The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
Special Update DX Bulletin No. 297.1
BID: $OPDX297.1
March 24, 1997
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 8/N/1
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, 4L1BW, 4L5O and 4L5A for the following DX information.
4L, GEORGIA (QSL UPDATE NEWS). OPDX has learned from several Georgian Amateurs that the "National Association Radioamateurs of Georgia (NARG)" is not the only organization/QSL Bureau representing 4L amateurs in Georia. Today in Georgia there are at least 4 different organizations working with radio amateurs and associations. AL, 4L5A, President of Friendship World Wide Radioclub (FWWRC), states P.O. Box 1 Tbilisi, 380002 GEORGIA is used by FWWRC. Al recommands when working a 4L station ask the Georgian amateur what organization they belong to. He also states some 4L stations do not belong to any organization. Al was kind enough to supply the following QSL routes of some stations:
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Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW
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