[South Florida DX Association] KP1 & KP5

[Esteban Romagni]

Hello all,

for those of you that still need KP1 & KP5 here are some news, I would
encourage all of you to write to your congressman to get support for this
effort. You can easily find your representative by using the following
website: http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Steve
W4DTA/YV5DTA

>From this week OPDX:
KP1 & KP5, NAVASSA AND DESECHEO ISLAND. "The Lone Star DX Association
(LSDXA) has joined the effort to get Navassa (KP1) and Desecheo (KP5)
islands back on the air! As the primary DX organization associated with
this effort, the LSDXA will assist in many important ways to achieve
our
common goal by encouraging Amateur radio operators to contact their
Congressmen to support new legislation to re-open these islands, and
help
raise needed funds for court review of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
(FWS) ban of Amateur Radio on these islands. Action continues to be
pursued
aggressively on multiple fronts. The inital grass roots effort
conducted by
the DX and Contest community during the summer of 2004 has resulted in
legislation being drafted to force the FWS to allow access to KP1 &
KP5.
As a result your help is immediately needed! Congressman Nick Rahall
(D-WV)
has introduced HR5361 in the House of Representatives. Congressman
Richard
Pombo (D-CA) has also signed on, making this a bipartisan effort. It is
critical that each and every DXer and interested Contester contact
their
U.S. Representative now to tell them that this legislation is important
to you. Ask them to contact Rep. Rahall's office (202-225-3452; fax
202-
225-9061) and offer to sign-on to this pending legislation. With your
support, this legislation will be successful and move onto the Senate
and ultimately the President to be signed into law." The above is just
part of a very long press release by the LSDXA. It is important for
interested DXers and Contesters to read the whole press release. It
can be downloaded as a PDF file at:
        http://briefcase.yahoo.com/michael.l.thomas@sbcglobal.net
        (Click on "Island Project" and download "News ReleaseR8")
As the host organization for the project, the LSDXA has donated 500 USD
to a fund it will administer to help pay for the costs of moving the
effort
forward in Congress and in court. If you or your organization would
like
to help, please send your donation to the Lone Star DX Association,
c/o Jim Bass, K5KQI, 2709 Monarch Dr., Arlington, TX 76006. Mark your
donation for the "Navassa-Desecheo Project." Your help, in whatever
amount,
will be greatly appreciated! LSDXA has been granted 501(c)(3) tax
exempt
status by the Internal Revenue Service. News updates, additional
information and resources can be found at:     http://www.dxer.org