NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, U.S.A.
CALL SIGN FREQUENCIES TIMES (UTC) EMISSION POWER
NMG 4317.9 kHz ALL BROADCAST TIMES F3C 4 KW
8503.9 kHz ALL BROADCAST TIMES F3C 4 KW
12789.9 kHz ALL BROADCAST TIMES F3C 4 KW
17146.4 kHz 1200-2045 F3C 4 KW
TRANS TIME CONTENTS OF TRANSMISSION RPM/IOC VALID MAP
TIME AREA
0000/1200 TEST PATTERN 120/576
0005/1205 U.S./TROPICAL SURFACE ANALYSIS (W HALF) 120/576 18/06 1
0020/1220 TROPICAL SURFACE ANALYSIS (E HALF) 120/576 18/06 2
0035/1235 REBROADCAST OF 1925/0725 (24 HR WIND/WAVE) 120/576 12/00 3
0045/1245 REBROADCAST OF 1950/0750 (48 HR WIND/WAVE) 120/576 12/00 3
0055/1255 REBROADCAST OF 2015/0815 (72 HR WIND/WAVE) 120/576 12/00 3
0105/1305 REBROADCAST OF 1855/0655 (24 HR SURFACE) 120/576 12/00 3
0115/1315 REBROADCAST OF 1905/0705 (48 HR SURFACE) 120/576 12/00 3
0125/1325 REBROADCAST OF 1915/0715 (72 HR SURFACE) 120/576 12/00 3
0135/1335 CYCLONE DANGER AREA* or HIGH WIND/WAVES 120/576 21/09 6
0150/---- REBROADCAST OF 0825 (72 HR WAVE PD/SWELL) 120/576 0000 3
----/1350 36 HR WIND/WAVE FORECAST 120/576 1200 3
0200/1400 GOES IR TROPICAL SATELLITE IMAGE 120/576 00/12 4
0215/1415 SEA STATE ANALYSIS 120/576 00/12 3
0225/1425 REQUEST FOR COMMENTS/PRODUCT NOTICE 120/576
0245/1445 HIGH SEAS FORECAST (IN ENGLISH) 120/576 22/10 5
0600/1800 TEST PATTERN 120/576
0605/1805 U.S./TROPICAL SURFACE ANALYSIS (W HALF) 120/576 00/12 1
0620/1820 TROPICAL SURFACE ANALYSIS (E HALF) 120/576 00/12 2
0635/1835 48 HR WAVE PERIOD/SWELL DIRECTION 120/576 00/12 3
0645/1845 REBROADCAST OF 0215/1415 (SEA STATE ANAL') 120/576 00/12 3
0655/1855 24 HR SURFACE FORECAST 120/576 00/12 3
0705/1905 48 HR SURFACE FORECAST 120/576 00/12 3
0715/1915 72 HR SURFACE FORECAST 120/576 00/12 3
0725/1925 24 HR WIND/WAVE FORECAST 120/576 00/12 3
0735/1935 CYCLONE DANGER AREA* or HIGH WIND/WAVES 120/576 03/15 6
0750/1950 48 HR WIND/WAVE FORECAST 120/576 00/12 3
0800/2000 GOES IR TROPICAL SATELLITE IMAGE 120/576 07/18 4
0815/2015 72 HR WIND/WAVE FORECAST 120/576 00/12 3
0825/---- 72 HR WAVE PERIOD/SWELL DIRECTION 120/576 0000 3
0835/---- REBROADCAST OF 0215 (SEA STATE ANALYSIS) 120/576 0000 3
----/2025 BROADCAST SCHEDULE 120/576
0845/2045 HIGH SEAS FORECAST (IN ENGLISH) 120/576 04/16 5
* Tropical Cyclone Danger Area chart replaced by 48HR High Wind/Wave
Warning chart Dec 01 - May 14 Valid times 00z,06z,12z and 18z,
Map area 05N-40N, 35W-100W
MAP AREAS: 1. 5S - 50N, 55W - 125W
2. 5S - 50N, 0W - 70W
3. 0N - 31N, 35W - 100W
4. 12S - 44N, 28W - 112W
5. 7N - 31N, 35W - 98W (AREA COVERED BY TEXT FORECAST)
6. 05N - 60N, 0W - 100W
NOTES: 1. CARRIER FREQUENCY IS 1.9 kHz BELOW THE ASSIGNED FREQUENCY
Please send comments regarding Please send comments regarding
the quality of these charts to: the quality of this broadcast to:
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER COMMANDING OFFICER
ATTN: CHIEF TAFB USCG CAMSLANT
11691 SOUTHWEST 17TH STREET 4720 DOUGLAS A. MUNRO RD.
MIAMI, FL 33165-2149 CHESAPEAKE, VA 23322-2598
PHONE: (305) 229-4454 (800) 742-8519 (757)421-6240
FAX: (305) 553-1264 COM-DG-M-CWOWatchstanders@uscg.mil
EMAIL: Chris.Landsea@noaa.gov
Tropical cyclone charts also broadcast from Boston, MA
If you have access to the World Wide Web be certain to check out
the following webpages. See these pages for further links.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov NWS Homepage
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm NWS Marine Page
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/cell/marine.htm Marine Cell Pages
mobile.weather.gov Mobile Page
(Schedule effective Apr 03, 2012 Information dated Mar 22, 2019)
Saturday, August 31, 2019
US Coast Guard New Orleans Facsimile Broadcast Schedule
USCG High Seas FAX Broadcast 1445 UTC 8503 kHz
Launched the new Airspy HF+Discovery using the W6VLP Portable Loop and the Multipsk software package to capture the latest High Seas broadcast from US Coast Giard Station NMG - New Orleans LA. Good signal here in Btown.
Friday, August 30, 2019
TSM September 2019 Now Available
The latest edition of The Spectrum Monitor magazine (September 2019) is now available for just $3. It has my exclusive review of the new Airspy HF+Discovery SDR and my Milcom Phantoms in the Desert column. Get your copy at https://www.thespectrummonitor.com/.
Shortwave Radiogram, 29 August-1 September
Hello friends,
Please note the new "winter" frequency, 5960 kHz, for The Mighty KBC. The schedule is below.
Hurricane Dorian may be an issue this weekend. It is expected to hit somewhere in Florida on Monday. However, on Sunday, winds in the outer bands of the storm may start to affect operations at WRMI in Okeechobee, Florida. Let's hope that WRMI does not suffer any lasting damage from Dorian.
Last week's hidden message was in QPSK63 at 65 Hz. Apparently, the QPSK63 worked better via WINB than via WRMI, because WINB has a lower audio cutoff. For this week hidden messages, we return to BPSK63F. It will start 30 seconds after the closing MFSK32 ends. There will be four messages, centered on 95, 85, 75, and 65 Hz, with 20 seconds silence between the transmissions. For each, an RSID will be transmitted, but they may not work, so plan to change the audio frequency manually. The BPSK63F will be mostly audible, especially as the audio frequencies become lower.
Videos of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 114) are provided by Scott in Ontario (Friday 1300 UTC) and by Ralf in Germany (Sunday 2330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. An analysis is prepared by Roger in Germany.
This weekend's show is in the usual MFSK32 and MFSK64, with nine MFSK images, and hidden messages in BPSK63F.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 115, 29 August-1 September, in MFSK modes as noted:
1:39 MFSK32: Program preview
2:46 The Mini car is 60 years old*
6:54 MFSK64: Orbiting atomic clock activated*
11:07 This week's images*
25:01 MFSK32: Closing announcements
26:44 BPSK63F: Hidden messages at 95, 85, 75, 65 Hz
* with image(s)
Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net
And visit http://swradiogram.net
Twitter: @SWRadiogram or https://twitter.com/swradiogram (visit during the weekend to see listeners' results)
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/567099476753304
Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule
UTC Day UTC Time Frequency Transmitter
Thursday 2330-2400 UTC 9265 kHz WINB Pennsylvania
Friday 1300-1330 UTC 15770 kHz WRMI Florida
Friday 1500-1530 UTC 15120 kHz DRM WINB Pennsylvania
Saturday 0230-0300 UTC 9265 kHz WINB Pennsylvania
Sunday 0800-0830 UTC 5850 kHz
7730 kHz WRMI Florida
Sunday 2330-2400 UTC 7780 kHz WRMI Florida
The Mighty KBC transmits to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on new 5960 kHz, via Germany. A minute of MFSK 64 is at about 0130 UTC. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com . See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/.
“This is a Music Show” is the newest addition to digital modes via analog shortwave. Most of the show is a music show, but the host transmits some MFSK text and image near the end of the broadcast. It’s transmitted on WRMI, Thursdays, 0100-0200 UTC on 5850 kHz and 0130-0230 UTC on 9395 kHz (Wednesday evening in the Americas). Also, look for a waterfall ID at the beginning of the show. thisisamusicshow@gmail.com . www.instagram.com/thisisamusicshow/ www.twitter.com/ThisIsAMusicSho/ or @ThisIsAMusicSho .
New York and Pennsylvania NBEMS nets. Most weekends, as KD9XB, I check in to the New York NBEMS (Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software) net Saturday at 1200 UTC on 3584 kHz USB, and the Pennsylvania NBEMS net Sunday at 1200 UTC on 3583 kHz USB (with out-of-state check-ins now starting at 1130 UTC). Check-ins are usually in Thor 22, and messages are in MFSK32 (PA NBEMS is experimenting with Thor 50x1 for messages). Messages generally use the Flmsg add-on to Fldigi. If you are a radio amateur in eastern North America, feel free to check-in. Outside the region, use an SDR in the eastern USA to tune in and decode. You do not need Flmsg to check-in, and most of the messages can be read without Flmsg. If you can decode the net, send me an email to radiogram@verizon.net , or tweet to @SWRadiogram , and I will let them know you are tuned in. USEast NBEMS Net: Please also note the USEast NBEMS Net, Wednesdays at 2300 UTC (7 pm EDT) on 3536 kHz USB. I will try to check in to this net more frequently.
Thanks for your reception reports!
Kim
Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB
Producer and Presenter
Shortwave Radiogram
Reporting on international broadcasting at https://twitter.com/kaedotcom
| On 25 August 2019, 2330-2400 UTC, 7780 kHz from WRMI Florida, three artistically fuzzy images received by Al also in Florida, in the skip zone ... |
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ARLD034 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD034
ARLD034 DX news
ZCZC AE34
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 34 ARLD034
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT August 29, 2019
To all radio amateurs
SB DX ARL ARLD034
ARLD034 DX news
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral
from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks
to all.
FIJI, 3D2. Bigi, DE3BWR and Helmut, DD0VR will be QRV as 3D2VR from
September 2 to 9. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB.
QSL via DD0VR.
WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2. A large group of operators will be QRV with
special event call 9M16KING from Kuala Lumpur from September 1 to 30
in celebration of the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Activity will be
on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via
operators' instructions.
BURUNDI, 9U. Francesco, IV3TMM will be QRV as 9U3TMM from Bujumbura
from August 31 to September 17. Activity will be on 60 to 6 meters
using SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL to home call.
KYRGYZSTAN, EX. A group of operators will be QRV as EX6QP from Lake
Issyk-Kul from September 2 to 15. Activity will be on the HF bands
using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via SP6OJK.
FRANCE, F. Christophe, F4GTB will be QRV as TM44WFF from September
2 to 18. Activity will be from several WWFF references. QSL to
home call.
NEW CALEDONIA, FK. Jan, F6EYB is QRV as FK8CJ from Noumea, IOTA
OC-032, until the end of 2019. Activity is mainly on 30, 20 and 17
meters. QSL to home call.
BULGARIA, LZ. Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik will
be QRV as LZ304EW during September to honor Orthodox saints. QSL
via bureau.
AUSTRIA, OE. Members of the VIC Amateur Radio Contest DX Club will
be QRV as 4U500M during September to commemorate Ferdinand
Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe 500 years ago. QSL via
UA3DX.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2. Puiu, P29VIM is QRV from Papua and other
nearby islands until September 22. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters,
including 60 meters, using CW, JT9 and FT8. QSL via YO5BIM.
NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PD538RNI is QRV until
September 26 to commemorate Radio North Sea International and Radio
Veronica, two 1970 offshore radio stations. QSL via PD0ARI.
AFGHANISTAN, T6. Robert, S53R will be QRV as T6AA from Kabul from
September to the Summer of 2021 while on work assignment. Activity
will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. He
will be active as T6A during major contests. QSL to home call.
TURKEY, TA. Special event station TC113PTR will be QRV from August
31 to September 1 to commemorate the Ottoman Empire's first wireless
telegraphy station in Patara. Activity will be on the HF bands and
6 meters. QSL via TA4E. In addition, look for a group of operators
to be QRV as TC0Z from the Kefken Lighthouse on Kefken Island, IOTA
AS-159, from August 31 to September 4. Activity will be on 160 to
10 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW.
CHAD, TT. Jean Louis, ZS6AAG is QRV as TT8JLH from N'Djamena while
working with Doctors Without Borders. Activity is in his spare time
on 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home call.
CANADA, VE. Alessandro, VE7ADA will be QRV as VE7ADA/1 from Nova
Scotia and Cape Breton from September 1 to 7. Activity will be on
40 to 10 meters using SSB. His activity will be from various
locations and some small islands in NA-081 and NA-010, and from the
Marconi National Historic Site at Table Head in Glace Bay, the
location of Marconi's first transatlantic station. QSL to home
call.
ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Steve, WB4GHY is QRV as ZD8SC until
September 1 while on work assignment. Activity is in his spare time
on 80 to 10 meters, and possibly 160 meters, using SSB. QSL to home
call.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The World Wide Digi DX Contest, QRP
20-Meter CW Fox Hunt, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, UK/EI SSB DX
Contest, Colorado QSO Party and Tennessee QSO Party are all on tap
for this weekend.
The Hiram Percy Maxim 150th Birthday Celebration runs from August 31
to September 8.
The MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint and RSGB FT4 Contest Series are
scheduled for September 2.
The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for September 3.
G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key CW Contest is scheduled for September 4.
The Canadian National Parks on the Air, CNPOTA, operating event runs
for the entire year of 2019, with special stations active from
Canada's parks and historic sites.
Please see August QST, page 84, September QST, page 80, and the ARRL
and WA7BNM Contest Web Sites for details.
NNNN
/EX
ARLD034 DX news
ZCZC AE34
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 34 ARLD034
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT August 29, 2019
To all radio amateurs
SB DX ARL ARLD034
ARLD034 DX news
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral
from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks
to all.
FIJI, 3D2. Bigi, DE3BWR and Helmut, DD0VR will be QRV as 3D2VR from
September 2 to 9. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB.
QSL via DD0VR.
WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2. A large group of operators will be QRV with
special event call 9M16KING from Kuala Lumpur from September 1 to 30
in celebration of the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Activity will be
on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via
operators' instructions.
BURUNDI, 9U. Francesco, IV3TMM will be QRV as 9U3TMM from Bujumbura
from August 31 to September 17. Activity will be on 60 to 6 meters
using SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL to home call.
KYRGYZSTAN, EX. A group of operators will be QRV as EX6QP from Lake
Issyk-Kul from September 2 to 15. Activity will be on the HF bands
using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via SP6OJK.
FRANCE, F. Christophe, F4GTB will be QRV as TM44WFF from September
2 to 18. Activity will be from several WWFF references. QSL to
home call.
NEW CALEDONIA, FK. Jan, F6EYB is QRV as FK8CJ from Noumea, IOTA
OC-032, until the end of 2019. Activity is mainly on 30, 20 and 17
meters. QSL to home call.
BULGARIA, LZ. Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik will
be QRV as LZ304EW during September to honor Orthodox saints. QSL
via bureau.
AUSTRIA, OE. Members of the VIC Amateur Radio Contest DX Club will
be QRV as 4U500M during September to commemorate Ferdinand
Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe 500 years ago. QSL via
UA3DX.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2. Puiu, P29VIM is QRV from Papua and other
nearby islands until September 22. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters,
including 60 meters, using CW, JT9 and FT8. QSL via YO5BIM.
NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PD538RNI is QRV until
September 26 to commemorate Radio North Sea International and Radio
Veronica, two 1970 offshore radio stations. QSL via PD0ARI.
AFGHANISTAN, T6. Robert, S53R will be QRV as T6AA from Kabul from
September to the Summer of 2021 while on work assignment. Activity
will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. He
will be active as T6A during major contests. QSL to home call.
TURKEY, TA. Special event station TC113PTR will be QRV from August
31 to September 1 to commemorate the Ottoman Empire's first wireless
telegraphy station in Patara. Activity will be on the HF bands and
6 meters. QSL via TA4E. In addition, look for a group of operators
to be QRV as TC0Z from the Kefken Lighthouse on Kefken Island, IOTA
AS-159, from August 31 to September 4. Activity will be on 160 to
10 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW.
CHAD, TT. Jean Louis, ZS6AAG is QRV as TT8JLH from N'Djamena while
working with Doctors Without Borders. Activity is in his spare time
on 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home call.
CANADA, VE. Alessandro, VE7ADA will be QRV as VE7ADA/1 from Nova
Scotia and Cape Breton from September 1 to 7. Activity will be on
40 to 10 meters using SSB. His activity will be from various
locations and some small islands in NA-081 and NA-010, and from the
Marconi National Historic Site at Table Head in Glace Bay, the
location of Marconi's first transatlantic station. QSL to home
call.
ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Steve, WB4GHY is QRV as ZD8SC until
September 1 while on work assignment. Activity is in his spare time
on 80 to 10 meters, and possibly 160 meters, using SSB. QSL to home
call.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The World Wide Digi DX Contest, QRP
20-Meter CW Fox Hunt, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, UK/EI SSB DX
Contest, Colorado QSO Party and Tennessee QSO Party are all on tap
for this weekend.
The Hiram Percy Maxim 150th Birthday Celebration runs from August 31
to September 8.
The MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint and RSGB FT4 Contest Series are
scheduled for September 2.
The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for September 3.
G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key CW Contest is scheduled for September 4.
The Canadian National Parks on the Air, CNPOTA, operating event runs
for the entire year of 2019, with special stations active from
Canada's parks and historic sites.
Please see August QST, page 84, September QST, page 80, and the ARRL
and WA7BNM Contest Web Sites for details.
NNNN
/EX
ARLP035 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP035
ARLP035 Propagation de K7RA
ZCZC AP35
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 35 ARLP035
From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA August 30, 2019
To all radio amateurs
SB PROP ARL ARLP035
ARLP035 Propagation de K7RA
The current stretch of spotless days is now over three weeks,
according to http://www.spaceweather.com. The continuing quiet seems
eerie. For this past reporting week, Thursday through Wednesday, the
average daily solar flux (10.7 GHz radiation recorded in Penticton,
British Columbia, which roughly tracks with sunspot activity) was
only 66. I couldn't recall when the weekly average reported in this
bulletin was last that low, and couldn't find any report during the
past year with such low activity.
I did an inspection of the numbers and had to go back to the Fall of
2007 to find average solar flux in that range. In 2007 we reported
an average of 66.5 in propagation forecast bulletin number 40:
http://www.arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive/ARLP040/2007
Can anyone else find solar flux that low or lower in past bulletins?
We have them online going back to 1995:
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation
If anyone has copies of propagation bulletins prior to 1995, I would
love to see them. I began writing the bulletin in March 1991. Before
that, W1HDQ was the author. I recall copying the bulletin as a
teenager in 1966 using CW but have not found anyone who knows when
the bulletin began. I should have asked W1HDQ before he became a
silent key.
Predicted solar flux for the next 45 days is 66 on August 30 through
September 6, 67 on September 7-11, 68 on September 12-15, 67 on
September 16 through October 8, and 68 again on October 9-12, then
67 on October 13.
Predicted planetary A index is 8, 20, 34, 16 and 8 on August 30
through September 3, 5 on September 4-5, 8 on September 6-7, 5 on
September 8-21, then 10, 15 and 8 on September 22-24, 5 on September
25-27, then 35, 18 and 10 on September 28-30, 5 on October 1-2, 10
and 8 on October 3-4, and 5 on October 5-13.
Note that the predicted planetary A index is 34 on September 1,
which according to W3LPL and the ARRL Letter is the 160th
anniversary of the infamous Carrington Event.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.10326
Http://www.spaceweather.com reported a large recurring coronal hole
facing Earth, and they expect the effects to be felt this Sunday,
September 1. A planetary A index value of 35 is predicted for the
next solar rotation, on September 28.
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period August 30 to September
26, 2019 from OK1HH.
"Geomagnetic field will be
Quiet on: September 10-11, 20-21, (25-26)
Quiet to unsettled on: August 30, September 3-5, 7-8, 13, 17, 22, 24
Quiet to active on: August 31, September 6, 9, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 23
Unsettled to active on: September 2
Active to disturbed: September 1
"Solar wind will intensify on August (30)-31, September 1 (-2), (4-6)
Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement."
If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers,
email the author at, k7ra@arrl.net.
For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL
Technical Information Service web page at,
http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of
numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
An archive of past propagation bulletins is at
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good
information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.
Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.
Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL
bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.
Sunspot numbers for August 22 through 28, 2019 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 65.7, 66.5, 66.3, 66,
65.8, 66.1, and 65.9, with a mean of 66. Estimated planetary A
indices were 6, 4, 5, 4, 6, 10, and 5, with a mean of 5.7. Middle
latitude A index was 7, 4, 5, 5, 6, 10, and 5, with a mean of 6.
NNNN
/EX
ARLP035 Propagation de K7RA
ZCZC AP35
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 35 ARLP035
From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA August 30, 2019
To all radio amateurs
SB PROP ARL ARLP035
ARLP035 Propagation de K7RA
The current stretch of spotless days is now over three weeks,
according to http://www.spaceweather.com. The continuing quiet seems
eerie. For this past reporting week, Thursday through Wednesday, the
average daily solar flux (10.7 GHz radiation recorded in Penticton,
British Columbia, which roughly tracks with sunspot activity) was
only 66. I couldn't recall when the weekly average reported in this
bulletin was last that low, and couldn't find any report during the
past year with such low activity.
I did an inspection of the numbers and had to go back to the Fall of
2007 to find average solar flux in that range. In 2007 we reported
an average of 66.5 in propagation forecast bulletin number 40:
http://www.arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive/ARLP040/2007
Can anyone else find solar flux that low or lower in past bulletins?
We have them online going back to 1995:
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation
If anyone has copies of propagation bulletins prior to 1995, I would
love to see them. I began writing the bulletin in March 1991. Before
that, W1HDQ was the author. I recall copying the bulletin as a
teenager in 1966 using CW but have not found anyone who knows when
the bulletin began. I should have asked W1HDQ before he became a
silent key.
Predicted solar flux for the next 45 days is 66 on August 30 through
September 6, 67 on September 7-11, 68 on September 12-15, 67 on
September 16 through October 8, and 68 again on October 9-12, then
67 on October 13.
Predicted planetary A index is 8, 20, 34, 16 and 8 on August 30
through September 3, 5 on September 4-5, 8 on September 6-7, 5 on
September 8-21, then 10, 15 and 8 on September 22-24, 5 on September
25-27, then 35, 18 and 10 on September 28-30, 5 on October 1-2, 10
and 8 on October 3-4, and 5 on October 5-13.
Note that the predicted planetary A index is 34 on September 1,
which according to W3LPL and the ARRL Letter is the 160th
anniversary of the infamous Carrington Event.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.10326
Http://www.spaceweather.com reported a large recurring coronal hole
facing Earth, and they expect the effects to be felt this Sunday,
September 1. A planetary A index value of 35 is predicted for the
next solar rotation, on September 28.
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period August 30 to September
26, 2019 from OK1HH.
"Geomagnetic field will be
Quiet on: September 10-11, 20-21, (25-26)
Quiet to unsettled on: August 30, September 3-5, 7-8, 13, 17, 22, 24
Quiet to active on: August 31, September 6, 9, 12, 14-16, 18-19, 23
Unsettled to active on: September 2
Active to disturbed: September 1
"Solar wind will intensify on August (30)-31, September 1 (-2), (4-6)
Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement."
If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers,
email the author at, k7ra@arrl.net.
For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL
Technical Information Service web page at,
http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of
numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
An archive of past propagation bulletins is at
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good
information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.
Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.
Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL
bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.
Sunspot numbers for August 22 through 28, 2019 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 65.7, 66.5, 66.3, 66,
65.8, 66.1, and 65.9, with a mean of 66. Estimated planetary A
indices were 6, 4, 5, 4, 6, 10, and 5, with a mean of 5.7. Middle
latitude A index was 7, 4, 5, 5, 6, 10, and 5, with a mean of 6.
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 31/08 CB70E, CB70K, CB70O, CB70Y: special calls (Chile) 1473
till 31/08 KL7RRC/p: Sledge Island (NA-210) 1478
till 31/08 SN0ARCO: special callsign 1474
till 31/08 TM36V: special callsign (France) 1475
till 01/09 8A74RI/#: special callsign 1477
till 01/09 9M62MA, 9M62MB, 9M62MC: special calls (West Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 9M62MD, 9M62MJ, 9M62MK: special calls (West Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 9M62MM, 9M62MN, 9M62MP: special calls (West Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 9M62MQ and 9M62MS: special calls (East Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 9M62MR and 9M62MT: special calls (West Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 9M62MW and 9M62MY: special calls (West Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 HC2/IZ1HGP: Ecuador 1473
till 01/09 IQ5BL: Para-Archery Championships 1476
till 01/09 YJ8RN: Vanua Lava (OC-104) 1477
till 01/09 YP0F: Fericirii Island (EU-191) 1475
till 02/09 DJ4EL/p and DJ5TM/p: Neuwerk Island (EU-127) 1478
till 03/09 H44MI: Malaita (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1475
till 05/09 D44CH: Ilha do Sal (AF-086), Cape Verde 1478
till 05/09 OX3LX: Upernavik Island (NA-134) 1477
till 15/09 3Z1919PS, HF1919PS, SN1919PS: special callsigns 1474
till 15/09 SO1919PS, SP1919PS, SQ1919PS: special callsigns 1474
till 22/09 P29VIM: Papua New Guinea 1478
till 22/09 PA75SODS: special callsign 1476
till 24/09 H44MS: Malaita (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1468
till 25/09 PD538RNI: special callsign 1476
till 30/09 LY30BW: special callsign 1474
till 30/09 PA75OSB: special callsign 1476
till 04/10 J68HZ: St Lucia (NA-108) 1476
till 10/10 Z81D: South Sudan 1476
till 23/10 4U73B: special callsign (Italy) 1434
till October VK0HZ: Davis Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1431
till October ZL5A: Scott Base, Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica 1431
till 17/11 TM500LV: special callsign (France) 1465
till 02/12 IB2LV: special callsign 1477
till 31/12 8J3ICOM and 8N3ICOM: special callsigns 1476
till 31/12 9A62AA: special callsign 1452
till 31/12 Canadian National Parks On The Air (CNPOTA) 1443
till 31/12 DL70AFUG: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 DL70BRD: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 DM70GER: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 DQ1200ASP: special callsign 1443
till 31/12 DR50DIG: special callsign 1446
till 31/12 EI100YXQ: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 EI19RE: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 EN185UNIV: special callsign 1458
till 31/12 FK8CJ: New Caledonia (OC-032) 1477
till 31/12 HB90 and HB30: special prefixes (Switzerland) 1443
till 31/12 SF50CG: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 SP60DXC: special callsign 1477
till 31/12 TC10GITRAD: special callsign (Turkey) 1451
till 31/01/2020 EM1UA and EM1U: Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica 1450
till 30/06/2020 GB60ATG: special callsign 1473
31/08 DJ4EL/p and DJ5TM/p: Scharhoern Island (EU-127) 1478
31/08-01/09 TC113PTR: special callsign 1476
31/08-02/09 9M4IOTA: Perhentian Island (AS-073), West Malaysia 1478
31/08-04/09 TC0Z: Kefken Island (AS-159) 1478
31/08-17/09 9U3TMM: Burundi 1478
August 3D2DOM: Fiji 1473
August HO1D: special callsign (Panama) 1473
August II4BRD: special callsign 1444
August JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard 1465
August LZ304AE: special callsign 1444
01/09 DJ4EL/p and DJ5TM/p: Scharhoern Island (EU-127) 1478
01/09 VE2GT/150: Ile du Havre (NA-176) 1477
01/09-05/09 ES0KA: Saaremaa Island (EU-034) 1478
01/09-07/09 VE7ADA/1: NA-010 and NA-081 1477
01/09-15/09 EG1SDC-EG9SDC: special callsigns 1476
01/09-15/09 EH1SDC-EH9SDC: special callsigns 1476
01/09-24/09 LZ/R2ATP/mm: lighthouses and Flora & Fauna 1477
01/09-30/09 4U500M: special callsign (VIC, Austria) 1475
01/09-30/09 9M16KING: special event station (West Malaysia) 1478
01/09-30/11 PH100KLM: special callsign 1476
02/09-08/09 3D2VR: Fiji 1478
02/09-12/09 OY/DL1ZBO, OY/DL2VU, OY/DL5FF: Faroe Islands (EU-018) 1478
02/09-15/09 EX6QP: Kyrgyzstan 1476
02/09-18/09 TM44WFF and F4GTB/p: Flora & Fauna (France) 1477
03/09-08/09 GB4BIT: Bardsey Island (EU-124) 1478
05/09-09/09 JT7A: Mongolia 1478
06/09-09/09 K7TRI: Tillamook Rock (NA-211) 1477
06/09-09/09 T88PB: Koror (OC-009), Palau 1478
06/09-11/09 JI3DST/0 and JR8YLY/0: Sado Island (AS-206) 1478
06/09-15/09 T30L: West Kiribati (OC-017) 1474
06/09-22/09 TK19IOTA: Corsica 1475
07/09 ES2TT/3: Vormsi Island (EU-034) 1478
07/09-08/09 TM1MOON: special callsign (France) 1461
07/09-10/09 E6AN: Niue (OC-040) 1478
07/09-13/09 EA6/IU2IBU: Minorca, Balearic Islands (EU-004) 1478
07/09-14/09 PJ4/K5SL: Bonaire (SA-006) 1478
07/09-14/09 W6A-W6I: Route 66 On The Air special event 1478
07/09-14/09 W6K-W6U: Route 66 On The Air special event 1478
08/09-16/09 E51SFS: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks 1477
08/09-20/09 V26K: Antigua (NA-100) 1478
08/09-21/09 9G5QU: Ghana 1477
09/09-15/09 5W0VR: Samoa 1478
13/09-16/09 EA9/DL2JRM: Ceuta & Melilla 1475
13/09-22/09 PA75OMG: special event station 1477
13/09-27/09 TM41CDXC: special callsign (France) 1477
14/09-28/09 6O7O: Somalia 1477
16/09-21/09 A35JY: Tonga 1478
16/09-25/09 C21W: Nauru (OC-031) 1474
16/09-01/10 3DA0AO: eSwatini (Swaziland) 1469
20/09-25/09 E51SFS: Aitutaki (OC-083), South Cooks 1477
20/09-05/10 HB0/DL5YL and HB0/DL5YM: Liechtenstein 1478
21/09-27/09 MD/OP2D: Isle of Man 1462
23/09-27/09 3D2VR: Fiji 1478
23/09-06/10 A35JT: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga 1455
28/09-02/10 WW0WWV: special event station 1477
24/09-08/10 FP/KV1J: Saint Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) 1475
29/09-13/10 D44TWO: Sao Tiago (AF-005) 1477
30/09-11/10 A82X and A82Z: Liberia 1476
September II4GRM: special callsign 1444
September JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard 1465
September LZ304EW: special callsign 1444
01/10-11/10 ZK3A: Tokelau Islands (OC-048) 1478
01/10-19/10 7P8AO: Lesotho 1469
02/10-14/10 TO80SP: St. Pierre et Miquelon (NA-032) 1477
05/10-06/10 F6CUK/p: Sainte-Marguerite Island (EU-058) 1477
07/10-23/10 T30GC: Western Kiribati (OC-017) 1462
17/10-29/10 5K0K: San Andres (NA-033) 1478
18/10-23/10 3G1DX: Pajaros Rocks (SA-100) 1475
18/10-28/10 VK9NC: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1475
18/10-01/11 VP6R: Pitcairn Island (OC-044) 1454
18/10-04/11 VK9NE: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1475
19/10-31/10 VU7RI: Lakshadweep Islands (AS-011) 1459
20/10-01/11 D68CCC: Comoro Islands (AF-007) 1462
28/10-04/11 VK9NG: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1475
October II4MNU: special callsign 1444
October JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard 1465
October LZ311HI: special callsign 1444
04/11-07/11 YJ0RRC: Gaua Island (OC-104), Vanuatu 1457
06/11-17/11 TX7T: Marquesas Islands (OC-027) 1477
08/11-13/11 YJ0RRC: Tongoa Island (OC-111), Vanuatu 1457
12/11-29/11 VK9CZ: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) 1459
14/11-20/11 YJ0FWA: Efate Island (OC-035), Vanuatu 1457
16/11-27/11 9G5W: Ghana 1469
November II4VAL: special callsign 1444
November JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard 1465
November LZ365BM: special callsign 1444
December II4TIB: special callsign 1444
December LZ4408SPA: special callsign 1444
TBA 2019 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1459
TBA 2019 T33T: Banaba Island (OC-018) 1470
04/02-18/02/2020 5I5TT and 5I4ZZ: Zanzibar Island (AF-032) 1477
21/02-05/03/2020 VP8/VP8DXU: South Orkney Islands (AN-008) 1474
March 2020 9J2LA: Zambia 1463
05/10-12/10/2020 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063) 1463
October 2020 KH6VV/KH4: Midway Island (OC-030) 1476
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Roma, Italia
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL REF
till 31/08 CB70E, CB70K, CB70O, CB70Y: special calls (Chile) 1473
till 31/08 KL7RRC/p: Sledge Island (NA-210) 1478
till 31/08 SN0ARCO: special callsign 1474
till 31/08 TM36V: special callsign (France) 1475
till 01/09 8A74RI/#: special callsign 1477
till 01/09 9M62MA, 9M62MB, 9M62MC: special calls (West Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 9M62MD, 9M62MJ, 9M62MK: special calls (West Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 9M62MM, 9M62MN, 9M62MP: special calls (West Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 9M62MQ and 9M62MS: special calls (East Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 9M62MR and 9M62MT: special calls (West Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 9M62MW and 9M62MY: special calls (West Malaysia) 1476
till 01/09 HC2/IZ1HGP: Ecuador 1473
till 01/09 IQ5BL: Para-Archery Championships 1476
till 01/09 YJ8RN: Vanua Lava (OC-104) 1477
till 01/09 YP0F: Fericirii Island (EU-191) 1475
till 02/09 DJ4EL/p and DJ5TM/p: Neuwerk Island (EU-127) 1478
till 03/09 H44MI: Malaita (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1475
till 05/09 D44CH: Ilha do Sal (AF-086), Cape Verde 1478
till 05/09 OX3LX: Upernavik Island (NA-134) 1477
till 15/09 3Z1919PS, HF1919PS, SN1919PS: special callsigns 1474
till 15/09 SO1919PS, SP1919PS, SQ1919PS: special callsigns 1474
till 22/09 P29VIM: Papua New Guinea 1478
till 22/09 PA75SODS: special callsign 1476
till 24/09 H44MS: Malaita (OC-047), Solomon Islands 1468
till 25/09 PD538RNI: special callsign 1476
till 30/09 LY30BW: special callsign 1474
till 30/09 PA75OSB: special callsign 1476
till 04/10 J68HZ: St Lucia (NA-108) 1476
till 10/10 Z81D: South Sudan 1476
till 23/10 4U73B: special callsign (Italy) 1434
till October VK0HZ: Davis Station, Antarctica (AN-016) 1431
till October ZL5A: Scott Base, Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica 1431
till 17/11 TM500LV: special callsign (France) 1465
till 02/12 IB2LV: special callsign 1477
till 31/12 8J3ICOM and 8N3ICOM: special callsigns 1476
till 31/12 9A62AA: special callsign 1452
till 31/12 Canadian National Parks On The Air (CNPOTA) 1443
till 31/12 DL70AFUG: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 DL70BRD: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 DM70GER: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 DQ1200ASP: special callsign 1443
till 31/12 DR50DIG: special callsign 1446
till 31/12 EI100YXQ: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 EI19RE: special callsign 1447
till 31/12 EN185UNIV: special callsign 1458
till 31/12 FK8CJ: New Caledonia (OC-032) 1477
till 31/12 HB90 and HB30: special prefixes (Switzerland) 1443
till 31/12 SF50CG: special callsign 1444
till 31/12 SP60DXC: special callsign 1477
till 31/12 TC10GITRAD: special callsign (Turkey) 1451
till 31/01/2020 EM1UA and EM1U: Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica 1450
till 30/06/2020 GB60ATG: special callsign 1473
31/08 DJ4EL/p and DJ5TM/p: Scharhoern Island (EU-127) 1478
31/08-01/09 TC113PTR: special callsign 1476
31/08-02/09 9M4IOTA: Perhentian Island (AS-073), West Malaysia 1478
31/08-04/09 TC0Z: Kefken Island (AS-159) 1478
31/08-17/09 9U3TMM: Burundi 1478
August 3D2DOM: Fiji 1473
August HO1D: special callsign (Panama) 1473
August II4BRD: special callsign 1444
August JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard 1465
August LZ304AE: special callsign 1444
01/09 DJ4EL/p and DJ5TM/p: Scharhoern Island (EU-127) 1478
01/09 VE2GT/150: Ile du Havre (NA-176) 1477
01/09-05/09 ES0KA: Saaremaa Island (EU-034) 1478
01/09-07/09 VE7ADA/1: NA-010 and NA-081 1477
01/09-15/09 EG1SDC-EG9SDC: special callsigns 1476
01/09-15/09 EH1SDC-EH9SDC: special callsigns 1476
01/09-24/09 LZ/R2ATP/mm: lighthouses and Flora & Fauna 1477
01/09-30/09 4U500M: special callsign (VIC, Austria) 1475
01/09-30/09 9M16KING: special event station (West Malaysia) 1478
01/09-30/11 PH100KLM: special callsign 1476
02/09-08/09 3D2VR: Fiji 1478
02/09-12/09 OY/DL1ZBO, OY/DL2VU, OY/DL5FF: Faroe Islands (EU-018) 1478
02/09-15/09 EX6QP: Kyrgyzstan 1476
02/09-18/09 TM44WFF and F4GTB/p: Flora & Fauna (France) 1477
03/09-08/09 GB4BIT: Bardsey Island (EU-124) 1478
05/09-09/09 JT7A: Mongolia 1478
06/09-09/09 K7TRI: Tillamook Rock (NA-211) 1477
06/09-09/09 T88PB: Koror (OC-009), Palau 1478
06/09-11/09 JI3DST/0 and JR8YLY/0: Sado Island (AS-206) 1478
06/09-15/09 T30L: West Kiribati (OC-017) 1474
06/09-22/09 TK19IOTA: Corsica 1475
07/09 ES2TT/3: Vormsi Island (EU-034) 1478
07/09-08/09 TM1MOON: special callsign (France) 1461
07/09-10/09 E6AN: Niue (OC-040) 1478
07/09-13/09 EA6/IU2IBU: Minorca, Balearic Islands (EU-004) 1478
07/09-14/09 PJ4/K5SL: Bonaire (SA-006) 1478
07/09-14/09 W6A-W6I: Route 66 On The Air special event 1478
07/09-14/09 W6K-W6U: Route 66 On The Air special event 1478
08/09-16/09 E51SFS: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks 1477
08/09-20/09 V26K: Antigua (NA-100) 1478
08/09-21/09 9G5QU: Ghana 1477
09/09-15/09 5W0VR: Samoa 1478
13/09-16/09 EA9/DL2JRM: Ceuta & Melilla 1475
13/09-22/09 PA75OMG: special event station 1477
13/09-27/09 TM41CDXC: special callsign (France) 1477
14/09-28/09 6O7O: Somalia 1477
16/09-21/09 A35JY: Tonga 1478
16/09-25/09 C21W: Nauru (OC-031) 1474
16/09-01/10 3DA0AO: eSwatini (Swaziland) 1469
20/09-25/09 E51SFS: Aitutaki (OC-083), South Cooks 1477
20/09-05/10 HB0/DL5YL and HB0/DL5YM: Liechtenstein 1478
21/09-27/09 MD/OP2D: Isle of Man 1462
23/09-27/09 3D2VR: Fiji 1478
23/09-06/10 A35JT: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga 1455
28/09-02/10 WW0WWV: special event station 1477
24/09-08/10 FP/KV1J: Saint Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) 1475
29/09-13/10 D44TWO: Sao Tiago (AF-005) 1477
30/09-11/10 A82X and A82Z: Liberia 1476
September II4GRM: special callsign 1444
September JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard 1465
September LZ304EW: special callsign 1444
01/10-11/10 ZK3A: Tokelau Islands (OC-048) 1478
01/10-19/10 7P8AO: Lesotho 1469
02/10-14/10 TO80SP: St. Pierre et Miquelon (NA-032) 1477
05/10-06/10 F6CUK/p: Sainte-Marguerite Island (EU-058) 1477
07/10-23/10 T30GC: Western Kiribati (OC-017) 1462
17/10-29/10 5K0K: San Andres (NA-033) 1478
18/10-23/10 3G1DX: Pajaros Rocks (SA-100) 1475
18/10-28/10 VK9NC: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1475
18/10-01/11 VP6R: Pitcairn Island (OC-044) 1454
18/10-04/11 VK9NE: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1475
19/10-31/10 VU7RI: Lakshadweep Islands (AS-011) 1459
20/10-01/11 D68CCC: Comoro Islands (AF-007) 1462
28/10-04/11 VK9NG: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1475
October II4MNU: special callsign 1444
October JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard 1465
October LZ311HI: special callsign 1444
04/11-07/11 YJ0RRC: Gaua Island (OC-104), Vanuatu 1457
06/11-17/11 TX7T: Marquesas Islands (OC-027) 1477
08/11-13/11 YJ0RRC: Tongoa Island (OC-111), Vanuatu 1457
12/11-29/11 VK9CZ: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003) 1459
14/11-20/11 YJ0FWA: Efate Island (OC-035), Vanuatu 1457
16/11-27/11 9G5W: Ghana 1469
November II4VAL: special callsign 1444
November JW/LB2PG: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard 1465
November LZ365BM: special callsign 1444
December II4TIB: special callsign 1444
December LZ4408SPA: special callsign 1444
TBA 2019 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1459
TBA 2019 T33T: Banaba Island (OC-018) 1470
04/02-18/02/2020 5I5TT and 5I4ZZ: Zanzibar Island (AF-032) 1477
21/02-05/03/2020 VP8/VP8DXU: South Orkney Islands (AN-008) 1474
March 2020 9J2LA: Zambia 1463
05/10-12/10/2020 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063) 1463
October 2020 KH6VV/KH4: Midway Island (OC-030) 1476
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9M2 - The Kuala Lumpur DX Team will be active as 9M4IOTA from Perhentian
Island (AS-073), West Malaysia from 31 August to 2 September. They
will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-10 metres. QSL direct
(see qrz.com for information).
9M2 - Special event station 9M16KING will be active on 1-30 September
from Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia in celebration of the incumbent
16th constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia, elected
in January 2019. Activity will be on 80-10 metres CW, SSB and
digital modes. QSL direct (see qrz.com for information). [TNX The
Daily DX]
9U - Francesco, IV3TMM will be active again as 9U3TMM from Burundi from
31 August to 17 September. He will operate SSB and digital modes on
60-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX DX World]
D4 - David, CT7AUP (ex CT1EKU) will be active again as D44CH from Ilha
do Sal (AF-086), Cape Verde from 29 August to 5 September. He
operates SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
DL - Look for Markus, DJ4EL/p and Thorsten, DJ5TM/p to be active from
IOTA group EU-127 between 30 August and 2 September. They will
operate from Neuwerk Island (WWL JO43fv), with a side trip to
Scharhoern Island (WWL JO43fx) on 31 August and 1 September.
E6 - Andrew, OZ1XJ/OZ5E (http://www.oz5e.dk/) will be active holiday
style as E6AN from Niue (OC-040) on 7-10 September. This will be "a
'research-activation' to prepare for a 'real' DXpedtion later in
the sunspot cycle, so there will not be very much activity". He
will operate FT8, SSB and maybe some CW mainly on 40, 20 and 15
metres, plus "maybe 160, 80 and 17" and "10m if it is open".
QSL via LoTW, or direct to OZ5E.
EA6 - Alessandro, IU2IBU will be active holiday style as EA6/IU2IBU from
Minorca, Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 7-13 September. He will
operate SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call (bureau or direct)
and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
ES - Ari, OH3KAV will be active as ES0KA from Saaremaa Island (EU-034)
on 1-5 September. He will operate mainly CW and FT8 on 80-10m. QSL
via OH3KAV, bureau or direct. He will upload his log to LoTW and
Club Log.
ES - Eddie, ES2TT will be active as ES2TT/3 from Vormsi Island (EU-034)
on 7 September, starting around 8.30-9 UTC. He will operate CW and
SSB on 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
GW - In celebration of the Bardsey Island Trust's 40th anniversary, Rob,
MW0IBF and Brian, GW4DVB will be active as GB4BIT from Bardsey
Island (EU-124) on 3-8 September. They plan to operate on the HF
bands, 6m, 2m and 70cm using SSB, CW, FT8/FT4 and SSTV. QSL direct
only to GW4DVB.
HB0 - Look for Tina, HB0/DL5YL and Fred, HB0/DL5YM to be active once
again from Masescha, Liechtenstein from 20 September to 5 October.
They will operate CW, RTTY (during the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest) and
maybe some SSB on 160-6 metres, with a focus on the low bands for
North America in their early morning hours. They will be looking
for Asia and Oceania on the long path, as the short path is blocked
by the mountains. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX DL5YM]
HK0_sa - The Czech DXpedition Team (OK1BOA, OK1CRM, OK1FCJ, OK1GK , OK2ZA,
OK2ZC, OK2ZI and OK6DJ, plus HK3CW) will be active as 5K0K from San
Andres (NA-033) between 17 and 29 October. They will operate CW,
SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10 metres, with a focus on the low bands.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW; traditional cards via OK6DJ
(direct or bureau). See http://www.cdxp.cz/ for further information
and QSLling policy.
JA - Take, JI3DST and Masa, JR8YLY will be active as JI3DST/0 and
JR8YLY/0 from Sado Island (AS-206) on 6-11 September. They will
operate SSB, CW, FT8 and RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls.
[TNX DX World]
JT - RA0SMS, UA0SC, UA0SE, UA0SRQ and UA0SU will be active as JT7A from
the Khovsgol Nuur National Park, Mongolia on 5-9 September. They
will operate SSB, CW, FT8 and FT4 on the HF bands. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, or via RA0SMS.
OY - Look for OY/DL1ZBO, OY/DL2VU and OY/DL5FF to be active from the
Faroe Islands (EU-018) on 2-12 September. They will operate SSB, CW
and digital modes, and will participate in the Russian "Radio" RTTY
WW Contest (7 September). QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]
P2 - Puiu, YO5BIM will be active again in is spare time as P29VIM from
Papua New Guinea between 29 August and 22 September. He operates
CW, FT8 and JT9 on all bands. QSL via home call.
PJ4 - Randy, K5SL will be active holiday style as PJ4/K5SL from Bonaire
(SA-006) on 7-14 September. He will operate mainly CW on 40, 30, 20
and 17 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
T6 - T6AA and T6A (for use during major contests) are the callsigns
issued to Robert, S53R for his operations from Kabul, Afghanistan
[425DXN 1468]. He expects to be QRV in early September, and
continue until summer 2021. He will operate mainly CW, with some
SSB and digital modes, on 160-6 metres. QSL via LoTW; an OQRS will
be organized for paper cards (direct only). Updates will be posted
to https://www.qrz.com/db/t6aa.
T8 - Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdocom/) will be active again as
T88PB from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 6-9 September. Main activity is
likely to be during the All Asian DX SSB Contest (7-8 September).
QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to JA0JHQ.
TA - A team from the YM1KM Amateur Radio Club will be active as TC0Z
from Kefken Island (AS-159) from 31 August to 4 September. Four
operators (TA0TA, TA2MN, TA6CQ and TA6N) will be QRV on 160-10
metres SSB and digital modes. The log will be uploaded to loTW and
Club Log.
V2 - Bud, AA3B will be active as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) on 8-20
September. In his spare time he will operate mainly CW on the HF
bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
W - Organized by the Citrus Belt ARC, the 20th annual Route 66 On The
Air special event celebrates the historic US Highway 66. Twenty
amateur radio stations using 1x1 callsigns (W6A-W6I and W6K-W6U)
will operate from cities along the "Mother Road" on 7-15 September.
See http://w6jbt.org/ for information about the event and QSL
routes.
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Heli, DD0VR and Bigi, DE3BWR will be active as 3D2VR from
Fiji on 2-8 September and again on 23-27 September, as 5W0VR from Samoa on
9-15 September, and as A35JY from Tonga on 16-21 September. QSL via DD0VR,
direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
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Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
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4U1UN ---> The following update was posted to the United Nations Amateur
Radio Club's Facebook page on 25 August:
"We are receiving a lot of messages regarding the lack of 4U1UN (United
Nation Amateur Radio Club) activity on the bands. We will try to clear
some things about the current Club's activities.
Many of you do not know that after the renovation of the UNHQ building in
New York, the room dedicated to the recreation area, on the 41st floor,
in which the 4U1UN radio equipment was located, was transferred to the
special UN unit - Broadcast and Conference Support Section. That room now
is allocated to professional communications equipment. This was the only
room technically suitable to be used for installing our gear, with easy
access to the roof but after renovation it became off-limits for any
other services, except BCSS.
Please do not think that UNARC members gave up and are doing nothing -
believe me, almost daily communication has not been interrupted for the
past seven years. After the successful activity of 4U70UN back in 2015,
with the support of the UN Administration, we were able to secure a tiny
20-square-feet room for the Club's needs on the ground floor of the
building. For obvious reasons, no one will give us the opportunity to run
a separate coaxial cable from the ground floor to the 41st floor.
Considering the fact that the room, allocated for the Club, can be
transferred to any other place at any time, we have developed a project
for installing a remote station on the 41st floor.
The main difficulty in quick implementation of such project at the UNHQ
is not political, but administrative and organizational. The BCSS is
responsible for the security for all the UN communications equipment.
They provide the entire UN communication (including emergency etc.) to
all UN field locations around the World. There are communication
repeaters, satellite links and other equipment, access to which is
strictly limited. Only security personnel, authorized by this service,
have permission to be there. Coordination of access to this room for club
members (UN staff) at such a high level, takes several months to be
approved, and the time allowed for work is limited to only one or two
hours per visit.
If it were not for BCSS support, nothing would have been possible at all,
even the placement of the beacon station and antenna! Imagine that you
want to put a remotely controlled and unsupervised amateur radio station
in the server room of the White House special communications service, and
you will get the picture. Every time we get access - we are accompanied
by representatives of three different UN services, and only because none
of us is giving up - the process of returning the UN amateur radio
station in the air, although slowly, continues.
Now, some good news!
This Saturday [24 August 2019, ed.], several members of the UN radio
club, representatives of UN services and guests, once again got the
opportunity to continue the configuration of equipment and its
connections. Unfortunately, the assembled 19-inch rack and part of the
equipment were disconnected during delivery to the 41st floor, including
disassembling of the power amplifier. This is mainly because the BCSS
personnel needed to hand carry all the equipment several flights of
stairs to the top floor. The ACOM-2000A amplifier fully assembled is very
heavy, so its disassembling was certainly needed.
After four hours of work, the connections of the SteppIR BigIR vertical
antennas were restored, a new SDA-100 controller was installed and a
RemoteRig 1216H was connected for easy remote access. The antenna was
tested and configured. Remote access from the first floor works (special
thanks for the separately run Ethernet cable over the entire height of
the building, for the use of the Radio Club). The operation of the ACOM-
2000A amplifier with an antenna was tested.
While we were testing, we realized that our Elecraft K3 needed to be
disconnected and sent for repair. Apparently, due to the lack of the
ability to retract BigIR antenna earlier, static discharges damaged the
K3 power control board. Updating/re-installing of the K3 firmware didn't
helped. Let's hope for a speedy recovery of the transceiver after
treatment at Elecraft!
We really hope that in the very near future, after debugging and setting
up all the equipment, we will finally be able to proudly look at the work
done and begin to appear steadily on the bands; and you will be able to
get ATNO with the UNHQ!
Thanks to everyone involved, especially to James Sarte K2QI (UNARC
President), Philip Dale G6CBR (UNARC), UN Security Staff, UN BCSS Staff,
Adrian Ciuperca (KO8SCA).
To be continued!"
50MHZ ITALIAN PROVINCES CONTEST ---> The 18th edition of the 50MHz Italian
Provinces Contest, sponsored by ARI Fidenza, will be held on 15 September
from 7 to 15 UTC. Starting from this year, participation has been extended
to stations operating from outside Italy. Complete rules can be found at
http://www.arifidenza.it/contest.asp [TNX IK4CIE]
KL7RRC/P ---> The IOTA DXpedition to Sledge Island (NA-210) [425DXN 1475]
was delayed by bad weather, and started activity around 02:50 UTC on 29
August. The forecast does not look promising, and there is "strong
possibility" that the team might have to leave on 31 August, much earlier
than the expected QRT date of 2 September.
NCDXF ---> The Northern California DX Foundation (https://www.ncdxf.org/)
announced on 23 August that grants have been issued to two Pacific DXpedi-
tion teams.
"The 2019 Western Kiribati (T30L) and Nauru (C21W) DXpeditions slated for
September have been granted $5,000 from NCDXF. Team Leader Yuris, YL2GM,
has assembled another high-energy team to activate these two islands in
an exciting back-to-back operation in September. One of the operators is
Kristers, YL3JA, a 21-year old first-timer and future WRTC 2022 hopeful.
The upcoming ZK3A DXpedition slated for October 2019 has been issued a
$4,000 from NCDXF using a new grant matching program. To encourage more
European club participation in early funding raising efforts for DXpedi-
tion teams, NCDXF pledged $2,000 up-front to the ZK3A DXpedition team and
also offered to 'match' up to an additional $2,000 in pre-trip funded
grants obtained from an y EU DX Clubs or Foundations. We are happy to
report that this new grant-matching plan worked well as the ZK3A team has
received an additional $2,000 from European Clubs and Foundations in
vital up-front funding.
During the last 46 years, NCDXF has granted over $1 million to hundreds
of DXpeditions - helping to put an 'all-time-new-one' (ATNO) in the log
and make DX happen for thousands of DXers worldwide. DXpeditions to rare
entities are becoming more expensive, a trend that will continue. If you
agree with the importance of NCDXF's work, please visit our website to
study our history and to consider providing your support". [TNX AA7A]
ZK3A ---> Preparations for the 1-11 October DXpedition to Tokelau [425DXN
1471] are in the final stage (https://tokelau2019.com/). Three team members
(KO8SCA, N7QT and ZL3WW) will be arriving a week earlier than the main team
(YT1AD, UR0MC, UT5UY, K6VHF, PY2NDX, R7KW, RW7K, RX3APM, SV2BFN, UR9QQ,
US0KW, UT8IO, UX0LL, VE7NY, VK3FY, VK3GK, WD5COV) to set up the stations.
The Tokelau Islands (OC-048) consists of three atolls, and the ZK3A team
will establish an Amateur Radio Club on each of them: Atafu (ZK3RA), Fakaofo
(ZK3RF) and Nukunonu (ZK3RN). Each club will have a TS-590S and dipoles for
40 and 20m; in addition, ZK3RF's equipment will include an A3S 3-element
beam for 10, 15 and 20m, and a 800-watt linear amplifier. Power will be
provided by solar panels, but the team will also donate a 6 kVA generator to
each island. The total donation amounts to about 8,000 US$.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct and bureau), or direct to YT1AD; the full
log will be uploaded to LoTW six months after the DXpedition. A free of
charge certificate issued in electronic format will be available for working
ZK3A on 3 different bands regardless of mode, or on 3 different modes
regardless of band (send your application to uz1rr[@]ukr.net). [TNX YT1AD]
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Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
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CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3E1FD HP1RCP GB0NHL GM0TKB R1530IG UA3VLO
3G3G EA5GL GB1DLH GB1FBS S549APR S51A
3Z15UE SP6ZJP GB2ELH GM0GFL S92HP CT1ENW
3Z1OD SP1PBT GB2LBN GM4UYZ SF50CG SM0BYD
4L/G4ENL N4GNR GB2TD GW0LIS SK4RY SM4RGD
4L1R W3HNK GB5BL GI0BJH SK50HD SM6FKF
5Q5W DL2SWW GB5HCL M0KZC SN10WFF SP5C
8S7LHJ SK7CA GB5PSL 2E0ZDX SN80FL SP2PTU
9A0HRS 9A3JB H44MI DL2GMI SN80TR SP2TMT
9A7T 9A2EU H92L HP1MRA SO1919PS SP9ZHP
9H3IT IK4ALM HB9ILLW HB9FVR SP1919PS SP9PNB
9H9SEL 9H1XT HC1E EC6DX SP60DXC SP7DQR
A65DR N4GNR HF100CC SP5PSL SV0AMS DL2MGP
AN7AL EA7URI HF670ML SP8N SV8/IW7EGQ M0OXO
AO7RL EA7KP HG30PANEU HA1KSS T41FR CO1RH
CO6WD W0SA HP2DX HP2BWJ T46LC CO6CG
CR6L CT1EXK II1CM IZ1YPF TC1LHS YM1KE
CR6LH CT1GZB IY7M IZ7XNB TM0LHG PA0HEL
CR6YLH CT2ISX KL7RRC/p N7RO TM10SRY F5KCC
CS2LH CS5LX LX/OO9O ON7SS TM17FFF F4GFE
CW1R CX1AA MM0XAU DJ6AU TM2LW F4ELJ
CW5B CX2ABC MS0INT M0SDV TM36V F5OHM
CX1T IK2DUW N2OB N2OO TM75LBJ F6KEX
CX7CO EA5GL OA4GL EA7HBC TT8JLH ZS6AAG
D73G HL4CCM OC3CH OA4O UE90AGN RZ4Z
DK5T DK5ON OJ0MR OG2M UE90PR RK1O
DM19LGS DG0ERS OJ0O OE1ZKC XF3LL EA5GL
DR10WCA DF6EX OM100MRS OM3KHT XU7AKJ JA3ULS
EG1FSA EA1RKA ON9BD ON6EF XZ2B JH3SIF
EG1LWB EA1LC OX3LX OZ0J YJ8RN NZ4DX
EH1LSI EA1AUO OZ0IL DL1UWE YP0F YO9RIJ
EI0CAR EI4JR OZ0MF DF5LW YQ0BIKE YO6KNE
EI0LHL EI5HXB PA6FUN PA3HHT YR9F YO9FNP
EM30TPU UR7TWY PA6URK PA3GNE Z21LS DE1ZHB
EN7P UT1PG PA75SODS PI4ZWN ZD8SC WB4GHY
EO65QRC UR4QZZ PH6WAL PI4WAL ZF2EZ W5SJ
GB0HL G4ARN R14MAKS UA3DJ ZS0RR PA2PGU
5H3DX Charles W. Powell, 201 North 13th Street, Louisburg KS 66053-3520,
USA
7P8JK Arnold J. Kalan, 16690 Charmel Ln, Pacific Palisades CA 90272-2210,
USA
9M4LHJ Jayakanthan M. Lachmanan, Surya 2 - G1, Jalan Cyber Suria,
Cyber Heights Villa, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
9M4LHN Rabindra Harichandra, Peti surat 73, 71007 Port Dickson,
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
9M4LHT PEMANCAR Terengganu, 4878 Jalan Tanjung Belor, Kampung Pengkalan
Berangan, 21040 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
DR175CW Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
EG5VCE Manolo Sanchez Perez, Apartado Postal 173, 03660 Novelda
(Alicante), Spain
GB1OL David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay by Evie, Orkney, KW17 2NS,
United Kingdom
GB1PBL David Houlden, 29 Court Barton, Portland, DT5 2HJ, United Kingdom
JH3SIF Kiichiro Onishi, 3-19 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo,
654-0142, Japan
KH0/KC0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
KP3LH Puerto Rico Amateur Radio Team, PO Box 1179, Maunabo PR 00707, USA
N7RO Richard J. Moen, 2935 Plymouth Dr, Bellingham WA 98225, USA
NP3VI Vieques Island ARC, PO Box 1220, Vieques PR 00765, USA
RM0F Burykh Yury M,. PO Box 12, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693023, Russia
RV1CC Sidorov Vladimir K., PO Box 127, Sankt-Peterburg, 191186, Russia
VY2PLH George Dewar, 57 Perth Station Rd, Cardigan PE C0A 1G0, Canada
W2GSB Great South Bay ARC, PO Box 1356, West Babylon NY 11704, USA
YO9RIJ Stolnicu Petrica, CP 12 Buzau 7 Ghiseu 1, 120340 Buzau, Romania
ZB2LGT GARS, PO Box 292, Gibraltar
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9M2 - The Kuala Lumpur DX Team will be active as 9M4IOTA from Perhentian
Island (AS-073), West Malaysia from 31 August to 2 September. They
will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-10 metres. QSL direct
(see qrz.com for information).
9M2 - Special event station 9M16KING will be active on 1-30 September
from Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia in celebration of the incumbent
16th constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia, elected
in January 2019. Activity will be on 80-10 metres CW, SSB and
digital modes. QSL direct (see qrz.com for information). [TNX The
Daily DX]
9U - Francesco, IV3TMM will be active again as 9U3TMM from Burundi from
31 August to 17 September. He will operate SSB and digital modes on
60-6 metres. QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX DX World]
D4 - David, CT7AUP (ex CT1EKU) will be active again as D44CH from Ilha
do Sal (AF-086), Cape Verde from 29 August to 5 September. He
operates SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
DL - Look for Markus, DJ4EL/p and Thorsten, DJ5TM/p to be active from
IOTA group EU-127 between 30 August and 2 September. They will
operate from Neuwerk Island (WWL JO43fv), with a side trip to
Scharhoern Island (WWL JO43fx) on 31 August and 1 September.
E6 - Andrew, OZ1XJ/OZ5E (http://www.oz5e.dk/) will be active holiday
style as E6AN from Niue (OC-040) on 7-10 September. This will be "a
'research-activation' to prepare for a 'real' DXpedtion later in
the sunspot cycle, so there will not be very much activity". He
will operate FT8, SSB and maybe some CW mainly on 40, 20 and 15
metres, plus "maybe 160, 80 and 17" and "10m if it is open".
QSL via LoTW, or direct to OZ5E.
EA6 - Alessandro, IU2IBU will be active holiday style as EA6/IU2IBU from
Minorca, Balearic Islands (EU-004) on 7-13 September. He will
operate SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call (bureau or direct)
and LoTW. [TNX NG3K]
ES - Ari, OH3KAV will be active as ES0KA from Saaremaa Island (EU-034)
on 1-5 September. He will operate mainly CW and FT8 on 80-10m. QSL
via OH3KAV, bureau or direct. He will upload his log to LoTW and
Club Log.
ES - Eddie, ES2TT will be active as ES2TT/3 from Vormsi Island (EU-034)
on 7 September, starting around 8.30-9 UTC. He will operate CW and
SSB on 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
GW - In celebration of the Bardsey Island Trust's 40th anniversary, Rob,
MW0IBF and Brian, GW4DVB will be active as GB4BIT from Bardsey
Island (EU-124) on 3-8 September. They plan to operate on the HF
bands, 6m, 2m and 70cm using SSB, CW, FT8/FT4 and SSTV. QSL direct
only to GW4DVB.
HB0 - Look for Tina, HB0/DL5YL and Fred, HB0/DL5YM to be active once
again from Masescha, Liechtenstein from 20 September to 5 October.
They will operate CW, RTTY (during the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest) and
maybe some SSB on 160-6 metres, with a focus on the low bands for
North America in their early morning hours. They will be looking
for Asia and Oceania on the long path, as the short path is blocked
by the mountains. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX DL5YM]
HK0_sa - The Czech DXpedition Team (OK1BOA, OK1CRM, OK1FCJ, OK1GK , OK2ZA,
OK2ZC, OK2ZI and OK6DJ, plus HK3CW) will be active as 5K0K from San
Andres (NA-033) between 17 and 29 October. They will operate CW,
SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-10 metres, with a focus on the low bands.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW; traditional cards via OK6DJ
(direct or bureau). See http://www.cdxp.cz/ for further information
and QSLling policy.
JA - Take, JI3DST and Masa, JR8YLY will be active as JI3DST/0 and
JR8YLY/0 from Sado Island (AS-206) on 6-11 September. They will
operate SSB, CW, FT8 and RTTY on 80-6 metres. QSL via home calls.
[TNX DX World]
JT - RA0SMS, UA0SC, UA0SE, UA0SRQ and UA0SU will be active as JT7A from
the Khovsgol Nuur National Park, Mongolia on 5-9 September. They
will operate SSB, CW, FT8 and FT4 on the HF bands. QSL via Club
Log's OQRS, or via RA0SMS.
OY - Look for OY/DL1ZBO, OY/DL2VU and OY/DL5FF to be active from the
Faroe Islands (EU-018) on 2-12 September. They will operate SSB, CW
and digital modes, and will participate in the Russian "Radio" RTTY
WW Contest (7 September). QSL via home calls. [TNX NG3K]
P2 - Puiu, YO5BIM will be active again in is spare time as P29VIM from
Papua New Guinea between 29 August and 22 September. He operates
CW, FT8 and JT9 on all bands. QSL via home call.
PJ4 - Randy, K5SL will be active holiday style as PJ4/K5SL from Bonaire
(SA-006) on 7-14 September. He will operate mainly CW on 40, 30, 20
and 17 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
T6 - T6AA and T6A (for use during major contests) are the callsigns
issued to Robert, S53R for his operations from Kabul, Afghanistan
[425DXN 1468]. He expects to be QRV in early September, and
continue until summer 2021. He will operate mainly CW, with some
SSB and digital modes, on 160-6 metres. QSL via LoTW; an OQRS will
be organized for paper cards (direct only). Updates will be posted
to https://www.qrz.com/db/t6aa.
T8 - Nobu, JA0JHQ (http://pandasan.jimdocom/) will be active again as
T88PB from Koror (OC-009), Palau on 6-9 September. Main activity is
likely to be during the All Asian DX SSB Contest (7-8 September).
QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to JA0JHQ.
TA - A team from the YM1KM Amateur Radio Club will be active as TC0Z
from Kefken Island (AS-159) from 31 August to 4 September. Four
operators (TA0TA, TA2MN, TA6CQ and TA6N) will be QRV on 160-10
metres SSB and digital modes. The log will be uploaded to loTW and
Club Log.
V2 - Bud, AA3B will be active as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) on 8-20
September. In his spare time he will operate mainly CW on the HF
bands. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or via home call. [TNX The
Daily DX]
W - Organized by the Citrus Belt ARC, the 20th annual Route 66 On The
Air special event celebrates the historic US Highway 66. Twenty
amateur radio stations using 1x1 callsigns (W6A-W6I and W6K-W6U)
will operate from cities along the "Mother Road" on 7-15 September.
See http://w6jbt.org/ for information about the event and QSL
routes.
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Heli, DD0VR and Bigi, DE3BWR will be active as 3D2VR from
Fiji on 2-8 September and again on 23-27 September, as 5W0VR from Samoa on
9-15 September, and as A35JY from Tonga on 16-21 September. QSL via DD0VR,
direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX]
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
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4U1UN ---> The following update was posted to the United Nations Amateur
Radio Club's Facebook page on 25 August:
"We are receiving a lot of messages regarding the lack of 4U1UN (United
Nation Amateur Radio Club) activity on the bands. We will try to clear
some things about the current Club's activities.
Many of you do not know that after the renovation of the UNHQ building in
New York, the room dedicated to the recreation area, on the 41st floor,
in which the 4U1UN radio equipment was located, was transferred to the
special UN unit - Broadcast and Conference Support Section. That room now
is allocated to professional communications equipment. This was the only
room technically suitable to be used for installing our gear, with easy
access to the roof but after renovation it became off-limits for any
other services, except BCSS.
Please do not think that UNARC members gave up and are doing nothing -
believe me, almost daily communication has not been interrupted for the
past seven years. After the successful activity of 4U70UN back in 2015,
with the support of the UN Administration, we were able to secure a tiny
20-square-feet room for the Club's needs on the ground floor of the
building. For obvious reasons, no one will give us the opportunity to run
a separate coaxial cable from the ground floor to the 41st floor.
Considering the fact that the room, allocated for the Club, can be
transferred to any other place at any time, we have developed a project
for installing a remote station on the 41st floor.
The main difficulty in quick implementation of such project at the UNHQ
is not political, but administrative and organizational. The BCSS is
responsible for the security for all the UN communications equipment.
They provide the entire UN communication (including emergency etc.) to
all UN field locations around the World. There are communication
repeaters, satellite links and other equipment, access to which is
strictly limited. Only security personnel, authorized by this service,
have permission to be there. Coordination of access to this room for club
members (UN staff) at such a high level, takes several months to be
approved, and the time allowed for work is limited to only one or two
hours per visit.
If it were not for BCSS support, nothing would have been possible at all,
even the placement of the beacon station and antenna! Imagine that you
want to put a remotely controlled and unsupervised amateur radio station
in the server room of the White House special communications service, and
you will get the picture. Every time we get access - we are accompanied
by representatives of three different UN services, and only because none
of us is giving up - the process of returning the UN amateur radio
station in the air, although slowly, continues.
Now, some good news!
This Saturday [24 August 2019, ed.], several members of the UN radio
club, representatives of UN services and guests, once again got the
opportunity to continue the configuration of equipment and its
connections. Unfortunately, the assembled 19-inch rack and part of the
equipment were disconnected during delivery to the 41st floor, including
disassembling of the power amplifier. This is mainly because the BCSS
personnel needed to hand carry all the equipment several flights of
stairs to the top floor. The ACOM-2000A amplifier fully assembled is very
heavy, so its disassembling was certainly needed.
After four hours of work, the connections of the SteppIR BigIR vertical
antennas were restored, a new SDA-100 controller was installed and a
RemoteRig 1216H was connected for easy remote access. The antenna was
tested and configured. Remote access from the first floor works (special
thanks for the separately run Ethernet cable over the entire height of
the building, for the use of the Radio Club). The operation of the ACOM-
2000A amplifier with an antenna was tested.
While we were testing, we realized that our Elecraft K3 needed to be
disconnected and sent for repair. Apparently, due to the lack of the
ability to retract BigIR antenna earlier, static discharges damaged the
K3 power control board. Updating/re-installing of the K3 firmware didn't
helped. Let's hope for a speedy recovery of the transceiver after
treatment at Elecraft!
We really hope that in the very near future, after debugging and setting
up all the equipment, we will finally be able to proudly look at the work
done and begin to appear steadily on the bands; and you will be able to
get ATNO with the UNHQ!
Thanks to everyone involved, especially to James Sarte K2QI (UNARC
President), Philip Dale G6CBR (UNARC), UN Security Staff, UN BCSS Staff,
Adrian Ciuperca (KO8SCA).
To be continued!"
50MHZ ITALIAN PROVINCES CONTEST ---> The 18th edition of the 50MHz Italian
Provinces Contest, sponsored by ARI Fidenza, will be held on 15 September
from 7 to 15 UTC. Starting from this year, participation has been extended
to stations operating from outside Italy. Complete rules can be found at
http://www.arifidenza.it/contest.asp [TNX IK4CIE]
KL7RRC/P ---> The IOTA DXpedition to Sledge Island (NA-210) [425DXN 1475]
was delayed by bad weather, and started activity around 02:50 UTC on 29
August. The forecast does not look promising, and there is "strong
possibility" that the team might have to leave on 31 August, much earlier
than the expected QRT date of 2 September.
NCDXF ---> The Northern California DX Foundation (https://www.ncdxf.org/)
announced on 23 August that grants have been issued to two Pacific DXpedi-
tion teams.
"The 2019 Western Kiribati (T30L) and Nauru (C21W) DXpeditions slated for
September have been granted $5,000 from NCDXF. Team Leader Yuris, YL2GM,
has assembled another high-energy team to activate these two islands in
an exciting back-to-back operation in September. One of the operators is
Kristers, YL3JA, a 21-year old first-timer and future WRTC 2022 hopeful.
The upcoming ZK3A DXpedition slated for October 2019 has been issued a
$4,000 from NCDXF using a new grant matching program. To encourage more
European club participation in early funding raising efforts for DXpedi-
tion teams, NCDXF pledged $2,000 up-front to the ZK3A DXpedition team and
also offered to 'match' up to an additional $2,000 in pre-trip funded
grants obtained from an y EU DX Clubs or Foundations. We are happy to
report that this new grant-matching plan worked well as the ZK3A team has
received an additional $2,000 from European Clubs and Foundations in
vital up-front funding.
During the last 46 years, NCDXF has granted over $1 million to hundreds
of DXpeditions - helping to put an 'all-time-new-one' (ATNO) in the log
and make DX happen for thousands of DXers worldwide. DXpeditions to rare
entities are becoming more expensive, a trend that will continue. If you
agree with the importance of NCDXF's work, please visit our website to
study our history and to consider providing your support". [TNX AA7A]
ZK3A ---> Preparations for the 1-11 October DXpedition to Tokelau [425DXN
1471] are in the final stage (https://tokelau2019.com/). Three team members
(KO8SCA, N7QT and ZL3WW) will be arriving a week earlier than the main team
(YT1AD, UR0MC, UT5UY, K6VHF, PY2NDX, R7KW, RW7K, RX3APM, SV2BFN, UR9QQ,
US0KW, UT8IO, UX0LL, VE7NY, VK3FY, VK3GK, WD5COV) to set up the stations.
The Tokelau Islands (OC-048) consists of three atolls, and the ZK3A team
will establish an Amateur Radio Club on each of them: Atafu (ZK3RA), Fakaofo
(ZK3RF) and Nukunonu (ZK3RN). Each club will have a TS-590S and dipoles for
40 and 20m; in addition, ZK3RF's equipment will include an A3S 3-element
beam for 10, 15 and 20m, and a 800-watt linear amplifier. Power will be
provided by solar panels, but the team will also donate a 6 kVA generator to
each island. The total donation amounts to about 8,000 US$.
QSL via Club Log's OQRS (direct and bureau), or direct to YT1AD; the full
log will be uploaded to LoTW six months after the DXpedition. A free of
charge certificate issued in electronic format will be available for working
ZK3A on 3 different bands regardless of mode, or on 3 different modes
regardless of band (send your application to uz1rr[@]ukr.net). [TNX YT1AD]
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* QSL ROUTES *******
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
===================================================================
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3E1FD HP1RCP GB0NHL GM0TKB R1530IG UA3VLO
3G3G EA5GL GB1DLH GB1FBS S549APR S51A
3Z15UE SP6ZJP GB2ELH GM0GFL S92HP CT1ENW
3Z1OD SP1PBT GB2LBN GM4UYZ SF50CG SM0BYD
4L/G4ENL N4GNR GB2TD GW0LIS SK4RY SM4RGD
4L1R W3HNK GB5BL GI0BJH SK50HD SM6FKF
5Q5W DL2SWW GB5HCL M0KZC SN10WFF SP5C
8S7LHJ SK7CA GB5PSL 2E0ZDX SN80FL SP2PTU
9A0HRS 9A3JB H44MI DL2GMI SN80TR SP2TMT
9A7T 9A2EU H92L HP1MRA SO1919PS SP9ZHP
9H3IT IK4ALM HB9ILLW HB9FVR SP1919PS SP9PNB
9H9SEL 9H1XT HC1E EC6DX SP60DXC SP7DQR
A65DR N4GNR HF100CC SP5PSL SV0AMS DL2MGP
AN7AL EA7URI HF670ML SP8N SV8/IW7EGQ M0OXO
AO7RL EA7KP HG30PANEU HA1KSS T41FR CO1RH
CO6WD W0SA HP2DX HP2BWJ T46LC CO6CG
CR6L CT1EXK II1CM IZ1YPF TC1LHS YM1KE
CR6LH CT1GZB IY7M IZ7XNB TM0LHG PA0HEL
CR6YLH CT2ISX KL7RRC/p N7RO TM10SRY F5KCC
CS2LH CS5LX LX/OO9O ON7SS TM17FFF F4GFE
CW1R CX1AA MM0XAU DJ6AU TM2LW F4ELJ
CW5B CX2ABC MS0INT M0SDV TM36V F5OHM
CX1T IK2DUW N2OB N2OO TM75LBJ F6KEX
CX7CO EA5GL OA4GL EA7HBC TT8JLH ZS6AAG
D73G HL4CCM OC3CH OA4O UE90AGN RZ4Z
DK5T DK5ON OJ0MR OG2M UE90PR RK1O
DM19LGS DG0ERS OJ0O OE1ZKC XF3LL EA5GL
DR10WCA DF6EX OM100MRS OM3KHT XU7AKJ JA3ULS
EG1FSA EA1RKA ON9BD ON6EF XZ2B JH3SIF
EG1LWB EA1LC OX3LX OZ0J YJ8RN NZ4DX
EH1LSI EA1AUO OZ0IL DL1UWE YP0F YO9RIJ
EI0CAR EI4JR OZ0MF DF5LW YQ0BIKE YO6KNE
EI0LHL EI5HXB PA6FUN PA3HHT YR9F YO9FNP
EM30TPU UR7TWY PA6URK PA3GNE Z21LS DE1ZHB
EN7P UT1PG PA75SODS PI4ZWN ZD8SC WB4GHY
EO65QRC UR4QZZ PH6WAL PI4WAL ZF2EZ W5SJ
GB0HL G4ARN R14MAKS UA3DJ ZS0RR PA2PGU
5H3DX Charles W. Powell, 201 North 13th Street, Louisburg KS 66053-3520,
USA
7P8JK Arnold J. Kalan, 16690 Charmel Ln, Pacific Palisades CA 90272-2210,
USA
9M4LHJ Jayakanthan M. Lachmanan, Surya 2 - G1, Jalan Cyber Suria,
Cyber Heights Villa, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
9M4LHN Rabindra Harichandra, Peti surat 73, 71007 Port Dickson,
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
9M4LHT PEMANCAR Terengganu, 4878 Jalan Tanjung Belor, Kampung Pengkalan
Berangan, 21040 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
DR175CW Jamie Williams, 41 Overton Lane, Hammerwich, Burntwood, WS7 0LQ,
United Kingdom
EG5VCE Manolo Sanchez Perez, Apartado Postal 173, 03660 Novelda
(Alicante), Spain
GB1OL David Wishart, Curcum, Swannay by Evie, Orkney, KW17 2NS,
United Kingdom
GB1PBL David Houlden, 29 Court Barton, Portland, DT5 2HJ, United Kingdom
JH3SIF Kiichiro Onishi, 3-19 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo,
654-0142, Japan
KH0/KC0W Thomas M. Callas, P.O. Box 1058, Minnetonka MN 55345, USA
KP3LH Puerto Rico Amateur Radio Team, PO Box 1179, Maunabo PR 00707, USA
N7RO Richard J. Moen, 2935 Plymouth Dr, Bellingham WA 98225, USA
NP3VI Vieques Island ARC, PO Box 1220, Vieques PR 00765, USA
RM0F Burykh Yury M,. PO Box 12, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693023, Russia
RV1CC Sidorov Vladimir K., PO Box 127, Sankt-Peterburg, 191186, Russia
VY2PLH George Dewar, 57 Perth Station Rd, Cardigan PE C0A 1G0, Canada
W2GSB Great South Bay ARC, PO Box 1356, West Babylon NY 11704, USA
YO9RIJ Stolnicu Petrica, CP 12 Buzau 7 Ghiseu 1, 120340 Buzau, Romania
ZB2LGT GARS, PO Box 292, Gibraltar
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Thursday, August 29, 2019
New release of MULTIPSK (4.40) - DSTAR
Our good friend Patrick Lindecker, has released a new version of his popular digital decoding software Multipsk. If you aren't familiar with this package, it is one of the best around. Many of the modes it handles are free in the basic version. For a low one time free you can add many more. It is the software package we use here on the radio ranch.
New release of MULTIPSK (4.40) - DSTAR
Pour les francophones: la version en français de ce message se trouve sur mon site (http://f6cte.free.fr). Il suffit de cliquer sur le lien "Principales modifications (courriel avertissant de la sortie de la nouvelle version)".
Hello to all Ham and SWL,
The new release of MultiPSK (4.40) is on my Web site (http://f6cte.free.fr/index_anglais.htm).
The mirror site is Earl's, N8KBR: https://www.paazig.net/f6cte/MULTIPSK_setup.exe
The MD5 signature of the downloaded MULTIPSK_setup.exe file to, possibly, check (with WinMD5 for example), that the downloading works without error, is equal to: 8c9e9cb83148cb228d949e74a263cfe8
Multipsk associated to Clock are freeware programs but with functions submitted to a licence (by user key).
The main improvements of MULTIPSK 4.40 are the following: DSTAR decoding/transmission
"DSTAR" is the acronym for "Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio". This mode has been developed by the Ham Japanese association (JARL). It is used in VHF and in UHF, mainly for voice communication but also for data communication (included during voice transmissions). It is spread in a world net by using, among other means, repeaters and Internet. It is a mode for amateurs but professionally developed, at equipment level. It is considered as a professional mode for Multipsk (but the decoding is not limited).
There are two sub-modes:
· the "DV" one (Voice + data) at 4800 bauds for communications between Hams and between Hams and DSTAR repeaters,
· the "DD" one (Data only ) at 128000 bauds for communications between DSTAR net pieces of equipment.
Only the "DV" sub-mode is here considered and only the data communication. So it is excluded the voice communication decoding which needs an AMBE Codec (under a proprietary licence).
For Hams and SWL, the DSTAR signal can be received:
· either from the discriminator output of a classical VHF/UHF FM receiver via a direct connection to the PC sound card. However, the receiver must have a large reception bandwidth due to the high
modulation speed, or with a SdR receiver (FunCube Dongle, RTL SDR,..) and directly demodulated by Multipsk. It is the simplest solution.
Here is the WEB address where you can know where all DSTAR repeaters are located, with their frequencies, for each country (so as to monitor one or more): http://www.dstarusers.org/repeaters.php
In transmission, the following functions are compatible with the ICOM transceivers:
· transmission of 20 characters maximum messages, beacon,
· "parrot" (repeats valid DSTAR frames, without any processing).
A small interface is proposed. See the paper: "HOW_TO_DO_DIRECT_DSTAR_BETWEEN_HAMs_Rev_A.pdf" paper located in the
http://f6cte.free.fr/DSTAR.ZIP file.
This mode is in freeware, so without time limitation.
See general specifications further on.
Other modifications
· For the users having a Multipsk licence, by clicking on the "Mode" button, it will be found the new option "Modes selection" which goal is to select the sole modes really used by the user. The panels
of modes (amateur and professional) will, hence, propose a choice among the
sole selected modes. Note that at each new Multipsk version, the selection panel will display again with all the modes.
Note about translation of Multipsk.exe and Clock .exe: the 4.39.4 version of Multipsk has been translated to Spanish by Joachin (EA4ZB), from French.
See: http://f6cte.free.fr/Translation_files.htm.
73
Patrick
Description of the DSTAR mode
There are two sub-modes:
· the "DV" one (Voice + data) at 4800 bauds for communications between Hams and between Hams and DSTAR repeaters,
· the "DD" one (Data only ) at 128000 bauds for communications between DSTAR net pieces of equipement.
Only the "DV" sub-mode is here considered and only the data communication. So it is excluded the voice communication decoding which needs an AMBE Codec (under a proprietary licence).
Description :
Baud rate: 4800
Modulation : the NRZ logic signal (1/-1) directly modulates, through a GMSK filter (to reduce the bandwidth needed), the VHF or UHF frequency in FM (on about +/- 3 KHz). So this signal is received in base band after FM demodulation.
Reception mode: FM
Character set : on 8 bits (but only ASCII is used)
Shape of pulse : GMSK (BT product=0.5)
Bandwidth : about 6 KHz
Synchronization : automatic using the signal
Detection code: yes on 15 bits.
Convolution code: FEC R=1/2, k=3 on the header
Interleaving : yes on the header
Scrambling: yes
Each DV DSTAR frame contains:
· a 64 bits minimum training sequence for synchronization,
· a sequence of 15 bits for the frame detection,
· a header of 660 bits containing different control pieces of information and 4 call signs.
· a certain number of pair of 96 bits, each pair containing either a "Voice slot" (72 bits) + a "data slot" (24 bits) or a "Voice slot" + a synchronization flag,
· an end frame flag.
For more details, see at the Internet address: https://www.jarl.com/d-star/shogen.pdf
Multipsk transmission of messages compatible with the ICOM 20 characters messages
In addition, the DSTAR transceivers (mainly ICOM) can transmit and receive a 20 characters message. It appears that these messages are transmitted in "clear text" after a scrambling of each data slot (24 bits). The packeting is simple but remains proprietary (so it is not described).
Multipsk permits the transmission of such small messages according to a protocol described in the document "Multipsk specifications relative to the DSTAR DV mode rev. A.pdf" located in the http://f6cte.free.fr/DSTAR.ZIP file.
New release of MULTIPSK (4.40) - DSTAR
Pour les francophones: la version en français de ce message se trouve sur mon site (http://f6cte.free.fr). Il suffit de cliquer sur le lien "Principales modifications (courriel avertissant de la sortie de la nouvelle version)".
Hello to all Ham and SWL,
The new release of MultiPSK (4.40) is on my Web site (http://f6cte.free.fr/index_anglais.htm).
The mirror site is Earl's, N8KBR: https://www.paazig.net/f6cte/MULTIPSK_setup.exe
The MD5 signature of the downloaded MULTIPSK_setup.exe file to, possibly, check (with WinMD5 for example), that the downloading works without error, is equal to: 8c9e9cb83148cb228d949e74a263cfe8
Multipsk associated to Clock are freeware programs but with functions submitted to a licence (by user key).
The main improvements of MULTIPSK 4.40 are the following: DSTAR decoding/transmission
"DSTAR" is the acronym for "Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio". This mode has been developed by the Ham Japanese association (JARL). It is used in VHF and in UHF, mainly for voice communication but also for data communication (included during voice transmissions). It is spread in a world net by using, among other means, repeaters and Internet. It is a mode for amateurs but professionally developed, at equipment level. It is considered as a professional mode for Multipsk (but the decoding is not limited).
There are two sub-modes:
· the "DV" one (Voice + data) at 4800 bauds for communications between Hams and between Hams and DSTAR repeaters,
· the "DD" one (Data only ) at 128000 bauds for communications between DSTAR net pieces of equipment.
Only the "DV" sub-mode is here considered and only the data communication. So it is excluded the voice communication decoding which needs an AMBE Codec (under a proprietary licence).
For Hams and SWL, the DSTAR signal can be received:
· either from the discriminator output of a classical VHF/UHF FM receiver via a direct connection to the PC sound card. However, the receiver must have a large reception bandwidth due to the high
modulation speed, or with a SdR receiver (FunCube Dongle, RTL SDR,..) and directly demodulated by Multipsk. It is the simplest solution.
Here is the WEB address where you can know where all DSTAR repeaters are located, with their frequencies, for each country (so as to monitor one or more): http://www.dstarusers.org/repeaters.php
In transmission, the following functions are compatible with the ICOM transceivers:
· transmission of 20 characters maximum messages, beacon,
· "parrot" (repeats valid DSTAR frames, without any processing).
A small interface is proposed. See the paper: "HOW_TO_DO_DIRECT_DSTAR_BETWEEN_HAMs_Rev_A.pdf" paper located in the
http://f6cte.free.fr/DSTAR.ZIP file.
This mode is in freeware, so without time limitation.
See general specifications further on.
Other modifications
· For the users having a Multipsk licence, by clicking on the "Mode" button, it will be found the new option "Modes selection" which goal is to select the sole modes really used by the user. The panels
of modes (amateur and professional) will, hence, propose a choice among the
sole selected modes. Note that at each new Multipsk version, the selection panel will display again with all the modes.
Note about translation of Multipsk.exe and Clock .exe: the 4.39.4 version of Multipsk has been translated to Spanish by Joachin (EA4ZB), from French.
See: http://f6cte.free.fr/Translation_files.htm.
73
Patrick
Description of the DSTAR mode
There are two sub-modes:
· the "DV" one (Voice + data) at 4800 bauds for communications between Hams and between Hams and DSTAR repeaters,
· the "DD" one (Data only ) at 128000 bauds for communications between DSTAR net pieces of equipement.
Only the "DV" sub-mode is here considered and only the data communication. So it is excluded the voice communication decoding which needs an AMBE Codec (under a proprietary licence).
Description :
Baud rate: 4800
Modulation : the NRZ logic signal (1/-1) directly modulates, through a GMSK filter (to reduce the bandwidth needed), the VHF or UHF frequency in FM (on about +/- 3 KHz). So this signal is received in base band after FM demodulation.
Reception mode: FM
Character set : on 8 bits (but only ASCII is used)
Shape of pulse : GMSK (BT product=0.5)
Bandwidth : about 6 KHz
Synchronization : automatic using the signal
Detection code: yes on 15 bits.
Convolution code: FEC R=1/2, k=3 on the header
Interleaving : yes on the header
Scrambling: yes
Each DV DSTAR frame contains:
· a 64 bits minimum training sequence for synchronization,
· a sequence of 15 bits for the frame detection,
· a header of 660 bits containing different control pieces of information and 4 call signs.
· a certain number of pair of 96 bits, each pair containing either a "Voice slot" (72 bits) + a "data slot" (24 bits) or a "Voice slot" + a synchronization flag,
· an end frame flag.
For more details, see at the Internet address: https://www.jarl.com/d-star/shogen.pdf
Multipsk transmission of messages compatible with the ICOM 20 characters messages
In addition, the DSTAR transceivers (mainly ICOM) can transmit and receive a 20 characters message. It appears that these messages are transmitted in "clear text" after a scrambling of each data slot (24 bits). The packeting is simple but remains proprietary (so it is not described).
Multipsk permits the transmission of such small messages according to a protocol described in the document "Multipsk specifications relative to the DSTAR DV mode rev. A.pdf" located in the http://f6cte.free.fr/DSTAR.ZIP file.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
ARLK066 Keplerian data
SB KEP @ ARL $ARLK066
ARLK066 Keplerian data
ZCZC SK66
QST de W1AW
Keplerian Bulletin 66 ARLK066
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT August 27, 2019
To all radio amateurs
SB KEP ARL ARLK066
ARLK066 Keplerian data
Special thanks to AMSAT-NA (AMSAT.ORG) for the following Keplerian
data.
Decode 2-line elsets with the following key:
1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ
2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ
KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN
G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM
0 AO-07
1 7530U 74089B 19238.89266801 -.00000030 00000-0 96170-4 0 9997
2 7530 101.7504 205.8610 0011799 212.5171 204.0114 12.53639543 49199
0 FO-29
1 24278U 96046B 19238.83658151 -.00000010 +00000-0 +23597-4 0 9990
2 24278 098.5473 022.8905 0351230 060.8330 302.7476 13.53093000136903
0 ISS
1 25544U 98067A 19239.83859476 .00047014 00000-0 81393-3 0 9997
2 25544 51.6446 5.8347 0007564 337.0065 127.4639 15.50419577186372
0 SO-50
1 27607U 02058C 19238.94775157 -.00000059 +00000-0 +12667-4 0 9996
2 27607 064.5544 197.8531 0078379 243.1823 116.1249 14.75566704897129
0 CO-55
1 27844U 03031E 19239.02204282 .00000038 00000-0 36917-4 0 9997
2 27844 98.6847 246.1998 0009659 183.6396 176.4713 14.22191092838147
0 RS-22
1 27939U 03042A 19239.42464925 .00000017 00000-0 11684-4 0 9991
2 27939 98.0506 13.9189 0012754 201.1760 158.8929 14.66798148850769
0 CO-58
1 28895U 05043F 19238.96426253 .00000074 00000-0 22938-4 0 9993
2 28895 97.9686 19.3579 0017933 130.3031 229.9742 14.63684533737619
0 CO-65
1 32785U 08021C 19238.86658509 .00000149 00000-0 21633-4 0 9999
2 32785 97.5525 235.3273 0014098 39.1105 321.1129 14.88334526613975
0 COMPASS 1
1 32787U 08021E 19238.95665226 +.00000261 +00000-0 +29917-4 0 9993
2 32787 097.5079 247.7629 0012010 349.1039 010.9919 14.93408711614936
0 DO-64
1 32789U 08021G 19238.93803648 +.00000931 +00000-0 +66079-4 0 9999
2 32789 097.4593 286.4971 0010720 244.4693 115.5426 15.07065597617291
0 RS-30
1 32953U 08025A 19239.58505188 .00000020 00000-0 75656-4 0 9996
2 32953 82.5005 101.3039 0019467 339.3846 20.6444 12.43091047510999
0 KKS-1
1 33499U 09002H 19238.91549743 +.00000053 +00000-0 +15807-4 0 9997
2 33499 098.3466 079.8180 0009016 354.7142 005.3969 14.75456784569004
0 AO-71
1 37854U 11061E 19238.76633192 +.00000566 +00000-0 +36984-4 0 9997
2 37854 101.6976 172.5073 0160293 220.6076 138.3092 15.06533351426941
0 AO-73
1 39444U 13066AE 19239.52161440 .00000159 00000-0 25826-4 0 9999
2 39444 97.5603 251.1122 0058674 157.1697 203.2146 14.81961983310277
0 UKUBE 1
1 40074U 14037F 19239.41291903 .00000158 00000-0 26103-4 0 9993
2 40074 98.4444 45.3573 0005146 10.0210 350.1127 14.84082920277998
0 XW-2A
1 40903U 15049E 19239.41325898 .00000941 00000-0 24067-4 0 9996
2 40903 97.3328 282.5561 0011886 251.3435 205.1286 15.42012546220992
0 XW-2C
1 40906U 15049H 19239.38593485 .00000371 00000-0 22905-4 0 9990
2 40906 97.4692 240.3152 0013818 323.4494 142.2739 15.15725623217550
0 XW-2D
1 40907U 15049J 19239.55521296 .00000256 00000-0 16824-4 0 9996
2 40907 97.4681 240.1624 0013046 319.9486 158.5224 15.15915958217590
0 XW-2F
1 40910U 15049M 19239.45800825 .00000472 00000-0 26983-4 0 9994
2 40910 97.4642 242.1631 0013431 312.0186 205.9096 15.17375606217596
0 XW-2B
1 40911U 15049N 19239.39073329 .00000465 00000-0 27787-4 0 9994
2 40911 97.4692 240.6602 0012941 321.7960 143.9570 15.15847118217469
0 IO-86
1 40931U 15052B 19237.90531972 +.00000725 +00000-0 +11998-4 0 9994
2 40931 005.9998 290.1771 0012717 039.2195 320.8951 14.76611989211366
0 AO-91
1 43017U 17073E 19238.76052969 .00000265 00000-0 26815-4 0 9999
2 43017 97.7206 157.4164 0256693 293.6919 63.7549 14.78610338 95465
0 AO-92
1 43137U 18004AC 19239.18482299 .00000576 00000-0 27107-4 0 9997
2 43137 97.4827 306.8171 0009773 22.7858 337.3811 15.23547413 90078
0 AO-85
1 40967U 15058D 19234.36679880 .00000080 00000 0 27427-4 0 7879
2 40967 64.7787 321.9831 0192979 182.0413 177.9928 14.75979661117287
Keplerian bulletins are transmitted twice weekly from W1AW. The
next scheduled transmission of these data will be Friday, August 30,
2019, at 2230z on Baudot and BPSK31.
NNNN
/EX
ARLK066 Keplerian data
ZCZC SK66
QST de W1AW
Keplerian Bulletin 66 ARLK066
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT August 27, 2019
To all radio amateurs
SB KEP ARL ARLK066
ARLK066 Keplerian data
Special thanks to AMSAT-NA (AMSAT.ORG) for the following Keplerian
data.
Decode 2-line elsets with the following key:
1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ
2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ
KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN
G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM
0 AO-07
1 7530U 74089B 19238.89266801 -.00000030 00000-0 96170-4 0 9997
2 7530 101.7504 205.8610 0011799 212.5171 204.0114 12.53639543 49199
0 FO-29
1 24278U 96046B 19238.83658151 -.00000010 +00000-0 +23597-4 0 9990
2 24278 098.5473 022.8905 0351230 060.8330 302.7476 13.53093000136903
0 ISS
1 25544U 98067A 19239.83859476 .00047014 00000-0 81393-3 0 9997
2 25544 51.6446 5.8347 0007564 337.0065 127.4639 15.50419577186372
0 SO-50
1 27607U 02058C 19238.94775157 -.00000059 +00000-0 +12667-4 0 9996
2 27607 064.5544 197.8531 0078379 243.1823 116.1249 14.75566704897129
0 CO-55
1 27844U 03031E 19239.02204282 .00000038 00000-0 36917-4 0 9997
2 27844 98.6847 246.1998 0009659 183.6396 176.4713 14.22191092838147
0 RS-22
1 27939U 03042A 19239.42464925 .00000017 00000-0 11684-4 0 9991
2 27939 98.0506 13.9189 0012754 201.1760 158.8929 14.66798148850769
0 CO-58
1 28895U 05043F 19238.96426253 .00000074 00000-0 22938-4 0 9993
2 28895 97.9686 19.3579 0017933 130.3031 229.9742 14.63684533737619
0 CO-65
1 32785U 08021C 19238.86658509 .00000149 00000-0 21633-4 0 9999
2 32785 97.5525 235.3273 0014098 39.1105 321.1129 14.88334526613975
0 COMPASS 1
1 32787U 08021E 19238.95665226 +.00000261 +00000-0 +29917-4 0 9993
2 32787 097.5079 247.7629 0012010 349.1039 010.9919 14.93408711614936
0 DO-64
1 32789U 08021G 19238.93803648 +.00000931 +00000-0 +66079-4 0 9999
2 32789 097.4593 286.4971 0010720 244.4693 115.5426 15.07065597617291
0 RS-30
1 32953U 08025A 19239.58505188 .00000020 00000-0 75656-4 0 9996
2 32953 82.5005 101.3039 0019467 339.3846 20.6444 12.43091047510999
0 KKS-1
1 33499U 09002H 19238.91549743 +.00000053 +00000-0 +15807-4 0 9997
2 33499 098.3466 079.8180 0009016 354.7142 005.3969 14.75456784569004
0 AO-71
1 37854U 11061E 19238.76633192 +.00000566 +00000-0 +36984-4 0 9997
2 37854 101.6976 172.5073 0160293 220.6076 138.3092 15.06533351426941
0 AO-73
1 39444U 13066AE 19239.52161440 .00000159 00000-0 25826-4 0 9999
2 39444 97.5603 251.1122 0058674 157.1697 203.2146 14.81961983310277
0 UKUBE 1
1 40074U 14037F 19239.41291903 .00000158 00000-0 26103-4 0 9993
2 40074 98.4444 45.3573 0005146 10.0210 350.1127 14.84082920277998
0 XW-2A
1 40903U 15049E 19239.41325898 .00000941 00000-0 24067-4 0 9996
2 40903 97.3328 282.5561 0011886 251.3435 205.1286 15.42012546220992
0 XW-2C
1 40906U 15049H 19239.38593485 .00000371 00000-0 22905-4 0 9990
2 40906 97.4692 240.3152 0013818 323.4494 142.2739 15.15725623217550
0 XW-2D
1 40907U 15049J 19239.55521296 .00000256 00000-0 16824-4 0 9996
2 40907 97.4681 240.1624 0013046 319.9486 158.5224 15.15915958217590
0 XW-2F
1 40910U 15049M 19239.45800825 .00000472 00000-0 26983-4 0 9994
2 40910 97.4642 242.1631 0013431 312.0186 205.9096 15.17375606217596
0 XW-2B
1 40911U 15049N 19239.39073329 .00000465 00000-0 27787-4 0 9994
2 40911 97.4692 240.6602 0012941 321.7960 143.9570 15.15847118217469
0 IO-86
1 40931U 15052B 19237.90531972 +.00000725 +00000-0 +11998-4 0 9994
2 40931 005.9998 290.1771 0012717 039.2195 320.8951 14.76611989211366
0 AO-91
1 43017U 17073E 19238.76052969 .00000265 00000-0 26815-4 0 9999
2 43017 97.7206 157.4164 0256693 293.6919 63.7549 14.78610338 95465
0 AO-92
1 43137U 18004AC 19239.18482299 .00000576 00000-0 27107-4 0 9997
2 43137 97.4827 306.8171 0009773 22.7858 337.3811 15.23547413 90078
0 AO-85
1 40967U 15058D 19234.36679880 .00000080 00000 0 27427-4 0 7879
2 40967 64.7787 321.9831 0192979 182.0413 177.9928 14.75979661117287
Keplerian bulletins are transmitted twice weekly from W1AW. The
next scheduled transmission of these data will be Friday, August 30,
2019, at 2230z on Baudot and BPSK31.
NNNN
/EX
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