[DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #571

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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 571

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 571
BID: $OPDX.571
July 22, 2002
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network, K1HT, NC1L, N2OO, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA &
QRZ DX, K4RFK, W4UBC, W4WX, K5MK, KK5DO, KG8DP, N6HR, K8YSE, W9DC,
Archibald Family, Todd LeMense, 9A6AA, DL1EK/DL7VOA & DX Newsletter,
EA5RM, F5NQL & UFT, FJ5DX & La Gazette du DX, G3NKC, GM4YXI, HL1VAU,
HL1XP, IK4ZHH, IZ8BRI, JI6KVR, LA9VDA, OH1EH, OH9MM, PY3DX, PY8AZT,
RZ4HF, SP6ECA and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 14/July, through Sunday, 21/July there were 227 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S,
4U1I, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP,
BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE0X, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2,
D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F,
FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0,
HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, 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,
PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, T9,
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, VK0M, VP2V, VP6, VP8/h, VP8/o, VQ9,
VR, VU, XE, XW, XX9, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2,
Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS

* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations. As
  always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).

7Q, MALAWI. Ely, IN3VZE, is expected to be active as 7Q7CE from September
22nd through October 8th. Bands and modes of activity were not provided.
QSL via his home callsign IN3VZE via the Bureau or direct to:
Ely Camin, C.so 3 Novembre 136/2, 38100 Trento, ITALY.

8A, INDONESIA (New IOTA!). A group of operators from Indonesia and Italy
plan to activate Masalembu Island as 8A3M, July 29th through August 4th.
This will be a new IOTA (AS-###). Operators mentioned are: YC3DIK, YC3IZK,
YC3MM, YC3OX, IT9SSI, IV3FSG, IZ8CCW and possibly others from the
Mediterraneo DX Club. They expect to be active with two or three stations
on the air on SSB, CW and RTTY. They are looking for contributions/donations
for this operation. QSL via IZ8CCW.

9M2, WEST MALAYSIA (IOTA Op). Keith, GM4YXI, informs OPDX that after 5
months, and with lots of help from local people, he has managed to get
his licence renewed once more. He plans to be active August 9-11th from
Pulau Ketam (AS-074) and August 16-19th from Pulau Babi Besar (AS-046).
The weekend of August 24-25th is still open. Keith will be active as
9M2/GM4YXI on CW/SSB on 20/17/15/12/10 meters, using the usual IOTA SSB
frequencies and around 14040, 18088, 21040, 24910 and 28040 on CW. Using
only a 100w and a vertical antenna, he will operate split (up) as necessary.
Keith states he will look out specifically for openings to NA, especially
the East Coast since this is a particularly challenging path. QSL only
via Kim Larson, (c/o N3SL), 22 N Hidden Acres Dr, Sioux City, IA 51108,
USA. Kim and Steve also have logs for his previous 9M2 activity. See the
following Web page for details:   http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm
He will try to get the online log updated as soon as possible after each
trip. Keith will actually be there on medical business and states,
"As ever, with this sort of trip (the expeditions are not the primary
reason for my visit to Malaysia), last minute issues may cause a change
of plan." Check the Web page for updates at:    http://www.gm7v.com/

C5, THE GAMBIA. Juha, OH9MM, is going to celebrate his 30th birthday
(November 28th) with a special Multi/Multi operation (Multi/Single also
considered) from Gambia. The main focus is to operate the contest, but
there will also be some activity before and after the contest (November
20th through December 1st). Activity will be on CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31 on
160-6 meters. Operation site will be near Banjul and the callsign will
be C53M. Juha reports that he has now 10 people to go with him (some not
hams). However, he still needs a couple of CW operators to join them. Juha
states The Gambia is very easy to get to and cheap access, at least for
Scandinavian operators (others are also OK!). If interested, contact
him at:  [email protected]

C6, BAHAMAS. Members of the Southwest Ohio DX Association and the Hoosier
DX and Contest Group will operate as C6AJR from Eleuthera (NA-001), July
24-31st. This will include an entry in the IOTA Contest as C6DX. Look
for operators Jim/K8FL, Wayne/K8LEE, Mike/N9NS, Joe/W8GEX, Ron/W8ILC
and Byron/WA8NJR to be active on 40-6 meters SSB, CW and PSK31. QSL C6AJR
via W8GEX and C6DX via N8QET.

D4, CAPE VERDE. Alberto, IV3TAN, has announced that he will be active as
D44TC during the CQ WW SSB Contest as a Single-Op/All Band entry, October
26-27th.

DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager, reports:
"Effectively immediately, the DXCC Desk will accept confirmations for
 RTTY QSOs with Ed, P5/4L4FN. QSOs dating back to November, 2001 will
 be be counted." (See P5 for more news.)

GJ, JERSERY. Rich, K2WR, will be active as GJ2A during the IOTA Contest.
QSL via GJ3DVC. There will be operations outside of the contest as MJ0AWR.
QSL via K2WR.

IIA ACTIVITY. Operators of "Salento DX Team" will be on the air from two
new islands available for IIA. The team plans to operate from Guaceto Reef
(IIA BR-14) and Guaceto di fuori Reef (IIA BR-15). No callsigns were
provided. QSL via home callsigns.

IOTA CONTEST THIS WEEKEND (July 27-28th)! With the contest coming up
this weekend, it seems that the IOTA Contest gets bigger and bigger
every year. OPDX recommends to visit Bill's, NG3K, Web page. You may
want to see the growing list of RSGB IOTA potential contestants on the
NG3K Announced Operations Web page for this contest:
             http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2002.html
The page currently contains information about 121 operations from islands
around the world, as announced by their organizers and friends. The page
is also available in versions sorted by DXCC entity and IOTA number. To
access these, just click on the appropriate heading at the top of the
main page table. Those wanting an ASCII version of the list that they
can more easily copy/paste for local editing can find it at:
            http://www.ng3k.com/Contest/conasc.html
Additional operations may be submitted by using the form found at:
            http://www.ng3k.com/Contest/consub.html. Don't forget
to include the island name and IOTA number in the Notes field.
Finally, Ric, DL2VFR also maintains a page of announced operations that
contestants may want to refer to. It can be found at:
   http://www.iota-post.de/contest2002/hauptteil_contest2002.html

IOTA NEWS....................
   AF-036.  Members of the URE and the Armed Forces Radio Club will be
            on the Chafarinas Islands between July 24-28th. They will
            be participating in the IOTA Contest and also outside of the
            contest. Activity will be on all bands from 80-2 meters on
            SSB, CW and RTTY. Team members are EA4BPJ, EA4BT, EA7AAW,
            EA7JB, EA7TL, EA9PY and EB4EPJ. They will be on the air July
            24th, as soon as they finish the antenna setup which consists
            of two MA5B beams, dipole for low bands, a three element beam
            for 6 meters and 9 element beam for 144 Mhz. Callsign is still
            unconfirmed, but they will try to announce it before the
            operation start. QSL via EA4URE.

   AF-042.  (UPDATE) Toni, EA5RM, URE Magazine DX Editor, informs OPDX
            that the upcoming Alboran Island DXpedition's callsign will
            be EG9IA. Also, the dates have been changed to July 20-24th.
            Please refer to OPDX.568.

   AS-066.  The RI0L team will participate in the IOTA Contest from Rikorda
            Island (RR-16-02). They also plan to operate as RI0L/p from
            Stenina Island (RR-16-04) in the Rimskogo-Korsakova group
            (also AS-066) from July 23-25th (dates depends on weather).
            QSL via IK2DUW or, for Russian stations, RU0LL. Their home
            page is:            http://ri0l.nauss.ru

   AS-080.  Operators Kim/HL1OYF, Park/HL1EJT, Phil/HL1TXQ, Han/HL1VAU,
            Jeon/DS3BGI, Park/DS1CJE, Cho/DS1KOQ, Sohn/DS1KVP and possibly
            a few additional members will activate Anmyon Island between
            July 26-28th (inclues IOTA Contest). They will sign as
            homecall/3 on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. They expect to have a
            minimum of two  HF stations work simultaneously. QSL Manager
            is HL1OYF. More basic information and a log search will be
            available at:    http://www.qsl.net/hl1vau/as080

   AS-105.  The Korea DX Club will participate in the IOTA Contest from
            Yongyu Island as DS0DX/2. Activity will be on 80-10 meters
            CW and SSB. QSL via HL1XP either direct or through the bureau.

   AS-117.  Kenji, JA4GXS/4, will be in the IOTA Contest from Yashiro
            Island, July 27-28. Activity will be on 40/30/20/15/10 meters
            CW/SSB. QSL direct or via bureau.

   AS-147.  Taka, JR3TVH, will be active from Rebun Island from July
            27-28th, including a 12-hour single operator entry in the
            IOTA Contest. QSL via JR3TVH.

   AS-155.  Paul, BV4FH, has organized a 6 operator team to go to Liu Chiu
            Island again. The team will be active as BV9L during the IOTA
            Contest as a Multi-Single. Activity will be on 40-10 meters.

   EU-016.  Boris, 9A2JY, will be active from the Island of Korcula (CI-041)
            between July 20th and August 15th (including the IOTA contest).
            Activity will be on all bands, especially on 20 meters. During
            this time, he plans to activate some other Croatian islands.
            More info will be available soon at:  http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa

   EU-016.  Frane, 9A5V, will be active from Sipan Island during the IOTA
            Contest. QSL via 9A5V, via the Bureau is OK.

   EU-016.  Martin, DL1ZU, is active until July 27th as 9A/DL1ZU from
            Brac Island. Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW, SSB, RTTY
            and PSK 31. He was heard this past week on 14030 kHz around
            0445z. QSL via home callsign, CBA.

   EU-049.  Operators Eddy/ON6HE, Francois/ON4AUB, Dirk/ON5CT and Frank/
            ON4AAC will be active from Samos Island, July 23-29th, which
            includes the IOTA Contest. They will use the special callsign
            J48S. QSL via ON4AAC either via the bureau or direct to:
            Frank Pletinck, Potaardestraat 70, B-9190 Stekene, Belgium.

   EU-050.  Two Italian stations will be active from Tremiti Island, August
            2-4th. Look for IL7/IK4ZHH (Filippo on CW) and IL7/IZ4DPV
            (Massimo on SSB) to be active on 80-10 meters and also the
            WARC bands. They will spend a lot of time 40/20/17 meters.
            On August 3rd only, they have plans to transmit from another
            little island in the Tremiti Group. It would be Capraia or
            San Nicola. They hope to have two radios on at all times during
            the operation. QSL via th Bureau to their home callsigns or
            direct to their CBA.

   EU-067.  Operators SV1EDZ, SV1DIM, SV1EML, SV1AWW, SV3FUP and SV4FGD
            will be active during the IOTA Contest as SW8L from Fasa
            Lighthouse on Andros Island in the Cyclades Group. Activity
            will be on 160-2 meters SSB. QSL via SV1EML to the Bureau.

   EU-110.  Depending on the weather, Boro/9A3KB and Zeljko/9A2PO will
            activate for the first time the Island of Fenoliga (CI-168),
            only for one day, July 20th. Activity will be on CW/SSB on
            40 and 20 meters. They will make some QSOs on the other bands.
            Please visit the Web page:   http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa

   EU-132.  Big/SP6CZ and Andy/SP6ECA, will be on the air as SP6CZ/1 and
            SP6ECA/1 from Wolin Island, July 21th through August 4th,
            mainly SSB and RTTY. There will be a possible contest effort
            in the IOTA Contest as SN6F/1 as a Multi-Op Island entry.
            Operators will be DJ0IF, DK7YY, SP6AZT, SP6CZ and SP6ECA.
            QSL via SP6ECA.

   EU-136.  Zarko/S53Z, Vlado/S55A, Marijan/S56A and Marjan/S58O will
            be active as 9A/S55A from Krk Island during the IOTA Contest.
            QSL via S55A.

   EU-136.  Emir, 9A6AA, will be active as 9A6AA/p from Zeca Island and
            lighthouse (LH-1537, CRO-201, CI-146). QSL direct via 9A6AA:
            Emir Mahmutovic, Slovenska 15, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

   EU-136.  Operators Zlatko/9A2EU, Mario/9A5MR, Dino/9A2NO, Davor/9A4KJ
            and Josip/9A7JLJ will be active as 9A7T/p during the IOTA
            Contest from the island/lighthouse of Trstenik (LH-0659, CI-132,
            CRO-019). They will be active one day before and day after
            the contest signing as homecall/p. QSL 9A7T/p via 9A2EU,
            either the bureau or direct to:     Zlatko Maticic,
            Dobroniceva 19, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

   EU-170.  Look for Zagreb, 9A4A, to be active from Pag Island during
            the IOTA Contest. QSL via 9A4A (via the bureau is OK).

   EU-173.  Operators OH1MDR, OH1MM, OH1NOA and OH1LLM will be active
            as OH9A from Sandstrom Reef during the IOTA Contest as a
            Multi- Op entry.

   EU-181.  Look for LZ1KSL to be active from Sveta Anastasia Island
            in the IOTA Contest.

   NA-014.  The West Island ARC of Pointe Claire, Quebec (WIARC), with
            members of the Halifax, Nova Scotia ARC, will be active with
            the special call VE9W from Whitehead Island, New Brunswick,
            from July 23-31st. Whitehead Island is in the Bay of Fundy
            (N. lat. 44 37', W. long. 66 44'), Canadian Islands NB-010
            in CQ Zone 5 and Maidenhead Grid Square FN-64. They will
            participate in the Annual IOTA Contest on July 27-28th as a
            Multi-Op island. Activity will be on SSB/CW on bands from
            80-6 meters (conditions permitting) near the usual island/
            expedition frequencies. Expeditioners are: Helen/VE2YAK,
            Fred/VE2SEI, Reg/VE2AYU, Jeff/VE2TBH, Andrew/VE2WHO,
            Al/VO1NO/VE1, Shelley/VE1NOS, Trevor/KA8ZUO, Bill/VE1MR and
            Lynn/VE1ENT. QSL via callbook/QRZ address for VE2CWI.

   NA-026.  Look for Mike, N2GC, to be active in the IOTA Contest from
            Long Island. Activity will be Single-Op CW only. QSL via N2GC.

   NA-051.  (UPDATE) Elsie/N7YX and Hillar/N6HR will be operating from
            the Queen Charlotte Islands in the IOTA Contest. Look for
            VE7QCR during the contest: VE7 Queen Charlotte Radio. QSL
            to N6HR.

   NA-052.  Mark, KG8DP, wants to remind OPDX readers that NA8KD will be
            active in the RSGB IOTA Contest and after (July 30th-August
            2nd) from Key Largo to Key West, FL. QSL via bureau (NA8KD)
            or KG8DP direct. Equipment is an IC-706 MK2G, Tarheel antennas
            (they will be working with a proto type 40m stick) for the
            screwdriver. 40m work will be towards Europe and the Carribean.
            They will work split on 40m with the proto type 40m accesory
            from Tarheel antennas.

   NA-069.  Bob, K4RFL, will be activating Pine Island again this year.
            He will be using a SCOUT radio with 50 watts into a Titan
            Vertical for 12 hours on July 27th.  Activty will be on 10,
            15 and 20 SSB, and CW only if he gets desperate.

   NA-148.  Steven/AA1IZ and his team ( Wayland/NB1B, Dave/K1HT and
            Robert/W1RH) will participate in the IOTA Contest from George's
            Island, Boston Harbor. This will be a Multi-Single station,
            with separate run and multi stations, with beams and KWs.
            Europeans, please listen up on 40m. QSL via AA1IZ.

   SA-021.  (UPDATE) Mariano/LU4EJ and Daniel/LU3DTD will be active from
            Ariadna Island as AY4EJ/D and AY3DTD/D, October 4-6th. This
            island will be worked for the first time by radio amateurs. The
            island is valid for the IOTA Award, and is located on the
            Atlantic Ocean about 70 Km South East from Bahia Blanca.
            They will use a Yaesu FT 817 (QRP) with a power amplifier of
            150 watts, vertical antenna AV3 with 9 ground planes for
            20, 15 and 10m. For 80 and 40 meters, they will use dipoles.
            The suggested SSB frecuencies are: 3680, 7090, 14260, 14200,
            21260, 21300, 28560, 28460 and 50.110 kHz. Also, Mariano might
            operate on CW on 3520 and 7020 kHz (+/-) at 2100z (He states,
            "Please listen first and send no more than 12-15 wpm"). QSL
            via LU4EJ/LU4DTD (See QRZ..com) direct or via Bureau.

   SA-060.  Luc, PY8AZT, will be active from Cotijuba Island using the
            callsign PY8AZT/P. This island is 2 hours away from Belem,
            where Luc lives. He states that there is no infra-structure,
            but it is inhabited. He expects to be there from Friday to
            Monday (before and after the IOTA Contest), on all bands on
            CW during the contest (SSB out of contest). QSL via PT2PS or
            PY8AZT (QRZ.com). Don't expect a big signal; the station will
            be running only a 100 watts into a vertical and wire antennas.

KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Bill, KG4DX (W4WX), member of the Florida DXPedition
Group, will be active from GTMO August 16-21st. Bill will join Clayton,
KG4PK, as an entry in the International Lighthouse Weekend Event, August
17-18th. They will operate from the very rare Windward Point Lighthouse
(GTM-001). As far as they know, this is the first time this LH has been
used during a amateur radio event. QSL KG4DX and KG4PK to W4WX.

LIGHTHOUSE NEWS AND ACTIVITY.................
   Look for 9A0LH to be active between July 25th and August 4th. Four
   island lighthouses should be activated during this trip: Mulo LH-0137,
   Bisevo LH-0901, Host LH-0938 and Galera LH-1875. QSL via 9A7K.

   The Old Barney Amateur Radio Club will be operating W2T during the
   National Lighthouse Activity Weekend August 3-4th, from the "Tucker's
   Island Lighthouse" (USA-911) in Tuckerton, NJ. This is a full scale
   replica of the Tucker's Island Lighthouse which succumbed to the
   Atlantic back in 1927. It is the focal point of the "Tuckerton Seaport"
   project ( http://www.tuckertonseaport.org ) which is a working seaport
   built to preserve, present and interpret the Baymen and their way of
   life. It opened in May 2000. Operation will be from 1300z on August 3rd
   to 2100z on August 4th. Frequencies to watch are: 7180, 14280, 18140,
   21280 +/- QRM. There will be some CW operation too. Also, they will be
   active on 2 meters (146.835 -600/PL-3A and 146.52 spx). QSL via N2OO,
   PO Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087 USA (SASE/SAE with IRC for photo QSL).
   Visitors welcome. Their Web page is:
             http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/history/beacon.htm

   The Old Barney ARC shall be celebrating International Lighthouse Day
   Weekend by operating N2OB from "OLD BARNEY", which is the Barnegat
   Lighthouse (USA-039), Long Beach Island, NJ, IOTA NA-111, USI NJ-001S
   on August 17, 2002 from 1300-2200z. Frequencies to watch are: 7180,
   14280, 21280, 146.835 -600/PL-3A and 146.52 simplex. Rain date is
   August 18, 2002. QSL via N2OB, PO Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087 USA
   (SASE/SAE with IRC for photo QSL). Visitors welcome. Their Web page is:
             http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/history/beacon.htm

MD4, ISLE OF MAN. Look for a group of operators to be active as MD4K
during the IOTA Contest. OPDX was informed that this is a last minute
effort, due to logistical issue, but the group consists of G1GUI, G3NKC,
G4MJS, G4TSN, G4XUM and GD4GNH. This will be a a full mixed mode effort
with experienced contesters.

OJ0, MARKET REEF. The "QLF DX TEAM" will be active from here August 31st
through September 7th. They have applied for the OJ0LA callsign from the
Finnish PTT. Operators are: LA5UKA, LA6YEA, LA8SDA, LA9VDA and OJ0/LB1NE.
OH0RJ has been invited to join them. Operations will be on CW/SSB, maybe
some RTTY and on all bands 160-10 meters with special attention paid to
high and low bands. QSL OJ0LA to LA9VDA. For direct QSL, please send a
SASE + 1 IRC or 2 USD. QSL OJ0/LB1NE via CBA. QSL OJ0RJ via OH0RJ. For
more info, please visit the Web page at:  http://home.c2i.net/la6yea/

P5, NORTH KOREA. QSL Manager Bruce, KK5DO, informs OPDX that Ed, P5/4L4FN,
has repaired his AL-80a linear. It had a blown rectifier bridge. He had
temporarily hooked up another 12v power supply so he could still use it
and has just completed replacing the bridge with a larger one. He had to
take the Hex Beam down. The mast he was using wasn't strong enough to
hold it and the rotor. He is looking for something that will work better,
and that might have to wait until he goes back to Beijing in 4-5 weeks.
His work at the present time has kept him from doing as much operating
as he would like, but he will be back on more as things settle down.
   Meanwhile, with great news that Ed's RTTY activity is now good for
DXCC (see DXCC News above), Ed was active this past weekend on 20 meters
RTTY (14081 kHz after 1130z) and 15 meters SSB (21225 kHz around 0415z).

PP3, BRAZIL (Island Op). Operators PY3JAF/Fauth, PY3ACC/Christensen,
DL7AXD/Christopf, PY3YY/Garofalo, PY3KK/Koetz and PY3DX/Toledo will
activate Casa da Polvora Island, valid only for DIB award, not IOTA.
The DIB (Diploma das Ilhas Brasileiras) number is 33. They will use
the callsign PP3P and activity will take place during the IOTA Contest.

QSL INFO AND NEWS...............
   VP6DI QSL STATUS. Check the Web page at:
            http://www.ve3ho.com/ve3ho-qslmgr.htm

R1, MALYJ VYSOTSKIJ ISLAND. Operators OH5NE, RA1ACJ, RV1AC and UA1ANA
will activate IOTA EU-117 for the upcoming IOTA Contest as a Multi-Single
entry. Callsign will be R1MVI.

SILENT KEY. Larry, K5MK, informs OPDX that "Eric Brown, G0KJW, passed away
on July 12, 2002, at the age of 65. He was an RAF veteran, and was active
in the IOTA, Holy Land, WAB and Islands of Scotland Award (IOSA) Programs.
He is survived by Annette, his wife of 42 years. Those of us who knew Eric,
and had the pleasure of operating from islands with him, were honored to
have called him friend."

V6, MICRONESIA. Rolf, DK2ZF, is now operating as V63ZF from Pohnpei
(OC-010) until July 29th. Most of his activity has been on 40/30/20/15
meters CW. Look for him after 0900z. QSLs via DK2ZF.

VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Russ, W4UBC, will be active as VP5/W4UBC,
July 21-27th. Activity will be 80/40/20 meters and the WARC bands as much
as possible. This is a wedding anniversary trip, so Russ will be doing
other things like swimming, snorkeling or whatever the XYL feels like.
QSL DIRECT ONLY, no bureau cards, to his home callsign W4UBC. Please
include SASE or return postage.

W0DXCC CONVENTION. Mark your calendars and bring your QSL cards on Saturday,
September 28th, for the Midwest's Finest DX Convention in Omaha, Nebraska.
This convention will prove to be a great time for the new DXer and to the
experienced operator with DXCC and WAZ. Exhibitors from around the Midwest
will be available to show and sell you new radio equipment. Various forums
including Antennas, Radios, DXing, DXpeditions, and Organizations will be
presented throughout the convention. DXCC, WAS, WAZ, and CQDX award card
checking will be available throughout the day as well. The convention
continues into the evening with a fantastic banquet, speakers, prizes,
and surprises! The Grand Prize given at the banquet will be a T-8 Tennedyne
Log Periodic, compliments of Chuck at Tennedyne. More information can be
found at the W0DXCC Convention Web site at: http://members.cox.net/w0dxcc

WRTC2002 FINAL RESULTS. Ari, OH1EH, reports that the final results of
thee WRTC2002 can be found at:        http://www.wrtc2002.org
The top five winners are:
       1)  OJ3A N5TJ/K1TO     438/2782 = 1.629.798
       2)  OJ8E RA3AUU/RV1AW  426/2627 = 1.619.226
       3)  OJ2V DL2CC/DL6FBL  473/2468 = 1.608.673
       4)  OJ3R N6MJ/N2NL     436/2705 = 1.560.008
       5)  OJ8K KQ2M/W7WA     394/2816 = 1.479.470

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