OPDX Bulletin 894.1 February 6, 2009

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 894.1
BID: $OPDX.894.1
February 6, 2009
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K4UEE and W0GJ for the following DX information.

The following press release was provided by Bob Allphin/K4UEE and Glenn Johnson/W0GJ.

Desecheo 2009 Press Release # 5
February 6, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Today several team members leave their homes and start their journey to Desecheo via Puerto Rico. The entire fifteen man team will assembled by Saturday evening in San Juan. Sunday morning will be devoted to the required UXO (unexploded ordnance) training and afterward the team will travel to Rincon, Puerto Rico, the closest landfall to Desecheo. The Lazy Parrot Hotel will be the team headquarters for the following 4 days.

All equipment and antennas that we shipped have arrived and are in storage. Most of our infrastructure supplies and equipment has been purchased locally is also in our storage facility.

The team will spend Monday through Wednesday completing team training, finalizing assignments, testing generators and pre-assembling antennas. The remaining shopping will also be completed.

The SUP (Special Use Permit) will be presented to us in a special ceremony scheduled for Monday night. With that in hand, we will finally be ready to activate the #6 "most wanted" DXCC entity from February 12th-26th. We hope to be QRV late in the day on the 12th, weather depending.

Visit the new "K5D Store" (the button is about 2/3 down on the Welcome page) on the our website:

www.kp5.us There is a good selection of memorabilia including nice polo shirts, t-shirts, caps, mouse pads, and mugs.

Financial support is being sought and very welcome. The "How you can help" tab on the website makes it easy. For larger contributions; they can be made tax-deductible (consult your tax advisor) if directed through the Northern California DX Foundation. Details are found on our website.

CU in the pileups,
Bob Allphin, K4UEE
Glenn Johnson, W0GJ

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