From: Tedd Mirgliotta To: opdx@nshore.org Subject: Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #396 Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 1:49 PM SB DX @ WW $OPDX.396 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 396 The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 396 BID: $OPDX.396 February 15, 1999 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 (New Area Code!) Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, AJ3M, N4GN, W4SD, N5NJ, KG6AR, AC7DX, K8YSE, NE8Z, KK9A, KU9C, K0KL, AH0W/OH2LVG, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, DJ7AO, EA4DX, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, HA5PP, HS0/G3NOM, OK2AP, VE2EH, VE3SRE, VE6JO and YO2LDE & South-West DX Bulletin for the following DX information. CORRECTION TO OPDX.395. Under "7O, E4 AND P5, YEMEN, PALESTINE AND NORTH KOREA" the FAX number for Yemen's General Director of Ministry of Communications (MoC), Abdulgader Ibrahim, was incorrect. The FAX number should be: 967 1 331457 3B8, MAURITIUS. The "DX News Sheet" reports that Mart, DL6UAA, will be active March 8th through April 24th as 3B8/DL6UAA. He will be part of the PAM (Paradise on Air Mission) DXpedition 99. QSL via home call. 3B9, RODRIGUES ISLAND. The Midway-Kure DX Foundation (WH7M) announces details for its 1999 Rodrigues Island 3B9 (AF-017) DXpedition scheduled for the 1st through 10th of April, 1999. A team of nine operators representing five countries will conduct the DXpedition on all modes from 160 through 6 meters. Plans are for up to nine fully equipped HF stations to operate from a number of locations throughout the island. One station will be dedicated to RTTY only. The DXpeditioners are Bruce Butler (W6OSP), Kimo Chun (KH7U), Jari Jussila (OH2BU), Victor Keller (XE1VIC), Jacky Mandary (3B8CF), Garry Shapiro (NI6T), Yuuji Yoshitani (JA3IG/K1NT), Ned Stearns (AA7A) and Frank Smith (AH0W/OH2LVG), team-leader. Chief pilot stations will be Andy Chesnokov (UA3AB) and Gary McClellan (K7ZD). QSL Manager is Joyce Johnson (N7LVD). Callsign TBA later. For inquiries, send E-mail to: mkdxf@aztec.asu.edu 3D2, FIJI. Ed, K0KL, will be in Fiji March 20-27th, and will be signing 3D2KE. His operations will be on 40 and 15 meter CW. A 2nd op K2VGD will log. QSL via the callbook address. 5T, MAURITANIA. Yoshi, JA1UT, will be active again, possibly with other JA operators as 5T5U from March 12-17th. QSL via JA1UT. 5X, UGANDA. Several reports indicate that Joe, G3MRC, will be active again sometime during this month as 5X1P. Activity will be mostly CW and some digital modes. His length of stay is unknown. QSL via home call. 9G, GHANA. The "DX News Letter" reports that Hardy, DL1IAL, was expected to be active as 9G5HK for three months starting in February. So far there have been no QSNs reported. QSL via DL1IAL. 9M2, WEST MALAYSIA. "The 59(9) DXReport" reports that Ross, 9M2AX, is quite active on 160 meters. He uses a Sloper 160 ft. up for JA, EU and NA; and an Inverted L at 170 ft. for Africa, 4S7 and VQ9. On the receiving end, he uses 1000 ft. Beverage at 130 ft. OPDX has spotted 9M2AX this week on 1833 kHz between 1400 and 1430z. Also, check 80 meters during this time. A3, TONGA. Paul, A35RK, has returned to his home on Lifuka Island last week. He states that Cyclone Cora did do some damage to his home, boat, and antenna system. However, the damage is not severe and all can be repaired. He has received repair parts for the Force-12 yagi and will overhaul it as soon as possible (Paul says, "It works, but the loading is "funny" and it's a little "bent"). His Butternut vertical (80/40/30 meters) is not working on 80m...cause unknown. His TS-450 was repaired in New Zealand, and he bought a new "battery bank" and solar panel which should solve the "chirpy CW" problem. His ICOM 706 is still in New Zealand waiting for parts from Japan. Paul now has a 2 element 6m beam, and as soon as the IC-706 arrives back on the island, he will be working 6 meters for the first time. Future plans for Paul included a trip to Fiji in May for 3-4 weeks. He will operate 3D2RK from both Viti Levu and Vanua Levu...mostly CW. He may return to Tonga via Wallis Island (FW) but that is not yet certain. CO9, CUBA. CO2WF and CM5KL will organize a group of Cuban operators at Boca Ciega Beach for the ARRL International DX SSB Contest March 6-7th. Their callsign will be CO9BCC and they plan to operate 160-10 meters. They will enter the contest as a Multi/Stations and Multi/operators entry. The list of operators are: CM2KL, CM2YR, CM5MA, CO2GY, CO2II, CO2JA, CO2JX, CO2KC, CO2NT, CO2VQ and CO2WF. The QSL Manager for CO9BCC is VE2EH. Check out the following Web pages: http://www.qsl.net/ve2eh/co2wf.htm http://www.qsl.net/ve2eh/co9bcc.htm DXCC FAQ #3. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive this article by Bill Moore, NC1L, Century Clubs Manager, as an addtional bulletin. E4, PALESTINE (The excitement begins!) As of February 13th, Ali/JY4NE and Sami/ZC6B/KF2GJ have began operating from Gaza as E44A and E44B, respectively. Operations will take place from Sami's QTH. Activity by Ali may last up to 5 days. Look for them mainly on SSB but with some CW operations. QSL E44A to JY4NE, PO Box 9392, Amman 1191, Jordan. QSL E44B to: P.O. Box 1008, Gaza, Palestine. Ray, HS0/G3NOM, reports that five members of IARV (International Amateur Radio Volunteers) led by JA1UT will soon return to Palestine, Gaza and West Bank to complete their aid project for a hospital telecommunications facility. In their spare time, mainly in the local evening after work, they plan to be active as E44MPT (Ministry of Post and Telecommunications) on 3.5 - 28 Mhz including WARC bands using CW/SSB/RTTY. They are expecting to be active by the weekend of February 20-21st. The popular DX frequencies will be used depending on QRM and coordination with current Palestinian stations. QSL will be again be via JA1UT as per ZC6MPT. A third group is headed to Gaza. Look for Martti/OH2BH, Pekka/OH1RY, Pekka/OH2TA and Bernie/W3UR to be active from the "Palestine Hotel". Their callsign/s and QSL routes have not been announced as of yet, but thanks to the local Palestinian counterparts, they will be able to operate with the E4 prefix shortly after thier arrival and set up. Bernie/W3UR, editor of "The Daily DX", reports that their team will be working closely with the IARV to prevent interference amongst all E4 activity. Also mentioned, during the first few days of operation, they will concentrate on the most productive bands. Look for them to be active on CW and SSB. More details will be forthcoming soon by Tim Totten, N4GN. OPDX will send out a special InterNet bulletin on the update. EN5, UKRAINE. Look for EN5J as a Multi-Single in this year's ARRL and CQ WPX SSB Contests. QSL will be via KG6AR: Chris Williams, 1117 S. Del Mar Ave., San Gabriel, Ca. 91776-3034. HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Look for Bob/N5KO, Stephen/K6AW and William/W4ZV to be active as HC8N in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 6-7th) as a Multi/ Single entry. QSL via AA5BT. J7, DOMINICA. Members of the Foundation for Amateur International Radio Services (FAIRS) will be here now through February 22nd. Look for the following operators/callsigns: David/KK4WW (J79WW), Gaynell/KK4WWW (YL op - J79GMV), Kay/KE4EKH (YL op - J79EKH), Don/KE4UGF (J79UGF) and Larry/N4VA (J79VA). Activity will be CW/SSB on 40-6 meters, the IOTA frequencies and the WARC bands. KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Look for a group of stateside operators to be active from here 2100z, February 16th, and operate through February 22nd. Their operations will be primarily on the WARC bands and 160 meters before and after the ARRL DX CW Contest. The group will use the callsign KG4SD during the contest. Look for the following callsign (with QSL routes): KG4DZ (via KG4SD), KG4SD (via W4SD), KG4ZK (via W4ZYT) and KG4NW (via NW3K). NH7, HAWAII. Rick, NE8Z, reports to OPDX that he will be on Maui from Febraury 27th through March 6th. He will be active as NE8Z/NH7. Activity will be on CW on the WARC bands. QSL via K8LJG or NE8Z. OKDX DXPEDITION UPDATE. The members of the OKDX Foundation have set up a new Web site called "Czech DXpedition PACIFIC 99". This group will be active towards the end of the month, please refer to OPDX.394. Meanwhile, check out their Web site at: http://www.okdxc.cz/pacific99 QSL INFO AND NEWS..... 3D2DX CARDS. Roberto, EA4DX, reports to OPDX that the all QSLs received direct with postage have been processed, labeled and mailed, and that the last pile of QSLs ( 700 envelopes from US and JA stations) would be mailed from the US on Tuesday the 9th. He states the backlog has been cleared. If you have not received your cards in a couple of weeks, just E-mail Roberto ( rdiazg@nexo.es ), and he will check to see if your card was received and mailed. He also suggests that you check the following online log Web site to see if you are in the log: http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx/3D2DXlog1.htm Do not send bureau cards because he is not a member of the Spanish Bureau. QSOs not requested directly will be mailed automatically directly to the different national bureaus, but these process will not begin before July. Roberto states 3D2DX DXpedition from last September netted (no duplicates) a total of 15,500 contacts on 160-10 meters SSB and 500 RTTY (15/20 meters). There is a new QSL route for WP3C. Please QSL now to: Alfredo Velez, HC-02 Box 7455, Utuado P.R, 00641 U.S.A. Alfredo's E-mail address is: morse@coqui.net Pierre, VE2EH, reports that he is the QSL Manager for CO9BCC (see CO9 above), CO2WF and HH2LQ. Masahiro, AJ3MI, just returned from his trip to Vienna, Austria; Tbilisi, Georgia; and Geneva, Switzerland. He would like to thank everyone who worked him. Masahiro was on the air from 4U1VIC on January 28th and 4U1ITU on February 5, 6, and 7th. He made about 200 QSOs from 4U1VIC and about 1,650 QSOs from 4U1ITU. He suggests sending your QSLs via the bureau or direct to the following address: 4U1VIC - Vienna International Centre, P.O.Box 200, A-1400 Vienna, Austria 4U1ITU - International Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 6, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland BQ9P, B1A and BT2HC UPDATE. Steve, KU9C, states that he is expecting these cards from the printer next week. At that time, Steve states that he has freed up his calendar over the next few weeks to devote to processing the direct requests for these cards. Steve states again, if you requested several calls in one envelope, please be patient, this slows the process. He is aware of various award submission deadlines, and will do the best he can to support your submission needs. Steve, DJ7AO, reports that he is now the QSL Manager for Ray, DL2GG/YV5. Please send your QSL via bureau or direct to DJ7AO: Stefan Reyers, Luebecker Str. 4, D-22964 Steinburg, Germany. Don`t use the CBA of DL2GG because he is living in Caracas. E-mail your requests to: dj7ao@qsl.net (home page is: http://www.qsl.net/dj7ao) Also, visit Rays homepage at http://www.qsl.net/dl2gg SEMI-RARE IOTA TO BE ACTIVATE. Silvano, KB5GL, will operate from Grand Isle (NA-168) in the Gulf of Mexico, February 19-21st. It has been reported that the request of this DXpedition came from Europe. This island was activated several years ago and only one time. The callsign will be KB5GL/5. Silvano will operate on 20-10 meters, including the WARC bands on the IOTA frequencies (14260, 21260, 18128, 24950 and 28460 kHz). QSL DIRECT ONLY to: Ron Lago, AC7DX, POB 25426, Eugene Oregon 97402 USA. SPECIAL EVENT. Industry Canada has issued the callsign XL3D in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Ontario DX Association for the period starting at 0000z, March 25th, ending at 2359z, April 25th. XL3D will take the place of VE3ODX as one of the two "10 point" stations in the 3rd Annual Ontario QSO Party to be held April 24th, at 1800z through April 25th, at 1800z. QSL direct with SASE or SAE with sufficient return postage to: XL3D, Ontario DX Association, P.O. Box 161, Station A, Willowdale, Ontario, M2N 5S8, CANADA. Or you may QSL via the bureau via VE3ODX or VE3SRE. For further information on this or the Ontario QSO Party visit the Ontario DX Association Website at: http://www.durhamradio.ca/odxa Or E-mail your questions to Bob, VE3SRE, at: ve3sre@rac.ca SPECIAL EVENT. Vitaly, VE6JO, Director of the Calgary Amateur Radio Association, reports that Industry Canada has authorized the use of the special prefix XO6 in place of VE6 for amateurs in Calgary, Alberta, for the period of Febraury 14-28th. This is to honor the Provincial Special Olimpics which will be held in Calgary February 26-28th. V2, ANTIGUA. Tyler/K3MM, Roland/K3RA and Bob/N5NJ will be here February 17-23rd, and will be operating in the upcoming ARRL CW DX Contest as a Multi-Op/Two transmitter entry. During the contest, they will be using the callsign V26O. The operation will take place from the V26B (V21N) contest station. Before and after the contest, the operators will use their own Antiguan callsigns on RTTY, FSK, and SSB. QSL via the following callsigns/operators: V26O via N5NJ, V26MM via K3MM and V26RA via K3RA. ADDED NOTE: The V26B contest station is still available for the 1999 ARRL SSB Contest. For details, contact Sam/WT3Q via E-mail at: WT3Q@aol.com Details on the V26O contest station can also be found on the Web page at: http://www.frc-contest.org/v26B/index.htm VP2V, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLAND. Look for Jack/W4NF, Bill/W4RM, Cliff/W4CE and Dave/W4DAV to be active as VP2V/WW4RM in the ARRL DX Phone Contest, March 2-8th. Certificates will be awarded to all stations working him on all 6 bands during the contest. Activity is planned for CW and Phone on all bands (including WARC bands) before and after the contest. QSL via W4RM. VP5, TURKS & CAICOS. John, KK9A will be operating in the ARRL DX Phone Contest using the contest callsign VP5J. He will use the callsign VP5/KK9A before this event. He may also try to work a little of the CQ 160M Phone Contest. QSL to his home callsign. VP8, SOUTH SANDWICH. The "DX News Sheet" reports that Carl, G4VFU, who is active as VP8CZJ/MM near Caracas, Venezuela, is saying he still hopes to be active from South Sandwich Islands later in the year. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OPDX INTERNET SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE REQUEST: opdx-request@nshore.org OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.en.com/users/k8yse/opdx.html OPDX SPANISH WEB SITE. 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(NOTE: Some FAX machines that send single "BEEPS" every second will not have to do this step.) 3) The phone will pick up and after the "BEEP" leave your voice message or FAX. /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Additional Bulletins for OPDX InterNet Subscribers. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Path: barf80!news From: "Moore, Bill, NC1L" Subject: DXCC FAQ #3 Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:07:43 -0500 DXCC FAQ #3: Part 1 - DXCC Field Checking: This information is on the current DXCC field checking program. With DXCC 2000 we are preparing for some significant changes and once they are finalized an announcement will be made. Please do not send messages asking about them right now as they have not been finalized. Questions are frequently asked on how to use the field checking program. Section 4 of the DXCC rules covers this in detail. It covers not only the procedures for using it but also how to become a field representative. This discussion will only cover the application procedure. To have your application field checked: 1) Complete the front page of an application form MSD-505 no more than 2 years old; 2) The reverse side of the form to list cards IS REQUIRED. Field reps will check your cards against your list and return the cards to you. The completed sheets are what DXCC uses to complete data entry. The form MUST be one of the latest with the complete date. Older forms showing only the year cannot be accepted. Applications with partial dates or incomplete information will need to be returned unprocessed; 3) All information must be filled in. This includes the complete entity name, not just a prefix; 4) ONLY those contacts for which you want credit should be noted on the form. Do not print out your logs and have field reps cross off unwanted or previous confirmations. Keep these sheets clean and as uncluttered as possible. The ONLY data we want on the form are Callsign, complete date (dd/mm/yy), band, mode and complete entity name as it appears on the DXCC list. As with submitting cards keep multiples at the end; 5) You must have 2 field reps to check an application; 6) The applicant is required to get the cards to the first field rep. If the 2 field reps are not together the applicant must give the first field rep sufficient postage to cover the cost of mailing cards to the second field rep, and, postage to cover return from the second field rep. IF AN APPLICATION IS RETURNED TO THE APPLICANT AFTER CHECKING IT, IS INVALID. DXCC FIELD REPRESENTATIVES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING PAPERWORK AND ALSO FOR SENDING IT TO ARRL HQ; 7) The applicant is responsible for all costs involved; 8) All fees noted in DXCC rule 15 apply for field checking, except, field reps do not collect the $5 in person fee since ARRL personnel are not present; 9) Applications checked by the field reps must contain a minimum of 100 field checkable entities. IF THERE ARE NOT 100, THE FIELD REPS CANNOT INCLUDE CARDS TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION. IN THIS CASE THE ENTIRE APPLICATION MUST BE SENT TO ARRL; 10) PLEASE make sure all information is printed CLEARLY. If the field reps cannot read it chances are we cannot either. Note: If you are a DXCC Field Representative your appointment was automatically renewed. In the future you will see a new and streamlined program for field checking. Once the details are worked out they will be announced. But as mentioned on page 79 of May 1998 QST, "You can expect that the new DXCC checkpoints will only handle electronic submissions. You as the participant will be entering data; the checkpoints will verify the entry and forward your submission to Headquarters. That results in savings and efficiencies that open the possibility of additional awards." One of the items under review is a savings which would be reflected back to the applicant if they choose to use the field checking program. But for now, the current program is still in effect. Part 2 - Help! How do I decipher the DXCC awards credit slip and printout! Unless you are familiar with computer printouts "decipher" might be the right word. However, the printouts that are sent out as part of the new software are easier to handle and much easier to read than the ones in previous years. 2(a): The Credit Slip: This top sheet is a tally (summary) of money, award totals and credits. There are basically 5 sections to the credit slip: 1) Personal information and general application/processing information 2) Account balance and charges 3) Number increments assigned to the current submission 4) Awards and totals 5) Cards not credited section and reason why #1 Personal information and general application/processing information: This shows your name, callsign and membership ID. Also, on the right side is the submission information such as date we received your application and date processed, who processed it and the reference number. It also shows starting account balance. This is what money was carried over from the previous DXCC computer system. (This figure should match your credit slip received prior to January 1, 1998). Some earlier credit slips were showing 1/1/1900 in a date field. This has been corrected. A software flag was not activated. DXCC and ARRL systems are all Y2K compliant. #2 Account balance and charges: This section shows your money situation. Each item is dated, the type is a computer flag only, description is what the fee was used for or assigned to, the amount column shows the amount received from you or how much was charged for the item shown in the description. Note: Fees shown in parenthesis are deductions or negative amounts. Also, a fee in parenthesis next to "Ending Balance" means an amount due to ARRL. #3 Number increments assigned to current submission: This indicates the numbers you received for the current submission. Note: These numbers can differ. Prior submissions may contain credits already assigned to an entity. The important figures are in the next section. #4 Awards and Totals: This is your current status. ONLY modes and bands for which there are certificates are shown here. An active award is indicated with an asterisk (*). If there is no asterisk the award is NOT active. Since there are fees for each certificate we do not automatically activate awards, they must be requested. If you notice an award that is not marked active but should be, contact DXCC right away. This will directly affect your listings in the Monthly List, Honor Roll List and Annual List. The columns show "Current" and "Total" numbers. These numbers are important. The CURRENT number indicates the number you have towards Honor Roll. It is the total of active entities only and does not include deleted entities. Remember, deleted entities do not count towards Honor Roll and 5 Band DXCC. The TOTAL includes all current and deleted entities. The TOTAL number is what determines your sticker and endorsement level(s). Note: Provisions are under way to have indicators for 5 band DXCC. This will be included in the future. #5 Cards not credited section and why: Anything rejected will be shown here with the reject reason. The most common reject are for duplicates, but there are many others including no documentation, unauthorized operation, shipboard operation, shortwave listener, rejects for alterations and more... Here are some explanations of the more common rejections: Duplicate country/band/mode - This indicates that the card is already credited on the same band and mode. Most times it means that the same exact card was submitted. But, it could also indicate the same information but just that a different callsign was submitted. Checking your logs before submitting can reduce this type of rejection No Documentation - The operator has not provided documentation in support of their operation. It is nothing you have done. Operations from many entities require specific documentation to validate their operation such as License, and proof that they were there etc. See Section 1 rule 7. Unauthorized Operation - This means that we have officially rejected an operation for credit. This is when an investigation revealed that the operator(s) were in some violation of 1 or more of the DXCC rules or, they were not where they state they were or other similar circumstance. Shipboard Operation - Operations aboard ships are not accepted for credit. See Section 1 rule 8. Shortwave Listener - These are not accepted for credit. You must receive confirmation from the station you worked, not through a 3rd party. (Also, make sure you acknowledge these. The SWL station may need to prove a certain number of these contacts in order to apply for a ham license in their country). Altered card - This means DXCC is viewing an altered card. When this rejection shows it does not mean we are accusing you of making the alteration. We cannot accept altered cards. See Section 1 rule 11. Resubmit to Clarify - This is a new reject. It is usually used with field checked applications. While field reps have access some information to go by when checking cards some things may be overlooked or not clear when we are entering contacts into the computer. In cases like this the system cannot make a determination on a contact so a reject is given to resubmit it for clarification. Most of these are easily resolved by sending the card in to DXCC along with the copy of the credit slip (where the reject was noted). Once clarified DXCC will return the card with an updated printout. Please include return postage in these instances. Also, please do not complete an application form since this could cause it to be seen as a normal submission. There are many other types of rejections, but most are self-explanatory. Contact DXCC if you have a question on any rejection. Part 2(b) The Award Credits Listing: This printout contains 8 pages of computer readout. It is the official record of your individual award credits. Shown here are the prefixes worked, DXCC entity name, deleted column notation, awards, bands and modes column. THE NOTATIONS HERE ARE ONLY FOR MODES AND BANDS FOR WHICH DXCC PROVIDES AN INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE. Non-certificate bands are tracked but not shown on the printout and you must keep track of them. DXCC cannot provide a printout of these credits. An X under the appropriate column indicates that you have credit. The first 6 pages and part of the 7th page are the current DXCC entities. The credits for deleted entities can be found on part of page 7 and page 8. Deleted entities are also indicated by the word "yes" under the deleted column. Please keep this document for future reference. It is important to compare it against new cards to make sure your application does not contain dupes. Question: How do I know what I have on the non-certificate bands? The importance of keeping good, accurate records is important here. If you've kept track, finding your totals on 12, 17, 15, 20 and 30 meters should be no problem. If not, and you resubmit them it gets costly because of the extra QSO fees. If needed, DXCC can tell you what your numbers you have on these bands, but not what the individual credits are. On the non-certificate bands, since there are no certificates, sending in more than 100 current entities is not necessary. You get nothing for the extras and, it means additional processing time for DXCC which contributes to the backlog as well as extra costs for you. The ONLY time you need to add to these totals, after 100, is for a brand new overall entity. So, please do you best to keep track of these bands, it will work in your favor in the future. When you receive your printout and cards back, look everything over carefully. If there are any discrepancies review the entire record before contacting DXCC. Do not send in any cards without contacting us first. The new DXCC software is such that many items which the old system deleted are now kept in the record so something that caused a contact not to be shown may have been held in the record and it may be simple to fix. (Such as a typographical error). If we need to see cards again we will let you know. Re-sending cards without our knowledge may cause your application to be mistaken for an actual submission and charged as such. So, to avoid confusion contact us first and we will make arrangements if necessary. Hints and tips: Not sure if a contact is good for DXCC credit? We suggest that instead than contacting us you send it along with your next submission. Information that we give you can change and sending it in would guarantee proper credit, or rejection at that time. For instance, if on Thursday we informed you a contact was not good and we received documentation the following Monday you could miss out on proper credit. So, wait for your next submission and include the cards then. Ever find yourself just looking for basic information on a DXCC (or other) topics? Try your favorite web browser first. Type in a word or two on what you are looking for. Believe me, more information will be at your fingertips that you can imagine. There are 3 immediate benefits to doing this: 1) The volume of information you receive, 2) you save time when you can find the information yourself and, 3) You greatly increase your knowledge of how to use the internet to your advantage to gain instant access on a variety of topics. Many of these you can print out and create a hard copy file on your favorite topics. I do this often and it is a valuable resource. (Sometimes when people call this is how I find information so you can save yourself the middleman). When contacting DXCC for questions by e-mail PLEASE use only this address: dxcc@arrl.org This will guarantee a quicker response. Also, many times I get messages from people that say we never respond. This is not the case. Many times when we hit "reply" to a message we get a message in the near future that the e-mail was rejected as "unknown destination" or "unknown host" or some other similar message. This occurs often. In this case you will not receive a response. I do not know exactly why this occurs but when it happens we are told that it is a problem on the receiving end. Your server might be down or there may even be a problem. You need to resolve this with your provider. Most e-mail I receive either direct or indirect is answered within the same workday. Most of the time I respond immediately except where some information needs to be researched. IMPORTANT E-MAIL TIP: One solution to this is to go into your mail server set-up. Look under "Identity". Find "Reply-to Address". Some set-ups put in an address different from your direct e-mail address. (The software from my provider at home did this automatically and I was not getting mail from replies for a while). If your reply-to address is different than your regular e-mail address put that address in there. If it is the same as your regular e-mail address make sure it is blank. This is the cause of a lot of mis-directed messages or even no reply being received. Note: This is not the only cause, just one I recently discovered. DXCC Processing Status: We are currently processing applications received on December 8, 1998 and mailing applications received in mid-November. Some early November mail should also be out this week. The current DXCC turnaround time is about just under 9 weeks, down one week from previous period. Next topic: Contacting DXCC with questions, copies of old records and other information requests. Do you have a topic you would like to see discussed? Let me know. Until next time, 73 and Good DX! Bill Moore NC1L Century Clubs Manager -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From: "Adrian Sinitaru" To: Subject: YO3AC silent key Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 16:05:02 +0200 Dear Sirs, I'm deeply grieved to announce the news that Andrei George Giurgea (Andy) YO3AC died on Sunday 7th February, at age of 58. He was born on 19th April 1941. An horrible flu has agravated his heart problems and he died in hospital, making unhappy his mother, brother, son, XYL and the family of YO radioamateurs. Please include this sad news in your DX bulletin. Andy was known as an ambitious DX-man and he achived the most desired trophies amongst the world of DX-ers. Highly educated and qualified as chemical engineer and he was retired for medical reasons, a few years ago. However, nothing stopped him to chase DX and climb up the DXCC steps up to Honor Roll Nr. 1 and Honor Roll for SSB and CW. He was active member of our Radioamateur Federation committee board and unseparable till death from his radio station. REST HIM IN PEACE! Adrian Sinitaru YO3APJ ---------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW InterNet: kb8nw@barf80.nshore.org Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS (BARF-80) +1 (440) 237-8208 "Totally devoted to Amateur Radio" - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 28.8k-1200 baud