The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1514
BID: $OPDX.1514
May 3, 2021
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, K3LR, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4ZW,
W4VQ, W5JON, AA7A, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The
DX News Letter, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX,
I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, International DX Press, John Whitby, LA4LN,
Pete Rayer & ISWL, Sixitalia Weekly and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following
DX information.

 "Celebrating 30 years (March 1991) of FREE DX News"

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for
the week of Sunday, 25th/April, through Sunday, 2nd/May there were 211
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H,
9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C9, 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, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FK, FM,
FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a,
HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4,
KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0,
OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM,
SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA,
UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP8, VP8/h, VP9,
VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6,
Z8, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, 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".

3Y0J BOUVET ISLAND DXPEDITION (Press Release #2 from the Intrepid-DX Group,
dated April 29th). 3Y0J Dxpedition to Bouvet Island, January/February 2023
[edited] -- Bouvet is like the Mount Everest of DXCC entities. It is among
the most challenging entities to activate due to significant transportation
costs and personal sacrifices required by the team to make the 42 day round
trip. Fortunately, Bouvet is not our first mountain. We are well prepared
for this challenge.
 All plans are going well. We are researching polar quality tents and
equipment. We are discussing antenna specifications with various manu-
facturers. We will make careful choices to help us meet the demand for
Bouvet contacts.
 We are delighted to add a second Physician to our team. Dr. Mike Crown-
over/AB5EB and Dr. Bill Straw/KO7SS are both seasoned Emergency Physicians
and will help the team immensely with their expertise.
 Our fund-raising is going very well. We have received a significant
donation from our longtime friend Y. Zorro Miyazawa, JH1AJT. Zorro has
always been an enthusiastic supporter of our missions and his generosity
is greatly appreciated.
 We are pleased to announce that we will receive the ARRL's Colvin Grant,
as well as large donations from the Far East DX-ploiters Foundation, the
German DX Foundation and the Twin Cities DX Association. We would love to
add your Club or your Call to our sponsors pages.
 This will be an arduous and expensive mission. Our budget is $764,000
USDs and the 3Y0J team will fund much of this mission. We desperately
need the global DX Community to support our mission and help us make
this important activation of the #2 most wanted DXCC entity. It is only
through this kind of support that we can achieve our mission of making
100,000 contacts or more from Bouvet.
 In closing, we especially wish to thank our many Foundation, Club and
Individual donors. Without this kind of support, operations to the world's
rarest entities would not be possible. Please include your call sign,
mailing address and email address with your PayPal submissions. We would
not want to miss QSLing with you!
 You can follow our plans from our website and the 3Y0J Facebook:
 http://www.3y0j.com
 https://www.facebook.com/groups/3y0jbouvet2023
 Thank you,
 Paul Ewing-N6PSE Co-Leader
 Kenneth Opskar-LA7GIA Co-Leader

A3, TONGA (Update/Dates). After one year of being QRT since May 2020 due
to Covid-19, Masa, JA0RQV, will once again be active as A35JP from Tong-
atapu Island (OC-049) between the end of May and October. Schedule might
be changed due to Covid-19. He states, "This time, I will be stationed
there as a resident supervisor of the international corporation project."
Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. Equipment is an
IC-7300 w/100W into a Vertical antenna. QSL via LoTW and ClubLog, or
direct w/2 USDs or by the Bureau via his home callsign JA0RQV. He states,
"If you need paper QSL, please be patient to receive it because I will
be able to issue paper QSL after I return to Japan in November 2021.
Please do not send SASE to my home address." He also mentions, "During
the period, if possible, I will try to activate some outer islands again
such as Niuatoputapu (OC-191), Niuafo'ou (OC-123), Vava'u (OC-064) and
Ha'apai (OC-169). Details will be announced once decided." For more
details and updates, visit his Blog page at: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/rqv

C5, THE GAMBIA. Operators Luc/F5RAV, Gerard/F5NVF and Abdel/M0NPT are
hoping to be active as C5C from The Gambia sometime in October/November
depending on Covid-19 travel restriction. Activity will be on various
HF bands using CW, SSB, Digital and the Satellites. QSL via F5RAV.

CTU AND HAMVENTION FORUM (Now OPEN To Register). Tim, K3LR, reports the
following on April 27th [edited]: Registration is now OPEN for Virtual
Contest University 2021 on May 20th, 2021, and for 2021 Hamvention Forums
on May 21st, 2021. Both events are being held live through Zoom Webinar
and are free. You must register to be included in the webinars. You need
to register for each event separately. Four Icom radios will be given
away at each virtual event. The drawing times are random and you must
be registered and on Zoom at the time of the drawing to win. Both events
will be recorded and available on YouTube at the conclusion of the events.
For more information please go to: https://www.contestuniversity.com
 https://hamvention.org/forums-2021

D73/HL41, SOUTH KOREA (Special Event). Members of the Korean Amateur
Radio League (KARL)[HL0HQ] are using the special callsign HL41GDM in
remembrance of the 41st anniversary of the Democratic Uprising (May 18th,
1980). Activity will be on all bands and modes through May 31st. QSL via
HL4CCM, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog, or eQSL. For more details, see:
 https://www.qrz.com/db/HL41GDM

DL25, GERMANY. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the "German DX Foun-
dation" (GDXF), look for the special event callsign DL25GDXF to be active
between May 1st and July 31st. QSL via DL6DH. The callsign is good towards
the GDXF diploma which is a mandatory QSO. For details, see:
 https://gdxf.de/gdxf25

DXCC'S MOST WANTED (ClubLog). The "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list has
been updated on ClubLog as of April 27th. The list contains 340 entities.
The following are the top 26 entities:
 1. P5 DPRK (North Korea) 14. KH4 Midway Island
 2. 3Y/B Bouvet Island 15. ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion Islands
 3. FT5/W Crozet Island 16. PY0S Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
 4. BS7H Scarborough Reef 17. PY0T Trindade & Martim Vaz Islands
 5. CE0X San Felix Islands 18. KP5 Desecheo Island
 6. BV9P Pratas Island 19. SV/A Mount Athos
 7. KH7K Kure Island 20. VP8S South Sandwich Islands
 8. KH3 Johnston Island 21. KH5 Palmyra & Jarvis Islands
 9. 3Y/P Peter 1 Island 22. ZL9 New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
 10. FT5/X Kerguelen Island 23. JD/M Minami Torishima
 11. FT/G Glorioso Island 24. EZ Turkmenistan
 12. VK0M Macquarie Island 25. YK Syria
 13. YV0 Aves Island 26. FK/C Chesterfield Island

 There have been no changes in the "Top 26" since we last reported back
 on April 5th. The complete "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list (340)
 is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php

FR, REUNION ISLAND (Reminder/New Arrivals). Operators Phil/F5TRO and XYL
Ann/F5BSB will be new arrivals and permanent residents on the island in
May. Their callsigns will be FR8UA and FR8TZ, respectively. Phil states
he will be active on 80-2 meters (and 70cm) at first, using CW, SSB and
some Digital modes. QSL via direct or LoTW.

IOTA NEWS. The following are IOTA operations that were active this past
week between April 26th-May 1st (as per the DXCluster):

 IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes
 ------ ---------- ------------- ------------
 AF-004 EA8BFH CANARY 60m;
 AF-004 EA8DHA CANARY 15m; SSB
 AF-004 EA8OB CANARY 20m; SSB
 AF-014 CT3MD MADEIRA 20m; SSB
 AF-018 IH9YMC PANTELLERIA 20/17m; CW/FT4
 AF-019 IG9ITO Lampedusa 40m; SSB
 AF-022 ZD7BG ST HELENA 10m; CW
 AF-022 ZD7FT ST HELENA 20/17m; SSB
 AF-049 3B8CW MAURITIUS 20m; FT8
 AF-049 3B8FA MAURITIUS 17m; FT8
 AN-010 DT8A King George 30m; FT8
 AS-007 JH3NGD HONSHU 17m; SSB
 AS-003 4S7AB SRI LANKA 10m; FT8
 AS-020 BV5OO TAIWAN 20m; SSB
 AS-020 BV6CC TAIWAN 10m; FT8
 AS-031 JD1BMH Chichijima 20m; CW
 AS-045 HL5FUA ULLEUNG 20m; FT8
 AS-148 HL1IWD/4 CHOLLA-BUKTO PROVINCE 20m; FT8
 AS-200 JI3DST/5 SHODO 20/17m; CW/FT8
 AS-200 JR8YLY/5 SHODO 17m; SSB
 EU-003 CU2AP EASTERN 17m; FT8
 EU-004 EA6NB BALEARIC 20m; CW
 EU-005 G0BLB GREAT BRITAIN 60m;
 EU-005 G0TSM GREAT BRITAIN 60m;
 EU-005 G6FOV GREAT BRITAIN 40m; FT8
 EU-005 G8XGT GREAT BRITAIN 17m; FT8
 EU-005 M0DXT/P GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB
 EU-005 M0XMX GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB
 EU-005 MW0GSR GREAT BRITAIN 30m; FT8
 EU-009 GM8OFQ ORKNEY 40/20m; SSB
 EU-012 GM4LER SHETLAND 40m; FT8
 EU-014 TK4TN CORSICA 20m; FT8
 EU-015 SV9AHZ CRETE 17m; FT8
 EU-015 SV9CAF CRETE 60m;
 EU-015 SV9RKU CRETE 17m; SSB
 EU-018 OY1CT FAROE 20m; CW
 EU-020 SA1CCQ GOTLAND COUNTY 80m; CW
 EU-023 9H1TT MALTA 20m; SSB
 EU-024 IS0GGA SARDINIA 20m; SSB
 EU-025 II9O SICILY 40m; SSB
 EU-025 IT9BGE SICILY 20m; SSB
 EU-025 IT9BYS SICILY 20m; SSB
 EU-025 IT9HBS SICILY 20m; SSB
 EU-025 IT9HRL SICILY 40m; SSB
 EU-029 OV1CDX SJAELLAND 17m; SSB
 EU-029 OZ1W Falster 10m; CW/SSB
 EU-031 IC8DAK CAMPANIA REGION 20m; SSB
 EU-043 SE6VING GOTEBORG OCH BOHUS/HALLAND COUNTY 20m; CW
 EU-052 SV8JE IPEIROS/DYTIKI ELLAS REGION 60m;
 EU-075 J48J/P AEGINA 20m; SSB
 EU-075 SV8MQP PELOPONNISOS (ARGOLIS)/ATTIKI REGIO 60m;
 EU-114 GU0BEZ GUERNSEY 17m; FT8
 EU-115 MI0SLE IRELAND 15m; FT8
 EU-116 GD1JNB ISLE OF MAN 17m; SSB
 EU-131 IK3PQH/P VENETO REGION 40m; SSB
 EU-175 CU6AD CENTRAL 30m; FT8
 NA-015 CO2YQ CUBA 20m; FT8
 NA-018 OX3HI GREENLAND 17m; FT8
 NA-018 OX3XR GREENLAND 20m; CW
 NA-052 N1UL FLORIDA STATE SOUTH WEST 60m;
 NA-096 HI3AA HISPANIOLA 30m; FT8
 NA-096 HI3CMQ HISPANIOLA 60m;
 NA-099 KP4RK PUERTO RICO 17m; SSB
 NA-102 FG4SO GUADELOUPE 20m; SSB
 OC-016 3D2AG VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 20/10m; CW/FT8
 OC-019 KH6ML HAWAIIAN 20m; SSB
 OC-021 YB0IBM JAVA 20m; SSB
 OC-021 YB1KI JAVA 20m; SSB
 OC-028 V73NS RALIK CHAIN 17m; CW
 OC-032 FK8CE NEW CALEDONIA 80m; FT8
 OC-032 FK8HQ NEW CALEDONIA 15m; FT8
 OC-032 FK8IK NEW CALEDONIA 40/30m; FT8
 OC-150 YC9HIU TENGGARA BARAT 20m; FT8
 SA-006 PJ4GR BONAIRE 40m; FT8
 SA-006 PJ4NX BONAIRE 40m; FT8
 SA-011 9Z4Y TRINIDAD 40m; CW
 SA-012 YV7PMG NUEVA ESPARTA STATE 40/20m; SSB/FT8
 SA-099 PJ2SM CURACAO 20m; SSB

 ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode
 on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we
 suggest is "Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group" (ex. FT8/OC-146/Celebes).

 EU-010. Graham, MM0GHM, will be active as MM0GHM/P from Isle of Barra,
 Scotland, between now and May 8th. He normally uses a FT100D
 with 100w into a Superstick MP1. Mostly on 17m! QSL via MM0GHM,
 direct by the Bureau or eQSL.

 EU-123. Members of the Sheffield DX Club (M0SDC) will activate the
 Island of Arran in Scotland as G7M during the RSGB IOTA Contest
 (July 24-25th). Operators mentioned are Colin/G3VCQ, Sharon/
 M3VCQ, Charlie/GI4FUE, Peter/MI5JYK, Rob/M0KPD, Bill/G4ZVB,
 David/M0YDB and David G3UNA. QSL via G3VCQ.

 EU-178. Ed, ES2TT, will be active as ES2TT/8 from Kihnu Island between
 May 29-30th. Activity will be on 40/30/20 meters using CW and
 SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

 NA-067. Operators John/KG4AKV, Steve/W4MGT, Marty/W4MY, Marc/W4MPS,
 Dwayne/N4MIO and Carl/W8WZ will be active as W4MY from Harkers
 Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 24-25th) as a Multi-
 Op/Mixed-Mode/24-HRs/Island entry. QSL via W4MY.

 OC-138. (Canceled) Steve, VK6SJ, who was expected to be active as
 VK6SJ/4 from Iama Island (or Yam), Thursday and Poruma (or
 Coconut) Islands in the Torres Strait Group this past week,
 reports: " I was supposed to be on Iama (Yam), Thursday and
 Poruma (Coconut) Islands in the Torres Strait (OC-138) between
 26th April and 4th May, however this now appears unlikely due
 to a COVID lock-down in Perth preventing my departure to Horn
 Island. The work I was to be doing there will now most likely
 be carried out by others, or I may get back there in June."

 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 May 2021). The following ISWL club callsigns will
be used throughout the month of May 2021:

 G4BJC & GX4BJC - Operated by Arthur, G0KOC, located in Heathfield,
 East Sussex (IOTA EU-005, WAB-TQ62, WLOTA-1841).
 QSL GX4BJC and MX1SWL callsigns via Dick, M5DIK.

 MX1SWL/A - Operated by Geof, M0BAU, located in Great Sutton, Cheshire
 (IOTA EU-005, WAB-SJ37, WLOTA-1841).

 GB75ISWL - Operated by Herbie, G6XOU, located in Walton on the Naze,
 Essex (IOTA EU-005, WAB-TM22, WLOTA-1841). QSL GB75ISWL
 via G6XOU.

 All callsigns via the Bureau, eQSL.cc, or direct with return postage.
(No IRCs in the UK). 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 (www.iswl.org.uk) or (www.qrzcq.com)
or  or via . NO LoTW.

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 6-11th. 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 9-10th). QSL JW5X via
LA5X, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW, eQSL, or ClubLog.

NCDXF NEWS (Press Release, dated April 27th). The officers for the Northern
California DX Foundation were voted in on April 26, 2021.
 The new slate of officers is:
 Kevin Rowett, K6TD, President
 Ned Sterns, AA7A, Vice President
 Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, Secretary
 Don Greenbaum, N1DG, Treasurer

 The primary purpose of NCDXF is to help fund well-organized DXpeditions
to rare, difficult and expensive entities. Those funds come from the
contributions of our supporters in the DX community. Your contribution
will help make DX happen. Visit our website: www.ncdxf.org.
 In addition:
 * NCDXF provides scholarships to Contest University for those 25
 years of age and under
 * Partners with IARU to operate the NCDXF Beacon System worldwide
 * Oversees the Cycle 25 Project: an endowment-fund created from
 estate planning

 We thank you for your continued support.
 Best regards,
 Ned Stearns, AA7A, NCDXF Vice President

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
PLEASE NOTE: OUTLOOK users PLEASE read below.

PJ5 & V47, ST. EUSTATIUS AND ST. KITTS (Canceled). John, W5JON/V47JA,
informs that both his St. Eustatius (June 22-28th) and St. Kitts (June
12th-July 10th) operations have been canceled and will still remain under
a strict Covid-19 QUARANTINE during June/July. However, his October and
November operations remains on schedule and are NOT CANCELLED, as "rumor"
has it that the quarantine will be lifted October 1, 2021:
 V47JA -- October 16th and November 12th; LoTW; QSL via W5JON (d)
 PJ5/W5JON -- October 25th and November 1st; LoTW; QSL via W5JON (d)
 See OPDX.1494 for more details.

PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (May 3-9th).......
 May/03rd BN May/06th HN May/08th HN
 May 04th BN May/07th HN May/09th HN