SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1435
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No.
1435
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1435
BID:
$OPDX.1435
October 14, 2019
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by
BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent from Strongsville,
Ohio
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio
DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR
Cluster
Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX,
K4UEE, K5GS,
N7NG, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG &
The DX News
Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA
& Les
Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ4YGS, RN3RQ,
Sixitalia
Weekly, and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster
Network for the
week of Sunday, 6th/October, through Sunday, 13th/October
there were 212
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W,
4J, 4L, 4O,
4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H,
9J, 9K,
9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6,
C9,
CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7,
EA,
EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FO,
FP,
FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK,
HL,
HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K,
KH0,
KH2, KH6, KL, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK,
OM,
ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP,
ST,
SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TZ, UA,
UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V,
VP5,
VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, XZ, YA, YB, YJ, YL, YO, YS, YU, YV,
Z2,
Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZK3, 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".
4L,
GEORGIA. Algis, LY2BMX/LY4ZZ, will be active as 4L/LY4ZZ near Tbilisi
during
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/Single-
Band (160m)
entry. QSL via LY4ZZ. All QSOs will be uploaded and confirmed
via LoTW, eQSL,
ClubLog, Hamlog, Hrdlog, QRZCQ.com and QRZ.com.
5B/P3, CYPRUS. Jamie,
M0SDV, will be active as P3F from the station of
5B4AGN in Pafos during the
CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a
Single-Op entry. QSL for P3F via
M0URX or OQRS. Before and after the
contest, Jamie will operate as 5B/M0SDV.
QSL via M0SDV direct, LoTW or
ClubLog's OQRS (direct or by the
Bureau).
5T, MAURITANIA. DX-World.net reports that operators
Johannes/PA5X (5T5PA)
and Evert/PA2KW (5T2KW) will be active from a special
location somewhere
in Mauritania between the evening of October 19th until
the morning of
the 26th. Their main focus will be on Low Bands
(160/80/60/40m). Johannes
will be mostly active on SSB and some FT8. Evert
will concentrate on CW.
They will set up separate verticals for 160/80m and a
delta-loops for
60/40 meters. Receiving antennas = 3 beverages (direction
JA/EU, NA,
SA/VK/ZL). There will be a daily upload to ClubLog for both
stations.
LoTW will be uploaded after the DXpedition. QSL is OQRS via
ClubLog.
5W, SAMOA. After their ZK3A operation, operators Lee/VK3GK and
Chris/VK3FY
will be active as 5W0GK and 5W0FY, respectively, from Samoa
(OC-097). The
length of their stay is not known at this time, but one of them
was expected
to be in the Oceania DX CW Contest this past weekend (October
12-13th).
Look for 5W0GK in the contest and 5W0FY on non-contest bands. QSL
via
M0OXO or OQRS. Also ZK3A member, Alex, K6VHF, was heard active as
5W0NA
from 5W1SA's station in Apia on various HF bands using mainly CW and
FT8.
Length of their stay also not known at this time, QSL via K6VHF
direct
or ClubLog's OQRS.
9G, GHANA. Matteo, IZ4YGS, is once again
active as 9G5GS from Sanzule,
West Takoradi (Western Region), Ghana, until
October 23rd. Activity will
be limited to his spare time (usually on "almost
every evening", between
2100-0000z) on 160-20 meters using mostly FT8 (F/H)
and SSB, with a Yaesu
FT-891 and 100 watts into a vertical antenna. He
mentions on QRZ.com,
"Activations can't be planned because of rainy season's
unpredictability."
On FT8 (Fox-Hound Mode) the suggested frequencies are:
3567, 7056, 10131
and 14090 kHz. On FT8 (Standard Mode) on the standard
frequencies; PLEASE
SEND REPORT FIRST, not the Loc. He will update daily to
ClubLog. QSL via
LoTW, IZ4YGS direct or eQSL.
ADDED NOTE: Matteo will
return again between November 26th and December
28th; bands and modes
identical to the previous ones, the news will be
the SSB activity through the
Oscar-100 geostationary satellite.
BY, CHINA. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will guest
operate from the Guilin Amateur
Radio Club station BY7WGL for two days
(November 3-4th). For more details
and updates, see: https://pandasan.jimdo.com/fw-m0jhq
D4,
CAPE VERDE. Jan, OK7JR, is now active as D44EA from Sal Island (AF-086)
until
October 22nd. Some activity will be from the Ponta to Sino Light-
house
(ARLHS CAP007). Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via his
home
callsign, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL.
ED8, CANARY ISLANDS.
Operators Salvador/EA7FQB, Cristobal/EA7RU, Manolo/
EA7LL, Anton/EA8DIG,
Maria/EA8LF, Manuel/EA8DO, Miroslav/OM5RW and Siggi/
TF3CW will be active as
ED8W from La Palma Island (AF-004) during the
CQWW DX SSB Contest (October
26-27th) Multi-? entry. QSL via EA8DO or
LoTW.
FH, MAYOTTE ISLANDS
(Reminder). Willi, DJ7RJ, will once again be active
as FH/DJ7RJ from Mayotte
between October 15th and November 3rd. Activity
will be on 160-10 meters with
a focus on the lower bands using CW and SSB.
QSL via his home callsign,
direct or by the Bureau. NO LoTW or ClubLog.
FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA.
Robert, K5PI, will once again be active as FO/K5PI.
Activity will take place
after his participation in the TX7T Marquesas
Islands DXpedition (see TX7T
below), and during the CQWW DX CW Contest
(November 23-24th) as a
Single-Op/Low-Power entry on 40-10 meters only.
QSL via K5PI.
FW,
WALLIS AND FUTUNA. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will be active as FW/M0JHQ from
Wallis
Island (OC-054) between November 23-27th. He may apply for a unique
FW
callsign upon arrival. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW and
FT8.
QSL via LoTW or direct to JA0JHQ. For more details and updates,
see:
https://pandasan.jimdo.com/fw-m0jhq
HI,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Nate, N4YDU, will be active as HI3CC from the
"Loma Del
Toro DX Club" station during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November
23-24th) as a
Single-Op/High-Power entry. QSL via W2CCW (HI3CC only).
Nate will be active
as HI3/N4YDU before the contest. QSL via LoTW for
HI3/N4YDU.
IOTA
NEWS..............
AS-066. Operators Vladimir/UA0LCZ and UD0LEN are once
again active
as UA0LCZ/P from the Island of Popov (WW Loc.
PN52UX), Asiatic
Russia, until October 14th. Activity will be on
the following
suggested frequencies: 3507, 7007, 10107, 14017 and
18077 kHz.
QSL via UA0LCZ, by the Bureau or direct: Vladimir
Miroshnichenko,
P.O.Box 41-21 Vladivostok-41, 690041,
RUSSIA.
AS-206. (Change Due To Typhoon Hagibis) Members of the Nara DX
Associ-
ation will be active as JK3ZXK/2 from Suga Island
between
November 2-4th. Operators mentioned are Tosy/JA3FGJ,
Hid/JA3KGF
and Joe/JJ3PRT. Activity will be on 40-17 meters using
CW, SSB
and FT8. They will focus on EU and NA. QSL via a famous
YL
DXer JP3AYQ direct only. No Bureau.
EU-024. Tibor,
OM3RM, will once again be active as IS0/OM8A from
Sardinia, but
this time during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November
26-27th) as a
Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via
OM2VL.
EU-031. Jim, N6TJ, will be active as IO8T from the Island of
Ischia
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a
Single-
Op/All-Band entry. QSL via N6TJ.
EU-175.
Operators Torsten/DG0OHD, Rocco/DG5AA, Rich/DK8YY, Hans/DL1AOB,
Dieter/DL1AWD, Andi/DL7ZZ and Lu/DL8ALU should now be active
as
CT8/homecalls from Graciosa Island, Azores, until October
21st.
The team will be active as CR2Y during the Worked All
Germany
Contest (WAG) on October 19-20th. QSL CR2Y via DH7WW
or OQRS. QSL
all others via their home callsigns.
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......
J6, ST.
LUCIA. Jay, AA4FL, will be active as J6/AA4FL between October
21-28th. His
main visit to the island is primarily as a member of the
J68MD CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 26-27th) team. The team members are
of "The Medical Amateur
Radio Council" (home club callsign WB5D). For
J68MD QSLs see info on their
QRZ page. Jay states the following on his
QRZ.com page about his activity
outside of the contest: "I will be doing
OSCAR satellite operation by
schedule as we are visiting vacation style
in varying locations. My schedule
needs to take into account my shifts
as a team member of the CQWW J68MD team.
E-mail me 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.
During Oct. 19-21st, my operations will
be satellite only from the Gros
Islet area (FK94mb) and Pigeon Island
(FK94mc). Signal Peak at Pigeon Island
is where in the 1700's the British
signaled ships with fires and lanterns
and spied on the French in Martinique.
My QTH from 10/21 to 10/28 will
be the Villa Grand Piton just north of
Soufriere in Grid FK93lu. For
J6/AA4FL contacts QSL to my home call. I will
submit contacts by LoTW,
the preferred mode of confirmation. Paper card
submissions should be
accompanied by - a SASE for USA stations - a SAE and 2
USDs for stations
outside the USA."
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 14-20th).......
Oct/14th AN Oct/17th AN Oct/19th
AN
Oct/15th AN Oct/18th AN Oct/20th AN
Oct/16th AN
SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
------------------------------------------------------
NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
----------------- ------ -------- ------
AN - Above
Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7
HN - High Normal
Unsettled K=2 8-15
LN - Low Normal Active
K=3 16-29
BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4
30-49
DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99
VRY
DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400
Meanwhile,
check out the following Web sites for propagation:
* VOACAP predication
Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf
and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html
* DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation
* A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm
* SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net
* Radio
Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information
at:
http://sunspotwatch.com
* Monthly
propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas
locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation
*
Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us
* Graphic propagation tool by
DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation
* Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html
* Realtime propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk
* Also on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm
P4,
ARUBA. Yuri, VE3DZ, will once again be active as P40T from Aruuba
(SA-036)
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-
Op/All-Band
entry. QSL via VE3DZ.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
QSL-INFO
from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu)(October 11th)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
3Z50GR via SP9GR HF50DP via SP9KAT N4F via KD2CUO
4O1HQ via
4O1HQ (L) HG5D via HA8QZ OJ0/OG3A via OH3WS
4O4T via
YU4DPR II0SRE via IS0JXO OK2C via OK2KYC
5B/DL2SBY via
DL2SBY (O/d) II2SRT/6 via HB9FBI OK4C via OM2FY & (L)
7Q7JN via
EA5GL II5GB via IZ5MMH OL4A via OK1DSX
A82X via I2YSB
& (L) II7SRE via IW7DMH OR6T via ON4AMX
CT7/ON9DJ/P via
ON9DJ II8MQP via IU8DKG PI40SRN via PA3DHR
CT9ABN via
OM2VL II9SRE via IT9VCE TA6CQ via DL4CQ & (L)
EA1/CT1HIX/P via CT1HIX LX/PA3GRM via PA3EYC & (L) TM500LV via F1IOZ
EA5/PA5CA via PA5CA LY783QT via LY2QT V31JW via NT5V
EH1RGC
via EA1DST LZ311HI via LZ1KCP VP2VEM via K5WE
EO65QRC via
UR4QZZ LZ4W via LZ6DJ W8/YU1CA via YU1CA
FM5DN via KU9C
& (L) M1C via G1XOW YJ0BCP via KD7WPJ (d/L)
HF50BG via
SP9PGE M4J via G0DVJ (e/L)
(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
** NO QSL-INFO from DB0SDX next week (October 20th)
LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK......
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/K5P
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/N5C
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/T30GC
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/ZC4UW
https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/ZK3A
(Updated)
QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3D2PN, 7P8AO, 7Q6M, CN2CO, T6AA and
TC0Z
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: CN2CO, E31A, E44WE, H91IT (NA-072),
HR5/F2JD,
JI3DST/0 (AS-206), JI3DST/1 (AS-008), LT0X (SA-087), OH9A
(EU-126),
OJ9A (EU-192), R205NEW (AS-205), R26RRC (AS-204), R63RRC
(AS-063),
RC18KA, RW0IM/P (AS-059), RW2F, SV0XCC/9, SV1DH, TO5M (NA-032)
and
XF3LL
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3B9/F4BKV, 3W9XG, 5R8IC,
5U5U, 6M0NR
(AS-060), 6M0NR/4 (AS-148), 8Q7HB, 9LY1JM, 9X4XX, CO8ZZ,
D44KIT, D44TAQ,
D73G (AS-084), DS2GOO/3 (AS-080), E51HMK, EP3PK, EX0DX,
FJ/F6CUK, FK4QX,
FR/F1TCV, H44SHD (OC-149), HC2/AL1O, HZ1FI, JW/ON6FDP/P
(EU-063), OH0JWL,
P40X, R3RRC/6 (EU-180), S79NH, T48K, TF/DL6MHW, TK/DL5CW,
TK5MH and VK9NI
--- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as
AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
to send in their info....
SCANDINAVIAN
ACTIVITY CONTEST [2019 - CELEBRATE THE 60TH RUN THIS WEEKEND
(OCTOBER
12-13TH), SATURDAY, 12 UTC TO SUNDAY 12 UTC]. The following
press release
was sent by Wayne, N7NG, on October 9th: It was 1959 when
the Scandinavian
Activity Contest (SAC) was launched. It soon became the
battlefield of all
the Nordic counties of Europe. The competition is
fierce but sincere, and to
everyone’s surprise SAC continues to gain
ground.
One may ask why. It is
indeed because all Nordic countries enjoy the
same radio conditions – they
all suffer on equal terms and yet make lots
of QSOs because of your
participation.
This 60th year will even bring Old Timers from 1959 to fight
for their
country. The 1959 SSB winner, Vili, OH3VV - at the good age of 93 -
is
honored to operate the HQ Station – OH2A.
Somewhat more recent folks:
OH2BH, OH2TA and OH6KZP will travel to the
semi-rare OH0W, where they will go
head-to-head with a similar Norwegian
team of LA6VM, LA7XK and LA9DL,
operating as JW5X.
You can work a few hundred of those OH, OZ, LA, SM, and
TF folks. In
addition, some good catches such as OH0, JW and OY may come on
your way.
Enjoy the Polar Battle; the Nordic folks are already making their
snowballs!
https://www.sactest.net/blog
TI5,
COSTA RICA. Operators Mike/W1USN and Bob/AA1M will be active as
TI5/homecall
from Atenas between February 20th and March 4th, 2020.
Activity will be on
160-10 meters using CW, SSB, the Digital modes and
some FM satellites. QSL
via their home callsigns or LoTW.
TT, CHAD. Nicolas, F8FQX (ex-TJ3SN,
TN5SN, 5T5SN, TY2CA), who has been
in N'Djamena since August 24th, finally
received his TT8SN license on
October 4th. However, by the time you read
this, Nicolas will be returning
to France, but will return December 1st. He
plans to be there for the
next 3-4 years, and will be on various HF bands and
6 meters. QSL via
DL9USA and LoTW.
TX7T MARQUESAS ISLAND DXPEDITION
NEWS (Press Release). Bob, K4UEE, sent
out the following press release on
October 8th [edited]: The Can-Am DX-
pedition team will arrive in French
Polynesia on November 3rd. While in
Tahiti (FO), there will be some activity
– including low bands -- for a
couple of days/nights....The team moves on to
Hiva Oa Island (FO/M) on
November 6th, and will depart for home on November
19th. While in the
Marquesas, there will be 3-4 four stations QRV on CW, SSB
and FT8. Oper-
ators mentioned are Bob/K4UEE, Robert/K5PI (Team Leader),
Madison/W5MJ,
Robert/W5RF, Bill/W5SJ, Neilt/VA7DX, Keith/VE7KW and
Didier/F6BCW. Europe
is a key target area and every attempt will be made to
take advantage of
propagation. Pilots are Franz/DL9GFB (Chief Pilot),
Steve/N2SG and Don/N7BT.
QSL via Direct, OQRS or LOTW. Check out (https://marquesas2019.com) for
more
details. This DXpedition is mostly funded by the operators.
However,
contributions are most welcome and will go toward our freight and
shipping
costs.
VP2M, MONTSEEAT. Duane, WV2B, will be active as VP2MDT
from St. Peters,
Montserrat (NA-103), between January 9-15th, 2020. Activity
will be on
various HF bands. QSL via WV2B direct.
VP6R PITCAIRN ISLAND
DXPEDITION NEWS (Update). On October 10th, the
following was posted on the
Pitcairn Island DXpedition VP6R Web page
(https://pitcairndx.com/news-and-updates)
[edited]:
"I experienced a sudden and relatively severe, acute illness
and
was hospitalized for a number of days. I am recovering at home,
but
the risk of compromising the DXpedition to Pitcairn Island is too
great
for me to make the trip with the team. My friend Glenn, W0GJ,
will
take on my responsibilities and the DXpedition will proceed as
other-
wise planned.
Most team members will have begun their travels
within the next 24-48
hours. The October 15th flight to Mangareva and
boarding of the Brave-
heart remain on schedule.
This is a great
disappointment for me, but the show will go on. I
thank all of you for your
past encouragement and support. I have great
confidence in all of our team
members; they will give this DXpedition
their all..... Ralph – K0IR"
"The team members are very disappointed that Ralph, K0IR, is unable
to go with us. Ralph has invested countless hours organizing and pre-
paring for a successful DXpedition! In fact, it has been so well or-
ganized that it is almost on autopilot! We have been unable to find
a
replacement for Ralph on such short notice. Many potential sub-
stitutes
were unable to clear their schedules to be gone for a month
with just a few
hours notice.
We are READY to go! All of our personal bags are packed, as
we had
to have weight & volumes for Air Tahiti, our Papeete to
Mangareva flight
next Tuesday. That connection is only once per week. The
Braveheart
will be waiting for us and we'll set sail almost immediately for
Pitcairn.
We will be arriving Thursday morning at Pitcairn. All of our
cargo is
ALREADY at our operating site. We will work hard that first day to
get
as many antennas up as possible to get on the air by the end of the
day,
Thursday, October 17th. We must QRT by November 2nd, to make it back
to
Mangareva to catch the weekly flight again.
We are going to work
extra hard as a team to make Ralph proud of us,
as he has all but invested
the last two years of his life into this
project.
Visit our website
often for updates. There you will find contact
information for our pilots
who will help us optimize our band/modes
and propagation paths. Any
information on long or short path openings
would be welcome to our pilots.
Financial contributions are most welcome,
too! See our website for more
details.
73 and see you in the pileups! ... Glenn – W0GJ
-----------------------------------------------------------
EDITOR'S NOTES:
The VP6R DXpedition is scheduled to take place between
October 18th and
November 1st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, including
6 meters EME,
using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H). Suggested frequencies are:
CW -
1826.5, 3523, 7023, 10108, 14023, 18069, 21023, 24891 and 28023 kHz
SSB -
3785, 7082, 14185, 18130, 21285, 24955 and 28485 kHz
RTTY - 3580, 7045,
10142, 14080, 18099, 21080, 24911 and 28080 kHz
FT8 - 1836, 3567, 7056,
10131, 14090, 18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz
6M FT8 - 50323 kHz
FT8
Protocol for VP6R, see: https://pitcairndx.com/how-to-work-vp6r
They will also have 60 meter privileges (on all modes) and will activate
that
band from Pitcairn Island for the first time. The VP6R team will
also
participate in the 2019 CQWW SSB Contest on the Oct. 26th and 27th
weekend.
QSL via K9CT. For more details and info check out the Pitcairn
Island
DXpedition Web page at: https://pitcairndx.com/news-and-updates
Also, check out their FaceBook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/580069859103416
Also, their Twitter page is at: https://twitter.com/2019Island
VP8/VP8DXU
SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS (AN-008) DXPEDITION NEWS (Press Release #7,
dated
October 11th) [edited].
ARRL Colvin Award -- We are honored to have
received a significant grant
from the ARRL's Colvin Award program. The
Colvin Award is funded by an
endowment established by Lloyd D. Colvin, W6KG
(SK).
Consistent with Mr. Colvin's wishes and with the policies of the
ARRL
Board, the Colvin Award is conferred in the form of grants in
support
of Amateur Radio projects that promote international goodwill in
the
field of DX. For additional information about this award:
http://www.arrl.org/colvin-award-grants
Clipperton DX Club -- The Clipperton DX Club (CDXC France) has joined
the
list of club/foundation sponsors with a significant donation to the
project. CDXC has been a long-time sponsor of PDXG DX-peditions, we
appreciate the confidence CDXC has shown to our DX-pedition
projects.
http://wp.cdxc.org/cdxc-history
Corporate Sponsors -- We are pleased to announce that ON5UR QSL Printing
has joined our list of corporate sponsors. Max (ON5UR) is a full service
QSL printer that produces high quality QSL cards in many formats, in-
cluding monochrome, full color, folded / single cards at competitive
pricing. We appreciate Max’s offer to be our QSL card sponsor.
Project
Major Milestones -- Beginning on October 24th team members will
meet near
Palo Alto, California, to consolidate, integrate, test and
pack the
equipment for its transport to Punta Arenas, Chile. Arrange-
ments were
made for our customs broker to transport the equipment to
their depot where
a container will be prepared for the journey. Equip-
ment shipments from
European sponsors: WIMO, Spiderbeam, Mastrant, Clam-
cleat and Low Band
Systems arrived from Europe, or via DX Engineering.
The Elecraft equipment
will be picked up at the factory, DX Engineering,
RadioSport and Rig Expert
products were previously received.
The team began making their travel
arrangements to meet the Braveheart
in Chile. At their own expense airline
reservations are being booked,
and a Punta Arenas hotel will house the
team.
Braveheart left New Zealand on August 20th to meet her
contractual
obligations in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, including VP6R
Pitcairn
Island DX-pedition, first stop was Papeete, French Polynesia. She
will
return home sometime in April, 2020.
Antenna Strategy --
Similar to our Ducie Island (VP6D) plan, the antenna
team designed a
strategy that considers Signy Island’s location and
topography. Vertical
Dipole Arrays, constructed from Spiderbeam products,
will be directed
towards Europe, over water. For other geographies the
topology is less
suitable for VDAs so instead EAntenna Moxons will be
used. Low band
vertical antennas, using Spiderbeam and DX Engineering
products, will be
used for all geographies.
Fundraising -- We appreciate the response
from the worldwide DX organi-
zations. So far, forty-four clubs /
foundations have signed on, and
equally important are the over 350
individuals who have supported the
project, especially the 41 Premier
Sponsors who each donated $200(USD),
or more. We still have a long way to
go but we’re encouraged by the
response. If you or your club aren’t listed
on our website please
consider a donation.
73, Team
VP8/VP8DXU
Website: https://sorkney.com/
Please direct your
questions to: info@sorkney.com
VP9,
BERMUDA (Reminder). Josh, W9HT, will once again be active as W9HT/VP9
from
Bermuda (NA-005) between October 12-15th. Activity will be holiday
style on
various HF Bands including 6m using SSB, CW, and FT8. QSL via
his home
callsign direct.
W8S SWAINS ISLAND DXPEDITION 2020 (Update). Upcoming
DXpedition to Swains
Island (OC-200) will take place between March 10-25th,
2020. The list of
international operators signing as W8S are as follows:
Hans/DL6JGN (Team
Leader), Ronald/PA3EWP (Co-Team Leader), Uwe/DJ9HX,
Axel/DL6KVA, Dieter/
DJ9ON, Steve/AG4W, Adrian/KO8SCA, Martin/PA4WM,
Gerben/PG5M (QSL Manager)
and Rainer/DL2AMD. Activity will be on all HF bands
using CW, SSB, FT8
and RTTY, with 4 stations from 2 separate camps. For more
details and
updates, see: https://swains2020.lldxt.eu
YJ,
VANUATU. Chris, VK2NYA/VK2YUS, will once again be active as YJ0CA
from Port
Vila, Efate Island (OC-035), between October 22-30th. Activity
will be on
40/20/15 meters (possibly 10m) SSB only. He also plans to be
in the CQWW DX
SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL
via his home callsign
direct.
ZC4, UK SOVEREIGN BASE AREA CYPRUS. Members of the Cambridge
University
Wireless Society (CUWS) will be active as ZC4UW from UK Sovereign
Base
Area on Cyprus (AS-004) between January 2-7th, 2020. Operators
mentioned
are Martin/G3ZAY, Simon/G7SOZ, Michael/G7VJR, Stavros/M0BBB
(5B4AFM),
Dominic/M0BLF, Robert/M0VFC, Dan/M0WUT and Will/M0ZXA. Activity
will be
on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW.
Logs
will be uploaded to ClubLog and LoTW. So please use ClubLog's OQRS
and
do not send any cards direct or via the Bureau. For more details
and
update, see: https://zc4uw.com
ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Pete,
K8PGJ, will once again be active as ZF2PG on
the Sunny Grand Cayman Islands
(NA-016) during the week of January 11-19th.
Activity will be on 160-10
meters during the NAQP SSB Contest (January
18-19th). Outside of the contest
and not working on antennas, look for
him to work on 160-40 meters during the
evening hours. LoTW will be
utilized and direct QSL via his home callsign.
Usually a weekday schedule
will be posted on QRZ.com.
ZK3A TOKELAU
ISLANDS DXPEDITION NEWS (Update/QRT). On October 8th, the
ZK3A team reported
after 7 days on the island they had around 50,000
QSOs, and had worked on CW,
SSB, RTTY, FT8, 6M EME and 10+ contacts on
SSTV. They had lost 3 amplifiers,
but still continued seriously on all
bands with 3 amplifiers and 6
radios.
However, later that day they posted on their Web page: ALL TEAM
MEMBERS
ARE FINE! A person on the island is ill. So they have sent the boat
there
early to get this person medical help. The team has ceased operations
and
is packing up all equipment to get on that boat because there will not
be
another boat for ten days.
They were supposed to be on the air until
Friday the 11th of October,
GMT 01:00 (Local time 14.00), but went QRT early
at 2200z, October 8th.
ClubLog reports as of October 10th that the ZK3A team
made 52561 QSOs
with 14655 Unique Callsigns. The Breakdown by Continent is as
follows:
4%/AF, 38%/AS, 18.9%/EU, 37.6%/NA, 3.6%/OC and 1.6%/SA. Breakdown
by
Mode is as follows: 29447/CW, 8791/SSB, 2373/RTTY, 11941/FT8 and
9/SSTV.
QSL via YT1AD direct, OQRS (direct or Bureau) or LoTW (uploaded 6
months
after DXpedition). A "Log Check Request Form" is available for
"Busted
Callsigns or Not in Log Situations" is available online
at:
https://tokelau2019.com/qsl-information
E-mail requests will not be accepted!!!
For more details and updates, see:
https://tokelau2019.com
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In this edition:
* 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
* 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Schedule
* September/October 2019 Apogee View
* W3ZM - 50 States in Our 50th Year
* ITU Magazine Reports on IARU Agenda Items for WRC-19
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
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DATE October 13, 2019
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2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
Please join us for the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Symposium, to be
held in the Washington, DC Metro Area on October 18, 19, and 20,
2019. While the deadline for banquet and tour tickets has passed,
walk-in registrations for the Symposium and Annual General Meeting are
welcome.
The Symposium venue will be the Hilton Arlington, located in the
heart of the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, VA. The Hilton
Arlington is located at 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington,
Virginia, 22203, USA TEL: +1-703-528-6000 and the reservation code is
AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation).
Connected to the Ballston Metro Station, the hotel offers easy and
effortless access to Washington DC's top tourist destinations like
the National Mall, Smithsonian Museums and historic monuments. The
hotel is six miles from Reagan National Airport and the National Mall.
There are plenty of restaurants nearby.
The Symposium will feature OSCAR Park - a display of satellites from
throughout the history of amateur radio in space - paper
presentations, and a banquet with speakers celebrating AMSAT's long
history, and other events. The AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting will
be held on October 16th and 17th at the same hotel. Two guided tours
are available. On Sunday, October 20th a bus tour to the Smithsonian
Air & Space Museum is available for $30 (max 35 people) and on
Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier will lead a day tour
to the National Mall via the Metro.
So please plan on attending the 50th Anniversary Symposium - you
will be glad you did and keep checking the AMSAT website for further
updates and information.
The 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting features:
+ Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations
+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World
+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (October 16-17)
+ Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers
+ AMSAT Annual General Membership Meeting
+ Annual Banquet, Speakers and Door Prizes !!
The latest news and information is always posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]
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2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Schedule
A preliminary schedule for the 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual
General Meeting has been posted to the AMSAT website. Check back for
updates, including the speaker schedule.
https://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/
[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]
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September/October 2019 Apogee View
I am pleased to be writing this edition of “Apogee View” in Joe’s
place as a special guest columnist. For those of you who don’t know
me, I am somewhat new to amateur radio satellites and AMSAT. My first
experience with amateur satellites was listening to the ARISSat-1
voice beacon and decoding its SSTV images in August 2011. In
September 2012, I made my first satellite QSOs (on AO-27) and joined
AMSAT. In 2015, I was elected Secretary by the AMSAT Board of
Directors; and, in 2017, I was elected Executive Vice President. I
also have served as both an alternate and a regular member of the
board.
As I write this in late September, getting ready for the upcoming
Symposium, summer refuses to yield to the cooler air of fall here in
Washington, D.C. I hope the weather will be more comfortable for the
Symposium in nearby Arlington, VA, in a few weeks.
In mid-September, we received the fantastic news that Amateur Radio
Digital Communications (ARDC) awarded a very generous grant to ARISS
for the InterOperable Radio System (IORS) and related infrastructure.
ARDC is the owner and manager of the Internet network known as the
AMPRNet. In June 2019, ARDC initiated a philanthropic endeavor to
provide monetary grants to organizations, groups, projects, and
scholarships which have significant potential to advance the state of
the art of Amateur Radio and digital communications in general. While
ARISS still needs additional donations to fund the IORS fully, this
grant significantly helps the endeavor. ARISS plans to have the IORS
ready for launch by the end of the year. AMSAT thanks ARDC for their
substantial contribution to this effort.
ARISS is a key component of AMSAT’s vision. As printed inside the
front cover of each issue of The AMSAT Journal, “Our Vision is to
deploy satellite systems with the goal of providing wide-area and
continuous coverage,” as we “continue active participation in human
space missions and support a stream of LEO satellites developed in
cooperation with the educational community and other amateur satellite
groups.” AMSAT teams are hard at work on each clause of that vision
statement.
The GOLF program is making good progress with development of the
GOLF-TEE satellite. GOLF-TEE is a crucial element of our path back to
high orbits and fulfilling the first clause of AMSAT’s vision to
provide wide-area and continuous coverage satellite systems. Systems
aboard GOLF-TEE include active attitude determination and control
(ADAC), a radiation-tolerant internal housekeeping unit (RT-IHU), and
a Fox-1E type VHF/UHF linear transponder. GOLF-TEE also will include a
software defined radio (SDR) with a high-speed X band (10 GHz) data
downlink which may also provide a simultaneous X band downlink of the
V/u transponder passband, effectively providing V/x capability for use
and evaluation. All of these technologies are crucial for missions to
HEO and GEO, and additional information will appear in future issues
of The AMSAT Journal.
Our participation in human space missions also is expanding. As
announced at the AMSAT Forum at the Dayton Hamvention, international
AMSAT and ARISS organizations have formed a group known as AREx
(Amateur Radio Exploration). Work currently is underway on the design
of a ham radio system for NASA’s Lunar Gateway. The Gateway will be a
small spaceship in orbit around the Moon that will provide access to
more of the lunar surface than ever before, with living quarters for
astronauts, a lab for science and research, ports for visiting
spacecraft, and more. The first sections of the Gateway are scheduled
for launch in 2022. The plans call for various uses of L (1.2 GHz), S
(2.4 GHz), C (5 GHz), and X (10 GHz) bands for repeater-type
communications, both analog and digital, through Gateway, image
transmissions from both inside and outside the Gateway, possible
access to experiments aboard Gateway, and two-way communications with
astronauts while Gateway is crewed. The challenges for amateurs
involve the substantial increase in free space path loss compared to
satellites in low earth orbit. We are very excited about AMSAT’s
participation in this project. More details will be presented at the
2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and articles will certainly follow in
future editions of The AMSAT Journal.
Finally, we 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. That mission will launch on the first commercial
flight of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne air launch to orbit system. Stay
tuned to ANS for further updates on the launch date.
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. Noting the prevalence of
CubeSats built and launched by universities and other organizations,
AMSAT adopted a goal of “amateur radio in every CubeSat.” Interested
CubeSat programs wanting to fly an amateur radio payload may partner
with AMSAT to carry one of these modules on their spacecraft. By
providing amateur radio capability, the CubeSat program gets a
worldwide ground station network to receive their telemetry and
experiment data while the amateur radio community gets a transponder
to use in orbit.
The first of these partnerships is with the Husky Satellite Lab at the
University of Washington. Their 3U CubeSat, HuskySat-1, is scheduled
to launch on the ELaNa XXV mission from Wallops Island, VA, no earlier
than November 2. Northrup Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft will carry
HuskySat-1 on a mission to the International Space Station. After
completing its mission at the ISS, Cygnus will continue to a higher
orbit of approximately 500 km 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. In addition,
AMSAT Vice President of Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, and Vice
President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, have been hard at
work identifying and working with several CubeSat groups interested
in carrying this system. We hope to be able to make additional
announcements soon.
The 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors election recently concluded. I
congratulate the winners and look forward to working with the newly-
elected board to further our vital mission to Keep Amateur Radio in
Space. By the time this Journal arrives, the 2019 Board of Directors
meeting and 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium will have
concluded. It promises to be an exciting weekend exploring both
AMSAT’s five-decade history and the work we are doing for the future.
While there will no doubt be many challenges in the future, I am
confident in the organization’s ability to overcome them. We will
Keep Amateur Radio in Space. I look forward to attending the AMSAT
Centennial Symposium in the fall of 2069 at the age of 84. Hopefully,
by then we will be discussing our plans for amateur radio on the
first crewed interstellar mission.
[ANS thanks Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the
above information]
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W3ZM - 50 States in Our 50th Year
In 1969, a group of amateur radio operators, with dreams of space,
formed the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). To commemorate
this golden milestone, AMSAT decided what better way to celebrate 50
years of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space, then to get AMSAT’s W3ZM call
sign to operate from all 50 states and the District of Columbia as a
leadup to the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Space Symposium and General
Meeting, to be held in Arlington, VA, October 18 – 20, 2019.
AMSAT put out a call to its members to get on the air and activate
their states, using AMSAT’s W3ZM call sign, as well as to cover those
states without an active AMSAT operator. Activations of United States
Territories (i.e. Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U. S. Virgin
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) were
also encouraged.
Puerto Rico kicked it off on June 20th and was first on the air, and
then, one by one, the U.S.A. map started filling in. Members, some
without their family’s knowledge, brought satellite gear with them on
vacation to help fill in the harder ones.
By the start of October, three weeks before Symposium, 47 states and
Puerto Rico were in the log. West Virginia came in October 2nd,
Maryland and Delaware on October 6th, and finally Washington, D.C.,
the birthplace of AMSAT, on October 10th. Coincidently, Washington
D. C. was activated outside of the apartment building where one of the
first meetings to form the organization was held.
To say the response was overwhelming would be an understatement and
proved why AMSAT’s greatest strength comes from its members. To all
of the W3ZM/p activators and participants, AMSAT THANKS YOU. You made
this a fun and exciting celebration of AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary of
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space!
[ANS thanks Vice President for User Services 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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ITU Magazine Reports on IARU Agenda Items for WRC-19
David Sumner, K1ZZ, Secretary, International Amateur Radio Union
(IARU) authored an article in the special WRC-19 issue of #ITU News
magazine,"Views of the International Amateur Radio Union on WRC-19
agenda items".
Among many overall IARU objectives for WRC-19 one directly affects
amateur satellite operation:
Agenda item 1.7 - spectrum for non-GSO satellites
The IARU supports satisfying the spectrum
requirements for non.GSO satellites with short
duration missions within the existing allocations
for the space operation service or the
frequency ranges identified in invites ITU.R 3 of
Resolution 659 (WRC.15), unless the satellites are
amateur satellites as defined in Radio Regulations
(RR) Nos. 1.56 and 1.57. The band 144-146 MHz is
especially important to amateurs as it is currently
the only worldwide primary amateur and amateur-satel-
lite allocation between 29.7 MHz and 24 GHz. It is
heavily used in all three Regions for all forms of
amateur communications including disaster response.
Sumner's article begins on page 72 of the magazine which can be
accessed as a 20 MB PDF file at: https://t.co/acLwy4W5Jo?amp=1
[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information]
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25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
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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.]
Satellite Shorts:
+EM25,EM35 - WI4T - Oct 15 & 16, holiday style
+DN04 - KI7UNJ - Oct 21, 1653z to 1910z, FM only
* Central California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06) – October 19, 2019
David AD7DB will re-visit the four grids near Kettleman City CA.
AO-91, AO-92, SO-50 will be used, with eastern passes a priority.
Maybe PO-101 if it’s on, and AO-85 if it’s not too finicky.
Contacts will be put on LOTW following the trip.
Updates on Twitter https://twitter.com/ad7db
* 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
[ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, 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
+ Mike Diehl, W8LID, recently developed a web-based tool for easy
generation of new lines for SatPC32's Doppler.sqf file. AMSAT is
pleased to host this new tool on our website at
https://www.amsat.org/doppler-sqf-line-generator/
+ NASA has announced that the Orbital CRS-12 mission is now scheduled
for launch from Wallops Island, VA no earlier than November 2nd.
HuskySat-1, carrying an AMSAT V/u linear transponder, will launch on
this mission.
+ Happy 4th Birthday, AO-85! At 12:49:30 UTC on October 8, 2015, the
first Fox-1 satellite, Fox-1A was launched on an Atlas V rocket with
the NROL-55 mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Designated AO-85
on-orbit, the satellite remains operational while in sunlight despite
battery degradation due to the high temperatures experienced in its
orbit.
+ A new distance record has been claimed on the IO-86 FM transponder:
5,324 km between PU4JOE in GH91ad and 9G5AR in IJ95vn.
+ SDRPlay has announced an easy setup for using an SDRPlay with
GNU Radio on Windows. https://t.co/RxDDzcBu8f
+ Space Daily has an article about Virgin Orbit. Virgin Orbit will
carry RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E on its LauncherOne vehicle.
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-286-SD
+ Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA, announced a minor update to his KLA
Track satellite tracking program. The update improves rendering of
the display. KLA Track can be downloaded at
https://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
+ The Dutch Amateur Radio Union awarded their first Worked Dutch
Kingdom Certificate for satellite QSOs on October 10th to Paul
Stoetzer, N8HM. This certificate is available for making QSOs with
each of the six DXCC entities within the Dutch Kingdom. For more
information, see https://www.daru.nu/index.php/nl/awards
+At least two new operators achieved Satellite WAS this past week.
K5IX and KB6LTY each worked W3ZM/3 in Delaware on Oct 6 for state #50.
[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 help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org
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* 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
* 2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Schedule
* September/October 2019 Apogee View
* W3ZM - 50 States in Our 50th Year
* ITU Magazine Reports on IARU Agenda Items for WRC-19
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
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2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
Please join us for the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Symposium, to be
held in the Washington, DC Metro Area on October 18, 19, and 20,
2019. While the deadline for banquet and tour tickets has passed,
walk-in registrations for the Symposium and Annual General Meeting are
welcome.
The Symposium venue will be the Hilton Arlington, located in the
heart of the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, VA. The Hilton
Arlington is located at 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington,
Virginia, 22203, USA TEL: +1-703-528-6000 and the reservation code is
AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation).
Connected to the Ballston Metro Station, the hotel offers easy and
effortless access to Washington DC's top tourist destinations like
the National Mall, Smithsonian Museums and historic monuments. The
hotel is six miles from Reagan National Airport and the National Mall.
There are plenty of restaurants nearby.
The Symposium will feature OSCAR Park - a display of satellites from
throughout the history of amateur radio in space - paper
presentations, and a banquet with speakers celebrating AMSAT's long
history, and other events. The AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting will
be held on October 16th and 17th at the same hotel. Two guided tours
are available. On Sunday, October 20th a bus tour to the Smithsonian
Air & Space Museum is available for $30 (max 35 people) and on
Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier will lead a day tour
to the National Mall via the Metro.
So please plan on attending the 50th Anniversary Symposium - you
will be glad you did and keep checking the AMSAT website for further
updates and information.
The 2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting features:
+ Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations
+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World
+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (October 16-17)
+ Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers
+ AMSAT Annual General Membership Meeting
+ Annual Banquet, Speakers and Door Prizes !!
The latest news and information is always posted at:
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]
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2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Schedule
A preliminary schedule for the 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual
General Meeting has been posted to the AMSAT website. Check back for
updates, including the speaker schedule.
https://www.amsat.org/symposium-schedule/
[ANS thanks the 2019 AMSAT Symposium Team for the above information]
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September/October 2019 Apogee View
I am pleased to be writing this edition of “Apogee View” in Joe’s
place as a special guest columnist. For those of you who don’t know
me, I am somewhat new to amateur radio satellites and AMSAT. My first
experience with amateur satellites was listening to the ARISSat-1
voice beacon and decoding its SSTV images in August 2011. In
September 2012, I made my first satellite QSOs (on AO-27) and joined
AMSAT. In 2015, I was elected Secretary by the AMSAT Board of
Directors; and, in 2017, I was elected Executive Vice President. I
also have served as both an alternate and a regular member of the
board.
As I write this in late September, getting ready for the upcoming
Symposium, summer refuses to yield to the cooler air of fall here in
Washington, D.C. I hope the weather will be more comfortable for the
Symposium in nearby Arlington, VA, in a few weeks.
In mid-September, we received the fantastic news that Amateur Radio
Digital Communications (ARDC) awarded a very generous grant to ARISS
for the InterOperable Radio System (IORS) and related infrastructure.
ARDC is the owner and manager of the Internet network known as the
AMPRNet. In June 2019, ARDC initiated a philanthropic endeavor to
provide monetary grants to organizations, groups, projects, and
scholarships which have significant potential to advance the state of
the art of Amateur Radio and digital communications in general. While
ARISS still needs additional donations to fund the IORS fully, this
grant significantly helps the endeavor. ARISS plans to have the IORS
ready for launch by the end of the year. AMSAT thanks ARDC for their
substantial contribution to this effort.
ARISS is a key component of AMSAT’s vision. As printed inside the
front cover of each issue of The AMSAT Journal, “Our Vision is to
deploy satellite systems with the goal of providing wide-area and
continuous coverage,” as we “continue active participation in human
space missions and support a stream of LEO satellites developed in
cooperation with the educational community and other amateur satellite
groups.” AMSAT teams are hard at work on each clause of that vision
statement.
The GOLF program is making good progress with development of the
GOLF-TEE satellite. GOLF-TEE is a crucial element of our path back to
high orbits and fulfilling the first clause of AMSAT’s vision to
provide wide-area and continuous coverage satellite systems. Systems
aboard GOLF-TEE include active attitude determination and control
(ADAC), a radiation-tolerant internal housekeeping unit (RT-IHU), and
a Fox-1E type VHF/UHF linear transponder. GOLF-TEE also will include a
software defined radio (SDR) with a high-speed X band (10 GHz) data
downlink which may also provide a simultaneous X band downlink of the
V/u transponder passband, effectively providing V/x capability for use
and evaluation. All of these technologies are crucial for missions to
HEO and GEO, and additional information will appear in future issues
of The AMSAT Journal.
Our participation in human space missions also is expanding. As
announced at the AMSAT Forum at the Dayton Hamvention, international
AMSAT and ARISS organizations have formed a group known as AREx
(Amateur Radio Exploration). Work currently is underway on the design
of a ham radio system for NASA’s Lunar Gateway. The Gateway will be a
small spaceship in orbit around the Moon that will provide access to
more of the lunar surface than ever before, with living quarters for
astronauts, a lab for science and research, ports for visiting
spacecraft, and more. The first sections of the Gateway are scheduled
for launch in 2022. The plans call for various uses of L (1.2 GHz), S
(2.4 GHz), C (5 GHz), and X (10 GHz) bands for repeater-type
communications, both analog and digital, through Gateway, image
transmissions from both inside and outside the Gateway, possible
access to experiments aboard Gateway, and two-way communications with
astronauts while Gateway is crewed. The challenges for amateurs
involve the substantial increase in free space path loss compared to
satellites in low earth orbit. We are very excited about AMSAT’s
participation in this project. More details will be presented at the
2019 AMSAT Space Symposium and articles will certainly follow in
future editions of The AMSAT Journal.
Finally, we 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. That mission will launch on the first commercial
flight of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne air launch to orbit system. Stay
tuned to ANS for further updates on the launch date.
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. Noting the prevalence of
CubeSats built and launched by universities and other organizations,
AMSAT adopted a goal of “amateur radio in every CubeSat.” Interested
CubeSat programs wanting to fly an amateur radio payload may partner
with AMSAT to carry one of these modules on their spacecraft. By
providing amateur radio capability, the CubeSat program gets a
worldwide ground station network to receive their telemetry and
experiment data while the amateur radio community gets a transponder
to use in orbit.
The first of these partnerships is with the Husky Satellite Lab at the
University of Washington. Their 3U CubeSat, HuskySat-1, is scheduled
to launch on the ELaNa XXV mission from Wallops Island, VA, no earlier
than November 2. Northrup Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft will carry
HuskySat-1 on a mission to the International Space Station. After
completing its mission at the ISS, Cygnus will continue to a higher
orbit of approximately 500 km 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. In addition,
AMSAT Vice President of Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, and Vice
President of Operations, Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, have been hard at
work identifying and working with several CubeSat groups interested
in carrying this system. We hope to be able to make additional
announcements soon.
The 2019 AMSAT Board of Directors election recently concluded. I
congratulate the winners and look forward to working with the newly-
elected board to further our vital mission to Keep Amateur Radio in
Space. By the time this Journal arrives, the 2019 Board of Directors
meeting and 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium will have
concluded. It promises to be an exciting weekend exploring both
AMSAT’s five-decade history and the work we are doing for the future.
While there will no doubt be many challenges in the future, I am
confident in the organization’s ability to overcome them. We will
Keep Amateur Radio in Space. I look forward to attending the AMSAT
Centennial Symposium in the fall of 2069 at the age of 84. Hopefully,
by then we will be discussing our plans for amateur radio on the
first crewed interstellar mission.
[ANS thanks Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, for the
above information]
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W3ZM - 50 States in Our 50th Year
In 1969, a group of amateur radio operators, with dreams of space,
formed the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT). To commemorate
this golden milestone, AMSAT decided what better way to celebrate 50
years of Keeping Amateur Radio in Space, then to get AMSAT’s W3ZM call
sign to operate from all 50 states and the District of Columbia as a
leadup to the 2019 AMSAT 50th Anniversary Space Symposium and General
Meeting, to be held in Arlington, VA, October 18 – 20, 2019.
AMSAT put out a call to its members to get on the air and activate
their states, using AMSAT’s W3ZM call sign, as well as to cover those
states without an active AMSAT operator. Activations of United States
Territories (i.e. Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U. S. Virgin
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) were
also encouraged.
Puerto Rico kicked it off on June 20th and was first on the air, and
then, one by one, the U.S.A. map started filling in. Members, some
without their family’s knowledge, brought satellite gear with them on
vacation to help fill in the harder ones.
By the start of October, three weeks before Symposium, 47 states and
Puerto Rico were in the log. West Virginia came in October 2nd,
Maryland and Delaware on October 6th, and finally Washington, D.C.,
the birthplace of AMSAT, on October 10th. Coincidently, Washington
D. C. was activated outside of the apartment building where one of the
first meetings to form the organization was held.
To say the response was overwhelming would be an understatement and
proved why AMSAT’s greatest strength comes from its members. To all
of the W3ZM/p activators and participants, AMSAT THANKS YOU. You made
this a fun and exciting celebration of AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary of
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space!
[ANS thanks Vice President for User Services 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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ITU Magazine Reports on IARU Agenda Items for WRC-19
David Sumner, K1ZZ, Secretary, International Amateur Radio Union
(IARU) authored an article in the special WRC-19 issue of #ITU News
magazine,"Views of the International Amateur Radio Union on WRC-19
agenda items".
Among many overall IARU objectives for WRC-19 one directly affects
amateur satellite operation:
Agenda item 1.7 - spectrum for non-GSO satellites
The IARU supports satisfying the spectrum
requirements for non.GSO satellites with short
duration missions within the existing allocations
for the space operation service or the
frequency ranges identified in invites ITU.R 3 of
Resolution 659 (WRC.15), unless the satellites are
amateur satellites as defined in Radio Regulations
(RR) Nos. 1.56 and 1.57. The band 144-146 MHz is
especially important to amateurs as it is currently
the only worldwide primary amateur and amateur-satel-
lite allocation between 29.7 MHz and 24 GHz. It is
heavily used in all three Regions for all forms of
amateur communications including disaster response.
Sumner's article begins on page 72 of the magazine which can be
accessed as a 20 MB PDF file at: https://t.co/acLwy4W5Jo?amp=1
[ANS thanks the IARU for the above information]
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25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
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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.]
Satellite Shorts:
+EM25,EM35 - WI4T - Oct 15 & 16, holiday style
+DN04 - KI7UNJ - Oct 21, 1653z to 1910z, FM only
* Central California (CM95, CM96, DM05, DM06) – October 19, 2019
David AD7DB will re-visit the four grids near Kettleman City CA.
AO-91, AO-92, SO-50 will be used, with eastern passes a priority.
Maybe PO-101 if it’s on, and AO-85 if it’s not too finicky.
Contacts will be put on LOTW following the trip.
Updates on Twitter https://twitter.com/ad7db
* 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
[ANS Thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, 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
+ Mike Diehl, W8LID, recently developed a web-based tool for easy
generation of new lines for SatPC32's Doppler.sqf file. AMSAT is
pleased to host this new tool on our website at
https://www.amsat.org/doppler-sqf-line-generator/
+ NASA has announced that the Orbital CRS-12 mission is now scheduled
for launch from Wallops Island, VA no earlier than November 2nd.
HuskySat-1, carrying an AMSAT V/u linear transponder, will launch on
this mission.
+ Happy 4th Birthday, AO-85! At 12:49:30 UTC on October 8, 2015, the
first Fox-1 satellite, Fox-1A was launched on an Atlas V rocket with
the NROL-55 mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Designated AO-85
on-orbit, the satellite remains operational while in sunlight despite
battery degradation due to the high temperatures experienced in its
orbit.
+ A new distance record has been claimed on the IO-86 FM transponder:
5,324 km between PU4JOE in GH91ad and 9G5AR in IJ95vn.
+ SDRPlay has announced an easy setup for using an SDRPlay with
GNU Radio on Windows. https://t.co/RxDDzcBu8f
+ Space Daily has an article about Virgin Orbit. Virgin Orbit will
carry RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E on its LauncherOne vehicle.
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-286-SD
+ Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA, announced a minor update to his KLA
Track satellite tracking program. The update improves rendering of
the display. KLA Track can be downloaded at
https://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
+ The Dutch Amateur Radio Union awarded their first Worked Dutch
Kingdom Certificate for satellite QSOs on October 10th to Paul
Stoetzer, N8HM. This certificate is available for making QSOs with
each of the six DXCC entities within the Dutch Kingdom. For more
information, see https://www.daru.nu/index.php/nl/awards
+At least two new operators achieved Satellite WAS this past week.
K5IX and KB6LTY each worked W3ZM/3 in Delaware on Oct 6 for state #50.
[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 help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot org
_______________________________________________
Via the ANS mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA
https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
[425ENG] 425 DX News #1484
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October 2019 A.R.I. DX Bulletin
No 1484
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3W - Geri, DK8KW will be active as 3W9KW from Hanoi, Vietnam on 18-26
October. He will operate QRP CW and possibly SSB, depending on
conditions. QSL via DK8KW.
9G - Matteo, IZ4YGS has been active again as 9G5GS since 6 October, and
will remain in Sanzule, Ghana until the 23rd. In his spare time,
typically between 21 and 00 UTC, he operates FT8 and SSB on 160-20
metres. When he returns Ghana, from 26 November to 28 December, he
will add SSB activity via the Oscar-100 geostationary satellite.
QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to home call; logsearch on Club Log.
[TNX NG3K]
CT8 - Look for CT8/DG0OHD, CT8/DG5AA, CT8/DK8YY, CT8/DL1AOB, CT8/DL1AWD,
CT8/DL7ZZ and CT8/DL8ALU to be active from Graciosa (EU-175),
Azores on 13-21 October. During the Worked All Germany (WAG)
Contest (19-20 October) they will be signing CR2Y (QSL via DH7WW).
[TNX DX Newsletter]
CT9 - Silvia EA1AP, Alberto EA1SA and Tony CT1HTU (F8ATS) will be active
as CQ9A from Madeira (AF-014) on 18-26 October. They will operate
CW, SSB and FT8 on 80-6 metres, with "special attention" for 60m
QSL via Club log's OQRS, LoTW, or via EA1AP.
J6 - Jay, AA4FL will be active holiday style as J6/AA4FL from St. Lucia
(NA-108) on 18-28 October. Main activity will be during the CQ WW
DX SSB Contest as a member of the Medical Amateur Radio Council's
J68MD team (K4RLC, KM2L, KN2M and N2HIW). QSL J6/AA4FL via LoTW
(preferred), or direct to home call; QSL J68MD via N2HIW.
JA - Owing to the Hagibis typhoon, the 12-14 October JK3ZXK/2 operation
from Suga Island (AS-206) [425DXN 1483] has been postponed to 2-4
November. [TNX NG3K]
JA - Markus, DJ4EL plans to be active (JS6U** callsign to be issued upon
arrival) from IOTA group AS-017 between 13 and 25 October. His
main QTH will be on Okinawa Honto, but he might go and operate also
from the islands of Kouri, Ike and Sesoko. QSL via Club Log's OQRS
(preferred), or via DJ4EL. See https://twitter.com/rapanuiman for
updates.
JA - Makoto, JI5RPT will be active as JI5RPT/8 from Okushiri Island (AS-
147) on 19-20 October. QSL via home call; the log will be uploaded
to Club Log. [TNX DX World]
JA - Kenji, JA4GXS will be active as JA4GXS/0 from Sado Island (AS-206)
from 8 UTC on 26 October until 22 UTC on the 27th. He will operate
CW and FT8 on 40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX JA4GXS]
OX - Thomas OZ1AA (OX1AA), Bo OZ1DJJ (OX3LX), Dave OZ5DM (OX5DM), Mikkel
OZ7AKT (OX7AKT) and Alex OZ7AM (OX7AM) from Kangerlussuaq, Green-
land (NA-018) from 22 October to 1 November. They will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as OX7A. Outside the contest they will
use their personal callsigns, and be active on 160-10 metres CW,
SSB and FT8 with up to four stations QSL OX3LX via OZ0J (direct or
bureau); QSL OX1AA, OX5DM, OX7A, OX7AKT, and OX7AM via LoTW, Club
Log's OQRS, or via OZ1ACB. The website for the operation can be
found at https://sites.google.com/view/greenland2018/home.
P4 - Jaap, PA7DA will be active as P4/PA7DA from Aruba (SA-036) on 17-31
October. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-10 metres.
QSL via PA7DA.
PJ7 - Ed, N2HX will be active again as PJ7PL from Sint Maarten (NA-105)
from 19 October to 2 November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest. Before and after the contest he will operate SSB, RTTY
and FT8 or FT4. QSL via N2HX. [TNX NG3K]
PZ - Team Parbo (G4BVY, G4CLA, GD4XUM, GM4AFF, K1XX and W1MD) will be
active again as PZ5K from Suriname on 23-29 October, including
operation in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW, or via G3NKC.
TT - Nicolas, F8FQX (ex TJ3SN, TN5SN, 5T5SN, TY2CA) has moved to
N'Djamena, Chad, and will remain there for the next 3-4 years. He
has been QRV as TT8SN since 9 October, with more activity expected
after 1 December on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW and
DL9USA. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA9 - Vladimir, UA0LCZ and Kirill, UD0LEN will be active as UA0LCZ/p from
Popov Island (AS-066) on 10-14 October. Look for them to operate CW
on 3507, 7007, 10107, 14017 and 18077 kHz. QSL via UA0LCZ.
ZC4 - A group from the Cambridge University Wireless Society (G6UW),
which will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2020, will be active
as ZC4UW from the UK Sovereign Base Area on Cyprus (AS-004) on 2-7
January. Operators are likely to include G3ZAY, G7SOZ, G7VJR,
M0BBB, M0BLF, M0VFC, M0WUT and M0ZXA. The team will be QRV with 400
watts and up to four stations on 160-10 metres (in principle, as
little propagation is expected above 21 MHz). Activity on 60 metres
is unlikely as they will be limited to 15 watts EIRP. Antennas will
be verticals and the main modes will be CW and SSB. The group will
not be on FT8 or FT4. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS only. See
https://zc4uw.com/ for more information in due course. [TNX G3ZAY]
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**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The September 2019 issue is now available for
download at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]
5K0K ---> The Czech DXpedition Team will be active as 5K0K from San Andres
(NA-033) [425DXN 1478] between 15 and 28 October, with full force in place
on 17-27 October (CQ WW DX SSB Contest included). Plans are for FT8 to be
their primary digital mode, and they will be using MSHV's multi answer
protocol (not to be confused with the Fox & Hound mode). "If you hear us on
the normal FT8 frequencies, we will not be in the multi-slot mode and
working one station at a time", they say. If the number of callers is high,
they will QSY to their announced DXpedition frequencies: 1844 kHz (1908 kHz
for JA), 3590, 7065, 10145, 14085, 18117, 21110, 24918, 28095 and 50328 kHz.
Use the locator when calling 5K0K, as "MSHV will be configured that the
distant station will have the priority in the queue". Read the "5K0K FT8
Operation Guide" on http://www.cdxp.cz/. If the connection to the Internet
is "fast and stable", the logs will be posted in real time to QSO Director
(http://www.qsodirector.com/event/5k0k/) and Club Log's Live Streams
(https://clublogorg/livestream/5k0k).
TX7T ---> The Can-Am DXpedition team [425DXN 1477] will arrive in French
Polynesia on 3 November. While in Tahiti (FO), there will be some activity -
including low bands - for a couple of days/nights. The team will move on to
Hiva Oa (Marquesas Islands) on 6 November, and will depart for home on the
19th. While in the Marquesas, there will be 3-4 four stations active as TX7T
on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and FT8. Check out https://marquesas2019.com/ for
more details.
Operators are K4UEE, K5PI (team leader), W5MJ, W5RF, W5SJ, VA7DX, VE7KW and
F6BCW. Europe is a key target area and every attempt will be made to take
advantage of propagation. Pilots are DL9GFB (Chief Pilot), N2SG and N7BT.
QSL via M0URX's OQRS and LoTW. This DXpedition is mostly funded by the
operators. However, contributions are most welcome and will go toward their
freight and shipping costs. [TNX K4UEE]
VP6R ---> Hal, W8HC - a team member of the upcoming DXpedition to Pitcairn
Island [425DXN 1483] - says he "will be taking along his Garmin Satellite
tracker once again", so "if you are interested, you may follow along with
this adventure in near real time at https://sharegarmin.com/vp6r".
Ralph, K0IR has had to withdraw from the DXpedition project: "I experienced
a sudden and relatively severe, acute illness and was hospitalized for a
number of days", he says. "I am recovering at home, but the risk of
compromising the DXpedition to Pitcairn Island is too great for me to make
the trip with the team. My friend Glenn, W0GJ, will take on my responsibili-
ties and the DXpedition will proceed as otherwise planned". It was not pos-
sible to find a replacement for Ralph, as "many potential substitutes were
unable to clear their schedules to be gone for a month with just a few hours
notice".
The rest of the team is ready to go. On 15 October they will fly from
Papeete to Mangareva, where the "Braveheart" will be waiting for them. They
will set sail almost immediately for Pitcairn, and reach their destination
on 17 October. "All of the cargo is already at our operating site", the say.
"We will work hard that first day to get as many antennas up as possible to
get on the air by the end of the day, Thursday, October 17. We must QRT by
November 2 to make it back to Mangareva to catch the weekly flight again".
W8S ---> The website for the W8S DXpedition to Swains Island (10-25 March
2020) [425DXN 1482] is under construction at https://swains2020.lldxt.eu/.
Ten operators (AG4W, DJ9HX, DJ9ON, DL2AMD, DL6JGN, DL6KVA, KO8SCA, PA3EWP,
PA4WM and PG5M) will be active on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY with
four stations 24/7 from two operating sites.
ZK3A ---> The Tokelau DXpedition went QRT soon after 22 UTC on 8 October,
earlier than planned. All team members are fine, but "a person on the
island is ill", the team reported. "So they have sent the boat there early
to get this person medical help. The team has ceased operations and packing
up all equipment to get on that boat because there will not be another boat
for ten days". According to the latest update on Club Log, 51260 QSOs were
made with 14376 unique callsigns from Asia (38.3%), North America (37.4%),
Europe (18.9%) and the rest of the world (5.5%). The most productive band
was 20m (13060 QSOs); the most productive mode was CW (29343 QSOs), followed
by FT8 (11275), SSB (8443) and RTTY (2199). A Log Check Request Form (see
https://tokelau2019.com/qsl-information) is available for Busted Call or Not
in Log situations; direct email requests will not be accepted.
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******* QSL ROUTES *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
===================================================================
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2TS FK1TS EA8DED OH2BP NL7S N4GNR
3G3G EA5GL ED2C EA2CJ OC19IARU OA4O
3W3B E21EIC ED3M EA3RCV OE5TXF G3TXF
3Z15UE SP6ZJP EH1RGC EA1DST OJ0/OG3A OH3WS
3Z50GR SP9GR EM0I UT2IZ OJ0W OH3WS
3Z9M SQ9UM EM44U UT7UT OL19CAMP OK1MP
4L1R W3HNK EP4HR IK2RZQ OL4ACF OK1AR
4O4T YU4DPR FM5DN KU9C OL9A OK2ZAW
4U1A UA3DX FO5MD EB7DX P33W UA3DX
4U1WB KK4HD GB60ATG M0OXO PA100KLM PA0WBZ
4V1WWV W3HNK HB90EYP HB9OCR PA350RB PA2CVD
4X0B 4X6ZM HC7AE EA5GL PH100ADL PI4ADL
5B4AJC UA3DX HF100CC SP5CNA PI40SRN PA3DHR
5H3CA RC5A HF50BB SP9KAT PI4MRC PD2PN
5H3RRC RC5A HF50BG SP9PGE PS36OKT PY2GTA
5Q7DX PA7JWC HF50DP SP9KAT PY5ZHP SP7CVW
7P8AO HA5AO HF50SW SP9PGE R100AS RO1M
7Q7JN EA5GL HG5D HA8QZ RZ9SFF UA9SIV
9A01GPPVC 9A5WW HQ9X KQ1F S79VU EA5GL
9A525Z 9A2DM IB1MQP IK1NLZ SN0RUN SP5PPK
9G5AR N4GNR IB8MQP IZ8EDJ SN110WM SP3PGS
9H3GK DL7OO ID9MY IT9SSI T30GC LZ1GC
9H9DD OK8ZZ II0MQP IS0AGY T43MY CO3JK
9J2BO G3TEV II0SRE IS0JXO T88UW JH7IPR
9K2GS EC6DX II1MTN IK8XVA T88WM JQ6FQI
9N1AA N4GNR II2SRT HB9FBI TA3/UA9CDC G3SWH
A44A A47RS II3ARIS IZ3ZUC TA6CQ DL4CQ
A82X I2YSB II4MNU IQ4FE TC3COTA TA3CX
A82Z I2YSB II5GB IZ5MMH TG9ADV EC6DX
BV0J BM2JCC II7IAEQ IZ7AUH TG9ANF/7 VE7BV
C31CT EA3QS II7MQP IZ7AUH TI5/N3KS W4FS
C37NL C37URA II7SRE IW7DMH TM17FFF F4GFE
C91CCY K3IRV II8MQP IU8DKG TM500LV F1IOZ
CO0CDR CO6OZ II9SRE IT9VCE TO80SP DL7DF
CO5WE RW6HS IJ8MQP IK8WEJ TT8SN DL9USA
CR3DX OM2VL IO1MQP I1JQJ V31CC NN5E
CR3W DL5AXX IO8MQP IZ8EDJ V31CQ K5PS
CS25ARR CT1ARR IQ1SM IZ1GAR V31HH NK0S
CV7S CX7SS IQ9MY IT9CAR V31JW NT5V
CW4MAX EA5GL IQ9SY IT9NVA V31VP WB0TEV
CX3AT EA5GL IR8SRE IZ8XJJ V73NS W3HNK
D2EB IZ3ETU JW6VM LA6VM VA3FIRE KD2CUO
D41CV IK2NCJ JW9DL LA9DL VP2VEM K5WE
D44TWO M0OXO K5P K0AP XU7AKJ JA3ULS
DM19ERZ DL3VU LO5D LU8EOT XV9DXB EB7DX
DP0GVN DL5EBE LX7I LX2A YJ0BCP KD7WPJ
DR50DIG DH1PAL LZ311HI LZ1KCP YO15IPA YO3AS
DU1IST JA1HGY LZ60KAA LZ1KAA ZP6TT IK2DUW
E2X E20GMY MJ0X M0RTI ZS0RR PA2GPU
E7PUPIN E77E N5C K0AP ZX50Y PT2OP
6O1OO Ali Solhjoo, Schnackenburgstr. 3, 12159 Berlin, Germany
9G5GS Matteo Ghirardini, Via Maggiore 77, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy
DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, 12621 Berlin, Germany
DS3EXX Song Tae-Su, 15 Dongchon-ro, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si,
Chungcheongbuk-do 28358, Republic of Korea
HA5AO Gaspar Istvan, Budapest, Rakoczi u. 85., 1196, Hungary
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara PV, Italy
II9MY Antonio Sergi, Via Manzoni 8, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
IR9MY Stefano Filoramo, via Prof. Sfameni 42/B, 98040 Torregrotta ME,
Italy
LZ1GC Stanislav Iv. Vatev, ul. Gen. Karcov 6A, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria
MS0ORK Ed Holt, Ashwell, St. Ola, Kirkwall, KW15 1SX, United Kingdom
OM0M Dozen Dashes Contest Club, P.O. Box 26, 040 13 Kosice 13, Slovakia
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
S92HP Helio M. M. Pereira, Rua da Niza 14 1 DTO, Vale de Milhacos,
2855-429 Corroios, Portugal
T6A Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
WW0WWV WWV Amateur Radio Club, 1713 Ridgewood Rd, Fort Collins CO 80526,
USA
XZ2C Yosuke Uchiyama, 924-4 Yokokawa-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo,
193-0823, Japan
ZM2B Frank Hunt, 8 Manu Crescent, Upper Vogeltown, New Plymouth 4310,
New Zealand
ZM4T Holger Hannemann, 262 Waimarama Heights, RD12, Havelock North 4294,
New Zealand
ZZ2MNE Alberto Miorali Neto, Rua XV de Novembro 906, Ibitinga - SP,
14940-590, Brazil
ZZ2T Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil
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Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675
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Roma, Italia
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**** DX INFORMATION ****
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
3W - Geri, DK8KW will be active as 3W9KW from Hanoi, Vietnam on 18-26
October. He will operate QRP CW and possibly SSB, depending on
conditions. QSL via DK8KW.
9G - Matteo, IZ4YGS has been active again as 9G5GS since 6 October, and
will remain in Sanzule, Ghana until the 23rd. In his spare time,
typically between 21 and 00 UTC, he operates FT8 and SSB on 160-20
metres. When he returns Ghana, from 26 November to 28 December, he
will add SSB activity via the Oscar-100 geostationary satellite.
QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or direct to home call; logsearch on Club Log.
[TNX NG3K]
CT8 - Look for CT8/DG0OHD, CT8/DG5AA, CT8/DK8YY, CT8/DL1AOB, CT8/DL1AWD,
CT8/DL7ZZ and CT8/DL8ALU to be active from Graciosa (EU-175),
Azores on 13-21 October. During the Worked All Germany (WAG)
Contest (19-20 October) they will be signing CR2Y (QSL via DH7WW).
[TNX DX Newsletter]
CT9 - Silvia EA1AP, Alberto EA1SA and Tony CT1HTU (F8ATS) will be active
as CQ9A from Madeira (AF-014) on 18-26 October. They will operate
CW, SSB and FT8 on 80-6 metres, with "special attention" for 60m
QSL via Club log's OQRS, LoTW, or via EA1AP.
J6 - Jay, AA4FL will be active holiday style as J6/AA4FL from St. Lucia
(NA-108) on 18-28 October. Main activity will be during the CQ WW
DX SSB Contest as a member of the Medical Amateur Radio Council's
J68MD team (K4RLC, KM2L, KN2M and N2HIW). QSL J6/AA4FL via LoTW
(preferred), or direct to home call; QSL J68MD via N2HIW.
JA - Owing to the Hagibis typhoon, the 12-14 October JK3ZXK/2 operation
from Suga Island (AS-206) [425DXN 1483] has been postponed to 2-4
November. [TNX NG3K]
JA - Markus, DJ4EL plans to be active (JS6U** callsign to be issued upon
arrival) from IOTA group AS-017 between 13 and 25 October. His
main QTH will be on Okinawa Honto, but he might go and operate also
from the islands of Kouri, Ike and Sesoko. QSL via Club Log's OQRS
(preferred), or via DJ4EL. See https://twitter.com/rapanuiman for
updates.
JA - Makoto, JI5RPT will be active as JI5RPT/8 from Okushiri Island (AS-
147) on 19-20 October. QSL via home call; the log will be uploaded
to Club Log. [TNX DX World]
JA - Kenji, JA4GXS will be active as JA4GXS/0 from Sado Island (AS-206)
from 8 UTC on 26 October until 22 UTC on the 27th. He will operate
CW and FT8 on 40, 30 and 20 metres. QSL via home call, direct or
bureau. [TNX JA4GXS]
OX - Thomas OZ1AA (OX1AA), Bo OZ1DJJ (OX3LX), Dave OZ5DM (OX5DM), Mikkel
OZ7AKT (OX7AKT) and Alex OZ7AM (OX7AM) from Kangerlussuaq, Green-
land (NA-018) from 22 October to 1 November. They will participate
in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as OX7A. Outside the contest they will
use their personal callsigns, and be active on 160-10 metres CW,
SSB and FT8 with up to four stations QSL OX3LX via OZ0J (direct or
bureau); QSL OX1AA, OX5DM, OX7A, OX7AKT, and OX7AM via LoTW, Club
Log's OQRS, or via OZ1ACB. The website for the operation can be
found at https://sites.google.com/view/greenland2018/home.
P4 - Jaap, PA7DA will be active as P4/PA7DA from Aruba (SA-036) on 17-31
October. He will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 40-10 metres.
QSL via PA7DA.
PJ7 - Ed, N2HX will be active again as PJ7PL from Sint Maarten (NA-105)
from 19 October to 2 November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX
SSB Contest. Before and after the contest he will operate SSB, RTTY
and FT8 or FT4. QSL via N2HX. [TNX NG3K]
PZ - Team Parbo (G4BVY, G4CLA, GD4XUM, GM4AFF, K1XX and W1MD) will be
active again as PZ5K from Suriname on 23-29 October, including
operation in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via LoTW, or via G3NKC.
TT - Nicolas, F8FQX (ex TJ3SN, TN5SN, 5T5SN, TY2CA) has moved to
N'Djamena, Chad, and will remain there for the next 3-4 years. He
has been QRV as TT8SN since 9 October, with more activity expected
after 1 December on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via LoTW and
DL9USA. [TNX The Daily DX]
UA9 - Vladimir, UA0LCZ and Kirill, UD0LEN will be active as UA0LCZ/p from
Popov Island (AS-066) on 10-14 October. Look for them to operate CW
on 3507, 7007, 10107, 14017 and 18077 kHz. QSL via UA0LCZ.
ZC4 - A group from the Cambridge University Wireless Society (G6UW),
which will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2020, will be active
as ZC4UW from the UK Sovereign Base Area on Cyprus (AS-004) on 2-7
January. Operators are likely to include G3ZAY, G7SOZ, G7VJR,
M0BBB, M0BLF, M0VFC, M0WUT and M0ZXA. The team will be QRV with 400
watts and up to four stations on 160-10 metres (in principle, as
little propagation is expected above 21 MHz). Activity on 60 metres
is unlikely as they will be limited to 15 watts EIRP. Antennas will
be verticals and the main modes will be CW and SSB. The group will
not be on FT8 or FT4. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS only. See
https://zc4uw.com/ for more information in due course. [TNX G3ZAY]
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App
for Android. It is available on Google Play - free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!
425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The September 2019 issue is now available for
download at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]
5K0K ---> The Czech DXpedition Team will be active as 5K0K from San Andres
(NA-033) [425DXN 1478] between 15 and 28 October, with full force in place
on 17-27 October (CQ WW DX SSB Contest included). Plans are for FT8 to be
their primary digital mode, and they will be using MSHV's multi answer
protocol (not to be confused with the Fox & Hound mode). "If you hear us on
the normal FT8 frequencies, we will not be in the multi-slot mode and
working one station at a time", they say. If the number of callers is high,
they will QSY to their announced DXpedition frequencies: 1844 kHz (1908 kHz
for JA), 3590, 7065, 10145, 14085, 18117, 21110, 24918, 28095 and 50328 kHz.
Use the locator when calling 5K0K, as "MSHV will be configured that the
distant station will have the priority in the queue". Read the "5K0K FT8
Operation Guide" on http://www.cdxp.cz/. If the connection to the Internet
is "fast and stable", the logs will be posted in real time to QSO Director
(http://www.qsodirector.com/event/5k0k/) and Club Log's Live Streams
(https://clublogorg/livestream/5k0k).
TX7T ---> The Can-Am DXpedition team [425DXN 1477] will arrive in French
Polynesia on 3 November. While in Tahiti (FO), there will be some activity -
including low bands - for a couple of days/nights. The team will move on to
Hiva Oa (Marquesas Islands) on 6 November, and will depart for home on the
19th. While in the Marquesas, there will be 3-4 four stations active as TX7T
on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and FT8. Check out https://marquesas2019.com/ for
more details.
Operators are K4UEE, K5PI (team leader), W5MJ, W5RF, W5SJ, VA7DX, VE7KW and
F6BCW. Europe is a key target area and every attempt will be made to take
advantage of propagation. Pilots are DL9GFB (Chief Pilot), N2SG and N7BT.
QSL via M0URX's OQRS and LoTW. This DXpedition is mostly funded by the
operators. However, contributions are most welcome and will go toward their
freight and shipping costs. [TNX K4UEE]
VP6R ---> Hal, W8HC - a team member of the upcoming DXpedition to Pitcairn
Island [425DXN 1483] - says he "will be taking along his Garmin Satellite
tracker once again", so "if you are interested, you may follow along with
this adventure in near real time at https://sharegarmin.com/vp6r".
Ralph, K0IR has had to withdraw from the DXpedition project: "I experienced
a sudden and relatively severe, acute illness and was hospitalized for a
number of days", he says. "I am recovering at home, but the risk of
compromising the DXpedition to Pitcairn Island is too great for me to make
the trip with the team. My friend Glenn, W0GJ, will take on my responsibili-
ties and the DXpedition will proceed as otherwise planned". It was not pos-
sible to find a replacement for Ralph, as "many potential substitutes were
unable to clear their schedules to be gone for a month with just a few hours
notice".
The rest of the team is ready to go. On 15 October they will fly from
Papeete to Mangareva, where the "Braveheart" will be waiting for them. They
will set sail almost immediately for Pitcairn, and reach their destination
on 17 October. "All of the cargo is already at our operating site", the say.
"We will work hard that first day to get as many antennas up as possible to
get on the air by the end of the day, Thursday, October 17. We must QRT by
November 2 to make it back to Mangareva to catch the weekly flight again".
W8S ---> The website for the W8S DXpedition to Swains Island (10-25 March
2020) [425DXN 1482] is under construction at https://swains2020.lldxt.eu/.
Ten operators (AG4W, DJ9HX, DJ9ON, DL2AMD, DL6JGN, DL6KVA, KO8SCA, PA3EWP,
PA4WM and PG5M) will be active on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY with
four stations 24/7 from two operating sites.
ZK3A ---> The Tokelau DXpedition went QRT soon after 22 UTC on 8 October,
earlier than planned. All team members are fine, but "a person on the
island is ill", the team reported. "So they have sent the boat there early
to get this person medical help. The team has ceased operations and packing
up all equipment to get on that boat because there will not be another boat
for ten days". According to the latest update on Club Log, 51260 QSOs were
made with 14376 unique callsigns from Asia (38.3%), North America (37.4%),
Europe (18.9%) and the rest of the world (5.5%). The most productive band
was 20m (13060 QSOs); the most productive mode was CW (29343 QSOs), followed
by FT8 (11275), SSB (8443) and RTTY (2199). A Log Check Request Form (see
https://tokelau2019.com/qsl-information) is available for Busted Call or Not
in Log situations; direct email requests will not be accepted.
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******* QSL ROUTES *******
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
===================================================================
CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER
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3D2TS FK1TS EA8DED OH2BP NL7S N4GNR
3G3G EA5GL ED2C EA2CJ OC19IARU OA4O
3W3B E21EIC ED3M EA3RCV OE5TXF G3TXF
3Z15UE SP6ZJP EH1RGC EA1DST OJ0/OG3A OH3WS
3Z50GR SP9GR EM0I UT2IZ OJ0W OH3WS
3Z9M SQ9UM EM44U UT7UT OL19CAMP OK1MP
4L1R W3HNK EP4HR IK2RZQ OL4ACF OK1AR
4O4T YU4DPR FM5DN KU9C OL9A OK2ZAW
4U1A UA3DX FO5MD EB7DX P33W UA3DX
4U1WB KK4HD GB60ATG M0OXO PA100KLM PA0WBZ
4V1WWV W3HNK HB90EYP HB9OCR PA350RB PA2CVD
4X0B 4X6ZM HC7AE EA5GL PH100ADL PI4ADL
5B4AJC UA3DX HF100CC SP5CNA PI40SRN PA3DHR
5H3CA RC5A HF50BB SP9KAT PI4MRC PD2PN
5H3RRC RC5A HF50BG SP9PGE PS36OKT PY2GTA
5Q7DX PA7JWC HF50DP SP9KAT PY5ZHP SP7CVW
7P8AO HA5AO HF50SW SP9PGE R100AS RO1M
7Q7JN EA5GL HG5D HA8QZ RZ9SFF UA9SIV
9A01GPPVC 9A5WW HQ9X KQ1F S79VU EA5GL
9A525Z 9A2DM IB1MQP IK1NLZ SN0RUN SP5PPK
9G5AR N4GNR IB8MQP IZ8EDJ SN110WM SP3PGS
9H3GK DL7OO ID9MY IT9SSI T30GC LZ1GC
9H9DD OK8ZZ II0MQP IS0AGY T43MY CO3JK
9J2BO G3TEV II0SRE IS0JXO T88UW JH7IPR
9K2GS EC6DX II1MTN IK8XVA T88WM JQ6FQI
9N1AA N4GNR II2SRT HB9FBI TA3/UA9CDC G3SWH
A44A A47RS II3ARIS IZ3ZUC TA6CQ DL4CQ
A82X I2YSB II4MNU IQ4FE TC3COTA TA3CX
A82Z I2YSB II5GB IZ5MMH TG9ADV EC6DX
BV0J BM2JCC II7IAEQ IZ7AUH TG9ANF/7 VE7BV
C31CT EA3QS II7MQP IZ7AUH TI5/N3KS W4FS
C37NL C37URA II7SRE IW7DMH TM17FFF F4GFE
C91CCY K3IRV II8MQP IU8DKG TM500LV F1IOZ
CO0CDR CO6OZ II9SRE IT9VCE TO80SP DL7DF
CO5WE RW6HS IJ8MQP IK8WEJ TT8SN DL9USA
CR3DX OM2VL IO1MQP I1JQJ V31CC NN5E
CR3W DL5AXX IO8MQP IZ8EDJ V31CQ K5PS
CS25ARR CT1ARR IQ1SM IZ1GAR V31HH NK0S
CV7S CX7SS IQ9MY IT9CAR V31JW NT5V
CW4MAX EA5GL IQ9SY IT9NVA V31VP WB0TEV
CX3AT EA5GL IR8SRE IZ8XJJ V73NS W3HNK
D2EB IZ3ETU JW6VM LA6VM VA3FIRE KD2CUO
D41CV IK2NCJ JW9DL LA9DL VP2VEM K5WE
D44TWO M0OXO K5P K0AP XU7AKJ JA3ULS
DM19ERZ DL3VU LO5D LU8EOT XV9DXB EB7DX
DP0GVN DL5EBE LX7I LX2A YJ0BCP KD7WPJ
DR50DIG DH1PAL LZ311HI LZ1KCP YO15IPA YO3AS
DU1IST JA1HGY LZ60KAA LZ1KAA ZP6TT IK2DUW
E2X E20GMY MJ0X M0RTI ZS0RR PA2GPU
E7PUPIN E77E N5C K0AP ZX50Y PT2OP
6O1OO Ali Solhjoo, Schnackenburgstr. 3, 12159 Berlin, Germany
9G5GS Matteo Ghirardini, Via Maggiore 77, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy
DL7DF Sigi Presch, Wilhelmsmuehlenweg 123, 12621 Berlin, Germany
DS3EXX Song Tae-Su, 15 Dongchon-ro, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si,
Chungcheongbuk-do 28358, Republic of Korea
HA5AO Gaspar Istvan, Budapest, Rakoczi u. 85., 1196, Hungary
I2YSB Silvano Borsa, Viale Capettini 1, 27036 Mortara PV, Italy
II9MY Antonio Sergi, Via Manzoni 8, 98057 Milazzo ME, Italy
IR9MY Stefano Filoramo, via Prof. Sfameni 42/B, 98040 Torregrotta ME,
Italy
LZ1GC Stanislav Iv. Vatev, ul. Gen. Karcov 6A, 4300 Karlovo, Bulgaria
MS0ORK Ed Holt, Ashwell, St. Ola, Kirkwall, KW15 1SX, United Kingdom
OM0M Dozen Dashes Contest Club, P.O. Box 26, 040 13 Kosice 13, Slovakia
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
S92HP Helio M. M. Pereira, Rua da Niza 14 1 DTO, Vale de Milhacos,
2855-429 Corroios, Portugal
T6A Robert Kasca, Govejk 11C, 5281 Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia
WW0WWV WWV Amateur Radio Club, 1713 Ridgewood Rd, Fort Collins CO 80526,
USA
XZ2C Yosuke Uchiyama, 924-4 Yokokawa-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo,
193-0823, Japan
ZM2B Frank Hunt, 8 Manu Crescent, Upper Vogeltown, New Plymouth 4310,
New Zealand
ZM4T Holger Hannemann, 262 Waimarama Heights, RD12, Havelock North 4294,
New Zealand
ZZ2MNE Alberto Miorali Neto, Rua XV de Novembro 906, Ibitinga - SP,
14940-590, Brazil
ZZ2T Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo - SP, 04008-000, Brazil
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
Blog Logs
All times UTC // parallel frequency
Stations monitored 15 September-09 October, 2019
Logs and information welcome at: w4gvh@frontier.com
Algeria
Radio Algerienne Chaine 1, Tamanrasset (10 kW) 909 kHz. Arabic phone-in report at tune-in 1518-1520. Announcer's commentary on Islam to men's vocal segments // Radio Algerienne Chaine 1,Illizi 1071 kHz (5 kW). Chaine 3 LW station 252 LW in French 24 hours. Tentative on Algeria's Radio Multichaine/Radio Qur'an on 1422 kHz AM, 1410-1435. Two male's Arabic conversation and announcement segments from tune-in.
China
China, CNR 1 VO China 4750 // 4800, 5945, 6125, 7230, 7290, 7305, 9500, 9845, 9860 kHz. Two announcer's trade newscript in Chinese. Most signals fair SIO 333. (China SDR) China Radio Int'l at English at 1315 on 9570 (SIO 222), 11910 kHz. Different program for 1300-1400 on 5955, 9730, 9870, 11760, and 15590 kHz.
CNR 11 Beijing, Fair signal for Chinese instrumental music, heard at 1325 on 7350 // 9480 kHz. Announcer's brief text 1330, returning to music program. China's CNR 2 Business Radio at 1405. Chinese business reporting format, on 3985 (under jamming), 6065, 7245, 7265, 7315, 7335, 7370, 7375, 7425, 9515, 9775, 9820 kHz. (China SDR)
CNR 5 VO Zhonghua, Chinese at 1414 on 5925 (SIO 434) // 7385 (SIO 444), 9665 kHz (SIO 434). Announcer's trade script to musical interlude at 1415. Station announcements to Chinese easy-listening vocals 1417-1421. Fanfare, jingles, promos and interview segments. (China SDR)
Voice of Strait (tentative) 4940 kHz (SIO 443). Chinese radio drama including sound-effects and singing segments monitored 1432-1452. Occasional pauses for program narrations and jingles. (China SDR)
Clandestines
Denge Welat/VO Homeland 11530 kHz via Moldova relay to 1500. Kurdish music vocals from 1340 // with online streaming audio at http://www.denge-welat.org/. Announcer's items between tunes. Time tips 1400 into fanfare intro music, to Kurdish news script format. Station is former Denge Kurdistane, targeting listener's across the Caucasus and Near East. Schedule shifts to Issoudun, France relay 1500-2100 UTC. (NLD SDR)
Echo of Hope/VOH 3985, Korean programming 1545 under heavy jamming. Parallel frequencies observed as; 4885, 9100 (no jamming), 5995 and 6250 jammed. male/female practicing language skills with bits of English included. (China SDR)
Radio Sana'a/Rep. of Yemen Radio 11860 kHz. Arabic vocals 1320 tune-in to brief announcement pause. Arabic vocals program interspersed with promos for terrific signal SIO 444. Assumed to be aired from transmitter in Saudi Arabia, and in support of Yemeni president Hadi. (Qatar SDR)
Radio Tamazuj 15150 kHz via Madagascar relay from 1505. Announcer's Sudanese Arabic running // on 15400 via Issoudun, France relay. Presumed newscast and brief references to "Radio Tamazuj" at 1512, continued reporting format, including phone reports. Additional ID 1516. Slight delay via Issoudun. (NLD SDR/Qatar SDR)
Voice of Wilderness 7615 kHz (Tashkent, Uzbekistan relay) (tentative) from 1410 tune-in. Station wasn't being jammed from my tune-in during religious vocal music and male's Korean sermon cadence to 1421. Continued religious format, prayer and vocals. ID format 1430 into instrumenetal piano and prayer and text. Instrumental hymn, To God be the Glory 1459. Announcement to 1500 sign-off as scheduled. Website: http://www.cornerstone.or.kr/ (NLD SDR)
Congo Republic
Radio Congo 6115 kHz, 1823. French text covering topics about Congo to male/female segment. Very poor signal and barely SIO 232. GRG schedule to 2000, needs extra monitoring. (S Africa SDR)
Cuba
Radio Havana 6000 kHz, 1310. Spanish news and commentary on // 9535, 11760 and 13740 kHz. Musical jingles, promos and station IDs for Radio Habana Cuba. Additional news on Latin America.
Egypt
ERTU Cultural/Songs 1341 kHz (100 kW), 1750. Male/female announcer duo trade chats with Kenny G as background music. Station info routine at 1800. Not a peep from Radio Cairo, for shortwave at any hour and various frequency checks. Active ? (Kuwait SDR) ERTU/Gen Prgrm in Arabic. Audible from 1435 tune-in Qur'an on 882 (SIO 333) // 936 (SIO 222) 981 (SIO 222) 1305 (SIO 333).
Eritrea
VO Broad Masses-Prgrm 1, 7140 kHz. Tentative Amaharic text to 1750. Horn of Africa music almost buried in poor conditions. No sign of Prgrm 2 on 7180 kHz.
Eqt. Guinea
RTVGE Radio Bata, 5005 kHz. Instrumental music tune Bolero at tune-in 1827-1829. Lady's Spanish announcement into Spanish pop tune. DJ format with announcement into Spanish pop tune 1834-1839. New easy-listening vocal tune 1840-1844. Spanish guitar ballad 1845. Drop out by 1900 (SIO 433) (S Afr SDR)
Ethiopia
Radio Amhara, 6090, 1910. Tune-in to Horn of Africa musical vocals. Presumed talk and text is in listed Amharic. Fair signal with intermittent co-channel interference to 1950. Ethiopia's FBC Radio Fana significantly better on 6110 kHz. Presumed programming is in Oromo (or Somali) for announcer's news briefs and HOA musical vocals. Good signal on subsequent 6090 kHz check at 1735 tune-in. Lady's HOA vocals to 1738. Brief comment to new music. Fair SIO 322. (S Afr SDR)
Voice of Tigray Revolution, 5950 kHz (100 kW). Regional Horn of Africa vocals at tune-in 1850-1855. Announcement in listed Afar or Tigrinya. Signal fair to poor, peaking by 1905 amid HOA vocals. (SIO 322/433) Audible from 1740 on 5950 kHz, as male/female trade briefs to 1745 fanfare. Phone-in
India
All India Radio/Aligarh 9620. Indian sitar and tabla from 1400 tune-in. Continued Sindhi service music program, interspersed with brief announcements. Schedule to 1500. Fair signal with fades SIO 222. AIR External service in English 1900-1945, monitored on 9445.
Jordan
Jordan Radio/Main Program 855 kHz, Qur'an recitations in progress at 1250 tune-in to 1300. Station reference at 1300 into Arabic newscast to 1313. Announcer's items on Iraq, Iran, and Kuwait to 1318. Recitations resumed at close of news. Signal clear and no interference (SIO 333) (Kuwait SDR) Same program format and SIO 1530 recheck.
Kuwait
Radio Kuwait 1341 kHz, 1435 tune-in amid Qur'an to 1445, followed by station ID. Arabic music 24 hours on 1134 kHz. Main Program in Arabic 540 // 1134 kHz. (Kuwait SDR)
Mali
ORTM Radio Mali 5995, 1815 tune-in to African ethnic vocals to 1825. Musical jingle to announcer's French comments. African highlife vocals to 1830. Chat, jingles and a brief news headline format into African xylophones reminiscent of music from Mozambique. Good signal from tune-in (SIO 343). GRG schedule to 0000. Recheck signal at 1850, with unknown African language (Bambura or ethnic?) as announcer reads text. It should have been English news per their schedule. Fair reception for the autumn equinox on 23 September. Presumed news at 1900. Brief musical interlude, followed by announcer's talk. SIO 322(S Africa SDR)
Malaysia
RTM Sarawak WAI FM 11665 kHz, 1340. Announcer's Asian news topics in Malay and items on Kuala Lumpur. Pop vocal variety. SIO 434. Recheck on subsequent days on 11665 kHz, 1410 kHz. Morning-show format of announcer's conversations, national items and Malay pop vocals. (SIO 433). (Philippines SDR).
Philippines
FEBC Radio, 9400 kHz. 1357. Chinese service's closing information on station, followed by interval signal melody of Jesus Saves song, to 1400 closedown. Chinese service from 1400 on 9345. Station ID into morning religious programming and musical interludes. Both frequencies via Iba, Philippines. Schedule for this segment runs to 1600 UTC Javanese service on 15620 kHz (Bocaue, Philippines) 1400-1430 with religious sermon. Lahu service (Bocaue) 11750 kHz, 1400-1430. (New Delhi SDR)
PBS Pilipinas, 9910 kHz, "PBS Pilipinas..the Voice of the Philippines" at tune-in 1917. Audible on // 12120 (best SIO 444) and 15190 (SIO 222). Filipino pop vocals to 1921. Easy-listening vocals tune to 1927. Announcer's English/Filipinos ID, frequency and station promo located "in Manila, Philippines". Closing national anthem 1928-1929.All frequencies targeted to the Middle East. (New Delhi SDR).
Saudi Arabia
SBA Itha' Huna Al Azm, 11745 kHz. Arabic service targeted to Yemen with low-level Arabic text. SIO 322. SBA Radio Saudi Gen Prgm 1 on 9650 from 1455. Traditional Arabic music to 1458 for announcer's Arabic references to Saudi Arabic including identification. Intro melody at 1500 into newscript format. Frequency 9650 kHz scheduled to broadcast to 1755.SBA Radio Saudi Qur'an from 1457 on 13710, shift to 15205 kHz at 1545. SBA Saudi Radio International on 17660 kHz in French to 1600. SBA Saudi Radio International 9895 kHz Pashto service 1400-1558; Persian service 1157-1757 on 7240 kHz. SBA Qur'an channels (24 hours) 783, 855, 900 kHz AM/ 100 kW. (Qatar SDR) SBA Radio Riyadh 1440 kHz (1600 kW). Arabic briefs between men's Arabic chorus music, and selections of easy-listening tunes. SBA Qur'an in progress 1510 on 810 kHz (10 kW), SBA Radio Jeddah 810 (5 kW) underneath with men's Arabic chorus. (Qatar SDR) SBA Radio Riyadh on medium wave in Arabic at 1730-1740 on: 945 (SIO 333) // 1071 (322) 1215 (222) 1449 (SIO 222) 1449 (SIO 222) SBA R Saudi Call of Islam 1745 on 594 (222) 783 (333) 1422 (333).
Sultanate of Oman
Radio Oman, 9620 kHz, 1510 tune-in. Great signal (SIO 444) for US/Euro pop tunes. English ID as "Nation Station" Taylor Swift music. Schedule is 1500-1600 hour in Arabic. Muddled audio by 1540 recheck in Arabic with traditional music and Arabic discussion. Radio Oman on 558 kHz (SIO 322) // 1242 kHz (SIO 333) in Arabic with radio drama presentation between Arabic vocals, 1520-1540 tune-out. Arabic on 9620 also audible at this time, though not parallel. (Qatar SDR)
Sudan
Sudan Radio/General Prgrm 7205 kHz (100 kW) 1705 tune-in. Male/female trade Arabic conversation and briefs. Low-level audio SIO 222. Easy-listening music 1715-1717. Arabic promos after fanfare. Lady's presentation including phone-in call, talks and music from 1724. Signal fair-poor with intermittent peaks. Sudan's VO Africa /Sudan Radio in English 1715-1800 on 9505 kHz. My tune-in 1750 to announcer's English teaching Islam to 1757. African vocals to 1802 time tips. Announcer's ID routine in listed Hausa with news script format. HOA tunes from 1808. Fair signal SIO 332. (S Afr SDR)
Tajikistan
Radio Tojikiston Prgm 1 (Tajik Radio 1). Tentative as station on 4765 kHz, 1435-1505. Low-level audio (SIO 222) as text reading in what may have been Tajik or Uzbek. Female's brief comment into Middle-Eastern musical vocals 1452-1458. Top-of-the hour announcement (ID ?) into recitations format and reading text. Checked reception for Voice of Tajik on 7245 kHz from 1507. Similiar program format in presumed Tajik and running // with 1143 kHz AM. (Kuwait SDR)
(Gayle Van Horn/Teak Publishing)
Stations monitored 15 September-09 October, 2019
Logs and information welcome at: w4gvh@frontier.com
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| RTA QSL (Gayle Van Horn Collection) |
Radio Algerienne Chaine 1, Tamanrasset (10 kW) 909 kHz. Arabic phone-in report at tune-in 1518-1520. Announcer's commentary on Islam to men's vocal segments // Radio Algerienne Chaine 1,Illizi 1071 kHz (5 kW). Chaine 3 LW station 252 LW in French 24 hours. Tentative on Algeria's Radio Multichaine/Radio Qur'an on 1422 kHz AM, 1410-1435. Two male's Arabic conversation and announcement segments from tune-in.
China
China, CNR 1 VO China 4750 // 4800, 5945, 6125, 7230, 7290, 7305, 9500, 9845, 9860 kHz. Two announcer's trade newscript in Chinese. Most signals fair SIO 333. (China SDR) China Radio Int'l at English at 1315 on 9570 (SIO 222), 11910 kHz. Different program for 1300-1400 on 5955, 9730, 9870, 11760, and 15590 kHz.
CNR 11 Beijing, Fair signal for Chinese instrumental music, heard at 1325 on 7350 // 9480 kHz. Announcer's brief text 1330, returning to music program. China's CNR 2 Business Radio at 1405. Chinese business reporting format, on 3985 (under jamming), 6065, 7245, 7265, 7315, 7335, 7370, 7375, 7425, 9515, 9775, 9820 kHz. (China SDR)
CNR 5 VO Zhonghua, Chinese at 1414 on 5925 (SIO 434) // 7385 (SIO 444), 9665 kHz (SIO 434). Announcer's trade script to musical interlude at 1415. Station announcements to Chinese easy-listening vocals 1417-1421. Fanfare, jingles, promos and interview segments. (China SDR)
Voice of Strait (tentative) 4940 kHz (SIO 443). Chinese radio drama including sound-effects and singing segments monitored 1432-1452. Occasional pauses for program narrations and jingles. (China SDR)
Denge Welat/VO Homeland 11530 kHz via Moldova relay to 1500. Kurdish music vocals from 1340 // with online streaming audio at http://www.denge-welat.org/. Announcer's items between tunes. Time tips 1400 into fanfare intro music, to Kurdish news script format. Station is former Denge Kurdistane, targeting listener's across the Caucasus and Near East. Schedule shifts to Issoudun, France relay 1500-2100 UTC. (NLD SDR)
Echo of Hope/VOH 3985, Korean programming 1545 under heavy jamming. Parallel frequencies observed as; 4885, 9100 (no jamming), 5995 and 6250 jammed. male/female practicing language skills with bits of English included. (China SDR)
Radio Sana'a/Rep. of Yemen Radio 11860 kHz. Arabic vocals 1320 tune-in to brief announcement pause. Arabic vocals program interspersed with promos for terrific signal SIO 444. Assumed to be aired from transmitter in Saudi Arabia, and in support of Yemeni president Hadi. (Qatar SDR)
Radio Tamazuj 15150 kHz via Madagascar relay from 1505. Announcer's Sudanese Arabic running // on 15400 via Issoudun, France relay. Presumed newscast and brief references to "Radio Tamazuj" at 1512, continued reporting format, including phone reports. Additional ID 1516. Slight delay via Issoudun. (NLD SDR/Qatar SDR)
Voice of Wilderness 7615 kHz (Tashkent, Uzbekistan relay) (tentative) from 1410 tune-in. Station wasn't being jammed from my tune-in during religious vocal music and male's Korean sermon cadence to 1421. Continued religious format, prayer and vocals. ID format 1430 into instrumenetal piano and prayer and text. Instrumental hymn, To God be the Glory 1459. Announcement to 1500 sign-off as scheduled. Website: http://www.cornerstone.or.kr/ (NLD SDR)
Congo Republic
Radio Congo 6115 kHz, 1823. French text covering topics about Congo to male/female segment. Very poor signal and barely SIO 232. GRG schedule to 2000, needs extra monitoring. (S Africa SDR)
Cuba
Radio Havana 6000 kHz, 1310. Spanish news and commentary on // 9535, 11760 and 13740 kHz. Musical jingles, promos and station IDs for Radio Habana Cuba. Additional news on Latin America.
Egypt
ERTU Cultural/Songs 1341 kHz (100 kW), 1750. Male/female announcer duo trade chats with Kenny G as background music. Station info routine at 1800. Not a peep from Radio Cairo, for shortwave at any hour and various frequency checks. Active ? (Kuwait SDR) ERTU/Gen Prgrm in Arabic. Audible from 1435 tune-in Qur'an on 882 (SIO 333) // 936 (SIO 222) 981 (SIO 222) 1305 (SIO 333).
Eritrea
VO Broad Masses-Prgrm 1, 7140 kHz. Tentative Amaharic text to 1750. Horn of Africa music almost buried in poor conditions. No sign of Prgrm 2 on 7180 kHz.
Eqt. Guinea
RTVGE Radio Bata, 5005 kHz. Instrumental music tune Bolero at tune-in 1827-1829. Lady's Spanish announcement into Spanish pop tune. DJ format with announcement into Spanish pop tune 1834-1839. New easy-listening vocal tune 1840-1844. Spanish guitar ballad 1845. Drop out by 1900 (SIO 433) (S Afr SDR)
Ethiopia
Radio Amhara, 6090, 1910. Tune-in to Horn of Africa musical vocals. Presumed talk and text is in listed Amharic. Fair signal with intermittent co-channel interference to 1950. Ethiopia's FBC Radio Fana significantly better on 6110 kHz. Presumed programming is in Oromo (or Somali) for announcer's news briefs and HOA musical vocals. Good signal on subsequent 6090 kHz check at 1735 tune-in. Lady's HOA vocals to 1738. Brief comment to new music. Fair SIO 322. (S Afr SDR)
Voice of Tigray Revolution, 5950 kHz (100 kW). Regional Horn of Africa vocals at tune-in 1850-1855. Announcement in listed Afar or Tigrinya. Signal fair to poor, peaking by 1905 amid HOA vocals. (SIO 322/433) Audible from 1740 on 5950 kHz, as male/female trade briefs to 1745 fanfare. Phone-in
India
All India Radio/Aligarh 9620. Indian sitar and tabla from 1400 tune-in. Continued Sindhi service music program, interspersed with brief announcements. Schedule to 1500. Fair signal with fades SIO 222. AIR External service in English 1900-1945, monitored on 9445.
Jordan
Jordan Radio/Main Program 855 kHz, Qur'an recitations in progress at 1250 tune-in to 1300. Station reference at 1300 into Arabic newscast to 1313. Announcer's items on Iraq, Iran, and Kuwait to 1318. Recitations resumed at close of news. Signal clear and no interference (SIO 333) (Kuwait SDR) Same program format and SIO 1530 recheck.
Kuwait
Radio Kuwait 1341 kHz, 1435 tune-in amid Qur'an to 1445, followed by station ID. Arabic music 24 hours on 1134 kHz. Main Program in Arabic 540 // 1134 kHz. (Kuwait SDR)
ORTM Radio Mali 5995, 1815 tune-in to African ethnic vocals to 1825. Musical jingle to announcer's French comments. African highlife vocals to 1830. Chat, jingles and a brief news headline format into African xylophones reminiscent of music from Mozambique. Good signal from tune-in (SIO 343). GRG schedule to 0000. Recheck signal at 1850, with unknown African language (Bambura or ethnic?) as announcer reads text. It should have been English news per their schedule. Fair reception for the autumn equinox on 23 September. Presumed news at 1900. Brief musical interlude, followed by announcer's talk. SIO 322(S Africa SDR)
Malaysia
RTM Sarawak WAI FM 11665 kHz, 1340. Announcer's Asian news topics in Malay and items on Kuala Lumpur. Pop vocal variety. SIO 434. Recheck on subsequent days on 11665 kHz, 1410 kHz. Morning-show format of announcer's conversations, national items and Malay pop vocals. (SIO 433). (Philippines SDR).
Philippines
FEBC Radio, 9400 kHz. 1357. Chinese service's closing information on station, followed by interval signal melody of Jesus Saves song, to 1400 closedown. Chinese service from 1400 on 9345. Station ID into morning religious programming and musical interludes. Both frequencies via Iba, Philippines. Schedule for this segment runs to 1600 UTC Javanese service on 15620 kHz (Bocaue, Philippines) 1400-1430 with religious sermon. Lahu service (Bocaue) 11750 kHz, 1400-1430. (New Delhi SDR)
PBS Pilipinas, 9910 kHz, "PBS Pilipinas..the Voice of the Philippines" at tune-in 1917. Audible on // 12120 (best SIO 444) and 15190 (SIO 222). Filipino pop vocals to 1921. Easy-listening vocals tune to 1927. Announcer's English/Filipinos ID, frequency and station promo located "in Manila, Philippines". Closing national anthem 1928-1929.All frequencies targeted to the Middle East. (New Delhi SDR).
Saudi Arabia
SBA Itha' Huna Al Azm, 11745 kHz. Arabic service targeted to Yemen with low-level Arabic text. SIO 322. SBA Radio Saudi Gen Prgm 1 on 9650 from 1455. Traditional Arabic music to 1458 for announcer's Arabic references to Saudi Arabic including identification. Intro melody at 1500 into newscript format. Frequency 9650 kHz scheduled to broadcast to 1755.SBA Radio Saudi Qur'an from 1457 on 13710, shift to 15205 kHz at 1545. SBA Saudi Radio International on 17660 kHz in French to 1600. SBA Saudi Radio International 9895 kHz Pashto service 1400-1558; Persian service 1157-1757 on 7240 kHz. SBA Qur'an channels (24 hours) 783, 855, 900 kHz AM/ 100 kW. (Qatar SDR) SBA Radio Riyadh 1440 kHz (1600 kW). Arabic briefs between men's Arabic chorus music, and selections of easy-listening tunes. SBA Qur'an in progress 1510 on 810 kHz (10 kW), SBA Radio Jeddah 810 (5 kW) underneath with men's Arabic chorus. (Qatar SDR) SBA Radio Riyadh on medium wave in Arabic at 1730-1740 on: 945 (SIO 333) // 1071 (322) 1215 (222) 1449 (SIO 222) 1449 (SIO 222) SBA R Saudi Call of Islam 1745 on 594 (222) 783 (333) 1422 (333).
Sultanate of Oman
Radio Oman, 9620 kHz, 1510 tune-in. Great signal (SIO 444) for US/Euro pop tunes. English ID as "Nation Station" Taylor Swift music. Schedule is 1500-1600 hour in Arabic. Muddled audio by 1540 recheck in Arabic with traditional music and Arabic discussion. Radio Oman on 558 kHz (SIO 322) // 1242 kHz (SIO 333) in Arabic with radio drama presentation between Arabic vocals, 1520-1540 tune-out. Arabic on 9620 also audible at this time, though not parallel. (Qatar SDR)
Sudan
Sudan Radio/General Prgrm 7205 kHz (100 kW) 1705 tune-in. Male/female trade Arabic conversation and briefs. Low-level audio SIO 222. Easy-listening music 1715-1717. Arabic promos after fanfare. Lady's presentation including phone-in call, talks and music from 1724. Signal fair-poor with intermittent peaks. Sudan's VO Africa /Sudan Radio in English 1715-1800 on 9505 kHz. My tune-in 1750 to announcer's English teaching Islam to 1757. African vocals to 1802 time tips. Announcer's ID routine in listed Hausa with news script format. HOA tunes from 1808. Fair signal SIO 332. (S Afr SDR)
Tajikistan
Radio Tojikiston Prgm 1 (Tajik Radio 1). Tentative as station on 4765 kHz, 1435-1505. Low-level audio (SIO 222) as text reading in what may have been Tajik or Uzbek. Female's brief comment into Middle-Eastern musical vocals 1452-1458. Top-of-the hour announcement (ID ?) into recitations format and reading text. Checked reception for Voice of Tajik on 7245 kHz from 1507. Similiar program format in presumed Tajik and running // with 1143 kHz AM. (Kuwait SDR)
(Gayle Van Horn/Teak Publishing)
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ARLD040 DX news
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
HK6O, 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.
ZAMBIA, 9J. Mario, IK1MYT is QRV as 9J2MYT from Lusaka until June
2020. Activity is on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. QSL to home call.
AZORES, CU. Operators DG0OHD, DG5AA, DK8YY, DL1AOB, DL1AWD, DL7ZZ
and DL8ALU will be QRV as CT8/home calls from Graciosa Island, IOTA
EU-175, from October 13 to 21. During the upcoming Worked All
Germany contest they will be active as CR2Y. QSL CR2Y via DH7WW and
all others to home calls.
GUADELOUPE, FG. Philippe, F1DUZ will be QRV as FG4KH from October
14 to 29. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB and FT8.
QSL to home call.
MAYOTTE, FH. Willy, DJ7RJ will be QRV as FH/DJ7RJ from October 15
to November 3. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW and
SSB. QSL to home call.
COLOMBIA, HK. Special event station 5K6MZL is QRV from Manizales
until October 14 in celebration of the 170th anniversary of the city
of Manizales. Activity is on 160 to 2 meters using CW, SSB and
various digital modes. QSL via bureau. In addition, look for
special event stations 5J500LDV, 5J500L, 5J500D and 5J500V to be QRV
from October 16 to 30 in remembrance of 500 years of the passing of
Leonardo da Vinci. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW,
SSB and various digital modes. QSL via bureau.
SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA, HK0. A large group of operators will be
QRV as 5K0K from San Andres Island, IOTA NA-033, from October 15 to
30. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and
FT8. QSL via OK6DJ.
JAPAN, JA. Markus, DJ4EL will be QRV as JR6/DJ4EL from Yomitan,
Okinawa, IOTA AS-017, from October 13 to 25. Activity will be on 20
meters. He also plans to visit other islands and maybe be active on
other bands as well. QSL to home call.
SVLBARD, JW. Operators Erling, LA6VM, Halvard, LA7XK and Just,
LA9DL are QRV as JW6VM, JW7XK, and JW9DL, respectively, from
Longyearbyen, IOTA EU-026, until October 14. They will be active as
JW5X in the Scandinavian Activity SSB contest. QSL JW5X via LA5X
and all others to home calls.
NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PH100ADL is QRV until the
end of 2019 to commemorate the first commercial flight in the
Netherlands 100 years ago. Activity is on the HF bands using CW and
SSB. QSL via bureau.
PALAU, T8. Operators JH7IPR, JQ6FQI and JA6KYU are QRV as T88UW,
T88WM and T88HS, respectively, from Koror, IOTA OC-009, until
October 16. Activity is on the HF bands and 6 metersd using CW, AM,
SSB, FSK, FT8 and FT4. This includes being an entry in the Oceania
DX CW contest. QSL via operators' instructions.
ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA0. Vlado, UA0LCZ is QRV as UA0LCZ/p from Popov
Island, IOTA AS-066, until October 14. Activity is on 80 to 17
meters using CW. QSL to home call.
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, V4. John, W5JON will be QRV as V47JA from St.
Kitts, IOTA NA-104, from October 16 to 22. Activity will be on 160
to 6 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL direct to home call.
BERMUDA, VP9. Josh, W9HT will be QRV as W9HT/VP9 from Hamilton
Parish from October 12 to 15. Activity will be on the HF bands and
6 meters. QSL to home call.
SOUTH SUDAN, Z8. James, Z81C is QRV from Juba while working for a
non-governmental organization for the next 18 months. Activity is
mostly on SSB. QSL via operator's instructions.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Makrothen RTTY Contest, Oceania DX
CW Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, QRP ARCI Fall CW QSO
Party, Nevada QSO Party, Microwave Fall Sprint, SKCC Weekend CW
Sprintathon, Scandinavian Activity SSB Contest, Pennsylvania QSO
Party, Arizona QSO Party, FISTS Fall Unlimited CW Sprint, South
Dakota QSO Party, PODXS 070 Club 160-Meter Great Pumpkin Sprint, UBA
ON 80-Meter CW Contest and UBA ON 6-meter Contest will certainly
keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend.
The 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint and RSGB 80-Meter Autumn
CW Series are scheduled for October 14.
The CWops Mini-CWT Test and Phone Fray are scheduled for October 16.
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 October QST page 90 and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest Web
Sites for details.
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/EX
ARLD040 DX news
ZCZC AE40
QST de W1AW
DX Bulletin 40 ARLD040
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT October 10, 2019
To all radio amateurs
SB DX ARL ARLD040
ARLD040 DX news
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
HK6O, 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.
ZAMBIA, 9J. Mario, IK1MYT is QRV as 9J2MYT from Lusaka until June
2020. Activity is on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. QSL to home call.
AZORES, CU. Operators DG0OHD, DG5AA, DK8YY, DL1AOB, DL1AWD, DL7ZZ
and DL8ALU will be QRV as CT8/home calls from Graciosa Island, IOTA
EU-175, from October 13 to 21. During the upcoming Worked All
Germany contest they will be active as CR2Y. QSL CR2Y via DH7WW and
all others to home calls.
GUADELOUPE, FG. Philippe, F1DUZ will be QRV as FG4KH from October
14 to 29. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB and FT8.
QSL to home call.
MAYOTTE, FH. Willy, DJ7RJ will be QRV as FH/DJ7RJ from October 15
to November 3. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW and
SSB. QSL to home call.
COLOMBIA, HK. Special event station 5K6MZL is QRV from Manizales
until October 14 in celebration of the 170th anniversary of the city
of Manizales. Activity is on 160 to 2 meters using CW, SSB and
various digital modes. QSL via bureau. In addition, look for
special event stations 5J500LDV, 5J500L, 5J500D and 5J500V to be QRV
from October 16 to 30 in remembrance of 500 years of the passing of
Leonardo da Vinci. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW,
SSB and various digital modes. QSL via bureau.
SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA, HK0. A large group of operators will be
QRV as 5K0K from San Andres Island, IOTA NA-033, from October 15 to
30. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and
FT8. QSL via OK6DJ.
JAPAN, JA. Markus, DJ4EL will be QRV as JR6/DJ4EL from Yomitan,
Okinawa, IOTA AS-017, from October 13 to 25. Activity will be on 20
meters. He also plans to visit other islands and maybe be active on
other bands as well. QSL to home call.
SVLBARD, JW. Operators Erling, LA6VM, Halvard, LA7XK and Just,
LA9DL are QRV as JW6VM, JW7XK, and JW9DL, respectively, from
Longyearbyen, IOTA EU-026, until October 14. They will be active as
JW5X in the Scandinavian Activity SSB contest. QSL JW5X via LA5X
and all others to home calls.
NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PH100ADL is QRV until the
end of 2019 to commemorate the first commercial flight in the
Netherlands 100 years ago. Activity is on the HF bands using CW and
SSB. QSL via bureau.
PALAU, T8. Operators JH7IPR, JQ6FQI and JA6KYU are QRV as T88UW,
T88WM and T88HS, respectively, from Koror, IOTA OC-009, until
October 16. Activity is on the HF bands and 6 metersd using CW, AM,
SSB, FSK, FT8 and FT4. This includes being an entry in the Oceania
DX CW contest. QSL via operators' instructions.
ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA0. Vlado, UA0LCZ is QRV as UA0LCZ/p from Popov
Island, IOTA AS-066, until October 14. Activity is on 80 to 17
meters using CW. QSL to home call.
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, V4. John, W5JON will be QRV as V47JA from St.
Kitts, IOTA NA-104, from October 16 to 22. Activity will be on 160
to 6 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL direct to home call.
BERMUDA, VP9. Josh, W9HT will be QRV as W9HT/VP9 from Hamilton
Parish from October 12 to 15. Activity will be on the HF bands and
6 meters. QSL to home call.
SOUTH SUDAN, Z8. James, Z81C is QRV from Juba while working for a
non-governmental organization for the next 18 months. Activity is
mostly on SSB. QSL via operator's instructions.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Makrothen RTTY Contest, Oceania DX
CW Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, QRP ARCI Fall CW QSO
Party, Nevada QSO Party, Microwave Fall Sprint, SKCC Weekend CW
Sprintathon, Scandinavian Activity SSB Contest, Pennsylvania QSO
Party, Arizona QSO Party, FISTS Fall Unlimited CW Sprint, South
Dakota QSO Party, PODXS 070 Club 160-Meter Great Pumpkin Sprint, UBA
ON 80-Meter CW Contest and UBA ON 6-meter Contest will certainly
keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend.
The 4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint and RSGB 80-Meter Autumn
CW Series are scheduled for October 14.
The CWops Mini-CWT Test and Phone Fray are scheduled for October 16.
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 October QST page 90 and the ARRL and WA7BNM Contest Web
Sites for details.
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/EX
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