SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1429 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1429 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1429 BID: $OPDX.1429 September 2, 2019 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Send from Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Cluster Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, WB6RSE, K8GI, K8YSE, KT8D, W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DD0VR, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nou- velles DX, GU4YOX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RN3RQ, Sixitalia Weekly and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 25th/August, through Sunday, 1st/September there were 207 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY9, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J7, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XZ, YB, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 4U1UN UNITED NATIONS NEWS. On August 24th, the following was posted on the United Nations Amateur Radio Club's (4U1UN) FaceBook page: "We are receiving a lot of messages regarding the lack of 4U1UN (United Nation Amateur Radio Club) activity on the bands. We will try to clear some things about the current Club's activities." Read the complete post at: https://www.facebook.com/United-Nations-Amateur-Radio-Club-4U1UN-169357566427247/timeline 8Q7, MALDIVES. Roly, ZL1BQD, will be active as 8Q7XR from Maldives (AS-013) between November 10th and December 30th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via his home callsign. ADDED NOTE: Beware that this is a re-issued callsign. Mark, M0DXR, used this callsign in 2008. 9M16, WEST MALAYSIA (Special Event). Members of the Kelab Radio Amateur Jalan Klang Lama, the 9MDXC and MARTS will be activating the special event callsign 9M16KING from Kuala Lumpur between now and September 30th. Activity is to celebrate the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (16th constitu- tional monarch and head of state of Malaysia). Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and various Digital modes. QSL via the operators' instructions. 9U, BURUNDI (Reminder). Francesco, IV3TMM, will once again be active as 9U3TMM from Bujumbura (WW Loc. KI46QP) between now and September 17th. Activity will be on 60-6 meters using SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via IV3TMM, by the A.R.I. Italian Bureau, ClubLog or LoTW. A2, BOTSWANA (Update). The A21EME Team have updated their info on their activity from Botswana (KG25wk) between October 20-29th. Operators now mentioned are Dan/HB9CRQ, Chris/PA2CHR, Lins/PA3CMC, Andrew/ZS6AVH, John/ ZS6JON, Paul/ZS6NK and Bernie/ZS4TX. Activity will be on the following dates and bands: October 20-25th -- 6m, 2m, and 70cm EME. Modes JT65 and CW. October 20-29th -- 23, 13, 9, 6 and 3cm. Modes JT65 and CW. Also mentioned is activity on the QO100 satellite. For more details, see QRZ.com. QSL for 6m, 2m, 70cm and QO100 Sat. QSOs via PA3CMC, direct or by the Bureau. NO IRCs. QSL for 23cm and up QSOs via HB9Q. CQ NEWS (Eddie DeYoung, AE7AA, Named CQ Magazine Awards Editor). A press release, dated August 29th, from Richard Moseson (W2VU), Editor of CQ Amateur Radio, reports the following: Eddie De Young, AE7AA, of Clearwater, Florida, has been named Awards Editor of CQ Amateur Radio magazine, Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU, announced today. His first Awards column appears in the September 2019 issue. De Young succeeds Ted Melinosky, K1BV, who was both Awards Editor and USA-Counties Award Custodian for more than 20 years. CQ previously announced the appointment of Brian Bird, NX0X, as the new USA-CA custodian. De Young has been licensed since 1954 and has, over the years, held more than two dozen call signs from 11 different countries. He spent 38 years in the Pacific, Asia and Antarctica, including many in Australia. While there, he served as Awards Manager for the Wireless Institute of Australia, where he helped modernize the program and developed software to improve award processing. He has also been on nearly a dozen DXpeditions. Since returning to the United States, Eddie has worked summers for the National Park Service as a park ranger at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and at Glacier National Park in Montana. On the ham bands, he is active via remote stations and with limited operation from his new apartment, with 100 watts and a homemade fractal square loop on his balcony. Eddie enjoys operating primarily CW and digital modes. De Young says he plans to offer hints in his column on earning CQ awards of all kinds, inform newbies how to get started on their award hunting quests and share how much fun and educational award-chasing can be. Eddie also says he plans to include occasional competitions, award nostalgia and ideas from readers. CQ Editor Rich Moseson said, "Eddie brings a world of experience from all over the world to this position. As an avid award chaser as well as someone who has 'been the DX,' he understands both sides of the award- hunting equation and is uniquely qualified to help CQ's readers achieve the greatest possible success in their own award-hunting efforts. Plus, as former awards manager for a national association, he understands the administrative side of award programs as well. I look forward to working with Eddie." D4, CAPE VERDE. David, CT1EKU, is once again active as D44CH from Sal Island (AF-086) until September 5th. Activity will be on various HF bands using SSB and the Digital modes (FT8). QSL via LoTW, ClubLog and eQSL. DXCC'S MOST WANTED (ClubLog). The "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of August 30th. The list contains 340 entities. The following are the top 10 entities: 1. P5 DPRK (North Korea) 6. BV9P Pratas Island 2. 3Y/B Bouvet Island 7. KH7K Kure Island 3. FT5/W Crozet Island 8. KH3 Johnston Island 4. BS7H Scarborough Reef 9. FT5/X Kerguelen Island 5. CE0X San Felix Islands 10. 3Y/P Peter 1 Island No changes this month. The complete "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php E6, NIUE. Andrew, OZ5E, will be active as E6AN from Lakepa, Niue Island (OC-040) between September 7-10th. On QRZ.com it states, "This is a "research" activation to prepare for a DCA-expedition (Danish Contest Academy) later in the sunspot cycle, so there will not be that much activity and it will be a holiday operation." This operation is actually being called an "Antenna Experimental Tourist Style expedition." It also states on QRZ.com to not shout too loud at him as "Andrew is not up to speed as an operator (yet)." Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters, maybe 160/80/17m and 10m if it is open. Modes will be mainly FT8 and SSB - maybe some CW. QSL via OZ5E direct or LoTW. For more details, see: http://www.oz5e.dk EA6, BALEARIC ISLANDS. Alessandro, IU2IBU, will be active as EA6/IU2IBU from Punta Prime, Minorca Island, between September 7-13th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using SSB with 100 watts into an End-Fed Half Wave antenna. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW. EX, KYRGYZSTAN (Reminder/Update). Operators Leszek/SP6CIK, Jarek/SP6OJK, Janusz/SP9FIH, Roman/SP9FOW, Jerzy/SP9TCE and Jozef/SP9HVW will be active as EX0QP (not EX6QP) from the south shore of Issyk-kul Lake between Sep- tember 2-15th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, especially the 30/17/12m bands, using an Inverted L, phased verticals, and Spiderbeams. Operating modes will be CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H mode). Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1832, 3532, 7032, 10122, 14032, 18082, 21032, 24912 and 28032 kHz SSB - 3605, 7100, 14195, 18140, 21195, 24940 and 28420 kHz RTTY - 1845, 3569, 7045, 10145, 14095, 18095, 21095, 24920 and 28095 kHz FT8 - 1845*, 3569, 7045, 10145, 14095, 18095, 21095, 24920 and 28095 kHz * listening for JA on 1908 QSL via SP6OJK or ClubLog's OQRS. GJ, JERSEY. Bob, GU4YOX, will be active in this year's CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th) as GJ4YOX. Boat and lodging are booked, and Bob is looking forward to his first CQWW CW operation from GJ-land. Bob will be a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/High-Power/Unassisted entry in the contest. QSLs will be available by Bureau, direct and LoTW. Bob will arrive on Wed- nesday evening (November 20th) and return to Guernsey on Monday (November 25th), so there could be some pre/post contest QSOs. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-159. By the time you read this, operators Bulent/TA0TA, Nazim/TA2MN, Adem/TA6CQ and Taskin/TA6N will be active as TC0Z from the Kefken Island Lighthouse until September 4th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes (FT8 was mentioned). All logs will be uploaded to LoTW, ClubLog and QRZ.com after the DXpedition. AS-206. (Reminder) Operators Take/JI3DST and Masa/JR8YLY will be active as JI3DST/0 and JR8YLY/0 from Sado Island between September 6-11th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via their home callsigns. EU-034. Ari, OH3KAV, is now active as ES0KA from Saaremaa Island (WW Loc. KO08) until September 5th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using mainly using FT8 and CW, and possibly also on 60m. QSL via OH3KAV, by the Bureau or direct. All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and ClubLog. EU-058. Thierry, F6CUK, will be active as F6CUK/p from Sainte-Marguerite Island (DIFM ME-020 FFF-1450 DFCF 06-063) between October 5-6th. Activity will be on 40/20 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. OC-237. Look for 7I1TI to be active from Tunda Island, Java Costal Islands, Indonesia, between September 6-8th. Activity will be on HF bands. QSL via HA3JB. NO OTHER DETAILS WERE PROVIDED. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new <www.iota-world.org> have decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX, and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin...... JT, MONGOLIA. Operators Sergey/UA0SE, Leonid/UA0SU, Serge/UA0SC, Mark/ UA0SRQ and Anton/RA0SMS will be active as JT7A from the Khövsgöl Nuur National Park, Mongolia, between September 5-9th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4. QSL via RA0SMS or ClubLog's OQRS. KH6, HAWAII. Ben, DL8UI, will be active as KH6/DL8UI from O'ahu Island (OC-019) between September 13-15th. Activity will include the Worked All Europe DX SSB Contest (WAE), September 14-15th. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the DARX Bureau. NCDXF NEWS. Now available online is the 2019 Summer Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) Newsletter (11 pages) for download at: http://www.ncdxf.org/pages/newsletter.html Interesting DXpeditions to read about are: * Kanton Island - T31EU QRV from a scrap heap by Ronald Stuy, PA3EWP * Shif Island (AS-189) - EP6RRC by Vasily V. Pinchuk, R7AL OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW OY, FAROE ISLANDS. Operators Ray/DL1ZBO, Peter/DL5FF and Volkmar/DL2VU will be active as OY/DL1ZBO, OY/DL5FF and OY/DL2VU, respectively, between September 2-12th. Activity will be on CW, SSB and the Digital modes. They will also be in the Russian WW RTTY Contest (September 7th). QSL via their home callsigns. P2, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Puiu, YO5BIM, is currently and once again active as P29VIM from Port Moresby, until September 22nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters (including 60m) using mainly CW, JT9 and FT8, with an Icom IC-706 MK2G. QSL via his home callsign. PACIFIC TOUR HAS STARTED. Heli, DD0VR, (along with XYL Bigi, DE3BWR) who was active as C6A/DD0VR from the Bahamas during January and February this year, informed OPDX on Saturday morning that they were in Singapore, and they should be starting their Pacific Tour that night by the time you read this. Their tentative schedule is as follows: Fiji -- Signing as 3D2VR between September 2-9th Samoa -- Signing as 5W0VR between September 9-16th Tonga -- Signing as A35JY between September 16-21st Activity will be on various HF bands (80-6m). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. LAST MINUTE UPDATE: Message from Heli late Saturday indicated they had problems with customs (radio equipment) in Nadi because they were closed on Sunday. They hope to get the equipment on Monday and start building antennas. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (September 2-8th)....... Sep/02nd HN Sep/05th AN Sep/07th AN Sep/03rd AN Sep/06th AN Sep/08th AN Sep/04th AN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ------------------------------------------------------ NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation: * VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html * DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation * A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm * SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net * Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at: http://sunspotwatch.com * Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation * Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us * Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation * Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html * Realtime propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk * Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu)(September 1st) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3Z0R via SP9SX HB0/DJ1AA/M via DJ1AA SI3A via SM3LIV & (L) 4U500M via UA3DX HF80WIELUN via SP7KED SP4WOJTEK via SQ4AVD 5B4ALX via IZ4AMS & (L) IF9/IT9PPG via IT9PPG SP60DXC via SP7DQR 5H3DX via NK8O (d) IQ3GO via IV3AZV SP75WA via SP5WA DL70AFUG via DM4EAX & (L) IQ9DE via IW9CTJ (d) SV5/DJ5MN via DJ5MN EI0NMMI via EI6AL LX75V via LX1JH TM10SRY via F5KCC EO28U via UR8US LZ304AE via LZ1KCP TM5MFL via F6KJX ET3AA via N2OO & (L) MM2N via MM0GPZ & (L) YQ8T via YO8KGA G1A via M0NKR & (L) OE3XMA via OE1DIA YR2019SIMPO via YO3KAA GB100HAL via G0KUC OZ/DK1DU via DK1DU (d) YU73BFG via YU8A HA01FF via (HA-B) S92HP via CT1ENW & (L) ZW5ARCCO via PY6TV (d) (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed (I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/5K0K https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/9U3TMM https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/MS0INT QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 8R1K, 9G2HO, A45XR, C6AGU, CX6VM , E6AC, FO/AI5P, GB19RB, KH8C, MU0FAL, PJ9X, S92HP, TO5M and VE4GV QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 1A0C, FH/UA4WHX, HK1NA (SA-082), JG7PSJ/7 (AS-206) and V31DL QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 7S2W, OH8X, and TM0CLNS --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) to send in their info.... SPECIAL EVENT (Highway to a DX Party!). The Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club of San Bernardino <w6jbt.org>, California, is once again hosting (probably one of the most fun special event activities) the 20th annual "Route 66 On The Air" special event between September 7-15th. The purpose of this event is to offer amateur radio operators a fun way to "Relive the Ride" of their own memories of Route 66, and to celebrate the highway's 93rd anniversary. The U.S. Highway 66 established in 1926, was the first major improved highway to link the west coast with the nation's heartland. Through stories, songs, and TV shows, the highway came to symbolize the spirit of the freedom of the open road, inspiring many to see America. Look for the following 20 stations (two are rovers) operating in or around the major cities along the old "Route 66" from Santa Monica, California, to Chicago, Illinois: Stations City Clubs/Individuals -------- -------------------- ------------------------- W6A Santa Monica, CA Westside Amateur Radio Club W6B Los Angeles, CA Westside Amateur Radio Club W6C San Bernardino, CA Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club W6D Victorville, CA Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club W6E Barstow, CA Barstow Amateur Radio Club W6F Kingman, AZ K2 Amateur Radio Society W6G Flagstaff, AZ Northern Arizona DX Association W6H Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque DX Association W6I Amarillo, TX Panhandle Amateur Radio Club W6K Oklahoma City, OK W6K Oklahoma City W6L Tulsa, OK Tulsa Amateur Radio Club W6M Riverton, KS W6N Joplin, MO Joplin Amateur Radio Club W6O Lebanon, MO Lebanon Amateur Radio Club W6P St. Louis, MO St. Louis Amateur Radio Club W6Q Chicago, IL Six Meter Club of Chicago W6R Springfield, MO Southwest Missouri Amateur RC W6U Wilmington, IL Wilmington Area Amateur Radio Club ROVER STATIONS ---------------- W6S ROVER 1 Northern Arizona DX Association W6T ROVER 2 Northern Arizona DX Association Special event stations are expected to be found in the vicinity of the following frequencies. (Look for digital modes in the standard band segments for such mode) All frequencies +/- QRM: CW - 3533, 7033, 10110, 14033, 18080, 21033, 24900, 28033 and 50033 kHz SSB - 3866, 7266, 14266, 18164, 21366, 24966, 28466 and 50166 kHz Digi - 3573, 7074, 10136, 14074, 18100, 21074, 24915 and 28074 kHz R66 MOBILE Operations - Any amateurs operating while actually driving along Route 66 during the special event period are encouraged to take part in "Route 66 On The Air", by using the designation "mobile 66" for SSB or "/m66" for CW after their callsigns. All other amateur radio operators are welcome to contact these mobile operators. NOTE: ONLY W6S AND W6T ARE ONLY THE OFFICIAL EVENT ROVER/MOBILE STATIONS AND WILL BE ENDORSED ON THE EVENT CERTIFICATE. REPEATERS - Some of the participating clubs will also be operating this event from their local VHF/UHF repeaters. Check the ARRL repeater guide for possible repeater frequencies, if you're in the local area. Each participating club will issue their own QSL card commemorating this event. QSL information is available on the Web at: http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=27 For more details about the event and the certificate that is available, please visit the "Route 66 OTA Site" at: http://w6jbt.org http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=23 T8, PALAU (Reminder). Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will once again be active as T88PB from the VIP-Guest Hotel in Koror City, Palau, between September 6-9th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW and 6m FT8. His equipment is an IC-7300 w/TL933 amp (about 500w) into a 3 element Yagi and DP antennas. QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to his home callsign. For more details and updates, see his Web page at: http://pandasan.jimdo.com TK, CORSICA. Arnoud, PE2USA, will be active as TK/PE2USA from two different locations in Corsica during the month of September. Between September 2-9th, he will be in WW. Loc. JN42ON (close to Ravin de Stipidi), and between September 9-14th, he will be in WW. Loc. JN41KR (north of Punta Vaccaja). No other details were provided. QSL will be confirm via eQSL. TT8, CHAD. Jean Louis, ZS6AAG, is now active as TT8JLH from N’Djamena. He is there working for the Médecins Sans Frontières [MSF](Doctors With- out Borders), and the length of his stay is unknown. Activity has been on 20 meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign and eQSL. V2, ANTIGUA (Reminder). Bud, AA3B, will once again be active as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) between September 8-20th. Activity will be sporadic because he is doing maintenance on the station but will be primarily CW on various HF bands. QSL via LoTW or via AA3B, direct or by the Bureau. An OQRS will be available via ClubLog. V3, BELIZE. Vernon, NN5E, will be active as V31CC between October 5-12th. Activity will probably be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. Felipe, NP4Z, will once again be active as V43Z from Saint Kitts Island (NA-104) during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via N4AO. ZK3A TOKELAU ISLANDS DXPEDITION NEWS (Update). The following was reported on August 29th, on the ZK3A Web page (https://tokelau2019.com) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/ZK3A_2019) [edited]: The ZK3A team will be on all 3 of the Islands in Tokelau (Fakaofo, Nukunonu & Atafu). * The Amateur Radio Club in Tokelau will have callsigns for each of these islands, ZK3RF, ZK3RN & ZK3RA. * Each club stations utilize electricity from the islands solar panels. * The ZK3A team will be donating to all 3 islands the following. TS-590S, Dipole for 40m & 20m, A3S and a 800w Linear Amplifier. * In addition the team has shipped 3 x 6 KVA generators to be used during our activation. At the end of our time on the island, we will be donating these generators to each of the Tokelau Islands. * Total donation from our team is around $ 8,000 USD. ADDED NOTES: The ZK3A Tokelau Island DXpedition is conducting a survey on what bands and modes are needed for this operation. Give them your input at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZK3A Also, it has been reported: A free of charge certificate issued in electronic format will be available for working ZK3A on 3 different bands regardless of mode, or on 3 different modes regardless of band send your application to: uz1rr at ukr.net *********************************************************************** TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Subscribe: (mailto:kb8nw@hotmail.com?subject=subscribe) Unsubscribe: (mailto:kb8nw@hotmail.com?subject=unsubscribe) Just a reminder, you can still obtain the OPDX Bulletins via the OPDX Web page (provided by John, K8YSE) [http://www.papays.com/opdx.html], QRZ.com (under Forums; News; Special Events, Contests.. etc.), several DX Mailing Lists, and two different UseNet Groups (rec.radio.info and rec.radio.amateur.dx). 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