From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Jul 5 09:15:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2015 09:15:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1221 Message-ID: <453013.44562.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1221 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1221 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1221 BID: $OPDX.1221 July 6, 2015 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Strongsville, OH Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8GG, K8GI, K8YSE, NE8Z/HC1MD, W8GEX & 60m News, W9ILY, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, JA1TRC, JA1XGI, OK1DWC, OZ0J, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, and 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/June, through Sunday, 5th/July there were 205 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 2015 IARU CONTEST. Just a reminder that the 2015 International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) HF World Championship is next weekend between July 11th at 1200 UTC and July 12th 1200 UTC. The object of the contest is to contact other amateurs around the world, especially IARU officials and member-society HQ stations in as many ITU zones as possible. Look for activity on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters using CW and SSB. You will find detailed information at: http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship http://www.iaru.org/contests.html ADDED NOTE: A list of HQ multipliers has been posted on the Web at: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2651703/HQ2015.txt 3B8, MAURITIUS. Jean-Paul, HB9ARY, will once again be active from Mauritius (AF-049), but this time as 3B8HC between July 9-25th. Activity will be on all HF bands, 80-6 meters, using mainly SSB, but with some slow CW. He has added a new antenna this time to the operation. Jean-Paul will use an Elevated Delta-Loop for 80-30 meters along with his folded HexBeam for 20/17/15/12/10/6 meters. QSL via NI5DX direct. 5B, CYPRUS. Tony, RT9T, is once again active as 5B4ALB until July 15th. QSL 5B4ALB only direct via RT9T. 5Z4, KENYA. Giuseppe, IK2YDJ, is now active as 5Z4/IK2YDJ from Rongo until July 20th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters. He was spotted early this past week on 15 meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign. A35, TONGA (Cancelled). Tom, KC0W, was expected to be active from the Island of Tonga between January 15th and February 15th, 2016. However, activity was cancelled -- no reason given. C5, THE GAMBIA. Pedro, ON7WP, will once again be active as C5WP from The Gambia between August 15th and September 1st. Activity will be limited to his spare time on the HF bands. QSL via his home callsign direct. CT8, AZORES. Operators Chris/KL9A and Dan/N6MJ will be active as CT8/- homecall from the Island of S?o Miguel between July 8-14th. QSL via their home callsign. Both operators will be part of the CU2ARA team from the Associa??o de Radioamadores dos A?ores club station during the IARU HF World Championship (July 11-12th). QSL via the Bureau. CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND (Update). The St. Paul Island DXpedition scheduled for July 2016 has added a new member/operator to the team -- John, N8AA. The team now consists of Murray/WA4DAN (Co-Leader), Randy/N0TG (Co-Leader), Aaron/VA1AXC, Will/AA4NC, Jay/K4ZLE, Wayne/K8LEE and John/N8AA. The CY9 Web page also report: Permits to access St. Paul Island are granted only during July and August (2016). Exact dates yet to be determined. Operation is planned for 6-160m CW, SSB. Perhaps some RTTY. Although a challenge given the time of the year, 160m will be attempted. QUESTIONS/COMMENTS: E-mail N0TG (address okay on QRZ.COM). The Web page now has a "Need Survey" page at: http://www.cy9dxpedition.com/need-survey.html E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (Update). Milan, OK1DWC, is now active as E51DWC from the Rarotonga Islands (OC-013, WAZ - 32) since June 11th for the next few weeks to celebrate his birthday. His activity will be holiday style (family holiday) on 160-10 meters, including the 30/17/12 meter bands, using CW, SSB and RTTY. His equipment includes a TS-590S, small amp (which he was expected to receive this past week), a 5 band Spider- beam at 10 meters, Invereted Vee and dipoles for 160, 80, 40 and 30 meters at a height of 20 meters. Milan really did not state how long he will be there, but mentioned, "I plan to return once I will miss skating and skiing." QSL via his home callsign. For updates, watch: http://www.qrz.com/lookup/ok1dwc E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Andy, E51AND, will be active with the special callsign E50A from Rarotonga Island (OC-013) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Unassisted/12-Hrs entry. During 2015, Andy has operated with the callsign E50A to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Self Governance in the Cook Islands. Only the 7 RESIDENT hams may use the E50x format, visitors and expeditions use the E51xxx format. QSL via direct only to E50A/E51AND. E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (Update). Jacek, SP5EAQ, will be active as E51EAQ from Rarotonga (OC-013, WLOTA 0971) starting October 19th for two weeks. Activity will be on 80-10 meters SSB. He will also be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th). QSL via SP7DQR, by the Bureau, direct or an OQRS on the following Web page. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. For more details and updates, see: http://e5.sp5drh.com/index.html E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (Update). Haru, JA1XGI, informs OPDX that he will be active as E51XGI from Rarotonga Islands (OC-013, WAZ - 32) between December 3-10th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. Equipment is a ICOM IC7000 into a Trap Vertical (7/10/14/21/28 MHz) only 6.8m long and a VDA(Vertical Dipole Array) (18/24Mhz). QSL via JA1XGI, direct, by the Bureau (about a year wait!) or the OQRS (ClubLog). For more details and updates, watch his Web page at: http://island.geocities.jp/southcookholiday FS, ST. MARTIN. Greg, W6IZT, will be active as FS/W6IZT from St. Martin between now and July 11th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using CW and some SSB/RTTY. QSL via N7XG. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW on his return home. HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Alfredo, HC1HC, will once again be operating from the Galapagos Islands (SA-004), but as HC1HC/HC8/QRP between July 6-8th. Activity will be on 30/17/6 meters using QRP CW 5 watts with a Elecraft KX3 into a Buddipole. Suggested frequencies are: 14003, 18073 and 50110.6 kHz. QSL via NE8Z direct only (QSLs are already printed). NO LoTW. This activity counts towards the "HC8/HD8 DX Diploma" and the "The Republic of Ecuador HC/HD DX Award". View the colorful awards at: http://webpages.charter.net/ne8z/NE8Z/Galapagos%20Diploma.html http://webpages.charter.net/ne8z/NE8Z/Ecuador%20Diploma.html IOTA NEWS.............. AS-066. Vladimir, UA0LCZ, will be active as RI0NZ from Popov Island between July 18-29th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW. He also plans to participate in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct. EU-025. Joe, IT9RZU, will be active from Sicily Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ CW-Mode/Low-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or LoTW. EU-049. Richard, PA2RIC, will be active from the Lesvos Island (GIOTA NAS-014, MIA MG-064, WLOTA 0165) between July 10-28th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands running a QRP station. QSL via PA2RIC, direct or by the Bureau. EU-087. Adde, SM0SHG, will be active as SB3X from Klosan Island between now and July 31st. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands. Equipment used will be an Elecraft KX3, Expert 1K-FA (running about 4-500w) and vertical from Lannabo Radio (5-band). Adde states, "If you want a QSL from EU-087, please use Clublog's Online QSL Request Service. Direct QSLs are 2.00 USDs and will be sent as soon as possible. QSLs via the Bureau are free and will be sent out when time permits. EU-136. Operators Brani/OM2FY and Radovan/OM2ZZ will be active as 9A/OM2FY from Rab Island, Croatia, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/Island-DXpedition/Low-Power entry. QSL via OM2FY, direct, by the Bureau or PayPal (see QRZ.com). EU-172. Immo, DL8MF, will once again be active as OZ/DL8MF from Samso Island (DIA JY-008, WLOTA 0726) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/QRP/24-Hrs entry. He will be on the between July 23-26th. QSL via DL8MF, direct or by the Bureau. OC-019. Eric, WH6EEY, is now active from the rare Kaho`olawe Island in the Hawaiian Island group until July 31st. Activity will be limited to his free time because Eric is there with a group to clean-up UXO (Unexploded Ordinance) as a Technician and Blaster. He uses a KX3 and AlexLoop and operates mostly on 20m and 15m using PSK-31 and JT-65. QSL via his home callsign, direct or LoTW. NA-029. Operator Ken, K6LA, will once again operate from Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada using the VY2TT superstation (Grid Square FN76vs, CISA PE-001) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Mixed-Mode/High-Power entry. QSL via K6LA direct. OC-237. More than 10 operators will activate the special callsign YE3IOTA on the air from Sempu Island between July 24-26th. This will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). They plan to have 3 stations on the air using mainly SSB and some CW. Please kindly be patient with the operators as they are beginners for an IOTA-pedition, DX-QSOs and Contesting. QSL via the Bureau, direct or via YB3MM. Also, ClubLog's OQRS. SA-042. (Update) Members of the PARA DX Group will be active as PX8K from Caviana de Fora Island (DIB PA-16) between July 22-29th. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Operators mentioned are Ronaldo/ PS8RV and Ren/PY8WW. QSL via PY8WW or the OQRS. For more details, check QRZ.com. INDEXA PRESS RELEASE. Dick Williams, W3OA, Secretary-Treasurer of the International DX Association (INDEXA) reported on June 29th: TO: All DXers worldwide. The INDEXA Officers and Board of Directors are pleased to announce their intent to encourage DXpeditions to provide humanitarian aid and services benefiting individuals and communities they visit on DXpedi- tions. Additional funding is available when a DXpedition submits a plan to provide humanitarian aid, the plan is approved by INDEXA, and the plan is successfully completed and documented. This incentive can be as much as an additional 15% added to the financial support offered the DXpedition. Quoting from the INDEXA website and the page entitled Humanitarian Aid: INDEXA believes that many of the DXpeditions we support have a unique opportunity to perform humanitarian activities which will improve the lives of those indigenous people and communities they encounter on a DXpedition. Humanitarian activities come in a variety of forms including education, medical and dental assistance, infrastructure improvements, and physical donations of goods and other services. Obviously, there are many additional ways a DXpedition team or individual team members can positively impact the lives of the people of the community or country the DXpedition team is visiting. INDEXA is prepared to offer additional financial support to DXpeditions as an incentive to conduct humanitarian activities and to offset some or all of the additional costs that may be involved. The process to follow is clearly outlined on the INDEXA website. INDEXA is proud to be an important factor in the funding of DXpeditions. Our motto is and has been for over 30 years "Helping Make DX Happen". We feel that INDEXA's approval as a 501(c)(3) organization and the consequent likelihood that donations by U.S. taxpayers are tax deductible means we are well positioned to have a larger impact on the DX community. This announcement of the Humanitarian Aid initiative is an example of our commitment. JD1, OGASAWARA. Yoshihisa, JO1LVZ, will once again be active from Chichijima Island (AS-031), but as JO1LVZ/JD1 between August 6-9th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW and the Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign or LoTW. KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Zorro, JH1AJT will be active as KH0/KH8Z between July 6-10th during his business trip to Saipan Island (OC-086, USI NI-002S, WLOTA 1333). Activity will be mainly on 10, 15 and 20 meters using SSB, and holiday style operation. QSL via JH1AJT. OY, FAROE ISLANDS. Operators YL Lori/KB2HZI, Pat/N2IEN, Ray/W2RE, Rockwell/ WW1X and Lee/WW2DX will be active as OY/homecall from Faroe Islands (EU-018) between July 8-15th. Activity will be on the HF Bands. QSL via NR6M. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (June 29th-July 4th).... Jul/06th HN Jul/09th AN Jul/11th HN Jul/07th HN Jul/10th AN Jul/12th HN Jul/08th 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 is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA. PV70, BRAZIL (Special Event). Rony, PS7AB, will activate special event station PV70FEB between July 1-30th. Activity is to celebrate the 70th anniversary of World War II and to remember the importance of PEACE. The special callsign is also in honor to all who participated in the war, especially the Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB, on the battlefields in Italy. Operations will be on 40/20/17/15/10 meters using SSB and CW/ Digital. QSL via PS7AB, direct (2 USDs), by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW. A special certificate will be sent in 2016 via E-mail to stations who made contacts with at least 10 Special Event Stations by mode (SSB, CW or Digital), or mixed (3 modes). Each month in 2015, Ronaldo will activate a different callsign and also send 12 different QSLs. PV70FEB is the seventh special event station to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in 2015. For more details, visit the following Web pages at: http://www.radioamador.org.br/certificate_70th_world_war.htm http://qrz.com/db/pv70feb QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (July 5th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4W/JI1AVY via JI1AVY (L) K2D via N1DN PA50DRAA via PE2AE 5Z/IK2YDJ via IK2YDJ K2E via NY3C R2015C via R7NK 5Z/SV0GV via LX1QF K2F via KB3IFH R2015EP via R8LAH 9A/DL2AMT via DL2AMT K2I via KA2FIR R2015KI via UA3RA CR5CMD via CT-Bureau K2J via N4YZ R2015LY via RT9L DL/EA8BFH via EA8BFH K2K via AB1OC R2015SM via RQ7L DL/G1INK/P via G1INK K2L via KG4RUL R2015TA via RX4HJ DP7BVBG via DF7AA K2M via K3MJW SM/5P0O/P via OZ1GDI EA6UN via EC6TK (*) KH2/JH1DLD via JH1DLD SO7O via SP9OHP EA8/IX1CKF via IX1CKF LX/DJ1AA/M via DJ1AA SV5/DL8NCG via DL8NCG GB13COL via G0VLF LZ429PS via LZ1KCP SV5/SV2BBC via SV2BBC (d/L) HF3PAPCIO via SP3SBY OH0/DL1SVA/P via DL1SVA TA0/RM0F via RM0F HG3M via HA3MY OH0CO via SM6CCO (d) TK15FF via F5SSN HQ4W via KD4POJ OH8/IK3GES via IK3GES V47JA via W5JON (d/L) JW/DK2AJ via DK2AJ OZ/DL1EKO/P via DL1EKO V63GG via JR2GAG JW/DL2GLA via DL2GLA PA2015BEACH via PI4HAL YT90NS via YU7BPQ (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (*) direct only & SP4AOQ Bureau QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 9N7FD, C21EU, CM2IR, JA1NVF, UN7AM, V63MJ, VP9/WA4PGM, YB8RW/P (OC-076), YB8RW/P (OC-213), YB8RW/P (OC-222), YB8RW/P (OC-246), YB8RW/P (OC-271), YB8RW/P (OC-272), YB8RW/P (OC-273) and YB8RW/P (OC-274) QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 9N7WE, PW0F, TI9/3Z9D and VR2XMT QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4L1FP, 5H3CJ, 7S400K, 7S6A, 8S0DX, 8S500BQ, J79XBI, LZ05WFF, LZ230MB, LZ1164SIM, LZ137LO, LZ2013IPA, P29VCX, SB0A, SE2T, SE5E and TA0/LZ3ND S7, SEYCHELLES (Update/Change). Giovanni "John", IZ2DPX, will be active as S79DPX from the Seychelles (AF-024) between August 9-23rd. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using SSB only. Equipment is a IC-706 into a vertical multi-band antenna. QSL via his home callsign. For more details and update, see: http://iz2dpx.jimdo.com S7, SEYCHELLES. A group of Polish operators (Polish DXpedition) will be active as S79SP from Mahe Island (AF-024)between October 3-18th. Operators mentioned are Wlodek/SP6EQZ, Jan/SP2EBP, YL Gala/SP2GKS, Jan/SP3CYY, Ryszard/SP6FXY, Kris/SP6JIU and Roman/SP9FOW. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via SP6FXY, ClubLog's OQRS, eQSL or LoTW. For more details and updates, watch (still under construction): http://www.s79sp.dxing.pl T31, CENTRAL KIRIBATI ISLANDS. Reports from the Friedrichshafen HAM Radio event in Germany indicate a team of experienced DXpeditioners are in a preliminary planning stages to put T31 on the air. Currently, T31 is ranked 30th on The DX Magazine's 2014 Most Wanted Survey. Activity may take place in late 2016 or early 2017. This all depends on the licensing and landing permit formalities. One sources reports, "A boat is reserved for this project and the core team named." This will be an expensive DXpedition project because of Central Kiribati location, and they will be looking for the international DX community to help offset the cost. Look for more details later in the year. VK9C, COCOS-KEELING ISLAND. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will be active as JA0JHQ/VK9C from "The Bird's Nest" on West Island, Cocos Keeling Islands (OC003) between September 19-25th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW and SSB. Suggested operating times (local time): Mornings will be 30/12/10 meters, Noon 6 meters, Afternoons 17 and 15 meters, Evenings 30/40/80 meters and Midnights 20 meters. Equipment is a HS-480HX (HF 200w/6m 100w) into a Single-Loop (20/17/15/12/10m) and End-Feed (80/40/6m) antennas. QSL via the Bureau (recommended) or direct to: Nobuaki Hosokawa, 1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 215-0027, JAPAN. Also via LoTW. For more details and updates, watch his Web page at: http://pandasan.jimdo.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Jul 10 11:30:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:30:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1222 Message-ID: <847950.60863.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1222 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1222 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1222 BID: $OPDX.1222 July 13, 2015 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Strongsville, OH Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, AF1G, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, KK6H, AC7DX, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, WB8YJF, N0TG, BA7NQ, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DS4DRE, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, GW0ANA, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, IK1QBT, IK7JWX, LA7GIA, OE1WHC, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, SP5NRY, VA3RJ & ICPO, and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. ** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late IARU HF World Championship announce- ments. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the IARU HF World Championship participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 3rd/July, through Friday, 10th/July there were 207 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, 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, PY, PY0F, PZ, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3C, EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Update). Ken, LA7GIA, will be active as 3C7GIA (pending) from Malabo Island (AF-010) between November 12-23rd (not October 10-22nd as first announced). Activity will be on 80-10 meters. More details will be forthcoming. B, CHINA. Members of the Chinese Radio Amateur's Club (CRAC) and Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) will be organizing HQ stations during this year's 2015 IARU HF World Championship (July 11-12th). Look for the following stations: B1HQ -- 40m CW and 80m SSB B5HQ -- CW - 15m, 80m and 160m B4HQ -- 40m SSB and 20m CW SSB - 20m and 160m B7HQ -- 15m SSB; 10m CW and SSB QSL all callsigns via BA4EG: Zheng Feng, 618-11-602 Huan Lin Xi Lu, Shanghai 200123, China. C6, BAHAMAS (Update). After working in the country for 18 months, Tim, C6ATH, has departed the Bahamas and returned to the USA. Any contacts with C6ATH after 05/10/15 may be considered fraudulent. Also, his Bahamian license expired in June, and he did not apply for renewal, so the callsign is no longer a valid one. He will still honor QSL requests for contacts made prior to May 10, 2015. QSL info may be found on QRZ.com under C6ATH or AF1G. CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND (Update). The St. Paul Island DXpedition scheduled for July 2016 has added another new member/operator to the team -- Bill, K5DHY. Bill is an avid DX'er, and officer of the LSDXA. The team thanks all who completed the survey on their website. Needs were clearly made for 6m and RTTY. They will plan to have a RTTY mode running most of the time; for sure they will keep an eye on 6m. Visit their Web site often for details as they develop at: http://www.CY9dxpedition.com D6, COMOROS. Ken, LA7GIA, will be on a one man DXpedition to Comoros (D6) between September 14?23rd. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Using a TS- 480 with a 500 watt amp, his antennas will be a yagi for (20/15/10m) and an all band vertical. Ken states, "QTH has excellent take off to NA/SA/EU. I will prioritize NA during evenings, great conditions are expected on 15m. License D67A to be issued this or next week." He is looking for sponsors. He has a Web page up and running with more info at: http://la7gia.com/d67gia-2/index.html E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Steve, KL7SB, is once again active as E51RAT from Rarotonga Island (OC-013) until July 12th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via NI5DX. ET,ETHIOPIA. Operators Andy/UR4LRQ, Yaroslav/UW7LL and Igor/UY5LW will be active as ET3AA from the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society club station until August 21st. Activity will be on the HF Bands. QSLs for this operation only via US0LW. FY, FRENCH GUYANA. Christian, F5UII, will once again be active as FY/F5UII from the radio club station FY5KE in Kourou City between July 20-28th. Activity will be limited because of his work, but look for him on 80-10 meters on SSB. He suggests to look for him during the weekday mornings about 1000-1100z and after 2100z. He may also make a side trip to Royal Island (SA-020) during the RSGB IOTA Contest. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. For more details and updates, visit: http://www.f5uii.net/en Christian also has a Twitter account: https://twitter.com/f5uii GC4, WALES (Special Event). Glyn, GW0ANA, will activate the special event station GC4BRS from Penarth Pier, a Victorian Pier built in 1894, on Saturday the 11th of July. Glyn states, "This special event will be transmitting from the end of the pier just like a little "Peninsular jutting out into the Bristol Channel" Ham radio Heaven." Info on pier is available at: http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/enjoying/visit_the_vale/penarth/penarth_pier/penarth_pier.aspx HAM RADIO 2015 LECTURES. Wolf Harranth, OE1WHC, from the Amateur Radio Section of ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) and the Documentary Archives Radio Communications/QSL Collection, reports: Powerpoint presenta- tions with synchronized audio of keynote lectures at the Friedrichshafen (Germany) 2015 Ham Radio hamvention are now available on the Documentary Archive's Web page at: ttp://www.dokufunk.org/index.php?lang=EN HV0, VATICAN. Sandro, VE7NY, will be active as HV0A from Vatican between July 16-19th. Activity will be on the HF Bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via IK0FVC. II0, ITALY. Look for the Italian Headquarter team to represent the Associazione Radioamatori Italiani (ARI) as II0HQ during the IARU HF World Championship (July 11-12th). QSL via the Bureau or LoTW. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-060. Kag, DS4DRE, will be active as DS4DRE/4 from Ui Island (WLOTA 1102) between July 15-31st. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. AS-143. Operators Chen/BA7CK and Wu/BA7IA will be on a business trip to Yongxing Island for about 4-6 weeks. They will be on the air during their spare time, mostly on 20-6 meters using the IOTA frequencies and on CW/SSB/RTTY modes. QSL BA7CK via BA4TB, and BA7IA via his home callsign. EU-028. Davide, IZ2ZOT, will be active as IA5/IZ2ZOT from Elba Island (IIA T016, MIA MI-022, WLOTA 0609) between now and July 18th. Operations are usually on SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL. EU-054. Sal, IT9BXR, will once again be active as IF9/IT9BXR from Favignana Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/DXpedition entry. QSL via IT9BXR. EU-131. Members of the ARI Mestre Team will be active as IQ3ME/p from Lido Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via the Bureau. EU-169. Alfredo, IK7JWX, and a team of operators will go on their third Italian IOTA DXpedition. Their next operation will be to Sazan Island (M.I.A. MA-01, ARLHS ALB-04 + 19 + 20, ILLW L-028, WW Loc JN90PM) between September 2-9th. The team received their callsign and license this week. Callsign will be ZA0I. QSL Manager for Italy is IK7JWX; for the world is IK2DUW. Look for updates and other details on QRZ.com. EU-172. Jan, ON7JA, will be active as OZ/ON7JA from Isle Fyn during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via ON7JA. EU-175. Joao, CU3AA, will be active as CU5/CU3DX from S?o Jorge Island between July 11-12th. Due to the IARU HF World Championship, 17 meters SSB will be the band mostly used. This activity will count for the awards: CTFF-0124, CUFF-005, WCA CT-00416, DMHP AZ-068, ARLHS AZO-019, WLOTA WL-1004, DFFP FP-145, DFP FAZ-05, PIP AC-005, DIP AZ-005, DMP 1904 and DDFP VLS-03. QSL via CU3EJ, by the Bureau or direct. NA-055. Mike, W2IY, will be active from Mount Desert Island (USI ME-021S, WLOTA 1129, Hancock County, Maine) between now and August 5th. Activity will be holiday style and also include an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct. NA-067. Jon, WB8YJF, will once again be active as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke Island (USI NC001S) between July 19-26th. Activity will be on CW, SSB, and possibly RTTY. He plans to be in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Please QSL direct for a fast QSL or via the Bureau. NA-067. Operators Keith/W4KAZ and Nathan/N4YDU will be active as W4O from Ocracoke Island between July 23-26th. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/ Single-Transmitter/Low-Power entry. Operations will be on 80-10 meters. QSL direct only to N4YDU. PACIFIC TOUR. Look for Ulli, DL1AH, to activate a couple of islands during/between September and November. Activity from the islands will be holiday style, and mostly SSB (some Digital) using 100 watts into a Triple Leg antenna for 40-10 meters. QSL only direct to his home callsign. His tentative schedule and islands are as follows: Rota Island -- Callsign NH0/DL2AH; between September 30th and October 16th; DXCC - Mariana Island and IOTA OC-086 Yap Island -- Callsign V63AH; between October 18th and November 10th; DXCC - Micronesia and IOTA OC-012 PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (July 13-19th).... Jul/13th HN Jul/16th AN Jul/18th AN Jul/14th HN Jul/17th AN Jul/19th DIS Jul/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 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 is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA. QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (July 10th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3B8HC via NI5DX (d) IA5/IZ4JMA via IZ4JMA PA70VERON via PA7HPH 5B/RW9QA via RW9QA IF9/I2ADN via I2ADN R2015AS via RV9WB 5B/UA3RF via UA3RF LA/DF8KF/P via DF8KF R2015PB via RA6X 5Q3X via OZ3ZW N2M via K2TD R2015SA via UA6XT 9A/S52DK via S52DK OE/DL1KMN/P via DL1KMN RA/NT2X via NT2X A65CB via DU1AZ (B/L) OH1/IK3GES via IK3GES TK/F1MZQ via F1MZQ CT8/DL2RVL/P via (d/B) OK/N6MUF via DJ0YI TM1BT via F4ELU E51RAT via NI5DX (d) OK/SP9MA/P via SP9MA VP2V/K6TOP via K6TOP (d/L) FS/W6IZT via N7XG OM/HA6NL via HA6NL VU2HBC via DL7BC HB0Y/PD5AX via PD5AX ON15BWP via ON3FU W1G via WO4L HL15UG via HL4CCM PA15TOUR via PI4UTR ZA/US2YW via US2YW (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only A35RK/A35A QSL INFO (Update). Paul Kidd, KK6H, reports to OPDX: "This is to let you know that my long-time QSL Manager, Bob Preston, W7TSQ, has retired from handling any further QSL requests for the following calls: A35RK, A35RK/P, A35A, A35HQ, 3D2RK, KK6H, KH6/KK6H, KH8/KK6H and ZL/KK6H. Confirmations for any of the above are now available on LoTW only. Bob has been my QSL Manager since 1994. He has mentored, encouraged, and cajoled me through a long, enjoyable, and successful DX adventure. He spent countless hours logging and answering about 80,000 QSL requests for me; he organized numerous contest and award submissions; he made several trips to Tonga and Fiji to bring me radios, antennas, and parts. Whatever paper I have on the wall, I owe to his efforts. Bob is a trouper, a really good guy, and an excellent friend and companion. Thanks, Bob. You're the best!" QSL MANAGER ANNOUNCED. Ron, AC7DX, announced that he will be the QSL Manager for CQ8Z during the IARU HF Contest. QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4Z4DX, 5Q2J, 5R8UI, 7Z1JA, 7Z1SJ, 9M2CNC, 9V1SV, 9V1YC, A65BP, C21EU, C5YK, CM2IR, CN8KD, CT9/DK4JM, D68C, F5IN, HI3LFE, HK1X, HP1RN, HS0ZIA, J68HZ, JA2PFO, JE6EKC/3, JT1CD, JW2US (EU-063), PU70FEB, PX2A, R2015C, RA3ZH, S56A, SM3EVR, SM3EVR, SP2AEK, SV2JAO, TY2CD, US1UX, VE3MIS, VP2MKV, VU2MUD, XE2CQ, YB4IR/9, Z81B, ZP6CW and ZV2K QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3G0ZC, 5J0B, 9M2SE (AS-046), 9N7FD, DS2GOO/4 (AS-084), DV1UD/P (OC-093), J79JA, KG4YL, KT5BSA (NA-066), PW0F, PW2C (SA-024), VP2ETE, YB5M (OC-262), YB8RW (OC-246) and ZV2VS (SA-028) * There was a typo in last week's bulletin. TI9/3Z9D should have been TI9/3Z9DX. QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4A2I, 4J0FR, 9A0HQ, AM03GHZ, CT8T, EI3KD, EI4HQ, EI5KV, EI7JK, EI9KC, EI0CAR, EI13CLAN, FH/FM5CD, FO5RH, FM/F5AHO, FP/F5KAQ, FR1GV, GM3YTS, HC2IOH, MU0GSY, ON1218KNH, PT2AP, PT2ADM, PT2GMA, PT2ON, PT2OP, PT2PPP, PT3AX, PV2M, PY3ACD, PY3BSG, PY3KV, TK4LS, TK5AE, TO10RR, XE2AA, XE2EX, ZW20AS, ZZ80CE, ZZ80ES, ZZ80MA, ZZ80MG, ZZ80PR, ZZ80RN, ZZ80RR and ZZ80SP S7, SEYCHELLES (Update/Change). Stan, EI6DX, will be active as S79OWZ from Mah? Island (AF-024) between July 16-30th (not 7-18th). Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. Equipment is a K3 transceiver with an ACOM 1000 amp into a CrankIR vertical with elevated radials installed on the beach. QSL via RX3RC, by the Bureau or direct. For more details and updates, watch: http://www.ei6dx.com V5, NAMIBIA. Operators Andy/DL5CW, Thomas/DL5LYM and Gerhard/DJ5IW are now active as V5/homecall from Namibia until July 15th. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via their home callsigns. Look for them to be active as V55HQ during the IARU HF World Championship (July 11-12th). QSL V55HQ via DL9NDS. VE690, CANADA. IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, will be active from VE6SV's Contest Station (with operators VE6SV, VE6SH, VE6RST and VE6LDX) using the special callsign VE690IARU during the IARU HF World Championship (July 11-12th)as a Multi-Single entry and providing the ?AC? multiplier. The somewhat unique callsign celebrates the 90th anniversary of the founding of the IARU in May, 1925. QSL by LoTW or direct via VE6SH. W, UNITED STATES. Milt, N5IA, will be active as W1AW/5 from New Mexico in the IARU HF World Championship (July 11-12th). Activity will be only on 160 meters utilizing the N5BG/NI5T station. He will operate both modes (CW/SSB), splitting up each hour into segments as the demand requires. Bill, K8TE, will be active as W1AW/5 and operate 10 meter CW, and 40 meter SSB when 10m is closed. He mentions that they will have six other stations who will keep W1AW/5 on-the-air for the entire event. XW, LAOS. Champ, E21EIC, is once again active as XW1IC from Laos between now and July 14th. QSL via OQRS or E21EIC. ZA, ALBANIA. Slava, US2YW, is now active as ZA/US2YW from Ksamil until July 16th. Activity will be holiday style 40-6 meters using CW and SSB. Most of his activity will be on meters using a TS-590 and Inverted Vee antenna. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, direct or OQRS. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Bill, W5SJ, will once again be active as ZF2EZ from Grand Cayman Island (NA-016, WLOTA LH-1042) between July 16-20th. Some operations will be from the "Cayman Amateur Radio Society" (ZF1A) club station and some from the QTH of Andrew/ZF1EJ's shack. Activity will be on the HF bands and 6 meters. QSL via W5JAY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015 IARU CONTEST. The 2015 International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) HF World Championship is this weekend between July 11th at 1200 UTC and July 12th 1200 UTC. The object of the contest is to contact other amateurs around the world, especially IARU officials and member-society HQ stations in as many ITU zones as possible. Look for activity on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters using CW and SSB. You will find detailed information at: http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-championship http://www.iaru.org/contests.html ADDED NOTE: A list of HQ multipliers has been posted on the Web at: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2651703/HQ2015.txt The following list is put together by Joe, OZ0J/5Q2T. Any corrections, please contact Joe (not OPDX) at: contest at oz0j.dk Callsign HQ Callsign HQ Callsign HQ Callsign HQ -------- ---- -------- ---- -------- ---- -------- ---- 4K7Z FRS E7HQ BH LY0HQ LRMD VE5RAC RAC 4L0HQ NARG EF4HQ URE LZ1US R1 VE690IARU AC 4O0S MARP EF8U URE LZ7HQ BFRA VK100ANZAC WIA 4O3A R1 EI0HQ IRTS NU1AW/7 IARU VP2M MARS 4V0HQ RCH EI3IO R1 OA4O RCP VP2V BVIRL 4X4ARC IARC EK0HQ FRRA OE0HQ OVSV VP9HQ RSB 5C8A ARRAM EL2BEN LRAA OH2HQ SRAL VR2HK HARTS 5Z4RS ARSK EM5HQ UARL OL5HQ CRC VU2GMN R3 7X2HQ ARA ER7HQ ARM OM8HQ SARA W1AW/5 ARRL 8N1HQ JARL ES9A ERAU OP0HQ UBA W6ROD AC 8N3HQ JARL ES9HQ ERAU OY1CT FRA XE1KK R2 8N4HQ JARL ET3AA EARS OZ1HQ EDR XE1LM FMRE 8N8HQ JARL EW5HQ BFRR OZ7IS/M R1 XR3HQ RCCH 9A0HQ HRS G3BJ AC P40HQ AARC XV4Y VARC 9K2RR R1 GR2HQ RSGB PA6HQ VERON XX9A ARM 9K9HQ KARS HB0HQ AFVL PJ2HQ VRONA YB0AZ R3 9M4DXX MARTS HB9FPM R1 PT2ADM R2 YE0HQ ORARI 9V9HQ SARTS HB9HQ USKA R3HQ SRR YL4HQ LRAL 9Y4HQ TTARS HG0HQ MRASZ S50HQ ZRS YR0HQ FRR 9Y4X R2 HK3LR LCRA SJ8HQ SSA YS0YS CRAS A25HQ BARS HL0HQ KARL SN0HQ PZK YS1MS R2 A71HQ QARS HL1AQQ R3 SU1SK ERASD YT0HQ SRS AT150HQ ARSI HP0HQ LPRA SX0HQ RAAG YV5AJ RCV B1HQ CRAC HQ2W RCH SX1RAAG RAAG YV5AM R2 B4HQ CRAC HQ50RCH RCH T40HQ FRC Z30HQ RSM B5HQ CRAC HS0AC RAST T70HQ ARRSM Z32TO R1 B7HQ CRAC HU0YS CRAS TC3HQ TRAC ZA1A AARA BV0HQ CTARL II0HQ ARI TF3IRA IRA ZF1A CARS C4HQ CARS JA1CJP R3 TG0AA CRAG ZL2AZ R3 C91HQ LREM JE1MUI R3 TG9AGD R2 ZL6A NZART CE3PG R2 JT1KAA MRSF TI0HQ RCCR ZL6HQ NZART CE3AA RCCH K0QB R2 TM0HQ REF ZP5AA RCP CR5HQ REP LA2RR AC TU2CI ARAI ZS4BS R1 CX1AA RCU LN2HQ NRRL UN1HQ KFRR ZS9HQ SARL DA0HQ DARC LU4AA/F RCA V55HQ NARL ZW0HQ LABRE DL9KCE R1 LU4AA/H RCA V8FEO BDARA DX0HQ PARA LX0HQ RL VE3YV R2 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Jul 24 09:59:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 09:59:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1224 Message-ID: <775533.85409.bm@smtp111.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1224 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1224 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1224 BID: $OPDX.1224 July 27, 2015 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Strongsville, OH Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, N3TG, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, CX3AL, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, Heather Parsons (RSGB Communications Manager), I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, JI3DST, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, and VHF-DX- Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. *** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late RSGB IOTA Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the RSGB IOTA Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 17th/July, through Friday, 24th/July there were 209 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CU, CX, D2, D6, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 9H, MALTA. Rene, DL2JRM, will be active as 9H3YY from Malta (EU-023) between November 13-16th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB, with 100 watts into a Vertical antenna. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. C6, BAHAMAS. John, N4YLC, will be active as N4YLC/C6A from Hooper's Bay on the Great Exuma Island (NA-001) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Unassisted entry. QSL via LoTW, direct or by the Bureau. CW, URUGUAY. Members of the "RADIO CLUB URUGUAYO" will be active as CW1R (ILLW Special Event Callsign) from Punta del Este Lighthouse (ARLHS URU 008, ILLW UY 0005, Grid Loc. GF25ma) during the upcoming Inter- national Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend between August 14-16th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes with at least two stations on the air. QSLs for this activity are via the Bureau or direct to: Radio Club Uruguayo, P.O.Box 37, 11000, Montevideo, URUGUAY, SOUTH AMERICA (w/SAE and 1 new IRC or 2 green stamps). D6, COMOROS. Ken, LA7GIA, will be active as D67GIA from Grande Comores Island (Ngazidja) [AF-007] between September 14-23rd. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Equipment will be a TS-480SAT with an Ameritron ALS 500m into a Mosley Mini 32 ASP (2 element beam 20/15/10m), Mosley TW 22 M (2 element beam 17/12m), Hygain AV640 and wire antennas (backup). QSL via LA7GIA direct ONLY (SAE + 3 USDs). Please note, NO IRC, NO Bureau QSL. Bureau QSL will not be answered. For updates, check: http://la7gia.com/d67gia-2/index.html E7, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (Special Event). Members of the Radio Club Nikola Tesla (E74BYZ) are currently active using the special callsign E7TESLA to celebrate Nikola Tesla's birthday (July 10, 1856) until August 10th. Activity is from Banja Luka. QSL direct via E77E or E7 QSL Bureau. Also via e-QSL. HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (Update/Reminder). Geoff, G8OFQ, is once again active as HC8/G8OFQ from Isabela Island (SA-004) until September 30th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using SSB only. He will also be active during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry using 100 watts into vertical antenna. Operating times: Weekdays 1200-1300 and 2100-0500 GMT; Weekends 1400-0300 GMT +/-. Geoff is there working as a volunteer for the Galapagos National Park at the Giant Tortoise Breeding Center (see pictures on QRZ.com) on Isabela Island. QSL via G8OFQ: Geoff Dobson, 9 Fitzpain Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 8RZ, United Kingdom. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-117. Kenji JA4GXS, will once again be active as JA4GXS/4 from Kasado Island (Yamaguchi Prefecture) between August 22-23rd. Activity will be on 40/20/17/15/6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via JA4GXS, direct or by the Bureau. AS-200. Takeshi "TAKE"/JI3DST(JS6RRR) will once again be active as JI3DST/5 from Shodo Island (in the Shikoku's Coastal Islands) between July 24-27th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FM. He will be in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). This operation is subject to change because of bad WX or other conditions. QSL JI3DST/5 via the Bureau or direct by ClubLog's OQRS. Please check QRZ.com for more details. For more details and updates, see: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/ji3dst EU-009. Dave, MM0EAX, will be active from the Orkney Islands (main island) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode/12-HRs entry. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or direct. EU-009. Steve, MM0SJH, will be active from the Orkney Islands (main island) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode/12-HRs entry. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or direct. EU-010. Members of the West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society will be active as GM4AGG/p from North Uist Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Mult-Op/Island/Low-Power entry. Operators mentioned are Ah/GM4TOQ, Ross/GM7WED, Eugene/G0VIQ, Campbell/2M0RRO and Craig/MM6YUJ. QSL via direct or RSGB Bureau. EU-014. Robert, S53R, will be active as TK/S53R from Corsica during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. Activity will only be during the first 12 hours with very limited antennas; 40/20/15m. QSL via his home callsign. EU-016. Operators Nicolo/IZ6TSA, Raffaele/IZ6CRK, Andrea/IK6VXO, Italo/IK6JNH and Salvatore/IK8UND will be active as 9A8DV from Drvenik Veli Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op entry. QSL via IK6VXO. EU-025. Vincenzo, IT9CHU, will be active from Sicily during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/CW-Mode/Assisted/ Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or the info on QRZ.com. EU-029. Erich, HS0ZLS/HB9FIH, will be active as OZ/HS0ZLS from Lolland Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single- Op/CW-Mode/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. EU-034. Igor, ES0IA, will be active from Kassaar Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode/ Low-Power/12-HRs entry. QSL via ES0IA by the Bureau. EU-067. Flavio, IW2NEF, will be active as SV8/IW2NEF from Naxos Island (GIOTA SAS-077, MIA MG-075) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power/12-HRs entry. Activity out- side of the contest will be holiday style on the HF bands. He usually will be using an Yaesu FT-857 into a fishing rod antenna at 10 meters. QSL via IK2DUW, direct or by the Bureau. EU-077. Operators Miguel/EC1DJ, Javier/EC1CSV, Vicente/EA1RD, Sergio/ EA1DZ, C?sar/EA1GHH, EA1CVP and Toni/EA3GWZ will be active as ED1W from Salvora Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via EC1CSV, direct or by the Bureau. EU-080. Members of the Batea Dx Group team will be active as ED1K from Ons Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/Island entry. Operators mentioned are Nacho/EA1ND, Juan/EA1NK, Pablo/EA1NL, Aki/EA1HV, Enrique/EA1AJV, Leo/EA1DGL, Alfredo/EA1FBU and Bernardo/EC1DD. QSL via EA1NK, direct or by the Bureau. QSL card via direct to: Juan J .Lamas, P.O.Box 531, 15780 Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Direct QSL requests via E-mail to: qsl at ea1nk.com Sending SASE and 2 USDs/IRC for postal rates will be appreciated. Paypal available. All other QSL cards will be sent via the Bureau unless requested via direct. EU-084. Rune, SM5BAX, will be active as SM0S from Ornoe Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via SM5BAX. EU-084. Mel, SM0MPV, will be active as SK0HS/0 (the H?sselby Strand's Sea Scout group's callign) from Blido Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/SSB-Mode/ Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or by the Bureau. EU-087. Adde, SM0SHG, will be active as SB3X from Klosan Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/DXpedition entry. Activity outside of the contest will be holiday style on the HF bands. Equipment used will be an Elecraft KX3, Expert 1K-FA (running about 4-500w) and vertical from Lannabo Radio (5-band). QSL via LoTW. Adde states, "If you want a QSL from EU-087, please use Clublog's Online QSL Request Service. Direct QSLs are 2.00 USDs and will be sent as soon as possible. QSLs via the Bureau are free and will be sent out when time permits. EU-099. Alain, F5JTV, F6KOP's President, reports, "The Jersey Coast Guards has cancelled the permission given to the KOP team, F6KOP, to go for the IOTA contest to the Minquiers Archipelago, EU-099. Sorry but without an alternative plan, we will stay at home." EU-110. Operators Boris/S53BB, Goran/S55OO, Boris/S53CC and Marko/S50P will be active as 9A/S50C from Levan Island (CI-186) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op entry. QSL via S50C. LAST MINUTE NEWS: "canceled due to the weather forcast". EU-136. Janez, S53V, will be active as 9A8CV from Krk Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via eQSL. EU-169. (Update) Alfredo, IK7JWX, and a team of operators will go on their third Italian IOTA DXpedition. Their next operation will be to Sazan Island (M.I.A. MA-01, ARLHS ALB-04 + 19 + 20, ILLW L-028, WW Loc JN90PM) and they will be active as ZA0I between September 2-9th. Activity will be on all bands including 30/17/12/6m using CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY. This will also be an all time new one for the WFF award - ZAFF-010: "Karaburun-Sazan" proclaimed in 2010, is the only national marine park of Albania. QSL Manager for Italy is IK7JWX; for the world is IK2DUW. Look for updates and other details on QRZ.com. EU-170. Operators Alex/OK1RS and Ondrej/OK1CDJ will be active as 9A/OK1RS from Pag Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as Multi-Op/Low-Power entry. They will use wire antennas. QSL via OK1RS. EU-170. Ivo, 9A1AA, will be active as 9A1AA/p from Pag Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as Single-Op/Mix-Mode/ IOTA/Assisted/Low-Power/12-Hrs entry. QSL via LoTW or by he Bureau. EU-179. A Ukraine team (members of UCC) consisting of Leonid/UT2II, Yaroslav/UR7CQ and Valery/UT7CR will be going on radio expedi- tion to the Island of Berezan in the Black Sea to participate in the RSGB IOTA Contest between July 24-26th. They will be active in the competition using the callsign UZ2I/p. Before and after the IOTA contest, operators will be active on HF and VHF, CW, SSB and FM using their personal callsigns: UT2II/p, UR7CQ/p and UT7CR/p. Island of Berezan reference numbers: WW.Loc KN56QO, according to the program "Islands of Ukraine" UIA BS-002, URDA NI-07, "Lighthouses of Ukraine" ULA-009, LH ARLHS UKR-035. The island is part of the historical and archaeological reserve "Olivia" of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. NA-026. Operators Mike/N2GC and Leo/KD2FIX will be active as N2GC from Long Island, NY, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to N2GC. NA-036. Gabor, VE7JH, will be active from the VE7UF's contest station on Vancouver Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/CW-Mode/24-HRs entry. QSL via VE7JH. NA-046. Howard "Howie", K1VSJ, will once again be active from Martha's Vineyard during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Mixed-Mode/Low-Power entry. QSL via his home call- sign, direct or by the Bureau. NA-083. Jeff, N3JS, will be active as K4P from Chincoteague Island (USI VA002S) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Island/12-HRs entry. K4P will be active between July 23rd and August 1st, in honor of Chincoteague's 90th Annual Pony Swim. Activity during the contest will primarily be on 40, 20, and 15 meters SSB. Before and after the RSGB IOTA Contest, K4P will also be active on PSK31, JT65/JT9, and possibly CW, on 80, 40, 30, 20, and 15 meters. QSL via N3JS. NA-169. Waadah Island will (hopefully) be operated from during the RSGB IOTA Contest as W7T. This Waadah Island DXpedition is subject to obtaining permission from the Makah Nation Tribal Counsel. Operators Darryl/WW7D and Yuri/N3QQ will attempt to land on Waadah Island and operate in the IOTA Contest and maybe slightly beyond. They state, "Our schedule is tight: The Counsel meeting is at 1:30PM and the contest starts at 5 PM PDT Friday, July 24, 2015. We will request permission in person in Neah Bay. If permission is not granted we may go home or participate in the contest from NA-065, weather permitting. For Contest QSOs no QSL is required, simply E-mail your log to: iota.logs at rsgbcc.org For after the contest QSOs or WARC bands contacts, QSL via N7RO." OC-139. Rob, VK4AAC, will once again be active as VK4AAC/5 from Kangaroo Island (WLOTA 0869) between now and August 25th. Activity will be on 40/20 meters SSB. Rob will be using a dipole and 100w for all HF bands. Also, look for him to be in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Rob will also try to activate Flinders Chase National Park (WWFF VKFF-173), Dudley CP (VKFF- 809), Kelly Hill CP (VKFF-810) and Vivonne Bay CP (VKFF-811). QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct (see QRZ.com) OC-150. Adi, YB9GV, will be active from Lombok Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (10m)/ QRP entry. QSL via eQSL. OC-177. Budi, YF1AR, will once again be active as YF1AR/0 from Payung Besar Island, Seribu Islands, and lighthouse (ARLHS IDO-236) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band/SSB-Mode entry. He plans to operate with a 43 ft. vertical antenna on top of the lighthouse (40m ASL) with FT 450D with 100w. For 75m the time to look for him is 1100-1300 UTC sunset and 2100-2300 UTC sunrise. QSL via N2OO or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://www.yf1ar.com/2015/07/yf1ar0-ido-236-oc-177-payung-besar.html OC-186. Imam, YB4IR, is now active as YB4IR/2 from Karimunjawa Island until July 30th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS, by his home callsign direct or by the Bureau. OC-186. Operators Agus/YB2TX, Bobby/YC2SBG, Bobby/YB2BBY, Jon/YB2ECG and Udi/YC2PQW will be active as YE2C during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/Island entry. QSL via direct to YE2C. For more info on the YE2C station, see: http://ye2c.wordpress.com OC-262. Imam, YB4IR, will be active as YB4IR/p from Tikus Island in August (dates not listed yet). Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS, by his home callsign direct or by the Bureau. SA-055. Members of the Radio Club Argentino will activate the special callsign LU4AA/D from the Argentine exclave Martin Garcia Island (ILLW AR 022, WW Loc. GF05VT) in Uruguayan waters (part of the La Plata in Buenos Aires Province) between August 13-18th. Operators mentioned are Francisco/LU1AET, Martin/LU1AMH, Fernando/LU1ARG, Carlos LU1BCE, Fernando/LU2BPM, Nico/LW3DN and Juan/LU8ARI. The team plans to participate in the Inter- national Lighthouse Weekend and the SARTG WW RTTY Contest. Activity will be on 80-10 meters, as well as 6m/2m/70cm, and using CW, SSB, Satellites, SSTV and the Digital modes. QSL by the Bureau or via LU4AA direct. For more details and update, see the Web page at: http://www.lu4aa.org KH6, HAWAII. Tim, N3QE, will be active as N3QE/KH6 from Kaua'i (OC-019) between July 28th and August 5th. Activity will be holiday style with a focus on the North American CW QSO Party (August 1-2nd). QSL via LoTW. NH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Koji, JL3RDC, will once again be active as NH0DX from Saipan during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Band or High-Power entry. QSL via JL3RDC direct ONLY (no Bureau). NH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Operators Toshiaki/JR2UYE, Miho/JJ2VLY and Yutaka/ JQ2GYU will be active as NH0J from the commemorative J-Tinian Radio Space Club station on Tinian Island (OC-086) between August 8-13th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JJ2VLY direct or LoTW. Log is expected to be uploaded to ClubLog during their activity. Look for possible updates at: http://jq2gyu.blogspot.jp OY, FAROE ISLANDS. Rene, DL2JRM, Rene, will be active as OY/DL2JRM from the Faroe Islands (EU-018) between August 7-10th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using mostly CW. QSL via DL2JRM, by the Bureau or direct. PJ4, BONAIRE. Operators John/K4BAI, Jeff/KU8E and Randy/W8FN will be active as PJ4A from the "PJ4G Radio House" on Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA LH-1279) during CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single entry. The team will be on the island between November 25th and December 1st. Outside the contest operators will be active as PJ4/homecall. QSL PJ4A, PJ4/K4BAI and PJ4/KU8E via K4BAI. QSL all others via their home callsigns. Check out the "PJ4G Radio House" at: http://www.pj4g.com PROJECT DX15 (Press Release - RSGB Young Members' DXpedition to Wales) [edited]. -- The Radio Society of Great Britain's Youth Committee is running a Kenwood-sponsored Youth DXpedition next week, from July 23-30th. They will be active as MC0RYC from the Brecon Beacons in Wales on all bands HF through VHF, including satellite operations. This is the first RSGB young person?s DXpedition and, throughout the week, they will be taking part in an array of activities including operating SOTA summits Pen-y-fan (SOTA reference GW/SW-001) & Waun-Fach (SOTA reference GW/SW-002). Dependent on the weather, SOTA activations will be taking place on the following dates and times: Saturday, July 25th ? afternoon Sunday, July 26th ? afternoon Tuesday, July 28th ? noon UTC Wednesday, July 29th ? noon UTC As well as having fun, the young Members will learn to be competent and confident radio amateurs through a range of other activities including ARDF, antenna-building workshops and encouraging good radio operation. You can support them by: * Following their progress on Twitter @theRSGByouth * Working the first RSGB Youth DXpedition in the UK ? they will keep you updated on frequencies via Twitter and the DX spots * Listening for the call sign MC0RYC during the IOTA Contest over the weekend July 25-26th. Please work the young team if you can, so they can experience the full flow of a big contest. A special QSL card will be available for those who wish to receive one, both direct and via the Bureau. The team is keen to encourage responsible QSLing and OQRS will be available via Club Log. DX15 has been made possible by generous sponsorship from Kenwood as principal sponsor and other prime sponsors SOTA, the RCF and the RSGB Legacy Fund. They have a dedicated email address set up for the DXpedition if you have any questions or would like to set up a sked: m0ryc at rsgb.org.uk PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (July 27th- August 2nd).... Jul/27th AN Jul/30th AN Aug/01st AN Jul/28th AN Jul/31st HN Aug/02nd AN Jul/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 is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA. QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (July 24th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3Z0RKG via SP6FRF MM/F5BLC/P via F5BLC SV8/OK5MM via OK2JS 4L/DL7ZM via DL7ZM OU4ZZ via DL4ZZ SV9/G4DJX via G4DJX 5P7DJ via DK4DJ OZ/DF2SD via DF2SD SW9AA via LZ1PM A93JA via KE5JA P29LL via EA7FTR (d) T6EU via AK4JK (d) CT7/M0GAV via M0GAV R2015PN via R6DG TI9/RA9USU via RA9USU EA6/OO4O via ON4APU R2015SV via RM8Y VE1/DJ8QP via DJ8QP JW/RD1AL via RD1AL RI1PT via R7AA YP1000LEANY via YO6KNE KP2/VA3ROX via VE3OP S79EA via JE1CKA YP90IARU via YO3KAA KP2/VE3OP via VE3OP SK5CG via SM0BYD ZW8K via PS8HF LZ100AJ via LZ1KSP SN82LOT via SP1PMY MC0RYC via M0RYC SP/ES2TT/P via ES2TT (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only DON'T WASTE YOUR QSLS!! It has been brought to OPDX attention that QSLs sent via the 4th Area QSL Bureau to Carl, WC4H, do not get answered. He will only accept requests with SASE with sufficient postage, etc. His Web page on QRZ.com confirms he wants no (zero) cards via the Bureau. The 4th Area QSL Bureau Manager informs that he get 15-20 cards each and every month for Carl, and has finally given up trying to get him to take the QSLs. He won't even send any envelopes to the Bureau for his callsign. The Bureau Manager states that he is even seeing 2nd and 3rd requests sent to Carl, so don't waste your QSLs. QSL Manager for K2B (Virginia) in the recent 13 Colonies event is via Nick, KK4ODQ. QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4Z5MU, HB9CVQ, S79HN, and ZF2BH QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: JT1CO, PJ4NX, PQ0T, TT8CY, VO1BHK/HC8, YB8RW/p and YB8RW/3 QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4K9W, 5H3EE, 5V7BD, 5W0UU, DL7DF/6W, 6Y6N, B3/DL8UI, BW3/DJ3KR, CT9/DJ0IF, CT9/DL3KWR, DL2014DKT, DQ70ELBE, DR50RRDXA, EA8/DJ9BN, HB0/DL5YM, J6/DL7VOG, J78GU, RD0L, SW3JH, T30D, TC2BC, V5/DK1CE, V5/DL3DXX, V55V, YB9/DL7UVO and ZL2IO TI9, COCOS ISLAND. Dima, RA9USU, is now active as TI9/RA9USU from Cocos Island, since early last week and will be there for only a few more days (possibly July 25th or later). This is not a DXpedition and Jorge, TI2HMJ, is there with him. Both operators are there helping island staff update/ renew vital communications so activity is dependent on free time. Dima is mainly the operator on the air using mostly CW. Jorge has been on the air, but very little and operating SSB. As this was being written/updates, activity has been on 40/30/20 meters. QSL TI9/RA9USU via UA3DX. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Henning, OZ1BII, will once again be active as ZF2EE from George Town, Cayman Islands (NA-016), between August 7-9th. 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 Worked All European DX CW Contest as Single-Op/All- Band/Low-power entry from the ZF1A clubstation. He plans to work non-EU stations before and after the contest. QSL via OZ1BII, by the Bureau or LoTW. For more details and updates, visit: http://www.oz1bii.dk -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th, 2015) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2015 RSGB IOTA 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/iota2015.html (By Callsign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iotad2015.html (By DXCC Entity) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iotai2015.html (By IOTA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC IOTA Island QSL Route-(B)Bureau/(C)ClubLog/ Callsign Entity (e)eQSL/(L)LoTW/(d)direct ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5P2I/p Denmark EU-172 Endelave LoTW; QSL via OZ1BII (B) 9A/DK3QZ Croatia EU-170 Kaprije 9A/OK1RS Croatia EU-170 Pag OK1RS 9A/OM2FY Croatia EU-136 Rab OM2FY 9A/OM5AW Croatia EU-136 Cres OM2FY 9A/S50C (Cancelled) Croatia EU-110 Levan S50C 9A1AA/p Croatia EU-170 Pag (L/B) 9A8CV Croatia EU-136 Krk (e) 9A8DV Croatia EU-016 Drvenik Veli IK6VXO 9A8RR Croatia EU-016 Vis OM2VL 9A8ZRS Croatia EU-090 Palagruza Vela S57L (B/d) A92AA Bahrain AS-002 Bahrain A92AA B7/BA4TB China AS-094 Hainan BA4TB BD3QW China AS-134 Yuetou BD3QW BD3QZ China AS-134 Yuetou BD3QZ BO0K Taiwan AS-102 Kinmen BO0K BV9A Taiwan AS-103 Penghu BV2KI BV0TW Taiwan AS-020 Taiwan BU2BF CE7KF Chile SA-018 Chiloe CE7KF CR2W Azores EU-175 Graciosa LoTW; QSL via HB9CRV (B) CR5CW Portugal EU-145 Culatra CT7ACG DA0T/p Germany EU-129 Usedom DL7AT; QSL via (DARC-B/d) DG8HJ/p Germany EU-128 Fehmarn DG8HJ; QSL via (DARC-B/d) DH0JAE/p Germany EU-129 Usedom DH0JAE; QSL via (C) DK3T/p Germany EU-042 Amrum DG1LS/p Germany EU-042 Hooge Home Callsign DL0SX/p Germany EU-042 Hooge Home Callsign DN2SX/p Germany EU-042 Hooge Home Callsign DN7OMB/p Germany EU-042 Hooge Home Callsign DO7OMB/p Germany EU-042 Hooge Home Callsign DL5KUD Germany EU-057 Ruegen DL5KUD (B) DL0KWH/p Germany EU-129 Usedom DL0KWH (B) DR0F Germany EU-127 Neuwerk DM4DL; QSL via (DARC-B/d) E27EK/p Thailand AS-107 Samet E27EK E50A South Cook Islands OC-013 Rarotonga E50A (d) EA6/OO4O Balearic Islands EU-004 Majorca LoTW; QSL via OO4O (B) ED1K Spain EU-080 Ons EA1NK ED1M Spain EU-142 Mouro EA1DR ED1W Spain EU-077 Salvora EC1CSV ES8/YL1ZX Estonia EU-178 Kihnu YL1ZX ES0IA Estonia EU-034 Kassaar ES0IA ES0U Estonia EU-034 Muhu ES2DJ (B) F/G4BJM/p France EU-064 Noirmoutier F6KOP (Cancelled) France EU-099 Maitresse F6KOP; QSL via (B/OQRS/d) FP/N7QT St Pierre & Miquelon NA-032 Miquelon LoTW; QSL via N7QT (B/d) FY/F5UII French Guiana SA-020 Royal F5UII; QSL via (B/d) G4ALE/p England EU-120 Isle of Wight G4ALE G5XV England EU-120 Isle of Wight M0OXO G6LD England EU-120 Lindisfarne G6LD G7O England EU-120 Isle of Wight GW3SQX GI5O Northern Ireland EU-122 Rathlin GI5O (B); QSL via M5KJM GJ2A Jersey EU-013 Jersey ON8ZL GJ6YB Jersey EU-013 Jersey G3SWH; QSL via (B/d) GM1J Scotland EU-092 Tanera Mor MM0BQI GM2T Scotland EU-008 Tiree LoTW GM4AGG/p Scotland EU-010 North Uist GM4AGG (B) GM4S Scotland EU-012 Papa Stour LoTW; QSL via G3TXF GM5TO Scotland EU-123 Arran G3PHO GM7A Scotland EU-008 Gigha GM7AAJ; QSL via (RSGB B/d) GM7V Scotland EU-010 Benbecula LoTW; QSL via N3SL GM9N Scotland EU-123 Great Cumbrae LoTW; QSL via GM6NX GM0LVI/p Scotland EU-092 Tanera Mor LoTW; QSL via GM0LVI (B/d) GU9V Guernsey EU-114 Jersey ClubLog GW8K Wales EU-124 Holy MW0DHF H76W Nicaragua NA-212 Farallones de Coseguina KD4POJ HC8/G8OFQ Galapagos SA-004 Isabela G8OFQ (d) IA5/IV3LZQ Italy EU-028 Elba IV3LZQ (d) IC8/DL3NCI Italy EU-031 Capri IC8/IK8TEO Italy EU-031 Capri IK8TEO; QSL via (B/d) IC8FBU Italy EU-031 Capri IC8FBU (B) IF9/IT9BXR Italy EU-054 Favignana IT9BXR IH9YMC African Italy AF-018 Pantelleria (e) IJ7V Italy EU-073 San Pietro IK7IMO IQ3ME/p Italy EU-131 Lido IQ3ME (B) IM0/I0PNM Italy EU-165 San Pietro I0PNM (d) IS0/OM2TW Sardinia EU-024 Sardinia OM2FY IT9MUO Italy EU-025 Sicily LoTW IT9CHU Italy EU-025 Sicily LoTW; QSL via IT9CHU (d) IT9RZU Italy EU-025 Sicily LoTW; QSL via IT9RZU (d/B) IV3CTT/p Italy EU-130 Santa Maria di Barbana IV3CTT (B) J49G Crete EU-187 Crisi LoTW; QSL via SV9GPV JI3DST/5 Japan AS-200 Shodo JI3DST; QSL via (d/B) K1VSJ USA NA-046 Martha's Vineyard K1VSJ; QSL via (B/d) K4P USA NA-083 Chincoteague N3JS K5KUA/5 USA NA-143 Galveston K5KUA; QSL via (B/d) KP3Z Puerto Rico NA-099 Puerto Rico N4AO LA4C Norway EU-055 Utsira LA4C LA7XK Norway EU-061 Spjaeroy LA7XK LZ0I Bulgaria EU-181 Sveti Ivan LZ1BJ MM3T Scotland EU-123 Bute MM3T MM8C Scotland EU-059 Hirta G4DFI MM0EAX Scotland EU-009 Mainland LoTW; QSL via MM0EAX (d/e) MM0SJH Scotland EU-009 Mainland LoTW; QSL via MM0SJH (d/e) MM0TFU/p Scotland EU-123 Isle of Arran LoTW; QSL via MM0TFU (d) N2GC USA NA-026 Long LoTW N4YLC/C6A Bahamas NA-001 Great Exuma LoTW OG5A Finland EU-140 Nuokot OH5AD; QSL via (B/d) OH1TD Finland EU-096 Korpo LoTW; QSL via OH1TD OH5TS Finland EU-140 Kuorsalo OH5TS OZ/DO6EBB Denmark EU-125 Fano DO6EBB OZ/DL2JRM Denmark EU-172 Hjarno DL2JRM OZ/DL5CW Denmark EU-172 Hjarno DL5CW OZ/DL8MF Denmark EU-172 Samso DL8MF; QSL via (B/d) OZ/HS0ZLS Denmark EU-029 Lolland LoTW OZ/ON7JA Denmark EU-172 Fyn ON7JA OZ4CG Denmark EU-030 Bornholm LoTW OZ8A Denmark EU-029 Raagoe OZ8A (B) OZ9IC Denmark EU-125 Romo DH1FY; QSL via (B/d) OZ0FR Denmark EU-029 Mon DL2VFR PA/OQ4T Netherlands EU-146 Schouwen Duiveland LoTW; QSL via ON4TO (B) PA5TT Netherlands EU-146 Schouwen Duiveland PA5TT PP5VX Brazil SA-027 Sao Francisco LoTW; QSL via PP5VX (B/d) PX8K Brazil SA-042 Caviana de Fora PY8WW OQRS PW2G Brazil SA-071 Ilha dos Gatos LoTW; QSL via PY2LCD (B/d) R3RRC/0 Russia (Asia) AS-082 Brusneva ClubLog RA0FF Russia (Asia) AS-018 Sakhalin RA0FF RI1PC Russia (Europe) EU-160 Chaichiy ClubLog RI0NZ Russia (Asia) AS-066 Popova UA0LCZ; QSL via (B/d) S53V Croatia EU-136 Krk eQSL SB3X Sweden EU-087 Klosan LoTW SD7B Sweden EU-138 Flakskar LoTW; QSL via ClubLog SF2X/p Sweden EU-135 Ledskar SM5EFX; QSL via (B/d) SK0HS/0 Sweden EU-084 Blido (L/B) SM5CKV/p Sweden EU-177 Harstena LoTW SM0S Sweden EU-084 Ornoe LoTW SN1D Poland EU-132 Wolin SN0RX Poland EU-132 Wolin SV5/ON4BCV/p Dodecanese EU-001 Karpathos ON4BCV; QSL via (B/d) SV5/RD1AP Dodecanese EU-001 Rhodes RD1AP; QSL via OH2FUW SV8/IW2NEF Greece EU-067 Naxos IK2DUW SV8/SV1EJD Greece EU-067 Syros SV1EJD SV9/G4DJX Crete EU-015 Crete LoTW TK/S53R Corsica EU-014 Corsica S53R TM15YEU France EU-064 Yeu LoTW; QSL via F4FVI (B/d) UZ2I/p Ukraine EU-179 Berezan UT2II VA2SG Canada NA-128 Ile aux Coudres VA2SG VE7JH Canada NA-036 Vancouver VE7JH VK4AAC/5 Australia OC-139 Kangaroo VK4AAC VY2TT Canada NA-029 Prince Edward K6LA W2IY USA NA-055 Mount Desert W2IY; QSL via (B/d) W4O USA NA-067 Ocracoke WB8YJF/4 USA NA-067 Ocracoke WB8JYF XM2I Canada NA-128 Ile aux Grues LoTW; QSL via VE2CQ XR1T Chile SA-069 Santa Maria CE3OP YB4IR/2 Indonesia OC-186 Karimunjawa YB9GV Indonesia OC-150 Lombok eQSL YC8ROP Indonesia OC-210 Sangihe LoTW YE2C Indonesia OC-186 Karimunjawa YE2C (d) YE3IOTA Indonesia OC-237 Sempu YB3MM; 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