Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters
Network, K1XN & GoList, N1DG, NJ1Q, KH2AR/W4, NG3K & ADXO, N4AA & QRZ DX,
W5KNE, KH6BZF, K8YSE, W8GEX (60m News), W9KNI, AT International, DL7MAE &
The DX News Letter, DX World.Net, F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX,
I1HYW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, JI5RPT, ON4ZD, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News,
Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, PG5M, RSGB IOTA Web Site, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3ZZ, VHF-
DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) and XE1UFO for the following DX information.

** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier
than normal so I can spend time with my daughter in Murfreesboro, TN,
on Sunday for the Easter holiday. Thanks for your understanding.
Have a happy Easter holiday with your family..... 73 de Tedd KB8NW

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Friday, 26th-March, through Friday, 2nd-April there were 233
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W,
4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P,
8Q, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP,
BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL,
DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
EZ, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4,
HA, HB, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6,
J7, J8, 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, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2,
P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV,
SV/a, SV5, SV9, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY,
TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E,
VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB,
YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZF, ZK3, 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).

4B, MEXICO (Special Prefix). The Mexican Federal Telecommunications
Commission, "CoFeTel" (Comision Federal de Telecomunicaciones), announced
this past week that it has authorized the use of the special prefix 4B for
Mexican stations throughout the year 2010, to celebrate the bicentennial
of Mexico's independence and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution.

5I, TANZANIA. Niko, S53A, is now active as 5I1S from Zanzibar until
possibly April 7th. He states this is his first holiday style trip with
some radio operation; "when time permits". He will be using an IC-7000,
w/100W and fixed delta loop antennas pointed to Europe (This will also
cover North America quite well). Activity is expected to be on 20/15/10
meters and possibly 17 meters as well. Niko is a CW fan, but this time
he took his mic on this trip, so there will be some possible SSB. QSL
via his home callsign S53A, by the Bureau or direct (see QRZ.com).

CV7, URUGUAY (Special Event). Ricardo, CX7ABK, will be using the special
callsign CV7G between April 17-19th. Activity is to celebrate "the landing
of 33 Orientales on Agraciada Beach in Uruguay". For more details, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Three_Orientals
Operations will be SSB on 40 and 20 meters. A special QSL card will be
issued. QSL via CX7ABK.

EF8, CANARY ISLANDS. Luis, EA8AY, will be active as EF8E during the CQWW
WPX CW Contest (May 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via EA8AY.
Visit Luis's Web page at: http://www.ea8ay.com/cw4evr

IOTA NEWS....................
EU-062. Waldi, SP7IDX, will be active as LA/SP7IDX from Engeloya Island
between June 2–17th. Activity will be holiday style (DXing and
fishing) on 20-10 meters using SSB and RTTY. He will operate
with 100 watts into a Hexbeam antenna. QSL via his home
callsign.

EU-074. Members of the Charente DX Group (CDXG) will activate Brehat
Island (DIFM MA-012) as TM0B between May 21-28th. Activity
will be on all HF bands, with 4-5 stations on the air, using
CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. Operators mentioned are Joel/F1BLQ,
Michel/F5EOT, Gemon/F5LOW, Laurent/F5MNK, Fabrice/F5NBQ,
Bertrand/F6HKA and Leon/ON4ZD/OS0S. QSL via F6ANA, direct
or by the Bureau. After the DXpedition the log will be online
at: http://users.belgacom.net/cdxg

NA-029. Gregg, VE3ZZ, will again operate from Prince Edward Island
(CISA PE-001, WLOTA 0523, WW Loc: FN76vs) between July 21-26th.
He will operate from the VY2TT superstation during the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 24-25th) as VY2X, and outside of the contest
as VE3ZZ/VY2. QSL both callsigns to VE3ZZ, direct or by the
Bureau.

NA-231. As this was being typed, there was news of a search and rescue
for Cezar, VE3LYC, who was active as VY0V for a short time from
East Pen Island (a new IOTA), Nunavut. Reports indicate that
Cezar was in "fierce rain and wind, visibility poor, he had no
water, no fire, no gas for generator, battery getting low, and
native guide had abandoned him 38 hours ago. He was worried and
seemed delirious, rambling on while running down his battery." For
updates, watch the DX-World.Net Web page at: http://dx-world.net
LAST MINUTE ADDITION: It was reported late Thursday night that
Cezar is now SAFE and back at Fort Severn, which is about 120km
from East Pen Island. Read the complete details at the above
mentioned Web site.

JD1, OGASAWARA. Makoto, JI5RPT, will be active as JD1BLY from Chichijima
Island (AS-031), Ogasawara, between May 2-7th. Activity will be on 40-6
meters (No 6m EME) using CW, SSB, Digital and the Satellites. QSL via his
home callsign JI5RPT. A log search will be available on his Web site at:
http://www.ji5rpt.com/jd1

JT, MONGOLIA. Alex, IW5EDA, will be active as JT1/IW5ELA from Ulaanbaatar
between July 7– 22nd. His friend Giampiero, I5NOC, will also be tagging
along with Alex, and they plan to operate for one week from the radio
club station in Ulaanbaatar. The following week, they will be operating
mobile. QSL via his home callsign.

KH6BZF PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (For March 29-April 4th)....
Mar 29 HN-LN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS
Mar 30 LN-HN --------------------
Mar 31 AN BN - Below Normal
Apr 1 AN AN - Above Normal/Geomagnetic Level is QUIET
Apr 2 AN LN - Low Normal
Apr 3 AN HN - High Normal/Geomagnetic Level is UNSETTLED
Apr 4 AN DIS - Disturbed
VDIS - Very Disturbed

GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
---------------------
QUIET - The "A" index is expected to be between
0-7 and the "K" index will be 2 or less
UNSETTLED - The "A" index is expected to be between
7-16 and "K" index will be 3 or less

MM0, SCOTLAND (WFF Op). Members of the GMFF Team will be
active as MM0DGR/p from the Loch Leven National Nature Reserve (GMFF-045)
on Saturday, April 3rd. The portable station will be located at the
northern point of Loch Leven. The most important location references are:
OS National Grid Reference NO134040, WAB Square NO10, Grid Locator IO86HF,
IOTA EU-005, WLOTA LH-1234 and EU Area SC24 (Perth and Kinross). MM0DGR/p
will be working CW, SSB and BPSK63 on all bands from 40-10 meters. The
QSL Manager is MM0DFV. For more info, please visit the GMFF Web page
listed above.

NEW DX BOOK AVAILABLE BY W9KNI (Press Release). "Idiom Press, book
publisher and manufacturer of items for Amateur Radio Operators, is
pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of a new book by famed
DX author Bob Locher, W9KNI. Bob is the author of 'The Complete DX'er,'
which has sold over 28,000 copies, making it the run away all time best
selling DX book ever published.
Bob's new book is entitled 'A Year of DX' and follows Bob as he makes
an all out effort to win the 2008 running of CQ Magazine's DX Marathon.
The Marathon is a year long operating event during which a contestant
works as many countries and CQ zones as possible, any band or any mode.
The Marathon chase is like telescoping a career of DX'ing into a single
year, but without requiring QSL's.
While the book chronicles Bob's efforts in the pileups and through the
lonely watches of the night, it also contains discussions of what DX'ing is
all about, the possibilities of DX'ing in low sun spot periods contributed
by Jim Henderson, KF7E, a chapter on optimizing your SSB transmit audio
by Hall of Famer Chip Margelli, K7JA, a discussion of what is the ideal
linear amplifier, and much more. Anyone who read and enjoyed Bob's 'Compete
DX'er' is sure to find this book equally worthwhile.
Book publication is May 1st, 2010; however advance orders are being
accepted now at: http://www.idiompress.com/yearofdx.php "

PACIFIC 2009 ULTRA LIGHT SOLO DXPEDITION STORY. Gerben's, PG5M, has made
available on the Web, his story called the "Pacific 2009 Ultra Light Solo
DXpedition" which is in PDF format. His publication is 12 pages long and
goes into detail about his activities and netting 13000 QSOs from Fiji
(3D2GM), Tuvalu (T2G) and Tarawa (T30GM). The story can be downloaded
from his Web page at: http://www.dx.to

QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
K4M QSL STATUS (March 26th). "The K4M team is happy to announce that
approximately 5000 QSLs were mailed on March 26th. This represents QSL
requests received by March 15th. Those received after March 15th are
being processed daily. QSLs mailed included those received via regular
mail and OQSL. The OQSL feature will continue to be available for
approximately 3 more months. QSLs received that have problems such as
'Not in Log', incorrect postage, no postage, no SAE, separate card
request, or any other issue have not been mailed and are being processed.
Bureau QSLs will be mailed at some point in the future after the major
amount of direct requests are processed. We have set up a special Email
request feature at midway2009QSLs@gmail.com to answer any inquiries.
Please don't inquire until April 15th, to allow us to process most all
requests on hand. As such we will not answer any inquires before that
date......The K4M QSL Management team."
ADDED NOTE: Remember, the 2009 K4M DXpedition to Midway Atoll DVD by
well-known DXpedition video photographer James Brooks, 9V1YC, is now
available for 25.00 USDs. To order yours today, go to:
http://www.dxvideos.com/k4mvideo.htm

W5KNE/VE1 ST. PAUL ISLANDS AVAILABLE ON LOTW! Bob, W5KNE, has uploaded
his 1988 St. Paul Island (CY9) log to LoTW. He operated as W5KNE/VE1
betweeb August 13-18th, 1988, on 160, 80, 40 and 20 meters.

QSLS VIA LoTW: None Reported This Week!

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5E50SA, 5H3EE, 5N50K, 7N4QID, 9G5XX, C91VM/5,
CP4BT, DS5USH, EK6RL, EP3SMH, J7Y, JA1EUL, JA7FTR, JA7KQC/4, JA9WA,
JD1BMM, JE1RID, JG8FWH, JH2FOR, JH4RNY, JK1DNW, K4M, OX/EA4NA, OX2A,
PY0S/PS7JN, RA9AD, RU0SYL, RW9OA, RZ0SN, TM6KBK, UA0CGR, UA0FO, UA0STT,
UA0UK, UA9OEX, V31JZ/P, XV4D, YU40DW, ZS1AFS and ZX5J

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: None Reported This Week!

T32, EASTERN KIRIBATI (Update). As this was being prepared, operators
Nils/SM6CAS, Steve/G4EDG, Mike/K9AJ, Derek/G3KHZ and Steve/9M6DXX were
active as T32CI from Caroline Island (the second island out of the four
uninhabited islands to be activated) on April 1st. They plan to be active
on this island for 3 days. Activity will be 80-10 meters using CW and
SSB. For more details and updates, visit the T32 Southern Line Islands
DXpedition's Web page at: http://t32line.webnode.com
ADDED NOTE: The team reports that they almost made 9,000 QSOs in 3 days
of operations from Malvern Island.

T8, PALAU. Kazumasa, JA4CZM, will be active as T88NY from Palau (OC-009)
between April 27-29th. Activity will be active on the HF bands. QSL via
his home callsign or LoTW.

T8, PALAU. Tony, KQ2I, will once again be active as T88AT between April
9-17th. Activity will be mostly CW. QSL via his home callsign.

TA, TURKEY. Ali, TA2LM, from Istanbul, will be active during the CQWW
WPX CW Contest (May 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??) entry. QSL
via TL2LM.

TT8, CHAD. Phil, F4EGS, will once again be active from here for two
months starting on April 10th. Currently his callsign is not yet known,
but it will possibly be his old callsign TT8PK (operations in 2006-2008).
Activity will be limited to his spare time on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB
and some RTTY. His equipment will be a FT-850 and a old R7 vertical
(which he would like to replace). QSL via F4EGS, by the Bureau or direct
(QRZ.com address). Skeds are possible before he departure at:
cocheese37@msn.com

V3, BELIZE. Dave, N4QS, will be active as V31QS from Placencia (V31MD's
rental QTH) between April 2–11th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using
CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via LoTW or his home callsign.

V8, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM. Nasran, V85ZX (ex-V88NIZ), will be in the CQWW DX
SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/Low-
Power entry. He will use a Yaesu FT450 with a home-brew rotary dipole
antenna. QSL via V85ZX (see QRZ.com).

YI, IRAQ (Reminder). By the time you read this, a group of multi-national
operators should be active as YI9PSE from Northern Iraq (Kurdistan) and
will be active until April 12th. The suggested frequencies are:
CW - 1824, 3504, 7004, 10104, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894 and 28024
SSB - 1845, 3780, 7065/7180, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28495
RTTY - 7035, 10140, 14080, 18100, 21080, 24920 and 28080 kHz
The current updated YI9PSE Team consists of the following operators:
Paul/N6PSE (Team Leader), Bob/N6OX, David/AH6HY, Krassy/K1LZ, Bill/N2WB,
Dave/K3LP, Al/K3VN, Wayne/W5KDJ, Jack/W0UCE, Michel/FM5CD, Jun/JH4RHF,
Heathem/YI1UNH and Hrane/YT1AD. Pilot stations are: Don/N1DG (East Coast),
Chuck/AA6G (West Coast), Toshikazu/JA1ELY (JA) and Col/MM0NDX (EU). The
group is still looking for donations to help fund their DXpedition.
Donations can be made via PayPal or mail a check to: Kurdistan 2010
DXpedition, 3052 Wetmore Dr., San Jose, CA 95148, USA. Online logs will
be available during and after the DXpedition. QSL via N6NKT. For more
details and updates, visit: http://www.yi9pse.com
Also, you can now follow their activities (as well as regular updates)
via Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/yi9pse