From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Mar 1 12:30:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:30:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1204 Message-ID: <183225.39186.bm@smtp120.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1204 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1204 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1204 BID: $OPDX.1204 March 2, 2015 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, NA2U, W2GB, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, NS4J, K5ZD, AA6RE, N6PSE, KH6MT, WB6RSE, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, W9ILY, N0JK, W0GJ, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DL1SBF, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F5UFX, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3BJ, I1HYW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, IK7JWY, JA1TRC, OH2BH, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer (ISWL), PS7AB, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, SM1TDE, VA3RJ & ICPO, and the VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 22nd/February, through Sunday, 1st/March there were 228 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9L, VP2E, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z8, 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". 3G0, JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND (Update). Members of the Provins ARC (F6KOP) continue to be active from Robinson Cruso? Island (SA-005, aka Juan Fernandez Archipelago) as 3G0ZC until March 4th. QSL via F1ULQ, direct or by the Bureau. Also QSL via LoTW and ClubLog's OQRS (direct/Bureau). The 3G0ZC Web site is at: http://www.juanfernandez2015.com A FaceBook page is available at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/JuanFernandez2015/747628888649765 3W, VIETNAM. Jacek, SP5APW, will be active as 3W2JK from Con Son Island (AS-130) between March 11-17th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using SSB, PSK31 and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. For updates, watch: http://as-130.blogspot.com 5J0, ANDRES ISLAND. Joseph, LU1FM, will be active as 5J0B from San Andres Island (NA-033) between March 21st and April 4th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using SSB and the Digital modes. Also look for him to partic- ipate the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th). Equipment will be an IC-7100 with an ALS MRX 500 amp into a Hexbeam (20-6m) and dipoles for 160/80/40m. QSL via his home callsign. 5T: MAURITANIA: Jean, 5T0JL (F3JL/ON8RA), will use the special callsign 5T2MM between April 17-20th. Look for activity in the CQ Manchester Mineira DX Contest (April 18-19th). QSL via PY4KL. For more details and updates, see: http://www.qrz.com/db/5T2MM 5X, UGANDA. Eric, SM1TDE, is once again active as 5X8EW from Entebbe. He showed up on the air on February 24th and will be active until March 3rd. Activity has been on 15 meters CW, but he will also be on 40/30/20/17/15 meters CW. QSL via his home callsign. 5X, UGANDA. Alan, G3XAQ, will once again be active as 5X1XA from Kampala between March 11-18th. Activity is usually on 80-10 meters CW only, but his primary focus will be on the SARL Africa DX Contest (March 14-15th). QSL via G3SWH, LoTW. 8P, BARBADOS. Tom, W2SC, will once again be active as 8P5A during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as Single-Op/All-Band/ High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to NN1N. 8Q, MALDIVES. Nobby, G0VJG, will once again be active as 8Q7CQ between June 5-18th. 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 9Q, DEM. REP. OF CONGO (Update to OPDX.1193/1200). The "Radioamateur Association of the Democratic Republic of Congo" (ARAC) has invited the "Italian DXpedition Team" (IDT) for a short stay in Kinshasa during March. The IDT will be active as 9Q0AR between March 10-25th. QSL via I2YSB only direct. A OQRS is available via their Web page. As usual, the official Web site is: http://www.i2ysb.com/idt A dedicated 9Q0HQ Survey form has been added to the Web page. The results will be used in the planning of activity on the various bands. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Updated suggested fre- quencies are: CW - 1826, 3530, 7025, 10115, 14030, 18068, 21030, 24893 and 28030 kHz SSB - 3780, 7103, 14270, 18155, 21310, 24975 and 28420 kHz RTTY - 21087 kHz 6m - 50102/CW and 50123/SSB For info, questions or skeds on the 6m band, please contact ONLY the pilot station Sergio, IK0FTA. For info, questions or problems with the DXpedition LOG, please contact ONLY the pilot station Arturo, IK7JWY. For E-mail messages to the pilot stations see QRZ.com. Please DO NOT SEND E-mail messages about the DXpedition to the Team. They will NOT answer. For updates about the DXpedition please visit the official forum: http://www.hamradioweb.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25856 If a suitable internet connection is available, the ONLINE REAL-TIME LOG will be at: http://win.i2ysb.com/logonline/default.asp?ID_dxpedition=38 A3, TONGA. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will be active as A35JR from the Likualofa Beach Resort Kanokupolu on Tongatapu Island (OC-049) betwee March 12-16th. Activity will be on 30/17/15/12/10 meters using CW and SSB, if possible 20m CW. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. For updates, watch his home page at: http://pandasan.jimdo.com BP0, TAIWAN. Members of the Amateur Radio Taipei (ART) will be active from BU2AQ's QTH as BP0P during the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. Operators mentioned are: Tang/BM2AAV, Eddie/BV2DD, YaoJun/BV5OO, Lee/BX2AB and Jie/BX3ABH. QSL via BP0P. QSL also OK via ART QSL Service. C6, BAHAMAS. Operators Tom/N1GN, William/NE1B, Paul/K1VK and Ken/AG2K will be active as C6ANM from Nassau (NA-001, FL15) during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via LoTW. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (DST). Remember to change your clocks next weekend. Countries in the Northern Hemisphere (most of N. American and some of the Caribbean) who observe Daylight Saving Time, should change their clocks on Sunday, March 8th at 2:00 AM, and should move their "local clocks" forward 1 hour to 3:00:00 AM local time. Daylight Saving Time will end on Sunday, November 1st at 2:00 AM. European countries will switch to DST on March 29th. For the history and details about DST, as well as an interesting map of the world (showing the countries who observe DST), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2015.html ADDED NOTES: Hopefully, all amateur radio operators know not to change their GMT/UTC/ZULU clocks. However, since most operators usually set their computers to local time, some may have to change their settings on "some" ham radio software (ex. logging, propagation, DXTelnet, etc..) programs. E3, ERITREA. If you missed OPDX Special Bulletin #OPDX.1103.1, the SEISA/ Foundation for Global Children announced that their next activity, the "Eritrea Project 2015", will conduct an amateur radio DXpedition from Asmara, Eritrea, between March 6-17th. This is a multi-national team of nine operators, consisting of: Zorro/JH1AJT (Team Leader), Paul/N6PSE (Co-Leader), Franz/DJ9ZB, Jay/JA1TRC, Yuki/JH1NBN, Kazu/JH1OGX, Thomas/NQ7R, David/WD5COV and Dmitri/RA9USU. This DXpedition has taken many months of careful planning and negotiations. The DXpedition's callsign will be assigned to them upon their arrival in the capital of Asmara. They will use four transceivers consisting of two Elecraft K3 radios with the KPA500 amplifiers and two Kenwood TS590 transceivers with the ACOM 1010 amplifiers. They will use beam antennas for the high bands (10-20 meters) and four verticals for the low bands (30-160 meters). They will try to work every area as much as possible. QSL Manager is Tim, M0URX. To see the complete press release, go to: http://papays.com/opdx1203.1.html E6, NIUE. Members and operators of the UK group "6-G", most of whom formed the TX6G (Austral) expedition in 2014, will be active from Niue for two weeks in the second half of September 2015. The team will be comprised of Don/G3BJ, Chris/G3SVL, Nigel/G3TXF, David/G3WGN, Mike/G3WPH, Hilary/G4JKS and Justin/G4TSH. Look for more details to be forthcoming. FT4TA STORY AND BOOK. Sebastien, F5UFX, reports -- Dear friends, Our emissions from Tromelin stopped a few months ago. Since, we have been very busy by many subjects. You undoubtedly read the news of our QSL cards (in progress), our equipment boxes are on the way back, we have been able to debrief on several occasions with the TAAF. We are happy to show you today the complete report of our expedition. For each operation, stories are very often quite similar. It is difficult in a few lines not to be limited to the banalities of the antenna setup, the conditions of propagation, and some statistics. We choose to write a report which would tell in details all that one would like to know in connection with such adventure: the ? behind the scenes" of FT4TA ! In these days with of DQRM, anonymous and nasty comments, it does not exist a better answer than explaining, and try to sensitize, show the work done for a so ambitious project. For the others, a large majority, organizers of expeditions themselves, those who would like to start a project, or DX lovers, let us hope that our story will make you dream. Please follow the link bellow to consult the online book of FT4TA: French version: http://blur.by/1KGFCIT English version http://blur.by/1LziqfS It is also possible to order the ? printed ? version. This communication will probably be one of the last for this project. Thanks again for your support and see you soon for new adventures..... FT4TA TEAM HR2, HONDURAS. Operator Dan, HR2DMR, will be active as HR2WW during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via KD4POJ. IOTA NEWS.............. AF-072. Paolo, C91PM, is now active as C91PM/p from Bazaruto Island until March 3rd. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via LoTW or eQSL. AS-118. Members of the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society will once again be active as 9K2F from Failaka Island between March 11-16th. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via 9K2HN, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLogs OQRS. EU-038. Marcel, PD5MVH, will be active as PD38EU from Ameland Island between now and March 14th. Activity will include the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th). QSL via PD5MVH, direct or by the Bureau. EU-081. Emil, DL8JJ, will be active as F/DL8JJ/P from Saint Marcouf Island between June 5-11th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via LZ1JZ. For more details and updates, visit: http://www.dl8jj.darc.de NA-079. Mike, WA0SPG, who will be on his first DXpedition, will be active as WA0SPG/4 from the Dry Tortugas between May 4-6th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. Equipment will be a KX3 and a FT-817 into a buddipole vertical dipole near saltwater, Alpha vertical and Loop antenna. Mike will also be on the satellite using 2x FT-817's for SO-50 and FO-29 (CW/SSB) with both arrow and elk antennas. All power will be by Goal Zero batteries being charged by Solar PV panels. QSL via his home callsign. NA-079. Arturo, KG4DRP, will be active from the Dry Tortugas (EL84np) between May 9-10th. Activity will be on QRP with a FT-817ND on 20 meters SSB. QSL via address on QRZ.com. NA-212. Dan, HR2DMR, is expected to be active from Farallones de Cosiguina sometime during mid/late July (possibly between 23-28th) and also to include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Activity depends on the Honduran and Nicaraguan Navy officers. He is requesting a special H7 prefix or use the YN9W callsign. Look for more details to be forthcoming. OC-252. Imam, YB4IR, will be active as YB4IR/7 from Temajo Island between March 14-18th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB, and RTTY. Antennas will be a Tribander for the High Bands and a Vertical for Low Bands. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS or via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. ISWL CALLSIGNS (For March). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of March 2015: GX4BJC/A - Operated from Cleethorpes, in Lincolnshire by Dave, M0KWK. (/A WAB Square TA20 England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). MS1SWL/A - Operated from Walton-on-the-Naze, in Essex, by Herbie, G6XOU. (ISWL Council Member & QSL Bureau Manager) (/A WAB Square - England, IOTA EU-005 and WLOTA 1841). Herbie will also operate as MX1SWL/P during the month and will give his WAB square if requested. 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. J8, ST. VINCENT. Brian, GW4DVB, will be active as J88PI from Palm Island (aka Prune Island, WW Loc. FK92HO, IOTA NA-025), in the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Island group, between April 13-22nd. Activity will be on 40/20/17/15/10/6 meters SSB only using an Elecraft KX3 and KXPA100 Power Amp (100w) into a 10m vertical antenna and a M0CVO HW-40HP off center fed dipole. QSL via GW4DVB, by the Bureau or direct to: PO Box 20:20, Llanharan, Pontyclun, Wales - UK CF72 9ZA. For more details and updates, check: http://www.g4dvb.co.uk ADDED NOTE: Palm Island is an exclusive, private-island resort. This idyllic tropical hideaway is situated near the southern tip of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, an idyllic archipelago of 32 tropical islands and cays known for its stunning natural beauty, clear, warm waters and turtles. K1N SATELLITE QSOS. A special K1N Satellite QSL will be made for their satellite contacts/QSOs. To order one, go to ClubLog and process a QSL under K1N/SAT log. They are only charging 1 USD for these QSLs, but an additional contributions can be made if you wish. You will need to change the callsign in your log "temporarily" to K1N/SAT in order for this to work: https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/K1N/SAT Cards ordered in this way cannot be combined with your regular K1N QSL. Regular K1N QSLs (OQRS) is found at: https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/K1N Or, you can send in the old fashioned way (SNAIL Mail), but they suggest including a special separate card clearly marked as SATELLITE QSO (it can be in the same envelope as your regular K1N QSL), if you use the direct mail method with an SASE. ADDED NOTES: There is a new picture of the satellite operators at: http://69.89.25.185/~trexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/k1n/photos-qrv.htm Also, there is an interesting interview with Glenn, W0GJ, on the Mediter- raneo DX Club's Web page at: http://www.mdxc.org/k1n-interview-for-mdxc-by-w0gj KH6, HAWAII. Fred, NA2U, will operate from the Volcano on the Big Island [Hawai'i Island - OC-019] between March 4-8th. Activity prior to and following the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th), he will operate as KH6/NA2U. During the ARRL International DX SSB Contest Fred will operate as KH7M. QSLs for KH6/NA2U are via LoTW, or direct with SASE and IRC or greenstamps. All other cards via Bureau. KH6, HAWAII. Jon, N0JK, will be active as KH6/N0JK from Wailea, Maui (OC-019), between March 1-18th. Activity will be holiday style on 10 meters and 6 meters using CW and SSB. This will include a Single-Op/ Single-Band (10m) entry in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. LX, LUXEMBOURG. Philippe, LX2A, will be active as LX7I during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LX2A. Visit the following Web page at: http://www.lx2a.com MESSAGE FROM THE PW0F TEAM (Sunday, March 1st). Just before going to print, Martti, OH2BH, sent the following [edited]: "Hello from Miami Airport enroute to Cayman Islands with lost luggage... Yes the PW0F team left Recife, Brazil, on Saturday but luggage did not. The Amateur Radio equipment always generates many security concerns but among the critical items went all pink underwear of the much anticipated science element of the effort. Highly interesting results have surfaced for those who plan to take on a radio trip. With some 12,000 PW0F QSOs on selected bands those 160M QSOs were hard with rain and noise at PW0F location right in the middle of village. OQRS is opened on Sunday for those for PW0F QSLs. ZF2BH will hit airwaves later on this week." MJ, JERSEY. Kazu, JK3GAD, will be active as MJ0CFW from Jersey (EA-013) between March 20-23rd. Look for activity in the Russian DX Contest (March 21-22nd). In the contest he will sign MJ5Z. QSL via LoTW or M0CFW. NCDXF PRESS RELEASE (Grant for South Sandwich & South Georgia) [edited]. The Northern California DX Foundation is pleased to announce a major grant of $50,000 to the Intrepid-DX Group for their plans to activate TWO Top Ten DXCC entities during January & February of 2016. At that time, South Sandwich Island will be #3 and South Georgia will be #7 on The Most Wanted List. These destinations are very remote and costly to reach. The Braveheart has been chartered for the voyage. Fourteen team members will contribute half of the $425,000 projected budget. The team plans to be on each island for ten days with eight full days on the air. Without grants of this type, many of the most wanted entities would not be possible to activate. Individual contributions to NCDXF have enabled us to make this grant possible. Contributions to NCDXF are tax-deductible, to the extent of U.S. law. See for details. Glenn Johnson, W0GJ -- NCDXF, vice president P4, ARUBA. Operators Ed/N4OC, Bob/AA6VB, Andy/AE6Y and Scott/K0DQ will be active as P49Y from the P40L-P49Y station at Pos Chiquito, Aruba (SA-036), during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via AE6Y or LoTW. PR70, BRAZIL (Special Event). Operators Rony/PS7AB and Leo/PP1CZ will activate special event station PR70FEB between March 1-30th. Activity is to celebrate the 70th anniversary of World War II and to remember the importance of PEACE. The special callsign is also in honor to all who participated in the war, especially the Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB, on the battlefields in Italy. Operations will be on 40/20/17/15/10 meters using SSB (Op PS7AB) and CW/Digital (Op PP1CZ). QSL via PS7AB, direct (1 USD), by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW. A special certificate will be sent in 2016 via E-mail to stations who made contacts with at least 10 Special Event Stations by mode (SSB, CW or digital), or mixed (3 modes). Each month in 2015, Ronaldo will activate a different callsign and also send 12 different QSLs. PR70FEB is the third special event station to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in 2015. For more details, see: http://qrz.com/db/pr70feb PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (March 2-8th).... Mar/02nd HN Mar/05th AN Mar/07th AN Mar/03rd AN Mar/06th AN Mar/08th AN Mar/04th HN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ====================================================== NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 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 (March 1st) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5H1OC via IK6CAC EG7DAM via EA7URM PA6NH via PH9HB 5T0JL via ON8RA G50FRS via G0YYY PR5P via PT2OP 7Q7GIA via LA7GIA (L) HI3/DL4NAC via DL4NAC VI110ROTARY via VK4ZD 9A2L via 9A3AG J64SLI via WB5Q VK9LC via OH2YY BV0TW via BU2BF JW/DL2JRM via DL2JRM VP5/K0PC via K0PC D44TBR via SM7RYR LY97O via LY8O ZD8D via DL9HO DM100CTK via DF1XC P4/W1VE via W1VE (d) EA6/DF3MC via DF3MC PA15C via PH7Y (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only K1N QSL QUESTIONS. "The Daily DX" reports per N2OO, "If anyone has any questions about their QSOs, QSLs, OQRS, LoTW about K1N, the recent Navassa Island DXpedition they should be sent to and they will be answered." QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4S7VG, 7M4CLF, C5YK, CT1ETE, DH7SA, DK4FP, DL2MSA, EA1EYG, EA8DO, ES0/OH7KA, F3EPR, HA3AUI, JA1WWO, JA3FYC, JA7QVI, JH1RGG, K1N, LA9K, PU2KNM, R3PW, RW0LT, SA5CDO, SP7FKQ, T77C, UW2ZM, VE3WEJ, VU4KV and YU2A QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: CE8RNK, HI2DX, HV0A, KH6SAT, VK9DLX, VK9LM, VP2MDX and VU4KV QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: BA8BA, BD3MV, BD4TH, BD8ASG, BD9ALM, BG4ACE, BG7JD, BG8AM, BH3OTC, BH4ACQ, BY4RWT, T88HZ, TA1PB, TA7EB, TC2C, TC10SWAT, TC57A, VA2EU, VA2KZ, VA2QR, VC2O and YM7KX TI, COSTA RICA. Operators Kamal/N3KS, Chris/KL9A, Mark/M0DXR and Nathan/ N4YDU will be active as TI5W from Alajuela during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via N3YIM direct. The operators will be signing TI5/homecalls before and after the contest. TO5, FRENCH GUIANA (Special Event). Kris, F4GHW, will be active as TO5BR between March 10-23rd. Activity is to celebrate "Carnival French Guiana 2015" and operations will be on the HF bands. QSL via F4HGW, direct or by the Bureau. USI ONE-DAY GETWAY. Jay Chamberlain, NS4J, USI Webmaster and Awards Chairman, reports [edited], "US Islands announces a new operating activity (not a contest) on May 9th, 2015. ARRL press release: http://www.usislands.org/USI-1DG-PressRelease.pdf List of pending operating stations including IOTA numbers are available at ." V6, MIRCONESIA. Kiichi, JF1LUT, will be active as V63KI from Kolonia, Pohnpei (OC-010), between March 20-25th. Activity will be on 20-10 meters using SSB only. QSL only direct to QSL Manager to: A4maniax, c/o Sankei Kousinsya Co,.Ltd., 6-20-6, Hirai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, 132-0035 JAPAN. Log will be uploaded to ClubLog. VK0EK HEARD ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS. Rich, KY6R, posted the following on March 1st [edited]: "VK0EK Needs Your Support! -- Please visit and Donate today. Thanks so much." In recent days/weeks, the following have donated funds: European DX Foundation (EUDXF) and Willamette Valley DX Club VP2M, MONTSERRAT. Charlie, K1XX, will once again be active a VP2MLL during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ Low-Power entry. His length of stay is unknown. QSL via N4OX. VP8/G & VP8/SS, SOUTH GEORIGA and SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS (Press Release - An update from the Intrepid-DX Group VP8 DXpedition Team). The Intrepid-DX Group is very pleased to receive a major grant of $50,000 from the Northern California DX Foundation to support our plans to activate South Sandwich and South Georgia Islands in January/February 2016. At the time of these activations, they will be the #3 and #7 most wanted entities. It is only through the generosity of amateur organizations such as the NCDXF that we can make this Dxpedition possible. This grant by the NCDXF gives us the foundation with which we can solidify our plans and move forward with successful activations of these rare islands. Our destination is very remote and costly to reach. Our Braveheart charter is $310,000. Our fourteen team members will contribute $210,000 towards our goal of $425,000. We are very appreciative of all of those Clubs, Associations and individuals that have supported us thus far and we welcome and appreciate each and every donation that helps us move forward with our plans. Our objective is to be on each island for ten days with eight full days QRV. We ask each DX Club or Association to please consider supporting our efforts to make this an effective, enjoyable and safe Dxpedition for everyone! You can view our website at http://www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8 Thank you, The Intrepid-DX Group VP8 Team. VP9, BERMUDA. Kurt, W6PH, will once again be active as VP9/W6PH for the ARRL International DX Phone Contest (March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/All- Band/Low-Power entry. QSL direct to his home callsign W6PH. VQ9, CHAGOS ISLAND. Bob, N7XR, will once again be active as VQ9XR from Diego Garcia Island (AF-006) between March 19-27th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (possibly 160m) using CW, SSB, and RTTY. NO 6 meters (no antenna). He will also be on 60 meters CW due to the newly modified license which now allows operations on that band (5403.5 & 5405.0 kHz). QSL via ClubLog or direct via his home callsign (NO IRCs). NO Bureau QSLs, eQSL or LoTW. All ClubLog requests for BUREAU cards will not be processed. He mentions, "No internet access is available in the area I operate from. I check emails once in the evening IF I can gain access. Most of the time it's extremely slow." WEB PAGE OF INTEREST. Jari/OH2BU and Bernd/DF3CB, have compiled and posted a "Mega DXpeditions Honor Roll" listing which is hosted on the German DX Foundation (GDXF) Web page at: http://gdxf.de/megadxpeditions There are currently 230 DXpeditions with more than 30,000 QSOs in the Honor Roll from 136 different DXCC Entities and 31 of the 40 CQ Zones. The complete list of DXpeditions (containing some 40 DXpeditions, in the late 1990s) is sorted by the number of achieved QSOs - and by year of activity, by Prefix, by DXCC Entities, by Continent, by Single-Operator DXpeditions and much more..... The World Records page shows the leading DXpeditions in the categories of the highest number of total QSOs, QSOs per mode and band and per continent. Give it a look see, and they feel you will enjoy this Web page. WRTC2014 (Documentary Video). The WRTC2014 Organizing Committee reports, "The official documentary video for WRTC2014 is now available on the Web! The video was produced by James Brooks, 9V1YC, and runs approximately 59 minutes. James took advantage of nine roving video teams to capture high definition footage of action at headquarters and out in the field, artfully telling the WRTC2014 story using the participants' own words. View the video at: https://vimeo.com/119947598 Funding for video production was provided by a generous grant from the Northern California DX Foundation. The video is being distributed from the Web at no charge. We plan to make a downloadable version available in the near future to help facili- tate use at club meetings." XV, VIETNAM. Just a reminder that Toshi, JA8BMK, will be ending his Asian tour by being active as XV7BM from Nha Trang Resort during the whole month of March. Activity will be focused mainly on the lower bands (160-80m) with better receive antennas. QSL via JA8BMK, direct or by the Bureau. YJ, VANUATU. Masa, JA0RQV, will be active as YJ0MT from Port Vila (the capital city) on Efate Island (OC-035), between April 21st and May 5th. Activity will be limited to spare time (see below) and will be on 40-10 meters, and mainly SSB with some CW. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct (w/SASE & 2 USDs) to: Masato Tamura, 2086-13 Daitakubo, Minami-ku, Saitama-Shi 336-0015 JAPAN. QSOs will bw uploaded later to LoTW. For more details and updates, see his Blog page at: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/rqv ADDED NOTE (from Masa) [edited]: Operations will be limited during the night time hours as it is business trip. I will try to be serious on the weekend. QTH will be large hotel in downtown facing only for EU and AS. Antenna should be managed within the small private balcony. 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Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the ARRL DX SSB Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 27th/February, through Friday, 6th/March there were 227 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TT, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9L, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP8/g, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, 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". 3V, TUNISIA. SWL Ashraf "Ash", 3V4-002 (KF5EYY), will be active as 3V8SS from the "Radio Club Station of Tunisian Scouts" in Sousse, during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) possibly as a Single-Op/ All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW or to LX1NO. Read about Ashraf on the following Web page at: http://www.kf5eyy.info 6Y, JAMAICA. Sam, LY5W/VE8DX, will be active as 6Y5/VE8DX between now and March 11th. Activity will be on the HF bands but limited because this is a family vacation. Look for him to sign 6Y2M during the ARRL Inter- national DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LY5W direct only (He is not LRMD member). 7Q, MALAWI. Joe, G3MRC, is once again active as 7Q7BP and is planning to participate in the RSGB Commonwealth CW Contest (BERU) between March 14-15th, as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. He will be using a Kenwood TS-480HX with 200 watts, and several antennas, including a 5 bander Spider beam up 45 feet, an R-8 vertical on a 20 foot pole, and a commercial multi-band dipole in an Inverted Vee configuration, center at 45 feet, ends at 25 feet, running East/West. The length of his stay is unknown. QSL via LoTW or via home callsign. 9M2, WEST MALAYSIA. Members of the North of Peninsular Malaysia ARA Boys Contest n' DXers will be active as 9M2M (old call 9M2SM) during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-1 entry on 80-10 meters. QSL via direct. Operators mentioned are Hairil/9M2GET, Han/9W2SBD, Mohamad/ 9W2SBL, Ahmad/9M2AGC, Syed/9M8SYA, Rizal/9M2RDX, Zaki/9M2ZAK, Mohd/9W2MNW, Afiq/9W2AHU and Oja/9M2OUR. AM890, CANARY ISLANDS (Special Event). Jose, EA8CNR, will be using the special callsign AM890CNR from Gran Canaria (AF-004) between April 1-30th. Activity is to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the IARU. Operations will be on SSB, RTTY, PSK, and JT65. QSL only via LoTW and eQSL (No BUREAU - No DIRECT). DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (DST). Remember to change your clocks this weekend. Countries in the Northern Hemisphere (most of N. American and some of the Caribbean) who observe Daylight Saving Time, should change their clocks on Sunday, March 8th at 2:00 AM, and should move their "local clocks" forward 1 hour to 3:00:00 AM local time. Daylight Saving Time will end on Sunday, November 1st at 2:00 AM. European countries will switch to DST on March 29th. For the history and details about DST, as well as an interesting map of the world (showing the countries who observe DST), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2015.html ADDED NOTES: Hopefully, all amateur radio operators know not to change their GMT/UTC/ZULU clocks. However, since most operators usually set their computers to local time, some may have to change their settings on "some" ham radio software (ex. logging, propagation, DXTelnet, etc..) programs. E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Nick, ZL1IU, will be active as E51IOU from Vaimaanga, Rarotonga Island (OC-013) between March 9-21st. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands. QSL via his home callsign. E3, ERITREA. Members of the SEISA/Foundation for Global Children are now active as E30FB [Same callsign as before-new license] until March 17th. The "Eritrea Project 2015", is conducting their DXpedition from the capital of Asmara in Eritrea. They were heard around 1500z Friday, March 6th, on 10 meters SSB. Activity (during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest) will be focus on 40/30/20/15 meters CW, and 17/12 meters SSB. There will be operations on the other bands later. The multi-national team of nine operators will use four transceivers consisting of two Elecraft K3 radios with the KPA500 amplifiers and two Kenwood TS590 transceivers with the ACOM 1010 amplifiers. They are using beam antennas for the high bands (10-20 meters) and four verticals for the low bands (30-160 meters). They will try to work every area as much as possible. QSL Manager is Tim, M0URX. E4, PALESTINE (Update). Members of the "PALESTINE 2016 TEAM" will be active as E44Y from the village of Sebastia in the Mosaic Guest-house sometime during March of 2016. Also, Palestine telecoms authority has approved the callsign E49Y to be used for 48 hours during 2016 CQWW WPX SSB Contest. Current operators listed are Romeo/S59M (Co-Leader), Marco/HB9OCR (Co- Leader), Jorge/HK1R, Santos/EA4AK, Col/MM0NDX, Miran/S50O, Salim (Sal)/HK1T, Kaspars/YL1ZF, Peter/PD1RP, Mariano/LU8EOT, Rodrigo/EA7JX, Fulvio/HB9DHG, Tim/LW9EOC and Manu/LU9ESD. Pilot stations are Lee/ZL2AL (VK/ZL), Michele/ IW7EGQ (EU), Mark/N1UK (USA East Coast), Jonathan/W6GX (USA West Coast), Andre/V51B (AF), Roberto/HK3CW (SA) and Harumi/JR4OZR. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are listed at: http://palestine.ig9y.com/plans/ QSL via direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS; direct cards via EB7DX. NO eQSLs. Visit the following URLs for more details and updates: Web page -- http://palestine.ig9y.com FaceBook -- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Palestine-Dxpedition-2016/729525207130528 Twitter -- https://twitter.com/PALESTINE_DXped FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. Ariel, NY4G, will be active as FP/NY4G from St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands (NA-032) between June 15-21st. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using CW and RTTY. QSL via LoTW or direct to NY4G or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see Ariel's Blog page at: http://ny4g.blogspot.com/p/st-pierre-miquelon-dxpedition.html HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Franky, HI3TT, will be active during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via W2CCW. HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Members of the Union Dominican de Radioaficionados (UDRA) in conjunction with the Loma del Toro DX Contest Group will be active as HI0UD during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Single/ All-Band/Low-Power entry. Operators mentioned are Edwin/HI3K, Franky/HI3TT, Tino/HI3CC, Lor/HI3LFE, Alfredo/HI8K and Jim/WP3A. QSL via W2CCW. I0, ITALY (Satellite Op). Clayton, W5PFG, will be active as I0/W5PFG/P from Italy between March 7-12th. He will operate the satellites from Rome (WW Loc. JN61et). He states, "Due to my work schedule, I will only be available to work satellite passes in the late evening or early morning hours. If you would like to schedule a contact, please send an E-mail to w5pfg at arrl.net. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-118. (OP Cancelled!) Members of the Kuwait Amateur Radio Society have announced that they have cancelled their 9K2F operation from Failaka Island between March 11-16th. Reason given was an unscheduled maintenance to the island port. AS-145. Choon, E20HHK, will lead a team of operators to be active as E20HHK/p from Maeo Island between March 13-15th. The team includes: CW - Noi/HS3NBR, Ray/HS4RAY and Choon/E20HHK SSB - Tommy/HS0FVS, Nuk/HS7BHK, Boy/HS8GLR, Abdulloh/HS9ZKE and Sumet/E22WWZ Activity will be on all bands using mostly the IOTA frequencies. QSL via E20HHK, direct or by the Bureau. EU-125. Dieter, DF2SD, will be active as OZ/DF2SD from Fano Island between July 4-18th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-6 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, and ClubLog (preferred) or via the his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct. K1N NAVASSA DXPEDITION WRAP-UP INTERVIEW (Press Release by DokuFunk). Wolf Harranth, OE1WHC, sent OPDX the following Press Release, dated March 2nd [edited]: Sum-up interview with Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, co-team leader of the K1N Navassa DXpedition -- In an exclusive interview for Vienna-based Documentary Archive Radio Communications (DokuFunk), Glenn reviews and comments about the team's experience operating from the world's rarest DX spot. Audio file at: http://www.dokufunk.org/navassa-e K1N NAVASSA DXPEDITION VIDEO (Short 4 min.). A very short video of the recent K1N DXpedition was posted on YouTube by Valerie, NV9L, at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51xqfySAOB8#t=78 KH6, HAWAII (Update/QSL). Fred, NA2U, will operate from the Volcano on the Big Island [Hawai'i Island - OC-019] between March 4-8th. His activity prior to and following the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th), will be as KH6/NA2U. During the ARRL International DX SSB Contest, Fred will operate as KH7M. QSLs for KH7M for U.S.A./Canada direct to KH6ZM. QSLs for KH7M from all other countries to I0MWI direct. NO BUREAU CARDS. KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Bill, K8ZBY, will be active as KP2/K8ZBY from the Radio Reef DX'ers KP2M Station/QTH (St. Croix) between March 18-23rd. Activity will be holiday style on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and some RTTY. He will be looking especially for Asia and Pacific. QSL via his home callsign. PACIFIC TOUR (E51 & CE0Y). Joe, LA5UF, is now active as E51UFF from Manihiki Atoll (OC-014), North Cook Islands, until March 17th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, mainly on CW and PSK31 using wire antennas. After his Manihiki operation, look for him to be active as CE0Y/LA5UF through the end of March. QSL via LA5UF direct with 1 IRC or three U.S. greenstamps. NO Bureau QSLs. PJ5, ST. EUSTATIUS. Operators Rich/K5AND, Chris/W3CMP and Terry/K4RX will be active from St. Eustatius between June 25th and July 6th. Callsign has not been announced yet (possibly PJ5/homecall or special callsign). Activity will have an emphasis on 6 meters, but with some HF and Low Band operations. QSL via K5AND. There will be ClubLog updates. PQ0, TRINDADE AND MARTIM VAZ ISLANDS (Update). F?bio, PP5BZ, informs OPDX that the Navy has given authorization to go with a full team to Trindade. Instead of just three operators, the PQ0T operation will have five members: F?bio/PP5BZ, Jaime/PP5JD, Jacobus/PY3FJ, Miguel/PY3MM and Claudio/PY3OZ. The team is made-up of 100% members of the PQ5B Contest Team! The PY1 team will leave for Trindade on March 31st, and arrive at Trinidade on April 3rd, when they expect to start the operation. They expect that their operation will last for three days, but this period is still unknown. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (March 9-15th).... Mar/09th AN Mar/12th AN Mar/14th AN Mar/10th AN Mar/13th AN Mar/15th AN Mar/11th 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 (March 6th) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3Z20PMU via SP5PMU H91T via HP2BWJ (d) SE2I via SA2BRN 4K7Z via RU3SD HB125FMS via HB9OCR VI8ANZAC via VK1WIA 6Y5/VE8DX via LY5W (d) HG21IAS via DL2JTE VK8NSB via M0URX 9A15P via (9A-B) HP3/NL8F via K8NA XV2RZ via OH4MDY (d) C35RP via C31RP LZ137LO via LZ1KZA YP10EURAO via YO9KYO CM8AKY via RW6HS (d) LZ386SKI via LZ1KCP YT45CW via YU1MM CT9/DJ6QT via DJ6QT OR5T via ON4ALY YT6T via YU7CM CT9/DK7YY via DK7YY PJ2/ON4BCV via ON4BCV ZF2BH via OH2BH CT9/DL5LYM via DL5LYM PJ4/DG1SGW via DG1SGW ZL1SLO via EA5ZD (d) DK60ZAB via DK0ZAB PJ7C via EB7DX E51UFF via LA5UF (d) PQ450RIO via PY1AA (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only OLD QSL COLLECTION (Update). Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind everyone to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 12600 old QSL cards in several different albums/galleries. This site contains: - The ten most wanted DXCC entities (2004 to 2014) with more than 300 QSLs - At least one card for each 60 deleted DXCC countries (more than 1500+ QSLs) - Nearest the totality of current prefixes, disappeared now (more than 4300+ QSLs) - Album for stations from North Africa 1945-1962 (400+ QSLs) - More than 900 QSLs from the Antarctic bases. - With 270 QSLs from the TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises). - More than 400 QSLs for the rare French Pacific Islands such as FK, FK/C, FO/C, FO/A, FO/M, FO/C and FW - More than 100 cards from Eparses Islands such as FR/B/E/G/J/T - The FG, FM, FP, FS, FY stations from 1945 to 1969 - More than 1900 cards for the old timer with more than 130 countries before 1945. - Cards from the French Department before 1945. - At least one card from each of the states in the U.S. before 1945. The URL address for the Web site is: http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr Some cards are still needed for the collection, and your particip- ation is welcome. Only a ".jpg" file (both sides of the card) is required. Please visit the site and give them your comments by sending an E-mail to: LesNouvellesDX at free.fr QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5N6/YL2SW, 9A5X, 9A9A, CR3A, DP9Z, EI2CN, EW4AA, FP/KV1J, G3ZRJ, HB0WR, HK1MW, HL1IWD, J75D, KG4HF, LW1HR, PA1BR, PI4DX, PJ7/WJ2O, S51DI, SV1CEI, SV3GKU, T30D (OC-017), UA0BA, UP0L, UR3HC, UT7HA, V47VA, VK9LC, W4MOT/4 (NA-141), WP3C, XW4FB, YV1KK, ZF2NT, ZV8V and ZW5WIM QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4J20RO, 8Q7DV, AH0CO/KH8, B5/BA4WL (*AS-137), C21GC, D2QR, EF6, EX2F, HC2AC, LX7I, TX5W, UK9AA, VK9DLX, VU4KV (AS-001), XR2T (SA-086), XW4ZW, YB3MM/8 (OC-247), YB8XM/P (OC-070), YC8ROP (OC-210), YB9/DL7UVO (OC-151) and ZL7/JA0JHQ * Does not qualify for IOTA program due to no island NAME printed on card. QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3V8BCC, 4X/R1CC, 5P0MF, 7J9AAD, 7M2PSC, 7Q7VW, 8J1ITU, 8N1AA/1, 9Y4W, A5A, A52SV, CT8/DL8MLD, CT9/DK6QW, DF400SJA, DM50PCK, DP0GVN, DR20RAFG, E51AVE, EA8/DL7ISL, FO/KH0PR, HB0/DL4AAE/P, J38XX, JD1YBT, KH8/DL2AWG, KH0/K3BI, LX1FC, MD/DL9BBE, OE2013K, P40JH, PA200KN, PJ4H, S79VR, TF/DK9FEC, V63PR, V85NL, XU1A, ZD8D, ZM2IO and ZL7/OE2SNL SX9, CRETE (EU-015). Members of the Cretan SV9 DX Team will once again be on air with the special callsign SX9C during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. Operators mentioned are Dimis/SV9COL, Georgios/SV9DJO, Giannis/SV9FBG, Yiannis/SV9FBK, George/SV9GPV, John/ SV9QCF and Giannis/SV9RGI. All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW. Visit the SV9 DX Team's Blog page at: http://www.sv9dxteam.blogspot.com V5, NAMIBIA. Nigel, G3TXF, is planning to be active as V5/G3TXF from Omaruru during the RSGB Commonwealth CW Contest (BERU) between March 14-15th. His length of stay is not known. QSL via his home callsign or use ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and possible updates, see: http://www.g3txf.com V5, NAMIBIA. Tom, DM4TK, will be active as V5/DM4TK from Namibia between March 21st and April 9th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands, SSB only. QSL via his home callsign. VR, HONG KONG. Alberto, VR2XAN (aka-IV3TAN), will be active from Peng Chau Island during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (Mar 7-8th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/High-Power entry. QSL via info on QRZ.com. VU, INDIA. Geo, HB9CPS, will be active as VU3LYT from India between March 7-20th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using CW. QSL via his home callsign. XV, VIETNAM. Mats, RM2D (SM6LRR), will be active as XV2D between November 23rd and December 5th. Activity will be holiday style, but will make a serious effort for the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). Entry category will be defined later. Activity before and after the contest will be mainly on CW, SSB, and possibly some Digital modes. QSL via LoTW or direct to SM6LRR. NO Bureau QSLs. YASME NEWS (Press Release--Two New Directors). Dated March 5th: The Board of Directors of the Yasme Foundation is pleased to announce that it has elected Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, and Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, to the Board, effective with the forthcoming Annual Meeting at Visalia, California. This action brings the number of Directors to nine. Mr. Claerbout was first licensed in 1977 and is an active DXer and contester. He was the founder of the popular webinar program, initiated while he was serving as President of the Potomac Valley Radio Club. Mr. Claerbout has been instrumental in working with the students of the ET3AA club station who regularly activate Ethiopia on the HF bands. Mr. Blondeel Timmerman was first licensed in 1980. He served as IARU Region 1 President for six years beginning in 2008 and is President and Board Member of the European DX Foundation. Mr. Timmerman is an active DXer and contester and has operated from 80 DXCC countries. The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to conduct scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio, including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. For additional infor- mation about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website at . Ward Silver, N?AX, President The Yasme Foundation Board of Directors: Fred Laun, K3ZO, Director and Vice-President Rusty Epps, W6OAT, Director and Treasurer Kip Edwards, W6SZN, Director and Secretary Martti Laine, OH2BH, Director Mac McHenry, W6BSY, Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Director ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS (Note from ZF2BH). Martti, OH2BH, has now arrived in the Caymans and is ready for the ARRL SSB Contest. He has decided to run single-band 80M during the contest weekend and look for U.S. states and VE provinces. We all have our dreams and so does Martti. He has always wanted to run loud on 75M into USA. Now all this comes together nicely, and so he can salute his U.S. friends domestically. Please tune into 75M SSB and say hello to Martti as he plans to be there exclusively. Life is good on the Caymans, and it adds another destination where to appreciate the world along with his annual USA/VE contest entries. ZF2BH via OH2BH .... 73 - Jarmo OH2BN -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th, 2015) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2015 ARRL International DX SSB Contest. For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML format, please visit Bill's Web page at: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2015.html (By callsign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxsd2015.html (By entity) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC Class QSL Callsign Entity Route ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3V8SS Tunisia LoTW; QSL via LX1NO 5Z4LS Kenya G3RWF 6Y2M Jamaica SOAB LY5W (d) 8P5A Barbados SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via NN1N C6ANA Bahamas M/S N5NHJ C6ANM Bahamas M/M LoTW C6ATF Bahamas M/? LoTW; QSL via K4OV DL65DARC Germany SO DF1QR (d); QSL via DARC (B) EE8Z Canary Islands SOAB N4AO EI1A Ireland SO LP LoTW FP/KV1J St Pierre & Miquelon SO HP LoTW FY5KE French Guiana SOSB FY1FL GM4O Scotland SOSB 20M GM4O HI3TEJ Dominican Republic SOAB LP HI3TEJ (d) HI3TT Dominican Republic SOAB W2CCW HR2WW Honduras SOAB KD4POJ KP3Z Puerto Rico SOAB LoTW LO5D Argentina SOSB 10M LU8EOT LQ4D Argentina M/S LoTW; QSL via LU4DQ LU8YE Argentina M/2 LoTW LX7I Luxembourg SOAB LX2A NP2P US Virgin Islands SOAB LoTW P49Y Aruba M/2 LoTW; QSL via AE6Y PJ2T Curacao M/S W3HNK PX2B Brazil SOSB PY2LED T88HZ Palau SOAB LoTW; QSL via TA1HZ (B) TI5M Costa Rica M/? TI2JCY TI5W Costa Rica M/2 N3YIM (d) TM6M France M/S F4DXW TO1A French Guiana SOSB F5HRY TO5A Martinique SOAB LoTW; QSL via F5VHJ (B/d) TO66R Guadeloupe M/S F6HMQ V26M Antigua SO W3HNK VP2MLL Montserrat SO N4OX VP9/W6PH Bermuda SOAB LP W6PH (d) VR2XAN Hong Kong SOSB 15M VR2XAN WP2AA US Virgin Islands SOAB WD9DZV YC8ROP Indonesia SOSB 15M LoTW YN2AA Nicaragua SOAB LoTW YU0T Serbia SOSB 160M YU1WS ZF2AH Cayman Islands W6VNR ZF2BH Cayman Islands SOSB 80M OH2BH ZV2V Brazil SOSB PY2LED (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Help: Subscribe: Unsubscribe: OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: OR OR Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Mar 15 12:15:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:15:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1206 Message-ID: <613206.32963.bm@smtp119.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1206 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1206 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1206 BID: $OPDX.1206 March 16, 2015 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, WK3N, N4AA & QRZ DX, NU4N, K6VVA, WK6I, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, W9ILY, K0RC, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DL1SBF, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5IVC, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, HB9CPS, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, LY4Q, LY5W, OE1WHC, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PV8DX, PY4WAS, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, SM5TJH, SP6DVP, SP7IDX, VA3RJ & ICPO, and the VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 8th/March, through Sunday, 15th/March there were 236 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY9, D2, D4, DL, DU, E3, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H3, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/g, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, VU4, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZC4, 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". 3W, VIETNAM. Wolfgang, DL5MAE, is once again active as 3W2MAE from Phan Thiet until March 27th. Activity will be on 20-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign. 3Z6, POLAND. Kris, SP6DVP (SO6V), will be active using the special callsign 3Z6V in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op. QSL via SP6DVP, by the Bureau or direct to: Krzysztof Bieniewski, P.O. Box 2210, PL 45-246 OPOLE 15, POLAND, EUROPE. 5H, TANZANIA. Chas, NK8O/VE3ISD, will once again return to Tanzania in September, but from a different area. Activity will be from a pediatric hospital at Zinga, between Bagamoya and Dar es Salaam. He believes the callsign will become 5H3 callsign (5H3CP possibly). He states that he will use a simple wire antenna and his KX3 with a KXPA100 amp. QSL via EA7FTR, LoTW and eQSL. 5T2, MAURITIANIA. Jean, 5T0JL, a member of CWJF GROUP, has confirmed that he has been authorized to use the special callsign 5T2MM between April 17-20th, and during the CQMM DX CONTEST (April 18-19th, see below). The QSL Manager is PY4KL (also for the 2014 operation 5T1MM). 5V, TOGO. Marc, F5IVC, is now active as 5V7SM from Lom?. He informs OPDX that he is there "for professional reasons for 2 years or more". He states that his activity currently is only on 10 meters SSB, but is waiting for a multi-band antenna for the other bands. QSL info for now is via his French address (see details on QRZ.com). 6Y, JAMAICA (Correction). Ken, VE3LA/VE8DX, (not LY5W) was active as 6Y5/VE8DX last week. QSL via LY5W direct only (He is not LRMD member). 7Q, MALAWI. The first team of the 7QAA DXpedition (CW/RTTY team) is now active until March 21st. Operators are Axel/DL6KVA, Emil/DL8JJ, John/GW4SKA, Neil/VA7DX, Don/VE7DS, Keith/VE7KW and Roger/ZS6RJ. The second team (SSB, RTTY, some CW and PSK) will be active between March 22nd and April 1st. Each team will operate 4 stations on the air together. Equipment will be 2x Elecraft K3's, 2x Kenwood TS-590's and 4x Expert 1K or 1.3K FA linear amplifiers. Antennas are 4x NA4RR hex-beams at 40 feet each with Yaesu rotators, 2x inverted L's with remote MFJ 1.5Kw tuners for 40 through 160 meters and K9AY receiving antennas. The SSB team will also participate in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest. Both teams will be active on 160-6 meters. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1825, 3520 7018, 10105, 14018, 18075, 21018, 24905 and 28018 kHz SSB - 1845, 3790 7085, 14180, 18145, 21180, 24960 and 28480 kHz RTTY - 3610, 7042, 10140, 14082, 18102, 21082, 24912 and 28082 kHz 6m - 50110/CW and 50110/SSB Daily free LoTW and Clublog uploads will be provided, and they will use the band-slot tracking feature in Clublog to promote a competitive spirit amongst the DX fraternity. Log is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/expeditions/7QAA They feel due to the extended 20 day operating period there will be ample time to work the "little pistols" as well as the band-slot chasers. QSL Manager is Dick, N7RO. For more details, see their Web page at: http://www.malawidx.org/index.html 8Q, MALDIVES. Ben, DL1RNT, will be active as 8Q7NT from Embudu, South Male Atoll (AS-013), between March 25th and April 2nd. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using mostly CW with some RTTY and PSK. Radio is an IC-7100 with 100 watts into a vertical. QSL via his home callsign. 9M2, WEST MALAYSIA. Members of the North of Peninsular Malaysia ARA Boys Contest n' DXers will be active as 9M2M (old call 9M2SM) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) as a Multi-1 entry. QSL via direct. Oper- ators mentioned are Afiq/9W2AHU, Ahmad/9M2AGC, Hairil/9M2GET, Han/9W2SBD, Mohamad/9W2SBL, Mohd/9W2MNW, Oja/9M2OUT, Rizal/9M2RDX, Syed/9M8SYA, Weerut/9W2RUT and Zaki/9M2ZAK. 9N, NEPAL (Possible Delay). Just a reminder that three Polish operators will activate Kathmandu, Nepal, between March 18-30th. The callsign will be announced upon arrival. However, according their Web page on Friday: "Nepal's only international airport has been closed after a Turkish Air- lines plane skidded off the runway early Wednesday morning. Airport officials say flight service might resume by evening, but they are yet to find the way to pull the crashed aircraft off the runway." A picture of the plane is available on the Web page. Operators mentioned are Bogdan/ SP2FUD, Janusz/SP9FIH and Rafal/SQ9CNN. For more details and updates, watch: http://9n.dxpeditions.org 9V1YC DXPEDITION VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! James, 9V1YC, has now posted his great videos online at VIMEO to view for FREE!!! There are 12 videos available at: https://vimeo.com/user36455730/videos A2, BOTSWANA. Gerard (Gert), ZS6AYU, will once again be active as A25GF between March 19-21st. Activity will be on 40-10 meters (as well as 6m) using CW. Six meters operations will takes place from WW Loc. KH22od beaming North. Gert hopes to be on the air between 1500z until around 1800z on 50.097 MHz CW. QSL via ZS6AYU, direct or by the Bureau. A6, U.A.E. Andy, DK5ON, will be active as A6/DK5ON from Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, between March 18-27th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. NO eQSL. ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE IARU/ITU/REF. To celebrate the 90th anni- versaries of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) and the Reseaux des Emetteurs Francais (REF), and the 150th anniversary of the Inter- national Telecommunications Union (ITU), look for the following special event station from different French areas/entities to be active on the air: TO90IARU - April 4-18th; from Martinique TK90IARU - April 4-18th; from Corsica TM90WARD - April 17-19th; from France TM90REF - May 17-31st; from France TM150ITU - May 3-17th; from France TM150UIT - May 3-17th; from France * ALL QSOs will be automatically confirmed by Bureau from the REF QSL Bureau. C6, BAHAMA ISLANDS. Gordon, G3USR, will be active as C6AGM from Grand Bahama Island (NA-080) between April 22-28th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands using a Yaesu FT-450, with 100 watts into a vertical wire or vertical dipole. QSL via his home callsign direct only. NO Bureau. CQMM DX CONTEST. The CWJF Group (Grupo Juizforano de CW) has announced that they have improved their Web page . They would also remind you about their upcoming 2015 CQMM DX Contest (April 18-19th). Contest details at: http://www.cqmmdx.com DX0, SPRATLY ISLANDS (Update). Exact dates are still not known yet for the DX0P DXpedition to Pagasa Island (AS-051) sometime in April. It was mentioned this past week that the team must leave Manila on April 13th for Palawan Island to recover their stored equipment. The plan was to stay overnight in Palawan and than go the next day to Pagasa Island. Operators mentioned are Jose/DU1BP, Joe/DU2BOQ, RJ/DU7RJA, Jun/DV1JM, Bern/K6BF, Alex/K6BG, Leo/WA6LOS (Team Leader), Billy/WE6DX, Joel/WJ1P/DU1JP, Chito/ WW6CP and Rey/K6ZRH. Activity is planned for 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and JT-65. QSL via WA6LOS. They have a FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/DX0P2015 E3, ERITREA. Members of the SEISA/Foundation for Global Children continue to be active as E30FB until March 17th. They reported earlier in the week that two of their antennas and one logging laptop was damaged during shipment to Eritrea. Their plans to use the WARC bands during last week's contest had to be cancelled. They had to implement backup antennas and they tried to obtain another laptop to allow for a fourth station. Paul, N6PSE, mentioned that the Internet is a big problem in Eritrea, and stated to, "Please do not send the team members anything other than text messages. Recordings, sound files and propagation documents cannot be opened. Remember what 26KBS dial up was like?" As this was being written on Sunday, the log on ClubLog states as of March 15th at 1159z, they have made 50121 QSOs with 17373 Unique callsign (20917/CW, 27702/SSB and 1502/RTTY). Breakdown by Continents: 323/AF, 1/AN, 4610/AS, 30823/EU, 13289/NA, 423/OC and 652/SA. The ClubLog URL is: https://secure.clublog.org/charts/?c=E30FB Remember, QSL Manager is Tim, M0URX. If you wish to make a donation via PayPal, their address is (note-please do not send E-mail to this address, it is for PayPal purposes only). They now have a Web site up at: http://eritreaproject.net ET, ETHIOPIA. Tevfik, TA1HZ, who was recently active as T88HZ, is expected to be active (callsign not known yet). QSL via LoTW or his QSL Manager LZ3HI. Tevfik states, "No direct requests as I will be moving to ET for the next 3 years. I will be coming to Istanbul every 6 months and I will not be able to answer any incoming mail in between." FG, GUADELOUPE. Bruno, F5CCX will be active as FG/F5CCX from Guadeloupe (NA-102, DIFO FG-019) between March 17-26th. Activity will be on the HF bands mainly on the Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign, direct, eQSL or by the Bureau. GP0, GUERNSEY ISLAND. The St. Helens Radio Club is once again active from Guernsey Island (IOTA EU-114) as GP0STH (GP0 ST. Helens). Operators (from Cobo Bay) Ron/G4DIY and Alan/G4NXG expect to be active until March 17th. Activity is usually on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters CW/SSB on the usual DXpedition frequencies. QSL via LoTW or via G4DIY direct. H27, CYPRUS. Tony, RT9T/5B4ALB, will once again be active as H27A during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th), but this time as a Single-Op entry. QSL via RW3RN. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-201. Markus, DJ4EL, will be active as TA0/DJ4EL from Buyukada Island between March 29th and April 12th. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via LoTW or via his home callsign by the Bureau and direct. Look for updates on his Twitter page at: https://twitter.com/rapanuiman EU-046. Waldi, SP7IDX, will be active as LA/SP7IDX from Vannoya Islands, Norway, between June 17-27th. Activity will be holiday style (fishing trip and work) on 80-10 meters using SSB and RTTY. Equipment an IC7100 + PA + HEXBEAM + inv-L for 80-40m. QSL via the Bureau. Depending on the Internet access availability; logs will be available on LoTW and Clublog. EU-051. Opertaors Giovanni/IK5BCM and Andrea/IU5BLZ will be active from Ustica Island between May 9-16th. Callsign(s) were not provided. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. NA-212. (Update) Dan, HR2DMR, is expected to be active as H76W from Farallones de Cosiguina sometime during mid/late July (possibly between 23-28th) and also to include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Activity depends on the Honduran and Nicaraguan Navy officers. QSL via KD4POJ. Web page will be forthcoming. OC-130. Marc, ON5SM, will once again be active as DU9/ON5SM from Mindanao Island (WLOTA 2803) between March 16th and April 25th. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct (see QRZ.com). Log will be uploaded to LoTW and eQSL. OC-220. Craig, VK5CE will be active as VK5CE/P from St. Peter Island between March 29th and April 1st. Activity will be on 80-10 meters mainly SSB. For a band schedule, more detailed and possible updates, see Craig's Blog page at: http://iotaoc220.blogspot.com.au OC-250. Operators Din/YB8RW and Adhi "Bimbo"/YB3MM will be active as YB8RW/3 and YB3MM/P, respectively, from Masalembo Besar Island between March 25-27th. If transportation is available, Masalembo Kecil and Karamian Islands (same IOTA group) will also be activated. Activity wil be on CW and SSB. QSL YB8RW/3 direct or via OQRS (ClubLog), and NO Bureau QSLs. QSL YB3MM/P via PAYPAL (direct - see QRZ.com) or via IZ8CCW. Bureau OK, but it will take more than 3 years. SA-030. Members of Radiogrupo Sur will be active as CV5A from Flores Island (RGS CX-014, WLOTA LH-0528, ARLHS URU-001) between March 20-22nd. Activity will be on all HF bands and modes. QSL via CX2ABC. Visit their Web page at: http://www.cv5a.cx.uy J7, DOMINICA. Jan, SM5TJH, currently active as J79TJH from Dominica (NA-101) until March 22nd. He informs OPDX that he will be mostly on 20-6 meters using an IC-706 w/100 watts into a Carolina Windom 160 (265'). QSL via home call, LOTW. JD1, MINAMI TORISHIMA. Take, JG8NQJ, will once again be active as JG8NQJ/JD1 from Marcus Island in the Minami Torishima (OC-073, JCG 10007) group between mid-March until mid-June. He is usually there to work on the island's weather station. Activity will be limited to his spare time. He will be mainly on 17 meters but also on 15/12/10 meters CW. QSL via JA8CJY, by the Bureau or direct to: Susumu 'Sin' Sanada, 5-17, 5-4, Shin-Ei, Toyohira, Sapporo 004, Japan. Online log is available at: http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?jd1-jg8nqj JD1, OGASAWARA. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will once again be active as JD1BOW from Chichijima Island (AS-031) between March 28-31st. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. However, his focus will be on the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. Visit his Blog page at: http://pandasan.jimdo.com JD1, OGASAWARA. Makoto, JI5RPT, will once again be active as JD1BLY from Chichijima Island (AS-031) between April 29th and May 5th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes (NO 6m EME). QSL via his home callsign JI5RPT. His log search will be available on his Web site at: http://www.ji5rpt.com/jd1 He will also use Twitter to inform his real-time activities at: http://twitter.com/jd1bly K1N NAVASSA DXPEDITION (Detailed Article). Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, has written a detailed article regarding all aspects of planning and executing the recent k1N Navassa Island DXpedition. You can download a full color copy from the Twin Cities DX Association (TCDXA) Web site. Select the March 2015 issue of the "Gray Line Report" from here: http://www.tcdxa.org/Newsletters/March2015Grayline.pdf Glenn's article is going to give you the complete story, showing that you don't simply pack up a bunch of equipment and set sail to a distant DX location. DXpeditions of this scale take professional levels of planning, negotiations, and execution during every step of the way. KP4, PUERTO RICO. Rafael, KP4RV, will be active from Luquillo during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m) entry. QSL via AI4U direct only and by the Bureau via KP4RV. OE15, AUSTRIA (Special Event). The Amateur Radio Section of ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) and the Documentary Archive Radio Communications/ QSL Collection will operate, for 72 hours only, a special event station with the callsign OE15M on Friday, April 24th? Sunday, April 26th (00:00- 24:00 UTC). OE15M is an official "International Marconi Day" station. Contacts made on Saturday, April 25th, are valid for the IMD Award (see IMD-Info - ). QSL info available at: http://www.qrz.com/db/oe15m Bureau QSL via OE1WHC. Press Contact: Wolf Harranth, OE1WHC QSL motif download at: http://www.qsl.at/down/oe15m.tif P4, ARUBA. Operators Dave/N4QS and Dave/NU4N will be active from Carl's, P49V (SK), "Cook's Radio Retreat" on Aruba (SA-036) between May 26th and June 2nd. Activity will include the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 30-31st). Callsign(s) are not known yet. Outside of the contest, activity will be on all bands and 6m, probably on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via NU4N. P5, NORTH KOREA (Press Release #1). Col, MM0NDX, posted the following on March 10th [edited]: On February 28th, broke the news that Dom 3Z9DX had written permission to operate amateur radio from a VERY wanted DXCC entity. Today, we can reveal that entity is North Korea (P5). Dom 3Z9DX explains he has received a further letter from authorities in Pyongyang inviting him to a final meeting to discuss [and for him to accept] rules by the North Korean military and the relevant telecommuni- cations department. This meeting will take place in December with activity planned for January or February 2016. According to P5 telecoms, Dom will be permitted only three bands (20- 15-10) likely using a multiband vertical from a secured place in Pyongyang with two government supervisors over-looking 24/7. Activity will last for 5 days. At the moment this is a solo expedition to the #1 Most wanted entity using SSB only. He is working hard behind the scenes to get one more op (CW) to join him. Please realize this project is a work in progress and to understand that it may only be Dom who operates from North Korea. There will be more updates and a website throughout 2015. Any questions via Press Officer, Col MM0NDX...... 73 Col MM0NDX for ?P5-2016 Project? by 3Z9DX. PJ4, BONAIRE. Just a reminder that Chas, NK8O/VE3ISD, will be active as PJ4/NK8O from Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA LH-1279) between March 17th and April 13th. His activity will be with 5 watts and on 20-10 meters (maybe 40m) CW. QSL via LoTW and eQSL. INTERESTING ENTITY AIRED (Possible New One??). Scotty, WK3N, informs OPDX just before going to print [edited]: "A non issued callsign being used today, March 15, 2015, on 15 and 12 meters is D0B. Claiming to be in Donetsk People Republic. Does such a place really exist? The answer is yes. Check Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR or DNR) is an unrecognized state and a rebel group based in the Donetsk oblast of Ukraine, where it controls territory. Will it ever become a ARRL entity? Not very likely. No QSL manager yet to be announced. WFWL = Work First - Worry Later!" PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Kevin, K4BDR, will be active as PJ7/K4BDR from St. Maarten between April 12-17th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB and Digital modes. This will be a portable, solar and backpack operation. QSL via LoTW. PQ2, BRAZIL (Satellite/6m Op). Operators Pedro/PR8ZX and Augusto/PU8MET will be active as PQ2ZXT and PQ2/PU8MET, respectively, from Tocantins State (WW Loc. GI64) between March 20-22nd. Activity will be on the satellites and 6 meters. There are very few operators in this state. QSL via LoTW or their home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (March 16-22nd).... Mar/16th LN Mar/19th AN Mar/21st AN Mar/17th HN Mar/20th AN Mar/22nd HN Mar/18th 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 (March 8th and 15th) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5Q0PI via OZ6PI EX2F via RW6HS (d) PJ2/DH6TJ via DH6TJ (d) 7QAA via N7RO F/TU5KG via F4DXW (d) PJ4/DG1SGW via DG1SGW 9Y4NW via EB7DX G7Y via M0ZDZ PJ7AA via AA9A 9Q0HQ via I2YSB GP0STH via G4DIY (d) PR70FEB via PS7AB A61DJ via A61BK HC1MD/HC2 via K8LJG PW2D via M0OXO DK60ZAB via DK0ZAB IF9/IW9GTD via IW9GTD RG61PP via RZ3LC DL1965WH via DL1WH II9IGJ via IT9MRM (d) RG61PP via RZ3LC DR1X via DF8XC IQ0OT via 9A8AOT S590IARU via (S5-B) EA8/OH2BP via OH2BP IQ9ZZ via 9A8AOT SE4E via SM4DQE EA9EU via EA5KB IY7M via IZ7XNB SP85PZK via SP0PZK ED3D via EA3RCB KH7XX via EB7DX (d) T46A via (CO-B) ED4X via EA4GQJ L49DZV via LU7DZV T88YA via JH1NWN ED5LD via EA5LD LO5D via LU8EOT TM0T via F4DXW (d) ED7P via EA7PP OK1NG/TI7 via OK1NG TM8YT via F5KLJ ED7R via EA7IZJ OL5Y via OK1FUA V5/G3TXF via G3TXF EE7Y via EC7WA OP0P via ON6DP VP9/G3VYI via G3VYI EF1W via EA1WS OS0S via ON4ZD VU4A via DL4KQ EF3P via EA3GP OT4T via ON4BPM VU4I via DL4KQ EG7FC via EA7TR OX3XR via PA3249 (d) YT90IARU via (YU-B) EH3DWN via EA3HKY P4/WA2NHA via WA2NHA ZY2B via PY2UD (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only QSL LY25LY via LRMD, by the Bureau or direct. Members of the Lietuvos Radijo Megeju Draugija (LRMD) were active with this special callsign to celebrate Lithuanian Independence Day (March 9th). For more details and QSL address, see: http://qrz.com/db/ly25ly QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3G0ZC, 5N6/YL2SW, 8P2K, 9A1A, 9A5X, A25TQ, CN8KD, CX6VM, DG1VL, DH6DAO, DK7GH, DL1NRC, DL3XM, DS4AOW, EA2WD, EA3GP, EI6FR, F1PNJ, F5PAU, FG/F6ARC, FK8IK, FP/KV1J, HI8LAM, HP1CDZ, JA0FSB, JA1DDZ, JA1DKT, JA1FVE, JA1QOW, JA1WSK, JA6GMC, JA7MOL, JA7BWT, JA7EPO, JA8DKJ, JA9APS, JA9CWJ, JH1MHR, JH1VHU, JH3CUL, JH8EJA, JI1CPN, JK3NSD, JL1RUC, JN1THL, JY4CI, KG4HF, OH4KZM, RA6AR, SP1DMD, SP5OXJ, SP6IHE, SV2AEG, T30D, UA4CR, UA6UI, UN1L, UX3UN, VK8NSB, VK9LC and YV5OIE QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 1A0C, 7Q7VW, A25TQ, A71AM, B9/BY9GA, CO2WL, E20AS (AS-125), EA9/DL2RNS, FO/K8PGJ, FO5RH (OC-066), FT4TA, HB0/HB9LCW, KG4HF, KP2/AG2J, KH6/K1YR, PJ7/N0TG, RK10WZ/P (EU-153), T6T, TC0MI (AS-201) and UK8ZC QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3D2GC/P, 4S7BRG, LZ2MAT/MM, LZ01WFF, LZ14IARU, LZ20TRC, LZ37MP, LZ69VZ, LZ110RF, LZ1000TS, LZ1375IKA and LZ1680MTS T30/T32/T33, W. KIRIRIBATI, E. KIRIBATI AND BANABA ISLANDS. Haru, JA1XGI, has announced that he has renewed the licenses T30XG, T32XG then T33XG, and plans to activate them again between the end of November and December 2015. Look for more details to be forthcoming. TI, COSTA RICA. Operators Mira/OK1NG and Jirka/OK1IEC are now active as homecall/TI7 from Costa Rica until April 6th. Activity will be on holiday style on the HF bands using CW, SSB, and some RTTY/PSK depending on the conditions at the site. A special QSL card will be made. QSL via their home callsigns by the Bureau or LoTW. You can see the propagation forecast to TI at: http://www.ol1c.cz/images/FOTKY/TI7/TI7.htm TM30, FRANCE (Special Event). Each year to celebrate the anniversary of Union Francaise des Telegraphistes (UFT), and usually around the annual meeting of the UFT, members of the "French CW Op's Club will activate the special callsign TMxxUFT. This year is the 30th anniversary of the UFT and the special callsign TM30UFT will be aired between April 12-26th. Activity will be on the HF and VHF bands, usually CW only. Operators mentioned are Clo/F5JER (YL), Evi/F5RPB (YL), Ghislain/F6CEL, Francis/F5QF, Alain/F6ENO, Didier/F5JVP, Bruno/F5AGB, Andr?/F5AKL, Laurent/F5PBM, Tony/ F8ATS, Jean-Claude/F9IQ, Antoine/F5RAB, Jean-Pierre/F6AJM, Paul/F5JSQ and Maurice/F5NQL. All the QSOs will be automatically confirmed via the French REF Bureau (only this one). SWL cards follow the same way. Direct QSLs go via Gerard/F6ICG, w/SAE and 1 IRC or 2 USDs (QRZ.com information is OK). V2, ANTIGUA. Operators Babs/DL7AFS and Lot/DJ7ZG are once again active as V21ZG from Antigua (NA-100). The length of their stay is not known. Activity will be holiday style and probably last for a few weeks. Their operations will be on 80-6 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via DL7AFS or LoTW. Watch their Web page for updates at: http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs VISALIA INTERNATIONAL DX CONVENTION NEWS......... CONTEST DINNER. Jeff, WK6I, reports: Please use the following link to pay for your dinner in advance: http://www.dxconvention.com/pages/dinners-contest.html All the info is there, including the program etc..... IOTA DINNER (Update). Official Registration for the Visalia IOTA DINNER has started 5 days early. All those who indicated (Yes) or (Maybe) in a previous Pre-Planning version of the online webform have been emailed dinner payment instructions. Please be sure to check for this important email (including all SPAM filter mailboxes) with the Subject line "VISALIA IOTA DINNER REGISTRATION". All others who want to attend the 20th ANNIVERSARY Edition of the VISALIA IOTA DINNER need to fill out a short Registration form and then make payment either by PayPal or via Snail Mail with a check. PayPal is Preferred. The deadline for Registration and Payment is March 31st, 2015. The website URL is: http://www.k6vva.com/iotadinner For the first time at Visalia, there will be IOTA Card Checking for U.S.A. IOTA operators by several of the U.S.A. IOTA "Checkpoints" who will be attending the Convention. Details are now on this IDXC website page: http://www.dxconvention.com/pages/qsls.html 73 & Hope to CU at the VISALIA IOTA DINNER! Rick, K6VVA, 2015 VISALIA IOTA DINNER Coordinator Ray, N6VR and Will, WC6DX (Assistant Coordinators) VP8, FALKLAND ISLANDS. Operators Arliss/W7XU (VP8DXU), Holly/N0QJM (VP8QJM) and Marshall/K5QE (VP8DQE) will be active from the Falkland Islands (SA-002) between March 16-26th. Look for activity on the HF bands by VP8QJM (RTTY on 30/20m) and VP8DXU (CW). VP8DQE will be on 2m EME. QSL VP8DXU and VP8QJM via W7XU. QSL VP8DQE via K5QE. VU, INDIA (Update). Geo, HB9CPS, is now active as VU3LYT from India until March 20th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters CW using a KX3 and an AlexLoop (preferring WARC bands). He informed OPDX that he used the same setup as A25/HB9CPS. Expected operations will be between 0200-0400 and 1400-1800 UTC. He will operate as VU3LYT from the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. 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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 15th/March, through Sunday, 22nd/March there were 236 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E3, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, 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, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP8, VP8/g, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZC4, 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". 3A, MOACO. Operators Gil/F4FET and Diego/F4HAU will be active as 3A/home- call from Monaco between April 2-5th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB and RTTY. Operations will be focus on NA and AS stations especially on 10 and 12 meters, if propagation permits. They will be using vertical polarization antennas close to the Mediterranean Sea. QSL via their home callsigns. 4X, ISRAEL. Operators Zvi/4X6FR and Moshe/4X1DX will be active as 4X7R from Herzliya during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi- Single entry. QSL via 4X6OM. 7Q, MALAWI. The second team of the 7QAA DXpedition (SSB, RTTY, some CW and PSK team) is now active until April 1st. Operators are John/GW4SKA, Sam/ ZS6BRZ, Dick/K9APW, Chris/G8APB, Marco/HB9OCR and Alex/DD5ZZ. The team will operate 4 stations on the air on 160-6 meters. The SSB team will also participate in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest. Daily free LoTW and ClubLog uploads will be provided, and they will use the band-slot tracking feature in ClubLog to promote a competitive spirit amongst the DX fraternity. Log is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/expeditions/7QAA They feel that due to the extended 20 day operating period there will be ample time to work the "little pistols" as well as the band-slot chasers. QSL Manager is Dick, N7RO. For more details, see their Web page at: http://www.malawidx.org/index.html Just a reminder that this DXpedition is dedicated in memory of Frosty (Charles Frost), K5LBU, who became a Silent Key on February 14th. 9N, NEPAL (Update). The three Polish operators are now active from Kathmandu until March 30th. Operators are Bogdan/SP2FUD (9N7FD), Janusz/SP9FIH (9N7WE) and Rafal/SQ9CNN (9N7CC). Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL 9N7CC and 9V7WE via SP9FIH. QSL 9N7FD via SP2FUD. Look for logs to be posted on ClubLog. For more details and updates, watch: http://9n.dxpeditions.org C2, NAURU (Reminder). Operators Ernoe/DK2AMM, Guenter/DL2AWG, Hans/DL6JGN and Ron/PA3EWP will be active as C21EU from Nauru (OC-031) between March 25th and April 4th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly PSK. They will have two K3 with two 600w amps into a 5 band Spiderbeams and some verticals. QSL via DL2AWG. If possible, they will upload their log daily to ClubLog. CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND. Joe, LA5UF, who just finished his as E51UFF operation from Manihiki Atoll (OC-014), North Cook Islands, will be active as CE0Y/LA5UF by the time you read this through the end of March. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, mainly on CW and PSK31 using wire antennas. QSL via LA5UF direct with 1 IRC or three U.S. greenstamps. NO Bureau QSLs. CQ3/CT9, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Matt, DJ8OG, will be active as CQ3L during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via DJ6QT. Look for Matthias to be active before and after the contest as CT9/DJ8OG. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau (preferred) or direct. Visit the CR3L Santana, Madeira Island (AF-014), Web page at: http://www.cq3l.de DX0, SPRATLY ISLANDS (Update). Exact dates are now offical for the DX0P DXpedition to Pagasa Island (AS-051). Operation will take place between April 14-20th. Activity is planned for 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and JT-65. QSL via WA6LOS. They have a FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/DX0P2015 A Web page will soon be active at: http://dx0p.org DXCC NEWS. The following have been accepted/approved by the ARRL DXCC Desk for DXCC credit: K1N - Navassa Island January-February 2015 VP8DOZ - South Georgia Island February-April 2015 E3, ERITREA. The members of the SEISA/Foundation for Global Children is now QRT E30FB. Paul, N6PSE, states: "E30FB went QRT at 0900 UTC on Tuesday. The team is now in Istanbul about to make their final travels home. We are very happy that we were able to make approximately 62,500 contacts and to provide an ATNO for many DXers around the world. The E30FB team really enjoyed bringing you this rare activation of Eritrea. Murphy was a constant companion on this DXpedition and impacted our antennas and computers. We beat Murphy back each time with skill and determination. You will be surprised to know that almost all CW was sent by hand keys." Remember, QSL Manager is Tim, M0URX. If you wish to make a donation via PayPal, their address is (note-please do not send E-mail to this address, it is for PayPal purposes only). Their Web site is at: http://eritreaproject.net E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Frank, DJ5NQ, is now active as E51ANQ from the Island of Rarotonga (OC-013) until March 28th. HE states that he will be working on 20m (CW/SSB) with 1kW and a 5 element Monoband Yagi 23m up. QSL via DJ5NQ, by the Bureau or direct (SAE + IRC or 2 USDs). FR, REUNION ISLAND (Reminder). Guy, F5MNW, will once again be active as FR/F5MNW from Saint Leu, Reunion Island (AF-016, DIFO FR-001, WLOTA 1812, WWFF FFF-011), until April 14th. Activity will be on the HF bands using only CW. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. NO IRCs! HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (NA-096). Alex, RW3RN, is now active as HI7/RW3RN from Punta Cana until March 30th. Activity will be on 20-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign. IOTA NEWS.............. EU-008. Members of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC (GM0ADX) will be active as MM0KLR from the Isle of Muck (IOSA NH06, SCOTIA DI18, WAB NM48) between April 26th and May 2nd. Operators mentioned are Graham/MM0GHM, Allan/2M0VNW, Arthur/MM0DHQ, Allan/GM3OZB, Gordon/GM7WCO, Jason/GM7VSB and Paul/GM0PJD. Activity will be on 160-2 meters including 60m. QSL via MM0KLR, by the Bureau or eQSL. QSL direct to MM0GHM. EU-037. Hans, DK3PZ, will be active as SM7/DK3PZ from Oland Island between May 16-23rd. QSL via eQSL and/or by the Bureau to his home callsign. EU-042. Operators Siggi/DL3HBZ, Lothar/DL8HAL, Steve/DJ7AO, Charlie/ DF6LPC, Ulrich/DJ9IE and Benjamin/DB2LS will be active as DL0DFF from Hallig Hooge (DLFF-013) between April 30th and May 3rd. QSL via the Bureau. EU-048. Once again the CDXG (Charente DX Groupe) will be on IOTA expedition, this year to Belle Ile Island (DIFM AT 015, WW Locator IN87IK). Activity take place between April 18-25th, using the callsign TM9B. Operators mentioned are Eric/F5LOW, Laurent/F5MNK, Bertrand/F6HKA and Leon/ON4ZD/OS0S. QSL via ON4ZD (see QRZ.com). For more info and possible updates, see: http://www.charentedxgroupe.fr EU-138. Fred, SM7DAY, will be active as SM7DAY/p from Senoren Island between April 11-18th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and PSK. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau. Also, QSL via the OQRS on ClubLog. ADDED NOTE: Members of the South West Scania Radio Amateurs Club (SSRA) [which Fred is a member] will also be active from Senoren Island as SK7DX. QSL via SM7DXQ. EU-170. Operators Achim/DL1DAW, Kai/DL3HAH and Andy/DL3YM will be active as 9A/DK3QZ from Kaprije Island between July 24-26th. QSL via the home callsign. NA-112. Operators Joe/W03F, Keith/KK4PLI, Pete/W3ENK and Sterling/N4WKG will be active as N4F from Ft. Macon State Park on Bogue Banks Island (Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina), between April 25-26th. QSL via: Special Event, PO Box 1302, Newport, NC 28570. NA-174. David, VE3VID, is now active as VY0/VE3VID from the rare Igloolik Island (WW.Loc EP-99), but announced this past week he will be going QRT soon. He states, "After 2 years of 20m RTTY, HELL and SSB from Igloolik Island my work here will soon be done. Though I will be returning to Baffin Island later, and may at some future time also return to Igloolik Island, the operations which have occurred 3 times a year since March of 2013 will finish up in about 1 month. For DXers and IOTA fans still hoping for a QSL, I will be active on 20m RTTY on March 22nd, 28th, 29th and April 4th. Work schedule as permit- ting on April 11th and 12th as well. I'm also hoping to partic- ipate in some of the contests up to that point. After that Igloolik Island will be QRT." QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. OC-136. After his December Lord Howe Island VK2IAY/9 operation (see OPDX.1203), look for Steve (G0UIH/VK2IAY/3D2FI) to be staying for 4 days on Phillip Island (OC-136) between December 29th and January 1st (2016), and being active as VK2IAY/3. Activity will be SSB only on 20m. The antenna will be a wire dipole and 100w (IC706MK2G). Look around 14260 kHz. A 4 color special double QSL card sponsored by Vortex Antenna Systems will be available in early 2016. QSL is via G0UIH, direct or by the Bureau. OC-252. Imam, YB4IR, will be active as YB4IR/7 from Randayan Island between March 25-31st. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB, and RTTY. Antennas will be a Tribander for the High Bands and a Vertical for Low Bands. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS or via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Akira, JH0CKF, will be active once again as AF1Y/KH0 from the Saipan Rental Shack (Himawari Hotel) [USI NI-002S, WLOTA 1333), Northern Mariana Islands (OC-086), for a short operation between March 26-28th. Activity will be holiday style, after sunset, on 20-6 meters using SSB. QSL via DU1/JH0CKF (QSL Manger) via DU Bureau. Please DO NOT send to AF1Y (either Bureau or postal mailing address in Miami). If you would like to exchange QSL cards directly, please send SASE to the postal mailing address: Akira Yokoyama, 7078 Hokujo Hakuba, Nagano 399-9301, JAPAN. For more details about the Saipan Rental Shack, visit the following Web page at: http://saipan.rental-shack.com/english/index.html MT0, ISLE OF MAN. Members from the "DX-Interceptors Amateur Radio Club" (MS0IXD) will be on a DXpedition to the Isle of Man (EU-116) between May 8-11th. Operating from Scarlett Point, the team plans to be using the modes of CW, SSB and RTTY on 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters. Their aim is to provide as much as possible an ANTO (all time new one) or new band and mode to as many individuals as they can. They state, "Please DON'T be offended if we do not engage in a rag chew over recent events as our aim is to log as many as we can over the period. We have only three operators going." Operators mentioned are Billy/GM0OBX, Frank/MM0HST and Ross/GM1KNP. QSL via LoTW or M0OXO ONLY. They will use two HF stations: HF Station 1 - Mainly SSB HF Station 2 - Mainly CW/DATA Yaesu FT 1000mp; Acom Amplifer Icom IC 7200; RM Italy Amplifer Hexbeam (20/17/15/10) Moxon (15/12); Vertical (homebrew GM0OBX Home brew interface for data multi band 80-10m) PJ2, CURACAO. Ton, PA1CC, will once again be active as PJ2/PA1CC from Curacao (SA-099) between March 24-31st. His main activity will be in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 27-28th) as one of the PJ2T operators. However, look for some activity before and after the contest on CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign. PJ7, SINT MAARTEN. Ed, WA1ZAM, will once again be active as PJ7PL from the Royal Palm's between March 28th and April 5th. Activity will include some operations in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single- Op/Low-Power entry [look for him in the morning most of the time]. Outside of the contest, activity will be holiday style using SSB and RTTY, possibly CW -- depending on what he brings down. QSL WA1ZAM. PQ0, TRINDADE AND MARTIM VAZ ISLANDS (Update). F?bio, PP5BZ, informs OPDX that the Navy has given authorization to go with a full team to Trindade. The PQ0T operation will have five operators: F?bio/PP5BZ, Jaime/PP5JD, Jacobus/PY3FJ, Miguel/PY3MM and Claudio/PY3OZ. The team is made-up of 100% members of the PQ5B Contest Team! The PY1 team will leave for Trindade on March 30th, and they plan to be active as PQ0T/MM on the way to Trindade. They expect to be active from the island between April 2-4th. PQ2, BRAZIL (Satellite/6m Op/Delayed). Operators Pedro/PR8ZX and Augusto/ PU8MET have delayed their activity as PQ2ZXT and PQ2/PU8MET, respectively, from Tocantins State (WW Loc. GI64) for about a month. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (March 23-29th).... Mar/23rd LN Mar/26th AN Mar/28th LN Mar/24th AN Mar/27th HN Mar/29th LN Mar/25th 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 (March 22nd) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3W2MAE via DL5MAE D44TEG via HB9EBT OG2K/0 via OG2K 4X2M via 4X4DZ DG8SBX/AM via DL2DN OG3077F via OH3JF 4U1WB via KK4HD DL777BBH via DO8ABW ON/G4OOE/P via G4OOE 4U20B via 4U20B DM0Y via DL3BQA OP4U via ON7USB 5P7Z via DG2RON EB1CAM/EA8 via EB1CAM OP7B via ON7BJ 5B/RW9QA via W3HNK EI90IARU via EI6AL R120RDP via RW9RO 5B/RM2U via RM2U H42NT via M0OXO R35MWC via R9XC 9N7WE via SP9FIH HF0BEM via SP9PTA SF90IARU via SM7HZK 9A88AA via 9A2AA II0IDR via IZ0FVD SN0WFF via SP5X A25GF via ZS6AYU II1IGG via I2AZ SU9IG via OM3CGN CT8/KD8DXU via OK8ZZ (B) II9ICF via IT9MRM SV8/SV1CEI via SV1CEI CT9/DL2MDU via DL2MDU IQ4AX via IZ4EFN TC100GLB via TA1CM CT9/R9DX via R9DX KH2/JR3CNQ via JR3CNQ TC18M via TA1HZ (**) CV5A via CX2ABC (d) KH2/JS6RRR via JS6RRR UP2L via UA9AB CX2TQ via IK2DUW OE3HY (*) VP2MEL via N7BX (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (*) Karl Hluchy is silent key March 16, 2015 in age of 96 Years. (**) You do not need to send your card!! QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3W2JK, 5W1SA, 5Z4LS, 8P9EH, 9A1A, EA7ST, F6BQJ, JM1XCW, JR3OEH, LU4FD, LU7YZ, MD0CCE, OH2MQ, SM3RAB, SP3CCR and TO5A QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3B9FR, 6Y6N, 7O2A, 9M6XRO, B5A, B9/BY9GA, ER3GS, FM5DN, FT4TA, FW5JJ, HC2AO/8, HC2RCT/8, KG4LB, PJ7/WJ2O, TO2TT, TO4FM, TX4A, V73TM, VU4CD, XT2AW and YJ0X QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 9M2CCO, 9M2CQC, BD7MFB, E20AJ, E20YLM, E21EIC, E21YDP, E23PKO, E29BUQ, HS1FVL, HS3ANP, HS3LSE, HS3XVP, HS4PDQ, HS5NME, HS6ZBQ, HS7WMU, HS0/PY3IQ, HS0AC, HS0ZBS, HS0ZCW, HS0ZDX, HS0ZEE, HS0ZFK, HS0ZFP, HS0ZHK, HS0ZIN, HS0ZIV, HS0ZJK, HS0ZJU, HS0ZKG, HS25DX, HS85RI, PX4X, PY4BR, PY4RGS, S21ZDX, TF2MSN, XW1A, XW1B, XW1IC, XW4XR, XW0YJY and YB9WZJ/P S7, SEYCHELLES. Giovanni "John", IZ2DPX, will be active possibly as S79DPX (pending) from the Seychelles (AF-024) between August 9-23rd. Activity will be on 80-6 meters and all modes. QSL via his home callsign. For more details and update, see: http://iz2dpx.jimdo.com V6, MIRCONESIA. By the time you read this Kiichi, JF1LUT, will be active as V63KI from Kolonia, Pohnpei (OC-010), until March 25th. Activity will be on 20-10 meters using SSB only. QSL only direct to QSL Manager to: A4maniax, c/o Sankei Kousinsya Co,.Ltd., 6-20-6, Hirai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, 132-0035 JAPAN. Log will be uploaded to ClubLog. V6, MICRONESIA. Operators Sho, JA7HMZ, will once again be active as V63DX from Pohnpei Island (OC-010) between April 17-25th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters and all modes. QSL via his home callsign. No Bureau QSLs. VK9C, COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS. Operators Lars/LB2TB, Rune/LA6YIA, Bjorn/ LB1GB and Morten/LA9DFA plan to be active as VK9CK (pending) from Cocos (Keeling) Island (OC-003) between March 14-26th. The team is calling themselves the "Dipper DXers". Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. The focus will be 160/80 meters. They state, "Plans are for beams for the high bands and verticals/Inv. L for the lower bands. We will bring amplifiers!" QSL via their OQRS on ClubLog (preferred) or via their QSL Manager LA6OP, direct or by the Bureau. Log will be uploaded to the LoTW as soon as possible after the DXpedition. For more details and updates, see: http://dipperdx.com/cocos2016 VK9N, NORFOLK ISLAND. By the time you read this operators Allen/VK7AN and David/VK7YUM will be active as homecall/VK9N from Norfolk Island (OC-005) until March 27th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via their home callsigns, by the Bureau or direct (see QRZ.com). VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Stephen, VE3OC, will once again be active as VP5/VE3OC from Providenciales Island (NA-002), Caicos Islands, between April 11-16th. Activity will be holiday style (in between scuba diving) on the HF bands using an Icom IC-7000 into a Buddiepole antenna and running on a Lithium-Ion battery for portable use on the beach and cliff sides. QSL via home callsign direct or LoTW and eQSL. NO Bureau. VQ9, CHAGOS ISLAND. By the time you read this, Bob, N7XR, should be active once again as VQ9XR from Diego Garcia Island (AF-006) until March 27th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (possibly 160m) using CW, SSB, and RTTY. NO 6 meters (no antenna). He will also be on 60 meters CW due to the newly modified license which now allows operations on that band (5403.5 and 5405.0 kHz). QSL via ClubLog or direct via his home callsign (NO IRCs). NO Bureau QSLs, eQSL or LoTW. All ClubLog requests for BUREAU cards will not be processed. He mentions, "No internet access is available in the area I operate from. I check emails once in the evening IF I can gain access. Most of the time it's extremely slow." XV, VIETNAM (Update). Toshi, JA8BMK, has canceled his March XV7BM operation from Nha Trang Resort "due to poor lowbands conditions". -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Help: Subscribe: Unsubscribe: OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: OR OR Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Fri Mar 27 11:59:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:59:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1208 Message-ID: <657105.60736.bm@smtp115.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1208 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1208 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1208 BID: $OPDX.1208 March 30, 2015 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, KI2L, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, W4DN, AA6YQ, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, W9ILY, 5B4WN/G0WWW, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DL1SBF, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OH2BH, ON4ZD/OS0S, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer (ISWL), PS7AB, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3VID and the VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. ** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW WPX SSB Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the CQWW WPX SSB Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 20th/March, through Friday, 27th/March there were 227 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, 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, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, 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". 3A90, MONACO. Look for special event station 3A90IARU to be on the air between April 1st and June 30th. Activity is to celebrate the 90th anni- versary of IARU. Operations will be on all bands and modes. QSL via 3A2ARM, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. 3V, TUNISIA. SWL Ashraf "Ash", 3V4-002 (KF5EYY), will be active as 3V8SS from the "Radio Club Station of Tunisian Scouts" in Sousse, during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or to LX1NO. Read about Ashraf on the following Web page at: http://www.kf5eyy.info 4L, GEORGIA. Operator Vaho, 4L8A, will be active during the CQWW WPX SSB Contests (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??) entry. QSL via K1BV or LoTW. 5E/CN2, MOROCCO. Mark, M0DXR, will be active as CN2XR from Morocco until the end of March. QSL via M0DXR direct. He will also join the team that will be active as 5E5E from the CN2R Casablanca contest station during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. Operators mentioned are Juan/EA8RM, Jorge/EA9LZ, Mark/M0DXR, Mark/LU8EOT, Manu/ LU9ESD, Olli/OH0XX and Jim/W7EJ. QSL via W7EJ. Visit the CN2R Web page at: http://cn2r.net 6Y, JAMAICA. Marios, 5B4WN/G0WWW, will be active as 6Y4W from Jamaica (NA-097) during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band entry. He tells OPDX [edited], "This is a contest expedition by me. I will be active from Friday 27th to Monday 30th from St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. In the contest I will be 6Y4W, outside the contest I will be G0WWW/6Y5. Mostly on HF bands and 40/80 maybe, but unlikely 160m. I will upload all QSOs to LoTW on my return. If people are desperate for paper QSLs please use my ClubLog OQRS page either via Bureau or direct. Save some trees and don't send me paper QSLs please, but if you have to make them via 5B4WN!" 6Y, JAMAICA. By the time you read this, Darren, VA3EGG, will be active as 6Y4DX from the Jewel Paradise Cove Resort until mid-April. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using a Yaesu 897D with 100 watts into a tuner with a 46 ft longwire. QSL direct to VA3EGG [SASE Canada only. All other countries, SAE + 2 USDs]. No E-QSL. 8P, BARBADOS. Tom, W2SC, will be active as 8P5A during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to NN1N. 8P, BARBADOS (NA-021). Richard, G3RWL, is once again active as 8P6DR from here between now and April 15th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using CW and some RTTY. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau using ClubLog's OQRS. See QRZ.com for more QSL info. 9K, KUWAIT. Operators Ahmad/9K2LT, Khalid/9K2HK, Hamad/9K2HN, Essa/9K2HQ, Yasser/9K2MY, Muhammad/9K2NO, Osama/9K2OD, Ahmad/9K2QA, Basil/9K2RX, Marco/HB9CAT, Nick/HB9EFK and Ludovic/HB9EOU will be active as 9K2HN during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (march 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via 9K2HN, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW. Visit the 9K2HN's Blog page at: http://www.9k2hn.com AH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. YL operator Mami, JP3AYQ, will once again be active as AH0YL from Saipan Island (OC-086, USI NI-002S, WLOTA 1333) between March29th and April 1st. Activity will be holiday style on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via JP3AYQ, direct, by the Bureau (SLOW), LoTW and eQSL. An OQRS will be available on ClubLog. C2, NAURU. Operators Ernoe/DK2AMM, Guenter/DL2AWG, Hans/DL6JGN and Ron/ PA3EWP are now active as C21EU from Nauru (OC-031) until April 4th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly PSK. They will have two K3 with two 600w amps into a 5 band Spiderbeams and some verticals. QSL via DL2AWG. If possible, they will upload their log daily to ClubLog. CASS AWARD (Press Release) [edited]. Nigel Cawthorne has won the 2014 Single-Operator Cass Award. The Cass Award encourages DXpedition operating excellence. While QRV from the island of Tristan da Cunha as ZD9XF in September 2014, Nigel, G3TXF, worked 9314 unique stations during the first 14 days of his one-man DXpedition, demonstrating an outstanding effort to log as many DXers as possible and setting a new Single-Operator Cass Award record. Club Log founder Michael, G7VJR, presented Nigel with his plaque and prize at the CDXC Annual Dinner is on March 21st. Here's a photo of Nigel (on the left) receiving his award from Michael: Low resolution: http://www.cassaward.com/G3TXF_G7VJR.jpg High resolution: http://1drv.ms/1BqSlKl Presented annually, the Cass Award encourages DXpeditions to maximize the number of DXers worked with a $1000 prize for the Single-Operator DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns over a two-week interval. This award honors the wisdom and spirit of Cass WA6AUD (SK), whose stories in the West Coast DX Bulletin taught a generation of DXers that DX IS! Congratulations to Nigel, G3TXF, on his achievement in winning this year's award. If you're interested in competing for or contributing to the 2015 Cass Award, visit . D4, CAPE VERDE. Peter, SM6MCW, is now active as D44TBO from Cape Verde. The length of his stay is unknown. Activity has been on 30/20/15/12/10 meters on CW. QSL via SM6MCW. D4, CAPE VERDE. Alexander, HB9FDT, will be active as D44TDK from Santa Maria, Sal Island (AF-086), between April 16-24th. Activity will be on 20/15/10 meters. QSL via his home callsign. E2, THAILAND. Members of the Thailand DX Association (HSDXA) will be active as E2X during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Single/High-Power entry. QSL via E20GMY. Visit the HSDXA FaceBook page or Web page at: http://www.facebook.com/hsdxa http://www.qsl.net/hsdxa/index1.htm E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. "The Daily DX" reports that operators Doug/W6HB and Brad/W0VFT will be active as E51DLD and E51VFT, respectively, from the QTH of Andy/E51AND/E50A and Jim/E51JD on Rarotonga Island between May 17-23rd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters. QSL via the operator's home callsign. EF8, CANARY ISLANDS. Mauri, EA8CMX/OHBYS, will be active as EF8S during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via OH2BYS. EI, IRELAND. An international group made up of Polish, Ukranian, Irish and Russian contesters will be active as EI1Y from Co. Kildare, Ireland (EU-115), during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th). QSL via EI5JQ. FO/M, MARQUESAS ISLANDS. Alan, F6BFH, is currently active as FO/F6BFH from Tahiti, French Polynesia, until March 27th or 28th. He will then leave and be active from Nuku Hiva Island (OC-027) until around April 5th. Activity will be on 20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW and SSB. Suggested frequencies are: CW : 14045, 18085, 21045, 24895 and 28045 kHz SSB : 14270, 18145, 21270, 24970 and 28470 kHz QSL via F6BFH, direct or by the Bureau (for Bureau QSLs, don't send QSL, just provide the QSOs informations via E-mail to: f6bfh at f6bfh.net ). FW, WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS (Update). Jean-Gabriel, F4CIX, is now active as FW1JG from Mata?utu (the capital of Wallis and Futuna) on Wallis Island since November 2014. Activity is on 40/20/15/12/10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes (RTTY, BPSK31-63, JT65). He is equipped with a FT-857 transceiver w/100 watts into a multi-dipole antenna. QSL only direct (see QRZ.com). IOTA NEWS.............. AS-172. Members of the Russian Robinson Club (RRC), Vasily/R7AL and Vasily/R6AL, will be active as R7AL/0 from Malminskiye Islands (RRA RR-13-11), (which is a very rare island group located in the Sea of Okhotsk, and claimed only by 8.3% of IOTA partici- pants) for 3 days sometime between August 8-16th. These Rocks are located far away from civilization, the nearest and only one settlement is Ayan, 40 Km. away from the Rocks. Since there is no vessel available, the only way to land on the Rocks is by a small fishing motorboat. It will take two trips (80 Km) to deliver all the equipment and operators to the island. Flights to Ayan are not regular and depends on weather conditions (heavy fogs almost 6 days a week), but if the weather is unfavorable, they state that the operators will wait as long as they can. Their plans are for a 500 watts station into a VDA and Vertical antennas. Since this is an IOTA expedition, focus will be on 2 bands only. They voted for 20 and 17 meters, but it's not confirmed yet and a subject for discussion. Modes will be CW and SSB only. QSL via the OQRS on ClubLog for both direct and Bureau cards. Direct QSL are via R6AL with SAE and 2 USDs. Any NEWS/UPDATES will be published on their Web site which is still under construction at: http://as172.yolasite.com EU-008. Members of the Camb-Hams will once again be active as GS3PYE/P from the Isle of Mull between May 15-22nd. The Camb-Hams have been activating the Scottish Isles each year since 2008 and will be traveling to the Grasspoint, Isle of Mull, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides in 2015. Ten operators will be active on all bands and many modes from 4m to 80m, 2m & 70cm for Satellites and 2m & 23cm for EME. The HF bands will be covered by four simultaneous stations, while the 6m & 4m stations will have a great take-off towards the UK and Europe from the island's eastern edge in IO76EJ square. All stations will be able to run at the full UK power limit. EME operations will use 150W to 55 elements on 23cm and 400W to 17 elements on 2m, primarily on JT65 but also available for CW skeds - if your station is big enough. Satellite operations on 2m & 70cm will use X-Quad anten- nas and a fully automatic Az/El tracking system. Activity is planned on AO-7 (mode B), VO-52, FO-29, SO-50 & AO-73. All the up-to-date plans and progress will be on . Most importantly, this is a group of good friends doing what they enjoy, so please give them a call and enjoy the trip with them. Active on the major social networks before, during and after the trip, you can check on progress and interact with the operators via their blog or through Twitter, Facebook and YouTube [links below]. Please check their Web page for details on how to arrange skeds on the more challenging bands, modes, VHF and EME. All links are available via: http://dx.camb-hams.com QSL via OQRS (info on QRZ.com) or M0VFC direct or via bureau. NA-143. Joe, K5KUA, will once again be active as K5KUA/5 from Galveston Island (USI TX-001S, Galveston County, Texas) between March 27-30th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, CW only, as time permits. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. OC-237. Adhi, YB3MM, will be active as YB3MM/P from Gili Genting Island during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/ Single-Band (15m) entry. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. ISWL CALLSIGNS (For April). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of April 2015: GX4BJC/A - Operated from Clacton on Sea, in Essex, by George, G1IPU. (/A WAB Square TM11 - England, IOTA EU-005 and WLOTA 1841). George will also operate as GX4BJC/P during the month and will give his WAB square if requested. MX1SWL/A - Operated from Cleethorpes ne Lincolnshire, by Dave,-M0KWK. (/A WAB Square TA20 - England, IOTA EU-005 and 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. J7, DOMINICA. Bob, KI2L, is now active as J79KL from Jungle Bay resort on Dominica Island until mid-Saturday morning (6:30 AM local time). He informs OPDX, "I'll be operating on 20m at 14200 kHz (+/-0.010 for QRM) during the day and wherever I can find space on 40m in the evenings after dinner." QSL via his home callsign. OH0, EASTERN ALAND ISLANDS. Martti, OH2BH, will travel to Aland Islands on Friday, March 27th, and will be on the air as OH0B for the CQWW WPX SSB Contest. Probably as a 15m mono-band entry. He will also do some pro- pagation testing to West Coast USA on Saturday morning, 0330 and 0430 UTC on 7030 KHz, before 15m is opening up. OH0B QSL via OH2BH. OH0X was active from the same QTH during both ARRL DX (CW & SSB) Contests plus the RRDXC contest by Kim, OH6KZP. QSL OH0X via OH2TA. OZ90, DENMARK. Operators Kim/OZ1JUX, Jan/OZ1ADL and possibly others will be active as OZ90IARU during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via info on QRZ.com. ADDED NOTE: OZ90IARU will be active until December 31st. For more details see OPDX.1199 or visit the Web page at: http://www.oz90iaru.dk/qsl.htm PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (March 30th-April 5th).... Mar/30th HN Apr/02nd AN Apr/04th AN Mar/31st AN Apr/03rd HN Apr/05th AN Apr/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. PS70, BRAZIL (Special Event). Rony, PS7AB, will activate special event station PS70FEB between April 1-30th. Activity is to celebrate the 70th anniversary of World War II and to remember the importance of PEACE. The special callsign is also in honor to all who participated in the war, especially the Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB, on the battlefields in Italy. Operations will be on 40/20/17/15/10 meters using SSB and CW/ Digital. QSL via PS7AB, direct (2 USDs), by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW. A special certificate will be sent in 2016 via E-mail to stations who made contacts with at least 10 Special Event Stations by mode (SSB, CW or Digital), or mixed (3 modes). Each month in 2015, Ronaldo will activate a different callsign and also send 12 different QSLs. PS70FEB is the fourth special event station to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in 2015. For more details, see: http://qrz.com/db/ps70feb QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (March 27th) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4K6FO via DC9RI DC0LGST via DF0CK PH65PH via PA7HPH 5J0B via LU1FM DU1/OE1SGU via OE1SGU PJ4/NK8O via NK8O 5B4AJC via UA3DX EH1CM via EA1RKA PY90IARU via PY2ZZZ 8P6DR via G3RWL EH5DCE via EA5RKB TF/DL2JRM via DL2JRM 9Y4NW via EB7DX HL2/F4AAR via 6K2EJJ TO4C via M0OXO A43SJIT via A47OS J79KL via KI2L UN7MMM via EA7FTR A61CK/M via IZ8CLM JW9JKA via LA9JKA (d) UP44WFF via UN6GAO (d/L/e) B3/DL8UI via DL8UI M5E via G0CKV VK9N/VK7YUM via VK7YUM C21EU via DL2AWG P3N via RW3RN VP2MQT via N7QT (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5B4AGN, 5Z4LS, 9A1UN, 9Q0HQ, A45XR, ER1MM, GP0STH, HB9DQL, HC1WDT, IO5O, JM1XCW, LU7YZ, NH7A, OK2TS, T30D, TO5A, UA6JZ, V21ZG (NA-100), V5/G3TXF, VK4HQ, VP2MEL and VP2MPA QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 9M6XRO, B9/BY9GA, C6AUM, CR2A, EP6T, FT4TA, OF9X, OJ0AM, P3F, PJ4DX, SU9VB, TX4A, VK9DLX and VK9LC QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: J48A, SV5DKL, SV9AHZ, SV9COL, SV9/SV1AVD, SV9/SV1DPI, SX5R, SY1AKE and SZ3P S7, SEYCHELLES. Stan, EI6DX, will be active as S79OWZ from Mah? Island (AF-024) between July 7-18th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. Equipment is a K3 transceiver with an ACOM 1000 amp into a CrankIR vertical with elevated radials installed on the beach.. QSL via RX3RC, by the Bureau or direct. For more details and updates, watch: http://www.ei6dx.com TK, CORSICA. Alex, IW5ELA, will be active as TK/IW5ELA from Calvi between April 4-9th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using mainly CW. Operations will be 100 watts into a vertical antenna. No QSL requests needed. Every contact will be confirmed by Bureau. QSL via IW5ELA. For direct requests, read QRZ.com. VK9C, COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (Clarification of OPDX.1107). [We forgot to mention last week that the following operation will take place next year.] Operators Lars/LB2TB, Rune/LA6YIA, Bjorn/LB1GB and Morten/LA9DFA plan to be active as VK9CK (pending) from Cocos (Keeling) Island (OC-003) between March 14-26th, 2016. The team is calling themselves the "Dipper DXers". Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. The focus will be 160/80 meters. They state, "Plans are for beams for the high bands and verticals/ Inv. L for the lower bands. We will bring amplifiers!" QSL via their OQRS on ClubLog (preferred) or via their QSL Manager LA6OP, direct or by the Bureau. Log will be uploaded to the LoTW as soon as possible after the DXpedition. For more details and updates, see: http://dipperdx.com/cocos2016 VQ9, CHAGOS ISLANDS. Reports indicate that Bob, DU7ET, who is now based at Diego Garcia (AF-006) for the next three months, and is now active as VQ9ET. Activity has been on 17 meters CW using a FT-857D and into a simple antenna. Look for him to be on the air again starting in April. QSL via DU7ET. YB, INDONESIA. Hans, YB2DX, will be active during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to his home callsign. ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Steve, G3ZVW, will once again be active as ZD8N from Georgetown between April 9-21st. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB, the Digital modes using 100 watts and wire antennas. This will be a work trip, so activity will be evenings, weekends and early mornings. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct. ZL7, CHATHAM ISLANDS. Operators John/ZL1BYZ, David/ZL1DK and John/ZL1ALZ will be active as ZL3E from Kaingaroa, Chatham Island (OC-038), between April 3-15th. Activity will be on with two stations, 40-10 meters and using CW, SSB and RTTY. Internet access permitting logs will be uploaded to ClubLog daily, and LoTW after initial log checking on their return to Auckland. The preferred QSL route is via ClubLog's OQRS for both direct and Bureau requests. Direct QSLs are via ZL1ALZ: John Balsillie, 48 Fraser Road, Pokeno 2471, New Zealand. Log enquiries go to John, ZL1ALZ at: gibit at xtra.co.nz Log search: https://secure.clublog.org/charts/?c=ZL7E ZL7, CHATHAM ISLANDS. Alain "Al", F8FUA (5U7NU, 9J2AE, TZ6NU, XT2BR, Z21KM), will once again be active as ZL7/F8FUA from Chatham Islands (OC-038) between May 7-13th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. This will be a light operation using a K3 and a Buddipole. There will be NO Internet access in the "shack". He will upload log to LoTW and ClubLog whenever possible. Paper QSL cards are not printed yet! (expected in April 2015) No need to send your QSL card before April! QSL via F8FUA, direct (w/SAE + 2 USDs or 1 IRC [new one!]), by the Bureau or LoTW. NO eQSL! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th, 2015) Contest Rules: http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2015 CQWW WPX SSB Contest. For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML format, please visit Bill's Web page at: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2015.html (By callsign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxsd2015.html (By entity) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC Class QSL Callsign Entity Route ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3G1B Chile M/S HA1AG 3V8SS Tunisia SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via LX1NO 4L8A Georgia SOSB LoTW; QSL via K1BV 4X7R Israel M/S 4X6OM 5E5E Morocco M/2 W7EJ 5J0B San Andres Island LU1FM 6Y4W Jamaica SOAB LoTW; QSL via (C) 7QAA Malawi M/? LoTW; QSL via N7RO 8P5A Barbados SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via NN1N 9A73A Croatia SOAB HP 9A2RD 9K2GS Kuwait SOAB LoTW 9K2HN Kuwait M/2 LoTW; See QRZ.com 9M2M West Malaysia M/2 See QRZ.com BP0P Taiwan M/S BP0P CE3WW Chile M/2 XQ4CW CQ3L Madeira SO DJ6QT CT9/UA9CDC Madeira UA9CDC E2X Thailand M/S E20GMY ED1B Spain M/S LoTW EE5T Spain M/S LoTW EF8S Canary Islands SOSB 20M OH2BYS H27A Cyprus RW3RN HI3K Dominican Republic M/S KB2MS HI3TEJ Dominican Republic SOAB LP LoTW; See QRZ.com HO1C Panama M/S HP1CQ HR2WW Honduras SOAB HP KD4POJ J42T Greece M/2 LoTW JD1BOW Ogasawara JA0JHQ KP4RV Puerto Rico SOSB 15M LoTW; QSL via AI4U L47H Argentina M/S EA5KB LQ4D Argentina M/S LoTW LY4A Lithuania M/2 LY4A NP2P US Virgin Islands SOAB LoTW OG9X Finland M/2 LoTW OH0B Aland Islands SO OH2BH OZ90IARU Denmark M/2 OZ5E P3N Cyprus SOAB HP RW3RN P49V Aruba M/? 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