[EIDXA] YI9PSE DXPedition

[Joe Hetrick]

Hey folks,

	Hope those of you not smart enough to go someplace warm are staying that way.

Received this yesterday.  I believe it falls out of what the club would contribute to (and it happens before our next meeting), but,   perhaps individual members would like to contribute to this DXPedition.  As they mention below, their site is :  http://www.yi9pse.com/index.html  It's worth looking at.

73,

Joe KC0VKN


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Dear Eastern Iowa DX Association:

Request a sponsorship for a DXpedition in April, 2010.

Entity Name / Call Sign:  Republic of Iraq  YI9PSE

Planning a multi-national DXpedition to Northern Iraq (Kurdistan) for April of 2010.

Web page:   http://www.yi9pse.com/index.html

Team leader / number of members: Paul N6PSE   (11)    ( Multi-national Team)
	• N6PSE - Paul Ewing
	• N6OX - Bob Grimmick   
	• JH4RHF - Jun Tanaka
	• AH6HY - David Flack
	• N2WB - Bill Beyer
	• YI1UNH - Heathem Sabah
	• K3VN - Al Hernandez  
	• K3LP - Dave Collingham
	• WØUCE - Jack Ritter
	• W5KDJ - Wayne Rogers
	• FM5CD - Michel Brunelle
       
	• Date of Dxpedition: April 2nd-12th,  2010
   *WEBMASTER: EA2RY Roberto Filloy 

QSL manager / QSL route .... QSL via N6NKT

George Williams
3600 Springbrook Dr
San Jose, CA 95148
USA

The Pilots Stations.....
	• AA6G - Chuck Vaughn -  (West Coast Pilot)
	• N1DG - Don Greenbaum - (East Coast Pilot)
	• JA1ELY - Toshikazu Kusano - (JA Pilot)
	•  MM0NDX - Col McGowan - (EU Pilot)

Budget estimated for Dxpedition $75,000 (++) total.

Position on most wanted list: 

First Major Dxpedition to Kurdistan....
 
2009 Most Wanted Countries-Mixed Modes, North America" #58
 
2009 Most Wanted Countries-Mixed Modes, North America-Eastern Time Zone: #97
 
2009 Most Wanted Countries-Mixed Modes, North America-Mountain Time Zone: #25
 
2009 Most Wanted Countries-Mixed Modes, North America-Pacific Time Zone: #27
 
2008 Ranked #92 AF,OC, SA Mixed Modes 

Hardest areas: VK, ZL and West Coast of NA.
 
Much demand for 80M and 160M.
 
Will be on 160M - 10M and with CW, SSB and RTTY.


We will work all HF bands/modes. We will make every effort to work the low bands as well as to provide YI to the US West Coast, KH6, ZL, VK and JA amateur community.

Landing permit/operating permission:

Approved.  YES/LIC Callsign - YI9PSE  (License Approved by ARRL- DXCC Desk)

Last time this entity was activated: 2009 ( Military) One Person, small set-up, limited time, etc...

Typical interval between activations 1 year.

Anyone planning to activate this entity

before your DXpedition. NO  

Objective / Strategy See web page.... http://www.yi9pse.com/plans.html
Sponsors Page....www.yi9pse.com/sponsors.htm

Initiating request Paul Ewing-Team Leader-YI9PSE

E-mail Address: paul at n6pse.com

Funding amount requested $100 USD

Send Funds to:

Banking Account: Kurdistan 2010 DXpedition,  C/O Paul S Ewing N6PSE

Paul S Ewing

3052 Wetmore Dr

San Jose, CA 95148

USA

  Group logo on QSL cards? Yes

  Group logo on web page Yes  http://www.yi9pse.com/sponsors.html

Additional comments: * First major Expedition to Iraq in many years. 11 members - International team - 10 Day Operation.
 
** First Dxpedition to Kurdistan.
 
*** Will be on the LOW bands (160M/80M) as well. Rigs are the Icom IC-7600, Acom 1010/1000 Amplifiers. Gain antennas - SteppIR Yagi's and Vert's.

If Military Forces pull out, will be some years before next DX Operation in Iraq.
 
***To assist the team, in which Band/Mode do you need YI9PSE?  Take the survey on our web site:
      http://www.yi9pse.com/survey.html

 

Thank you. 
Sincerely:
 
Paul S. Ewing- N6PSE 
Expedition Team Leader

YI9PSE Kurdistan 2010 TEAM