SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1425
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No.
1425
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1425
BID:
$OPDX.1425
August 5, 2019
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by
BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent from Strongsville,
Ohio
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio
DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR
Cluster
Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, W2VU, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The
Daily DX, WB6RSE,
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Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net,
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Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, OZ6OM
& 50 MHz DX News, PD3H,
RN3RQ, RW6HS , Sixitalia Weekly and VA3RJ &
ICPO for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT:
According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 28th-July,
through Sunday, 4th-August there were 209
countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R,
5T, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J,
9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4,
A6, A7, A9, BV, BY, C3, C5, CE, CE0Y,
CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY9,
D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA,
EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES,
EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO,
FO/a, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW,
HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL,
HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT,
JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL,
KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH,
OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX,
OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ,
S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP,
ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T33, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI,
TK, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA,
UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK,
VK9L, VK9X, VP2M, VP2V,
VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YJ, YL, YN,
YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6,
Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE:
The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or
more likely a
"BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work
First Worry
Later".
3W9, VIETNAM. Jacek, SP5APW, and his wife are planning to visit
Dao Co
To (AS-132) between the end of September and the start of October. He
is
plans to be active as 3W9KJ (callsign pending). Activity will be
mainly
FT8/FT4 possibly on 40/30 meters with some SSB (if conditions allow)
using
100 watts into a wire QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the
Bureau,
LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS.
3Y0I BOUVET ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS
(Video). 3Y0I Team member Mietek,
SP3CMX, has put together a 27:19 video on
the team's first attempt to
go to the island called “The Road To Bouvet”.
They say “Buckle up” to
viewn it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q39AMAhciuk
8Q,
MALDIVES (Reminder/Update). Gil, IZ2DLV, will once again be active
from as
8Q7GB Nika Island in the Maldives between August 4-18th. Activity
will be
holiday style on 40/30/20/17/15 meters using CW, SSB and FT8.
QSL via LoTW or
ClubLog.
9G, GHANA. Chip, KB1QU, will be active as 9G5QU between
September 8-21st.
Activity will be on 40/30/20 meters using CW, FT8 and FT4.
QSL via N4GNR
direct.
A8, LIBERIA (Update/Confirmed Dates). The
Italian DXpedition Team will
be active from Liberia between September 28th
and October 11th. They plan
to use two callsigns: A82X for CW, SSB and RTTY;
A82Z for FT8 only. The
11 operators mentioned are Silvano/I2YSB,
Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR,
Marcello/IK2DIA, Stefano/IK2HKT, Alfeo/I1HJT,
Franco/I1FQH, Tony/I2PJA,
Gino/IK2RZP, Alberto/IZ2XAF and Mac/JA3USA.
Activity will be on 160-10
meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Suggested
frequencies are:
CW - 1826, 3530, 7025, 10115, 14030, 18068, 21030, 24890
and 28030 kHz
SSB - 3775, 7090, 14240, 18130, 21310, 24950 and 28470
kHz
RTTY - 14084 kHz
FT8 - 1843, 3585, 7056, 10131, 14080, 18095,
21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz
For JA STATIONS ONLY -- FT8 on 160m use normal
mode; TX frq 1845 kHz and
RX frq is 1908 kHz
They are planning to
use 5 stations with maximum flexibility. QSL via
OQRS (http://win.i2ysb.com/logonline/). QSL
via I2YSB direct only or LoTW
after the operation. They will also be using a
"Real-Time Online Logging"
(internet permitting), including their FT8
activity as A82Z. For more details,
updates, and a survey on bands/needs,
see: http://www.i2ysb.com/idt
C21, NAURU.
Operators Yuris/YL2GM, Jack/YL2KA, Kaspars/YL1ZF and Kristers/
YL3JA will be
active as C21W from Nauru (OC-031) after their Western
Kiribati operation
(see T30 below) between September 16-25th. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters,
possibly 60m, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. The
suggested frequencies will be
published later. Split operation will
always be used: QSX CW up 2 (160m down
2, JA 1810-1820); and QSX SSB/RTTY
up 5. QSL via YL2GN direct or ClubLog (for
direct or by the Bureau) for
paper QSLs. Full LoTW upload will be done 6
months after the end of the
DXPedition. For more details and updates,
see:
http://www.lral.lv/c21w_t30l/index.html
Please
do not send log correction requests. Corrections will not be
provided. All
individual supporters 20 USDs+ will receive direct QSL.
Please do not send
your QSL to them via Bureau - they are not required.
CQ NEWS (Press
Release, date July 30th). "Dhruv Rebba, KC9ZJX, Named 2019
Newsline Young Ham
of the Year" -- Dhruv Rebba, KC9ZJX, of Normal, Illinois,
has been selected
as the "2019 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur
Radio Newsline Young Ham
of the Year". Dhruv, 15, is the son of Hari Rebba,
VU2SPZ, and Shailaja
Panyam. He is entering his sophomore year at the Normal
Community High School
this fall. He is a member of the Central Illinois
Radio Club. Dhruv earned
his Technician Class license in 2013 when he was
only 9 years old. He
followed it up by passing the test for a General Class
license a year later.
Dhruv says his interest in amateur radio was sparked
by a 2013 visit to the
Dayton Hamvention(R) with his father, a long-time
amateur radio operator from
India who settled in the U.S.....
Read the complete press release at: http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com
Also read the ARRL press release at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/dhruv-rebba-kc9zjx-is-2019-newsline-young-ham-of-the-year
CR3/CT9,
MADEIRA ISLANDS. Operators Gerd/DF9TS, Detlef/DK3QZ,
Michael/DK6QW,
Marcus/DL1EKC, Kai/DL3HAH and Andreas/DL3YM will be active as
CR3W from
Santana, Madeira Island (AF-014), during the Worked All Europe DX
CW
Contest (WAEDC) (August 10-11th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL CR3W
via
DL5AXX, OQRS (see QRZ.com) or LoTW. Look for operators to be active
out-
side of the contest as CT9/homecall usually on 160-10 meters using
CW,
SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home callsigns.
CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND.
After a small delay, the CY9C team is now active
until August 8th. Activity
is on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, FT8 in
DXpedition mode, EME, and on various
Satellites. QSLs will be available:
ClubLog, LoTW, direct via WA4DAN. PLEASE
NOTE: No Bureau or No IRCs. For
more details and updates, watch: http://cy9c.com
DXCC'S MOST WANTED (ClubLog).
The "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list has
been updated on ClubLog as of July
29th. The list contains 340 entities.
The following are the top 10
entities:
1. P5 DPRK (North Korea) 6. BV9P Pratas
Island
2. 3Y/B Bouvet Island 7. KH7K Kure Island
3. FT5/W Crozet Island 8. KH3 Johnston Island
4. BS7H
Scarborough Reef 9. FT5/X Kerguelen Island
5. CE0X San Felix
Islands 10. 3Y/P Peter 1 Island
No changes
this month. The complete "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list
is available
at: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php
DXCC
NEWS. The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit:
CY9C
-- St. Paul Island; 2019 operation
T6AA and T6A -- Afghanistan; 2019
operations
H4, SOLOMON ISLANDS. Operators Michael/DL2GMI and
Bernhard/DL2GAC will
be active as H44MI and H44MS, respectively from Malaita
Island (OC-047)
between August 23rd and September 2nd. Activity will be on
80/40/20/15/
10/6 meters using SSB, RTTY and FT8 (normal mode or F/H-Mode
according
to the activity). QSL via their home callsign, by the Bureau,
direct or
LoTW. Maybe a OQRS later.
IOTA NEWS..............
AS-025. Operators Valdimir/RV1CC and Yuri/RM0F will be active as
RV1CC/0 and RM0F/P, respectively, from Iturup Island beginning
August 15th. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via
details
on QRZ.com.
AS-063/ (Update) The RQ73QQ operation (AS-152) has been
cancelled due
AS-152. to security reasons (many polar bears on the island
now and
bad weather for a small boat). The R63RRC operation
(AS-063)
has made about 10K QSO; 1100 in the RSGB IOTA
Contest.
AS-206. Take, JA8COE, will be active as JA8COE/0 from Sado
Island
between September 22-24th. Activity will be on various
HF
bands using CW, SSB and FT8. The focus will be on EU
and
low power NA stations. QSL via his home callsign or
ClubLog's
OQRS. For updates, watch his Blog at:
https://blog.goo.ne.jp/takaja8coe
AS-206. Kenji, JA4GXS, will be active as JA4GXS/0 from Sado
Island,
in the Honshu's Coastal Islands East IOTA Group,
between
October 26-28th. Activity will be on 20/17 meters using
CW
and FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the
Bureau.
AS-206. Ichy, JH7IPR, will be active as JH7IPR/7 from Oshima
Island
"before noon" (JST time), August 9th, and "around noon"
(JST
time) on August 10th. Activity will be focused on 40/20
meters
using FT8 with some CW. He states, "However, if 6m
opens,
will work on 6m. Will be active on CW accordingly.
Depends
on the situation, I might extend one more day." QSL via
the
Bureau; ClubLog will be available once the system accepts
the
log upload (It seems to have 30 day rules for the
newly
validated IOTA#).
EU-112. Operators Thor/DK7RD,
Paul/G4PVM and Col/MM0NDX are planning
to activate Europe's 5th
most wanted IOTA, Shiant Isles, as
MS0INT between August 23-25th.
Activity will be on various HF
bands using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL
via M0SDV.
EU-191. Operators Da/YO3GA, Mircea/YO4GKP, Alina/YO9RYJ,
Petrica/YO9RIJ
and possibly others will be active as YP0F from
Fericirii Island
between August 27th-September 1st. Activity will
be on 160-10
meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via
YO9RIJ.
NA-008. (Zone 2) VY0ERC is once again active from the Eureka
Weather
station and the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the
most
northerly located amateur radio club in the world] from
Eureka,
Nunavut, on the air until August 20th. A list of the
operating
team was not provided. The suggested bands are 40 and 20
meters
(possibly 80m), as well as FM satellites (from ER60,
EQ79)
using SSB, the Digital modes and very slow CW. Activity
will
be limited to his spare time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or
direct.
NA-176. Pierre, VE2GT, is planning a one day operation from
Île du
Havre, and will be active as VE2GT/150 between
1330-1530z
on September 1st. Activity will be on various HF bands;
pro-
bably on IOTA frequencies. Track Pierre's progress on APRS
at:
https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FVE2GT-5&timerange=3600&tail=3600
NA-210. (Update) Members of the Russian Robinson Club are planning
to
activate Sledge Island as KL7RRC/P between August 27th
and
September 2nd. Operators mentioned are are planning
to
activate Sledge Island as KL7RRC/P. Operators mentioned
are
Mike/AD5A, Yuri/UA9OBA and Yuri/N3QQ. Activity will be on
40-6
meters using CW, SSB and FT8, with possibly 2-3 stations.
FT8
will be on 24/7 as a beacon on two bands F/H mode. QSL
via
N7RO or ClubLog (will be uploaded after the expedition).
A
Web page is now available at: https://www.na-234.com
NA-211.
Operators Yuri/N3QQ, Cezar/VE3LYC, Sandro/VE7NY and Adrian/
KO8SCA
will be active as K7TRI from the rare IOTA Tillamook
Rock between
September 6-9th. This IOTA is in demand by almost
94% of IOTA
members, and has been on the air only once in 21
years. Activity
will be on 40-17 meters using CW and SSB.
This is a very expensive
and challenging project, and they
are actively looking for
possible support from IOTA chasers
and DXers at large. All donors
will be promptly acknowledged
on their Web site at: http://k7tri.weebly.com
QSL via
VE3LYC, direct or by the Bureau. The preferred method
is ClubLog
(for direct or by the Bureau).
SA-100. (Update) The current list of
operators of Diego/CA1DBD, Fer-
nando/CA1FCS, Juan/CE1DN,
Sergio/CE3WW, Zoli/HA1AG, Nando/
IT9YRE, Carlo/XQ1CR,
Claudio/XQ1FM and Danilo/XQ4CW, will be
active as 3G1DX from
Pajaros Rocks for 3 days sometime around
October 18-23rd (plan is
October 18-20th). This will depend
on the swells around the
island. They plan to work hard during
the day hours, but they are
not sure during the evening hours
due to the high tides. Activity
will be mainly SSB and CW,
using two stations. Pilot station is
Alfio/IT9EJW. QSL via
IT9YRE - OQRS preferred . For more details
and updates, see:
http://www.it9yre.it/3g1dx
PLEASE NOTE: It is very hard and dangerous to land on the Rock
so
please absolutely do not dupe the QSO ! ! !
Restructuring of
AS-117/AS-206. On the IOTA Web page (iota-world.org),
Roger, G3KMA, on July
30th, posted the following: Islands previously
listed as qualifying for
AS-117 that now fall within the co-ordinates
box of the new group AS-206,
Honshu’s Coastal Islands East, have now
been transferred and are listed
appropriately both in the application
database scroll-down list and in the
IOTA Directory online. Following
several activations from AS-206 in the
last few weeks with most already
accepted for credit, the group number is
now confirmed. Record-holders
with credits for AS-117 that commence with
prefixes JA0, 1, 2 and 7,
will have their credits reviewed for transfer to
AS-206. All chasers
who logged into the IOTA system at least once during
the last two years
will be automatically informed by a credit
re-allocation. This will
alert them to the need to find a replacement card
or QSO match for
AS-117 with a prefix JA3, 4 or 9 to regain credit. Other
record-holders
for whom Management no longer retains an email address will
have any
necessary transfer made automatically. The intention is to
transfer
all credits to the correct IOTA group within a few weeks. As this
is
quite a big job, patience is requested.
PLEASE NOTE: Since the
Webmasters of the new (www.iota-world.org) have
decided NOT
to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA
operations, PLEASE
send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX,
and we will post it here
in an upcoming bulletin......
KH4, MIDWAY ISLAND. Ron, KH6DV, from
Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, announced on
July 31st, that a KH6VV/KH4 DXpedition will
take place during the second
half of February 2020. He states on QRZ.com,
"Midway Atoll is #14 on the
ClubLog most wanted list and has not been active
for some time. The air-
craft used for the logistics flights has been
downsized and visitors are
no longer allowed to fly to the island. Operators
interested in joining
the expedition should be prepared to undertake a 6.75
day ocean voyage.
The vessel DXpedition veteran the 'A/S Machias' can be seen
on my KH6DV
QRZ.com page. The vessel will provide all power (2 x 27KW
generators) and
air conditioned sleeping, operating and galley areas.
For operators who would like to join the expedition, please send me an
email.
Anyone with FT-8 F&H experience from the expedition side please
state so.
What we need: About 11 operators. Someone with experience in
contacting DX
clubs to solicit donations. Donations are being accepted
at the expedition
PayPal account (KH6VV@outlook.com). Make
sure you note
your callsign so we can add you to the express LoTW list." QSL
KH6VV/KH4
ONLY via ClubLog's OQRS.
ADDED UPDATES (FROM DX-WORLD.NET) by
Ron, KH6DV:
* August 2nd -- "Upon further review by the DXCC desk we will
be moving
the equipment and operators to land. As I said whatever it takes
to
count. We won't be going to these efforts to not count. All will be
documented."
* August 3rd -- "We have a list of 10 well experienced
expedition
operators on the high interest list which is 1-2 fewer then we
need.
These were received in the first day and a half after the
announcement.
My hope is that now that we are into the weekend people will
have time
to consider making the trip. I believe one of the problems is
that so
many have been there on the last expedition 10 years ago and are
looking
for new places to go rather then a return to somewhere they have
been.
We will let this run till about August 15th at which time we need
to
make the decision to proceed or delay till later in the
year."
OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). The "new" OPDX Mailing List
is back up
and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the
bottom of
this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de
Tedd KB8NW
PA75, THE NETHERLANDS. Look for special event station PA75OMG
to be active
between September 12-22st. Activity is to commemorate and
celebrate the
anniversary of freedom. As part of Operation Market Garden(OMG)
in World
War II, paratroopers of the allied forces, such as American,
British,
Canadian, Polish and Dutch troops, landed in the Nijmegen region on
Sep-
tember the 17th, 1944, and the region would soon be liberated after
four
years of German occupation. During the 10 days of activity, they will
try
to work as many amateur radio operators across the world as possible. QSL
via the infon on QRZ.com. For more details and pictures, see:
https://pa75omg.nl
PROPAGATION
FORECAST/REPORT (August 5-11th).......
Aug/05th HN Aug/08th AN
Aug/10th AN
Aug/06th HN Aug/09th AN Aug/11th AN
Aug/07th
AN
SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
======================================================
NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
----------------- ------ -------- ------
AN - Above
Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7
HN - High Normal
Unsettled K=2 8-15
LN - Low Normal Active
K=3 16-29
BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4
30-49
DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99
VRY
DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400
Meanwhile,
check out the following Web sites for propagation:
* VOACAP predication
Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf
and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html
* DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation
* A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm
* SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net
* Radio
Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information
at:
http://sunspotwatch.com
* Monthly
propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas
locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation
*
Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us
* Graphic propagation tool by
DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation
* Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html
* Realtime propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk
* Also on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm
QSL
INFO AND NEWS...................
QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
** Next QSL Infos on Sunday, August 18, 2019
(e) eQSL only (d) direct
only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau
(O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only
(L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed
(I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No
Bureau
LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK......
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/CY9C
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/OJ0DX
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/OJ9A
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/TO5M
OZ/DL3DW via DL3DW. Activity during the RSGB IOTA Contest from Falster
Island (EU-029).
QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 1A0C, 7X2TT, C5DL, C6ADX,
CE3TL, EA5WO, EW7BA,
F8DBF, HA7TM, HB0WR, HZ1SK, J69DS, KN0E/KH3, OJ0DX,
OZ1TMK, RA4HL,
S21SM, T2AR, UA2K, UN7LZ, VE4VT, VE4WQ, YB8OUN, YJ0GA and
YO3JR
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: AO50MOON, 5W0H, DU1UD/8 (OC-105), E77E,
GU3HFN,
K7Y (NA-250), LZ1NP, S9A, VK6MAV/6 (OC-211), VK6MAV/6 (OC-183) and
ZB2FK
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4E1CVB/4 (OC-202), 4S7KKG, 5W0DXA,
5X2B,
6Y1M, 8Q7PW, 9M4DXX, 9Q0HQ, A35EU, A52ZB, CP8MW, E51JHQ, HC5F,
HC5M,
HZ1FI, JD1BPH, JG8NQJ/JD1, KC4/N2TA, KH2F, PJ4P, RI0BC (AS-042),
RI1OB
(EU-133), T31EU, T6/IZ1CCK, TK/DB4BJ, UK/R1ZY, V31FO, VC7J
(NA-036),
VC7X (NA-036), XV9YM, YE4/DL3KZA (OC-144), Z66X, ZA/DF8AN and
ZA/DK8FA
--- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF..
etc)
to send in their info....
SV/A, MT. ATHOS (Monk Iakovos,
SV2RSG, Mount Athos News). The following is
a letter written by Monk Iakovos,
SV2RSG, and was provided by
Theodore Giamtsidis, SV1GRM:
Dear Radio
Amateur friends,
I am Monk Iakovos from the Holy Monastery of
Koutloumousiou of Mount
Athos, bearing the distinct amateur radio call sign
SV2RSG. I hereby take
the liberty to contact you and write in the
circumstances of what has been
circulated as sporadic rumors regarding Mount
Athos, Monk Apollo and me
in conjunction to the issue of ham radio activities
(radio amateur).
My sole purpose and intention is to provide clarification,
based on
actual facts and figures, in restoration of the truth. Regarding my
eligi-
bility as a radio amateur and solid proof of it, there are the
relevant
official records in the competent state service offices in
Thessaloniki
but also in the pertinent Ministry in Athens, for anyone
interested in
accessing, verifying, learning more, as well as relevant
accompanying
photographic material that has come under exposure to public eye
at various
given time periods.
Concerning the subject of a radio amateur
license held by the passed
Monk Apollo (SV2ASP), whether licensed by the Holy
Community (Greek Hiera
Koenotes) of Mount Athos for Amateur Radio
Broadcasting, I would like to
clarify the following: The Holy Community has
never shown any sign of
interest in this issue, until as recently as only 4
years ago.
The only permission granted to the late blessed Monk Apollo was
for
radio warning communications (regarding natural as well as other
serious
environmental hazards and disasters), in order to provide wider
relative
information on local and near periphery level and thus triggering
response
and support on combating, restricting and mitigating these
disasters. On
the other hand, it was exactly the outbreak of a ravaging
wildfire on Mount
Athos with terrible catastrophic effects that provided the
motive for a
more positive disposition towards mentioned ham radio
activity.
However, there has never actually been a permit for ham radio
amateur
contests or daily ham radio activities, nor has it been any concern
in the
interests of the Holy Community to deal with this issue, since the
Holy
Community had at the time and still has much more serious and
important
issues of actual substance to resolve and deal with than those
pertinent
to a solitary Monk in his individual activity.
I say
“individual activity” because the Monastery to which Monk Apollo
belonged had
not requested for such actions, and had not put forth an
official Monastic
request as such. This was also further demonstrated by
the total ignorance of
the Holy Community about the actions of Monk Apollo
but also with their
absence of knowledge regarding the definition, prin-
ciples, purpose, and
key-functions of Amateur Radio.
This fact alone is a response to those who
invoke issues of licenses
and concessions. This is also the reason why Monk
Apollo did broadcast
with Thessaloniki as signal mark location and “/A” mark
location on Mount
Athos, precisely because the base and station of
transmission had to be
lawfully seated in Thessaloniki and not on Mount
Athos.
Having thus no serious and formal information provided on the
subject
from those who were directly involved and concerned, the Holy
Community
considered the use and action of Ham Radio as a notion opposing
tradition
and unrelated to Monasticism and its own tradition.
This at
the exact very same time when Mount Athos is overwhelmed and
flooded with
constant use of Internet, YouTube, email, social media,
mobile phone
applications and every other wireless and recent technological
invention
services.
Although people nowadays do say “mobile” and they mean “cellular
phone”
the intended proper term to actually use is “radio” (frequency
telecommuni-
cations). I tried with all my kind disposition and due respect
to explain,
clarify and inform the Holy Epistasia – the Holy Supervisory
Committee of
the Community (Greek Hiera Epistasia) – on the issue of
“Ham/Amateur Radio”,
at the time when the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou
sent me as a member
of their delegation regarding the Monastic request of a
ham radio station
installation.
The Koutloumousiou delegation consisted
of Monk Iakovos (SV2RSG), as the
representative of the Holy Monastery, the
Monk driver and one more Monk,
all present during our presentation and
attending the whole hearing process
of the Monastic request. Representatives
of the Holy Epistasia of the Holy
Community of Mount Athos were the Holy
Protepistate and other two Monastery
Epistates (Supervisors). Immediately, it
became obviously clear that the
Holy Protepistate and the Monastery Epistates
had, plausibly, no previous
or current knowledge of what Ham Radio is in
general, its advantages and
how it works. In spite of my personal attempt to
explain in detail, fill
in any gaps or answer eventual queries, unfortunately
no one was finally
convinced of the use and usefulness of traditional amateur
radio, not
because they were not convinced based on reasoning and
argumentation, but
because there was lack of disposition towards dealing with
the subject.
On the contrary, in reply to our presentation, I was met with
many
negative comments and criticism about Monk Apollo and his ham
radio
activities that I would not ever disclose for the sake of respect
and
esteem for the late brother Monk Apollo. On many occasions I have
even
received rebukes, insults and slander from friends of Monk Apollo
and
other Ham Radio amateurs, mostly anonymous..
Mentioned above was
certainly not with any intention to put blame or
accusation on anyone at all,
I just need to attribute the truth to the
events and actual facts that
happened between people we are struggling
together with in our weaknesses,
passions and selfishness, during our
common spiritual struggle and
objectives. However, nowadays that we are
going through a time period of
total radio silence and relevant activity
in Mount Athos, this due to
plausible ignorance and partial lack of
interest in such ham radio activities
on the part of the Holy Community
(because of so many other more important
and pressing issues demanding
our attention) we do have the opportunity to
make an appeal.
With the status of a Holy Mount Athos Monk and as a Radio
Amateur at
the same time, I invite and urge you and all those who love Mount
Athos
and the tradition of Amateur Radio to join our hearts and voices in
sending
letters or emails of support in spirit of respect to the Holy
Community,
and pray and request for: Its reconsideration on the issue and –
granting
their kind permission to install radio communications station(s),
not to
any individual Monks, but to any of the Holy Monasteries that do wish
to
install and operate such an installation (after decision of the
Monasteries’
‘Committee’ and the ‘Council of Elders’) by designating /
appointing a
Monk Radio Operator responsible for its proper function, under
the stand-
ards and guidelines of well-established international and domestic
tele-
communication rules and regulations. Glory be to God and our Lord
Saviour
Jesus Christ for all things! In spirit of Jesus Christ’s love for
all.
Monk Iakovos Koutloumousianos, SV2RSG
T30, WESTERN KIRIBATI.
Operators Yuris/YL2GM, Jack/YL2KA, Kaspars/YL1ZF
and Kristers/YL3JA will be
active as T30L from Western Kiribati (OC-017)
before their Nauru operation
(see C2 above) between September 6-15th.
Activity will be on 160-6 meters,
possibly 60m, using CW, SSB, RTTY and
FT8. Suggested frequencies will be
published later. Split operation will
always be used: QSX CW up 2 (160m down
2, JA 1810-1820); and QSX SSB/RTTY
up 5. QSL via YL2GN direct or ClubLog (for
direct or by the Bureau) for
paper QSLs. Full LoTW upload will be done 6
months after the end of the
DXPedition. For more details and updates,
see:
http://www.lral.lv/c21w_t30l/index.html
Please
do not send log correction requests. Corrections will not be
provided. All
individual supporters 20 USDs+ will receive direct QSL.
Please do not send
your QSL to them via Bureau - they are not required.
T45, CUBA (LH Op)
Members of the DX Punta Maya Group will be active as
T45FM from the Punta
Maya Lighthouse (NA-105, ILLW CU-032, ARLHS CU-005)
between August 15-19th.
Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB
and the Digital modes. An
emphasis will be on the International Light-
house/Lightship Weekend (ILLW).
Operators of this special station will
be CO2DSE, CO5MK, CO5AY, CO5NS, CO5JK
CO2ROD, CO5LB, CO5DOR, CO5SD,
CO5FR, CL5HMB and CO5HCM/W4HCM. QSL via RW6HS
V2, ANTIGUA. Bud, AA3B, will once again be active as V26K from
Antigua
(NA-100) between September 8-20th. Activity will be sporadic because
he
is doing maintenance on the station but will be primarily CW on
various
HF bands. QSL via LoTW or via AA3B, direct or by the Bureau. An
OQRS
will be available via ClubLog.
V6, MICRONESIA. Al, K7AR, will be
active as V63AR from the South Park
Hotel on Pohnpei Island (OC-010) between
November 18-26th. Activity will
be on various HF bands with a focus on
160/80m and including the CQWW
DX CW Contest (November 23-24th). QSL via his
callsign. PLEASE NOTE:
This callsign was used once before in 2015 (QSL via
JH2BNL).
VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND (Reminder). By the time you read this,
Rick, AI5P,
should be active as VK9APX from Lord Howe Island (OC-004) until
August
10th. Activity will be on 40-17 meters using CW and FT8. QSL via
AI5P,
direct or by the Bureau. No LoTW, eQSL or ClubLog.
VK9L, LORD
HOWE ISLAND. Michael, DF8AN, will be active as VK9LQ from Lord
Howe Island
(OC-004) between November 21-27th. Activity will be on 160-6
meters using CW,
RTTY, FT8 and other Digital modes. Michael states that
he "will work in FT8
DXPedition mode only if too many callers", but he
will mainly not work in
DXPedition mode. Also, check the regular FT8
frequencies, and if too many
callers, he will QSY to 14090, 7045 or 10142
in the DXPedition mode. QSL via
DF8AN, direct, by the Bureau or eQSL.
NO ClubLog, OQRS or
LoTW.
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