PA Special Event callsign

from OPDX news

PA123, NETHERLANDS (Special Event). Members from the Dutch R31 M/N Limburg
will be active as PA123OLS from St. Sebastianus, Neer, between June 29th
and July 12th. Activity is taking place during a (123) Dutch/Belgium
historical event. The suffix "OLS" stands for "Oud Limburgs Schuttersfeest",
an annual shooting match between 160 shooting clubs (citizen force) from
the Dutch and Belgium provinces of Limburg. The team of Neer won last
year, so the event will takes place in Neer. Look for operations on CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK with activity on all bands. QSL via PE1NCP, direct or
by the Bureau.

PH100, NETHERLANDS (Special Event). Members of the Vereniging voor
Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek (VERON - Section 54 - PI4ETL) will be
active as PH100EL between now and July 12th. Activity is to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of aviation in the Netherlands by pioneer Count
Charles de Lambert. QSL via PD0PVQ. A special award is available (100
Years of Aviation in Etten-Leur) with mode endorsements. See details
on QRZ.com.

CY0

A challenge for us is to keep the weight allowanceunder control. The charter aircraft limits us to 1400 pounds total weight. That includes body weight for the team (3), personal items, equipment, antennas, computers, food, EVERYTHING. The weight creeps upward pretty fast and must be watched carefully.

It looks like the low bands will still be very productive ones as Cycle 24 lingers. I personally am pleased and excited to have the Battle Creek Special going with us.
There seems to be lots of interest on 160 by the EU's and others as well.

One thing that we are "not" is experience RTTY operators.
However, the recent few weeks we have equipped our stations with the necessary computer interface, software, etc. and becoming a bit more enlighten on RTTY operation.
We've made a number of contacts and pleased to have this set up and ready. NCDXF in particular encouraged us to include RTTY.

Web traffic continues to increase from world-wide QTH's.
Certainly, we know CY0 not one of the most rare spots.. but it does look like many are looking for it to fill in
a mode/band combo and hopefully it'll be an interesting event and promote activity for our wonderful hobby.
Thanks..we appreciate the support; we can't express that enough!! We look forward to working you.

www.CY0dxpedition.com
73,
Randy - N0TG/CY0 and team
(Murray-WA4DAN, Ron-AA4VK)

TY1MS

TY1MS is the special event callsign of the Benin 2009 Radio Expedition that will take place in October 2009.

The DXpedition is manned by PA8AD, PA3AN, PA3AWW and PD0CAV. They will be on-air from October 10th till October 27th. The team will also participate in the CQWW SSB contest.

Main purpose of this dxpedition is to raise funds for a Mercy Ships project in Benin, provide help to the charity project and activate Benin on HF.

QSL cards that are requested via direct mail or internet, will be shipped around Christmas 2009.

For more info about the TY1MS expedition, the project and Mercy Ships, see www.benin2009.com