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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1000
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1000
BID: $OPDX.1000
February 28, 2011
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, K3LR, NG3K & ADXO, N4AA & QRZ DX, KH6BZF,
K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX (60m News), W9DX, 9M6XRO, AT International, DK8JB,
DL1SBF, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DX-World.Net, EI7CC,
F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I4JEE, MJ0ASP,
OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PA3A, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site,
VA3RJ & ICPO, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) and VU2PAI for the following DX
information.
SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR (OPDX Hits 1000!). It is hard to believe
that I have written 1000 bulletins since 1991. It is even harder to
believe that the bulletin went out almost 20 years ago and OPDX's
20th anniversary will be on March 11th. Many changes have happened
since the first bulletin (distribution, the number of subscribers,
format and size). The bulletin was originally written for a small
group of PacketClusters between Ohio and Pennsylvania, and an online
phone BBS (called BARF80) which then expanded to an InterNet mailing
list. There is no real way to know now how many people read the OPDX
because it is distributed via 9 mailing lists (which includes the
OPDX Subscribers Mailing List - currently having over 3200 subscribers
and provided by Dave/WB8APD, via HAMNET.org), 3 UseNet groups, the
Official OPDX Web Page (HTML version provided by John/K8YSE) and
several other Web pages that post the bulletin. The bulletin itself
has grown from about 75-100 lines each week to over 500-600+ lines.
The main purpose of the bulletin was to help individuals achieve their
DXCC, but now has expanded to achieve/work towards other awards and
special interests. The bulletin's information is provided by many
individuals, searches on the Web and other dedicated shared sources,
usually listed at the top of bulletin each week. If not for them,
there would not be a bulletin. I also must not forget my wife Linda,
OPDX's chief proof-reader/non-ham/LD teacher. As my wife continually
keeps asking me each week, "Why do you do it for FREE?", the answer
is -- For the love of the hobby and to help others work DX.
73 de Tedd KB8NW
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 20th-February, through Sunday, 27th-February there were
230 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V,
3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q,
7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7,
A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2,
D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU,
EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW,
H2, H4, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I,
IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0,
KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM,
ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S5, S7, SM,
SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR,
TT, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9C,
VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN,
YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS, ZS8
* 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).
4A, REVILLAGIGEDO (Update). By the time you read this, the 4A4A team
should be in Mexico's Manzanillo's port, on the Pacific Ocean coast,
and is expected to take a 2 day trip by boat to the Revillagigedo Island
group on March 1st. The 4A4A team should be on the air March 3rd from
Socorro Island (NA-030) until March 20th. They will have 3 stations
running simultaneously on CW, SSB and RTTY, as conditions permits. QSL
via EB7DX direct. All QSOs will be confirmed via LoTW automatically.
The DXpedition's Web site is: http://www.revillagigedo2011.com
5V, TOGO. Franco, I1FQH, is once again active as 5V7DX from Kpalime
Village in central Togo until March 4th. Activity will will be on 20-10
meters using a Spiderbeam and on 40-30 meters using a homebrew vertical.
His rig will be an ICOM 7000 w/KL500 solid state amplifier. He was heard
this past weekend very active on 30 meters CW. QSL via LoTW (preferred)
or via his home callsign, direct (w/SASE) or by the Bureau. The log will
be available here (porbably after his return) at:
http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?5v7dx
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