From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Dec 4 13:00:00 2016 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2016 13:00:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1294 Message-ID: <649508.58249.bm@smtp112.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1294 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1294 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1294 BID: $OPDX.1294 December 5, 2016 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Strongsville, OH Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1TO, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, W2GB, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, WB6RSE, N7NG, K8GI, K8YSE, K8ZH, W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, GW0ANA, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OH2BH, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer & ISWL, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, UN7LAN, 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, 27th/November, through Sunday, 4th/December there were 239 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B6, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 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, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY0, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, 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, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, VU7, XE, XT, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZL7, 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. Johnny, SM6JBC, is now active as 3B8JB from Flic an Flac, Mauritius Island (AF-049). His length of stay is unknown. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using RTTY, PSK and some SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. 3D3, FIJI. Chris, VK3FY, will be active as 3D3FY from Fiji Island (OC-016) between December 6-14th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via M0OXO or OQRS. 5N/5N40, NIGERIA. Look for Tom, PA3TG (5N/PA3TG), to be active using the special callsign 5N40TG from Lagos starting January 1st, 2017. Details were not given for the reason on the uses of the special callsign. Activity will be on 20 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign. 8P, BARBADOS. Chuck, KG9N, will once again be active as 8P9AL from St. Philip, Barbados (NA-021), between February 22nd and March 7th. Activity will be on various HF bands using wire verticals, dipoles and long wires. QSL via KG9N or LoTW. PLEASE NOTE: This is a reissued callsign. Yuri, VE3DZ, used the callsign in May of 2002. Please QSL those contacts to VE3DZ. AFRICAN TOUR. Peter, HA3AUI, will once again be active from two West African countries between (approx.!!!) January 20th and March 5th, 2017. His plans are to be active as 6W2SC from Cabrousse, Senegal, and as J5UAP from Cabroxo, Guinea-Bissau. Specific dates were not provided. Watch his Web page for possible updates at: http://cqafrica.net/en/welcome/index.html He does state that from Senegal (6W) he will have a K3, Spiderbeam, 100 or 500W, and will operate on 20-10 meters CW (other bands/modes on request). Peter may activate some IOTAs and/or WFFs as 6w2sc/p. From Guinea-Bissau (J5), he will have a K3, 100w, verticals, and operate 20-10 meters CW (other modes on request). QSL via LoTW or direct via his home callsign HA3AUI. BG2, CHINA. Miao, BG2AUE, from Harbin, the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in the northeastern region of the People's Republic of China, has been very active on 80 meters around 1200z and 3521.5 kHz. QSL via LoTW or direct. C5, THE GAMBIA. Operators Bogdan/SP2FUD and Zenon/SP2GCJ are once again active as C5FUD and C5GCJ, respectively, from Brufut, The Gambia. The length of their stay is not known. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL C5FUD via SP2FUD. QSL C5GCJ via SP2GCJ. C6, BAHAMAS. Operators Tim/N4UM (C6ARU), Mike/K4RUM (C6AUM) and Bob/N4BP (C6AKQ) will once again be active from Abaco Island (NA-080) between February 7-21st, 2017. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using mainly CW with some RTTY and other Digital modes (possibly SSB). Each operator will be in the ARRL International DX CW Contest as Single-Band entry. QSL C6ARU via N4UM direct. QSL C6AUM via K4RUM direct. QSL C6AKQ via N4BP direct. CARIBBEAN TOUR. David, W2LNX, and his wife Abbey will be leaving for Guadeloupe (FG, [(NA-102]) on Tuesday, December 6th, and then they will go on to Martinique (FM, [NA-107]) on Sunday, December 11th. On Friday, December 16th, his XYL Abbey flies home, and David will take the ferry to St. Lucia (J6, [NA-108]) to stay with Frans, J69DS, until Thursday, December 22nd. David states, "My operating schedule will pretty much be limited to the early morning hours and the late afternoons." The best way to find him is on PSK Automatic Propagation Reporter: https://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html Callsigns to look for are FG/W2LNX from Guadeloupe, FM/W2LNX from Martin- ique and either J6/W2LNX or J68LNX in St. Lucia. He plans to operate almost exclusively PSK31 or PSK63 using a KX2 QRP radio with a Buddipole full size 20m vertical antenna. Also, he will bring two bobbins of wire to make a 30m or 40m dipole or inverted Vee. For QRP work, David plans to find some mountain tops. When he has electric power, he plans to use a Hardrock-50 50 watt amplifier that Marc, N4DR, built for him. He does mention, "I will be casually operating for no more than one or two hours a day. I will be with the missus on Guadeloupe and Martinique and I don't want to irritate her too much with my ham radio stuff. On St. Lucia, I should have a bit more time. I still don't know my callsign is yet in St. Lucia, but I received an invoice from the St. Lucia ministry. So my application has been approved. The callsign will be J6/W2LNX or J68LNX, probably J68LNX since it is a renewal application." David plans to use LoTW as he did last year when he was on St. Lucia, but has to generate certificates for Guadeloupe and Martinique. E4, PALESTINE. Operators Bodo/DF8DX and Herman/DL2NUD will once again be active as E44QX and E44HP, respectively, from Jericho on the Westbank between December 8-12th. Activity will be on various HF bands (CW only) and EME on GHz. For EME, they suggest to listen for activity on 1296 GHz on December 8-10th, 3400 GHz December 11th and 2320/2304 GHz on December 12-13th. Look for Herman to remain there through December 18th. QSL E44QX via DF8DX and E44HP via DL2NUD. E5, SOUTH COOL ISLANDS. Operators Doug, W6HB, will once again be active as E51DLD from Rarotonga Island (OC-013) between April 28th and May 13th, 2017. This time he will have operators Bruce/KG7MXL and Marilyn/KI7DLK with him. Activity will be holiday style on 160-10 meters using mainly SSB. QSL via his home callsign. No LOTW, no E-QSL, no QRZ.com logs -- hard cards ONLY folks. H44, SOLOMON ISLANDS. Remo, HB9SHD, will be active as H44SHD from a resort on Uepi Island (OC-149) sometime in December (specific dates were not provided). Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using FT-891 into HiEndFed antenna. QSL via his home callsign. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-088. Members of Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS) and others will be active as A70X from Al Safliyah Island between January 1-7th. Operators mentioned are Saif/A71AM, Mohammed/A71AV, Ibrahim/ A71BI, Juma/A71EM, Aziz/A71GO, Kumar/A75GM, Vikas/A75GT, Seid/ E76AA, Becir/E78AA, Jeremy/EI5GM, David/EI9FBB and Col/MM0NDX. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, using CW, SSB and RTTY, and with 3-4 stations on the air. QSL via M0OXO or OQRS. For more details and updates, see: https://asia088.com AF-050. Operators Vlad/UA4WHX/5T9VB and Ahmad/5T2AI are now active as 5T5TI from the rare Tidra Island. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (80 & 6 meters uncertain) using CW, SSB and RTTY. Their activity seems to be mostly on 20/17 meters. The "425 DX News" reports [edited], "Plans are to be active until December 5th; their license expires on December 10th." Jean, 5T0JL, states, "it is strongly requested to satisfy yourself with one mode contact in order to please the pushing crowd". QSL via NI5DX. AN-017. Francois, F4HLT, is expected to be active as FT3YL from the Dumont d'Urville Station on Petrels Island in the Antarctica sometime soon for one year. His license is valid until February 1st, 2018. Activity will be limited to his free time. QSL via F6KPQ. For more details, see: https://f4hlt.wordpress.com NA-122. Members of the "Ham Radio Union of the Dominican Republic" (UDRA), are happy to announce their next DXpedition will be to Beata Island between January 25th and Febuary 1st, 2017. They will be active as HI1UD on 160-6 meters using CW and SSB. Operators mentioned are Alfredo/HI8K (Co-Leader), Tino/ HI3CC (Co-Leader), Julio/AD4Z (CW Leader), Ismael/XE1AY, Prado/NK4DX, Franky/HI3TT (SSB Leader), Edwin/HI3K, Efrain/ HI8EES, Elio/HI8EFS, Josemi/HI8C, Marcos/HI3MRV, Mike/HI3MPC, Rod/HI3RWP, Rigo/HI8RD, Sergio/HI8AR, William/N2WB and Miguel/ HI7MC. QSL Manager is Chuck, W2CCW. They will upload their log to LoTW and ClubLog. It has been 28 years since HI1UD has been activated. For more details and updates, see the following URLs: http://beatadxpedition2017.org http://www.facebook.com/beatadxpedition2017/ http://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=11&call=a%2FHI1UD&timerange=3600&tail=3600 ISWL CALLSIGNS (For December). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of December 2016: GX4BJC/A - Operated from Walton-on-the-Naze, in Essex, by Herbie, G6XOU. (/A WAB Square TM22 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). MX1SWL/A - Operated from Great Sutton, in Cheshire, by Geof M0BAU. (/A WAB Square SJ37 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). ALL QSLs will be handled by Herbie, G6XOU, and NOT the individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club. All QSL info is on or or via . NO LoTW. I.S.W.L. Awards are available to all Hams and SWLs, see for full details. The eQSL.cc cards ARE welcomed for their awards. J6, ST. LUCIA (Buddipole DXpedition). Operators Budd/W3FF, Jeff/KO7M, Mike/KI8R, Matt/K0BBC, Harold/WJ1B, Chris/W6HFP, Tom/W6LDX and Paul/W6PNG will be active as J68FF, J6/KO7M, J6/KI8R, J6/K0BBC, J6/WJ1B, J68HF, J6/W6PNG and J6/W6LDX, respectively, from Chateau Devaux on Saint Lucia Island (NA-108) between December 4-12th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. Operations will be QRP or 100 watt transceivers into Buddipole antennas. QSL via their home callsigns or LoTW. J7, DOMINICA (J7 Operation Wrap-up). Dan, K1TO, informs OPDX, "We operated J70BH for the CQ WW CW contest and made a little over 10,000 QSOs. Martti, OH2BH, also operated for a few days before and afterward -- no idea what his final QSO count is. I activated J70TO mostly on Monday evening after- ward and made about 600 QSOs, mostly on 160 & 40M. I think that we will be sending QSLs via the bureau to all who are in our log, but that is not yet confirmed." KH6, HAWAII. Andy, VE7AHA, will once again be active as KH6/VE7AHA from Big Island (OC-019) between January 14th and1 March 11th, 2017. Activity will be on various HF bands, but he states, "I will do more low band radio as the high bands are getting very fragile!!" QSL via his home callsign. KP4/WP4, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. The "Buddies of the Caribbean", operators Tom/K4ZGB, Bryan/N8WD, Rick/AA4W and Robert/KE4AL, will be active as WP2/K4ZGB, KP2/N8WD, KP2/AA4W and KP2/KE4AL, respectively, from Saint Croix Island (NA-106) between December 6-14th. The location of their DXpedition is from "My Mountain Breeze" which is the location of the station NP2N . They will also be operating from his station and will have a station in the ARRL 10 meter Contest, NPOTA (Salt River Bay, Christiansted, and Buck Island), QRP, and beach operations will also take place. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. In addition, they will attempt to make some satellite contacts through SO-50 and AO-85. QSL via LOTW, eQSL or direct to their home callsigns. OF9X UPDATE (Press Release) [edited]: SANTA HUNT -- OF9X ACTIVE FROM DECEMBER 01 THRU DECEMBER 31, 2016 SANTA RADIO, OF9X IS INTRODUCING THE HARD WORKING TWELVE (12) ELVES As for many years Santa is now setting up for his world tour ? including Amateur Radio -- and will provide your family an added pleasure for this Christmas. The exciting news is that for the first time in the history of OF9X, Old-Father-Nine-Christmas, and the elves will step forward so that you can get to know them and their part in the Christmas scene. And better yet, you can make an effort to find them together with your young ones whether within your family or in your immediate neighborhood. There are twelve elves operating OF9X and they indicate themselves with the 3-letter identity thus your maximum elf-multiplier can be twelve (12). You should try to work them on all amateur bands and modes (CW/SSB/DIGI from 630m to 70 cm) and each QSO would give you a one-point (1). If you are outside of Europe your points are doubled (2). Summing up the QSO points and multiplying them with contacted number of elves makes your Frozen Santa Bag, the final score. Only 2016 QSOs are valid for the Bag. If you miss the elf identity for whatever reason no problem as you can send your QSO listing to Santa HQ and these elves would count them for you. ; you can also look for your QSOs at the ClubLog and each slot may illustrate the elf you had contacted. Here is your slate of elves: Arto, OH2KW (ART); Arttu, OH2FB (ATU); Jyri, OH2KM (JYR); Martti, OH2BH (MAR); Niko, OH2GEK (NIK); Pauli, OH5BQ (PAU); Pekka, OH2TA (PEK); Pertti, OH2BEE (PER); Raimo, OH2BCI (RAI); Tom, OH6VDA (TOM); Pertti, OH2PM (SIM) and Erik, OH2LAK (LAK) Your efforts will be rewarded by Santa Awards with the following awards: A: SKC- Award (Santa is King of Christmas); minimum of 50 points B: WMC - Award (Warm and Memorable Christmas); minimum of 35 points C: RNS -Award (Remember those Red Nose Elves); minimum of 20 points The full-color awards will be sent by email if you send your log and your point calculation to by January 05, 2017 ? please also include the name to be printed on the award and the email address the awards should be sent to. High scoring stations with their children in each continent will be offered an opportunity to have a two-way conversation with true and live Santa during the Christmas week. More details on this will be presented at where Santa video/audio screening will take place. May this Christmas be a good one for all children of the world. 73 from Santa Claus and Elves PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (December 5-11th)....... Dec/05th AN Dec/08th HN Dec/10th LN Dec/06th AN Dec/09th HN Dec/11th HN Dec/07th HN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ====================================================== NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 REALTIME BAND CONDITIONS WEB SITE : The purpose of this experimental Web site is to provide 24-7-365 actual (REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores. It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to determine band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's. This information is NOT based on any software pre- dictions or any kind of satellite based readings. It is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA. Also, check out the VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF.. (December 4th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3W1T via RW6HS (d) HK1NA via K6IPM S509PMC via S59DCD 4K8YL via 4K4K (d) II5YOTA via (O/C/*) SN40KZTG via SP9KDU 5A1AL via W5UE IZ8CLM via IZ8CLM & (L) SN6O via SP6PAZ 5T5TI via NI5DX J3/VE7ACN via VE7ACN SW9AA via LZ1PM 5T9VB via UA4WHX LX/PA3EZC via PA3EZC & (L) TI5/KL9A via AC7DX 6Y6Y via W8YCM (d) LY5YOTA via (O/C/*) TP30CE via F5LGF 7X2YOTA via (O/C/*) LZ463PP via LZ1KCP TZ5XR via F5MXH 8R1/AG6UT via DJ9RR OE16YOTA via (O/C/*) UP25CWA via RW6HS (d) A65DC via IZ8CLM & (L) OE2YOTA via (O/C/*) UP25M via RW6HS (d) C5FUD via SP2FUD OF9X via OH2BH UP25P via RW6HS (d) CR3OO via W3HNK OH2YOTA via (O/C/*) UP25PA via RW6HS (d) CT8/IK8HJC via IK8HJC OK2RJC via OK2RZ UP25TX via RW6HS (d) D4X via OH5ZA OP8ON via ON8ON UP25Z via RW6HS (d) DA0YOTA via (O/C/*) OT50DST via ON4QM W1T via W1AW EG3PCD via EG3PCD (L) PA6YOTA via (O/C/*) W6/DL6UHA via DL6UHA EN25RX via UX1RX PA85SVS via PI4AMF (*) YO0YOTA via (O/C/*) EP2LMA via EA5GL (d) R110B via RZ4AZ YP0XMAS via YO9FNP ES9YOTA via (O/C/*) R120GV via RU3XP YR9F via YO9FNP FO/K7AR via K7AR & (L) R16YOTA via (O/C/*) YT16YOTA via (O/C/*) HA6YOTA via (O/C/*) R19KDR via RQ7L ZL7/W1XGI via JA1XGI HG0IDPD via (O/C/*) RO2E via RZ3EC (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (*) No QSL Needed QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: BD9XE, H40GC, H44GC, JE1CKA, MI0SAI, VA3WR and YP0C QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5H3DX, CY9C, D66D, K9AJ/VY0 (NA-159), KD6WW/VY0, SV8/IW0HQU/P (EU-113), T2R, T32SB, TI5W, TL0A, V3A, VK5MAV/6 (OC-266) and VK0EK QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4X1AJ, 4X1EL,4X1IF, 4X1IM, 4X1SK, 4X4JU, 4X6DK, 4X7R, 4X0T, 4Z5AV, 4Z5FI, 4Z5LA, 4Z5MV, 4Z5NX, 4Z5OZ, 4Z5PF, 5B4ALP, 5B4KH, 5B30ES, 5B4MF, 5W0JY, 9J2HN, 9V1PW, T88CL, VE7/4X1EL, VR2KF and YB0ANN SILENT KEY. Glyn, GW0ANA, informs that Steve Cole, GW4BLE, became a Silent Key on the morning of December 2nd. He states, "He fought a gallant fight against a dreaded disease, even beating it back once, but in the end it returned. (He was a valiant fighter as the Ham World knows in his efforts & attainments in contesting.)" Steve was a Dxer and a Contester. OPDX and its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of GW4BLE. Read more about Steve at: http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/stephen-cole-gw4ble-silent-key.546463/ T8, PALAU. Ryosei, JH0IXE, will once again be active as T8CW from the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room) on Koror Island (OC-009) between December 26th and January 6th, 2017. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, JT65 ad PSK31. QSL via JA0FOX by the Bureau, JH0IXE direct, LoTW or eQSL. He now has a Web page at: http://t8cw.idou.net T8, PALAU (Early Announcement). Operators Yas/JA6UBY (T88RR), Miyo/JO3LVG (T88MK), Kazue/JH6DUL (T88VV), Masa/JL1HYH (T88HY), Toshihiro/JM1LIG (T88FM) and Kou/JI6NCY (T88NC) will be active from Koror Island (OC-009) between June 16-23rd, 2017. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly other Digital modes. QSL via their home callsign direct. NO Bureau, eQSL or LoTW. TI, COSTA RICA. Mark, M0DXR, will be active as TI5W from Alajuela during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Single-Op/All- Band/High-Power entry. QSL via W4FS. UP25, KAZAKHSTAN (Special Event). Look for the following special event stations to be active to celebrate 25th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan between now and December 31st. A special award will be available working the stations (as well for SWLs). Award will be published electronically by the HAMLOG.RU Web site. Additional information can be read at: http://kazakhstan25.hamlog.ru/?locale=en QSL cards for QSOs with UP25CWA, UP25ECA, UP25I, UP25J, UP25KZ, UP25L, UP25LL, UP25LW, UP25M, UP25N, UP25NFD, UP25NR, UP25NWA, UP25O, UP25OAG, UP25P, UP25PA, UP25TX, UP25ZA, UP25ZAF, UP25ZF, UP25ZWW and UP25Z can be obtained by RW6HS QSL Manager. XX9, MACAO. A German team of operators is planning to be active from between February 13-26th, 2017. Callsign is pending. Operators mentioned are Werner/DJ9KH, Guenter/DL2AWG, Dietmar/DL2HWA, Bert/DL2RNS, Juergen/ DL3HRH, George/DL4SVA, Paul/DL5CW, Wolf/DM2AUJ, Sid/DM2AYO, Rolf/DL7VEE and Bom/XX9LT. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (possibly 160/6m) with an emphasis on CW and RTTY, but with some SSB. They plan to have three stations on the air. Look for more details to be forthcoming. Z2, ZIMBABWE. Herbert, DE1ZHB/7Z1HB, is once again active as Z21LS from Harare until sometime in January. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via DE1ZHB. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Peter, K8PGJ, will once again be active as ZF2PG from Grand Cayman Island (NA-016) between January 14-22nd, 2017. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using SSB. He plans to be in the NAQP Contest (January 16-17th). QSL via his home callsign, direct or LoTW. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Al, KZ3AB, will once again be active as ZF2AB from Cayman Islands (NA-016) between April 29th and May 6th, 2017. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via WA3EOP. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Dec 11 11:15:00 2016 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 11:15:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1295 Message-ID: <123094.19000.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1295 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1295 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1295 BID: $OPDX.1295 December 12, 2016 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Strongsville, OH Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4UEE, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, CO2JD, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, EA5RM, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 4th-December, through Sunday, 11th-December there were 221 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 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, 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, FH, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, 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, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T30, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, VU7, XE, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3Y0Z BOUVET DXPEDITION UPDATE. Bob, K4UEE, sent out the following on December 7th: Press Release #4 -- Bouvet Island DXpedition 2018 -- The Bouvet Island DXpedition Team is happy to report the following: After extensive examination, we have found a suitable landing zone on Bouvet Island and have identified what appears to be the best operating location in the area. Our proposed site is at 540 24? 23? South and 30 24? 39? East at approximately 600 ft. ASL. This is on the Slakhallet Glacier on the northeast quadrant of Bouvet. It is relatively flat with areas of maximum slope not exceeding 8 degrees. This is well below slope levels that are prone to avalanches. We have less information on the presence of crevasses, but do not detect any on the highest resolution images that we have. Of course, an on-site inspection upon our initial helicopter landing will determine our actual operating location. We have researched and selected our Antarctic shelters. These four shelters will house our stations, our sleeping quarters, and our eating and meeting facility (the MEG tent). These were selected to survive the high winds, precipitation, and temperatures expected on Bouvet. We will heat our operating shelter and the MEG tent. Our sleeping shelters will not be heated for safety reasons. The ten HF beams that served us so well on Amsterdam Island (FT5ZM) will accompany us to Bouvet. We intend to deploy them on a line along 2400 to 600. This will keep the antennas from beaming into each other when aimed at Europe, Japan, and North America. Our verticals for 160, 80, 60, 40, and 30 meters will be placed to minimize interaction. Images of our antenna plans, shelter layouts, and shelter interiors are on our website. The Japanese support team has reorganized and will be led by Hiro, JA4DND. Joe, JJ3PRT, will be our new pilot for Japan. JA4BUA, Kuwa, will be in charge of web and IT duties, and JK1KSB, Oku, will do our public relations. In addition, we?ve added a VK-ZL-Oceania pilot, VK6VZ. Our on-line store has opened! You can now shop at Caf? Press for 3Y0Z souvenirs --- mugs, hats, cups, T-shirts, etc. You can purchase fun and usable products and at the same time... Support the 3Y0Z team. Our Facebook page, 3Y0Z-Bouvet Island DXpedition, now has over 1500 followers. Stop by for photos, articles, updates, and meeting fellow DXers. Fund-raising is an on-going process for us. This is a demanding and expensive project; possibly the most expensive DXpedition ever. We ask for your financial support. Please click on our "Donate" buttons on our website and help us make this happen. The Bouvet Island DXpedition-2018 Team wishes you and your families a wonderful Holiday season and a New Year filled with DX! 4S, SRI LANKA (WWFF Op). Members of the Radio Society of Sri Lanka (4S7RS) are now active as 4S7RS from Hiyare Forest Reserve (4SFF-0019), Galle, until December 13th. Activity will be on all HF bands 160-10 meters using on CW, SSB, JT65 and PSK. Operators mentioned are Victor/4S7VK, Wijey/4S7VJ, Ron/4S7RO, Jaliya/4S7JL and possibly others. QSL via 4S7RS direct. For more information, see: http://www.rssl.lk 5K0, SAN ANDRES. Operators Will/AA4NC and Ron/AA4VK will be on San Andres between February 14th and March 7th. Callsign are unknown at this point. It should be either 5K0N or 5K0X. They plan to be active on various HF bands and 60 meters. QSL info has not be reported yet. ALSO REMEMBER: Operators Will/AA4NC, Faber/HK6F, Tim/LW9EOC and David/WJ2O have joined forces to be active as 5J0NA from San Andres during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LW9EOC. 5U, NIGER. Operators Alberto/EA1SA, Roberto/EA2RY, Javier/EA5KM, Antoio/ EA5RM (Team Leader), Manuel/EA7AJR, Jose/EA7KW, Tony/F8ATS, Bernard/F9IE, Faber/HK6F, Fabrizio/IN3ZNR, Mike/RU1WM and Valery/UT7CR, all members of the Tifariti Gang, will be active as 5U5R from Niamey, Niger, between March 8-21st, 2017. Activity will be on all bands between 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via EA5RM. An OQRS will be available after the DXpedition. For more info and updates, watch: http://www.dxfriends.com/5u5r 60M NEWS. "The 60 Meter DX" newsletter reports that the Finnish Communi- cation Regulatory Authority (FICORA) made a surprise decision today and allowed all OH-stations - regardless of the class - to use 5 MHz. It's the WRC frequencies 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz and 15 W EIRP. So you might hear a lot of OH stations on the band today. The decision was retroactive from the morning of Dec 9th ----- However, those club stations as OH2P aka OH2BU, who have a special permit to use eight spot frequencies (5278.6, 5288,6, 5298.6, 5330.6, 5346.6, 5366.6, 5371.6, and 5398.6 ) are allowed to use them as long as their individual license for that is valid. For some stations the license is valid until the end of 2019. FICORA promised earlier that the permit will be given from 1.1.2017, but did it now.... Reported by Jari, OH2BU Active already has been OH3NE, OH1LEG, OH5ESU, OH7KM and OH3CT. 8Q & LZ, MALDIVES AND BULGARIA. Neven, LZ1COM, who will soon be active as LZ/8Q7ND from Bulgaria, will also be active as 8Q7ND from the Maldive Islands between December 29th and January 5th, 2017. Activity will be on various HF bands. Equipment will be ICOM-7100 with 100w. Antenna is not clear yet. QSL via his home callsign. C50, THE GAMBIA. Vlad, UA4WHX, is now active as C50VB from The Gambia. As always, his length of stay unknown at this time. Activity will be on various HF bands (currently 40/30/20/17m) using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign. HC, ECUADOR. Emanuele, IK2OHG, is now active as HC2HGT from Guayaquil until January 10th, 2017. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Radio will be an old IC-735 with 100w into a R7 vertical and a 2 element wire antennas. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, by the Bureau or direct via IK2OHG. IOTA NEWS.............. AN-017. (Update) Francois, F4HLT, is expected to be active as FT3YL from the Dumont d'Urville Station on Petrels Island in the Antarctica sometime soon for one year. His license is valid until February 1st, 2018. Activity will be limited to his free time, but he will be on 20/15/10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes. Radio will be an Icom IC-706 transceiver with an ACOM 1010 Amp into GPA 30 antenna. QSL via F6KPQ. For more details, see: https://f4hlt.wordpress.com EU-157. Operators Gil/F4FET, Antoine/F5RAB and Alain/F5JTV will be active as TM1CEZ from Cezembre Island (WFF FFF-071, DIFM MA-008) between December 26-28th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. They will have three stations on the air. QSL via M0OXO. NA-013. After the great success of their last operation from Sao Tome as S9BT and S9WL, operators Josep/EA3BT and YL Nuria/EA3WL will be active as H74B and H74WL, respectively, from Big Corn Island (Isla del Gran Ma?z), Nicaragua, between December 31st and January 7th, 2017. Last operation was in 2003 (more than 13 years ago!!!!). Activity will be on 40-6 meters using mainly SSB, with some CW and RTTY. Equipment will be Icom IC-7300 (supported by HAMBUY) with a Ameritron AL-600 (600w) amp into EAxbeam (20-6m) ad wire dipole (40m) (supported by EAxbeam). QSL both callsigns via EA3BT. They will use OQRS (preferred). Logs will be online. See QRZ.com for more details. NA-221/ Members of the "Radio Club PueblaDx" and the "Radio Club AREPAC" NA-224. will activate two IOTAs in December 2016 and all 2017, using the callsign XF2L. The XF2 zone is in the Gulf of M?xico. The two IOTAs mentioned are: NA-221 -- Isla de Lobos NA-224 -- Enmedio, Sacrificios, Salmedina, Santiaguillo, Topatillo and Verde Islands Operators mentioned are Paty/XE1SPM, Andres/XE1SGW and Ricardo/ XE1SOV (Team Leader). All operations will be on the weekends and holidays. They state that they will have two different QSL cards -- one contact for YLs and other with OMs. QSL via XE1SOV. Transportation to the islands are expensive. They need your suport -- contact XE1SOV. SA-043. Members of the Chilean DXpedition Team will be active as XR7T from Ascension Island [Archipielago de las Guaitecas](FE36dc). Likely dates will be in the period of January 10-17th, 2017. The main aim of the DXpedition will be to work the greatest possible number of unique callsigns, thus offering a possibility also to work "Little Pistols and QRP stations". Activity will be on all bands using SSB and the Digital modes. CW is not available on this activation. Operators mentioned are Team Leader Bruno/CE7PGO, Domingo/CE1DY, Mauricio/CE7KF, Marco/ CE1TBN and Cesar/CA5GRF. QSL Manager is Julio/CE3OP (direct/ Bureau/OQRS). Log will be uploaded to LoTW one year later. JD1, OGASAWARA. Harry, JG7PSJ, will once again be active as JD1BMH from Chichijima Island (AS-031) between December 23rd and January 1st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via the Bureau to JD1BMH or direct to JG7PSJ. Visit his Web page for more details at: http://sapphire.es.tohoku.ac.jp/jd1bmh Also, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jd1bmh Hiroyuki, JG7PSJ will be active again from Chichi Jima Island (IOTA AS-031), Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands) 23 December 2016 - 1 January 2017 as JD1BMH. He will operate on 160 - 10m CW, SSB, RTTY. QSL via JD1BMH buro or via JG7PSJ direct OOOPPPSSS!!!! DEPARTMENT. There were two TYPOs in last week's bulletin probably due to a "Senior Moment" and/or "Fingers Hitting The Key". The inform was correct, but headings were wrong. Under "E5, SOUTH COOL ISLANDS", it should have read "E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS". Under "KP4/WP4, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS", it should have read "KP2/WP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS". Maybe it is time to retire???? PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Ismo, OH2IS, will be active as PJ7/OH2IS from Sint Maarten (NA-005) between February 17-25th, 2017. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using mostly CW, some SSB and possibly RTTY. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (December 12-18th)....... Dec/12th AN Dec/15th AN Dec/17th AN Dec/13th AN Dec/16th AN Dec/18th AN Dec/14th 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. Also, check out the VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF.. (December 11th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4O1YOTA via (O/*) HP3SS via AC2OV PC30EUDXF via PA1AW 7Y9SE via SM4VPZ HR2DMR via KD4POJ PH30EUDXF via PA1AW A91YOTA via (O/*) J6/K0BBC via K0BBC R17TCNY via RN3RQ C5YK via ON6EG & (L) J6/KO7M via KO7M (d/e) S01A via EA2JG DL0POLIO via DJ4MG J6/W6PNG via W6PNG TY2BP via IK2IQD DL1516BIER via DK2HM OM16YOTA via (O/*) UP25FW via RW6HS (d) DN5PP via DK2KK ON30EUDXF via ON6CC UP25KZ via RW6HS (d) EA8/SM7BUA via SM7BUA OP0PPY via ON7LX UP25ZAF via RW6HS (d) EA8AH via OH1RY OR1Z via ON6IX (d/e) VP5/W5CW via W5CW EG7PIE via EA7DA OS8D via ON8DN W5/MM0LID via MM0LID (d/L) HB0/OE9HRV via OE9HRV PA44FF via PH0NO YP700CJ via YO5KIP (d) (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (*) No QSL Needed CORRECTION... QSL TI5/KL9A via W2GR (not AC7DX[SK]). T42A via RW6HZ. The Havana Contest Group was active again during this past weekend's ARRL 10m Contest (December 10-11th), celebrating their first year in contest with this callsign. Operators mentioned were CO2II(SSB), CO2AME(SSB), CO2JD(SSB,CW), CO2KL(SSB), CM2YV(SSB) and CL2AA(SSB). QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3B9HA, EA3BT, T31T and VU7MS QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5W7X, AD8J/HR9, KD6WW/VY0 (NA-159), KD6WW/VY0 (NA-196), R23RRC (AS-091), R3CA/0 (AS-163), T32FS, UE23RRC (AS-142), V63FA and ZS2I QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3A2MD, 3A2MG, 3A2MW, 3A2NN, 4X4DU, 4Z4DX, 4Z5FI/M, 4Z5NX/M, 4Z5PG, 4Z5TT, 4Z5WC, 4Z70V, 5B4ES, 5B4MF, 8J1ITU, 8N8HQ, 9M2TO, A52AEF, DU7/JH1BXH, P3J, RP70KN, RP70L, RP70LU, RP70KN, RP70NA, RP70MH, RP71NF, XV2CJB and YB0ANN V3, BELIZE. Operators Robert/K5PI (V31AT), Leigh/WC0T, John/WC0W (V31TP) and Stephen/WW0G & XYL Nancie/NM0C, will compete in the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Multi-Single/Low-Power entry from Cahal Pech Village in Western Belize. They will use V3T for the contest callsign. QSL via WC0W or LoTW (no ClubLog). Look for operations before and after the contest by the operators. They will focus on CW and on the 30/17/12 meter bands mostly. QSL to their home callsigns or possibly LoTW. VP2M, MONTSERRAT. Operators Redd/AI2N, Ken/N2ZN and Dave/WJ2O will be active from the Gingerbread House on Montserrat between February 15-22nd, 2017. Callsign(s) were not provided. The trio plan to be in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Multi-Single entry. Hopefully, more details will be forthcoming. VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (60m). Dave, VP5/W5CW, informs W8GEX, "I have been listening and calling most every evening and have not worked many stations on 60 meters. I arrived here at VP5 on Nov 21 and return home to Oklahoma next Tuesday. I will continue to check and call CQ occasionally each night beginning tonight around 0030 UTC each evening until I take the station down on Monday evening. I will be on 5405 CW and/or 5373 CW." VQ9, CHAGOS ISLANDS. Steve, WB4GHY, is now active as VQ9SC from Diego Garcia Island (AF-006). His length of stay is unknown at this time. Activity has been on 40/20/15 meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign. XW, LAOS (Update). Ken, K4ZW, will once again be active as XW4ZW from Vientiane between January 6-16th, 2017. Activity will be on all bands, but with a focus on the lower bands and CW only. QSL via K1SE direct (with SAE/SASE). Log will be uploaded to LoTW and ClubLog. Ken states, "All Bureau cards received will be answered, but it is time consuming and expensive. Please note that I receive cards from the Bureau on average once or twice per year. It takes up to 1 year to answer the cards. You will need to be patient." XX9, MACAO (Update). A German team of operators is planning to be active as XX9D between February 13-26th, 2017. Operators mentioned are Werner/ DJ9KH, Guenter/DL2AWG, Dietmar/DL2HWA, Bert/DL2RNS, Juergen/DL3HRH, George/DL4SVA, Paul/DL5CW, Wolf/DM2AUJ, Sid/DM2AYO, Rolf/DL7VEE and Bom/XX9LT. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (possibly 160/6m) with an emphasis on CW and RTTY, but with some SSB. They plan to have three stations on the air. QSL via DL4SVA. YJ, VANUATU. Operators Minekazu/JA2NQG (YJ0WW), Yuji/JH2BNL (YJ0AA) and Shigehiko/JI2UAY (YJ0FM) will be active (w/callsigns requested) from Benjor Resort, Port Vila, on Efate Island (OC-035), between January 20-23rd, 2017. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Minekazu states, "hoping for good conditions on 160". They will have two 500 watt stations and one 200 watt station into an Inverted L, dipoles, CrankIR and HB9CV. QSL LoTW for YJ0AA, and all others via their home callsigns. YN2, NICARAGUA. Jeff, N1SNB, will once again be active as YN2NB during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) probably from the QTH of Octavio, YN2N. He will enter ARRL DX CW as a Single-Op/All- Bands/possibly High-Power or Low-Power (TBD). QSL via his home callsign. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Wed Dec 14 17:43:00 2016 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:43:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin #1295.1 Message-ID: <783018.97452.bm@smtp117.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1295.1 Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1295.1 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Special Bulletin No. 1295.1 BID: $OPDX.1295.1 December 14, 2016 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network and OH2BH for the following DX information. BREAKING NORTH AMERICA NEWS FROM SANTA CLAUS @ OF9X (Press Release from Martti, OH2BH) -- From Santa Radio Studios, North Pole, Finland, Dec. 12th, 2016 -- The thinking caps have been donned, as Santa is in deep trouble. Some 12 days on the radio have netted 12,500 QSOs. BUT, it seems that Santa is suffering with North America, with only 347 QSOs (2.8%) so far. He is unhappy and shouting how "this needs to be changed!!", leading to antenna work and bigger beams towards NA. We have to make our own Polar propagation but also invite any other help; thus, next to Santa Village, the elves have even resorted to Sun-dancing to obtain propagation improvements. And indeed with Santa's encouragement, the elves have now also managed to erect a 6-over-6-over-6-over 6 - 20m array on a 300ft rotating tower . This weekend they will turn their huge stack towards North America, and the numbers need to change, at least to 2,000 NA QSOs to start with! Starting on Friday evening (Dec 16th) at 19 UTC, Santa will call "Ho-Ho" on 20M to North American children. The Old Father will be signing OF9X, Old Father Nine Xmas, and can be found somewhere between 14,200-240 kHz (not sure exactly, as the VFO dial may get frosty due to polar weather conditions). These operations will be streamed on , with your incoming signal being played back at all times. If you tell Santa that you see him, he will wave his hand to you personally. You can also connect to the video/audio on your mobile device at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChAyOCitjGNMyHf6hJTXZBQ/live For this 20M SSB operation only, Santa has made an agreement with FlexRadio Systems Inc. to ensure that OF9X will have best performance on both the receive and transmit circuits, using an advanced Flex 6700 radios. See Santa Signature Radios at: SANTA IS STREAMING YOUR AUDIO AND SETTING UP VIDEO -- After your first QSO with Santa, you are eligible to ask for a live video/audio appoint- ment, during which the Old Father can speak with your children or grand- children. He or his elves may also send you an e-mail with the suggested appointment time, in case you score high on the Santa Award leaderboard for your continent. The appointments will be scheduled for December 17th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, and 25th. On December 24th, Santa will be busily dis- tributing his gifts the world over. Be patient as Santa seems to have limited pileup management gifts. He is now figuring out how to work split, and also studying how many times he needs to speak out his callsign for each QSO; ?It?s Old-Father-9-Xmas, OF9X, QSL, QRZ?? Your message to Santa should be e-mailed to Please provide the following information: Station callsign used: ____________________ Children/Second Op, name used on the radio: ____________________ Contact in the Santa OF9X log: YES/NO BOY/GIRL Your e-mail address: ________________________________ Skype & Facebook will be used; your Skype username and/or Facebook name: ________________________________ Operator age: _____________ The town closest to you: ________________________________ 1: What are your other interests after school/studies?__________________________________________________ 2: Do you have sisters or brothers? Their names and ages: ________________________________________________________________ 3: What do you expect Santa to bring you this Christmas? (Here we give you two lines) Yes Flex Radio but what else?_________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4: What else does Christmas mean to you apart from gifts?____________________________________________________________________ 5: Your personal message to Santa (max 50 words)________________________________ Can the message be shared at OF9X web: YES/NO Merry Christmas to you all! Try to contact Santa but also his elves on each band-mode. There are twelve (12) elves, who are all important multipliers for your final Santa Bag. Santa and his elves: Arto, OH2KW (ART); Arttu, OH2FB (ATU); Jyri, OH2KM (JYR); Martti, OH2BH (MAR); Niko, OH2GEK (NIK); Pauli, OH5BQ (PAU); Pekka, OH2TA (PEK); Pertti, OH2BEE (PER); Raimo, OH2BCI (RAI); Tom, OH6VDA (TOM); Pertti, OH2PM (SIM) and Erik, OH2LAK (LAK) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Dec 18 11:45:00 2016 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 11:45:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1296 Message-ID: <20424.98849.bm@smtp116.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1296 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1296 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1296 BID: $OPDX.1296 December 19, 2016 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Strongsville, OH Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K5WE, N6PSE, WB6RSE, K8GI, K8PGJ, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DL7VEE, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OH2BH, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PY2SEX, RSGB IOTA Web Site, S50U, Sixitalia Weekly, SP6DVP, VA3RJ & ICPO, and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. ** SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR: Due to the Christmas and New Year holidays and family commitments, there is a strong possibility of a much smaller or no bulletins for the next two weeks. However, special announcements will be sent out. Please keep sending the info, you never know what I may do.... Thanks for understanding...73 de Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 11th/December, through Sunday, 18th/December there were 206 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JX, 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, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V5, V6, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XW, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 2016 IDXC. Registration is open for the 68th International DX Convention which is set for April 21-23rd, 2017, in Visalia, California. It was announced that this year?s event has been expanded to 3 days to accom- modate the Contest University (CTU) on Friday, April 21st. There will be ARRL, DX, Contest and technical seminars/forums as well as ARRL DXCC QSL card checking and dozens of exhibitors offering their latest gear on Friday and Saturday. There will also be dinners banquets: Top Band, IOTA and Contest. Complete details can be found at: http://www.dxconvention.com 5Z4/, KENYA. Sila, AK0SK, will be active as 5Z4/AK0SK from Taveta between December 22nd and January 6th, 2017. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using SSB. QSL via his home callsign, LoTW or ClubLog. 7T0, ALGERIA. Operators Mohamed/7X2FK, Aissa/7X5PY, Redha/7X7QB and one SWL (Lomri) will be active as 7T0A from Djanet in the Great Sahara Desert between December 18-22nd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB, with two stations on the air. QSL via 7X2RO. 8Q, MALDIVES. Rolf, DL8AZ, will be active as 8Q7AZ from Meeru Island (AS-013), North Male Atoll, between January 2-11th, 2017. Activity will be holiday-sytle/spare-time on 40-10 meters using SSB. Radio is an ICOM IC-7300 w/100w into an Aerial 51 by Spiderbeam (6 Band OCF inverted V); quarter-wave vertical for 40m by DL1DN and a portable telescopic GFK pole 10m by DX-wire. QSL via his home callsign. 9Q, DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO. Fernando, EA4BB (ex-9Q5BB, D2BB, ST2BF, TU5JL, TZ6BB, Z21BB), is now active as 9Q6BB from Kinshasa (eastern part of the country) for up to the next 3 years. Activity has been on 20/17 meters using CW. Operations are QRP using an Elecraft KX2 w/5w into a Vertical telescopic whip 5.2m antenna. QSL via W3HNK. 9X, RWANDA. Harald, DF2WO, will be active as 9X2AW from Kigali, Rwanda, between March 3-11th, 2017. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via M0OXO, direct or OQRS. NOTE: Please DO NOT send your card via the Bureau it WILL NOT be received. To receive a bureau card you MUST request via M0OXO OQRS ONLY!!! BREAKING NORTH AMERICA NEWS FROM SANTA CLAUS @ OF9X (Press Release from Martti, OH2BH) -- From Santa Radio Studios, North Pole, Finland, Dec. 12th, 2016 (see OPDX.1295.1). CTU 2017 DAYTON HAMVENTION. Celebrating its 11th year, Tim Duffy, K3LR, Contest University Chairman, announces that student registration is now open for 2017 Dayton ConTest University ("CTU") to be held all day on Thursday, May 18th, 2017 at the Crowne Plaza in Dayton, Ohio. Complete details can be found on their new Web page at: http://contestuniversity.com CU2, AZORES. Mek, SP7VC, will be active as CU2/SP7VC from the Azores Islands (EU-175) between December 27th and January 3rd, 2017. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using an IC-7300 w/amp into a verticals for 40-10m and an Inverted?L for 160-80m. QSL via his home callsign, direct, PayPal or LoTW. See QRZ.com for details. E5, NORTH COOK ISLANDS. Warwick, E51WL, on Penrhyn Atoll (aka Tongareva Atoll)(OC-082), has been very busy on JT65. Watch 80/40/30/20/15 meters between 1200-1600z and 0000-0800z. FG/TO7, GUADELOUPE. Jean-Pierre, F6ITD, will once again be active as FG/F6ITD from Guadeloupe and one of its islands between January 19th and March 9th (2017). Island mentioned is La Desirade Island (IOTA NA-102, Lighthouse GUA005 and French Flora Faune FFF 1000). Activity will be on all HF bands (160-6m) using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. Look for him to use the callsign TO7D during some contests. Radio equipment is a FT-450D + Tokyo 550 Power 500w. QSL via his home callsign, direct or LoTW (preferred). Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog and LoTW. HF800, POLAND (Special Event). Members of the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK) and from the Piastowski Klub Kr?tkofalowc?w in Opole, will activate special event station HF800O between January 1st and March 31st, 2017, to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Opole. Activity will be on 80-10 meters as well as 30/17/12 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via SP6PAZ, direct or by the Bureau. HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Ez, NK4DX, will be active as HI3AA from Dominican Republic (NA-096) December 20-30th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW only. QSL via his home callsign or LoTW. INTREPID-DX GROUP (Press Release, dated December 15th -- Nominations for 2016 Intrepid Spirit Award). The Intrepid-DX Group is seeking nominations for the individual or group that most displayed 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, fearless, 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 2016, 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 31st, 2016. 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 22nd, 2017. The Intrepid-DX Group was formed in 2010 following our successful Dxpedition to Iraq. You can view our website at http://www.intrepid-dx.com/awards.php Thank you, Paul Ewing-N6PSE -- Vice President and Founder The Intrepid DX Group IOTA NEWS.............. AF-078. Vlad, UA4WHX, is now QRT from the Gambia and is currently active as 6W/UA4WHX/p from Carabane Island, Senegal. Activity has been on 17 meters using CW and SSB (possibly Digital modes). As always, his length of stay unknown at this time. QSL via his home callsign. OC-151. Leo, YC9MLL, reports that he will be active again from the Flores Island, probably between January 21-22nd and 24th, 2017, and a few days before and after, July 11-12th, 2017. He states on QRZ.com, "I will be transmitting near the towns of Bajawa and Soa (January 2017) and later (July 2017) in Maumere and near Labuanbajo and hopefully also in the town of Ruteng." On his QSL Manager's (M0OXO) Web page, he states, [edited] "I will be running 100W mostly on 21 MHz around the IOTA calling freq. or at any clear freq. near it. I will try to operate split for better results. I have also 14 MHz segment in Indonesia so I may also try that band, and 7 MHz also if I have a long bamboo pole available. It was not previously planned to be there, but it is a great surprise to be allowed to be back." Charles, M0OXO, states, "I am mailing out a 12m Spiderbeam Pole to Leo so I hope this will be better than his 'bamboo pole'." QSL via M0OXO - Bureau requests ONLY via M0OXO's OQRS. OC-237. Ahdi, YB3MM, was expected to be active as YB3MM/1 from Sangiang Island this past weekend. QSL via IZ8CCW. SA-028. Operators PY2ALC, PY2XIZ (Team Leader), PY2GTA, PY2HP, PU2KFL, PU2UTY and PU2LEW will be active as ZV2CV from Couves Island (DIB-SP022) between January 7-8th, 2017. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10/2 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via PY2XIZ, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. SA-072. A group of Brazilian operators will be active as ZZ8P from Poldros Island (WWFF PY24, DIB MA 03) between January 14-18th, 2017. Operators mentioned are Robert/PT2GTI, Daniel/PT7BI, Junior/PS8DX, Jesus/PS8ET and Ilo/PS8JIF. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via PT2GTI, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog or LoTW. KH7, HAWAII. Jim, N6TJ, will once again use the callsign KH7Q (OAHU CQ Contesting Club callsign) during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 18-19th, 2017) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL info TBA. 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 31 December 2016. 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." PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (December 19-25th)....... Dec/19th HN Dec/22nd BN Dec/24th AN Dec/20th HN Dec/23rd HN Dec/25th AN Dec/21st LN 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. Also, check out the VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF.. (December 18th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4F7OC via DU7ET E44QX via DF8DX R99FSB via UA3FQ AO5CSM via EA5FJL EI0IRTS via EI4GXB SN800L via SP4RKZ C50VB via UA4WHX HF2017HNY via SP2PBM SX25LSV via SZ8LSV (d) CQ8CQ via CU3AA J79WTA via HB9MFM W2S via W2CCW CU2/OL0M via OK1CDJ PI35ETL via PA1CPA DR2016KIDS via DJ9PH PS2T via K3IRV (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (*) No QSL Needed CQ7X via CS5LX, direct or by the Bureau. Special event was from Lisbon, Portugal, Parish of Penha de France, on Saturday, December 17th. PIRATE ALERT! Per-Einar, LA7DFA, states that he has not used his Jan Mayen callsign, JX7DFA, since September 2002. QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: BA4TB/4 (AS-136), FS/W9ILY, JA7AUM, TF3SG, VE2MF and VE4GV QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: AT2SL (AS-176), B4R (AS-135), OJ0JR, T30JY, T30KJ, T30MA, TL0A, V26K, V47T, V6Z and ZL7G QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 2E1AYS, 3B9FR, A25UK, C44C, EP2A, G5XV (EU-120), GB0HI (EU-120), JX5O, JY9ET, MJ0UOO (EU-013), P40FY, V31MA and ZD8UW S55, SLOVENIA (Special Event). Members of the Radio Club Cerkno (S50E) will be active using the special event callsign S557E throughout 2017. Activity is to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the club's foundation since the year 1957. A special QSL will be confirmed for each contact via the Bureau in early 2018. The Log will be uploaded on the ARRL's LoTW on a regular basis. For those who want to send cards direct, please send SASE with 2 IRCs or 2 USDs to cover return postage to the QSL Manager Miran Voncina, S50O, Cvetkova 35, 5282 Cerkno, Slovenia, with priority return when getting cards from the printer. Cards with insufficient postage or no return envelope will be returned via the QSL bureau. Please visit for more information. T8, PALAU. Ted, JA7XBG, will once again be active as T88GA from the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room) on Koror Island (OC-009) between December 25-29th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and some Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign direct or LoTW. For more details about the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room), see: http://www.palau-radio.com/index.php?page=rr2014 TF, ICELAND. Alex, PY2SEX/PY1KS/DL1NX/CT7ANB, will be active as TF/DL1NX from Iceland between January 20-26th. Activity will be holiday style and QRP on 80-10 meters using a KX3 and Buddipole. QSL card information will come later, but LoTW will be 100% confirmed. V3, BELIZE. Bob, K7YB, is expected to move to Belize and will be active as V31YB from from San Ignacio, Cayo District, starting sometime in February 2017. Activity will be on 160-10 meters. He states, "More info as soon as shack/antennas are operational." QSL via K7YB and LoTW. VK9N, NORFOLK ISLAND (Reminder). Matt, VK1MA, will be active as VK9NM from Norfolk Island (OC-005) between December 19-26th. He states, "The primary aim of the visit is a family holiday, so I will not be operating for large periods of time whilst there, but do hope to make quite a few contacts over the stay. As a keen participant in the SOTA (Summits On The Air) program, I am intending to activate Mt. Bates several times during my visit. I will also be operating from the rented house near the center of the island - all going well, I will be using 40m to 10m from Mt. Bates and I hope, 160m to 10m @100W from the house." QSL via e-QSL and LoTW only. XW, LAOS. Bruce, 3W3B (HS0ZCY/XU7ADF/XW1B/AA4XR), who lives in Da Nang, will once again be active as XW4XR from Vientiane between January 3-15th, 2017. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, RTTY and JT65. QSL via E21EIC and LoTW. XX9, MACAO (Update). A German team of operators is planning to be active as XX9D (now confirmed) between February 13-26th, 2017. Operators mentioned are Werner/DJ9KH, Guenter/DL2AWG, Dietmar/DL2HWA, Bert/DL2RNS, Juergen/ DL3HRH, George/DL4SVA, Paul/DL5CW, Wolf/DM2AUJ, Sid/DM2AYO, Rolf/DL7VEE and Bom/XX9LT. Activity will be on 160-6 meters with an emphasis on CW and RTTY, but with some SSB. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1814.5, 3526, 7026, 10119, 14026, 18086, 21026, 24906 and 28026 kHz SSB - 1849, 3805, 7095/7182, 14210, 18120, 21275, 24955 and 28465 kHz RTTY - 3595, 7046, 10136, 14090, 18099, 21090, 24918 and 28090 kHz 6m - 50120/CW and 50120/SSB ** PLEASE NOTE: These are the planned operating frequencies. Depending on local situation, they may change the frequency. Please listen! They will work always split.... They plan to have three stations on the air. QSL via DL4SVA, direct or by the Bureau. Please use the OQRS on ClubLog (preferred) for XX9D for direct and Bureau requests; they don't need your QSL-card! Their Web page is now online at: http://xx9d.mydx.de ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Jeff, K5WE, will be active as ZF2WE from Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands, beginning December 21st through December 30th. He will operate all bands 160-10 meters, mostly CW with some RTTY. Equipment will include a Kenwood radio with Amplifier. Antennas will be verticals on the beach. Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog daily. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW upon returning home. QSL via ClubLog OQRS or via K5WE. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Pete, K8PGJ, will be active as ZF2PG on the Sunny Grand Cayman Islands (NA-016) during the week of January 14-22nd, 2017. This includes an entry in the North American QSO Party. LoTW will be utilized and direct QSLs go via his home callsign. The daily operating schedule will be posted on QRZ.com. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Help: Subscribe: Unsubscribe: OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: OR OR Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Mon Dec 19 20:51:05 2016 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 20:51:05 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin #1296.1 Message-ID: <869410.90234.bm@smtp116.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1296.1 Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1296.1 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Special Bulletin No. 1296.1 BID: $OPDX.1296.1 December 19, 2016 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network and OH2BH for the following DX information. FOR IMMEDITE RELEASE FROM THE SANTA OFFICES, NORTH POLE, FINLAND Dec.19,2016 WELCOMING SANTA TO THE XMAS SCENE, WITH MORE FIREPOWER TOWARDS NORTH AMERICA! With December 20th approaching, the Elves at OF9X have captured more than 20,000 QSOs but only some 1,200 to the U.S. Efforts are continuing towards doubling that number, and more firepower is being added to the OF9X U.S. script. Santa will arrive on American soil, activating W1/OF9X from New Hampshire (NH). When finally boarding his sleigh, he will say goodbye to America as W7/OF9X from Tacoma, WA. Working Santa from these two U.S. locations adds 25 points each to the Santa Award program, as compensation for Mother Nature?s poor propagation. Please check QRZ.com for the latest details at www.qrz.com/db/of9x Santa is ever grateful to Ray, W2RE, and Lee, WW2DX, at Remote Ham Radio for supporting him on his world tour, featuring the latest amateur radio remote technology. Santa will start appearing also from his site starting this Wednesday. He can talk to you and your children daily, starting at 20:00 UTC, via video/audio streaming at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChAyOCitjGNMyHf6hJTXZBQ/live Santa will personally invite the top scorers for a private conversation with their children and grandchildren later this week. You can also ask for an appointment after your first QSO with OF9X. Please see the appli- cation format further below on this page. The popular Elf-Hunt has put hundreds of DXers in arms, going for all band slots on a variety of bands; see Clublog for the current scoring situation . The global Top Ten should be commended for their dedication to Santa Claus and for honoring the statement of Margaret Thatcher during her term as the United Kingdom?s Prime Minister: ?A small elf resides in all of us? ? particularly in these turbulent times! The global Top Ten is as follows, while the continental leaders are presented at the end of this page. Great job so far as the race is continuing; : 1: YO6CFB (55), 2: DL3ZZ (34), 3: DL4FCS (31), 4: SM5DJZ (30), 5: IK1GPG (20), 6: EA2KR (20), 7: CT1IUA (19), 8: G0TSM (18), 9: 9A2JK (18), 10: G4UDU (18) ASIA: 1: RV9DC (20), 2: JA4DND (17), 3: JA4LKB (13), 4: JA1HGY (13), 5: JH4ADV (11) NORTH AMERICA: 1: N4MM (10), 2: K5KLA (7) 3: WX1S (6) 4: VE3CRG (6), 5: W1JR (5) SOUTH AMERICA: 1: PY2XU (8), 2: PZ5RA (3), 3: LU3DW (3), 4: PY1FC (2), 5: PY6RT (2) AFRICA: 1: EA8DO (15), 2: EA8PT (4), 3: EA8BFY (4), 4: EA8AXT (3), 5: EC8CQ (3) OCEANIA: 1: VK2KJJ (11), 2: VK3EW (4), 3: VK3SIM (4), 4: VK3GK (3), 5: ZL3CW (2) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 Dec 25 13:15:00 2016 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2016 13:15:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1297 Message-ID: <246905.35140.bm@smtp119.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1297 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1297 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1297 BID: $OPDX.1297 December 26, 2016 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written mainly from Strongsville, OH Finished/Sent from Murfreesboro, TN Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, NJ1Q & W1AW, WO2N, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, WB6RSE, K8GG, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DL7VEE, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G8FXM, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, M0OXO, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. *** SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR (Tedd, KB8NW): My family (wife/OPDX's chief proof-reader Linda, son Teddy [TJ] and his wife Jessi, daughter Katie and her husband Kevin and son Lliam and daughter Lilly Grace), and I (KB8NW) would like to wish all DXers, Contesters and OPDX readers a very "Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings". Thanks to the many individuals who sent holiday wishes to my family and me........ 73 and Have a Great Holiday de Tedd KB8NW P.S. Just a reminder. Due to the Christmas and New Year holidays and family commitments, there is a strong possibility of a much smaller or no bulletin for the next week. However, special announcements will be sent out. Please keep sending the info, you never know what I may do.... Thanks for understanding...73 de Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 18th/December, through Sunday, 25th/December there were 220 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, 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, FK, FM, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, 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, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XW, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 9G, GHANA. Members of "Six G Team" will be active as 9G5X from Ghana between March 7-21st, 2017. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Operators mentioned are Bob/5B4AGN, Alan/G3XAQ, Steve/G3VMW, Fred/G4BWP, Neil/G6MC and Iain/M0PCB. QSL via M0OXO, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. CN, MOROCCO. Russell, G5XW, is once again active as CN2XW from Essaouira until December 27th. This is another backpacking type holiday, but he plans to be active using only 100 watts into some sort of wire vertical/ dipole. Operations will be CW only on 40/30/20/17 meters. QSL via G5XW. CQWW PLAQUE ADDED. Dave, G8FXM, informs OPDX that the passing of Steve, GW4BLE/SK, on December 2nd, "His favorite contest was the annual CQWW SSB Contest where he excelled for over 40 years. Worldwide there can't have been an SSB contester who didn't recognize his call. To this end CQWW has agreed that a plaque in memory of Steve will be awarded to the leading EU SSB Classic section every year. This will be managed by the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation. This award is now in place and will be available from this year onwards. It is worth noting that only one other UK Amateur so far has an award in memory of their name and that's the legendary Al Slater, G3FXB." D4, CAPE VERDE. Vlad, UA4WHX, continues his African tour and is now active as D44TVB from Santiago Island (AF-005) in the Cape Verde Island group. Activity has been on 40/30/20/17 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. As always, the length of his stay is not known. QSL via his home callsign. E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Milan, OK1DWC, is active once again as E51DWC from the Rarotonga Islands (OC-013, WAZ-32) and will be there at least until sometime early 2017. Milan is active every day on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign. Confirmation is not a problem across all OQRS's and the information can be found on: http://QRZ.com/lookup/E51DWC http://QRZ.COM/lookup/OK1DWC http://www.hamqth.com/E51DWC HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Geoff, G8OFQ, will once again be active as HC8/G8OFQ from Isabela Island (SA-004) between August 1st and October 31st, 2017. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using SSB only. There is a possibility of some satellite activity on 2m and 70cm SSB. Geoff is there working as a volunteer for the Galapagos National Park at the Giant Tortoise Breeding Center (see pictures on QRZ.com) on Isabela Island. QSL via G8OFQ: Geoff Dobson, 9 Fitzpain Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 8RZ, United Kingdom. Also LoTW on request. HP, PANAMA. Operators Mike/W1USN and Bob/AA1M will be active as HP/W1USN and HP/AA1M, respectively, from Panama between February 10-22nd, 2017. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL HP/W1USN via W1USN direct or LoTW. QSL HP/AA1M via AA1M direct or LoTW. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-046. Victor, R6AF, is now active as 9M2/R6AF/P from Batu Batu Resort on Pulau Babi Tengah Island. The length of his stay is not known. As this was being written, activity has been on 20/17 meters CW. QSL via his home callsign or ClubLog's OQRS. AS-069. Operators Vasily/R7AL, Vasil/RA1ZZ, Serge/RW5D and Vladimir/ RK8A will be active as RI0C from Iony Island sometime in July 2017 (tentative dates July 20-24th). Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via R7AL or ClubLog. For more information, see: http://www.iony2017.com/eng NA-092. Erik, N5WR, will be active as N5WR/5 from Mustang Island between December 26th and January 1st, 2017. Activity will be on various bands. QSL via his home callsign direct or ClubLog's OQRS. OC-198. (Early Announcement/Update) Craig, VK5CE, will be active as VK5CE/8 from North Island, Sir Edward Pellew Islands, between November 12-16th, 2017. Activity will be on various HF bands (40-15m, possibly 10m) and modes (QSL via his home callsign or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: https://oc198.wordpress.com OC-267. Andrey, VK5MAV, will be active as VK9MAV from Marion Reef, Coral Sea Islands, Territory North, between May-June 2017. Activity will be mainly 20/15 meters using an Icom IC-7200 transceiver, VDA and dipole antennas. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS or via RN3RQ for Bureau QSLs (It will take 5-6 months). JW, SVALBARD. Erik, LA2US, will once again be active as JW2US from Hopen Island (IOTA EU-063) for the next 6 months. He will operate on HF Bands mostly CW. QSL via OQRS ClubLog, LOTW, eQSL. JW, SVALBARD. Eric, LA2US, will once again be active from the Arctic. Look for him to sign JW2US from Hopen Island (EU-063) sometime during the first week in June, and he will stay for 6 months. Eric states, "I'll be active on CW on/around IOTA frequencies or at the lower band edges. As before, this is a spare time operation, and I'll be in the shack only as often as work and other tasks permit. I'm working odd hours so I'd rather not do any skeds. My log will be uploaded to ClubLog on a regular basis and if you don't find your QSO there, please drop me an E-mail. I might be guilty of a typing error. Log will also be uploaded to LoTW and eQSL. QSL card service will be open via OQRS ClubLog while I'm on Hopen Island. QSL cards will be printed and sent from GlobalQSL. Direct QSL card service via OQRS ClubLog will open when I return home in June 2017. Postal Mail service to EU-063/Hopen Island is poor, every other month - at best. Do not send your QSL card to Hopen." KP4, PUERTO RICO (Special Event). Look for special station KP4AW between December 26th and January 29th, 2017. Activity is in celebration of the ARRL Puerto Rico Section Convention (January 27-29th). Opertaions will be on 160-10 meters (depending on the propagtion) and various modes. QSL via NP3IR, LoTW or eQSL. OV90/OX90/OZ90/5P90, GREENLAND. Members of the Experimenterende Danske Radioamat?rer (EDR) will be active as OZ90EDR, OX90EDR and 5P90EDR from Greenland (NA-018) throughout the year 2017. The special event callsigns are to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Danish Amateur Radio organi- zation. Even though activity will take place throughout 2017, the main activity will be during February 15th-May 15th 2017, and August 15th- November 15th, 2017. Operations will be on all bands including the 30/17/12 meter bands and on all modes. On JT modes the callsign OZ7D will be used. ONLY QSOs with OZ7D in JT modes are valid for the EDR award. Sometime during the year you may work the special "joker" call OV90EDR. This is also valid for the EDR award. QSL Manager is OZ1ACB. All QSOs will be verified via LoTW and eQSL. NO BUREAU QSLS. For more details, see: http://oz90edr.oz5bir.dk P4, ARUBA. John, W2GD, will once again be active as P40W from Aruba (SA-036) during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. He will be there between February 12-20th, 2017. Operations outside of the contest are usually 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 (since 1/1/2014). Logs will be loaded on LoTW upon his return to the USA. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (December 26th-January 1st )....... Dec/26th AN Dec/29th AN Dec/31st AN Dec/27th AN Dec/30th AN Jan/01st AN Dec/28th 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. Also, check out the VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Erwin, PY2QI, will be active as PY2QI/PY0F from Fernando de Noronha Island (SA-003) between February 15-21st, 2017. Activity will be on 40-10 meters including the 30/17/12m bands using CW only. QSL via his home callsign direct. QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF.. (December 25th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3Z70AR via SQ8ERS EA9KB via EA7FTR HT7AAA via TI4SU (d) 4L5P via UT7QF EG7SOM via EA7TV K3C via KK4ODQ 4X07W via 4Z5LA EM9WFF via EA5HPX (d) K8C via KK4ODQ (d) 4X3XMAS via 4Z4DX (L/e) EX2V via RW6HS (d) OH2IPA via OH4MDY 4X7XMAS via 4Z4DX (L/e) FM/F6AUS via F6AUS RT17NY via RQ7L 6W/UA4WHX/P via UA4WHX HB0/NZ1C via NZ1C (L/e) RW17NY via RQ7L D44TVB via UA4WHX HB9/IW2NRI via IW2NRI (e) VI50DC via M0OXO DM6A via DL1MIL (d/e) HS70A via HS6MYW VK9NM via VK1MA (L/e) (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (*) No QSL Needed 4O10A & 4O90A QSL MANAGER CHANGE. Nenad, VE3EXY, reports "I was receiving 4O10A and 4O90A QSL card requests for quite sometime but was unable to respond with missing blank cards. To speed up the process, Acim, YU1YV, has accepted to handle those activations effective immediately. All cards requests I received so far will be forwarded to YU1YV, including your funds for direct response. Acim will update the 4O3A Web site to reflect this change." His address is: Acimovic Milos, Bul. Mihaila Pupina 19/9, 11070 NOVI BEOGRAD, SERBIA. Nenad also states, "I will continue to act as the 4O3A manager (bureau or direct) for as long as I have blank cards." QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4U1ITU, CU2AO, DM5TI, EA3FHP, EI1DQ, HB9ODP, ON4KEB, OZ3IZ, RT0C, S58Q, SV2DGH, VA3MJR, XU7MDC, TO2LEA, XZ1A and ZL4PW QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: CY9C, FO/K7AR, MD/DL1RTL, SV8/DJ4EL (EU-158), T30KJ, TL8AO, UE23RRC, V63YY, VP2ESM, VP6J, VK9NZ, XT2AW and ZL7/W1XGI QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4O/LB9N, 5J0R, 6O0LA, 6W/LA9DL, 9A3SM, A25DL, C21GC, DL2CC, E7/OK1WT, EA5/LA7VK, HK7AAG, IZ3ALK, JW2US, JW4PM, JW5X, JW6VDA, JW8DW, JW9HH, JX9JKA, LA1K, LA2IR, LA3RNA, LA4DM, LA6OP, LA7GIA, LA8HGA, LA9LE, LA0BY, LB5WB, LG1GB, LI6CF, LM1814, LN4BBC, LN7TTT, OH4MDY, PJ2/W9VA, PJ7/G3TXF, T2GC, TA3J/4, TA3J/7, TA3J/0 (AS-015), TC24KJ, TX3X, UN3GX, UN5GM, UN6G, UN6GAN, UN6GDX, UN6GT, UN6QBX, UN7BY, UN7FY, UN7GB, UN7GBY, UN7GDQ, UN7GDV, UN2GDX/7, UN7ID, UN7JZ, UN7GQ, UN7PCZ, UN7QCC, UN8PAS, UN9PQ, UO1P, UP2BEW, UP44WFF, UQ1EPC, Z6/LA4MIA, ZA/LB9N and ZM90DX S557, SLOVENIA (Special Event). Members of the Radio Club Cerkno (S50E) will be active with the special event callsign S557E throughout 2017. Activity is to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the club foundation since the year 1957. A special QSL will be sent to confirm each contact via the Bureau in early 2018. Log will be uploaded on the ARRL's LoTW on a regular basis. For those who want to send card direct please send SASE with 2 IRCs or 2 USDs to cover the return postage to QSL Manager Miran Voncina, S50O, Cvetkova 35, 5282 Cerkno, Slovenia, with priority return when getting cards from the printer. Cards with insufficient postage or no return envelope will be returned via the QSL Bureau. Please visit for more information. SOUTH PACIFIC 6M EME DXPEDITIONS. "The Daily DX" reports that Lance, W7GJ, will once again be active from the Pacific Ocean to focus on 6 meters EME QSOs. This time Lance is planning a 6 Meter EME DXpedition to Cocos Island as VK9CGJ, and Christmas Island as VK9XGJ. The details are yet to be worked out. At this point he's shooting for October 2017 with airline connections and the best 6M EME conditions being factors. T8, PALAU. Yoshi, JK2VOC, will once again be active as T88FY between December 26-29th. Activity will be on various HF bands and modes. QSL via his home callsign. TI, COSTA RICA. Nathan, N4YDU, will be active as TI5W from Alajuela during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via N3YIM direct. Look for activity as TI5/N4YDU before and after the contest. QSL TI5/N4YDU via LoTW. QSL TI5W via W4FS and LoTW. V3, BELIZE. Mike, W0MU, will be in Belize between February 14-28th for the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) with Jonathan, G0DVJ. Activity will be vacation style outside of the contest. He is still waiting on callsigns. They will be located in the Placencia area in southern Belize. V6, MICRONESIA. Sho, JA7HMZ, will once again be active as V63DX from Pohnpei Island (OC-010) between February 17-24th, 2017. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, all modes and including the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry signing V6A. He will be looking for European stations on 160m before and after the contest. QSL via his home callsign. No Bureau QSLs. ZC4, UK SOV. BASE AREAS ON CYPRUS. Dave, G4IAR, and his XYL Judith, G4IAQ, will be active as ZC4DB and ZC4JB, respectively, from UK Sovereign Bases on Cyprus (AS-004) during January 2017. Activity will be primarily holiday style on various HF bands. Activity will be from the Sovereign Base areas to which the public has access. When on other parts of the island, their callsigns will be 5B/G4IAR/P and 5B/G4IAQ/P. QSL via their home callsigns direct. ADDED REMINDER: Steve, G0GSB, will once again be active as ZC4SB from UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus (AS-004) between January 11-25th, 2017. See OPDX.1293. ZF9, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Stan, K5GO, will be active as ZF9CW from Cayman Brac Island (NA-016) between January 22nd and February 23rd, 2017. Activity will include the CQWW 160m CW (January 29-31st/Single-Op/High-Power) and the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 18-19th/Single-Op/Low-Power). QSL via his home callsign direct. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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)