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Bulletin 43 ARLD043
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT October 31,
2019
To all radio amateurs
SB DX ARL ARLD043
ARLD043 DX
news
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided
by
IK2DUW, 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.
KENYA, 5Z. Andy, G3AB is QRV as 5Z4/G3AB from
Nairobi. Activity is
on 20 to 10 meters. QSL via LoTW.
SOMALIA, 6O.
Ali, EP3CQ is QRV as 6O1OO from Mogadishu until mid
November. Activity is in
his spare time on 80 to 6 meters using SSB
and FT8. QSL
direct.
RWANDA, 9X. Harald, DF2WO will be QRV as 9X2AW from Kigali
from
November 4 to 16. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW,
SSB,
RTTY and FT8. This may include being on 160 meters. QSL via
M0OXO.
CHILE, CE. Members of the Radio Club Melipulli are QRV as
XR7PNAA
from the Alerce Andino National Park until November 3. QSL
via
CE7RCM.
MOROCCO, CN. Special event station CN44MS is QRV from
Tan-Tan until
November 12 to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the Green
March.
QSL via RW6HS.
NEW CALEDONIA, FK. Tom, F4HPX will be QRV as
FK/F4HPX from Noumea,
IOTA OC-032, beginning November 3. Activity will be
holiday style
on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and FT4. This includes a
possible
visit to Ile des Pins, IOTA OC-033. QSL to home
call.
MARQUESAS ISLANDS, FO. A group of operators will be QRV as
TX7T
from Hiva Oa from November 6 to 18. Activity will be on the HF
bands
using CW, SSB and FT8 with three or four stations active. QSL
via
LoTW.
HUNGARY, HA. Laci, HA0HW is QRV with special event call
HG33EUDXF
during November in celebration of the 33rd anniversary of
the
European DX Foundation. QSL via operator's
instructions.
THAILAND, HS. Ralph, DL9MWG and Uli, DL1HUH will be QRV as
HS0ZOM
and HS0ZON, respectively, from November 3 to 6. QSL to home
calls.
ITALY, I. Members of the 4U1GSC Amateur Radio Club are QRV as
4U25B
until August 31, 2020 to mark the 25th anniversary of the
United
Nations Logistics Base in Brindisi. QSL via 9A2AA.
BULGARIA,
LZ. Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik are
QRV as LZ365BM
during November to honor the memory of Bulgarian
saints. QSL via
bureau.
BELGIUM, ON. Members of the Oost Kust Radioclub are QRV
with
special call OE75CLM until November 3 to celebrate the liberation
of
Knokke-Heist 75 years ago. QSL via ON6HC.
UKRAINE, UR. Look for
EM7KAA/p, UT1KY/p, UT7UA/p, UX2KA/p and
UY5BT/p to be QRV from the Kremenets
UFF Botanical Garden, UZFF-002,
on November 2 and 3. Activity will be on 160
to 10 meters using CW
and SSB. This includes being an entry in the Ukrainian
DX contest.
QSL via bureau.
VANUATU, YJ. Sergei, RZ3FW and Sergei,
R4WAA will be QRV as YJ0RRC
from Gaua Island, IOTA OC-104, from November 4 to
7. Activity will
be on 40, 30, 20 and 15 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and
FT8. QSL
direct to RZ3FW.
ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Steve, WB4GHY is
QRV as ZD8SC until November
11. Activity is in his spare time on 80 to 10
meters using CW, SSB
and FT4. QSL direct to WB4GHY.
THIS WEEKEND ON
THE RADIO. The ARRL Sweepstakes CW Contest, NCCC
RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint,
Silent Key Memorial CW Contest, Zombie
CW Shuffle, Ukrainian DX Contest, SA
Sprint SSB Contest, IPARC
Contest, EANET Sprint and the High Speed Club CW
Contest are all on
tap for this upcoming weekend.
The RSGB FT4 Contest
Series is scheduled for November 4.
The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is
scheduled for November 5.
The QRP 40-Meter CW Fox Hunt, UKEICC 80-Meter
CW Contest, CWops
Mini-CWT Test and Phone Fray are scheduled for November
6.
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 November QST, page
89, and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest
Web Sites for details.
NNNN
/EX
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin #1437.2
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1437.2
Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1437.2
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1437.2
BID: $OPDX.1437.2
October 29, 2019
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent From Strongsville, OH
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters
Network and W0GJ for the following DX information.
VP6R Pitcairn Island DXpedition Press Release (29th October)[edited].
VP6R Press Release 29 October 2019
We had a very successful night on 160M with over 500 contacts using
FT8 last night.
We have two more nights of operation on 160 & 80 meters before we must
take down our antennas. We will have 24 more hours of operation on
40-10M from our base location on Pitcairn.
Tonight (starting 0100Z 30 Oct) we will be on 160 & 80M CW.
The last night (starting 0100Z 31 Oct) we will be using FT8 on 160 &
80M. We will be on 1.836 MHz (or 1.832 if busy) until 0800Z. At 0800Z
we will be on 1.908 MHz until sunrise.
73, Glenn W0GJ
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President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)
Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1437.2
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October 29, 2019
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent From Strongsville, OH
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters
Network and W0GJ for the following DX information.
VP6R Pitcairn Island DXpedition Press Release (29th October)[edited].
VP6R Press Release 29 October 2019
We had a very successful night on 160M with over 500 contacts using
FT8 last night.
We have two more nights of operation on 160 & 80 meters before we must
take down our antennas. We will have 24 more hours of operation on
40-10M from our base location on Pitcairn.
Tonight (starting 0100Z 30 Oct) we will be on 160 & 80M CW.
The last night (starting 0100Z 31 Oct) we will be using FT8 on 160 &
80M. We will be on 1.836 MHz (or 1.832 if busy) until 0800Z. At 0800Z
we will be on 1.908 MHz until sunrise.
73, Glenn W0GJ
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President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)
Monday, October 28, 2019
Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin #1437.1
SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1437.1
Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1437.1
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1437.1
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October 28, 2019
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent From Strongsville, OH
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters
Network and W0GJ for the following DX information.
VP6R Pitcairn Island DXpedition Press Release (28th October)[edited].
VP6R Press Release 28 October 2019
We just finished working in the CQWW SSB Contest and made about 8500
SSB contacts on 160-10M. We had a lot of fun giving out a rare multiplier!
Several worked us on all six bands. The VP6R team wants to thank everyone
for working us during the contest. We hope you had as much fun as we did
despite the challenging propagation conditions. We will now resume our
regular DXpedition operations.
We now almost 60,000 contacts in Club Log with 4-5 full days of operation
left.
We have had reports of several FT8 contacts not being uploaded to Club
Log. We carefully documented a long session of FT8 and noted the stations
that did not show up in ?Fox.log? window, the log that FT8 creates in the
Fox/Hound mode. We found about 1-2 ?missing? contacts per hour. There is
another text file that FT8 creates while running AND WE FOUND THE MISSING
CONTACTS. One of our team members has written a program to extract them
and add them to log database. The FT8 development team is now aware of
this issue and this will be addressed in future releases. Summary: IF you
have seen us send ?YOURCALL RR73?, you can rest assured you ARE in the log
and your contact WILL be uploaded to Club Log. Give us some time after we
go QRT to extract and add the missing contacts to our logs.
We will have one more night on 60M this date (Oct 28) starting at about
0400Z. We will be on 5.357 MHz with FT8 F/H mode.
We will NOT have any RTTY operation on this DXpedition. We will continue
to operate FT8 until we go QRT.
We have had several days of torrential rain with high winds. Some wind
gusts were recorded over 100 mph. We have had damaged antennas, which,
fortunately, have all been relatively easy to fix. The weather is starting
to improve, but we are also near the beginning of the rainy season. Today
we have had sunshine, then downpours, then sunshine. Repeat every 5 minutes.
We can attest to the fact that Pitcairn boasts of ?the world?s friendliest
mud.?
We have two operation sites. The remote old Radio Site where all of the
low band operation has taken place, will be dismantled after local sunrise
on October 31. The next morning, November 1, we will be totally QRT and
dismantle everything at our base location. Everything must be packed and
stored. Some of the equipment we have used needs to be loaded onto the
Braveheart for the South Orkney DXpedition. We depart Sunday, November 3,
on the Braveheart.
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President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)
Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1437.1
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1437.1
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October 28, 2019
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent From Strongsville, OH
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters
Network and W0GJ for the following DX information.
VP6R Pitcairn Island DXpedition Press Release (28th October)[edited].
VP6R Press Release 28 October 2019
We just finished working in the CQWW SSB Contest and made about 8500
SSB contacts on 160-10M. We had a lot of fun giving out a rare multiplier!
Several worked us on all six bands. The VP6R team wants to thank everyone
for working us during the contest. We hope you had as much fun as we did
despite the challenging propagation conditions. We will now resume our
regular DXpedition operations.
We now almost 60,000 contacts in Club Log with 4-5 full days of operation
left.
We have had reports of several FT8 contacts not being uploaded to Club
Log. We carefully documented a long session of FT8 and noted the stations
that did not show up in ?Fox.log? window, the log that FT8 creates in the
Fox/Hound mode. We found about 1-2 ?missing? contacts per hour. There is
another text file that FT8 creates while running AND WE FOUND THE MISSING
CONTACTS. One of our team members has written a program to extract them
and add them to log database. The FT8 development team is now aware of
this issue and this will be addressed in future releases. Summary: IF you
have seen us send ?YOURCALL RR73?, you can rest assured you ARE in the log
and your contact WILL be uploaded to Club Log. Give us some time after we
go QRT to extract and add the missing contacts to our logs.
We will have one more night on 60M this date (Oct 28) starting at about
0400Z. We will be on 5.357 MHz with FT8 F/H mode.
We will NOT have any RTTY operation on this DXpedition. We will continue
to operate FT8 until we go QRT.
We have had several days of torrential rain with high winds. Some wind
gusts were recorded over 100 mph. We have had damaged antennas, which,
fortunately, have all been relatively easy to fix. The weather is starting
to improve, but we are also near the beginning of the rainy season. Today
we have had sunshine, then downpours, then sunshine. Repeat every 5 minutes.
We can attest to the fact that Pitcairn boasts of ?the world?s friendliest
mud.?
We have two operation sites. The remote old Radio Site where all of the
low band operation has taken place, will be dismantled after local sunrise
on October 31. The next morning, November 1, we will be totally QRT and
dismantle everything at our base location. Everything must be packed and
stored. Some of the equipment we have used needs to be loaded onto the
Braveheart for the South Orkney DXpedition. We depart Sunday, November 3,
on the Braveheart.
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President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1437
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October 28, 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, ARRL Web Page, NJ1Q & W1AW, AA3B, NG3K & ADXO, NY3B, W3UR &
The Daily DX, K5GS, AA7A, K8BL, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY,
DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net,
F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1HYW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News,
OH2BH, Pete Rayer & ISWL, RN3RQ, Sixitalia Weekly, and VA3RJ & ICPO
for the following DX information.
*** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTES (by Tedd, KB8NW): This week's bulletin was
sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW DX SSB
Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with
a consolidated listing of the CQWW DX SSB Contest participants.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Friday, 18th/October, through Friday, 25th/October there were 219
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5X, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY,
C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY0, D4, D6, DL, DU,
E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG,
FH, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC,
HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J7, JA, JD/o,
JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, 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, PJ5,
PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T5, T7,
T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5,
V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VR, VU,
VU7, XE, XU, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, 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 (Reminder). Yosuke, JJ1DQR, should now be active as 3W9QR from
Da Nang until November 1st. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using mainly
SSB. He was heard on 20/17 meters this past week. He will also participate
in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th). QSL via JJ1DQR, by the Bureau
or direct.
4U1, AUSTRIA. Operators Sparky/OE1ZZZ and Oleg/HB9RB will be active as
4U1A from the International Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (ARCDXC) station
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry.
QSL via UA3DX. This station counts as the VIC (Vienna International Centre)
multiplier.
8Q, MALDIVES. Fabien, DF3XY, will be active as 8Q7XY from Maldives (AS-013)
between December 10-23rd. Activity will be on 40/30/20/15/10 meters using
SSB and FT8. QSL via his home callsign direct.
A3, TONGA. Masa, JA0RQV, will once again be active as A35JP from Tongatapu
Island (OC-049) between November 24th, 2019, and November 2020. He states,
"This time, I will be stationed there as a resident supervisor of the inter-
national corporation project." Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW,
SSB and FT8. Equipment is an IC-7300 w/100W into a Vertical antenna. QSL
via LoTW and ClubLog, or direct w/2 USDs or by the Bureau via his home
callsign JA0RQV. He states, "If you need paper QSL, please be patient to
receive it because I will be able to issue paper QSL after I return to
Japan in November 2020. Please do not send SASE to my home address." He
also mentions, "During the period, if possible, I will try to activate
some outer islands again such as Niuatoputapu (OC-191), Niuafo'ou (OC-123),
Vava'u (OC-064) and Ha'apai (OC-169). Details will be announced once
decided."
A4, OMAN. Members of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) will
activate their contest station, A44A, in Muscat during the CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via LoTW. Operators
mentioned are Khalid/A41CK, Hassan/A41HA, Hamed/A41KT, Adnan/A41LP, Mo-
hammed/A41NN, Issa/A41NW, Amine/A41PG, Aasim/A41RF, Waleed/A41RG, Mudhfer/
A41RN, Aziz/A41RO, Bader/A41SP, Talal/A41SS, Ali/A41ZA, San/A45TT, Prince/
A45VU, Paul/A65DR, Anton/OG2K and Tony/RT9T.
AH2, GUAM. Members of the Guam Contest Club will be active as AH2R during
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. Operators
mentioned are: Toshinobu/JI3ERV (NH2C), Mikawa/JR7OMD, Atsuo/JE6HIB,
and Danilo/KH2JU. QSL via LoTW. PLEASE DO NOT QSL via the KH2 Bureau.
CE9/HF0/VP8, ANTARCTICA (Update). Seba, SQ1SGB, will be active as VP8HAL
(instead of CE9/SQ1SGB) and HF0ANT from Halley VI British Antarctic
Research Station and the Polish Henryk Arctowski Station on King George
Island (AN-010, WLOTA LH-0312), respectively, between December 20th and
February 8th. Activity will mainly be in 40/20 meters using SSB and the
Digital modes (FT8/JT65). QSL via his home callsign direct only.
CY0, SABLE ISLAND. Al, VE1AWW, is once again active as CY0/VE1AWW and
will be active until October 29th or 30th. He was heard on Thursday on
20 meter SSB. Activity will be on 40-10 meters (at irregular times) using
mostly SSB and some Digital modes. The station is a TS-690S/AT running
barefoot through a vertical. A new ground mount vertical for 20m, and
dipole for 40m will be going up soon. QSL via his home callsign, direct
or by the Bureau (Preferred).
DP0/DP1, ANTARCTICA. The WAP Web page (Worldwide Antarctic Program) reports
that the next operator at DP0GVN for the wintering season 2020 will be
Roman, HB9HCF. He plans to be active on QO-100 satellite; they are not
sure about HF yet. Roman is a new operator that can use the QO-100 setup
at Neumayer III (AN-016). Felix, DL5XL, will introduce him to HF for sure,
and even if he has no experience at all, let's hope he will find amusement
and interest in Ham Radio activity from Antarctica! Felix, DL5XL, will
also be active as DP1POL in January and February 2020, mainly HF CW with
some Digital modes and QO-100 activity. For more details and updates,
visit the WAP Web page at: http://www.waponline.it
E2, THAILAND. Champ, E21EIC, will be active as E2A (The SIAM DX Group/
Contest Callsign) from Bangkok during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October
26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or by
the Bureau using ClubLog.
E20, THAILAND. The SIAM DX Group will be active as E20AX from Bangkok
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-2 entry.
QSL via E21EIC and LoTW. Operators mentioned are Peeranat/E20PFE, E20ZNH,
First/E22WWZ, E27AAA, Neang/E27GIG, Art/HS2UPR, Tar/HS3PJF, HS4OSE,
HS4QNU, Pat/HS7WMU and HS8FFH.
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Antonio, EA8DDS, will be active from Gran Canaria
(AF-004) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a QRP entry.
QSL via EA8DDS.
EF8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators Jon/EA2OT, Carlos/EA8KW, Juan/EA8RM,
Rolandas/LY4A, Juanma/EC5AN, Carlos/IK1HJS, R6FFS, Leonid/RA5A, YL Elena/
RC5A, Alex/RG2A, Alexey/RG6G, Pavel/RU5A, George/SP5C, UA3DJX and Alexandr/
UA5C will be active as EF8R from Gran Canaria Island (AF-004) during the
CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via
LoTW or EB7DX direct. Operators are calling themselves "The Magic Mauntain
International Team".
ES, ESTONIA. Members of the Estonian Radio Amateurs Union along with
some international operators will be active as ES9C from Tallinn during
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via
ES5RY or LoTW. Operators mentioned are Gabor/ES1BVG, Arvo/ES2MC, Toivo/
ES5RR, Tonno/ES5TV, Toomas/ES5RY, Oleg/YL3DW, Oskar/ES4NY, Kristjan/ES7GM,
Andy/ES2NA, Hanz/PA3ZZ and Janis/YL3AD.
FH, MAYOTTE. Stefan, DL9HAL, is once again active as FH/DL9HAL from
Mayotte (AF-027) until November 4th. Activity will be holiday style on
80-10 meters using CW, SSB and again perhaps FT8. QSL via DL9HAL, direct
or via his QSL Manager M0OXO.
FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Operators Marc/F1HAR, Florent/F4CWN, Didier/FY5FY,
Herve/F5HRY, Marc/F1HAR and Christian/F5UII will be active as FY5KE
from the "Radio club de Kourou" (RACK) radio club station in Kourou City
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL
via LoTW or direct (NO Bureau).
H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE (Update/Correction/Press Release). [edited] Operators
Grant/KZ1W and Rob/N7QT will activate H40 Temotu Province (Pigeon Island),
Solomon Islands, Nov. 14th through Nov. 28th, 2019. Awaiting permission to
operate as H40TT, otherwise each will operate under their own callsign:
H40TT (Rob) and H40KT (Grant). Activity will be on 160-10 meters using
CW/SSB/FT8/RTTY. They will focus on the low bands to regions where H40
is most needed. They will "follow the sun" please respect their calls
into specific regions. Suggested operating frequencies are:
CW - 1826.5, 3523, 7010, 10105, 14023, 14023, 18069, 21023, 24891
and 28023 kHz
SSB - 3790, 7090, 14185, 18130, 21285, 24955 and 28485 kHz
RTTY - 7045, 10142, 14080, 18100, 21080, 24910 and 28080 kHz
FT8 - 1840, 3567, 5357, 7056, 10131, 14090, 18095, 21091, 24911
and 28091 kHz
They will have Elecraft K3s and 1KW SPE amplifiers, with verticals
by sea, and DHDL receive antenna(s). They hope to have Internet access
for periodic log uploads. Please keep insurance contacts to a minimum:
Log Search and OQRS at: https://www.m0urx.com/oqrs/logsearch.php
QSL Manager: Tim Beaumont, M0URX (M0URX.com)
For Direct QSLs: Please enclose 4 USDs and a SAE.
No IRCs or coins
HB9, SWITZERLAND. Operators Andrea/HB9DUR and Ludovic/HB9EOU will be
active as HB9A (USKA Club Call) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October
26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via HB9DUR.
HS0, THAILAND. Vincent, F4BKV, will be active as HS0ZOJ during the CQWW
DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry.
QSL via F4BKV or LoTW (Preferred). He states on QRZ.com: "QSL via LoTW
for contest activity. Please refrain to request your paper QSL, and do
it ONLY if you truly need the paper card. QSL reply via direct will be
done sometime in 2020 and via Bureau can be up to 2 years or more."
HS8, THAILAND. Phanuwat, HS8LVC, will be active from Krabi (NJ98kc)
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/Single-
Band (20m) entry. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog.
IOTA NEWS..............
AF-018. Martin, OL5Y, will be active as IH9P from Pantelleria Island
(African Italy - CQ Zone: 33, IIA: TP-01, WAIP: TP, WLOTA:
LH-0041) in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a
Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/High-Power entry. QSL via OL5Y.
AF-018. Milan, OK1VWK, will be active as IH9/OL3R from Pantelleria
Island (African Italy - CQ Zone: 33, IIA: TP-01, WAIP: TP,
WLOTA: LH-0041) in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th)
as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via
OK1VWK.
AF-045. Operators John/6W7JX, Ouzin/6W1PZ, Tafa/6W1KI, Jul/6W1QL,
Ahmed/6W1PA, 6W1SQ, YL Mael/6W1SV, Charles/6W1GF and Yves/
6W1TA will once again be active as 6V1A from Goree Island
between December 13-15th. Activity will be on CW and SSB
on all HF bands using a FT-1000 and Icom 7300 with 150 watts
into dipoles G5RV/Kelemen. QSL via 6W1QL or LoTW.
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......
ISWL CALLSIGNS (For November 2019). The following ISWL club callsigns
will be used throughout the month of November 2019:
GX4BJC/A - Operated /A, from Walton on the Naze, in Essex, by Herbie,
G6XOU (WAB Square - TM22 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841).
MX1SWL/A - Operated /A, from Eastbourne, in East Sussex, by Peter, G0NQZ
(WAB Square - TQ50 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841).
ALL QSLs will be handled by Dick, M5DIK - The QSL Manager and NOT the
individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club.
All QSL info is on <www.iswl.org.uk> or <www.qrzcq.com> or <www.qrz.com>
or via <www.eQSL.cc>. NO LoTW.
KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Members of the Frankford Radio Club are now
active from the Radio Reef DX'ers Station rental shack on St. Croix
(NA-106), until October 29th. Operators mentioned are Tony/N2TK, John/K3CT,
Pat/W3FIZ and Steve/NY3B. Activity will be on all HF bands. This includes
the upcoming CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi/2 entry
signing as KP2M. QSL via NZ4DX (direct only) or LoTW. NO BUREAU QSLs.
Operator will probably sign KP2/homecall outside of the contest. QSL
direct to their home callsigns.
KP3, PUERTO RICO. Felipe, NP4Z, will be active as KP3Z from the Puerto
Rico Contest Club in Rio Piedras during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October
26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via N4AO.
MW5, WALES. Ian, G3WVG, will be active as MW5B during CQWW DX CW Contest
(November 23-24th) as a Single-Operator/Single-Band (160m) entry. QSL
ONLY via LoTW or ClubLog.
NCDXF PRESS RELEASE (date October 25th). The following was sent out by
Ned Stearns, AA7A, NCDXF Vice President: The Northern California DX
Foundation (NCDXF) has awarded a grant of $4,000 to Club Log to support
their capital needs for important IT system upgrades to move their system
into the future. Michael, G7VJR, recently reached out to NCDXF with an
inquiry for interest in support that triggered an immediate and over-
whelming response from every NCDXF Director. Two of the directors engaged
in the ongoing VP6R DXpedition stepped away from the pileups a few minutes
and echoed in the response:
"Club Log is a MAJOR part of what makes a good DXpedition (both during
and after the event)”
"Michael and his group do a wonderful service to the DX Community
worldwide"
"Club Log is a real asset to every DXer and DXpeditioner"
"I use it regularly for OQRS and other DX chasing capabilities in
addition to uploading my own QSOs there regularly from home or DX
locations. It is an invaluable tool for DXers and DXpeditions."
"It's an incredible resource that has become the standard"
Following NCDXF's action, Michael is quoted:
"For some time now, I've been anxious to provide a more resilient way
to run Club Log. With 70,000 active users, and most significant expeditions
depending upon it, it's vital to keep Club Log working around the clock -
but until now the expense has been prohibitive. Club Log depends on do-
nations for its running costs, but to fund a capital project like this
takes the financial backing of a foundation that takes the lead and
supports expeditions and DX-related projects at a really high level.
NCDXF has made an extraordinary grant to Club Log, giving me an oppor-
tunity to unlock all the work that I need to do in this area. Many thanks
to the foundation and its members for this tremendous boost to Club Log.
The newly-upgraded servers will launch in early 2020."
NCDXF fully supports the Club Log mission and its dedicated team of
volunteers that is creating an invaluable service to the DXing community.
NEW IARU MEMBERS. The ARRL reports that Saudi Arabia and Seychelles have
joined the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). Read about it at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/saudi-arabia-and-seychelles-join-international-amateur-radio-union
OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Operators Pertti/OH2PM, Ville/OH2MM and Tom/SM0CXU
will be active as OH0W from Aland Island (EU-002) during the CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via OH2BH.
OH0, ALAND. Jukka, OH6LI, will be active as OH0V from Aland Island (EU-002)
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/possibly
as an All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW.
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
PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 28th-November 1st).......
Oct/28th HN Oct/31st AN Nov/02nd HN
Oct/29th HN Nov/01st LN Nov/03rd HN
Oct/30th AN
SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
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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
PT, BRAZIL. Sergio, PP5JR, will be active as PT5J from Santa Catarina
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/
Assisted entry. QSL via PP5JR.
PY0T, TRINDADE AND MARTIN VAZ ISLANDS. "DXNEWS" reports that Fernando,
PY1FR, is planning to be active as PY0T/PY1FR from Trindade and Martin
Vaz Island (SA-010) sometime in December 2019. Dates are not known yet.
Look for more details to be forthcoming.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu) (October 25th)
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5J500L via HK3VHZ D68CCC via IK2VUC (O/L) ON/PD0RWL/P via PD0RWL
5K0K via OK6DJ (O/L) EA8/UA5C via UA5C (d/e) OX/OZ1LXJ via OZ1LXJ (d)
9V1/OE3GEA via OE3GEA F/G4WSB via G4WSB PJ2/DL8OBQ via DL8OBQ
A21EME via PA3CMC II9BP via IT9ZEO VP6R via K9CT
CT/F6CTF/MM via F6CTF IQ7ML via IZ7QEN EA8/RU5A via RU5A
(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
ZF2ZO via K7ZO, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. Activity was by Scott,
K7ZO, before the CQWW DX SSB Contest.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5J500LDV, 5T5PA, 9A6BL, A62A, DR775TMG, E77EA,
JY5HX, KH2L, LX7A, UC0A, V31CC, VK4FB, XQ3MCC and YL2SM
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 7V9A (AF-094, AF-104), E44WE, K7TRI (NA-211),
OH9A, OJ9A, R63RRC (AS-063), TK0C and WH0RU
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4W/HL1AHS (OC-148), 5H1ES, 5R8UP, 5X2B,
6W/IV3FSG, 6Y1LZ, 6Y5/UN7LZ, 7N2JZT/6 (AS-024), 8J1ITU, 9H3QQ, C31CT,
ED8K, EV2014WHC, FO/F6BHK, FR1GV, FW5JJ, HI9/F5PLR, IF9ZWA (EU-054),
IJ7V (EU-073), JD1BMH, JD1BOI, JD1BON, K1HP/KH2, MJ/ON4RSX, OG0C, PJ5Z,
RI1ANX, RG22RR, RP69AH, S79AM, S79ANR, UN2G, UN6G, UN7GB, UN7GKA, UN7GQ,
UN9GWA, VA3DYD/HR3, XF1T, XR9JA, XT2BR, XT2SE, XV9ZT and YN3GEA
--- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
to send in their info....
RK9, ASIATIC RUSSIA. Willy, UA9BA, will be active as RK9AX from Asiatic
Russia during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/
All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via UA9APA.
STANDARD TIME. Remember to change your clocks next weekend! Countries who
observe Daylight Saving Time (DST), which took place on Sunday, March
10th, are now expected to move their "local clocks" backward 1 hour on
Sunday, November 3rd, from 2:00 AM local time to 1:00 AM. In 2020, Day-
light Saving Time (DST) will again go into effect on Sunday, March 8th,
at 2:00 AM local time. For the history and details about ST and DST, as
well as an interesting map of the world (showing the countries who observe
DST), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2020.html
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/usa?year=2020
ADDED NOTE: Hopefully, all amateur radio operators know NOT to change
their GMT/UTC/ZULU clocks. However, since most operators usually set their
computers to local time, some may have to change their settings on "some"
ham radio software (ex. logging, propagation, DXTelnet, etc..) programs.
SU8, EGYPT (Update/Press Release, date October 24th). Martti, OH2BH, sent
out the following [edited]: WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFRENCE (WRC)
SPECIAL EVENT [From Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt]: Egyptian Radio Amateur Society
(ERASD) together with National Telecommunications Radio Authority (NTRA)
of Egypt, are jointly announcing a special event and permit of SU8X and
SU8WRC to conduct operations from the city of Sharm El Sheikh in Southern
Egypt, the venue of WRC. Operations will begin on this Friday evening with
participation in the CQWW Contest as SU8X, and following the opening of
the WRC on Monday as SU8WRC.
The team is headed by Said, SU1SK, the president of ERASD, and his
associates, Tarek, SU2TA, and Yasset, SU3YM, whom are also all attending
the WRC as a part of the NTRA delegation. This is a historical day for
ERASD as along with this event and operations, several new privileges
have been authorized, such as 6M for the first time for this event.
ERASD has invited the folks of Radio Arcala of Finland, OH8X, to join
them as their honorary guests and experts for sharing Amateur Radio with
their partners from evolving countries, normally off of amateur radio’s
beaten track, who could further benefit on Amateur Radio. Martti, OH2BH,
and Niko, OH2GEK, will represent OH8X and also make an amateur radio
show-case at their dedicated executive radio show-room.
After the opening of WRC and the CQWW the team will also entertain
Amateur Radio operators as part of their national delegations to WRC as
well as those sun tanning hams that are enjoying the venue at the beautiful
tourist destination of Sharm El Sheikh. The special event site can be
contacted from Monday morning onwards at (su8wrc@gmail.com).
The WRC is a culmination of the set Amateur Radio 2.0 where traveling
hams and their supporters team up for a good cause, bring in their resources
to remote societies at large. Those behind this new approach are INDEXA’s
Ralph Fedor, K0IR, Seisa’s Zorro Myazawa, JH1AJT and the Radio Arcala team,
all of which also support ERASD and this special event.
WRC has participation from all of the world’s ITU member countries, DX
rare and regular. Isn’t it only fair that regulars step forward and help
those rare ones in need, and make them active – also DX-wise? And hopefully
become supportive of Amateur Radio on the long run.
TC29, TURKEY (Special Event). Look for some Turkism ham radio clubs [ATRO
(YM1KTR), TANGO ALFA (YM1KE) and TAMAD (YM1KAD)] to be on the air as
TC29OCT between October 26-29th, to celebrate Turkey's anniversary of
becoming a republic. Many people in Turkey celebrate "Republic Day" on
October 29th, by attending performances and participating in traditional
processions with flags and musical bands. The Turkish Republic's founder
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk proclaimed "Republic Day" as Turkey's most important
holiday.
V2, ANTIGUA. Bud, AA3B, will once again be active as V26K from Antigua
(NA-100) between November 16-26th. Activity will be mainly on CW. Bud
will also be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th) as a Single-
Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or via AA3B, direct or by the
Bureau. An OQRS will be available via ClubLog.
V8, BRUNEI. Hajime, JO1RUR, will once again be active as V85RH from Brunei.
The length of his stay is not known. Activity will be during the CQWW DX
SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via LoTW only.
VK9N, NORFOLK ISLAND. Przemyslaw, SP7VC, will be active as VK9NC during
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m)
entry. QSL via SP7VC. JUST A REMINDER: Operators Mek/SP7VC/VK9NC (Digital
modes) and Marcin/SP5ES/VK9NG (CW) will continue during the contest, but
not in the contest.
VP6R PITCAIRN ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Update). The Pitcairn Island DX-
pedition VP6R Team continues to be active until November 1st. Glenn, W0GJ,
reported on October 20th: "The team is down to 12 operators after one
individual fell and suffered several fractures. He was put aboard a supply
ship and will be evacuated to Mangareva and on to Papeete." Glenn also
mentioned on October 22nd: "Our evacuated team member has made it to the
hospital in Papeete, French Polynesia. Thanks for your prayers and concerns.
All family members are aware, but for privacy, we will not release a name
here.
Activity continues on 160-10 meters, including 6 meters EME, using CW,
SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H). The team will continuously have at least one
station active on 20m throughout their stay to hopefully provide a chance
for everyone to make an all time new country contact. The VP6R team will
also participate in the 2019 CQWW SSB Contest this coming weekend October
26-27th weekend. There will be some operation on the CW bands and WARC
bands during the contest.
As of 0102z, October 25th, ClubLog show the VP6R team has made 46873 QSOs
with 13783 Unique Callsigns. Breakdown of modes are: 22556/CW, 9224/SSB,
15061/FT8 and 32/JT65. Breakdown by Continents (%): .4/AF, 24.7/AS, 21.3/EU,
49.1/NA, 2.3/OC, and 2.2/SA.
QSL via K9CT. For more details, updates and pictures, check out the
Pitcairn Island DXpedition Web page at: https://pitcairndx.com
Also, check out their FaceBook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/580069859103416
Also, their Twitter page is at: https://twitter.com/2019Island
YT5, SERBIA. Operators Hrane/YT1AD/YT5A, Markovic/YU1AU, Milan/YU8A,
Vladeta/YU1KX, Sasha/YU2FG, Aleksandar/YU6DX, Zoran/YU9DX and Acim/YU1YV
will be active as YT5A from Vitanovac during the CQWW DX SSB Contest
(October 26-27th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via YT1AD.
ZM4, NEW ZEALAND. Youth Team Operators Alice/ZL2EM, Xenia/ZL4YL, Alec/
ZL1HAZ, Sam/ZL1SAM, Jaidyn/ZL4WW and Marek/OK1MV will be active as ZM4T
from Hawkes Bay during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a
Multi-2/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS or direct to ZL3IO.
NO BUREAU CARDS ACCEPTED. Also, operators Xenia/ZL4YL, Gary/ZL2IFB,
Michael/ZL2MY, Holger/ZL3IO and possibly one or two more operators will
be active as ZM4T during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th) as a
Multi-2/High-Power entry. QSL info is the same as above.
ZS7, ANTARCTICA. Oleg, UA1PBA (RI1ANF, RI1ANX, etc.) an Antarctic veteran
has left for the Antarctica again this past week via Punta Arenas, Chile.
He will be signing ZS7ANF managing the Wolf's Fang Camp (WAP MNB-12) and
will be active from there. QSLs will probably be managed by RK1PWA. For
more details and updates, see:
http://www.waponline.it/zs7ant-a-new-antarctic-season-by-oleg-sakharov
ZW5, BRAZIL. Members of the Araucaria DX Group will be active as ZW5B from
their club station (PY5EG) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th)
as a Multi-Multi entry. Operators mentioned are Ezequiel/LU1FP, Mark/LU8EOT,
Manu/LU9ESD, Lucas/PP5KR, Evan/PP5NZ, Neto/PU2TIB, Rafael/PY2NDX, Tom/PY2YU,
Miguel/PY3MM, Peter/PY5CC, Oms/PY5EG, Luciano/PY5KD, Arthur/PY5VC and
Jim/PY5WW. QSL via K3IRV.
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The following stations are expected to be active in the
CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th, 2019)
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Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following
consolidated listing of the participants in the 2019 CQWW DX SSB Contest.
For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML
format, please visit Bill's Web page at:
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2019.html (By callsign)
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsd2019.html (By entity)
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsz2019.html (By zone)
The CQ World-Wide DX Contest Web page and rules:
http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm
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Contest DXCC CQZ Class QSL
Callsign Entity Route
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3V8SS Tunisia 33 SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via LX1NO
3W9A Vietnam 26 SO LoTW; QSL via (C)
3W9QR Vietnam 26 SO JJ1DQR; QSL via (B/d)
4L/LY4ZZ Georgia 21 SOSB 160M LY4ZZ
4L2M Georgia 21 SOSB 20M 4L2M
4L9M Georgia 21 SOSB 80M R3XA
4L0A Georgia 21 SOSB 40M LoTW
4U1A Austria 15 M/S UA3DX
6W1RY Senegal 35 M/2 LoTW; QSL via F5VHJ or
WA6WPG for USA requests, (O/B)
7A2A Indonesia 28 M/? LoTW
8P2K Barbados 08 SOSB 40M LoTW; QSL via KU9C
8P5A Barbados 08 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via HA1AG
8P6ET Barbados 08 SOAB LP KU9C
9K2K Kuwait 21 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via EC6DX
9M6NA East Malaysia 28 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via (C)
A44A Oman 21 M/M LoTW
A92AA Bahrain 21 SOAB A92AA (d)
AH2R Guam 27 M/S LoTW
B1Z China 24 BA1GG
B7P China 24 M/? BA4EG
BV2A/3 Taiwan 24 M/? QSL: ART, PO Box 73-326,
Taipei, Taiwan
CB1H Chile 12 M/? LoTW
CN3A Morocco 33 M/M IK2OHG
CR2L Azores 14 SOAB OE2GEN
CR5T Portugal 14 M/2 LoTW; QSL via CR5T (B/e)
D4C Cape Verde Island 35 M/? LoTW
E2A Thailand 26 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via E2A (B)
E20AX Thailand 26 M/2 LoTW; QSL via E20AX (B)
EA8DDS Canary Islands 33 QRP EA8DDS
ED8W Canary Islands 33 M/? LoTW
EE5T Spain 14 M/2 LoTW
EF8R Canary Islands 33 M/? LoTW; QSL via EB7DX (d)
EF9Z Ceuta & Melilla 33 SO LoTW; QSL via EA5KB
ES9C Estonia 15 M/S ES5RY
FG4KH Guadeloupe 08 SO LoTW
FY5KE French Guiana 09 M/? LoTW; QSL: Jacques Mazzoni,
678 Route de L'Egalite 74290,
Talloires, France
HB9A Switzerland 14 M/S HB9OCR
HB9H Switzerland 14 M/? HB9CXZ
HC5D Ecuador 10 SOAB HP DL8UD; QSL via (DARC-B/d)
HC0E Ecuador 10 M/M HC1QRC
HR9/N3AD Honduras 07 SOAB W3HNK
HS8LVC Thailand 26 SOSB 20M LoTW; QSL via (C)
HS0ZOJ Thailand 26 SOSB 20M LoTW; QSL via F4BKV(LoTW prefered)
IH9P African Italy 33 SOSB 15M OL5Y
IH9YMC African Italy 33 SOSB (e)
IO5O Italy 15 M/S IK5RLP
J68MD St. Lucia 08 M/S N2HIW
KP2M U.S. Virgin Islands 08 M/2 LoTW
KP3Z Puerto Rico 08 SOAB LP N4AO
MD1E Isle of Man 14 HP M0OXO (O)
MD1U Isle of Man 14 HP M0OXO (O)
MD4K Isle of Man 14 SOAB G3NKC
MW5B Wales 14 SOSB 160M Only (L/C)
NP2P U.S. Virgin Islands 08 SO LoTW
OH5Z Finland 15 M/S LoTW
OH0V Aland Island 15 SO LoTW
OH0W Aland Island 15 M/S OH2BH
OX7A Greenland 40 M/2 LoTW; QSL via OZ1ACB & (C)
P3F Cyprus 20 LoTW
P40T Aruba 09
P40W Aruba 09 SOAB LoTW; QSL via N2MM; NO Bureau
PJ2T Curacao 09 M/? LoTW; QSL via W3HNK
PJ4K Bonaire 09 M/M KU9C
PJ7PL Sint Maarten 08 SO LP N2HX
PS4L Brazil 11 M/S LoTW
PT5J Brazil 11 SOABA PP5JR
PY0F Fernando de Noronha 11 M/2 LoTW
PZ5K Surinam 09 M/? LoTW; QSL via G3NKC
RK9AX Russia (Asia) 17 SOAB HP UA9APA
S79W Seychelles 39 SOSB LoTW; QSL via SP9FIH & (C)
S79ZM Seychelles 39 M/? Auto (B)
SU8X Egypt 34 M/? OH2BH
TC0F Turkey 20 M/S TA2BN
TI7W Costa Rica 07 M/S W4FS
TO1J Martinique 08 SO JF2QNM
V26B Antigua & Barbuda 08 M/M LoTW
V3M Belize 07 M/S LoTW
V47T St. Kitts & Nevis 08 SOAB W2RQ
V49V St. Kitts & Nevis 08 M/2 LoTW
V85RH Brunei 28 SO LoTW
VK9NC Norfolk Island 32 SOSB 40M SP7VC
VK9NE Norfolk Island 32 SO LoTW; QSL via SP7VC (d)
VP2MSW Montserrat 08 SOAB HP LoTW; paper QSLs via K3SW (d)
(1 USD, 3 USDs foreign)
VP5W Turks & Caicos 08 M/S LoTW; QSL via KD3TB (d)
VP6R Pitcairn Island 32 M/? LoTW
VP9I Bermuda 05 SO LoTW
YJ0CA Vanuatu 32 SO VK2YUS (d)
YT5A Servia 15 M/M YT1AD
ZF1A Cayman Islands 08 M/2 LoTW
ZF9CW Cayman Islands 08 SO HP K5GO (d)
ZM4T New Zealand 32 M/2 LoTW
ZW5B Brazil 08 M/M K3IRV
ZZ3ZZ Brazil 11 M/S LoTW; QSL via (C/e)
(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
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Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
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*** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTES (by Tedd, KB8NW): This week's bulletin was
sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW DX SSB
Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with
a consolidated listing of the CQWW DX SSB Contest participants.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Friday, 18th/October, through Friday, 25th/October there were 219
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5X, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY,
C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY0, D4, D6, DL, DU,
E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG,
FH, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC,
HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J7, JA, JD/o,
JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, 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, PJ5,
PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T5, T7,
T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5,
V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VR, VU,
VU7, XE, XU, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, 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 (Reminder). Yosuke, JJ1DQR, should now be active as 3W9QR from
Da Nang until November 1st. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using mainly
SSB. He was heard on 20/17 meters this past week. He will also participate
in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th). QSL via JJ1DQR, by the Bureau
or direct.
4U1, AUSTRIA. Operators Sparky/OE1ZZZ and Oleg/HB9RB will be active as
4U1A from the International Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (ARCDXC) station
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry.
QSL via UA3DX. This station counts as the VIC (Vienna International Centre)
multiplier.
8Q, MALDIVES. Fabien, DF3XY, will be active as 8Q7XY from Maldives (AS-013)
between December 10-23rd. Activity will be on 40/30/20/15/10 meters using
SSB and FT8. QSL via his home callsign direct.
A3, TONGA. Masa, JA0RQV, will once again be active as A35JP from Tongatapu
Island (OC-049) between November 24th, 2019, and November 2020. He states,
"This time, I will be stationed there as a resident supervisor of the inter-
national corporation project." Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW,
SSB and FT8. Equipment is an IC-7300 w/100W into a Vertical antenna. QSL
via LoTW and ClubLog, or direct w/2 USDs or by the Bureau via his home
callsign JA0RQV. He states, "If you need paper QSL, please be patient to
receive it because I will be able to issue paper QSL after I return to
Japan in November 2020. Please do not send SASE to my home address." He
also mentions, "During the period, if possible, I will try to activate
some outer islands again such as Niuatoputapu (OC-191), Niuafo'ou (OC-123),
Vava'u (OC-064) and Ha'apai (OC-169). Details will be announced once
decided."
A4, OMAN. Members of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) will
activate their contest station, A44A, in Muscat during the CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via LoTW. Operators
mentioned are Khalid/A41CK, Hassan/A41HA, Hamed/A41KT, Adnan/A41LP, Mo-
hammed/A41NN, Issa/A41NW, Amine/A41PG, Aasim/A41RF, Waleed/A41RG, Mudhfer/
A41RN, Aziz/A41RO, Bader/A41SP, Talal/A41SS, Ali/A41ZA, San/A45TT, Prince/
A45VU, Paul/A65DR, Anton/OG2K and Tony/RT9T.
AH2, GUAM. Members of the Guam Contest Club will be active as AH2R during
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. Operators
mentioned are: Toshinobu/JI3ERV (NH2C), Mikawa/JR7OMD, Atsuo/JE6HIB,
and Danilo/KH2JU. QSL via LoTW. PLEASE DO NOT QSL via the KH2 Bureau.
CE9/HF0/VP8, ANTARCTICA (Update). Seba, SQ1SGB, will be active as VP8HAL
(instead of CE9/SQ1SGB) and HF0ANT from Halley VI British Antarctic
Research Station and the Polish Henryk Arctowski Station on King George
Island (AN-010, WLOTA LH-0312), respectively, between December 20th and
February 8th. Activity will mainly be in 40/20 meters using SSB and the
Digital modes (FT8/JT65). QSL via his home callsign direct only.
CY0, SABLE ISLAND. Al, VE1AWW, is once again active as CY0/VE1AWW and
will be active until October 29th or 30th. He was heard on Thursday on
20 meter SSB. Activity will be on 40-10 meters (at irregular times) using
mostly SSB and some Digital modes. The station is a TS-690S/AT running
barefoot through a vertical. A new ground mount vertical for 20m, and
dipole for 40m will be going up soon. QSL via his home callsign, direct
or by the Bureau (Preferred).
DP0/DP1, ANTARCTICA. The WAP Web page (Worldwide Antarctic Program) reports
that the next operator at DP0GVN for the wintering season 2020 will be
Roman, HB9HCF. He plans to be active on QO-100 satellite; they are not
sure about HF yet. Roman is a new operator that can use the QO-100 setup
at Neumayer III (AN-016). Felix, DL5XL, will introduce him to HF for sure,
and even if he has no experience at all, let's hope he will find amusement
and interest in Ham Radio activity from Antarctica! Felix, DL5XL, will
also be active as DP1POL in January and February 2020, mainly HF CW with
some Digital modes and QO-100 activity. For more details and updates,
visit the WAP Web page at: http://www.waponline.it
E2, THAILAND. Champ, E21EIC, will be active as E2A (The SIAM DX Group/
Contest Callsign) from Bangkok during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October
26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or by
the Bureau using ClubLog.
E20, THAILAND. The SIAM DX Group will be active as E20AX from Bangkok
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-2 entry.
QSL via E21EIC and LoTW. Operators mentioned are Peeranat/E20PFE, E20ZNH,
First/E22WWZ, E27AAA, Neang/E27GIG, Art/HS2UPR, Tar/HS3PJF, HS4OSE,
HS4QNU, Pat/HS7WMU and HS8FFH.
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Antonio, EA8DDS, will be active from Gran Canaria
(AF-004) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a QRP entry.
QSL via EA8DDS.
EF8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators Jon/EA2OT, Carlos/EA8KW, Juan/EA8RM,
Rolandas/LY4A, Juanma/EC5AN, Carlos/IK1HJS, R6FFS, Leonid/RA5A, YL Elena/
RC5A, Alex/RG2A, Alexey/RG6G, Pavel/RU5A, George/SP5C, UA3DJX and Alexandr/
UA5C will be active as EF8R from Gran Canaria Island (AF-004) during the
CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via
LoTW or EB7DX direct. Operators are calling themselves "The Magic Mauntain
International Team".
ES, ESTONIA. Members of the Estonian Radio Amateurs Union along with
some international operators will be active as ES9C from Tallinn during
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via
ES5RY or LoTW. Operators mentioned are Gabor/ES1BVG, Arvo/ES2MC, Toivo/
ES5RR, Tonno/ES5TV, Toomas/ES5RY, Oleg/YL3DW, Oskar/ES4NY, Kristjan/ES7GM,
Andy/ES2NA, Hanz/PA3ZZ and Janis/YL3AD.
FH, MAYOTTE. Stefan, DL9HAL, is once again active as FH/DL9HAL from
Mayotte (AF-027) until November 4th. Activity will be holiday style on
80-10 meters using CW, SSB and again perhaps FT8. QSL via DL9HAL, direct
or via his QSL Manager M0OXO.
FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Operators Marc/F1HAR, Florent/F4CWN, Didier/FY5FY,
Herve/F5HRY, Marc/F1HAR and Christian/F5UII will be active as FY5KE
from the "Radio club de Kourou" (RACK) radio club station in Kourou City
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL
via LoTW or direct (NO Bureau).
H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE (Update/Correction/Press Release). [edited] Operators
Grant/KZ1W and Rob/N7QT will activate H40 Temotu Province (Pigeon Island),
Solomon Islands, Nov. 14th through Nov. 28th, 2019. Awaiting permission to
operate as H40TT, otherwise each will operate under their own callsign:
H40TT (Rob) and H40KT (Grant). Activity will be on 160-10 meters using
CW/SSB/FT8/RTTY. They will focus on the low bands to regions where H40
is most needed. They will "follow the sun" please respect their calls
into specific regions. Suggested operating frequencies are:
CW - 1826.5, 3523, 7010, 10105, 14023, 14023, 18069, 21023, 24891
and 28023 kHz
SSB - 3790, 7090, 14185, 18130, 21285, 24955 and 28485 kHz
RTTY - 7045, 10142, 14080, 18100, 21080, 24910 and 28080 kHz
FT8 - 1840, 3567, 5357, 7056, 10131, 14090, 18095, 21091, 24911
and 28091 kHz
They will have Elecraft K3s and 1KW SPE amplifiers, with verticals
by sea, and DHDL receive antenna(s). They hope to have Internet access
for periodic log uploads. Please keep insurance contacts to a minimum:
Log Search and OQRS at: https://www.m0urx.com/oqrs/logsearch.php
QSL Manager: Tim Beaumont, M0URX (M0URX.com)
For Direct QSLs: Please enclose 4 USDs and a SAE.
No IRCs or coins
HB9, SWITZERLAND. Operators Andrea/HB9DUR and Ludovic/HB9EOU will be
active as HB9A (USKA Club Call) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October
26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via HB9DUR.
HS0, THAILAND. Vincent, F4BKV, will be active as HS0ZOJ during the CQWW
DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry.
QSL via F4BKV or LoTW (Preferred). He states on QRZ.com: "QSL via LoTW
for contest activity. Please refrain to request your paper QSL, and do
it ONLY if you truly need the paper card. QSL reply via direct will be
done sometime in 2020 and via Bureau can be up to 2 years or more."
HS8, THAILAND. Phanuwat, HS8LVC, will be active from Krabi (NJ98kc)
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/Single-
Band (20m) entry. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog.
IOTA NEWS..............
AF-018. Martin, OL5Y, will be active as IH9P from Pantelleria Island
(African Italy - CQ Zone: 33, IIA: TP-01, WAIP: TP, WLOTA:
LH-0041) in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a
Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/High-Power entry. QSL via OL5Y.
AF-018. Milan, OK1VWK, will be active as IH9/OL3R from Pantelleria
Island (African Italy - CQ Zone: 33, IIA: TP-01, WAIP: TP,
WLOTA: LH-0041) in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th)
as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via
OK1VWK.
AF-045. Operators John/6W7JX, Ouzin/6W1PZ, Tafa/6W1KI, Jul/6W1QL,
Ahmed/6W1PA, 6W1SQ, YL Mael/6W1SV, Charles/6W1GF and Yves/
6W1TA will once again be active as 6V1A from Goree Island
between December 13-15th. Activity will be on CW and SSB
on all HF bands using a FT-1000 and Icom 7300 with 150 watts
into dipoles G5RV/Kelemen. QSL via 6W1QL or LoTW.
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......
ISWL CALLSIGNS (For November 2019). The following ISWL club callsigns
will be used throughout the month of November 2019:
GX4BJC/A - Operated /A, from Walton on the Naze, in Essex, by Herbie,
G6XOU (WAB Square - TM22 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841).
MX1SWL/A - Operated /A, from Eastbourne, in East Sussex, by Peter, G0NQZ
(WAB Square - TQ50 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841).
ALL QSLs will be handled by Dick, M5DIK - The QSL Manager and NOT the
individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club.
All QSL info is on <www.iswl.org.uk> or <www.qrzcq.com> or <www.qrz.com>
or via <www.eQSL.cc>. NO LoTW.
KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Members of the Frankford Radio Club are now
active from the Radio Reef DX'ers Station rental shack on St. Croix
(NA-106), until October 29th. Operators mentioned are Tony/N2TK, John/K3CT,
Pat/W3FIZ and Steve/NY3B. Activity will be on all HF bands. This includes
the upcoming CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi/2 entry
signing as KP2M. QSL via NZ4DX (direct only) or LoTW. NO BUREAU QSLs.
Operator will probably sign KP2/homecall outside of the contest. QSL
direct to their home callsigns.
KP3, PUERTO RICO. Felipe, NP4Z, will be active as KP3Z from the Puerto
Rico Contest Club in Rio Piedras during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October
26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via N4AO.
MW5, WALES. Ian, G3WVG, will be active as MW5B during CQWW DX CW Contest
(November 23-24th) as a Single-Operator/Single-Band (160m) entry. QSL
ONLY via LoTW or ClubLog.
NCDXF PRESS RELEASE (date October 25th). The following was sent out by
Ned Stearns, AA7A, NCDXF Vice President: The Northern California DX
Foundation (NCDXF) has awarded a grant of $4,000 to Club Log to support
their capital needs for important IT system upgrades to move their system
into the future. Michael, G7VJR, recently reached out to NCDXF with an
inquiry for interest in support that triggered an immediate and over-
whelming response from every NCDXF Director. Two of the directors engaged
in the ongoing VP6R DXpedition stepped away from the pileups a few minutes
and echoed in the response:
"Club Log is a MAJOR part of what makes a good DXpedition (both during
and after the event)”
"Michael and his group do a wonderful service to the DX Community
worldwide"
"Club Log is a real asset to every DXer and DXpeditioner"
"I use it regularly for OQRS and other DX chasing capabilities in
addition to uploading my own QSOs there regularly from home or DX
locations. It is an invaluable tool for DXers and DXpeditions."
"It's an incredible resource that has become the standard"
Following NCDXF's action, Michael is quoted:
"For some time now, I've been anxious to provide a more resilient way
to run Club Log. With 70,000 active users, and most significant expeditions
depending upon it, it's vital to keep Club Log working around the clock -
but until now the expense has been prohibitive. Club Log depends on do-
nations for its running costs, but to fund a capital project like this
takes the financial backing of a foundation that takes the lead and
supports expeditions and DX-related projects at a really high level.
NCDXF has made an extraordinary grant to Club Log, giving me an oppor-
tunity to unlock all the work that I need to do in this area. Many thanks
to the foundation and its members for this tremendous boost to Club Log.
The newly-upgraded servers will launch in early 2020."
NCDXF fully supports the Club Log mission and its dedicated team of
volunteers that is creating an invaluable service to the DXing community.
NEW IARU MEMBERS. The ARRL reports that Saudi Arabia and Seychelles have
joined the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). Read about it at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/saudi-arabia-and-seychelles-join-international-amateur-radio-union
OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Operators Pertti/OH2PM, Ville/OH2MM and Tom/SM0CXU
will be active as OH0W from Aland Island (EU-002) during the CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via OH2BH.
OH0, ALAND. Jukka, OH6LI, will be active as OH0V from Aland Island (EU-002)
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/possibly
as an All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW.
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
PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 28th-November 1st).......
Oct/28th HN Oct/31st AN Nov/02nd HN
Oct/29th HN Nov/01st LN Nov/03rd HN
Oct/30th AN
SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
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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
PT, BRAZIL. Sergio, PP5JR, will be active as PT5J from Santa Catarina
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/
Assisted entry. QSL via PP5JR.
PY0T, TRINDADE AND MARTIN VAZ ISLANDS. "DXNEWS" reports that Fernando,
PY1FR, is planning to be active as PY0T/PY1FR from Trindade and Martin
Vaz Island (SA-010) sometime in December 2019. Dates are not known yet.
Look for more details to be forthcoming.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu) (October 25th)
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5J500L via HK3VHZ D68CCC via IK2VUC (O/L) ON/PD0RWL/P via PD0RWL
5K0K via OK6DJ (O/L) EA8/UA5C via UA5C (d/e) OX/OZ1LXJ via OZ1LXJ (d)
9V1/OE3GEA via OE3GEA F/G4WSB via G4WSB PJ2/DL8OBQ via DL8OBQ
A21EME via PA3CMC II9BP via IT9ZEO VP6R via K9CT
CT/F6CTF/MM via F6CTF IQ7ML via IZ7QEN EA8/RU5A via RU5A
(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
ZF2ZO via K7ZO, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. Activity was by Scott,
K7ZO, before the CQWW DX SSB Contest.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5J500LDV, 5T5PA, 9A6BL, A62A, DR775TMG, E77EA,
JY5HX, KH2L, LX7A, UC0A, V31CC, VK4FB, XQ3MCC and YL2SM
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 7V9A (AF-094, AF-104), E44WE, K7TRI (NA-211),
OH9A, OJ9A, R63RRC (AS-063), TK0C and WH0RU
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4W/HL1AHS (OC-148), 5H1ES, 5R8UP, 5X2B,
6W/IV3FSG, 6Y1LZ, 6Y5/UN7LZ, 7N2JZT/6 (AS-024), 8J1ITU, 9H3QQ, C31CT,
ED8K, EV2014WHC, FO/F6BHK, FR1GV, FW5JJ, HI9/F5PLR, IF9ZWA (EU-054),
IJ7V (EU-073), JD1BMH, JD1BOI, JD1BON, K1HP/KH2, MJ/ON4RSX, OG0C, PJ5Z,
RI1ANX, RG22RR, RP69AH, S79AM, S79ANR, UN2G, UN6G, UN7GB, UN7GKA, UN7GQ,
UN9GWA, VA3DYD/HR3, XF1T, XR9JA, XT2BR, XT2SE, XV9ZT and YN3GEA
--- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
to send in their info....
RK9, ASIATIC RUSSIA. Willy, UA9BA, will be active as RK9AX from Asiatic
Russia during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/
All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via UA9APA.
STANDARD TIME. Remember to change your clocks next weekend! Countries who
observe Daylight Saving Time (DST), which took place on Sunday, March
10th, are now expected to move their "local clocks" backward 1 hour on
Sunday, November 3rd, from 2:00 AM local time to 1:00 AM. In 2020, Day-
light Saving Time (DST) will again go into effect on Sunday, March 8th,
at 2:00 AM local time. For the history and details about ST and DST, as
well as an interesting map of the world (showing the countries who observe
DST), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2020.html
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/usa?year=2020
ADDED NOTE: Hopefully, all amateur radio operators know NOT to change
their GMT/UTC/ZULU clocks. However, since most operators usually set their
computers to local time, some may have to change their settings on "some"
ham radio software (ex. logging, propagation, DXTelnet, etc..) programs.
SU8, EGYPT (Update/Press Release, date October 24th). Martti, OH2BH, sent
out the following [edited]: WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFRENCE (WRC)
SPECIAL EVENT [From Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt]: Egyptian Radio Amateur Society
(ERASD) together with National Telecommunications Radio Authority (NTRA)
of Egypt, are jointly announcing a special event and permit of SU8X and
SU8WRC to conduct operations from the city of Sharm El Sheikh in Southern
Egypt, the venue of WRC. Operations will begin on this Friday evening with
participation in the CQWW Contest as SU8X, and following the opening of
the WRC on Monday as SU8WRC.
The team is headed by Said, SU1SK, the president of ERASD, and his
associates, Tarek, SU2TA, and Yasset, SU3YM, whom are also all attending
the WRC as a part of the NTRA delegation. This is a historical day for
ERASD as along with this event and operations, several new privileges
have been authorized, such as 6M for the first time for this event.
ERASD has invited the folks of Radio Arcala of Finland, OH8X, to join
them as their honorary guests and experts for sharing Amateur Radio with
their partners from evolving countries, normally off of amateur radio’s
beaten track, who could further benefit on Amateur Radio. Martti, OH2BH,
and Niko, OH2GEK, will represent OH8X and also make an amateur radio
show-case at their dedicated executive radio show-room.
After the opening of WRC and the CQWW the team will also entertain
Amateur Radio operators as part of their national delegations to WRC as
well as those sun tanning hams that are enjoying the venue at the beautiful
tourist destination of Sharm El Sheikh. The special event site can be
contacted from Monday morning onwards at (su8wrc@gmail.com).
The WRC is a culmination of the set Amateur Radio 2.0 where traveling
hams and their supporters team up for a good cause, bring in their resources
to remote societies at large. Those behind this new approach are INDEXA’s
Ralph Fedor, K0IR, Seisa’s Zorro Myazawa, JH1AJT and the Radio Arcala team,
all of which also support ERASD and this special event.
WRC has participation from all of the world’s ITU member countries, DX
rare and regular. Isn’t it only fair that regulars step forward and help
those rare ones in need, and make them active – also DX-wise? And hopefully
become supportive of Amateur Radio on the long run.
TC29, TURKEY (Special Event). Look for some Turkism ham radio clubs [ATRO
(YM1KTR), TANGO ALFA (YM1KE) and TAMAD (YM1KAD)] to be on the air as
TC29OCT between October 26-29th, to celebrate Turkey's anniversary of
becoming a republic. Many people in Turkey celebrate "Republic Day" on
October 29th, by attending performances and participating in traditional
processions with flags and musical bands. The Turkish Republic's founder
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk proclaimed "Republic Day" as Turkey's most important
holiday.
V2, ANTIGUA. Bud, AA3B, will once again be active as V26K from Antigua
(NA-100) between November 16-26th. Activity will be mainly on CW. Bud
will also be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th) as a Single-
Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or via AA3B, direct or by the
Bureau. An OQRS will be available via ClubLog.
V8, BRUNEI. Hajime, JO1RUR, will once again be active as V85RH from Brunei.
The length of his stay is not known. Activity will be during the CQWW DX
SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via LoTW only.
VK9N, NORFOLK ISLAND. Przemyslaw, SP7VC, will be active as VK9NC during
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m)
entry. QSL via SP7VC. JUST A REMINDER: Operators Mek/SP7VC/VK9NC (Digital
modes) and Marcin/SP5ES/VK9NG (CW) will continue during the contest, but
not in the contest.
VP6R PITCAIRN ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Update). The Pitcairn Island DX-
pedition VP6R Team continues to be active until November 1st. Glenn, W0GJ,
reported on October 20th: "The team is down to 12 operators after one
individual fell and suffered several fractures. He was put aboard a supply
ship and will be evacuated to Mangareva and on to Papeete." Glenn also
mentioned on October 22nd: "Our evacuated team member has made it to the
hospital in Papeete, French Polynesia. Thanks for your prayers and concerns.
All family members are aware, but for privacy, we will not release a name
here.
Activity continues on 160-10 meters, including 6 meters EME, using CW,
SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H). The team will continuously have at least one
station active on 20m throughout their stay to hopefully provide a chance
for everyone to make an all time new country contact. The VP6R team will
also participate in the 2019 CQWW SSB Contest this coming weekend October
26-27th weekend. There will be some operation on the CW bands and WARC
bands during the contest.
As of 0102z, October 25th, ClubLog show the VP6R team has made 46873 QSOs
with 13783 Unique Callsigns. Breakdown of modes are: 22556/CW, 9224/SSB,
15061/FT8 and 32/JT65. Breakdown by Continents (%): .4/AF, 24.7/AS, 21.3/EU,
49.1/NA, 2.3/OC, and 2.2/SA.
QSL via K9CT. For more details, updates and pictures, check out the
Pitcairn Island DXpedition Web page at: https://pitcairndx.com
Also, check out their FaceBook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/580069859103416
Also, their Twitter page is at: https://twitter.com/2019Island
YT5, SERBIA. Operators Hrane/YT1AD/YT5A, Markovic/YU1AU, Milan/YU8A,
Vladeta/YU1KX, Sasha/YU2FG, Aleksandar/YU6DX, Zoran/YU9DX and Acim/YU1YV
will be active as YT5A from Vitanovac during the CQWW DX SSB Contest
(October 26-27th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via YT1AD.
ZM4, NEW ZEALAND. Youth Team Operators Alice/ZL2EM, Xenia/ZL4YL, Alec/
ZL1HAZ, Sam/ZL1SAM, Jaidyn/ZL4WW and Marek/OK1MV will be active as ZM4T
from Hawkes Bay during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a
Multi-2/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS or direct to ZL3IO.
NO BUREAU CARDS ACCEPTED. Also, operators Xenia/ZL4YL, Gary/ZL2IFB,
Michael/ZL2MY, Holger/ZL3IO and possibly one or two more operators will
be active as ZM4T during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th) as a
Multi-2/High-Power entry. QSL info is the same as above.
ZS7, ANTARCTICA. Oleg, UA1PBA (RI1ANF, RI1ANX, etc.) an Antarctic veteran
has left for the Antarctica again this past week via Punta Arenas, Chile.
He will be signing ZS7ANF managing the Wolf's Fang Camp (WAP MNB-12) and
will be active from there. QSLs will probably be managed by RK1PWA. For
more details and updates, see:
http://www.waponline.it/zs7ant-a-new-antarctic-season-by-oleg-sakharov
ZW5, BRAZIL. Members of the Araucaria DX Group will be active as ZW5B from
their club station (PY5EG) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th)
as a Multi-Multi entry. Operators mentioned are Ezequiel/LU1FP, Mark/LU8EOT,
Manu/LU9ESD, Lucas/PP5KR, Evan/PP5NZ, Neto/PU2TIB, Rafael/PY2NDX, Tom/PY2YU,
Miguel/PY3MM, Peter/PY5CC, Oms/PY5EG, Luciano/PY5KD, Arthur/PY5VC and
Jim/PY5WW. QSL via K3IRV.
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The following stations are expected to be active in the
CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th, 2019)
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Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following
consolidated listing of the participants in the 2019 CQWW DX SSB Contest.
For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML
format, please visit Bill's Web page at:
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2019.html (By callsign)
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsd2019.html (By entity)
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsz2019.html (By zone)
The CQ World-Wide DX Contest Web page and rules:
http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm
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Contest DXCC CQZ Class QSL
Callsign Entity Route
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3V8SS Tunisia 33 SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via LX1NO
3W9A Vietnam 26 SO LoTW; QSL via (C)
3W9QR Vietnam 26 SO JJ1DQR; QSL via (B/d)
4L/LY4ZZ Georgia 21 SOSB 160M LY4ZZ
4L2M Georgia 21 SOSB 20M 4L2M
4L9M Georgia 21 SOSB 80M R3XA
4L0A Georgia 21 SOSB 40M LoTW
4U1A Austria 15 M/S UA3DX
6W1RY Senegal 35 M/2 LoTW; QSL via F5VHJ or
WA6WPG for USA requests, (O/B)
7A2A Indonesia 28 M/? LoTW
8P2K Barbados 08 SOSB 40M LoTW; QSL via KU9C
8P5A Barbados 08 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via HA1AG
8P6ET Barbados 08 SOAB LP KU9C
9K2K Kuwait 21 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via EC6DX
9M6NA East Malaysia 28 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via (C)
A44A Oman 21 M/M LoTW
A92AA Bahrain 21 SOAB A92AA (d)
AH2R Guam 27 M/S LoTW
B1Z China 24 BA1GG
B7P China 24 M/? BA4EG
BV2A/3 Taiwan 24 M/? QSL: ART, PO Box 73-326,
Taipei, Taiwan
CB1H Chile 12 M/? LoTW
CN3A Morocco 33 M/M IK2OHG
CR2L Azores 14 SOAB OE2GEN
CR5T Portugal 14 M/2 LoTW; QSL via CR5T (B/e)
D4C Cape Verde Island 35 M/? LoTW
E2A Thailand 26 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via E2A (B)
E20AX Thailand 26 M/2 LoTW; QSL via E20AX (B)
EA8DDS Canary Islands 33 QRP EA8DDS
ED8W Canary Islands 33 M/? LoTW
EE5T Spain 14 M/2 LoTW
EF8R Canary Islands 33 M/? LoTW; QSL via EB7DX (d)
EF9Z Ceuta & Melilla 33 SO LoTW; QSL via EA5KB
ES9C Estonia 15 M/S ES5RY
FG4KH Guadeloupe 08 SO LoTW
FY5KE French Guiana 09 M/? LoTW; QSL: Jacques Mazzoni,
678 Route de L'Egalite 74290,
Talloires, France
HB9A Switzerland 14 M/S HB9OCR
HB9H Switzerland 14 M/? HB9CXZ
HC5D Ecuador 10 SOAB HP DL8UD; QSL via (DARC-B/d)
HC0E Ecuador 10 M/M HC1QRC
HR9/N3AD Honduras 07 SOAB W3HNK
HS8LVC Thailand 26 SOSB 20M LoTW; QSL via (C)
HS0ZOJ Thailand 26 SOSB 20M LoTW; QSL via F4BKV(LoTW prefered)
IH9P African Italy 33 SOSB 15M OL5Y
IH9YMC African Italy 33 SOSB (e)
IO5O Italy 15 M/S IK5RLP
J68MD St. Lucia 08 M/S N2HIW
KP2M U.S. Virgin Islands 08 M/2 LoTW
KP3Z Puerto Rico 08 SOAB LP N4AO
MD1E Isle of Man 14 HP M0OXO (O)
MD1U Isle of Man 14 HP M0OXO (O)
MD4K Isle of Man 14 SOAB G3NKC
MW5B Wales 14 SOSB 160M Only (L/C)
NP2P U.S. Virgin Islands 08 SO LoTW
OH5Z Finland 15 M/S LoTW
OH0V Aland Island 15 SO LoTW
OH0W Aland Island 15 M/S OH2BH
OX7A Greenland 40 M/2 LoTW; QSL via OZ1ACB & (C)
P3F Cyprus 20 LoTW
P40T Aruba 09
P40W Aruba 09 SOAB LoTW; QSL via N2MM; NO Bureau
PJ2T Curacao 09 M/? LoTW; QSL via W3HNK
PJ4K Bonaire 09 M/M KU9C
PJ7PL Sint Maarten 08 SO LP N2HX
PS4L Brazil 11 M/S LoTW
PT5J Brazil 11 SOABA PP5JR
PY0F Fernando de Noronha 11 M/2 LoTW
PZ5K Surinam 09 M/? LoTW; QSL via G3NKC
RK9AX Russia (Asia) 17 SOAB HP UA9APA
S79W Seychelles 39 SOSB LoTW; QSL via SP9FIH & (C)
S79ZM Seychelles 39 M/? Auto (B)
SU8X Egypt 34 M/? OH2BH
TC0F Turkey 20 M/S TA2BN
TI7W Costa Rica 07 M/S W4FS
TO1J Martinique 08 SO JF2QNM
V26B Antigua & Barbuda 08 M/M LoTW
V3M Belize 07 M/S LoTW
V47T St. Kitts & Nevis 08 SOAB W2RQ
V49V St. Kitts & Nevis 08 M/2 LoTW
V85RH Brunei 28 SO LoTW
VK9NC Norfolk Island 32 SOSB 40M SP7VC
VK9NE Norfolk Island 32 SO LoTW; QSL via SP7VC (d)
VP2MSW Montserrat 08 SOAB HP LoTW; paper QSLs via K3SW (d)
(1 USD, 3 USDs foreign)
VP5W Turks & Caicos 08 M/S LoTW; QSL via KD3TB (d)
VP6R Pitcairn Island 32 M/? LoTW
VP9I Bermuda 05 SO LoTW
YJ0CA Vanuatu 32 SO VK2YUS (d)
YT5A Servia 15 M/M YT1AD
ZF1A Cayman Islands 08 M/2 LoTW
ZF9CW Cayman Islands 08 SO HP K5GO (d)
ZM4T New Zealand 32 M/2 LoTW
ZW5B Brazil 08 M/M K3IRV
ZZ3ZZ Brazil 11 M/S LoTW; QSL via (C/e)
(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
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Sunday, October 27, 2019
ANS-300 AMSAT News Service Bulletins for October 27
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
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In this edition:
* AMSAT Goal: "Amateur Radio in Every CubeSat"
* AMSAT VP User Services Describes Planning for Improvements
* AMSAT-DL Symposium and JHV 2019 November 9 - November 10
* Reminder - ARISS Proposal Window is Open Until November 30, 2019
* ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
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DATE October 27, 2019
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Video recordings of the 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium have been posted:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/AMSATNA/videos/
(This page should be accessible to all)
The Foundations of AMSAT - 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Panel
is posted at: https://youtu.be/bRmn4gjvuTI
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AMSAT Goal: "Amateur Radio in Every CubeSat"
The ARRL Letter for October 17, 2019
AMSAT wants to see Amateur Radio in every CubeSat, and it's part-
nering with non-Amateur Radio partners to make that happen. In the
"Apogee View" editorial for the September/October issue of The AMSAT
Journal, Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, wrote, "[W]e
continue to support a stream of LEO satellites. RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E
is ready for launch no earlier than December 1, 2019, on the ELaNa XX
mission. The linear transponder and telemetry system carried aboard
Fox-1E was designed for use in different CubeSats by merely adding
an interface adapter for connection to the host bus."
Stoetzer said CubeSat programs interested in launching an Amateur
Radio payload may partner with AMSAT to carry a Fox-1E module on
their spacecraft. "By providing Amateur Radio capability, the Cube-
Sat program gets a worldwide ground station network to receive
their telemetry and experiment data while the Amateur Radio commun-
ity gets a transponder to use in orbit," he pointed out.
Stoetzer said the first such partnership will be with the Husky
Satellite Lab at the University of Washington. Its 3U CubeSat --
HuskySat-1 -- is set to launch on the ELaNa XXV mission from Wallops
Island, Virginia, no sooner than November 2. A Northrop Grumman
Cygnus spacecraft will carry HuskySat-1 to the International Space
Station, and after completing its mission there, Cygnus will con-
tinue to an orbit of approximately 500 kilometers (310 miles) to
deploy HuskySat-1. "After a 30-day mission to complete tests of
its experimental payloads -- a pulsed plasma thruster, and a K-band
(24 GHz) communications system -- the satellite will be turned over
to AMSAT, and the linear transponder will be made available to the
Amateur Radio community," Stoetzer said.
Ed. Note - HuskySat-1 will carry a 30 kHz wide 145 to 435 MHz linear
transponder for amateur radio SSB/CW communications along
with 1k2 BPSK telemetry. The IARU has coordinated a downlink
on 436.810-435.840 MHz and uplink on 145.910-145.940 MHz.
NASA TV (http://www.nasa.gov/ntv) will provide coverage of
the launch. Pre-launch details are posted at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Cygnus-Launch-Nov2
[ANS thanks AMSAT and the ARRL for the above information]
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The 2019 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings USB flash drives,
featuring 1.98 GB of information, including the 2019
Proceedings and all previously published Proceedings
dating back to 1986 are now available on the AMSAT store
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Symposium-Flash-Drive
(allow 10 business days for the next batch to be loaded with the files)
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AMSAT VP User Services Describes Planning for Improvements
At the conclusion of the 2019 AMSAT Symposium and Annual General
meeting, Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP User Services provided a state-
ment outlining his plans. Robert's statement follows:
I am so honored to be elected by the AMSAT Board of Directors to be
the AMSAT Treasurer and reelected to be the AMSAT Vice-President of
User Services, as well as reappointed as the Director of AMSAT Ambas-
sadors by the AMSAT President. Thank you for your confidence in me.
I am humbled. This is a lot of hats to wear, along with my full-time
job, but I look forward to the challenge. I believe in AMSAT's mis-
sion and have a wonderful team of volunteers to assist me.
I am excited to announce that there are major improvements coming
for our AMSAT members in the near future. The AMSAT Board of Direc-
tors approved my recommendations for an internet-based, member manage-
ment system, the transition to a digitally delivered, full-color
AMSAT Journal, and a complete overhaul of our AMSAT website. I have
been putting together these proposals for several months and thank
the Board of Directors for the permission to move these projects
forward. These improvements will modernize how AMSAT serves you.
I hope that you will be as impressed with them as I am.
The member management system puts you in control of your membership
account, allowing you to update your contact information, pay your
dues, and register for events in real time. In addition, the program
will automatically push out reminders, newsletters, and a digital
copy of the AMSAT Journal.
Transitioning to a digitally-delivered, AMSAT Journal will allow us
to provide a full-color magazine, without raising the cost of member-
ship. In addition, we will have to opportunity to provide member-only
content on our website, to include back issues of our AMSAT Journal.
Lastly, we will be working on a complete overhaul of our AMSAT web-
site. Over the years, our website has received several facelifts,
and, in the process, it has become somewhat disjointed. Our goal is
to make the navigation more intuitive and offer the content you
deserve. The front of the website will focus on external visitors,
explaining who we are, what we do, and what we have to offer. We will
also have portals for our members and friends in the AMSAT community,
how to guides on getting started in amateur radio satellites, and all
the important information about current satellites you will need to
work them.
AMSAT's User Services is committed to serving AMSAT members and the
AMSAT community and to deliver the quality services you deserve as we
move forward into the next 50 years of Keeping Amateur Radio is Space!
If you would like to join us on this incredible journey, we could sure
use you help.
73,
Robert Bankston, KE4AL
Vice-President, User Services
Director, AMSAT Ambassadors
Treasurer
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
[Ed. note - The AMSAT News Service is a proud member of the AMSAT
User Services Team]
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT's Man of Many Hats for the
above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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AMSAT-DL Symposium and JHV 2019 November 9 - November 10
AMSAT-DL extends an invitation to the Satellite Symposium and General
Assembly of AMSAT Deutschland e.V. in Bochum, Germany. Lectures on
current amateur radio satellites and space projects will be presented.
The lecture program and symposium schedule have been posted. Landing
coordinates have been posted as 07° 11' 39" E 51° 25' 40" N.
See https://amsat-dl.org/en/event/amsat-dl-symposium-und-jhv-2019/
for the latest information and travel directions.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information]
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Reminder - ARISS Proposal Window is Open Until November 30, 2019
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program
is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organiza-
tions, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio
contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that
the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.
Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates.
To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for
organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and inte-
grate the contact into a well-developed education plan.
The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal
information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org/
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
+ Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB
and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara.
Italy, direct via IQ5VR Thu 2019-10-24 11:13 UTC
Contact was successful.
+ I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV
and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC
Fri 2019-10-25 10:24 UTC Contact was successful.
+ Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50 UTC
+ Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School,
Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57 UTC
+ Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA,
direct via K4LRG.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01 UTC
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be
found at: https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html
AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise
$150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. These up-
grades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astro-
nauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone
with $33,830 raised or about 23% towards our goal. This would not have
been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more informa-
tion and to DONATE TODAY visit:
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Software Update for UZ7HO's Software Packet-Radio TNC
Andrei, UZ7HO, the developer of the UZ7HO Soundmodem software, has
released an updated version: soundmodem105.
The UZ7HO soundmodem is a dual-port Packet-Radio TNC that uses a
soundcard as a modem and supports the AX.25 protocol on computers
running the Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 operating systems.
The newest version of Soundmodem supports these packet protocols:
+ AFSK 300, 600, 1200, 2400 bps (conventional packet)
+ BPSK 300, 600, 1200, 2400 bps
+ QPSK 2400, 3600, 4800 bps
+ 8PSK 4800 bps
The updated software and documentation can be accessed at:
http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm - and look for -
+ soundmodem105.zip 13-Oct-19 03:57
+ CHANGELOG.txt 13-Oct-19 04:36
High-speed packet software supporting the telemetry from amateur
and scientific satellites, called hs_soundmodem21.zip can also
be downloaded from this site.
High-Speed Soundmodem:
+ G3RUH 4800, 9600, 19200 bps
+ Manchester 1200, 2400, 3600, 7200 bps
+ HAPN 4800 bps
+ GOMX-1/3, Mobitex-NX (BeeSAT-2/4), AAUSAT-4, LilacSat-2 decoders
[ANS thanks Andrei, UZ7HO, for the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
[Ed. note - Twitter URLs can be accessed with your web browser
even if you do not have a personal Twitter account.]
Operating Shorts:
+ Oct 24-28, KQ2RP/1: FN54 (and possibly the FN44/54 line); FM only
+ St. Lucia, October 19-28, 2019
Jay, AA4FL, will be in St. Lucia for the J68MD CQWW SSB Contest
Team. He will be doing OSCAR satellite operation as J6/AA4FL, by
schedule as he is visiting vacation style in varying locations.
His schedule will depend on shifts as a team member of the CQWW
J68MD team. E-mail per QRZ to coordinate both FM simple SATs and
SSB linear transponder bird QSO schedules. Radios will be a FT-817ND
and FT-818ND for full duplex operation using an Arrow II antenna.
+ Minnesota’s North Shore (EN36/EN46, EN47/EN48, EN57/EN58)
October 30 to November 1, 2019.
Mitch, ADØHJ, will be taking a tour of Minnesota’s North Shore
before the BIG SNOW comes down. It all kicks off with the Oct 30
06:35z CAS-4B pass from EN57/58 grid line and ends on the Nov 1
11:27z SO-50 pass from EN36/46 line. In between, Mitch will hit
the EN47/48 grid line. 24 FM and Linear passes in all. Definitely
something for everyone. Keep and eye on Mitch’s Twitter feed for
further updates: https://twitter.com/AD0HJ
+ South TX (EL0x and EL1x) November 2-9, 2019
Ron, AD0DX, will be vacationing in McAllen TX area the week of Nov 2
to 9. He will be roving to south Texas on the above dates. His cur-
rent plan is as follows:Sat Nov 2nd: EL08/EL09 probably one pass
per grid starting in the late afternoon local Sun Nov 3: EL17/EL18
holiday style, one or two passes per grid Mon Nov 4 through Fri
Nov 8: EL06 / EL15 / EL16. He is staying in EL06 and will activate
15 and 16 a few times throughout the week. Will probably activate
EL06 4 or 5 times. Sat Nov 9: EL07 / EL08 Probably one pass from
each grid. He will be active on FM and linear satellites and will
tweet passes from https://twitter.com/ad0dx
+ EM68/69 November 3-5, 2019
Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Illinois, November 3–5. Key
word is vacation, but he will jump over to activate the EM68/EM69
gridline on FM satellites. Watch Tanner’s Twitter feed for further
announcements: https://twitter.com/twjones85
+ Nunavut, Canada (ER60) November 11 – December 6, 2019
Look for VY0ERC to once again be active from the Eureka Weather
station (NA-008, Zone 2) between Nov. 11 to Dec. 6. This sta-
tion is operated by the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the
most northerly located amateur radio club in the world] from Eureka,
Nunavut. 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 their spare
time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct. For updates,
see: https://twitter.com/vy0erc
+ EA9 Melilla (IM85) November 18-21, 2019
Philippe, EA4NF, will be operating from Melilla as EA9/EA4NF from
November 18 to 21, 2019. This very small Spanish territory located
in Northern Africa, which is a very rare GRID and is listed as one
of the Most Wanted SAT DXCC. Updates and passes on Philippe’s
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT
+ Key West (EL94) December 3-6, 2019
Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West December 3-6. Key
word is vacation, but he will jump on some FM satellite passes to
activate EL94 for those that need it or just want to chat. Watch
Tanner’s Twitter feed for further announcements:
https://twitter.com/twjones85
+ Hawaii (BK19, BK28, BK29, BL20) December 21-28, 2019
Alex, N7AGF, is heading back to Hawaii over Christmas. This will be
a holiday-style activation, with special emphasis on the grid that
got away – BK28. Keep an eye on Alex’s Twitter feed for further
announcements: https://twitter.com/N7AGF
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
Just because the year is winding down and Winter in knocking on the
door doesn't mean the satellite operations are slowing down. Check
out AMSAT's Upcoming Satellite Operations pages for all the latest
happenings:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/
Announcements are posted as soon as they are received, so make sure
you bookmark the page and check it often. If you have an activation
in the works, please send me an email to make sure the word gets out.
[ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]
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The digital download version of the 2019 edition of
Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a
DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store. Get yours today!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started
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The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates
Information about AMSAT activities at important events around the
country is posted on the AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions web page:
https://www.amsat.org/other-events/
Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT repre-
sentatives give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur
satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence such as a table or
booth with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with pre-
sentations, forums, and/or demonstrations.
A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from
the page (above) - get the "AMSAT Intro Brochure", a color brochure
that is designed to be printed double-sided and folded into a tri-fold
handout. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office if you need pre-printed
copies.
To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration,
please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Ambassadors for the above information
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The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a
Raspberry Pi-based telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites
now supports the Raspberry Pi 4.
Get yours today on the AMSAT Store!
https://amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ NASA is inviting 50 social media users to witness the next SpaceX
cargo launch to the Space_Station. All details, requirements, and
restrictions are posted at: https://go.nasa.gov/2MGt27y
Applications close Oct. 31.
+ To apply for a NASA Internship head over to http://intern.nasa.gov
to see what's new! You can learn about about NASA Internships, Path-
ways, Fellowships, and International Internship opportunities! The
application deadline for spring 2020 is November 5, 2019.
+ The presentation by Alan B. Johnston, PhD, KU2Y, AMSAT VP Educational
Relations, and Pat Kilroy, N8PK, at the 37th Space Symposium "A Year
with the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator: 12 Months in the Classroom and Lab"
is available for download as a PDF file at https://t.co/8ytonDXW5v
View Alan's announcement on Twitter https://t.co/0fiFiU56LM
A PDF copy of Alan and Pat's PowerPoint slides for their present-
ation, "Updates to the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator: Fox Emulation Mode
and Raspberry Pi Ground Station" can be downloaded from:
https://t.co/N4bjCVVBym?amp=1
+ AMSAT Colloquium Talk on QO-100 is posted at:
https://amsat-uk.org/2019/10/21/video-eshail-2-qo-100-talk/
https://youtu.be/hxxlCx3W5Bg
Videos of the presentations given at the AMSAT-UK International
Space Colloquium, which was held as part of the RSGB Convention
in Milton Keynes, October 12-13, 2019, are being made available
on YouTube. A recent release is the talk on the geostationary
satellite Es’hail-2 / QO-100 activities of AMSAT-DL given by
Achim Vollhardt, DH2VA, this is followed by the awarding of the
RSGB Louis Varney Cup to Peter Gülzow DB2OS.
+ The Microwave Update (MUD) 2019 Conference in the Dallas, TX area
has wrapped up. Both the MUD proceedings and GNU Radio Workshop
proceedings are available from Lulu.
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-MUD-GNU-Proceedings
+ AO-7 has been operating during a period of full illumination that
will last until approximately Decenber 2nd. During this time, the
satellite's onboard timer should switch it between Mode A (145 MHz
uplink / 29 MHz downlink) and Mode B (432 MHz uplink / 145 MHz down-
link) every 24 hours. To check or report the satellite's current
mode, please see the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page at:
https://www.amsat.org/status/ A description of AO-7 operation is
posted at: https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ao-7/
+ NASA article highlights the role of amateur radio in letting young
people speak directly with astronauts and cosmonauts on the Inter-
national Space Station is posted at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-NASA-Youth
+ NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Perform the
First Space-Earth Duet. NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, circling Earth
aboard the International Space Station, and musician Ian Anderson,
founder of the rock band Jethro Tull, joined together for the first
space-Earth duet. See: https://youtu.be/XeC4nqBB5BM
+ Enjoy NASA's specical video just in time for Halloween! Raining
glass! Wicked wind! Radiation blasts from an undead star are all
at play in our GALAXY OF HORRORS! A preview of the video is avail-
able in tweet from NASA:
https://twitter.com/NASAExoplanets/status/1187768977079992320
And it will be available for download Tuesday, Oct. 29, at:
http://exoplanets.nasa.gov
+ West Point cadets using the USMA amateur radio club callsign W2KGY
had a contact with Col. Drew Morgan, U.S. Military Academy Class
of 1998, aboard the ISS. An article with links to a video of the
contact is posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ISS-WestPoint
+ A new groups.io announcement from the ARRL describes new on-line
forums: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ARRL-Forums You can join the
Groups at: https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Groups/subgroups
+ The NFL inspires a satellite docking tool which teaches satellites
to interact and dock in space, an Aerospace team found a possible
solution on Sunday Night Football™:
https://aerospace.org/article/nfl-inspires-satellite-docking-tool
+ The ESA web pages presented with a new look this week:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ESA-New-Look and, now you can tune in
to ESA’s latest digital channel: ESA Web TV! This is ESA’s one-stop-
shop for all live events from launches to lectures:
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Presenting_ESA_Web_TV
+ Will We Survive Mars? A video series from Vox gives us something to
think about: https://youtu.be/x8fpeVICeGg
+ This video describes how to set up ham radio software on the
Raspberry Pi: https://youtu.be/cGlfv-aPkU8
+ Follow a project to use a RaspberryPi to sync your windshield
wipers to music; this is apparently a work in progress:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Wipers-With-A-Beat
+ AMSAT-SA Space Symposium 2020 in South Africa is planned for
July 18, 2020. The theme will be: Amateur Radio in Space – explor-
ing VHF, UHF and Microwaves. The latest information will be post-
ed at: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Kletskous related PowerPoint pre-
sentations can be accessed at the same web page include:
- Kletskous
- Kletskous Transponder
- Kletskous Magnetic Stabilisation
+ Scientists and engineers from nearly a dozen Polish universities
have teamed up with Poland-based satellite company SatRevolution
and Sir Richard Branson’s small satellite launch company Virgin
Orbit to establish a new consortium to design and carry out the
world’s first dedicated commercial small satellite mission to Mars.
See: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-SatRevolution
+ The nearest galaxy, Andromeda, is headed toward our Milky Way galaxy
at 110 km per second (68 miles/sec). It'll look bigger & bigger in
our skies before colliding with us in a few billion years, and when
that happens, the two galaxies will be ripped across space by tidal
forces. Have a nice day ...
https://twitter.com/physicsJ/status/1182628766289297408?s=20
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
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/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and remember to behave and to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat dot org
_______________________________________________
Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA
https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
ANS-300
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation.
ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including
reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio
operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur
Radio satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
In this edition:
* AMSAT Goal: "Amateur Radio in Every CubeSat"
* AMSAT VP User Services Describes Planning for Improvements
* AMSAT-DL Symposium and JHV 2019 November 9 - November 10
* Reminder - ARISS Proposal Window is Open Until November 30, 2019
* ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
* Software Update for UZ7HO's Software Packet-Radio TNC
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-300.01
ANS-300 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 300.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE October 27, 2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-300.01
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Video recordings of the 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium have been posted:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/AMSATNA/videos/
(This page should be accessible to all)
The Foundations of AMSAT - 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Panel
is posted at: https://youtu.be/bRmn4gjvuTI
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AMSAT Goal: "Amateur Radio in Every CubeSat"
The ARRL Letter for October 17, 2019
AMSAT wants to see Amateur Radio in every CubeSat, and it's part-
nering with non-Amateur Radio partners to make that happen. In the
"Apogee View" editorial for the September/October issue of The AMSAT
Journal, Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, wrote, "[W]e
continue to support a stream of LEO satellites. RadFxSat-2/Fox-1E
is ready for launch no earlier than December 1, 2019, on the ELaNa XX
mission. The linear transponder and telemetry system carried aboard
Fox-1E was designed for use in different CubeSats by merely adding
an interface adapter for connection to the host bus."
Stoetzer said CubeSat programs interested in launching an Amateur
Radio payload may partner with AMSAT to carry a Fox-1E module on
their spacecraft. "By providing Amateur Radio capability, the Cube-
Sat program gets a worldwide ground station network to receive
their telemetry and experiment data while the Amateur Radio commun-
ity gets a transponder to use in orbit," he pointed out.
Stoetzer said the first such partnership will be with the Husky
Satellite Lab at the University of Washington. Its 3U CubeSat --
HuskySat-1 -- is set to launch on the ELaNa XXV mission from Wallops
Island, Virginia, no sooner than November 2. A Northrop Grumman
Cygnus spacecraft will carry HuskySat-1 to the International Space
Station, and after completing its mission there, Cygnus will con-
tinue to an orbit of approximately 500 kilometers (310 miles) to
deploy HuskySat-1. "After a 30-day mission to complete tests of
its experimental payloads -- a pulsed plasma thruster, and a K-band
(24 GHz) communications system -- the satellite will be turned over
to AMSAT, and the linear transponder will be made available to the
Amateur Radio community," Stoetzer said.
Ed. Note - HuskySat-1 will carry a 30 kHz wide 145 to 435 MHz linear
transponder for amateur radio SSB/CW communications along
with 1k2 BPSK telemetry. The IARU has coordinated a downlink
on 436.810-435.840 MHz and uplink on 145.910-145.940 MHz.
NASA TV (http://www.nasa.gov/ntv) will provide coverage of
the launch. Pre-launch details are posted at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Cygnus-Launch-Nov2
[ANS thanks AMSAT and the ARRL for the above information]
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The 2019 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings USB flash drives,
featuring 1.98 GB of information, including the 2019
Proceedings and all previously published Proceedings
dating back to 1986 are now available on the AMSAT store
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Symposium-Flash-Drive
(allow 10 business days for the next batch to be loaded with the files)
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AMSAT VP User Services Describes Planning for Improvements
At the conclusion of the 2019 AMSAT Symposium and Annual General
meeting, Robert Bankston, KE4AL, VP User Services provided a state-
ment outlining his plans. Robert's statement follows:
I am so honored to be elected by the AMSAT Board of Directors to be
the AMSAT Treasurer and reelected to be the AMSAT Vice-President of
User Services, as well as reappointed as the Director of AMSAT Ambas-
sadors by the AMSAT President. Thank you for your confidence in me.
I am humbled. This is a lot of hats to wear, along with my full-time
job, but I look forward to the challenge. I believe in AMSAT's mis-
sion and have a wonderful team of volunteers to assist me.
I am excited to announce that there are major improvements coming
for our AMSAT members in the near future. The AMSAT Board of Direc-
tors approved my recommendations for an internet-based, member manage-
ment system, the transition to a digitally delivered, full-color
AMSAT Journal, and a complete overhaul of our AMSAT website. I have
been putting together these proposals for several months and thank
the Board of Directors for the permission to move these projects
forward. These improvements will modernize how AMSAT serves you.
I hope that you will be as impressed with them as I am.
The member management system puts you in control of your membership
account, allowing you to update your contact information, pay your
dues, and register for events in real time. In addition, the program
will automatically push out reminders, newsletters, and a digital
copy of the AMSAT Journal.
Transitioning to a digitally-delivered, AMSAT Journal will allow us
to provide a full-color magazine, without raising the cost of member-
ship. In addition, we will have to opportunity to provide member-only
content on our website, to include back issues of our AMSAT Journal.
Lastly, we will be working on a complete overhaul of our AMSAT web-
site. Over the years, our website has received several facelifts,
and, in the process, it has become somewhat disjointed. Our goal is
to make the navigation more intuitive and offer the content you
deserve. The front of the website will focus on external visitors,
explaining who we are, what we do, and what we have to offer. We will
also have portals for our members and friends in the AMSAT community,
how to guides on getting started in amateur radio satellites, and all
the important information about current satellites you will need to
work them.
AMSAT's User Services is committed to serving AMSAT members and the
AMSAT community and to deliver the quality services you deserve as we
move forward into the next 50 years of Keeping Amateur Radio is Space!
If you would like to join us on this incredible journey, we could sure
use you help.
73,
Robert Bankston, KE4AL
Vice-President, User Services
Director, AMSAT Ambassadors
Treasurer
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
[Ed. note - The AMSAT News Service is a proud member of the AMSAT
User Services Team]
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT's Man of Many Hats for the
above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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AMSAT-DL Symposium and JHV 2019 November 9 - November 10
AMSAT-DL extends an invitation to the Satellite Symposium and General
Assembly of AMSAT Deutschland e.V. in Bochum, Germany. Lectures on
current amateur radio satellites and space projects will be presented.
The lecture program and symposium schedule have been posted. Landing
coordinates have been posted as 07° 11' 39" E 51° 25' 40" N.
See https://amsat-dl.org/en/event/amsat-dl-symposium-und-jhv-2019/
for the latest information and travel directions.
[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information]
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Reminder - ARISS Proposal Window is Open Until November 30, 2019
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program
is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organiza-
tions, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio
contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that
the contact would be held between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.
Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates.
To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for
organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and inte-
grate the contact into a well-developed education plan.
The deadline to submit a proposal is November 30, 2019. Proposal
information and documents can be found at https://www.ariss.org/
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
+ Liceo Scientifico Teresa Gullace, Rome, Italy,direct via IZØDIB
and I.S.I.S. “ Zaccagna - Galilei” sede “G. Galilei”, Carrara.
Italy, direct via IQ5VR Thu 2019-10-24 11:13 UTC
Contact was successful.
+ I.I.S. “Ciampini-Boccardo”, Novi Ligure, Italy, direct via I1LJV
and I.T.I.S. "Magistri Cumacini", Como, Italy, direct via IZ2MCC
Fri 2019-10-25 10:24 UTC Contact was successful.
+ Golden Oak Montessori, Castro Valley, CA, telebridge via K6DUE.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 15:50 UTC
+ Young Scientists Program at USC and Vermont Elementary School,
Los Angeles, CA, direct via KN6CHS.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-10-28 18:57 UTC
+ Farmwell Station Middle School Space Dreamers, Ashburn, VA,
direct via K4LRG.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-29 15:01 UTC
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be
found at: https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html
AMSAT and ARISS are currently supporting a FundRazr campaign to raise
$150,000 for critical radio infrastructure upgrades on ISS. These up-
grades are necessary to enable students to continue to talk to astro-
nauts in space via Amateur Radio. We have reached a great milestone
with $33,830 raised or about 23% towards our goal. This would not have
been possible without your outstanding generosity!! For more informa-
tion and to DONATE TODAY visit:
https://fundrazr.com/arissnextgen?ref=ab_e7Htwa_ab_47IcJ9
[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Software Update for UZ7HO's Software Packet-Radio TNC
Andrei, UZ7HO, the developer of the UZ7HO Soundmodem software, has
released an updated version: soundmodem105.
The UZ7HO soundmodem is a dual-port Packet-Radio TNC that uses a
soundcard as a modem and supports the AX.25 protocol on computers
running the Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 operating systems.
The newest version of Soundmodem supports these packet protocols:
+ AFSK 300, 600, 1200, 2400 bps (conventional packet)
+ BPSK 300, 600, 1200, 2400 bps
+ QPSK 2400, 3600, 4800 bps
+ 8PSK 4800 bps
The updated software and documentation can be accessed at:
http://uz7.ho.ua/packetradio.htm - and look for -
+ soundmodem105.zip 13-Oct-19 03:57
+ CHANGELOG.txt 13-Oct-19 04:36
High-speed packet software supporting the telemetry from amateur
and scientific satellites, called hs_soundmodem21.zip can also
be downloaded from this site.
High-Speed Soundmodem:
+ G3RUH 4800, 9600, 19200 bps
+ Manchester 1200, 2400, 3600, 7200 bps
+ HAPN 4800 bps
+ GOMX-1/3, Mobitex-NX (BeeSAT-2/4), AAUSAT-4, LilacSat-2 decoders
[ANS thanks Andrei, UZ7HO, for the above information]
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
[Ed. note - Twitter URLs can be accessed with your web browser
even if you do not have a personal Twitter account.]
Operating Shorts:
+ Oct 24-28, KQ2RP/1: FN54 (and possibly the FN44/54 line); FM only
+ St. Lucia, October 19-28, 2019
Jay, AA4FL, will be in St. Lucia for the J68MD CQWW SSB Contest
Team. He will be doing OSCAR satellite operation as J6/AA4FL, by
schedule as he is visiting vacation style in varying locations.
His schedule will depend on shifts as a team member of the CQWW
J68MD team. E-mail per QRZ to coordinate both FM simple SATs and
SSB linear transponder bird QSO schedules. Radios will be a FT-817ND
and FT-818ND for full duplex operation using an Arrow II antenna.
+ Minnesota’s North Shore (EN36/EN46, EN47/EN48, EN57/EN58)
October 30 to November 1, 2019.
Mitch, ADØHJ, will be taking a tour of Minnesota’s North Shore
before the BIG SNOW comes down. It all kicks off with the Oct 30
06:35z CAS-4B pass from EN57/58 grid line and ends on the Nov 1
11:27z SO-50 pass from EN36/46 line. In between, Mitch will hit
the EN47/48 grid line. 24 FM and Linear passes in all. Definitely
something for everyone. Keep and eye on Mitch’s Twitter feed for
further updates: https://twitter.com/AD0HJ
+ South TX (EL0x and EL1x) November 2-9, 2019
Ron, AD0DX, will be vacationing in McAllen TX area the week of Nov 2
to 9. He will be roving to south Texas on the above dates. His cur-
rent plan is as follows:Sat Nov 2nd: EL08/EL09 probably one pass
per grid starting in the late afternoon local Sun Nov 3: EL17/EL18
holiday style, one or two passes per grid Mon Nov 4 through Fri
Nov 8: EL06 / EL15 / EL16. He is staying in EL06 and will activate
15 and 16 a few times throughout the week. Will probably activate
EL06 4 or 5 times. Sat Nov 9: EL07 / EL08 Probably one pass from
each grid. He will be active on FM and linear satellites and will
tweet passes from https://twitter.com/ad0dx
+ EM68/69 November 3-5, 2019
Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Illinois, November 3–5. Key
word is vacation, but he will jump over to activate the EM68/EM69
gridline on FM satellites. Watch Tanner’s Twitter feed for further
announcements: https://twitter.com/twjones85
+ Nunavut, Canada (ER60) November 11 – December 6, 2019
Look for VY0ERC to once again be active from the Eureka Weather
station (NA-008, Zone 2) between Nov. 11 to Dec. 6. This sta-
tion is operated by the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the
most northerly located amateur radio club in the world] from Eureka,
Nunavut. 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 their spare
time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct. For updates,
see: https://twitter.com/vy0erc
+ EA9 Melilla (IM85) November 18-21, 2019
Philippe, EA4NF, will be operating from Melilla as EA9/EA4NF from
November 18 to 21, 2019. This very small Spanish territory located
in Northern Africa, which is a very rare GRID and is listed as one
of the Most Wanted SAT DXCC. Updates and passes on Philippe’s
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT
+ Key West (EL94) December 3-6, 2019
Tanner, W9TWJ, will be vacationing in Key West December 3-6. Key
word is vacation, but he will jump on some FM satellite passes to
activate EL94 for those that need it or just want to chat. Watch
Tanner’s Twitter feed for further announcements:
https://twitter.com/twjones85
+ Hawaii (BK19, BK28, BK29, BL20) December 21-28, 2019
Alex, N7AGF, is heading back to Hawaii over Christmas. This will be
a holiday-style activation, with special emphasis on the grid that
got away – BK28. Keep an eye on Alex’s Twitter feed for further
announcements: https://twitter.com/N7AGF
Please submit any additions or corrections to ke4al (at) amsat.org
Just because the year is winding down and Winter in knocking on the
door doesn't mean the satellite operations are slowing down. Check
out AMSAT's Upcoming Satellite Operations pages for all the latest
happenings:
https://www.amsat.org/satellite-info/upcoming-satellite-operations/
Announcements are posted as soon as they are received, so make sure
you bookmark the page and check it often. If you have an activation
in the works, please send me an email to make sure the word gets out.
[ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, for the above information]
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The digital download version of the 2019 edition of
Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available as a
DRM-free PDF from the AMSAT Store. Get yours today!
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-237-Getting-Started
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The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates
Information about AMSAT activities at important events around the
country is posted on the AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions web page:
https://www.amsat.org/other-events/
Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT repre-
sentatives give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur
satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence such as a table or
booth with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with pre-
sentations, forums, and/or demonstrations.
A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from
the page (above) - get the "AMSAT Intro Brochure", a color brochure
that is designed to be printed double-sided and folded into a tri-fold
handout. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office if you need pre-printed
copies.
To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration,
please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Ambassadors for the above information
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The Fox-In-A-Box Raspberry Pi SD card for setting up a
Raspberry Pi-based telemetry station for the Fox-1 satellites
now supports the Raspberry Pi 4.
Get yours today on the AMSAT Store!
https://amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ NASA is inviting 50 social media users to witness the next SpaceX
cargo launch to the Space_Station. All details, requirements, and
restrictions are posted at: https://go.nasa.gov/2MGt27y
Applications close Oct. 31.
+ To apply for a NASA Internship head over to http://intern.nasa.gov
to see what's new! You can learn about about NASA Internships, Path-
ways, Fellowships, and International Internship opportunities! The
application deadline for spring 2020 is November 5, 2019.
+ The presentation by Alan B. Johnston, PhD, KU2Y, AMSAT VP Educational
Relations, and Pat Kilroy, N8PK, at the 37th Space Symposium "A Year
with the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator: 12 Months in the Classroom and Lab"
is available for download as a PDF file at https://t.co/8ytonDXW5v
View Alan's announcement on Twitter https://t.co/0fiFiU56LM
A PDF copy of Alan and Pat's PowerPoint slides for their present-
ation, "Updates to the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator: Fox Emulation Mode
and Raspberry Pi Ground Station" can be downloaded from:
https://t.co/N4bjCVVBym?amp=1
+ AMSAT Colloquium Talk on QO-100 is posted at:
https://amsat-uk.org/2019/10/21/video-eshail-2-qo-100-talk/
https://youtu.be/hxxlCx3W5Bg
Videos of the presentations given at the AMSAT-UK International
Space Colloquium, which was held as part of the RSGB Convention
in Milton Keynes, October 12-13, 2019, are being made available
on YouTube. A recent release is the talk on the geostationary
satellite Es’hail-2 / QO-100 activities of AMSAT-DL given by
Achim Vollhardt, DH2VA, this is followed by the awarding of the
RSGB Louis Varney Cup to Peter Gülzow DB2OS.
+ The Microwave Update (MUD) 2019 Conference in the Dallas, TX area
has wrapped up. Both the MUD proceedings and GNU Radio Workshop
proceedings are available from Lulu.
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-MUD-GNU-Proceedings
+ AO-7 has been operating during a period of full illumination that
will last until approximately Decenber 2nd. During this time, the
satellite's onboard timer should switch it between Mode A (145 MHz
uplink / 29 MHz downlink) and Mode B (432 MHz uplink / 145 MHz down-
link) every 24 hours. To check or report the satellite's current
mode, please see the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page at:
https://www.amsat.org/status/ A description of AO-7 operation is
posted at: https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ao-7/
+ NASA article highlights the role of amateur radio in letting young
people speak directly with astronauts and cosmonauts on the Inter-
national Space Station is posted at:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-NASA-Youth
+ NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Perform the
First Space-Earth Duet. NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, circling Earth
aboard the International Space Station, and musician Ian Anderson,
founder of the rock band Jethro Tull, joined together for the first
space-Earth duet. See: https://youtu.be/XeC4nqBB5BM
+ Enjoy NASA's specical video just in time for Halloween! Raining
glass! Wicked wind! Radiation blasts from an undead star are all
at play in our GALAXY OF HORRORS! A preview of the video is avail-
able in tweet from NASA:
https://twitter.com/NASAExoplanets/status/1187768977079992320
And it will be available for download Tuesday, Oct. 29, at:
http://exoplanets.nasa.gov
+ West Point cadets using the USMA amateur radio club callsign W2KGY
had a contact with Col. Drew Morgan, U.S. Military Academy Class
of 1998, aboard the ISS. An article with links to a video of the
contact is posted at: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ISS-WestPoint
+ A new groups.io announcement from the ARRL describes new on-line
forums: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ARRL-Forums You can join the
Groups at: https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Groups/subgroups
+ The NFL inspires a satellite docking tool which teaches satellites
to interact and dock in space, an Aerospace team found a possible
solution on Sunday Night Football™:
https://aerospace.org/article/nfl-inspires-satellite-docking-tool
+ The ESA web pages presented with a new look this week:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-ESA-New-Look and, now you can tune in
to ESA’s latest digital channel: ESA Web TV! This is ESA’s one-stop-
shop for all live events from launches to lectures:
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Presenting_ESA_Web_TV
+ Will We Survive Mars? A video series from Vox gives us something to
think about: https://youtu.be/x8fpeVICeGg
+ This video describes how to set up ham radio software on the
Raspberry Pi: https://youtu.be/cGlfv-aPkU8
+ Follow a project to use a RaspberryPi to sync your windshield
wipers to music; this is apparently a work in progress:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-Wipers-With-A-Beat
+ AMSAT-SA Space Symposium 2020 in South Africa is planned for
July 18, 2020. The theme will be: Amateur Radio in Space – explor-
ing VHF, UHF and Microwaves. The latest information will be post-
ed at: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Kletskous related PowerPoint pre-
sentations can be accessed at the same web page include:
- Kletskous
- Kletskous Transponder
- Kletskous Magnetic Stabilisation
+ Scientists and engineers from nearly a dozen Polish universities
have teamed up with Poland-based satellite company SatRevolution
and Sir Richard Branson’s small satellite launch company Virgin
Orbit to establish a new consortium to design and carry out the
world’s first dedicated commercial small satellite mission to Mars.
See: https://tinyurl.com/ANS-300-SatRevolution
+ The nearest galaxy, Andromeda, is headed toward our Milky Way galaxy
at 110 km per second (68 miles/sec). It'll look bigger & bigger in
our skies before colliding with us in a few billion years, and when
that happens, the two galaxies will be ripped across space by tidal
forces. Have a nice day ...
https://twitter.com/physicsJ/status/1182628766289297408?s=20
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73 and remember to behave and to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat dot org
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