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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 913

June 22, 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, N3CR, NG3K, WP3GW, N4AA &
QRZ DX, K8YSE, A35RK, DK8JB, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, DX World of
Ham Radio Web Site, F5NQL & UFT, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MOV,
IZ0FKE, OK2BOB, Pete’s-DX-Newsdesk, PT7WA, RSGB IOTA Web Site, 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, 14th-June, through Sunday, 21st-June there were 215
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S,
4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5N, 5T, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K,
9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6,
CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6,
EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO,
FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI,
HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J8, 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, PY0F,
PZ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T32, T7, TA, TF, TG,
TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5,
V6, V8, VE, VK, VP2M, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YL,
YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, 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).

3B8, MAURITIUS (AF-049). Luc, I3LDP, will be active from here between
June 29th and July 11th. The callsign was not provided. Activity will
be on the HF bands and 6 meters using CW and SSB. His equipment will
be an Icom IC-7000, a vertical for 40-10m and a vertical dipole for
6m. Grid Loc. is LG89vt. QSL via his home callsign. ADDED NOTE: Luc
plans to look for a good location for an EME operation next year (2010).

6M REPORT (Hearing 6m DX): [edited] “Greetings — After I predicted the
6m summer Sporatic E’s season to begin on 7th June 2009, it appears the
season has started in FN20 as of 10th June 2009, for the low power
operators. At 8pm I was working EM 26-40-46-70 in La, Al, and Fl, with
100 watts and a thrown up 2 element Quad. On June 11th, I was hearing
Costa Rica and Fla. On June 12th, at 6pm I was working YV4, HI3, PJ2,
and Fla with many strong signals on the band. On June 15th, I was working
into W1 land FN30, FN31 and FN41 at the end of the VHF contest. On June
16th, at 4pm I began working Fla and Ala along with J39BS Grenada, ON4IQ,
HI3TEJ, VP2M and WP4 stations, all with S9 signals into FN20. On Thursday,
18th June, at 3pm I began working into EM 32-63-64-74-82-94-95….AL, GA,
NC and SC. The band started out short to SC, NC and TN. It opened up with
many stations and strong signals into Fla. I even worked a couple mobiles
with loops on the roof and a few stations using Halos. For the early risers
on Saturday 20th June 2009, as this is being written, I worked into Europe
after 7am with stations CN8LI, CT3FQ Madeira Island and CT3KU/p. EA’s,
CU1EZ, CN8SG, and CT3DZ were also heard or worked up until about 1230z.
All this with 2 elements hanging on my 2 element tribander boom!! And
the season has just begun!! I have a 4 element 6m Quad being built so I
can be heard a little better. 6m openings have been very thin in FN20
and this has brought out all the operators finding 6m on their new radios.
I had worked several halos, dipoles, and ground plane stations with the
band open. The real jewel during Sporatic E season is Bermuda….that
little dot in the middle of the Atlantic. I can’t wait to work Ed in
Bermuda, VP9GE. It is a great thing to hear so many new DX stations on
six meters. With relaxed regulations on power and antennas, I expect we
will hear many more stations working into the U.S. at the bottom of the
sunspot cycle with one small spot showing and no C class or better solar
flares to report. For size and performance, I don’t think you can beat
the Quad loop or beam. I also use a 6 element yagi pointed towards Florida
and get similar reports with just 2 elements. Four elements will just
make things easier for me. Thanks for producing the propagation and
DX reports. They are well read at this location….”
Yours truly,
Larry Lilly Sr. N3CR
Lehighton, Pa FN20dv

8Q, MALDIVES. By the time you read this, Vlad, RA9LR, should will be
active as 8Q7LR from Hudhuranfushi Island, North Male Atoll (AS-013),
until July 2nd. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, mainly Digital but
with some SSB. He will be use 100 watts into a DX-88 eight band vertical.
QSL via RA9LR, direct or by the Bureau.

A35, TONGA (Update). Paul, A35RK, on Wednesday, June 17th, informed
OPDX that lots is happening in Tonga for him. He told us that “A35RK
is moving to a new QTH. On December 1st, the whole family is moving
to Vava’u (OC-064).” He will be departing Vava’u on June 27th, and
between then and December 1st, Paul will be moving back and forth
between the island groups. Paul adds, “I will get my yagi antennas
up in Vava’u ASAP, but no firm date commitment is possible. In the
meantime, it will be 100w to a G5RV, whenever I am actually in Vava’u.
I will drop the A35RK/p callsign and revert to the straight A35RK,
as soon as I make an official change-of-address notification to the
radio licensing authority. What all that means is that A35RK (OC-169)
is essentially QRT because the first shipment to Vava’u will include
all of my radio gear and all of my tools. It is highly unlikely that
I will do any more operating from Ha’apai.” Paul states that he has
made 80,000+ QSOs from there over the past 13 years, and this should
be enough to satisfy the IOTA crowd.” Bob, W7TSQ, will remain his
manager, and he will modify Paul’s QSL cards to indicate IOTA OC-064.
Future LoTW logs will likewise be modified, as will QRZ.com info as
soon as the move is official. On a personal level, Paul states, “This
is a big move ‘up’ for us. The whole family is looking forward to the
improved living conditions in Vava’u (ie, better schools for the kids,
better telecom and shipping connections, better ’shopping’, reliable
mains power, etc.). Please wish us luck in this new endeavor.” OPDX
wishes Paul the best of luck in his new QTH.
ANOTHER UPDATE FROM PAUL: “It’s official: my A35RK license address has
been changed by the Radio Licensing Officer. I will stop signing A35RK/p
immediately. All contacts with A35RK, beginning 0001z, June 18th, 2009,
will be from Vava’u Island, IOTA OC-064, grid square AH31ai. A35RK from
Ha’apai, IOTA OC-169 is QRT.”

CT8, AZORES. Operators Jan/DL7JAN and Egon/DL2IX will be active as
CT8/homecall from Faial Island (EU-175) between August 21-31st. Activity
will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their homecall,
by the bureau or direct.

CY0, SABLE ISLAND (Update). The following was received by John, K1XN,
author of the GoList, from Randy, N0TG (edited): “A challenge for us is to
keep the weight allowance under control. The charter aircraft limits us
to 1400 pounds total weight. That includes body weight for the team (3),
personal items, equipment, antennas, computers, food, EVERYTHING. The
weight creeps upward pretty fast and must be watched carefully. It looks
like the low bands will still be very productive ones as Cycle 24 lingers.
I personally am pleased and excited to have the Battle Creek Special going
with us. There seems to be lots of interest on 160 by the EU’s and others
as well. One thing that we are ‘not’ is experienced RTTY operators. However,
the recent few weeks we have equipped our stations with the necessary
computer interface, software, etc. and are becoming a bit more enlightend
on RTTY operation. We’ve made a number of contacts and are pleased to have
this set up and ready. NCDXF in particular encouraged us to include RTTY.
Web traffic continues to increase from world-wide QTH’s. Certainly, we know
CY0 not one of the most rare spots..but it does look like many are looking
for it to fill in a mode/band combo, and hopefully it’ll be an interesting
event and promote activity for our wonderful hobby. Thanks..we appreciate
the support; we can’t express that enough!! We look forward to working
you. www.CY0dxpedition.com
73, Randy - N0TG/CY0 and team (Murray-WA4DAN, Ron-AA4VK)”

D44, CAPE VERDE. Michel, HB9BOI, is now active as D44TOI from Sal Island
(AF-086) until June 30th. Activity over the past weekend as been mainly
20 meters SSB (around 14260 kHz), and some 17 meter SSB. QSL via his home
callsign.

DU, PHILIPPINES. Gerard, F2JD, will stay in the Philippines for the next
five months and hopes to get his DU1/G0SHN licence extended. While there
he plans to activate some IOTA islands during his stay. QSLs direct or
via the REF Bureau to F6AJA.

DXCC NEWS (DXCC Annual List Questions). Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL Awards
Manager, explains this week on the “ARRL’s Century Club Awards Weblog”
questions that the
DXCC has been receiving pertaining to the DXCC Annual listings. If you
were wondering why your award totals were not listed, please read the
info on the above Web page before contacting the DXCC.

FT/G, GLORIOSO ISLAND. As this bulletin was being prepared, there were
no new developments announced this past week. The 2009 Glorioso FT5GA
operation still seems to be on track and scheduled for July 9-28th.

GB2, ENGLAND (Special Event). Look for special event callsign GB2RI to
be used from the “National Exhibition Centre” in Birmingham, England,
during the 100th Rotary International Convention, between June 21-24th
(0700-1700z daily). Kenwood Radio of the UK, has supplied a 200 watt
transceiver, and the local Withall ARC are providing a 100 ft. tower
topped with a 3 element yagi. Activity will be on 80-10 meters. USA
stations are suggested to watch 14293 kHz. QSL direct or by the RSGB
to G3LUW.

HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Fred/DL5YM and his XYL Tina/DL5YL will once again be
in Masescha and will be hiking here during the daytime hours between now
and July 2nd. During the nighttime hours they will be active on CW signing
HB0/homecall on all bands. They may also be active on RTTY, if they add
an interface to their IC-725 and a 40m wire to their equipment.

IOTA NEWS………………..
AS-047. Operators Mitsu/7N4AGB, Hase/JK1EBA, Shoji/JJ1JGI, JA1XEQ and
Nakayama/JA1KJW will be active as homecall/6 from Kita-Daito
Island (JIIA AS-047-001, WLOTA 0928), JA6 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 calls, direct or Bureau.

AS-159. Ozer, TA2RC, will be active as YM0T from Kefken Island during
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/
Mixed/24H/Low-Power entry. QSL via TA2RC.

EU-034. Operators Harald/ES1LS, Arvo/ES1QV, Juri/ES2EZ, Toivo/ES2DJ
and Mati/ES2QN will be active as ES0U from Saaremaa Island,
Estonia, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via
the Bureau.

EU-048. Members of the French Sevran F5KKD ARC will be active as F5KKD/p
from Belle Ile Island (DIFM AT-015, WLOTA 0078, DPF 06) between
September 11-14th. Activity will be on the HF, VHF and UHF bands.
Operators mentioned are: David/F4FDA, Mickael/F4FFZ and Bastien/
F4EYQ. QSL via the Bureau. Visit their Web page at:
iota2009.crxcluster.com

EU-049. Operators Cuagn/OK2BOB and Vilem/OK2BC will be active as
SV8/homecall/p from Lesvos Island (Lesbos, Mytilini) between
0700z, June 22nd and 0400z, July 2nd. From Grid Loc. KM39,
activity will be on all bands using CW and SSB (Primary bands
are 40/30/20/17 meters). Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 1833, 3511, 7011, 7018, 10108, 10114, 10118, 14018,
14040, 18078, 18088, 21018, 24908, 24912, 28018, 28033,
and 50090-50097 kHz (+/- QRM)
SSB - 3773, 3795, 7055, 7088, 14255-14270, 18155, 21255,
24955, 28485 and 50125-50135 kHz (+/- QRM)
QSL via their home callsigns.

EU-064. Jan, ON7JA, will be active as F/ON7JA from Ile de Noirmoutier
(DIFM AT-020, WLOTA 1224), July 25-27th. Activity will include
an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via his
home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. PLEASE NO eQSL!

EU-068. Members of the French Sevran F5KKD ARC will be active as F5KKD/p
from Sein Island (DIFM AT007, WLOTA 2721, DPF 06) between July
24-27th. Activity will be on the HF, VHF and UHF bands, as
well as an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th).
Operators mentioned are: David/F4FDA, Mickael/F4FFZ and Bastien/
F4EYQ. QSL via the Bureau. Visit their Web page at:
iota2009.crxcluster.com

EU-123. Iain, MM0TFU, will be active as MM0TFU/P from Blackwaterfoot,
Isle of Arran (IOSA CL01, SCOTIA CS14), Scotland, between
July 24-27th. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 25-26th). Outside the contest he will be active on
all HF bands plus 6 meters (Grid IO75IM). QSL via his home
callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-130. Matteo, IV3YNB, will once again be active as IV3YNB/p from
Grado Island (IIA GO-001, MIA MI-039) between June 27th and
July 11th. His activity will be QRP on CW and BPSK31 on as
many bands as possible, randomly during the daytime. QSL via
his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct (”free, don’t send
money”). Look for more info on his Web site at:
iv3ynb.splinder.com/

NA-137. Mark, KO1U, will be active from Cousins Island (USI ME041S,
Cumberland county), Maine, between 1000z, July 25th and
2300z, July 26th. He also plans to activate Little John
Island (Also NA-137 and Cumberland county, but USI ME065S)
during the same day. Mark will use verticals for 80-10m,
and a 3 element yagi on 6 meters with 100 watts. Look for
activity on or near the IOTA frequencies with his focus
mainly on the RSGB IOTA Contest either on CW or SSB. QSL
via his home callsign.

EU-149. Operators Alan/G0RCI, Pete/M0USY, Harry/G7DEH, Alan/G4VUA
and Brian/M0JNC will be active as GB0YG from Holy Island
(Ynys Gybi), Wales, between June 24-29th. Activity will be on
the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL direct only to G0RCI.

EU-170. Jernej, S59KM, will be active as 9A/S59KM from Ugljan Island
(ACIA IC-339, CIA-53, IOCA CI-134, MIA MC-441) between June
25th and July 2nd. Activity will be on 60/40/20/15/10/6/2
meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct
or by the Bureau.

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), Nova Scotia, between July 23-26th. Activity will
include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via K8MCN,
direct or by the Bureau.

NA-099. Members of the Fajardo Amateur DX Club, KP4DXC, will be active
from Culebra Island (USI PR002, WLOTA 0549), between 1500z,
June 26th and 2300z, June 28th. The group will use basic radio
equipment for this operation such as basic antennas like
dipoles and home brewed Buddistick antennas for 40-6 meters
and also a vertical for 80m. Jose, KP4VP, will be one of the
operators and expects to operate mostly CW and Digital modes.
QSL via KP4VP or KP4DXC, direct or by the Bureau. Look for
more information and their operating frequencies at:
kp4dxc.tripod.com

SA-048. Members of the 4M5DX Group will be active as YW5P from Patos
Island sometime in July (no official dates were given).
Activity will be on all bands and modes. Look for updates on:
www.yw5p.4m5dx.info

IS0, SARDINIA (EU-024). Flaviano, I2MOV, informs OPDX that he will depart
for Sardinia on July 20th, and will be active for about two months as
IS0/I2MOV. His QTH will be Dolianova 20km north from Cagliari. His Grid
Locator is JM49OJ. He will mainly be active on CW using an IC706MKIIG
and a vertical antenna for 7 bands (40/30/20/17/15/12/10m). He will also
be active on 6 meters, mainly in CW, using a home-made dipole. QSL via
his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct. Visit his Web pages at:
i2mov.too.it –or– www.webalice.it/flav_i2mov

KH4, MIDWAY ISLAND (Update). Co-leaders Tom/N4XP and Dave/WB4JTT have
posted the following press release (Number 4 — dated June 16th)(edited):
“Planning and arrangements have now become happenings. Equipment and
loaner gear is being shipped or staged for shipment later. We have added
three new operators to the team, James/9V1YC, Arnie/N6HC and Tom/ND2T.
With these three additions come years of experience and only add to the
overall team experience now in place. The makeup of the team is as follows:
KH7U, W8GEX, W8CAA, W6OSP, N4XP, N1DG, AA4NN, W6KK, N7CQQ, DJ9ZB, N4PN,
WA7NB, EA1IR, K9CT, WB4JTT, ND2T, N6HC, and 9V1YC. This month we are
highlighting three more team members. You can read all their history under
‘Meet the ops part III’ at: www.midway2009.com/meettheops3.html
Many of the team members were at Dayton and took advantage of being
together by conducting their first meeting as a group. They also enjoyed
meeting the DXers that are always in attendance. We are still accepting
contributions and all donations received are greatly appreciated. Remember,
contributing is easy and fast and can be forwarded several ways. You can
visit the Web site and use Pay Pal or a credit card
or by the U.S. Mail. All contributions are noted on the Web site and
depending on the level of support will be noted on the DXpedition QSL.
And the Midway Store is always open and available for your purchase of
Midway souvenirs. Our Web site also now shows take-offs to numerous areas
around the world. Take a look at these and see your direction.” Remember,
this DXpedition is scheduled for October 9-19th.

OY, FAROE ISLANDS. Polish operators Mek/SP7VC and Janusz/SP6IXF will be
active as OY/homecall between August 10-16th. Activity will be on 160-6
meters SSB and 2m (Random 144355.0 MHz) meteorscatter FSK441 during the
Perseid meteor shower. Operations will be from the IP61 grid square.
They plan to have amps for every band and will be using the following
antenna system: HF - Spiderbeam, R-7 and INV-L for 160-80m + beverages
2m - A 2M5WL yagi
6m - 6 element yagi
QSL via their home callsigns.

PA123, NETHERLANDS (Special Event). Members from the Dutch R31 M/N Limburg
will be active as PA123OLS from St. Sebastianus, Neer, between June 29th
and July 12th. Activity is taking place during a (123) Dutch/Belgium
historical event. The suffix “OLS” stands for “Oud Limburgs Schuttersfeest”,
an annual shooting match between 160 shooting clubs (citizen force) from
the Dutch and Belgium provinces of Limburg. The team of Neer won last
year, so the event will takes place in Neer. Look for operations on CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK with activity on all bands. QSL via PE1NCP, direct or
by the Bureau.

PH100, NETHERLANDS (Special Event). Members of the Vereniging voor
Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek (VERON - Section 54 - PI4ETL) will be
active as PH100EL between now and July 12th. Activity is to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of aviation in the Netherlands by pioneer Count
Charles de Lambert. QSL via PD0PVQ. A special award is available (100
Years of Aviation in Etten-Leur) with mode endorsements. See details
on QRZ.com.

PX8/ZX8, BRAZIL (IOTA and LH Ops). Operators Orlando/PT2OP and Jurandir/
PT2TJ plan to activate the following islands and lighthouses during the
first part of July:
July 3-8th: Requested callsign PX8M; Lighthouse of Sao Joao (WLOTA
LH-213, ARLHS BRA-093) on the Island of Maiau (DFB MA-01,
IOTA SA-041), in the State of Maranhao; Grid Locator: GI78nr
July 8-11th: Requested callsign ZX8A; Lighthouse of Aracagi (ARLHS
BRA-005) on the Island of Sao Luis (DFB MA-07, IOTA SA-016,
DIB MA-01), in the State of Maranhao; Grid Locator: GI77wn
QSL information was not provided.

QSL INFO AND NEWS…………………
QSLS VIA LOTW: H44MY and OD5/OK1MU

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5T5DC, 7Z1UG, C91TX, CE0Y/9A4X, CE0Y/LA6IKA,
FO/N6JA, FW5RE, HC8/UX0HX, HH7/N3BNA, HI9/EA3WL, J75KG, K5D, N3DXX/6Y5,
OX3MC, OZ8ABE, PS0F, S04R, ST2EB, T31DX, T32YY, TA2RC, TO2T, TO3R,
TO5FJ, VP2V/NY6X, VP2V/SP3IPB, VX1RNS/p and YJ0KS

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4O60BH, 4X1IM, CT1ETX, CU3EJ, DA0HQ, DF0HQ,
DL0DG, DU67RG, EA9/EA7RU, ES1QD/5, FS/K1XM, HB9HQ, HH2FYD, IQ5FI, IR6D,
IR9K, IR9MDC, IZ1MHV, K0TV, K4ZW, KG9N, KP4ED, LZ5Z, LZ9W, NU1AW, OH1JO,
OH3OJ, P49Y, PJ2/DL8OBQ, PY5EG, RA6GW, RI1GK, RK3SWB, RK6CM, RU3VD,
RU9AC, RZ1OA/1, RZ9HWA, SP2PHA/2, SV2/YO3JW/P, SV2BS, T93J, TU5JM, UA9BA,
UE1OTA, UE1OTA/1, UE3EDA/1, UE6LHT, VC3J, VE3SY, W4RM, WU3A and XT2SE

SV5, DODECANESE. George, K4IIO/GM0IIO, will be active as SV5/GM0IIO from
the Island of Rhodes (EU-001) between July 1-8th. Activity will be on 20
meters CW/SSB using a FT-857D w/100 watts into a 20m Par Electronics
End-Fedz. Watch 14025 and 14305 kHz. QSL via GM0IIO.

TY, BENIN (Update). In close cooperation between the DAGOE Foundation,
Mercy Ships and 5 Dutch radio amateurs, a new DXpedition to Benin is on
its way. The special event callsign of the “Benin 2009 Radio Expedition”
will be TY1MS which will take place between October 10-27th. Operators
mentioned are Ad/PA8AD, Arie/PA3AN, Henk/PA3AWW and Bas/PD0CAV. As
mentioned earlier, the team will also participate in the 2009 CQWW DX
SSB Contest (October 24-25th). QSL Manager is PA3AWW (direct or by the
Bureau). An online QSL REQUEST service will be available. PLEASE NOTE:
QSL cards that are requested via direct mail or InterNet, will be shipped
around Christmas 2009. The main purpose of this DXpedition is to raise
funds for a Mercy Ships project in Benin, provide help to the charity
project and activate Benin on HF. Look for more details about the TY1MS
DXpedition, the project and Mercy Ships at: www.benin2009.com

TO8, ST. BARTHELEMY. Operators Ruediger/DK8YY and Ingolf/DL4JS will be
active as TO8YY between June 29th and July 7th. Activity will be on
160-10 meters with an emphasis on the lower bands (160/80m). QSL via
DH7WW. Once active, check for updates on the ON4KST chat page at:
www.on4kst.com/chat/start.php

VP2V, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. Operators Art/N3DXX and Steve/KN5H will
be active as VP2V/KN5H from Tortola during the CQWW DX SSB Contest
(October 24-25th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via KN5H. Look for CW
and RTTY activity before the contest.

YW0, AVES ISLAND. On the YW0A Web page, it was announced that this
DXpedition has been rescheduled due to the hurricane season over the
Caribbean Sea. No dates were announced. For updates, watch:
yw0a.4m5dx.info/home.html

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gamybos vejo malunelius QRM sukelti dirvoje. Jie buvo
specialiai blogai centruoti (net kotas drebedavo) ir dar ant
koto skardine konservu pasmeigta. Tokiu maluneliu padare
5…6 ir ismeige kas keli metrai i viena eile. Po poros
dienu ta eile perkele toliau. Ir taip isvare kurmius is sodo
ir is darzo.
Tik tada mes nezinojom, kad galima padaryti vertikalius
malunus, kuriem nereikia uodegos ir vejo kryptis nesvarbi.

Gal galima statyti viena varikliuka su iscentriku, o garsa
nuvesti i kitus kuoliukus per istempta viela. Svarbu QRM’us
sukelti. Ne visada yra vejas
—
Remigijus, LY2BDI
>>>>
Antras metodas. Pas vokiecius yra tokie strypai, kalami i
zeme - jame varikliukas su iscentriku, uzsitaiso D keturiuom
baterijom. Jis karts nuo karto isijungia ir “pabarska”. Po
2-3 savaiciu kurmiams dingsta kantrybe ir jie dingsta. Mazas
veikimo plotas - tik apie 1 aras. Ju reikia daug. Vaziuosi i
vokiecius - CONRAD paruotuvese ivairiu yra.
Arba statai 27m vertikala, jis tau tiek vibruos netgi ir
ramiu oru (girdesi “zvimbima”), kad kurmiu evakuacija bus
didesne nei lietuvaiciu i Airija 2004 metais.

Uz pirma metoda atsako mano XYL - profesionali aplinkos
prieziuros specialiste. Antra metoda isbandes pats

Dainius
ly4oo

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Yra du metodai - SS (cheminiai) ir psichologiniai (Guantanamo). Spastus gali pamirst.
Pirmas metodas. I iskastus urvus ipili dyzelino (ne benzino!). Salia geriau nerukyti. Arba ant savo BMW duslintuvo uzmauni slanga, slanga ikisi i urva, uzvedi varikli ir eini sudalyvau kokiam nors konteste (bmw pasizymi ypac “mazu” CO isskyrimu, tik puikiai). Tik rankini stabdi uztrauki, kad kurmiai nenuvaziuotu Jokie “parduotuviniai” nuodai nepadejo ir nepades.
Antras metodas. Pas vokiecius yra tokie strypai, kalami i zeme - jame varikliukas su iscentriku, uzsitaiso D keturiuom baterijom. Jis karts nuo karto isijungia ir “pabarska”. Po 2-3 savaiciu kurmiams dingsta kantrybe ir jie dingsta. Mazas veikimo plotas - tik apie 1 aras. Ju reikia daug. Vaziuosi i vokiecius - CONRAD paruotuvese ivairiu yra.
Arba statai 27m vertikala, jis tau tiek vibruos netgi ir ramiu oru (girdesi “zvimbima”), kad kurmiu evakuacija bus didesne nei lietuvaiciu i Airija 2004 metais.

Uz pirma metoda atsako mano XYL - profesionali aplinkos prieziuros specialiste. Antra metoda isbandes pats

Dainius
ly4oo

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Puslapiai su šiais žodžiais: Lietuva, XYL, konteste

Rimtai gera ideja, galima ir SSB ir CW pravest varzybas,pastarajam reik
turet gera TONA…
Reiks paskambint rengejam…
Ale kaip SSTV suorganizuot…. cia jau gal be YL ir XYL neapsieisim…:)

LY2BFV Vitas 73,
Subject: Re: Patent Pending

Smagiau b�t� �vilpukai. Po WRTC 2006 baigiantis vakarienei buvo paduota
�vilpuk�. Visa sal� skamb�jo ma�daug kaip realus eteris.

73 Jurgis LY9Y

Sveikciai.Kilo NAUJA IDEJA: hamfeste surengi akivaizdines telegrafo varzybas
DAUZANT SAUKSTAIS I SKIRTINGO DIEMETRO PUODUS. Skirtingo diametro puodai
leis skirtingo tono garsus .Nereikes rekauti visu balsu, nuo ko pakyla
kraujaspudis.

Kas uz?Galima jau dabar pradeti treniruotis.Ypac isaugs CW autoritetas
Pasaulio mastu.NEUZMIRSKIT KAD TAI MANO PATENTAS,reiks leidimo !

Tikiose kad hamfeste vienas is rengeju gales siuo metodu kontetuotis
dauzydamas samciu i artimos banycios varpus.

7ss! Romas ly2pa ish w9
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Puiku.
Kaip stendo organizatorius ketinu gauti �iek tiek “ausvaisu” ir por�
parkavimo biliet�.
Jei kas sutiks pabud�ti prie stendo bent 6 val., duosim por� nemokam�
leidim� ir parkavimo viet� (prie parodos). Registruotis i� anksto.

73! Antanas LY1DL

—–Original Message—–
From: radio-bounces+antanas=carlbro[taskas]lt[kringelis]konferencijos[taskas]lt
[mailto:radio-bounces+antanas=carlbro[taskas]lt[kringelis]konferencijos[taskas]lt] On Behalf Of
Dainius
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:10 PM
To: radio[kringelis]konferencijos[taskas]lt
Subject: Re: LRMD Friedrichshafene

<Kiek �inau, i� LY vyks ma�iausiai 3 ekipa�ai.
<73! Antanas LY1DL

Dziugu girdet!
Mano ekipazas sudarytas is manes, XYL ir dvieju QRM’u irgi vyks i DL puse,
tik marsrutas ispletotas per visokius heide parkus, moselio slenius ir
legolandus….
Busiu ten penktadieni 26, tai ir susimatysim.

Dainius
ly4oo

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Informacija paskelbta Radio konferencijoje TNX LY2BNF

Puslapiai su šiais žodžiais: ly1dl, QRM, LRMD, XYL

<Kiek �inau, i� LY vyks ma�iausiai 3 ekipa�ai.
<73! Antanas LY1DL

Dziugu girdet!
Mano ekipazas sudarytas is manes, XYL ir dvieju QRM’u irgi vyks i DL puse, tik marsrutas ispletotas per visokius heide parkus, moselio slenius ir legolandus….
Busiu ten penktadieni 26, tai ir susimatysim.

Dainius
ly4oo

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Puslapiai su šiais žodžiais: ly1dl, LRMD, QRM, XYL

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 909

May 25, 2009
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q, KP2HC, N2YO, W2VU, NG3K, N4AA &
QRZ DX, WT4M, W5UE, K8YSE, N8OFS, K0DEQ, W0SD, 4J5T, A35RK, DK8JB, DL7MAE
& The DX News Letter, DX World of Ham Radio Web Site, EA5FL, F5NQL & UFT,
G3NKC, HA5X, HARDXA, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IK4RUX, OE1ZKC, OK1MU,
PA1H, Pete’s-DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE1DHD, VE3DZ,
VE9NC, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) and VK4FW for the following DX information.

** SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR (By KB8NW): The Dayton HamVention was again
another enjoyable event for DXers and Contester. There seems to be more
activities for DXers/Contesters this year than in past years. The DX and
Contest suites, as well as the Contest University (CTU), and both the DX
and Contest Dinner Banquets were really busy and well attended. If you
have not heard, the SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) presented two
(not the usual one) “DXpedition of the Year” awards to: K5D Desecheo
Island DXpedition (2009) and the VK9DWX Willis Island DXpedition (2008).
By the way, both operations presented excellent presentations during the
SWODXA DX Forum at the convention. There were other presentations during
the SWODXA DX Forum (E44M Palestine DXpedition and K5LBU’s African DX
Safaris) and all were excellent programs. Just one last thing about Dayton,
thanks to all who attended the NODXA Hospitality Suite. It was great
meeting everyone and it seems NODXA will be having the suite again next
year. Hope to see you there next year.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Friday, 15th-May, through Friday, 22nd-May there were 210 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I,
4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q,
9V, 9X, 9Y, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN,
CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP,
ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ,
GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2,
J3, J6, J8, 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, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY,
OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9,
T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP8, VP9,
VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB,
ZC4, ZD7, ZF, ZK2, ZK3, 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).

3V8, TUNISIA. Alex, GM0DHZ, who was active from the “Radio Club Station
of Tunisian Scouts” in Sousse between January 15th-February 6th and
November 27th-December 18th in 2007, informs OPDX that he is expected
to go back late this year. Operations from 3V8-land is not definite.
Stay tuned!

4J/4K, AZERBAIJAN. Members of the Federation of Radio Sports of Azerbaijan
plan to undertake a DXpedition into the Nagorno Karabakh area (4J/4K)
between May 28th and June 1st. The team will use the callsigns 4K3K and
4J0K. The DXpedition is timed to be an entry in the CQWW WPX CW Contest
(May 30-31st). Please be aware that the mentioned callsigns are only legal
to operate in the assigned Nagorno Karabakh area. No other callsigns are
issued for the named territory by the Ministry of Communication of
Azerbaijan. Any other callsigns are considered illegal. The QSL Manager
for this DXpedition is RW6HS.

4L, GEORGIA. Vaho, 4L8A, will be active during the CQWW WPX CW Contest
(May 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/High-Power entry. QSL via
K1BV, by the Bureau or direct.

4U1W/4U30, AUSTRIA (Special Event). The Vienna International Amateur
Radio Club station, 4U1VIC, will be active using the following special
event callsigns as follows:
4U1WED - During June to celebrate World Environment Day
4U30VIC - Between July and December to celebrate the Vienna Inter-
national Centre’s (UN building in Vienna) 30th anniversary.
QSL via 4U1VIC: Amateur Radio Club, Vienna International Centre,
P.O. Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, AUSTRIA.
PLEASE NOTE: For DXCC purpose, all (including 4U1VIC) counts as Austria
(OE).

5H2, TANZANIA. Win, DK9IP/KH7CD, will be active as 5H2WK from Arusha
between May 28th and June 5th. Activity will be a holiday style, so his
operations will be limited. However, Win will try to be active during
the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 30-31st). QSL via DK9IP.

6W, SENEGAL. Al, F5VHJ, will be active as 6W1RY during the CQ WW WPX CW
Contest (May 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via
F5VHJ.

7X, ALGERIA (Update/Special Event Callsign Change/Ham Meet). Members of
the Algerian Radio Amateur Association (A.R.A) and Djelfa Radio Club
(7X2VFK) will activate the special event callsign 7U2ISM during the
International Algerian Sahara HAM Meeting (June 15-21st). A number of
stations will be on the air on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB with some
sporadic RTTY and BPSK. A special diploma will be issued instead of a
QSL card. QSL via 7X2DD. To see the diploma and other info, visit:
www.qrz.com/db/7U2ISM

8Q, MALDIVES. Giulio, IW3HVB, will be active as 8Q7GP from Ari Atoll
between May 27th and June 4th. Activity will be mainly 40/30/20 meters
using SSB and PSK31. If the propagation is good, he will also try to
operate on 17/15/12/10 meters. Suggested frequencies are:
SSB - 7057, 14267, 18137, 21267, 24957 and 28567
PSK31 - 7036.2, 10139.2, 14070.2, 180109.2, 21070.2, 24927.2 and
28120.2 kHz
Giulio will use an Elecraft K3 w/100 watts and multiband vertical antenna
by I1UJX. QSL via IW3HVB, by the bureau or direct.

A3, TONGA (Update). Paul, A35RK, informed OPDX early last week that he
has been having big S-9+ power line noise problems. He states, “It was
bad while Dave, A35KL, was here, and it has gotten worse. The local power
company crew came out here yesterday (May 11th) and tightened up alot of
loose pole hardware and worked on a nearby transformer, but there was no
improvement. They said that they would come back again another day. Let’s
hope so. It’s truly a credit to the excellent noise reduction features
of the Elecraft K3 that I am making any contacts at all under these
conditions. I have been listening for EU contacts on 20/CW at about 0700z
everyday, but I haven’t had much luck. I will continue to try. Bad condx
have been generally poor. I will probably be extending my visit here until
mid-June. I’ll let you know of the exact cut-off date after I make return
reservations to Ha’apai. April and May logs will go to W7TSQ and LoTW on
June 1st. The June to-date log will go out on the day I leave here.”

AH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Hiromitsu, JR2SCJ, will be active as AH0AA from
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (OC-086) during the CQ WPX CW Contest
(May 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via JR2SCJ.

AN INTERVIEW WITH UA4WHX. Wolf, OE1WHC, of the “Documentary Archives Radio
Communication” in Austria, conducts an interesting 14 minute interview with
well-known DXpeditioner Vlad, UA4WHX, at:
www.dokufunk.org/amateur_radio/personalities/index……

CQ ANNOUNCES 2009 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES. The following was received while
your editor was attending the Dayton HamVention, and it was also announced
during the DX and Contest dinner banquets: “(Dayton, OH - May 15, 2009)
CQ magazine today announced its 2009 Hall of Fame inductees, welcoming
15 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, two new members of
the CQ DX Hall of Fame and one new member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether
licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur
radio; and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either
to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of
life on our planet. The 2008 inductees (listed alphabetically) are:
Baker, Bill, W1BKR - President Emeritus, WNET-TV (Thirteen), New York
PBS flagship station.
Barton, Loy - Developed class B plate modulation, primary method of
modulating tube transmitters for decades.
Bauer, Frank, KA3HDO - NASA Chief Engineer for Exploration Systems;
International Chairman, Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS), 1996-2009; AMSAT VP Human Space-
flight, 1991-2009.
Bridges, William, W6FA - Laser pioneer; developed first “noble gas”
lasers (argon, krypton, xenon) and the dominant modulation
system for feeding data into fiber-optic cables; Professor
Emeritus of Engineering at CalTech.
Fernandez Martin, Fernando, EA8AK - Member of the European Parliament,
representing Spain; former President of the Government
of the Canary Islands, former President of URE (Spanish
IARU organization).
Floyd, George, WA4DGA (SK) - Author of “Scratchi” column in CQ over four
decades. An engineer and executive at General Electric, he
also wrote the “Lighthouse Larry” column in GE employee
newsletters.
Haseltine, Eric, AB3DI - Former Associate Director of National Intelli-
gence for Science and Technology; former Director of
Research, National Security Agency; former Executive Vice
President of Research and Development, Walt Disney Companies.
Hollingsworth, Riley, K4ZDH - Former Special Counsel for Amateur Radio,
Federal Communications Commission. “Cleaned up” the ham
bands after 15 years of neglect by the FCC.
Kilby, Jack - Inventor of the integrated circuit, which revolutionized
electronics, including amateur radio equipment.
Krischke, Alois, DJ0TR - Prolific German author of antenna books.
Rothammels Antennenbuch, a 1000-page reference showing
virtually every amateur radio antenna ever designed, is
in its 12th edition.
Maxwell, Walt, W2DU - Antenna designer (specializing in spacecraft
communications) and author.
Miller, Lt. Gen. Thomas, K4IC (SK) - Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation,
USMC (1975-79) - in charge of all Marine Corps aviation;
“father” of short-takeoff & vertical landing (STOVL)
aviation in the USMC. Close friend of Sen. John Glenn;
quietly watched out for amateur radio interests on Capitol
Hill.
Morgan, Wilse, WX7P - Conducted first amateur radio license exam session
under the Volunteer Examiner program in 1984; helped get
VE program approved; also designed innovative antennas.
Parise, Ron, WA4SIR (SK) - Astronaut and active ham in space. First ham
to operate packet radio from space and pioneered “telebridge”
concept for making more frequent school-shuttle contacts
possible. Also helped develop Radio JOVE, educational
program for monitoring natural radio signals from Jupiter.
Whitehead, Clay, W6WW (SK) - First Director of the White House Office of
Telecommunications Policy in the 1970s; reshaped America’s
television landscape by bringing competition to the domestic
satellite market and making it feasible for cable companies
to distribute their own programming via satellite.

The CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame honor those amateurs who not only
excel in personal performance in these major areas of amateur radio
but who also “give back” to the hobby in outstanding ways.

The 2009 inductee to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame is:
The Rev. Paul Bittner, W0AIH - Paul’s contest station near Eau Claire,
Wisconsin, is known in Midwestern contesting circles
simply as “The Farm.” Spreading across 120 acres, Paul’s
farm grows a wide variety of antennas as well as regular
crops of new contesters. Paul constantly seeks out and
trains new contesters at his multi/multi station and
welcomes visiting hams from around the world. He was
nominated by the Minnesota Wireless Association.

The 2009 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are:
Neville Cheadle, G3NUG - Nominated by both the Chiltern
DX Club and the Southeastern DX Club, Neville this year
is celebrating his 50th anniversary in amateur radio.
During that time he has confirmed 366 DX countries and
nearly 1000 islands. As founder of the Five Star DX
Association, Neville has been instrumental in organizing
four major DXpeditions which have involved more than 90
hams from 14 different countries and have accounted for
over a half million radio contacts! Neville is also the
co-author of DXpeditioning Behind the Scenes, a handbook
for hams on planning, setting up and operating successful
DXpeditions.

Tom Harrell, N4XP - Tom has confirmed 361 DXCC entities, holds 9-band
DXCC, 5-band Worked All Zones and WPX awards for SSB, CW
and mixed-mode. Tom has also operated from 19 different
DXCC entities, including two DXpeditions on which he was
Team Leader and three on which he was co-Team Leader. Most
recently, he served as Director of Off-Island Support for
the BS7H operation from Scarborough Reef, providing regular
news reports for the DX community. Tom was nominated by
the German DX Foundation.

Formal inductions to the CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame were scheduled
for the contest and DX dinners, respectively, at the Dayton Hamvention.®”

E7, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. Operators Ranko/E70R, Vlado/E70T, Radomir/E74IW,
Zoka/E76C, Braco/E77DX and Rob/E77E will be active as E7DX during the
CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 30-31st) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via E77E.

GEOPARKS WEEKEND. Plenty of stations are expected to be active in the
Geoparks Communication Weekend May 23-24th. Geopark stations are suggested
to operate around or close to the following frequencies: 3680, 7080,
14180, 21180 and 28480 kHz. Several Geopark certificates and awards are
available. Just to mention a couple:
UK Geopark certificate: To qualify, working GB6GEO will be an instant
qualifier, or ANY two other Geopark stations (not including
GB6GEO).

YO (Romania) Geopark Award - The CS Silver Fox issued an award for all
who make 100 points working with GEO stations (each 20 points)
+ any station from HD county who give GEO after report
(ex. YO2ARV 579/GEO). They give 10 points. Award period is
between May 23rd and December 30th, 2009. For more info,
please E-mail: cssilverfox[kringelis]yahoo[taskas]com

HV, VATICAN. Members of Saronno ARI section will be active from HV5PUL,
the amateur radio station at the Pontifical Lateran University, on June
1st and 3-4th. Activity will be on the HF bands and 6 meters using CW,
SSB and RTTY. Operators mentioned are: Andrea/IZ2LSC, Giovanni/I2OGV,
Ivano/I2RFJ, Giuseppe/I2ZBX and Romeo/IK2DJV. QSL direct to:HV5PUL,
c/o Pontificia Universita Lateranense, 00120 Vatican City State.

IOTA NEWS………………………..
AS-098. A group of Turkish radio amateurs activated Karaada Island
in the Aegean Sea this past week between May 17-21st, using
the special callsign TC098A. Operators were Pavel/OK1MU
(TA2ZAF), Slavek/OK1TN, Franta/OK1DF (7X0RY), Zdenek/OK1FIA
and Onda/OK1CDJ. Activity took place on 40-10 meters and VHF
(locator KM36RX). QSL via OK2GZ, by the Bureau, direct or via
their Web page at: www.okdxf.eu/expedice/tc098a/en/

AS-137. Operators Rene/DL2JRM, Mee/BD4TQ, Meng/BD4TT (YL) and Dale/
BA4TB were expected to be active from Dayang Shan Island,
May 22-24th. Activity is to be on all bands using CW, SSB
and the Digi-modes. Operators will sign homecall/5. QSL via
their home callsigns.

EU-028. Mauri, IZ5OVP, will be active as IA5/IZ5OVP from Elba Island
(IIA LI001, MIA MI-022), May 24-25th. QSL via his home callsign,
by the Bureau or direct.

EU-042. Thomas, DH1TS, will be active as DH1TS/p from Amrum Island
between now and May 28th. QSL via his home callsign, bureau
is preferred.

EU-048. Thomas, DL5MO, will be active as F/DL5MO from Groix Island
(DIFM AT-012, WLOTA 0050) between June 29th and July 10th.
Activity will be holiday style with operations mainly on
40/30/20 meters. QSL via DL5MO, direct or by the Bureau.

EU-054. Operators Salvetti/IW2MZX, Andrea/IZ2AJE, Vincenzo/IZ2GLU and
Fabio/IZ2GMT will be active as IF9E from Levanzo Island (IIA
TP-009, MIA MI-050, WLOTA 1918), May 21-24th. Activity will
be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31.
QSL via IZ2GLU, direct and by the Bureau.

EU-078. Operators George/EC2ADN and Christian/EA3NT will be active
as EG3FI from Formigues Island, June 6-7th. This will be the
first activation of Formigues Island since this island was
added to the EU-078 group. Christian submitted all the necessary
documents to be added. QSL via EA3NT, direct or by the bureau.

EU-121. Operators Robert/GI0NCA, Rudo/OM5FM and Vlado/OM7CA will be
active as EI/homecall from Arranmore Island between May
25-29th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, RTTY and
SSB. Operations will take place from Arranmore lighthouse
(ARLHS IRE-002; WLOTA 1189) . QSL via their home callsign,
direct or by the Burea.

EU-122. Members of Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC (GM3YS/GM0ADX/GM7A) will
be active as GI3YS from Rathlin Island (WLOTA 0039), Northern
Ireland during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Operators
mentioned are: Allan/GM3OZB, Barry/GM3YEH, Steve/GM4OSS,
John/GM0DJG and Gordon/MM0BIM. QSL via MM0DHQ, Bureau is
preferred.

EU-155. Members of the Terre D’ Argine Radio Team (TDART) will activate
Scanno di Piallazza (IIA FE-001, Loc JN64ES) between May 31st
and June 1st. Operators will sign homecall/P4. The team includes
the following: Sergio/IK4JPR, Vanni/IK4RUX, Franco/IK4GLV,
Gianni/IZ4ISX and Giuseppe/IZ4CCO. Activity will be on 40-6
meters using CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsigns, direct
or by the ARI Bureau.

EU-172. Look for operators Harry/PA1H and Nico/PA7PA to be active
as OZ/homecall from Lango Island (FY-019 and NOT EU-029!!!)
between July 25th and August 1st. Lango Island belongs to
the Langeland Island group, and there is only one house on
the island. So it is a unique location situated in “The
Lindelse Nor”. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using SSB
and the Digi-modes. They also plan to be active during the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). There may also be some VHF
operations. QSL via their home callsign, by the bureau or
direct (QRZ.com addresses).

NA-127. Members of the Halifax Amateur Radio Club will be activating
Briar Island (CISA NS 011) as VE1FO/p between Friday evening
May 22nd through Sunday evening, May 24th. The team includes
six couples: Dick/VE1AI and Sandra, Scott/VE1QD and Sue,
Howard/VE1DHD and Jean, Gary/VE1RGB and Bev, Ken/VY2RU and Ella/
VE1PEI, and Frank/VE1FHW and Carol/VE1CBW. Activity will be
from the Brier Island Lodge on
80/40/30/20/17/15 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via VE1DHD,
by the Bureau or direct to: Howard Dickson, Halifax Amateur
Radio Club, PO Box 663, Halifax, N.S. B3J 3T3, CANADA. PLEASE
NOTE: QSLs outside USA and Canada, send one IRC, or 2 USDs.
QSLs from USA, do NOT send a SASE with a U.S. stamp on it!
You may send SASE with the proper amount of Canadian postage,
or 1 IRC or 1 USD. Cards without proper postage will be answered
via the bureau. EQSL.cc and bureau cards will be fully supported,
but they are not currently registered at eQSL.cc.

JT1/JT4, MONGOLIA (Update). A research team (Scott/KC0KHA, Dave, Gabor,
and Terry) is currently in JT-land on a Mongolian Vertebrate Parasite
Project (MVPP). The team has been assigned two club callsigns for two
different regions in Mongolia. While in Ulaanbaatar (and north of the
Gobi region), they will use the callsign JT1N. In the Gobi region they
will use the callsign JT4N. Their host in Ulaanbaatar is Naran, JT1BV.
It is recommend to watch 20 meters (14190 kHz after 1030z). At the end
of May, they will be doing field work in and around the Gobi Gurvan
Saikhan National Park in southern Mongolia through August. QSL via KC0KHA.
Read about their MVPP at: lamarck.unl.edu/mongolia/

KH4, MIDWAY ISLAND. Co-leaders Tom/N4XP and Dave/WB4JTT have posted the
following press release (Number 3 — dated May 13, 2009)(edited):
“Arrangements and plans are moving along without difficulty for the
scheduled operation date of October 9-19th, 2009. We would like to announce
the addition of three new members, Carlos/EA1IR, Craig/K9CT and Oscar/EA1DR
to the team. Carlos, Craig and Oscar come to us with DXpedition experience,
and we look forward to having them as members of the team.
Numerous equipment suppliers and manufacturers are on line with their
support. When you deal with these companies or individuals please take a
moment and thank them for providing support to not only this DXpedition but
to all DXpeditions. Currently Acom, Heil, Rig Expert, The Battle Creek
Group, WX0B, Cable Experts, ELLI Print, QRZ-DX, The Daily DX, IZ2KTZ,
W8AEF, and W6SZN are providing equipment or support of some type.
The team would like to thank NCDXF, The Colvin Award, Southwest Ohio
DX Association, The German DX Foundation, INDEXA, The Southeastern DX
Club, The Lone Star DX Association, The Danish DX Group and others for
their generous donations. You may also contribute, and we will appreciate
your support. Contributions can be forwarded several ways, via the
web site using Pay Pal, credit card or U.S. Mail.
All contributions are noted on the web site and depending on the level
of support will be noted on the DXpedition QSL.
Many of the team members will be at Dayton and look forward to seeing
you. Please say hello when you see a member sporting the Blue NCDXF T
shirt with the K4M call walking around.
Two additional official web site features announced last month - The
Midway Memorabilia Store and the DX poll are being well received. Take a
look at the poll and see where your needs stand in regard to the rest of
the DX world.
This month we are highlighting three more team members. You can read
all their history at (Meet the ops part II):
www.midway2009.com/meettheops2.html ”

KL7, ALASKA (IOTA/LH Op). Don, N6IC, will be heading north to visit his
family in Alaska and will be active as N6IC/KL7 from Douglas Island
(NA-041, USI AK-018S, WLOTA 3106) between now and May 30th. Look for
activity ONLY during the day. QSL via his home callsign.

KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Ann/KP2YL and Brian/KP2HC will be back on St.
Croix, June 1-30th. Listen for them doing CW and SSB on 160-6 meters.
June is 6m season in the Caribbean, and Brian will be monitoring that
band. St Croix is IOTA NA-016 and grid FK77. QSL direct ONLY (information
is available on QRZ.com).

LX, LUXEMBOURG. Operators Lars/DF1LON, Mike/DF3VM, Willfried/DF4PD,
Chris/DL7CS, Robin/K4VU and Philippe/LX2A will be active as LX7I during
the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 30-31st) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via LX2A.
Visit the following Web page at: www.lx2a.com

MJ, JERSEY (EU-013). Operators Babs/DL7AFS and Lot/DJ7ZG are now active
from here as MJ/homecall until May 27th. Activity is on 80-6 meters using
SSB, RTTY and PSK. Over the past week QSNs show heavy activity on 30/17/10
meters. QSL via bureau to DL7AFS. Their online logs as well as more info
can be found on their Web page at: www.qsl.net/dl7afs
ADDED NOTE: Look for them to be active as J79ZG from Dominica in October.

NEW OFFICERS FOR 2009-2010………….
Members of the French CW Society the Union
Francaise des Telegraphistes (UFT)
have elected the new officers for the year 2009-2010 as follows:
President : Vincent Ortega, F5MJV
Vice-President : Francis Fagon, F6ELU
Treasurer : Gerard Toussaint, F6ICG
Assistant Treasurer: Maurice Mathieu, F5IYU
Secretary : Bernard Irigoyen, F5HEW
Trustees : XYL Evelyne Terrail/F5RPB, XYL Claudine Declef/F5JER,
Frederic Bossu/F5INL, Jean-Claude Mercier/F6JOE and
Paolo Paravagna/F8ENY.

Members of the Strange Radio Team (SRT) have announced their new team:
Oreste, IZ8EDJ : President, responsible and organizer of DX Convention
Francesco, IZ7AUH: Vice-President & Webmaster
Francesco, IK8WEJ: Vice-President and responsible for SRT special calls
Marco, IZ7DOK : Vice-President & Event Manager
Christine, I0OCD : Secretary & International Public Relations
Fabio, IZ7CRW : Moderator Forum lists (SRT-FORUM / SRT-DX)
Federico, IW1QN : 50 MHz Memorial Day Contest Manager

QSL INFO AND NEWS…………………
OA4O via direct or by the Bureau
TC2009UC via: P.O. Box 73, Karakoy 34421, Istanbul, TURKEY
TC2ATAM via TA1KB
YS1G via G3TXF or LoTW

9V1YC QSL STATUS. Randy, W5UE, reports that “James’ (9V1YC), QSL Manager
Joe, N5ID, has been suffering from an extended illness and has been in
the hospital or rehabilitation for several months unable to respond to
QSL requests. As a result I am temporarily taking over answering Joe’s
backlog of requests. The priority will be direct requests, and I will
get to bureau requests as time allows. I have all of James’ logs and
received an initial large batch of unopened direct requests from Joe’s
QTH and have blanks for 9V1YC so processing of those will begin this
week. I will also be answering N1YC/VK9X and 9V9HQ requests once I have
the blank cards. I will be receiving more from Joe over the next few
weeks, so please continue to be patient. Please note that at this time
this is a TEMPORARY change. PLEASE DO NOT update any QSL manager
databases or routes as a result of this note. In the interim please
feel free to direct any email queries about your 9V1YC status directly
to me. Also, I will be updating status from time to time on my web page
at . James and Joe both apologize for any inconvenience
this has caused and appreciate your understanding. Please continue to
keep Joe in your thoughts and prayers. 73″

NEW QSL ROUTE. Buzz, NI5DX, is now the QSL manager for Juma, A71BU.
Juma has had his new callsign for only a week. He has already sent Buzz
his up-to-date log. QSL cards will need to be designed and ordered.
Please allow approximately 6-8 weeks before the first A71BU cards are
sent out. A71EM and A92GT card requests still go to EA7FTR.

MJ4K QSL STATUS. Dave, G3NKC, informs that the QSLs have finally been
received from printer on May 15th; all requests were printed the same
day and were either posted the same day or the next day. He states,
“I will turn all new direct requests around as fast as possible; usually
within a week (usual rule apply with return postage). Users can apply
for MD4K or MD6V QSLs at the same time; I don’t mind!”

NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Bill, K0DEQ, reports that some sources report that
K5FI is QSL manager for OD5GR, but an E-mail from K5FI asserts in the
strongest possible terms that he is “NOT” the QSL Manager for OD5GR or
anyone else. K5FI would appreciate help in correcting this misinforma-
tion. OD5GR is actually a PIRATE station.

TS7C QSL STATUS. It has been reported that about 2000 cards direct
requests received up to May 10th were put in the mail by Sylvain, F4EGD,
the QSL Manager. The Bureau cards are scheduled to be handed over to
the French REF-Union Bureau in Tours during the second half of May.

Chris, HA5X/HG5XA, reports: “The VK9GMW log has now been uploaded to
LoTW. We have also started uploading logs to eQSL.cc. On that system
there was a little problem with the ADIF upload and the RST field of
some CW QSOs got corrupted, and thus currently read ‘59′ instead of
‘599′, but we hope to get support from the eQSL team to get that fixed.”

VK9LA QSL STATUS. Bill, VK4FW, informs on May 22nd: “2 days ago I
approved the design and print of the cards, so I expect to possibly
have them here in 10 days or so. Meantime anyone looking at the OQRS
service will find it is not working properly along with other parts
of the Web site. This is due to hackers getting into .
We hope to have the site back up ASAP.”

ZL7T QSL STATUS. Lee, ZL2AL, reports: “I am processing the cards at
the moment and the first batch will go out June 1st, next batch June
15th and the June 30th for the last batch which will bring us up into
‘current’ status. Thanks for all your kind comments in the cards.”

QSLS VIA LOTW: 3D2NB, 4V4JR, 5X1NH, 7Q7BP, 8P5A, AY7X, BX5AA, C6APR,
C91TX, D4C, DV1JM, E74A, FM5KC, G3YYD, IM0/IK0FMB, KH7X, PR8ZX, PY0FF,
SP3RBG, T27A, UA0FDX, VP8KF and VK9GMW

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3D2OU, 3W9JR, 4S7NE, 5T5JA, 5U7JB, 6W1SE, 9A6M,
9L0W, A52DT, C31CT, CT3/DJ7RJ, CW5W, EK6TA, ER0WW, ES1QD, ET3JA, FG/K9NW,
FS/W3FF, FS/WW5L, FW5ZL, FK/G3TXF, H40MS, H7/K9NW, HC8N, HH4/K4QD,
J6/W5JON, JD1BLK, JD1BLY, JT1DN, K5D, KH0PR, KL7J, KL7Y, OD5NJ, ON/N4ZC,
OX2A, RW0CN, SV9/DJ7RJ, T27A, T27OU, T30XX, T31DX, T33ZZ, TS7C, V31FB,
V63PR, V63TR, V63ZM, VK4/G3TXF, VK9/G3TXF, VK9AA, VP2V/K9NW, VP5T, VP6TD,
VP8YLB, VP9KF, VX8X, XU7MDY, XW1B, YB1BA, YJ0TXF, ZC4VJ and ZL7/SP8BQJ

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4O7A, 5L2MS, 5N3CPR, 8S5A, 9H3YM, 9U0A,
9X/ON4WW, C6APR, CU2AF, CU2JT, DL1DTC, E51NOU, E73KW, FJ/SP7VC, HB0/DJ2MX,
HP2/CX2AM, J3A, J6/DL7AFS, KP4SQ, OE6HXQ, OK5R, P40W, T33WW, TI5N,
TU2/F5PTM, UU6JJ, V31YN, VC3A, VK9DNX, YU2000A and YU4WU

SV9, CRETE. Dimitris, SV9COL, will be active from Heraklio (EU-015,
GIOTA KRS-005, MIA MGC-005, WLOTA 1400) during the CQWW WPX CW Contest
(May 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Lower-Power entry. QSLs are “OK”
via LoTW.

TI9, COCOS ISLAND. Henry, TI2HMG, is trying to put together another
operation to TI9 which will take place in February of 2010. If you
are interested in being part of the DXpedition, send an E-mail to:
ti2hmg[kringelis]qsl[taskas]net
Look for updates and details on: www.qsl.net/ti2hmg/cocos.htm

TO4G, GLORIOSO ISLAND. Didier, F5OGL, has announced dates for an upcoming
operation this year. His press release states that a Ham Radio team of 3-4
military operators along with two reporters/journalists from SIRPA (French
Forces Public Relations and Informations Services) will be landing on
Glorioso Island by July 9th and will stay there up to July 28th. He states
that the video reporting team will be there to make several video footages/
documentaries with the main video being the DXpedition itself. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters using numerous modes such as CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK
and possibly other digital modes. Three stations are planned to be on the
air. All the equipment is going to be loaned by the F6KOP team and CDXC
President F4AJQ. The callsign will not be announced until the operation,
but it was mentioned there could be more than one callsign. The leader and
QSL Manager is Didier, F5OGL. Webmaster is Rafik, F5CQ. Other operators
mentioned are: Freddy/F5IRO (TO4E), Yves-Michel/F5PRU, Jean-Claude/F5TLM
and if possible Philippe/F4EGS and Jean-Marc/F5RQQ. They are currently
looking for sponsors. They hope to have an online log which can be updated
daily during the operation. More information is forthcoming. Look for
updates on their Web page at: glorieuses2008.free.fr

TX5, AUSTRAL AND MARQUESAS ISLANDS. Les, SP3DOI, reports that a a Polish
group of four Ham Radio amateurs (Jan/SP3CYY, Wojciech/SP9PT, Jozef/SP9-
31029 and himself) together with their guest Michel, FO5QB, will activate
Tubuai Island (OC-152) in the Austral Island group between September 28th
and October 12th, as well as Nuku Hiva Island (OC-027) in the Marquesas
Islands group between October 16-22nd. Callsigns applied for are TX5SPA
(Austral) and TX5SPM (Marquesas). Their goal is to make as many QSOs as
possible, mainly with Europe on the lower frequency bands. Both countries
rank 21st and 19th respectively on the most wanted list in that area, but
they do not intend to ignore the stations from other continents. If
possible (propagation), they will also be working on all the higher bands.
They are planning to be active on CW, SSB and RTTY (maybe PSK31).
PLEASE NOTE: Operators would like to emphasize that all the costs of the
DXpeditions are covered entirely by its participants. They do not accept
any sponsors, and are going there for their own pleasure, using their own
money. The QSL Manager for their DXpeditions is going to be Wojciech,
SP9PT. For more details and update, go to: fo2009sp.pl

TZ, MALI. Operators Ed/W0SD and Arliss/W7XU have decided to forsake the
Caribbean this summer and instead will be heading here for the 6 meter
Sporadic E season. Their DXpedition callsign will be TZ6EI. Arliss has
recently returned from Mali with the license in hand. The primary focus
will be 6 meters on 50.103 MHz. There are some HF operations planned for
late night non-Sporadic E hours. The dates of the operation will be from
June 26th through July 5th. Due to the lack of an internet connection,
no online logs are planned. The grid square will likely be IK52 or IK62.
Ed informs OPDX readers, “Please just send us your RST/RS signal report.
We do not need your grid square. We have lost many contacts in the past
on six meters as signals have faded out before we get a report, so it is
very wise to concentrate on sending ‘JUST’ our signal report!” QSL via
W7XU.

V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (Update). Jimmy, W6JKV, will be active as V29JKV
from Antigua (NA-100, WLOTA 1118) between June 24th and July 3rd. Activity
will be on the HF bands, but his focus will be on 6 meters (Grid FK97).
He has a very good location and will use a large antenna with power. QSL
via his home callsign in Austin, Texas.

V3, BELIZE (Postponed). Operators Terry/W6WTG (V31UR) and his XYL Sharon/
N2OWL (V31WL), who were expected to be active from Caye Caulker (NA-073
and Grid EK57) between July 21-29th and be an entry in the 2009 RSGB IOTA
Contest (July 25-26th), have postponed their trip due to the Swine Flu
problem. For more info and updates, see Terry’s Web page at:
www.w6wtg.com

VP9, BERMUDA. Yuri, VE3DZ will be active as VE3DZ/VP9 during the CQWW
WPX CW Contest (May 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry.
He is expected to be there between May 23-31st. Activity outside of the
contest (before) will be focused on RTTY/SSB/CW, low bands and 30/17/12
meters. QSL via VE3DZ.

VR2009, HONG KONG (Special Event). Members of the Hong Kong Amateur Radio
DX Association (HARDXA) will use the special event callsign VR2009EAG
between July 1st and December 31st, to promote the Hong Kong 2009 East
Asia Games. Operations will be primarily on the HF bands from 40-10 meters
and VHF on 6 meters. The modes used will be primarily SSB, RTTY, PSK31
and SSTV. QSL Manager VR2XMT: Charlie Ho, PO Box 900, Fanling Post Office,
Hong Kong. There will be no e-QSL or LoTW. To see QSL cards, go to:
www.qrz.com/vr2009eag

XU7, CAMBODIA. Tom, KC0W/ZD7X, is expected to be active as XU7XXX during
the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry.
QSL via KC0W, direct only.

YI, IRAQ. John, WT4M (aka YI9TM), informs: “Sorry for the bad news, but
YI9TM is QRT until further notice. Nothing wrong, just an operational
requirement… Will advise when I will be back on-the-air! Please pass
the word…. 73″

YN, NICARAGUA (Update). Eric, K9GY, will be active as YN2GY from Octavio’s,
YN2N, QTH in Grenada, during the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 30-31st) as a
Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. He will be there between May 28th and
June 1st. Outside of the contest, look for some activity on 6 meters. QSL
via his home callsign, direct or by the bureau.

ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Members of the Missouri DX/Contest Club and possibly
other operators will be active as ZF2SX during the CQWW RTTY Contest
(September 26-27th). Operators mentioned are Jim/W4JO, Ron/K4SX and
guest op Rob/W6BO. More details are forthcoming. QSL via K4SX.

ZK2, NIUE (Update/OC-040). Chris, ZL1CT (GM3WOJ), is now active as ZK2V
through June 20th. Resources are limited, so activity will be mainly on
80/40/20/15 meters using CW and SSB, with some 30/17/12 meter activity
and RTTY. Planned operations include entries in the 2009 ARRL CW and Phone
Contests. He is told that he will have Internet access from his QTH. If
so, his plans are to upload logs to LoTW on a daily or every other day
basis. More details and Chris’s online logs will be available on his
DXpedition’s Web page at: www.zk2v.com
A photo QSL is planned and obviously will come after the completion of
the DXpedition, so please be patient. QSL via N3SL. Donations will be
greatly appreciated.

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