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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 900

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 900
BID: $OPDX.900
March 16, 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, NG3K, N4AA & QRZ DX, AA5UK,
KH6HTV, AC7DX, K8YSE, N8AGU, K9WZB, 2E1EUB, 4Z4KX, 9A2JK, DK8JB, DL7MAE
& The DX News Letter, DX World of Ham Radio Web Site, F5NQL & UFT, G1DVP,
I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2YSB, IK7JWX, ON4EI, PA3EWP, Pete's-DX-
Newsdesk, 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, 8th/March, through Sunday, 15th/March there were 225
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O,
4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J,
9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5,
C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA,
EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK,
FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC,
HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, 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, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY,
PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI,
TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6,
V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9,
VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA,
ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, 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).

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

4M5, VENEZUELA. Operators Suer/YY5EBV (YL), Jose/YV5BM and Jhony/YV5KG
will be active as 4M5IR during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th)
as a Multi-? entry. QSL via YV5KG.

5Z, KENYA (HF and EME Op). Operators Eltje/PA3CEE, Rene/PE1L and Ronald/
PA3EWP will be here and active between April 1-12th. Eltje and Rene are
expected to be active as 5Z4EME on 2 meters and 70 cm EME. For 2 meters
they will be using two 10 element yagis, a 400 watt amp and a preamp (there
will be a smaller setup for 70cm). Suggested frequencies for transmitting
and receiving will be on 144.124 MHz, and on 144.084 MHz for Japan. Ronald
will be active on HF with the call 5Z4/PA3EWP using a Elecraft K2 with a
homemade amplifier and vertical antennas for 40-10 meters. QSL 5Z4EME via
Eltje, PA3CEE. QSL 5Z4/PA3EWP via Dennis, PA7FM. For complete details,
please visit: http://www.emelogger.com/kenya

9A09, CROATIA (Special Event). Members of the Djurdjevac Radio Club will
activate special event station 9A09P (Nine Alpha ZERO NINE Papa) between
now and December 31st. Activity is to celebrate the city of Djurdjevac,
and operations will be on all bands and modes. A special QSL card will
be issued with the city's story on it. Under the new administrative
division of Croatia, Djurdjevac gained the status of a city only in 1997.
All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the Bureau.

9H, MALTA (EU-023). Valentin, DL5GA, will be active as 9H3GA between
March 17-24th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands. QSL via
his home callsign.

9J, ZAMBIA. Gabriel, YO4HEK, will be here for one year and will be active
as 9J2YO. Activity will be on all bands using CW, SSB, and PSK31. Over
the past week Gabriel has been very active on 40/30 meters between 1700-
2030z. QSL via YO4ATW.

A6, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Khalid, A61BK, in Dubai, is expected to be
active during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) probably as a
Single-Op entry. QSL via A61BK.

AO1, SPAIN. Operators Ismael/EA1GDX and Ubaldo/EA1GVG will be active as
AO1K during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-? entry.
QSL via EA1GVG.

CQGC-2009 CONTEST RULE CHANGES. Please note that some rules for the "2009
Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest", which will be held between 2100z,
April 11th and 2100z, April 12th, have been changed. Rules can be viewed
at: http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32
This contest is dedicated to the memory of Yuri Gagarin, who realized the
first human flight to space, on April 12, 1961.

DV1, PHILIPPINES. Alex, DV1UBY, will be active during the CQWW WPX SSB
Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via DV1UBY direct.

DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL Awards Branch Manager, reports that
the following operation is approved for DXCC Credit:
K5D - Desecheo Island; 2009 Operation

E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (Update). Tim, NL8F/VK4COF, will be active as
E51COF for 14 days from Rarotonga Island (OC-013) sometime between March
21st and April 4th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters SSB and
possibly 17 meters. QSL Manager for this operation is K8NA.

EE2, SPAIN. Members of the Ondarroa Group will be active as EE2W during
the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL
via EB2BXL.

EI, IRELAND. Olivier, ON4EI, will be active as EI/ON4EI during the CQ
WPX SSB Contest (March 28th-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power/
Non-Assisted. His operations will be from the area of Clonmel (Fethard)
Tipperary County (IO62EK). He will be in Ireland between March 25th and
April 1st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using a K3 Elecraft w/100w
into various antennas:
160/80/40m : vertical monopole 18M and inverted V.
20m : 10 elements inverted V wire beam East-West design ON4EI.
http://www.on7wr.be/Gigazette/ON4EI/ON4EI_Wirebeam.pdf
15/10m : 2 elements horizontal wire beam East-West design VE7CA.

GB5, NORTHERN IRELAND (Special Event). Members of the Foyle and District
ARC (MN0AKU) will activate the special event callsign GB5SPD to celebrate
Saint Patrick's Day 2009. Activity will take place between Saturday,
March 14th, and Tuesday, March 17th. QSL via MN0AKU, direct (QRZ.Com) or
by the Bureau.

HOLYLAND CONTEST 2008 RESULTS. Mark, 4Z4KX, informs OPDX that the results
for the 2008 Holyland Contest are now available on the IARC Web site at:
http://www.iarc.org/?page_id=3D353/
The 2009 Holyland Contest will take place on Saturday, April 18th, starting
at 0000z.

IOTA NEWS...................
AF-065. (Update/IOTA Op). Alfredo, IK7JWX, informs that one more
operator has been added to the Mogador Island Dxpedition,
April 19-26th. Ampelio, IS0AGY, will join the group and
sign 5C2B. QSL via his home callsign. He also announced the
following suggested frequencies:
CW - 1825, 3525, 7025, 10115, 14025, 18075, 21025, 24895 and 28025
SSB - 1845, 3775, 7055, 14255, 18145, 21255, 24955 and 28455
RTTY - 3585, 7040, 10145, 14085, 18100, 21085, 24920 and 28085
BPSK31 - 3595, 7040, 10145, 18100, 21075, 24915 and 28075 kHz
Activity will be on 2m (SSB and M.S.) and 6m: Stand-by on E sporadic.
The group is still looking for sponsors and donations. For details
on how to help and updates, visit their Web page at:
http://www.mogador2009.altervista.org

AS-079. Take, JI3DST, is now active as JS6RRR from Miyako-Jima Islands
(AS-079, JIIA AS-079-005) until March 24th. Activity will be
on 160/80/40/17/15/12/10/6 meters, CW, SSB, RTTY, FM and SSTV.
Take may possibly make side trips to Ikema-jima (JIIA AS-079-
001) and Kurima-jima (JIIA AS-079-003). He may possibly use
the callsign JI3DST/JS6. QSL via his home callsign through
the JARL Bureau only.

AS-192. Suli, 7Z1SJ, and others will be activating the Red Sea Coast
South (Jizan Province) Group this week. The main bands will
be 40 and 20 meters, possibly 160 meters. No other details
were provided.

EU-006. Members of the Galway Radio Experimenters Club will be active
as EJ4GRC from Inishmore Island (WAB Square L71) between 1200z,
March 17th and 1200z, March 18th. Activity will be on all bands
and modes. Visit the club's Web site at:
http://www.galwayradio.com

EU-020. Rolf, DK2ZF, is planning to be active as SM1/DK2ZF from Gotland
Island (JO96CV) during the month of July. Activity will be
mainly 6 and 2 meters as well as 432, 1296 and 2320 MHz.
Preferred times will be during Sporadic E and Meteor-scatter.
More details are forthcoming.

EU-037. Bernd, DL8AAV, will be active as SD1B/7 from Oland Island
(WLOTA 0588) between May 31st and June 12th. Activity will
be on the HF bands, SSB only. QSL via DL8AAV, direct or by
the Bureau.

NA-014. Heinz, VA7AQ, will be active as VE9/VA7AQ from Grand Manan
Island (CISA NB-003, WLOTA LH-0082) between March 20-25th.
QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

NA-078. Bernardo, XE2HWB, will be active as XE2HWB/XF1 from Santa
Margarita Island, March 21-23rd. Activity will be on or around
the usual IOTA and island frequencies. QSL via N6AWD, direct
or by the Bureau.

NA-141. (Update/Special Event) Members of the Jupiter Tequesta Repeater
Group now have a Web page available for next year's activity
to activate W4K to celebrate John F. Kennedy's birthday from
Peanut Island (USI FL-479, Palm Beach County, FL), May 29-30th,
in 2010. Operations will be from "JFK's old Cuban missile
crisis bunker". Activity will be focused on HF (mainly 40/20m),
6 and 2 meters using CW and SSB. This will be the first time
Peanut Island will be activated. The QSL cards have been
designed for the event and can be viewed on the new Web page
at: http://jtrg.org/DXpedition.shtml

JD1, OGASAWARA. Shige, JA1HMM, is once again active as JD1BIE possibly
until March 25th. He is on a short holiday on Iwo-Jima (AS-030), but
plans to be active on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. Over the past week
he was heard on 40/30/17 meters CW and 20/15 meters SSB. Reports indicate
that he may activate a different island but details are not yet known.
QSL via JA1HMM at: Shigeaki Miyamae, 4-20-22-302, Aoto Katsushika,
Tokyo 125-0062 JAPAN.

KH4, MIDWAY ISLAND. It was announced this past week by Tom/N4XP and
Dave/WB4JTT (edited): "A multi-national team of 19 operators will activate
Midway Island in October 2009. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USF&WLS)
has authorized amateur operation from this rare U.S. entity for only a
10 day period, its first radio activity in almost 10 years. Midway Island
ranks number 24 worldwide and number 13 in Europe on the DX Magazine's
"Most Wanted List". Activity will be on 6 meters to 160 meters with 5 to
6 stations. At least one station will be active on 20 meters around the
clock for those who need it for a new country. Major efforts will be made
to meet the demand to the most needed geographical areas, the low bands
and RTTY. Team members are Joe/AA4NN, Carlos/EA1IR, Franz/DJ9ZB, Kimo/KH7U,
Antoinette/KI6TVS, Jon/KL2A, Don/N1DG, Paul/N4PN, Tom/N4XP, Jeff/N6GQ,
John/N7CQQ, Dave/WB4JTT, Charlie/W6KK, Bruce/W6OSP, Art/WA7NB, Janet/W8CAA,
Joe/W8GEX, Byron/WA8NJR and Vrata/OK1KT. Off site support is being provided
by Don/AA1V, Dan/W5DNT and Paul/W6XA. Travel to Midway is only allowed by
chartered aircraft. Because of the size of the aircraft, the team is
presented with unique challenges. As such, the aircraft will only be able
to carry the team requiring the equipment to be shipped by boat some months
ahead. Adding to the high cost of transportation, daily fees and other
charges established by the USF&WLS makes this operation very expensive.
A Web site has been established and can be found at:
http://www.midway2009.com
Please support this endeavor by sending a donation. To make it easy to
donate you can contribute electronically using the Web site or if you
choose regular means you may do so. Instructions are given on the Web
site for either method. Updates will be published on the Web site as
they become available..... Tom/N4XP & Dave/WB4JTT (Co Leaders for Midway
Island 2009)"

MC0/MW9, WALES. Members of the Strumblehead DX and Contest Group will
be on the air from their headquarters at the Farm in Wales for a period
before, during and after the CQ WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th). They
will be using the club callsigns MC0SHL before the contest with some
activity on 30 meters RTTY around 10148 kHz. During the contest they
will be using both MW9W and MC0SHL - depending on the number of operators,
there may be more callsigns on air. Please QSL via the club's manager
M0URX. A live Web cam will be active during the contest, as well as more
details and photographs on the club's Web site at: http://www.mc0shl.com

OP4, BELGIUM. Operators Jochen/DH5HV, Jean/ON4JW, Joe/ON4JZ, Karel/ON5TN
and Jim/ON5UM will be active as OP4K from Antwerpen, during the CQWW WPX
SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via ON4JZ, direct or
by the bureau.

OY, FAROE ISLANDS (First 60m Op!). Lars, OZ1FJB, will once again be
active as OY/OZ1FJB from here between March 16th and April 1st. His
activity will be limited to his spare time (suggested times 0600-0700z
and 2100-2400z), mainly on CW but also SSB. He will be the first active
station to be permitted to operate on 60 meters (CH. 5 - 5403.5 kHz USB).
QSL via his home callsign.

OZ, DENMARK (IOTA/Lighthouse Op). Paul, I2AE, will be active from some
Danish islands between May 1-15th. Some of the Danish island groups
mentioned will be EU-029, EU-125, EU-171 and EU-172. It was indicated
that there are a lot of lighthouses on these islands, and they will be
activated also. No callsign was mentioned. It is suggested to monitor
mainly 7050-7060 and 14250-14260 kHz.

QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
LOGS AND PICTURES ONLINE. Members of the Algarve S.T.A.R. DX team,
who activated the Murtinas Posterior Lighthouse (POR-126, DFFA Fa-29)
as CS6A on March 15th, state that the log and pictures are now online
on their Web page at: http://algarvedx.com

E44M QSL STATUS. It was announced that the E44M QSLs are ready. The
press release states, "In few days the first supply of cards will
arrive to our managers Simone/IZ0BTV and Les/SP3DOI. We will start to
answer the first direct QSLs as soon as possible."

KL7DX QSL STATUS. Ron, AC7DX, informs that all KL7DX Chuginadak Island
(NA-234) received as of March 15th have been answered. Those who did
not receive their NA-234 QSL, please resubmit.

NO QSL MANAGER. Larry, VQ9LA, wants everyone to know that he "DOES
NOT" have a QSL Manager, and all QSL cards should be sent to the address
listed under VQ9LA on QRZ.com.

QSLS VIA LOTW: 5R8GZ, TI5N, TN5SN, TR8CA, VK9WWI, YI1RAZ and YS4M

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 1A0KM, 4O0A, 4O0HQ, 4W6MM, 4X4WN, 4Z1UF,
5B4/RW9UP, 7O1YGF, 7P8BA, 9J2BO, A45WD, A5100A, B1HQ, B7HQ, BA0AA,
BD5WW, BD0AJ, BT1OB, BT1OH, BT1OJ, BT1ON, BT1OY, CT1ILT, E41/OK1DTP,
E51QQQ, EA9IB, EL2DX, ES1QD, FK8CP, FM5CD, FO/DJ7RJ, FR/F6KDF/T, H40AA,
N8S, OH0R, PZ5TX, RW1AI/MM, SV2ASP/A, T33ZZ, T77C, TA2RC, TO4E, VP2ETN,
VP6DI, VK9NS, VK9RS, XW1B, XX9C, Z29KM and ZK3AH

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: None reported this week!

SILENT KEY. Silvano, I2YSB, reports that the team members of the 6O0N,
J20MM and 9L1X DXpeditions regret to inform the DX community that Gianni,
IS0VSG, became a "Silent Key" (SK) on March 9th, 2009. He was their pilot
station during their DXpedition activity and had great dedication and
passion. Silvano states, "We think we lost him, but we did not lose him
as a model in our HAM life." OPDX and its readers would like to send out
our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of IS0VSG.

T4, CUBA. Members of the Cuban Amateur Radio Federation in Las Tunas will
be active as T48K during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a
Multi-Single entry. QSL via DK1WI.

TL0, CENTRAL AFRICA. Christian, TL0A (ex-TZ9A and 5U5U), is now active
from here. He has been very active on 17 meters, usually around 18150
kHz at various times. There has been some activity also on 20 and 80
meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct to: Christian Saint-Arroman,
Chemin de Mousteguy, F-64990 Urcuit, France.

V6, MICRONESIA. Yoshi, JJ8DEN, will be active as V63PR until March 24th.
Activity will be from two islands. Look for him to be active on Pohnpei
(OC-010) until March 19th and from Chuuk Island (OC-011) between March
20-24th. Look for him on 160-10 meters using CW, RTTY, PSK31 and JT65A
if possible. Operations over the past week were mainly on RTTY. QSL via
JJ8DEN (w/SASE: Please send European type envelope with 2 USDs or 1IRC).

VC3, CANADA (New CISA Island/Lighthouse). Operators Doug/VE3CWO, Brent/
VE3IRT, Neil/VE3SST, Valdas/VE3VO and Igor/VE3ZF will be active as VC3Y
from the lighthouse on Bluffers Park Island (new CISA island and light-
house), March 21st-22nd. Activity is to celebrate the 50th anniversary
of the York Region Amateur Radio Club http://yrarc.com/yrarc. QSL via
VE3CWO.

VC6, CANADA. Gord, VE6SV will be active as VC6T from Alberta during the
CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) and CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 30-31st).
QSL via VE6SV (QRZ.com).

VISALIA CONTEST DINNER. You can now purchase tickets for the Contest
Dinner at the International DX Convention in Visalia, CA. The dinner is
on Friday night, April 17th, in the Oak room at the Holiday Inn, Visalia.
For tickets you have two options (in addition to the convention registra-
tion fee). PAID IN ADVANCE!: 38 USDs per person with random seating; or,
360 USDs for a full table for 10 people (All 10 tickets must be purchased
by ONE person. One table will then be reserved for that person. Location
of the reserved table will be random). The program will be Tim Duffy/K3LR,
and he will speak on "The Never-Ending Challenge of Improving Your Contest
Station." Also: The 2008 CQP Awards will be presented! For complete details
on the dinner banquet, please visit:
http://www.elbloggotorcido.com/contest-dinner-2009.html

VK6, AUSTRALIA. Bernd, VK2IA, will be active as VK6AA during the CQWW WPX
CW Contest (May 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m) entry. QSL via
DL8YR. Activity will be from the Northern Corridor Radio Group's (VK6ANC)
club station situated about 20 kms north from the city center in Perth,
Western Australia. See the station at: http://www.ncrg.org.au

VK9C, COCOS-KEELING ISLANDS (OC-003). Just a reminder that Bernd, VK2IA,
will once again be active as VK9AA from the Cocos Beach Motel, West Island,
between March 14-27th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters CW/SSB using a
Spiderbeam for 10/15/20m, a 2 element wire beam for 40m, verticals for
80/160m and receiving antennas for the lowbands. QSL via DL8YR, direct
(QRZ.com) or via DARC-Bureau.

VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND (Update). The VK9LA DXpedition will take place
between March 23rd and April 3rd, with 16 operators. Bill Horner, VK4FW,
member of Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Inc. (ODXG), reports on Sunday,
March 15th: "We have now established that we will have live internet on
the island which should be 24/7. We intend to have photos, online log
check and QSO totals updated on the web site www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm
All team members are finalizing last minute packing and weighing of
luggage. All equipment sent via ship has safely arrived and is in storage
awaiting our arrival.
There have been many queries since we devised a list of sunrise/sunset
times for grey line propagation. We will have an operator on every low
band every day whilst we are in darkness.
We also expect huge openings on 30m the same as K5D did. With our
station separation we should be able to run 2 stations simultaneously
to maximize openings......Cu in the pile ups."

VK9M, MELLISH REEF (Update). Operators George/AA7JV and Tomi/HA7RY are
expected to be active as VK9GMW next week (possibly between March 22nd
and April 6th) in what they call "another low-key, simple DXpedition".
PLEASE NOTE that the dates are approximate and may change due to weather.
The operation will have a strong low-band focus, although VK9WMW will
operate on all HF bands. From their Web page, George reports from Airlie
Beach, Queensland, Australia, (Sunday, March 15th): "Preparations are
under way for the boat trip to Mellish. We are currently provisioning
and loading fuel. Lots of fuel. We intend to depart from Airlie Beach
Tuesday morning. The weather forecast is fair (15 to 20 kts)." QSL will
be via HA7RY, by the Bureau or LoTW or direct to: Tamas Pekarik, Alagi ut 15,
H-2151 Fot, HUNGARY. After VK9GMW has gone QRT, they will launch an "Online
QSL Request Service" (OQRS) on their Web site. If you want to receive your
QSL via the Bureau, please use that form to request the card. They will
check your QSOs against the log and send your card to you via the Bureau.
This method will allow them faster processing, helps them protect the
environment, and you will receive your VK9GMW card faster. For more
information, please visit the VK9GMW Web page at: http://www.vk9gmw.com
For donations, please access: http://vk9gmw.com/support.html

VK9N, NORFOLK ISLAND (OC-005). Willy/ON5AX and his XYL Magda/ON3AX will
be active as VK9N/ON5AX between now and March 22nd. QSL via ON5AX direct
only.

VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Florida Contest Group members Art/N4PJ
(CW/RTTY) and XYL Marsha/K4IRI (SSB) will be active as VP5/homecall from
Providenciales (NA-002), March 17-24th. Their activity will include the
Russian DX Contest (March 21-22nd) as VQ5B. QSL via their home callsigns.

WH6, HAWAII (Very Rare County). Attention county hunters! It was announced
at the Maui Amateur Radio Club (MARC) this past week that the extremely
rare Kalawao County will be activaed on 40 and 20 meters, March 30-31st.
MARC member, Jayson Kohama, WH6BXK, is expected to work there on those
particular days. After he gets off work each day, he plans to be on HF
making as many contacts as possible. His station, WH6BXK, will be on the
air each day after 1800 local (6:00 pm or 0400z). He will be on 7188 kHz
and 14335 kHz. Kalwao County is one of the rarest USA counties. It is
the 2nd smallest county and the poorest in the USA. It is located on the
Kalaupapa peninsula, on the island of Molokai. It is the old Hawaiian
leper colony. Because it was a leper colony, it was totally isolated
from the rest of the islands and had its own separate county government,
which was administered by the state. Hams must have special permission
to go there and operate. Thus it is extremely rare for any ham signals
to ever radiate from Kalawao.

XR1, CHILE. Members of the Radio Club La Portada will be active as XR1A
during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL
via XQ1IDM.

XU, CAMBODIA. Retu, OH4MDY, will once again be active as XU7MDY from
Sihanoukville between April 9-21st. Activity will be on the HF bands
80-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL only direct to XU7MDY
address on QRZ.com.

ZF2, CAYMAN ISLAND (Satellites, Grids, HF and Contesting). Adrian, AA5UK,
will be operating as ZF2AE from Grand Cayman and ZF2AE/ZF8 from Little
Cayman between March 25th and April 8th. Current plans are to operate
holiday style on AO-51, SO-50, VO-52 and FO-29 satellites. He plans to
activate EK99hi from March 25-28th, EK99xp and EK99wp from March 28th
through April 3rd (he plans to operate HF only during part of CQ WPX SSB
Contest and the rest of his stay on Little Cayman, 40-10m) and EK99kh
from April 3-8th. Most activity will be in the afternoons and evenings.
QSL direct with SAE/SASE, Bureau, LoTW or eQSL.

ZF2, CAYMAN ISLAND. Garry/K9WZB and XYL Sharon/K7WZB will be operating
from Cayman Island as ZF2ZB between April 21st and May 6th. Activity
will be on all bands 160-6 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. They
will be monitoring 6 meters most of the time for openings to U.S. and
Europe. QSL direct only via K9WZB.

ZL7T QRT. Lee, ZL2AL, reports that the multi-national team that activated
Chatham Island in the South Pacific as ZL7T between March 5-10th, averaged
about 2,200 QSOs a day with three radios for 5 days with over 11,000 QSOs
in the log. The final logs have been uploaded to the Web site. Please QSL
direct via Lee, ZL2AL: 87 Auckland Road, Greenmeadows, Napier 4112, NEW
ZEALAND. For a direct response, you must enclose a self-addressed envelope
(SAE) and at least 2 USDs or 1 IRC to cover the return postage, otherwise
they will respond via the Bureau system. They will also reply to QSLs sent
to them via the ZL Bureau, and they will upload their logs to the "Logbook
of The World" (LoTW) by September this year.

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