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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Special Bulletin No. 1128.1 BID: $OPDX.1128.1 September 17, 2013 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, JA1TRC, K4UUE and SQ8X for the following DX information. FT5Z, AMSTERDAM ISLAND (FT5ZM - $20.00 per minute on the air!). Posted on September 16th, by Stan, SQ8X, on the FT5ZM Web page [edited]: "As Chief Financial Officer and fundraiser for the upcoming FT5ZM DXpedition, I am deeply involved in the subject of DXpedition costs and financing. I have served in the same role for numerous high-profile and expensive DXpeditions to very rare DX entities. Examples are 3Y0X, K5D, and HK0NA. However, the article written by Don Greenbaum, N1DG, and published in several publications is the definitive work on the subject of DXpedition costs and financing. If you have not seen it, its available on the NCDXF website at: http://www.ncdxf.org/pages/dxresources.html Don points out that DXpeditions to the Southern Oceans are the most expensive mainly because they involve a vessel charter. In his study, those charters averaged $260,000. However, three of the six DXpeditions included in that study took place 13-15 years ago and costs have risen significantly since then. See Ralph K0IRs article on this website entitled 'Why Does This DXpedition Cost So Much?' It was posted in the 'News' section on 21 June 2013 at <www.amsterdamdx.org>. It details our current, up to date vessel charter costs. They represent 75% of our $400,000 DXpedition budget. Now, to really put DXpedition costs in perspective, let me share some simple math with you. At FT5ZM, Lets assume we are on the air for 14 days. That allows two days for set-up and two days for take down. That equates to 20,160 minutes on the air. If our budget is $400,000 (not including operator travel costs to Perth and back), then our time on the air costs $19.84 per minute. Yes, $19.84 per minute on the air !!!!! Lets take this a bit further. Assume we make 100,000 QSOs, (a worthy goal for a #4 'most-needed'). The cost per QSO works out to $4.00. Yes, $4.00 per QSO !!!!! Now, for some good news, the DXpedition operators will pay about half of that. This means however, our sponsors including DX Foundations, DX Clubs and individual DXers worldwide need to pay the remainder. So, when deciding not if, but how much support you will offer FT5ZM, ask yourself: How many QSOs am I going to make? How important are those QSOs to me? Am I paying my fair share of the costs? Our DXpedition leader K0IR has often joked that if every DXer would give up a cup of coffee for each QSO with FT5ZM and send that money to support the DXpedition, we would not have to worry about our expenses. You know, he is right. 73 and CU in the pileups! ..... Bob-K4UEE" XZ, MYANMAR (XZ1Z Update). Jay, JA1TRC, reports (dated Sept. 16th): "Zorro arrived Yangon last night and heading to Nay Pyi Taw this morning (XZ local time) while waiting the customs clearance of the additional equipment shipped this time. He will renew his operating permission at the Posts and Telecommunications Department (PTD) of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MICT) when he arrive Nay Pyi Taw. Then he will start get on the air as soon as the antennas (GPs for 20 and 17m that he used in August) are set up. We hopefully receive the equipment by the evening of 17th and put up tri-band Yagi beam. The operation will be mainly on CW and focused to North and South Americas. I expect to receive the logs if the hotel Internet connections are stable, and hope to update ClubLog. In the meantime, QSO data for all those who have requested via OQRS for August operation are being uploaded to LoTW, and planning to do the same for the September operation. Your generous donation to the children in Myanmar can be sent to our PayPal account <x...@fgc.or.jp>. FYI: XZ local time is UTC + 6:30" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ** 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! ) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving bounced mail by sending mail to me via " kb...@barf80.nshore.org ", please send mail to me via " kb...@arrl.net "...... 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