| Asunto: | [dxcolombia] DX Bulletin No. 712 | | Fecha: | Domingo, 5 de Junio, 2005 19:20:02 (-0500) | | Autor: | Oscar A. Gaviria <hk6dos @.......co>
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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No.
712
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 712
BID:
$OPDX.712
June 6, 2005
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, K1XN & GoList, NC1L, KA2RTD, NG3K,
W3UR & The Daily
DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4VA, K8YSE, AK0M, W0NB, DL1EK
& The DX News Letter,
F5CWU & La Gazette du DX, F5NQL & UFT,
F8BBL, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News,
JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands News,
PA0KHS, PY5EG, VA3RJ & ICPO, VA7DP, VK4AAR
and XE1KK for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster
Network for the
week of Sunday, 29th/May, through Sunday, 5th/June there were
206 countries
active. Countries available: 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 4J, 4L,
4S, 4U1U,
4X, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G,
9H,
9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV,
BY,
C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU,
EA,
EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR,
FW,
G, GD, GI, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV,
HZ,
I, IS, J3, J5, J6, J8, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8,
KL,
KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OY,
OZ,
P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV9,
T7,
T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TK, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK,
UN,
UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9,
VQ9,
VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3,
ZA,
ZB, ZC4, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, 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"
(WFWL).
4U1UN, UNITED NATIONS HQ. Mohamed, KA2RTD, Station Manager/4U1UN,
informed
OPDX on June 2nd that the "activation of the UN HQ station, 4U1UN,
has
been planned for Sunday, 5th June, with W1CX and KT1J as
operators.
Primary mode will be RTTY and PSK with possible SSB
operation on 60M.
The operation is, as always, subject to availability
of the station."
Hope you were able to catch them on the air (especially on
60 meters!).
QSL via HB9BOU, as usual. NEWS FLASH (June 5th)... Just before
going to
print, 4U1UN was heard active on 20/17 meters RTTY and 6 meters.
4U1UN
was expected to be on 60 meters at 2000z.
6Y, JAMAICA. John,
KB4CRT, will be active as 6Y5/KB4CRT from June 10-16th.
Activity will be on
80-2 meters. Reports also indicate he will be in the
VHF Contest. QSL via his
home callsign, direct or by the bureau.
6Y, JAMAICA. Steven/KN5H and
Art/N3DXX will be active as 6Y5/KH5H in the
CQ WW DX CW Contest (November
26-27th) as a Multi-2/High-Power entry.
QSL via KN5H.
CN8, MOROCCO.
M'hamed, CN8NK, reports that he will participate in the
"His Majesty King of
Spain SSB Contest" (June 25-26th) as a Single-Op/
All-Band entry. His QSL
Manager is EA5XX.
CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND. Just a reminder that the St. Paul
Island DXpedition
is scheduled to start June 7th and last until July 7th.
Their callsign
will be CY9SS. The list of operators include: Robert/VY2RO,
Chip/W1AIM,
Doug/N6TQS, Alan/VE1AWP, Bill/VY2LI, Robby/VY2SS, Doug/VE1PZ,
Charlie/N1RR,
Paul/N1BUG, Jon/N0JK, Donald/VE1CY, the Tooner/TO0NIE,
David/KY1V, Lowell/
VY2OX, Steve/VE2TKH, Dave/VA2DV, Gerry/W1VE, Ken/VY2RU,
Dale/AA5XE, Don/
VA7DJ, Mitch/VE6OH, Krassy/K1lZ and Don/VE1AOE. The team is
planning
activity for the following: 2m weak signal CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK on HF
and
CW/SSB/WSJT/M/S-EME on VHF. They will have 2 HF stations and 6
meter
station on Europe 24/7 and a 6 meter station for NA/SA. QSL direct
to
VY2SS: Robby Robertson, RR#3, Oleary, PEI, Canada C0B 1V0. Also via
e-QSL.
The logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Visit the CY9SS Web page
at:
http://www.cy9ss.comCY0, SABLE ISLAND (Update). This DXpedition was tentatively
scheduled to
last 7 days in July, but now the team has announced that they
may be there
as long as 10 days. This may change depending on the
weather. Operators
Joe/W8GEX, Wayne/K8LEE and Phil/W9IXX are expected to be
active as CY0AA
from Sable Island (NA-063) starting July 27th. Activity will
be on 160-6
meters CW/SSB/PSK/RTTY. QSL via K8LEE: Wayne Mckenzie, 24815 Joy
Lynn Rd.,
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025. The team has selected a QSL printer, the
cards
will be a double card (two sided with pictures). They are looking to
send
the cards out about 4-5 weeks after their trip is over, so be
patient.
Also, they will try to have the logs online during the operation, if
not,
they will be available after the trip. Check out their Web page
for
updates at:
http://www.wb8xx.com/sableDXCC NEWS.............
DXCC YEARBOOK. Many have been
reporting receiving their yearbook in
the mail this past week. Your
editor received his last Friday.
VU4 QSL PRESS RELEASE. Bill Moore,
NC1L, ARRL DXCC Manager, sent out
the following press release last
week:
Clarification re: VU4RBI/VU4NRO QSL
cards for DXCC credit.
We are accepting VU4RBI/VU4NRO QSO cards. A few
cards have been rejected
on the basis of incomplete information on the
cards. We apologize to
Bharathi, NIAR, et.al. for any
misunderstandings.
If you received a QSL card
complete with all data (time, date, band,
mode and callsign), there is
no problem. If you have a QSL card with
less than complete data
(callsign only, missing time/date, etc.) we will
need to see the card
at HQ. This is usual procedure. Blank cards and
cards missing
information are always subject to inspection at HQ. Do not
add the
missing information. As always we strive to maintain the highest
integrity possible in the DXCC program.
Ms.
Prasad has graciously agreed to supply additional log information
where necessary. If you have only an incomplete card, do not alter the
card by filling in the missing information. Simply send us the card,
and
we will try to obtain the fill. If you expect a direct QSL, it
would be
easier on everyone involved if you would wait for the direct
card.
FP, MIQUELON. Tom, N6RA, will be active as FP/N6RA from June
9-21st. He
is expected to concentrate on 6 meters, looking particularly for
the West
Coast, Europe and the Middle East stations. It is suggested to look
for
him on 50.120 MHz (except during the ARRL VHF Contest, June
11-12th).
Joe, K2VUI, will be joining Tom on June 9-14th and will operate
as
FP/K2VUI. His activity will be on 80-10 meters. QSL via their
home
callsigns.
FS & PJ7, ST. MARTIN AND ST. MAARTEN. By the time
you read this, Ramon,
XE1KK, should be active until June 8th from both French
Saint Martin as
FS/VE7RKK and Dutch St.Maarten as PJ7/VE7RKK on the AO-51
satellite on
some orbits. He states that he will be using a Kenwood TH-D7A(G)
and a
Pryme AL-800 antenna (no Arrow Antenna this time). His Grid locator
is
FK88 and IOTA is NA-105. He has informed OPDX that he is on vacation
with
his YL and will not be on the HF bands. QSL via XE1KK only, direct or
by
the bureau. Ramon has activated the following entities in the past:
XE,
W, VE, FP, OX, TF, PA, LX, OH0, ES, KP4, KP2, TG9, TI5, HC, HC8 and
KH6.
IOTA NEWS.................
AS-117. Look for JA4NVY/4
to be active from Nino Island
(JIIA
AS-117-023) Hiroshima prefecture, June 6th. QSL via
the
home
callsign. Also, visit the JIIA Award Web page
at:
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage61.htm EU-101. Operators Juha/OH6OS, Toni/OH6TN and
Pasi/OH6UM will be
active
as OH6M
from Molpe Island, located in the Botnia Gulf,
June
10-12th.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via
the
bureau.
EU-120. Members of the Warrington Amateur Radio Club
will be active
as GB0SGI from St. Georges Island, June 13-17th.
Activity
will be
on all bands. Operators mentioned are:
Mike/G4VSS,
Mike/M0ACK, John/M0ANM, Ron/G0WJX, Bill/G0PZP,
Jim/G3NFB,
Philip/G3TEX and Keith/G8MKO. QSL via G0WRS, by the
bureau
is
preferred.
EU-159. Laurent/F8BBL (CW) and Jean Marc/F4ECL
(SSB) will be
active
as TM7CI
on Cordouan Island for 48 hours non stop
between
July
22-23rd. Activity will be QRP on 80-10 meters
CW/SSB.
Their
equipment will be: FT817ND, W3FF Buddistick and
dipoles.
More
info is forthcoming. QSL via F8BBL, 100% via the
bureau
or
direct. Other reference numbers: DIFM AT-032, LH 271,
ARLHS
FRA007 and
PB 018.
EU-159. Laurent/F8BBL (CW) and Jean Marc/F4ECL (SSB)
will be active
as homecall/QRP/P on Banc d'Arguin Island (DIFM AT-033)
later
this
summer in August. Activity will be QRP on 80-10
meters
CW/SSB.
Their equipment will be: FT817ND, W3FF Buddistick
and
dipoles.
More info is forthcoming. QSL via F8BBL, 100% via
the
bureau or
direct.
EU-170. Gianfranco, I6GFX, and possibly others will
activate a few
Croatian islands in the EU-170 group as 9A/I6GFX between
June
10-13th.
Islands mentioned are: Ugljan (ACIA CIA-53,
IOCA
CI-134),
Sestrunj (ACIA CIA-41, IOCA CI-104), Rivanj
(ACIA
CIA-40,
IOCA CI-102), Jidula (IOCA CI-273) and Paranak
Veli
(IOCA
CI-386). QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by
the
bureau.
EU-172. Palle/OZ5MJ and Jakob/OZ7AEI will activate
two islands and
lighthouses on Sunday, June 12th. Operators will sign
using
their
homecall/p. They plan to activate Lyoe Island (DIA
FY-009)
starting
around 0900z and Avernakoe Island (DIA FY-010)
starting
around
1230z. On Avernakoe Island, they will activate the
two
lighthouses
on the island (DEN-156 Munke/Avernakoe) and
(DEN-157
Nakke
odde). If WX is fine (no rain), they will use 2
stations,
mainly
on 20 and 40 meters SSB. More up-to-date info about
the
activity and
their logs after the operation will be
available
at:
http://oz7aei.qrz.dk QSL
via the bureau or direct.
NA-055. Bill, N8PW, will be active
as N8PW/1 from Mount Desert
Island
(USI
ME-021S - Hancock County, Maine), June 13-18th. This
will
be a
vacation style operation, as time permits. Activity
will
be on 40,
20 and 17 meters CW/SSB. QSL via his home callsign.
NA-112.
Operators Kyle/W4KTF, Jim/KI4FVT and Sandra/KI4HVG will
be
active from
Emerald Isle (USI NC-010S - Carteret County,
North
Carolina),
June 12-19th. They will sign as homecall/p and
be
active on
40-6 meters SSB, with some 2 meters and 70
centimeters
activity as well. QSL all callsigns via W4KTF.
OC-206.
Operators Wally/VK6YS, Dan/VK8AN, Nigel/VK6KHD and
possibly
a 4th
operator (TBA) will be active as VK6DHI from Dirk
Hartog
Island,
August 20-23rd. Activity will be on
40/20/17/15/12/10
meters CW/SSB. QSL DIRECT to VK4AAR: Alan
Roocroft,
376
Old Toowoomba Rd, Placid Hills 4343, Australia.
KH7K, KURE ATOLL
(Update). A multi-disciplinary expedition to Kure Atoll,
the northernmost
Hawaiian atoll, will be carried out between September
22th and October 9th
(Operation between September 24th-October 9th). The
expedition team is an
international group of highly experienced radio
amateurs and field
scientists. They will activate Kure for radio amateurs
worldwide, using the
callsign K7C, and also implement an innovative
satellite-internet system
("DXA") for real-time display of the expedition
activities. In addition to
the radio operations, the team will carry out
a variety of projects in
support of the wildlife sanctuary on Kure,
including a study of invasive
ants, documentation of shipwrecks, and
collection of representative
speciemens of marine organisms. Kure Atoll
is the northernmost coral atoll in
the world. It lies some 1958 km miles
NW of Honolulu, which is the point of
departure for the expedition. The
voyage will take six days to reach Kure.
The team will spend about two
weeks on the atoll, and then return to
Honolulu. The expedition team
consists of the
following:
Expedition Leader/DXA development - Robert
Schmieder/KK6EK
Co-organizer/Antennas
- Garry Shaprio/NI6T
Co-organizer/Satellite
Link - Alan
Maenchen/AD6E
MESS (Medical,
emergency,
safety,
sanitation)
- Alan Eshleman, K6SRZ
European
operations
- Franz Langer, DJ9ZB
Equipment/Logistics
- John Kennon, N7CQQ
Radio
Equipment
- Mike Mraz,
N6MZ
- Ward Silver, N0AX
Information
- Ann Santos, WA1S
Electrical
Power
- Charlie Spetenagel, W6KK
Relay
Stations
- Steve Wright, VE7CT
Onsite support
Kure Onsite
Naturalist -
Cynthia Vanderlip
Skipper,
Machias
- Bill Austin
QSL Manager is Tom Harrell, N4XP. QSL Route: K7C
KURE DXPEDITION 2005,
%K4TSJ, Box 1, Watkinsville, GA 30677. For more
details, please visit
the K7C Web page at: http://www.cordell.org/htdocs/KURE/index.htmlKP1-5 PROJECT UPDATE. A press release by KP1-5 Project Committee
was
sent out last week stating that two Amateur Radio operators testified
on
Capitol Hill May 26th during an oversight hearing conducted by the
House
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans on the
issue
of access to the nation's wildlife refuges. The Amateur Radio
operators
advocated the reopening of Navassa (KP1 / IOTA NA-098) and Desecheo
Island
(KP5 / IOTA NA-095) to Amateur Radio use. Since the press release is
very
long, the complete announcement will be sent to all OPDX
InterNet
Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
P4, ARUBA. John, KK9A,
will be active as P40A during the CQ WW DX SSB
Contest (October 29-30th) and
the CQ WW DX CW Contest (November 26-27th)
as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL
both operations via WD9DZV.
QSL INFO AND
NEWS...................
Goran, YZ1SG, reports that the logs for
5Z4YT1CS (Nairobi) and
5Z4YT1CS/M (Lamu Island AF-040)
operations are now available online
at:
http://dx.qsl.net/logs/index.html Please note that the correct callsigns are 5Z4YT1CS
and 5Z4YT1CS/M
(not 5Z4/YT1CS and 5Z4/YT1CS/M). Goran also
states, "The original
logs are in paper format (except about
1900 QSOs made in CQ WW) so
there could be some errors in
typing. If you can't find your QSO,
you can send me an E-mail
(yz1sg@eunet.yu),
and I will check the copy
of the original log." The QSLs for
these operations are finally printed
and Miki, YT1CS, will start
answering all requests very soon.
Graham, M5AAV, reports
that effective immediately, he is now the QSL
Manager for John,
9M6/G3OOK. QSL requests can be by the Bureau or
direct to:
Graham Ridgeway, 6,Pilgrim Street, Nelson, Lancashire,
BB9 0JQ,
England. Graham states that John is hopeful of getting a
"proper" 9M6 callsign in the near future - when he does he
(Graham)
will be handling the QSLs.
Steve,
AK0M, informs OPDX that cards were received from the printer
in
April for his February C6ASB operations and were of poor
quality.
The cards are being reprinted, but as of June 3rd, he
has not yet
received them. He hopes to have the cards by
mid-to-late June, but
he doesn't have a promise date from the
printer yet. They are photo
QSLs and should be nice cards. Steve
states, "If you are in a hurry
and have submitted a request
already, you can send me an E-mail at
my QRZ.com address for
AK0M, and I will send you one of the cards from
the original
printing. My apologies to those who are still waiting."
Larry, N4VA, QSL Manager for Manju, S21AM, informs OPDX that the
correct
QSL route for the recent S21SHQ operation is: AMINUL
KAWSER KHAN, Deputy
National Commissinor, Bangladesh Scouts, PO
BOX #5130, post code 1205,
DHAKA, BANGLADESH. Larry does not
have any logs for that station, and
Manju, S21AM, states not to
send QSL cards to him.
SPECIAL EVENT. Authorities have granted Doug,
VA7DP, to use the special
callsign VA7YVET to commemorate the "YEAR OF THE
VETERAN". The callsign
is valid from June 4th (2005) to July 4th
(2005). He will try to work
as many bands as possible. QSL DIRECT ONLY
w/sase or e-QSL (NO BUREAU).
SPECIAL EVENT. To commemorate the 2000th
anniversary of the Roman City
of Nijmegen (Noviomagum), a special callsign,
PA2000N (PA "two thousand" N)
has been issued. The callsign will be used
during the period of July
8-23rd. This includes a Multi/Multi entry in the
IARU Contest. A crew of
local hams will air the callsign as much as possible
in the indicated
period. A special QSL will be printed, and you can send your
QSL via the
Dutch QSL Bureau (R35) or direct to PA0KHS: Henk van
Hensbergen,
Smaragdstraat 53, NL-6534 WN, Nijmegen, The
Netherlands.
VK9C & VK9X, COCOS-KEELING AND CHRISTMAS ISLANDS. David,
VK2CZ, will
activate both of these islands on 2 meters EME using digital
modes (no HF).
Look for him as VK9CMO from Cocos-Keeling Island, August 18th
to September
1st. Also, look for him as VK9XMO from Christmas Island,
September 1-22nd.
QSL via VK7MO direct. Visit the following Web page for more
info
at:
http://www.qrz.com/vk9xmoWRTC 2006 UPDATE. Oms, PY5EG, informs that they are pleased to
announce
the "TEAMS SELECTION CRITERIA" for the next WTRC which will be held
in
July 2006. Please visit the following Web pages for complete
details:
http://wrtc2006.com (WRTC 2006 Home
Page)
http://www.wrtc2006.com/criteria.pdf (Team Selection Criteria)
XU, CAMBODIA. Wim, XU7TZG, was
heard this past week on 15/20 meters
SSB between 0730-1600z. QSL via
ON4AJV.
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KP1-5
PROJECT UPDATE. A press release by KP1-5 Project Committee was
sent out
stating the following:
Contact: Brad Farrell K4RT (202) 623-5713
www.kp1-5.com
www.fairaccess.us WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two Amateur Radio operators testified on
Capitol Hill
May 26 during an oversight hearing conducted by the House
Subcommittee on
Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans on the
issue of access to the
nation's wildlife refuges.
The
Amateur Radio operators advocated the reopening of Navassa (KP1 /
IOTA
NA-098) and Desecheo Island (KP5 / IOTA NA-095) to Amateur Radio
use.
Navassa and Desecheo islands, which represent two DXCC entities,
two IOTA
entities, and two contest multipliers, are national wildlife
refuges
managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), have been
closed to
Amateur Radio and other lawful use for ten years despite many
previous
successful operations from these islands by hamradio
operators.
Unfortunately, the agency's own records demonstrate that it
turns a blind
eye to unauthorized and illegal use of these refuges now
that they are
closed to the public.
During testimony, well
known Dxpeditioner Bob Allphin K4UEE, who has
operated from a number of
island DXCC entities that were then or are now
national wildlife
refuges emphasized the positive working relationships
hams have
developed with FWS personnel who manage the refuges in the
Pacific
Ocean. Allphin warned, however, that the FWS was rapidly closing
the
island refuges he had operated from, including Kingman Reef.
"Not
unexpectedly, this island, too, is now closed to the public,"
Allphin
said as he held up a print-out of the FWS web page for Kingman
which
stated that the refuge was closed. Allphin has also operated from
Heard
Island, South Sandwich and South Georgia. He testified "Other
nations
cooperate with U. S. amateur radio operators and allow access
to their
pristine, sensitive and important areas around the world, why
is it that
in the Caribbean region of the FWS we are continuously
denied access to
Desecheo and Navassa Island
refuges?"
Brad Farrell K4RT, who recently appealed the FWS's denial
of his request
for special use permits for Amateur Radio on Navassa and
Desecheo has
obtained over a thousand pages of internal FWS documents
and testified
that the FWS decision to close Navassa and Desecheo are
contradicted by
the agency's own internal reports. "The agency claims
that Desecheo is
dangerous because of unexploded bombs from the
island's bomb range days
60 years ago, and because of illegal aliens
and drug smugglers," Farrell
said. "Yet, the agency fails to disclose
to Amateur Radio operators or
their Congressmen who inquire on their
behalf that a government demolitions
team in 2002 detonated bombs it
characterized 2 The KP1-5 Project as
'innocuous scrap' or that no one
has ever been threatened or harmed on
Desecheo by anyone." Farrell
showed numerous images of FWS documents on
overhead monitors in the
hearing room during his testimony. "The Fish and
Wildlife Service also
fails to disclose that it considers Navassa's ecology
pristine or that
the island serves as a campground for Haitian fishermen
with the full
knowledge of Fish and Wildlife personnel," Farrell said.
"Yet,
Americans who seek to enter these refuges lawfully under
stringent
guidelines are banned from these islands."
The
nation's wildlife refuges are governed by the National Wildlife
Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. §668dd et seq.) (NWRSIA).
The
statute requires that the Fish and Wildlife Service determine whether
a
particular use of refuge be the product of "sound professional
judgment"
and that the agency may bar use of a refuge if it materially
interferes
with the agency's mission in the refuge or on the basis of
safety factors.
The statute also identifies six "priority" uses of
refuges, i.e. hunting,
fishing, wildlife observation and photography,
and environmental education
and interpretation However, Subcommittee
chairman Wayne Gilchrest (R.-Md.)
has stated that despite the six
priority activities established under the
1997 statute, they are "not
exclusive, wildlife dependent recreational
uses." Farrell added that
the legislative history of the 1997 law, e.g.
the remarks made by
Congressmen during floor debate and in committee
meetings clearly
demonstrates that the six wildlife recreational uses
mentioned in the
statute are not exclusive. "This bill neither mandates
nor prohibits
such nonwildlife-dependent activities such as grazing, jet
skiing, or
oil and gas development," Farrell said, quoting the remarks
of
Congressman Don Young of Alaska, the House sponsor of the statute,
made
in 1997.
During National Wildlife Refuge System director William
Hartwig's testimony
he did not deny that Navassa was a campground for
fishermen or that his
agency had misrepresented the truth to Amateur
Radio operators or
Congressmen. Hartwig did testify that unexploded
bombs were still present
on Desecheo and therefore dangerous. "Until
the Department of Defense
cleans up Desecheo," Hartwig said "the island
should remain closed to the
public." Hartwig did not explain why the
Fish and Wildlife Service allowed
Amateur Radio operators to go to
Desecheo for many years and then abruptly
ended access in 1993. "Were
more bombs dropped?" asked Farrell
rhetorically; "I don't think
so."
Allphin and Farrell are both volunteers with the KP1-5 Project
and spoke
on behalf of the KP1-5 Project's parent organization Fair
Access to Island
Refuges, (F.A.I.R.). These volunteers are attempting
to change the
situation through legislation in Congress, H.R. 1183, and
federal court
review of the FWS's denial of applications for permits
for Amateur Radio
use of the Navassa and Desecheo
refuges.
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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - kb8nw@barf80.nshore.org --or-- kb8nw@arrl.netEditor 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"
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