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Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 894.1
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 894.1
BID: $OPDX.894.1
February 6, 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, K4UEE and W0GJ for the following DX information.
The following press release was provided by Bob Allphin/K4UEE and Glenn
Johnson/W0GJ.
Desecheo 2009 Press Release # 5
February 6, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Today several team members leave their homes and start their journey to
Desecheo via Puerto Rico. The entire fifteen man team will assembled
by Saturday evening in San Juan. Sunday morning will be devoted to the
required UXO (unexploded ordnance) training and afterward the team will
travel to Rincon, Puerto Rico, the closest landfall to Desecheo. The
Lazy Parrot Hotel will be the team headquarters for the following 4 days.
All equipment and antennas that we shipped have arrived and are in storage.
Most of our infrastructure supplies and equipment has been purchased
locally is also in our storage facility.
The team will spend Monday through Wednesday completing team training,
finalizing assignments, testing generators and pre-assembling antennas.
The remaining shopping will also be completed.
The SUP (Special Use Permit) will be presented to us in a special ceremony
scheduled for Monday night. With that in hand, we will finally be ready
to activate the #6 "most wanted" DXCC entity from February 12th-26th. We
hope to be QRV late in the day on the 12th, weather depending.
Visit the new "K5D Store" (the button is about 2/3 down on the Welcome
page) on the our website: www.kp5.us There is a good selection of
memorabilia including nice polo shirts, t-shirts, caps, mouse pads,
and mugs.
Financial support is being sought and very welcome. The "How you can help"
tab on the website makes it easy. For larger contributions; they can be
made tax-deductible (consult your tax advisor) if directed through the
Northern California DX Foundation. Details are found on our website.
CU in the pileups,
Bob Allphin, K4UEE
Glenn Johnson, W0GJ
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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - kb...@barf80.nshore.org --or-- kb...@arrl.net
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)
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