OPDX Special Bulletin 1474.1 July 25, 2020

The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1474.1
BID: $OPDX.1474.1
July 25, 2020
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio



Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters
Network, and NG3K for the following DX information.

The following are last minute updates to the RSGB IOTA Contest being
held this weekend. Special thanks to Bill, NG3K and his Web page.....

IOTA NEWS...........................
  AS-006.  Farid, VR2UNG, will be active from Hong Kong Island during
           the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode/
           QRP/6-12-Hrs entry. QSL via LoTW.

  AS-066.  Operators Sergey/R0LS, Yuri/R0MZ, Alex/RU0LL and Sergey/RW0LZ
           will be active as RU0LL/p from Reyneke Island during the RSGB
           IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op entry. QSL via IK2DUW.

  EU-016.  Ivan, 9A3VIS, will be active from Vis Island, Croatia, during
           the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op entry.
           QSL via 9A3VIS, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW.

  EU-049.  Rieder, HB9FIH, will be active as SV8/HB9FIH from Lesvos Island
           during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/
           CW-Mode/QRP entry. QSL via QRZ.com, eQSL, by the Bureau or LoTW.

  EU-057.  Marcus, DL3NCI, will be active as DP7A from Hiddensee Island
           during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/
           CW-Mode/12-Hrs/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW.

  EU-132.  Fred, DH5FS, will be active as SP/DH5FS from Wolin Island
           during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op
           entry. QSL via his home callsign.

  EU-170.  (Update) Members of the Radio Club Croatian Flora Fauna will
           be active as 9A0FF from the Island of Dugi Otok (CI-018,
           LH-2375, JN74JD ) until July 29th. QSL via 9A2MF. Operators
           mentioned are Emir/9A6AA, Zeljko/9A3DF, Branko/9A3ST, Mladen/
           9A2NA, Franjo/9A2MF and Ivica/9A2HW. Some of operators will
           operate under their home callsigns from 9AFF-0072/0016/0002
           and the islands are valid for the Islands of Croatia Award
           Program.

  OC-026.  Shane, AH2EJ, will be active from Guam during the RSGB IOTA
           Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Mixed-Mode/Low-Power
           entry. QSL via AH3EJ.

  OC-143.  Yance, YB4NY, will be active from Sumatera Island during the
           RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode
           entry. QSL via LoTW.

  OC-148.  Reza, YG9PBZ, will be active from Timor Island during the
           RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/
           Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW.

  OC-148.  Mell, YC9MX, will be active from Timor Island during the
           RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power
           entry. QSL via QRZ.com.

  SA-027.  Bone, PP5VX, who lives on Sao Francisco Island, will be active
           during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/
           All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via PP5VX.

  SA-029/  Members of the PARA DX Group planned to activate Ilha das
  SA-79.   Palmas (SA-079; for the first time ever; new DIB for Brazil,
           RJ [to be defined]) in the Rio de Janeiro State Center Group
           as ZV1M during the RSGB IOTA Contest, but had to cancel due
           to high sea warnings. Operators mentioned are Renato/PY8WW,
           Carlos/PY1CG and Marcelo/PY1MT who opted to operate from
           Jurubaiba Island (SA-029, DIB RJ-22, LH BRA-225) in the Bay
           of Ilha Grande. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters
           using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via PY1MT, direct
           or by the Bureau.

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 (Updated!!!) The following stations are expected to be active in the
                   RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th, 2020)
               For rules for the contest are available at:
               http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2020/riota.shtml
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       Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following
consolidated listing of the participants in the 2020 RSGB IOTA 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/iota2020.html  (By Callsign)
              http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iotad2020.html (By DXCC Entity)
              http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iotai2020.html (By IOTA)
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  Contest      DXCC       IOTA   Island       QSL Route-(B)Bureau/(C)ClubLog/
 Callsign     Entity                           (e)eQSL/(L)LoTW/(d)direct
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9A3VIS        Croatia     EU-016 Vis          LoTW
9A4KJ         Croatia     EU-136 Rab
9A0FF         Croatia     EU-170 Dugi Otok    9A2MF
AA4V          USA         NA-110 Isle of Palms
AI1TT         USA         NA-031 Aquidneck    LoTW; QSL via (C)
AA5JF/4       USA         NA-058 Jekyl        AA5JF
BG4OP         China       AS-150 Lingshan     BI4IIZ
BI4IX         China       AS-150 Zhucha       BH4LLP
BV0WPX        Taiwan      AS-155 Liu-Chu Yu   LoTW; QSL via BV2KI
CR3W          Madeira     AF-014 Madeira      DL5AXX
CT9ABV        Madeira     AF-014 Madeira      DL5AXX
DG5LAC/p      Germany     EU-042 Hooge        LoTW; QSL via DG5LAC (B/d/C)
DL3NCI        German      EU-057 Hiddensee    LoTW
DL5KUD        Germany     EU-057 Ruegen       (C)
DV8VMI        Philippines OC-130 Mindanao     DV8VMI (B)
DX8CAD        Philippines OC-130 Mindanao     DX8CAD (B)
DX9EVM        Philippines OC-130 Mindanao     IK2DUW
ES0IA         Estonia     EU-034 Kassaar      ES0IA
F6KBK/p       France      EU-064 Noirmutier   F4GTB (B)
GD/ON6QR      Isle of Man EU-116 Isle of Man  ON6QR
IF9A          Italy       EU-054 Favignana    IF9A
IH9YMC      African Italy AF-018 Pantelleria  LoTW; eQSL OK
IM0/IU4HRJ    Italy       EU-041 La Maddalena IU4HRJ
IT9RZU        Italy       EU-025 Sicily       LoTW
J48L          Greece      EU-174 Amoliani     SV2CLJ (d)
K1VSJ         USA         NA-046 Martha's Vineyard K1VSJ
K5KUA         USA         NA-143 Galveston    K5KUA (B/d)
KD7WPJ        USA         NA-144 Anacapa      KD7WPJ
MM1E          Scotland    EU-005 Mainland     MM1E
N2GC          USA         NA-026 Long         N2GC
OY1CT       Faroe Islands EU-018 Faroe        OY1CT
OZ2PBS        Denmark     EU-029 Zealand      OZ2PBS
OZ9V/p        Denmark     EU-172 Aro
PP5VX         Brazil      SA-027 Sao Francisco PP5VX
SP/DH5FS      Poland      EU-132 Wolin        DH5FS
SQ6NEJ        Poland      EU-132 Wolin        SQ6NEJ
SV5DKL        Dodecanese  EU-001 Rhodes       SV5DKL
SV8/HB9FIH    Greece      EU-049 Lesvos       LoTW
VE7JH         Canada      NA-036 Vancouver    VE7JH (B)
VR2UNG        Hong Kong   AS-006 Hong Kong    LoTW
YB4NY         Indonesia   OC-143 Sumatra      LoTW
YB9UA         New Guinea  OC-034 New Guinea   LoTW
YC9MX         Indonesia   OC-148 Timor
YD1JQM        Indonesia   OC-021 Java
YD9MBM        Indonesia   OC-148 Timor        LoTW
YG9PBZ        Indonesia   OC-148 Timor        LoTW
  Last updated: Saturday, 25-Jul-2020 08:31:55 EDT

  (e) eQSL only  (d) direct only   (B) Bureau only  (*-B) DX's- Bureau
  (O) OQRS only  (C) ClubLog only  (L) LoTW only    (N) No QSL needed
  (I) No IRC     (P) PayPal  


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