From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Oct 5 12:15:12 2014 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 12:15:12 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1183 Message-ID: <94323.80755.bm@smtp115.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1183 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1183 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1183 BID: $OPDX.1183 October 6, 2014 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written mostly in Murfreesboro, TN, but finished and sent out from Strongsville, OH Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, N5JR, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, AT International, CE3KHZ, CO8ZZ, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DL1SBF, DxCoffee.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, JA1TRC, JT1CD, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, S50U, VA3RJ & ICPO, and the VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 28th-September, through Sunday, 5th-October there were 229 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY0, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T32, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9X, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, 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". 3D2, FIJI (Reminder). Aki, JA1NLX, is now active as 3D2YA from Mana Island (OC-121) in the Mamanuca group until October 9th. Activity will be on 30-10 meters using mainly CW and some SSB/Digital, if possible. QSL via JA1NLX, direct or via the OQRS. DO NOT SEND VIA THE BUREAU. NO IRC. For more details, see: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yy7a-ysd/3D2YA_2014.htm 4L, GEORGIA. Operator Vaho, 4L8A, will be active in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via K1BV or LoTW. 5W, SAMOA. Before their KH8 operation as part of the ARRL Centennial celebration (W1AW/KH8, see OPDX.1175), operators John/N7CQQ, Cliff/KD6XH and Paul/W8AEF will be active as 5W0QQ, 5W0XH and 5W0EF, respectively, from Apia between October 23-28th. Activity will take place before and during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). QSL via their home callsign, direct and LoTW. A3, TONGA. Lee, VK3GK, who was recently active from Norfolk Island, is now active as A35RT from Eua Island (OC-049)until October 13th. His activity will be limited due to his involvement in the Rotary International Humani- tarian project. However, he does plan to be active in the Oceania DX Contest on CW and SSB. Operations outside of the contest will be on 80-10 meters, including the 30/17/12m bands, using CW, SSB and possibly RTTY. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. A7, QATAR (Press Release) [edited]: "Once again, a joint team with members from the 'Danish Contest Academy' and the 'Qatar Amateur Radio Society' will be active from Al Khor in northern Qatar in the M/2 category in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as 'A73A'. Operators Jan/OZ1ADL, Aziz/A71GO, Mubarak/A71AE, Alex/OZ7AM, Abdulrahim/ A71BA, Abdul/A71BR, Ken/OZ1IKY, Mindaugas/LY4L, Jogesh/VU2BZY, Tom/A7/WT2NY, Younis/A41MA and more members of QARS will be active from the compound and at the same time use the opportunity to display Radio Sport to visitors. The team will be setting up the station in the week prior to the Contest and will be active with the regular club callsign A71A, with a particular emphasis on the low bands. QSL via A71A." D4, CAPE VERDE. Ralf, DK8FA, will be active as D44TUJ from Boa Vista (AF-086) until October 15th. QSL via DK8FA, direct or by the Bureau. E3, ERITREA (Update/Dated September 23rd). Jay, JA1TRC, from the FGC Radio Team reports: "Zorro shut down the station around 18:00 UTC on 22nd September for this trip. He reported that he made 4,200+ QSOs, with his pleasure of giving ATNOs. He said it was the toughest QRV from DX he had ever experienced and exhausted himself by his official duties. However, he was healed whenever he heard 'Thank you Zorro for your hard work.' He is on his way back to JA land and expected to arrive Tokyo around noon on 24th September local time. We will start arranging DXCC and LoTW documentations and register the LoTW account. We also will provide ClubLog online check and OQRS for convenient QSLing, after he returns to SEISA/FGC office." EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Alex, RA1A, will be active as EA8/RA1A from the Canary Islands during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m) entry. QSL via RN3RQ or LoTW. IOTA NEWS.............. AF-018. Operator Raffaele, IH9YMC, will be active from Pantelleria Island (IIA TP-001, MIA MI-124, WW Loc. JM56XT), African Italy, during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ Single-Band (??) entry. QSL via eQSL. AF-040. (Reminder) By the time you read this, Markus, DJ4EL, will be active as 5Z4/DJ4EL from Lamu Island, Kenya, until October 19th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. QSL also via the LoTW. AF-109. Miran, S50O, will operate as IG9/S50O from Lampedusa Island, QTH Punto Alaimo (WW LOC JM65HM) until end of November. Miran will participate in both SSB and CW CQWW Contests as IO9Y team member in Multi/Multi entry from ZONE 33. All QSLs for IG9/S50O via his home callsign by the Bureau, direct with SASE + 2 USDs or Clublog's OQRS. Cards will be ready to print soon into 2015, LoTW later. AS-200. Taka, JA8COE, will be active as JA8COE/5 from Shodo Island between October 16-19th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via JA8COE, direct, by the Bureau or the OQRS on ClubLog. He has a Blog page at: http://takaja8coe.de-blog.jp AS-201. Metin, TA1ED, will be active as TC0MI from Marmara Island between October 5-8th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. EU-031. Michele "Mike", IZ8XLP, will be active as IC8/IZ8XLP from Ischia Island (IIA C001) between October 18-24th. Activity will be holiday style on 40/20/17/15/12/10 meters using SSB only. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or the OQRS on ClubLog. For more information, see his Web page at: http://www.bitebyte.biz/ic8iz8xlp NA-247. (NEW) By the time you read this, operators Dom/3Z9DX, Jeremy/ EI5GM, Dave/EI9FBB, Frans/J69DS and Col/MM0NDX should be in St. Maarten with the primary aim to activate the NEW IOTA -- Pelikan Key, St. Maarten's Coastal Island. Their approximate dates of activity are scheduled between October 6-10th, but as with most island activations everything is dependent on calm seas and good WX. They will be using the callsign PJ7PK. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via 3Z9DX, direct, by the Bureau or to paypal request (please, no need to send a paper card). For more details and updates, see: http://pj7pk.net https://twitter.com/@pj7pk SA-086. Just a reminder that the Chilean DXpedition Team will be active as XR2T from Damas Island (WLOTA-0029, FG40fs) between October 8-12th (likely dates -- See OPDX.1181). QSL via their manager CE3OP, direct or by the Bureau. For more details and updates, see the following at: http://www.qrz.com/db/XR2T http://www.xr2t.cl/index.php JD1, OGASAWARA. Freddy, F4HEC, will be active as JD1BOX from Chichijima Island (AS-031, WLOTA 2269, WWFF JAFF-018, JCG 10007), Tokyo Prefecture, between December 4-12th. Reports indicate that Freddy is one of the very few European operators to ever receive a JD1 callsign. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using SSB only. QSL via F4HEC, by the Bureau or direct. JD1, MINAMI TORISHIMA. Take, JG8NQJ, will once again be active as JG8NQJ/JD1 from Marcus Island in the Minami Torishima (OC-073, JCG 10007) group between mid-October until mid-December. He is usually there to work on the island's weather station. Activity will be limited to his spare time. He will be mainly on 17 meters but also on 15/12/10 meters CW. QSL via JA8CJY, by the Bureau or direct to: Susumu 'Sin' Sanada, 5-17, 5-4, Shin-Ei, Toyohira, Sapporo 004, Japan. Online log is available at: http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?jd1-jg8nqj JU50, MONGOLIA (Special Event). Look for special event station JU50VOM to be active until October 31st. Activity is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the foreign language radio "Voice of Mongolia". QSL via JT1BV, direct, LoTW or eQSL). NEED HELP FUNDING A DXPEDITION? QSL Manager Pedro, EA5GL, states, "If you're thinking of organizing a trip or DXpedition, please contact me before. I can offer financial assistance for the project." His E-mail address is: pedro.ea5gl at gmail.com P3, CYPRUS. Operators Bob/5B4AGN, Dennia/F5VHY, Roger/G3SXW and Jack/G8DX will be active as P3F from the Cyprus QTH of 5B4AGN for the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) in the Multi-Two category. The visiting operators will probably operate before and after the contest as 5B/homecall. QSL via their home callsigns. QSL P3F via M0URX or LoTW. P4, ARUBA. Operators Joel/N5JR (P40JR) and Jim/NT5V (P40JW) will be active from Aruba between October 7-14th. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-6 meters with an emphasis on 30/17/12m and 80/160m. QSL via their home callsigns or LoTW. PJ2, CURACAO. Frank, PA4N, will be active as PJ2V from Curacao Island (SA-099) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Single-Op/ Single-Band (15m) entry. Outside of the contest, Frank states, "I might be active as PJ2/PA4N, holiday-style operation." He will upload his log to LoTW within one week after the contest. QSL via his home callsign. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 6-12th).... Oct/06th AN Oct/09th DIS Oct/11th AN Oct/07th AN Oct/10th HN Oct/12th AN Oct/08th HN 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 QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (October 5th) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3D2YA via JA1NLX IT9/IZ8FFA via IZ8FFA R6DX via R6DX 3Z50AYP via SP7DQR K0L via K0ESU SN0S via SP5IOU 5Z4/DJ4EL via DJ4EL KH2L via W3HNK & KH2-(B) SN0SOTA via SQ6GIT 5Z4/DL3SFK via DL3SFK L48DZV via LU7DZV SV5/DL3DRN via DL3DRN 5N54EAM via IK2IQD LZ1375IKA via LZ1KCP SV8/HB9AAI via HB9AAI 5Z4/DL5NAH via DL5NAH OA6Q via OE3NHW SV8/PA0PMD via PA0PMD A52O via OH2YY OE6XMF/MM via OE1GTU SV8GKE via SV3DCX C6AAS via PY2WAS OG5N via OH1CQ SW9XB via DJ9XB C7A via 4U1VIC OK2RJC via OK2RZ SX100TS via SV2HXV CT7/DJ5YQ via DJ5YQ OP37AEF via ON4OB T30D via DL4SVA CT7/DL9UBF/P via DL9UBF OZ/DG5LAC via DG5LAC TM1GM via F6AJM (B) E51HDJ via DJ2HD PA35UNIFIL via PC9C VP5/G3SWH via G3SWH E51XIW via DJ5IW PJ6/G4IUF via G4IUF VP9/ND8L via ND8L EA8/DF2RY via DF2RY PJ7PL via WA1ZAM VY2ZM via EA7HBC EA8/DL2MDU via DL2MDU PP5JD via PY3VB YB9/HA3JB via HA3JB EN90WF via UW1WU R2014FI via R6DAG ZL1X via ZL2MF FR/DJ7RJ via DJ7RJ R2014FL via RA6UA ZM1A via ZL3CW HB0/DL3TU/P via DL3TU R2014FM via R7AM ZP5VIA via DJ6QT HB0/DL4AAE/P via DL4AAE R2014FP via RW6AU ZR9C via EA7FTR HF3A via SP3PJY R2014FQ via UA6YW ZS4A via EB7DX HF8SOTA via SP8PLM R2014FX via RW6HS (d) IE9/IQ8QX via IK8YFU R2014FY via RU6YJ (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only QSL 3V8BCC via DJ2MX. Activity was during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest this past weekend from Zone 33 as a Multi-Op entry. It was a joint activity between ARAT and BCC. Operators were KF5EYY, DL6RAI, DL2MLU, F4HJD, DK7MCX, DJ4MZ, F5PUT and 3V8CB. QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3D2KM, 3D2LJ, 4K6FO, 4L8A, 7QNL, 9M2TO, A54BD, A71AE, AL9A, BD9XE, BH4TXN, DM2DXA, E30FB, EG2INT, EG6RAY, EW8DJ, F5VKT, G8NEO, GI5I, GI7AXB, GM7R, HB0A, HB9BOI, HL4CKT, HZ1PS, JA1CTZ, JE4CIL, JG3RPL, JH4UYB, JR4OZR, KC4AAA, KH6GMP, KH6ZM, LA3S, M0OSH, M0TMC, OK1DO, ON6ZV, PA7JJ, R7LV, R7MA, RI1ANC, SA3ANZ, SN7Q, SU9AF, TA1BM, TY1AA, UN3GX, UX7QV, VE7SV, VK3TDX, VK6IR, VK9BT, YL100PW, YL2KF, YO4DW, YO5NY, YS1/NP3J, YT9A, YV5YMA, ZD8RH, ZD9XF and ZL3TE QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 9G5ZZ, DU1GM, JT1AA/3, RW0SC, T6DD, VP2ERM and YB4IR/8 QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4K9W, 4S7DFG, 4S7FRG, 4S7LXG, 8Q7MH, 9Y4W, A25CE, CO88ZZ, CP4BT, DL0SOP, DQ25GRENZE, EA6VQ, EA8/DD5ZZ, ES2MC, ES4QR, ES5QD, ES5TV, ES6RQ, ES9A, ES9B, ES9EFF, ES9HQ, ES0F, ES0IA, ES0U, ES0S, FG/DM1DZ, FJ/DK7LX, FS/LY2IJ, HB0A, HB0/DF4SA, HI7/DM1DZ, HK1/CO8ZZ, JW/DL5CW, JW/LY2KW, LY75FOC, LY80L, SV5/DL3DRN, SX100A, T48K, TF/DK7LX, TO7BC, V21ZG, V3IRU, VP2MMN, VP9/DJ4EL, VU2CDP, VU2NP, VU2PAI, VU2SGW, VU3DJQ, VU3DMP, W3MCG/VE4 (56 yrs), XW2CW, YC1CWK, ZA/DL4KM/P, ZA/DL7UCX and ZL8X SILENT KEY. OPDX has been informed that Bob Elms VK6BE, became a Silent Key (SK) on Friday, September 26th, at the age of 94. Bob was a VK6 legend. He was also a WIA Broadcast Officer from his home in Central St. Kalamunda for many years before the move south. OPDX and its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to the friends and family of VK6BE. T48, CUBA. Members of the "Las Tunas Contest Crew" (T48K) [check out -- ] will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-2 or Multi- Single entry, depending if they can complete new stub filters. They are going to use a Vertical Dipole Antennas (VDA) on 10, 15 and 20 meters; loops on 40 and 80 meters and inverted L on top band from "Playa La Herradura" at Las Tunas north-coast. Operators will be Alex/CO8KA, Alex/ M8AKY, Doug/CO8DM, Ra?l/CO8ZZ and guest operators Wal/CO8WAL and Jose/ CM2XN. QSL via DK1WI. TG9, GUATEMALA. Dwight, VE7BV, will once again be active as TG9/VE7BV from Guatemala between January 22nd and February 17th (2015). Activity will be holiday style on 20/17/15 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. V6, MICRONESIA. Operators Shinji/JF2SDR and Nobuaki/JA0JHQ will be active as V63PJ and V63XP, respectively, from the SouthPark Hotel on Phonpei Island (OC-010) between November 7-10th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters. QSL via the operator's home callsign. More details are forthcoming. V8, BRUNEI. YL operators Kyoko/JR3MVF, Evelyne/F5RPB, Ruth/IT9ESZ and Waltraud /DJ6US will be active as V84YL from Darussalam starting November 5th until the 10-12th. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via DJ6US, by the Bureau or direct. VK0EK, HEARD ISLANDS NEWS (Press Release - Propagation Page Added). Rich, KY6R, reports: "We have added a propagation page to help you plan for your Heard Island ATNO! Please check out the new page here: http://vk0ek.org/propagation/ If you are in Santa Clara, California for Pacificon, don't miss Rich, KY6R's, Antenna Forum presentation at 8 AM on Friday, October 11th. The presentation will feature VK0EK propagation - and even antenna strategies. Pacificon information can be found here: http://pacificon.org Look at the Forums section and then the Antenna Forum." XW, LAOS. Champ, E21EIC, will once again be active as XW1IC (ex-XW0YJY) from Vientiane. Activity will be during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSLs must be requested via the OQRS on ClubLog or via E21EIC and LoTW. XX9, MACAU. Operators Eugene/EA5HPX, Fran/EA7FTR, YL Veronica/EA7JQS, Jose/EB5BBM, David/EB7DX, Oleg/US7UX, and their respective XYLs will be active as XX9R from Praia de Cheoc Van, at the Pousada of Coloane Hotel between October 22nd and November 1st. Activity will be holiday style on all HF bands, 160-6 meters, including 30/17/12m, using CW, SSB and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1823, 3523, 7023, 10103, 14023, 18073, 21023, 24893 and 28023 kHz SSB - 1825, 3780, 7065/7160, 14145, 18145, 21295, 24950 and 28495 kHz RTTY - 7035, 10140, 14080, 18100, 21080, 24921 and 28080 kHz 6m - 50103/CW and 50120/SSB They will have possibly two or three stations running simultaneously. The team will also be an entry in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). QSL via EB7DX. For more details and updates, see: http://www.macao2014.com ZA, ALBANIA. Father and son operators Franck/F4DTO and Patrick/F4GFE will once again be active from from Elbasan as ZA/homecall between October 18-27th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters SSB only using a Yaesu FT-450 with 100w into a dipole and vertical for 10m. QSL via their home callsign, direct or by the REF Bureau. No eQSL. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Help: Subscribe: Unsubscribe: OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: OR OR Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Oct 12 12:29:31 2014 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:29:31 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1184 Message-ID: <181541.26933.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1184 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1184 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1184 BID: $OPDX.1184 October 13, 2014 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, WA3RHW, N4AA & QRZ DX, K5WE, AA6RE, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, AT International, CE5WQO, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DL1SBF, DxCoffee.com, DX-World.Net, EA5RM, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, IK7JWY, OH2BH, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RN3RQ, RSGB IOTA Web Site, S50A, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, and the VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. SPECIAL NOTICE BY EDITOR: OPDX Webmaster John, K8YSE's, satellite grid expedition trip has come to an end as of October 1st, and he is now signing as K8YSE/7 from Mesa, Arizona. He states, "We operated in 27 different grids, most of them very rare, and we saw some beautiful country and weather conditions from snow to rain and hail. Most of the time it was warm and sunny. We operated from South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada and Arizona and drove over 7300 miles in 27 days. We tent camped (about 65%) as weather and time permitted. All equipment functioned throughout the trip. An Icom 910H, computer controlled, was used on the linear birds and a Kenwood V7A was used on the SO-50 FM bird. Arrow antennas were used exclusively and performed well." ADDED NOTE: John also informed me that "All of the September's Bulletins are now formatted in HTML for easier reading." DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 5th-October, through Sunday, 12th-October there were 236 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FO/a, FP, FR, FS, FW, 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, J8, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, 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". 3B9, RODRIGUES ISLAND. By the time you read this, Diego, F4HAU, will be leaving Reunion Island (AF-016) and will be heading to his next African island, Rodrigues Island (AF-017) to be active as 3B9/F4HAU between October 13-17th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters SSB using a FT857D with a HLA amp (300W) into verticals and VDA antennas. He will return to Reunion Island as FR/F4HAU and be active as FR/F4HAU. QSL both operations via home callsigns. 4L, GEORGIA. Operator Gia, 4L4WW, will be active as 4L0A from Obcha (Western Georgia) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-All/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or via EA7FTR. He states, "PLEASE do not send QSL cards direct to him". 4L, GEORGIA. Operator Vaho, 4L8A, will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contests (November 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via K1BV or LoTW. 5R, MADAGASCAR. Eric, F6ICX, will once again be active as 5R8IC from Saint Marie Island (AF-090) between November 3rd and December 12th. Activity will be holiday style on all HF bands operating maily CW, but some SSB, RTTY, and PSK63, using a FT450 with 100 watts into various GPs or Inverted-Ls and a Hexbeam for 20-10 meters. There will be no online log during his activity. QSL via his home callsign (QRZ.com). Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog and LoTW. 6Y, JAMAICA. Armin, DK9PY will be active as 6Y6N from Saint Elizabeth between November 26th and December 17th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands using his FT-857 into an inverted L. Look for him to be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry using Josh, 6Y5WJ, station. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. 7P, LESOTHO. "The Daily DX" reports that Nick, G3RWF, is heading back to Southern Africa for a 5 week holiday starting in Lesotho and being active as 7P8NH between December 11-14th. Listen for him on the higher bands on CW (no SSB). QSL via G3RWF. 8Q, MALDIVES. Valery, UA3QNS, is now active as 8Q7SN from Horubadhoo, Baa Atoll, Maldives (AS-013) until October 16th. He mentions on QRZ.com, "Unfortunately, during transport my CW key was broken. Attempts to work with the computer nothing good resulted. But any way I will try work CW. Will be active 10m-20m SSB and time to time CW only." He is using 100w into a GP Cushcraft R5 on the beach. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL and LoTW (best way). Log will be on ClubLog at: https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/8Q7SN 9K, KUWAIT. Abdallah, 9K2GS, will be on during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via EA5KB or LoTW. 9Y4, TRINDADE AND TOBAGO. Chris, 9Y4D (ex-9Y4NZ), will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via 9Y4D (see QRZ.com), LoTW or eQSL. AH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Operators Jussi-Pekka/OH6RX and Esa/OH7WV will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as AH0K from the Mariana Intrepid Contest Club on Tinian Island as a Multi-2 entry. Also, Harry/WX8C will join the team later for the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL both operations via OH6GDX. Look for possible activity a day or two before the contests. CE0Z, JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND. Felipe, CE5WQO, will be active as CE0Z/CE5WQO from Juan Fernandez Island (SA-005) between November 19-27th. He informs OPDX that this will be a vacation, so operations will be holiday style on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. Equipment will be an Icom IC-746Pro + Icom PS 125 with a Yaesu FL-2100z amp (600w) into a W8AMZ G5RV antenna and 2 element yagi for 10m. PLEASE NOTE: Felipe would like to know which bands and modes the HAM community needs for CE0Z. Also, if any one wants to sponsor a better antenna, to please contact him so he can receive any package at his address in Miami, FL. QSL via KA3LKM (w/2 IRCs or greenstamps). CN, MOROCCO. Operators Roberto/EA2RY (CN2RY), Julio/EA5XX (CN2XX), Manuel/EA7AJR (CN2JR) and Antonio/EA5RM (CN2C) will be on the air from Rabat between October 22-27th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home callsigns. For more details, log search and updates, visit: http://www.dxfriends.com/cn2014 DXCC NEWS. The following has been accepted/approved by the ARRL DXCC Desk for DXCC credit: E30FB - September 17-22th, 2014 E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Just a reminder that Bill, N7OU, will once again be operating as E51NOU from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands, between October 13th and November 9th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW only, in his spare time as work allows. QSL via N7OU. FT4T, TROMELIN (Press Release, October 10th). Flo, F5CWU, sent out and posted an interesting article called "Conversation with Jacques FR5ZU..." on the FT4TA Web page at: http://www.tromelin2014.com/en/news/conversation-with-jacques-fr5zu IOTA NEWS.............. AF-019. (Correction - Not AF-109) Miran, S50O, will operate as IG9/S50O from Lampedusa Island, QTH Punto Alaimo (WW LOC JM65HM) until end of November. Miran will participate in both SSB and CW CQWW Contests as IO9Y team member in Multi/Multi entry from ZONE 33. All QSLs for IG9/S50O via his home callsign by the Bureau, direct with SASE + 2 USDs or Clublog's OQRS. Cards will be ready to print soon into 2015, LoTW later. AS-026. Members of the Korea Contest Club (KCC) will be active as D70LW from Cheju Island during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via DS4NYE. Log also will be uploaded to LoTW after the operation. Operators mentioned are Han/DS2GOO, YeonSun/DS4DBF, SeungMin/DS4NYE, Rocky/HL1VAU, Kijun/HL3AMO, Kang/HL4HGE and possibly others. AS-200. Operators Taka/JS6ROO and Takeshi "TAKE"/JI3DST(JS6RRR) will be active as JS6ROO/5 (CW/SSB/FM/AM/DIGI), JS6RRR/5 (SSB/CW) and JI3DST/5 (RTTY/FM), respectively, from Shodo Island (in the Shikoku's Coastal Islands) between 0700z, November 1st and 2300z, November 3rd. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/ 12/10/6 meters. This operation is subject to change because of bad WX or other conditions. QSL JS6ROO/5 via the Bureau (NEVER SEND DIRECT!!). QSL JS6RRR/5 and JI3DST/5 via the Bureau or by ClubLog's OQRS. Please check QRZ.com for more details. KH8, AMERICAN SAMOA (Reminder). Masahiro, JH3PRR, will be active as KH8B from Pago Pago between October 21-27th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters with a focus on 10 meters CQ ZONE 14 and 80/160m for AS/EU LP. He also plans to be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band/High-Power entry. Equipment: K3+2K-FA 1.5kW. 10-20m HEXBEAM and 30-160m VDP. QSL via JH3PRR or LoTW (preferred). OQRS via ClubLog will also be available too. OH-DX-RING (Press Release: 50th Anniversary Party). Martti, OH2BH, sent out the following Thurday, October 9th [info maybe late, but interesting]: OF2AM / OH0AM / OJ0AM --- SET TO REACH ALAND ISLANDS THIS FRIDAY, 10TH OF OCTOBER Pekka, OH2TA, and Martti, OH2BH, will activate the original OH0AM this weekend in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the prominent Contest Club of Finland which ruled the airwaves in those other ancient years. OH0AM and OF2AM may also energize the bands a few more times during the jubilee year 2014. See OH0AM was first aired in 1965 and the club has been active ever since - often heard sporting slick callsigns such as OG0A, OH0B, OH0R and OH0X from Brando, the easternmost of Aland Islands. Meanwhile, OJ0B and OJ0AM have kept Market Reef on the air since the reef gained its DXCC status. You are most welcome to join and salute the party. QSL via OH2BH. Recent OJ0AM operation will be added to LoTW momentarily. OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Waldemar, SM0TQX, will be active as OH0JFP from Aland Islands (EU-002) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (10m) entry. QSL via OH0JFP, direct or by the Bureau. PJ2, CURACAO. Operators Martin/K2PLF, Jeff/K8ND, Gene/KB7Q, Bill/K9HZ, Lee/KY7M, Rich/N0YY, Fred/NA2U, Jim/W8WTS, Geoff/W0CG (PJ2DX), Kyle/WA4PGM, Joerg/DF9LJ and possibly others will be active from the Caribbean Contesting Consortium's (CCC) Signal Point contest station on Curacao Island (SA-099, WLOTA 0942) between November 18th and December 2nd. The team's main focus will be on the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Multi/? entry using the callsign PJ2T. Outside the contest, operators will be signing PJ2/homecall or their own personal PJ2 callsign. QSL PJ2T via W3HNK. QSL PJ2DX direct to W0CG. QSL all others via their home callsigns. PJ7, SINT MAARTEN. Jeff, K5WE will be active as PJ7/K5WE from Sint Maarten (NA-105) starting October 25th through November 2nd. Activity will be on 80-6 meters, mostly CW and some RTTY and some SSB in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). Logs will be uploaded daily to ClubLog, and to LoTW shortly after his return home. Jeff states that he will be trying out a new antenna for 30 meters, and hopes to have a better signal on 30m than with the dipoles on previous trips. QSL via his home callsign, or via ClubLog's OQRS request. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 13-19th).... Oct/13th AN Oct/16th LN Oct/18th AN Oct/14th AN Oct/17th HN Oct/19th AN Oct/15th 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 QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (October 12th) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2SZ via M0OXO K6M via N7LE SE4E via SM4DQE 5W0AG via SP7DQR LI3C via LA9DFA SG6T via SM6WET 5W1SA via JA1DXA M2G via M0OXO SI2014ECC via SK2AT 8Q7NS via UA3QNS N2F via WX2S SI9AM via SM3TIR 9M2/HS1FVL via HS1FVL OE/PA3FYG/P via PA3FYG SJ2W via SM2LIY (L/d) 9M2/HS7BHK via HS7BHK OE30EMS via OE3XMS SK3W via SM5DJZ A61BM via A61BK (*) OG1M via OH1VR (d) SN60SKW via SP6KEO A92AA via IZ8CLM OH0AM via OH2BH SV9/DL1SAP via DL1SAP CP8MW via DF7NX OH0V via OH6LI TC0MI via TA1ED DP90RKS via DF6HF OH1F via OH1AF TI2ERS via TI0RC EA9/F6CTF via F6CTF (d) OH8L via OH8LQ TM100BD via F4KIW EG5VOR via EA5RKB OP14T via ON2NL TX5Z via N7QT GP0STH via G4DIY (d) OU4ZZ/P via DL4ZZ UK8GRM via RW6HS (d) GW0WBS via G0DZA P40JR via N5JR V6O via JH3QFL II0THOR via IZ0FVD P40JW via NT5V YJ0X via ZL3PAH II4CDN via IZ4FUE PJ4DX via M0URX ZK3Q via SP7DQR JW4GUA via JW4GUA (d/L) PJ7/MM0NDX via MM0NDX ZV14LABRE via PY2AA (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (*) New Manager JACK, RN3RQ, is QSL Manager for the following new some stations: EA8/RA1A, HA9SU, K9RS, N3RR, N4AF, NY4A, PR1T, RA2FDX, TK4A (2012) and UE16MM. See the complete DX list on QRZ.com. ADDED NOTE: Also, a sign of friendship between nations of the United States and Russia, Jack offers services as QSL Manager for stations in North America absolutely free. For more information, E-mail: ua3r at yandex.ru QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3W3B, 4W/G3ZEM, 8J2VE, 8P6SH, 9M2CNC, 9M2ESM, A52O, A92AA, CO2JD, CU7MD, DV1JM, EY8MM, IE9/IQ8QX, JA7ZFN, JH1GNU, JH4UTP, KL7SB, LU6DU, LW2EIY, LX7I, MW0ZZK, OH0Z, P49X, RK9UN, RT0Q, SV2DSJ, TF5B, T32RC, VK9AN and VU2NKS QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3B9EME, 5E7R, DU7ET, UK8IF and YB8RW/p QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3B9FR, 3V8SM, 4K9W, 5V7TH, 5W1SA, 9M2TO, 9M6XRO, A61QQ, AC2BF/KH2, BN0HQ, BU2AW, C50C, D2CQ, DS1RLZ/2, DS2XUM, DU1IST, DV1/JO7KMB, FY1FY, HZ1PS, HZ1SK, J88HL, MS0OXE, RI1ANF, T88TF, T8CW, T88XH, V5/DL3DXX, V73TS, VK9NT, XV9NPS, YJ0VK, ZA/OK1FCJ, ZD8O, ZD8UW and ZK3N V6, MICRONESIA. Naoki, JS3LSQ, will be active as V63WJ from Micronesia between October 29th and November 4th. Activity will be on 20/17/15/12/10 meters using SSB. QSL via JS3LSQ, direct (w/SAE and 1 IRC or 2 GSs) or by the Bureau. VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Operators Frank/WA2VYA, Tony/K4QE and Bruce/WA3RHW will be active as VP5/homecalls from Providenciales Island (NA-002) between October 21-28th. The trio will be active as VP5T during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25?26th). QSL VP5T via WA3RHW, direct (with return postage or IRC), by the W3 QSL Bureau, (there is NO VP5 Bureau) or LoTW. Because they like cards, please send them your card via the W3 Bureau, if you use LoTW. VP5/WA2VYA, will be primarily on CW on the low bands, the 30/17/12m bands, as well as 10m and 6m. QSL via WA2VYA, direct or by the W2 QSL Bureau. No return postage is required for direct replies because Frank likes cards. Please QSL VP5/K4QE via LoTW. QSL VP5/WA3RHW direct with postage or IRC or via the W3 Bureau. Bruce will be primarily on SSB on the 17/12m bands. VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND (Reminder). A Polish team of operators will be active as VK9XSP from Christmas Island (OC-002) between October 18-31st. Operators mentioned are Bob/SP2EBG, YL Gala/SP2GKS, Jan/SP3CYY, Jurek/ SP3GEM, Wlodek/SP6EQZ, Ryszard/SP6FXY, Janusz/SP6IXF and Roman/SP9FOW. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are are listed in OPDX.1168. They will have two to three stations on the air 24 hours a day, and pay a special attention to the lower bands and to areas where VK9X is the most difficult to work from. Also, look for one station to be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). QSL via SP6EQZ. For more details and updates, watch: http://www.vk9xsp.dxing.pl VK0EK, HEARD ISLANDS NEWS (Press Releases).......... * "Needed Poll" Page Added -- Rich, KY6R, reports: "I've added a simple 'VK0EK Needed Poll' page to the site. Please vote. Our priority will be to hand out as many ATNO's as the highest priority, but will also be providing a 'full service' DX-pedition. We will publish our detailed plans as well as some new innovative ideas on how we can help you get into the VK0EK log for your QSO needs - ATNO's as well as band fills. Please Stay tuned. The new Poll page can be found here: http://vk0ek.org/vk0ek-band-mode-poll/ " * "Team Update" -- Rich, KY6R, reports: "We are pleased to announce that we have more than the minimum number of team members required for the vessel charter, and also that the team is well-balanced between scientists and radio operators. This enables us to proceed with the preparations for the expedition, including acquisition of facilities and equipment, planning logistics, defining specific scientific and radio operation goals, development of software, fund- raising, and other activities. Approximately half the team will be carrying out exploratory science, searching for rare and unknown species of plants and animals. It is predicted that between 200 and 300 species live on Heard Island that are presently unknown. This comprises a significant part of the total biodiversity of this extremely isolated island, crucial for testing model predictions of the effects of global climate change. The other half of the team will carry out a major amateur radio operation, using the callsign VK0EK. With the anticipated stay of up to 21 days on the island, we expect to log well over 100,000 contacts worldwide. Some aspects of the activity on the island will be seen in real time on the expedition website . The full team, including the participants who will travel to the island, is listed here . Although participation is by invitation only, we welcome inquiries from anyone. The project is described in detail in the Project Description. Other documents are available on the expedition website. For more infor- mation, please contact the Expedition Leader: The Radio Team and Radio Team Support members are listed here: http://vk0ek.org/the-team/ " VR, HONG KONG. Alberto, IV3TAN, will be using his new callsign VR2XAN during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single- Band (15m)/High-Power entry. Activity outside of the contest is mostly on the Low Bands (40/80/160m on CW/SSB). He uses an Icom 756 Pro III with an Icom IC-2KL (400w) amp into a Crushcraft D4, rotary dipole 10-40 meters and Inverted V Kelman dipole 80/160 meters. QSL via: Alberto Annesi, 1/F, 7A Nam Shan Road, Peng Chau Island, Hong Kong. WRTC 2018 NEWS. Tine Brajnik, S50A, WRTC SC Chairman, reports: "WRTC Sanctioning Committee is very pleased to announce that the organization of World Radiosport Team Championship 2018 was granted to a German group consisting of representatives of DARC, BCC and RRDXA. German application was very well prepared and knowing their experiences we all expect another outstanding meeting and competition among world's best contesters. All following information with qualifying process will be published by the Organizing committee." A Web site has been set up to provide further details at: http://www.wrtc2018.de XX9, MACAU (Update to OPDX.1183). The XX9R team will be active from Praia de Cheoc Van, at the Pousada of Coloane Hotel between October 22nd and November 1st. The team will also be an entry in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single. QSL via EB7DX. For more details and updates, see: http://www.macao2014.com YC8, INDONESIA. Ron, YC8ROP, will be active from Sangihe Island (OC-210) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a a Single-Op/Single- Band (15m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to YC8OP. ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Marko, N5ZO, will be active as ZD8O from Ascension Island between November 17th and December 2nd. Activity will be mainly in contests. His activity in the CQWW DX CW Contest will be Single-Op/All- Band entry. QSL via OH0XX. ZD9, TRISTAN DA CUNHA. Members of the Italian DXpedition Team (IDT) have announced that their ZD9TT DXpedition, originally planned for September 2014, but later postponed until September 2015, due to transportation problems, has been canceled their operation. They also state, "The Italian DXpedition Team will no longer advertise its plans in advance. We regret that this decision might affect the plans of other Teams, we feel compelled to adopt this policy due to the course of events." Visit the IDT Web page at: http://www.i2ysb.com/idt ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Henning, OZ1BII, will be active as ZF2EE from George Town, Cayman Islands (NA-016) between November 27th and December 1st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, including the 30/17/12m bands and mainly CW using an Elecraft K3 w/100w into Cushcraft R6 vertical and a 110 ft Long Wire. He plans to be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Single-Op entry. 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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 12th-October, through Sunday, 19th-October there were 224 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FO/a, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9L, VK9X, VP2E, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, 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". 3B8 & 3B9, MAURITIUS AND RODRIGUEZ ISLANDS. Olof, G0CKV, will be active from both Mauritius (AF-049) and Rodrigues Islands (AF-017) starting mid-week through late November. His tentative schedule is as follows: October 22nd-November 12th - Mauritius; callsign 3B8HA November 16-22nd - Rodrigues Island; callsign 3B9HA Olof will use a basic setup (dipoles for 20/15/10m) at Mauritius, operating mainly CW, but will be active in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a a Single-Op entry before he heads to Rodrigues Island. QSL via G0CKV, direct, LoTW or eQSL. On Rodrigues Island, he will take a different approach and use his K3 radio into SpiderBeam poles and beverages for the lower bands. Activity will be holiday style. He will return to Mauritius to be part of the 3B8MU team for the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) in a Multi-Op entry. The 3B9MU operators mentioned are Olof/G0CKV, Kazu/JK3GAD, Seppo/OH1VR, Jorma/OH2KI and Olive/W6NV. 3Y/B, BOUVET. The DX-WORLD.net is reporting, "Last Wednesday (a well known op) received word from the Norwegian Polar Institute, that: 'It's a go for a one man DXpedition for 3 months, time frame half January 2016 through half April 2016 to Bouvet Island.'" Bouvet Island (AN-002) is ranked number 3 in the DX Magazine's 2013 Most Wanted Countries Survey (the results of the 2014 survey will not be known until January 2015). The last two operations from Bouvet took place: December 2007 - By Petrus, ZS6GCM, as 3Y0E. December 2000 - Chuck, N4BQW, as 3Y0C. Both operations were one man operations. The last large DXpedition that took place there was 3Y5X (December 1989). Stay Tuned For Updates! 4X, ISRAEL. Arthur, 4X4DZ, will be active as 4X2M during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (80m)/High-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign. 4W, TIMOR LESTE (Reminder). The same group who was active as VK9X/K7CO will be active as 4W/K7CO between October 19-31st. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB, as well as participate in the CQWW SSB Contest (October 25-26th). The current team of operators are Jon/K7CO, Christian/K7CXN, Ed/VE4EAR and John/9M6XRO. Four other operators are checking their schedules and finalizing plans in order to commit to the team. QSLs will be available via an OQRS on ClubLog. For more details and updates, watch: http://www.nielsen.net/4w/ 5B, CYPRUS. Hellmuth, DG1BH, will be active as 5B/DG1BH from Cyprus (AS-120) between October 19th and November 9th. Activity will be holiday style using a FT-817 on 20 meters on PSK and some SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. 5R, MADAGASCAR (5R8M Press Release #001). Mediterraneo DX Club reported on Friday, October 17th [edited]: "In less than few days, 5R8M, Nosy Be Island (AF-057) the DXpedition organized by the Mediterraneo DX Club, in Madagascar from October 21st to November 4th, will be on air. Recently we have had new great arrivals and now our complete team, with so many well know and experienced guys, is the following: Antonio/IZ8CCW (Team Leader) Jean-Jacques/F5NKX Gabriele/I2VGW (Team Co-Leader) Marco/IZ2GNQ Francois/ON4LO Michele/IK5ZUI Eric/ON7RN Mario/IK4MTK Alain/F6ENO Fabio/IK4QJF Patrick/F2DX Karl/OE3JAG Michel/F5EOT Ovidio/YO9XC Henri/F1HRE Feri/YO5OED The whole team is very motivated and so ready to work hard 24/24 hours each day to give the greatest number possible of DXers from all over the world the greatest number of possible new ones, bands/modes, with four stations (2 CW-1 SSB and 1 RTTY) plus maybe a mixed station more and really daily time monitoring the Six MEters Propagation. If, as all of us wish, the internet connection will allow it on our official Web-site , we'll keep in touch every day with the DX community and we'll update our log in real time. During our permanence on Nosy Be, we kindly ask you to send any question only to our pilots IK7JTF (for Europa), N1DG (for USA) and IK0FTA for Six MEters. We'd like just to remind you that any help and donations will be very very appreciated because all the planned costs are already increased at the check-in for the luggage weight and the severe rules of the airline. We suggest that you spend a minute time to time visiting our Web site to stay tuned and to insert your comments, suggestions, etc. We are waiting for you on air.... 73's de 5R8M team" AFRICAN TOURS (Update). As mentioned last week, Nick, G3RWF, is heading back to Southern Africa for a 5 week holiday starting in Lesotho and being active as 7P8NH between December 11-14th. Nick informs OPDX that this is "real holiday" with the entire family coming to Southern African between Christmas and the New Year. However, he will be there longer with his wife, Liz. Nick states [edited], "I shall be on the air from South Africa from about December 18th to January 5th as ZS1/G3RWF, and then from Namibia from about January 6-13th as V5/G3RWF. All CW only (taking my K2)." Listen for him on the higher bands on CW (no SSB). He "doesn't anticipate any 80m or 160m (and not 6m for those who always ask)." Nick also mentioned one other thing to OPDX that his 7P8 license is good for a year and he may well return there sometime not too far off. QSL via G3RWF. C3, ANDORRA. Members of the "Andorran Amateur Radio Union (URA)" will once again be active as C37NL during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via C37URA. C6, BAHAMAS (IOTA Op). John, 9H5G (KK4OYJ), will be active as C6ATS from the Bahamas's IOTA during winter 2014 and spring 2015. He informs OPDX [edited], "Largely the operation will be similar to last year's 9H5G/C6A operation. This year we intend to be in the Bahamas from about Thanksgiving time through the end of April. We are traveling by sailboat but all operations (except the /MM) shall be from land and will therefore count for DXCC and IOTA. However, we will be subject to the weather and I shall be operating beach-side and 'vacation style'. There are therefore no hard and fast dates. However, I shall endeavor to operate from all the IOTA groups and on the bands in my blog. Obviously on contest weekends, I shall operate on the WARC bands. I intend to operate a number of modes including RTTY, PSK, SSB and perhaps even even some JT-65. To keep abreast of what's happening, I recommend subscribing to my Twitter feed (@KK4OYJ) and my blog. I prefer to post there rather than writing E-mail to many addressees since its immediately available for all to see. I will endeavor to keep the blog updated as we travel around!" On John's Blog, he mentions the following IOTA groups: Great Bahama Bank group (NA-001), South Bahamas group (NA-113), Berry Islands (NA-054) and Bimini Islands (NA-048). John states, "Some of these are rarer than others, but since I will be traveling by boat, I am required to validate NA-054 and NA-048 through the IOTA Committee. I also hope to activate some islands that are not on the list, even although they seem to qualify (Hogsty Reef)..... I hope to have more information on this soon." He will be using a TS-480HX or K3 with Vertical dipoles on 17/15/12/10m and maybe 20m. Power from a deep-cycle 5035Ah battery recharged daily. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW, Clublog and to NI5DX as time and available internet permits. He will not always be able to update the Grid Square there remotely - you may have to enter the information in your software manually. QSL direct to Buzz, NI5DX. An OQRS on ClubLog is active for this callsign - if you need a bureau card, please request it through the OQRS and he will sent it when he can - probably also once per year. For a more responsive paper QSL, please QSL via NI5DX who operates a very timely service. For more details and possibly updates of his activities, visit his Blog or Twitter page at: http://kk4oyj.wordpress.com https://twitter.com/@KK4OYJ CO, CUBA. Frank, CO2IR, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB (October 25-26th) and CQWW DX CW (November 29-30th) Contests as a Single-Op/ Single-Transmitter/Single-Band (20m)/QRP entry. Frank states, "I will be also active especially on CW after and before the contests. QSL via the info on QRZ.com: http://www.qrz.com/db/co2ir CQ NEWS RELEASE (CQ Policy Statement on Stations in Crimea Using Russian- Issued Call Signs in CQ Contests) [Hicksville, NY - October 17, 2014] -- "After considerable deliberation, CQ has determined that the best course of action regarding Crimea and CQ contests is to follow the lead of the United Nations and the United States government, both of which continue to consider Crimea to be part of Ukraine, until such time as the political situation there is resolved. Therefore, 'Logs will not be accepted for any CQ contest from stations in Crimea operating with Russian-issued call signs. Contacts made by others with those stations will be removed from contestants' logs without penalty. No contact or multiplier credits will be given.' We fully realize that our action may very well disenfranchise several Crimean contesters who use Russian prefixes instead of Ukrainian prefixes. As regrettable as that may be, our action is consistent with international law, as well as with our own Rules." E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Steve, KL7SB, will be active as E51RAT from Rarotonga (OC-013) between late November and early December. Activity will be limited as time permits, but look for him during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th). QSL via NI5DX. EA6, BALEARIC ISLANDS. Five operators from GMDX group will be active as EA6/GM0EGI from the Balearic Islands (EU-004) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL info TBD. Operators mentioned are Gordon/MM0GPZ, Jonathan/MM0OKG, Phil/GM0LIR, Colin/GM0RLZ and Brian/GM0EGI. There will be no activity outside of the contest. EF8, CANARY ISLANDS. Mauri, EA8CMX/OHBYS, will be active as EF8S during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (80m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via OH2BYS. EF8, CANARY ISLANDS. Luis, EA8AY, will be active as EF8X from Tenerife Island (AF-004, DIE S-012, WLOTA 1276, EAA TF) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-band/Low-Power entry. QSL via W2GR. EI, IRELAND. Olivier, ON4EI, will once again be active as EI8GQB and EI1A until October 30th. He plans to operate from his caravan using green energy. Olivier will activate the EI1A callsign during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/2-Radio (SO2R) entry. You can follow his activity and antenna experimentation on where you will find a live information banner with on air frequencies and information. QSL ONLY via ON4EI by the Bureau. FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Marc, F1HAR, will be active as FY5KE during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??) entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to FY5KE. NO MORE QSLs by the Bureau. FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Didier, FY5FY, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??)/Low-Power entry. QSL via FY5FY, by the Bureau or direct. HR, HONDURAS. Dan, HR2DMR, will be active as HR2WW during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via KD4POJ. IOTA NEWS.............. AF-019. Sam, LY5W, informs OPDX [edited], "I am on Lampedusa Island preparing the IO9Y station for the CQWW DX SSB Contest with friends from Slovenia. I will be on the air when all equipment is finished to be installed. Look for me some evenings trying to make QSOs as IG9/LY5W/P with a wire antenna. Will be on the island until the end of November." AF-019. Operator Luigi, IK8HCG, will be active as IG9R from Lampedusa Island (with the support from Italian Navy Force), African Italy, during the next CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??) entry. QSL via IK8HCG. AS-166. A multi-national team of operators from Belgium, The Nether- lands and Greece will be active as EP6T (pending) from Kish Island, Islamic Republic of Iran, in January 2015. This will be a "Rockall DX Group" DXpedition. Reportedly, it took nearly 3 years of negotiations and a reconnaissance trip by Patrick, ON4HIL, to Tehran which finally resulted in obtaining a legal license to operate with a team of ten people for fourteens days. The group plans to have 4 (possibly 5) operating stations on the air around the clock for at least 10 days at the end of January 2015. Specific dates will be announced at a later date. Activity will be on all HF bands, 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Some stations during the night time hours will be focusing on the low bands using separate receive antennas and quarter wave verticals near the beach. More information will be forthcoming as well as a Web page for this DXpedition. EU-047. Volker, DL1WH, is now active as DL1WH/p from Pellworm Island (DID/GIA N-23, WLOTA 1188) until October 28th. Activity will be holiday style and mainly CW. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. EU-146. Operators Marc/PD7YY, Jan/PE1GNP and Marcel/PG8M are now active as PH146EU from Schouwen Duiveland (WLOTA 3089) until October 25th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters (possibly 80m as well) using mainly SSB with some CW. QSL via PD7YY, direct and by the Bureau. OC-157. Budi, YF1AR, will be active as YF1AR/8 from two islands in the Banda Island IOTA Group during the following dates: October 23-24th - Banda Naira Island (ARLHS IDO-380 Banda Naira Light House). October 25-27th - Banda Besar Island (including the CQWW DX SSB Contest as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low- Power entry). Activity will be on 40-10 meters, mainly on SSB but some CW and Digital,using a Yaesu FT450D with 100w into a 43 ft. vertical for 40m and HB9CV (20/15/10m) antenna. QSL via N2OO or use ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://www.yf1ar.com/2014/10/yf1ar8-oc-157-ido-380-banda-islands.html IQ8, ITALY (Rare Province). Members of the S.E.S. ARI Vibo Valentia will be active as IQ8HP to celebrate the 40th anniversary (1974?2014) of the foundation of the Vibo Valentia ARI section between November 1-9th. Vibo Valentia is rare Italian Province. Activity will be on all bands (HF and VHF) and modes. A special commemorative QSL card will be sent for all QSOs. The QSL Manager is IW8PQ (direct or by the Bureau). There is a FaceBook page for this operation: http://facebook.com/iq8hp KG4, GUANTAMO BAY. "The Daily DX" reports that operators Bill/W4WV and Keith/KE4KDY will be active as KG4WV and KG4DY, respectively, from Guan- tanamo Bay (NA-015) between October 24-30th. Activity will be on all bands, mostly SSB with some RTTY and PSK. QSL via their home callsigns. LX, LUXEMBOURG. Philippe/LX2A will be active as LX7I during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LX2A. Visit the LX2A Web page at: http://www.lx2a.com P4, ARUBA. Operators John/W6LD, Paul/K9PG, Chad/WE9V and Mike/K9NW will be active as P40L from Pos Chiquito during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Mutli-2 entry. QSL via WA3FRP. All P40L logs are uploaded to ClubLog and Logbook of the World. For details about the station, see: http://www.arubaqth.com ADDED NOTE: Mike, K9NW, will be on the island from October 22-30th. Outside of the contest he will sign P40NW. QSL via his home callsign. PJ4, BONAIRE. Members of the "PJ4 Contest Club" will once again be active as PJ4X from Kralendijk, Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA LH-1279), during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Op entry. Operators mentioned are K1QX, Kelly/N0VD, Martin/W1MD and Robert/WA1Z. Look for operators to be active before and after the contest signing PJ4/homecall. QSL PJ4X via LoTW or direct to W1MD. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 20-26th).... Oct/20th HN Oct/23rd HN Oct/25th AN Oct/21st LN Oct/24th HN Oct/26th AN Oct/22nd HN 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 QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (October 19th) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3B9/F4HAU via F4HAU EG8GSD via EA8AAG SV8/DL7ULM via DL7ULM 4L9QQ via UR9QQ HB0/DF5MA via DF5MA SV9/OE6YRG via OE6YRG 5P4DX via OZ4ACK HI3/PF5X via PF5X SW44FF via RT9L 9A/DL1FDH via DL1FDH HK6DOS via (*) SX1EU via SV1GRM 9A/ON4CDX via ON4CDX IG9/LY5W via LY5W SZ8XIO via SV8FCU (d) AP2NK via W3HNK KH2L via W3HNK TA3/DL1VBO via DL1VBO C5S via ON6EG LB6B via LA3WU TC91TC via TA1HZ CO2GL via CE3KHZ LZ1000TS via LZ1BJ TK/DH7SB via DH7SB CR3ASA via CT1REP MX0LDG via M0URX TM0CR via F6FMT CT9/DF7ZS via DF7ZS OD5ZZ via NI5DX (d) V55JOTA via V51Q D2/HB9EFK via HB9EFK OH10A via OH3WW VC3P via VE3JO D2QV via R3WA OH9SUF via OH3DP VK9DLX via DJ2MX DL0WRTC via DF1QR OT100BOL via ON4PRA W2G via W2ANQ (d) DR60INN via DD2ML PJ2/DL8OBQ via DL8OBQ YP35KZA via YO8RAA E51NOU via N7OU PS1M via PY1KM YQ555BU via YO3KAA ED8RCP via EA8RCP PT5ST via DJ2ST ZA/F4DTO via F4DTO (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (*) eQSL only - no more via EA7FTR NEW QSL MANAGER. Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH and AD5YS, reports: "I am pleased to announce that with immediate effect I am now the QSL Manager for Egill, TF3EO. Please visit for more information. QSL ZV2MAR/MM via PY2AE. Activity was between October 18-19th during the JOTA 2014 event. QSOs are valid for the Brazilian awards: DFB - Brazilian Lighthouses Award (DFB-SP-05), and DFH - Brazilian Fortifications Award (DFH-SP-01). QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: A52O, CT8/DL8MLD, JH1GNU, KH2L, TX5Z, YB9WZJ, ZA/IK2RLM and ZD8RH QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3D2RA, 3D2RA/P, 3D2TR, 3W4DK (7yrs), 4J3DJ, 9Y4/AI5P, A25TQ, A35CO, A35TR, J3/AI5P, JT1AA, S21ZBC and VK5CE/8 QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3D2GC, 4U1GSC, 5W1SA, 9M2TO, E7/9A55AX, HH2AW, HH2/9A7GAE, HL2DC, KH0XH, LZ5X, LZ13FDAY, LZ21EYAC, LZ136LO, LZ1016WIW, LZ1555WNS, LZ1808SNS, LZ1810PPW, LZ1816PAS, LZ2013KM, VK9ANU, Z32ZM, Z6/LZ1BJ and ZK3T TC, TURKEY. Hartwig, DL7BC, will be active as TC2BC from the Asian part of Istanbul during the CQWW DX SSB Contest as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via DL7BC. Also visit DL7BC homepage at: http://www.qslnet.de/dl7bc TO0, MAYOTTE. Vincent, F4BKV, will be active as TO0X from Mayotte (AF-027, DIFO FH-001, WLOTA 0376) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??)/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. After the contest, Vincent will active as FH/F4BKV until October 29th. ADDED NOTES: After this operation, Vincent will be one of operators of the upcoming FT4TA Tromelin Island DXpedition, so you may hear other team members sign FH/homecall. TO1, FRENCH GUYANA. Herve, F5HRY, will be active as TO1A during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??)/High- Power entry. QSL via LoTW. T4, CUBA. Member of Group DX Habana will be active as T42R during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as Multi-Op/Single-Trasmitter/ High-Power entry. Operators will be Carlos/CO2CW, Juan Carlos/CO2JD, and Rey/CO2RQ. Activity will be from the National Association for Amateur Radio of Cuba (FRC) station. QSL via EA7FTR. TX5, AUSTRAL ISLANDS. Wayne, KK6BT, informs OPDX that he will be active as TX5W from Raivavae Island (IOTA OC-114) in the Austral Islands group between January 5-11th (2015). Activity will be on 40-10 meters, including the 17/12 meter bands, operating exclusively SSB. His primary objective is to work as many amateurs in Central and Northern Europe as possible. Wayne states, "I will provide more details, including my website and QSL information, in the following weeks." TX7, MARQUESAS ISLANDS (Reminder). By the time you read this, operators Jared/N7SMI, Grant/KZ1W, Keith/VE7KW and Don/VE7DS will be active as TX7G from Hatiheu Village, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas (OC-027), until October 26th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using SSB and RTTY, with high power to verticals right on the beach. They will focus on lower bands favoring difficult propagation paths to provide as many amateurs the opportunity to get Marquesas in their log as possible. They will also be on the air for the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) from Zone 31. ClubLog OQRS is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for direct, LoTW, Bureau and eQSL cards. QSL cards will be a beautiful full-color photo-graphic quality. A QSL priority list is available (recommended to view it), on their Web page at: http://TX7G.com VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND (Press Release). Christian, DL1MGB, reported on Thursday, October 16th: "Sorry for being inactive on the news site. The last days we were very busy in erecting all the stations and antennas. But now we have a setup which produces good signals around the world and also allows us to work on some bands parallel in two modes. Especially having two stations on one band is not an easy task on a 'limited' property of 5 acres. At the moment our setup consists of 9 stations (yes, we already lost one transceiver; investigations are ongoing). Each station is equipped with a Elecraft K3, amplifier, notebook, microHAM MK2 interface and a lot more accessories. The antenna field consists of 16 antennas: Titanex vertical V160E for 160m, a full-size 4-square for 80m, a 4-square and a VDA on 40m and 30m, 2 3ele yagis on 20m and a yagi and a VDA for the bands from 17m to 10m. Also the first beverage to Europe is up for low band operations. On 160m we still have a RX problem. Of course the conditions are not the best for the low bands these days, but with a S7 noise level it makes it even harder to copy those weak signals. We try to locate the source to make a serious low band operation. Yesterday morning we had a heavy rain fall. 20 cm of rain came down within one hour. We even had a water ingress in one of our shacks, but were able to fight against it with towels and buckets. The main thing: The antennas did survive the storm. Regarding 6m we try to put up the antenna the next days. No special plans for this. Online log will be uploaded twice per day as internet connections permits. So far there are over 33,000 QSOs in the log. Feel free to visit the DXpedition website on and subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed. No idea who the Lagunaria DX Group is? Just visit and learn more about the group, the people behind it and their goals." VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND (Reminder/Update). A Polish team of operators are now active as VK9XSP from Christmas Island (OC-002) until October 31st. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are listed in OPDX.1168 or can be found at: http://www.vk9xsp.dxing.pl/qrg They will have two to three stations on the air 24 hours a day, and pay special attention to the lower bands and to areas where VK9X is the most difficult to work from. Also, look for one station to be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). QSL via SP6EQZ. For more details and updates, watch: http://www.vk9xsp.dxing.pl VQ9, CHAGOS. Bob, N7XR, who is expected to be active as VQ9XR from Diego Garcia Island (AF-006), reports that he is not sure when he will be active and states, "My dates are like a super-ball, bouncing all over the place. Can't get the guy to submit the entry approval correctly which is delaying the trip. It's going to happen, that's for sure." Look for possible updates on: http://www.wake-diego2014.org YE2, INDONESIA. Members of the ORARI Semarang Contesting Team will be activating YE2C during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. Operators mentioned YL Sri/YB2BSE, Jon/YB2ECG, Bamband/ YB2ERL, Pur/YB2FNT, Agus/YB2TX, Heribertus/YB2UU, Johannes/YC2DOT, Joko/ YC2FLR, Adi/YC2PST, Edi/YC2PWL, Muhammad/YC2RXB, Bobby/YC2SBG, Hariyanto/ YD2HRT and Sentot/YD2STT. QSL via LoTW ONLY. For more info on the YE2C station, see: http://ye2c.wordpress.com YJ, VANUATU (YJ0X Press Release). The following was released Friday, October 17th [edited]: "You can now use Clublog to search for your QSO and request a QSL card using the OQRS (Online QSL Request System). 1. Visit our log page 2. Enter your call in the 'Callsign to check' field. 3. Click on Request QSL card and follow the instructions. (You need to be signed into Clublog to proceed further). If you are a member and have already uploaded your YJ0X QSOs into the 'Your Log' database, OQRS will auto-fill some of the fields making OQRS easier. If you are not a Clublog member, it is free to sign up. This will allow you to use Clublog's OQRS (which is used by a significant number of DX- peditions) as well as the many other useful tools. We would greatly appreciate small donations to cover the costs of this DXpedition. If you do not wish to sign up to Clublog, please make a Paypal donation via our Support Us page. All sponsors will have their cards posted. Remember to give us your callsign and brief QSO details (Date, Band, Mode, Time). Many thanks..... 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Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the CQWW DX SSB Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 17th-October, through Friday, 24th-October there were 225 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FO/m, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9L, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, 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". 3W, VIETNAM. Dervin "Derk", PD9DX, is now active as 3W2LI/PD9DX from Ho Chi Minh City until October 29th. Activity has been on SSB and on 15 meters. QSL via PD9DX, direct or by the Bureau. NO IRCS. 3W, VIETNAM. Tony, KM0O, will be active as 3W3O from Danang between November 25th and December 24th. His main activity will be the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Tony likes 80 and 160 meters, so he will probably be emphasizing those bands before and after the contest. QSL via LoTW, by the Bureau or KM0O (see QRZ.com). He will upload his logs to LoTW as promptly as possible. QSLs will not go out until summer of 2015. 4A, MEXICO. Alejandro, XE1EE, will use the special callsign 4A5XX (to celebrate his 20 yrs in amateur radio) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Band entry. QSL via LoTW, LZ3HI, eQSL, by the Bureau and direct to his home callsign. ADDED NOTE: Callsign is valid for one year. See: http://www.qrz.com/db/4A5XX 4X, ISRAEL. Operators Zvi/4X6FR and Moshe/4X1DX will be active as 4X7R from Herzliya during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single/All-Band entry. QSL via 4X6FR. 8Q, MALDIVES. Francesco, IK0FUX, will be active as 8Q7UX from Maayafushi Island (AS-013) between December 1-9th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands, mainly CW. His equipment is an Icom IC-7000 into a Big stick MFJ-2286 and dipole. QSL via his home callsign. 9K, KUWAIT. Operators Hamad/9K2HN, Essa/9K2HQ, Yasser/9K2MY, Muhammad/ 9K2NO, Osama/9K2OD, Ahmad/9K2QA, Basil/9K2RX and Nick/HB9EFK will be active as 9K2HN during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi/Single or Multi-2 entry. QSL via 9K2HN, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW. Visit the home page at: http://www.9k2hn.com 9M2, WEST MALAYSIA. Members of the Malaysian Special Expedition Team will be active as 9M2SE from Pangkor (AS-072) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single/Low-Power entry. QSL via 9M2RDX. Operators mentioned are Piju/9M2PJU, Rahmat/9M2RMT, Khairul/ 9M2KRZ, Weerut/9W2RUT and Mohd/9W2EDU. For more details, visit the following Blog page at: http://9m2se.blogspot.com Also, see below: IOTA NEWS - AS-072. AH2, GUAM. Members of the Guam Contest Club will be active as AH2R during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. Operators mentioned are: Nozomu/JE8KKX (AH2K), Toshinobu/JI3ERV (NH2C), Tad/JA3XOG, Kazumasa/JG3RPL, Sato/JH7QXJ and Mikawa/JR7OMD. QSL via LoTW or direct to JH7QXJ. PLEASE DO NOT QSL via the KH2 Bureau. ASIAN AND AFRICAN TOUR. Toshi, JA8BMK, plans to be active over the next month and into the new year. Activity will be focused mainly on the lower bands (160-80m) with better receive antennas and locations. His tentative schedule is as follows: October 31st-November 20th - Nagarkot, Nepal; callsign 9N7BM; set up a vertical in stead of a inverted V with RX antennas. January 10-25th (2015) - Antananarivo, Madagascar; callsign 5R8DX; operators Toshi/JA8BMK and Ken/JN1THL; focusing on the low bands. February 5-25th (2015) - Vientiane, Laos; callsign; from a new QTH with lower noise and wider area and with RX antennas. March 1-31st (2015) - Nha Trang, Vietnam; callsign XV7BM; with improved RX antennas. QSL all callsigns via JA8BMK. BV, TAIWAN. Look for the BV2A club station of China Radio Association (C.R.A.) in Taipei to be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via BV2A. Operators mentioned are Tang/BM2AAV, Eddie/BV2DD, Evan/BV2KS and YaoJun/BV5OO. C45, CYPRUS. Spyros, 5B4MF, will be active as C45T during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Assisted/All-Band/High- Power entry. QSL via his address on QRZ.com. CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND. Gerben, PG5M, has announced that he will be active as CE0Y/PG5M from Easter Island (SA-001) between November 23-28th. This will be a holiday-style operation. Further details will be forthcoming. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, direct or the OQRS on his Web page. Important: Don't use IRCs as they can't be exchanged at his post office. For updates, watch his Web page and Twitter account at: http://www.dx.to http://twitter.com/@PG5M CQ NEWS (CQ Reconsiders Policy on Crimea in CQ Contests). The following was announced Tuesday, October 21st: "In response to requests from a large number of contesters around the world, CQ has reconsidered its decision regarding the acceptance of logs from stations in Crimea in CQ-sponsored contests. As CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, explained, 'a large portion of the contesting community felt that we were unfairly denying our fellow amateurs in Crimea of the opportunity to fully participate in our contests. Since the country list for CQ contests is based on a combination of the Worked All Europe (WAE) and ARRL DXCC lists, and the ARRL has already adopted a policy regarding Crimean stations in its award and contest programs, we will amend our policy to be consistent with the ARRL's DXCC policy.' 'Therefore, the listings of Crimean stations submitting logs for CQ contests will be based on the call sign under which they have operated. If they used Russian-issued calls in the contest, they will be listed under Russia; if they used Ukrainian-issued calls in the contest, they will be listed under Ukraine. This change reflects not only the desire of many contesters around the world, but also of a large majority of members of the CQ World Wide DX Contest Committee.'" DXCC NEWS. The DXCC desk is now accepting ZS8A QSLs for DXCC. If you?ve submitted a card that was rejected for lack of documentation, send a note to to have your record updated. E2, THAILAND. Members of the Thailand DX Association (HSDXA) will be active as E2X during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single/High-Power entry. QSL via E20GMY. Operators mentioned are Phot/E20GMY, Kriangkrai/E20HHK, Wat/E20MDN, First/E22WWZ, Paul/HS4DDQ, HS4HLW, Art/HS4LKW, Apiwat/HS4SCI, Wanlop/HS6MYW, Son/HS6NDK and Bunknite/ HS6RMY. Visit the HSDXA FaceBook page at: http://www.facebook.com/hsdxa EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators Andrea/IK1PMR and YL Claudia/PA3LEO will once again be active as EA8/homecall from Tenerife Island (AF-004) between December 9th and January 8th (2015). Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HB9FKK (preferred) or their home callsigns, by the Bureau, direct, or E-mail requests for Bureau cards. Also via LoTW and Clublog. For more details and updates, see: http://www.ik1pmr.com ED9, CEUTA AND MELILLA. Members of the Ceuta Legion Contest Team will be active as ED9K during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as Multi-2 entry. Operators mentioned are Jose/EA7BJ, Salvador/EA7FQB, Jorge/EA7HZ, David/EA7IVN, Julio/EA7JB, Manolo/EA7LL, Jose/EA7LS, Cris/EA7RU, and Jose/EA9CD. QSL via EA7LS, only direct (NO BUREAU - NO IRCs). Visit the ED9K Team's FaceBook page at: http://www.facebook.com/ed9kteam EF8, CANARY ISLANDS (Update). Jaime, WP3A, will be active as EF8U from the Las Palmas Contest Club radio station (EA8URL) on Gran Canaria Island (AF-004) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band/Low-Power/Assisted entry. Before and after the contest he will sign EA8/WP3A. QSL direct only via NP3O. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW after he returns to Puerto Rico. FT4TA, TROMELIN ISLAND. Just a reminder that members of the F6KOP Team and Lyon DX Gang will be activating FT4TA from Tromelin Island between October 30th and November 10th. They plan to have 4 stations on the air for 10 days, on 160-10 meters using SSB, CW and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are : CW - 1826.5, 3523, 7023, 10115, 14023, 18079, 21023, 24894 and 28023 kHz SSB - 3790, 7082, 14185, 18130, 21285, 24955 and 28485 kHz RTTY - 10142, 18099, 21080, 24912 and 28080 kHz 6m - 50105/CW and 50105/SSB An online log will be available during the DXpedition. An OQRS will be available by ClubLog. QSL via F1NGP. QSLing details can be seen at: http://www.tromelin2014.com/cartes-qsl For more details, visit: http://www.tromelin2014.com EW3, BELARUS (WFF Op). Eugene, EW3LK, will activate Prostyr (EWFF-024) for the World Wide Flora & Fauna Award (WWF) between November 1-4th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. HC0, ECUADOR. Members of the Quito Radio Club (HC1QRC) will be active as HC0E from Quito during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via HC1QRC or HC1JQ. HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Ezequiel, HI3EPR, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/Low- Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct (see QRZ.com). HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Tino, HI3CC, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (160m)/Low- Power entry. QSL via W2CCW. HO1, PANAMA. Members of the Colon DX Group will be active as HO1C from Panama during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Op entry. Operators mentioned are Emilio/HP2NG, Jose/HP2BWJ, Manolis/HP1CQ, Dorian/HP2DB, Roger/HP2ROC and max/HP2EK. QSL via HP1CQ. IOTA NEWS.............. AF-019. (Update) Dan, S50U, reports, "On Thursday night strong winds caused by Gonzalo hurricane destroyed almost all antennas at IO9Y M/M Lampedusa Contest Team station. There will be only sporadic operation from IG9/CALL stations in low-power category during CQWW SSB contest. All transportations from the Island are canceled because of bad weather and team will return home when ferries start to run." AS-072. Members of the 9M2SE Malaysian Special Expedition Team will be active from Pangkor Island between 0800z, November 7th and 0100z, November 9th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB and CW. Operators mentioned are Piju/9M2PJU, Rizal/9M2RDX, Khairul/9M2KRZ, Wak Mit/9M2TPT, Rosli/9M2RHQ, Zamri/9W2NMX, Ikmal/9W2EDU, Mat Meran/9W2VVN, Weerut/9W2RUT, Kopok/9W2JDY and Izat/9W2RI. They will have 2 transceivers with 100 watts on the air using 2 element 3 bands yagi (20/15/10m), EFHW vertical (40-10m) and G5RV junior (40-10m). Piju informs OPDX, "Please support our activity. We are promoting our country, heritage, culture, beautiful islands and beaches to the world. Malaysia has many beautiful beaches and islands, lots of city excitement, nature and adventure, also cultural attractions. It is time to explore Malaysia. Spread the words." EU-025. The II9K Contest Team will once again be active as II9K from Sicily Island during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. Operators mentioned are Giuseppe/IT9HBT, Girolamo/IT9GNG, Rino/IT9FXY, Vincenzo/IT9ECQ, Sal/IW9FRA, Mike/IF9ZWA, Domenico/IW9GTD, Salvatore/DH7SA and Josep/EA3KS. The II9K ContestTeam will be active with an improved setup and new Momobeam stacked Yagis. QSL via IT9HBT. EU-174. Operators Peter/HA5OV, K?ki/YT7DQ, Barichek/YU7CM and YZ7ZZ are now active as SV8/HA5OV from Thassos Island (GIOTA NAS-037, MIA MG-124, WLOTA LH-4186, QRA KN20HS) until October 29th. Look for operators to use their own callsigns outside of the contest as SV8/homecall. QSL via their home callsigns. IOTA and Crimea - "IOTA Management has decided that, given the unresolved political situation in Crimea, it has no course open to it except, for a period initially of one year, to freeze certain actions connected with Crimea that it would normally take in the routine management of the IOTA programme. This means that it will not accept or issue credit for EU-180 operations taking place after 17 March 2014 that use a non-Ukrainian callsign, or accede to any requests from programme participants for update of their records or changes of callsign and/or checkpoint that involve a change of DXCC entity. The Committee will review the situation after one year in the light of developments. IOTA Management regrets taking this action but it accords with practice adopted elsewhere..... G3KMA, 21 Oct 2014" SA-024. Operators Marcelo/PY2AE, Murilo/PY2DS, Jo?o/PU2KKE, Willian/ PU2XIZ and F?bio/PU2KFL will be active as ZX2CA from Cardoso Island (DIB SP-07), and as PW2BA from Bom Abrigo Island and Lighthouse (ARLHS-BRA-013, DIB-SP-05, DFB-SP-03) between November 21-24th. Operators will spend two days on each island (Cardoso Island should be first depending on the sea conditions). Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10/6/2 meters using CW and SSB. QSL ZX2CA via PY2DS direct. QSL PW2BA via PY2AE direct. IY, ITALY (Special Prefix). Look for special event station IY1EY to be active between November 1st and December 31st, from Loano to commemorate the experiments conducted by Gugliemo Marconi from his yacht 'Elettra' in the Ligurian Sea between 1919 and 1936. Expect activity on CW and SSB, and on all bands including 30/17/12m. Receive a special QSL card via IK1QBT direct. JW, SVALBARD. Look for JW5E, Svalbardgruppen Av NRRL Clubstation on Longyearbyen, to be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) possibly as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via JW5E. List of operators were not mentioned. Visit the JW5E Web page at: http://jw5e.com JW, SVALBARD. Alexander, UA3IPL, will be once again active as JW/UA3IPL from Spitsbergen Island (EU-026) for 4 months starting October 30th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW (slow speed), SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and JT65. Equipment will be a Yaesu FT-857D with FC30 tuner into a G5RV antenna. QSL via RW6HS direct. KH7, HAWAII. Once again the members of the "Coconut Wireless Contest Club" (formerly AH6XX) will be active as KH7CW from Aiea, on the Island of Oahu (USI HI008S, WLOTA 1227, WW Loc. BL11bj, Honolulu county), Hawaii (OC-019) in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. Operators mentioned are: Tetsuo/AH7C, Soi/JH1ECG, Rich/K2WR, Akira/KH6BU and possibly 2 others. QSL via LoTW, or direct to K2WR. KP1, NAVASSA (Press Release). From the The KP1-5 Project, dated October 22nd: "The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has notified the KP1-5 Project that they will be the team to activate Navassa Island (KP1) in January 2015. The DXpedition will be a maximum of fourteen days. The exact dates in January will be determined by USFWS mission requirements and weather windows. Our experienced team of fifteen is complete and is ready for the challenge. The weeks ahead will be extremely busy as the team has less than 90 days before the DXpedition comes on the air. January is the month of minimum bird nesting activity and this is the primary reason USFWS is asking that the operation be completed during that month. However, the weather is unpredictable in January and because Navassa is surrounded by cliffs, this may preclude a safe landing by boat. For safety reasons and in order to maximize our time on the Island and on the air, a helicopter operation is planned. Navassa is over 100 miles (160 km) from the nearest helicopter staging point and as many as ten round trips will be required at the beginning and end of the operation. Obviously, this means that there will be a significant cost for activating this #1 ranked DXCC entity. In the next few weeks, we be working with USFWS and as details firm up, we will issue periodic press releases. Check our webpage, for more details of the operation and how you may financially support this DXpedition. The KP1-5 Project team has committed to fund 50% of the total costs. We are hopeful the DX community at large will fund the remainder. for The KP1-5 Project, Bob Allphin, K4UEE, President Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, Vice-president Mike Thomas, NA5U, Secretary" ADDED NOTES: * OPDX was informed that the callsign they will use on the island will be "K1N". * Press Release: "INDEXA Supports Navassa Island DXpedition -- Hello fellow DXers and INDEXA Members: INDEXA is pleased to announce that we are generously supporting the just announced major DXpedition to Navassa Island, KP1. The official team announcement says this will occur in January, 2015. The DXpedition call will be announced later. Navassa Island is currently ranked #2 on the DX Magazine's "Most Wanted list". The Navassa Island DXpedition Team leader is Bob Allphin, K4UEE, and he has assembled an extraordinary team of DXpeditioners with the know-how to plan, implement and activate the rarest of the rare DX entities. The team includes AA7JV, HA7RY, K0IR, K4UEE, K5AC, K9CT, N2TU, N4GRN, NA5U, NM1Y, VE7CT, W0GJ, W6IZT, and WB9Z. INDEXA is the first DXpedition support group to announce financial support for this DXpedition. This support is possible because of your membership in INDEXA and the many prior donations. Interestingly, over half of the DXpedition team is made up of INDEXA officers, directors and members. INDEXA has provided support that is over and above what is customary; so if you would like to help replenish our reserves you might consider an additional contribution via the web page . This DXpedition should provide many of you with an all-time new DXCC entity as well as new band/mode countries for various ARRL, CQ and IOTA awards. Regards, Gary Dixon, K4MQG - INDEXA President John Scott, K8YC - VP-Newsletter Editor Dick Williams, W3OA - Secretary-Treasurer" NH2, GUAM (OC-026). Joel, KG6DX, will be active as NH2DX in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/High-Power entry. QSL via NH2DX, CBA or QRZ.com address. NO Bureau QSLs. OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Operators Juha/OH1JT, Jouko/OH1RX, Kari/OH2XX, Ari/ OH5DX, Tomi/OH6EI and Pasi/OH6UM will be active as OH0Z during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via W0MM. OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Pekka, OH2YY, will be active as OH0YY from Aland Island during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band (only 40-10m) entry. He states, "I will not have time to install antennas for 75 and 160." QSL via OH2YY. OP, BELGIUM (Special Prefixes). Belgian Telecom authorities (BIPT) granted to all Belgian stations the privilege to use the OP prefix to commemorate the Great War between November 1-30th of each year and until 2018 (included). P4, ARUBA. Operators Elza/K4ISV, Ray/K9RS and Art/N3DXX will be active as P40S from the P49Y rental station in Pos Chiquito (WW Loc. FK52AL), Aruba (SA-036, WLOTA 0033), during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single/High-Power entry. QSL via K9QVB. P5, NORTH KOREA (Update On The P5/K6VVA Quest). Rick, K6VVA, posted the following on October 20th: "In just a few months will begin Year #9 of my quest for approval to operate from P5. There have been many, MANY different proposals made to the D.P.R.K. Authorities during the past 8 Years. Recently, my primary Advocate and Envoy to P5 has left the NGO to a new position with a different organization not involved with Humanitarian work in the D.P.R.K. I am pursuing alternative new pathways to success in this project to be able to fulfill the intended Humanitarian goal, and the objective to provide an equal opportunity for all DXCC Program participants in need of ONE "CW" QSO credit with North Korea. ADDITIONAL CHANGES & INFORMATION -- An original purpose of the P5/K6VVA Expedition was to operate from at least one IOTA (AS-197), with background plans to hopefully QRV from all 4 of the P5 IOTAs. However, based on data Results of my K6VVA IOTA SURVEY and a very detailed analysis of almost 100,000 QSOs made by 25 different "IOTA-ONLY" Expeditions, plans have now changed. The previous expressions of interest in donations for Humanitarian work in the D.P.R.K. were astonishing for which I am grateful. Yet, LESS than 5% (Five Percent) of Callsigns from the serious IOTA Community in the combined 2010 + 2014 Honor Roll and Annual Listing Reports participated. The overwhelming level of support for the Humanitarian goal in the D.P.R.K. came from the DXCC Community. Accordingly, IOTA is no longer a primary objective in my P5/K6VVA plans due to lack of IOTA support." To read the complete update by Rick, go to: http://www.k6vva.com/p5 PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 27th-November 2nd).... Oct/27th HN Oct/30th AN Nov/01st AN Oct/28th AN Oct/31st AN Nov/02nd AN Oct/29th 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 REALTIME BAND CONDITIONS WEB SITE : The purpose of this experimental Web site is to provide 24-7-365 actual (REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores. It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to determine band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's. This information is NOT based on any software pre- dictions or any kind of satellite based readings. It's is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA. PS43, BRAZIL (Special Event). Look for special event station PS43GPB to be on the air because of the Grand Prix Brasil F1 Race, Interlagos Circuit, from S?o Paulo between November 1-10th. Activity will be SSB only, and on 20/17/15/10 meters. QSL via PS7AB, direct (SASE + USD), by the Bureau, LoTW, and eQSL. SWL QSL cards are welcome. For more informations, see: http://www.qrz.com/db/ps43gpb QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (October 24th) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3W2LI/PD9DX via PD9DX IT9/VE8DX via VE3FDX SN1956PW via SP3PGR 5T0ITU via ON8RA J43TR via SV3DCX SN650B via SQ9CAQ 8P5A via NN1N JV5A via WV6E SP/DJ9ZZZ via DJ9ZZZ 9A/DJ8QP via DJ8QP JW1ENA via LA1ENA SP/DL1EKO via DL1EKO 9M2TO via JA0DMV K3K via K3TW SV0GU via DL4SV EA8/UY5ZZ via UY5ZZ KH7Y via EA5GL SV3/DF9ZV via DF9ZV EA9KB via EA7FTR N8M via KD8HNF TG9AJR via NR6M EG5PO via EA5HOX OP14Z via ON4GI TJ3SN via IZ1BZV FR5DZ via F6CXV OR3A via ON6CC TT8/F5RQP via F5RQP GB1BGS via GW1IOT P40L via WA3FRP V31SW via W3HNK GW3TTC/P via G3TTC PH146EU via PD7YY V5/OE6GLD via OE6GLD (d) IG9/S59M via W3HNK R14CWC/0 via UA0C VI3RVAC via VK3CAM II8RJP via IK8PXZ R14CWC/7 via RK6HG (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5Q2J, 8Q7SN, 9M6XRO, A61DD, EA3DUM, F6ATS, GM4WZL, HA5AGS, HB9CVQ, JA1BJI, JE4JPQ, JG1TIV, JM1LRA, KH2L, KH6GMP, OO2T, RA4CC, SV5/DL3DRN, SV5/G0TSM, SV9CVY, TG9ANF, TJ3SN, VK4UC, VP9I, YC1DOL, ZA/ON4ANN, ZA/ON4CCV, ZA/ON6NB and ZA/S56A QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3W4DK, 9M2MI, BA4TB, CE0Z/UA4WHX, CT1CT, F8BEC, HK0/UA4WHX, RI44ANT, RK9UN, TY1AA, VK2HSL/BW9 and VK5CE/8 QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 9M6XRO, 9M6XRO/P, CO2ELS, DV1UD, JX5O, MQ6EOW, PY5BLG, PY5DK, PY5UP, PY5ZHP and V31ZM RU9, ASIATIC RUSSIA. Marko, N5ZO, will be active as RU9CZD from R9DX QTH during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or by the Bureau. S0, WESTERN SAHARA. Roberto, EA2CNU, will be active as S0S from Western Sahara during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). Outside of the contest, he will sign S01WS. QSL both callsigns via EA2JG. STANDARD TIME. Remember to change your clocks next week? Countries who observe Daylight Saving Time (DST), which took place on Sunday, March 9th, are now expected to move their "local clocks" backward 1 hour on Sunday, November 2nd, from 2:00 AM local time to 1:00 AM. In 2015, Day- light Saving Time (DST) will again go into effect on Sunday, March 8th, at 2:00 AM local time. For the history and details about ST and DST, as well as an interesting map of the world (showing the countries who observe DST), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2015.html ADDED NOTE: Hopefully, all amateur radio operators know not to change their GMT/UTC/ZULU clocks. However, since most operators usually set their computers to local time, some may have to change their settings on "some" ham radio software (ex. logging, propagation, DXTelnet, etc..) programs. TI, COSTA RICA. Operators Eddie/K4UN, Juan/TI2JCY, Carlos/TI2KAC and Mauricio/TI4ZM will be active as TI5M from Poas Alajuela during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via TI2KAC. The TI5M callsign is the new callsign for the TI8M Contest Group due to a location change. VI6, AUSTRALIA (Special Event). Members of the Southern Electronics Group (VK6SR) will be active as VI6ANZAC between October 31st and November 2nd. Activity is to mark the 100th anniversary of the departure of the first convoy of ships carrying ANZAC troops and the significant role Albany has played in Australia's ANZAC history. Operations will primarily focus on the HF bands SSB, 80/40/20/15/10 meters including 30/17/12 meter bands, possibly 160 meters, and depending on the propagation. Also, if they can find some interested operators, there is some possibility of Digital modes and CW. QSL via VK3CAM or by the address on QRZ.com. VK9DLX, LORD HOWE ISLAND (Updates).................. October 22nd: "Yesterday our last team member Bernd, VK2IA, arrived on the island. Due to business commitments he was not able to stay with us the full length of the DXpedition. QSOs are running good on all bands, though we observe a decrease of daily QSO numbers. Due to the relative low ranking in the Most Wanted list (#59 clublog.org), we expected this. And the latest solar flare doesn't really help. We will see how conditions develop until the CQWW SSB. Of course we are also preparing ourselves and the stations for the CQWW SSB contest. We are planning to participate as a Multi-Multi effort with the callsign VK9LM. Even if you already worked VK9DLX, please call us in the contest. Many thanks! We made some good progress of finding local noise sources which make life very hard on the low bands. One main source was a small power supply of a TV distribution network amplifier. Fortunately we could replace it by one of our notebook power supplies and the noise has almost gone. But mean- while we have a new noise source, showing up at North America prime time on 160m. We try everything possible to find the source to get a better RX situation on the low bands. On 80m we are aware that South America is looking for a 80m QSO with us at their sunrise. We try to be QRV just before Lord Howe sunset (around 0700z to 0730z) the next days. 6m was definitely a highlight the last two days. With a 5 Element Yagi on a 10m mast, pointed to JA, we were able to make about 260 QSOs. Mainly with Japan and some VK's. We also observed the opening from North America to FK, but heard absolutely nothing from them. It is still 1200km from FK8CP to VK9DLX. We will continue to observe Magic Band on DX-Cluster. We will also temporarily operate a beacon on 50.114 with antenna directed to Japan. If you notice anything please send the info to the DX cluster net- work or to our contact form on our homepage. We still get e-mails and guest-book entries to change this or that callsign in the onlinelog. We definitely will not do that during the DXpedition. If the onlinelog doesn't show your callsign, just work us again. Regarding LoTW: We will upload our log to the Logbook Of The World within 3 months after the DXpedition. Please also have a look at the picture gallery (http://www.lordhowe2014.org/service/gallery/index.php) for new impres- sions from Lord Howe Island." October 24th: "This is to inform the contest community that there will be a Multi-Multi operation from Lord Howe Island in the CQWW SSB 2014. Our callsign will be VK9LM. We will operate all six contest bands from 160m to 10m and man the stations when there is propagation from Lord Howe Island to anywhere in the world. Normally you will get DXcluster spots where we are on each band. But especially on the low bands it may be possible that we will not always find a running frequency (especially when we have to compete against European stations). But don't be shy to contact us to ask for a QSY frequency on 160m, 80m or 40m. In most cases not only we are the multiplier, but also you! There will be no CW operation on the contest bands during the contest. But we will have two stations which can be operated on 17m and 12m during the contest. Please note and understand that there will be no upload to Club Log for the contest log as long as the official log checking takes place. Of course we will also upload the QSOs with VK9LM to LOTW later. Feel free to visit the DXpedition website on http://www.lordhowe2014.org and subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed. No idea who the Lagunaria DX Group is? Just visit http://www.lagunaria-dx-group.org and learn more about the group, the people behind it and their goals." VK9N, NORFOLK ISLAND. Michael, G7VJR, (author of ClubLog) will be active as VK9/G7VJR from Norfolk Island (OC-005) between December 26th and January 2nd (2015). Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands using CW with an Elecraft K3 and 100 watts. QSL via M0OXO or LoTW. VK0M, MACQUARIE ISLAND (Cancelled). It was announced on QRZ.com a few weeks ago that Rod, VK6MH/GM4AWB, would be active as VK0MH from Macquarie Island (AN-005) between early or starting November 2014 and April 2015. However, this week it was announced on October 15th by Rod, "Alas, my ship L'Astro- labe sailed yesterday to Macquarie and I was not on it. After all the weeks of training were complete I cannot go. On Friday I had a small innocent mole cut off my arm. Late on Monday, I was told it was a Melanoma and so that meant no travel on the ship. I had an op to remove it yesterday an although gutted that I cannot go, feel uplifted by support of friends and family and am focused on future adventures :0)" VR, HONG KONG. Operators Charlie/VR2XMT, Yau/VR2UBC, Solo/VR2CO, Oscar/ VR2ZLI, Calvin/VR2ZCL, Brian/VR2ZXM, Dawood/VR2XNG and Farid/VR2UNG will be active as VR2S (Region Scout Special Station by the HKIR IT Club) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest as a Multi-Single entry. QSL direct via VR2HKS or the address on QRZ.com. YS, EL SALVADOR. Hiro, JA6WFM, will be active as YS1/NP3J during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (10m)/ Low-Power entry. QSL via EA5GL or LoTW. YS, EL SALVADOR. Mario, YS1GMV, member of the Club de Radio Aficionados de El Salvador (CRAS), will be active as YS1YS during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Transmitter entry. QSL via YS1GMV. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th, 2014) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2014 CQWW DX SSB Contest. For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML format, please visit Bill's Web page at: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2014.html (By call sign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsd2014.html (By entity) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsz2014.html (By zone) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC CQZ Class QSL Callsign Entity Route ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3B8HA Mauritius 39 SO LoTW 3G1B Chile 12 M/? HA1AG 3G3W Chile 12 M/2 XQ4CW 3Z6O Poland 15 LoTW; QSL via SP6NVK (B) 4L8A Georgia 21 SOSB 20M LoTW; QLS via K1BV 4L0A Georgia 21 SOAB HP LoTW 4O3A Montenegro 15 M/S LoTW 4W/K7CO Timor Leste 28 M/? OQRS MM0NDX 4X2M Israel 20 SOSB 80M 4X4DZ 4X7R Israel 20 M/S 4X6OM 5R8C Madagascar 39 M/? LoTW 5W0EF Samoa 32 SO W8AEF 5W0QQ Samoa 32 SO N7CQQ 5W0XH Samoa 32 LoTW; QSL via KD6XH (d) 6Y4K Jamaica 08 LoTW; QSL via VE3NE (B/d) 9A1P Croatia 15 M/S 9A2RD 9K2GS Kuwait 21 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via EA5KB 9K2HN Kuwait 21 M/? 9K2HN 9M2SE West Malaysia 28 M/S 9M2RDX 9Y4D Trinidad & Tobago 09 SOSB 15M LoTW A73A Qatar 21 M/2 A71A AH2R Guam 27 M/S LoTW; QSL via JH7QXJ AH0K Mariana Islands 27 M/2 OH6GDX B4L China 24 SOAB HP BY4IIG BH1IOT China 24 M/? BH1IOT BV2A Taiwan 24 M/S BV2A C37NL Andorra 14 M/2 C37URA CE3CT Chile 12 SOAB LoTW CN2R Morocco 33 M/S W7EJ CO2IR Cuba 08 SOSB 20M CO2IR CR3L or CQ3L Madeira 33 TBD DJ6QT CR3A Madeira 33 M/S LoTW CR6K Portugal 14 M/S CT1CJJ D70LW South Korea 25 M/S LoTW; QSL via DS4NYE E2X Thailand 26 M/S E20GMY E78T Bosnia & Herzegovina 15 SOSB 15M E78T (B) EA6/GM0EGI Balearic Islands 14 M/2 TBD EA8/RA1A Canary Islands 33 SOSB 15M LoTW; QSL via RN3RQ ED1R Spain 14 M/2 EC1KR ED9K Ceuta & Melilla 33 M/2 EA7LS EF8S Canary Islands 33 SOSB 80M OH2BYS EF8U Canary Islands 33 SOAB LP EA8URE FR/F4FET Reunion 39 MM0NDX FY5FY French Guiana 09 SOSB FY5FY FY5KE French Guiana 09 SOSB LoTW GJ2A Jersey 14 M/S LoTW; QSL via (C) HB9H Switzerland 14 M/S HB9CXZ HB9OK Switzerland 14 M/S HB9OCR HC0E Ecuador 10 M/2 HC1JQ HI3CC Dominican Republic 08 SOSB 160M W2CCW HI3EPR Dominican Republic 08 SOSB 20M LoTW; QSL via HI3EPR (d) HK1NA Colombia 09 M/M K6IPM HO1C Panama 07 M/? HP1CQ HR2WW Honduras 07 SOAB LP KD4POJ IG9R African Italy 33 SOSB IK8HCG IH9YMC African Italy 33 SOSB eQSL II9K Sicily 15 M/2 IT9HBT IO4W Italy 15 SOSB 15M LoTW IR5A Italy 15 M/S LoTW; QSL via (e) and IK5AFJ J43TR Greece 20 M/S SV3DCX J3A Grenada 08 SO HP WA1S J42T Greece 20 M/2 LoTW J79L Dominica 08 SOSB SP9FIH J79X Dominica 08 SOSB SP9FIH JW5E Svalbard 40 M/2 JW5E KH2RU/KP4 Puerto Rico 08 SOAB NP3O KH6LC Hawaii 31 SOAB LoTW; QSL via WA6WPG KH7CW Hawaii 31 M/S K2WR KH8B American Samoa 32 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via (C) LT7H Argentina 13 SOAB LP EA5GL LU8YE Argentina 13 M/2 IK2DUW LX7I Luxembourg 14 SO LX2A LY4A Lithuania 15 M/2 LY4A LY7A Lithuania 15 M/M LoTW NH2DX Guam 27 SOSB 15M NH2DX NH0DX Mariana Islands 27 SOAB LP JL3RDC NP2P Virgin Islands 08 SOAB LoTW NP4Z Puerto Rico 08 M/2 N4AO OA4O Peru 10 SOAB HP OA4O OH5Z Finland 15 M/S LoTW OH0JFP Aland Island 15 SOSB 10M OH0YY Aland Island 15 SOAB OH2YY OH0Z Aland Island 15 M/S W0MM OL4A Czech Republic 15 M/2 OK1DSX P3F Cyprus 20 SOAB HP P40L Aruba 09 M/2 WA3FRP P40S Aruba 09 M/S K9QVB P40W Aruba 09 SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via N2MM (d) PJ2T Curacao 09 M/? LoTW PJ4X Bonaire 09 M/? LoTW; QSL via W1MD (d) PJ7/K5WE Sint Maarten 08 K5WE; QSL via (C) PW2D Brazil 11 M/? M0OXO RA0R Russia (Asia) 18 SOAB HP LoTW RK0LWW Russia (Asia) 19 M/S RK0LWW (d) RM3F Russia (Europe) 16 SOSB 15M UA3DPX RU9CZD Russia (Asia) 17 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via RU9CZD (B) S0S Western Sahara 33 EA2JG SI9AM Sweden 14 M/S SM3TIR SJ2W Sweden 14 M/S LoTW; QSL via SM2LIY (d) SV8/HA5OV Greece 20 M/S HA5OV SX9C Crete 20 M/S LoTW T42R Cuba 08 M/S EA7FTR T48K Cuba 08 M/? DK1WI T88H Palau 27 SO LoTW; QSL via TA1HZ T88WJ Palau 27 SO JS3LSQ TC2BC Turkey 20 SOAB LP DL7BC TC7V Turkey 20 SOAB HP M0OXO TI5M Costa Rica 07 M/S TI2KAC TK9R Corsica 15 SOAB HP IK8UND TO1A French Guiana 09 SOSB LoTW TO2A French Guiana 09 KU9C TO5A Martinique 08 SOAB LoTW; QSL via F5VHJ (B/d) TO0X Mayotte 39 SOSB HP LoTW TX7G Marquesas 31 M/S LoTW; QSL via (C) UB7K Russia (Europe) 16 M/M UB7K V47JA St. Kitts & Nevis 08 SOAB LoTW; QSL via W5JON (d) VE2IM Canada 02 SOAB HP VE3DZ OQRS; QSL viaa VE3DZ (d) VK9LM Lord Howe Island 30 M/? OQRS DL1MGB; QSL via DJ2MX VK9XSP Christmas Island 29 M/? LoTW; QSL via SP6IXF VP5T Turks & Caicos 08 M/? LoTW; QSL via WA3RHW (B/d) VP9I Bermuda 05 SOAB LP WW3S VR2S Hong Kong 24 M/S VR2XAN Hong Kong 24 SOSB 15M WP3C Puerto Rico 08 SOSB 40M W3HNK XW1IC Laos 26 SOAB HP E21EIC OQRS XX9R Macao 24 M/S EB7DX YB0NDT Indonesia 28 SOSB 40M LoTW; QSL via YB0NDT (d) YC8ROP Indonesia 28 SOSB 15M LoTW; QSL via YC8ROP (d) YE2C Indonesia 28 M/2 LoTW YF1AR/8 Indonesia 28 SOAB LP ClubLog; QSL via N2OO (B/d) YN5Z Nicaragua 07 SOAB HP LoTW YS1/NP3J El Salvador 07 SOSB 10M EA5GL YS1YS El Salvador 07 YS1GMV ZA/F4DTO Albania 15 F4DTO ZA/F4GFE Albania 15 F4GFE ZD8R Ascension Island 36 SOSB OH0XX ZD8W Ascension Island 36 SOSB W6NV ZD8X Ascension Island 36 SOSB OH2KI ZM1A New Zealand 32 M/? LoTW (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Help: Subscribe: Unsubscribe: OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: OR OR Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Fri Oct 31 06:00:00 2014 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:00:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin #1186.1 Message-ID: <196864.17945.bm@smtp115.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1186.1 Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1186.1 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Special Bulletin No. 1186.1 BID: $OPDX.1186.1 October 31, 2014 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network and OH2BH for the following DX information. FOR RELEASE AT 1000 UTC ON FRIDAY Radio Arcala, Oulu, Finland, Oct.31.2014 by Martti Laine, OH2BH BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FAR NORTH ? MY DX SUMMIT GOES LIVE DX Summit once changed the DX hunt. Today hardly anyone is using the traditional Search & Pounch approach. Everyone is connected to a DX cluster locally or over the Internet. Easy to use and operated by Radio Arcala (OH8X), DX Summit maintains its position as one of Amateur Radio's largest web portals but it will now be refreshed - big time! DX Summit is modernized for a second time around, and MY DX SUMMIT will now go online today for limited dedicated pre-user testing. We will welcome some 200 pre-users who are prepared to try it out and provide immediate feedback to the development team. The aim of this exercise is to serve as the final debug phase and to enhance user experience to maximum satisfaction before tens of thousands suddenly fire their browsers to help them in their future DX hunt. We ask you if would you like to be one of the few to have this experience today? If you say ?yes?, please kindly be prepared not only to test but to provide a timely response. Send a note to and we will give you guidance to get started. What to expect? Adding to the traditional spot functions you can create own cluster view to monitor a selected callsign or multiple callsigns real-time for band and mode specific spots. Or you can exclude everything from your DX Summit view you're not interested in. Also you can open several of those windows and you can have past and current spots showing together. Basically you have full flexibility to customize your DX Summit easily to show exactly what you're interested in. Additionally, an advanced propagation tool powered by VOACAP is laid out in such a way that it tracks your location as a starting point, and when clicking a spot it shows your propagation to that location as of that moment but also for an entire period of 24 hours on all bands. You can instantly understand whether your best chances for a QSO are gone or just coming up. This will also be a great educational tool for those wishing to gain insight into the total propagation picture, including the existing radio propagation. Additionally, a DX News section is integrated for your viewing pleasure while spending your time at MY DX SUMMIT. Just send us a note and you will be part of a new phase in the DX Hunt! MY DX SUMMIT DEVELOPMENT TEAM MY DX SUMMIT can be found on: http://new.dxsummit.fi/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Help: Subscribe: Unsubscribe: OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: OR OR Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)