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   Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 771   
      
   The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster   
   DX Bulletin No. 771   
   BID: $OPDX.771   
   August 14, 2006   
   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, N1DL, NC1L, K3GV, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily   
   DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, KB5NJD, AA8LL, AC8G, K8YSE, N8MR, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk,   
   DL1EK & The DX News Letter, F1JKJ, F5NQL & UFT, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX   
   News, IZ8EDJ, OH2BH, OH2BN, OK3AA, ON4QE, PY5EG, RN9XA, SP2BIK, RSGB IOTA,   
   VE2TKH, VA3RJ & ICPO, VQ9LA, and YU1AB for the following DX information.   
      
   DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the   
   week of Sunday, 6th/August, through Sunday, 13th/August there were 201   
   countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3DA, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L,   
   4S, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G,   
   9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY,   
   C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, EA, EA6,   
   EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM,   
   FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI,   
   HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J5, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, K, KG4, KH0, KH2,   
   KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX,   
   OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ7, PY, PZ, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9,   
   T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR,   
   V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2V, VP5, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU,   
   XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YO, YS, YU, YU6, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4,   
   ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZK1/s, 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).   
      
   4O3T, MONTENEGRO. The 4O3T DXpedition Montenegro was expected to come   
   to an end on August 13th this past weekend. Martti, OH2BH, sent out a   
   press release before the weekend on Thursday August 10th, called "4O3T   
   APPROACHING THE LAST WEEKEND OF OPERATIONS". He mentions that the 4O3T   
   team has made over 120,000 QSOs. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive   
   the complete press release as an additional bulletin (minus the photos).   
      
   4O3/YU6, MONTENEGRO. Operators Toma/YU1AB, Emin/DK4ES and Branko/YZ1DZ   
   will be back in Montenegro again August 15-22nd. They will have a new   
   license and will operate as 4O3AB on CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK and 4O3ES on SSB   
   only. They just recently received the licenses from the Montenegrian   
   Agency for Telecomunications. QSL via QRZ.com.   
      
   6Y, JAMAICA. Operators Ken/K2KW, Tom/N6BT and possibly others will be   
   active between November 19-27th. Activity will include the CQ WW CW Contest   
   (November 25-26th) with entry class TBD. QSL via WA4WTG. Operations outside   
   of the contest will focus on the low bands.   
      
   CT3, MEDEIRA. Operator Richard, PA0RRS, will be active as CT3/PA0RRS,   
   August 17-31st. No bands/modes of activity were provided. QSL via his   
   home callsign, direct or by the bureau.   
      
   DXCC NEWS.........................   
    * Reminder -- October 1, 2006, Submission Date for Swains Island QSLs   
      (August 13, 2006, by Bill Moore, NC1L): The DXCC rule change announced   
      on June 14th, 2006, (Please refer to OPDX.763) noted that credits for   
      any new entities created by the rule change would be accepted on or   
      after October 1, 2006. Since Swains Island was added to the DXCC list   
      as a result of rule change, credits for Swains Island will not be   
      accepted until that date. This criteria appies to either paper QSLs   
      or LoTW submissions.   
      
    * Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Branch Manager, informs that the following   
      operation is approved for DXCC credit:   
      KH8SI - Swains Island; From July 28th, 2006, through August 2nd, 2006.   
              This also includes the callsigns K1ER/KH8, KS6FO/KH8, WH7S/KH8,   
              K8YSE/KH8, AH7C/KH8 and KH6BK/KH8.   
      
    * ADDITION TO THE DXCC ACCREDITATION CRITERIA (August 11th, 2006). ARRL   
      Membership Services Manager Wayne Mills, N7NG, informs: For a number   
      of years, it has been accepted practice to post DXpedition QSO informa-   
      tion on a DXpedition Web site. Although this information is generally   
      limited to callsign, band and mode, it has been useful in reducing the   
      number of duplicate contacts in the DXpedition log. Publishing complete   
      QSO information, or information from which full QSO information can be   
      derived, on the other hand, threatens the integrity of the QSLing   
      process, and is unacceptable. There must be some information that the   
      station claiming the QSO provides based solely on actually being there   
      when the QSO was made. If complete QSO information can be derived from   
      information based on the DXpedition log, the QSL manager's job can be   
      much more difficult if busted calls are involved. To help minimize   
      potential difficulties, therefore, the following restriction has been   
      approved by the Programs and Services Committee, and added to the DXCC   
      Accreditation Criteria, Section III.   
        "The presentation in any public forum of logs or other representations   
      of station operation showing details of station activity or other   
      information from which all essential QSO elements (time, date, band,   
      mode and callsign) for individual contacts can be derived creates a   
      question as to the integrity of the claimed QSOs with that station   
      during the period encompassed by the log. Presentation of such informa-   
      tion in any public forum by the station operator, operators or associ-   
      ated parties is not allowed and may be considered sufficient reason to   
      deny ARRL award credit for contacts with any station for which such   
      presentations have been made. Persistent violation of this provision   
      may result in disqualification from the DXCC program."   
      
   EX15, KYRGYZSTAN (Special Event). Look for memers of the Amateur Radio   
   Union of Kyrgyzstan to be active as EX15ID from August 25th to September   
   5th to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan's independence. QSL   
   via EX8AB.   
      
   IOTA NEWS......................   
     AF-064.  (LH Activity) Operators Matt/ZS1MJJ and Derrick/ZS1DUP will   
              be active as ZS1RBI during the International Lighthouse/Lightship   
              Weekend (ILLW) from Robbin Island (WLOTA 0025, ARLHS SAF-023   
              and TWLHF ZS-004).   
      
     EU-028.  Max, IZ5BTC, will be active as IA5/IZ5BTC/P from Elba Island   
      
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