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

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