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Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 884.2

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 884.2
BID: $OPDX.884.2
November 19, 2008
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 and OH2BH for the following DX information.

The following press releases were provided by Richard Moseson/W2VU,
Martti Laine/OH2BH and Gert Carlsson/SM5LWC (The SK7BQ Award Group):

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NEWS RELEASE

For more information, contact:
Richard Moseson (W2VU)
Editor, CQ Amateur Radio
(516) 681-2922 /


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 18, 2008

CQ Magazine Calls on FCC to Resume Amateur Enforcement

(Hicksville, NY November 18, 2008) -- "CQ" magazine is calling on
FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Kris Monteith to move swiftly to name a
successor to Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, as Special Counsel for Amateur
Radio, and to bring FCC enforcement back to the ham bands.

Writing in his "Zero Bias" editorial in the December 2008
issue, "CQ" Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU, noted that the Commission not
only has failed to name a successor to Hollingsworth, but that not a
single amateur enforcement action has been taken since his retirement
this past July. At that time, the editorial noted, the amateur radio
community was assured that the Commission's dedication to enhanced
enforcement in the Amateur Service remains strong. However, the FCC's
total inaction since July suggests otherwise.

"This is deeply disturbing and of grave concern," wrote Moseson, adding,
"It would be a tragedy, and a travesty, if the FCC were to go back on
its promise to be there for us and allowed amateur enforcement to once
again drop off the radar."

The need for continuing amateur enforcement was reinforced after the
issue was went to press when "CQ" was informed of an outburst of racist
diatribes on 20 meters, including the transmission of recordings of a
Hitler rally and Nazi marching songs. "This type of behavior was all too
common before 'Sheriff' Riley came to town a decade ago," noted Moseson,
"and it quickly disappeared once it became obvious that someone in
authority was paying attention. But now, only a matter of months since
Riley handed in his badge, it has become obvious to these hams that they
are once again free to do whatever they please without fear of any
consequences."

"The FCC must get back into the amateur enforcement business, and it
must do so quickly," says Moseson, "before the situation once again
gets out of control. Enforcement Bureau Chief Monteith must act promptly
to name a successor to Riley Hollingsworth and assure amateurs that
they have not once again been abandoned by the Commission."

The full text of Moseson's editorial is online at
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/ ,
linked from the December issue highlights.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TODAY, NOVEMBER, 19, 2008, 10.00UTC

NEW DX SUMMIT TOOK OVER THE MOTHER OF ALL DX SUMMITS TODAY!

The Group at OH8X is honored to continue the services initiated
by members of the OH2AQ Radio Club more than ten years ago. The
original OH2AQ DX Summit was closed today at noon local time.

http://www.dxsummit.fi/

In the words of Wayne, N7NG, the President of Yasme Foundation, we
capture the essence of this original innovation;

Yasme Foundation and the whole world of Amateur Radio congratulate Jukka
Salomaa, OH2BUA, and Antti Kantola, OH5TB, for conceiving, operating and
maintaining the DX Summit, the first widely-used Web-based spotting network
portal. They created a tool that fundamentally changed the nature of HF
operating, a true advancement of the radio art.

The New DX Summit is operated by Radio Arcala, OH8X, located in the Far
North at the Arctic Circle, within the Aurora Belt, with a mission to
encourage today's youth to make possible the impossible in the course of
their own innovations through radio communication experience and related
exciting theories.

Arcala Extremes is headquartered in Finland while operating in a European
context. The message is global, and the experience is for us to share. Read
about the Arcala mission and let your imagination fly to do your share among
the young people and secure the continuation of this great passion that has
enriched our lives and made the communication among people more effective
and enjoyable. The New DX Summit and its future applications are targeted to
be part of this vision.

Running the New DX Summit is supported by Yasme Foundation Inc.

www.radioarcala.com and www.yasme.org

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From the SK7BQ Award Group:

Due to the poorest condx on the HF bands in 54 years during 2008
the clubs involved in the Roskilde 1658 Award have unanimously decided
to prolong the award activities throughout 2009, until December 31, 2009.
Hopefully this decision will make it possible for all amateurs and SWLs
interested in the award to qualify for it.

Amateurs in our neighbouring countries should observe that we are also
active on 2m and 70cm when condx are good. A lot of DX on 2m have been
worked all over Europe with the award callsigns.

At the time of writing it is unclear whether the Danish wild card station
callsign OZ1658ROS can be prolonged during 2009. If not, another callsign
will be used. The Danish wild card callsign will be announced on the award
homepage http://www.sk7bq.com/roskilde as soon as our friends in OZ9EDR
in Roskilde get a decision from the telecom authorities. The Danish wild
card station will be QRV during 2009 with some callsign in any case.

The rules are now updated on the award homepage with new dates and the
online logs are up to date. The rules are available in English, Swedish,
Finnish, German and Dutch language. The entire award web site is available
in both English and Swedish.

Please note that the special rules for the award on February 26, 2008
also applies for February 26, 2009, the day of the Treaty of Roskilde.
Only two Swedish callsigns or one Swedish callsign and the Danish wild
card station need to be worked or logged during that day. All callsigns
involved in the award will be active during some part of February 26,
2009.

It is possible to see what callsigns you have worked on which bands and
what callsigns you miss in a matrix presented by the log search function.
The log search even tells you if you have qualified for the award or not.
Please note that the online logs are updated once a month so it might
take some time until your QSO shows up in the log. The last date in the
log for each callsign is mentioned on the log search page.

There is also an activity calendar on the award web site. Please note
that there might be activity that is not mentioned in the activity
calendar. However, all major activities are announced in the calendar.

There are links to DX cluster spots for all award callsigns on the
activity calendar page. Check the DX cluster for sporadic activities!

All awards are numbered in the order of incoming approved applications.
Licensed amateurs and SWLs share the same number series.

We do not QSL unless you have sent us a QSL direct or via the bureau.
Please observe the QSL information for each callsign under "QSL
information" on the award homepage.

All outgoing QSLs are handled by SK7BQ. They will be printed and sent
out direct or via the bureau during the spring 2009.

73 es GL de SK7BQ Award group in Kristianstad, in the former Danish
province of Scania. Kristianstad was founded by the Danish King
Christian IV in 1614. Kristianstad is said to be the only city in the
world with a foreign King´s insignia as it´s coat of arms.

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