From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Jun 7 13:00:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2015 13:00:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1217 Message-ID: <395289.96431.bm@smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1217 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1217 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1217 BID: $OPDX.1217 June 8, 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, KI1U, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K5GS, AA6RE, N7QT, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, WD9EWK, N0TG, 7K4QOK, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F5PFP, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G1VDP, I1JQJ/ IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OH2BN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PT7WA, 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, 31st/May, through Sunday, 7th/June there were 227 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, 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, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2, T32, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9L, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XW, YA, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 4W, TIMOR-LESTE. Operators James/9V1YC and Wilbert/PE7T are now active as 4W/N1YC and 4W/PE7T, respectively, from Timor-Leste until June 16th. "QRZ DX" reports that activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL 4W/N1YC via W5UE. QSL 4W/PE7T via the PA Bureau (No direct cards please). Both will also upload their logs to LoTW. 8Q, MALDIVES. Just a reminder that Nobby, G0VJG, is once again active as 8Q7CQ until June 18th. His last activity was limited because Nobby was on his honeymoon with his wife Maxine. Operations this time will be on the Island of Meedhupparoo (AS-013). Activity will be on the HF band but with a serious effort on 6 meters. Modes will be SSB with some PSK31. His equipment will be a FT-897 with a 400 watt amp into a small 6m beam, DK9SQ vertical loop for the HF bands and possibly a 3 element tribander. QSL via Owen, G4DFI, direct or by the Bureau. Visit Nobby's Web page at: http://g0vjg.piczo.com/?cr=5 C6, BAHAMAS. Operators Ned/AA7A (C6ANS), Kenny/K2KW (C6ATA), Jim/W4KXY (C6AKX) and Larry/WO7R (C6AWO) will be active from Eleuthera Island (NA-001, WW Loc. FL15wc) between June 7-15th. Activity will be on 6m, 2m, 70cm, 432 MHz and some HF bands. Their main focus will be on 2m EME and the ARRL June VHF Contest (June 13-15th) using the callsign C6ATA. QSL C6ANS via AA7A. QSL C6ATA via WA4WTG. QSL C6AKX via W4KXY. QSL C6AWO via WO7R. CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND. Operators Randy/N0TG and Murray/WA4DAN will co-lead a DXpedition to St. Paul Island (CY9) sometime in July 2016 (possibly July 5-13th). Their permit for CY9-land is granted only during July and August. Exact dates are yet to be determined. Operators mentioned are Randy/N0TG, Murray/WA4DAN, Aaron/VA1AXC, Will/AA4NC, Jay/K4ZLE, Wayne/K8LEE and possibly two other operators. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and possibly RTTY. Questions/comments can be sent via E-mail to N0TG (see QRZ.com). For more details and updates, see: http://www.CY9dxpedition.com D4, CAPE VERDE. Operators Massimo/IZ4DPV, Luca/IK2NCJ and Andrea/HB9DUR will be active as D4C from Sao Vicente Island (AF-086) between June 15-22nd. QSL via IZ4DPV, direct or by the Bureau. E5, NORTH COOK ISLANDS (Update). Operators Rob/N7QT and YL Melanie/N7BX will be be active as E51MQT from Manihiki Atoll (OC-014) between September 27th and October 29th. Activity has been updated to 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY, with a K3/KPA500 and a CrankIR vertical on the beach. QSL available using LoTW, direct with SASE (IRC or 2 USDs for inter- national), or by the Bureau. ADDED NOTE: A third operator has also expressed interest in joining them for the first two weeks, so there might be 3 operators and two stations operational for the first two weeks, and two operators for the remaining two weeks. We are holding the name/callsign of the third operator until we can confirm it from him. E6, NIUE. Peter, ZL2HM, will be active as E6AB from Cliff Top Fales, Namukulu, Niue Island, between June 24th and July 2nd. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters, possibly 6m, using SSB only. QSL via ZL2HM direct only. EP6T DVD SOON TO BE AVAILABLE. A preview of the EP6T DXpedition to Kish Island DVD is now available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-dsoyKolKc The preview states to order the DVD go to , but as of June 7th we could not find it on the Web page..... EP, IRAN (Update). Reports indicate that operators Mohammad/EP3MIR, Mohammad/EP2LMA and Saeed/EP2LSH (from newly formed Alborz Radio Club) are planning an early in the morning June 7th (until late in the afternoon), Iranian DXpedition using the callsign EP2C. Activity will be their first attempt in a field day style operation to learn skills and pile-up manage- ment. Look for them on 20m using homebrew antennas. Please be patient and help them discover our wonderful hobby. QSL Manager is ON4AMX. FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON (Update). Ariel, NY4G, will be active as FP/NY4G from St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands (NA-032) between July 15-23rd. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using CW and RTTY. For suggested fre- quencies, see the Web page below. QSL via LoTW or direct to NY4G or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://www.fp-ny4g2015.com FT5ZM DVD NOW AVAILABLE. It's HERE! The FT5ZM Amsterdam Island DXpedition DVD! This is the 2013-2014 DXpedition of the Year! This was a truly inter- national DXpedition with 14 operators from eight different countries. A seven-week adventure culminating in an amazing 140,000 QSOs from the middle of the southern Indian Ocean. It was a long way from anywhere----the nearest ham population center was Japan at 6,000 miles away. Europe was 7,000 miles from them and the closest North American station was 11,000 miles. Every contact was DX! The team challenged the Indian Ocean on the 128 ft. Braveheart, a veteran of many DXpeditions in the inhospitable Southern Ocean. It was nine days each way and the team suffered mightily during the period of rough seas and the feeling of total isolation from the rest of the world. The French scientific team on Amsterdam was a terrific host, and they were well fed and hydrated. They limited them to travel only during daylight hours due to the terrain and animals, so they adopted 12 and 24 hour radio shifts -- the days and nights were long indeed. Still, the team pulled together and with true international cooperation got the job done with more QSOs than anyone would ever expect. The whole story is covered in the DVD up to and including the surprise ending. This DVD details a great DX adventure, shows the dedication of 14 diverse hams, the Braveheart crew and the members of the French scientific contingent. All-in all -- this is one of the GREAT ones! You can own this video to your DVD collection by going to: http://www.k4uee.com/dvd FY, FRENCH GUYANA. Christian, F5UII, will once again be active as FY/F5UII from the radio club station FY5KE in Kourou City between June 8-12th. 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. 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 GJ15, JERSEY (Special Event). Members of the Jersey Amateur Radio Society will be active as GJ15IG between June 26th and July 3rd. Activity of this special event station is in support of the "XVI Island Games" held in Jersey in 2015. The Island Games are an international multi-sport event which, this year, involves 24 islands and 3000 athletes, competing in 14 sports. The log will be uploaded to ClubLog regularly and to LoTW at the end of the operation. Please use ClubLog OQRS if you need of a 'Bureau' or 'Direct' QSL card. DO NOT send your card via the Bureau. It's not needed, thanks. IOTA NEWS.............. AF-019. Emilio, IZ1GAR, will be active as IH9/IZ1GAR from Pantelleria Island (IIA TP-001, WLOTA 0041) at the end of November. In the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th), Emilio will be active as IH9R and as a Single-Op/Single Band (80m)/High- Power entry. Pantelleria counts as Multiplier Zone 33 Africa Italy for the CQWW DX rule (islands are located over the African continent platform). QSL via IZ1GAR, direct or by the Bureau. AF-064. Operators Ashley/ZS1ASH, Grant/ZS1GS, YL Mari/ZS1MW and YL Elizabeth/ZS1XS will be active as ZS1FUN from Dassen Island during the weekend of August 15-16th. Operators state, "We expect bad weather, but only dangerous sea conditions will prevent us from reaching the island." Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL direct via E-mail: zs1fun.sa[at]gmail.com AS-082. Operators Eugene/RZ3EC, Sergey/RA3NAN, Gen/R3BY, Maxim/RU5D, Igor/UA3EDQ and Zoli/HA1AG will be active as R3RRC/0 from the rare Brusneva Island (New! RR-08-11, RDA YA-11, New! RLHA RLA-033 and NEW! ARLHS and WLOTA) between July 24-29th. Oper- ations will also include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via RZ3EC or the OQRS on Clublog after the operation. For more details, see: http://www.as082.org EU-028. Stefano, IV3LZQ, will be active as IA5/IV3LZQ from Elba Island, Tuscany Archiplelago, Italy, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/CW-Mode/Low-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign direct only (see QRZ.com). EU-030. Operators Ralph/DL9MWG and Manfred/DL3VJG will be active as OZ/homecalls from Bornholm Island (OZI/DIA BO-001, WLOTA 2203) between July 4-11th. Activity will be on the HF bands on, or near, the IOTA frequencies, using CW and SSB, possibly some Digital modes. QSL via their home callsigns, by the Bureau or direct. EU-067. Flavio, IW2NEF, will be active as SV8/IW2NEF from Naxos Island (GIOTA SAS-077, MIA MG-075) between July 25th and August 6th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands and an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). He will be using an Yaesu FT-857 into a fishing rod antenna at 10 meters. QSL via IK2DUW, direct or by the Bureau. EU-088. Lars, OZ1IVA, will be active as OZ1IVA/p from Laeso Island (OZI/DIA NK-003, WLOTA 2820, WWFF OZFF-0001) between June 21-27th. Activity will be sporadic (mostly daytime/afternoons) mainly on 40/20 meters CW. Suggested frequencies are 7039 and 14039 kHz (+/-). He will be using a K1 into a vertical antenna. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau is preferred. EU-124. (MC0SHL UPDATE/Press Release) [edited] -- We would like to announce that we are currently in the final planning stages of our regular trip to Ramsey Island - IOTA EU-124. This year we are going to try to have 3 stations on air full time as we are only there for 3 nights. Arrival on the island willbe Friday, June 19th. Departure from the island is Monday, June 22nd. We will be using 3 of the new "Hexpedition" hexbeams built by Ant, one will be directed to the West to allow us to work as many stations in the USA as possible as we seem to be lacking contacts from there each year. There may be some Digital mode operating and again we will be looking on 6m to work as many as possible on there too. Team members this year include a new addition of Vinny, M0TAV, who we welcome into the fold as a guest operator. Vinny is the antenna erector here in the midlands and has experience of oper- ating from around the world when he was working on cruise ships and from his time in Thailand. The full team this year is: Rob/MW0RLJ, Ant/MW0JZE, Tim/M0URX, Charles/M0OXO, Tony/G4LDL, Chris/G1VDP, Vinny/M0TAV, Jane (Rob's wife and the chief chef and the one who keeps us in check), Laura/MW6INK (Ant's wife and Janes right hand and will also be taking to the air) and Glenys/G8KWD (Tony's wife and Janes left hand). The girls are in charge as usual and I am sure will keep us all in our place. Usual DX Code of conduct rules will be adhered to (FULL CALL ONLY) and the regular QSL route via M0URX. Please do not send your card to us via the bureau as we do not need your card, but use Tim's on line request service to get your card sent this way free of charge - or request direct and donate a couple of dollars to assist with our costs. There may be some operating the days before and after from the farm as we all assemble and get ready to travel. We look forward to meeting you on the air and again we ask to listen to who we call and just act in a true Ham Spirit and allow us to complete the QSO's. MC0SHL now on Twitter -- At last we are catching up to the 21st Century. We have just created a Twitter account and will be using that when we are at the farm, on Ramsey, and carrying out any other activities - even on a day to day basis. We will advertise the frequencies we are on next week - along with the cluster - while on Ramsey, keep you up to date with QSLing activities, show some photo's of the boys & girls having fun, and along with the website keep you up to date with the group in general. So why not start following us. We can be found using @MC0SHL and we look forward to seeing you on there, and maybe meeting on the air next week. Many thanks in advance and look forward to reading and working you guys...... Chris Colclough, G1VDP http://www.mc0shl.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/chriscolcloughg1vdp EU-129. Operators Robert/DH8HD, DJ6IO, Tom/DL1AAA, Thomas/DL3XX, Olaf/ DL4HG, Andreas/DL7AT and Hans/DO3HJW will be active as DA0T/p from Usedom Island (DID/GIA O-13) between July 24-27th. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW and SSB. Operations will also include an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via DL7AT, direct or by the Bureau. NA-014. Mike, KI1U, will be active as KI1U/VE9 from Grand Manan Island, NB, between June 25-29th. Most operating activity will occur during the ARRL Field Day (June 27-28th). QSL via his home callsign. SA-042. Ren/PY8WW and 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). QSL via PY8WW or the OQRS. SA-072. Operators Roberto/PT2GTI, Tino/PT7AA and Daniel/PT7BI will be active as ZY8P from Grande do Paulino Island (DIB MA-09) between June 12-14th. Activity will be on CW/SSB. QSL via PT2GTI. IOTA TOUR. The "425 DX News" reports that Gabriele, IK3GES, will be active from several islands in Germany (DL), Denmark (OZ), Norway (LA), Finland (OH), Sweden (SM) and Poland (SP) between June 20th and July 26th. His tentative itinerary includes the following islands: (EU-029) Mon (EU-096) Kaurissalo (EU-129) Uznam/Usedom* (EU-033) Langoya (EU-096) Kustavi (EU-138) Hasslo (EU-037) Oland (EU-097) Emasalo (EU-138) Tjurko (EU-057) Rugen (EU-097) Orslandet (EU-139) Seskaro (EU-076) Moskenesoy (EU-101) Bjorkon (EU-140) Kuutsalo (EU-084) Graso (EU-101) Raippaluoto (EU-173) Reposaari (EU-087) Alnon (EU-128) Fehmarn (EU-184) Hailuoto * Active during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Activity will be on the following suggested frequencies: CW - 10120, 14050, 18085 and 21050 kHz SSB - 14260, 18160 and 21260 kHz RTTY - 10140, 14085, 18100 and 21085 kHz QSL via IK3GES, direct or by the Bureau (OQRS on ClubLog will be available when he returns home). IS0, SARDINIA. Luigi, HB9CXZ, will be active as IS0/HB9CXZ from Sardinia (EU-024, IIA D001, MIA MIS-035, WLOTA 1608) between July 11-17th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands. QSL via home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. JD1, OGASAWARA. Takeo, JA1NEJ, will be active as JD1BOH from Chichi-jima Island (AS-031, JCG 10007, WLOTA 2269, WWFF JAFF-0018) between September 4-7th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via JA1NEJ, by the Bureau or direct (QRZ.com). JW, SVALBARD. Operators Mia/OX5M, Daniel/OX5T and Joergen/OZ0J will be active as JW/OX5M from the Longyearbyen's club station located on Spitsbergen Island (EU-026) between September 16-23rd. Activity will be on CW, SSB and the Digital modes on the HF bands (160-10m) to the extent that there are antennas available. The trio will also participate in the Scandinavian Activity CW Contest (September 19-20th) as a Multi-Op/ One-TX entry. If possible, they will upload their logs regularly to . A Log Search and other details can be seen on: http://qrz.com/db/jw/ox5m QSL via LoTW. Paper QSL cards can be requested via the same URL address. QSL Manager is OZ0J. KH9, WAKE ISLAND. Mike, AG6IP, is in the planning stages for a DXpedition to Wake Island (OC-053) in September 2015 for 2 weeks. He states [edited], "I plan to be there sometime in early September to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of Battle of Wake along with a group of World War II vets. I have reserved a special callsign K6W from September 4-19th, 2015. I am seeking monetary donations and sponsors that would like to help to put Wake Island back on the air in 2015. I will be operating 80-6 meters using Digital(PSK, RTTY and JT65) and SSB. Donations will off set a small portion of my out-of-pocket equipment shipping, transportation, lodging, operating and postage expenses while there. Wake Island is currently #46 on DXCC most wanted in ClubLog and currently restricted to the public. There are no commercial flights in to the island. I have also operated out of ZC4 land UK bases in Cyprus twice in 2007 and 2014 as ZC4MIS. Please share link to other amateur radio operators around the world. Thanks..... Mike." For more details and updates, watch: https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/bvqHd?psid=691bff52b5b94c36b264224fc67df05b MD, ISLE OF MAN. By the time you read this, Ief, ON6KX, will be active as MD/ON6KX from the Isle of Man (EU-116, WLOTA 0449) from the TT Road Races until June 15th. Activity will be on the HF bands from the Snaefell Summit (SOTA GD-001) at a campsite near Douglas. Ief states that he will be using a FT-897D with homebrew verticals and wire antennas. A special one time only QSL card will be made available for this event via ON6KX, direct or by the Bureau. MU, GUERNESEY. Freddy, F4HEC, will be active as MU/F4HEC from Guernesey between June 4-8th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using SSB. QSL via his home callsign direct. Possible LoTW soon. OJ, MARKET REEF. Harry, OH6VM, (and along with members of the Finnish Lighthouse Society) is once again active as OJ0VM from Market Reef (EU-053, WWFF OHFF-0038, ARLHS MAR-001, WLOTA 0542) until June 13th. He is there to do some lighthouse repair work. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using mostly CW. QSL via OH1GPS. ADDED NOTE: Jussi, OH6KV, is also expected to be active as OJ0KV during the same time frame. OJ, MARKET REEF (News - Press Release). Jarmo, OH2BN, sent out the following on June 6th [edited]: NEWS FROM MARKET REEF ? OJ0-LAND ? SEMI-RARE COUNTER UP NORTH -- OJ0B operating period: June 6-13th, 2015 -- Market Reef, OJ0, Grid JP90NH, is just a barren rock on the open sea between Finland and Sweden. A piece of granite split between OH and SM representing CQ zones 14 and 15, with the Finnish side additionally counting for another DXCC entity. The Finnish Lighthouse Society (FLS) has been restoring the original charm of this very important landmark which is today fully automated, sending a warning light along a busy sea route. It is not surprising that many OH hams have joined the FLS and cooperation between FLS people and radio amateurs is quite extensive. There are dedicated quarters on the reef for Amateur Radio with two 230VAC phases from a solar/diesel power source to provide 2 kW of energy for visiting hams. The antenna setup for a successful DX operation is provided by Martti/OH2BH, Timo/OG9X and Teemu/SM0W. Pasi, OH3WS/OJ0W, is an ex-President of SRAL and current President of FLS. Pasi can be contacted if you would like to activate OJ0-land. The maximum number of members of an Amateur Radio team is four. Two FLS hams - Harri, OH6VM/OJ0VM, and Jussi, OH6KV/OJ0KV, - will be joined this coming week by six more hams: Niko/OH2GEK, Martti/OH2BH, Pekka/OH2TA, Kim/OH6KZP, Juho/OH6ZZ and Jukka/OH8MSM. They will be on OJ0 repairing all damaged antennas after a severe winter. Additionally, they will go ahead with first-ever 2M EME (JT65B) activity with tilt antennas from OJ0 while also keeping their 6M antenna fixed to USA in case of a sporadic-E opening. When the moon is down, they will be running MS. OH6ZZ and OH8MSM will be in charge of EME operations while the rest of the team will take care of HF CW/SSB and RTTY during all key openings after making their HF antennas operational. This team of six will use the OJ0B callsign. 2M Data: EME 144.123 ? MS FSK 144.353 Antennas: 2x11H and 2x10V Amplifiers: Tajfun 1000 and SPE 1.3 KW The OJ0B team will also do some equipment testing as they plan to run two new SPE 1.5 kW output solid-state amps weighing 7.5 kg (16 lbs), ideally suited for a DXpedition. The spiky generator of the lighthouse will be an ultimate test of amp survival. The OJ0B 2M U.S. pilot is Joel, W5ZN. (email: w5zn at w5zn.org) The OJ0B general pilot is John, OH5NZ. (email: oh5nz at sral.fi) Some other operations are also scheduled for the summer months this year, with Dietmar, DL3DXX, expected on Market Reef in August for his hideaway on his 60th birthday. You will be able to congratulate Dietmar on his important milestone at the beginning of a new low-band season ? Dietmar's specific love in Amateur Radio. As the weather is a key issue for an always critical landing, the order of events may be changed by Mother Nature. OJ0B QSL via OH2BH. OQRS will be activated shortly. For additional relevant data and pictures, visit QRZ.com > OJ0AM OQRS link: https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/OJ0B PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (June 8-14th).... Jun/08th HN Jun/11th AN Jun/13th AN Jun/09th AN Jun/12th AN Jun/14th HN Jun/10th 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 (May 31st and June 7th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3A/IU2CIQ via IU2CIQ HB2T via HB9EE (L) OX/DL7DF via DL7DF 3A90IARU via 3A2LF HG21IAS via DL2JTE OX/DL7UFR via DL7DF 4O90A via 4O3A II1IAFC via I1ANP P37F via G3ZEM (L) 4L1AN via N4GNR II2IGTO via IQ2MI PA70F via PA6A 4J15EUG via 4J6RO II4MB via IQ4FE PA70V via PI4GV 4Z0DX via 4Z4DX II5LDV via IQ5LV PA70VVV via PA-Bureau 4K2015BAKU via 4J6RO II8IYL via IK8PXZ PI25COM via PA3CAL 4X7R via 4X6OM II9P via IT9CHU (L/d) PI4AMF via PA3EYC 5K4R via N4RR IR1DCI via IK1GPG RP70WA via RV3YR 8Q7CQ via G4DFI IR2EXPO via 9A8ARS (B) SK7BORE via SK7DX 9M2SE via 9M2RDX (d) IY0GME via IZ0UIN (d/L/e) SL8SUB via SM6DQR (d) C56XA via G3SWH K8E via W8CDB SN12SDZ via SP1PBW CO2QM via RW6HS (d) K8O via W8CDB SN6O via SP6PAZ CT9/DC3JB via DC3JB K8S via W8CDB SP9/DJ7ZO via DJ7ZO CT9/DK4JM via DK4JM KH7XX via EB7DX (d) SV8/F9IE via F9IE CT9/R9DX via R9DX LO5D via LU8EOT SV9/R2DX via R2DX CX7UV via EA5KB LX/OO9O via ON7SS SZ1A via SV1CIB DK40REK via DJ6SI LY/RV3MA via RV3MA TM24H via F6KFI DL/TA2LY via TA2LY LY10LHFA via LY2KM TM2Y via F6BEE DL1YAF/VK9L via DL1YAF LZ/OH6L via OH2BYS TM40RADS via F6DKI EA8/RA1A via RN3RQ or (L) LZ293MA via LZ1KCP TM5BBC via F5UOW EA8/S57K via EA8/S57K MU/F4HEC via F4HEC TM5Y via F8DBF EB5BBM/BY7 via EB5BBM N1S via W1QV TM6X via F5VHY ED5O via EA5URS N5E via AD5WB TM95BD via F5KES EF5BM via EA5BM NB1CR via N1EPL UE25IK via RK1OZM EG1MAR via EA1UVR O19VB via UA4WHX UP0L via DL8KAC EG5DEL via EA5GVJ OE/IK1WNQ via IK1WNQ UP60SPACE via RV3YR EG8WFF via EA8URL OE6XMF/FM via OE6CAG W1T via W1GLO EH7FA via EA-Bureau OK8DCC via DL3DCC W2W via K3NEM EI8BLB via EI3JB OK8FK/P via DK7FK W5H via K5LN EP2C via ON4AMX ON80OSA via ON4OSA W9H via K9BIK (d) EZ5A via EZ5AD OO7P via ON4AMI XR44COPA via CE3TKV (d) F/ON6JUN/P via ON5SD & (L)OQ5M via ON5ZO YP0Y via YO5EI G5D via G3UJE OR90VL via ON5VL YT45CW via YU1MM GB4OO via G4DSP OT200GBN via ON6GBN ZA/DL3GCS via DL3GCS HA/OM7PY via OM7PY OX/DK1BT via DL7DF ZW110ROAR via PY2AA (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5W0JY, CE2MVF, CT3EE, EA5DNO, EV14, FS/K9EL, LB3RE, LX1HD, LY7M, NP2P, OA4SS, P4/N4QS, PA4WM, PJ2T, PY5QW, PY90IARU, SV1OZ, UF5F, VQ9XR, XM9NC and YB4IR/7 (OC-268) QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4W/NV3MM (OC-148), 7QAA, A92HK, CA7CAQ (SA-018), FM4LV, H42NT (OC-127), J6/DL7VOG, J87GU, K1N, VK7FG (OC-195), VK9NT and YB3MM/9 (OC-241) QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!!! RARE FFMA GRID TO BE ACTIVATED. Operators Bud/N7CW, Jim/K6ZH and Phil/N0KE will be going on a boat trip to activate the FFMA #1 (Fred Fish Memorial Award) most wanted Grid needed - DM02. They will be leaving from San Diego on Wednesday, June 10th, aboard a 49' sailboat and will be on the air sometime late Wednesday, through sometime on Sunday, June 14th, including most of the VHF Contest (June 13-15th). Unfortunately, they have to leave before the end of the contest because the Navy has scheduled exercises in the area on Monday. They will be active on 6m, 2m, probably 432, 1296 and the satellites. Phil is responsible for everything other than 6m. They will be running about 500w and a 3 element yagi (due to constraints from having to mount the antenna on a sailboat). They will use the callsign K6ZH. Watch for packet spots announcing their transmit frequency. S7, SEYCHELLES. A group of JA operators will be active as S79HN between July 16-20th. Operators mentioned are Jim/7K4QOK (KG8RP), Tack/JE1CKA (KH0AM), Yutaka/JQ2GYU (WS2Y) and Miho/JJ2VLY (WS2M). All operators have experience of DX operations such as 9M0L, 9M4SDX, NH0J, W1AW/KH0, GJ6UW, EA9/KH0AM -- just to mention a few. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Uploads to ClubLog and LoTW may be available during their operation, but it depends on the Internet accessibility of the area. QSL via JJ2VLY, by the Bureau, direct (Mihoko Sakurai, PO Box 1, SUYAMA, SUSONO, SHIZUOKA 410-1299, JAPAN) and LoTW. PLEASE NOTE: Seychelles authority advises them to use frequency from 7050-7100 kHz as the 40m window, and they shall stay above 7050 kHz even on CW/RTTY. TC0, TURKEY. Members of the Balkan Contest Group will be active as TC0A from Bozcaada Island (AS-099) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to LZ1NK: NIKOLAY ENCHEV, P.O. Box 176, 4300 Karlovo, BULGARIA. Operators mentioned are Nick/LZ1NK, Plamen/LZ1DCW, Nick/LZ3ND, Krasi/LZ2UW, Aleko/LZ3ZZ, Angel/ LZ4AE and Mustafa/TA2TX. For more details, past operations and updates, see: http://www.lz5x.com TF, ICELAND. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will be active as TF/JA0JHQ from Kaffi Kjos between July 18-21st. Activity will be on 40-6 meters, but mainly 20m, using CW and SSB. He will use a HS-480HX (200w/HF, 50MHZ=100w) into a Single-Loop antenna (20/17/15/12/10m) and End-Feed antenna (40/30/6m). QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. For more details and possible updates, see: http://pandasan.jimdo.com TX3X CHESTERFIELD ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Press Release 5 - dated June 1st) [edited] -- Where?s the Evohe? Did you ever wonder if the DX-pedition boat left yet, or where is the boat now, or have they arrived at the island? We are pleased to announce that has offered us complimentary use of their vessel tracking service. While the boat is in coastal waters its position will be reported every few minutes. When we leave the coastal area we'll report our position about every 4 hours. We?re not aware of any previous DX-pedition that provided these positioning reports. The position map will be available at: http://tx3x.com Joining our list of Corporate Sponsors and Partners: * SteppIR - Mike Mertel, K7IR, of Fluidmotion Incorporated is providing 2 SteppIR 2 element beam antennas. * Arlan Communications - Dave Bottom, WI6R, of Arlan Communications is providing fully configured RadioSport headsets. * Jim Sansoterra, K8JRK - Shipping delicate electronic equipment across the globe requires special packing considerations. Jim is loaning us enough Pelican cases to protect all the RF equipment. Project Planning: We're almost on auto-pilot. Under development are: tent and antenna locations, power grid physical layout, operator sched- uling and task plans for a beach landing. It's important to have every- one's assignments documented and prioritized for setting up tents, an- tennas, power grid, etc. Many tasks will be done concurrently to maximize available sunlight. Antenna/Power Plans - The website is updated with final plans. Antenna parties and equipment configuration activities will be conducted in San Jose, California over the next 6 weeks. Also planned for San Jose is configuring the Lenovo laptops with N1MM+, the drivers for the micro- Keyer II interface units and testing the networking. Fund Raising - It's no secret DX-peditions are expensive and the team members pay most of the cost. DX-peditions requiring non-scheduled transportation need early infusions of cash to cover, in our case, the boat which is our largest cost item. With a budget of about $150,000(USDs) and the team members paying their own travel to New Caledonia each TX3X team member will pay about $15,000 to put number 22 on the air and hope your contributions will help offset their investment. While our web site's support page shows an increasing number of Clubs, Foundations and Individ- ual donors, the contributions (to date) would cover only 20% of the total cost. If DX-peditions to the top 30 are to continue the DX community needs to help offset these ever increasing costs. We appreciate those who al- ready contributed and encourage others to participate. You may use the Donate button at: http://tx3x.com Please direct any questions to: info at tx3x.com Please see our website for additional information: http://tx3x.com 73, Team Chesterfield 2015 V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS (Update). Members of the T30D DXpedition (2014) have decided to go to Majuro, Marshall Islands (OC-029), between October 13-28th, 2015. The team includes Werner/DJ9KH, Heye/DJ9RR, Rudolf/DK3CG, Joe/DK5WL, G?nter/DL2AWG, Bert/DL2RNS, Georg/DL4SVA, Hans/DL6JGN, Franz/DL9GFB, Wolf/DM2AUJ, Sid/DM2AYO and Rolf/DL7VEE (Team Leader). The team will use the callsign V73D. They will make a serious effort on CW, SSB and RTTY, between 160-6 meters. They plan for 4x 500-watts-stations to operate 24/7. Rolf, DL7VEE, states, "Hopefully we have enough place for all planned antennas " There is now a Web page available at: http://v73d.mydx.de VK9W, WILLIS ISLAND (Update to OPDX.1214.1). Rob, N7QT, has announced that a small team of 6-7 operators are planning to activate Middle Cay Islet (VK9W) in early/mid November using the callsign VK9WA. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (possibly 160m) using CW, SSB and RTTY. He states, "... 3 stations for a duration of approximately 10 days. Currently working to obtain formal landing rights within the next 3-4 weeks. We are primarily working on planning, team selection and purchasing equipment/supplies for the trip. A charter vessel has been secured, with tentative on air dates of November 12-22nd. Please note, dates are still subject to change. Charter boat cost is coming in around $40K USDs, which will account as the largest single line item expense within our operational budget, so please consider contributing to our cause at . In an effort to keep costs at a minimum, we have planned this to be a micro light expedition. Our station equipment will consist of several Elecraft K3/KPA500 and SteppIR CrankIR verticals on the beach. Each station will be powered by Honda 2000EU generators." Currently, the operators mentioned are Rob/N7QT (Co-Team Leader), Jared/N7SMI (Co-Team Leader), Sandro/VE7NY and Adam/K7EDX and Hawk/SM5AQD. Pilot stations are: American Pilot - Mike/K4PI, Europe Pilot - C?dric/F5UKW and Africa Pilot - Andre/V51B. QSL via N7SMI, direct or by the Bureau. ClubLog OQRS direct or bureau is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. QSL cards are beautiful full-color photographic quality. QSLing priority is listed on their Web page. Club Log OQRS will be available shortly after the conclusion of the DXpedition. All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and eQSL shortly after the operation. VY2, CANADA. Operators Ariel/NY4G, Bill/N4IQ, Phil/AC4Q and Bob/ND7J will be active as VY2/homecall from Prince Edward Island (NA-029) between July 7-14th. Activity will be on all bands and modes, primarily CW, SSB and RTTY, including the 30/17/12m bands. They will focus on lower bands and favoring difficult propagation paths to provide as many amateurs the opportunity to get Prince Edward Island in their log as possible. Activity will also include the IARU HF World Championship contest. During the contest the team will operate in the contest bands exclusively (excluding 30/17/12m and 60m). The contest will be priority, however they will work as many "Qs" as possible. All QSL requests should be directed to NY4G or use ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://pei2015.com ZD7, ST. HELENA. Oliver, W6NV, will be active as ZD7N (TBD) from Helena Island (AF-022) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th). Look for activity outside of the contest on the HF bands and 6 meters. QSL via W6NV. ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Oliver, W6NV, will once again be active as ZD8W from Ascension Island (AF-003) between November 6th and December 4th. Activity will include the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). Look for activity outside of the contest on the HF bands and 6 meters. 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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 7th/June, through Sunday, 14th/June there were 216 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PY0F, PZ, S5, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T31, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z8, 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". 4J, AZERBAIJAN (Special Event). Look for the following special event stations to be active during June for the 1st European Games in Baku (Official website of the event ): 4J1EUG, 4J15EUG, 4JG1EU, 4J2015BAKU, 4K15EUG, 4K2015BAKU, 4K2015EUG. QSOs count towards the "Odlar Yurdu Award". The award is also available to SWLs. All info about the special award for this event you can found at: http://www.qrz.com/db/4JG1EU 4W, TIMOR-LESTE. Operators Hide/JI1AVY and Seihachi/JA7LU will be active as 4W/JI1AVY and 4W/JA7LU from Timor Leste (OC-148) between June 24-30th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home callsign and LoTW. ADDED REMINDER. Operators James/9V1YC and Wilbert/ PE7T are still active as 4W/N1YC and 4W/PE7T, respectively, until June 16th. QSL 4W/N1YC via W5UE. QSL 4W/PE7T via the PA Bureau (No direct cards please). Both will also upload their logs to LoTW. 9H, MALTA. Zsolt, HA8PX, will be active as 9H3PX from Mellieha (EU-023, MIA MM-001, WLOTA 1113) between June 17-27th. Activity will be holiday style using a FT-897 with 100 watts into a MP-1 GP antenna and auto-tuner. QSL via his home callsign direct only (see QRZ.com). DXCC NEWS. The ARRL DXCC Desk has approved the following operations for DXCC credit: 9N7JX - Nepal; December 2-11th, 2014 9Q0HQ - Democratic Republic of Congo; March 10-25th, 2015 ZD9ZS - Tristan da Cunha; September-October 2014 If you have had cards for these operations rejected in a recent appli- cation, please send an E-mail to the ARRL DXCC Desk at and you will be placed on the list for an update. E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Milan, OK1DWC, is now active as E51DWC from the Rarotonga Islands for the next few weeks to celebrate his birthday. His activity will be holiday style (family holiday) on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. His equipment includes a TS-590S, small amp (waiting for a new amp), 5 band Spiderbeam, dipoles and Inverted Vee. Milan really did not state how long he will be there, but mentioned, "I plan to return I will miss skating and skiing." QSL via his home callsign. For updates, watch: http://www.qrz.com/lookup/ok1dwc IOTA NEWS.............. EU-016. Ismo, OH2IS, will be active as 9A/OH2IS from the Island of Vis (CI-142, CRO-146, CRO-150), Croatia, between July 6-15th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. Rigs are 100 watts into vertical and wire antennas. QSL via his home callsign, LoTW or Clublog. EU-038. Gordon, G3USR, will be active as PA/G3USR/p from Texel Island (WLOTA 0043, WW Loc. JO23), National Park Duinen van Texel (WWFF PAFF-0012), between June 18-21st. Activity will be focused on 6 meters with some HF activity when 6 meters is not open. QSL via his home callsign, direct only. NA-068. Operators Dick/VE1QD and Scott/VE1AI will be active as VE1AI/9 from Miscou Island between June 18-20th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via VE1AI. NA-181. Operators Frank/VE7DP and Klaus/VE7KDU will be active as VE7DP/7 and VE7KDU/7 for a 3 day operation to Estevan Islands sometime between June 18-30th, depending on a sea conditions suitable for boat travel. Activity will be on 40-15 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsigns. OC-147. Imam, YB4IR, will be active as YB4IR/9 from Biak Island between June 14-17th. 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-194. (Update) Members of the Hellenic Amateur Radio Association of Australia (HARAOA) will be activating South Solitary Island for the first time ever as VK2SSI between July 26-28th. For updates, watch the QRZ.com Web page. OC-239. Imam, YB4IR, will be active as YB4IR/9 from Ram Island between June 18-22nd. 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-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 Sandro/PQ8SL, Renan/PU8WMM, Fernando/PU8WZT, Jaime/PY8FML, Ronaldo/PS8RV, Ren/PY8WW and Jose/PY8ZE. QSL via PY8WW or the OQRS. KP2, U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS. Operators John/WA4PSO and his son Sean/N5PV will be active as KP2/WA4PSO and KP2/N5PN from the Radio Reef DX'ers Station rental shack (KP2M) on St. Croix Island (NA-106) between June 16-23rd. Activity will be holiday style on all bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL both via callsigns via N5PV or LoTW. KP3, PUERTO RICO (NA-099). Members of the Los Chachos Contest Club will be active as KP3Z during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi- Single entry. Operators mentioned are Carlos/KP4EJ, Eric/NP3A, Jose/NP4G, Felipe/NP4Z and Jamie/WP3A. QSL via N4AO. MJ, JERSEY. Kazunori, M0CFW/JK3GAD, will be active as MJ5Z during the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest (September 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or via ClubLog's OQRS. Look for activity before and after the contest using the callsign MJ0CFW. N7, UNITED STATES (Special Event). Look for special event station N7G commemorating the U.S. Open Golf Tournament at Chambers Bay in Washington State. The special event station will be active between June 15-22nd. The station's activity is not far from "Chambers Bay Golf Course". When working them, tell them who you think will win the U.S. Open. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB and CW. This is a special time of the year for golfers and golf fans worldwide. QSL direct for a commemorative QSL card. The station N7G operating from IOTA NA-065 will not count for IOTA Award purposes. The RSGB notified them that the operators must be present on the island. Operators are going to be operating remotely. NCDXF NEWS (Press Release: Major grant to FT4/J Juan de Nova DXpedition) [dated June 12th]: The Northern California DX Foundation is pleased to announce a contribution of 25,000 USDs to the FT4/J Juan de Nova Island DXpedition planned for March 2016. Juan de Nova will be #8 or #9 on the DX Magazine's Most Wanted List in early 2016. It will be #5 on ClubLog's Most Wanted List. Without major financial support from NCDXF, DXpeditions like this to challenging or rare locations would not be possible. has more details. Juan de Nova is a very small and very environmentally fragile area. There are strict limita- tions to the number of visitors and the time allowable on the island. The team's antenna plans, pilot feedback plans and enthusiasm should make this entity available to many DXers. For the past 42 years the NCDXF has funded major DXpeditions to many Most Wanted Entities. The credit for these large grants goes to the NCDXF contributors, individuals and clubs, who make DX like this possible. Have you contributed yet? 73 Glenn Johnson, W0GJ NCDXF Vice President http://www.ncdxf.org NH7, HAWAII. Albert, NH7A, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via F5VHJ, OQRS, LoTW and REF Bureau. OJ0B NEWS FROM MARKET REEF (From Jarmo, OH2BN) -- Dated June 11th: The OJ0B DXpedition with an emphasis on 2M EME and MS is turning into a great success story with more than 250 QSOs in the books. The operation will continue until next Monday, still shooting straight at the surface of the moon. For participating HF DXers, it is quite a thrill and an eye- opener to realize that instead of radio propagation, not only a Market Reef moon over the horizon is needed but also a U.S. moon and a Japan moon. And when the moon is gone, the meteor scatter mode can be used; thus there are pileups all over the place ? the moon and the meteors and even 6M sporadic-E are operational although not much is heard so far. A lot of new high tech and new terminology for HF people to swallow, with signals often inaudible below the noise floor. HF guys are asking whether there is DQRM on the surface of the moon surface. Only the 2M team of OH6ZZ and OH8MSM will know. So here's is the link to those who were shooting right at the moon, plus Jussi, OH6ZZ who is in charge of the historic 2M outing: And this is the Honor Roll: First Ten, World: IK1UWL, SP4K, UA3PTW, ON4AOI, I3MEK, PE1L, OH2BC, DL1RPL, IK3MAC and HA8CL First Ten, USA: K9MRI, NT0V, WA4NJP, K1OR, W6BBS, N9HF, AA4SC, KB8RQ, K5QE and K6EME On HF the focus has been largely on 10 MHz because HF propagation has not been favorable. Part of the team will change on Saturday as Martti, OH2BH, and Kim, OH6KZP, will land on the rocks bringing more SSB and RTTY activity to those who Deserve. Pekka, OH2TA, and Niko, OH2GEK, will return to Aland Islands. The weather has been nice and the tag team was able to repair the damaged structures and the beam. The station is fully operational at present and from now on. OQRS will be delayed as EME QSOS are logged on paper and the PC screen is busy with multiple applications. Stay tuned for OJ0B for all kinds of odd modes and transmissions. It is sunny on Market Reef - the season's record temperatures are expected for this Saturday. QSL via OH2BH OJ0, MARKET REEF. Members of the ?lands Radioamat?rer (OH0AA) will be active as OJ0S from Market Reef (EU-053) between July 11-18th. Operators mentioned are Karl-Erik/OH0NA, Gey/OH0GG, YL Maria/OH0FM, Leif/OH0LO, Kjell/OH0KXJ and OH0NM. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via OH0AA, direct or by the Bureau. PJ5, SABA AND ST. EUSTATIUS ISLANDS. Operators Seppo/OH1VR and Henri/OH3JR will be active as PJ5/OH1VR and PJ5/OH3JR from a cottage on Saba Island (NA-145, WFF PAFF-027, WLOTA 2043) between November 23rd and December 2nd. Activity will be the HF bands, as well as an entry in CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). QSL SV9/OH1VR via only direct (SAE + IRC or 2 USDs) to: Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3A18, 33100 Tampere, Finland. QSL PJ5/OH3JR via the info on QRZ.com (under OH3JR). PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (June 15-21st).... Jun/15th HN Jun/18th AN Jun/20th AN Jun/16th AN Jun/19th AN Jun/21st AN Jun/17th 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. PY0/S, ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL ROCKS. Reports from several sources indicate that Marenga, PU0FDN, will be active as PY0S/PU0FDN from St. Peter and St. Paul Rocks (SA-014) between June 16-21st. QSL only direct to home callsign. QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (June 14th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4Z90IARU via (4X-B) HF1PAPCIO via SP1JJY SN0ENIGMA via SP3PGR 4M4C via YV4YC HF3TALENT via SQ1GPR SO8FH via PA0F 7Z1JA via KE5JA K4E via KK3Q SV2/RW3AL via RW3AL A71OK via A71A LY/DL1RNW via DL1RNW SV8/F2VX via F2VX C6AWO via WO7R LY/DO3MXK via DO3MXK SV8/OM7RM via OM7RM E51DWC via OK1DWC LZ/KY6AA via KY6AA SV9/M0NPT/P via M0NPT E7/AC6YY via AC6YY MD/ON6KX/P via ON6KX TM6V via F5KDR EA6/UT5UDX via UT2UB NP4A via W3HNK YL/DL1RNW via DL1RNW EO95LKV via UT2LY OE90LALO via OE3HWU YO6/IK0HMN via IK0HMN ES0/DL3BQA via DL3BQA OH0/SK3SN via SM3KIF YP0F via YO9FNP (d) GB125SL via G4USW OK/DJ8MS via DJ8MS HF0GUIDO via SP9PBH SN0DKG via SP6OPZ (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only QSL 4J2015EUG via Leon, 4K8F, direct. QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5Q2J, E41WT, HG7T, VE4GV, VP2MKV and YS1JBL QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3D2RO, 5H1Z, 5V7BD, 7QAA, A71BX, C91RF, CY9P, E30FB, FR/DJ7RJ, FW1JG, JA0JHQ/VK9X, JA5CPJ (AS-200), JD1BMH, K1N, KL7UW, T88XX (OC-296), YJ0OU and ZD7VC QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3DA0DX, 4X/UT3UA, A35UD, EA6/US0VA, EM20UCC, EM200CA, EM200CT, EM200HT, EM200UTC, EM200UTS, EN50UG, EN2012UEFA, EO20RRC, EO200NT, EO2012NY, FM/KL7WA, S21XV, SV/US0VA, SV9/EM5F, UN/US0VA, UR5FA/MM, VP9/UU5WW, YB1BML and YP1WFF SV9, CRETE (Also PJ5). Seppo, OH1VR, will be active as SV9/OH1VR between October 4-10th. Activity will be on the HF bands, mainly on CW. Seppo informs OPDX, "I'm testing a new DX-pedition setup (weight under 7 kg): Elecraft KX3 and Juma PA1000 (up to 1200 W out). It is a handbag setup." The real test will be his November 23rd and December 3rd activity as PJ5/OH1VR from Saba Island (see PJ5 above). T2, TUVALU (Update). Operators Stan/LZ1GC (C21GC, 3D2GC) and Lubo/OM5ZW will be active as T2GC from the Vaiaku Lagi Hotel in Funafuti between September 24th and October 14th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Suggest frequencies are: CW - 1822.5, 3502, 5371, 7023, 10124, 14010, 18080, 21015, 24891 and 28010 SSB - 5401, 7164, 14170, 18145, 21270, 24940 and 28470 RTTY - 7038, 10140, 14088, 18095, 21088, 24922 and 28088 kHz 6m - 50097/CW and 50120/SSB QSL via LZ1GC, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. The preferred method for a QSL or LoTW requests is via his PayPal. There will probably be a OQRS on ClubLog. For more details and updates, watch: http://www.c21gc.com T8, PALAU. Ryosei, JH0IXE, will once again be active as T8CW from the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room) on Koror Island (OC-009) between June 11-22nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, JT65 ad PSK31. QSL via JA0FOX by the Bureau, JH0IXE direct, LoTW or eQSL. He now has a Web page at: http://t8cw.idou.net T31, CENTRAL KIRIBATI. Lee, T31LP, is now active as from Nikumaroro Island (OC-043). He is expected to be active when time permits for the next 13 days (QRT around June 26th). Activity so far has been on 20 meters SSB as of June 13th. Lee plans to set up more antennas and be more active on other bands in the coming days. Lee is there as part of the TIGHAR (Amelia Earhart Project): http://tighar.org T8, PALAU. Ken, BM2JCC/JP1RIW, will once again active as T88KH from the "West Plaza Hotel by the Sea" (WW Loc. PJ77FI) on Koror Island (OC-009) between September 12-16th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters, including the 17/12m and mostly on the High Band on SSB using 500w on HF and 100w on 6m. His antennas are: 80m Vertical, 40/30m DP, 20/15/10m 3 element Beam, 17/12m 2 element HB9CV and 6m 5 element Beam. QSL via BM2JCC, by the Bureau or direct. T8, PALAU. Fumi, JF2SQB, will be active as T88QB from Palau between September 20-22nd. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct (2 GS; NO IRCs). UE44, RUSSIA (Russian Yeti Expedition). Between June 11-16th and September, there will be a complex seasonal research of cinema-radio expedition using the callsign UE44Y and known as the Russian Yeti Expedition. The expedition UE44Y will be active from various locations of Mountain Shoria, Tashtagol District, Kemerovo Region, until September 16th. Activity will be on various HF and VHF bands of different types of mode communications. According to QRZ.com, QSO/SWL contacts with the expedition UE44Y, will be a printed QSL-card, which will be distributed only upon request by E-mail in a gift set: 1. Special QSL-card of the expedition. 2. Special envelope expedition. 3. Special postal cancellation of the expedition sent from the homeland of the Russian Yeti. For QSOs/SWL with the expedition UE44Y headquarters (HQ) Russian Yeti Expedition, there will be issued special paper 3 diplomas classes and an original ethnic Plaque. Complete details, as well as pictures of the QSLs, Logo and diplomas, can be see on QRZ.com. VK0EK HEARD ISLAND NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE. Rich, KY6R, reports on June 10th: Today we initiate a new service to our friends: The Heard Island Expedi- tion Newsletter. The Newsletter will contain inside information about the people, plans, and procedures for the expedition. Much of the information will not be available on the open websites, but it will be very valuable to help you make a confirmed contact with VK0EK. It will also contain information about the scientific work to be carried out on the expedition. If you're interested in the Heard Island Expedition, you want to have this Newsletter! You can subscribe to the Newsletter for free (no obligation whatsoever). It is only available to subscribers, and is only distributed by email. Click here to see more information and to subscribe. YB0, INDONESIA. Champ, E21EIC, informed OPDX, "YB-Land DX Club invited me to go to Jakarta Ham Fest 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia, for DXCC card checker, and I will QRV as YB0/KY1A from June 11-14th, 2015. 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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Monday, 15th/June, through Monday, 22nd/June there were 213 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, D6, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PY, PY0S, PZ, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T31, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP8, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, YA, YB, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, 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". 6M, SOUTH KOREA. By the time you read this, a South Korean group will have a "6m DX Propagation Experimental Station" up and running between June 19th and July 31st. The callsign will be 6M6M. Activity will be on CW, SSB, FM and the Digital modes. They will operate from the Gyeonggi Province (HL2 area). QSL via HL2UVH. A9, BAHRAIN. Fawaz, A92AA, will be active from Bahrain (AS-002) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via A92AA direct. BV0, TAIWAN. Members of the Amateur Radio Taipei (ART) will be active as BV0TW from Taiwan (AS-020) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. Operators mentioned are YL Emily/BU2BE, Adam/BU2BF, Zhong-Hong/BU2BO, Bruce/BU2BW, Leon/BU2CN, Yao/BU2CM, YaoJun/BV5OO, Sam/BX3AA and Jie/BX3ABH. QSL via BU2BF, direct or by the Bureau. Visit the Amateur Radio Taipei (ART) Web page at: http://www.art.org.tw/en C4, CYPRUS. The Cyprus Headquarters (HQ) team will participate in IARU HF World Championship Contest (July 11-12th). Several contest stations across Cyprus will hit the airwaves on Saturday, July 11th, starting 1200 UTC using the special contest callsign C4HQ. There will be stations on all six HF contest bands (10-160m) on both CW and SSB. The team states, "Please look out for us! Our contest exchange will be our signal report followed by ?CARS? the official IARU abbreviation of the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society. This is our third entry in the contest with an HQ station and for the first time we will be making several awards available to stations that will work us on several band/mode slots, with a minimum of six contacts on different band/modes required to secure an award. We are also offering sprint awards to stations that are able to contact C4HQ on the highest number of band/mode slots in the shortest period of time! All awards will be offered to eligible stations free of charge. For more information about our C4HQ entry in the IARU HF World Championship, including station locations, pictures of operating sites, award program details, QSL policy, etc... please visit the website of the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society ? See you in the contest!" C6, BAHAMAS. Just a reminder that Pete, VE3IKV, will be active as C6AUX from the Baycaner Beach Resort at Pirate's Well on Mayaguana Island in the far southern Bahamas Islands (Grid FL32) between June 22nd and July 6th. Activity will be on 6 meters using CW and SSB. This will be the same set-up as at TF/VE3IKV. QSL direct via VE3IKV. CO/T40, CUBA. Organized by Grupo DX de Cuba (GDXC), the Federaci?n de Radioaficionados de Cuba (FRC) will be active as a Headquarter entry with the callsign T40HQ, during next IARU HF Championship. This is the fourth time the FRC is active in this category since 2009 when using the callsign T40C. Setup includes 11 different stations in seven cities from western to eastern side of the island. Most of them will be using homebrew 2 elements yagis, wire antennas and low power. QSL via OH2TA. Operators Band Mode City --------- ---- ---- ----------------------- CO6CAC 80 CW Sagua la Grande CO8ZZ 80 SSB Las Tunas CO7EH 40 CW Camaguey CO6YAC 40 SSB Santa Clara CO8CY 20 CW Baracoa CO6LC 20 SSB Santa Clara CO2FRC* 20 CW/SSB Habana CO6RD 15 CW Sancti Spiritus CO6EC 15 SSB Santa Clara CO6LP 10 CW Santa Clara CO6HK 10 SSB Santa Clara *Operators - CO2JD, CO2AME, CO2RQ CO2RVA, CM2PTE and CO2CW E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Tony, ZL2AGY, will once again be active as E51AGY from Rarotonga Island (OC-013, WLOTA 0971) between July 6th and August 6th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands, CW only. QSL via his home callsign. FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Heinz, DF1YP, will once again be active as FO/DF1YP from Moorea Island (OC-046, Pointe Aroa Light ARLHS FRP 004 and WLOTA 0465) between September 5th and October 1st. Activity will be holiday style mainly on 20 meters on SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. FR/J, JUAN DE NOVA (Update). The following was posted June 15th [edited]: Arrangements for our next operation to Juan de Nova island are ongoing. We began the logistic operations by conditioning part of the equipment which will be implemented and we finalize some partnerships to supplement our equipment by taking into consideration the imposed constraints. Today, Juan de Nova comes 6th in the ClubLog Most Wanted DXCC listing, but after all major operations planned at the end of the year/early 2016, the island should be the 3rd most wanted DXCC, just behind the North Korea and Crozet! One month after the announcement of the operation, we started to contact associations, clubs and foundations in order to help us to collect the necessary budget. This year particularly, this phase promises to be a true marathon, especially with the many other expeditions in the same time window. Right now, about a dozen sponsors already responded positively as well as sixty individual donators. We sincerely thank all these structures and their members for their generosity and their assistance, that is essential in this kind of adventure. On June 12th, the NCDXF (Northern California DX Foundation) notified to us that a major contribution of 25,000 USDs has been granted to our operation. For 42 years, the NCDXF has contributed to finance expeditions in the rarest regions and make possible ambitious projects. We want to sincerely thank the NCDXF, its members and contributors who make DX operations possible. This important help is a great step ahead for our team and we hope that other good surprises will follow. At the present time, we are far from reaching the necessary budget. The expenses this year are very important. Although we are very vigilant on each euro spent, there are costs like taxes, transport which remain incompressible and it will be necessary to support them in one way or another while trying not to cut down on the quantity of equipment that we hope to set-up. We invite each DXer or sympathizer to visit our website and make a donation through the Paypal option. We are conscious that many of you will not hesitate to take part to the collective effort sometime during the operation or afterwards. In this kind of adventure, the major part of the expenses have to be paid before the departure; then, why wait until the last moment? Let us remind you that for any donation higher or equal to 25$/? the QSL card will be automatically be sent to your home address after the operation. It is our manner of thanking you for having contributed personally to the project. Most of the team will be at the International Amateur Radio Exhibition of Friedrichshafen (Germany). We will be available to answer your questions and to take into account your remarks and suggestions ADDED NOTES: The Juan de Nova Web page can be viewed at: http://www.juandenovadx.com The Northern California DX Foundation Web page can be viewed at: http://www.ncdxf.org GRID SQUARES TO BE ACTIVATED (Satellite Op). Ron, N8RO, announced that he will be on a road trip during the period June 22nd and July 4th. He plans to operate portable from EM50, EM84, EM99, FN13, FM28, FM04, EL79, EL49 and possibly other grids along the way. Ron will operate on SO-50 and FO-29. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-102. Operators Tang/BM2AAV, BM2AJJ, BM2MEL, BM9AAQ, Jini/BO2AB, Eddie/BV2DD, Evan/BV2KS, Koji/BX4ABN, Kenichi/JP1RIW, Alfred/ VR2SA and Vong/XX9LT will be active as BO0K from Kinmen Island July 24-27th. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via: ART QSL Service, P.O. Box 73-326, Taipei, Taiwan. For more details and updates, see the Amateur Radio Taipei (ART) Web page at: http://www.art.org.tw/en EU-008. Operators Alex/2M0GYN, Iain/GM0OQV, Gordon/MM0GOR, Barry/GM3YEH, John/GM0DJG, Bill/GM3ZRT, Jason/GM7VSB and Gordon/MM0GPZ will once again be active as GM7A [callsign of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC. (GM0ADX)] from Gigha Island (IOSA NH24, SCOTIA CS23) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 24-25th) as a Multi-Op entry. Activity will be on all HF bands. QSL via GM7AAJ, direct or by the Bureau. EU-079. Trond, LA9VDA, will be active from Hareidlandet Island between July 15-18th. This will be the first activation from WLOTA LH-3528 and WWFF LAFF-170 Fl? Nature Reserve. QSL via details on QRZ.com. EU-102. Operators Mike/UA1QV and Nick/RA1QQ will be active as homecall/1 from Kashin Island betwee June 24-28th, depending on weather conditions. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via their home callsigns. NA-014. Mike, KI1U, will be active as KI1U/VE9 from Grand Manan Island (CISA NB-003, WLOTA 0082) between June 25-29th. Activity will be mainly CW and the Digital modes on 80-10 meters. His activity will be mostly during the the ARRL's Field Day. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. There will be a log search on ClubLog. NA-068. (Correction) Operators Scott/VE1QD and Dick/VE1AI will be active as VE1AI/9 from Miscou Island between June 18-20th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via VE1AI. NA-212. Dan, HR2DMR, is expected to be active as H76W from Farallones de Cosiguina during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 24-25th). Activity depends on the Honduran and Nicaraguan Navy officers. QSL via KD4POJ. NA-212 is one of the most wanted in NA. OC-195. Operators Tim/VK7NSE and Paul/VK2HV are now active as VK7FG as June 19th, from Flinders Island, (for two weeks) until early July. Activity will be on 160-6 meters.QSL via M0OXO OQRS. Please do NOT send your card via the Bureau, it will NOT be received. HK, COLOMBIA. Lothar, DK8LRF, will once again be active as HK3JCL from Finca Mariposa, Restrepo/Meta, between June 20th and October 20th. Activity will be mainly on 20 meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. IS0, SARDINIA. Richard, OK8WW/OM2TW, will be active as IS0/OM2TW from Sardinia Island (EU-024) between July 20th and August 1st. This will be a holiday DXpedition with XYL and kids. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Mix-Mode/High-Power entry. QSL via OM2FY. K8CX'S 2015 DAYTON HAMVENTION PHOTO GALLERY. Tom's, K8CX, 2015 Dayton Photo Gallery is now up at: http://hamgallery.com/dayton2015/ This is Tom's 19th consecutive year for the gallery, and it contains 361 photos taken this year at the Crowne Plaza, various events and hospitality suites. There are now close to 4456 Dayton photos on HamGallery. The site has Dayton photos in "The HamGallery" dating back to 1971. If you have any old photos from Dayton, please send them to K8CX. You may submit your own Dayton photos to be included in this gallery, but first please read the guidelines listed on the top of the gallery page. KP2, U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS (Correction). Operators John/WA4PSO and his son Sean/N5PV will be active as KP2/WA4PSO and KP2/N5PV (TYPO last week; not KP2/N5PN) from the Radio Reef DX'ers Station rental shack (KP2M) on St. Croix Island (NA-106) between June 16-23rd. Activity will be holiday style on all bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL both via callsigns via N5PV or LoTW. LX, LUXEMBOURG (LX9YL Project). An International YL team will be active using the special callsign LX9YL from Eisenborn between August 7-10th. The team will consist of Dora/HB9EPE, Johanna/DJ5YL, Mado/F1EOY, Christine/ F4GDI, Claudine/F5JER, Tina/DL5YL, Evelyne/F5RPB and Sophie/F4DHQ. They plan to have three stations on the air covering 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes (PSK31, 63, 125 and RTTY). The logs will be uploaded on Clublog as frequently as possible. QSL via the Luxembourg QSL Bureau to RL (Radioamateurs du Luxembourg Radio League) or QSL Manager Philippe/LX2A. For more information on the activity, visit the Web sites at: * YL France - http://www.ref-union.net/yls/en/lx9yl-en * Luxembourg Amateur Radio Society (R.L.) - http://www.rlx.lu/ OJ0, MARKET REEF (Press Release). Jarmo, OH2BN, sent out the following on June 15th: LAST NIGHT ON MARKET REEF - OJ0B CLOSING DOWN JUNE 15, 2015 AT 1500 UTC -- CLEAR BUT WINDY EVENING ON THE REEF WITH OJ0B OPERATORS TEARING DOWN LARGE MOONBOUNCE 2M ARRAY AND REPORTING 462 SOLID 2M EME/MS QSOs -- It's only some years back when using the moon as a reflector was considered a fun activity shared by just a few science types. Now techno- logy has reached a point where hundreds of QSOs are possible but still it takes some endurance. Jussi, OH6ZZ, and Jukka, OH8MSM, have shown such a spirit, demonstrating the tricks of moonbounce QSOs for regular DX- pedition types. They have logged all continents and more than fifty contacts with the U.S. and Canada. They have operated and slept in the damp storage room of the lighthouse wearing arctic outfits as June temper- atures are still running low out at sea. Martti, OH2BH, and Kim, OH6KZP, picked up where Pekka, OH2TA, and Niko, OH2GEK, left off a few days ago. The HF total is more than 8000 QSOs and that includes 200+ on 50 MHz. They tested the SPE Expert 1.3 solid-state amps and ran more than 1 kW from a shaky lighthouse power source. These lightweight amps have proven to be real workhorses, easy to carry when landing with a rubber Zodiac in rough seas. The weather was cooperative and all the maintenance work was completed; the fixed HF beam is now back in shape after an ice storm which had knocked down most of the elements. OJ0B logs will be uploaded to ClubLog and OQRS will be activated later this week. Now the tired but happy DXpeditioners are waiting for the sea to calm down, gazing at the horizon in anticipation of returning home to enjoy the upcoming Midsummer festivities, a festival of the summer solstice. Thank you for your interest in OJ0B. PACIFIC TOUR CONTINUES. By the time you read this, Bob, VK2RG, should be active as V73RG from Majuro, Marshall Islands, starting Monday, June 22nd, for a one week operation which could be extended to another week. Activity should be just like his recent T2RG Tuvalu operation, using a Yaesu FT-857D and a multiband dipole for 30-10 meters, possibly 40m, using SSB, JT65 and WSPR. Watch the SSB nets. After finishing his activities from Majuro, Bob will fly to Tarawa (OC-017), West Kiribati. He will receive his T32 callsign upon his arrival and operate for a week there. QSL via his home callsign direct. PJ2, CURACAO. Owen, LA9PTA, will be active as PJ2/LA9PTA from Curacao between July 12-31st. Activity will be on 80-6 meters SSB only. He is using an Alinco Dx-70, Ldg at-200 pro2 tuner, Alpha ez military antenna with a 13 foot whip. QSL via his home callsign. PJ5, ST. EUSTATIUS (Update). Operators Rich/K5AND, Chris/W3CMP and Terry/ K4RX will be active as PJ5/homecall and PJ5A from St. Eustatius (NA-145, WLOTA 1851, WWFF PAFF-0025, WW Loc. FK87) between June 25th and July 6th. Activity will have an emphasis on 6 meters but with some HF and Low Band operations. QSL PJ5A via M0URX or his OQRS. There will be ClubLog updates. QSL all others via their home callsigns. LoTW upload will be done at the earliest opportunity. For more details and updates, watch: http://www.dkhanson.com/pj5 PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (June 22-28th).... Jun/22nd AN Jun/25th AN Jun/27th AN Jun/23rd AN Jun/26th AN Jun/28th AN Jun/24th 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 (June 19th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5P9X via OZ9GA HF3PAPCIO via SP3SBY SP/DJ7ZO via DJ7ZO AM510HRE via EA5HRE HF3ROMEK via SQ3ODX SP73VOT via SP5PBE AM510KB via EA5KB HF3TALENT via SQ1GPR SQ9RFD via KB9IIZ CR6K via CT1ILT (d) HG21IAS via DL2JTE SV5/SV1LK via SV1LK EA5/DL5EO via DL5EO MC0SHL via M0URX TA4/OH2KW via OH2KW EG7RLB via EC7BM OE/DL5ZG/P via DL5ZG TM1USA via F5PTA (e) GB2AIR via G7CDI OH/SP6TGI via SP6TGI VE9/DJ8QP via DJ8QP GB2MOF via GM4UYZ OL21UEFA via OK2KYD VP9/WA4PGM via WA4PGM (d) GB8CMC via (e) OL40A via OK1MR VY2/DJ8QP via DJ8QP GX4RSE via GB2BM (B) PI25COM via PA3CAL XM3R via VE3MIS HB90IARU via HB9JOE SM2/DC6VA via DC6VA Z21GC via K3IRV HF1TYTUS via SQ1KSM SN0P via SP5IOU ZA/HA2SG via HA2SG HF30ZBX via SP8ZBX SN27OPW via SP3RNZ (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only CT1AHU was active from CTFF-0009 (Parque Natural da Serra de S?o Mamede) this past week until Wednesday. QSL via PT7ZT. K6VVA EXPEDITION QSL POLICY UPDATE! Rick has announced a new QSL policy, and it can be viewed at: http://www.k6vva.com/iota QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: FM5DN, FM/K9NW, ON7TQ, PA3HIZ, VA3ZV and VP2MKV QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: C21EU, E30FB, FW1JG, MT0IXD, SV1ASP/A, T88XX, TI9/3Z9DX, V6Z and VK9NT QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: HP0CC and VK9DLX SV5, DODECANESE. Volker, DL1ZB, will once again be active as SV5/DL1ZB from Kos Island (EU-001) between August 12th and September 29th. Activity will be on 20-6 meters using SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK63. QSL via DL1ZB, by the Bureau, LoTW and eQSL. T31, CENTRAL KIRIBATI. Last week we mentioned that Lee, T31LP, was active from Nikumaroro Island (OC-043). Well, reports indicate that he is operating onboard the vessel "Nai'a", which is alongside the SS Norwich City, offshore of Nikumaroro island. This means T31LP is NOT good for DXCC or IOTA. There may be a chance he may yet operate on land. LISTEN to what he says (boat or land). TF, ICELAND. Jeff, F4GGQ, will be active as TF/F4GGQ from Iceland (EU-021) between August 10-16th. Activity will be only on SSB, holiday style. QSL via F4EFI, by the Bureau or direct. TF, ICELAND. Bill, K2HVN, will once again be active as TF/K2HVN from Iceland between August 31st and September 7th. Activity will be holiday style on 30-10 meters, using the following suggested frequencies: CW - 10115, 14040 and 18085 kHz and SSB - 14260 and 18128 kHz. Bill will try to spot himself on the Summit Web site for the 15, 12 and 10 meter freqs. QSL via K2HVN (with SASE) or by the Bureau. No LoTW or eQSL. See QRZ.com for info. TO90, REUNION ISLAND. Mario, FR4QT, will be active as TO90R in celebration of the 90th anniversary of R.E.F on various dates in June, July, October and December. Current days listed are: June 27-28th, July 11-12th, July 14th, October 24-25th, December 12-13th, December 19-20th and December 26th. QSL via FR4QT. USI NEWS. Jay Chamberlain, NS4J, USI Webmaster and Awards Chairman, reports: The US Islands Award Program (USI) has announced a new date for the W/VE Island QSO Party for 2015. It will be held between 1200z, Saturday, August 29th and 0300z, Sunday, August 30th. The complete details on rules and scoring changes can be found at: http://www.usislands.org V6, MICRONESIA. Kouchi, JR2GAG, will be active as V63GG from Kolonia, Pohnpei Island (OC-010), between June 29th and July 5th. Activity will be mostly on 20-6 meters, but he will be able to go to 160-40 meters. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct. No LoTW or eQSL. YJ, VANUATU. Geoff, ZL3GA, will once again be active as YJ0GA from the Benjor Beach Club on Efate Island (OC-035) between July 21-27th. Activity will be on the beach in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 24-25th) using 100 watts into a an End Fed Half Wave vertical and as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/Mixed-Mode entry. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW (preferred). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Jun 28 17:20:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:20:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1220 Message-ID: <787640.5897.bm@smtp115.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1220 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1220 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1220 BID: $OPDX.1220 June 29, 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, WO2N, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, N5TIT, K7TD, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, W9ILY, CO2AME, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G0CKV, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer (ISWL), RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3JK, 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, 21st/June, through Sunday, 28th/June there were 206 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, 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, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, 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, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V4, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, 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". 13 COLONIES (Special Event). Once again the annual "13 Colonies Special Event" will take place between 1300z, June 30th and 0400z July 5th. The theme for 2015 will be "Founders and Patriots of the Republic". The certi- ficate is printed on heavy card stock. Stations working one state or, as many as all 13, will be eligible for the certificate. A "Clean Sweep" indicator will be affixed, for those lucky enough to "Q" all 13. A special endorsement will be attached for stations contacting their sister oper- ation, WM3PEN, in Philadelphia, PA, where independence was declared. New for 2015, the 13 Colonies have added a second sister event station GB13COL will operate from Durham, England. The 13 Colonies certificate will have a Liberty Bell added for a contact with WM3PEN. They will also offer a special QSL card printed just for this event. There should be at least two stations from each on the 13 colonies on the air, as well as Super contest stations, multi-operator Club stations and OM and XYL teams. The U.S. original 13 colonies are CT-DE- GA-MA-MD-NC-NH-NJ-NY-PA-RI-SC-VA. Special events stations mentioned are: K2A (NY), K2B (VA), K2C (RI), K2D (CT), K2E (DE), K2F (MD), K2G (GA), K2H (MA), K2I (NJ), K2J (NC), K2K (NH), K2L (SC), and K2M (PA). All HF bands will be in play except the WARC bands and 60 meters. 2 meters and 6 meter simplex are encouraged. All modes of operation should be represented - SSB, CW, RTTY, Digital, and the Satel- lites. The mode of operation is up to the individual colony state station. For more details on the stations, suggested frequencies, QSL info and on how to obtain the special certificate, see: http://www.13colonies.info 3B9, RODRIGUEZ ISLAND. Olof, G0CKV, will once again be active as 3B9HA from Rodrigues Islands (AF-017). Activity will take place during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW. 5H, TANZANIA (Update). Chas, NK8O/VE3ISD, will once again return to Tanzania, but from a different area between September 1st and October 1st. Activity will be from a pediatric hospital at Zinga, between Bagamoya and Dar es Salaam. He believes the callsign will be 5H3DX. He states that he will use a simple wire antenna and his KX3 with a KXPA100 amp. QSL via EA7FTR, LoTW and eQSL. AM/AN/AN/AO10, SPAIN. The European Radio Amateurs' Organization (EURAO) will celebrate its 10th anniversary until July 15th with the callsign AO10EURAO. In addition, all Spanish radio amateurs may use the special prefixes by adding the number 10 behind their own district figure and keeping the suffix of their own callsign (e.g. EA3RKF would be AM310RKF). EAs may use the AM prefix, EBs may use the AN prefix, and ECs may use the AO prefix. CARIBBEAN TOUR CONTINUES. By the time you read this, Howard, WB4WXE, should be active as J79XE from Dominica (after being active as J68HS from St. Lucia this past week) until July 10th. Activity will be mainly 6 meters with some HF activity. He will then return to St. Lucia and once again be active as J68HS until July 14th. QSL both callsigns via WB4WXE. CO, CUBA. Members of Grupo DX de Cuba will be actives on all HF bands and modes between July 2-5th, using the callsign CO2FRC. The activation will be held during the celebration of the 8th Congress of Federaci?n de Radioaficionados de Cuba (FRC) at the city of Santa Clara. FRC is the Cuban Amateur Radio organization. QSL via the address on QRZ.com. DXCC NEWS. Sharon Taratula, Awards Manager, reports that the following operations have been recently approved for DXCC credit: 5J0B - 2015 Operation FO/K8PGJ - 2015 Operation 9N7JX - 2014 Operation T6/IV3FHA - 2015 Operation 9N7TB - 2015 Operation TT8ES - 2012?2014 Operation 9Q0HQ - 2015 Operation TT8CY - 2015 Operation CE0Y/RW3RN - 2015 Operation YJ0MT - 2015 Operation E41WT - 2014/2015 Operation ZD9ZS - 2014 Operation E41MT - 2014/2015 Operation If you have had cards for these operations rejected in a recent appli- cation, please send an E-mail to the ARRL DXCC Desk at or Sharon Taratula at and you will be placed on the list for an update. EI, IRELAND. Olivier, ON4EI, will once again be active as EI8GQB and EI1A between July 4-13th. He plans to operate from his caravan using green energy. Olivier will activate the EI1A callsign during the IARU HF World Championship Contest (July 11-12th) as a Single-Op/2- Radio (SO2R)/Low-Power entry. You can follow his activities and antenna experimentation on: http://www.qrz.com/db/EI8GQB This is a very interesting QRZ.com page. There you will find a live information banner with on air frequencies and information. His equipment will consist of: 18m top loaded vertical monopole for 160-80m-40m bands + 32 radials. 3 elements East-West directional inverted V beam for 40m band. 200m long beverage RX antenna East-West directional. 2 Spiderbeam antennas for 20/15/10m bands. Rigs are Elecraft K3+P3 & Kenwood TS2000 100W. 500Ah battery bank + 180W solar panel and 400W wind generator. Also, live video streaming will be provided on: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ei8gqb QSL via LoTW, or via QSL Manager PA3249, direct or by the Bureau. FS, ST. MARTIN. If you missed John's, K9EL, activity this June, he will once again be active as FS/K9EL from St. Martin (NA-105, DIFO FS-001, WLOTA 0383, WW Loc. FK88) between October 21-28th. Activity will probably be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. He will be running 500 watts into a 3 element yagi on 6m, dipoles for 10-30m and a vertical for 40-80m. John usually will operate on 60m if there is interest. There will be daily uploads to ClubLog and LoTW. QSL via his home callsign or on ClubLog's OQRS. His operating frequencies (except during contests) will be announced in real time via Twitter at: https://twitter.com/FSK9EL ADDED NOTE: John is also part of the TO1E team who plans to be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th). HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Just a reminder that Geoff, G8OFQ, will once again be active as HC8/G8OFQ from Isabella Island (SA-004) between July 1st and September 30th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using SSB only. Geoff is 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 HA3JB. HH, HAITI. Terry, K7TD, will be operating "holiday style" from July 3rd through July 13th, from various locations within Haiti using his re-issued callsign from the late 70's, HH2TD. Operation will be mostly CW on 30 through 10 with a focus on the 30/17/12 meter bands. QSL via LoTW or direct to K7TD. Also, Terry will be using the special callsign 4V0HQ during the IARU HF World Championship Contest (July 11-12th) from Radio Club d'Haiti. IOTA NEWS.............. EU-008. Members of the Cockenzie & Port Seton Amateur Radio Club will once again activate GM2T from the Isle of Tiree (IOSA NH04, SCOTIA DI10, WLOTA 2232, WAB NM04), the most westernly part of Scotland's Inner Hebridean Islands, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/DXpedition entry. Operators mentioned are: Brian/G3UJE, Cambell/MM0DXC, Bob/GM4UYZ, Robin/ MM0VTV, Geoff/MM5AHO, Brian/M0RNR, Steve/MM0GTA, Adrian/MM0GTU, John/MM0JXI, Paul/MM0VPR, Cephas/MM0INS, Al/MM0XAB and Ellis/ GM4GZW. QSL via GM4UYZ, direct or eQSL and LoTW. ADDED NOTE: Activity depends if the CalMac ferries are operating. For more info, see: http://www.cpsarc.com EU-009. Col, MM0NDX, will once again be active as MM0NDX/p from Orkney Island (IOSA OR01, SCOTIA OI14, WLOTA 1652) between July 3-5th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands. QSL via IW7EGQ. EU-034. Operators Harald/ES1LS, Arvo/ES1QV, Toivo/ES2DJ, Jueri/ES2EZ, Juri/ES5GP and Roy/ES8DH will be active as ES0U from Muhu Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/Multi-Band/DXpediton/Low-Power entry. QSL via ES2DJ, by the Bureau. EU-054. Ignazio, IT9AGZ, will be active as IT9AGZ/p from Levanzo Island (IIA I006, MIA MI-050, WLOTA 1918) between July 4-17th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct. EU-064. Fraser, G4BJM, will be active as F/G4BJM/P from Noirmoutier during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ Low-Power/Unassisted entry. See QRZ.com for QSL info. EU-090. Operators Goran/S52P, Dragan/S55Z, and Kugler/S51TP will be active as 9A/homecall from Palagruza Vela Island (IOCA CI-084, MIA MC-284, WLOTA 0057) between July 19-31st. They plan to be active during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) using the callsign 9A8ZRS. QSL 9A8ZRS via S57L, direct or by the Bureau. QSL all other callsigns via their home callsign. EU-105. Five Belgian operators from the Radioclub Grimbergen (ON6NB) will be active as F/ON6NB or F/homecall from ?le-de-Batz between September 14-18th. Operators mentioned are Erik/ON4ANN, Philippe/ON4ACP, Erik/ON4CCV, Paul/ON5PDV and Walter/ON8CW. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY. QSL via the Bureau, LoTW or direct via ON4ANN. For more details and updates, see: http://users.telenet.be/on4ann/EU105 EU-120. Members of the Addiscombe Amateur Radio Club will be active as G4ALE/P from Isle of Wight during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op/DXpedition/Low-Power entry. Operators mentioned are Peter/G3SJX, Steve/G3UFY, Mike/G3VYI and Dave/G7RAU. They will be using wire antennas. QSL via G4ALE. EU-132. Adam, DJ0IF, will once again be active as SN0RX from Wolin Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via SP8BXL. EU-170. Operators Detlef/DK3QZ, Kai/DL3HAH, Andy/DL3YM and Stefan/DL5XX will be active from Isle Kaprije between July 24-26th. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as 9A/DK3QZ and a Multi-Single entry. EU-172. Andreas, DL5CW, will be active as OZ/DL5CW from Hjarno Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via DL5CW. EU-172. Rene, DL2JRM, will be active as OZ/DL2JRM from Hjarno Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via DL5CW. EU-174. Gabor, HA1YA, will once again be active as SW8YA from Thassos Island (GIOTA NAS-037, MIA MG-124, WLOTA 4186. WW Loc. KN20HS) between July 2-13th and Samothraki Island (MIA MG-100, WLOTA 4166, GIOTA NAS-032) between July 13-22nd. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands, as well as 50-70-144-432 MHz, but with a focus on tropo, MS, Es and EME on 2m. QSL via his home callsign, direct only (see QRZ.com). Visit his Web page at: http://www.ha1ya.hu SA-025. Members of the Teresina DX Group will be active as ZW8K from Santa Isabel Island (DIB PI-01), off the coast of the state of Piau?, northeastern part of Brazil, between July 23-26th. Operators mentioned are Joselito/PS8BR, Milton/PS8HF and Nelson/PS8NF. Activity will be on 160/80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY. The team will also be in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via LoTW and eQSL. QSL Manager is PS8HF. NO Bureau. Log will be uploaded to ClubLog (OQRS). For more details and updates, see: http://zw8d.webnode.com ISWL CALLSIGNS (For July). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of July 2015: GX4BJC/A - Operated from Walton-on-the Naze, in Essex, by Herbie/G6XOU. (/A WAB Square TM22 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). Herbie will also operate as GX4BJC/P from various locations. His WAB information will be given if requested. MX1SWL/A - Operated from Great Missenden, in Buckinghamshire, by John/G8XTJ. (/A WAB Square SP80 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). ALL QSLs will be handled by Herbie, G6XOU, and NOT the individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club. All QSL info is on or or via . NO LoTW. I.S.W.L. Awards are available to all Hams and SWLs, see for full details. The eQSL.cc cards ARE welcomed for their awards. KH5/P DXPEDITION NEWS (Press Release #2): [edited] Lou (N2TU) and Craig (K9CT) previously announced a DXpedition to Palmyra Atoll at the Inter- national DX Convention in Visalia, California. Palmyra (KH5) ranks #9 on the Most Wanted List and #2 in Europe. The Pacific Islands DXpedition Group has been awarded permission to activate Cooper Island in the Palmyra Atoll, January 11-26th, 2016. A team of highly experienced operators and veterans of many DXpeditions has been assembled. Team members include Craig/K9CT, Lou/N2TU, Jerry/WB9Z, Tom/ND2T, Mike/K9NW, Ralph/K0IR, John/K6MM, Bob/K4UEE, Hal/W8HC, Dick/W3OA, Jim/N9TK and Glenn/W0GJ. The Team plans to operate five stations, 160 to 6 meters on CW, SSB and Digital modes, using a callsign to be announced at a later date. Antennas dedicated to working Europe will be deployed due to the high need and propagation path difficulty. Critical to major DXpeditions are the immediate, up-front commitment costs. For instance, most of the equipment (antennas, coax, wire, con- nectors, and site material) has already been purchased, tested and shipped to Palmyra. These procurement and shipping costs are a significant portion of the overall DXpedition costs. It is estimated this DXpedition will incur costs of over 200,000 USDs plus individual and personal expenses. We are pleased we have received support from so many Foundations, Clubs and Individuals already. We are about $30,000 USDs short of our need for the next payment November 1st. So please donate as soon as possible to help with the upfront costs. Our website, , has a ?Donate? link to facilitate your generous contribution. Without your support, this DXpedition would not happen! ....Lou N2TU and Crain K9CT KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Members of the East Mississippi Field Unit (WE5DX) will be active from the lovely U.S. Virgin Islands (NA-106) between September 23-30th. The team will be active in the CQ Worldwide RTTY DX Contest (September 26-27th) as KP2/WE5DX. Outside of the contest Jim (KP2/AD5OW), Jeffrey (KP2/N5TIT) and Debbie (KP2/KF5MEG) will be active on 80-10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSLs can be sent to the individual callsigns via Bureau, LoTW, eQSL or direct via their home callsign with a SASE for USA or 1 IRC for DX. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (June 29th-July 4th).... Jun/29th AN Jul/02nd AN Jul/04th DIS Jun/30th AN Jul/03rd AN Jul/05th HN Jul/01st 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 (June 28th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3Z70RWP via SP5ZRW EE5O via EA5URO OH0/F6CTF via F6CTF 5B4AAB via G8CLY EF0F via EA4URE ON700VAART via ON5JE 5B4AAB via G8CLY ER150ITU via ER1FF OV5O via OZ9XU 5B4AHJ via M0URX ES0/F6CTF via F6CTF (e) PJ5A via M0URX 5B4AIF via EB7DX (d) HB0/SM0T via SM0DZB SC80SM via SM5ELV 7X2JV via SM4VPZ HB9/LZ2CWW via LZ2CWW SE5L via SM5ALJ 9N7CW via ZL3CW (d) HF10PAT via SP5PAT SF3A via SM3CER AM310KX via EA3KX HF1ROMEK via SQ1KSL SF90IARU via SM7HZK AM310RKM via EA3RKM (L/e) HF5TYTUS via SO5MAX SN1956PC via SP3PGR CO8LY via EA7ADH (d) IQ9ZZ via 9A8AOT UM100RU via UK8AR DA300CFG via DL3JRA IS0/IZ8SAR via IZ8JFL UN1L via W3HNK DL/G8OFQ via G8OFQ K1B via K1BKE VE2/DJ8QP via DJ8QP DL/JA4DND via JA4DND KP2/AA1BU via AA1BU (d) WU1ITU via KA1R DL/N2WB via N2OO MC0SHL via M0URX YL390GAZ via YL3GAZ EA5/ON4CAU via ON4CAU MX0WFF via M0WFF (B) ED1R via EC1KR OE/DJ6OI via DJ6OI (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only NO LONGER QSL MANAGER. Ron, AC7DX, reports, "As QRZ.com doesn't seem to be able to remove my call properly from LS1D and LP5D.. and the operators do not answer numerous E-mails to them, please be advised I am no longer their manager. Tnx and 73" QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: DJ4EL, DL1HRN, J68HZ, ON4IQ, V63DX, V6A, YB4IR/9 (OC-147), YB4IR/9 (OC-239), YB8RW/P (OC-070), 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: 4W/N1YC, 5Z0L, 7P8LS, DS2GOO/4 (AS-084), EX8M, EX8MLE, FY/F5UII, HA1XY, K1N, PH70MG, S79RPS, SU9IG, T88XX (OC-296), TI9/3Z9DX, V6Z and YB4IR/7 (OC-268) QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3DA0ET, 3DA0PW, 5C2C, 5Z4/EA4ATI, 6Y9V, 6Y9X, A5A, A35YZ, C50C, C82DX, CR2X, CS2W, CT8/HB9CQL, CU8FN, CY0P, D44TEG, DJ6QT, E44PM, EA8/IK1PMR, EX/HB9DUR, GB8MD, HB0/DJ9CB/P, HB0WR, HD2M, HP2CTM, HP500OP, IK2AGN, J87GU, KH0/HB9BCK, LY2KW, MU0FAL, MJ0UOO, PB12XMAS, PJ2/PA1CC, PJ4/SP9FIH, PJ5/K1XM, PJ5/K5WE, PJ6/N7QT, PJ7/N7QT, PJ7/K1XM, S79GM, TT8PK, TX5D, V26Y, YL2GC, YL3FT, YT40E, OE2LCM and ZD8X S5100, SLOVENIA (Special Event). Look for special event station S5100WW to operate between July 1st and August 31st, to commemorate the beginning of the 100th anniversary of the Soca( Isonzo) Front Battles of World War I. These were the largest mountain battles in human history. The American writer Ernest Hemingway wrote about his experiences there in his book "Farewell to Arms." Activity will be on all HF and VHF bands. Operations will take place from actual sites where radio stations were used during this time period. Please QSL to: Radioklub Krn - S59DAJ, Muceni?ka 5a, Kobarid SI-5222, Slovenia. SV9, CRETE. Goran, S55OO, will be active as SV9/S55OO from Rethymno, Crete (EU-015, GIOTA KRS-005, MIA MGC-005, WLOTA 1400), between July 8-19th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. He will be using his FlexRadio 3000 into wire antennas. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. Log will be uploaded to LoTW and eQSL. T32, EASTERN KIRIBATI. In honor of his 60 years of ham radio, Bill, KH6OO, and his two sons Will/W0ZRJ and John/N0PJV will go to Christmas Island in the Republic of Kiribati and operate as T32DX between October 27th and November 3rd. The trio plans to put up two 100 watt stations with vertical antennas on the island. Watch QRZ.com on the T32DX page for updates. QSLs will be via an OQRS. T8, PALAU. Akira, JH0CKF/DU1CKF/AF1Y, is once again active as T88MZ from the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room) on Koror Island (OC-009) between July 1-3rd. He is there on business, so activity will be limited to his spare time on the HF bands. QSL via DU1CKF, direct or by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW. For more details about the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room), see: http://www.palau-radio.com/index.php?page=rr2014 V29, ANTIGUA. Look for IARU President Tim, VE6SH, to once again be active as V29SH Jumby Bay Island, Antigua (NA-100), between July 28th and August 8th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands with a focus on 30/17/12 meters using a Elecraft KX3 with an amp into a CrankIR. QSL via VE6SH, direct or by the Bureau and LoTW. VK9W, WILLIS ISLAND (Update to OPDX.1214.1/OPDX.1217). It was announced that the small team of 6-8 operators who planned to activate Middle Cay Islet using the callsign VK9WA, will now be active between November 14-23rd. This is due to a schedule change with their charter vessel. 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