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Wednesday, January 8, 2014


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Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1144.1

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1144.1
BID: $OPDX.1144.1
January 8, 2014
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 K3LR, OH2BH and W6SZN for the following DX information.

DAYTON HAMVENTION CONTEST DINNER (Press Release)[edited]. The North Coast
Contesters are proud to announce: The 22nd Annual Dayton Contest Dinner

2014 Contest Dinner tickets are on sale now exclusively via our web site.

Thanks to Scott, KA9FOX and QTH.com for designing, building and running
the Contest Dinner web site - http://contestdinner.com

Master of Ceremonies for the Dayton Contest Dinner is Contest Hall of
Fame member and World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF) Chairman,
John Dorr, K1AR.

Doug Grant, K1DG, Co-Chairman of WRTC2014 will be our featured speaker.

The 2014 Contest Hall of Fame inductees will be announced.

The Contest Dinner will be held on Saturday night, May 17, 2014 at 6:30
PM Cash bar opens at 5:30 PM.

Located at the newly renovated Crowne Plaza Hotel (Official Contester
Hotel) 5th and Jefferson Streets (Next to the Dayton Convention Center)
Dayton (Downtown), Ohio in the PRESIDENTIAL BALLROOM on the second floor.

Seating is random. Tables are set in rounds of 10. You can purchase an
entire table for your group (purchased group tables are set for 8).

Tickets are only available on <http://contestdinner.com>
There are no tickets for sale at the door.

The 26th annual Contest Super Suite (all FOUR nights during Dayton)
details are here: http://contestsupersuite.com

And Contest University seats are filling up fast

We expect another sold out event for the Dayton Contest dinner.
Get your tickets early!

73!
Tim K3LR
Dayton Contest Dinner Chairman
President, North Coast Contesters

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Aland Islands
January 7, 2014

OG0A; ALAND ISLANDS RAMPING UP AGAIN

Completing the first phase of the OG0A DXpedition, the initial trio led
by young Mari (YL), OH2FPK returned to mainland Finland with 6469 QSOs
in the books. The team provided hundreds of new low-band pointers to the
Deserving and benefited from a Solar Flux high of above 200 and a K
Index of zero. You can follow their success through QRZ.com and ClubLog
by typing in <www.qrz.com/db/OG0A>

The operation will continue on Wednesday with another fresh trio
consisting of Pertti, OH2PM; Kim, OH6KZP and Martti,OH2BH who will
again put the emphasis on low bands and WARC.

See you on the bands for the rest of this week.

Team at OG0A

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 7, 2014
St. Charles, MO

YASME FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES SUPPORTING GRANTS

The Yasme Foundation makes supporting grants to individuals and organ-
izations providing or creating useful services for the amateur radio com-
munity. Regardless of originality or novelty, Yasme supports these programs
in order to further the development of amateur radio around the world.

The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation is pleased to announce that
it has made supporting grants as follows:

1. WRTC-2014 — to assist in defraying the expenses of the World Radio Team
Championship to be held this coming July in the Boston area of the north-
eastern United States (wrtc2014.org)

2. Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) — to purchase a receiver and the necessary
accessories to upgrade the node presently operational in Bangalore
(reversebeacon.net)

3. CWOps CW Academy — to assist in defraying the expenses of providing
on-line CW training courses (cwops.org)

4. ARRL Second Century Fund — to support the goals of the ARRL’s Second
Century Campaign (arrl.org/arrl-second-century-campaign)

The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to conduct
scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio, including
DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and promotion
of amateur radio in developing countries. For additional information
about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website at www.yasme.org.

Ward Silver, N0AX, President
The Yasme Foundation

Board of Directors:
Fred Laun, K3ZO, Director and Vice-President
Rusty Epps, W6OAT, Director and Treasurer
Kip Edwards, W6SZN, Director and Secretary
Martti Laine, OH2BH, Director
Mac McHenry, W6BSY, Director
Robert Vallio, W6RGG, Director

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** IMPORTANT NOTICE/REMINDER ** The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin now has a new
FAX number. Contributors can now send/fax their DX information to the
following number: 1-419-828-7791 ( F A X only! )
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SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving bounced
mail by sending mail to me via " kb8nw@barf80.nshore.org ", please send
mail to me via " kb8nw@arrl.net "...... TNX de Tedd KB8NW
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PLEASE NOTICE (as of February 12th), NEW ADDRESS CHANGES FOR THE
OPDX INTERNET HELP/SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS:
OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE):
ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT:

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Excerpts and distribution of The OPDX Bulletin are granted as long as
KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receive credit. To contribute DX info, please send
via InterNet Mail to: kb8nw@barf80.nshore.org - OR - kb8nw@arrl.net
Information can now be faxed to the following "NEW" phone line at:
1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!)

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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses:
<kb8nw@barf80.nshore.org> <kb8nw@hotmail.com> <kb8nw@arrl.net>
Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)

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