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Friday, November 27, 2020
Btown MW Logs 11/18-11/25/2020
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Coast Guard Proposes to Discontinue HF Voice Watchkeeping
The US Coast Guard has invited comments by January 21, 2021, on a proposal to discontinue HF voice watchkeeping. The proposal appeared on November 20 in the Federal Register. The USCG proposes to cease monitoring 4125, 6215, 8291, and 12,290 kHz, in the contiguous US and Hawaii, due to a lack of activity.
“We believe this change would have a low impact on the maritime public, as commercial satellite radios and Digital Selective Calling (DSC) marine-SSB HF radios have become more prevalent onboard vessels,” the Coast Guard said. “However, we would like your comments on how you would be affected if we terminated monitoring HF voice-only distress frequencies within the contiguous US and Hawaii, particularly if you use HF, but do not currently have a commercial satellite radio or an HF DSC-capable radio aboard your vessel.”
The Coast Guard said it would continue to monitor HF DSC distress alerting for all existing regions and voice distress and hailing from Kodiak, Alaska, and Guam. The Maritime Mobile Service Net (MMSN) on 14.300 MHz remains available to less-equipped mariners who need assistance in emergencies.
SOURCE:ARRL
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Unid 1050 kHz and Religious Program Station List
1050 kHz 11/18 at 1756 EST: End of "Grace to You" 1/2 hour religious prgm, then Pastor George Cook of New Jerusalem House of Prayer in West Chicago, on various Christian beliefs. This was followed by a low modulation YL talking about powering stn down at sunset. During a very brief quiet period heard a CHUM-AM ID (finally got them after all these years) then heard the start of the Radio Bible Study program. My best guess is WROS-AM The Rose out of Jacksonville, but I can't completely eliminate KJBN-AM Little Rock.
Friday, November 20, 2020
Btown AM Logs 11/18/2020
I turned the W6LVP to the WSW-ENE and had a great run of new catches on a Top of the Hour (TOH) IQ run. Twelve new stations for my Brasstown logs and various relogs including 4 oldie but goodies. Also running the Airspy HF+Discovery and snagged some logs using a new prototype Airspy Hi-Z amp for the YouLoop. Doing some testing of it for the SDR buyers guide in the new Teak Publishing Global Radio Guide coming out next month.
560 KWTO MO, Springfield - 11/18 1758 In what appeared to be a local ad block with a YL anncr giving callsign only IDs between local ads then at TOH ID for 93.3 and AM 560 KWTO then f/out to the news (?). First time I have heard this station since our days when we were stationed at NAS Dallas back in early 1980s. (LVH-NC)
570 WIDS KY, Russell Springs - 11/18 1800 Hrd an ID for WIOK-FM then WIDS TOH ID for Russell Springs and Jamestown by OM anncr. Not bad for 500 watts. New #1048 (LVH-NC)
580 WILL IL, Urbana - 11/18 1756 NPR All Things Considered, guest talking about ancestor sharecroppers, then sponsors list, f/fown and mixing with WIBW for dualing TOH IDs. Then back to All Things Considered. New #1049 (LVH-NC)
580 WIBW KS, Topeka - 11/18 1759 Mixing with WILL for dualing TOH IDs. Made audio recording of Will/WIBW. New #1050 (LVH-NC)
590 CJCL ON, Toronto - 11/18 1756 Local ad block for Toronto biz. McDonald's ad mentioned Canadian eggs for their Egg McMuffin, TOH Full ID including slogan, big surprise, never hrd B4. New # 1051 (LVH-NC)
590 WCAB NC, Rutherfordton - 11/18 1800 Could hear WCAB u/CJCL during quiet period w/call sign only ID at 228 watts. (LVH-NC)
600 WREC TN, Memphis - 11/18 Ben Ferguson talk show gave local studio #535-9732 (tie up on Goggle search w/WREC) WREC ID at TOH. Last time heard here in Btown 10/14/1994. (LVH-NC)
640 WOI IA, Ames - 11/18 1800 Station ID right after WBIN Atlanta ID then NPR's All Things Considered. WCRV/WBIN/WOI battling on the frequency. Another station not heard since 1990s in New Orleans. New #1052. (LVH-NC)
690 KGGF KS, Coffeyville - 11/18 1756 Local ad then program promo by host of Openline 0830-1100 on the Mighty 690 KGGF ID, Sean Hannity Show FoxNew promo. Relog from 1/2020. (LVH-NC)
770 KAAM TX, Garland - 11/18 1756 What sounded like a religious program then instrumental music to OM w/K Double A M call sign ID. New #1054. (LVH-NC)
800 WHOS AL, Decatur - 11/18 1759 In the 800 mess TOH ID for WBHP Huntsville, WHOS Decatur, and at least one more stn sig in mud, "an iHeart station" then fade out to mess. New #1055. (LVH-NC)
1500 WLQV MI, Detroit - 11/18 1801 Promo for advertising on the station then full TOH ID for AM/FM stations - Faith Talk Detroit 92.7 & 1500. New #1043 (LVH-NC)
1520 WPAY OH, Rossford - 11/18 1802 CCR music then nice TOH Full ID for AM/FM 92.1 (not 93.1 per NRC Log). I heard that the K-Love classics network closed down on 11/2/2020 but it doesn't appear so based on their online presence. New #1044 (LVH-NC)
1610 CHHA ON, Toronto - 11/18 1801 SS music, slogan ID // Online feed, o/u CHRN. (LVH-NC)
1620 WTAW TX, College Station - 11/18 1758 Ad for a local jeweler then TOH ID // Online feed u/WNRP. First time heard since 2006. (LVH-NC)
1640 WSJP WI, Sussex - 11/18 1759 Religious program, TOH ID (full) including Relevant Radio slogan ID. New #1046 (LVH-NC)
1660 KWOD KS, Kansas City - 11/18 Local ad block including one for Preferred Asphalt and Concrete in Grandview, f/down to other ads callsign only heard then gone. New #1046 (LVH-NC)
1700 KKLF TX, Richardson - 11/18 1802 Mex Tejano music slogan ID just under dominate KBGG. New #1047 (LVH-NC)
Equipment: SDRPlay RSPdx, W6LVP Mag Amp Loop (WSW-ENE), Airspy HF+Discovery, YouLoop with an Airspy Hi-Z amp prototype. (LVH-NC) Larry Van Horn (N5FPW), Brasstown, NC
Monday, October 26, 2020
Btown Longwave Logs - 24 and 25 October 2020
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Blog Logs
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| Example of monitoring via Airspy HF Discovery |
| ORTM Mali signal on 9635 kHz |
Monday, August 10, 2020
Blog Logs
All times UTC / frequencies in kilohertz (kHz) SDR units as indicated
Algeria
Radio Algerienne Chaine 1, 558 kHz in Arabic, from 1835 tune-in. Parallel Quran noted on 693, 873, 1026, 1071 kHz. (Qatar SDR) Chaine 3, (Tipaza, Algeria-1500 kW) French on 252 LW from 1510. Male/female phone-conversations to 1524. Instrumental Algerian music to 1527. Additional brief phone-in to 1530. Station ID over Arabic music to extended Arabic vocals. SIO 434. Jil FM (F'Kirina and Sidi Hamadouche, Algeria-600 kW) Noted on 531 // 549 with fair signal SIO 333; Multichaine-Radio UFC, Ouled Fayet, Algeria-50 kW) Tune-in 1422 amid Arabic vocals to intro to a Quran program. All Algerian station's via Sardinia SDR. http://www.radioalgerie.dz
Cuba
Radio Habana Cuba, 1830 sign-on for Creole service on 15140 (Bauta-100 kW). Opening station melody to announcer's Creole station ID. Musical intro to items about Cuba.Target to western North America 444 SIO. (Airspy SDR) Interval signal 1857 to Spanish ID, info and web address. English service program preview into national news. SIO 434. French service heard 2000-2030 on 15140 per schedule; Portuguese service, fair signal to Europe 2005 tune-in on 15370 kHz (Bauta) No show for Spanish 2100 check on 15370; Spanish 2100 on 9640 (Bejucal) with fair (SIO 333) All over the place on 11760 in Spanish from 2305 check. Muddled audio and drifting. No sign of the following listed on the latest schedule: 11800 from 2300, 13740, 11670 kHz; 7390 in English 2300-2330; 15730 2300-2330. Audible 2300-0000 on 9640 (Bejucal) in Spanish to the Antilles, with Cuban music program with over mod. (Airspy HF Discovery, Brasstown, NC)
Estonia
Radio Eli from Tartu on 1035 kHz (100 kW). Russian religious text format from 1820 tune-in. Just barely audible, but religious vocals heard from 1829. Published schedule as 0300-0700 and 1500-2200 UTC. (Karuse, Estonia SDR).
| Radio Fana via Qatar SDR |
FBC Radio Fana, 6110 kHz (!00 kW). Good signal for several days monitoring, in listed as Afar/Amharic. Tune in's from 1725-1830. Ethnic African music, text for news format, announcer's talk and special presentations. SIO 434. (Qatar SDR) http://www.fanabc.com Tentative on Ethiopia's OBN/Radio Oromia on 6030 kHz 1804-1820. African ethnics for announcer's text but very poor signal throughout. (Qatar SDR)
Hong Kong
MBC Metro Plus, 1044 kHz. English service from 1835 tune-in. U.S. and world news headlines, into Asian pops and "Metro Plus" jingles. SIO 444. Additional Hong Kong station's audible; RTHK Radio 3, English on 567 kHz (20 kWW and // 1584 (1 kW) very poor from 1845. Rod Stewart classic pops, followed with jingles and additional pops. RTHK Radio 5 on 783 at 1851-1855. Cantonese/Mandarin service to U.S. pops and 'voice'over' slogans. RTHK Radio 6 at 1855. Cantonese/Mandarin jingles and easy-listening vocals. All of the HK station's checked basically have a similar program format. (Honk Kong SDR)
Kosovo
RTK Radio Kosovo 1, 549 kHz. Weak signal from 1837-1845. (SIO 232) Presumed Albanian text including a mention of Pristina. Subsequent check from 1445. Pope music, including Euro and U.S. pops from lady announcer to 1500 routine as signal deteriorates. Nice catch once again. (Romanian and Slovenian SDSR)
Kuwait
Radio Kuwait-Main Prgrm, 540 kHz (600 kW). Tune-in from 1805 during program of male/female Arabic newscript to fanfare music between segments. Items on Saudi Arabia and heard mentions of Hajj. Audible on // 963 and 1134 kHz, though both latter freqs very poor. Good signal for 540 kHz. Radio Kuwait's Quran Prgrm loud and clear on 630 kHz, for 24 hour schedule. (Qatar SDR)
Kyrgzstan
KTRK Birinchi Radio-Prgm 1, 4010 kHz. Tune-in 1502 as female/male trade news topics in Kyrgyz. Signal tips at 1506 to announcer's clear station identification. Continued text and announcer chat to 1523. Fanfare instrumental to "Birinchi" ID. Two males conversing to 1529. Additional fanfare and extended station information and frequency quote. Local interference from SDR location from 1532. Slight signal fades, SIO 333. Monitored on subsequent day from 1535-1545, with similar format. http://www.ktrk.kg (Kyrgzstan SDR)
Romania
Radio Timisoara, 630 kHz. Tune-in 1847 to Romanian folk music to 1850. Brief station mention, back to music. Noted interference from'presumed Italian station on frequency. Station website: http://www.radiotimisoara.ro/ Romania's longwave station Radio Antena Satelor on 153 kHz always has interesting programs and Romanian music. Numerous ID's and specials about Romania. Enjoy this station's music, and have it programmed on my Logitech Squeezebox Radio. http://www.antenasatelor.ro (NLD SDR)
Radio Romania Actualitati, 1152 kHz. Romanian programming from 1910 including news topics. Noted parallels on 756, 1179 kHz (poor) and 1458 (poor). No sign of // 855 kHz. Lady's newscript to the sports update. http://www.radioromania.ro Radio Romania International also audible in Romanian for afternoon programming on 9500 kHz to Europe and // 11975 (very poor). Programs of station ID, chats, and music. Time ticks 1859 to full ID at 1900. http://www.rri.ro (NLD SDR)
Saudi Arabia
SBA Quran 11820, 2015 tune-in to Arabic text on Quran, followed by recitations at 2020. (SIO 444); audible on // 11915 to Asia. Schedule to 0000 UTC. 'lSBA Saudi Radio International in Turkish on 9675 kHz. Monitored from 2025. Turkish service is 1800-2057 UTC. Turkish instrumentals introduced special programming at 2028 to 2100*. (AirSpy HF Discovery/Brasstown, NC)
| SRTC Sudan Radio signal on 7205 kHz |
SRTC Sudan Radio, 7205 kHz. Announcer reading script in ethnic language for presumed newscast, from 1802 tune-in. Very poor, weak signal for martial style music. Recheck next day 1710 to lady's Arabic text, followed by extended Arabic conversations, past 1730. Did manage a few "Amerikas" during chats. Qatar SDR vastly improves reception.
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| Voice of Turkey via Airspy HF Discovery |
Voice of Turkey 9830 kHz, Sign-on at 2200. English service with world news. Station ID's and Turkish pop tunes to Letterbox program 2230-2240 closing with postal address, email and the website URL. Noted closing ID's, info, frequency schedules into Turkish music loop. to 2258 sign-off. (Airspy HF Discovery, Brasstown, NC)
United States
WRMI-Overcomer Ministry 9455 kHz from 1905 tune-in. Usual banter on the end times with breaks for phone-in calls. "Canned" ID, address and website reference. (SIO 434). Also heard from 1930 on 7490 kHz via WBCQ with usual programming. WJHR-Milton, Florida from 1910 on 15555 kHz USB. Just barely there, but what sounded like biblical text from tune-in. Scheduled to 2200 UTC. WINB from 1920 tune-in on 9265 kHz. Bible verses to text about Apostle Paul. (SIO 444). World's Last Chance Radio via WBCQ on 9330 kHz for 1925 German tune-in. Plenty of ID's and station info. Schedule listed to 2157 UTC. (Airspy HF Discovery, Brasstown, NC)
(Gayle Van Horn W4GVH)
Friday, August 07, 2020
Icom to release the ID-52A/E Amateur Handheld Transceiver

Icom Incorporated (Headquarters: Hirano, Osaka, Japan/President: Masataka Harima) releases the ID-52A/E*, VHF/UHF dual-band digital transceiver that supports D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio).
* ID-52A is the USA version, ID-52E is the European version
The ID-52A/E is equipped with a color display. The display size is increased to 2.3 inches (1.7 inches for the ID-51A/E), and a transflective display is used to achieve excellent visibility, even in bright sunlight. The transceiver also supports Bluetooth® communication as standard. Wirelessly connect to Android™ devices with ST-4001A/ST-4001I Picture Utility Software and RS-MS1A Remote Control Software installed, the optional VS-3 Bluetooth® headset is also available, for hands-free operation.
And the following features are enhanced from the previous ID-51A/E models. Simultaneous reception in V/V, U/U, V/U as well as DV/DV. Airband reception is expanded from VHF to UHF (225 to 374.995 MHz). The new model can be charged via a micro USB connector. Audio output is significantly increased from 400 mW to 750 mW. The latest function of D-STAR enables you to send, receive, and view saved photos on an installed microSD card using only the ID-52A/E.
In addition to the above, the ID-52A/E has a variety of attractive features such as the DR function with easy set-up, built-in GPS receiver, micro SD card slot, IPX7* waterproof construction, and Terminal/Access Point modes. The ID-52A/E is a product that leads the amateur radio digital communications with enriched features that satisfy any users, from beginners to even heavy users who want to fully enjoy D-STAR.
* 1m depth of water for 30 minutes.
MAIN FEATURES
- 2.3" large transflective color display that is easy to see outdoors
- Bluetooth® communication as standard
- Simultaneous reception in V/V, U/U, V/U and DV/DV
- Enriched D-STAR® features including the terminal mode/access point mode
- UHF(225~374.995MHz) airband reception
- Significantly increased audio output power to 750 mW (400 mW for ID-51 series)
- Accessories for the ID-51A/E such as battery packs and microphones can be used
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Newer Solar Cycle 25 Forecast Runs Counter to Consensus
Scientists associated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the University of Maryland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and other institutions are offering a "bold prediction" on how Solar Cycle 25 will play out. In a paper, "Overlapping Magnetic Activity Cycles and the Sunspot Number: Forecasting Sunspot Cycle 25 Amplitude," they assert that the next sunspot cycle will be of major proportions. The forecast stands in stark contrast to the consensus of forecasters who predict that the magnitude of the nascent Cycle 25 may not be much different from the current unremarkable solar cycle, which appears to have reach its low point.
"From the dawn of modern observational astronomy, sunspots have presented a challenge to understanding -- their quasi-periodic variation in number, first noted 160 years ago, stimulates community-wide interest to this day," the abstract points out. "A large number of techniques are able to explain the temporal landmarks, (geometric) shape, and amplitude of sunspot 'cycles,' however, forecasting these features accurately in advance remains elusive."
Monthly sunspot numbers since 1749. The data values are represented by dots, and the 12-month running average values are illustrated as a red shaded area. Vertical blue dashed lines signify the magnetic activity cycle termination times that trigger the rapid growth of sunspot activity. |
The paper notes that recent studies have illustrated a relationship between the sun's 22-year Hale magnetic cycle and the production of sunspot cycle landmarks and patterns, but not the amplitude of the cycle.
"Using discrete Hilbert transforms on 270 years of monthly sunspot numbers to robustly identify the so-called 'termination' events -- landmarks marking the start and end of sunspot and magnetic activity cycles -- we extract a relationship between the temporal spacing of terminators and the magnitude of sunspot cycles," the abstract explains. "Given this relationship and our prediction of a terminator event in 2020, we deduce that Sunspot Cycle 25 will have a magnitude that rivals the top few since records began. This outcome would be in stark contrast to the community consensus estimate of Sunspot Cycle 25 magnitude."
NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory captured this image of a sunspot, with a core larger than Earth. |
According to the paper, low-amplitude solar cycles appear to correspond with widely separated terminators, while larger-amplitude cycles correspond to more narrowly separated terminators.
"[O]ur best estimate for the [sunspot number] amplitude of Solar Cycle 25 is 233 spots, with a 68% confidence that the amplitude will fall between 204 and 254 spots," the paper posits. "We predict with 95% confidence that the Cycle 25 amplitude will fall between 153 and 305 spots."
The researchers concede that their forecast is outside of the scientific consensus, based on different paradigms. "Over the coming months, as [Solar Cycle] 25 matures, it will become evident which of these paradigms is most relevant," the paper says. "Very early indications of the spot pattern are appearing at higher-than-average latitudes (â¼40°). Historically, high-latitude spot emergence has been associated with the development of large amplitude sunspot cycles -- only time will tell."
Friday, June 26, 2020
ARRL Field 2020 N5FPW Style
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Propagation de K7RA
ARLP020 Propagation de K7RA
ZCZC AP20
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 20 ARLP020
From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA May 16, 2020
To all radio amateurs
SB PROP ARL ARLP020
ARLP020 Propagation de K7RA
No sunspots appeared last week. The previous seven days had only one
big sunspot group on one day, with a sunspot number of 35. Over the
seven day period this averaged out to a sunspot number of 5, so
average daily sunspot numbers declined from 5 to 0 this week.
Average daily solar flux also declined, by one point from 69.5 to
68.5.
Geomagnetic indicators were quiet, with average daily planetary A
index declining from 5.1 to 4.1, and mid-latitude A index from 5 to
4.7.
Spaceweather.com reports that the percentage of days with no
sunspots so far in 2020 (76%) is very close to 2019 (77%).
Every day I look at STEREO https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ to see if
there are any hints of activity over the horizon. Each 30 degree
division on that display represents about 55 hours, and currently on
May 14 I see a bright possibly active area about 30 degrees over the
solar horizon.
Predicted solar flux is 68 on May 15 to 21, 69 on May 22, 70 on May
23 to 31, 68 on June 1 to 13, 70 on June 14 to 27 and 68 on June 28.
Predicted planetary A index is 5 on May 15 to 18, 8 on May 19 and
20, 5 on May 21 to June 8, 8 on June 9 and 10, 5 on June 11 to 13,
then 10 and 8 on June 14 and 15, and 5 on June 16 to 28.
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period May 15 til June 9, 2020
from F.K. Janda, OK1HH.
"Geomagnetic field will be
quiet on: May 26, June 2 to 5
quiet to unsettled on: May 16, 25, 27 to 31
quiet to active on: (May 15, 20 to 22, 24, June 1, 6 to 8)
unsettled to active on: (May 17 to 19, 23)
active to disturbed: no disturbances predicted
Solar wind will intensify on: May (18 to 21, 23,) 24, June (6 and 7)
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.
- The predictability of changes remains lower as there are no
indicators."
I've noticed recently that even with very little sunspot activity,
there is plenty of activity on the air. Checking FT8 communications
on https://www.pskreporter.info/pskmap.html I can see lots of weak
signal communication over marginal paths, even on 12, 10 and 6
meters. I also get reports from readers, and see reports on a local
DXer email list, and everyone seems more active of late.
I suspect much of this activity is related to the COVID-19 pandemic,
and the great number of operators isolating at home.
The May 7 ARRL Eclectic Tech podcast (listen at
https://bit.ly/2zCjRRu) features a story (starting at minute 10:57)
about a medical research project using distributed computing
employing idle microprocessor cycles in volunteer's personal
computers to aid in medical research. Called Folding at Home
(https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/) participants can form
teams to do the work, and keep score. It has recently been
re-positioned to aid research on COVID-19.
Twenty years ago I started a folding team, dedicated to the memory
of the former holder of my call sign, K7RA. You can view the stats
on our team at https://stats.foldingathome.org/team/10566. If you
can join us, download the software from https://foldingathome.org/
and during installation please dedicate your work to team number
10566.
I was aware of the Carrington Event (see https://bit.ly/35YRadA),
the huge solar storm of 1859, but there was another big one, 99
years ago this week, that also set fire to telegraph offices and
caused general mayhem. See https://bit.ly/3fVaywK and
https://bit.ly/2Z5muG3.
Ken Brown, N4SO (EM50) in Grand Bay, Alabama reports unusual 15
meter propagation at an odd time, after midnight where he is. On May
11, using FT8 he heard VE7SKY (CN89) at 0602 UTC and then 8C2WFH,
(OI53) in Indonesia at 0649 UTC.
Mark Bell, K3MSB of Airville, Pennsylvania wrote on May 8: "10M Has
been open the past few days. I've worked stations in TX and CA on
Thursday May 7th, and stations in MN and WA on May 8th, using CW and
100 watts. It was classic Es propagation. I had no RBN reports for
the 7th, but very nice ones on the 8th. Several other stations were
calling me on the 8th but I was unable to work them."
On May 11 Mark wrote:
"Here's an update to my update. Between May 7-10, I worked 10 states
on 10M CW. Single hop sporadic-E into TX, MN, FL, TN, MO, LA, and WI
and double hop into CA, WA and ID, all CW. I heard quite a few more
stations calling me but I was unable to work them."
Marked mentioned RBN. More info: http://www.reversebeacon.net/
Jon Jones, N0JK wrote from Kansas: "Es May 11. Caught J68HZ (St.
Lucia) on 50.313 MHz at 2345z on 2x Es. Note the report, -24 dB! So
far no major openings like on April 15, but overall Es season
starting to pick up."
Danny Miller, KB8W wrote: "There was a nice Es opening on 6 meters
during the afternoon and evening of May 8 from my UP of Michigan QTH
(EN57) to Idaho, western Montana, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Es is
common in the central USA during the summer months but it is very
early to have it happen so far north in early May, the Es cloud
appeared to be over North and South Dakota.
I worked 12 stations over about ten hours, using FT8 on 50.313 MHz.
I run only 50 W to a 5 element Yagi on 6 meters, so it is great to
have some extended propagation to help me work those western grid
squares!"
K0ZN wrote from De Soto, Kansas: "May 7th had some exceptional HF
conditions. I have not heard things this good in several years. What
got my attention was when I turned the radio on about 11 PM, WWV was
pounding in at 35 db over S-9 on 10 and 15 MHz and S-9 on 20 and S-7
on 25 MHz here in Kansas City; that is only a 550 mile path, quite
short for 20 and 25 MHz at 11 PM CST! I got on 10M and heard strong
west coast signals and worked a KH6 running 30 W to a vertical with
good signals both ways. The impressive thing was hearing a UA6 who
was S-9 working a Polish station! 30 M was clearly wide open to a
large part of the world... at midnight CST. One can only hope this
is an omen of better things coming on HF."
If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers,
email the author at, k7ra@arrl.net.
For more information concerning radio propagation, see
http://www.arrl.org/propagation and the ARRL Technical Information
Service at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an
explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
An archive of past propagation bulletins is at
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good
information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.
Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.
Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL
bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.
Sunspot numbers for May 7 through 13, 2020 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 68.7, 67.9, 71, 67.9,
66.2, 68.9, and 68.8, with a mean of 68.5. Estimated planetary A
indices were 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, and 4, with a mean of 4.1. Middle
latitude A index was 5, 4, 3, 5, 7, 5, and 4, with a mean of 4.7.
NNNN
/EX
425 DX News #1515 [Calendar]
No 1515
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* CALENDAR *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
Owing to the ongoing and fluid nature of the COVID-19 situation globally,
announced activities might be cut short, postponed, cancelled or even
extended at any time and without notice.
PERIOD CALL REF
till 16/05 GB0KYD: special callsign (England) 1512
till 16/05 GB0VER: special callsign (England) 1514
till 17/05 5C1WTIS: special callsign 1515
till 17/05 A91WTIS: special callsign 1513
till 17/05 GB1HSC: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1512
till 17/05 GB2SH: special callsign (England) 1512
till 17/05 HZ1WTIS: special callsign 1515
till 18/05 GB0EDH: special callsign (England) 1512
till 19/05 8C2WFH: special callsign (Indonesia) 1511
till 19/05 GB0VED: special callsign (England) 1514
till 19/05 ZW5STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
till 21/05 GB4VED: special callsign (England) 1514
till 21/05 OX3LX: Aasiaat Island (NA-134) 1514
till 22/05 GB6NHS: special callsign (England) 1511
till 24/05 GB2SHS: special callsign (England) 1513
till 25/05 TC1STAYHOME: special callsign 1508
till 25/05 XN1BOA: special callsign 1511
till 26/05 GB8NHS: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1509
till 28/05 GB0GIG: special callsign (Wales) 1513
till 28/05 GB1KEY: special callsign (Wales) 1513
till 28/05 GB5SAH: special callsign (England) 1513
till 28/05 GB75VED: special callsign (England) 1511
till 28/05 GB75VET: special callsign (England) 1513
till 28/05 KG4NE: Guantanamo Bay 1514
till 29/05 GB9SH: special callsign (England) 1514
till 29/05 TC19MED: special callsign 1511
till 31/05 3Z100KW: special callsign 1515
till 31/05 8J1ITU: special callsign 1513
till 31/05 AM40LAR: special callsign 1515
till 31/05 AU2STH: special callsign 1513
till 31/05 E7STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
till 31/05 EM30UCC: special callsign 1499
till 31/05 GB1945PE, GB1945PJ, GB75PEACE: special callsigns 1511
till 31/05 GB2CCW: special callsign (England) 1513
till 31/05 GB2HOM: special callsign (England) 1514
till 31/05 GB9KS: special callsign (England) 1514
till 31/05 HL40GDM and D73M: special callsigns 1512
till 31/05 IO3RT and IO3AF: special callsigns 1502
till 31/05 K2H/xxx: New York State Heroes special event 1512
till 31/05 LI8MAI: special callsign 1513
till 31/05 PA75FREE, PB75FREE, PC75FREE, PD75FREE: special calls 1505
till 31/05 PA75FREEDOM and PD75FREEDOM: special callsigns 1505
till 31/05 PE75FREE, PF75FREE, PG75FREE, PH75FREE: special calls 1505
till 31/05 SN0KURP: special callsign 1509
till 31/05 SN100KW: special callsign 1508
till 31/05 WW0WWV: 100 Years of WWV Broadcasts 1514
till 31/05 ZW75FEB: special callsign 1509
till 02/06 GB4DLS: special callsign (England) 1515
till 06/06 CF2T: special callsign 1513
till 15/06 4U9STAYHOME: special callsign (Italy) 1515
till 20/06 CF, CG, CH, CI: special prefixes (Canada) 1512
till 23/06 TC3STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
till 30/06 9V1STAYHOME: special callsign 1514
till 30/06 GB60ATG: special callsign 1473
till 30/06 OE30MAGICBAND: special callsign 1514
till 30/06 OE50MHZ: special callsign 1512
till 03/07 OH#PYSYKOTONA: special callsigns 1510
till 06/07 VI20SH: special callsign 1513
till 06/07 VI2020STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
till 08/07 5B4STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
till 08/07 OH#STAYHOME: special callsigns 1510
till 14/07 CB2HOME: special callsign 1513
till 15/07 E2STAYHOME: special callsign 1514
till 20/07 IO6STAY: special callsign 1512
till 26/07 4A60A, 4A60C, 4A60E, 4A60F, 4A60I: special callsigns 1508
till 26/07 4A60M, 4A60N, 4A60O, 4A60S, 4A60X: special callsigns 1508
till 27/07 5JSTAYHOME: special callsign 1515
till 28/07 AT9SS: special callsign 1513
till 01/08 AT2THC: special callsign 1514
till 12/08 4X2BESAFE: special callsign 1512
till 15/08 9M4STAYHOME: special callsign (W/E Malaysia) 1514
till 15/08 9M4DUDUKRUMAH: special callsign (W/E Malaysia) 1514
till 15/08 9M4COVID: special callsign (W/E Malaysia) 1514
till 31/08 4U25B: special callsign (Italy) 1486
till 31/08 VI250COOK: special callsign 1511
till 31/08 VI50AWS: special callsign 1508
till 15/09 YO1STAYHOME: special callsign 1513
till 15/09 YO19STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
till 02/10 DM30RSV: special callsign 1505
till 17/10 VI110WIA: special callsign 1511
till 17/12 DL250BTHVN: special callsign 1492
till 31/12 4A15DXXE: special callsign 1498
till 31/12 5B60: special prefix (Cyprus) 1494
till 31/12 8N6SHURI: special callsign 1496
till 31/12 9A63AA: special callsign 1497
till 31/12 DF70DARC and DP70DARC: special callsigns 1495
till 31/12 DL100BKW: special callsign 1493
till 31/12 DL2020R: special callsign 1500
till 31/12 DL250BEETH: special callsign 1500
till 31/12 DL30GER: special callsign 1494
till 31/12 DL35SDR: special callsign 1498
till 31/12 HB40HTC and HB40HC: special callsigns (Switzerland) 1495
till 31/12 HF90TPAR, HF90TPBB, HF90TPBF: special callsigns 1495
till 31/12 HF90TPBG, HF90TPCF, HF90TPCG: special callsigns 1495
till 31/12 II3STAY: special callsign 1515
till 31/12 LN1V: special callsign 1511
till 31/12 LX20I: special callsign 1498
till 31/12 LZ50BFRA: special callsign 1512
till 31/12 OE1970WWL: special callsign 1495
till 31/12 OE25: special prefix 1504
till 31/12 OL30DXC: special callsign 1507
till 31/12 OL700CO, OL700DKO, OL700LTV: special callsigns 1508
till 31/12 PA75OV: special callsign 1495
till 31/12 PA75VERON: special callsign 1495
till 31/12 S500E: special callsign 1505
till 31/12 YT50SCWC: special callsign 1496
till 31/12 ZS1820S: special callsign 1515
till 31/12 ZS95SARL: special callsign 1499
till 31/01/2021 8J1RL: East Ongul Island (AN-015), Antarctica 1512
till 31/01/2021 DA2025C: special callsign 1500
till 04/04/2021 PE75BORNE: special callsign 1511
till 22/04/2021 8J17CALL: special callsign 1512
16/05-24/05 TM0BEE: special callsign (France)
17/05 A60WTIS/#: special callsigns 1515
18/05-24/05 R115MS, RM35MS, UE35MS: special callsigns 1515
18/05-24/05 DG5LAC/p: Amrum Island (EU-042) 1515
19/05-31/05 OL901AA, OL901AB, OL901AF: special callsigns 1515
19/05-31/05 OL901AH, OL902AC, OL902AG: special callsigns 1515
19/05-31/05 OL90CAV, OL90CRK, OL90KVAC: special callsigns 1515
19/05-31/05 OL90ROH, OL90SKEC, OL90SVAZARM: special callsigns 1515
from 21/05 PC19STAYSAFE: special callsign 1513
22/05-25/05 KV4T and KS4YT: Grand Isle (NA-168) 1514
23/05-24/05 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
30/05-31/05 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
May 3G2HOME: special callsign 1512
May 4J0STAYHOME and 4K0STAYHOME: special callsigns 1511
May 4U1UN: United Nations HQ 1511
May 4U2STAYHOME: Vienna International Centre (Austria) 1512
May 5H3DX: Tanzania 1510
May 5W1STAYSAFE: special callsign 1512
May 5Z4STAYHOME: special callsign 1514
May 6Y6STAYHOME: special callsign 1513
May 9K9STAYHOME:special callsign 1509
May A60NMT/#: special callsigns 1515
May A60SH/#: special "StayHome" callsigns 1509
May AT20SH: special callsign 1513
May AT2SH: special callsign 1515
May AT2SHI: special callsign 1513
May AT2TNX: special callsign 1513
May CB3SH: special callsign 1511
May CB3STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
May CQ8STAYHOME: special callsign (Azores) 1511
May CQ8THANKS: special callsign (Azores) 1514
May CR2STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May CV7STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May DX0STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May EH7STAYHOME: special callsign 1513
May GB0CCW: special callsign (England) 1512
May GB0FLW: special callsign (England) 1514
May GB1COR: special callsign (Shetland Isls, Scotland) 1510
May GB1VED: special callsign (England) 1514
May GB2VE: special callsign (England) 1514
May GB4KW: special callsign (England) 1512
May GB5KW: special callsign (England) 1512
May GB5NHS: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1509
May GB5VEP: special callsign (Wales) 1514
May GB6VED: special callsign (England) 1514
May GB75VEC: special callsign (Northern Ireland) 1513
May GB9CLD: special callsign (England) 1511
May GB9KW: special callsign (England) 1512
May HA0HOME: special callsign 1512
May HA0STAY: special callsign 1512
May HA127STAY: special callsign 1512
May HZ1STAYHOME: special callsign 1509
May II4TEA: special callsign 1495
May II9SH: special callsign 1511
May LZ177GL: special callsign 1496
May OD50SH: special callsign 1512
May OD5STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
May ON4HEROES: special callsign 1511
May ON4STAYSTRONG: special callsign 1511
May OO7STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OP2STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OP6STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OQ1HOPE: special callsign 1511
May OQ4ANGELS: special callsign 1511
May OR20STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OR2STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May OR4LIFE: special callsign 1512
May OR4STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OR7LIFE: special callsign 1512
May OR8STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OS0STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May OT20LIFE: special callsign 1511
May OT20STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May OT2STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May OT4HOPE: special callsign 1511
May OT4LIFE: special callsign 1511
May OT6STAYSAFE: special callsign 1510
May OT7STAYSAFE: special callsign 1511
May OZ7STAYHOME: special callsign 1513
May PE6STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
May PR2STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May SZ3STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
May VK9NK: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1508
May XR3STAYHOME: special callsign 1512
May Z30STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May Z39STAYHOME: special callsign 1510
May Z60STAYHOME: special callsign 1511
01/06-10/06 K4D: Dog Island (NA-085) 1515
01/06-01/07 EM100ALK, EM100LK, EO100A: special callsigns 1515
06/06-07/06 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
06/06-07/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
06/06-20/06 TM80CDG: special callsign (France) 1499
13/06-14/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
18/06-21/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
21/06-22/06 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
27/06 TM18JUIN: special callsign (France) 1511
30/06-14/07 FP/KV1J: Miquelon Island (NA-032) 1501
June II4REP: special callsign 1495
June LZ734PA: special callsign 1496
01/07-31/12 II2EMCA: special callsign 1515
04/07-05/07 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
11/07-19/07 UE45SA: special callsign 1503
July II4NBL: special callsign 1495
July LZ551MS: special callsign 1496
01/08-02/08 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
01/08-31/08 GB1945PE, GB1945PJ, GB75PEACE: special callsigns 1511
10/08-17/08 TO5T: St Pierre & Miquelon (NA-032) 1503
22/08-23/08 International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 1482
27/08-07/09 XR0YHM: Easter Island (SA-001) 1511
August II4CLT: special callsign 1495
August LZ662MI: special callsign 1496
05/09-06/09 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
05/09-10/09 KL7RRC/p: Kiska Island (NA-070) 1515
11/09-18/09 KL7RRC: Adak Island (NA-039) 1515
15/09-30/09 XR0YSP: Easter Island (SA-001) 1507
23/09-06/10 W8S: Swains Island (OC-200) 1504
28/09-17/10 E6AM: Niue (OC-040) 1511
29/09-12/10 TT8RR and TT8XX: Chad 1505
September 7Q7AO: Malawi 1503
September II4PTN: special callsign 1495
September LZ595IP: special callsign 1496
03/10-04/10 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
19/10-28/10 CY0C: Sable Island (NA-063) 1503
19/10-02/11 A35GC: Tonga (OC-049) 1511
October II4LGH: special callsign 1495
October KH6VV/KH4: Midway Island (OC-030) 1476
October LZ1891AO: special callsign 1496
October T30ET: Tarawa (OC-017), West Kiribati 1504
07/11-08/11 OE25EU: special callsign 1505
November II4RVT: special callsign 1495
November LZ350PI: special callsign 1496
December 3Y0I: Bouvet Island 1514
December II4MDY: special callsign 1495
December LZ1263AN: special callsign 1496
TBA FW/KC0W: Wallis Island (OC-054) 1515
TBA ZL9: Campbell Island (OC-037) 1515
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