[Dx-qsl] RTTY contacts with P5/4L4FN

Sat Jul 20 08:30:01 2002

Yes!!!!!!
* ARRL okays RTTY contacts with P5/4L4FN for DXCC credit: The ARRL DXCC
Desk has announced that it will now accept RTTY contacts with Ed
Giorgadze, P5/4L4FN, for DXCC credit, effective with contacts made on or
after November 1, 2001. P5/4L4FN QSL Manager Bruce Paige, KK5DO, reports
some good news and some bad news. Giorgadze has repaired his Ameritron
AL-80A linear, which had a blown rectifier bridge. But he has had to
take
down the Hex Beam he'd installed, because the mast he was using wasn't
strong enough to support it and the rotor. "He is looking for something
that will work better, and that might have to wait until he goes back to
Beijing in four to five weeks," Paige said. "His work at the present
time
has kept him from doing as much operating as he would like, but he will
be
back on more as things settle down." Giorgadze was featured in a program
about Amateur Radio in North Korea that aired July 5 on Radio Austria.
RealAudio or MP3 files in either English or German are available on the
Radio Austria Web site
<http://roi.orf.at/roi/intermedia/im_aktuell.html>.
Scroll down and click on "DIE P5-STORY / THE P5-STORY Amateur Radio in
North Korea." The 25-minute program covers all previous P5 operations
plus
interesting interviews with P5/4L4FN about his activity.