1V team has also announced that they will also once again
sponsor one young ham operator (21 or under) to join their team and
receive an all expense paid trip to operate in the 2009 CQWW SSB or CW
Contest with the 6Y1V team. You can reside in any country in the world
and be considered for this opportunity provided you hold a valid amateur
radio license in your country and have some contest experience. This is
a gift to a young ham whom has a passion for Ham Radio and contesting.
It is their way of giving something back to this great hobby that has
given so much to them! Complete details are available at:
www.6y1v.com/youth.htm

911 ACTIVITY. Mike, W0YR, will once again (as for the past several years)
be active as W0YR/911 on September 11th, to honor/commemorate those lives
lost in a terrorist attack at the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center
in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the plane that
crashed into a field near Shanksville,PA. He plans to operate as much of
the day as possible. Mike states, “I just wanted to do it to remind those
I work on the air of what this country endured because of hatred — and
also remind those who want to minimize it or forget it, that this WAS an
Act of Terror and, even though they would like to revise history, the
memory of those (among them, two of my friends) who perished on September
11th, 2001, will NEVER be forgotten or sullied.” A special QSL will be
issued. QSL via his home callsign.

C3, ANDORRA. Ruben/EA5BZ and possibly other operators from the URE Contest
Group will be active as C37URE during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September
26-27th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via EA5BZ.

CY0, SABLE ISLAND (Update/Postponed). OPDX has received the following
press release on Friday, August 28th (edited):
“The Sable Island DXpedition scheduled for October 19, 2009, by
Randy - N0TG, Ron - AA4VK, and Murray - WA4DAN is being placed on ‘hold’.
Unfortunately, Randy’s son, Carter (who was part of the KP1 and KP5
team in 1992), has developed kidney cancer which has spread to the lungs.
Although there will be challenging days ahead for Carter and the family
of N0TG, we trust the prayers of friends will strengthen this family and
successfully bring all through this trial.
The team appreciates the many sponsors who were willing to provide
their support, even though CY0 was not at the top of the most needed
list, the support of the DX Community from around the world, and the
interests shown by the many DX’ers that ’signed’ the website Guestbook.
We will leave the website up and updates will be posted from time to
time on Carter’s progress, as well as our plans to reschedule the DX-
pedition to CY0.
Our hope is that Carter will beat this disease and be able to join us
at Sable Island. We do consider this a ‘hold’ and we intend to reschedule
as health concerns permit.
Thanks again to our Ham Radio friends for your support. We wish the
best for Randy’s son Carter and all the Rowe family. Randy’s (N0TG)
contact information is listed on QRZ.com……. Thanks for your prayers.”

FG, GUADELOUPE (NA-102). Anthony, F4EUG, will be active as FG/F4EUG
between September 3-10th. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL
via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

FT/G, GLORIOSO ISLAND (Update/Magic Band). Didier, F5OGL, Glorioso 2009
team leader, announced this past week (on August 25th)(edited): “The
propagation forecast for the Magic Band from Gloriosos is very bad at
the expedition time; quiet in all directions. Taking advice from the 6
meters specialists, they inform us that chances to give FT5GA to the
world hams are very low and even less. The only one antenna available
is a 2 element HB9CV, with no other possibility to bring another or
several other more efficient one(s), included for EME; So it has been
considered we had to focus on HF bands. So we sadly decided to concentrate
our activity only from 160 to 10 meters… We ask the 6m community to
understand our decision.” For more details and updates, visit the FT5GA
Web page at: glorieuses2008.free.fr

HS8, THAILAND. Voravut, HS8JYX, is planning to be in the CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL
via HS8JYX.

IOTA NEWS…………………………
EU-001. Willem, PA1WLB, on holiday, is active as SV5/PA1WLB from Kos
Island (Loc. KM36OV) between now and September 6th. Activity
will be on 40 and 20 meters SSB (14189 and 7070 kHz; 5 kHz
up/down). He will also be on RTTY (14089 kHz) or PSK (14071.5
kHz). QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct (see
details on QRZ.com).

EA-145. Operators from the Cambridge University Wireless Society
will be active as CT/homecall from Ilha Deserta, Portugal,
between September 4-6th. Activity will be on most HF bands
using CW and SSB. QSL via the operator’s home callsign,
direct or by the Bureau. For details, see:
www.domsmith.co.uk/amateur-radio/dxpeditions/2009/……

NA-044. Juergen, NF6J, will be active as VO2/NF6J from Battle Island
(CISA NF-049) between 1300z, September 4th to 2300z, September
11th. Activity will be on 30/20/15 meters CW only. QSL via
DL7RV, direct or by the Bureau.

OC-127. As reported last week, Mike/KM9D (H44MY) and YL Jan/KF4TUG
(H44TO) continue to be anchored at Tesauma on Rennell Island,
Solomon Islands; length of stay is not known. Mike was heard
this past week on 40/30/20/15 meters CW. QSL via OM2SA, direct
or by LoTW.

SA-054. Members of the 4M5DX Group will be active as YW5O from La
Orchila Island. Activity will be on all bands and modes. The
group is awaiting the transportation schedule from the
Venezuelan Navy. The exact days and team will be posted soon
on the following Web page: www.yw5o.4m5dx.info

KH6, HAWAII. Esa, OH7WV, is planning to be active from here during the
CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)
or possibly Single-Op/All-Band entry. Callsign for the contest TBA. QSL
via OH7WV.

KH6BZF PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (For August 31st-September 6th)….
Aug 31 AN SOLAR REFERENCE
Sep 1 AN —————
Sep 2 AN AN - Above Normal/Geomagnetic Level is QUIET
Sep 3 AN-HN HN - High Normal/Geomagnetic Level is UNSETTLED
Sep 4 AN GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
Sep 5 AN ———————
Sep 6 AN QUIET - The “A” index is expected to be between
0-7 and the “K” index will be 2 or less
UNSETTLED - The “A” index is expected to be between
7-16 and “K” index will be 3 or less

N4, UNITED STATES (Submarine Activity). A group of amateur radio operators
in Charleston, South Carolina, will activate N4H from the site of the
Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunleyon, September 19-20th. The H.L. Hunleyon
was raised on August 8th, 2000, and located at the Warren Lasch Conser-
vation Center on the old Charleston navy base and is currently being
preserved in a 90,000 gallon water tank as archeologists investigate the
cause of the vessels sinking. The Hunley disappeared without a trace
on a return journey after using a 135 lb. torpedo to sink the U.S.S.
Housatonic four miles off the coast of Charleston, SC., on February 17th,
1864, making it “The World’s First Successful Combat Submarine”. The
special event station N4H will be on the air to commemorate this historic
event and is expected to be on ALL bands 160-10 meters. Operating times
will be between 1300-2100z (may be extended). A specially designed QSL
card will be available. QSL via: Edward Padgett, PO Box 61362, North
Charleston, SC 29419. A donation of 2.00 USDs is required, no SASE is
needed. All proceeds after expenses will be donated to “The Friends of
The Hunley for Research and Conservation”. Visit their Web page at:
www.nn4f.com/n4h

NA5, UNITED STATES (Grid Activation/VHF Contest). Joey, W5BAK, will be
heading to Big Bend National Park (DL88) for the January VHF Contest
and plans to be active as NA5RC between January 15-20th (2010). He states,
“Send me an E-mail to get on the mail list, and I will keep you updated.
We will be rover from several of the other area grids too but DL88 is
the goal.” QSL via his home callsign.

NP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Members of the Florida Contest Group will be
active as NP2B during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th)
as a Multi-Single entry. Operators mentioned are John/NP2B, Brian/KP2HC,
Ann/KP2YL, Frederick/K9VV and Lisa/W4LIS. Visit the Florida Contest Group’s
Web page at: www.floridacontestgroup.org

OH0, ALAND ISLANDS. Operators Peter/DL5FF, Horst/DF6FL and Siegfried/DL9ZE
will be active as OH0JWL, OH0/DF6FL and OH0/DL9ZE, respectively, from Eckeroe
Island (EU-002) between now and September 12th. Activity will be on
20/17/15/10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home callsigns.

ON4, BELGIUM (Special Event). Members of the Radio Club of Binche (ON7RY)
will activate the special event station ON4WAR, September 5-6th. Activity
is to commemorate the Belgian resistance fighters (WWII), especially
those of the Refuge B 40 in Waudrez (Belgium). The scheduled timetable
of activities is as follows:
Saturday 6th - From 09:00 AM up to 06:00 PM (0700-1600z)
Sunday 7th - From 08:00 AM up to 04:00 PM (0600-1400z)
They announced, “At the hour up to the hour and a half CW trans-
missions with a Whaddom Paraset MK VII on 3560, 3579, 3583 and 7025 kHz.
At the hour and a half up to the next hour, SSB transmissions on HF bands.
QSL information via ON7RY (direct or by the Bureau).” For more details,
visit their Web page at: www.on7ry.be

OY, FAROE ISLAND. Trygvi, OY4TN, reports that Johan, OY2J, is once again
active after being QRT for many years. He has retired from his job and
has finally found time to set up his radio station again. QSNs show he has
been on 20 meters CW and SSB.

PACIFIC TOUR. Just a reminder that Don/G3BJ and Hilary/G4JKS will be on
vacation in the South Pacific during September. Their activity schedule
is as follows:
September 4-16th - Austral Islands (from Rurutu [OC-050] and Tubuai
[OC-152]); callsign will be FO/G3BJ
September 18-25th - Niue (OC-040); callsign ZK2BJ
Operations will be mostly CW on 80-10 meters (no 17/12m). They will use
a K3 transceiver and a Butternut HF6.

PACIFIC DXPEDITION/TOUR (Update/Reminder). Just a reminder that Gerben,
PG5M, will be activating three DXCC entities in the Pacific between
September 6-27th. His schedule is as follows:
September 6-7th: Fiji (OC-016); prefix 3D2 (callsign not known yet)
September 8-14th: Tarawa Island (OC-017), W. Kiribati; Callsign is T30G
September 15-16th: Fiji; prefix 3D2 (callsign not known yet)
September 17-23rd: Tuvalu (OC-015); Callsign will be T2G
September 24-27th: Fiji; prefix 3D2 (callsign not known yet)
The callsign is not known for Fiji, but he has requested 3D2G. This will
be an ultra light solo DXpedition and CW only. He will use an Elecraft K3,
and his antennas are a 2×20m doublet, an ECO R7+ vertical for 40-10 meters
and a 15m tall DX-Wire glass fiber pole for a 80m vertical. Suggested
frequencies are: 3503, 7005, 10105, 14005, 18073, 21005, 24985 and 28005
kHz. Gerben will try to monitor the DXclusters and E-mail for feedback on
possible useable frequencies. QSL via PG5M, by the Bureau or direct. For
direct requests, please enclose a minimum of 2 USDs for return postage.
More details and updates will be available on: www.dx.to

PACIFIC DXPEDITION/TOUR. Operators Andrea/IK1PMR, YL Claudia/K2LEO/PA3LEO,
Wil/PA0BWL, Joe/AA4NN, Franz/OE2SNL, Gerhard/DJ5IW, and Kenneth/OZ1IKY are
planning a DXpedition to three semi-rare entities (and possibly some other
operations) in the Pacific between November 11th and December 13th. The
tentative schedule is as follows:
Samoa (5W) - November 11-18th; minus OE2SNL; Vaiala Beach Resort on
the northern side of the Island of Upolu (OC-097)
Tonga (A3) - November 19th- December 9th; Otuhaka Beach Resort on
the western side of the Island of Tongatapu (OC-049)
New Zealand - December 2-5th; Auckland (logistics, possible activation
of some IOTA group)
South Cook Islands (E5) - December 5-13th; minus OZ1IKY
Singapore (9V) - December 13-17th (possible radio operations)

Callsigns have not been announced yet. Focus will be on the lower
bands, but activity is planned for 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and the
Digital modes. The team will use three Elecraft K2/100 with DSP and amps.
For more information and updates, watch:
www.ik1pmr.com/plans/a3/index.php?s=intro

PJ4, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Operators Peter/PJ4NX, Marco/PE2MC and Michiel/
PG4M will be active from Bonaire (SA-006) between September 10-16th. They
will take part in the WAE SSB Contest (September 10-11th) as PJ4NX. Before
and after the contest they will use PJ4/homecall. QSL via their home
callsign (QRZ.com addresses). Logs and photos will be available online
at: www.pi4cc.nl/pj4

QSL INFO AND NEWS…………………
QSL GB0BME via the Bureau or direct to G7WAW. This is a special event
station by the Craven Radio Amateur Group (CRAG) from the Bancroft
Mill Engine in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England. See QRZ.com for
more info.

PIRATE ALERT. Station signing C31LJ/m on August 27th, was pirated.
Nenad, VE3EXY, reports that Peter is in Canada.

PIRATE ALERT. Phillip, ZL2TZE, informs OPDX that “Emma”, ZL5SP, is
again operating CW on 40m claiming to be in ZL5 Antarctica. He states,
“It’s the winter there at the moment, 24/7 darkness and it is highly
unlikely that any workable propagation from ZL5 would be happening
now, maybe in 2 or 3 months when their summer comes around. There is
no ZL5SP in SMART which is the ZL Radio Frequency Service database
where all callsigns are recorded. There is also no record held by
NZART our National body…” Save your green stamps!

QSL V7XX via JH2BNL (NH0AA/NH2): Yuji Oda, 348-1 Nazukacho, Naka-ku,
Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 430-0811, JAPAN

QSL V73NF via JA2DSQ (KH2/JA2DSQ): Fuminori Nakayasu, 344 Ichinocho,
Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 435-0051, JAPAN

VC1W (CISA-132) QSL STATUS. Nenad, VE3EXY, reports that the QSLs are
designed and sent to the printer. He will send the cards directly to
him when printed, and Nenad will start procssing immediately.

VE1OTA QSL CHANGE. Nenad, VE3EXY, reports that they have decided to
‘extend’ the coverage to the year 2006. Feel free to send Nenad any
VE1VOX/VE1OTA QSLs from 2006 onwards.

QSLS VIA LOTW: K5D

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3V9A, 4T6I, 5K5T, 5K0T, 5R8KD, 7O1YGF, 7P8CF,
7P8R, 9J2CA, DY1C, HK5QGX/0M, IY8WAP, PX8W, TZ6EI, VP8DLM, XW1B and
YO9HP

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: None reported this week!

SX5, DODECANESE. Members of Aegean DX Group will activate Agathonisi
Island (IOTA EU-001, GIOTA DKS 063 [for Greek Islands On The Air Award
] as SX5AG between September 4-7th.
Operators mentioned are Alexandros/SV8CYR, Vassilis/SV8CYV, Ilias/SV8FMY,
Giorgos/SV8IJZ, Giannis/SW8MFF and Dirk/ON5CT. Activity is planned for
80/40/20/17 meters using SSB and the Digi modes mainly on the IOTA
frequencies. Depending on the propagation, look for activity on 12/10/6
meters SSB. Suggested frequencies are:
SSB - 3785, 7055, 14260, 18124, 24950, 28460 and 50150 kHz
RTTY - 3580, 7035 and 14080 kHz
PSK - 3570 and 14070 kHz
QSL via their manager SV8CYR. For more info, see: www.qrz.com/db/SX5AG

T7, SAN MARINO. Operators Gerd/DJ5TT, Thomas/DK9FEC, Peter/DL1FX and
Rainer/DL1ZBO will activate the Amateurs Radio Republic of San Marino
(A.R.R.S.M.) club station T70A during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September
26-27th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL route TBA.

V5, NAMIBIA. Operators Wolf/DH3WO, Mathias/DJ2HD and Ulmar/DK1CE will be
active as V5/homecall between September 5-26th. Activity will be holiday
style on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsigns.

VK6, AUSTRALIA. Operators Bernd/VK2IA and Kevin/VK6LW will be active as
VK6AA during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single
entry. QSL via DL8YR. Activity will be from the Northern Corridor Radio
Group’s (VK6ANC) club station situated about 20 km north from the city
center in Perth, Western Australia. See the station at:
www.ncrg.org.au

VP8, SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND. It has been reported that Lars, VP8DIF, will
arrive on South Georgia around the second week of October. He will stay
at Husvik (WAP GBR-27). QSL via DJ9ZB, by the Bureau or direct. For more
info and updates, visit Lars’s Web site at:
www.lars-boehme.de/vp8dif/

VY2, CANADA (PEI). George, K3GV, will be active as K3GV/VY2 from Prince
Edward Island (IOTA NA-029, CIA PE-001) between September 1-28th. Activity
will be on 15 and 20 meters around the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL via
his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.

Z3, MACEDONIA. Members of the Radio Club “Nikola Tesla” (Z37M) will be
active as Z37M during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 26-27th) as a
Multi-? entry. QSL via Z37M, by the Bureau or info on QRZ.com.

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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 906

April 27, 2009

Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q, K2PF, K3ZO, NG3K, WA3FRP, N4AA
& QRZ DX, N4ZR, K6RIM, AA7JV, AF8C, K8YSE, N0TG, W0VX, 7Z1SJ, A35RK,
BBC News, DL2VFR, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, DX World of Ham Radio Web
Site, F5NQL & UFT, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IT9EJW, IZ2DPX, LU7DSY,
ON4ZD, Pete’s-DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site, TA3YJ, VA3RJ & ICPO,
VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF), ZL2AL and ZL4HU for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 19th-April, through Sunday, 26th-April there were 220
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9,
AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL,
DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FT5W, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA,
HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J8,
JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA,
LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4,
PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5,
T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK,
UN, UR, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW,
XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF,
ZL, ZP, ZS

* PLEASE NOTE: The report “could” contain “Pirate/SLIM” operations or
more likely a “BUSTED CALLSIGN”. As always, you never know - “Work
First Worry Later” (WFWL).

2009 W5DXCC DX DINNER/FORUMS AT HAM-COMM. The Lone Star DX Association
(LSDXA) is pleased to sponsor the 2009 W5DXCC programs and DX Dinner in
conjunction with Ham-Com on June 12-13th, in Plano, Texas. The DX Dinner
will be Friday evening, June 12th, at the Plano Centre in the Windhaven
Room. The evening will begin with a cash hospitality bar in the Plano
Centre from 5:00 to 6:30 PM. Dinner activities will begin promptly at
6:30 PM. Dinner will be Char-Broil Prime Rib with salad, rolls, baked
potato, seasoned vegetables, and cheesecake for desert. A vegetarian
option will be available upon request. The DX dinner program will be the
2009 KP5 Desecheo DXpedition (www.kp5.us). On October 1, 2008, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) selected the KP1-5 Project team led by
K4UEE and W0GJ to be the first USFWS-approved DXpedition to Desecheo
Island in fifteen years. DXpedition co-leader Bob Allphin, K4UEE, will
present what promises to be a very interesting program. Friday DX Dinner
door prizes are: Yaesu FT-2000 Transceiver, Force 12 C-3S Yagi Antenna,
Array Solutions AIM 4170 Antenna Analyzer and Begali Sculpture Paddle.
Dinner ticket price is 40 USDs and can be ordered on the Ham-Com Web
site, by clicking the “Admission” button. Because
of the banquet room capacity, only 200 tickets are available. Tickets
will be sold until all 200 are gone or June 1st, whichever comes first.
Tickets can be picked up at the Lone Star DX Association booth. The
Saturday, June 13th, W5DXCC programs presented in conjunction with Ham-Com
include:
K5D Desecheo Round Table/Q&A by K5D operators K4UEE, K5AC, K5AND, & NA5U
VK9LA Lord Howe by W5SL
Cycle 24 and More by K9LA
How to DX on 6 Meters by K5AND
DXCC QSL card checking, including deleted and 160 meter cards will
be offered on Friday and Saturday at the LSDXA booth. Please have all
paperwork filled out before submitting cards for checking. Additional
information is available on the LSDXA and Ham-Com Web sites at:
www.hamcom.org
www.dxer.org

2D/GT3/GT7/MD0, ISLE OF MAN (EU-116). By the time you read this, operators
Mark/M0MJH (MD0MJH), Kevan/2E0WMG (2D0WMG), Matt/2E0XIS (2D0XIS) and
James/M0ZZO (MD0ZZO) will be active until May 1st. Activity will be on
SSB on the HF bands mainly on 80/40/20m, but there may be possible
activity on the higher bands if conditions allow and 160m if space allows,
as well as VHF/UHF. Also, look for GT3CO, the callsign of the Colchester
Radio Amateurs Club (of which Kevan, Matt and James are members) and
GT7SRA, the callsign of the Sudbury and District Radio Amateurs Clun
(of which Mark is a member). Matt and James are SOTA enthusiasts and are
planning to activate all five IOM SOTA Summits over two days on the 27th
and 28th. They may be accompanied by Mark or Kevan on some or all of
these summits. Look for updates and possibly further information on
their activities on Mark’s Blog page at: m0mjh.blogspot.com

4TH MDXC CONVENTION. The 4th Mediterraneo DX Club Convention will be
held in Battipaglia (Salerno), Italy, May 23-24th. Complete details are
available at: www.mdxc.org/meeting.asp

5F, MOROCCO (Special Event). It’s the event of the year in Morocco, the
“Race of Morocco”, and Abder, CN8VO, is now operating with the special
callsign 5F1ROM for the FIA Touring Car Grand Prix which will be held in
Marrakech. Activity will last until May 10th. QSNs show he was on 40 and
20 meters SSB this past weekend. QSL via EA7FTR. Visit his Web page at:
www.cn8vo.com

5R8, MADAGASCAR. Wayne, W5KDJ, will be active as 5R8KD between July
1-15th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW and RTTY. QSL via
his home callsign. Also on LoTW and eQSL.

6V, SENEGAL. Seb, F8IJV, informs OPDX that he will be on his honeymoon
here between October 17th and November 1st. He plans to be active in the
CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th). He will try to operate before and
after the contest as 6V7Q on 160-6 meters, mainly on SSB and the Digital
modes. He will be operating from Jean-Francois, 6W7RV, QTH in La Somone.
QSL via F8IJV. More details will be forthcoming.

9M2, WEST MALAYSIA. It has been reported that Richard, PA0RRS, will be
permanently moving to Penang Island (AS-015, WLOTA 2743), West Malaysia,
on May 1st. He will be active as 9M2MRS from Penang Island, but initially
only on 20 meters using a dipole. He prefers CW but will go on SSB if
requested. QSL via 9M2MRS, by the 9M2 QSL Bureau or direct to: Richard
Smeets, Reef Apartment Building, 54-7-12 Jalan Low Yat, 11100 Batu
Ferringhi, Penang Island, Malaysia. QSLs sent “via PA0RRS” will still
be possible, but you will have to be patient as Richard will only be
back to the The Netherlands for a limited time each year.

8R, GUYANA (Update). The 6 Meter Beacon Project, Inc., (HF-50 MHz DX-
pedition between June 16th and July 6th) now has a Web page online at:
6meterbeaconproject.org/8R2009.html
Watch for updates and operating frequencies to be posted.

A3, TONGA. David “Kawe” Lee, A35KL, will be active from Vava’u (OC-064),
beginning April 25th through May 6th. His operation will be mainly CW,
on 40-17 meters. QSL via W6ZL (w/SASE or IRC, or via LoTW). Paul, A35RK,
will join Dave on the 25th, but will probably not begin his solo operation
until after Dave leaves. Paul will be working the HF bands on CW and SSB,
using a FT-450 and a G5RV until June 1st, and possibly a bit longer
signing A35RK/p. QSL A35RK/p via W7TSQ or via LoTW.

A5, BHUTAN. Hisato, JA1DOT, is now active as A52DT until May 6th. Activity
will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSNs show most of his
operations have been on 30 and 80 meters CW. QSL via his home callsign.
Updates will be posted on the Nippon DX Association (NDXA) Web site at:
www.ndxa.net

A6, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Philippe, F5LTB/9Q1TB, is expected to pick up
his new license sometime this week and will now be active as A65BK.
Activity will be mainly on SSB. His QSL Manager will continue to be
SM5DJZ, direct ONLY (eQSL are welcome for eDX100, eWAS and eZ40).
More details are forthcoming.

C5, THE GAMBIA. Eric, SM1TDE, is planning an operation to take place
between December 10-31st. More details should be forthcoming.

CY0, SABLE ISLAND (Update). The CY0 Team has re-adjusted their arrival
date on Sable Island so the CY0 Team can provide a CY0 country multiplier
to contesters during the CQWW DX SSB Contest weekend (October 24-25th).
The team plans to operate only one station in the contest and also
continue to maintain CW and 30/17/12m operations for those DXers who
are not in the contest. The complete operation will take place between
October 19-26th, and operators will sign homecall/CY0. Operators mentioned
are: Murray/WA4DAN, Randy/N0TG and Ron/AA4VK. Activity will be on all
bands 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home callsigns.
Visit their Web site periodically for continuing updated details and
information (see below).
ADDED NOTE BY RANDY, N0TG, (CY0-Preparation): A Simulation Test by
N0TG, WA4DAN and AA4VK will be performed from IOTA NA-67, on the Outer
Banks of North Carolina on an island that is similar in environment
(terrain, sand, sea, remoteness, etc.) to Sable Island during the period
2300Z on April 30th through 1830Z on May 2nd. The purpose of the operation
will be a “test” of potential antennas for use at CY0 this coming October.
Testing of antenna layout will be conducted to assess inter-station inter-
ference. DXers from the U.S. and other countries are welcome to call in
and participate in the CY0 simulation “test”. The DXPedition for Sable
Island is scheduled for mid-October. All Dxpedition details and updates
are available on the Web site: www.cy0dxpedition.com

DF0, GERMANY (Green Days/WFF Op). Operators Gabi/DF9TM, Frank/DL2SWW and
Ric/DL2VFR will be active as DF0WFF during the “Green Days” weekend,
June 13-14th. Activity is good for the WFF Award (new DLFF-024). QSL via
DL2VFR (also via DL Bureau). For information about German WFF activities,
please visit: www.wff-dl.de –or– www.wff44.de

EO64, UKRAINE (Special Event). Operators Rustam/UU2JQ, Eugene/UU5DX and
Sergey/UU5WW will activate special event station EO64JM from May 1-15th.
The operation will commemorate the 64th anniversary of victory in the
Great Patriotic War. QSL via K2PF.

F, FRANCE (LH Activity). Jean-Loup, F8DYR, will spend his holiday week
activating Eckmuhl lighthouse (ARLHS FRA-256, Grid IN77tt) in south
Brittany between April 27th and May 2nd. Activity will be on 6 and 2
meters, with a low power portable station, between 0600-0800z every
morning and possibly other times. QSL via his home callsign.

H4, SOLOMON ISLANDS. The “DX World of Ham Radio” Web page is reporting
that Mike/KM9D (H44MY) and Jan/KF4TUG (H44TO) are once again in the Solomon
Islands staying in Honiara. Mike has indicated that there are no plans to
be immediately active. Any activity may be announced at short notice.

II2, ITALY (Special Event). Members of the “Sezione di ERBA” ARI Radio
Club will activate the special callsign II2ERBA between May 1-24th.
Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes.
QSL Manager is IQ2ER. NO E-QSL.

IOTA NEWS…………………….
AF-019. (POSTPONED) Operators Vincenzo/IW9EJP, Filippo/IW9FRB, Giovanna/
IW9GVP (YL), Ferdinando/IW9HSK, Ezio/IT9OJW, Sebastiano/IT9ZIR
and Dario/IT9ZZO have postponed their activity as IG9/homecalls
from Linosa Island (IIA AG-003, MIA MI-128) until May 1-3rd
(not April 24-26th as first announced). They plan to operate
on SSB, PSK and RTTY on the HF bands, 80-10 meters. QSL via
their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau. Visit their Web
page at: www.iw9frb.it/linosa.htm

AS-077. Look for 8J6DON to be active from Kyushu Island during the
upcoming Hakata “Dontaku” Port Festival between April 29th
and May 5th. QSL via the JARL Bureau.

AS-192. (Pictures of recent activity) Suli, 7Z1SJ, one of the operators
from the recent (March) HZ1FS/P operation to Hibar Island in
the Red Sea Coast South (Jizan Province) Group, provides OPDX
readers with a URL link to see many pictures of this activity
at: www.laselki.net/vb/showthread.php?t=3680
Remember to QSL via EA7FTR.

EU-008. Operators Charlie/MM0GNS, Willie/GM4ZNC and Rodger/GM3JOB
will be active as MS0TJT/p from the Island of Coll, Inner
Hebrides, May 3-8th. Activity is planned for 80-6 meters,
mainly SSB, but with a little CW and PSK. QSL via GM4ZNC.

EU-031. Claudio, IZ0KRC, will be active as IC8/IZ0KRC from Ischia
Island (IIA NA-001, MIA MI-042, WLOTA 0689) between April
29th and May 4th. Activity will be SSB only on 40/20/15/10
meters. QSL via his home callsign, Bureau is preferred.

EU-047. Juergen, DL1IAI, will be active as DL1IAI/p from Borkum Island
(N-001 for the German Islands Award) in the Niedersachsen State
Group between April 27th and May 18th. He will also try to
activate the club station DL0BRF on the lightship “Borkumriff”
on SSB and maybe also PSK31/RTTY on 80-2 meters during this
time. QSL ONLY via the bureau (PLEASE). Also, visit:
www.dl1iai.de

EU-065. Member of the Charente DX Group will activate TM0M from
Molene Island (DIFM AT002 - French Island Award), May 23-30th.
Four stations will be on air 24/7, with operations on 80-10
meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. Operators mentioned are:
Joel/F1BLQ, Jean/F4EEK, Michel/F5EOT, Eric/F5LOW, Sibard/F5NBQ,
Laurent/F5MNK, Bertrand/F6HKA and Leon/ON4ZD. QSL via F6ANA,
direct or by the bureau.

EU-094. Johann, F4FEP, will be active as F4FEP/p from the beach of
Saint-Nicolas Island (DIFM AT-010) possibly 1 to 3 days during
the month of May, depending on the weather and a boat. He will
be active on May 1st (1400-1700z) and May 19th (1000-1700z).
Watch 14260 kHz (+/- QRM); he will be use an ICOM-706 w/100
watts, battery power and a G5RV antenna. QSL via his home
callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-125. Operators Gabi/DF9TM, Frank/DL2SWW and Ric/DL2VFR will be
active as OZ0FR from Romo Island (NS-001 for the Danish Islands
Award) between July 23-26th, including the IOTA Contest (July
25-26th). Activity will be high power on CW and SSB into a
yagi antenna for 20-10 meters, a SteppIR vertical (BigIR) for
40-10 meters and dipoles for 80 and 40 meters. This activity
will also count for the World Flora and Fauna Award (WFF -
for OZFF-004). QSL OZ0FR via DL2VFR (also via the DL Bureau,
do not send QSLs via OZ Bureau). More details will be forth-
coming on: www.iota-expedition.de

EU-129. Helmut, DL7VOX, will once again be active as DL7VOX/p from
Usedom Island (O-013 for the German Islands Award) between
April 27 and May 16th. Activity will probably be CW on 160-10
meters.QSL via his homecall, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-178. Uwe, DL3BQA, will be active as ES8/DL3BQA from Kihnu Island,
Estonia, between June 15-22nd. Activity will be holiday style
on 80-6 meters, mostly on SSB and possibly some RTTY. QSL via
his home callsign, by the bureau or direct.

EU-189. Just a reminder that a Belgian team of five operators will try
to land and activate Rockall Island between April 30th and May
1st. Operation will depend on the weather and sea conditions.
The team will have two stations on the air using the callsign
MM0RAI/p. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB.
QSL via ON4BR, direct or by the Bureau. Please visit their
Web site for latest news and updates at: www.rockall.be

SA-021. (Update) Members of the Radio Club Grupo DX Bahia Blanca will
be active as L21D from Ariadna Island, located 70km south of
Ingeniero White Harbour, in the natural reserve of Bahia Blanca,
between 0000z, May 1st, and 1800z, May 3rd. Activity will be on
80/40/20/15/10 meters using CW, SSB and PSK. Operators mentioned
are: Carlos/LU7DSY, Osmar/LU8DWR, Carlos/LU4ETN, Gerardo/LU1EUU,
Enrique/LU5DEM, Nestor/LU4DBP and Willy/LU4DBT. QSL via LU7DSY,
by the bureau or direct to: P.O. Box 709 (8000) Bahia Blanca,
ARGENTINA. Visit the group’s Web page at:
www.grupodxbb.com.ar

SA-072. (Update) Members of the Teresina DX Group are preparing a DX-
pedition to the Canary Island (DIB MA-05, DFB MA-11) on the
coast of Piaui, Brazil, between April 29th and May 3rd. Callsign
will be ZW8BBC. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW,
SSB, PSK31 and RTTY, including 6 meters, 2 meters (SSB/FM )
and the satellites (SSB/FM). Satellites mentioned are: AO-7
(A and B), FO-29, AO-51, VO-52, SO-50 and ISS in repeater
mode, if activated. QSL via PS8DX (QRZ.com address): Operators
mentioned are: Ray/PS8BBC, Junior/PS8DX, Jesus/PS8ET, Chicao/
PS8FSM, Milton/PS8HF, Joca/PS8JN, Nelson/PS8NF, Joao/PS8PY,
Piraja/PS8RF, Dalton/PS8TV and YL Milena/PS8ML. Sugguested
frequencies are:
CW - 1830, 3530, 7030, 10114, 14040, 18098, 21040, 24920 and 28040
SSB - 1970, 3765, 7055, 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950 and 28460
RTTY - 3577, 7037, 10127, 14080, 18101, 21080, 24920 and 28080 kHz
6m - CW/50.107 and SSB/50.127 MHz

A web page is now active for this operation at:
zw8bbc.blogspot.com/

IOTA SPECIAL NOTES:
* IOTA Contest 2008 Credits: The RSGB are pleased to announce that
they can now accept QSOs made in the 2008 IOTA contest for credit
without QSL Cards.
* Interruption of service from RSGB HQ: The RSGB regrets that as the
result of the sudden resignation of the IOTA Coordinator at HQ, there
will be an interruption in its service to the IOTA community pending
the filling of the post. This means that there will be a delay,
possibly as long as a month, in the issue of certificates, plaques and
trophies and in the handling of emails addressed to: iota[taskas]hq[kringelis]rsgb[taskas]org.uk
A notice will be posted when normal service resumes.
* NEW IOTA Directory available: Now celebrating 45 years of Island
collecting — The “IOTA Directory” is the essential guide to partici-
pating in the Islands on the Air (IOTA) award program. For details
on how to get one:
www.rsgbshop.org/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_IOTA_42……

IRC NEWS. Just a reminder for those who like to stockpile International
Reply Coupons (IRCs)– the current IRC will expire at the end of year.
Unlike the old style coupons, the current types all have an expiry date,
giving them a maximum life of 3 years. If you purchased a current IRC
today, they will still expire on December 31, 2009. Ken, ZL2HU, advises
us on the following information from International Postal Union in Geneva:
“The current issue (Beijing 2) IRC may be exchanged up to 31 December
2009 (date printed on coupon). In principle, Beijing 2 coupons will no
longer be sold from 31 August 2009. The new international reply coupon
(Nairobi model) is due to go on sale from 1 July 2009, and will be valid
for exchange until 31 December 2013.” Ken states, “So make sure you
aren’t holding any of the Beijing 2 coupons at the end of this year.”
To see what the new IRC looks like, go to:
www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-08-08_irc.sht……

JD1, OGASAWARA. Koji, JI1LET, will once again be active as JI1LET/JD1
from Chichijima Island (AS-031) between April 29th and May 5th. Activity
will be on 40-6 meters, CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JI1LET, by the JARL
Bureau or direct.

JW, SVALARD. Operators Jan/OK1JK, Jiri/OK1JST, Pavel/OK1IPS and Jiri/
K1IEC will be on a Czech Polar DXpedition to Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen
Island (EU-026, WLOTA 0125), June 5-15th. Look for them to sign JW/homecall
and be active on all HF bands using CW, RTTY, PSK and SSB. QSL via their
home callsigns. More information can be found on their Web site at:
jan.kepic.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2009030003

LN3, NORWAY. Members of the Vestfold Contest Club (LA3Z) of Stavern
will be active as LN3Z during the CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest (May
30-3st), as a Milti-Single entry. Operators mentioned are Svein/LA3BO,
Harald/LA5UF, Paul/LA6YEA, Jon/LA8HGA and Gaute/LA9TJA. QSL via LA9VDA,
direct (see details on QRZ.com) or by the bureau. Bureau QSL cards can
also be requested by E-mail to: la9vda2003-at-yahoo.no
Visit the club’s Web page at: www.la3z.com

NCDXF PRESS RELEASE (by Al Burnham, K6RIM, NCDXF Director). At its Board
of Directors meeting on April 17, 2009, in Visalia, CA, the Northern
California DX Foundation elected Bruce Butler, W6OSP, as President and
Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, as Vice President. Outgoing President Len Geraldi,
K6ANP, and Vice President Al Burnham, K6RIM, remain on the board as
Directors. Information pertaining to the Northern California DX Foundation
is available at: www.ncdxf.org

NEW CONTEST WEB PAGE. Pete, N4ZR, announced that “The Contesting Compendium
is up and running at: wiki.contesting.com
With the help of KM3T, K5TR, K5ZD and N5KO, the objective of this Web page
is “to make this into a one-stop source for information on contesting, and
to ensure that all the good stuff that is now scattered across the Internet
doesn’t succumb to the ravages of time, hard drive failures, or other
accidents of history.” Pete states he is looking for contributors/authors
to contribute material and to keep the Web page up to date. Check it out!

QSL INFO AND NEWS…………………
4M5M via W4SO. Members of the Association of Radioamateurs of Venezuela
activated a special event station for the International Marconi Day on
April 25th. W4SO address is: Scott Cronin, 5020 Pierce ST., Hollywood,
FL 33021.

QSL AX6JB via M0URX. Special prefix for ANZAC Day. Operator was John,
VK6JB.

NEW QSL ROUTE. Buzz, NI5DX, reports that, effective immediately, he is
the QSL Manager for Kahlid, A61BK. Kahlid has already sent his log
file to Buzz. QSL cards will be ordered, so there will be a delay in
replying to cards until the new cards arrive from the printer. PLEASE
NOTE: Phil, ex-9Q1TB, has just been issued the callsign A65BK. To
avoid confusion, those requesting cards for either station should
make certain they send their request to the proper QSL Manager.

GB8GM via M0DOL. Special event station for the International Marconi
Day on April 25th. M0DOL’s address is: Chris Darlington, 24 Westridge,
Northampton, England, U.K.

CHECK YOUR HG1S QSO. It has been reported that the MTTOSZ Radio Club
of Gyor is receiving a large number of cards for QSOs made with HG1S
that cannot be confirmed as they are “not-in-logs”. Since HG1S is a
“direct only” station, you’d better check the online log and/or E-mail
the Radio Club before running the risk of wasting your money. Also,
please note that local postage stamps cannot be used in Hungary! To
check your QSO, go to: www.mttosz.t-online.hu/

KL7J - NO BUREAU QSLS. Fred, K3ZO, from the Third Call Area Incoming
QSL Bureau, reports: “This Bureau continues to receive cards directed
to KL7J via his QSL Manager, N3SL. Please note that KL7J has asked
his manager not to accept cards coming in via Bureau. Any such cards
received by this bureau are passed on to an elementary school teacher
we know who uses the cards as an instructional tool with her kids.”

ZL7T QSL STATUS. Lee, ZL2AL, reports that the ZL7T cards have been
ordered, and he expects delivery in a few weeks from Europe. The QSOs
and envelopes have been processed, and he thanks those who put a little
extra in them to help cover their freight costs. Lee states, “I am
hoping to have the first cards in the mail in about 45 days if all
goes well. We are considering the idea of doing ZL7 Chatham Island
again next year late February or early March with better antennas
and enhanced operation on 160m and 80m and the WARC bands.”

QSLS VIA LOTW: None reported this week!

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: CX3CCC, E70T, EL2DX, ET3JA, FK8CP, FM5LD,
FW5RE, LY8O, MU0FAL, NP4A, RO9O, T27A, TF3CW, TJ3SL, UA2FCC, V25WY,
VK9AA, VP2V/SP3IPB, VP8KF and Z36A

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3XM6JR, 4K7Z, 4X0C, 4X0V, 7P8FC, 7U5CI,
9A73AA, 9K2HN, BD7JLR, BG7JLR, BT1OB, C4EURO, EN600Y, ER61V, EU5ROPE,
EU940OR, EV7DP, EV9P, H44MS, HB0/DL4IAL, HD2A, IF9A, J48MDC, J6/DL7AFS,
JI2ZJS, PJ7/DL7DF, RI1OTA, S79SG, T32CXX, T77WI, TC85TC, TO5FJ, UK8AJ
and YI1DZ

S7, SEYCHELLES. Davide, IZ3EFL, is now active as S79DF from Aldabra
Atoll (AF-025) for the next year. Activity has been only on 20 meters
SSB, but he has promised to appear on other bands soon. Watch between
1600-1730z on 20 meters. QSL via IV3TDM, direct or by the bureau.

T30, WESTERN KIRIBATI ISLANDS (Also 3D2). By the time you read this
Hrane/YT1AD and Miki/YU1DW should be active as T30M and T30DW, respective-
ly, from Tarawa Island for a few days until April 29th. Their Pacific
trip is to make plans for their upcoming operations to Tokelau Island
(ZK3) in 2010 and Conway Reef (3D2C) in 2011. The duo will leave T30
and end their Pacific trip in Fiji. They will be active as 3D2AD (YT1AD)
and 3D2DW (YU1DW) until May 4th. QSL all callsigns via their home call,
direct or by the Bureau.

TA7, TURKEY. Operator Berkin, TA3J, will be active as TA3J/7 from Erzincan
City (KM99RS) between now and May 3rd. Activity will be on all bands
using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. He was heard this past weekend on
20 meters SSB. QSL via TA3YJ QSL Service at:
www.aydogmus.gen.tr/ta3yj/qslservice.htm

TK, CORSICA (IOTA/SOTA/LH/QRP). Laurent, F8BBL, will be on holiday on the
main island of Corsica (EU-014, DIFM TK-001, MIA MCO-001, WLOTA 1390)
between August 1-15th. His QTH will be located in the Valinco Gulf, near
the city of Olmeto (Department South Corsica/2A, WW Loc. Loc JN41KQ).
His activity will be QRP using a FT-817 and a new MP1 antenna. He will
be signing TK/F8BBL/QRP and will be on the HF bands, mainly CW, but
some SSB during his spare time. On August 8th, Laurent will climb the
summit Punta di Buturetu (SOTA TK/TK112, 870m ASL, WW Loc. JN41KR) and
expects to be on the air around 1000z. Suggested frequencies are: 7032
kHz/CW, 7096 kHz/SSB and 10118 kHz/CW. He will also make another one
day trip to the Island of Sanguinaires (EU-104, DIFM TK-002, MIA MCO-022,
WLOTA 0098, Loc JN41HV) during his second week (weather and sea conditions
permitting and boat rental). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the
Bureau.

TK, CORSICA (IOTA/LH/Mills/Towers Op). Claude (Jim), F5MCC, will be on
holiday from the main island (EU-014, DIFM TK-001, MIA MCO-001, WLOTA
1390) between May 22nd and June 11th. He will be signing TK/F5MCC or
possibly TK/F5MCC/p. Tony, TK5XN, may be with him. Look for Jim to
activate some lighthouses which count for the “French Onshore Lighthouses
Award” (DPLF) with the following references: PB 074, PB 068, PB 087,
PB 091, PB 287 and PB 292 (with weather permitting, possibly PB 170 and
PB 171). Also, a very difficult lighthouse (PB 289) may be activate which
is hard to reach and for this activation, Tony, TK5XN, will go with Jim.
There is another planned activation from the Island of Lavezzi (EU-164,
TK-011, MCO-007, PB 175 and WLOTA 755), but this depends on the renting
of a boat. On May 23rd and 30th, Jim will also activate (along with
Denys/TK5JU) some Mills or Genovese Towers (not yet chosen). Activity
from all locations will be on the HF bands 80-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL
TK/F5MCC via F5MCC, TK5XN via F2YT and TK5JU direct to his home callsign.

TY, BENIN. In close cooperation between the DAGOE Foundation, Mercy Ships
and 5 Dutch radio amateurs, a new DXpedition is on its way. If everything
goes according the plan, the team foresees a visit to Benin between October
7-30th. The team expects to be on air from October 10th-27th and will also
participate in the 2009 CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th). QSL Manager
is PA3AWW (direct or by the Bureau). An online QSL REQUEST service will
be available. More details are forthcoming, but a Web page is up and
running at: www.benin2009.com/home.php

VK9GMW, MELLISH REEF (News - QSO Data Lost!). George, AA7JV, reports on
April 22nd: “We both made it home, safe and sound (but dog tired).
Unfortunately our support team’s efforts to recover the WriteLog QSO
data have not produced results yet. We are now seeking help from WriteLog.
In the meantime, please do not send any QSLs or OQRS requests for any
QSO that took place between 4/9 2020 UTC and 4/10 0923 UTC. We apologize,
understanding how this may disappoint those who have made the QSOs, but
as long as we can not recover the data, we will not able to QSL these
QSOs.”
ADDED NOTE: George, AA7JV, also, reports: “I have been getting a lot
of requests for info on the antenna we used on Mellish.” Read about
their multi-band antenna at: vk9gmw.com/documents/VK9GMW_ANTENNA.pdf

YB0, INDONESIA (IOTA Op). Hotang, YC0IEM, will be active as YB0IEM/P
from Borneo Island (OC-088) between April 27th and May 15th. Bands and
modes of activity were not provided. QSL via IZ8CCW.

YJ, VANUATU (IOTA Op). Kaku, JA6REX, will be active as YJ0KS for 10 days
from two different islands. Activity will be from Espiritu Santo (OC-035)
between April 28th and May 3rd, and from Tanna Island (OC-035) between
May 5-7th. Look for activity to be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY
and PSK31. QSL via his home callsign.

YS, EL SALVADOR. Operators Michael/G7VJR, Bob/MD0CCE and Nigel/G3TXF will
be active as YS1G between May 17-23rd. Activity will be focused on CW on
160/80/40/30 meters, and possibly the other higher bands depending on the
conditions. Mario, YS1MAE, is expected to join the team and operate SSB.
QSL via G3TXF.

YW0, AVES ISLAND (Update). The 4M5DX Group, which is expecting to be
active as YW0A from Aves Island, received on Monday, April 20th, a schedule
from the Venezuela Navy to travel to Aves Island. From their Web they
state, “The stay time that they can give us on Aves Island is no less
than 30 days (can be more, depending of vessels availability). No one
operator or team member can stay for so long time on the island. For
that, we are still looking for no more than 7 or 12 days to operate from
YV0.” The YW0A Web is at: yw0a.4m5dx.info/news.html

ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Dave, W9CGI, will be active as ZF2GC from the Grand
Cayman Island (NA-016, WLOTA 1042) between July 29th and August 10th.
Activity will be mainly on 17 and 12 meters using PSK31 and SSB. He will
use a vertical antenna with under 50 watts. QSL via his home callsign,
eQSL preferred; direct w/SASE or by the Bureau. Sorry no LoTW.

ZL, NEW ZEALAND (Island Names To Be Decided!). New Zealanders are being
asked what they would like to call their two main islands, currently
North Island and South Island. The BBC News reports: “The country’s
Geographic Board, which assigns and approves place name changes, has
announced consultations on alternative English and Maori names. The
move follows the discovery that the geographically correct names, used
for 200 years, were not legally registered.” The Maori names are Te Ika
a Maui (the fish of Maui) for the North Island and Te Wai Pounamu (the
waters of greenstone) for the South Island. Read the complete story at:
news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/801184……

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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 899

March 9, 2009

Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q, KP2HC, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily
DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, W5ACM, W5JON, K8YSE, DX-IS News Site, Pete’s-DX-
Newsdesk, CO8TW, DK8JB, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, DL8OBF, F5NQL & UFT,
F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3SWH, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ8EDJ,
JI5RPT, LA5HE, OE1WHC, OH2BN, RSGB IOTA Web Site, TA1HZ, VA3RJ & ICPO,
VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF), VK4FW and ZL1BBO/ZS5BBO for the following DX
information.

** EDITOR’S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week’s bulletin was sent out earlier
than normal to accommodate the late ARRL DX SSB Contest announcements.
Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing
of the ARRL DX SSB Contest participants.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Saturday, 28th/February, through Friday, 6th/March there were
223 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J,
4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P,
8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7,
A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL,
DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4,
H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2,
J3, J5, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2,
KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY,
OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5,
SV9, T2, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5,
VP8, VP8/g, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO,
YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS

* PLEASE NOTE: The report “could” contain “Pirate/SLIM” operations or
more likely a “BUSTED CALLSIGN”. As always, you never know - “Work
First Worry Later” (WFWL).

3DA0, SWAZILAND (Ops Needed). Operators David/GI4FUM (EI4DJ, 3DA0DJ) and
Tony/G4LDL will activate the station 3DA0SS during the month of August.
The object of this activity is to provide a Ham Radio station at an inter-
national scout camp near Manzini. Station 3DA0SS was the first Ham Radio
station to operate in the “Jamboree on the Air” for the scouts of Swaziland
in October 2008. The station was run at the Hawane Resort in western
Swaziland 15km from the Swazi capital Mbabane. The resort is 4530 ft.
ASL in the mountains - QRA KG53MS. David states (edited), “We will operate
from Hawane in the evenings and early mornings and drive over to the scout
campsite during the day (about an hour away). There is a DXpedition to
Lesotho at the same time as our visit to Swaziland. John, 9M6XRO, is a
member of the Lesotho DXpedition team (also serviced by African DX Safaris)
but he will be joining us at Hawane between 6th and 13th August…. Our
visit to Swaziland will include a trip to the Kruger National Park which
is a 2 hour drive from Hawane Resort. We also hope to visit the Trans
World Radio transmitter site near to Manzini. We are looking for more
members for the team.” Anyone interested should E-mail David at:
gi4fum[kringelis]arrl[taskas]net

3V, TUNISIA. SWL Ashraf, 3V4-002, will be active as 3V8SS from the “Radio
Club Station of Tunisian Scouts” in Sousse, during the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via IZ8CCW.
Also, read about Ashraf on his Web page at:
ashraf3v4002.wordpress.com

4M, VENEZUELA. Operators Jose/YV5TX, Werther/YV5MSG and Alexis/YV5SSB
will be active as 4M5DX during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th)
as a Multi-Single/High-Power entry. QSL via IT9DAA.

5N, NIGERIA (Update to OPDX.898). Bodo, DL3OCH, has reported that his
trip will be slightly delayed, so look for him to be in Nigeria around
March 21st and to start his activity later than March 5th as first
announced. He has also reported that he has received his license and
will use the callsign 5N0EME. In the meantime, all his equipment is on
the way. Remember, activity will be on all HF bands (160-10 meters)
plus some operations on EME. QSL via DL3OCH.

6TH IDXC ANNOUNCEMENT. The 6th International DX Convention organized
by the Strange Radio Team (SRT) will be held April 18-19th, 2009. The
City will be Paestum near Salerno (fantastic Archeological Area) and the
airport is Napoli Capodichino. Some of the guest speakers are:
* Giancarlo Sanna, IS0ISJ, ARI President
* Antonio Esposito, IW2OAZ: “D-STAR” Panoramic analysis
* Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: “The IOTA of the future”
* Mario Ambrosi, I2MQP: ARI Awards
* Norman Fusaro, W3IZ: DXCC & ARRL Awards
* Simone Bizzarri/IZ0BTV & Giorgio Minguzzi/IZ4AKS: 2009
E44M PALESTINE DXpedition
* William Josh Fisher, W4WJF: 2008 VK9DWX Willis Island DXpedition
* Mike Mraz, N6MZ: 2009 KP5 Desecheo Island DXpedition
* Nuccio Meoli, I0YKN: International Polar Year
More details about the event and dinner bandquet are available at:
www.strangeradioteam.com/idxc/6th-idxc-2009.asp

6W, SENEGAL. Alessandro, IK4ALM, will be active as 6W/IK4ALM from Saly
between March 29th and April 9th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using
CW and SSB with 100 watts into a ground plane. QSL via his home callsign.

BX5, TAIWAN. Jimmy, BX5AA, will be active during the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (?)/High-Power entry. Jimmy
states that BX5 is a rare prefix for Taiwan (CQ 24). QSL via BX5AA.

C9, MOZAMBIQUE. Philip, ON4AEO, will lead a team of operators on a
DXpedition to Mozambique and sign C91FC from April 9-13th. You may
remember that Philip lead a team of operators last year to Lesotho for
the 7P8FC DXpedition. The “Fox Charlie DXpedition” team is made up of
the following operators: Philip/ON4AEO, Kath/ON7BK, Sid/ZS6AYC, Adele/
ZR6APT, Gert/ZS6GC, Lucas/ZS6ACT, Jan/ZS5JC, Deon/ZS6ABR, Jose/ON4CJK,
Herman/ZS5LH and Steffi/ON3AEO. They hope to activate the following bands,
80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. The QSL Manager
is ON4CJK. Send QSLs either by the Bureau or direct. It is requested that
direct cards be accompanied with 1 IRC or 2 green stamps with a self
addressed envelope (QSLs without this, QSLs will be returned via the
Bureau). The QSL address is: JOSE DUYCK, MOLENAKKER 56, 8740 EGEN, BELGIUM.
More information regarding the DXpedition can be obtained from their Web
site at: www.c91fc.be

CO8, CUBA. Eduardo, CO8LY, will be in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March
7-8th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (80m)/QRP entry. QSL via EA7ADH. Also,
look for Juan Carlos, CO8TW, to be active in the contest as a Single-OP/
Single-Band (20m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via HB9SVT. His log will be on-line
at: www.qsl.net/co8tw

CT3, MADEIRA ISLAND (AF-014). Operators Hardy/DL3KWF and Rosel/DL3KWR
(XYL) will once again be active as CT3/homecall from the Hotel Royal
Orchid between now and March 19th. Activity will be mainly CW on 30/17/12
meters. Hardy is expected to try some RTTY and PSK-31. QSL via their home
callsigns. E-mail requests for Bureau QSL cards can be sent to:
dl3kwr[kringelis]darc[taskas]de –or– dl3kwf[kringelis]darc[taskas]de
Visit their Web site at: www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr

CU2, AZORES ISLANDS. Operators Martti/OH2BH (CU2KG) and Juha/OH8NC (CU2KH)
are in the Azores and will activate both CU2A and CU2X in the ARRL DX SSB
Contest (March 27-28th) as two Single-Band categories, CU2A on 20m and
CU2X on 80m. They may occasionally come on other bands to hand out
multipliers. They arrived in the Azores early this week and have been
active using their personal callsigns. QSL both via OH2BH.

EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Jon, LA3JJ, will once again be active as EA8/homecall
from Isla de Fuerteventura (AF-004, DIE S-006, WLOTA 0883) between now
and March 26th. Activity will be on 30/17 meters and possibly 12 meter
CW. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

EA9/EG9, CEUTA AND MELILLA. Jorge, EA9LZ, will be active as EA9LZ or
possibly EG9Z during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as Single-
Op/Single-Band (40m or 20m) entry. QSL via EA9LZ (QRZ.com).

FR, REUNION ISLAND (Correction). Stephane, F5UOW, will be active as
FR/F5UOW from Boucan Canot (near St. Gilles les Bains) between March
8-28th (not the 22nd). Activity will be holiday style, mostly CW on
20 meters. QSL via his home callsign.

FT5X, KERGUELEN ISLANDS (Update). Gildas, TU5KG/FT5XS is enroute to
the Kerguelen Area. He hopes to stop at Port aux Francais on possibly
on March 9th. Look for him between March 8-10th. QSL via F4EFI, by the
REF Bureau 29 or direct.

GW, Wales. Steve, GW4BLE, will be active as GW7X during the ARRL DX SSB
Contest (March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m) entry. QSL via
GW3SQX, direct or by the Bureau.

HH, HAITI (Update to OPDX.849). Operators Jan/K4QD and Don/AF4Z will be
active as HH4/homecall from the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission
(www.nwhcm.org) between March 24th and April 4th. They will operate 80-10
meters on CW, SSB and RTTY as time permits. Nighttime low band operations
will be limited to the availability of AC power. They will also participate
in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30th). They are working with HH2JR
and the Radio Club of Haiti in an attempt to obtain a special 4V4 prefix
for the contest. QSL via their home callsigns. Operators prefer direct or
LoTW, but the Bureau is “OK”.

HQ2, HONDURAS. Operator Dan, HR2DMR, will be active as HQ2W during the
ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power/
Assisted entry. He will use monobander antennas on 20/15/10m and sloper
antennas on 160/80/40m. QSL via HR2DMR. QSL via address on QRZ.com.

IOTA NEWS………………….
AS-103. Operators Tang/BM2AAV, Wu/BM2APH, James/BU2AT, Eddie/BV2DD,
Bruce/BV2KI, Lee/BV2NT and Chung/BX4AF will be active as
BP0A from Penghu Island between March 27-30th. Activity
will be on all bands. QSL via BV2KI.

EU-008. Members of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC will be active as
GM7A from Kerrera Island (IOSA FL02, SCOTIA CN02), Scotland,
during the upcoming RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Operators
mentioned are Graham/MM0GHM and Arthur/MM0DHQ. QSL via GM7AAJ,
direct or by the bureau.

EU-017. Operators Andy/IZ0EHO and Vincenzo/IZ0FKE will be active as
ID9N from Vulcano Island (IIA ME-018, MIA MI-122, WLOTA 1001),
April 24-30th. Activity will be on all HF bands and modes.
QSL via the information on QRZ.com.

EU-171. Operators Tor/DJ4MG and Ela/DL1TM will be active as 5P4MG
and OZ7TM, respectively, from Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland
(DIA NJ-001), April 5-16th. Look for SSB activity to be on
160/80/40/20/17/15 meters and PSK31 on 40/20 meters. QSL
5P4MG via DJ4MG, direct or by the bureau. QSL OZ7TM via
DL1TM, direct or by the bureau.

EU-171. Operators Rene/DL2JRM and Netti/DO6XX will be active as
OZ/homecall/p from Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland (DIA NJ-001)
between July 18th and August 1st. Activity will include the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Look for them on 80-10
meters using CW with 100 watts into a dipole/GP. QSL via
their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau.

NA-192. Operators John/VE8EV, Wally/VE8DW and Gerry/VE8GER will be
active as VX8X from Ellice Island, March 20-23rd. Activity
will be on 40/20/15 meter CW/SSB during a 24 hours per day
non-stop operation. Expect to see them on CW, but most of
the focus will be on 20 meter SSB on 14260 kHz. QSL via the
information on QRZ.com under VX8X.

OC-120. Operators Ed/4F1OZ, Roland/DU1KGJ, Jairus/DV1ERS and Frank/
VE7DP plan to activate Cuyo Island (WLOTA 3028) between 0400z,
March 6th and 0200z, March 9th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17
meters using CW and SSB. Both the callsign and QSL route are
TBA.

SA-098p. Operators Jorge/OA4BHY, Marco/CE6TBN, Zoli/HA1AG, Daniel/DL5YWM
and Rene/DL2JRM will be active as OA4BHY/6 from La Leona Island,
April 10-13th. There is a possibility that a special callsign
may be used. Activity will be on all HF bands using 2 stations
with operations on CW and SSB. QSL via DL2JRM, direct or by the
Bureau.

IOTA STATESIDE TOUR. Pete, VE3IKV, will be active as W4/VA3RA from the
following stateside islands:
March 7-8th - St. Simons; NA-058, USI GA-003S, Glynn county, Georgia
March 9-13th - Key West; NA-062, USI FL-040S, Monroe county, Florida
March 11-12th - Garden Key, Dry Tortugas; NA-079, USI FL-013S, Monroe
county, Florida.
Activity will be on 40 meters CW using 100 watts into a sloper antenna.
Also, look for him on 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via VE3IKV, direct
or by the Bureau.

J5, GUINEA-BISSAU. Peter, HA3AUI, has announced that he will be acctive
as J5UAP during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/
Single-Band (20m) entry from the QTH of Varela, IK12QH. Remember, he is
supposed to be here until March 31st. His activity will be mostly Digital
with some SSB and CW upon request. Operations will be on 160-6 meters
using a spiderbeam, verticals, dipoles, and 500w or 100w. QSL via HA3AUI,
direct or by the HA Bureau.

J6, ST. LUCIA (Change in Plans). John, W5JON, informs that the dates
have been changed and now he will be active as J6/W5JON from Marigot Bay
between March 24th and April 2nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters SSB
using 400 watts, dipoles and 6m yagi. Also, look for activity in the CQ
WW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th). QSL via W5JON.

JD1/O, OGASAWARA (Update). Operators Hide/JM1LJS (JD1BLK), Hiroyuki/JG7PSJ
(JD1BMH), Masaru/JE4SMQ (JD1BMT) and Makoto/JI5RPT (JD1BLY) will be active
from Chichijima Island (AS-031) between April 29th and May 5th. The group
will be active on 160-6 meters using the CW, SSB, Digital and Satellite
modes. QSL via their home callsigns. Their detailed schedule is as follows:
Callsigns, Dates of Operation and Web log searches will be available at:
——————————————————————–
JD1BLK - April 29th- May 5th; radio-dream.com/jd1blk/e/
JD1BLY - April 29th- May 5th; www.ji5rpt.com/jd1/
JD1BMH - May 2-12th; sapphire.ganko.tohoku.ac.jp/jd1bmh/
JD1BMT - May 2-5th; No Web site available at this time

JW, SVALBARD. Rag, LA5HE, will once again be active as JW5HE between now
and March 10th. Activity will probably have an emphasis on the low bands
and CW. QSL via his home callsign.

KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Operators Masaharu/JA3CEK and Shimatake/JI3DNN
will be active as KH0/N3MU and KH0/KI3DNN, respectively, from Saipan
(OC-086), March 19-22nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW,
SSB and some Digital modes. QSL KH0/KI3DNN via JI3DNN and KH0/N3MU via
JA3CEK.

KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Operators Ann/KP2YL and Brian/KP2HC will be
heading back to visit St. Croix, March 28th through April 7th. They are
in the initial stages of planning their move back to the island, so they
may be on the air less than usual on this trip. Look for them on 160-6
meters using CW and SSB. QSL direct only. Current QSL info is available
on QRZ.com. PLEASE NOTE: Brian reminds everyone that U.S. postal rates
are going up in May of this year and that all QSL requests sent from this
time forward should include sufficient postage to cover the rate increase.

QSL INFO AND NEWS…………………
Andy, W5ACM, reports that QSLs for his W5ACM/C6A/MM Western Caribbean
Cruise 2009 started going out March 2nd. He also mentiones, “Operators/
participants for this event included W5ACM, WB5RMA, WA5TWT and WA5WOD.
Observers included ex-WB5QCC and ex-WA5VJT. Hopefully QCC and VJT will
renew their tickets! We operated from various grids (EL54, EK69, EK66,
EL60, EL46 and EL37) in the Gulf of Mexico from Galveston to Roatan
(just off the coast of Honduras). We had a great time and hope to see
more ports of call and operate from more grids in November.”

HI9/EA3BT AND HI9/EA3WL QSL STATUS. Josep, EA3BT, has started to confirm
the contacts from his last IOTA DXpedition to Cayo Levantado, NA-122.
The QSL looks very nice, full color on both sides. You can see the QSL
card at: dxinfo.ea3bhk.com

NEW QSL MANAGER. Buzz, NI5DX, has assumed the duties of QSL Manager
for Tom Smith, ZC4TS. Logs have been transferred and cards are in the
process of being ordered. Buzz will be able to answer any requests for
a ZC4TS card once the new cards arrive in about 5 weeks. Buzz is also
now the QSL manager for FM1II, Chris, in Martinique. Buzz has the logs
and will have cards in the not too distant future.

PIRATE ALERT. Phil, G3SWH, informs OPDX that he and Richard/G3RWL
have just arrived back from their trip from Mayotte where they made
over 10,000 QSOs as FH/G3SWH. However, Phil states, “Looking at the
DX Summit spot database, we appear to have been the victim of some
piracy. Please make the maximum publicity of the following: There
was *NO* activity by FH/G3RWL. Both operators used the same call.
There was *NO* SSB activity whatsoever.”

NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Phil, G3SWH, reports that he is NOT the QSL
Manager for VP2M.

QSLS VIA LOTW: None reported this week!

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 8R1AK, C4N, CE1/K7CA, D2NX, EA9EU, FW8DX,
HB9ANM, T30XX, T31DX, T32YY, T33ZZ, TT8JT and ZD8UW

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: None reported this week!

RECALLING JIM B. SMITH, VK9NS (by Bruce Smith, G3HSR). Now available on
the “Documentary Archive Radio Communication” Web page, an interview by
Wolf, OE1WHC, with Bruce Smith, G3HSR, son of Jim B. Smith, VK9NS,
recalling his father’s life (recorded March 5th, 2009) at:
dokufunk.org/vk9ns

S2, BANGLADESH (Update). By the time you read this, some members of the
Korea DX Club will be active as S21KD from Dhaka until March 14th. As
this was being typed, they were assembling antennas. Activity will be
on 160-10 meters, CW, SSB and the digital modes using three amplifiers,
verticals and beams. QSLs are via HL5FUA. For more details, updates and
their logs, please visit the following Web page at: dxpedition.co.kr

SOUTH ATLANTIC BIRD ACTIVITY. As of March 7th, Graham, G3VZV, will be
onboard the “MV Minerva” which will be visiting the islands off the edges
of the Antarctica. His schedule includes visits to South Georgia (VP8)
on March 12-13th, and Tristan da Cunha (ZD9) on March 18-19th, before
arriving in Cape Town on March 24th. Activity is planned via SO50, AO51
and the ISS (if available) from the ship, and if licences can be obtained,
from the islands themselves. Graham will sign G3VZV/MM and intends to
use FM handhelds and an Arrow antenna. He hopes to have at least some
limited internet access which can be used to arrange skeds at:
g[taskas]shirville[kringelis]btinternet[taskas]com

TC18, TURKEY (Special Event). Members of the Turkish group called SWAT
(Special Wireless Activity Team) will be active as TC18M between March
17-19th. Activity is to commemorate the 94rd anniversary of the Naval
Victory (March 18, 1915) in th Gelibolu Wars (World War I ). Operations
will take place from the University of Canakkale grounds and on the Asiatic
side of Dardanelles, overlooking the Straits where the Naval War took
place. Activity will be on the HF bands using SSB and CW. Operators will
be TA3FB and TA3AX. QSL Manager for this year is TA3FB. For more detailed
information, visit: tcswat.tripod.com/
Also see TC18M on QRZ.com.

TI8, COSTA RICA. Operators Carlos/TI2KAC, Juan/TI2JCY, Mauricio/TI4ZM,
Eddie/K4UN, Ellis/N4JO, Bob/W4BW, Keith/W4KTR and Alexis/W4XO will be
active as TI8M from Volcan Poas during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March
7-8th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via TI2KAC, direct or by the Bureau.
Look for activity before the contest on 160-10 meters.

TM0, FRANCE (Special Event). Members of the CBK 67 (F8KHH) will activate
the special callsign TM0TAN between March 27th to April 10th, to celebrate
the anniversary of the signing on April 4th, 1949, of the agreements
creating the NATO treaty. Also to celebrate this event, the French and
German cities of Strasbourg, Kehl and Baden-Baden, will receive government
Heads of States, Presidents and Prime Ministers. A special QSL card will
be issued. The QSL Manager is the F8KHH ARC. Send QSLs via direct (w/SAE
and postage) or via the French REF Union Bureau.

V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA. Jimmy, W6JKV, will be active as V2A/W6JKV from
Antigua (NA-100, WLOTA 1118) between June 23rd and July 3rd. Activity
will be on the HF bands, but his focus will be on 6 meters (Grid FK97).
He has a very good location and will use a large antenna with power. QSL
via his home callsign in Austin, Texas.

V4, ST. KITTS (NA-104). Nick, G4FAL, will once again be active as V4/G4FAL
between March 12-17th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters mainly
on CW. Also, look for him to be an entry in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest
(March 14-15th) as V47CD. QSL via his home callsign or the LoTW.

V6, MICRONESIA (IOTA Op). Mike/KM9D and Jan/KF4TUG are reportedly now
active from Turuaimu Island, Kapingamarangi Atoll (OC-167) as V63MY and
V63TO, respectively. Length of stay is unknown, but probably for one
week. As usual, Mike will work mainly CW and Jan will be on SSB. However,
as this was being typed, V63TO was heard on 40/20m CW. Activity is expected
on 40-10 meters. QSL via OM2SA. This also includes LoTW.

VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND (Update). Bill Horner, VK4FW, member of Oceania
Amateur Radio DX Group Inc. (ODXG), reports that the VK9LA March departure
date is fast approaching. All equipment sent via the ship has safely
arrived on Lord Howe Island. Bill states, “When we finished packing all
the gear, we ended up with more space taken up than we had booked, so we
quickly managed to get more freight space on the ship.” This DXpedition
will take place between March 23rd and April 3rd, with 16 operators.
Suggested frequencies are:
Band SSB CW RTTY
—– ——— ———– ————
160 — 1.813u/d –
80 3.797u/d 3.513u –
40 7.084u 7.013u –
30 — 10.106u 10.135u/d
20 14.250u/d 14.023u/d 14.088u
17 18.165d 18.072u 18.100u/d
15 21.290u/d 21.023u/d 21.088u/d
12 24.987d 24.892u 24.925u/d
10 28.470u/d 28.023u/d 28.088u/d
6 50.100u/d 50.100u/d –

Special Notes:
1. u/d… Up or down
2. 6m… Call us when the beacon goes into RX mode.
3. 40m… RX for the Americas will be above 7.150
4. 80m… A special time on April 1st has been set up to work the VK
and greater Pacific. (see the web site www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm
for details). We would request that these areas do not call
us in the pile ups on 80m before this event.
5. Pilot Station…. Don, N1DG, will be our only pilot station.
6. VK4FW will arrive on Sunday, March 22nd. He will begin unpacking
and sorting equipment and might manage to get a station on air for
Sunday evening local time. On Monday, March 23rd, 4 more of the
crew will arrive and will begin further assembly. They will try to
get 2 stations on air ASAP. On Tuesday, March 24th, the rest of
the crew will arrive and they will finish assembly and get all
station on air ASAP.

QSLING PROCEDURES:
1. Direct via VK4FW:Bill Horner, PO Box 612, Childers, 4660, Australia
2. via the Bureau via VK4FW
3. OQRS ( www.odxg.org/qsl.htm ) direct
4. OQRS ( www.odxg.org/qsl.htm ) Bureau

For more updates, details on the DXpedition and how to donate to this
operation, please visit the ODXG and VK9LA Web pages at:
www.odxg.org
www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm

WE’RE MOVING! Uwe, DL8OBF, reports that the AMTOR-mailbox “DA5TOR” will
move its 40m access frequency in order to comply with the new bandplan
per March 29th. The new frequencies are 7047 kHz, 7049 kHz and 7051 kHz.
The access frequencies on the other bands remain unchanged and still allow
worldwide access. All frequencies and technical details of the mailbox can
be found at: www.amtor.de
The new activity-center of AMTOR is 7042 khz for direct connections.

ZL7, CHATHAM ISLANDS (Update). The ZL7T team is now active through March
10th. Four stations will be on the air operating on 160-10 meters, using
CW, SSB, RTTY and the PSK modes. For updates, visit the ZL7T Web site at:
www.zl7t.com
A logsearch will be available on the team’s return. Logs will be uploaded
to LoTW within 6 months. QSL via ZL2AL, by the Bureau or direct (CBA or
QRZ.com). Donations would be appreciated.

————————————————————————–
The following stations are expected to be active in the
ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th, 2009)
————————————————————————–
Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following
consolidated listing of the participants in the 2009 ARRL DX SSB Contest.
For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML
format, please visit Bill’s Web page at:
www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2009.html (By callsign)
www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxsd2009.html (By entity)
————————————————————————
Contest DXCC Class QSL
Callsign Entity Route
————————————————————————
3V8SS Tunisia SOAB LP IZ8CCW
4M5DX Venezuela M/S IT9DAA
BX5AA Taiwan SOSB HP BX5AA
C6ANM Bahamas M/? LoTW; QSL via WA2IYO direct
CO8LY Cuba SOSB 80M QRP EA7ADH
CO8TW Cuba SOSB 20M LP HB9SVT
CT9L Madeira M/? DJ6QT
CU2A Azores SOSB 20M OH2BH
CU2X Azores SOSB 80M OH2BH
ED5T Spain M/S EA5ELT
FP/KV1J St Pierre & Miquelon SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via Buro or direct
GW7X Wales SOSB 40M GW3SQX; QSL also OK via Buro
HI3K Dominican Republic M/S KB2MS
HQ2W Honduras SOAB HP HQ2W
IR1R Italy SOSB 20M IK1HJS
J5UAP Guinea Bissau SOSB 20M HA3AUI
J6/W5JON St Lucia W5JON
J88DR St Vincent SOAB LP G3TBK
KH6/AC0W Hawaii SO LP LoTW; QSL via AC0W
P40A Aruba SOAB WD9DZV
P49Y Aruba SOAB AE6Y
PJ2T Netherlands Antilles M/M LoTW; QSL also OK via N9AG
PJ7B Sint Maarten SOAB W8EB
PS0F Fernando de Noronha M/S LoTW; QSL also OK via W9VA
RW2F Kaliningrad M/M DK4VW
T46G Cuba M/S CO6LC
TF3CW Iceland SOSB 20M LX1NO
TI8M Costa Rica M/2 TI2KAC Buro
TO5A Martinique SOAB LoTW; QSL via F5VHJ, Buro/direct
V26F Antigua M/? W1MD
VP9I Bermuda M/S N1HRA
YN2NB Nicaragua SOAB N1SNB
YV5KG Venezuela M/S YV5KG
ZM1A New Zealand M/S ZL1AMO
ZP0R Paraguay SOAB ZP5AZL
ZX5J Brazil SOSB 15M AI4U

Puslapiai su šiais žodžiais: 10m, 15m, 20m, 40m, 425 DX, 80m, All Band, bureau, Cluster, contest

425DX NEWS
07 March 2009
ARI DX Bulletin
No 931

Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW

5N - Bodo’s ,DL3OCH (KT3Q) trip to Nigeria [425DXN 930] has been
delayed and now expects to travel to Nigeria around 21 March. The
callsign for his EME activities will be 5N0EME, while on the HF
bands he should be using 5N/KT3Q.

5X - Nick, G3RWF will be active again as 5X1NH from Fort Portal, Uganda
starting on 11 March until 5 May. This time he may also give
digital modes a try, and will try to improve his antennas for the
low bands. QSL via home call. [TNX G3RWF]

6W - Alessandro, IK4ALM will be active as 6W/IK4ALM from Saly, Senegal
between 29 March and 9 April. He will operate SSB and QRS CW on
40-10 metres with 100 watts and a ground plane. QSL via home call.
[TNX IK4ALM]

9A - Look for Wolfgang, 9A/OE3WGC and Gert, 9A/OE3ZK to be active from
Palagruza Island (EU-090) and lighthouse from 30 May to 6 June.
They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via bureau to home
calls. [TNX OE3ZK]

9M2 - Richard, PA0RRS will be moving permanently to Malaysia on 1 May.
He will be active as 9M2MRS from Penang Island (AS-015), initially
only on 20 metres with a dipole. He prefers CW, with SSB on
request. QSL via 9M2MRS, either direct (Richard Smeets, Reef
Apartment Building, 54-7-12 Jalan Low Yat, 11100 Batu Ferringhi,
Penang Island, Malaysia) or through the bureau. “Via PA0RRS” is
still possibile, but you should be patient, as Richard will be
back to the The Netherlands only for a limited time each year.
[TNX PA0RRS/9M2MRS]

9M6 - Steve, 9M6DXX will operate as 9M8Z from Sarawak, East Malaysia
(OC-088) on 26-29 March, including a SOAB HP entry in the CQ WW
WPX SSB Contest. Outside the contest, look for Steve on 40 metres
SSB, on which band he will be using a 3-element Yagi. QSL via
M0URX, direct, bureau or LoTW. [TNX 9M6DXX]

BV - BV2DD and other six operators from Taiwan will be active as BP0A
from the P’enghu Islands (AS-103) on 27-30 March. QSL via BV2KI,
direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]

CN - Alfredo, IK7JWX and other eight operators will be active on all
bands and modes from Mogador Island (AF-065) between 18 and 26
April. They have been issued individual callsigns as follows: 5C2A
(QSL via IK2AQZ), 5C2C (QSL via IK6CAC), 5C2F (QSL via I2FUG),
5C2G (QSL via IZ7GWZ), 5C2J (QSL via IK7JWX), 5C2L (QSL via
I8LWL), 5C2SG (QSL via IZ7ATN), 5C2Y (QSL via I0SNY) and 5C2Z (QSL
via I8YGZ). Their main QTH will be Essaouira on mainland Morocco;
when on the island they will operate /p. They also plan to operate
/m from three lighthouses (ARLHS MOR-019, MOR-036 and MOR-O40).
Contributions will be gratefully accepted. Please e-mail
mogadorisland2009[kringelis]libero[taskas]it for further information, or visit
www.mogador2009.altervista.org/ (under construction). [TNX
IK7JWX]

CT - CT1GFK, CT1GPQ, CT1IUA and CT2IHP will be active as CS6A from the
lighthouse Murtinas Posterior (ARLHS POR-126) on 15 March, from 7
to 13 UTC. They plan to operate CW and SSB on 40, 30, 20 and 17
metres with two stations. QSL via CT1GFK, direct or bureau. [TNX
CT1END]

CU - Martti, OH2BH (CU2KG) and Juha, OH8NC (CU2KH) are in the Azores
and will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as CU2A (20m) and
CU2X (80m). They may occasionally come on other bands to hand out
multipliers. QSL both via OH2BH. [TNX OH2BN]

DU - DY1C is the callsign Jairus/DV1ERS, Roland/DU1KGJ and Frank/VE7DP
will be using during their operation from Cujo Island (OC-120)
[425DXN 930]. Their operating schedule will be dictated by the
boat schedule to the island and they anticipate to be QRV around 4
UTC on 6 March until around 2 UTC on the 8th. Look for DY1C on 40,
30, 20 and 17 metres CW and SSB. QSL via VE7DP, direct or bureau.
[TNX VE7DP]

F - Christophe/F5UBH, Juan/F5IRC and Karim/F4CTJ will be active as
TM2HC from Hoedic Island (EU-048) on 13-15 March. They plan to
operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31 on the HF bands. QSL via F5IRC,
direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL]

F - Amateur radio club CBK (www.cbk67.org) will operate special
event station TM0TAN from 27 March to 10 April to celebrate the
60th anniversary of the Organisation du Traite de l’Atlantique
Nord (OTAN), i.e. the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The activity also includes participation in the CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest. QSL via F8KHH, direct or bureau. [TNX F5AEG]

FT5X - Gildas, TU5KG (FT5WP/mm) expects to stop at Port-aux-Francais
(Kerguelen) between 8 and 10 March. If he is able to land, he will
might be QRV as FT5XS (QSL via F4EFI). [TNX F4EFI]

H40 - The Daily DX reports that the Temotu team - namely H40MS (SSB),
H40FN (CW) and H40HP (2m EME) - is operating from Pigeon Island in
the Reef Islands (OC-065), not from Nendo (OC-100) as previously
announced. QSL H40MS via DL2GAC; QSL H40FN via HA8FW; QSL H40HP
via DL2NUD.

HH - Jan, K4QD and and Don, AF4Z will be active again as HH4/homecall
from the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission from 23 March to 3
April. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres as time
and availability of AC power permit. They will also participate in
the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest, and are working with HH2JR and the
Radio Club Haiti in an attempt to obtain a special 4V4 prefix for
the contest. QSL via home calls. [TNX K4QD]

I - Special stations II0IDP (QSL via IS0SDX), II0IDR (QSL via IZ0FVD),
II0IGU (QSL via IK0JFS), II1ICS (QSL via I1SAF), II1IGG (QSL via
I2AZ), II8ICN (QSL via IZ8JPV) and II9ICF (QSL via IT9MRM) - all
representing former coast radio stations of the Italian Navy -
will be active on 7-22 March for the 3rd Italian Navy Coastal
Radio Stations Award (www.assoradiomarinai.tk). [TNX IT9MRM]

I - Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in physiscs
awarded to Guglielmo Marconi, special event station IY1GMN will be
QRV on 13-28 June from Sanremo (www.arisanremo.it). The activity
will coincide with a vintage-radio exhibition (”From Marconi to
Nowadays”) to be hosted at Villa Nobel, where Alfred Nobel lived
and died in 1896. QSL via operator’s instructions [TNX I1UWF]

J3 - Colin, G3VCQ will be active as J38CW from Grenada on 12-26 March.
He will operate holiday style on 80-10 metres SSB, CW and possibly
RTTY/PSK. He will also participate in the Commonwealth (BERU)
Contest (14-15 March, rules at www.rsgbhfcc.org). QSL via home
call, direct or bureau. [TNX G3VCQ]

JA - Look for JS6RRR and JI3DST/JS6 to operate on all bands and modes
from the Miyako Islands (AS-079) on 14-24 March. QSL via bureau.
[TNX JS6RRR]

KH0 - Look for KH0/KI3DNN (QSL via JI3DNN), KH0/N3MU (QSl via JA3CEK)
and KH0/K2JA (QSL via JL3SIK) to be active from Saipan (OC-086) on
19-22 March. They plan to operate SSB, CW and some digital modes
on 160-6 metres. [TNX JL3SIK]

LU - LU4GL, LU1JB/L, LU4LC, LU9GDN, LU7LC, LU4LE and possibly others
will be active as LT9L (www.qsl.net/lt9l)from the nature
reserve Esteros del Ibera on 21-23 March. They will operate CW,
SSB, PSK, RTTY and SSTV on 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres. QSL via
EA5FL. The operation is organized by Radio Club Corrientes
(LU4LG), Radio Club Villa Angela (LU4GO) and Chaco Radio Club
(LU4GF). [TNX LU5FZ]

OE - The “Radio Club of America” was established in January 1909, and
issued the first amateur radio licences in April of that year. To
celebrate 100 Years of Amateur Radio, the Amateur Radio Section of
ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) and the Documentary
Archives Radio Communication/QSL Collection will be active as
OE100M on 1-30 April (contacts made on the International Marconi
Day, 25 April, will be valid for the IMD Award). QSL via the
bureau or direct to OE1WHC. [TNX OE1WHC]

PA - Amateur radio operators from Ireland (EI) will be permitted to
operate digital modes on 30 metres starting on 29 March, and a
number of European Phase Shift Keying Club’s (EPC) stations will
be active on or around that date to celebrate that event.
Announced stations include PA30EPC (from 28 March to 24 April,
operated by Richard/PA3GWH on 10-80 metres PSK) as well as CS2EPC,
DK0EPC, K1EPC, M0EPC, MI0EPC, N4EPC, and possibly others. QSL via
operator’s instructions. [TNX PA3GWH]

S2 - S21KD is the callsign for the Korea DX Club’s DXpedition to Dhaka,
Bangladesh [425DXN 921]. Four operators (namely 6K2AVL, 6K2GCW,
6K5YPW and HL5FUA) will be active from 7 to 14 March on 160-10
metres the following suggested frequencies:
CW 1822, 3515, 7015, 10115, 14015, 18075, 21015, 24895, 28015
SSB 3793, 7095, 14195, 18130, 21295, 24950, 28460
Digital 7035, 10140, 14082, 18100, 21082
QSL via HL5FUA, direct or bureau. The webpages for the expedition
can be found at dxpedition.co.kr/

SV - Andreas/SV2JAO, Archelaos/SV2KBB, Kostas/SV2LLB and Litsa/SW2MIN
will be active as SX2MT from the Royal Tombs Museum at Vergina,
the capital of the ancient Macedonian kingdom, on 20-21 and 27-28
June for the International Museums Weekend. QSL via SV2KBB, direct
only. [TNX SV2KBB]

TA - The TC Special Wireless Activity Team (www.tcswat.org/)
will be active as TC18M on 17-19 March to commemorate the 94th
anniversary of the naval battle of 18 March 1915 during the
Dardanelles Campaign. They will operate SSB and CW on the HF bands
from Canakkale on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles. QSL via
TA3FB. [TNX TA1HZ]

UA - Special event station R150ASP will be active from Gogland Island
(EU-133) on 14-17 March to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
birth of Russian physicist and radio pioneer Aleksandr S. Popov.
Look for activity on the HF bands SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL
via RF3C, direct or bureau. [TNX RA3DOX]

V2 - Bob, W4OWY (V25WY) and Mark, W9OP (V25OP) will be active on 160-6
metres from Antigua (NA-100) on 10-19 March. QSL via home calls,
direct or bureau. They will also upload their logs to LoTW and
eQSL. [TNX NG3K]

VE - John/VE8EV, Wally/VE8DW and Gerry/VE8GER will be active as VX8X
from Ellice Island (NA-192) on 20-23 March. They plan to operate
around the clock, with an expected focus on 20m SSB and some
activity on CW as well. They will also have a vertical for 40
metres. The QSL route will be announced at www.qrz.com and updates
will be posted on ve8ev.blogspot.com/search/label/IOTA [TNX
www.rsgbiota.org]

VE - VY0A is the callsign Cezar, VE3LYC will be using during his 31
March-3 April activity from Fox Island (NA-186) [425DXN 929]. He
will operate SSB and CW with 100 watts and a multi-band vertical
antenna, with a focus on 20, 30 and 40 metres. This IOTA group was
activated only once and very briefly sixteen years ago. The costs
associated with this operation are considerable and both group and
individual donors are being sought. QSL via VE3LYC.

VP5 - Dave, W5CW will be active on 160-6 metres CW and SSB as VP5/W5CW
from Providenciales (NA-002), Caicos Islands from 24 March to 8
April. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as VP59V;
before and after the WPX event he will concentrate on 160, 30, 12
and 17 metres. QSL via home call (direct only). [TNX W5CW]

W - Pete, VE3IKV (VA3RA) will operate from St. Simons Island (NA-058)
on 7 March. On 9-13 March he will be active from Key West
(NA-062), with a possibility of a side trip to the Dry Tortugas
(NA-079) during that time frame. Expect him to be active as
W4/VA3RA on 40 metres CW, between 21 UTC and 2 UTC, from all
locations. [TNX VE3IKV]

ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (SSB) —> Object of the contest is for W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC countries as possible on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs (also
including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many of
the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (full rules can be found
at www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/intldx.html. This year’s event
will run from from 00.00 UTC on 7 March through 24.00 UTC on the 8th. Do
not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing maintained by
Bill, NG3K at www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2009.html - good contest to you
all!

DXCC NEWS —> At its last meeting the ARRL Programs and Services Committee
decided that administratively the concept of “deleted entities” should be
returned to the DXCC programme. The concepts for deleting an entity do not
change. If an entity is deleted it will be added to the Deleted Entities
List and the statistical records for DXCC participants will be adjusted
accordingly, just as they had been in the years prior to 2000 (when the
change from “deleting entities” to “removing entities” was introduced).
Read Bill Moore’s, NC1L full release on the Century Club Awards Weblog at
www.arrl.org/blog/Century%20Club%20Awards

FH/G3SWH —> Phil (G3SWH) and Dick (G3RWL) arrived back from their trip to
Mayotte with over 10,000 QSOs in the log. “Looking at the DX Summit spot
database”, Phil says, “we appear to have been the victim of some piracy”.
Please note that there was neither activity by FH/G3RWL (both operators
used FH/G3SWH) nor SSB activity whatsoever.

K5D POSTLOGUE —> “The K5D DXpedition (12-26 February 2009) netted 115,783
QSOs, including one QSO with the International Space Station. The
DXpedition ranks #7th for all-time number of QSOs, and the #1 DXpedition
with the most 30m contacts. More importantly, we are confident that
thousands of radio amateurs worldwide now have a QSO with Desecheo for an
all-time new one - our overall #1 goal!
Desecheo was #2 Most Wanted in Asia and #3 Most Wanted in Europe. We are
happy to report that 40% of our contacts were with Asia and Europe -
another important goal achieved!
The QSL card is in the final stages of design and will be available in the
next few weeks. You may QSL directly to N2OO, but online QSL requests are
available and highly recommended (details at www.kp5.us/qsls.htm).
Logs will be uploaded to LoTW early next year. The Desecheo 2009 team wants
to thank everyone for working us and helping to make this DXpedition such
a success!” [TNX K4UEE and W0GJ]

QSL GALLERY —> The large collection of QSL cards on Les Nouvelles DX’s
web site has been updated. Twelve different galleries include cards for the
ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (301 QSLs), the 58 deleted DXCC entities (939
QSLs), obsolete prefixes (2547 QSLs), stations from Magrebh from 1947 to
1962 (304 QSLs), Antarctic bases (723 QSLs) & TAAF (Terres Australes and
Antarctiques Francaises, 246 QSLs), the various French DXCC island Entities
in the Pacific Ocean (245 QSLs) & the Indian Ocean (95 QSLs), pre-1945
countries (533 QSLs), French Departments (522 QSLs) and USA (50 QSLs) plus
a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC (105 QSLs). Several cards are
still needed and your participation is encouraged - please visit
LesNouvellesdx.fr and send your comments to lesnouvellesdx[kringelis]free[taskas]fr
[TNX F6AJA]

QSL VIA NI5DX —> Buzz, NI5DX is the new QSL manager for ZC4TS (logs
transferred, cards being ordered) and FM1II (logs transferred, cards
expected “in the not too distant future”). [TNX K1XN and The Golist]

TOP LISTS —> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now
available at www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please note
that QSOs confirmed through LoTW or included in on-line logs are eligible
for listing. Send send your scores, as well as any request for further
information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow[kringelis]fastwebnet[taskas]it)

VK9NS —> Bruce Smith, G3HSR, son of the late Jim Smith, recalls his
father’s life on the Documentary Archive Radio Communication’s website
(www.dokufunk.org/vk9ns). The interview was given to Wolf Harranth,
OE1WHC on 5 March,

+ SILENT KEYS + Recently reported Silent Keys include Karl-Heinz Moeding
(DJ9CZ), John S. Kanzius (K3TUP), Harry K. Nishiyama (KH6FKG), Victor A.
Babenko (RV6AB), John D. Peebles (W0LBA), Leonid I. Zverev (UA8TAB),
Vasilij A. Spirin (UA9TE), George Smith (VE3CAO) and John Metcalfe (VE3HWW).

—————————————————————————-

QSLs received direct or through managers: 3B8CF, 3DA0EI, 4L/UU4JMG, 4L0A,
4L4WW,4L8A, 4X/K2LS, 5B4AGL,5N/LZ1QK, 5T5DC, 6W1SJ, 7Q7HB, 7Q7JL, 8R1AK,
9A2X, 9A5W, 9J2BO, 9M2MRS, 9M6/N2BB, A71BX, BD4JUU, BG1DRJ/2, C31CT, C91LW,
C94KF, CE0Y/N6NO, CE1/K7CA,CE9/K2ARB, CM6RCR, CO2WL, CP4BT, DS1REE, DU9RG,
E51KAJ, E51QQQ, E73TW,E74KC, E76AQ, ER4DX, ER4ER, ES1WN, ES5QX,EY8/K4ZW,
EY8MM, FK8CP, FO/KH0PR, FW8DX, H40MY, H44MY, HB0/DK9FEC, HC2SL, HC5WW,
HC8A, HI3T, HI9/EA3BT (NA-122), HI9/EA3WL (NA-122), HK3CQ, HQ8R,
J3/DL5AXX,J79WE, JD1BIE, JD1BMM,JX9JKA, KH8/KK6H, KP2/AE6XY, LY2ZZ, N1LI
(NA-137),NP2/AK2P, OA4BHY/2 (SA-075), OY9JD, P29NI (OC-041 and OC-181),
PJ4E, PV8AZ, RU6DX/p (EU-185), S79AB, S79NS, S79NS/p, ST2A, T70A, T77C,
T93Y, T96Q, TA3D, TF3SG, TI2CCC, TN5SN, TO1YR, TO5DX, TR50R, TR8CA, TT8JT,
TX7LX (AF-027), UK9AA, V73NS, V85TT, VI9NI, VK9DWX, VP5/N0VD, VP5W, VP6PR,
VP8DIF, VP8YLC, VP8YLE, VP8YLI, VP9GE, VQ9LA, VU4RG, W1AW/KL7, W6H, XE2EJ,
XU7ACY, XU7TZG, XV3M, YB0AZ, YI9PT, Z32ID, ZB2FK, ZD8UW, ZF2DS, ZL1BYZ.

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DXNL 1613 - Mar 3, 2009
DX Newsletter

a free and weekly service of
DARC Committee “DX and HF contesting”
(www.darcdxhf.de)

editor: Helmut Schlaffer, DL7MAE
(e-Mayl: dxnl[kringelis]dxhf[taskas]darc.de)

translation by: Mike, DJ5AV
(e-Mayl: dj5av[kringelis]darc[taskas]de)

FP - St. Pierre & Miquelon: Eric, FP/KV1J, will be active from Miquelon
(NA-032) again Mar 4th through 9th on 80 through 6 m using CW, SSB,
RTTY, and PSK31 including ARRL DX SSB Contest (Mar 7./8.). Antennas
will be a N1IW dipole (80 through 10 m), a SteppIR vertical
(40 through 10 m), and a PAR-6 Moxon for 6 m. QSL to his home call,
Eric confirms direct, via bureau, LoTW, or eQSL. Have a look on his
webpage www.kv1j.com/fp/March09.html .

FR - Reunion: Look for Stephane, FR/F5UOW, on 20m, mostly on CW, from
Boucan Canot (AF-016, DIFO FR-001) Mar 8th through 22nd “holiday
style”. QSL to his home call, direct or via buro.

J7 - Dominica: John, G3LZQ, will be on vacation too and concentrate on
80 and 160 m as J79WR on Dominica (NA-101) Mar 5th through 25th,
including the Commonwealth-(BERU)-Contest (Mar 14./15.).
QSL via G3LZQ.

KP5 - Desecheo: K5D did the last contact Feb 26th at 0939 UTC with QSO
#115.728. QSL-Manager is N2OO. At www.kp5.us you can request your
cards also on OQRS. Their QSO statistics:
Band SSB CW RTTY Total
—– —– —– —— ——-
6 m 17 79 — 96
10 m 163 64 2 230
12 m 641 265 1 907
15 m 6.132 4.176 443 10.751
17 m 12.969 7.191 1.343 21.503
20 m 15.702 9.592 1.728 27.022
30 m — 13.452 2.204 15.656
40 m 6.791 8.467 868 16.126
80 m 7.419 8.800 — 16.219
160 m 1.984 5.231 — 7.215
—————————————-
Total 51.819 57.317 6.589 115.725 (without SAT-QSOs)

PY0F - Fernando de Noronha: Bill, W9VA, and Jim, K9PPY, will be active as
PS0F Mar 3rd through 10th using facilities of Andre, PY0FF. There was
no announcement about the bands and modes but they will monitor the
email address ps0f[kringelis]aol[taskas]com before and during their stay for your
sked requests.

S2 - Bangladesh: Find Members of “Korea DX Club” Kim, 6K5YPW, Kang, DS2AGH,
Lee, DS2BGV, Kim, HL3QP, Choi, HL5FUA, and Yoon, 6K2AVL, on 160
through 10 m with CW, SSB, and digital modes from Dhaka Mar 7th
through zum 12th as S21KD. Their equipment includes three amplifiers,
verticals, and beams. Planned frequencies:
Band CW SSB Digi
——————————————–
160 m 1.822 - -
80 m 3.515 3.795 -
40 m 7.015 7.095 -
30 m 10.115 - -
20 m 14.015 14.195 14.082
17 m 18.075 18.130 21.082
15 m 21.015 21.295 -
12 m 24.895 24.950 -
10 m 28.015 28.460 28.100
QSL via HL5FUA, direct or via KARL bureau. Check their online log at
dxpedition.co.kr/ .

TT - Chad: Look for Franck, F4BQO, using CW and SSB as TT8CF until Jul 1st.
QSL direct via home call.

V2 - Antigua & Barbuda: From Mar 10th through 19th Bob, W4OWY (V25WY), and
Mark W9OP (V25OP), will hit the airwaves from Antigua (NA-100) on 160
through 6 m. QSLs via home calls, direct, via bureau, per LoTW, or
also eQSL if you prefer.

V8 - Brunei: Special call V88NBD25 is active celebrating 25 years of
independance of Brunei until Mar 10th, 1200 UTC. Find informations
about a diplome on this event at the webpage of “Brunei Darussalam
Amateur Radio Association”, www.bdara.net/ .

VP5 - Turks & Caicos-Islands: Gregory, VP5/W2BEE, plans an activity from
Middle Caicos Island Mar 2nd through 12th using 100 Watts / dipole on
CW only.

VP8 - Falkland-Islands: John, G3VPW, will be QRV from SA-002 Mar 5th
through 31st. First ten days he will be working for the “Stanley
Ionospheric Observatory”, but then he will operate VP8KF on CW and SSB
on 10, 20, 15, 40 and 80 m. QSL via home call.

XW - Laos: Bruce, XW1B, is back to Laos after a stay in Vietnam. Bruce uses
CW and RTTY only and often spends whole nights (1100 through 0100 UTC)
on all bands 160 through 15 m. His new SteppIR MonstIR-Beam is mounted
on a tower of 42 m. QSL manager is E21EIC, who confirms via buro also.

YN - Nicaragua: Jeff, N1SNB, will visit Octavio, YN2N, Mar 5th through 9th.
Jeff hoppes to get the call YN2NB for the ARRL DX SSB Contest. Outside
of the contest expect him as H7/N1SNB. QSL to his home call.

ZL7 - Chatham-Islands: A team of nine operators, John, ZL1ALZ, John, ZL1BYZ,
Mike, ZL2CC, Lee, ZL2LE, Phil, ZL2RVW, Wayne, ZL2WG, Mark, ZL3AB, and
teamleaders Lee, ZL2AL, and Morrie, ZL2AAA, will be active as ZL7T
from Kaiangaroa, (OC-038) Mar 6th through 11th. The will have four
stations with amplifiers for 160 through 10 m on CW, SSB, RTTY, and
PSK. Find more informations and logsearch at www.zl7t.com . QSL via
ZL2AL, direct, via bureau and also LotW after Sep 2009. Pilot station
is Duncan, ZL3JT (zl3jt[kringelis]paradise[taskas]net.nz).

5N - Nigeria: Bodo, DL3OCH, will be on business in Nigeria Mar 5th through
Jul 24th ond probably use 5N/KT3Q (QSL via DL3OCH) on all bands,
also on EME. He hopes do a trip to AF-076 also.

Pacific Tour: Minekazu, JA2NQG (SSB), and Yuji, JH2BNL (CW/RTTY),
will be on a Pacific trip Mar 4th through 19th. This is the schedule:
Datum Call Island /IOTA
——————————————–
04.-06.03. V63AR & V63WW Chuuk/OC-011
06.-09.03. V63AR & V63WW Pohnpei/OC-010
09.-11.03. V63AR & V63WW Kosrae/OC-059
11.-14.03. V73J & V73M Majuro/OC-079
14.-16.03. T88CD & T88WW Palau/OC-009
17.-19.03. NH0AA & AH0F/KH2 Guam/OC-009
In Micronesia they will also use V63C, V63P, and V63K. QSL-Infos:
V63AR, V73J, T88CD, and NH0AA via JH2BNL; V63WW, V73M, T88WW, and
AH0F/KH2 via JA2NQG.

The Netherlands, Special Call: Special call PA750ASN will be activated
three times in 2009. First Mar 1st through Apr 15th and again in June
and September. Hams from Assen Region commemorate 750 years town of
Assen on all bands and modes, QSL manager PI4ASN confirms direct as
well as via buro.

LINKS: Current SOTA activities (mountain summits) are announced at:
www.sotawatch.org
—
Detailed information about current VHF activities can be found on the
VHF DX portal “Make More Miles on VHF” at: www.MMMonVHF.de
—
In Apr will be an activation of S0, Western Sahara. Report to
www.dxfriends.com/s04r/ your bandpoints/modes needed of this entity.

UPCOMING CONTESTS
—————–
7./8.Mar: ARRL DX Contest SSB;
8. Mar: UBA Spring Contest 80 m;
8. Mar: DARC 10-m-Digitalcontest “Corona”.

IOTA collected by Fredy,DE0MST (e-Mayl: iota[kringelis]dxhf[taskas]darc.de)
—-
Island activities:
——————
AF-014, CT3, Madeira Archipelago: Look for Rosel, CT3/DL3KWR, and Hardy,
CT3/DL3KWF, to be QRV from Madeira Island Mar 5th through 19th.
QSLs via home calls.

NA-107, FM, Martinique: Find Al,F5VHJ, active in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
Mar 7./8th as TO5A from Martinique Island (DIFO FM-001).
QSL via home call (d/B).

NA-109, J8, St. Vincent: Also Mar 7./8th listen for Dave, G3TBK, as J88DR
from St. Vincent Island. QSL via home call (d/B).

OC-019, KH6,7 Hawaiian Islands: Maui Island will be the QTH of Bill,
KH6/AC0W, on the weekend Mar 7.-8th. QSL via LoTW.

OC-088, 9M, V8, YB7, Borneo (Mayn Island): Kanzi, JA4ENL, will visit Brunei
Mar 6th through 9th for an activity as V85NL. QSL via home call (d/B).

OC-120, DU1, Cuyo Islands: Ed/4F1OZ, Roland/DU1KGJ, Jairus/DV1ERS, and
Frank/VE7DP, will become QRV on Cuyo Islands also Mar 6th through 9th.
Call and QSL info to be announced later.

OC-164, VK6, WA State (SW Coast) South Group: John, VK6HZ/VK6ARI, will be
active on Rottnest Island again Mar 4th through 7th. Find more info at
www.vk6hz.com/ . QSL via VK6NE (d/B).

Lighthouse activities (WLOTA/ARLHS/ILLW)
—————————————-
CT3/DL3KWR LH 0053 MAD-008 05.-19.03.
CT3/DL3KWF LH 0053 MAD-008 05.-19.03.
FP/KV1J LH 1417 SPM-002 04.-09.03.
FR/F5UOW LH 1812 REU-002 08.-22.03.
J88DR LH 0492 STV-001 07./09.03.
KH6/AC0W LH 0636 HAW-025 07.-08.03.
TO5A LH 1041 MRQ-003 07.-08.03.
V25OP LH 1118 10.-19.03.
V25TK LH 1118 ANT-002 through 12.03.
V25WY LH 1118 10.-19.03.
V85NL LH 0152 06.-09.03.
VK6HZ/VK6ARI LH 2197 AUS-146 04.-07.03.

Bandspots of the last 7 days
—————————-
160 m
CT3/DK7YY 1.818 2349Z via DK7YY (B)
HV0A 1.830 2135Z via IK0FVC (d)
KP2/K3CT 1.827 0352Z via K3CT (B)
LY1000NX 1.828 1858Z via LY3NX
OA4TT 1.835 0519Z via N6XQ (d)
OL2009FIS 1.853 2035Z via OK1IF (B)

80 m
K5D 3.781 0324Z via N2OO (B), (L)
TP60CE 3.789 1804Z via F5LGF (B)
TP60CE 3.512 2345Z via F5LGF (B)

40 m
HK0/EA7HEJ 7.002 2334Z via EA7HEJ (d)
K5D 7.030 0353Z via N2OO (B), (L)
9K48NLD 7.082 2112Z via 9K2RA (B)

30 m
DL8XO/HI9 10.107 2220Z via DL8XO
ET3JA 10.108 2128Z via OK3AA (B)
K5D 10.106 1809Z via N2OO (B), (L)
OX3XR 10.117 2019Z via OZ3PZ (B)
PJ5NA 10.107 2055Z NA-145, via K1NA (B)
SV9/DJ7RJ 10.104 1835Z EU-015, via DJ7RJ (B)
V5/DJ4SO 10.117 1943Z via DJ4SO (B)
VP2V/K6VVA 10.102 2130Z NA-023, via N6AWD (B)

20 m
C6A/W6DXO 14.223 1621Z NA-001, via KF6JQQ
FH/G3SWH 14.025 1643Z via G3SWH (B)
KP2/K3MD 14.049 1902Z www.eQSL.cc
S79JF 14.006 1348Z via DL7JAN (B)
VP5/KC2UHB 14.273 1402Z via KC2UHB
XE1B 14.196 1406Z
ZP6/SP9MRO 14.245 1949Z via SP9MRO (B)
ZV75LABRE 14.010 1853Z via PT2AA (B)
ZV75LABRE 14.200 1941Z via PT2AA (B)
4KT17X 14.009 0910Z via 4K4K (d)
6V7O/A 14.257 1604Z via ON4BAG (B)
6V7P 14.245 1034Z via ON4HIL (B)

17 m
FH/G3SWH 18.075 1603Z via G3SWH (B)
K5D 18.139 1839Z via N2OO (B), (L)
KP2/K3CT 18.081 1807Z via K3CT (B)
S79JF 18.070 0918Z via DL7JAN (B)
6V7P 18.160 1211Z via ON4HIL (B)

15 m
FH/G3SWH 21.025 1317Z via G3SWH (B)
V5/DJ4SO 21.014 1352Z via DJ4SO (B)
6V7O 21.296 1208Z via ON4BAG (B)
6V7P 21.270 1138Z via ON4HIL (B)

12 m
FH/G3SWH 24.895 1257Z AF-027, via G3SWH (B)

(d) = only direct
(B) = bureau ok
(L) = LotW

Preview
——-
DATE CALL DXNL
05Mar-24Jul 5N/KT3Q 1613 *
-Jun 5X4X 1605
now 5Z4/RW1AU 1585
-Sep 6W1SJ 1541
-31Mar 6W2SC 1597
23Feb-23Mar 7Q7AH 1612
-late Mar 7Q7HB 1608
-31Dec 9A48IFATCA 1609
now 9G5SW 1581

23Feb-08Mar C56/GW0ETF 1612
-01Apr C6ANM 1607
05Mar-19Mar CT3/DL3KWF.. 1611
04Mar-14Mar CX/SP9MRO 1611
Feb -early2010 DP1POL 1598
-31Dec DR09ANT 1606
now EY8/S57CQ 1579
26Feb-05Mar FH/G3SWH 1612
04Mar-09Mar FP/KV1J 1613 *
08Mar-22Mar FR/F5UOW 1613 *
postponed 2009 FR/Glorioso 1568/1600
-30Nov FT5WO 1600/1605
-07Mar FT5WP 1610
10Mar-15Apr FT5XS 1610
-31Dec GB250RB 1608
Mar 2009 H40 (DLs) 1604/1608
10Jan-28Apr H44MS.. 1604
05Mar-09Mar H7/N1SNB 1613 *
20Feb-08Mar HC1MD/(HC4) 1611
-31Dec HE8/HB8 1604
-31Mar HA130HALLO 1610

-31Dec II2RAI 1609
-31Mar IY1GM 1607
18Feb-04Mar J37BO.. 1611
-31Mar J5UAP 1597
01Mar-11Mar J6/W5JON 1612
05Mar-25Mar J79WR 1613 *
17Jan-01Apr J79XBI 1607
07./08. Mar J88DR 1613 *
- Mar KC4USV 1609
26Feb-09Mar KG4CN 1612
07./08. Mar KH6/AC0W 1613 *
-31Dec LY1000 1606
17Mar-19Mar NH0AA.. 1613 *
- Apr OD5/IV3YIM 1599
- Nov OD5/W5YFN 1599
09Feb-10Mar OR3AX & OR4AX 1609
28Feb-09Mar P40A 1612
25Mar-30Mar P40A 1612
01Mar-15Apr PA750ASN 1613 *
Jun & Sep PA750ASN 1613 *
22Feb-19Mar PJ7/W8EB.. 1612
03Mar-10Mar PS0F 1613 *

07Mar-12Mar S21KD 1613 *
22Feb-06Mar S79JF 1611
24Feb-17Mar SV9/DJ7RJ 1611
14Mar-16Mar T88CD & T88WW 1613 *
- 2011/2012 TN5SN 1585/1591
07./08. Mar TO5A (FM) 1613 *
- 01Jul TT8CF 1613 *
27Feb-12Mar V25TK 1612
10Mar-19Mar V25WY.. 1613 *
15Feb-12Mar V5/DJ4SO 1610
06Jan-06Mar V5/DL2SL 1606
now V6 (KM9D..) 1605
04Mar-11Mar V63AR & V63WW 1613 *
11Mar-14Mar V73J & V73M 1613 *
-Jan2011 V73NS 1604
-10Mar V88NBD25 1613 *
06Mar-09Mar V85NL 1613 *

-07Mar VK0BP 1596
04Mar-07Mar VK6ARI 1613 *
15Mar-22Mar VK9N/ON5AX 1609
25Feb-07Mar VP2MPR.. 1612
02Mar-12Mar VP5/W2BEE 1613 *
05Mar-31Mar VP8KF 1613 *
-lateMar VQ9JC 1604
01Mar-07Mar W6DXO/C6A 1612
- 2009 WA2YUN/KH9 1568
-31Dec Z30MCWG 1612
18Feb-04Mar ZF2AM 1611
28Feb-07Mar ZF2UL 1612
06Mar-11Mar ZL7T 1613 *
- Sep ZS08TV 1590
May 2008-Apr09 ZS8T 1570/1586

* = new or updated
.. = and other calls

QSL information
—————
AU30SHI via VU2DSI
BY3MM via BD3PCH (B)
CT3/DK7YY via DK7YY (B)
CT7FFC via CT1GFK (B)
DR800GRZ via DL1ARJ (B)
DV4ADC (d)
DX1J via JA1HGY (B)
FM5KC via UT5UGR (B, - ARRL DX CW Contest 2009 only!)
ZL9/OR4AX/mm ON5AX (B)
ZV8AA via PT2AA (B)
ZV9AA via PT2AA (B)
2E0CON (d)
5B/G4MKP via M0URX (B)
6V7O via ON4BAG
6V7P via ON4HIL (B)
9H9PYSM via 9H1AJ (d)
9K48NDL via 9K2RA (B)
9W2APH (d)
9W2AUR via EB7DX (d)
9W2AZV (d)
9W2BCB (d)
9W2GUU via 9W2RZL (d)
9Z4AM via VE6ACL (d)

(d) = direct only
(B) = bureau ok
* = new QSL manager
(L) = Logbook of the World (LotW)

QSLs received direct: E21EJC, 3D2CY (YT1AD).

QSLs arrived bureau:
A43SF (A47RS), A45XM, A52AM (JA0JHA), C91KDJ (W5KDJ), FJ/DJ2VO,
FS/DL5CF, IA5/IK5CBE (EU-028), IC8/OE1MHL (EU-031), IG9/DL4KM/p
(EU-AF-019), IG9/IZ1DFG (EU-AF-019), IS0N (OK1MG), IS0/DL9MWG,
J3/S50R (NA-024), J48YL (DK7AO), JD1BMH (JG7PSJ), KG4WV (NA-015,
W4WV), KH6OO (OC-019), KP4DS, KP4FKN, LU/R1ANF (AN-010, RK1PWA),
sowie LZ/G4EDG (EU-181, via LZ1JZ).

QSL via LoTW: LY1000W, LZ09BR, MJ/F5CWU, OE2008C, OE2008P, OE2008SGU,
OE2008VIE, OH7BF/p, ON1000NOTGER, P40ZB, PJ2/G4FKA, PU2LSM, PZ5RA,
R1FJT, S79FAG, S79YL, S79ZG, SP1918PR, SR25JP, T30CW, TK5KP, TM2Y.

Many thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL are going to :
Carl Smith (QRZ DX), 425DXNews, OPDX-Bulletin, DF6EX (fuer WIN-QSL),
DJ5AV, DK8JB, DL1SBF, DL2BQV,DL2MDZ, DL6MHW, DL7UPN, DL7VOA, DL8LAS,
F5NQL, NG3K, W1AW, u.a.

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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 898

March 2, 2009

Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q, N3SL, NG3K, N4AA & QRZ DX,
W5CW, K6YP, WB6PSY, K8NA, K8YSE, N8OFS, W9VA, W0CN, DX-IS News Site,
Pete’s-DX-Newsdesk, 2E1EUB, 4L2M, DK8JB, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter,
F5NQL & UFT, G3NKC, GI7OMY, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, JR3TVH, M0URX,
OM0A Contest Group, OE1WHC, RSGB IOTA Web Site, VA3RJ & ICPO and the
VHF-DX-Portal for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 22nd/February, through Sunday, 1st/March there were 224
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J,
4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY,
C3, C5, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, D6, DL, DU, E5/s,
E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG,
FH, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC,
HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA,
JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, KP5, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ,
OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY,
PZ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI,
TJ, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5,
V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU,
XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB,
ZC4, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS

* PLEASE NOTE: The report “could” contain “Pirate/SLIM” operations or
more likely a “BUSTED CALLSIGN”. As always, you never know - “Work
First Worry Later” (WFWL).

2009 INTERNATIONAL DX CONVENTION. The 2009 International DX Convention
in Visalia, California, will be held April 17-19th. This is the 60th
anniversary of this event which promises to be even more special this
year than it has been in previous years. Special attractions this year
include:
* Contest Academy by the Northern California Contest Club
* Radio Arcala Project with OH2BH & OH8NC
* Special Guest and Banquet Speaker: The Hon. J. Scott Redd (K0DQ),
Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret)
* Breakfast Program: Desecheo, KP5 DX-Pedition
For complete program information, see: www.dxconvention.org
Hurry!! Special Pre-registration Price Ends March 20, 2009!!

2M, SCOTLAND (Satellite Op). Paul, 2E1EUB, will once again be active as
2M1EUB from March 21st for one week. He will sign 2M1EUB and be active
on all the satellites from northeast Scotland. Also, look for him on
160 and 80 meters. Checkout QRZ.com under 2M1EUB for more info.

5N, NIGERIA (EME and Possible IOTA Op). Bodo, DL3OCH, who was recently
active as KT3Q/4 from Key Biscayne Island [NA-141] in December, will be
working from here between March 5th and July 24th. Activity will be on
all HF bands (160-10 meters) plus some operations on EME. His expected
callsign will probably be 5N/KT3Q. There is mention that he may also
activate the Bayelsa/Rivers/Akwa Ibom etc States IOTA Group (AF-076).
QSL via DL3OCH.

9M8, EAST MALAYIA. Steve, 9M6DXX, will operate as 9M8Z from Sarawak
(OC-088), March 26-29th. Activity will include the CQ WPX SSB Contest
(March 28-29th) as a Single-Operator/Unassisted/All-Band/High-Power
entry. Outside the contest look for him to be on 40 meters SSB using
a 3 element Yagi. QSL via M0URX, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. PLEASE
NOTE: QSL Manager Tim, M0URX, states, “This week 180 QSL cards have
been posted by air mail from recent activities. Logs have also been
uploaded to LoTW.”

AH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Operators Kuniyoshi/7L1FPU (W1FPU), Yoshiki/KH0UA
and Satoshi/N2QP will be active as AH0BT during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest
(March 28-29th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via 7L1FPU.

BACK TO AFRICA. Tim, M0URX, reports that John, 9M6XRO, is planning once
again to be in Southern Africa this year. An E-mail by John explains
(edited): “I can now confirm my Africa trip dates. I arrive in Johannesburg
via Kuala Lumpur and Doha on July 25th, 3 days earlier than planned. I
can then help Daniel, ZS6JR, load up and move all the gear to Lesotho
(7P) and get the antennas and equipment set-up before the others arrive
in Lesotho on the 29th. I hope to put ZS6/GM3OOK on the air for a bit en
route possibly from the 25th evening. Daniel has not yet confirmed the
date we will drive to Lesotho. Looks like I will also have the option of
operating from Swaziland again as 3DA0OK, but the duration and dates will
depend on the logistics of the whole operation as everyone is due back
in Johannesburg on August 13th. I will keep you updated on that part of
the itinerary. My flight back to Borneo leaves on August 14th, once again
via Doha. QSL via M0URX.”

C5, THE GAMBIA. Stewart, GW0ETF, is on holiday here for 2 weeks as of
February 23rd. He is expected to be active (possibly as C56/GW0ETF).
No QSNs reported as this was being typed. He planned on taking his K3
for some casual operating, probably CW only, but possibly some RTTY and
mainly 20 meters. QSL via GW0ETF direct only. NO BUREAU cards, but he
will accept E-mail requests for Bureau QSL. His E-mail address is:
gw0etf[kringelis]btinternet[taskas]com

CN, MOROCCO. Hartwig, DL7BC, will be active as CN2BC during the CQ WW
WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry.
QSL via DL7BC.

EI, NORTHERN IRELAND (30m Digital). Daithi, GI7OMY, informs that EI
stations will be permitted to commence operating on Digital modes on
30 meters starting March 29th. He plans to activate the club callsign
MI0EPC for European Phase Shift Keying Club (EPC) on that day on 10140
kHz. QSL via GI7OMY.

FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. Remember, Eric, KV1J, will once again be
active as FP/KV1J from Miquelon (NA-032) between March 4-9th. Activity
will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. He will also be in
the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th, 2009) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-
Power entry. Antennas will be a N1IW off-centered fed dipole (80-10m),
SteppIR vertical (40-10m) and a PAR-6 Moxon for 6m. QSL via his home
callsign, direct or by the Bureau. Also, LoTW or eQSL. Visit his Web
page at: www.kv1j.com/fp/March09.html

GJ, JERSEY (EU-013). Dez, G0DEZ, will be active as GJ3WW during the
CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. This
will be a holiday style operation. QSL via LoTW or direct to G0DEZ.

IOTA NEWS…………………..
EU-048. Operators Christophe/F5UBH, Juan/F5IRC and Karim/F4CTJ will
be active as TM2HC from Hoedic Island (DIFM AT 017, DIM O25,
WLOTA 0851 and DFCF 56-033), March 13-15th. Activity will be
on the HF bands using CW, SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via F5IRC,
direct (w/SAE and postage) or via the French REF-Union Bureau.

EU-059. (UPDATE) Col, MM0NDX, will be active as GM5A and MM0NDX/P
from St. Kilda, Scotland, between July 24-27th. This will be
a family holiday-style operation from the campsite in Village
Bay. St. Kilda is one of only two-dozen global locations to
be awarded “World Heritage Status” for both natural and cultural
significance. Col will participate in the 2009 RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 25-26th) as GM5A. Outside of the contest he will sign
MM0NDX/P and possibly be active on 80 and 40 meters. QSL GM5A
via GM4FDM and MM0NDX/P via M0URX. A Web site is now active
for this activity at: eu059.wordpress.com/

NA-046. Members of the Fall River Amateur Radio Club and Team HAMCOW
will be active during the New England QSO Party (May 2-3rd)
as W1ACT/p from Martha’s Vineyard (USI MA-005S, WLOTA LH-2804).
Suggested frequencies are: 3540, 7040, 14040 and 14280 kHz.
QSL via N1JOY: Roland Daignault, 19 Davis Rd, Westport, MA
02790-3433. For more information, please visit:
hamcow.net

NA-141. (Special Event) Members of the Jupiter Tequesta Repeater
Group, West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Club and Palms West
Amateur Radio Society are planning to activate W4K to celebrate
John F. Kennedy’s birthday from Peanut Island (USI FL-479,
Palm Beach County, FL), May 29-30th, in 2010. Reports indicate
it is from “JFK’s old Cuban missile crisis bunker”. Activity
will be focused on HF (mainly 40/20m), 6 and 2 meters using
CW and SSB. Cards are presently being designed for the event.
This will be the first time Peanut Island will be activated.
More information should be forthcoming.

NA-186. (UPDATE to OPDX.897) Cezar, VE3LYC, is planning a DXpedition
to one of the most wanted IOTAs in the world called Fox Island.
Cezar states, “This IOTA group has only been activated very
briefly 16 years ago and being in demand by 97% of the IOTA
members sits at #1 on the Most Wanted NA-IOTA List. He announced
this past week that the callsign to be used for the DXpedition
will be VY0A and has been approved by Industry Canada. He will
be traveling to the island between March 31st and April 3rd.
Cezar will use an IC-7000 (100w) and a multi-band vertical
antenna, focusing on 20/30/40 meters, CW and SSB. Look for
updates to appear on QRZ.com at: www.qrz.com/db/VY0A
Cezar is looking for support. Costs associated with this
operation are considerable, and both group and individual
support are sought. To support this operation, please contact
Cezar at: ve3lyc[kringelis]hotmail[taskas]com

J6, ST. LUCIA (NA-108). Just a reminder that John, W5JON, will be active
as J6/W5JON from Marigot Bay between March 1-11th (2009). Activity will
be on 160-6 meters SSB using dipoles and 6m yagi. Also, look for activity
in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th, 2009). QSL via W5JON.

J7, DOMINICA (NA-101). John, G3LZQ, will be active as J79WR between
March 5-25th. Activity will be holiday style, but he plans to concentrate
on 160 and 80 meters, and participate in the upcoming Commonwealth (BERU)
Contest (March 14-15th). QSL via G3LZQ.

KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY (Change Of Plans). Dan, W0CN, informs OPDX that there
is a delay in his work assignment at Gitmo — now tentatively he is
planning for April 10-20th for his KG4CN from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO,
IOTA NA-015, Grid FK29). Activity will be on 160-10 meters, mostly SSB
and some CW. PLEASE NOTE: There will be no RTTY. QSL to W0CN (LoTW/direct/
Zero-Bureau).

K5D DESECHEO ISLAND DXPEDITION NOW QRT (Update). The K5D Desecheo Island
DXpedition is now QRT and in the history books. Their Web states, “Every
one of our goals was exceeded; most significantly, the number of QSOs.”
The total QSO count was 115,728! On their Web page the status of K5D
log states that the last QSO was “26-Feb-2009 at 09:39:00″ and the
following statistics are (without Satellite QSOs):
Band SSB CW RTTY Total
—- —– —– —— ——
6M 17 79 * 96
10M 163 64 2 230
12M 641 265 1 907
15M 6132 4176 443 10751
17M 12969 7191 1343 21503
20M 15702 9592 1728 27022
30M * 13452 2204 15656
40M 6791 8467 868 16126
80M 7419 8800 * 16219
160M 1984 5231 * 7215
———————————-
Mode Total 51819 57317 6589 115725

In addition to the normal methods of QSLing K5D, they now are offering
an Online QSL Request System (OQRS). You can request your K5D QSL one of
four ways: * OQRS DIRECT (5 USDs minimum)
* OQRS BUREAU (No Charge)
* DIRECT MAIL WITH .44 cent w/SASE/$$$/IRC(S) — PLEASE remember
U.S. postage is going up in May.
* VIA NORMAL INCOMING BUREAU
The K5D log will be uploaded to LoTW in early 2010. For complete details
about the OQRS, please click on the links above. Direct QSLs are via N2OO:
K5D QSL Manager, Bob Schenck, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087 USA.
Remember for complete details/updates/logs/pictures, visit the KP5 Web
page at: www.kp5.us

LT9, ARGENTINA (Special Callsign). Members of the Corrientes Radio Club
(LU4LG), Villa Angela Radio Club (LU4GO) and Chaco Radio Club (LU4GF)
will activate the special callsign LT9L from “Esteros del Ibera”, March
21-23rd. The place of operation is the Ibera Interpretation Center,
located on the shores of Lake Luna, Colonia Pellegrini, Corrientes
Province. Access to this location is from the City of Mercedes, from
which it is separated on about 120 km of unpaved road. The Center has
a showroom with illustrative material about the history, geography and
biology of the park. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15 meters using CW,
SSB, PSK, RTTY and SSTV. Operators mentioned are: Ricardo/LU4GL (CW),
Raul/LU1JB/L (CW), Luis/LU4LC (SSB), Juan Carlos/LU9GDN (SSB), Ramon/LU7LC
(Digital) and Nestor/LU4LE (Digital). QSL via EA5FL: JOSE MIGUEL ALCARAZ
Moncho, PO Box 252, 03700 - Denia, Alicante, Spain.

MJ, JERSEY (Correction). Operators David/G3NKC, Dave/G4BUO, Martin/G4XUM
and Phil/GJ4CBQ will be active as MJ4K (not MH4K) during the CQWW WPX SSB
Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via G3NKC.

NL8, ALASKA (Rare IOTA and USI). Tim Tillman is the only full time resident
of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Unalaska Island, (NA-059, USI AK005S, 3rd S.
Central County) in the Fox Island Group and active on Amateur Radio. Tim’s
original callsign at NA-059 was NO7F/KL7, but he now has the callsign NL8F.
NA-059 is a rare Island for IOTA, with only 26% of those participating in
the IOTA award program having it confirmed. He can sometimes be heard on
40 meters (7095 kHz after 0745z). QSL via K8NA (QRZ.com address).

OE100, AUSTRIA (Special Event). Press release by Wolf, OE1WHC, from the
Documentary Archive Radio Communication, states (edited): “The ‘Radio
Club of America’ was established in January, 1909, and issued the first
ham licences in April of that year. To celebrate 100 Years of Amateur
Radio, the Amateur Radio Section of ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation)
and the Documentary Archives Radio Communication /QSL Collection, will
activate, April 1-30th, a special event station with the callsign OE100M.
OE100M is an official ‘International Marconi Day’ station. Contacts made
on Saturday, April 25th, are valid for the IMD Award. QSL via the OE Bureau
or direct to OE1WHC. Cards without SASE and IRC or green stamps to cover
postage will be processed via Bureau.” To see the QSL, download the file
at: www.qsl.at/down/oe100m.tif

OM0, SLOVAK REPUBLIC. The rare “OM0″ prefix will be activated during the
CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March, 28-29th) on 160-10 meters by the OM0A Contest
Group. Five operators and one YL will enter the contest as a Multi-2 entry.
Operators mentioned are: Villiam/OM0AAO, Martin/OM4AAS, Mimi/OM4AQW (YL),
Igor/OM6ACI, Peter/OM6PR and Stevo/OM7KW. QSL via OM0AAO.

PA750, THE NETHERLANDS. A group of radio amateurs in the Assen region
will be on the air as PA750ASN during the following periods: March 1st
and April 15th, and the month of June and September. Operations will
be on all bands and modes. Activity is to celebrate the 750th anniversary
of Assen city located in the northeastern part of the Netherlands. Also
being celebrated is the 200th anniversary (March 13, 1809) of the city’s
rights granted by Louis Napoleon. A special QSL card will be available
on request. QSL via PI4ASN, by the Dutch QSL Bureau or direct by QRZ.com
address. NO E-QSL.

PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. It seems Bob, K4UEE, (and others) have not had
enough DXing after their operation on Desecheo Island and are now heading
toward Signal Point Station on Curacao (SA-006, WLOTA LH-0942) to organize
a Multi-Multi contest effort as PJ2T in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March
7-8th). Operators mentioned are (*Desecheo Team): *Bob/K4UEE, *Gregg/W6IZT,
*George/N4GRN, Everett/WZ8P, David/K4SSU, Elmer/N4LR, Norman/WA4ZXV,
Wayne/KU4V, Jim/W4TE, Don/N4HH, Mary/K1MMH, Harry/W4KJ, George/KI4DSO,
Jim/ND4V, *Bill/N4NX, *Chaz/W4GKF and Geoff/W0CG. QSL PJ2T via N9AG or
LoTW. Visit the CCC Web site at: www.pj2t.org

PS0, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Operators Bill/W9VA and Jim/K9PPY will be
visiting Andre/PY0FF between March 3-10th. They are going there to be
active as PS0F during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a
Multi-Single entry. QSL via LoTW, or direct to W9VA. Activity outside
of the contest will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and possibly some
Digital modes. Bill tells OPDX that this is his 12th trip to PY0F –
his first trip was in 1988. ADDED NOTE: An E-mail address will be available
with regards to suggestions to operating schedule and both ops will monitor
messages at: ps0f[kringelis]aol[taskas]com

QSL INFO AND NEWS…………………
JS3OMH BIRD ACTIVITY. Were you lucky to work Ken/JS3OMH as JS3OMH/6
on AO-51 from a few of the Japanese islands (IOTA AS-049)? The islands
were TAKARA Island (February 24-26th) and KODAKARA Island (February
26-28th). QSL via the Bureau.

NEW QSL MANAGER. Buzz, NI5DX, has assumed the duties as QSL Manager
for Damian, EA8BWW. Once logs are transferred, Buzz will be able to
confirm all contacts made with EA8BWW. QSL cards will be ordered, so
expect a delay of 6 weeks or more to receive your EA8BWW card.

NEW QSL MANAGER. Steve, N3SL, informs that he is now the QSL Manager
for Omari, 4L5O, beginning as of 2009. Omari was very active up to 2000,
until he took leave of radio for family obligations. Steve does not have
access to any logs prior to Janury 1, 2009. Current logs are in hand,
with a log search on QSL.NET or the N3SL Web page. Cards are on the way
from UX5UO.

NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Mamuka, 4L2M, reports that as of August 2008,
UA9LP is no longer his QSL Manager for Russian stations. All Russian
stations should use EA7FTR’s QSL service.

QSLS VIA LOTW: 9L1AB, C6APG, EF8T, F5IN, FW8DX, HB9LCW, HQ9R, HV0A,
NP2KW, R1FJT, RW0A, S21VJ, SK3GM, VK9DWX, VP2ETL, XU7AAV, YN2S and
ZL7/SP9PT

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4L8A, 7Q7HB, 7Q7JL, CE1/K7CA, CE9/K2ARB, DS1REE,
ER4DX, EY8MM, HB0/DK9FEC, HK3CQ, KP2/AE6XY, LY2ZZ, OA4BHY/2, S79NS,
S79NS/p, TF3SG, UK9AA, V85TT, VK9DWX, VQ9LA and YB0AZ

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4X6HP/M, A52AM, C52C, CN2BC, CN4MC,
CT3/DJ6QT, CT9L, EA5KB, EF5K, EG5Y, ER3R, EV7DP, EZ8CW, FJ/DJ2VO,
HB2008EM, HB2008FS, HB2008LU, HB2008MH, HB2008OK, HB2008VC, JR7WAB,
LZ08KM, MM/OQ9E/P, OE1KIDS, OE1MBB, OE2008A, OE2008C, OE2008M,
OE2008MOU, OE2008PGQ, OE2008R, OE2008U, OE2008V, OE3WOB, OH0V, OX3XR,
OY/DD5FZ, ST2R, SV5/DJ7RJ, TF4M, TM7RWC, TR8CA, UA2FW, UA2FX, UT4EK,
VE3FJ, VP5/N1WON, VP8DLG, VU4AN and YK9SV

RW2, KALININGRAD. Members of the UA2 Contest Club will be active as
RW2F in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Multi-Multi entry.
QSL via DK4VW.

S2, BANGLADESH (Update/Reminder). Some members of the Korea DX Club will
be active as S21KD from Dhaka in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
between March 7-14th. Operators mentioned are: Kim/6K5YPW, Choi/HL5FUA,
Kim/6K5YPW and Yoon/6K2AVL. They plan to operate on 160-10 meters, CW,
SSB and the digital modes, using three amplifiers, verticals and beams.
Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 1822/1824, 3515, 7015, 10115, 14015, 18075, 21015, 24895 and 28015
SSB - 3795, 7095, 14195, 18130, 21295, 24950 and 28460
Digi - 14082, 21082 and 28100 kHz
Their main purpose for the Bangladesh DXpediton is to provide enough
chances to have a QSO with Bangladesh for all DXers who need it. They
hope it will be a good chance for Asia and Europe stations to work them
on all bands. Also, they will do their best to work both North and South
American stations within workable band conditions. QSLs are via HL5FUA.
For more details, updates and their logs, please visit the following
Web page at: dxpedition.co.kr

TF, ICELAND. Siggi, TF3CW, will be active in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(March 7-8th) as Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via LX1NO.

TT8, CHAD. Franck, F4BQO, will once again be active as TT8CF between
February 27th and July 1st. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW
and SSB. QSL direct via F4BQO.

V2, ANTIGUA (NA-100). Just a reminder that Peter, G3TKK, will be active
as V25TK between February 27th and March 12th. Activity will be holiday
style on 40-17 meters using CW. QSL via G3TKK, direct or by the Bureau.

V2, ANTINGUA. Operators Norman/K1DG, John/K1QX and Martin/W1MD (V26F) will
be active as V26F during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a
Multi-Single entry. QSL V26F via W1MD.

V85, BRUNEI. Kanzi, JA4ENL, will once again be visiting Brunei from March
6-9th. He will be active as V85NL and operate on all bands (including
30/17/12m), especially on 80/40/20m and the top bands mostly on CW.
QSL via JA4ENL, by the JARL Bureau or direct.

V88, BRUNEI (Special Event). Look for special event station V88NBD25 to
be active until March 10th. Activity is to celebrate 25 years as an
independent and sovereign nation. To mark this auspicious and historic
occasion, the Brunei Darussalam Amateur Radio Association, the organizer
of this special event station, launched a temporary Silver Jubilee Award
which is available to all amateur radio stations worldwide and SWLs. For
details, visit the Web page at: www.bdara.net/calendar_special.html
Also, see details at: www.qrz.com/db/V88NBD25

VK7, AUSTRALIA. Chris, G0WFH, will be active as VK7ACG from Tasmania
between October 19th and November 17th. He will operate from the QTH of
his friend Roy, VK7ROY. Activity will be on all bands, but he plans to
concentrate on the lower frequencies. Chris states that a new 60 foot
mast will be erected at the QTH of VK7ROY supporting antennas for 160/80/40
meters. QSL via G0WFH, by the bureau or direct. eQSLs are accepted.

VP59, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Dave, W5CW, will once again be active as
VP5/W5CW between March 24th and April 8th. Activity will be on 160-6
meters (this will include 30/17/12m) CW/SSB. He will also be in the CQ
WW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry using
the special callsign VP59V. QSL direct ONLY via W5CW or via PO Box 88,
Morris, OK 74445-0088.

VP8, FALKALAND ISLANDS (SA-002). John, G3VPW, will once again be active
as VP8KF between March 5-31st. This is about John’s seventh trip to the
Falkland Islands. Activity may be limited at first because he will be
working at the “Stanley Ionospheric Observatory” for two weeks. However,
the last 10 days are set for some DXing. He is expected to stay with
Bob/VP8LP and Janet/VP8AIB McLeod (the ones that organized the YL only
VP8 operation). When active, John will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters using
CW and SSB. He will also focus on the ARRL DX SSB, RSGB Commonwealth and
CQWW WPX SSB Contests. QSL via his home callsign.

VP9, BERMUDA. First time DXpeditioners John/W3MF and Bob/K3PH plan to
activate VP9I for the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th). QSL via N1HRA.
They may operate outside the contest as VP9/homecalls.

YV5, VENEZUELA. Operators Suer/YY5EBV, Jose/YV5BM and Jhony/YV5KG will
be active as YV5KG during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a
Multi-Single/High-Power entry. QSL via YV5KG.

ZL7, CHATHAM ISLANDS (Update/Reminder). Just a reminder that a team of 9
operators will be activating Chatham Island as ZL7T, March 5-10th, from
the fabulous Chatham Fishing Lodge in the fishing village of Kaiangaroa
on the far northeastern tip of the island. The operators are: Lee/ZL2AL,
Morrie/ZL2AAA, Lee/ZL2LE, John/ZL1BYZ, Mike/ZL2CC, Phil/ZL2RVW, Mark/ZL3AB,
Wayne/ZL2WG and John/ZL1ALZ. The pilot station will be Duncan/ZL3JT. The
four station setup will operate 160-10 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY and
the PSK modes. Donations would be appreciated. The ZL7T Web site is
available at: www.zl7t.com
A logsearch will be available on the team’s return. Logs will be uploaded
to LoTW within 6 months. QSL via ZL2AL, by the Bureau or direct (CBA or
QRZ.com).

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From: “Saulius Zalnerauskas”
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 5:15 PM
Subject: k5d

Paskutine diena K5D
69.89.25.185/~trexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/desecheo/……

Grazu ziureti www.kp5.us

Ten gana daug LY’ku.

Siuo metu garsiai eina 18073 ir 14190 (na niekaip neprikvieciu)

Saulius LY5W

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