OPDX Bulletin 902 March 30, 2009

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 902
BID: $OPDX.902
March 30, 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, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q, NG3K, N4AA & QRZ DX, N5FF, KL7JR, K8YSE, N8OFS, NK0S, 5B4MF, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, DX World of Ham Radio Web Site, F4EGZ, F5NQL & UFT, G3KHZ, GU0SUP, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, JA1ELY, M0OXO, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, OH1MN, PY2SEX, RSGB IOTA Web Site, SM5LWC, SK7QB, SV8CYV, TA1HZ, TA0U, VA3RJ & ICPO and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information.

EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE
This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW WPX SSB Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the CQWW WPX SSB Contest participants.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT
According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 20th-March, through Friday, 27th-March there were 224 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9L, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, 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" (WFWL).

3DA0, SWAZILAND (Update)
Operators David/GI4FUM (EI4DJ, 3DA0DJ), Tony/ G4LDL, Gerry/M0MVV, Michael/NC4MM and Yuri/UT5EL will be active from the station at the Hawane Resort during the month of August. The object of this activity is to provide a ham radio station at an international scout camp near Manzini between July 31st and August 11th. David (the organizer of the DXpedition) has operated from Hawane Resort (near Mbabane) as 3DA0DJ on two previous occasions (in March 2007 [CQWPX SSB] and in October 2008 [CQWW SSB]). The Hawane Resort is located in the mountains of Western Swaziland at over 4,000ft ASL. It has been used for DXpeditions on quite a few occasions and is serviced by Daniel Hubbard/ZS6JR of African DX Safaris.

There are permanent antennas on the site including a 60 ft. lattice steel tower with HF beams for 20/15/10m and the WARC bands. There is a "Four Square" array of 40m dipoles suspended from the tower. Daniel usually erects a vertical for 80/160m in addition to these antennas. David/GI4FUM states, "It would be our intention to stay at and operate from Hawane Resort and in addition provide operators for the scout camp on a daily basis. The camp site will use the callsign 3DA0SS but each team member will have their own 3DA0 callsign. The camp site is about an hour's drive away. Unfortunately the campsite is not as well situated for takeoff to Europe and USA as Hawane Resort. The campsite is on a southerly facing hillside.

We would like to provide as many modes and as many bands as possible on this DXpedition. The March 2007 operation included an EME station which was very successful and made contacts in 100 different countries. During our stay at Hawane there is another DXpedition to Lesotho also serviced by African DX Safaris and team members from that DXpedition may join us during our time there. John, 9M6XRO, will be transferring to Hawane during the 2nd week of our stay." David/GI4FUM provides the following reference Web sites that may be of interest:

Hawane Web site: http://www.hawane.co.sz
African DX safaris: http://www.africandxsafari.com
Photographs of previous DXpeditions to Hawane:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568542228aUWwWP?vhost=good-times
http://travel.webshots.com/album/558408223diIYNe?vhost=travel

3V, TUNISIA
SWL Ashraf, 3V4-002, will be active as 3V8SS from the "Radio Club Station of Tunisian Scouts" in Sousse, during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest, SSB (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry.
QSL via IZ8CCW. Also, read about Ashraf on the following Web pages at:

http://ashraf3v4002.wordpress.com
http://www.qsl.net/3v4-002/

5B, CYPRUS
Jack, RW3QC, will be active as 5B4AII during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/2R entry. QSL via RW3RN.

AH0, MARIANA ISLANDS (Update)
Operators Kuny/7L1FPU (W1FPU), Yoshiki/KH0UA (who may be the youngest non-native FCC General license holder) and Tomo/N2QP will be active as AH0BT during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via 7L1FPU.
PLEASE NOTE: On 40 meters, the team can only transmit between 7075-7100 kHz. Please listen for them.

C9, MOZAMBIQUE (Update)
Members of the Texas DX Society are now active as C91TX from Bilene, Maputo Province, until April 5th. Activity will be on all bands 160-10 meters with 3 active stations, one station each for CW, SSB, and the Digital modes. Antennas being used are T-8 Log- Periodics by Tennedyne, and they will be up at about 50 feet plus. They will also use a 40 meter 4 square (and possible 80 meter 4 square) and a 72 foot vertical for 160/80/30 meters. The stations will be using a Tokyo Hy-Power amp, and two IC-2KL amps.

The team will participate in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th). Operators mentioned are: Cal/WF5W, Paul/W5PF, Madison/W5MJ, Bill/K5WAF, Dale/KG5U and Jim/N4AL. QSL Manager for C91TX is W5PF. Depending on internet access, they hope to have an online log search page once operations start, but don't expect daily updates. For updates, visit the Texas DX Society C91TX Web page at:

http://www.tdxs.net/c91.html

CN, MOROCCO
M'hamed, CN8NK, in Rabat, will be active as CN4P during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via EA5XX.

E21, THAILAND
Champ, E21EIC, will be active during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. JA stations QSL via JR5XPG and all others via E21EIC. Visit Champ's Web page at:

http://www.e21eic.net

E2, THAILAND (Early Announcements)
Dej, E21YDP, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via E21YDP. Also, look for Chai, E20WXA, to be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/ Low-Power entry. QSL via E20WXA.

ED8, CANARY ISLANDS
Members of the Radio Club Henares will be active as ED8R during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via EA4RCH. Operators mentioned are Jesus/EC1KR, Javier/EC4DX, David/EC4JD, Oscar/EA4TD, Miguel/EA4DEC, Jorge/EA8TL, Tomas/EA8TH, Domiciano/EA8UP and Edu/EA8AUW. Visit their Web page at:

http://www.radioclubhenares.org

EF8, CANARY ISLANDS
Operators Pekka/EA8AH, Manuel/EA8ZS, Juan/EA8CAC, Jaakko/OH1MA and Toivo/ES2RR will be active as EF8R during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via LoTW.

FR, REUNION ISLAND (Update)
Cedric, F4EGZ, will be active as FR/F4EGZ from St.Leu (AF-016) between now and April 13th. His activity will include the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op entry. Operations will only be on 20/15/10 meters. He informed OPDX a few weeks ago that he was on holiday and did not think he would be on the air after the contest. However, he is now planning to be active on 17m and 6m from the north-side of the island. For sked, send him an E-mail at: F4EGZ@Yahoo.fr

H2, CYPRUS. Spyros, 5B4MF, will be using the special prefix callsign H22H during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m)/High-Power entry. Please note that H22 is a unique prefix for the contest as nobody else will be using the special prefix. QSL via 5B4MF, direct (address on QRZ.com), by the Bureau or LoTW. IOTA NEWS
AS-177. NEW IOTA! Frank, DL4KQ, is planning to be active as AT9RS from a new IOTA, Grandi Island, off the coast of Vasco da Gama, Goa, India, between April 3-8th. No other details were provided, but watch the IOTA frequencies.

EU-017. (Update) Members of the Noantri DX & Contest Team will be active as ID9N from Vulcano Island (Eolian Group) (IIA ME-018, MIA MI-122, WLOTA 1001), April 25-30th. Look for activity on the HF bands, CW, SSB and the Digital modes. Operators mentioned are: Andy/IZ0EHO, Vincenzo/IZ0FKE, GiorDano/IK0XFD and Alberto/ IK0ZCW. QSL via IZ0GKN. Sked request at: id9n@libero.it

EU-049. Members of the Aegean DX Group will be operate from Samos Island (GIOTA SAS006), as SX8P (Pythagoras) between April 3-12th. Activity is to celebrate the 2500th anniversary and honor the memory of Great Ancient Samian Philosopher and Mathematician "Pythagoras". For more information, see QRZ.com. Operations will mainly be on SSB and the Digital modes. On SSB, 14260, 18124, 7090, 3780 kHz (+/- 5 kHz), and if bands are open, check 21260, 24950, 28460, 50150 kHz (+/- 5 kHz). Look for them on BPSK31 and RTTY on 20/40/80 meters, and if the bands are open 15/10m. There will also be activity on the AO-51 Satellite. Operators mentioned are: Vassilis/SV8CYV, Alexandros/SV8CYR, Kostandinos/SV8IIR, Ilias/SV8FMY and George/SV8IJZ. QSL via SV8CYV, direct by the Bureau.

EU-094. French operators Alain/F1LLS, Thomas/F4BCG, Patrick/F4FCS, Antoine/F5RAB, Christian/F6AXN, Francis/F6DPD and Dominique/ F6HEQ will be active as TM5EL from the Penfret Island (DIFM AT-059, WLOTA L-321, DPLF PB-038, Locator IN87AR), one of the Glenan Archipelago, between May 8-10th. Activity will be on the HF bands, as well as VHF, UHF and SHF, using CW, SSB, and the Digital modes. QSL via F6KHI.

NA-143. Operators Buzz/NI5DX and his brother Al/WD5IQR will be active from Galveston Island on Monday, March 30th. If conditions warrant, the pair will return to Galveston Island on Tuesday morning for another day of operation. As the Galveston Island State Park is still closed due to damage from Hurricane Ike this past September, the brothers will use generator power. They will run barefoot into a ZeroFive 43 foot vertical. Monday's operation is planned to be mainly SSB with the possibility of some CW and digital modes.

NA-223. (Update/Date Change) Members of the Russian Robinson Club will be active as KL7RRC from Ogliuga Island, Alaska, between July 23rd and August 5th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters including an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Operators mentioned are: N3QQ, RA3NAN, RU4SU and UA9OBA. Watch for updates on:

http://www.na-234.com/contact_chuginadak_expedition.html

IR9, ITALY
Members of the ARIPA DX Team will be active as IR9Y from Sicily during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via IT9ABY.

J8, ST. VINCENT
Dave, G3TBK, is once again active from here as J88DR and will be in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band/Low-Power entry. Activity outside of the contest will be on all HF bands, especially 30/17/12 meters, but mostly on CW. QSL via G3TBK, direct or by the RSGB Bureau.

JT1, MONGOLIA
Operator Yohji/JH1AWN (JT1AWN) and three members of the Akita DX Association [Takao/JA7AGO (JT1AGO), Sei/JA7LU (JT1LU) and Akio/ JA7ZP (JT1ZP)] will be active between April 21-28th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters, possibly 160m (depending on their QTH), using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Look for the following callsigns on the following modes:
CW - JT1AWN, JT1AGO and JT1ZP
SSB - JT1AGO, JT1LU and JT1ZP
Digi - JT1LU and JT1ZP
Operations will be from two locations: JT1KAA's QTH and the other from Amure Hotel. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the JARL Bureau.

OFFICERS FOR 2009-2010
On Monday, March 2nd, the members of Northern Ohio DX Association (NODXA) re-elected the following to serve as officers between May 2009 and April 2010:


     President:         Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
     Vice President:    Dwaine Modock,   K8ME
     Secretary:         Al Moriarty,     N8CX
     Treasurer:         Mary Michaelis,  N8DMM
     Newsletter Editor: David Autry,     WD8IOU
For more information about NODXA, check out the club's Web site at:
http://www.papays.com/nodxa.html

OH1, FINLAND
Members of the "Turun Radioamatoorit ry" (OH1AA) will activate the callsign OH1T during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-30th) using "beams, slopers, dipoles.. anything they can get on the air". Operators mentioned are Markus/OH1MN, Markus/OH1FKR, Janne/OH1SDR and maybe some other quest operators. QSL via OH1MN.

P2, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (Update/IOTA Op)
Last week we mentioned that once again the team of operators Luis/CT1AGF, Derek/G3KHZ, Steve/G4EDG and Hans/SM6CVX, plus Gordon/G3USR will activate three Papua New Guinea IOTA islands between October 22nd and November 9th. Since then Derek has informed OPDX that a friend Hans (name Stig) will also join the group. He also stated, "We anticipate using a separate call for each island but have yet to decide which call will be used for which island. P29NI will be used for one of the islands." Islands mentioned are Tanga Island (OC-102), Green Island (OC-231) and Woodlark Island (OC-205). Activity will be on 160-15 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY modes. Gordon/G3USR will be exclusively on SSB. The team will be using new single band vertical dipoles for 30-15 meters and a ground plane for 40 meters.

PY2, BRAZIL
Alex, PY2SEX, from Sao Paulo, will be active during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m)/ Low-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, direct (see (QRZ.com)) or LoTW.

QSL INFO AND NEWS
PIRATE ALERT. Roger,G3SXW, reports, "A station signing EP2IA has been QRV this week on 40 mtrs CW, asking for QSL via (QRZ.com). This was my call in the 1970's, but I know nothing about the current operation. If the callsign had been re-issued, I would expect him to give a valid QSL route. But (QRZ.com) points at G3SXW, so I must conclude that this is a pirate operation. Please help me to spread the word: PIRATE! I will receive many QSLs that will be returned to sender (extra work for me) and very disappointing for many DXers who think that they have worked a new country. There are some very selfish people in this world."

PIRATE ALERT. Charles, M0OXO, reports, "Over the last few weeks, I have been made aware that my short contest callsign has been used several times by an unauthorized person and maybe during contests too. No-one has had permission to use this callsign and I have no knowledge who the offender may be. My short contest callsign is "M0X" and this has been used along with a regional designator of the Island of Guernsey. The callsign used (which I now assume is a Pirate) was "MU0X" and was certainly used on CW although I am not yet aware of any other modes. There are several 'spots' on the DX Cluster for the callsign, and there have also been several requests for QSL cards. If you have this callsign in your log then the contacts are obviously invalid as I have never operated from the Island of Guernsey. Please bear in mind the callsign of "MU0X", and if you hear it on air please report it to me on my E-mail address. There will be some Amateurs out there who think they have just worked Guernsey on a new band, mode or even an all time new one, but sadly, they will be very disappointed." Charlie's E-mail address is: charlie.debbie@btinternet.com

VQ9HB LOGS
Hutch, NK0S, announced that he is currently converting the paper logs of Hugh, VQ9HB, to electronic format so they can be uploaded to LoTW. After the logs are uploaded to LoTW, Hutch will act as the QSL Manager for QSL card requests for Hugh's operation between 12/23/89 and 5/19/90.

QSLS VIA LOTW: 4W6R and V63MY

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5H3RK, 5N/LZ1QK, A43DLH, A71EM, C6APG, CE0Y/N6NO, CX9AU, CT9L, E27EK/P, ET3JA, FK8CP, FW5RE, HI3K, P40ZB, PJ4/K4BAI, T77NM, TO3R, TO4X, TT8JT, V51XG, V26G, VP8DLS, VP8YLH and XE1RCS

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4O/K1ZZ, FR5MV, VP8/LZ1UQ and VU4AN

ROSKILDE 1658 AWARD STATIONS ACTIVITIES
The weekend of April 4-5th, look for stations that are involved "Roskilde 1658 Award". Details about this award was featured in the February 2009 issue of CQ Magazine. Stations expected to be active are SB1658OZ, SH1658DK, SH1658OZ, SK1658DK and the Danish wild card station OZ1658ROS. That is a total of five qualifying callsigns active, but you only need four callsigns for the award. It was also mentioned that due to a called district meeting arranged by SK7BQ during the past weekend, the callsigns operated by SK7BQ, SC1658OZ and SK1658OZ will not be active during the upcoming weekend. The five special callsigns will mainly be active on 80, 40 and 20 meters, depending on conditions, using CW and SSB. Stations SB1658OZ and SH1658OZ will also be active on PSK31. The press release states, "We have noted in our logs that many award hunters work only CW or RTTY/PSK31. You will be more successful if you work as many modes as possible. Not all of our operators are able to work digital modes or CW." For complete information on all callsigns, times in UTC and frequencies, please visit the "Roskilde 1658 Award" Web page at:

http://www.sk7bq.com/roskilde (under "Activity calendar")

SX5, DODECANESE (EU-001)
Operators Bill/SV5AZP, Panos/SV5AZK, Filolaos/ SV5CJK, Vagelis/SV5CJQ, Efstathios/SV5DKL, Stelios/SV5DZR, Denis/SV5FRD, Periklis/SV5FRK, Takis/SV5FRP and Mike/SV5KJC will be active as SX5P during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via SV5FRD.

T2, TUVALU
Joe, LA5UF, is active as T2UF until April 1st. Activity is on the HF bands using mostly CW and PSK. QSNs show operations over the past week have been mainly on 30/20/17 meters. There has been some SSB activity on 17 meters. QSL to home call.

TA, TURKEY
Members of the AKUT Search and Rescue Association will be active as TA1KC during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Op/Single-Band entry. QSL via TA0U. Operators mentioned are Urcun/ TA0U, Ilke/TA1CU, Can/TA1CN, Tevfik/TA1HZ, Onder/TA2CL, Serkan/TA2JN and Anil/TB2ED.

TC2, TURKEY (Lighthouse Activity)
Members of the Turkish group called TCSWAT (Special Wireless Activity Team) will activate the last lighthouse in a series of historical lighthouses around Istanbul next weekend. On April 4-5th, look for TC2FLH to be active from Fenerbahce Lighthouse (TUR 021). Remember, you only need four or more contacts with lighthouses to receive the "Istanbul Lighthouses On The Air Award" (ILOTA). Details and rules can be found at:

http://www.ta0u.com/detay.asp?id=4296

TC57, TURKEY (Special Event)
Members of the Turkish group called TCSWAT (Special Wireless Activity Team) will be active as TC57A once again from the Canakkale Gelibolu battegrounds to remember the 57th Regiment Martyrs between April 22-27th. Activity will be on the HF bands. For more info, visit the following Web pages:

http://www.qrz.com/db/TC57A
http://www.tcswat.org
Info about the regiment and the war:
In Turkish - http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/57._Alay
In English - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign

TG0, GUATEMALA
Operators Mario/TG9ADQ, Edgar/TG9AXF and Francisco/TG9ANF will be active as TG0AA during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via TG9ANF.

TK, CORSICA (EU-014)
Brani, OM2FY, will be active as TK/OM2FY from the main island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ DXpedition/CW/Low-Power/24H entry. QSL via OM2FY.

VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND (Update)
The VK9LA operation is on the air with all stations active. Operations will last until April 3rd. The team has had some equipment problems: an ACOM Amp is dead, AL811H blew a tube and one IC7000 has failed after 2 days. It was mentioned that the stations on 160 and 80 meters are running amps, but they are having extremely high static levels from the same weather system that has delayed the Mellish Reef operation. The team plans to stay on the lower bands always. PLEASE NOTE: The online log search is also active now at:

http://www.odxg.org/onlinelog/index.php
QSLs are via VK4FW. An online QSL Requesting Service is now available at:
http://www.odxg.org/qsl.htm
Any QSL CARDS managed by ODXG inc., or Bill Horner, VK4FW, can be sent to you utilizing this system. This is a FREE service if you request your cards to be sent via the BUREAU. A minimum payment of 5 USDs via PAYPAL is required if you request your cards to be mailed DIRECT TO YOU. QSL cards will be printed by UX5UO. For more updates, details on the DXpedition and how to donate to this operation, please visit the ODXG and VK9LA Web pages at:
http://www.odxg.org
http://www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm
ADDED NOTE: Lord Howe operators Stan/SQ8X and Pete/SQ9DIE have added a daily blog on Twitter.com. Look for regular updates on how the DXpedition is progressing at:
http://twitter.com/vk9la

VK9M, MELLISH REEF (Update)
Operators George/AA7JV and Tomi/HA7RY, were stuck on Marion Reef most of the week but were able to reach Mellish Reef on March 27th and should be on the air as VK9GMW by 0800z, March 28th. Activity should last about April 10th (this can change). For updates, please visit the VK9GMW Web page at:

http://www.vk9gmw.com

VY1, CANADA (Special Event/New CISA)
Members of the North County DX Association (which includes the Alaska Chapter/KL7RST, Yukon Chapter/ KL7RST and Northwest Territories Chapter/VE8RST) that promotes Amateur Radio in the North, will activate the special event station VY1/K7Y from Kluane Lake in the Yukon between June 25th and July 4th. Emphasis will be for Field Day from Jacquot Island ("new one" for the CISA). Activity will be on 20, 40 and 80 meters. Primary 14260 and 7260 kHz (+/- QRM). QSL via KL7JR direct w/SASE for full-color QSL.

[Kluane Lake area is a rugged and picturesque landscape steeped in Klondike Gold Rush history. KL7JR has spent a considerable amount of time on the lake over the past 20 years and is considered an expert on local history by the Burwash Landing Library and Yukon Archives for his book, "BROTHERS in the YUKON".]

YJ0, VANUATU (Pacific CW Tour Continues)
By the time you read this, operators Dennis/F5VHY (G3MXJ) and Nigel/G3TXF will have left New Caledonia and should be active as YJ0MXJ and YJ0TXF, respectively, from the Aore Island Resort off Espiritu Santo (OC-035) in Vanuatu until Wednesday, April 1st. This will be a CW only operation. Their main activity will be on 40/30/20/17 meters. They will try 80 meters, if local conditions permit. There will be no 160 meters. QSL YJ0MXJ via F5VHY, and YJ0TXF via G3TXF. Remember, their next stop will be Norfolk Island (VK9N) on their way back (G3MXJ/VK9N & G3TXF/VK9N between 1000z, Saturday, April 4th to 1900z, Saturday April 4th). PLEASE NOTE: All logs will be up-loaded to LoTW when they return home. There will not be online logs during these operations, nor are they expecting any Internet access.

YK, SYRIA
Saad, N5FF, informs OPDX that he will be arriving in Damascus on the evening of March 29th and should be active again as YK1BA from March 30th and April 10th. He will return home to Texas on April 11th. As usual, the purpose of the trip is not a DXpedition, so his operating will be spotty, but he states that he will try to put in as much radio time as possible. He suggests that his operating hours will be between 2000-2300z or between 0200-0500z and possibly some occasional activities between 1200-1400z. Saad says, "I suspect that 30, 40, and 80 meters will be the bands of choice, and I will be active on SSB, CW, and RTTY." QSL via N5FF ((QRZ.com) for details).

YM2, TURKEY
Pavel, OK1MU, will be active as YM2W during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/High-Power entry. QSL via OK1TN, by the Bureau or direct.

ZM4, NEW ZEALAND
Operators Ken/ZL4NR, Mike/ZL4OL, Alan/ZL4FM, Kevin/ZL4QD and Chris/ZL1CT will be active as ZM4A during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via ZL4AA.


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       The following stations are expected to be active in the
                 CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th, 2009)
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      Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following
consolidated listing of the participants in the 2009 CQWW WPX SSB Contest.
For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML
format, please visit Bill's Web page at:
          http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2009.html  (By callsign)
          http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxsd2009.html (By entity)
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 Contest        DXCC          Class         QSL
Callsign       Entity                       Route
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 3D2A          Fiji            M/2          VK4AN; QSL via Buro or direct
 3G1C          Chile           SOAB LP      CE1KR
 3V8SS         Tunisia         M/S          IZ8CCW
 4D1N          Philippines                  DV1UBY
 4M5DX         Venezuela       M/S          IT9DAA
 4M5IR         Venezuela       M/?          YV5KG
 4V4JR         Haiti           M/?
 4Z4OQ         Israel          SOSB 20M     4Z4OQ
 5B4AII        Cyprus          SOAB 2R      RW3RN
 8P1A          Barbados        SOAB HP      NN1N
 8S0C/5        Sweden          M/S          LoTW; QSL via SM Buro
 9A800VZ       Croatia         M/?          9A7A
 9M8Z          East Malaysia   SOAB HP      LoTW; QSL via M0URX, Buro/direct
 A61BK    United Arab Emirates              A61BK
 AH0BT         Mariana Islands M/2          7L1FPU
 AM7M          Spain           SOSB 40M     EC7ANC
 AO1K          Spain           M/?          EA1GVG
 BV4VR         Taiwan          SOAB LP      LoTW; QSL via BX4AN, Buro/direct
 BX5AA         Taiwan          SOSB HP      BX5AA
 C91TX         Mozambique                   W5PF
 CN2BC         Morocco         SOAB LP      DL7BC
 CN2R          Morocco         SOAB         W7EJ
 CN4P          Morocco                      EA5XX
 CQ3T          Madeira         M/S          LoTW
 CS9L          Madeira                      DJ6QT
 CT/LZ3ND      Portugal        SOSB 20M     LZ1NK
 D4C         Cape Verde Island M/S          IZ4DPV
 E20WXA        Thailand        SOSB 20M     E20WXA
 E21EIC        Thailand        SO           E21EIC; JAs QSL to JR5XPG only
 E21YDP        Thailand        SO           E21YDP
 E7DX     Bosnia & Herzegovina M/2          E77E
 EA9LZ         Ceuta & Melilla SOSB         EA9LZ
 ED8R          Canary Island   M/S          EA4RCH
 EE2W          Spain           M/S          EB2BXL
 EF8M          Canary Islands  SOAB HP      UA3DX
 EF8R          Canary Islands  M/?          LoTW
 EI/ON4EI      Ireland         SOAB LP      ON4EI
 ES9C          Estonia         M/S          ES5RY
 FR/F4EGZ      Reunion         SOAB LP
 G6PZ          England         M/S          GM4FDM
 GD8K          Isle of Man     M/?          GW0ANA
 EA8/OH6CS     Canary Islands  SOSB 15M     LoTW; QSL via OH6CS direct
 HI3C       Dominican Republic SOSB 20M
 HQ2W          Honduras        SOAB HP      HR2DMR
 II5W          Italy           SO           IZ5DKG
 IR9P          Sicily          SOAB         IW9HMQ
 IR9Y          Sicily          M/S          IT9ABY
 J6/W5JON      St Lucia                     W5JON
 J88DR         St Vincent      SOAB         G3TBK
 L73DX         Argentina                    LU7DUE
 LN9Z          Norway          SOSB 160M    LA5KO; QSL via Buro/direct
 LP1H          Argentina       M/S          EA5KB
 LR2F          Argentina       M/S          LU2FA
 LS1D          Argentina       M/S          LW9EOC
 LS2D          Argentina       M/2          EA5KB
 LT1F          Argentina       SOAB HP      AC7DX
 LT0D          Argentina       SOSB 10M     LU6DU
 LX7I          Luxembourg      SOAB         LX2A
 LY7A          Lithuania       M/M          LoTW; QSL via LY2ZO
 MJ4K          Jersey          M/?          G3NKC
 MW1LCR        Wales           SOAB HP      MW1LCR
 MW9W          Wales
 NH7A          Hawaii          SOAB         F5VHJ
 NQ4I          United States   M/M          LoTW; QSL via K4PK
 OH1T          Finland                      OH1MN
 OL7T          Czech Republic  M/S          OK2BXU
 OM0A          Slovakia        M/2          OM0AAO
 OP4K          Belgium         M/?          ON4JZ; QSL via Buro/direct
 P40A          Aruba           SOAB         WD9DZV
 PR1T          Brazil          M/S          PY1ZV
 PW2D          Brazil          M/?          PY2VM
 PW7A          Brazil          M/S          PY7RP Direct
 RK3K          Russia (Europe) M/S          RX3OM
 S65Q          Singapore                    9V1QQ
 SX5P          Dodecanese      M/M
 T48K          Cuba            M/S          DK1WI
 TA1KC         Turkey          M/S          TA0U
 TC3EC         Turkey          M/S          TA3GO
 TG0AA         Guatemala       M/?          TG9ANF
 TM4Q          France          SOAB         F6FYA
 VK9LA        Lord Howe Island M/?          VK4FW
 VP59V         Turks & Caicos  SOAB         W5CW Direct
 VY2TT         Canada          M/M
 XR1A          Chile           M/2          XQ1IDM
 XR3A          Chile           SOSB
 XR6T          Chile           M/2          CE3FED
 XW1A          Laos            SOAB         E21EIC
 YE1ZAT        Indonesia       M/S
 YE0X          Indonesia       M/?          YE0X
 YM2W          Turkey          SOSB 15M     OK1TN
 YM3D          Turkey          SOAB LP      TA3D
 Z35X          Macedonia       SOSB 20M     DJ0LZ
 ZF2AE/ZF8     Cayman Islands  SO LP        LoTW; QSL via Buro/eQSL/direct
 ZM4A          New Zealand     M/S          ZL4AA
 ZP0R          Paraguay        SOAB         ZP5AZL
 ZT2V          South Africa    M/2          NI5DX; direct QSL preferred/Buro
 ZX5J          Brazil          SOSB 15M     AI4U

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