From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Nov 1 11:35:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2015 11:35:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1238 Message-ID: <608006.10769.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1238 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1238 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1238 BID: $OPDX.1238 November 2, 2015 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written From Strongsville, OH Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, ARRL Letter, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, WB2YQH, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, WB6RSE, K8GI, K8ME, K8PT, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, CO8ZZ, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, EI9FBB, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, I2YSB, IK7JWY, JA8BMK, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer (ISWL), PY2KP, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. **** EDITOR'S COMMENT: If you were on Daylight Saving Time (DST), did you remember to turn your clock back an hour? See below "Standard Time". DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 25th/October, through Sunday, 1st/November there were 233 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B6, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, 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, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T32, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 2015 FD RESULTS ARE IN!! The results of the 2015 June ARRL Field Day are now available at: http://www.arrl.org/results-database?fd_category=&fd_power=&fd_sect=&ss_call=&sort0=&sort1=&sort2=&event_id=68929 There were a total of 2720 stations listed/submitted entries for this annual event. 3W, VIETNAM (Reminder). The Mediterraneo International Dx Club Team is now active as 3W3MD from Da Nang City until November 9th. The inter- national team lead by Antonio/IZ8CCW and Gabriele/I2VGW are also expected to activate Cham Island (AS-162 - claimed only by 17% of IOTA chasers) as 3W3MD/P sometime during this period for 3-4 days with two stations and a couple of antennas to give this reference to many IOTA chasers as possible. The rest of the team (19 skilled DX operators coming from 9 countries) will be on air from the beach of Da Nang with five stations 24 hours around the clock. According to the evaluations that they have done, they are confident to give to a lot of DXers the possibility to work this country on the Low Bands, WARC and especially on the Digital modes. QSL Manager for direct/Bureau/OQRS cards goes to IK2VUC: Giuliano Mondini, PO BOX 10, 21052 Busto Arsizio (VA), ITALY. LoTW files will be uploaded by the end of May 2016. For any further news and updates please visit the official Web site at: http://www.mdxc.org/3w3md 3XY, GUINEA (Update). Members of the Italian DXpedition Team will be active as 3XY1T from the Los Islands (AF-051, WW Loc. IJ39cl) between February 18th and March 4th (2016). Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Their official DXpedition's Web site has a dedicated 3XY1T "Needs & Wants Survey" form available on it. The results will be used in the planning of activity on the various bands. However, activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. The suggested frequencies were listed in OPDX.1228. Current list of operators are Silvano/I2YSB, Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR, Marcello/IK2DIA, Stefano/ IK2HKT, Mac/JA3USA, Gino/IK2RZP and Alfeo/I1HJT. The team is looking for funds (see Web page for details). QSL via I2YSB direct only. An OQRS will be available on their Web site. 4W, TIMOR LESTE. Toshi, JA8BMK, will be active as 4W/JA8BMK from Timor Leste between November 2-9th. Activity will be only on 80/40 meters using mainly CW with a K2 into dipole/vertical. QSL via JA8BMK direct only. 5K, SAN ANDRES. A Polish team has announced that they will be active as 5K0P from San Luis, San Andres Island (NA-033), sometime in the beginning of March 2016. Stay tuned for more details. 6W, SENEGAL. Earl, WA3DX, will be active from different areas around Senegal between December 26th and January 12th. Activity will be limited as time permits from the following areas: Dakar as 6W1/WA3DX, Mbao as 6W7/WA3DX, Kaolack as 6W6/WA3DX and Saloum Islands (not IOTA) as 6W6/WA3DX. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB. QSL via WA3DX. 9H, MALTA. Henning, OZ1BII, will be active as 9H3EE from Malta (EU-023) between November 24-30th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters with an emphasis on 30/17/12 meters using CW only. He also plans to be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via OZ1BII or ClubLog. For more details and updates, see: http://www.oz1bii.dk CARIBBEAN TOUR. Mike, DF8AN, will activate two Caribbean Islands during the first half of November. His tentative schedule is as follows: November 4-13th -- Saba Island (NA-145, WFF PAFF-027, WLOTA 2043); signing as PJ6/DF8AN or possibly PJ6 callsign. November 13-16th -- Sint Maarten Island (NA-105); signing as PJ7/DF8AN or possibly PJ7 callsign. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using 100 watts with an Alinco DX70 operating CW and SSB. His second station will be a FT-817 with 5 watts operating RTTY and PSK31. Look for him to be in the Ukrainian DX Contest (November 7-8th). QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau. NO eQSL or LoTW. CARIBBEAN TOUR. Operators Toshi/JA1ELY, Yuki/JH1NBN and Hal/JR4OZR will activate two Caribbean Islands during the last half of November. Their tentative schedule is as follows: November 13-18th -- Anguilla (NA-022); signing as VP2ELY. November 19-25th -- Sint Maarten Island (NA-105); using a PJ7 callsign which is still pending. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. The trio plans to have two 500 watt stations on the air as well as an entry in the Japan International DX SSB Contest (November 14-15th). QSL via JA1ELY direct only. NO JA Bureau QSLs. They plan to upload logs daily to ClubLog, and upload to LoTW after the operation. CN40, MOROCCO. Moroccan operators will be able to sign with the "CN40" prefix with their own suffix between November 3-8th to celebrate the 40th anniversary of " The Green March" . ADDED NOTE: Operators from the A.R.R.A.M Club (CN8MC), Mohamed/CN8KD, Kacem/CN8LR, Hassane/CN8ZG, Hassan/CN8SG, M'Hamed/CN8NK, Bouker/CN8IG and others will be active as CN40MV during this celebration. QSL via EB7DX. CO0, CUBA. Members of the Holgu?n Filial of FRC, were active with the callsign CO0EDC between October 27-30th. Activity was to celebrate the 523th anniversary of Cristobal Colon arrival to America. Activity was on all HF bands. QSL via RW6HS direct only. GD6, ISLE OF MAN. Chris, GM3WOJ (ZL1CT), will once again be active as GD6IA from the contest station on the I.O.M. during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All- Band/High-Power entry. QSL via GD6IA, direct only to: GD6IA, PO Box 1, PEEL City, Isle of Man IM5 1XG, British Islands. No QSL Bureau - No eQSL - No LoTW. GJ/MJ, JERSEY. Operators Craig/K3PLV and Pete/K8PT will be active as MJ/K3PLV and MJ/K8PT from Jersey between November 4-11th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL direct to their home callsigns. QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW after logs are double checked. HK0, SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA. Martin, LU9EFO, will be active as HK0/LU9EFO from San Andres Island (NA-033) between November 11-17th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB. Look for activity before and after his HK0 operation from Bogota as HK3/LU9EFO. QSL via SP5QAZ direct only. QSL via the Bureau to LU9EFO only. IOTA NEWS.............. AF-119. (New IOTA - S79C Press release #4, dated November 1st). [edited] The much anticipated Coetivy Island (AF-119NEW) DXpedition is soon to begin. After 5 months of intense preparations, the S79C team would like to remind you that in less than 2 weeks time, Christian/EA3NT, Dave/EI9FBB, Col/MM0NDX, Ronald/PA3EWP, Jacek/ SP5APW and Craig/VK5CE will transit through their national air- ports en-route to Mahe, Seychelles. We are pleased to confirm that our requested S79C callsign has now been officially issued and all paperwork is in hand. In addi- tion, planning and logistics are now complete. All six operators, and in excess of 300Kg of equipment, need to fly the final 300Km to Coetivy island and land on the short 500m airstrip. This final flight is by private airplane charter and actually doubles the overall budget. Without doubt, this is a hugely expensive IOTA DXpedition and we are indebted to each and every donor/sponsor. However, we do seek additional funding support. Until November 6th, we still offer a ?Free QSL? for advance donors of ?5 or more. Your generous contribution is most welcome and helps offset our enormous costs. If you would like to support this unique activation, please visit: http://www.af119new.com/donate Furthermore, the team is delighted to inform that 50Mhz will be used ? a dedicated station will run 24/7 during our stay on Coetivy. Our suggested beacon frequency is 50.103.5 MHz. It should be noted that S7 is very rare on the ?magic band? and we are thrilled to have got this special permission! This is our final Press Release. Next official dialogue will be whilst our team is en-route and only via our Twitter feed @af119new . Follow us for the very latest updates. (Note: some team members may also update their individual Facebook page as they journey to AF-119). We wish all very good luck in the pile-ups and look forward to seeing you in our log! Vy 73 de S79C team. EU-039. Operators Christian/F4CVA, Jerry/F4HJO, Luis/F5THW and Sam/ F5UPO will be active as TM5CT from Grande Island between November 4-7th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via F4HJO, direct or by the Bureau. Also via LoTW. OC-217. After his operation from Iyang Island (OC-237) this past week- end, Imam, YB4IR, will be active as YB4IR/3 from Kangean Island between November 2-6th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS, by his home callsign direct or by the Bureau. ISWL CALLSIGNS (For November). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of November 2015: GX4BJC/A - Operated from Towcester, in Northamptonshire, by Phil, G4DMS. (/A WAB Square SP65 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). MS1SWL/A - Operated from Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, by Brian, GM4XQJ. (/A WAB Square NS97 - Scotland, IOTA EU-005). 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. K7, UNITED STATES (Special Event). Members of the Yavapai Amateur Radio Club (YARC) of Prescott, AZ, will operate a special event station November 17th, from 1500z to 2400z in celebration of the NRA?s 144th birthday. The special event station will operate from Gunsite Academy?s 2,000-acre campus in Paulden, AZ, north of Prescott. The special event callsign will be K7NRA. Operations will be conducted on the following frequencies: 7.250, 14.040, 14.250 and 21.335 MHz. All amateur stations, especially those operated by NRA members and Gunsite alumni, are urged to participate. A special certificate will be awarded to those stations making contact during the event. QSL with a 9 x 12 SASE to: YARC, P.O. Box 1199, Prescott, AZ 86304. For more details, see the Web page at: http://w7yrc.org/nrabirthday NP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Yuriy, N2TTA, will once again be active as NP2P during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. NP4, PUERTO RICO. Alfredo (Al), WP3C, will be active as NP4A during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m)/ High-Power entry. QSL via W3HNK. P4, ARUBA. John, W2GD, will once again be active as P40W from Aruba (SA-036). This time during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. Operations outside of the contest are usually CW on 160/80m and 30/17/12 meters as time permits. Watch 160m on the hour and 80m on the half hour. QSL via LoTW or direct to N2MM, Bureau cards are no longer accepted. Logs will be loaded on LoTW upon his return to the USA. P4, ARUBA. Jaap, PA7DA, will be active as P4/PA7DA from Aruba Island (SA-036) during March 2016. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via PA7DA by the Bureau. For updates, watch: http://pa7da.jouwweb.nl P5, NORTH KOREA. The "DXNEWS" reports that Dom, 3Z9DX, is planning to be active from North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea), January - February 2016 as P5/3Z9DX. He has the license to operate on 3 bands, but he is planning to concentrate his operation on 20m only SSB using 100 watts into a GP7 vertical antenna. QSL via his home callsign. ADDED NOTE: Dom just recently came back from the GXP antenna factory. Waldek, SP7GXP and Dom made final adjustment on the GP7 Vertical antenna. This antenna will go with Dom to North Korea during a December trip together with other radio equipment. Waldek, SP7GXP, is a well known manufacturer of antennas and his company GXP antennas is also well known. You can visit Waldek's Web site at . PACIFIC TOUR (Update). Steve, G0KIK, will be traveling the Pacific for the next 3 months (November-January). His tentative schedule and callsigns are as follows: November 9-15th -- From Rarotonga Island (OC-013) in the South Cook Islands as E51KIK November 17-24th -- From Auckland, New Zealand (OC-036) and Waiheke Island (OC-201) as ZL1/G0KIK and/or ZL1/G0KIK/p December (dates not known) -- From Perth, Australia, as VK6/G0KIK Activity from all locations will be holiday style. Steve states, "I will be operating from my beach shack using my portable setup: Kenwood TS50S 100w Barefoot + 1/2 size G5RV. QSL via his home callsign direct only. For more details, watch QRZ.com. PJ4, BONAIRE. Operators Scott/W4PA, Norman/WF7T, Steve/PJ4DX, Peter/PJ4NX and Robert/S53R will be active as PJ4Q from Kralendijk, Bonaire Island (SA-006) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single entry. Operators will be on the island between November 19th and December 1st, except PJ4DX and PJ4NX. Activity outside of the contest, operators will be signing PJ4/homecall and will be active on 160-10 meters, with a focus on 160/30/17/12 meters, using CW and SSB. PJ4/WF7T will be active on the Digital modes on all bands prior to contest. QSL PJ4Q via W4PA. QSL all others via their home callsign. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (November 2-8th).... Nov/02nd HN Nov/05th LN Nov/07th HN Nov/03rd DIS Nov/06th HN Nov/08th LN Nov/04th DIS 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. PY1, BRAZIL (Special Event). To commemorate 80th anniversary of the Brazilian Amateur Radio, the Brazilian Amateur Radio League (LABRE-RJ) will be active as PY1AA on November 5th from 21:00 to 20:59 UTC. QSL via the Bureau, direct, eQSL or LoTW. QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (October 25th and November 1st) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4U70UN via HB9BOU ED9K via EA7LS (d) PJ2/DK3DM via DK3DM 5J0B via LU1FM EF7X via EA7PP PS1M via PY1MK 6Y9X via KQ1F EF8R via EB7DX PT2CM via PR7JP 7T9A via EA3GSS EH5CRE via EA5URM R2015AA via RX1CQ 7W6A via EA3GSS EI1Y via EI5JQ R2015DG via R3RAO A65EE via IZ8CLM G9W via M0DXR R2015RR via RM8Y AH2/AI6ID via JA1NEJ HG0IPA via HA0DX SO2O via SQ2GXO B1Z via EA7FTR HK1NA via K6IPM SO9T via SQ9ORQ B7M via BG7LHY IB9T via IT9TQH T88ZE via JA4BXL C4A via 5B4KH II1W via IW1FGZ TM100BS via F5KOU C91B via ZS5J (d) K3K via K3TW TM300SK via F4GFE CN2DG via DL5DG KH2L via W3HNK TO4K via G3NKC CR2X via OH2BH LX/DF1LON via DF1LON UE25R via RN3RQ CT9/OM3RM via OM3RM M2L via M0OXO (O) UN8PY via DL8KAC CX2DK via EA5GL M4A via M0BLF UN9GD via DL8KAC D70LW via DS4NEY NP2X via K5WW UP0L via DL8KAC DL25UNION via DJ6SI OJ0C via OH1EG VK8AV via R9XC DQ5R via DK7UY ON130CLAES via ON6LC (d/B) VP5DX via NU4Y ED1R via EC1KR OO5G via ON4GI VY2ZM via EA7HBC ED5O via EA5URS OO6T via ON6KX W7/DL3MBY via DL3MBY ED8X via RN3RQ P33W via UA3DX ZF2SC via KA9P (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only CQ8Z QSL STATUS. Ron, AC7DX, reports, "Cards just arrived from printer. Beautiful folded card. Thanks for the patience." HS0ZCW ON LoTW. Charly, HS0ZCW, reported this past week: "I have fought LoTW and won. I have typed in one of two paper logs and have sent to LoTW all that plus all other contacts via contests and regular operating. Thus, HS0ZCW contacts, just under 10,000, are IN THERE. The paper log still to be entered is from 1996 to about 2005." J6/WF2S QSL STATUS. Bob, WB2YQH, reports, "ClubLog OQRS is up and access from J6/WF2S on QRZ.com or Clublog.org. QSL cards ordered and direct cards will go out in 2-3 weeks. LoTW has been uploaded. Please use OQRS for both Direct and Bureau requests." KL7NWR (NA-070) QSL STATUS. Jeff, KL2HD, reports: "QSL cards are at the printer UX5UO, and I am awaiting delivery. Cards will go out as soon as the blank cards return." See QRZ.com for more details. ZV10M via PT7ZT (also CT1AHU). Activity during the CQWW DX SSB Contest by members of REP, GPDX, LABRE, LYNX, NRA, RRC, TEN TEN, FORDX and CANTAREIRA DX. Operators mentioned are CT5P, CT3M, CS5DX and PW7T. QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4A5XX, 4U70UN, 8P6ET, 9A2NO, 9V1YC, AD8J/HR9, AL1G, AO150E, AO150N, CW5W, CX6VM, D44TBO, D44TUK, DU3LA, E51MQT, E6GG, EA8TL, EC2DX, EA5DFV, EF1A, EU7A, F1ILA, F6CBL, F8DVD, FG5LA, FM5FJ, G7Y, GM0DBW, GM3POI, HB9EE, HI3A, HK3W, J6/WF2S, J68HZ, JA3YBK, JA6BZI, JE8CLT, JF8QNF, JM1LPN, JM3UGA, JP1QDH, JR4OZR, KL7RA, KL7SB, KP4SX, LU7HN, OE2S, OH0X, P40ER, PJ2T, PJ4/PA3BWK, PY5IN, R5WW, RU3FM, S58J, SM6M, SV2BFN, SV8DTD, TX3X, V31MA, VA7KO, VA7SAR, VE7BC, VK2AU, VK2GGC, VK2SSI (OC-194), VK4NM, VP5/KO8SCA, YO3RU, YV5KG, YY9JDT, Z21MG and ZL3TE QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 9M2/R6AF/P (AS-073), CO3JA, D44TUK, E51AAR, E6GG, EK7DX, JA0JHQ/VK9C, RA1ALA/1 (EU-086), RI0NZ (AS-066), RI1PT (EU-188), VE7DP/7 (NA-181), WS5K/KH8, YE3B (OC-197) and YB3MM/9 (OC-150) QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!!! STANDARD TIME. Did you remember to change your clocks? Countries who observe Daylight Saving Time (DST), which took place on Sunday, March 8th, are now expected to move their "local clocks" backward 1 hour on Sunday, November 1st, from 2:00 AM local time to 1:00 AM. In 2016, Day- light Saving Time (DST) will again go into effect on Sunday, March 13th, at 2:00 AM local time. For the history and details about ST and DST, as well as an interesting map of the world (showing the countries who observe DST), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2015.html ADDED NOTE: Hopefully, all amateur radio operators know not to change their GMT/UTC/ZULU clocks. However, since most operators usually set their computers to local time, some may have to change their settings on "some" ham radio software (ex. logging, propagation, DXTelnet, etc..) programs. TY, BENIN (Update). Nicolas, F8FQX (ex-TJ3SN, TN5SN, 5T5SN), who recently went QRT from Cameroon in July, will be or has moved to Benin and will be active as TY2AC for the next three years. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via IZ1BZV direct or LoTW. VP2M, MONTSERRAT. "The Daily DX" reports that operators Rick/AI5P (VP2MXP), Phil/K3EW (VP2MEW) and Jim/W3NRJ (VP2MVI) will be active from the Ginger- bread Hill, St. Peters Parish, Montserrat (NA-103, WLOTA 1475, WW Loc. FK86VS), between November 4-12th. Phil will be emphasizing activity on the SKCC frequencies and operate during the SKCC Weekend Sprint (November 7-8th). SKCC stands for "Straight Key Century Club". Look for Jim to operate QRP on the slow speed CW frequencies for newer hams. Rick will be looking for old and new friends around the bands. QSL to each operator's home callsign. VU2, INDIA. Prasad, VU2PTT, will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m) entry. QSL via the LoTW, by the Bureau or direct using the info on QRZ.com. YJ, VANUATU. Barry, VK2BJ, will once again be active as YJ0BJ from Vanuatu (OC-035) between November 2-16th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters (possibly 80m) using CW and SSB. He will use a K3 with 100 watts into a SteppIR CrankIR vertical located on the grass between the villa and the beach. QSL via VK2BJ, direct, LoTW or eQSL. ZB2, GIBRALTAR. Jorma, OH2KI, will once again be active as ZB2X during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m) /All-Band entry. QSL via OH2KI. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Nov 8 11:40:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2015 11:40:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1239 Message-ID: <969782.20003.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1239 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1239 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1239 BID: $OPDX.1239 November 9, 2015 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written From Strongsville, OH Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, KK4OYJ, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4JF, KL7JR, N7SMI, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, IK7JWX, OH1VR, OH2YL, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PY7RP, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3QSL, VA3RJ & ICPO, and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 1st/November, through Sunday, 8th/November there were 199 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, JA, JD/o, JT, JY, K, KG4, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ4, PJ5, PY, PY0F, S0, S2, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XW, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, 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". 4K, AZERBAIJAN. Alim, 4K6FO, will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-BandLow-Power entry. QSL via LoTW eQSl or see QRZ.com. 4L, GEORGIA. Operator Vaho, 4L8A, will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contests (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??m) entry. QSL via K1BV or LoTW. 5W, SAMOA (Update). Lars, ZL1IF, will be active as 5W0IF in Apia, Upolu Island (OC-097) between November 20th and December 3rd. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using mainly CW with a focus on the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via ZL1IF and LoTW. 5Z, KENYA. Tevfik, TA1HZ, will be active as 5Z4/TA1HZ from the Amateur Radio Society of Kenya club station (5Z4RS) in Nairobi between March 26-28th. Activity will be on the HF bands and primarily during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 26-27th). Log will be uploaded to LoTW. QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to his QSL Manager LZ3HI. C6, BAHAMAS. John, KK4OYJ, will once again be active as C6ATS from mid- November until the beginning of March, probably bypassing Bimini Islands (NA-048) initially, but checking in at Great Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands group (NA-054). He states, "... won't be QRV every day, but I hope to be active as often as possible." John also mentions, "I'm hoping to add a few more islands to the groups in the Bahamas this year. So stand-by for some names that may not be on the official IOTA list (yet)... ... I'm aiming to activate as many of the IOTA groups as I can ? NA-001, NA-054, NA-048, NA-113 and maybe NA-080." Activity will be on 80-6 meters using SSB, QRS CW, RTTY, PSK and JT-65. He has posted a "C6 Bands and Modes Desired" survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PLVGNRR As usual, John will be using Twitter to indicate what band he is on. If like last year, John will be using a TS-480HX or K3 with Vertical dipoles on 17/15/12/10m and maybe 20m. Power will be from a deep-cycle 5035Ah battery recharged daily. QSL via M0OXO using his OQRS service. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW as soon as possible (usually same day). For more details and updates, watch John's Web page at: https://kk4oyj.wordpress.com DXCC NEWS. Sharon Taratula, ARRL Awards Branch Manager, reports that the following operations are approved for DXCC credit: 3W3MD -- Vietnam; 2015 Operation 3W3MD/p -- Vietnam (Cham Island, IOTA AS-162); 2015 Operation EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators Andrea/IK1PMR and YL Claudia/PA3LEO will once again be active as EA8/homecall from Tenerife Island (AF-004) between December 9th and January 10th (2016). Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via HB9FKK (preferred) or their home callsigns, by the Bureau, direct, or E-mail requests for Bureau cards. Also via LoTW and Clublog. For more details and updates, see: http://www.ik1pmr.com EF8, CANARY ISLANDS. Juan, EA8RM, will be active as EF8U from the Las Palmas Contest station during the CQWW DX CW Contests (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. FR, REUNION ISLAND. Stephane, F5UOW, will once again be active as FR/F5UOW from Reunion Island (AF-016) between December 16th and January 8th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using mostly CW with some SSB and RTTY. QSL via LoTW or by F5UOW, via the Bureau or direct. Please NO IRCs! FR, REUNION ISLAND (Update). Anne, OH2YL, will be active as FR/OH2YL from Reunion Island between November 22nd and December 1st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW. She will also be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). QSL via her home callsign. FT5X, KERGUELEN ISLAND. Gildas, TU5KG, will once again be active as FT5XT/mm around the Kerguelen area. However, he is expected to be on the island sometime in early 2016 signing as FT5XT. Gildas is captain of a fishing vessel and is expected/usually sails around the Kerguelen area for about 3 months, but his activity is sporadic (sign FT5XT/MM). QSL via F4DXW. HK0, SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA (Update). Martin, LU9EFO, will be active as HK0/LU9EFO from San Andres Island (NA-033) between November 11-17th. It was announced this past week that Faber, HK6F, will now be joining Martin, and will be signing as HK0/HK6F. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB. Remember to look for activity before and after Martin's HK0 operation from Bogota as HK3/LU9EFO. QSL HK0/LU9EFO and HK3/LU9EFO via SP5QAZ direct only. QSL via the Bureau to LU9EFO only. QSL HK0/HK6F via his home callsign. HS, THAILAND. Operators Bob/HS0ZIA, Peter/HS0ZKX and Nida/HS1NIV will be active as HS0ZIA during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single/Low-Power entry. Reportedly, Bob has a multi element yagi at 200 ft. for 80 meters. Thailand radio rules continue to limit hams to the bottom 25 kHz of 80m. This will be a good chance to get HS on 80m, but you have to look for ZIA all hours in the contest, not just the last hour. QSL via LoTW only. INDIAN OCEAN TOUR. Operators Peter/DL1RPL and Soren/DL3RKS will activate two islands in the Indian Ocean. Their tentative schedule and callsigns are as follows: November 19-25th -- Mayotte Island (AF-027); they will be active as FH/DL1RPL and FH/DL3RKS. November 27th-December 3rd -- Reunion Island (AF-016); they will be active FR/DL1RPL and FR/DL3RKS . Activity from both islands will be on the HF bands (operator Soren), 20-10 meters using mostly CW with some SSB. Peter will be operating on the 2m and 70cm bands EME using WSJT65 and CW. More details and updates on Peter's activity can be found on his Web page at: http://www.dl1rpl.de QSL all callsigns via DL1RPL. IOTA NEWS.............. AF-045. Members of Amateur Radio of Association of Senegal (ARAS) will once again be active as 6V1A from Goree Island between November 27-29th. Activity will be on HF bands mainly on SSB with some CW. QSL via 6W7JX. EU-012. Operator Ian, G3WVG, will be active from the Scottish Shetland Island as MZ5A during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as Single-OP/Single-Band (possibly 160m) entry. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog. NA-034. Andy, DF4WC, will be active as N6NNA from Treasure Island between November 8-20th. QSL via DF4WC (Bureau is preferred) or LoTW. NA-062. Jeff, VA3QSL, will be active as VA3QSL/W4 on Key West between November 11-15th. Activity will be holiday style using 100 watts and a Buddipole. Operations will be on CW, SSB and the Digital modes, on the 40-6 meters. QSL via LoTW, direct (2 USDs) or by the Bureau to his home callsign. NA-143. Joe, K5KUA, will once again be active as K5KUA/5 from Galveston Island (USI TX-001S, Galveston County, Texas) between November 13-16th. Activity will be on 40-12 meters, CW only, as time permits. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. OC-142. Peter, VK4LLE, will be active from Lady Elliot between December 4-7th. Details of bands and modes were not provided. QSL via: Peter Ross Allen, 18 Rowan Lane, Mount Mellum, Queensland 4550, Australia. SA-058. Operators Juan/YV4ET, Juan/YV4KW, Manuel/YV4MP and Francisco/ YY4CFS will be active as homecall/1 from Alcatraz Island soon. Look for more details to be forthcoming. OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Kim, OH6KZP, will be active as OH0X from Aland Island during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via OH2TA. OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Tomi, OH6EI, will be active as OH0Z during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via W0MM. PJ6, SABA AND ST. EUSTATIUS ISLANDS (Update). Operators Seppo/OH1VR and Henri/OH3JR will be active as PJ6/OH1VR and PJ6/OH3JR from a cottage on Saba Island (NA-145, WFF PAFF-027, WLOTA 2043) between November 23rd and December 3rd. Activity will be the HF bands, 80-10 meters, as well as both stations will be an entry in CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). QSL PJ6/OH1VR and PJ6/OH3JR only direct to their home callsign. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (November 9-15th).... Nov/09th LN Nov/12th AN Nov/14th LN Nov/10th LN Nov/13th HN Nov/15th AN Nov/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. PU0R/PY0R, FERNANDO DE NORONHA ISLANDS. Operators Renner/PY7RP and Marenga/ PU0FDN will be active as PY0R/PY7RP and PU0R/PU0FDN from Atol das Rocas (SA-038) between November 15-21st. This is a rare IOTA DXpedition, and also valid for DXCC for ARRL awards as PY0F. The last operation was in 1992, and it is now in 3rd place in the most wanted IOTA groups in SA. The actual dates are only estimated since the operation depends on sea conditions. Operations will *NOT* be full-time due to other activities during their stay. As the demand is pretty high, their efforts will be to provide the 1st QSO to as many stations as they can. To achieve that, they will focus on 40m, 20m and 15m, and only one QSO with each station will be confirmed by a QSL card. Clublog.org will manage the OQRS as soon as the DXpedition finishes, and the "Leadership score board" feature will not be available for the same reason above. Due to electrical power limit- ations, they will run low power (100w) from an IC7000 and mono-band verticals over the salt-water. Due to high costs involved, donations are much appreciated. QSL via direct or OQRS/Clublog (No Bureau cards). For more details and press releases, watch: http://www.py7rp.com/rocas2015 QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (November 8th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3W4VE via JA8VE HB90IARU via HB9JOE P40MA via OH1MA 4U1WRC via 4U1ITU HG1G via HA1YI P40MH via OH2BAD 5Z4HW via DL7DF HG3M via HA3MY PT8CW via PY4KL C6ASL via K5SL HG3M via HA3MY R2015BA via RZ3LC CN40AM via EB7DX LZ259PA via LZ1KCP R25MDC via RQ7L CN40AMA via EB7DX OM/HA6PJ via HA6PJ R9/UN7JHC via UN7JHC CN40CZM via EB7DX OM/HA7JJS via HA7JJS YU45CW via YU1MM EM90KPI via UX0UN OP0PPY via ON7LX Z38CE via F5LGF EO6F via UX0FF OP5LS via ON5LS (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only ALFREDO, IK7JWX, IS THE QSL MANAGER FOR THE FOLLOWING. As on QRZ.com, send QSLs to IK7JWX, by the Bureau or direct, for these stations: 2009 - 5C2J (Essaouira, Morocco) - IY7NGM/p - IC8/IK7JWX (Capri Island IOTA EU-031) - IK7JWX/p - IR7DLI/p - IC8/IK7JWX (Procida Island IOTA EU-031). 2010 - TS7TI (Plane Island IOTA AF-91, Kuriat Island AF-092). 2011 - IO7DAI - 5C2J (Marrakech + Essaouira, Morocco) - IR7ITA/p - IQ7AF - IQ7AF/p -IP7W/p - 5C2J/p (Herne Island IOTA AF-068). 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 - IQ7AF - IQ7AF/P. 2013 - TS8TI (Island of Djerba [AF-083], Tunisia) ? IE9/IQ7AF (Island of Ustica, IOTA EU-051) - IQ7AF - IQ7AF/p. 2014 - 5I0DX (Island of Zanzibar [IOTA AF-068], Tanzania) 2014 - IE9/IQ7AF - Island of USTICA, IOTA EU-051 2014 - IQ7AF (contests), IQ7AF/p Capezzone Island (IOTA EU-091 I.I.A. P-27) 2015 - 5H1JRI, IY7LE and IY7LE/P. QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 8P2K, CE3CT, CO2QU, CO8ZZ, CU4DX, EI4GXB, GW0RYT, HH2TD, J3/DH5FS, JA2AXB, JA5BDZ, JA5FDJ, JI2ZJS, JM7OLW, NL8F, P40W, P49Y, PI4M, PY5ZD, T32DX, TF4X, TI9/TI2HMJ, VP9/WA1Z, YN5Z, YV5JF and ZV70FEB QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3XY5M, 7X4AN, B7/BA4TB (AS-094), DX0P, ER4A, H76W (NA-212), R7AL/0, RD1A, T30RG (OC-017), T41C, TI9/TI2HMJ, UA0FAM (AS-062), VE3KTB/VY0 (NA-008), VE7DP/7 (NA-181), VE7KDU/7 (NA-181), VK2SSI (OC-194), VY0/VE3LYC (NA-009) and VY0M (NA-248) QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 8J2VE, 8N1HQ, BD4UJ, BD6IF, BD7LMD, BG6AHD, BG6JNB, BG6KAE, BH4LOS, BH4UTT, C31CT, CG3AT, CJ3A, EF3A, EF4HQ, F6REF, FW5JJ, JL1SAM, LZ883PI, NE9U/KP2, OA4/PA3GFE, OM150JM, PA175RR, TM36CDXC, TM55BM and ZA/LZ2HM SV9, CRETE (IOTA Op). Daniel, DL5YWM, will be active as SV9/DL5YWM from Crete Island (EU-015) between November 8-25th. Activity will be holiday style and on SSB only. He also plans an IOTA trip to Gavdos Island (EU-187) between November 16-17th. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct. T8, PALAU. Operators Kenji/JH1BGH and Jiro/7K1HLJ will once again be active as T88WI and T88WH, respectively, from VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room) on Koror Island (OC-009) between November 10-15th. Specific bands and modes were not provided. QSL T88WI via JH1BGH and T88WH via 7K1HLJ. TI9, COCOS ISLAND. Jorge, TI2HMJ, will once again be active as TI9/TI2HMJ from Cocos Island between November 11-15th. Activity will be on the HF bands using SSB (as time permits) with an Icom-746 HF transceiver and a dipole antenna. QSL direct to his home callsign. TK0, CORSICA. Operators Boris/S53CC, Slavko/S53XX, Ivo/S57VW, Simon/S53ZO, Gordon/S55OO, Marko/S50P and Branko/S57C will be active as TK0C during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single/High-Power entry. QSL via the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL via S50C. TX8, NEW CALEDONIA. Operators Sam/FK8DD, Dom/FK8CE and Mic/FK8IK will use the special contest callsign TX8D from Noumea Club Station (FK8KA), New Caledonia (not Clipperton Island) [OC-032], during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single/All-Band entry. QSL via NI5DX or direct. UA2, KALININGRAD. Members of the "UA2F Contest Club" will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via UA2F. V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA. Brian, GW4DVB/J88PI, will be active as V25GB from the Galley Bay Spa Resort in St. John's, Antigua (NA-100), between January 6-14th (2016). 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 V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA. Ismo, OH2IS, will be active as V26IS from St. John, Antigua Island (NA-100), sometime in February of 2016. Activity will be on the HF bands using a Kenwood TS-480HX with 200w into DX Sr portable vertical antenna, Full-Wave Loop for 30m and up + ladder line, fishing poles and a 40m dipole. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. Look for more details to be forthcoming. VK9WA WILLIS ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Update/Reminder). Next weekend an international team will activate an amateur radio DXpedition station VK9WA from Willis Islets between November 14-23rd. The on-air operations will last 10 days with high power CW, SSB, and RTTY on 160-10 meters (possibly 6 meters). Their primary focus will be providing all time new contacts with this highly demanded, rarely activated entity with an emphasis on difficult paths - primarily US East Coast, Europe, and Africa. It was reported on November 4th: "Rob, N7QT, and some of the other Pacific Northwest group will be departing for Australia on Friday after- noon. All of the group is excited about the trip. They have corrected problems on the 160m antenna that Rob used while on E51." QSL via N7SMI, direct or by the Bureau. ClubLog OQRS direct or bureau is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. QSL cards are beautiful full-color photographic quality. QSLing priority is listed on their Web page. Club Log OQRS will be available shortly after the conclusion of the DXpedition. All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and eQSL shortly after the operation. Complete details can be found on their Web page . A fourth VK9WA Insiders Newsletter was released on November 6th. This edition of the newsletter also contains the VK9WA story of how this trip came to be, operation updates, tips on how to get in their log, and their anticipated operating frequencies (exclusive to VK9WA Insiders - they will not be publishing frequencies publicly). As a VK9WA Insider/Donor, you also get priority QSL status. They will upload your QSOs to LoTW as soon as possible after the operation. You will also receive a complimentary QSL card as soon as they are received from the printer. There is no need for you to send them your card or request one via OQRS. Here are the URL addresses for all of their VK9WA newsletters: http://vk9wa.com/newsletters/VK9WANewsletter.pdf http://vk9wa.com/newsletters/VK9WANewsletter2.pdf http://vk9wa.com/newsletters/VK9WANewsletter3.pdf http://vk9wa.com/newsletters/VK9WANewsletter4.pdf VU3BPZ/P, ANTARCTICA. Bhagwati, VU3BPZ, will once again be active from the Antarctica, and plans to activate both Maitri and Bharati Indian Polar Research Base stations. His departure date will be on November 20th and he is expected to stay until December 15th, 2016. Activity will be on 20/15 meters using SSB. Bhagwati states, "I should receive a special event callsign for the Indian Antarctic Bases in the coming months." QSL via I1HYW. VY0, CANADA (Nunavut Territory On HF). Look for Mike, VY0CF, as VY0RST from Rankin Inlet, and Alex/VE1RUS and Pierre/VE3KTB as VE8RST/VY0 near Eureka (Ellesmere Island) in February and March for North Country DX Association (NCDXA) 2016 "RST" special event! Also, look for KL7RST, VY1RST and VE8RST to be on-the-air then! ADDED NOTES: Members of the NCDXA will be active in February and March 2016 from several different locations in Alaska, Yukon and Northwest Territories to further promote Amateur Radio up north. (This may just be a first for the north-a joint-venture of KL7, VY1 and VE8 special event.) Activity will be all modes, 160-6 meters and WARC bands are permissible. SWLs are welcome to participate. The object is to work or log (SWL) as many NCDXA ?RST? stations as you can from their different locations. Work/log each ?RST? station only once per their QTH/band and mode. Watch the DX spots as they plan to have stations on from Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and many other cities (maybe an Alaskan glacier or two!). QSL Manager for KL7RST, VY1RST, VE8RST and VY0RST is K7ICE. Optional full color certificates are also available (E-mail for details) for working/hearing any of the ?RST? stations. SPECIAL EVENT DATES: February 15th (0000z) through March 27th (2359z). XT, BURKINA FASO. Harald, DF2WO, will once again be active as XT2AW from Ouagadougou between November 7-27th. Activity will be holiday style on CW and SSB. QSL via M0OXO. Z2, ZIMBABWE. "The Daily DX" reports that Massimo, IZ0EGB (ex-Z81B), is now working in Harare and has been issued the callsign Z21MH. Currently he is not active, but plans to have a station on the air within the next few months. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using SSB. 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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 15th/November, through Sunday, 22nd/November there were 229 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9W, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, YA, YB, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3B8, MAURITIUS. Operators Jan/SM6GOR and Johnny/SM6JBC are now active as 3B8HB and 3B8JB, respectively, from Mauritius Island (AF-049) until December 11th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, RTTY, PSK and some SSB. QSL via their home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. 3B8/3B9, MAURITIUS AND RODRIGUES ISLANDS (Indian Ocean Tour/Update). Matthias, DF6LO, will be active as 3B9/DF6LO from Rodrigues Island (AF-017) between November 24-29th, followed by an operation from Mauritius Island (AF-049) as 3B8/DF6LO between December 1-6th. Activity will be holiday style (3 hrs per day) mainly in the evening (after 1600z) on 30-10 meters, perhaps 40 meters. No skeds at all, sorry! He will use a FT-857D with 30 watts on JT65 and occasionally 100 watts on CW. QSL via LoTW and eQSL only. 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 DX CW Contest (November 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 4X, ISRAEL. Zvi, 4X6FR, will be active as 4X7R from Herzliya during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via 4X6OM. 60 METERS NEWS (WRC-15 News). The latest news about 60 meters from the WRC-15 meeting is available here: http://wp.rac.ca/allocation-at-60-meters-showing-positive-progress-through-wrc15 http://www.arrl.org/news/view/world-radiocommunication-conference-approves-global-60-meter-allocation 8Q, MALDIVES. Members of the Russian "Ural Contest Group" (UCG) will be active as 8Q7DV from the Maldives (AS-013) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) possibly All-Bands, but most probably only part time. Operators mentioned are Vadim/R9DX and Igor/UA9CDC. Activity outside of the contest will be limited because they have planned some other activities not linked to ham radio. The main purpose is to give out zone and country contacts to other participants. Their somewhat activity before and after the contest will be on CW, SSB and RTTY or PSK using a K3 and KX3 with an Expert 1.3K-FA linear amp. QSL via UA8DX, direct or by the Bureau. AH2, GUAM. Members of the Guam Contest Club will be active as AH2R during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single entry. Operators mentioned are Nozomu/JE8KKX (AH2K), Toshinobu/JI3ERV (NH2C) and Mikawa/JR7OMD. QSL via LoTW or to JH7QXJ, direct or by the Bureau. PLEASE DO NOT QSL via the KH2 Bureau. ANTARCTIC & SUBANTARCTIC EXPEDITION VIDEOS. Mehdi, F5PFP, has put together a great list of Antarctic and Subantarctic expeditions videos available on the Web. Check them out: 3Y0PI : Cape Eva Camp - Peter I Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYRy94cFK4M FB8AX : Port Martin - Antarctica (From 3minutes 50 seconds to 26mn 50s in french language) http://www.canalu.mobi/video/cerimes/antarctique.9055 FT5XO : Port Jeanne d'Arc - Big Island of Kerguelen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXJgL8ukIuA FT5YJ: Port Charcot - Wandel Island, Antarctica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMxAnKhzwM LU/FT5YJ : Almirante Brown - Antarctica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPQYa25hC20 VK0IR : ANARE Station - Heard Island https://vimeo.com/121445124 VP8DLM: Base O -Danco Island Antarctica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ONE3psnJG4 VP8GEO: Husvik Whaling Station - Big island of South Georgia https://vimeo.com/121317595 VP8ORK: Waterpipe Refuge - Signy Island, South Orkney https://vimeo.com/121222178 VP8SSI : Corbeta Uruguay Station & Teniente Esquivel Refuge - South Sandwich Islands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5B2oo9-Sjw VP8THU: Corbeta Uruguay - South Sandwich Islands https://vimeo.com/121317593 ZL9CI : Campbell Island Station https://vimeo.com/121857792 AU90, INDIA (Special Event). Deepak, ?VU2CDP?, ?Contest and Awards Manager of the ARSI?, reports, "The Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI) has just received permission from the licensing authorities to use the special call AU90IARU till 31st December 2015; similar to the many '90IARU stations on air currently. The QSL route is via VU2CDP with a strong recommendation for OQRS. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW and eQSL regularly." B4, CHINA. A group of Chinese operators will be active as B4T from Wuxi (coastal city of Jiangsu/Yixing) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-2/High-Power entry. QSL via BA4TB. Operators mentioned are Dale/BA4TB, Youjun/BD5XX, Tao/BG4TRN, Caros/BH4TXN, Xingang/BH4TVU, Tony/BH4SQE, He/BH4RQU and Jianshan/BH4RRG. BY, CHINA. Look for the YinZhou Middle School Amateur Radio Club Station, located in NingBo City, Zhejiang Province, to be active as BY5CD during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Multi entry. Their station consists of 2x Yaesu FT-2000 with stacked antennas for 40m and above. They also have 80m 4 SQ, 160m full size Slope with Beverage, and will use legal limit power. QSL via BD4HF, direct only. Also QSL via ClubLog's OQRS for direct cards only. Operators mentioned are Jack/BA5CW, Zhou/BA5DX, Xiang/BA5HAM, Guo/BA5AW, Huang/BG4HYK, Wu/BH4BIN, Shengtian/ BG5BUK and Joerg/DF9LJ. CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND. Operators Yan/RZ3FW and Sergey/R4WAA will be active as CE0Y/RZ3FW and CE0Y/R4WAA, respectively, from Cabanos Honu Nui, Easter Island (SA-001), between November 24th and December 2nd. Activity will be holiday style on 160-10 meters using mainly CW with some SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS is preferred for direct or Bureau. CR3/CT9, MADEIRA ISLANDS. The CR3L contest station in Santana on Madeira Island (AF-014) will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. Operators mentioned are Ulrich/DJ2YA, Franta/ DJ0ZY, Falk/DK7YY, Ulf/DL5AXX, Emil/DL8JJ, Vesko/LZ2JE and Andy/PA4A. QSL CR3L via DJ6QT. Activity by operators outside of the contest will sign as CT9/homecall. QSL via their home callsign. Visit the CR3L Santana, Madeira Island, Web page at: http://www.cq3l.de DXCC APPROVED OPERATIONS. Sharon Taratula, ARRL Awards Branch Manager, reports that the following operations are approved for DXCC credit: 5V7BJ - Togo; 2014 Operation 5V7MP - Togo; 2014 Operation JD1BOX - Ogasawara; 2014 Operation A52CVX - Bhutan; 2015 Operation TY2AC - Benin; 2015 ? 2018 TY4AB - Benin; 2015 Operation V73D - Marshall Islands; 2015 Operation DXCC NEWS (ZL9 Entity Name Change). ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager/DXAC Staff Liaison, Dave Patton, NN1N, reports: This is an admin- istrative change only. In the ARRL DXCC List, the name for the entity for ZL9 will be changed from Auckland and Campbell Is. To: New Zealand Subantarctic Islands* *Does not include The Snares or any islands claimed by New Zealand south of 60 degrees south latitude. Specifically, the Antipodes of New Zealand and the Bounty Islands of New Zealand will count for ZL9, New Zealand Subantarctic Islands entity. This is not a new entity or a changed entity -- it is a clarification of which islands count for the entity previously known as Auckland and Campbell Is. EDITOR'S ADDED NOTE: For the official announcement, see the ARRL Web page at: http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-dxcc-department-announces-zl9-name-change DU, PHILIPPINES (IOTA/Contest Op/Update). Operators Serge/R7KW, Oleg/YL3JM and Rustam/RU6K will be active from the Philippines between November 21-30th. Callsigns will be DU1/R7KW and DU1/YL3JM. Activity will be holiday style mainly from Mindoro Island, Luzon's Coast Islands (OC-244), and maybe 1-2 days from Lubang Islands Group (OC-126). Their operations will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. Serge, R7KW, will be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) signing DU1/YL3JM as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Oleg, YL3JM, will also be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) signing DU1/YL3JM as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??m) entry. QSL both callsigns via K2PF (OQRS on ClubLog is the better way). EF8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators Marijan/S56A, Manuel/EA8ZS, Luis/EA8AY, Marion/EA8DP, Carlos/EA8DDM, Antonio/EA8BQM and possibly other EA8URL Club members, will be active as EF8U from Gran Canaria Island (AF-004) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via LoTW. To see the station, see: http://ea8url.blogspot.com https://www.qrz.com/lookup/ef8u FP, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON. Eric, KV1J, will once again be operating from the Island of Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between March 16-29th (2016). Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY (but primarily SSB and RTTY). He will generally be on the highest frequency band that is open (favoring 12/10m). He will be active in the Russian DX and BARTG RTTY Contests (March 19-20th). Also, look for him to be in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Assisted entry. QSL via KV1J, direct or by the Bureau. Also eQSL and LoTW. For more details and updates, check out his Web page at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/Mar16.html PLEASE NOTE: Eric mentions, "I will also be on the analog Satellites when the WX is good enough to operate from outside." FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Larry, F6FVY, will once again be active from the "Radio Club de Kourou" (RACK) radio club station FY5KE in Kourou City during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??m)/ High-Power entry. QSL via FY5KE, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW. GRUPO DX DE CUBA NEWS (Correction). Members of the Grupo DX de Cuba (GDXC) have just finished their commemorative 35th anniversary operation with 13 special event stations which was on the air for one and one half months. We were informed by Ra?l, CO8ZZ, that they made 20,000 QSOs on almost all bands and modes. He also wants to remind everyone that the GDXC is offering a "FREE" digital certificate to those who worked at least 7 of the following stations: T41GDXC, T42GDXC, T43GDXC, T44GDXC, T45GDXC, T46G, T46D, T46X, T47GDXC, T48G, T48D, T48X and T48C. To receive your "FREE" certificate, send your QSO data to: gdxc at frcuba.co.cu IOTA NEWS.............. AF-119. The group who was active from Coetivy Island as S79C is now QRT and has arrived in Mahe as of November 22nd. Operators put 22,000 QSOs in the log. The log is expected to be uploaded to ClubLog now as there was no InterNet access from Coetivy Island. The log can be found on ClubLog at: https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/S79C The S79C QSLs will be available via ClubLog' OQRS or via M0OXO direct. See for the latest information. AS-015. Members of the Persatuan Radio Amator Melayu Malaysia (ASTRA) will be active as 9M4CHM from Aman Island between 0800z, December 4th, and to 0800z, December 6th. Operators mentioned are Rosli/9M2RHQ, Sabry/9W2XKM, Rudia/9W2VDY, Haji/9W2HSX, Mahadi/9W2MDY and Nazari/9W2NDQ. The ASTRA has the following URLs: http://www.astra.org.my https://www.facebook.com/astramalaysia?_rdr=p AS-079. Take, JS6RRR/JI3DST, will once again be active as JS6RRR from Miyako Island between 0700z, December 25th and 0000z, January 4th. Activity (usually) will be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters using CW, SSB, FM, RTTY and PSK31. Operations may vary in case of heavy rains or other conditions. QSL routes are as follows: JS6RRR by the Bureau using his home callsign JI3DST. Via the Bureau is best. Please check QRZ.com for more details or his Web page at: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/ji3dst ADDED NOTE: Take will use the special callsign 8N3KCJ/6 from Miyako Island at various time between December 26-31st. This activity is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the "Keymen's Club of Japan". QSL via JO3OMA. EU-067. Cliff, SV1JG, will be active as SX8V from Milos Island during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). He will use the callsign SV8/SV1JG before and after the contest. QSL via his home callsign. EU-125. Volker, DJ8VW, will once again be active as 5P8VW from Romo Island between December 6-18th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, including the 30/17/12m bands, using CW and SSB. QSL via DJ8VW ONLY DIRECT, LoTW, eQSL or ClubLog's OQRS. J5, GUINEA-BISSAU. Livio, IZ3BUR, is once again active as J52HF from the Cumura Hospital in Guinea Bissau until December 10th. Operators Libero/IK3RBE and Milena/IK3VZJ will also be there. Activity will be limited to his spare time, mainly on 20/15/10/6 meters using SSB and PSK31. QSL via I3LDP. The log will be uploaded to ClubLog's OQRS when he returns to Italy. For info about QSO/QSL, send an E-mail to: veronadxteam at gmail.com For more details about the J52HF team, visit: http://www.ari.verona.it/veronadxteam/en/index.htm MZ, SCOTLAND. Nigel, G3TXF, will once again be active as MZ5B from Eshaness, Shetland Island (EU-012, IOSA SH01, SCOTIA SI11, ARLHS SCO-075, BARLS A3838, WLH GM-026, WLOTA LH-0867, WAB HU27) during CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS for direct, Bureau and LoTW. MZ5, SCOTLAND. Ian, G3WVG, will once again be active from the Scottish Shetland Island (IOTA EU-012) as MZ5A during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as Single-Op/Single-Band (160m) entry. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS for direct, Bureau and LoTW. NCDXF PRESS RELEASE (NCDXF Announces Publication of Martti Laine, OH2BH, Article on Working DX Pileups -- dated November 20th) [edited]: The Northern California DX Foundation is pleased and proud to announce that it has published a Special Edition of the NCDXF Newsletter consisting of an article by legendary DXer and DXpeditioner Martti Laine, OH2BH, on working DXpedition pileups. Martti?s article, entitled ?It Takes Two to Tango,? reflects Martti?s lifetime of DXpedition experience, including the activation of 12 all-time new entities, and sets forth his thoughtful advice and reflections on how best to handle the pileups of DXers calling from Europe as well as other parts of the world. In today?s environment of stations calling out of turn and deliberate QRM, Martti?s advice could not be more timely and is destined to improve and enhance the DX experience for all. The article is available at the NCDXF website ? . NCDXF is pleased to make this article available for all. Since its founding in 1972, NCDXF has become the premier DX foundation in the world and has funded major DXpeditions to many Most Wanted Entities. In many cases, the NCDXF grant has made possible the successful activation of these rare entities. NCDXF is supported by amateurs around the world who believe in our mission of supporting DXpeditions to rare entities. The credit for the grants made by NCDXF goes to the NCDXF contributors, individuals and clubs, who make our grants possible. Have you contributed yet? 73, Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, NCDXF Vice President http://www.ncdxf.org OH9, FINLAND (Special Event). Santa Claus Arctic Circle Team (SACT) will be active from Santa Claus Land (OH9SCL) during this December. This year activity will be very special. OH9SCL has now been active for 30 years from Arctic Circle!! This activity will be mostly on the HF bands on all modes. Operators include Raimo/OH3BHL, Erkki/OH9KL, Kimmo/OH9MDV, Juha/OH9MM and possible others. QSL via OH9AB, direct or by the Bureau. An OH9SCL award is also available. For more detailed information, check: http://www.oh9ab.com/oh9scl P4, ARUBA. Operators Tom/K1KI, Trey/N5KO, Steve/K6AW and John/W6LD will be active as P40L from Pos Chiquito during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via WA3FRP. All P40L logs are uploaded to ClubLog and Logbook of the World. For details about the station, see: http://www.arubaqth.com PJ2, CURACAO. Steve, PJ4DX/KH0UN (ex-9M6DXX and 9M8Z. Also G4JVG.), announced, "I'm planning to operate from neighboring Curacao (IOTA SA-099) as PJ2/KH0UN on 28 and 29 December 2015. As this will be a part time and short duration operation, I am not planning to have any QSL cards printed. However, all QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of The World immediately after the operation." PJ6, SABA AND ST. EUSTATIUS ISLANDS (Update). Operators Seppo/OH1VR and Henri/OH3JR will be active as PJ6/OH1VR and PJ6/OH3JR from a cottage on Saba Island (NA-145, WFF PAFF-027, WLOTA 2043) between November 23rd and December 3rd. Activity will be the HF bands, 80-10 meters, as well as both stations will be an entry in CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). In the contest PJ6/OH1VR will be a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry, and PJ6/OH3JR will be a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. Stations will be active in 6 hour shifts. QSL PJ6/OH1VR and PJ6/OH3JR only direct to their home callsign. PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. You only have a few more days to work PJ7ELY and PJ7K. Operators Toshi/JA1ELY, Yuki/JH1NBN and Hal/JR4OZR (Hal) will go QRT from St. Maarten (NA-105) on November 25th. QSL both callsigns via JA1ELY, direct ONLY. NO Bureau QSLs. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (November 23-29th).... Nov/23rd AN Nov/26th AN Nov/28th HN Nov/24th AN Nov/27th AN Nov/29th AN Nov/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. PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Leo, PP1CZ, will once again be active as PY0F/PP1CZ from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003, DIB OC-01, WLOTA 1208, WWFF PYFF-016) between January 19-26th, (2016). Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters with some tries on 6 meters (if he has propagation on this band) and using CW, RTTY and some SSB. QSL him direct or OQRS (pp1cz at terra.com.br). NO Bureau or LoTW. Check out the pictures of his 2013/2014/2015 operations on QRZ.com. QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (November 22nd) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4W/JA8BMK via JA8BMK LX/PA3A via PA3A UB5O/M via R5QA 9X0NH via G3RWF LZ259PA via LZ1KCP UW9I via EA5HPX CQ7X via CT7AGL OK/OM1AEG via OM1AEG VP5/W5CW via W5CW CR5C via OK4PA OM41TATRY via OM2FY YB8/DL3KZA via DL3KZA DK0WRTC via DJ9MH S79C via M0OXO YQ0U via YO5BFJ DQ40AIX via DJ9KR S79CD via DK4CD YU270AJM via YU7AJM FK8CE via NI5DX (d) SN90SZ via SP3PGR YY4CDM/P via YV4KW HT7C via TI4SU (d) T88DF via JH2DFJ YY6SEW via IZ5WTV (d) II2IARU via IK2AQZ TM7G via F4CWN ZL2IO via DK7AO (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only PX8K (SA-004) QSL STATUS. Ren, PY8WW, reports that he has sent out 600 QSLs cards recently. QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5Q2J, 6O3A, CA7CAO, DF2WF, E51AAR, EK100GM, HB9IIY, IR4X, IT9SPB, IZ5EKV, MJ/K8PT, PD1RP, S57L, UT7E, YJ0BJ and ZV70FEB QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3DA0TM, 9F2SH, HC8/G8OFQ, HS3NBR/P (AS-145), HT7C, KL7NWR (NA-070), OE3K, TI9/3Z9DX (NA-012), UT1FG/MM, VE1CHL, VK6BP/P (OC-071), YB8RW/5 (OC-106) and YB8RW/5 (OC-109) QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4L1MA, 6O3A, 6W/AA1AC, 7P8CR, 8Q7NT, 9L1JT, A25CF, A6/N4QS, A71AE, CA7CAQ, CE3/DL5PV, CO6WD, DE1WSF (SWL), DF2WF, DG7RO, DL2AXM, DU1KA, E51AAR, E6GG, EA8/DM4MN, EC5EA, EF5R, F5MMB, F8FUA, FG/DL7VHS, FW5JJ, HA1AG, HG100ATOM, HK3W, HS0ZAR, I1LGR, J6/N9AW, JF4VZT, JM1CXW, KG4HF, KL7DG, MJ/DL2JRM, NL7V, OG0Z, ON7LX, ON7TK, OO7P, OY/DL2JRM, P40JW, PD38EU, RY7G, PJ2/N4GG, PJ4/N4RR, PP5AVM, PQ7Q, S57L, S9MX, SQ2J, SM7EHU, T6KK, TA2AL, TK/DL3TU/P, V26K, V51WH, V84YL, VE3XN, VE6BBP, WL7E, YB0ECT and ZF2DX TF, ICELAND. Siggi, TF3CW, will be active as TF2CW from the TF2LL station during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LX1NO direct only. No QSL via Bureau. TF, ICELAND. Members of the IRA club (?slenskir rad??amat?rar) will be active as TF3W during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to TF3MHN. TG, GUATEMALA. Jim, W8ERI, will be traveling to San Mateo Ixtatan, Guate- mala, to assist in the rewiring of the electrical system at the San Mateo Municipal School between December 3-15th. Look for him to be active during his spare time as TG5/W8ERI using an ICOM 706 MKII and a Buddipole. QSL via his home callsign. V2, ANTIGUA. Bud, AA3B, will be active as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) between November 26-30th. Activity will include the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. This will be an all CW operation. Please QSL via AA3B. VK8, AUSTRALIA. Stuie, VK8NSB, will be active from Zone 29 during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via M0URX. VK9WA WILLIS ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS. By the time you read this, the inter- national team of operators active as VK9WA from Willis Islets should be preparing to go or are QRT (November 23rd). QSL via N7SMI, direct or by the Bureau. Use ClubLog's OQRS for direct or Bureau QSLs is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. QSLing priority is listed on their Web page. ClubLog's OQRS will be available shortly after the conclusion of the DXpedition. All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and eQSL shortly after the operation. Complete details can be found on their Web page . VP6, PITCAIRN ISLAND (Also FO). Uli, DL2AH, will be active as VP6AH from Pitcairn Island during later in 2016 between September 3rd and November 25th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes. Operations will be 100 watts + Triple Leg or Windom antenna. QSL via his home callsign direct only. ADDED NOTE: Uli will also be active as FO/DL2AH from Mangareva/Gambier Island (OC-063), and probably TO2AH or TX2AH, some days before his VP6AH operation. VP8SGI/VP8STI DXPEDITION NEWS (Press Release from the Intrepid-DX Group VP8STI/VP8SGI Team). Paul, N6PSE, sent out the following on November 17th [edited]: The VP8STI-South Sandwich, VP8SGI-South Georgia and VP8IDX (Falk- lands & /MM) licenses have been issued and are in hand. In just six short weeks, the team will be making their voyage to South Sandwich Island. Our ship, the venerable RV Braveheart, is being prepared and loaded for her long voyage halfway around the world to meet the team in the Falkland Islands. We expect to land at South Sandwich and begin operations sometime on January 17th if sea conditions and weather permit. After ten days at South Sandwich, we will break camp and voyage three days to South Georgia. We expect to land and be on the air on February 1st. This is a ?Pure DX? Dxpedition. The team is not mountain climbing or collecting specimens, our sole focus is getting you in our logs! We will work very hard to do that! To date, we have raised $153,500 from the global DX Community. The 14 team members have contributed $210,000 towards our entire budget of $425,000. If your club or you yourself have not already donated will you please consider a donation? We cannot get there without you! The Intrepid-DX Group is an IRS approved 501.C.3 non-profit organization and your US contributions are tax deductible. Please watch for updates and announcements in The Daily DX, DX-World, DX Coffee and DX News. [ed. Also the OPDX Bulletin] Thank you, Paul N6PSE, Co-Leader, VP8 Team VU2, INDIA. Pai, VU2PAI, in Mangalore, will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. Activity will be on 160-10 meters. QSL via VU2PAI direct (QRZ.com address). Please do not send green stamps. IRCs are "OK". XV, VIETNAM (Update). Mats, RM2D (SM6LRR), will be active as XV2D from Phan Tiet between November 23rd and December 5th. Activity will be holiday style, but he will make a serious effort for the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). Entry category will be defined later [possibly SB 40m or 15m or AB (problems to erect 80 and 160 meters antennas at that location)]. Activity before and after the contest will be holiday style mainly on CW, SSB, and possibly some Digital modes, on 40-10 meters including the 30/17/12m bands. QSL via LoTW or direct to SM6LRR. NO Bureau QSLs. YE, INDONESIA. The YE2A Team will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single/High-Power entry. QSL only LoTW and direct. NO Bureau QSLs. YN, NICARAGUA. Mike, AJ9C, will once again be active as YN2CC near Granada, Nicaragua, between November 25th and December 2nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Also, Mike will be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct and by the Bureau to his home callsign. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW upon his return home and QSLs can be requested via the OQRS on ClubLog. YS90, EL SALVADOR (Special Event). Members of the Club de Radioficionados del El Salvador will be active as YS90IARU from San Salvador until December 31st. Activity is in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the IARU. Operations will be on the HF bands. QSL via W3HNK. ZA, ALBANIA. Three Serbian operators plan to do a Single-Op/Single-Band entries from Albania during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). Look for the following operators: ZA/YU7CM -- Barichek, YU7CM; on 160 meters. Active between November 24th and December 1st. QSL via YU7CM. ZA/YT7DQ -- K?ki, YT7DQ; on 40 meters. Active between November 24th and December 1st. QSL via YT7DQ. ZA/YT5Z -- Tibor, YT5Z; on 10 meters. QSL via YU1FW. Stay unknown. ZL9, NEW ZEALAND SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS (Rare IOTA). It was announced this past week that operators Bob/KD1CT, Stan/SQ8X and Craig/VK5CE will be activating a rare/new IOTA, Antipodes Island (OC-286P), in early 2016. This will be the first time anyone has ever activated it. Operation is expected to take place between January 7-11th. The callsign will be ZL9A. This operation will count under the new DXCC entity name "New Zealand Subantarctic Islands" (the old name - Auckland and Campbell Islands [ZL9]) for DXCC purposes as mentioned above under "DXCC NEWS". A Web page has been activated to provide more details and help collect funds for this operation at: http://iotahunter.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Nov 27 11:15:00 2015 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:15:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1242 Message-ID: <97029.64956.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1242 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1242 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1242 BID: $OPDX.1242 November 30, 2015 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written From Strongsville, OH Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, N4THW, N5JR, N7NG, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, W9ILY, CO8TW, DK8ZZ, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, EI9FBB, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, IK7JWY, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer (ISWL), RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, SV1IW, VA3RJ & ICPO, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF)? and VU2DSI for the following DX information. ** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW DX CW Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the CQWW DX CW Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 20th/November, through Friday, 27th/November there were 227 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9W, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, YA, YB, 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". 4S, SRI LANKA. Operators Bernd/DK7TF and Jurgen/DH6ICE will once again be active as 4S7DLG from Sri Lanka until December 6th. Activity should be on all HF bands, CW and SSB, using a TS-480 into a Hexbeam and GP. QSL via DK8ZZ. 5J, COLOMBIA. Dr. Vilho "Ville", OH2MM, will be active as 5J1E during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (10m) entry. QSL via info on QRZ.com. 5K3/HK0, SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA. Carlos, N4THW, recently back from Iraq (YI9HW), informs OPDX that a new DXpedition is being planned for 2016 to Roncador Island (NA-133) and Quita Sue?o Bank in the Colombian Caribbean Sea. Activity will take place sometime between March or April 2016 for 2 weeks. Possible callsigns will have the prefix 5K3 or HK0 [currently waiting to hear from the Colombian Minister of Communications]. They will be looking for funds. Look for more details to be forthcoming. 7P, LESOTHO. Heli, DD0VR, will be active as 7P8VR from Lesotho between January 4-7th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters (no WARC bands). Heli will use a KX3 with the HL-1.1KFX amplifier by Tokyo High Power with 500 watts or the RZ3AH PA with GMI-11tube with 350 Watts out -- QRO SSB. For CW, he will only operate with 1-5 watts (G-QRP-Club -- NR. 7073). His antenna is a vertical. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. 8P, BARBADOS. Ernest, J69AZ, will once again be active as 8P9JB from Barbados (NA-021) between December 15th and January 5th (2016). Activity will be on 80-10 meters QRP. QSL via his home callsign direct. 9K, KUWAIT. Faisal, 9K2RR, will be active as 9K2HN during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via 9K2HN, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW. Visit the 9K2HN's Blog page at: http://www.9k2hn.com A2, BOTSWANA. Gopan, M0XUU/VU3HPF, will be active as A25GR from Kasane and Gaborone between December 22-30th. This will be primarly a holiday. He plans to be on air either in the mornings or evenings. Station will be an Elecraft KX3 (+ 100 watts amplifier) and a G-Whip Windom/OSCD antenna. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign M0XUU. ANOTHER ACTIVATION FROM THE BALKANS (ALBANIA AND KOSOVO). Press release from Pristina, Kosovo, date November 23rd [edited]: Combining the interests of two countries with the same origin, language, religion and culture, an international group will activate both of them toward the end of this week. The group consisting of Fatos/ZA1G, Edmund/ZA1U, Dietmar/DL3DXX, Driton/ Z61DX, Hide/Z63HBF, Fehmi/Z62FB, Leena/OH2BE and Martti/OH2BH will activate several stations, including ZA90IARU, ZA1WW and Z60A, Z60WW on the air from their respective countries in the CQWWDX Contest. The project includes in meeting telecom administrators of both countries. QSL ZA90IARU via ZA1G QSL ZA1WW, Z60A and Z60WW via OH2BH (see Z6 and ZA info below) AU2, INDIA (Special Event). Look for special event station AU2JCB to be active between November 27th and December 13th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB. Suggested frequencies are (depending on the propagation): 7040, 7150, 14210, 14310, 21350, 28510 and 28545 kHz. If higher bands are open, operations will be on those bands. The operator will be Surabhi, VU2DSI. QSL direct (with 2 IRCs) to VU2DSI. Operations are to celebrate the 157th anniversary of the birth (November 30th) of Sir Jagadeesh Chandra Bose, India's great scientist and inventor who they consider the "Father of Wireless Communication". For more details, see the following Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/vu2msy/JCBOSE.htm CO, CUBA. Juan Carlos CO8TW, will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/Low-Power entry. QSL only via direct, info is OK on QRZ.com. CR2, AZORES. Pertti, OH2PM, will be active as CR2X during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via OH2BH. ET, ETHIOPIA. Ken, K4ZW, will once again be back in Addis Ababa for the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). His length of stay is unknown at this time. Look for him to operate from the ET3AA club station during the contest weekend. QSL ET3AA via N2OO. FH, MAYOTTE. Pat, F2DX, will be active as FH/F2DX from Mayotte Island (AF-027) [before joining FT4JA Juan De Nova 2016 DXpedition] between March 18-24th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters. QSL via F2DX, LoTW, OQRS, direct or by the Bureau. GJ/MJ0, JERSEY. Mat, MJ0ASP (aka-F5SHQ), will be active as GJ2A during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via the LoTW. QSL also via ClubLog's OQRS. GU, GUERNSEY. Bob, GU4YOX, from Guernsey Island (EU-114), will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via GU4YOX direct. HH, HAITI. Joel, N5JR, will once again be active as HH2/N5JR between December 2-14th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters (including 60 meters) with an emphasis on RTTY and the 79-WARC bands. QSL via his home call- sign via LoTW, by the Bureau or direct. If possible, daily uploads will be made to ClubLog. HK, COLOMBIA. Jorge, HK1R, will be active during the the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via K6IPM. HP, PANAMA. Tom, K6CT (CX7TT), will be active as HP1XT during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Assisted. Activity will be FD style with a focus on 80/40 meters and part-time on the High Bands. QSL via LoTW starting January 2016. INTREPID-DX GROUP NEWS (Press Release-Seeking nominations for the 2015 Intrepid Spirit Award -- dated November 25th). [edited] The Intrepid-DX Group is seeking nominations for the individual or group that most dis- played their "Intrepid Spirit" this past year. The Intrepid Spirit for purposes of this award is defined as: An Intrepid Spirit is bold, courageous, dedicated, innovative, fear- less, generous, resolute and visionary in their approach to Amateur Radio. We are seeking to make this award to the group or individual that most displayed their intrepid spirit in 2015, by expressing an unshakable commitment to the Amateur Radio DX Community. This award is made in memory of our friend, James McLaughlin, WA2EWE/T6AF (SK), Kabul Afghanistan, April 27th, 2011. Nominations may be submitted via email to: intrepiddxgroup at gmail.com All nominations must be received by December 15th, 2015. The Board of Directors of the Intrepid-DX Group will evaluate the nominations and the award will be presented at the International DX Convention in Visalia, California, on April 16th, 2016. The Intrepid-DX Group was formed in 2010 following our successful Dxpedition to Iraq. The 2014 Intrepid-Spirit Award was awarded to Dmitry Zhikharev-RA9USU. You can view our website at . Thank you, Paul Ewing-N6PSE -- President, The Intrepid-DX Group IOTA NEWS.............. AS-112. Operators from the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) will be active as A43SI from Suwadi Island December 10-12th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, possibly 6m, using CW and SSB. Operators mentioned are Adnan/A41LP, Younis/A41MA and Muneer/A41OJ. QSL via A47RS. For updates, watch their Twitter account: https://twitter.com/A47RS OC-136. (Update) Steve, G0UIH, will be active as VK2IAY/3 from Phillip Island between December 29th and January 1st (2016). Activity will be on 20/17 meters using SSB only. QSL via G0UIH. ADDED NOTES: On returning to Australia, he may also be active from 'Moonta' (a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia) as VK2IAY/5 between January 4-8th (2016) and from 'Monkey Mia Resort'(in Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Australia's largest bay) as VK2IAY/6 between January 10-17th (2016) [See OC-206]. OC-206. (Update) Steve, G0UIH, will be active as VK2IAY/6 from Monkey Mia Resort/Dirk Hartog Island between January 10-17th (2016). He will be operating holiday style (as it's the XYL's birthday trip) from Lord Howe Island (OC-004) as VK2IAY/9 between December 16-23rd (See OPDX.1203). Operation will be SSB only concentrating on 10/15/17m and 20m, although other bands are possible as he hopes to utilize some antenna hardware from previous acti- vations. The activation will also be using various antenna hardware from Vortex Antenna Systems. QSL via G0UIH. ISWL CALLSIGNS (For December). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of December 2015: GX4BJC/A - Operated from Walton on the Naze, in Essex, by Herbie, G6XOU. (/A WAB Square TM22 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). MS1SWL/A - Operated from Macclesfield, in Cheshire, by Tom, M1EYP. (/A WAB Square SJ87 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). Tom will also operate as: MX1SWL/P (England) & MC1SWL/P (Wales). 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. LX, LUXEMBOURG. A team of operators will be active as LX7I during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via LX2A. Visit the following Web page at: http://www.lx7I.com OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Jukka, OH6LI, will be active as OH0V from Aland Island (EU-002) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via OH6V or LoTW (preferred). For a view on the antennas, see several OH0V videos on Youtube.com. PACIFIC TOUR. Freddy, F4FEC, will activate two islands during the month of December in the Pacific Ocean. His tentative schedule is as follows: December 3-9th - From Guam (OC-026); callsign KH2/F4FEC. December 10-13th - From N. Mariana Islands (OC-086); callsign KH0/F4FEC Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via his home callsign direct or LoTW. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (November 30th- December 6th).... Nov/30th BN Dec/03rd DIS Dec/05th HN Dec/01st DIS Dec/04th AN Dec/06th AN Dec/02nd DIS 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 (November 27th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4X/R1CC via DJ1ND LU7YS via EA7HBC TC90IARU via TA2OTT C4I via LZ2HM (d) OP15N via ON-Bureau TI5/M0DXR via M0DXR C92ZO via OH0XX OP4CAS via ON4CAS UN0OA via RW6HS (d) CT7AEQ via LZ1WR OP7VA via ON7VA VI90IARU via VK-Bureau EA8/SM7BUA via SM7BUA PJ2/DF8ZH via DF8ZH ZD8AA via N6AA HR5/G4IRN via G4IRN PZ5W via N0AT J3/KO8SCA via KO8SCA TA0/LZ5X via LZ1DCW (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only Z21MG QSL STATUS. QSL Manager OK6DJ reports, "All received requests for direct QSLs have been sent. OQRS direct uploaded to LoTW. Next info will be on , now full photo gallery link......" QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 9G5XA, 9J2HN, 9X0NH, C37N, C37URA, C6AUM, EA1DR, ES5TV, HR5/G4IRN, HV0A, IC8DAK, IR8C, J68V, LA2JKA, LB2TG, OK2EA, OL90IARU, PA3EVY, PZ5W, PY2ALC, RA0FF, RK6YY, RM2E, SV1JSO, SQ8LSC, TA1PB, UA9CCP, VP2MTX and XV2D QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4L1MA, 9X0NH, E51DWC, ER1OO, HA8VK, HP1/S54ZZ, KL7NWR (NA-070), P29FR, R7AL/0 (AS-172), S54ZZ, TM48B (EU-048), UA0SR, UA0ZC/p (AS-203), UK9AA, VK6BP/P (OC-071), Z21MG, ZD7FT, ZF2AH and ZL3PAH QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4X1AJ, 4X1DP, 4X1EL, 4X1FC, 4X1IP, 4X1KS, 4X1UN, 4X1TI, 4X1SK, 4X1ZZ, 4X4JU, 4X4LF, 4X4PP, 4X5A, 4X6DK, 4X6FK, 4X6HU, 4X0A, 4X0WFF, 4X65LF, 4X75FOC, 4X130R, 4Z1PS, 4Z4AK, 4Z4DX, 4Z4LS, 4Z5AV, 4Z5JU, 4Z5LA/P, 4Z5MU, 4Z5NI, 4Z5OZ, 4Z5PF, 4Z5RR, 4Z5SG, 4Z5T, 4Z65LF, 4Z66NX, 4Z67LA, 7P8JR, 7Q7SB, 8P5A, C21EU, C6AGU, CE2/CX1E, CT9/DL2JRM, H44IND, HB0/4Z5LA, HB0/HA7JTR, HG5FIRAC, HG7SNOW, HG0WFF, HG45HS, HG72QRP, HG400HV, HG460EV, HZ1FI, K9W, KH2/N2NL, NE9U/KP2, NH8S, OH0Z, P40JR, PJ2/N0YY, PJ4/K5WE, PY1TU, PY7VI, PT2GMA, PT2OP, S21R, SV8/HA0HW, SW8WW, VP9GE, WP4U, YB0DPO, YO11IPA, Z38N, ZF2BN and ZZ80TO S7, SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE. Operators Lee/WW2DX, Ray/W2RE and Pat/N2IEN will be active as S9TM from Praia between November 28th and December 1st. The team is planning on taking a WRTC tri-band yagi for 10/15/20 as well as a OCF for the lower bands. They will have an Expert 1.3K amp with them for that station. The second station will be K3/KPA500 that will be used on the 30/17/12m bands. A third station will be setup for LEO satellites and they are going to attempt 2m EME, but this is new territory for this group so don't set expectations too high. They will be posting to Twitter and possible live streaming using periscope. QSL via LoTW and paper cards to NR6M. S79C FINAL PRESS RELEASE. All 6 operators have now returned safely to their homes after many hours of traveling. We achieved what we set out to do - and this was to put Coetivy Island on the air for the 1st time. Coetivy Island is one of the new 11 IOTA groups that was added in July 2014 at the 50th IOTA convention in Windsor, UK. Coetivy Island is an active open prison and a rehabilitation center for Drug abusers. It is 180 miles from anywhere and is only accessible via the IDC (Islands Development Committee) who have full control of the island. We were limited to a maximum of 6 persons and had to use the IDC private airplane charter. The last 180 miles of our project cost over $20,000! Early on in our planning stages we began a vast sponsoring program. We needed the help of the IOTA/DX community to help to offset these high costs. Many DX Clubs and foundations gave assistance for which we are most grateful. Without the help of all individuals, this project would not have happened. We had a clear vision of what our goals were, we always intended to maximize the number of Uniques to give this New IOTA to as many as possible. 9,808 Unique callsigns were logged!!! We also realized that regular S7 was most wanted on the US West Coast where we maximized our antenna farm to empathize into this area during limited openings. In total, we worked 6,660 North American stations netting 31% of all QSOs. Special thanks to the Western Washington DX Club who was the only North American Club to help fund our project. On Tuesday 17/Nov/15 at 18:00 UTC all 6 stations began CQing altogether. Clive, 3B8CW, was the 1st into the log on 17m SSB. Our stations were planned to enable us to be QRV with 2 stations per band. S79C went QRT at 02:19 on 22/Nov/15 on 30m CW with AA4BQ being the last in the log. Altogether a total of 21,541 QSOs in 146 DXCCs were worked. The team noted excellent pile-up behavior from all Continents and maximized our QSO count on all open bands. We encountered daily electricity outages and often had to QRT to interact with prisoners and inmates. All supporting documentation has already been submitted, so therefore, special thanks to Roger G3KMA and the IOTA committee who have already approved and validated this operation. Our logs are now uploaded to CLUBLOG and our OQRS facility is already buzzing with requests. We hope to begin the initial QSL mailing in early - mid January, just in time for the IOTA Honor Roll update. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW in the coming days once the inevitable few log errors are corrected. Sincere thanks to all our sponsors, to the DX Clubs and Foundations listed below and to our corporate sponsors. Your help is what made our success - Tnx! Although S79C is now QRT, our work still continues with publications & presentations and also, for our QSL manager Charles M0OXO, whose work is now just beginning! Tnx Charles. All information is available at http://af119new.com. On behalf of EA3NT, MM0NDX, PA3EWP, SP5APW & VK5CE, vy 73. We could not have asked for a better team! As with all DXpeditioners, plans are already underway for yet another new one! Stay Tuned! de Dave EI9FBB (S79C Team Leader) SX90, GREECE (Special Event). Manos, SV1IW, President of the Radio Amateur Association of Greece (RAAG), informs OPDX to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) members of the RAAG will activate special event station SX90IARU between December 1-31st. Activity will be on all amateur radio bands and modes CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. All contacts will be verified via LoTW. Paper QSL may be requested via ClubLog at . Complete details about QSLing can be found on QRZ.com. An award is available. See details also on QRZ.com. V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. Ted, K8AQM, will be active as V47TR from Timothy Bay Resort on St. Kitts (NA-104) between February 13-21st (2016). Activity will be holiday style on 20-10 meters, including 17/12m, using CW and SSB. He will be looking for SKCC members. QSL via his home callsign. VR, HONG KONG. Alberto, IV3SKB, will once again be active as VR2XAN from Peng Chau Island (AS-006) through December 3rd. His activity will include the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th). QSL via info on QRZ.com. YE1, INDONESIA. Team members of the Bekasi Club Station (YE1ZAT) will be active as YE1ZAT from Bekasi (OC-021, WLOTA 1660) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single/Low-Power entry. QSL via info on QRZ.com. Visit the YE1ZAT Web page at: http://ye1zat.wordpress.com YE1, INDONESIA. Team members of the Bekasi Club Station (YE1ZAT) will be active as YE1K from Bekasi (OC-021, WLOTA 1660) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Multi-Single/High-Power entry. QSL via info on QRZ.com. Visit the YE1ZAT Web page at: http://ye1zat.wordpress.com YW4, VENEZULELA. Paolo, YV1DIG, will be active as YW4D during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) a Single-Op/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. He mentions that he will be on 160m before and after the contest between November 26-30th. Z6, KOSOVO. Driton, Z61DX, will be active as Z60A during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via OH2BH. Z6, KOSOVO. Dietmar, DL3DXX, will be active as Z60WW during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m) entry. QSL via OH2BH. ZA, ALBANIA. Martti, OH2BH, will be active as ZA1WW during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m or 15m) entry. QSL via OH2BH. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Stan, K5GO, will be active as ZF2ET from Cayman Brac (NA-016) during the CQWW CW DX Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band/Low-Power or QRP entry. QSL via K5GO. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 28-29th, 2015) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2015 CQWW DX CW 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/cqc2015.html (By call sign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqcd2015.html (By entity) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqcz2015.html (By zone) The CQ World-Wide DX Contest Web page and rules: http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC CQZ Class QSL Callsign Entity Route ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3B9HA Rodrigues Island 39 SOAB LoTW 3V8SS Tunisia 33 SOAB LP LX1NO 4K6FO Azerbaijan 21 SOAB LoTW; QSL via DC9RI & (e) 4L8A Georgia 21 SOSB LoTW; QSL via K1BV 4O3A Montenegro 15 SOAB 4O3A 4S7SAE Sri Lanka 22 DK9PY; QSL via DARC (B)&(d) 4X7R Israel 20 SOAB 4X6OM 4Z4DX Israel 20 SOSB 15M 5J1E Colombia 09 SOSB 10M 5W0IF Samoa 32 SOAB HP ZL1IF 8Q7DV Maldives 22 TBD UA8DX 9K2HN Kuwait 21 SOAB LP LoTW 9H3EE Malta 15 SOAB LP ClubLog 9M2M West Malaysia 28 M/S 9M6NA East Malaysia 28 SOAB LoTW; QSL via JE1JKL 9X0NH Rwanda 36 LoTW; QSL via G3RWF 9Y4/WJ2O Trinidad & Tobago 09 N2ZN AH2R Guam 27 M/S LoTW AH0K Mariana Islands 27 M/2 OH6GDX B4T China 24 M/2 BA4TB BY5CD China 24 M/M BD4HF C92ZO Mozambique 37 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via OH0XX (d) CB1H Chile 12 M/? CE1DY CE0Y/R4WAA Easter Island 12 ClubLog; QSL via direct to: Sergey V. Azarov, 431a Marks St, Izhevsk 426000, Russia CE0Y/RZ3FW Easter Island 12 ClubLog; QSL via direct to: Serge G. Yanovsky, ul. Shkolnaya, 3-56, Elektrougli 142455, Russia CO8TW Cuba 08 SOSB 20M CO8TW (d) CR2X Azores 14 SO OH2BH CR3L Madeira 33 M/2 CR3OO Madeira 33 SOAB HP W3HNK CR6K Portugal 14 SOAB LoTW; QSL via CT1ILT CU8FN/p Azores 14 SOSB 15M HB9CRV CX4AT Uruguay 13 SO HP LoTW; QSL via CX4AT (B/d)(e) DU1/R7KW Philippines 27 SOAB ClubLog; QSL via K2PF DU1/YL3JM Philippines 27 SOSB ClubLog; QSL via K2PF E2X Thailand 26 M/S LoTW EA8/HA5PP Canary Island 33 SO HA5PP EA8CUU Canary Island 33 SOSB OH6CS EA8RM Canary Island 33 SOAB LP LoTW ED1R Spain 14 M/2 LoTW; QSL via EC1KR ED8X Canary Island 33 M/S LoTW; QSL via RN3RQ EE3X Spain 14 SOSB 20M EA3KX EF8U Canary Island 33 M/2 LoTW ES9C Estonia 15 M/S LoTW; QSL via ES5RY ET3AA Ethiopia 37 N2OO FR/OH2YL Reunion 39 OH2YL FY5FY French Guiana 09 SOSB 15M FY5FY FY5KE French Guiana 09 SOSB LoTW G2F England 14 M/S G2F G4R England 14 SOAB HP G4POF GD6IA Isle of Man 14 SOAB HP GD6IA GJ2A Jersey 14 SOAB LoTW GU4CHY Guernsey 14 SOSB 20M GU4CHY GU4YOX Guernsey 14 SOSB 15M GU4YOX HB9FKK Switzerland 14 SOAB HP HB9FKK HI3/ND3F Dominican Republic 08 SOAB LP ND3F HI3K Dominican Republic 08 M/S HK1R Colombia 09 SOSB 20M K6PIM HP1XT Panama 07 SO LoTW HR2J Honduras 07 TBD HR2J; QSL via G4IRN HS0ZAR Thailand 26 M/2 K3ZO HS0ZIA Thailand 26 M/S LoTW IH9R African Italy 33 SOSB 80M IZ1GAR IH9YMC African Italy 33 SOSB eQSL II9W Sicily 15 SOSB 20M LoTW J6/K9AW St Lucia 08 K9AW JD1BON Ogasawara 27 JA1UII KH7M Hawaii 31 SOAB LA4C Norway 14 M/S LA4C LU8YE Argentina 13 M/S LoTW; QSL via IK2DUW LX7I Luxembourg 14 M/2 LX2A LY4A Lithuania 15 M/? LY4A LY7A Lithuania 15 M/M LoTW LZ7E Bulgaria 20 SOAB LoTW MZ5A Shetland Island 14 SOSB 40M LoTW; QSL via ClubLog MZ5B Shetland Island 14 SOSB 20M LoTW; QSL (C) or G3TXF (B/d) NP2P Virgin Islands 08 SOAB LoTW NP4A Puerto Rico 08 SOSB 40M W3HNK NP4Z Puerto Rico 08 SOAB LP N4AO OA85O Peru 10 SOAB LoTW OH5Z Finland 15 M/S LoTW OH0V Aland Island 15 SO LoTW OH0X Aland Island 15 SOAB OH2TA OH0Z Aland Island 15 SOAB HP W0MM OX3LX Greenland 40 OZ1PIF P40C Aruba 09 LoTW P40L Aruba 09 M/2 WA3FRP P40W Aruba 09 SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via N2MM (d) PJ2T Curacao 09 M/M W3HNK PJ4A Bonaire 09 M/S K4BAI PJ4Q Bonaire 09 M/S W4PA PJ6/OH1VR Saba&St Eustatius 08 SOAB LP OH1VR (d) PJ6/OH3JR Saba&St Eustatius 08 SOAB HP OH3JR (d) PJ7/G4JEC Sint Maarten 08 LoTW; QSL via N0UK (d) PZ5W Surinam 09 M/2 LoTW; QSL via N0AT (B/d) RM3F Russia (Europe) 16 SOAB LoTW S9TM Sao Tome & Principe 36 M/? LoTW; QSL via NR6M (d) SN6O Poland 15 SO SP6PAZ SU90IARU Egypt 34 M/S OM3CGN SW9AA Crete 20 SOAB HP LZ3FN SX8V Greece 20 SV1JG SZ1A Greece 20 M/2 LoTW; QSL via (e) TC0A Turkey 20 M/2 LZ1NK TF2CW Iceland 40 SOAB LX1NO TF3W Iceland 40 M/S LoTW TI5W Costa Rica 07 SOAB HP N3YIM TK0C Corsica 15 M/S LoTW TO4GU Martinique 08 DL7VOG (B) TO8M Martinique 08 SOAB TX8D New Caledonia 32 M/S NI5DX UA2F Kaliningrad 15 M/S UA2F UI0L Russia (Asia) 19 M/S RW0MM V26K Antigua 08 SOAB LP AA3B V31WI Belize 07 LoTW; QSL via WI9WI V47T St Kitts & Nevis 08 SOAB HP W2RQ V6A Micronesia 27 SOAB JA7HMZ (d) VK6LW Australia 29 SOAB VK8NSB Australia 29 SOAB LP M0URX VP2EAQ Anguilla 08 LoTW; QSL via (L/d homecall) VP2VVV Br. Virgin Islands 08 SOAB K5WW VR2XAN Hong Kong 24 VR2XAN VU2PAI India 22 SOAB VU2PAI (d QSL preferred) VU2PTT India 22 SOSB 40M VU2PTT XV2D Vietnam 26 TBD LoTW; QSL via SM6LRR (d) YE1K Indonesia 28 M/S YE1ZAT Indonesia 28 M/S YE2A Indonesia 28 M/S LoTW YN2CC Nicaragua 07 SOAB LP AJ9C YT5A Serbia 15 M/M YT1AD YW4D Venezuela 09 SO HP LoTW Z39A Macedonia 15 SOSB Z39A (d) Z60A Kosovo 15 SOAB OH2BH Z60WW Kosovo 15 SOSB 40M OH2BH ZA/YT5Z Albania 15 SOSB 10M YU1FW ZA/YT7DQ Albania 15 SOSB 40M YT7DQ ZA/YU7CM Albania 15 SOSB 160M YU7CM ZA1WW Albania 15 SOSB OH2BH ZB2X Gibraltar 14 SOSB 40M OH2KI ZD8W Ascension Island 36 SOAB W6NV ZF2ET Cayman Islands 08 SOAB ZF2MJ Cayman Islands 08 SOAB N6MJ ZS4TX South Africa 38 SOSB 10M LoTW -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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)