The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1426
BID:
$OPDX.1426
August 12, 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, WV2B, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The
Daily DX, K8GI,
K8YC, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG &
The DX News Letter,
DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, EA5GL, F5NQL,
F6AJA & Les Nouvelles
DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, JL1UTS, OZ6OM
& 50 MHz DX News, 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, 4th/August, through Sunday,
11th/August there were 201
countries active. Countries available: 3B8, 3D2,
3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O,
4S, 4X, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G,
9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2,
9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3,
C5, C9, CE, CE0Y,
CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY9, DL, DU, E4,
E5/n, E5/s, E6,
E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EY, F, FG,
FK, FM, FO,
FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH,
HI, HK,
HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J6, JA, JT, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL,
KP2,
KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ,
P4,
PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV,
SV5,
SV9, T30, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK,
UN,
UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V8, VE, VK, VK9L, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VR,
VU,
XE, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, 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".
3W, VIETNAM. Yosuke, JJ1DQR, will be active as 3W9QR
from Da Nang between
October 23rd and November 1st. Activity will be on 40-6
meters using
mainly SSB. He will also participate in the CQWW DX SSB Contest
(October
26-27th). QSL via JJ1DQR, by the Bureau or direct.
5E,
MOROCCO. Royal Amateur Radio Association of Morocco (ARRAM) is now
active
using the special event callsign 5E6A for their National Celebration
until
September 29th. QSL via EA7FTR direct.
5H, TANZANIA. Maurizio, IK2GZU,
will once again return to the "Mission
Ilembula" to do some work at the new
hospital and orphanage between
September 25th and October 28th. He plans to
be active during his spare
time as 5H3MB on various HF bands. Maurizio will
use his FT-100 and the
mission's TS-850 into a tri-band 3 element beam
(20/15/10m) fixed on
Europe and a vertical or dipole for the other bands. QSL
via IK2GZU,
direct or by the Bureau. Also, QSL via LoTW (after his return
home) and
eQSL. For more details, updates and an online log, visit his Web
pages
at: http://www.buffoli-pm.it/5h/Tanzania%202011.htm
http://www.buffoli-pm.it/5h/qsl%20request.htm
CR2/CT8,
AZORES. Wolf, OE2VEL, will be active as CR2L from the CU4DX DX
station on
Graciosa Island (EU-175) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October
26-27th) as
a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via OE2GEN or LoTW. Before
the contest Wolf
will be active as CT8/OE2VEL.
CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND. The CY9C team is now
QRT and the OQRS is activated
(link is on their Web page). The CY9C team made
25k QSOs. Just a reminder,
QSLs are available: ClubLog, LoTW, direct via
WA4DAN. PLEASE NOTE: No
Bureau or No IRCs. For more details and updates,
watch: http://cy9c.com
GB60, VARIOUS
LOCATIONS (DXCC Entites)[Special Event]. Members of the
British Amateur Radio
Teledata Group (BARTG) will be active as GB60ATG
until June 2020. The BARTG
is celebrating their 60th Year Diamond Jubilee
anniversary with this
callsign. Special Awards are available for contacts
with GB60ATG using any
Data Mode. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS (Bureau cards ONLY
via OQRS). More
information can be found on the BARTG Web site at:
http://bartg.org.uk/wp/bartg-diamond-jubilee-award
PLEASE
NOTE: The GB60ATG callsign will be active from several parts of
the UK during
the year of operation. The country of operation at any time
will be shown on
the schedule page of the BARTG Web site at:
http://bartg.org.uk/wp/gb60atg-schedule
H9,
PANAMA. Members of the Panama Digital Group and the Radio Association
of the
Panama Canal will be active as H92L during the
International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW) between 000z, August 17th,
and 2400z,
August 18th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters, including 60m,
using CW,
SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via HP1AVS.
INDEXA NEWS (Summer
Newsletter). The Summer 2019 Issue of the INDEXA
Newsletter is now available.
This issue features the reports on"
* The Kanton Island, Central Kiribati
T31EU-- “QRV from a scrap heap”
* CE0Y/NP4G--A Father and Son
DXpedition
* Zorro Miyazawa, JH1AJT, chosen Honorary Advisor to Bhutan
Olympic
Committee
* Introducing a new video presentation about
INDEXA
* A message from INDEXA President Bob Schenck, N2OO
The
newsletter can be downloaded at:
ENG - http://www.indexa.org/documents/newsletters/Newsletter-Issue-126-Summer%202019.pdf
SPAN - http://www.indexa.org/documents/newsletters/Newsletter-Issue-126-Summer%202019(ES).pdf
IOTA
NEWS..............
AS-025. (Update) Operators Valdimir/RV1CC and Yuri/RM0F
will be active
as RV1CC/0 and RM0F/P, respectively, from Iturup
Island between
August 15-22nd. Activity will be on various HF
bands. QSL via
details on QRZ.com.
AS-200. Operators
Take/JI3DST and Masa/JR8YLY will be active as JI3DST/5
and
JR8YLY/5 from Shodo Island between September 20-25th.
Activity
will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8.
QSL via their
home callsigns.
AS-206. Operators Take/JI3DST and Masa/JR8YLY will be
active as JI3DST/0
and JR8YLY/0 from Sado Island between September
6-11th. Activity
will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and
FT8. QSL via
their home callsigns.
AS-083. Mike, RA1ALA,
is hoping to activate Shokalskogo Island (RR-06-05)
as RA1ALA/8
sometime around August 20th. Plans are to be on the
Arctic
research vessel "Kartesh" come August 9th for several
days and
then take a MI-8 helicopter to the island. It takes
special
permission to visit this island as it is part of the
Gdansk Nature
Reserve - the state nature reserve in the Tazovsky
District of the
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. No
other details were
provided.
EU-052. Michele, IW7EGQ, will be active as SV8/IW7EGQ from
Zakinthos
(Zante), Greece, between August 20-28th. Also valid for
Lighthouse LOTA GRE017. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS.
NA-082/
DX-World.net reports [edited], "A group of operators plan on
NA-089.
activating Cat Island (NA-082) as N5C, and Isle Au Pitre (NA-089)
as K5P between October 4-6th. The plan is activate both islands
simultaneously. The operators include Louis/W5GAI, Mike/AD5A,
Dragan/K0AP, Oscar/N5LN, Jose/AD6D, Mike/AB5EB and possibly
others. QSL will be via K0AP for both operations.
NA-176. (Update)
Pierre, VE2GT, is planning a one day operation from
Île du Havre,
and will be active as VE2GT/150 between 1330-1530z
(+/- delay of
boat) on September 1st. Activity will be on
various HF bands;
probably on IOTA frequencies. QSL via EA5GL.
Track Pierre's
progress on APRS at:
https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FVE2GT-5&timerange=3600&tail=3600
NA-187. Rick, K6VVA, is planning to activate White Rock sometime
between September 15th and October 15th, but this depends on
the
weather. There are restrictions involved with this acti-
vation –
no generators and no gasoline is allowed on White
Rock. This means
low power battery operation and local day-
time only activity for
safety reasons. There is no recent
history of sea lions on White
Rock, but if one is encountered –
even if sighted on White Rock
before landing, everything will
be QRT. Look for more details and
a Web page to be forthcoming.
OC-171. Steve, VK3TTT, is active as
VK3TTT/4 from Magnetic Island during
some evenings. The length of
his stay is unknown. Activity is
on 40-20 meters using FT8 with
some SSB and slow CW with 100
watts.
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......
JD1/M, MINAMI TORI SHIMA. Kazu, JD1BNA
(ex-JK1FXI), will be active from
Marcus Island (OC-073), Minami Tori Shima,
between September 25-30th.
Activity will be on 160-17 meters using mainly CW,
with some SSB and
FT8. QSL via JL1UTS, direct only.
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
OA, PERU.
Daniel "JD", IK2SGL, and his XYL have moved to a location in the
Amazon
Forest, Peru. They are international volunteers in a world-wide
education
program which contacst and helps the indigenous people of the
region: the
Awajun people. JD is active as OA9DVK mostly on Mondays on
160-6 meters using
a Kenwood 480SAT and a Yaesu FT891 into an Inverted L
antenna for 160/80/40
meters and a 40/20 meters dipole. He has very little
time for radio, but he
enjoys contacting people all over the world and
practicing his Italian,
English, Spanish, Tagalog, Shipibo and now Awajun.
He adds, "The area 9 of
Peru is pretty rare. At the moment I have no news
of other hams active in the
area. So if you need this prefix, just look
for me aroung 2200 UTC on 20
meters. I also have a twitter channel where
I usually tweet when I am on air
if internet is available." He currently
does not have paper QSL cards, and
can only QSL via QRZ, LoTW or eQSL.
For more details, see his QRZ.com
page.
OY, FAROE ISLANDS. Alessandro, IZ1AZA, will be active as OY/IZ1AZA
from
the Faroe Islands between August 21-26th. Activity will be on 40-10
meters
using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, direct,
LoTW
or ClubLog's OQRS.
PA75, THE NETHERLANDS (Special Event). Look
for special event station
PA75LIMBURG to be on the air between September
12th, through March 3rd,
2020. Activity is to commemorate the liberation of
the most southern
area in the Netherlands, the Province of Limburg 75 years
ago. The station
will be on air on various bands and modes, but mainly HF and
SSB. For
more information, see: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/pa75limburg
PROPAGATION
FORECAST/REPORT (August 12-18th).......
Aug/12th AN Aug/15th AN
Aug/17th AN
Aug/13th AN Aug/16th AN Aug/18th AN
Aug/14th
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/C21W
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/T30L
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/TO9W
5C20FT via RW6HS. Special event station to celebrate the 20th anniversary
of the succession of King Mohammed VI Ben Al-Hassan.
LoTW UPDATE
(Satellites Added). The ARRL updated LoTW to include BO-102,
NO-103, and
NO-104 the morning of August 5th.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 1A0C, 5T5PA,
8Q7SU, HC7AE and MJ/OK1NP
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: GU8FBO, K7Y (NA-250),
LX1JX, R3RRC/6 (EU-180),
T2AR and VK5MAV/6 (OC-211)
QSLS RECEIVED
VIA THE BUREAU: 3B8XF, 3D2PM, 4W6VA, 5Z4/DJ6TF, 7P8VA,
9H3YY, AG2J
(NA-111), C5DL, E51HMK, EP4MMM, FS/W9ILY, HP1AC, HP1DCP,
HP1RIS, HP500OP,
J68GD, J68GU, NH6JC, OH0Z, PJ2/W9VA, PJ4/NT5V, PJ4R,
PJ5/N6YEU, T32AZ,
TO2BC, V31CQ, V31DJ, V31VP, V47KA, VP2MEW, VP5/K0PC,
W1UE/HR9, W3FOX/M
(NA-139), Z25DX, Z68RBJ, Z81Z and ZF2BJ
--- We would like to see more QSL
Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
to send in their
info....
TO5, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON (Reminder). Operators Alex/DD5ZZ,
Georg/DJ6GI,
Martin/DM4IM and Chris/VO1IDX will be active as TO5M from Ile
aux Marins
(NA-032) between August 10-18th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters
using
CW, SSB, FT8 and possibly RTTY and Satellites. The team will use
mostly
vertical antennas, a Hexbeam for the highbands and beverage
receiving
antennas for the lowbands. QSL via LoTW and ClubLog. Their Web site
is
at: http://FP2019.net
PLEASE NOTE: The callsign TO5M
has been used once before for a Reunion
Island operation (QSL via
F6CXJ).
V3, BELIZE. James, NT5V, will be active as V31JW from Belize
between
October 5-12th. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via his
home
callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. Do NOT send cards to the
V31
Bureau.
VK, AUSTRALIA. Members of the Warrnambool Radio Amateurs
Group will be
active as VK3DX from Portland's Whalers Bluff Lighthouse during
the Inter-
national Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend between August
17-18th.
VP9, BERMUDA (Operators needed!). Operators Duane/WV2B and
Rob/AE4X are
planning a vacation style DXpedition to VP9-land in January 2020
and are
looking for another operator to come along. Licensing is very easy
for
U.S. operators of at least General Class, although they would welcome
an
op from Canada or other countries as well. Anyone interested may
contact
Rob or Duane via E-mail. Duane's E-mail is: wv2bduane@gmail.com
W2, UNITED
STATES (LH Op). Members of the Garden State Amateur Radio
Association (GSARA)
will activate W2GSA on Saturday, August 17th, from
approximately 1300-1700
UTC at the Sea Girt Lighthouse (US0036) in Sea
Girt, NJ, during the
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW).
Activity will be mainly on
40 and 20 meters SSB with possible CW. QSL
info will be provided on the W2GSA
QRZ.com page. They will only activate
the lighthouse for a few hours so
they'll do their best to extend the
operation a bit, but no guarantees! For
more information on the ILLW,
visit: https://illw.net
W3, UNITED STATES (Special
Event). Look for special event station W3HPM
to celebrate the 150th Birthday
of ARRL founder, Hiram Percy Maxim, between
August 31st and September 2nd,
1600-2200 UTC. Activity will be on CW and
SSB. Suggested SSB frequencies are:
14245, 7245 and 3850 kHz. For a special
event HPM QSL card, send (w/SASE) to:
Antietam Radio Association, PO BOX 52,
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0052. For more
details, see:
https://w3cwc.org/HPM_Event
ZY40/ZZ40,
BRAZIL. Mor, PT7ZT, will be celebrating 40 years of being an
amateur radio
operator by using the callsigns ZY40ZT in August and ZZ40ZT
in September. QSL
via PT7ZT direct only or
LoTW.
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Editor of the Ohio/Penn
DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern
Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
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