SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1467.3 Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1467.3 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Special Bulletin No. 1467.3 BID: $OPDX.1467.3 June 5, 2020 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Panama City, FL Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters Network, K4ZW and OH2BH for the following DX information. LAST MINUTE BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FOLKS OF STAYHOME MOVEMENT [edited]. * STAYHOME RADIO EVENT STARTS ON SATURDAY AT 10:00 UTC ON CW, SSB and FT8 The STAYHOME campaign has finally reached the point where it will sign the "What a Wonderful World" () and meet on the radio to share the challenges of the past two months. One chapter is closing now with 70+ special event stations singing together this song from 37 different countries and will say hello to the amateur radio community worldwide. * ANOTHER GRAND PRIZE RIGHT HERE Mr. Jun Hasegawa, the president of YAESU, saw this event as such a wonderful cause that he decided to add the YAESU top-of-line transceiver FTdx101D as the grand prize of the event, which will be part of the final draw, once the dust have finally settled for the event. Both the 63 sub-category high performers as well as the operators of the registered STAYHOME stations that greet (contact) a minimum of 500 friends (stations) during the 24 hour event have a chance of winning this incredible prize! Everything is ready for you to join! Here is a condensed list with all you need to get going and enjoy the event: * Rules: http://ko8sca.com/rules.pdf * Multipliers: http://ko8sca.com/multipliers.pdf * Awards: http://ko8sca.com/awards.pdf * Prizes: http://ko8sca.com/prizes.pdf * Event details: https://www.qrz.com/db/oh2stayhome Wishing you a good time with your beloved ones at home and on the radio and always have in your thoughts the ones that are still suffering as we will always be united in this wonderful world! * THE COVID-19 RADIO EVENT COMMITTEE: E21EIC, KO8SCA, OH2BH, OH2MM and PY5EG ------------------------------------ YASME FOUNDATION SUPPORTING GRANT TO OPEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ORI). The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation has made a supporting grant to the Open Research Institute (ORI) to enable completion of ORI's Phase 4 Ground Project. The Open Research Institute (ORI) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) research and development organization, which provides all of its work to the general public under the principles of open source and open access to research. The Phase 4 Ground Project is an open source satellite ground station for the amateur radio satellite service. For additional information about ORI and this project visit: www.openresearch.institute * * * * * The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to support scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio, including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. For additional information about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website at www.yasme.org. Ward Silver, N0AX, President The Yasme Foundation Board of Directors: Ward Silver, N0AX, President and Director Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, Vice-President, Secretary and Director Rusty Epps, W6OAT, Treasurer and Director Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Director Martti Laine, OH2BH, Director Fred Laun, K3ZO, Director Robert Vallio, W6RGG, Director Marty Woll, N6VI, Director James Brooks, 9V1YC, Director ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: (kb8nw@arrl.net) or (kb8nw@hotmail.com) Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) ....... 73 de Tedd KB8NW /EXIT -----------------------------------------------------------------------
