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Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 961.1
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 961.1
BID: $OPDX.961.1
June 1, 2010
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, NC1L, KH6BZF, A35A and various sources for the
following DX information.

3C9B AND 3C0C DXPEDITION (Update). Dates have been announced for the
upcoming Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea, and Annobon Island
(AF-039) DXpedition. Both operations will only be manned by two Spanish
operators. Operators mentioned a Elmo/EA5BYP (SSB and RTTY) and
Javi/EA5KM (CW and SSB). The team is expected to leave Thursday, June
3rd, for Bioko Island, and be on the air the very next day as 3C9B.
Activity will last until June 7th. They state, "We will spend as much
time as possible on the radio. There we will pick up our supplies to
live on the island of Annobon for 14 days." The operators also mention
that (edited) "they have undertaken a great effort, both physical and
financial, in preparing this DXpedition, but unfortunately, for reasons
beyond our control, we have been unable to go in April." Look for activity
to be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. The team states (edited),
"We know the importance of an activation on 160m from the island of
Annobon." Suggested frequencies a
CW - 1830 (Asia/Oceania RX 1820-1825 ), 1832 (Europe RX 1835-1840
and North/South America 1833-1835), 3524, 7024, 10115, 14024,
18071, 21024, 24892, 28024 and 50104 kHz
SSB - 1850, 3790, 7065/7165, 14195, 18140, 21275, 24940, 28475 and
50140 kHz
RTTY - 3582, 7038, 10140, 14082, 18102, 21082, 24922 and 28082 kHz

The team will have three HF stations, but will only have two stations
on the air. Antennas to be used a Spiderbeam (20/17/15/12/10m), 80
meter vertical, 160 meter Inverted L, Cushcraft 5 element yagi on 6m and
SteppIR (80-6m). They will also use beverages and K9AY for RX on the
lower bands. During their operation from Annobon Island, they will not
have an InterNet connection, so the logs will be published after their
DXpedition. QSL via EA7FTR. For more details and updates on the 3C0C and
3C9B DXpeditions, visit the Web page at: http://www.3c0c-annobon.com

KH6BZF PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (For June 1-7th)....
Jun 1 AN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS
Jun 2 AN-LN --------------------
Jun 3 AN-LN BN - Below Normal
Jun 4 AN AN - Above Normal/Geomagnetic Level is QUIET
Jun 5 AN LN - Low Normal
Jun 6 AN HN - High Normal/Geomagnetic Level is UNSETTLED
Jun 7 AN DIS - Disturbed
VDIS - Very Disturbed


GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
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QUIET - The "A" index is expected to be between
0-7 and the "K" index will be 2 or less
UNSETTLED - The "A" index is expected to be between
7-16 and "K" index will be 3 or less

A3, TONGA. Paul, A35A (A35RK), informs OPDX that David Lee, W6ZL, arrived
on Tonga last week. He reportedly skippered the "SV Summer Sky" from New
Zealand to Nuku'alofa. He brought his K3 and a Buddipole antenna. He
renewed his A35KL license. He is on Tongatapu (OC-049) right now. No QSNs
have been reported yet, but Paul hopes to see him on Ha'apai (OC-169) in
a week or so. He's bringing Paul repair parts, so he hopes to be active
again soon.

DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL Awards Branch Manager, reports that
the following operations are approved for DXCC credit:
The following operation are approved for DXCC credit:

3B8EME - Mauritius Island; 2010 Operation
9UPVI/9U1P – Burundi 2010 Operation
9U2T - Burundi; 2010 Operation
9X0CW - Rwanda; 2010 Operation
9X0LX - Rwanda; 2010 Operation
YI9HOC - Iraq; 2009 Operation

If you had QSOs rejected for any of these operations send an E-mail to
to be placed on the list to update your DXCC record.

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President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
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