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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 917

July 20, 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, N2OO, NG3K, N4AA & QRZ DX, KH6BZF,
KL7JR, K8YSE, Algarve STAR DX Team, CO8ZZ, DK8JB, DL2VFR, DL7MAE & The DX
News Letter, DX World of Ham Radio Web Site, EA3RKR, EI4GK, F5NQL & UFT,
F6FQK, GW0ANA, HA0HW, HL1VAU, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2YSB, LZ1BJ,
LZ1ZF, MM0DXC, Pete’s-DX-Newsdesk, PT7WA, Radio-Noticias, RSGB IOTA Web
Site, SU1SK, SV1JG, TA1HZ, TA3J, UR5BCP, UT7UT, VA3RJ & ICPO, and VHF-DX-
Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 12th-July, through Sunday, 19th-July, there were 199
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S,
4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J,
9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, CE,
CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8,
EA9, EI, EK, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G,
GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS,
HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, 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, OK,
OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5,
SV9, T32, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR,
V2, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU,
XW, XX9, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZF,
ZL, ZL7, 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).

4C12, MEXICO (Special Event/Satellite Op). Members of the Radio Club
Queretaro announce to look for special event station 4C12SG to be active
between July 20-27th. Activity is to celebrate the 12th anniversary of
the operation from the “Sierra Gorda Queretana”. Operations will take
place from “Sotano del Barro”, one of the deepest places in the world.
Also, look for 4C12SG to be active on the satellites (Grid EL01), and
if conditions permit, also on 6 meters. QSL via XE1RCQ. Log will be
uploaded to LoTW after the event.

4W, TIMOR-LESTE. AL, CT1GPQ, will be active from here between August 3rd
and October 3rd. Currently CT1GPQ doesn’t know what his callsign will be,
but his license issues are being arranged. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17
meters SSB, RTTY and preferably CW. His station setup will be an Icom
IC-706 MK2g, a dipole for 40 and 30 meters and square loops for 20 and
17 meters. Pilot station and QSL Manager is Toze, CT1GFK. The pilot
station will be in daily contact with CT1GPQ. Any questions or suggestions
should be sent to: star[kringelis]algarvedx[taskas]com
Activity logs will be online (possibly daily) on: algarvedx.com
All information will be sent first via the Algarve STAR DX Team Mailing
List. Subscriptions are available on team’s WEB site. PLEASE NOTE: This
is “NOT A DXpedition”! CT1GPQ will be in Timor-Leste with a Medical Team
and radio operations will take place only during his spare time.

9G, GHANA. Operators Alfeo/I1HJT, Silvano/I2YSB, Carlo/IK1AOD, Vinicio/
IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR, Marcello/IK2DIA, Stefano/IK2HKT, and Donato/IZ2CHO
will be active from Busua Beach in the Ghana Western Region between
November 13-27th. Their activity will also include an IOTA trip to Abokwa
Island (AF-084). They will use two different callsigns for their activities.
Operations on the mainland will use the callsign 9G5TT, while operations
on AF-084 will use 9G5XX. Activity will be on all HF bands (80-10 meters)
and modes. Silvano/I2YSB informs OPDX that they do not have a licence for
160 meters, 60 meters and 6 meters. On AF-84 there will be one station on
20 meters only. The time of the operation on the island will be on a day to
day bases, and will be depended on the sea condition and weather forecast.
QSL via I2YSB, direct only. More information can be found at:
www.i2ysb.com

BX5, TAIWAN (AS-020 - RARE CONTEST IOTA). Jimmy, BX5AA, will be active
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-
Power entry. QSL via BX5AA.

C3, ANDORRA. Vini, IK2CIO, will be active as C31/IK2CIO between August
6-12th. Activity will be holiday style on 160-6 meters using CW and SSB.
QSL via IK2CIO, by the Bureau or direct.

CO8, CUBA. Raul, CO8ZZ, informs that he will be active during RSGB IOTA
Contest (July 25-26th) from the main island (NA-015, FL10mw) in the CW
only category. QSL via DK1WI.

CR2, AZORES (IOTA Contest/LH Op). Members of Algarves STAR DX Team (a
multi-national team) will activate Faial Island in the Azores using the
callsigns CR2F, CR2N and CR2W, between July 18-31st. Operators mentioned
are: CT1EEQ, CT1EGW, CT3FN/HB9CRV, CU8AS, DJ2VO and HB9CQL. Callsigns
will be used for:
CR2F - For the Farol da Ribeirinha Lighthouse (WLOTA 1830) operation
between July 18-24th and July 27-August 1st.
CR2W - For the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th).
Activity from Caldeira do Faial Natural Reserve
CR2N - For the “Caldeira do Faial Natural Reserve” activity between
July 29-30th. Reference numbers: DPRN FF-212 and WFF CTFF-46.
Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL all callsigns
via CT1GFK, direct, by the Bureau or E-mail Bureau requests. Check QRZ.com
for more info. Official Web site is: www.to-mk.com/neu
Logs online will be at: algarvedx.com/logonline

CR3, MADEIRA ISLANDS (IOTA/LH Op). A groups of CT1/CT3 operators (from
the Madeira Contest Team and G.I.R.A.) will be active as CR3D and CR3R
from Chao Islet in the Desertas Islands group (AF-046) between July
24-26th. Activity will be on the HF and VHF bands using CW, SSB and the
Digital modes. They will also be active in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July
25-26th). Operators mentioned are: Barros/CT3BD, Luis/CT3DL, Luis/CT3EE,
Duarte/CT3EN, Duarte/CT3KY, Jose/CT3MD, Joao/CT3NY, Jorge/CT1BOL, Jose/
CT1CJJ, Paulo/CT1EFS, Filipe/CT1ILT and Firmino/CT1IZW. For further
information about this Project, please visit the CR3D QRZ.com page at:
www.qrz.com/db/CR3D

EA9, CEUTA AND MELILLA. Yasuyuki, DJ1AIB/JR1AIB, will be active as
EA9/DJ1AIB from Melilla between July 22-26th. Activity will be on 160-6
meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via JR1AIB.

EG, SPAIN (Special Event). Look for special event station EG5LB to be
active during the follwing dates: July 26th, August 2-9th, August 16th,
August 23rd, August 29th and September 6-7th. Activity is to celebrate
the 200th anniversary of the birth of the illustrious Louis Braille,
inventor of the tifloescritura system for the blind, and with the 30th
anniversary of ARMIC, Association for Visually Handicapped Radio of
Catalonia. QSL via EA3RKR, direct or by the Bureau. For more details,
see QRZ.com or visit: www.gratisweb.com/ea3rkr/esp/index2.html

EH, SPAIN (Special Event). Look for special event station EH1SC to be
active until July 24th. Activity is taking place during the “Celebrations
of Santiago de Compostela”. Operations will be on all the bands. QSL via:
Radio-Noticias, Apartado 368, 15780 Santiago de Compostela (Spain). For
more information, visit: www.radionoticias.com

EM360, UKRAINE (Special Event). Members of Ternopil Amateur Radio Club
will use special callsign EM360B between August 14-18th, to mark the 360th
anniversary of historical battle near the city of Zboriv. QSL via UY5BC.

GJ, JERSEY. Members of the Bristol Contest Group will be active as GJ6YB
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) from Jersey (EU-013, WLOTA
L-0818) as a Multi-Op/Island-DXpedition entry. Operators mentioned are:
EI3JE, EI7FJ, G3TKF, G3XSV, G3YHV, G3ZVW, G4CLA, G4FKA, G4NKT, G7TWC,
M0MAT and M1EBV. QSL via G3SWH, direct or by the Bureau.

IOTA NEWS……………………..
AS-060. Members of the Korean Contest Club and possibly others will be
active as D93I (and also their homecall/4) from Pigum Island
(KDN H32) between July 25-27th. Operators mentioned are:
Han/DS2GOO, Yang/DS4CDA, Ryou/DS4NYE, Rocky/HL1VAU and a few
other guest OP’s.. They will have two complete HF stations
with a dozen of vertical antennas nearby saltwater. Continuous
activity is planned on 80-10 meters using CW/SSB/Digital. If
the propagation allows, they will try some 6m openings to
various directions also. During the IOTA contest, they will
operate as a Multi-Op/Island-Expedition entry as D93I. QSLs
for D93I are via DS4NYE and all others via their homecall.

EU-005. Members of the SANDS Contest Group (M0SCG), based in Morecambe,
Lancashire, will be active as G1T from Sunderland Point, near
Lancaster during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a
Multi-Single entry. Reference numbers are: WAB Square SD45
and Grid LOC. IO84NB.

EU-006. Members of the South Dublin Radio Club and the City of Belfast
Radio Amateur Society will travel to the Aran Islands off the
coast of Galway hoping to build upon the successes of recent
years, and be active as EJ0GI from Inis Oirr during the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/DXpedition/High-Power
entry. Some team members may be active under their home
callsigns outside of the contest between July 23-27th. QSL
via EI2SDR (information available on QRZ.com).

EU-006. David, EJ3GKB, will be active from Inis Oirr, July 23-27th.
Activity will be on 80-6 meters before and after the RSGB
IOTA Contest. Look for updates and pictures via Twitter
(DavidGi8SKN), depending on time and signal reception.

EU-008. Members of the Cockenzie and Port Seton Amateur Radio Club
(CPSARC) will once again operate from the Isle of Tiree
(IOSA NH04, WAB NM04), the most westernly part of Scotland’s
Inner Hebridean Islands, during the RSGB IOTA (Islands on
the Air) Contest which runs from 1200z, July 25th to 1200z,
July 26th, using the club’s special contest callsign GM2T.
Look for pre-contest activity by the members signing as
MM0CPS/P. CPSARC heavily supports newcomers to their wonderful
hobby and has a large number of newly licensed members who are
actively encouraged to participate in their contest effort,
whether experienced or not. This way not only does their
hobby benefit from new operators, but contesting benefits as
they invariably become bitten by the contest bug. This
year’s team consists of: Cambell/MM0DXC, Bob/GM4UYZ, John/
MM0JXI, Brian/M0RNR, Gary/MM0FZV, Moe/MM0MRM, Geoff/MM5AHO,
David/MM0XDG, Ellis/GM4GZW, Bob/GM4IKT, Jim/G3VOU, Brian/
G4UJE, Jonno/M5FUN, Malcolm MM0YMG, Duncan/MM0GZZ and Steve/
MM3YPN. QSL GM2T via the Bureau, or their QSL Manager GM4UYZ,
by the Bureau or direct. Details are available at:
www.qrz.com/gm2t
For details about CPSARC, visit their revamped Web site at:
www.cpsarc.com
ADDED NOTE: This is the club’s 11th anniversary on the island,
and the team would like to express their gratitude to all the
islanders who have looked after them over the years, but in
particular to Elaine Hutchinson of Elephants End Restaurant
(www.elephantsend.com) for her unrivalled support and
hospitality over the last 11 years.

EU-011. Members of the Cray Valley ARC will again be active on the
Scilly Isles between July 23-28th, on all bands, using the
callsign G3RCV/P. They will also be taking part in the IOTA
contest next weekend.

EU-031. Operators Alessandro/IW8EHK, Alfredo/IY7NGM, Catello/IZ8LLW
and Francesco/IZ8OFJ will be active as IC8/IW8EHK during the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Other reference numbers:
Punta Carena WAIL CA-008, ARLHS ITA-124 and WLOTA L-2466.
QSL Manager: IK7JWX.

EU-036. Chris, OE9ICI, will be active as LA/OE9ICI from Kvenver,
Hitra Island (WW Loc. JP43EM), between now and August 1st.
Activity will be on all HF bands. QSL via his home callsign,
direct or by the Bureau. NO eQSL!

EU-048. Jean-Marc, F5SGI, will be active from Belle Ile (DIFM AT-015,
WLOTA 0872, Grid IN87) between now and July 31st. Activity
will be on 80-6 meters using CW, and an entry in the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via his home callsign, direct
or by the Bureau.

EU-059. (UPDATE) Col, MM0NDX, will be active as GM5A and MM0NDX/P
from St. Kilda (WAB NF19, SCOTIA D123, Grid Loc. IO75RT),
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/

EU-067. Operators Cliff/SV1JG and George/SV1RP will be active as
SX8M from Kyklades (Cyclades) Milos Island, Greece, during
the RSGB IOTA Contest between July 24-27th. QSL via SV1JG,
direct or by the Bureau.

EU-075. Steffen, DM3CW, will be active as J48AL from the Island of
Aigina (GIOTA SAS-045, MIA MG-007, WLOTA L-4088) between
July 21st and August 3rd. Activity will be holiday style
and operating CW only using 100 watts into wire antennas.
QSL via DM3CW, bureau preferred.

EU-122. Operators Sean/EI4GK, Pete/EI4GZB, Declan/EI9HQ, Pete/GI4VIV
and Joe/EI7GY will once again be active from Rathlin Island
as GI0MPG for this year’s RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th).
Operations will be from the Rathlin East Lighthouse (ARLHS
NTI-011), the same QTH as last year. QSL direct or by the
Bureau to GI0MPG.

EU-124. Members of the Barry Amateur Radio Society (BARS) will activate
Flatholm Island again for five days this year between Thursday,
July 23rd and Tuesday, July 28th. During the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 25-26th), they will use the callsign GW8K. They will use
the callsign GB5FI for activity before and after the contest.
QSL via GW0ANA, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-124. (UPDATE) The Strumblehead DX and Contest group have now sealed
the final permission to activate Ramsey Island (EU-124), off the
West Wales coast, from the “Royal Society for the Protection of
Birds” an organization who own the island. They will be active
from 1800z, July 24th through to 1400z, July 27th taking in the
IOTA contest. They will be active using the club call MC0SHL
for the whole duration of the operation, and using MW9W in the
contest. They will be on all bands from 80-10 meters SSB. There
is also some 30 meters RTTY planned by G1VDP if the other guys
allow him, with participation in the last 80m Club Championships
DATA section. They will be operational using generators as
power. Radios used will consist of 2 K3’s and a Yaesu FT1000MP
MkV and amplifiers. Antennas will consist of a Hexbeam, a windom
and dipoles. Most of the activation is for the WAB award scheme
as the square is semi rare and has not been activated for some
time. They will be looking for JA and Asia during their mornings
and evening on all bands. The team will be on from the farm for
a few days before and after using the GB0WFF for the World Flora
and Fauna award see www.wff44.com for award details,
and using the MC0SHL club call and erecting a tower for Rob,
MW0RLJ. The island will not only count for the WAB award but
will also count for the WFF award. A special QSL card printed
for both club callsigns. Full details are on the group’s Web
site . QSL via the groups manager M0URX.

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 23-27th, 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 at:
www.iota-expedition.de

EU-135. Anders, SM5EFX, will be active as SM5EFX/2 from Ledskar Island
between now and July 31st. Activity will be on all HF bands
and modes. He will also participate in the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 25-26th) using the special callsign SF2X. QSL both calls
to SM5EFX, direct or by the Bureau.

NA-057. Ray, WQ7R, will be active as HQ9R from Roatan Island (Grid
EK66) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a
Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via K5WW.

NA-154. Operators Dana/VE1VOX and Don/VE1AOE will be active as VC1W
from Welsh Island (new CISA), August 22-25th. They plan to
have two stations on the air and possibly more operators to
join their operation as the date approaches. This is a remote
island and weather may affect the actual dates. QSL Manager
is VE3EXY.

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

EU-174. Tomas, HA0NAR, will once again be active as SX8R from Thassos
Island (MIA MG-124, GIOTA NAS-037, WLOTA LH-4186, QRA KN20hs),
Greece, July 22-31st. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW
and SSB. He will also be an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July
25-26th). He will use 100 watts and monoband antennas (Inverted
Vee for 80m, verticals on a Spider pole and fishing rods for
the other bands). QSL via HA0NAR, by the Bureau or direct.

EU-180. A Ukrainian and Moldavian team will be active as homecall/p
from Tuzla Island between July 23-27th. Activity will be on
CW and SSB. Operators mentioned are US0KW, US0ZZ, UT2XQ,
UT4ZG, UT7UT, UU0JM, UU1AZ, UU4JDD, UU4JMG, UY6IM, UT/ER1DA,
UT/ER3DW, UT/ER3DX and UT/ER3ZZ. QSL via their home callsigns.
They will the “Black Sea Contest Club” callsign UU7J/P during
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via UU0JM.

EU-181. Operators Gabriele/LZ/IK3GES, Boyan/LZ1BJ/1 and Lyuben/LZ1ZC/1
will be active from Sveta Anastasiya Island (WLOTA L-0035)
between July 24-27th. They plan to use 100 watts into a 10
element log-periodic on 20/17/15/12/10 meters. Some activity
on 40/30/6 meters is also possible. QSL via the QSL Bureau to
their home callsigns.

NA-081. Operators Ken/W8ND, Butch/N8CHS and Kelly/K8MCN will be active
as W8ND/VE1 from Big Tancook island (CISA NS012, WW Loc. FN74WL,
Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia), July 23-26th. Activity will
include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via K8MCN,
direct or by the Bureau.

OC-148. Arif, YC9MDX, will be on the air from Kupang, Timor Island
(WLOTA 0019) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th).
Activity will be on 40/15/10 meters SSB only. QSL via B7DX,
direct only (QRZ.com).

SA-023. Operators PY6AWV, PY6HD and PY6RT will be active as ZZ6Z between
July 24-26th. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA Contest. Their
operations will be on 80/40/20/17/15/10 meters SSB only. QSL
direct or bureau to PY6HD or LoTW. No E-QSL.

SA-023. Operators Orlando/PT2OP and Marcelo/PY6KW will be active as
PV6I between July 24-27th. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA
Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via PT2OP.

LUNAR EVENT ON AO-51. On “July 20th, AMSAT-NA will mark the 40th anniversary
of the first manned lunar landing with a special event on AO-51. AO-51 will
transmit a message commemorating the event Monday, July 20th, during evening
passes in the U.S. and Europe. The message will be transmitted on the 435.300
MHz FM downlink and will contain a Robot 36 SSTV image as well as a voice
message.

KH6BZF PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (For July 20-26th)……………
20 AN SOLAR REFERENCE
21 AN —————
22 AN AN - Above Normal/Geomagnetic Level is QUIET
23 AN HN - High Normal/Geomagnetic Level is UNSETTLED
24 AN GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
25 AN ———————
26 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
SPECIAL NOTE: By the time you read this, Lee should be active from
Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island (CISA ON-001), in Ontario, Canada. He will
be there through July 29th, using an Icom-706MKIIG into a TarHeel II
antenna or wire/dipole antenna.

LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY…………………..
The Old Barney ARC will be operating as N2OB from the Barnegat Lighthouse
(USA-039) on Long Beach Island, NJ (IOTA NA-111), on August 1st from
about 1300-2100z. There will be two stations set up with activity
primarily on 20 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via N2OB.

The Old Barney ARC will be operating as W2T
from the Tucker’s Island Lighthouse (USA-911) in the Tuckerton Seaport
, August 15-16th from about 1300-2100z
each day. There will be two stations set up with activity primarily on
20 and 40 meters SSB. QSL via N2OO.

MJ0, JERSEY (EU-013). Mat, F5SHQ, will be active as MJ0ASP during the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL
via MJ0ASP.

OH0, ALAND ISLAND (EU-002). Operators Juha/OH6XX and Timo/OH6GLE will be
active as OH0Z during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/
Island entry. QSL via W0MM.

PACIFIC TOUR #1. Operators Claudia/K2LEO/PA3LEO and Andrea/IK1PMR are
currently planning a Pacific trip for November and December. Preliminary
planning includes DX activity from Western Samoa (5W), Tonga (A3) and
possibly Rarotonga in the South Cook Islands (E51). They are inviting
DXers (with or without DXpedition experience) to join their operations,
even for a single destination (A3 being the main DX stopover). If you
are interested in joining Claudia and Andrea’s Pacific DX tour, visit
their Web page (still under construction) for more details and how to
contact them at: www.ik1pmr.com/plans/a3

PACIFIC TOUR #2. Chris, DO7AG, will be flying to the South Pacific with
his family between November and January. He plans to be active as 5W1QX
from Western Samoa and A31CE from Tonga. Activity will only be on 40 and
20 meters (this is due to the type of license he has). Complete dates of
activation are to be determined. ADDED NOTE: Chris realizes that another
operation from A3 and 5W will be going on at the same time (see above),
and he hopes to meet Claudia and Andrea.

QSL INFO AND NEWS…………………
5C2 QSLS STATUS. Alfredo, IK7JWX (5C2J), informs OPDX that he has
received the QSLs from the printer and expects to start sending out
QSL, for all the confirmations this week of all the 5C2 team’s QSOs
from Morocco (Essaouira & Lh. MOR-019).

CS28MCF LOG ONLINE. The Algarve S.T.A.R. DX Team reports that the
CS28MCF log is now available online at: algarvedx.com
Last update was 17th, July, 2359z. Attention: 400 QSOs are missing
and will be added next Monday. Some pictures will be uploaded today.
CS28MCF - 5000 QSOs in log now. Operations stopped at 19th,July, 2259z.

QSL EA6/HA5GY/qrp via his home callsign. Activity on July 15th, was
from a lighthouse (BAL-005), QRA is JM19EN.

Nilay Mine AYDOGMUS, TA3YJ (XYL), transferred all her duties and rights
concerning the management (TA3YJ QSL Service) to her husband Berkin
AYDOGMUS, TA3J, because of the “severe sanitary conditions” of her
parents. The new QSL Manager is now Berkin AYDOGMUS, TA3J (TA3J QSL
Service). He is the QSL Manager of the following: HA/TA3J, LZ1/TA3J,
LZ2/TA3J, LZ2/TA3YJ, OE/TA3J, OK/TA3J, SV1/TA3J, SV1/TA3YJ, SV4/TA3J,
TA3CEH, TA3J, TA3J/0 (IOTA-AS099), TA3J/0 (IOTA-AS115), TA3J/1, TA3J/3,
TA3J/3 LH (ARLHS#TUR006), TA3J/4, TA3J/4 LH (ARLHS#TUR065), TA3J/7,
TA3J/60, TA3PI, TA3YJ, TA3YJ/0 (IOTA-AS099), TA3YJ/3, TA3YJ/3 LH
(ARLHS#TUR006), TA3YJ/4, TA3YJ/4 LH (ARLHS#TUR065), TA3YNO, TA3YPI,
TA7KI (ARI2009), TC2K4J, YM125ATA, YM125ATA/4, YM1907FB, YM21TA,
YM3ATA, YM3BU, YM3LZ (WAE2000SSB), YM3LZ (WPX2000SSB), YM3SV and YM75TA.
His Home page is: www.aydogmus.gen.tr/ta3j/qslservice.htm
His E-mail address is: ta3j[kringelis]aydogmus[taskas]gen.tr

NOT THE QSL MANAGER. John, ZB2EO, reports that RW6HS is NOT and has
never been his QSL Manager, and that all QSLs for ZB2EO and ZG2EO,
should be sent DIRECT to address as per QRZ.com.

QSLS VIA LOTW: 3D2YA, 4O3A, 4U1UN, 5N0OCH, 9Z4FZ, EU7SA, IU9T, PY0FF,
R1ANL, SM5IMO and ZC4LI

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4S7NE, A73A, CE4WJK, CT1HZE, DP1POL, EA6BH,
HB0/DJ1AIB, J88DR, JT1AGO, JT1ZP, JW5LJA, KH7Y, LA6YEA, MJ/DL7AFS,
MJ/DJ7ZG, R1ANB, R1ANC, VK9LA, VY0A, YV4AB and ZK3MW

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 5B/DF9TM, 6V7J, 6V7K, 6W1RW, 6W7RV,
9A0CI, EA8AH, EB5KB/P, EE5GG, EH5K, EK3GM, ER10KDR, ER5DX, GB1SRI,
HA8IE, HG0HQ, I1ZHH, IF9A, II8ANT, II8IPY, IK5CAC/7, IK6CAC, IQ0FR/6,
IQ5PJ, IW9FRA, J20MM, OD5WPX, OG5M, OH2/DL5ME, OJ0/SM0LQB, RA2FBC,
SM3PZG, TK/IK1YED, TM5B, UA6UDV, US0LW, VE3MIS, VE3XD and ZY7C

SU8, EGYPT (LH Activity). Operators Greiss/SU1GS, Mohamed/SU1AO and
Said/SU1SK received permission from the NTRA (Egyptian’s National Telecom
Regulatory Authority) to use the callsign SU8LH during the first activity
from an Egyptian lighthouse on Ras El-Bar Island (Not IOTA), 250km north
of Cairo, between August 1-9th. Look for SU8LH to participate in the Inter-
national Lighthouse/LightShip Weekend (ILLW). Activity will be on CW and
SSB, 6 meters and the HF bands. They will be running 100 watts into
wires antennas. For a brief detail about the event and location, go to:
www.qsl.net/su1sk/Links.html
QSL via SU1SK. For info on the ILLW, go to: illw.net/2009_list.htm

SV5, DODECANESE. Tom, OK2PTZ, will be active as SV5/OK6Y from Kos Island
(EU-001) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Mixed-
Mode entry. He states, “I will be on the island Saturday 25th. I hope I
will be ready for 2nd part of the contest.” QSL via OK2PTZ.

TC21, TURKEY (Special Event). Members of the Turkish group called SWAT
(Special Wireless Activity Team) will be active as TC21BSR from Istanbul
between July 14-20th, during the 21st Bosphorus Race. It is the only
event which starts from one continent (Asia) and ends at a different
continent (Europe). See the following for details at:
www.turkishnoc.org/tr/Faaliyet/bgz/2009/Bgz2009.ht……
Activity will be mainly on the HF bands using SSB and SSTV, and the
VHF-UHF on FM. More information is available on QRZ.com the TCSWAT Web
page at: www.tcswat.org

TP60, FRANCE (IOTA Contest/Special Event). Francis, F6FQK, reports that
members of the “Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club” (CERAC) will be
active as TP60CE to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the “Council of
Europe”, as well as be an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest. Look for them
between July 24-26th. QSL via F5LGF. An online log search will be available
at: ewwa.free.fr

V73, MARSHALL ISLANDS. JA operators Fuminor/JA2DSQ and Yuji/JH2BNL will
be active from Majuro (OC-029) between August 24-29th. JA2DSQ will be
signing as V73NF on the lower band using CW. JH2BNL will be signing as
either V7XX or V73J operating 80-10 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSL via
their home callsigns.

VK9N, NORFOLK ISLANDS. Just a reminder that the members of the Hellenic
Amateur Radio Association of Australia (HARAOA Group) will be active as
VK9NI between July 22-29th. The HARAOA Group plans to have 4-5 stations
on the air and plans to be active on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.
They plan to take part in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) during
their stay. QSL via W3HNK. More details and updates are available at:
www.vk9ni.com
Also on Twitter at: twitter.com/VK9NI

VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND (OC-002). Operators Harry/DM5TI, Rene/DL2JRM and
Thomas/DL2RMC will be active from here between November 21st and December
5th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes.
They plan to use verticals and beams, and also be an entry in the CQWW
DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). QSL via DL1RTL, by the Bureau or direct.

VP2V, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. Curt, W3HQ, will be active as VP2V/W3HQ
from Virgin Gorda between December 4-16th. Activity will be CW only.
Bands will be mainly 160 and 10 meters on weekends, and 30/17/12 meters
during the week. QSL via W3HQ. Skeds are welcomed (2 way QRP skeds are
preferred). His E-mail address is: w3hq[kringelis]live[taskas]com

VY1, CANADA (Yukon on 160 Meters!). Operators John/KL7JR, Claire/WL7MY
and KL7BO will be active as VY1RST during and after the ARRL November SS
Phone Contest from near Beaver Creek, Yukon, between November 20-26th.
Emphasis will be on 160/80 meters SSB (using a 160m Inverted L) with
a 2nd station on for 40-10 meters (vertical) SSB and PSK-31. QSL Manager
is KL7JR. E-mail skeds are welcome at: John[taskas]ReisenauerJr[kringelis]alyeska-pipeline[taskas]com

XV, VIETNAM (IOTA Op). Sigi, DL7DF, will lead a crew of operators to be
active from the Island of Phu Quoc (AS-128) between November 4-17th.
Their callsign has not been announced yet, but it is expected to be the
XV prefix. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB with
several stations on the air. One station will be exclusively dedicated
to RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. Their equipment consists of 3 transceivers
(two K2 and one IC7000) with three kW linears into two 18m lowband
verticals, a 2 element vertical for 40m, a 2 element vertical for 30m,
two Spiderbeam for 20/17/15/12/10m, and some beverage antennas. Operators
mentioned are: Manfred/DK1BT, Wolf/DL4WK, Andy/DL5CW, Sigi/DL7DF and
Frank/DL7UFR. Pilot station for this DXpedition is Bernd, DF3CB. QSL
via DL7DF, by the German QSL Bureau or direct to: Sigi Presch,
Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, D-12621 Berlin, Germany. PLEASE NOTE: If you
prefer a direct QSL, please send a SASE and 1 IRC or 3 USDs for outside
of Europe and 1 IRC or 2 USDs for mail within Europe. If you do not
provide the right return postage or a self addressed envelope, they
will reply via the bureau. Please only one callsign per letter! If more
than one, all additional cards go via the bureau. For complete details,
visit: www.dl7df.com/xv/index.html

Puslapiai su šiais žodžiais: 10m, 160m, 20m, 40m, 425 DX, 80m, All Band, bureau, Cluster, contest

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 911
June 8, 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, NC1L, NJ1Q, N2OO, NG3K, N4AA & QRZ DX,
W5UE, KG6D, WA6ITF, WA6TLA, W7TSQ, K8CX, K8YSE, KK0M, A35RK, CT1BOH,
CT1GFK, DK8JB, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, DX World of Ham Radio Web
Site, F5NQL & UFT, F5PFP, F5PHW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IK7JWX,
ON4ZD, JI6KVR & JA IOTA News, Pete’s-DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site,
SM5LWC, SP5UAF, UT7WZ, VA3RJ & ICPO, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF), VK4AN,
YT3W and ZL4HU for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 31st-May, through Sunday, 7th-June there were 215 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I,
4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K,
9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6,
CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6,
EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO,
FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H2, H3, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH,
HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, JA, JD/m, 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, PZ, S2,
S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T32, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK,
TL, TN, TR, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK,
VP2V, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU,
YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, 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).

5H, TANZANIA. Frans, PE1ABQ, is expected to be active as 5H1FF from
Stone Town city on the Island of Zanzibar (AF-032). His equipment is
a FT-950 w/100w into 3.5m vertical at 20m A.S.L. No QSNs have been
reported yet. QSL via the address on QRZ.com.

5J0, SAN ANDRES ISLANDS (Update). Dennis, K7BV, will once again return
to San Andres (NA-033) and be active as 5J0BV (not 5J0M as first announced)
between June 18-29th (not June 19th-July 5th). He will again be concentrating
on 6 meter Sporadic Es. HF bands will be activated as well. QSL direct to
K7BV (not W1JJ as first announced) via the QRZ.com address. For more details
and updates, visit the following Web page at:
www.qth.com/k7bv/caribe2009

8R, GUYANA (Update). The 6 Meter Beacon Project, Inc., (HF-50 MHz DX-
pedition between June 16th and July 6th) has announced the callsigns
for their operation to Guyana. According to their Web page the callsigns
are:
8R1DB - Team One: Chris/W3CMP and Dave/N3DB; between June 16-26th
8R1TO - Team Two: Terry/K4RX and Ken/AC4TO; between June 27th-July 6th
QSO information is just “Signal report please, no grid squares!!!!!!”
QSL via N3DB: David Craig, 4931 Mariners Drive, Shady Side, MD 20864
(2.00 USDs & SAE [or equivalent U.S. postage] for outside US; SASE for
U.S. Stations). Bureau QSLs are “OK”, but slow. For updates, visit the
Web page online at: 6meterbeaconproject.org/8R2009.html
Operating frequencies will to be posted soon.

A35, TONGA. Paul, A35RK, continues to be active as A35RK/p from Vava’u
Island (OC-064). He informs OPDX that there is “no definite departure
date.” He has also mentioned that he submitted the April/May A35RK/p
log (OC-064) to Bob, W7TSQ. This log includes activity in the CQ WPX
CW Contest this past weekend. As far as LoTW submissions, Bob, W7TSQ,
informed OPDX that since LoTW does not show/give credit for IOTA, Paul
is combining his /P log with the regular A35RK log as he is still Tonga.
He also mentioned that there is a possibility that some QSOs between
May 20-24th, have an error in the time. Most are probably CW contacts.
Paul also informed us of the problem and states, “There appears to be
a problem with the ‘QSO time’ element in the computer logbook entry.
Some contacts appear to be exactly ‘one hour off’ the actual time of
QSO.” So, anyone with a LoTW problem or needing an IOTA card, showing
OC-064, can contact Bill at: W7TSQ[kringelis]AOL[taskas]COM
He can supply cards that will show the IOTA information if needed. As
usual an SASE/SAE with postage (green stamps) will be answered direct.
Bill states, “Bureau cards will be awhile as I probably will not send
again before fall. LoTW is preferred as it is less work for me!”

ANTARCTICA WEB PAGE (Sites and Sounds). The French Polar Team’s Web site
continues to add a great collection of information and pictures (added with
music) of the many polar stations and sub-Antarctic regions. Check out
the following URLs (recently added FT5YJ–VP8DLM–CE9XX):
* Station Machu Picchu - Ile du Roi George:
french-polar-team.fr/OA_Machu_Picchu_Station_King_……
* Station B - Ile Deception:
www.french-polar-team.fr/VP8_Station_B_Deception_I……
* Station O - Ile Danco:
french-polar-team.fr/VP8_Danco_Station_O_Danco_Isl……
* Station Gabriel Gonzales Videla - Cote Danco:
french-polar-team.fr/CE9_Videla_Station_Antarctica……
* Station Almirante Brown - Cote Danco:
french-polar-team.fr/LU_Almirante_Brown_Station_An……
* Station F Wordie Hut - Ile Winter:
french-polar-team.fr/VP8_Wordie_Hut_Station_F_Wint……
* Port-Charcot - Ile Booth (Wandel):
french-polar-team.fr/FT5Y-P_Port_Charcot_Booth_Isl……
* Station A Port Lockroy - Ile Goudier:
french-polar-team.fr/VP8_Port_Lockroy_Station_A_Go……
* Bahia Dorian Refuge - Ile Wiencke:
french-polar-team.fr/LU_Bahia_Dorian_Refuge_Wienck……
* Station L Damoy Point Hut - Ile Wiencke:
french-polar-team.fr/VP8_Damoy_Point_Hut_Station_L……
* Le voilier l’Ile d’Elle:
french-polar-team.fr/Polar_Ship_L_Ile%20d_Elle.php
* Davis station: www.french-polar-team.fr/VK0_Davis_Station_Antarct……

CT, PORTUGAL (Field Day). The ARVM group will be operating their “Field
Day” for 24 hours beginning at 1200z on Saturday, June 13th. Operations
will be from Montemor Park near the city of Loures. Activity will be on
CW, SSB, RTTY and TVA. For more info, go to:
www.arvm.org/index_fd2009.html

CT, PORTUGAL. Members of the Algarve STAR DX Team will be active as
CT7/CU8AT during “Green Days”, June 13-14th. Operations will be from
“Parque Natural SW Alentejano e Costa Vicentina” which is valid for:
DPRN FF-12 and WFF CTFF-12. Operators mentioned are: Toze/CT1GFK,
Al/CT1GPQ and Mike/CT1IUA. One of the operators (to be decided later),
will be active during the “Portugal Day Contest” on June 13th, from
the same QTH. Look for more details on: algarvedx.com

DAYTON HAMVENTION FCC FORUM (Audio Available Online). Bill Pasternak,
WA6ITF, Producer of ARNewsline, Inc., reports: “To our valued listeners,
In response to a number of requests we have uploaded the entire 71 minute
Dayton Hamvention FCC Forum hosted by Bill Cross, W3TN, and Laura Smith as
an MP3 audio file to our Amateur Radio Newsline website front page. You
can download it by going to www.arnewsline.org, then scroll down
to “Click HERE to download the entire 70 minute Dayton Hamvention FCC
Forum” and follow your normal download and save procedure for your web
browser. This recording was made using a Senheisser microphone at the
speakers podium connected to an M-Audio Microtrack II professional digital
audio recorder. Audio processing and conversion to MP3 was accomplished
using Goldwave Editor Ver 5.52. We believe you will find the audio quality
superior to various other recordings of this important forum available
at various Web sites across cyberspace. We hope that you will find it of
value.”

DXCC NEWS………………………….
* Bill Moore, NC1L, Awards Branch Manager reports that the following
operation is approved for DXCC credit: HZ1EA - Saudi Arabia
If you have had this operation rejected in a recent submission, please
send a note to dxcc[kringelis]arrl[taskas]org to be placed on the list for an update.
Also, once completed, if you have an account in LoTW, the update will
be posted to your account.

* 2008 ARRL DXCC YEARBOOK. Bill Moore, NC1L, announced this past week on
June 2nd: “The 2008 DXCC yearbooks have arrived from the printer. The
ARRL mail room will prepare them for shipping and they should start
going out the middle of next week. You will receive the free copy if:
* A submission was received during the 2008 calendar year.
* If you did not make a submission during the calendar year, but you
were “current” on the DXCC Honor Roll for this period. (329 current
DXCC entities).
ARRL Membership is also required for the free edition. Copies are
available for purchase for 7.00 USDs (USA) and 11.00 USDs (Non-USA).
This fee includes postage.”

* DXCC CARD CHECKING at the 2009 “ Ham Radio” in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Please read the complete details on how to prepare your cards and forms
at: www.arrl.org/blog/Century%20Club%20Awards

EM0, UKRAINE (URFF Special Event). Members of the Lviv Branch of the
Ukrainian Amateur Radio League (UARL), UR4WWE, will activate the special
callsign EM0WFF from Roztochchia Nature Reserve (URFF-020, URDA LV-32)
between June 12-14th. QSL via UT7WZ, by the bureau or direct. Information
on the “W-UR-FF” Award can be found at:
www.islands.org.ua/wurff/index_e.html

FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Phil, F5PHW, informs OPDX that he will be in Tahiti
for two years starting August 2009. Activity will be on CW/RTTY and SSB
(sometimes) on 80-10 meters. For the moment, his callsign will be FO/F5PHW.
Phil is trying and hoping to get a FO5 callsign, but he has to negotiate
it with local authorities when he is in Tahiti. Phil will be in a small
house very close to the airport. He will operate with 100 watts into a HF6
and dipole, but hopes, if possible put up a 3 elements beam in the garden.
QSL will be OK via LoTW. QSL are also “OK” via F8BPN, by the bureau or
direct. More information is available on: f5phw.chez.com

FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. Operators Eric/KV1J and Tom/W8TOM will be
active as FP/KV1J from Miquelon (NA-032) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest
(October 24-25th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via KV1J, direct, by the
Bureau or LoTW. Operators will be there between October 20-27th. Activity
outside of the contest will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK31, generally on the highest frequency band that is open (no permission
for 60M). Visit Eric’s Web page at: www.kv1j.com/fp/october09.html

H4, SOLOMON ISLANDS (Rare IOTA). Operators Mike/KM9D (H44MY) and Jan/KF4TUG
(H44TO) are now active as H44MY from Stirling Island (OC-162) for about
a week. Mike was heard this past weekend on 40/20 meters CW. Jan was
heard on 20/17 meters SSB. QSL via OM2SA.

IOTA NEWS……………………
AS-017. Operators Mitsu/7N4AGB, Hase/JK1EBA, Shoji/JJ1JGI, JA1XEQ and
Nakayama/JA1KJW will be active as homecall/6 from Tokashiki
Island, Okinawa Prefecture, between July 7-10th. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters, but mainly on the lower bands using
CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsign, direct or by the
bureau.

AS-047. Operators Mitsu/7N4AGB, Hase/JK1EBA, Shoji/JJ1JGI, JA1XEQ and
Nakayama/JA1KJW will be active as homecall/6 from Daito Island,
Okinawa Prefecture, between June 25th and July 5th. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters, but mainly on the lower bands using
CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsign, direct or by the
bureau.

AS-117. Operators JJ2JQF and JH9UYZ will be active as homecall/0 from
Awa Island, Niigata Prefecture, between June 26-30th. Activity
will be on 160m through 70cm using CW, SSB, AM, FM, RTTY and
Satellite (1200 MHz). QSL via their home callsigns, direct or
by the Bureau.

EU-005. Members of the Bittern DX Group will once again be active as
G2B from the cliff tops in the village of Trimingham, Norfolk,
East of England region (WLOTA 1841) for the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 25-26th). QSL via M0CNP, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-042. Harald, DF6BL, will be active as homecall/p from Langeness
Island (N-19 for the German Islands Award, WLOTA 1245) between
July 6-13th. Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via
his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-067. Operators Elizabeth/K4KTG, Michael/KC6ZUS and Jonathan/KI4UOU
will be active as SV/K4KTG from Thira Island [aka Santorini]
(GIOTA SAS-102, MIA MG-125, WLOTA 0658), June 15-30th. QSL via
K4KTG.

EU-095. Operators Robert/F5HTR and Roger/F5LKW will be active as
homecall/p from Riou Island (DIFM ME-006) on June 8th. They
will travelling by kayak and will be active as QRP on 7032
kHz. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-120. Members of the Wakefield and District Radio Society will be
active as GB1HI from Holy Island [aka Lindisfarne] (WAB NU14,
ARLHS ENG-224, TWLHD WLH G-011) off the Northumbrian coast,
July 10-13th. QSL via M3ZYZ, direct, by the Bureau or E-mail
QSL requests (Bureau). More details are available on QRZ.com.

EU-122. Members of Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC will be active as GI0ADX
from Rathlin Island (WLOTA 0039), Northern Ireland, in the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Operators mentioned are:
Allan/GM3OZB, Barry/GM3YEH, Steve/GM4OSS, John/GM0DJG and
Gordon/MM0BIM. QSL via MM0DHQ, by the Bureau is preferred.

EU-127. Operators Gerd/DK8NT and Horst/DL8NBM will be active as
homecall/p from a smaller neighbor island called “the Dune”,
Helgoland Island (German Island Award # N-15), between June
11-17th. They state that their activity will be “something
between a vacation-style and a ’serious’ DXpedition”. Operations
will be mainly on CW, but some SSB or PSK. Using only 100
watts, they will experiment with simple wire antennas: A
triple leg for 30m and up, a 40/80m double dipole for Europe,
and a 40m (and maybe 80m) vertical for DX. QSL via their
home callsigns, by the bureau or direct (no e-QSL).

EU-145. Nuno, CT2FPE, will be active as homecall/p from Barreta Island
on June 13th between the hours of 1000-1900z. Activity is also
valid for: ARLHS POR-141, Fa-14, Ai-003, DPRN FF-07, CTFF-07,
DMP-0805, FAR-05, DMA-FARO and Day of Portugal Contest. QSL
via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-165. Massimo, I0PNM, will be active as IM0/I0PNM from San Pietro
Island (IIA CI-007, MIA MIS-050, WLOTA 2989), June 8-16th.
Activity will be mainly PSK31 on 20 and 40 meters. QSL via
his home callsign.

NA-027. George, WW4GA, will be active as WW4GA/VO1 from Newfoundland
(CISA NF-001) between June 17th and July 9th. Activity will
be on all bands and modes. QSL direct only to WW4GA.

NA-067. Rick, N5EYT, is expected to be active from Cape Hatteras
(USI NC005S, WLOTA 3913) in Salvo, NC, no earlier than 2000z,
June 7th and will finish no later than 1200z, June 15th. His
activity will only be 20 meters PSK31 with a dipole (trying
out his new Small Wonder Labs PSK-20). Rick mentions that he
will be operating at a beach house on the west side of island.
This is actually a vacation/wedding trip where his daughter’s
wedding will take place on June 13th, so most of his operating
will be limited to earlier in the week. QSL via N5EYT, by the
Bureau, direct or LoTW.

NA-079. Operators Bill/WD2E, Dave/KI4KQU and Paul/AA2C will be active
as WD2E/4 from the Dry Tortugas Islands (WLOTA 0274) between
June 24th and July 1st. Activity will be on all bands and modes.
QSL via WD2E.

NA-112. Brian, KB9BVN, will be active from Bird Island (USI NC-012S,
WW Loc. FM03RU, Brunswick County) on Sunset Beach, North
Carolina, between now and June 12th. Activity will be QRP on
40 and 20 meters using CW only. His equipment is a Elecraft
KX-1 and PAC-12 portable vertical antenna. He will QSL all
contacts and states eQSLs are available if that is what you
prefer. His son Andy, N9AWM, will be with him as well.

NA-142. Jim, AD5ZA, will be active as homecall/4 from Santa Rosa Island
(USI FL-003S), Florida, on August 1st. Activity will be on 20
and 15 meters using PSK31. This activation is for PODXS 070
Club. QSL via his home callsign, direct only.

J2, DJIBOUTI. Once again members of the F6KOP Provins Club and Clipperton
DX Club are planning a major operation this time to Djibouti in 2010.
The callsign announced is J20C. More details are forthcoming.

IY7, ITALY (Special Event). Alfredo, IK7JWX, is now active as IY7NGM
(and possibly as IY7NGM/p) through December 31st. Activity is to celebrate
100th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi receiving the Nobel Prize in 1909.
Activity will be on all HF bands and 6 meters using all modes. Alfredo
was heard this past week on 40 meters CW and 20 meters RTTY/PSK31. QSL
via IK7JWX.

K8CX’s 2009 DAYTON HAMVENTION PHOTO GALLERY. Tom’s, K8CX, 2009 Dayton
Photo Gallery is now up at: hamgallery.com/dayton2009/
This is Tom’s 13th consecutive year for the gallery, and it contains 293
photos taken at Crowne Plaza at various events and hospitality suites.

LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY AND NEWS………………..
Operators Gabriel/LU5FZ and Juan Carlos/LU9DO will be active as CX/LU9DO
from Punta del Este Lighthouse (URU-008) in Uruguay during the Inter-
national Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW), August 15-16th.

Look for La Cana Lighthouse (WLOTA 2802, Loc. FK68MK) in Guanica,
Puerto Rico, to be on the air as K4G during the WLOTA Contest (July
4-5th). Activity will be on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via WP3MW.

MAJOR PACIFIC DXPEDITIONS (Update). After his recent trip from the Pacific,
Team leader, Hrane/YT1AD confirms that an international team of 14
individuals are organizing DXpeditions for amateur radio activity from
Tokelau (ZK3), Canton Island (T31 - Central Kiribati) and Wallis Island
(FW) over 22 days next year (in 2010). The tentative schedule is as
follows:
September 25-29th - Traveling by boat from Fiji (3D2) to Samoa (KH8)
September 29th - Loading in Apia; departing Apia to Fakaofo Atoll
in the Republic of Tokelau Island group
September 30th - Arriving Fakaofo Atoll
October 1-3rd - Activity on the air from Tokelau
October 3rd - Afternoon departure from Fakaofo Atoll to the
Island of Canton (Central Kiribati)
October 4th - Traveling to Canton Island
October 5th - Arriving at Canton Island
October 6-10th - Activity on the air from Canton Island
October 10th - Afternoon activity/departure from Canton Island
October 12th - Arriving at Wallis Island (FW)
October 14th - Departure from Wallis Island
October 16th - Arriving at Fiji Islands
More information will be forthcoming.

PA09, NETHERLANDS (Special Event). Fred, PA0FAW, will activate special
event station PA09SHAPE between June 6th and July 3rd. Activity is to
celebrate Mode Biennale, fashion month in Arnhem. QSL via PA0FAW, direct
or by the Bureau. SWL cards welcome.

PORTUGUESE PREFIX CHANGES. The Portuguese local regulatory agency for
the amateur radio service (Anacom) has published new legislation. There
is a part in the legislation that will impact the callsign structure
of Portuguese (Portugal, Madeira and the Azores) callsigns. As of June
1st, the following will be the prefix blocks allocated to each area:
Each area will have four blocks (old calls under old legislation,
new calls under new legislation, club calls and special calls)

Portugal Madeira
——– ——-
Block 1 - CT1, CT2, CT4, CT5 Block 1 - CT3
Block 2 - CR7, CS7, CT7 Block 2 - CR9, CS9, CT9
Block 3 - CQ0, CS5 Block 3 - CQ2, CS3
Block 4 - CQ7, CR5, CR6, CS2 Block 4 - CQ3, CQ9, CR3

Azores
——
Block 1 - CU1, CU2, CU3, CU4, CU5, CU6, CU7, CU8, CU9, CU0
Block 2 - CR8, CS8, CT8
Block 3 - CQ1, CS4
Block 4 - CQ8, CR1, CR2

ADDED NOTES:
Callsigns from block 1. (CT1, CT2, CT4, CT5. CT3, CU#) will no longer
be issued. Current hams will keep these calls if they like or submit
to a new exam to have the new prefixes (CR, CS, CT, 7,8,or 9).

New hams will have block 2 and will be issued prefixes according to
category. Category 1 will have CT 7, 8 or 9, category 2 will have
CS 7, 8 or 9, and category 3 will have CR# 7, 8 or 9.

Club stations will have call in block 3 (CQ0, CS5, CQ2, CS3, CQ1, CS4).

Special occasion and contest calls will have block 4 (CQ7, CR5, CR6,
CS2, CQ3, CQ9, CR3, CQ8, CR1, CR2).

SPECIAL NOTE FOR CONTESTERS:
Portugal - No new prefixes. Several lost.
Madeira - One new prefix (CQ2).
Azores - New prefixes (CR8, CS8, CT8, CQ1, CS4, CQ8, CR1, CR2).

For more info, see: www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=944999

PACIFIC TOUR. Karl, DL2FAG, is going on another “holiday-DXpedition”,
this time to the Pacific and plans to operate from three locations later
in the year. His tentative schedule and callsigns are as follows:
Island of Niue - He will operate as ZK2DL from Namukulu, between October
19th and November 7th. Activity will be holiday style
on 80-10 meters, mainly on RTTY, PSK and SSB. IOTA is:
OC-040. QSL via DL2FAG.

New Zealand - Karl states he will operate sporadically from the South
Island of New Zealand, as ZL4/DL2FAG between November
8-18th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, mainly on RTTY,
PSK and SSB. QSL via DL2FAG.

Western Samoa - Karl will end his trip as 5W0KH from Upolu between
November 18-30th. Again, activity will be on 80-10
meters, mainly on RTTY, PSK and SSB. QSL via DL2FAG.

Karl states that he will be operating from all locations on the usual
DX frequencies. Watch Karl’s Web page for possible updates, and he will
have a log search on the site (not sure if it will be active during his
operations). His Web page is at: www.qsl.net/dl2fag

QSL INFO AND NEWS…………………
With all the changes going on in the postal systems, it is time to
check out Bill’s, W9OL, great IRC Chart Web page. It is a great place
to see who takes IRCs, green stamps and who does not. Give it a look
at: www.qsl.net/w9ol/IRC_Chart.htm

K5D QSL STATUS: QSL Manager Bob, N2OO, reported on June 2nd, the
following update:
“OQRS - We finished OQRS requests received through about May 4th.. We
will resume OQRS QSL processing again shortly, and we will post the
dates on the QSL Information link found at the K5D Web site www.k5d.us
when we do resume. OQRS continues to be available for QSL requests.
Info for OQRS can also be found on the QSL Information link.

DIRECT MAIL: We are now focusing on the direct mail in the same order
as the mail was received. We are answering donors first just to be
fair to those who added a little something with their QSL. We also
TRY to catch notes that tell us that you contributed in advance of the
operation, but we don’t always catch those notes. If we miss yours,
we apologize. The DIRECT MAIL processing trudges forward. So, we
appreciate everyone’s patience. I continue to do the log processing
after which the QSLs will be mailed gradually by members of my QSL
processing team. We are not doing larger bulk mailings in order to
keep the cards flowing into the mail. It will surely be a few months
before we can become current. It’s hard to get ahead when you are
still receiving some 50 pieces of mail on average every day.

As of June 2nd we have confirmed 26,353 QSOs.

LoTW UPDATE: After careful consideration, and cautious investigation
into the LoTW process, I have decided that we will be able to upload
CONFIRMED QSOs ONLY to LoTW. This will be done in larger sized batches
as time allows while we continue to process QSLs. When the first batch
is uploaded, I will post the information on the QSL Information link
found at the K5D Web site www.k5d.us. I expect to do it within the next
week. QRX

In the past, we just uploaded to LoTW one time about one year after the
DXpedition. This was done for obvious reasons. Now that I have become
familiar with how to do partial log uploads to LoTW, we should be able
to satisfy those who want their QSOs in LoTW. By only uploading confirmed
QSOs (in batches), we think that this is a fair compromise that is a
win/win for everyone involved. We are considering other options for the
“next one”. But for THIS one, this is what we will be doing. We will
upload the balance of the full log in early 2010.

I ask you all to be patient! Since cards are going out in the mail
frequently and in much smaller batches, you can expect to hear of people
getting their cards continuously. Be assured that we are continuing the
QSL operation on a daily basis. It is just going to take time.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE QSL MANAGER ABOUT QSL ISSUES. IF YOU DO, YOU
WILL ONLY BE REFERRED TO THE K5D WEB PAGE FOR CURRENT QSL STATUS. WHEN
THINGS CALM DOWN, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS. QRX. Visit
www.k5d.us for all information!”
73 Bob Schenck, N2OO QSL Manager K5D Desecheo 2009

1652 INFO. Over the past weekend (June 5-7th), special callsigns were
active on several different bands that were good towards the “Roskilde
1658 Award”. For information on the callsigns, and upcoming operations
(times and frequencies), please look at the activities calendar on
the award Web site at: www.sk7bq.com/roskilde

QSL for OZ5FYN will be sent for all QSOs via the EDR bureau. This
was a special event station active for the annual Summer Rally at
Egeskov Slot (Castle) on June 7th. OZ5FYN grid locator was JO55FE,
and the island reference number is EU-172. There is no Danish CASOTA
reference number (for the first Castle activation).

NEW QSL MANAGER. Randy, W5UE, is now the new QSL manager for 9V1YC,
9V9HQ and N1YC/VK9X. After many years of excellent service as James’
QSL Manager, Joe, N5ID, is handing over duties to Randy in order to
recuperate after an extended illness in hospital. W5UE has all the
logs, blank cards and pending QSL requests for all of James’ callsigns,
so feel free to check his Web site for periodic updates and status of
QSL requests at: w5ue.net/qsl-w5ue.html

ADDED NOTE. Randy, W5UE, states, “It was brought to my attention that
many QSL Manager Data Bases still contain entries for some of James’
old calls to N5ID. Both Joe and James indicate a request hasn’t been
received for any of these for years, but we will continue to honor
any requests that may be needed in the future… so, please update
your QSL Manager Data Bases for any of the following calls from N5ID
to W5UE: 9V0YC, 9V8YC, KB1CM/VR2, KB1CM/VS6, KB1CM/ZS, KH8/KB1CM,
VR2/KB1CM and VS6/KB1CM. Please bear in mind all of these logs are on
paper only and will require extra processing time since I’ll probably
have to manually print cards as well.”

NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Don, N1DG, reports that he is NOT the QSL Manager
for A71A. QSL A71A via A71AN ONLY.

R1FJT QSL STATUS. Jack, RW0BB (ex-R1FJT), reports that new QSL cards
are being printed and you will have to wait until he receives them.

TM0M LOG ONLINE. Logs for the recent operation TM0M from Molene Island
(EU-065), May 23-30th, now available at: users.belgacom.net/cdxg

QSLS VIA LOTW: 9M6XRO, A61AD, A61X, A61AO, D44TXI, LY8O, LY9Y, OH0Z,
S58MU, T33C, TN5SN, TR8CA, UN6J, UT7UJ, VK9GMW, XE1EE, YL7X, YW4D,
ZF1A and ZK2V

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4S7DA, 4U1UN, 5H1X, 5H3RK, 5K0T, 5N/LZ1QK,
7Q7VB, 7X0RY, 8Q7SC, 9J2FM, 9J2VB, 9K2YM, 9U0VB, A71MA, A92GR, BG4TRF,
BH4QAK, C91FC, CU3AD, CW6V, D2BB, D20VB, D60VB, DV5PO, E71DX, EA8BMG,
EA9CF, EA9PY, EL2AR, FM5BH, GJ0KYZ, GT4BRS, GT6BRS, H40FN, HI9/EA3BT,
HI9/EA3WL, HP1AC, HV50VR, JH9FNB, K3J, K5D, KG4AS, KH6BB, KP2/K3TEJ,
KP4KE, LX8RTTY, LX9SW, PY0FF, R1ANB, R1ANC, R1ANP, T32YY, T33ZZ, T8CW,
T8NF, T88CI, TO5A, TR8CA, UK9AA, UN7BEW, V63PR, VK7ZE, VK0BP, VP5DF,
VP8/LZ1UQ, VP8DLJ, VP8YLI, XE2HWB/XF1, YB2ECG, Z36A and Z36W

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: BY4AEE, BA4ALC, BA4CH, BD4AHW, BD4ALC/4,
BA4DJ, BD4DM, BD7BW, BD7YK, BT4ECNU50, BY4BHK, BY4CA, BY4HAM, CE0Y/SM6CUK,
CT1DWT, CT1HIX, DL2ARD, E20WXA, EM10U, EM5HQ, FK/JK1FNL, FO5RU, HA800NAR,
HB9LH, IB0CW, IK0FMB, IK1JIM, IM0S, LA6KOA, LN3C, LZ130JA, MM/DH5JBR/P,
OE8XHQ, OH0/OH2DZ, OH60BH, OY/DL6RAI, R450WA, RA3CM, RA3XEV, RU3FF,
SY8DX, TM0C, TM2RWC, UE3FFF/3, UE9WFJ, UN8LW, UT4EK, UT5UGR, VA7AAW,
VP2MPL and ZL1BOS

SILENT KEY. Ken Holdom, ZL4HU, informs OPDX that Russell Baird, or Russ
as he was commonly known, ZL4DJ, became a Silent Key (SK) on the evening of
June 4th. He was a well-known DXer and fellow Ham Radio enthusiast. OPDX
and its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to the family
and friends of ZL4DJ. Messages can be sent to: The Baird Family,
87 Ventry Street, Alexandra, Central Otago, New Zealand. ADDED NOTE:
Ken Holdom, ZL4HU, states: “WE don’t have an E-mail address for messages
at this time, but I am more than willing to receive messages and personally
hand them to the family.

SP50, POLAND (Special Event). Memebers of the SP DX Club (The Long
Distance Radio Communication Club of Poland) have activated the special
event station SP50DXC through June 30th, to celebrating 50th anniversary
of the SP DX Club. The station is expected to be active on all bands/modes.
Operators mentioned are: Andrzej/SP7ASZ, Jerzy/SP7CVW, Krzysztof/SP7IIT,
Pawel/SP7LFT and Jerzy/SP7TF. QSL via SP7DQR. All QSOs will be uploaded
to LoTW. SP50DXC will also be active again later in the year at the end
September during their annual meeting of the SP DX Club.

SPECIAL EVENT (13 Colonies “On the Air”). Look for special event stations
from all the thirteen 1776 original colonies to be on the air between
1300z, July 1st and 0400z July 5th. A full color certificate printed on
heavy card stock or parchment paper (with a map and the state flags of
all the 1776 colony states) will be available to each station who works
one or more or ALL of the special event stations. The thirteen 1776
original colonies (their special event callsign) are: CT (K2D), DE (K2E),
GA (K2G), MA (K2H), MD (K2F), NC (K2J), NJ (K2I), NH (K2K), NY (K2A), RI
(K2C), PA (K2M), SC (K2L) and VA (K2C). Activity will be on all bands
(except 60m and the 30/17/12m). The Colony stations will be operating on
or near the “13″ of each band (Eg. 14213, 14313, 7213, et.). Also, 2
meters and 6 meters simplex frequencies are encouraged. For this event 2
meter repeater contacts WILL be allowed. For more details and picture of
the certificate, please visit their Web page at:
home.comcast.net/~dzabawa/ThirteenColonies.htm
Each station is to send a contact log stating the Date, UTC, Band, and
callsign of each contact, along with your QSL card and 4.00 USDs (check,
Money Order or Cash - to help defray printing costs). NO SASE required.
They will furnish postage, certificate and 9″x12″ envelope. No QSL cards
will be issued - just the certificate. All award requests and payment
are to be sent and made out to the KU2US-Award Manager. Address and Log
Forms are available at the above Web site. Those stations submitting
contacts for ALL thirteen colonies will have their certificate marked
with a “Clean Sweep” in recognition of their efforts.

T30, WESTERN KIRIBATI. David, N1EMC (ex-ZK2DF), is expected to be active
from here as T30DX. Complete details are forthcoming. Stay tuned.

TO4G, GLORIOSO ISLAND (Update). Didier, F5OGL, announced this past week
as indicated several weeks ago, no civilian will be included in the crew
which is going to Gloriosos, next month. He states, “It had been confirmed
that it will be first a military mission. Nothing was possible to do to
make changes in this Forces Authorities decision.” He also announced the
final crew/operators list: Yves Michel/F5PRU, Jean Marc/F5RQQ, Freddy/
F5IRO, Philippe/F4EGS and Sylvain/F5TLN. Didier thanks the F6KOP Provins
ARC for the loan of three stations to be active on the air and a fourth
that will be set up and could be used on no particular modes or bands.
Didier ends his press release by saying, “Mission permitting, the crew
will appear in the two major July contests, the IARU HF and the RSGB
IOTA. Know that the crew, instead of maintenance jobs, has another
assistance mission by the Armies Information and Public Relation group
which will go to Glorioso along with us. This group is composed of an
Officer, a director and a cameraman. The callsign is not known yet, but
it is expected in the next days.” More information is forthcoming. Look
for updates on their Web page at: glorieuses2008.free.fr

VK, AUSTRALIA (4 LETTER SUFFIX). Eddie, VK4AN, (Father of VK4FRAJ) reports:
“There is still much reluctance and confusion amongst contesters regarding
VK 4-letter suffix calls… especially in CW contests! My son is probably
the ONLY VK with a 4-letter suffix that operates on CW, and is VERY
frustrated when contesters keep asking if his call is 2-letters or
3-letters… and one even accused him of being ‘a commercial station’
and refused to work him! 4-letter suffixes are issued to ‘Foundation-class’
hams (similar to the US novice-class). ALL Foundation class suffixes begin
with an ‘F’ plus 3 more letters. They have a maximum of 10-watts power on
80-40-15-10m CW-SSB only and must use commercially made equipment. My son’s
call is VK4FRAJ. He really enjoys CW but is ready to stop contesting due
to the frustration of others NOT knowing that Australia issues 4-letter
suffixes!! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD THAT VK issues 4-LETTER SUFFIXES… and
that the only one that we know of that is on CW is VK4FRAJ (not VK4FJ,
not VK4RAJ, not VK4FRA, not VK4FR, not VK4FRJ… etc…). ‘Raj’ said he
would appreciate it if contesters would listen for his QRP CW signal and
to please realize that he has a 4-letter suffix (VK4FRAJ).”

VP2M, MONTSERRAT. Bill, W5SJ, will be active from here possibly as VP2MSJ
(TBA), July 14-21st. Activity will be on 80m, 60m and 6 meters using CW,
SSB and possibly JST. However, he will concentrate on the CQWW VHF Contest
(July 18-19th) on 6 meters. His equipment is an ICOM 7000, w/250 watts,
into a 5 element yagi (for 6m) and a Carolina Windom (for 80/60m). QSL
via his home callsign direct with current IRC or SASE.

ZY0, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Just a reminder that operators Anderson/PY2TNT,
Fabio/PY2AAZ/AC2AC, Alex/PY2WAS and Bob/N6OX will be active as ZY0F from
Fernando de Noronha Island (SA-003), from June 10-15th. Activity will be
on 160-10 meters including 60/30/17/12 meters (60m under temporary licensed
granted by the Brazilian Government) using CW and SSB. QSL via PY2WAS, by
the bureau or direct. This DXpedition is sponsored by Spiderbeam Antennas.
Also, see ZY0F on QRZ.com.

Puslapiai su šiais žodžiais: 10m, 160m, 20m, 40m, 425 DX, 50 mhz, 70cm, 80m, All Band, bureau

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 891
January 5, 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, NE1B, NJ1Q, WV2B, NG3K, N4AA & QRZ DX,
K5XK, KH6BZF, AA8LL, K8CX, K8YSE, N8OFS, K9EL, DX-IS News Site, Pete’s-
DX-Newsdesk, A35RK, CX3AN, DK8JB, DL6KAC, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter,
F5NQL & UFT, F5PFP, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, RSGB IOTA Web Site,
VA3RJ & ICPO and ZL3JT for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 28th/December, through Sunday, 4th/January there were
216 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J,
4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8R,
9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP,
BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU,
E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FW, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC,
HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, JA, JD/m,
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, PZ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF,
TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5,
V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2V, VP6, VP8, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU,
XW, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, 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).

2008 A SPOTLESS YEAR! Lee, KH6BZF/7J1AAP, propagation guru, informed
OPDX that “We have experienced some very Sunspot lacking days during
2008.” There were 272 spotless days out of the 366 days (Leap Year) or
74.37% of the year’s days! August and December were the worst months
with 31 and 28 spotless days, respectively. June and November were the
best months with 19 and 15 spotless days, respectively. The rest of the
months (of the year) were all in the twenties.

2008 DX SOUND BITES! Tom, K8CX, has done it again. He has provided DXers
with 120 memorable DX sound clips from 2008. Visit Tom’s famous “HAM
GALLERY” Web at: hamgallery.com/dx2008
While there also check out some of his other features on his Web page,
such as: Rare DX Sound Clips of the past, QSL Card Museum, Dayton Photo
Galleries and Tribute to Silent Key Ham Operators.

2009 DX MARATHON (Now Underway!). John, K9EL, Program Manager of the CQ
DX Marathon, reports: “The 2009 edition of CQ Magazine’s 2009 edition of
the DX Marathon is now underway! Each year from January 1 to December 31,
CQ Magazine sponsors a challenge to work as many countries and zones as
possible in the calendar year. For complete rules and submission information,
please see our web site at: www.dxmarathon.com. The 2009 official DX
Marathon score sheet is now available for download. Remember to submit
your 2008 scores by January 31, 2009.”

3B7, ST. BRANDON ISLAND (Update - Also 3B6 and 3B9). Ron, K5XK, updates
OPDX that Rachid, 3B8FQ, reports that his working trip to St. Brandon
Island (3B7), may be rescheduled for February. His earlier 3B7FQ operation
was cancelled due to transportation problems. He is also planning a
personal holiday with ham gear to Rodriguez Island (3B9), in July, and
a return trip to Agalega Island (3B6) in November. The callsigns will
be 3B7FQ, 3B9FQ, and 3B6FQ. QSL all three operations via K5XK at his
new address per instructions on QRZ.com. More details will be provided
as they become available. Meanwhile, Rachid is often active on all bands,
40-10 meters using CW and SSB (from Mauritius).

8Q, MALDIVES. Just a reminder that Andy, G7COD, will be operational for
his fifth time from the Island of Embudu in the Kaafu Atoll (AS-013) using
the callsign 8Q7AK between January 11-27th (2009). Activity will be CW and
SSB on 40-10 meters including 30/17/12 meters. He plans to be operational
every day from approximately 0730-0830z, 0900-1030z, 1300-1500z and
1730-1800z. Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 7003, 10103, 14003, 18073, 21003 and 24893 kHz (+/- for QRM)
SSB - 7063, 14147, 18133, 21253 and 24953 kHz (+/- 10 kHz)
For comprehensive details on QSL information etc, please check 8Q7AK
on QRZ.COM.

A35, TONGA (6m History Continues). Paul, A35RK, continues to be active
on 6m enjoying the sporadic E season in the South Pacific. As well as
making the first A3/VK 6m digital QSOs on December 26th and the 27th,
Paul made the first 6m A3/ZL digital QSO with Duncan, ZL3JT, followed
on the 28th with John, ZL3AAU. A35RK to ZL3JT on RTTY is another 6m
“first” in amateur radio milestones.

A35, TONGA. World traveller and Uruguay DX Group member Bert, CX3AN,
will be active as A35HA from Tonga’s main island, Tongatapu (OC-049)
for one week starting February 14th. He informs OPDX that he will
be active on 40-6 meters with a special emphasis on 30/17 meters using
CW and SSB, and only 100 watts from his Icom 706 into dipole antennas.
His activity will be limited because he will be on a family holiday trip.
Bert will be operating alone this time, not like other trips where his
good friend Mario, CX4CR, usually would join him. QSL via CX3AN.

ANTARCTICA/POLAR WEB INFORMATION. Members of the “French Polar Team” have
been putting together some interesting information/pictures (with music)
of the different polar and sub-Antarctic regions. The Web page also has
details on how to achieve their “Polar Trophy”. They have created the
Polar Trophy with the aim to stimulate the radio contacts with these
regions as well as with the polar ships. This challenge is also sub-
divided into the Antarctic Challenge and the Arctic Challenge. Visit
this interesting Web page at: www.french-polar-team.fr/index.php
Also, view the following polar ships/stations/islands at:
Rothera (Station R) on Adelaide Island –
www.french-polar-team.fr/VP8_Rothera_Station_R_Ade……
Base H on Signy Island (South Orkney archipelago) –
www.french-polar-team.fr/VP8_Signy_Station_H_Signy……
Marion Dufresne II (Polar Ship) –
www.french-polar-team.fr/Polar_Ship_Marion_Dufresn……
Marambio base on Seymour Island –
www.french-polar-team.fr/LU_Marambio_Station_Seymo……
Juan Carlos I Station on Livingston Island –
www.french-polar-team.fr/EA0_Juan_Carlos_I_Station……

ASIAN TRIP (Update). Frank, I2DMI, has ended his A52RY operation from
Thimphu, Bhutan, on December 30th. However, he has announced that his
9N7DMI activity from Nepal must be cancelled. He returned to Italy on
January 1st. No other details were provided. Remember, A52RY QSOs will
be put on the LoTW and e-QSL the second week of January. Bureau cards
will go out the fourth week of March. You can QSL direct to I2DMI:
P.O. Box 55, 22063 CANTU, Italy. Include a self addressed envelope (SAE)
and sufficient return postage. Please QSL only to his P.O. Box # 55,
22063 Cantu (not his home address).

C5, THE GAMBIA. Niels, OZ8KR, will be active as C56KR from Bakuto between
January 9-14th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters SSB. His equipment is a
FT-857 and wire antennas. After travling in Senegal (6W - no activity
planned) he will be active again between January 23rd and February 4th.
QSL via his home callsign.

C6, BAHAMAS. Operators Karney/W2AFC, Dave/N1EMC and Bill/NE1B (C6AWB)
will operate from Nassau (NA-001, Grid Square FL15) with Tom/C6ANM during
the following contests: CQ WW 160 CW (January 23-25th), ARRL DX CW
(February 21-22nd), CQ WW 160 SSB (February 27th-March 1st) and ARRL DX
SSB (March 6-8th). Additional C6ANM DX activity will be on 160-6 meters
between January 1st and April 1st. QSL via LOTW.

CY0, SABLE ISLAND (DXpedition Postponed). Duane Traver, WV2B, the CY0
DXpedition Team Leader, sent out a press release on January 1st, that
states the following (edited):
“Dear Fellow DXers,
Reluctantly, due to the current U.S. economic situation, the DXpedition
team has decided to postpone the CY0 DXpedition planned for 2009. While
we are hopeful to reorganize the DXpedition {possibly for 2010}, we have
decided that rather than tie up the funds so graciously made available
by our sponsors, we will return donations received so the sponsorship
may be available to other DXpeditions for this year. Any sponsoring
organization may feel free to contact me with any questions regarding
the matter. We are hopeful that our kind sponsors will be willing to
renew their sponsorship when the Dxpedition is able to be reorganized
in the future. The sabledx.com website will remain functional for the
time being. Wishing all good DX and 73.
Sincerely, Duane Traver, WV2B Team Leader”

E4, PALESTINE (Update). The E44M is now active until January 11th. Activity
will be on 160-2 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and all the digital modes
with a maximum power of 1KW. They will have 3 stations on the air active
with beams, verticals and wire antennas. The E44M arrived late on January
1st, but did not start setting up until the next day. Arturo, IK7JWY,
has been named as their pilot station for their activity. They state,
“The function of the pilot station will be to collect requests and
suggestions relating to the DXpedition, and then forward them to the
team, and communicate to the public any instructions or information
from the team.” The pilot station will be only using the forum at
www.hamradioweb.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39
to receive messages from users in the special area of discussion.
The E44M Web page is at: www.dxcoffee.com/e44m

FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Phil, F5PHW, has received a 2 year assignment in
Tahiti which will begin during the summer of 2009. He intends to be
active on all HF bands from 80-10 meters using only 100 watts into a
few different antennas composed of a doublet or a HF6VX vertical, and
a Spiderbeam. Modes of activity will be mainly CW and Digital with very
little SSB. QSL will be by LoTW, and there may be a QSL Manager who will
be chosen later. More information is forthcoming, especially about his
callsign.

GB40, ENGLAND (Special Event). Look for special event station GB40WAB
to be aired between January 1st and December 31st to celebrate the 40th
anniversary of the Worked All Britain Awards Group (WAB). Activity will
not be at a permanant location and may be used from any of the 7 UK
countries. The GB40WAB callsign will be running for the entire year,
but other GB*WAB callsigns will also be on the air along with their
club callsigns of G4WAB and G7WAB, using the club identifier prefixes
of GX, GC, GS, GN, GP, GT and GH. Working these stations is an integral
part of the WAB award. The WAB does NOT require QSL cards to be sent to
them, but all contacts made by GB40WAB will be QSLed by them via the
bureau. For more details, please see their Web site at:
www.worked-all-britain.co.uk
ADDED WAB NOTE: The special event callsign GX4KPT (by the Keep People
Talking CASHOTA Club), used during the “Three Castles In One Day” operation
in December, has a new WAB book number of 18222. QSL via M0DOL, direct
or by the bureau.

H7/YN7, NICARAGUA. Operators Stan/AC8W, Hank/K8DD, Jim/KB8TXZ and Lee/
N8LJ will be active for one week starting February 14th. Their activity
will include the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 21-22nd). Emphasis will
be on 160/80 meters and 30/17/12 meters. Their callsigns (TBA later)
will be either be H7/homecall or YN2 callsigns. QSL via info on QRZ.com.

IOTA NEWS………………………….
NA-076. Wade, AA8LL, will be active as AA8LL/4 from Cedar Key, FL,
between 2200z, January 17th and 1700z, January 20th. Activity
will be holiday style on 80-17 meters, mostly CW on the IOTA
frequencies and RTTY using only 100 watts and wire antennas.
This operation also counts for USI: FL041S as Way Key. QSL
direct or by the bureau to AA8LL. Logs will also be uploaded
to the LoTW.

P4, ARUBA (SA-036). Peter, EA5GVH, will be active as P40PZ and on holiday
between January 12-28th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using SSB and
the digimodes (PSK, Olivia, FeldHell, SSTV, RTTY and possibly others).
QSL via EA5GVH. Visit his P40PZ Web page at:
www.mydarc.de/df7dq/aruba2009.htm

PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Members of the Caribbean Contesting Consortium
(CCC) will activate Signal Point Station on Curacao (SA-006, WLOTA
LH-0942) as PJ2/homecall during the end of February. Operators mentioned
are Dan/N1ZZ, Geoff/W0CG, Jim/WI9WI, Mark/N5OT, Mal/NP2L, Jim/K6ZH and
Charles/WA9S. Their main goal is the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 21-22nd)
as a Multi-? entry using the callsign PJ2T. QSL PJ2T via N9AG or LoTW.
QSL all others via their home callsigns. Visit the CCC Web site at:
www.pj2t.org

QSL INFO AND NEWS…………………
QSL ROUTES by Johannes, DK8JB:
3Z0HNY via SP2FAP
KZ6C/KH2 via JA1CGH
RQ9I via RW9IM
YB8XM direct (PO BOX 151 AMBON 97001)

LOG ONLINE. The log for the special event station 4A1DXXE is now
available online at:
www.dxxe.org/logsearch/index.php?cmd=preselect&log……
It is planned to update the online log once a day until activity ends.
QSL for 4A1DXXE is via N7RO or LoTW.

NO LONGER THE QSL MANAGER FOR CT3BX. Hermann, HB9CRV, announced that
as of December 31st, 2008, he is no longer the QSL manager of CT3BX.
No new QSL Manager has been nominated and the logs are closed.

QSL UPDATES FOR HC8N and K5S (NA-082). Randy, W5UE, reports that all
direct requests received for HC8N as of December 19th, have been answered
and are in the mail. The remaining incoming QSLs of 2008 for HC8N should
be in the mail by January 5th. QSL cards for K5S/K5Z, East Ship Island,
MS (IOTA NA-082) activity in October have been received from the printer
and direct requests have started going out. The K5S team was expected to
have a “QSL Party” on January 3rd and the remaining direct requests
received to date should be answered then. Randy states, “I have also
started accepting online requests for direct cards for stations I manage.
The process is fairly simple. Make an online donation via PayPal to
cover my postage/card costs and send me QSO data via E-mail. My hope
is that this method will be more cost effective and efficient for both
you and me as manager. Please see my Web page for details at:
w5ue.net/qsl-w5ue.html
I welcome any feedback you might have on this process. Bureau requests
are now being answered via the GlobalQSL service. Several thousand
backlogged HC8N requests have already been entered and should be finding
their way into the bureau system soon. I apologize for my lack of bureau
responses since hurricane Katrina… this should put me back on track.”

HAVE PATIENCE! QSL cards are still being received for the many UA4WHX
operations. Vlad is still sending them out.

QSLS VIA LOTW: 5Z1A, 5Z4DX, ER0WW, H44MY, PZ5RA, SJ2W and XV4BM

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5N/LZ1QK, 9L0W, 9L1X, 9M6XRO/p, 9Q1D, C6AKX,
C6ATA, C91R, CN2B, CU2X, ER0WW, HB0/PA3FGA, OA4BHY/2, OJ0B, OJ0J,
PJ7/K1XM, S79NS/P, TO4X, UA9MA, V73NS, VK1ANU/5, VU4MY and YU8/OH2R

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 6W1SJ, 9A73AA, DR1A, HB9LH, HB10DX,
J48IO, J48YL, LY4L, LY2FN/P, OX3MC, PA20NAFRAS, R375I, SO9R, TA2DS/0,
TC0SV, TK/ON4AXU, V31FG/P and YI9RKB

QSL.NET & QTH.NET ANNOUNCEMENT. Al Waller, K3TKJ, announced on December
31st (2008) the following (edited):
Dear fellow hams,
After 13 years of providing hams with no cost web space, e-mail forwarding
and mailing list services through QSL.net and QTH.net, I have decided to
retire. All QSL.net and QTH.net servers and Internet connections at my
home QTH are being turned down.
Scott, KA9FOX, has graciously decided to pick up where I left off, and
he is in the process of migrating all services to new hardware. See below
(on ) for an update on the status of the
migration.
I want to thank all of you for all of your support over the years,
and I hope that you will support Scott as he takes over the reigns.
See you on the air! 73 - Al Waller, K3TKJ”

TS7, TUNISIA (Update/IOTA Op). Members of the France Provins ARC (F6KOP)
and some international operators will activate Kerkennah Island (AF-073)
using the callsign TS7C between January 8-19th (2009). This 12 day
operation would not be possible without the help of Mustapha, DL1BDF.
According to the latest press release (edited) by Maurice, F5NQL: “All
the luggage is packed and sorted by 25kg parcels (one per operator).
Mustapha, DL1BDF, team member, was a great help to so we could obtain
the use of the special callsign TS7C. As indicated in “Press Release No.1,
some new comers in the DXpedition have been included in the team, to
permit them to get some more skill, operating side by side with long time
experienced DXpeditioners. They are the future operators of F6KOP next
expeditions. We ask your indulgence for them; they are learning what to
do in the pile-ups, and for some of them, TS7C will be their first
DXpedition. We will stay on Chergui Island (IOTA AF-073 and WLOTA 3459),
in the Kerkennah Group. Their departure is scheduled from Paris, on
January 8th, in the early morning. The team will begin to set-up the
first station immediately when they arrive at the Kerkennah Hotel. So,
the first signals are expected the same day at the end of the afternoon
or early in the evening. The departure from Kerkennah is scheduled very
early in the morning of the 19th. So the operation end will happen sometime
around 1800 or 1900z, in the evening of the 18th. As usual, one station
will continue to be on the air in the evening as late as possible. For
the new bands and/or modes hunters, we will be operating on the HF bands,
160-10m, using CW, SSB, FM, and the Digital modes (RTTY, PSK31, BPSK,
SSTV). We will pay special attention on the lower bands, 160/80m. Of course
you’ll find operators on the other bands and modes. Six stations will
operate at the same time, 24 hours a day. Sometimes it will be possible
to hear TS7C on the same band but different modes. The antenna farm will
consist of vertical and wire antennas for the lower bands and Spiderbeams
for 40-10m. Since the first press release the team had to be changed a
little. The complete team going to Tunisia has been finalized and the
team consists of the following:
Frank/F4AJQ - SSB and Digimodes; Team leader and former leader of
all the past F6KOP DXpeditions
Mustapha/DL1BDF - SSB and Digimodes; Public relation with Tunisian
authorities
Bernard/F9IE - CW traffic leader
Bob/N6OX - SSB traffic leader
Jean-Paul/F8BJI - Digital traffic leader
Sylvain/F4EGD - SSB and Digimodes; He is also the QSL Manager of
the DXpedition.
Gerard/F2VX - SSB
Bill/N2WB - CW and SSB
Michel/FM5CD - CW, SSB and Digimodes
Sabastien/F5UFX - CW and SSB
Sabastien/F8IJV - SSB
Jean-Luc/F6BIV - SSB and Digimodes
Norbert/F6AXX - CW
Alain/F6ENO - CW
Dieter/OE8KDK - SSB and Digimodes
Stefan/OE8SKQ - CW
Mathieu/F5PED - CW
Eric/ON7RN - CW and SSB
Henri/F1HRE - SSB
Franco/F4EVR - SSB
Michel/F5EOT - SSB
Arno/OE9AMJ - CW and SSB
Joseph/F6CTT - SSB and Digimodes
Tony/G0OPB - CW and SSB
Gabriele/I2VGW - CW, SSB and Digimodes
XYL Anne Marie LAURENT, Photo reporter

BACK OFFICE (still the same):
Pilot Stations: Pascal/F5JSD, Serge/F6AML, Thierry/F4TTR and Bruno/F5AGB.
Webmaster: Vincent, F5MJV.
Internet Communications: Maurice/F5NQL (UFT mailing list) for TS7C. To
receive TS7C news/updates directly via your E-mail address
both in English and French, send E-mail to: f5nql[kringelis]aol[taskas]com
QSL via Sylvain, F4EGD, either direct or by the REF-Union Bureau (Please
only via this bureau). Details are available on the DXpedition’s Web site
on how to QSL. Support and donations are welcome. Those who want to sponsor
us can see how to do so on the sponsor’s page on the TS7C Web site.”
The TS7C Web page is: www.ts7c.net

V6, MICRONESIA. Paul, A35RK, informs OPDX that Mike/KM9D and Jan/KF4TUG
are on the move again. The “SV Don Henry” is now enroute to Pohnpei,
Federated States of Micronesia. Their ETA is currently unknown, operation
plans unknown, possible callsigns unknown, and their possible length of
stay unknown.

V8, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM. Sam, G4OHX, reports that he expects to fly into
Brunei on February 11th (from Singapore where he will be on holiday for
a day or two) and will be active as V8FHX until February 23rd. When he
leaves, he will fly to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, and fly
home on the 25th of February.

ZM1, NEW ZEALAND. Operators Jacky/ZL3CW, Akinori/ZL1GO, Romeo/ZL2RU and
Robert/ZL1AIH will be active as ZM1A during the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(March 7-8th) and ARRL DX CW Contest (February 21-22nd) as a Multi-Single
entries. QSL via ZL1AMO.

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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 870
August 11, 2008
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, N2OO, N3SL, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily
DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8YSE, N8MR, DX-IS News Site, Pete’s-DX-Newsdesk, DK8JB,
DL1MGB, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, EA1OS, F5NQL & UFT, G1VDP, I1JQJ/
IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2YSB, IZ8EDJ, JI6KVR & IOTA-JA News, MM0NDX, OH2BH,
OH2BN, ON4ACA, RSGB IOTA Web Site, S50U, SP2BIK, TA1HZ, VA3RJ & ICPO and
VE2EBK for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 3rd-August, through Sunday, 10th-August there were 210
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP,
BV, BY, C3, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU,
E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ,
F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FW, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA,
HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, JA, JD/o,
JT, JW, JX, 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, PY, PZ, S2,
S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TT, TU, TY,
UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V,
VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV,
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).

5B/C4, CYPRUS. Andy, LZ2HM, will be active as 5B/LZ2HM until August
14th. Activity will be on the HF bands plus 6 meters and possibly VHF/UHF
bands. QSL via info on QRZ.com. ADDED NOTE: Andy was also active during
the WAEDC CW Contest this past weekend as C4I.

FK, NEW CALEDONIA. Just a reminder that Jean-Louis, F5NHJ, will be active
this week as FK/F5NHJ from the main island of Grande Terre (OC-032, DIFO
FK-001, WLOTA LH1280) between August 12-29th. Activity will be mainly on
CW and the Digital modes on 30 meters. During his stay, Jean Louis will
try to activate one or several other FK islands. QSL via his instructions
because F5NHJ’s addresss is being changed. Also, Jean-Louis will be
uploading his log online during his stay at: www.f5nhj.fr/logsearch
He plans to upload his log to the LoTW, when he returns home.

HI9, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Adriano, IK2GNW, is expected to activate Cayo
Leventado Island (NA-122) as HI9/IK2GNW between now and August 22nd.
Activity will be on 80-6 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSL Manager is I2YSB,
only DIRECT (NO ITALIAN BUREAU) to: Borsa Silvano, Viale Capettini 1,
27036 Mortara, Italy (please include 2 USDs or 1 IRC). For more info and
log search, please visit: www.i2ysb.com

IOTA NEW………………………
AS-093. Members of the Gwangju DX Club (6L0NJ) will be active as 6L0NJ/4
from the Huksan Islands, August 15-18th. Activity will be on all
HF bands using SSB, CW and various Digital modes. QSL via HL4XM.

EU-048/
EU-068. Members of the French Sevran ARC (F5KKD) plan to visit the
following IOTAs between August 20-24th. The Gulls team will
first activate Belle-Ile-en-Mer in the Bretagne (Morbihan)
Region Group (EU-048, AT-015, WLOTA 0872). They will then
move to Sein Island in the Bretagne (Finistere South West)
Region Group (EU-068, AT-007, WLOTA 2721). No specific dates
were provided. Operators mentioned are David/F4FDA, Dimitri/
F0FLH and Bastien/F4EYQ. They plan to have three stations on
the air at the same time, as long as possible. Activity will
be on 80-10 meters SSB and 2 meters. Look for them on the
following suggested frequencies: 3755/3693 (+/-1 kHz), 7055/
7093 (+/-1 kHz), 14260/14193 (+/-1 kHz), 21260/21293 (+/-10
kHz), 28460/28460, (+/-10 kHz) and 144300/144393 (+/-5 kHz).
QSL direct to F5KKD: IOTA2008, PO Box 27, F 93270 SEVRAN,
France or via the French REF-Union Bureau. The group will
have a Web page where they will post updates, logs and pictures
after their return at: iota2008.crxcluster.com/

EU-052. Giorgos, SV1HEM, will be active as SV1HEM/8 from Meganisi
Island, August 13-17th. Activity will be on all the bands
from 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. He will use a Yaesu
FT-897D and Kenwood TS-50 into a G5RV (80-10m), a dipole
for 6m, a vertical antenna Eco ART-71 and Dentron AT 60-10
antenna tuner. Meganisi is a small island of the Ionian Sea
and is 4 nautical miles southeast of Lefkas, KM08IP.

EU-076. Przemek “Mek”, SP7VC, will be active as LA/SP7VC from Lofoten
Islands (Grid JP67) between now and August 15th. Activity
will be on 80/40/20 meters using dipole antennas and 700
watt amp, as well as operations on VHF 144.355 MHz (FSK441
Random on MS using 9 element yagi and 1 kW amp). QSL via
his home callsign.

EU-095. Members of the EME Phoceen Radio Club (F5KDK) will be active
as TM5F from Frioul Archipelago between August 15-18th. Activity
will be on the HF bands, CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY. Operators
mentioned are: Jean Michel/F1IKA (SSB and QSL Manager),
Michel/F5IVP (CW/SSB/Digi), Eric/F5ODA (CW/SSB), Dave/F5SDD
(CW/SSB) and Chris/F6DHI (SSB/Digi). Visit their Web page at:
tm5f.free.fr

EU-128. Tim, DE3RPC, will be active as DE3RPC/LH from the Flugge
lighthouse (DLTD #19, TWLHD WLH DL-006, WLOL FED-085, Admiralty
C1288.1) on Fehmarn Island (O-01 for the German Islands Award,
WLOTA LH-0637) from August 10-13th. All stations which are
logged by him will receive a special lighthouse QSL card
automatically via bureau.

EU-136. Matt, S53AU, will be active as 9A/S53AU from Cres Island
(WLOTA L 0553 (CI-012, MC-056) between now and August 16th.
Activity will be “holiday-style” and only on CW on 80-30 meters
using a TS-450SAT (w/100 watts) and windom antenna.

EU-189. (Update) Col, MM0NDX, states that currently one of the two
available places has been filled for the 2009 Rockall operation.
If you are interested in joining the Rockall 2009 operation or
would like to be added to a standby list should more places
become apparent, please contact Col McGowan, MM0NDX at:
hamspirit[kringelis]hotmail[taskas]co.uk
Possible suggested dates are from Tuesday, May 19th to Monday,
June 1st (2009). For more details, visit the following Web
page at: islandmanrockallexpedition2009.com

JD1, OGASAWARA. Just a reminder that operators Toru/JI5USJ (JD1BLX) and
Makoto/JI5RPT (JD1BLY) will be active from Chichijima Island (IOTA AS-031)
in the Ogasawara Island group between August 10-16th. Activity will be
on 160-6 meters, using satellites, CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL
via their home callsigns. For more details see: www.ji5rpt.com/jd1/

JW, SVALBARD. Niels, OZ8KR, will be active as JW/OZ8KR from the capital
of Longyearbyen (EU-026) for the third time from August 12-17th. Activity
will be mostly on SSB on 20 meters (he prefers 14220 and 14260 kHz). QSL
via his home callsign.

LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITIES AND NEWS…………….
* ILLW 2008 International Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend, August 16-17th.
Details available at: illw.net -or- illw.org
Updated list of stations to be active during the ILLW can be found
at: illw.net/2008_list.htm
— or –
illw.org/ILLW-2008-list.html

* The “World Lighthouse On The Air” group has elected the following
officers for 2008-2009:
WLOTA HQ members are:
President : Luis Arsene, EA8AY
Vice President: Norby Oberweis, LX1NO (WLOTA softwares developer)
WLOTA Manager : Phil Maillard, F5OGG
Secretary/Treasurer: Joel Guiheneuf, F8EZZ
Member : Emir Mahmutovic, 9A6AA
Member : Anthony Coetmeur, F4EUG

* Members of the Union of Radio Hams of Corunna (URLC) are planning to
activate the “Tower of Hercules” lighthouse (ARLS SPA-276) during
August 15-17th. They will use the callsign AM1TDH. QSL via EA1COW,
by the bureau or direct. With this activation they are trying to
help the “Tower of Hercules” become a candidate for the oldest working
lighthouse in the world and to make the UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
More info about this activation is available on: www.urlc.net

* Look for operators in India from the Bangalore Amateur Radio Club
to activate the Mahabalipuram Lighthouses (IND 016 [old IND 011])
in the Kancheepuram District for the first time ever during the
International Lighthouse-Lightship Week. Activity will take place
between August 15-24th, and they will be using the special callsign
AT8LH. For more details and the QSL route, check out the info on
QRZ.com. ADDED NOTE: Look for possible lighthouse operations during
the weekend from Panaji and Goa State regions. Callsigns to be used
are VU2SMS/LH and VU2ROE/LH.

* Members of the Strumblehead DX and Contest Group will be active from
Strumblehead Lighthouse (Loc: IO72LA; WAB: SM84PEM Pembrokeshire;
Lighthouse Numbers: A5274, WAL-029 and WLOTA 3811; BARLS member #458)
for the ILLW weekend of August 16-17th, using the callsign GB0SH.
Look for activity a few days before and after the ILLW with operators
using the club callsign MC0SHL. The team will consist of Ant/MW0JZE,
Rob/MW0RLJ, Tim/M0URX, Oli/MW3SDO and Chris/G1VDP. Tim (M0URX) will
be active as MW0URX and Chris (G1VDP) will be active as GW1VDP before
and after the weekend also. A special QSL will be available and the
logs will be uploaded to LoTW after the operation. Activity will be
on 80-10 meters SSB with some RTTY by Chris, G1VDP, if time permits.
QSLs for GB0SH go via MW0JZE and MC0SHL via M0URX, all others via
their home callsigns.

* Members of the Swiss Lighthouse Activity Group will be active as
HB9LH from Romanshorn Lighthouse (ARLHS SWI-005, WASL HB-TG-001,
DCS-TG057 and Grid JN47QN) during the ILLW (International Lighthouse/
Lightship Weekend), August 16-17th. Operators mentioned are: Michel/
HB9DLO, Pascal/HB9DWR and Pierre-Yves/HB9OMI. QSL via bureau (USKA)
and/or via HB9DLO.

* Look for Mike/N8MR, Lynette/KC8NAH and Vincent/KA8FFM to activate
Eagle Harbor Lighthouse (US0017) during the ILLW (August 16-17th),
using the callsign K8E. Modes of operation include HF/VHF, CW/SSB,
FM Satellite and possible HF digital. Collectors of ARLHS numbers
can get credit for three upon request: Eagle Harbor Lighthouse USA-253,
Front Range Light USA-254 and Rear Range Light USA-255. QSL via N8MR
direct with #10 SASE or via the bureau. They will also be activating
other lighthouses around Michigan’s Keweenaw peninsula from August
18-23rd. Main times of operation during the week will be from
approximately 2100-0000z. Visit their Web page at:
www.kc8nah.com/Interests/EagleHarbor/illw08.htm

* Operators Jorge/LU4WG and Pedro/LU7WW will activate for the first
time Punta Tehuelche lighthouse (ILLW AR-0035, ARLHS ARG-059) for
the IILW weekend. Pedro is expected to start the activity on August
11th. QSL (for non-LU stations) direct (w/2 IRCs) to:
Casilla de Correo 4 (P.O.Box 4), Puerto Madryn 9120, Prov.Chubut,
Argentina or via EA5KB. Stations from Argentina, QSL via LU4WG.

* Members of the GPDX, Daniel/PT7BI and Moreira/PT7ZT will be active
as homecall/P from the Mucuripe Lighthouse (ARLHS BRA-261 and DFB
CE-05) in Ceara, Brasil, during the 2008 International Lighthouse-
Lightship Weekend.

* Operators SP2BIK, SP2BRN, SP2IZC and SP2TQW will be operating from
the historical lighthouse in Gdansk Nowy Port, Poland, from August
15-18th. They will be using the callsign SN2NP and operate on CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via SP2BIK.

* Members of the Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association will use the special
event callsign W1T for one day (August 16th) to activate the North
Tower Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-1027) on Thacher Island (IOTA NA-148, USI
MA001S and Grid FN42rp). Activity will be on 40/20 meters using CW,
SSB and PSK. QSL via W1GLO: Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association,
6 Stanwood Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 USA (w/SASE). eQSL are
available for all contacts.

* The Old Barney ARC will operate special event station W2T from the
Tucker’s Island Lighthouse (USA-911) located in the Tuckerton Seaport
( www.tuckertonseaport.org) on August 16th from 1300-2030z.
Operation will be primarily on 40 and 20 meters SSB and local 2 meter
FM. QSL via N2OO.

OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Juha, OH9MM, will be active as OH0I during the CQ World
Wide DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (10m)
entry. QSL via OH3BHL.

PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Joeke, PA0VDV, will be active as PJ2/PA0VDV
from Curacao (SA-006), October 2-19th. Activity will be CW only. QSL via
his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct.

QSL INFO AND NEWS…………………
7X5VRK INFO NEEDED. As you may know Mac, W3HC, has retired as QSL Manager
and Bob, N2OO, is now distributing most of the QSL cards for callsigns
that Mac managed. However, Steve, N3SL, informs OPDX that one of the
very active stations his daughter, Kim, has picked up after the retire-
ment of Mac, W3HC, is 7X5VRK. He states, “We now have blank cards in
hand, but there were no logs of any kind to be found. Published E-mail
addresses, to include the most recent address Mac had, has not lead to
any response in over 3 weeks. If anyone has a good E-mail route to
7X5VRK, we would certainly appreciate having it. And to all who have
sent requests already, QRX. We certainly hope we can obtain logs.”
Steve’s E-mail address is: N3SL[kringelis]aol[taskas]com

TJ1GA QSL HELP NEEDED. David, K1LD, informs OPDX, “In January 2004, I
worked TJ1GA. I have had no luck with the listed manager (IK2AQZ) after
many attempts. Any ideas where to go from here?” His E-mail address is:
cwdxer[kringelis]comcast[taskas]net

YU8S56M. Dan, S50U, informs OPDX that an on-line logsearch for the
recent YU8/S56M Kosovo (DXCC=Serbia) operation can be found at:
s50clx.infrax.si

OLD QSL ROUTES. Patrice, F6GCP, provides QSL routes that go back to
1987 on his Web page at: f6gcp.free.fr/qslinfos.htm

QSLS VIA LOTW: CS9T, V63WWA, YL5T and ZD8LII

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4M5IR, 9M6/N1UR, DL3VFN/J3, ET3JA, FO/KH0PR,
HC5WW, LU8XW, PE7T/VK9X, R1FJT, S79JE, SD2O, T32Z, TX5C, VP6DX, VP6PR
and XR7W

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: None reported this week!

SI9, SWEDEN. Operators Jozef/ON4ACA and Marcel/ON6UQ will be active as
SI9AM from the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Amateur Radio Society during
the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL
via SI9AM. The operators will be active before and after the contest
between October 23-27th. Look for them to be on all bands mainly on CW.
Also, look at the special award available for working SI8AM at:
www.si9am.se

SILENT KEY. OPDX was informed that Rodrique “Rod” Gagnon, VE2NN, well-
known operator in Zone 2 for many years, became a Silent Key due to
stomach cancer on July 14th. OPDX and its readers would like to pass
on our deepeest sympathy to the family and friends of VE2NN.

TA0, TURKEY. By the time you read this Karl, WA2KBZ, should be active as
TA0/WA2KBZ from Buyukada Island, in the Sea of Marmara, until September
1st. Expected activity will be on 40/30/20/17 meters, mostly CW, with
a possibility of some 15 meters (if open). He will be semi-QRP with 60
watts to dipole up about 200 feet above the sea hanging from balcony.
Karl will start on 30 meters around EDT/CDT supper time. QSL via WA2KBZ.

TC3, TURKEY. Operators Elif/TA3YE (YL) and Can/TA3GO will be active as
TC3EC during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/
All-Band entry. QSL via TA3GO.

TC4, TURKEY (Asian Turkey QRV until August 12th). You still have a few
more days to work the special callsign TC4X. However, if you miss it,
TC4X will be activated on several occasions during 2008. The new alliance
between Turkish and Finnish hams which include OH2BH, OH2PM, OH8NC, TA1HZ
and others, are operating from the beautiful seafront city of Mahmutlar
in the Antalya Province in Southern Turkey (Asia). More detailed info
will be available on: www.qrz.com -or- tcswat.tripod.com
The first activity was between August 5-12th (2008) which included the
“Work All European CW Contest (WAEDC). QSL via OH2BH.

VK9C, COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (Update). Giovanni, I5JHW, will be active
as VK9CJW from here between August 22-29th. His operation will be holiday
style but with activity on 40/20/17/15/12/10 meters using SSB and RTTY.
He will be using an amplifier and a multi-band vertical antenna. QSL
via home callsign, direct or by the bureau. He now has an online Web page
at: www.ik5run.it/vk9cjw.htm

VK9, WILLIS ISLAND (VISIT VK9DWX!). Chris, DL1MGB, wants to remind everyone
that a DXpedition to Willis Island (VK9DWX) will take place in October this
year. He states, “For our support we had to charter a second boat which will
come in the middle of the DXpedition to Willis Island to support us with
fuel, fresh food / drinks, … As there are some seats unused on this boat,
we had the idea of offering a four day trip for ‘tourists’ to visit our
DXpedition. There are still some places left…..”
*************************************
VISIT VK9DWX - Have you always had the dream not only to work a
DXpedition from your home but also to visit the crazy guys on their
lonely island? Now your dream comes true!

* 4 day trip with the Rum Runner
* Start: October 15th, 2008, in Cairns, Queensland, Australia
* Finish: October 19th, 2008, in Cairns, Queensland, Australia
* Accomodation onboard the Rum Runner
* Including meals and soft drinks (alcoholic drinks on own account)
* See the VK9DWX operators live at working Pile-Ups (guest operation
possible)
* Flight to Cairns is NOT included
* Every guest has to ensure that he is on the Rum Runner in time as
we depend on the supplies for our operation
* Costs: EUR 1000,- per person

If you are interested in this exciting trip please contact us via the
contact form on our Web site at: willis2008.dl1mgb.com/
*************************************

VP8, ANTARCTICA. Ian, VP8DLJ (G0VZM and VP8ROT), will be camping near a
mountain called Trident on Adelaide Island this week. He has built an
Elecraft K1 tranceiver (QRP CW rig) and states that he has “attempted
to learn morse code. I will try most nights to use 40m (7010 kHz) at
aproximatly 2200 UTC. If you are near a radio, you might want to listern
out for the slow broken morse of VP8DLJ. Note, from my base at Rothera
I have had very little luck hearing or transmitting in the last month
and therefore; I am not expecting great results. However, it would be
fantastic to at least receive a call to my callsign.”

ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS (Corrected). Randy, K5SL, will be active as ZF2SI
(not ZS2SI) from Grand Cayman until August 16th. Activity will be mostly
CW/SSB on 17 meters on 18150 and 18077 kHz. Also, look for him around
0400z on 40 meters CW around 7033 kHz. QSL via his home callsign K5SL.

ZS8, MARION ISLANDS. There is still no activity reported. For updates
and the first offical announcement of ZS8T being on the air, please
visit the official ZS8T Web site at: zs8t.net

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Hallo dear MMMonVHF friends,

please find below the NEWSLETTER of “Make More Miles on VHF”
the VHF-DX-Portal, dated 2008-05-30.

We attempt to distribute the NEWSLETTER one or two times per week.
For more details, please be so kind and refer at the “NEWS”-page
http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php and check for the latest NEWS
(last 24 hours lines blinks / up to 3 days lines marked orange):

Latest NEWS/INFO for the NEWSLETTER - MMMonVHF The VHF-DX-Portal

144 MHz SPORADIC E Summaries 2008 - http://www.mmmonvhf.de/es.php

As you already have seen the VHF-DX-Portal MMMonVHF started to work
out the first 144 MHz Sporadic E Openings of the year.
Up to now we have had daily input of logs since 24th of May!
Today some short info and hints about the progress and future:
These Summaries follow-up the ufb work on the pages of Udo, DK5YA and
Steffen, DM2SR. It is a real SUMMARY and NOT a REAL TIME Program.
In the case you want to have real time info about the MUF we recommend
the DX Sherlock by Gabriel, EA6VQ (www.vhfdx.net) or LiveMuf by Dave,
G7RAU (www.g7rau.demon.co.uk/).

MMMonVHF will only collect the LOGs over the day and put it together to
an overview later the day (so NO need to send the LOG twice - its NOT
shown earlier ). In case of small openings we are able to provide
as well typical QSOs from the DXC to our MAP - BUT we have seen that a
lot of “rubbish” QSOs and SPOTS are via DXC.
The basis for MMMonVHF-Maps are the Log-inputs from YOU! So if YOU work
any 144 MHz Sporadic E QSO please be so kind and send us your log online:
LOGIN at MMMonVHF, go to the Sporadic E page (www.mmmonvhf.de/es.php)
and click “Send your Report”. We only be able to accept registered Users
to avoid Spam and Mal-Spots…

A Poll at our ES Section initiated by Allard, PE1NWL (DX-Robot) and MMM
“How did you discover this ES opening this time?”
If you pass your ES-Log to MMMonVHF please have a short look at the lower
end of the page - you might mark how you did discover this Sporadic E
opening at these day! After the Sporadic E Saison we will spread the
rsults and maybe try to make some more tools around these stuff…

Jussi, OH6ZZ, is happy to announce upcoming pedition to water square
JP91 on 8th June 2008 from up around 10 or 11 UTC abt 8…10 hours.
Jussi will be qrv from a boat on lowest part of # (JP91OA..JP91SA)
abt 70km from land for abt 8…10 hours (depending WX on Sea).
Equipment will be TS2000, TS790, GS35, 3CX800 and one or two 8el short
yagis (depence on wind). He will be transmitting at 144,398 MHz in
FSK441 at 1st periode. To shorten the QSOs he will NOT tx the 73s!
More details updated: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=1344
Maybe you SUBSCRIBE the News to be always up to date. If the WX will
not allow the trip or any changes will happen, we will inform you…

Jussi, OH6ZZ, will be trying as well to activate OH0 (KO09) after
the JP91-Gig on 9th June 2008. Jussi will sign again OH6ZZ/0 from
KO09CX on 9th june on 2m MS. Equipment will be TS2000, TS790, GS35,
3CX800 and maybe these time 2 Longyagis. He have had very nice results
at the first trip on weekend 24th/25th may 2008 (PLEASE refer our
REVIEW) were he was able to work 78 stations at that place.
Now he will try longer distances… See also some pictures and
info at: http://www.oh6zz.com/ped/KO09/ko09_1.htm

Pavel OK1MU (TA2ZAF), Slavek OK1TN and Dan OK1HRA QRV from Kefken
Island, KN51DF, AS-159 with special call TC0W. QRV on HF bands (40m -
10m) for IOTA hunters, plus also on 144 MHz, Tropo and Es opening for
VHF gangs. 50 MHz not SURE. QSL via Jarda, OK2GZ. Thanks for BIG suport
from Ozer TA2RC!! The info will be available in some days also at the
OKDXF-WEBSITE at: http://www.okdxf.eu/

KI4TZ, N4BH along with K4DXA will be operating the 2 meter EME station
AA4ZZ during the June VHF contest from EM96. We will have 2 XP20 and a
KW. We will be at an altitude of 4500ft and will have good moonrise
and moonset oportunity. We will being using 144.136 as primary
frequency for CQing. Moon-Times: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=1582

Operators Tomas/SM6XMY, Sten/SM6MIS, Magnus/SM6WET, Janne/ SM6YOF,
Bengt/SM6UQL, Pierre/SA6AOA and Rick/SM6U will be active as 8S6KOS
from Nordkoster (North Koster - JO58MV) Island, Thursday, May 29th
until Sunday, June 1st. QSOs are also valid for the “Salt Water
Award” (known as Worked All SM6 Islands) as reference number 1548.
Grid square is JO58MV. We will be active on 2m if there is a opening
(which is common as we are close to the ocean), we will not however
work any WSJT modes this time.

C9 - Mozambique last news July 16th to 31st. From Frosty, K5LBU:
We will be operating from the Blue Anchor Inn which is about 70Km north
of Maputo. Grid Square: KG64ie. (Long. 32.39.26 E, Lat. 25.35.09 S)
We plan on arriving in Mozambique on July 16th… Read more about
the updates at: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=1342

Conrad, G0RUZ, will be QRV portable on 2m , 23cm and 13cm from either
IO94RJ or IO94TE from June 2008. Power is 200W to a 9 ele on 2m, 120W
on 23cm to a 35 ele tonna and 40W to a 25 ele tonna on 13cm.

Here are a number of special event stations on air on 1 June. Look out
for GB2ASS and GB4LRG from near Chippenham and GB2GED from Croydon.
All three will be using most HF bands and 2m.

SV9/G4XUM now J49K (KM25) - Hi all, i intend to be QRV once again on 4M
from my holiday QTH in Crete between 20th May and 3rd June. Locator will
be KM25CK although i may also try to get to KM15 if i have time.
Equipment is FT847 + 5ele Vine Duo 4/6M Yagi. It is confirmed I have been
issued with the callsign J49K Hope to see you all on the bands! Martin
As well he is qrv on 2m - we did find Martin in a lot of logs at the
big ES at 27th: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/es.php?year=2008&month=05&day=27

The Spanish radio society URE (Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles) is
planning a DXpedition to Dili, the capital of East Timor, using the
callsign 4W6R in June 2008. They plan to build up an amateur radio club
station at the university in Dili as well. The equipment -which will
stay in East Timor as a donation- consists of a Kenwood TS-690, a Mosley
beam TA63M, a G5RV antenna and an antenna rotator… Read more Updates:
http://www.mmmonvhf.de/latest.php?id=1357

The Associação de Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide (A.R.V.M. - CT1RVM)
will be active June 14-15th as CS2FD for the Portugal Field Day, from
Montemor Park near the city of Loures (WW Loc. IM58JT). They will be active
for 24 hours, on all bands HF-50-144-432 using Phone, CW, RTTY and TVA.

SX24 is a special call from Greece to celebrate the almost 24 centuries
since the birth of Alexander the Great in July, 356 BC in Pella, ancient
northern Greece. Nineteen other calls with the SX24 prefix will also be
on, June 14-22, 160-6M CW, SSB, RTTY and BPSK.

For the World Championships of Parachuting which will take place on the
Salmagne airfield, near Maubeuge,( North France), from 9 till 14 August
2008, the OM of the Bassin de la Sambre, leaded by Paul, F0FND, will
activate the special callsign TM0WPC. This special callsign, will be
used 14 days from 3 till 17 August. 160 to 2m in CW, SSB and digitals.
QSL via F5KEB (ARAN 59)

OVMRC is Activating The Champlain Trail in 2008
The first activation will take place at the Champlain Look Out in
Gatineau Park on Sunday, June 1st, 2008. HF, VHF, UHF, in CW, SSB, PSK31,
on 20 and 40m. Also, IRLP. Look for us on APRS. In France, the Charente
maritime Hams (REF-Union 17) in connection with the OVMRC will activate
TM4OO , between June 1st to 15th

C6APR, will be operating 80- 6 meters from July 23rd late afternoon
through July 27th late evening. LATEST NEWS de Neon, N8OFS, dated
2008-05-29: I would add once we get a run going we will probably move
between 50.110 and 50.125. Also all QSLs to K3IXD.

Tnx a lot for all incoming news and info. Above news will be from
following SOURCES: USERs of the MMMonVHF VHF-DX-Portal, IOTA-, SOTA-,
ARRL-, RSGB-, UKSMG, 4M5DX-News, EA6VQ-VHF and up DX news page, DX-MB,
SM7AED 50 MHz Notes, F5NQL-DX-News, 425 DX News, UBA-Traffic-News,
OZ6OMs The Daily DX, RA3AQs The Russian VHF Portal, REF-Bulletin, N8OFS,
Radioamateur.ORG, OPDX, ADXO, ICPO by NG3K, DX-Cal, RAFARS, The Mining
Project, The 4m Forum and info we did find at ON4KST-, EA-V-U-SHF- and
N0UK-Chats and many other sources…
WE DO NEED YOUR HELP! If you see, or hear, or work yourself an
expedition, which is NOT (or is WRONG) at our MMMonVHF VHF-DX-Portal
PLEASE drop us an info using: http://www.mmmonvhf.de/newsuser.php
or pass us a mail! The MMM-Team is trying to spread expedition infos as
up to date and good as possible. We are NOT responceable for . . .
Read more in detail at our MMMonVHF-POLICY if need…

Have a lot of fun and enjoy our VHF-DX-Portal http://www.MMMonVHF.de!

73 de Guido “Guy” DL8EBW
on behalf of the MMMonVHF-Team
(DG2KBC DK3XT DK5EW DK5YA HA5CRX IV3NDC OZ1LPR PA2DW PA3BIY & PA4EME)

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