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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 849

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 849
BID: $OPDX.849
March 10, 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, K3TRM, NG3K, W3HC, W3UR & The
Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, W4ETN, K8YSE, DX-IS News Site, Pete's-DX-
Newsdesk, URE RadioSolidaridad, CO8TW, DJ8NK, DK8JB, DL7MAE & The DX
News Letter, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G4MKP, G0VGS,
I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, OE1HMC, RSGB IOTA Web Site, SM5FWW, SP2FAP,
VA3RJ & ICPO and VK4FW for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 2nd/March, through Sunday, 9th/March there were 228
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J,
4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X,
8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6,
A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3,
CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E5, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP,
ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FO/c, FR, FY, G, GD,
GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS,
HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, K, KG4, KH0, KH2,
KH6, KH9, 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, R1FJ, S0, S2, S5, S9,
SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR,
TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8,
VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW,
YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZF, 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).

4W, TIMOR-LESTE (URE - RadioSolidaridad Press Release). The following
was received last week from "URE - RadioSolidaridad":
"The Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles, URE, (The Spanish Amateur
Radio League) is proud to announce a project in East Timor to take place
in June 2008. URE's Radiosolidarity Department will organize an Amateur
Radio DXpedition, combined with activities to promote Amateur Radio
including the donation and setting up of a complete amateur radio
station at the University of Dili. It is hoped that by operating alongside
students and teachers of the Electrical Engineering and other departments
it will be possible to sow the seeds of future amateur radio activity of
a permanent nature in East Timor.

During the last few years URE's Radiosolidarity has been involved in
projects in the following countries:
1998-TJ2RSF-Cameroun [ in collaboration with RSF]
1998/1999-Cuba [campaign of donation of material]
1999-HU4U-El Salvador
2000-HQ0R-Honduras
2001-TG0R-Guatemala
2003-ZA1A-Albania [an IARU project]
2004-7W0AD-Algeria
2004-T42R-Cuba
2005-TZ6DEL-Mali
2007-T42R-Cuba
2007-HQ2R-Honduras

This new project will take place in cooperation with the University of
Dili, located in the capital of East Timor. We don't yet know the callsign
that will be used; whether it will be a special one for the occasion,
hopefully 4W6R, the callsign of the University (4W6UTL) or the callsign
of one of the operators (4W6ERC).

The group that will take part in the activity is made up of the
following experienced operators:
EA1QF Angel (team leader) EA4KA Eugene
EA3CUU Pere EA5BWR Txema
EA4DB (ex-EA4BPJ) Jose CT1ERC Jose

QSLs will be via EA4URE.

A complete station (Kenwood TS690 + Mosley TA63M + G5RV + rotor) will
be donated to and installed at the University of Dili for use of the
students and teachers of the Electrical Engineering Department or anyone
else who might be interested in Amateur Radio. Another station will be
set up, temporarily, at the team=B4s lodgings in order to have two stations
(CW and SSB) operating permanently during the 15 days of operation. Time
will be spent on other modes (RTTY, etc) and special attention will be
paid to operation on six meters.

The majority of this project`s funding is provided by the Alicante
Provincial Government and by URE. The rest of the budget, at this time,
will be down to the operators although we have already received news of
some small but useful donations. We would be very grateful if individuals
and organizations could consider making contributions to this project at
any time, including after the operation. Please bear in mind the following
two considerations.

The objective of this project is to contribute to the development of a
very young country and to promote amateur radio activity by East Timor
nationals.

The DXpedition part of the activity is intended to achieve 30,000 plus
QSOs in spite of the limitations imposed on us. We feel able to achieve
this due to the very considerable experience of our six-man team of proven
DXpedition operators."

5B4 & G4, CYPRUS AND ENGLAND (Contesting from 2 QTHs!). Terry, G4MKP,
will be operating as G4MKP (home QTH) during the CQ WPX SSB Contest on
Saturday, March 29th, but also plans to be active from Cyprus (5B4) on
Sunday for a few hours too (after 1700z).

5T, MAURITANIA. A German team of operators will be active from Nouakchott
between March 15-30th. No callsign(s) were provided. They plan to be active
in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March -29-30th) as a Multi-? entry. Operators
mentioned a DK8YY, DL2ARD, DL2JRM, DL3JJ, DL4JS, DL5SE and DL7ZZ. QSL
via DH7WW, direct or by the DARC Bureau.

6V, SENEGAL. A Swedish team of operators will be active as 6V7I between
April 6-12th. Operators mentioned are Ronnie/SM7DKF, Goran/SM7DLK, Mats/
SM7DXQ, Christer/SM7KJH, Tore/SM7MPM and Mike/SM7TGA. The team plans to
have two stations on 160-10 meters operating CW and SSB, with monoband
yagis and verticals. QSL via SM7DXQ.

6Y, JAMAICA (60m Activity). Frank, K3TRM, informs OPDX that he is returning
to Lucea, Jamaica (NA-097), again for vacation and will be active as
K3TRM/6Y5 from March 14-23rd. Activity will be on 80-10 meters SSB, CW,
and RTTY. He has also received permission from the Jamaican authorities
to activate 60 meters for the first time from Jamaica. QSL via his home
callsign direct (w/SASE), by the bureau or LoTW. Additional information
is available on his Web site at: http://www.k3trm.com/

9A70, CROATIA (Special Event). Look for amateur radio operators of Lipik
to be active using the special callsign 9A70LPC. Activity is to celebrate
the return of and the 70th anniversary of Lipik stud horses. The Lippizaner
horses were taken during the war in 1991 by Serbia and were recently
returned to Lipik in October 2007. For details, please see:
http://www.croatia.org/crown/article...tian-Lipizzan-
horses-returned-home.html
The special event station was active this past week on 40/30 meters CW.
QSL via 9A7KM, by the bureau or direct.

9M0, SPRATLY ISLANDS (Update). Operator Ed/N1UR and his xyl Christine/
KB1PQN (her first DXpedition) are still expected to be active from Layang-
Layang Island Resort, Spratly Islands (AS-051) between 0800z, March 22nd
and 0000z, March 30th (See details in OPDX.848). Ed (now in BY-land)
informed OPDX this past week that both operators now have permission
from the Navy to use the callsign 9M6/N1UR. He is also looking for any
donations (if possible) to help defray the significant "Extra Baggage"
charges to Spratly. There are lots of coax and wire going over to the
island to put up the best TX and RX antennas possible with their limited
budget. Ed mentioned that he will be updating their Web site regularly as
it gets closer to their arrival on Spratly. He is not sure if they will be
able to post updates from Spratly itself, but they will try. QSL via K2RET:
Bob Tomkovich, Jr., 405 Hemlock Dr., Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734 USA. More
information, as well as a "needs and wants" mode/band survey can be
found at: http://www.n1urspratly.com/

9X, RWANDA (Update). The multi-national DXpedition team scheduled to be
active as 9X0R this coming weekend between March 16-27th, has added another
operator to their team. The new operator is Benard, F9IE. The 9X0R team
plans to have at least 3 stations on the air on the following suggested
frequencies:
CW - 1824, 3504, 7004, 10104, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894 and 28024
SSB - 1845, 3795, 7065, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28495
RTTY - 7035, 10140, 18100, 21080, 24920 and 28080 kHz
QSL via EA5RM. For more info on the DXpedition, please visit their Web
page at: http://www.9x0r.com

CARIBBEAN TOUR (Update). Yannick, F6FYD/HH2FYD, who is expected to be
active between March 10-13th from St. Barthelemy, possibly as FJ/F6FYD
or under the St. Barth ARC callsign FJ5KH, will go back to Haiti (HH)
before leaving for France at the end of March (26th). Look for him to
be active again active from Ile a Vache (IOTA NA-149) between March
21-23rd as HH2FYD/6. QSL via F6FYD.

FR/G, GLORIOSO ISLANDS. Jean-Michel, F6AJA, editor of Les Nouvelles DX,
informed OPDX on Monday last week that after many years of effort, the
permission has finally been received and an operation to Glorioso
(Glorieuses) Islands will take place, probably early May (possibly
between May 5-9th) for some weeks. At the moment, operators mentioned
are Pascal/F5PTM, Freddy/F5IRO, Stephane/F6KIN, David/F8CRS, Yves-Michel/
F5PRU and possibly 3 others. The team plans to have 3 or 4 stations on
the air. They are currently looking for sponsors, and if you would like
to help, please contact Didier, F5OGL. Presently, Glorioso is ranked 4th
in "DX Magazine's 2007 Most Wanted Countries World-Wide" in the mixed
modes (EU 7th, Asia 9th and NA 4th). There is no Web page currently
available for this operation, but details from the 2005/2006 planned
operation Web page (which did not take place) states:
"The Glorioso Archipelago consists of two coral islands: Grande
Glorieuse (3 km in its larger diameter) where the human installations
are, and Ile du Lys (circular island, 600 metres in diameter) which is
desert. The archipelago also includes two rock islets - Roches Vertes
and l'Ile aux Crabes - as well as a sand bank more or less above water
at high tide. At the east and northeast of Grande Glorieuse are a series
of dunes reaching a maximum elevation of 12 m. The islands and rocks are
surrounded by a reef and a lagoon which is drained dry at low tide. The
Glorioso islands are situated 220km northwest of Diego Suarez (Mada-
gascar).
The island became French territory in 1930. Around 1912, a French came
from the Comoros and planted a fine coconut palm plantation there.
Exploited until 1958 by people from the Seychelles, it is currently
abandoned. There are also filaos. Fauna consists exclusively of a rather
large colony of terns.
The meteorological service of the French colony in Madagascar installed
on the island a rather primitive weather station in 1955 which was
opened only during the hurricane season from October to April. Since
1960 the the station is open all year round. The importance of this
station is clear. It predicts cyclones for the North Madagascar and
Comoros area. It ensures safe navigation on the Madagascar-Djibouti-
Madagascar and Kenya-Mauritius-Kenya air and maritime routes. (From
minister for the French overseas Web site)"

ADDED NOTE: Jean-Michel, F6AJA, provides DXers with an interesting Web
page that (probably) has the most complete QSL collection (28 different
QSL) from Glorioso. Take a look at:
http://lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerie/gal...topten&pfx=FRG
He still needs some cards for his collection: FR5ES/G, FR5HG/G and FR5KH/G.

HH, HAITI. Operators Jan/K4QD and Don/AF4Z will be active as HH4/homecall
from the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission (www.nwhcm.org) between March
24th and April 4th. They will operate 80-10 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY as
time permits. They will also participate in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March
29-30th). QSL via their home callsigns. Operators prefer direct or LoTW,
but the Bureau is "OK".

INDIAN OCEAN TOUR (3B8 and 3B9). The "425 DX NEWS" reports that Slavo,
SP2JMB, will be active as 3B9/SP2JMB from Rodrigues Island (AF-017)
between April 1-8th, and 3B8/SP2JMB from Mauritius Island (AF-049) between
April 9-24th. Activity will be mostly CW.

IOTA NEWS.........................
AS-155. Operators Bill/BV8BC, Bob/BV8BQ, Jeng/BV8SE and Chan/BX8AD
will be active as BV9O from Orchid Island, March 28-31st.
QSL via BV8BC.

EU-008. Members of Macclesfield and District Radio Society will be
active as GS4MWS/P from the Isle of Jura (IOSA NH21, SCOTIA
CS28), Inner Hebrides between April 26th and May 3rd. Activity
will be on or near the usual island and IOTA frequencies. The
main IOTA meeting frequency is 14260 kHz. Other suggested
frequecies a
SSB - 28560, 28460, 24950, 21260, 18128, 7055 and 3755 kHz
CW - 28040, 24920, 21040, 18098, 14040, 10115 and 3530 kHz
No specific frequency has been nominated for 7 MHz CW, but it
is recommended that operations should include a frequency
above 7025 kHz when the band is open to North America. Operators
mentioned a Keith/G3VKF, Ray/M1REK, Adrian/2E0DOD, Andy/G1DDU
and Alan/G0JNJ. QSL via 2E0DOD, direct or by the bureau. Further
info is available at: http://www.gx4mws.com

EU-008. Members of Sands Contest Group and Workington Amateur Radio
Society are combining to activate the Isle of Jura, between
September 22-29th. They hope to be active on all modes and
bands as conditions allow. The Sands Contest Group has
previously activated Mull in 2006 and the Workington Amateur
Radio Society has had several activations, the last of which
was Barra Island in 2007. More information as it happens can
be found on the Sands Contest Group blog at:
http://m0scg.blogspot.com
The blog will have daily updates during the activation. They
hope to work as many stations as possible. There should also
be some SOTA activation during that week.

EU-057. Look for Frank/DL2SWW and his XYL Gabi/DF9TM to be active as
DL2SWW/p from Ruegen Island (O-07 for the German Islands Award),
March 14-16th. QSL via DL2SWW, direct or by the bureau.

EU-125. Klaus, DK9LO, is expected to activate Romo Island (NS-001 for
the Danish Islands Award) as OZ/DK9LO between now and March
21st. Activity will be on 80-10 meters, conditions permitting.
QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the bureau or eQSL.

OC-142. Bill, VK4FW, reports that there is a chance for him to be
active late this week for 4 days from Fraser Island. He states,
"My wife is slowly on the mend and we will visit the island
to have a few days away from the hospital rat race, so I will
take an antenna. I will be only barefoot so it will primarily
be a CW operation when time permits. I would like to also take
this oportunity to thank all those wonderful people who have
sent us their kind thoughts over the last months. My wife is
especially grateful to the many who sent personal emails."

OC-164. John, VK6HZ, will be active as VK6ARI from Rottnest Island
during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30th) possibly as
a Single-Op/All-Band or Single-Band(15m)/Low-Power entry.
QSL via VK6NE.

J8, ST. VINCENT. Operators Babs/DL7AFS and Lot/DJ7ZG are now active as
J8/DL7AFS and J8/DJ7ZG, respectively, until March 20th. Activity will be
80-6 meters, mostly on RTTY, PSK31 and SSB. QSL via DL7AFS.

MEGA DX PEDITIONS HONOR ROLL. Jari, OH2BU, has put together and maintained
an interesting Excel spreadsheet over the last 12 years called - The
"Mega DX Peditions Honor Roll". This Honor Roll listing currently includes
data of 114 DXpeditions that have worked 30,000 or more QSOs since 1979.
This unique listing includes data on:
- A summary on the DXpedition (dates, length, QSOs, stations..etc.)
- Information on Logs, Web site, QSL routes and if it is in LoTW
- List of operators of the DXpedition
- QSO statistics per continents, modes and bands
- Also continental, band and mode records

The whole purpose of this listing is to help future DXpeditions in
planning their next operation, and to understand the possibilities in
making QSOs to different continents and to optimize their efforts.

The following is the currently "TOP TEN DXPEDITIONS ON THE HONOR ROLL":
Length QSO total
Pos. Call DXCC Entity (days) Dates Year with dupes Stns
1 VP6DX Ducie I. 17 Feb 11-27 2008 183,686 7

2 D68C Comoros Is. 20 Feb 8-28 2001 168,722 10
3 3B9C Rodrigues I. 24 Mar 19-Apr 12 2004 153,113 10-12
4 3B7C St. Brandon 15 Sep 9-24 2007 137,500
5 4O3T Montenegro 24 Jul 20-Aug 13 2006 120,000
6 N8S Swains I. 11 Apr 4-15 2007 117,205 7
7 5A7A Libya 14 Nov 16-29 2006 112,232 7+1(6m)
8 VU7RG/VU7MY Lakshadweep Is.14 Jan 15-29 2007 110,201 13
9 ZL9CI Campbell Is. 17 Jan 7-24 1999 96,004 6+(1)
10 K1B Baker & Howland 9 Apr 28-May 7 2002 95,127 6

The above is just a very small sample of this unique listing. If you
are interested in the complete Excel spreadsheet (4 MB), contact Jari,
OH2BU at:

OJ, MARKET REEF (EU-053, ARLHS MAR-001). A Swedish team will activate
the reef during the first week of June 2008. Activity will be on 160-2
meters CW/SSB/RTTY/WSJT and also the satellites. The callsign(s) and
the operators (as well as QSL routes) are to be announced later.

PACIFIC TOUR. Rick, AI5P, is expected to start his month long Pacific
tour this week. Between March 15th and April 16th, look for him to be
active as AI5P/KH2 from Guam (OC-026) between March 15-23rd, as V73PX
from Kwajalein (OC-028 - Marshall Islands) between March 24th and April
5th, and ending his trip as AI5P/KH0 from Northern Mariana Islands
(OC-086) between April 7-16th. QSL all his operations via his home
callsign.

QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
QSL ROUTES by Johannes/DK8JB and Tedd/KB8NW:
4F1VDU direct
AO1A via EA1AHO
CO8TW via HB9SVT (Log available at: http://www.qsl.net/co8tw/ )
CS5BTEN via CT1REP

FJ/OH2AM QSLS AND THE OH2BN WEB SITE. Bob, W4ETN, informs OPDX that
he received a message from Martti Laine, OH2BH, concerning the OH2BN
Web site being down and the QSL cards for the FJ/OH2AM operation. Martti
states, "Bob, yes OH2BN Web site is down because we were concerned
about some hacking into it as was the case to our QRZ.com during our
recent operation from Kosovo." He also adds (about the FJ/OH2AM QSLs),
"We are doing FJ cards at the rate of 200 per day and should have them
all out by March.15."

J79XBI QSLS. Leif, SM5FWW, informs OPDX that J79XBI is now QRT as of
March 2nd (2008) and Seth, SM0XBI, should be home by the time you read
this. All QSL cards are now to be sent to his home callsign (SM0XBI or
SM7XBI - same guy). Leif states that he still has some 30 cards left,
so if any late QSLers are sending cards to him, he can still help out.

QSLS VIA LOTW: LU5FF, PW2M and TR8CA

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 1A0KM, 3D2BV, 4L0A, 5L2MS, 8P9AG, 9N7BV/P,
A45WD, A61Q/M, BY1TX/4, CE1/K7CA, CE0Z, CX5BW, E4/OM2DX, FJ/G3TXF,
H44V, H44V/P, HB0/DL2OBO, HK1X, JA6WFM/HC5, KP2/K3TEJ, LU1ZA, MD0CCE,
NE8Z/HC1MD, OD5XX, SU8BHI, T22V, VQ9JC and Z29KM

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3XD2Z, 3XM6JR, 9K2HN, 9U9Z and TO4T

SILENT KEY. It was reported that Paco, CO6FA, became a "Silent Key"
on January 18th. Paco was an amateur for more then 50 years and a
teacher of Ham Radio in Cuba. OPDX and its subscribers would like to
send out our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Paco.

SN0, POLAND (Special Event). With the commencement of the new PGA Award
(Polish Gminy Award) program, look for special event station SP0PGA to
be active from March 11th to May 15th, 2008. Activity will be on the HF
bands, CW and SSB. QSL via SP9YJC. For more information, please go to
the following Web pages: http://www.qrz.com/callsign/SN0PGA
http://www.skjkc.pl/pga

SP0, POLAND (Special Event). With the commencement of the new PGA Award
(Polish Gminy Award) program, look for special event station SP0PGA to
be active from March 15th to April 15th, 2008. Activity will be on the
HF bands, CW and SSB. QSL via SP2FAP. For more information, please go to
the following Web pages: http://www.qrz.com/callsign/SP0PGA

SPECIAL EVENT (Attention PFX-Hunters). The European Soccer Championship
will be held in Austria and Switzerland during June 2008. Special event
stations are expected to be on the air from April 26th to June 30th (2008)
using special callsigns and prefixes ranging from HB2008AAA-ZZZ and
OE2008AAA-ZZZ. A special limited time award is available. Please visit
the following Web page for details: http://eurodiplom2008.oevsv.at/

TC3, TURKEY. Yasar, TA3D, will be active as TC3D during the CQ WW WPX
SSB Contest (March 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry.
QSL via TA3D.

TK, CORICA. Anne, OH2YL, (YL) will be active as TK/OH2YL from March
16-22nd. Activity will be on the HF bands, CW and SSB. OSL via OH2YL.

TK7, CORSICA (Update). Members of the F6KOP Provins ARS, who will be
active as TK7C between May 3-10th (see OPDX.847), have named Laurent,
F1JKJ, as the final 6th operator of their team. The group plans on
having 3 stations on the air, on 80-10 meters, with Acom 1010, Spider-
beams, dipoles and verticals. Modes will be CW, SSB and the Digitals
modes.QSL via Bernard, F9IE.

TX5C, CLIPPERTON ATOLL DXPEDITION UPDATE. The Clipperton team is now on
the air!. Looks like activity by TX5C started around 0000z, March 9th.
Reports indicate the team battled sea sickness getting there and are
now fighting the heat (110 deg. F). Because of the heat, the team was
approximately 24 hours behind their intended schedule during the set
up. Their Web site stated, "The heat has compounded our work load and
Arnie, N6HC, had his hands full dealing with sunburns and mandatory work
and water breaks every 30 minutes to ensure each team member's safety."
As this bulletin was being prepared, it seemed that they were on all
bands except 12m and 60m. QSL via N7CQQ, by the bureau or direct to:
John Kennon, P.O. Box 31553, Laughlin, Nevada 89028, USA. The log will
also be uploaded to LoTW once the official log has been certified. For
more information, online log and updates, visit the TX5C Web page at:
http://www.clipperton2008.org

V2, ANTIGUA (NA-100). Operators Mark/W9OP and Bob/W4OWY will again be
active as V25WY and V25OP, respectively, from Gunthroppes (WLOTA LH-1118,
WW Loc. FK97BC), March 11-17th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, CW,
SSB and RTTY. They plan to be very active on 50.110 MHz using an OMNI-7
at 100 watts with a 3 element yagi at 40 feet. QSL via their respective
home callsigns.

VK9A, NORFOLK ISLAND. Masa, VK1ANU, plans to be active as VK9ANU between
March 19th and April 2nd. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using vertical
antennas for the LF, a wire for HF and only 100w. He also will be an entry
in CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30th). QSL via JO2SLZ.

VP2E, ANGUILLA. Operators Franz/DL9GFB (VP2EFB) and Jan/DJ8NK (VP2ENK)
will be active from Anguilla between March 26th and April 6th. Jan tells
OPDX that their activity will include the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March
29-30th). They plan to operate on 160-10 meters, CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK.
The final decision about their equipment is yet to made, but for sure
they will have a quarter wave antenna for 75/80m and an Inverted L for
160m. They also plan to have 2 stations with linears. The QTH is placed
in the north part of the island at "Island Harbour" overlooking the sea.
QSL via their home callsigns.

VP2M, MONTSERRAT. Art, N3DXX, will be active as VP2MAH between March
26-31st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, as well as a Single-Op entry
in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 29-30th).

ZA, ALBANIA. Operators George/EC2ADN and Kepa/EA2DCF will be active as
ZA/homecall between March 15-22nd. Activity will be on 40, 20 (14184)
and 10 meters and possibly 17 and 30 meters. QSL preferably via the
bureau.

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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - --or--
Editor of the "Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin" (OPDX - "DXer's Tool of Excellence")
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)