The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1483
BID: $OPDX.1483
September 28, 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 Cluster
Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, K3USC, NG3K & ADXO, W3OA, W3UR & The Daily DX,
WB6RSE, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News
Letter, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH
& 425 DX News, Pete Rayer & ISWL, RN3RQ, Sixitalia Weekly and VA3RJ &
ICPO for the following DX information.

 *** SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: Over the next couple of weeks, the OPDX
 bulletin will be published "possibly" on a limited-time/holiday
 style bases, so the size of the bulletin "may be" smaller. I am
 planning to travel to Tennessee to visit my grand-kids and daughter
 (and son-in-law). As usual, any "major" announcements will be sent
 out. The October 19th bulletin should be back to normal. PLEASE,
 continue to send your DX info (You never know what I might do).
 73, Tedd KB8NW

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 20th/September, through Sunday, 27th/September there were
199 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J,
4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6,
CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s,
E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, F, FG, FK, FM,
FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL,
HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, 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, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, SV, SV5, SV9,
T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V5, V7,
V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ,
YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZL7, 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".

5U, NIGER. Adrien, F4IHM, is now active as 5U4IHM from Niamey, Niger,
and is there on a mission assignment. Activity will be limited on various
HF bands (mainly 40/20m) using CW and FT8, with a FT-817 into a wire
antenna. QSL via his home callsign, direct or the REF Bureau.

9K, KUWAIT. Abdallah, 9K2GS, will be active as 9K2K during the CQWW DX
SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via
EC6DX or LoTW.

EN100, UKRAINE. Radio amateurs from the Kharkiv and Lviv regions will be
active with the special callsign EN100LT to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the Kharkiv Theater for Children and Youth between September 1st, 2020,
and March 31st, 2021. An award is available, see QRZ.com for details.
QSL via UT5LU.

GREAT VUCC ACHIEVEMENT. Northern Ohio DX Association (NODXA) member
John Papay, K8YSE, has reached an unbelievable achievement of 2007
Maidenhead grid squares for the ARRL Satellite Award. This puts John
at the top of the ARRL - Satellite Award. Second place is 1753!!!
Congrats to John, K8YSE, for this great accomplishment. See the VUCC
satellite standings, go to:
http://www.arrl.org/system/vucc/view/VUCC-SAT-20200926-USLetter.pdf

HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Members of the NB-DX Team will once again be active
as HB0/OP2D from Triesenberg between September 27th and October 2nd.
Operators are Willy/ON2BDJ, Erik/ON4ANN and Erik/ON4EC. Activity will
be on various HF bands (usually) with special attention on 160/80/40/30
meters using CW, SSB the Digital modes. Equipment will be a TS590SG,
TS480HX and Expert 1kfa amp into a Spiderbeams, Verticals, Inverted-L
for 160m and RX antennas. QSL via M0URX's OQRS or LoTW. Link to their
pictures (during their Expedition) will be at:
 https://photos.app.goo.gl/nKyjuewsy4Kw9feg7
Link for their Facebook page is:
http://www.facebook.com/NBDX-Team-Liechtenstein-DXpedition-740378969649880

INDEXA NEWS (Fall Newsletter). The Summer 2020 Issue of the INDEXA News-
letter is now available. This issue features a report about the history
and the beginnings of INDEXA. Also included:
 * The 1st INDEXA sponsored DXpedition, Kermadec Island.
 * Plus a spotlight on one of our own who deservedly won the 2020 Ham-
 Vention "Ham of the Year", Zorro (JH1AJT). The newsletter can be
 downloaded at:
 ENG - https://indexa.org/documents/newsletters/Newsletter-Issue-130-Summer%202020.pdf

IOTA NEWS. The following are IOTA operations that were active this past
week between September 21-26th (as per the DXCluster):

 IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes
 ------ ---------- ------------- ------------
 AF-004 EA8CZZ CANARY 40m; FT4
 AF-004 EA8DHA CANARY 40m; CW
 AF-014 CT3IQ MADEIRA 20m; SSB
 AF-022 ZD7DC ST HELENA 20m; SSB
 AF-022 ZD7FT ST HELENA 15m; SSB
 AF-024 S79KW INNER 20m; SSB
 AS-004 5B60ALJ CYPRUS 15m; SSB
 AS-007 JK1BQS HONSHU 40m; SSB
 AS-018 RM0F/P Sakhalin 80m; CW
 AS-018 RN1CN/0 Sakhalin 40/20m; CW
 AS-031 JD1BHA CHICHI/HAHA/MUKO 40m; Digi
 AS-041 JL3RNZ/4 Oki 160/80m; CW
 AS-066 RU0LL/P Rikorda 40m; CW
 AS-076 JA5BDZ SHIKOKU 40m; Digi
 AS-101 HS0ZGV Koh Samui 30m; Digi
 EU-001 SV5/HB9OAU Karpathos 40/20m; SSB
 EU-002 OG0R ALAND 40/20/15/10m; RTTY
 EU-002 OH0/DF9TM ALAND 40/20m; SSB
 EU-004 EC6AAE BALEARIC 40m; CW
 EU-004 EC6DX BALEARIC 20/17m; SSB/Digi
 EU-005 M0RBG/P GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB
 EU-008 GM4PVM Mull 40/30/20/17/15m; CW
 EU-016 9A7YY DALMATIA SOUTH 80m; FT8
 EU-023 9H1WE Malta 20m; CW
 EU-024 IS0/DL8JJ/M SARDINIA 40/20; CW/SSB
 EU-038 PD/DO1BEN NOORD HOLLAND/FRIESLAND/GRONINGEN PROVINCE 40m; Digi
 EU-047 DL4TO/P Norderney 40/20m; CW
 EU-053 OJ0JR Market Reef 160/20m; CW/SSB/FT8
 EU-068 F5MOG/P Sein 40m; CW
 EU-114 MU0MXF Guernsey 20m; CW
 EU-115 EI6FR/P IRELAND 20m; CW
 EU-115 GI0OTC IRELAND 30m; Digi
 EU-115 MI0AIH IRELAND 20m; SSB
 EU-125 5P8VW Romo 40/20/17m; CW/SSB/Digi
 EU-128 DJ7AO/P Fehmarn 40m; CW
 EU-132 SQ9LOM/P SZCZECIN/KOSZALIN PROVINCE 80/40m; SSB
 EU-175 CU3AT CENTRAL 15m; Digi
 EU-186 TC1HUT TURKEY 40m; SSB
 NA-016 ZF1A Cayman 40m; CW
 NA-016 ZF1EJ Cayman 160m;
 NA-018 OX3XR Greenland 40m; CW
 NA-096 HI8RD DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 160m;
 NA-099 KP4TF Puerto Rico 20m; CW
 NA-099 WP3R Puerto Rico 160m;
 NA-108 J69DS ST LUCIA 40m; Digi
 NA-134 OX3LX GREENLAND'S COASTAL NORTH WEST 20m; FT4
 NA-148 W1JC MASSACHUSETTS STATE NORTH 40m; SSB
 OC-001 VK2GJC Australia 40m; SSB
 OC-001 VK3ZD Australia 40m; SSB
 OC-001 VK6ML Australia 40m; FT8
 OC-021 8A100GB JAVA 20m; SSB
 OC-021 YB0IBM JAVA 20m; SSB
 OC-021 YC1SDL JAVA 20m; CW
 OC-036 ZL1WN NORTH 20m; SSB
 OC-036 ZL3IO NORTH 40m; Digi
 OC-082 E51WL PENRHYN ATOLL 30m; Digi
 OC-086 KH0/KC0W NORTHERN MARIANA 40m; RTTY
 OC-088 V85A BRUNEI 20m; SSB
 OC-129 DU6/PE1NSQ VISAYAN 30m; Digi
 OC-143 YB6HAI SUMATRA 40m; RTTY
 OC-146 YF8RUL CELEBES 40m; Digi
 OC-150 YC9GDP TENGGARA BARAT 40m; FT8
 OC-151 YD6MCE/9 TENGGARA TIMUR 40m; Digi
 OC-187 VK4BOB QUEENSLAND STATE (NORTH COAST) NORTH 20m; SSB
 SA-002 VP8LP Falkland 12m;
 SA-011 9Z4Y TRINIDAD 20/17m; SSB
 SA-018 CE7VPQ LOS LAGOS REGION SOUTH 20m; SSB
 SA-036 P41RA Aruba 15m; Digi
 SA-036 P42WW Aruba 12m;

 ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode
 on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports....

 EU-032. (Just A Reminder!) Members of the Charente DX Group (CDXG)
 are now active as TM7R from Ré Island (DIFM AT-022) until
 October 3rd. Operators mentioned are Franck/F4GBD, Eric/F5LOW,
 Laurent/F5MNK, Fabrice/F5NBQ, Bertrand/F6HKA and Léon/ON4ZD/
 OS0S. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and
 the Digital modes. QSL via ON4ZD, direct, by Bureau or ClubLog.
 Please use Clublog's OQRS as much as possible. For more details
 and updates, see QRZ.com or (http://www.charentedxgroupe.fr/).

 EU-123. (New) It was reported on "DX-World.net" that members of the
 MS0INT Team received granted permission on September 22nd to
 land on the Bass Rock and to undertake an IOTA DXpedition
 there. Specific dates and full details are to be announced,
 but it was mentioned that it would be likely early next year
 (February, March or April) before any activity would happen.
 The Bass Rock has only ever been activated three times (1997,
 2001, 2008) according to research. The team is indebted to
 Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Sir Hew Dalrymple for allowing them
 to land on his island. UPDATE (September 26th): "DX-World.net"
 reports that the team consists of Declan/EI6FR, Col/MM0NDX,
 Jonathan/MM0OKG and a cameraman. The tentative dates are the
 weekend of April 17-18th, 2021.

 NA-151. (Just A Reminder!) Bo, OZ1DJJ, is now once again active as OX3LX
 from Tasiilaq Island Islands (WW Loc. HP15EO), Greenland, until
 September 30th. Dates can be changed; watch QRZ.com. Activity
 will be on 40-4 meters with a focus 50 and 70 MHz. When not
 active, he will run a WSPR beacon on 40-6 meters. He states
 this is NOT a DXpedition, and the best chance to work him will
 be around lunchtime and after dinner (his local time UTC-2),
 also during the weekend, possibly at night/morning. QSL via
 OZ0J direct (see QRZ.com). Logs get uploaded to LoTW, ClubLog
 and sometimes eQSL. For more details and updates, watch QRZ.com
 or his Web page at: http://geronne.dk/index.php/ox3lx/ox3lx-dxped

 OC-137. Mike, VK4DX, will once again be active as VK4DX/P from Russell
 Island, Southern Moreton Bay Islands, between November 19-24th.
 Activity will be on 40-15 meters using CW and SSB, with a 100
 watt radio and wire antennas at the water front. QSL via VK4DX,
 direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. When mailing
 direct QSL please include 1 x IRC for return postage. IMPORTANT:
 US Dollars are not accepted. Any QSL with US Dollars included
 will be replied via bureau. For more details and updates,
 see: http://vk4dx.com/2020/09/27/upcoming-activity-oc137

 OC-298. (New) Cezar, VE3LYC, will be active as TX0T from Tatakoto Atoll,
 French Polynesia, between October 29th and November 5th. Activity
 will be on various HF bands with a focus on 40/30/20/17 meters
 using CW and SSB. Equipment will be an ICOM IC-7000 with KMA500
 amp into a multi-band vertical antenna. His goal is to make
 4000 QSOs with at least 2500 unique stations located on six
 continents. QSL via his home callsign (with SAE and sufficient
 return postage [min 3 USDs]). PREFERRED method is via ClubLog's
 OQRS (for both direct or Bureau). For more details and updates,
 see: https://tx0t.weebly.com

 SA-079. (New) Members of the PARA DX Group are planning another attempt
 to activate (for the first time ever) Ilha das Palmas (new DIB
 for Brazil, RJ [to be defined]) in the Rio de Janeiro State
 Center Group as ZV1M between October 29th and November 1st.
 Operators mentioned are Renato/PY8WW, Carlos/PY1CG and Marcelo/
 PY1MT. Ilha das Palmas is a small island, uninhabited and
 without any infrastructure, there is no electricity or drinking
 water. Landing is done on rocks and sea conditions are generally
 not good. The Grid Locator is GG86FW. 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. For more information,
 see:
 https://paradxgroup.wordpress.com/2020/09/22/zv1m-ilha-das-palmas

 PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new  have
 decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA
 operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX,
 and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin......

ISWL CALLSIGNS (For October 2020). The following ISWL club callsigns will
be used throughout the month of October 2020:

 GX4BJC/A & GX4BJC/P - Operated /A from Great Sutton, in Cheshire, by
 Geof, M0BAU (WAB Square - SJ37 - England, IOTA EU-005,
 WLOTA 1841). Geof will give his /P WAB square if requested.

 MX1SWL/A - Operated from Great Missenden, in Buckinghamshire, by John,
 G8XTJ (WAB Square - SP80 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841).

 ALL QSLs will be handled by Dick, M5DIK - The QSL Manager and NOT the
individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club.
All QSL info is on  or  or 
or via . NO LoTW.

JW, SVALBARD. Members of the Oslo-Group of the NRRL (LA4O) will be active
as JW4O from the JW5E club station in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (EU-026),
between October 8-12th. The team is there to be an entry in the Scan-
dinavian Activity (SSB) Contest (October 10-11th). Operators mentioned
are Bill/LA8FTA, Fredrik/LB8IH, Mikhail/LB8CG, Peter/LA7WRA, YL Anett/
LB7PI, Lauris/LB1RH, Bjørn/LB9EH and possibly more. Outside of the contest,
operators will use their own JW callsigns and be active on most of HF
bands (80/40/20/15/10m mentioned). Modes were not mentioned. For more
details and possible updates about JW4O Svalbard 2020 DXpedition can be
found on: https://www.la4o.no
For more info about Svalbard and JW5E station, see: https://jw5e.com
A small tour of the radio shack and the area around the station can
be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN5rECo4ITQ

JW, SVALBARD. Operators Erling/LA6VM, Halvard/LA7XK and Just/LA9DL will
once again be active as JW6VM, JW7XK and JW9DL, respectively, from the
JW5E radio club cottage in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (EU-026), between
October 7-12th. Activity will be on various HF bands and modes. QSL
via operator's home callsign. They will also be active as JW5X during
the Schandinavian Activity (SSB) Contest (October 10-11th). QSL JW5X via
LA5X, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW, eQSL, or ClubLog.

OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). Details on how to subscribe and
unsubscribe from the "OPDX Mailing List" are at the bottom of this
bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW

PJ2, CURACAO (Special Event). Operators Angelo/PJ2AFM, Carlo/PJ2CF and
Sergio/PJ2SM will be active with the special callsign PJ2C on October
10th. QSL Manager is via EC5AHA. Activity is to celebrate the 10th anni-
versary for the new start for the islands of the Netherlands Antilles.
On Sunday, October 10th, 2010, Curaçao and St. Maarten became constituent
countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Officials in Willemstad on
Curaçao lowered the Antillean flag at midnight (Sunday at 6 a.m. 10-10-2010
in the Netherlands). Curaçao is in the Southern Caribbean Sea. Following
a referendum, and as a result of constitutional change, Curaçao became a
constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on October 10th,
2010. The constitutional changes marked a new start for the islands, one
that put the well being of the islands' people first. After 10 Years, the
Curaçao Amateur Radio Group (https://carghamradio.wixsite.com/mysite), will
remember this First Decade of the New Country Curaçao with a special DX
event and the special event stations will be using the PJ2C callsign. The
band and mode they intend to use is 20 meters SSB, and if there is no
condition, they will try FT8 on 17 and 20 meters, but this is the last
option. For more details, see: https://carghamradio.wixsite.com/mysite/events

PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (September 28th-October 4th ).......
 Sep/28th HN Oct/01st LN Oct/03rd LN
 Sep/29th HN Oct/02nd LN Oct/04th LN
 Sep/30th LN

 SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
 ------------------------------------------------------
 NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
 ----------------- ------ -------- ------
 AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7
 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15
 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29
 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49
 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99
 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400

 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation:
 * VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf
 and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html
 * DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation
 * A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at:
 https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm
 * SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net
 * Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at:
 http://sunspotwatch.com
 * News and Information About The Sun-Earth Environment:
 https://www.spaceweather.com
 * Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
 overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation
 * Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us
 * Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation
 * Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html
 * Real-time propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk
 * Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm

QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
 QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu) (September 27th)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4U1A via UA3DX & (L) HZ90BW via HZ1BW OJ0JR via OH3JR & (L)
 5P8VW via DJ8VW & (L) IY7GMB via IK7JVE (d) OL13FORT via OK2NO
 DL0ABT via DL7URB IY8MD via IK8YFU OO9A via ON8YB & (L)
 DL100BKW via DL7JOM (O/B/N) KP4/N2GK via N2GK PI9CAM via PA2DW
 DU6/PE1NSQ via EA5GL & (L/e) LZ105AJ via LZ1ZF RJ20LF via RQ7L (O)
 EA6/EA4NF via EA4NF (L) OG66X via OH8GDU (d/L) SE0X via SM0MDG (L)
 EG1FSM via EG1FSM (L/e) OH0/DL2SWW via DL2SWW SO7M via SP7PKI & (L)
 HF90TPCG via SP7PGK & (L) OH8SSAB via OH8DR SP20OMCTH via SQ5NPJ (d)

 (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 (NB) No Bureau (n) no printed QSLs

 5Z4VJ via M0URX's OQRS. Operator was Andy, G3AB, during the CQWW DX
 RTTY Contest this past weekend from Nairobi, Kenya. ADDED NOTE: QSL
 Manager Tim, M0URX, reports that the 5Z4VJ log has been updated on
 September 25th, at:
 https://www.m0urx.com/oqrs/logsearch.php?dxcallsign=5Z4VJ 

 8P2K via LoTW and Clublog's OQRS. Operator Dean was active during
 this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest from Barbados.

 D4Z via HB9DUR direct or IK2NCJ by the Bureau. Activity was during this
 past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest from Monte Verde, Saint Vincent
 Island, Cape Verde (AF-086).

 EA8AQV via direct or eQSL. NO Bureau. Operator Marco was active during
 this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest from Canary Islands (AF-004).

 HP3SS via AC2OV direct. Operator Robby, HP3SS, was active during the
 CQWW DX RTTY Contest this past weekend from Panama.

 IH9YMC via LoTW or eQSL. Operator Raffaele, IH9YMC, active from Pantel-
 leria Island (IIA TP-001, MIA MI-124, WW Loc. JM56XT), African Italy,
 during this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest.

 ZF1A via LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. Operator Bill, W9KKN, was active
 during this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest from Cayman Islands.

 U.S. POSTAL STOPPAGE (Updated as September 18th). The U.S. Postal Service
 is temporarily suspending international mail acceptance for certain
 destinations due to service impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Suspension Due to Foreign Postal Operator Service Suspension
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 Bolivia Honduras Libya Panama
 Ecuador Iraq Madagascar Turkmenistan

 Suspension Due to Unavailability of Transportation
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 Azerbaijan Laos Republic of Congo Turks & Caicos
 Brunei Lebanon Seychelles Uzbekistan
 Cambodia Liberia Sierra Leone Vanuatu
 Chad Mauritius Solomon Islands Venezuela
 Cuba Mongolia South Sudan Yemen
 Jordan Myanmar Syria
 Kiribati Niger Tajikistan
 Kyrgyzstan Papua New Guinea Timor-Leste

 Customers: Please refrain from mailing items addressed to the countries
 listed above, until further notice. For more details, see:
 https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm

 QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4U1UN, 9A4T, 9N7WE, CX6VM, DM5EL, EA3A, EA6NP,
 ER3KS, F8ARK, FG4ST, FK8CE, G4UJS, HB9CXZ, HI3T, IK6DLK, JW4PUA, LA2XPA,
 OA9DVK, OH5VT, ON8DM, PA5KT, RI0B (AS-068), S79VU, SM6NOC, TA1CM, TF2MSN,
 UX0FF, VE3PJ, VK2QV, VK3EI, VK3FCBR, VK5KI (OC-139), VP8ON, WC3N, WP3R,
 XE2X, YS1CJA and ZL2OK

 QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: BA5CJ/5(AS-141), E50J, E51JD, JA8ISO and
 VK5KI (OC-139)

 QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!!!
 --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
 send in their info....

SILENT KEYS......................
 * Frank, F4AJQ, President of F6KOP, informs OPDX that Maurice, F5NQL,
 became a Silent Key on the evening of September 22nd, at 6 p.m., in
 Paris at the hospital where he was treated for lung cancer. He was
 76 years old. Maurice was a major CW operator on many French DXpeditions
 as well as a conduit for French DXpedition information. His input at
 OPDX will be surely missed.

 * It has been reported that Pete Rimmel, N8PR, became a Silent Key on
 Monday, September 21st, after a long illness. Pete was a well-known
 DXer/Contester, a man of many talents and hats connected to many
 associations. He will be missed by many. EDITOR'S NOTE: Your editor
 got to meet Pete when he attended a few of the Northern Ohio DX
 Association's (NODXA) ARRL Field Day site in the past. He was a very
 interesting gentleman and the NODXA members will miss him.

 ** OPDX and its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to
 the family and friends for the above Silent Keys.

TM75, FRANCE (Special Event). Operators Franck/F4FHM and Dany/F0GFI will
be active with the special callsign TM75ONU from Aulnoye-Aymeries between
October 17-31st. Activity is to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the
creation of the United Nations. Operations will be on various HF and VHF,
using SSB and FT8. Suggested SSB frequencies are: 3675, 7175, 14275,
18135, 21275, 24975 and 28475 kHz. QSL via eQSL only.

XR500, CHILE (Special Event). Members of the Chilean Pacific DX Group
[CPDXG](CE3PCG) will be active as XR500M during the month of October.
Activity is to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the
Strait of Magellan and First Circumnavigation of the Earth. Activity
will be on all HF bands. Modes were not mentioned. Operators mentioned
are Mau/CE7KF, Juan/CE3BN, Bob/CE3DOH and Esteban/XQ7UP. QSL via XQ7UP,
direct, by the Bureau, LoTW, ClubLog and eQSL. SWL reports are welcome.
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