From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Feb 5 11:35:00 2017 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2017 11:35:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1303 Message-ID: <406290.5657.bm@smtp120.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1303 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1303 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1303 BID: $OPDX.1303 February 6, 2017 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, K5GS, W5JON, WB6RSE, K8GG, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, E21EIC, EA5GL, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, HP1AC?, 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, 29th/January, through Sunday, 5th/February there were 215 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J5, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, 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, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T32, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS, ZS8 * 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. Jean-Paul, HB9ARY, will once again be active as 3B8/HB9ARY from Mauritius until February 15th. Activity will be on all HF bands, 80-10 meters, using mainly SSB, but some CW. QSL via NI5DX, LoTW or eQSL. 5J0/5K0, SAN ANDRES (Update). Will, AA4NC, informs OPDX that he FINALLY received his callsign from the Colombian authorities after 5 months. He will be active as 5K0N on San Andres between February 12th and March 8th. He will be using low power with wire antennas on CW, RTTY and SSB. Will is one of the LW9EOC team for the upcoming ARRL International DX CW and SSB Contests, signing 5J0NA ad as a Multi-Single entry (see OPDX.1295/1299/ 1302). Will states that Ron, AA4VK, will be joining him for the first two weeks and operating holiday style as AA4VK/HK0 on SSB. Will may also be active as 5K0N/HK5 on a trip to visit his friend OZ1AA who now lives in Cali, Colombia. Look for updated info on the QRZ.com Wen page. QSL 5K0N direct via AA4NC and LoTW. 5X, UGANDA. Jonathan, KK7PW, will be active as 5X1O from Uganda February 21st and March 7th. He states, "I may not be on the air everyday, but will aim for early mornings/late evenings (EA times) on 40, 20, 15, or 10m. I will use an FT-857d (with MDSR) at 100w, to either an AT-25 or dipole. Modes = CW and SSB (usually "up 1"), WSPR, and possibly JT65. QSL Manager is Pedro, EA5GL. 7P8, LESOTHO. Pista, HA5AO, will once again return to Lesotho for humani- tarian purposes between February 10-26th. He will be signing 7P8EUDXF and be active during his free time on 40-10 meters operating mostly CW. Pista is there overseeing the project at a local orphanage that he started during his October 2016 visit and will deliver donations received since then. Logsearch and OQRS is available on . Please use OQRS for all confirmation requests, do not send cards via the Bureau. For the October, 2016 operation - all OQRS direct and mail direct QSL requests were posted from Budapest on January 23rd, 2017, bureau cards were forwarded to the HA Bureau. LoTW was uploaded on December 28th, 2016. Money donated to 7P8EUDXF will be used only for humanitarian purposes. The results of Pista's 2010 activity can be seen at: http://ha5ao.com/index.php/dx-peditions/lesotho/lesotho-2010/103-news-from-lesotho-again At the completion of this next visit the photo gallery on will be updated. A5, BHUTAN. Look for A5A to be activated again between February 10-17th. Zorro, JH1AJT, will travel to Bhutan with JC, E20NKB, and Champ, E21EIC. The main purpose of this trip is to support the launch of Paralympic Committee in Bhutan with Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC). Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JH1AJT: PO Box 8, Oiso, Naka-gun, KANAGAWA 259-0111, Japan. The OQRS will be available at ClubLog after his return to Japan. AH0, ALASKA. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will be active as AH0CO/KL7 from Alaska between June 7-19th. Activity will be on various HF bands as well as an entry in the All Asian DX CW Contest. QSL via JA0JHQ, by the Bureau (recommended), LoTW or direct (see QRZ.com). CLUBLOG'S DXCC MOST WANTED LIST. ClubLog has updated their latest "DXCC Most Wanted List" as of January 31st. ClubLog states, "The information generated in this report is derived from QSOs uploaded to ClubLog. To improve quality, only QSOs that have QSLs confirmed are considered to be worked. The most wanted charts are rebuilt once per month, on average." Currently there are 339 entities listed. It is now available at: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php D4, CAPE VERDE. Operator Girts, YL2KL, will once again active as D4C from Sao Vicente Island (AF-086) between February 13-20th. Activity will be during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ High-Power entry. QSL D4C direct to HB9DUR or by the Bureau to IK2NCJ. For the latest information, check the D4C Web page at: http://www.d4c.cc Also their FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/D4C.STATION ADDED NOTE: Look for Girts to sign D4Z before the contest on 30/17/12 meter bands. QSL via is the same as above. EP2C IRAN NEWS (Press Release). The following was received from QSL Manager Pedro, EA5GL, via Mohammad, EP2LMA, President of the EP2C Radio Club... [edited] "Activation from EP2C -- We will try to start before noon of 8th Feb and end very late of 10th Feb. We have 2 transceivers one for phone and one of them for CW. We have a dipole for 40m and another dipole for 15m and a 2 element yagi for 20m. (All home made) We are on 20m and 40 meters normally, but we will try also 15m from 1200-1500. I will be online on Twiter and let everybody know about the bands and frequencies. We are the only radio club in IRAN, and we really need the help and donation of small clubs and big places and DX foundation or anywhere else they want to help. With your help we can be on the air every day and every week. We know many ham operators need to have QSO with Iran and we can make it for them. All questions about the donations, please contact directly with EP2LMA, President of EP2C: ep2lma at yahoo.com " For more details, see: http://www.irandx.ir FG, GUADELOUPE. Jose, KB1TCD, is now active as FG/KB1TCD from Guadeloupe (NA-102) until February 8th. He states that he will be "operating with an Elecraft KX3 at 15 watts max and a home-made End Fed antenna tuned for 20, 17, and 15m. Also taking my mobile Falcon Outback 1899 antenna that resonates on 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters." QSL via his home callsign. IOTA NEWS.............. AF-004. Tom, DL7UZO, will be active as EA8/DL7UZO from Fuerteventura Island between February 25th and March 11th. He plans to be portable from 6 locations and activate 3 EAWFF Areas and 4-5 Lighthouses!! QSL via DL7UZO, direct or by the Bureau. For more information, see: http://www.funkstation.info AS-200. Take, JI3DST, will once again be active as JI3DST/5 from Shodo Island (Shikoku's Coastal Islands) between February 11-14th and March 17-21st (along with Fusao/JA5DUR as JA5DUR/5). Activity will probably be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL JI3DST/5 and JA5DUR/5 via the Bureau (preferred) or see QRZ.com. For updates, see: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/ji3dst PLEASE NOTE: Take will also sign JS6RRR/5 between March 17-21st, but only on RTTY and FM. QSL JS6RRR/5 via the Bureau. EU-124. Members of the Virtual Amateur Radio Club (VARC) of Kent, U.K., will be active as MC0VRC/P from the Island of Ynys Gybi (Holy Island) between April 30th and May 6th. Operators mentioned are Mark/G0GDA, Keith/M0KJA and Nigel/G0GDA. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via eQSL. SA-061. Look for an IOTA DXpedition to take place and be active as XR5M from Mocha Island between March 8-13th. QSL via IK2DUW. Look for more information to be forthcoming. IS0, SARDINIA. Tibor, OM3RM, will once again be active as IS0/OM8A from Sardinia (EU-024) during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via OM2VL. J6, ST. LUCIA. Darren, VA3EGG, is now active as J68DH from Saint Lucia Island (NA-108) until February 28th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB only with Yaesu FT-897D w/100 watts and wire antennas. QSL via his home callsign. JD1, OGASAWARA. Makoto, JI5RPT, will once again be active as JD1BLY from Chichijima Island (AS-031) between March 7-10th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes (NO 6m EME). QSL via his home callsign JI5RPT. His log search will be available on his Web site at: http://www.ji5rpt.com/jd1 He will also use Twitter to inform his real-time activities at: http://twitter.com/jd1bly KC4, ANTARCTICA. Station KC4AAA from the the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (AN-016) was heard on 40 meters (7134 kHz) around 0650z on January 29th. QSL Manager K1ED reports, "for the recent activity Dec. 2016--Jan. 2017, the logs will not get to me until the end of JAN. I will be away all of Feb. Cards will be mailed out in March. KC4AAA is now or will be on LoTW - LOGS FROM 2013 until present. KH6, HAWAII. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will be active as AH0CO/KH6 from Hawaii between April 7-9th. Activity will be on various HF bands as well as an entry in the Japan international CW Contest. QSL via JA0JHQ, by the Bureau (recommended), LoTW or direct (see QRZ.com). NP3, PUERTO RICO. Jaime, WP3A, will be active as NP3X from the Coamo Contest Club station during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via EB7DX. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (February 6-12th)....... Feb/06th AN Feb/09th AN Feb/11th AN Feb/07th AN Feb/10th AN Feb/12th AN Feb/08th AN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ====================================================== NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 REALTIME BAND CONDITIONS WEB SITE : The purpose of this experimental Web site is to provide 24-7-365 actual (REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores. It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to determine band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's. This information is NOT based on any software pre- dictions or any kind of satellite based readings. It is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA. 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.. (February 5th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4L2M via EA7FTR; UT7QF (Ukraine) H44LG via JE1LGY SQ9S via SQ9JKS CT7/EI8KJ via EI8KJ (e) IT9/UA4WHX via UA4WHX SV9/DL4KM/P via DL4KM CT7/F6IRA via F6IRA IX1/IW1CAB via IW1CAB & (L) TC4LOVE via TA3X CT9/G3TXF via G3TXF (O) OF2LHE via OH2LHE TM2F via F4GTT DC500LS via DM2AJK OK/SP9MA/P via SP9MA UT/SP2BPD via SP2BPD EA8/PA0PMD via PA0PMD OV90EDR via OZ1ACB W5S via W5BAK EA8OM via DJ1OJ OZ/DJ1AA/M via DJ1AA ZC4A via M0URX & (L) H2017PFO via 5B4AIE PB44FF via PH0NO (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: 7Z1SJ, A45XR, BD5BAJ, CN2AA, CU2CE, DL1BBR, DL7AU, FY5KE, GU4YOX, HK1R, JH2AMN, KP2M, PJ2T, RZ6BR, VE2ZT, VK1MA, XE2X, YT1AA, ZC4A and ZC4ZM QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3W2R, 4O/KC0W, 5T5TI, 5U7RK, 7P8EUDXF, 8Q7SP, 9G5AM, A45WH, A70X, FJ/KO8SCA, H40GC, JY9FC, OX/OZ1LXJ, TX8F, V63AVO, VU7MS, ZF2WE and ZB2FK QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: AG4W, CA7CAQ, CF3A, CJ3A, CK3AT, DS4DRE, DS4GKF, DS4GQR, DS4OVT, EA8AF, EA8CH, EA8CNR/M, EA8CSB, EA8CSD, EA8CSG, EA8CYQ, EA8CWU, EA8FA, EA8GP, EA8HE, EA8JT/P, EA8NE, EA8PT, EA8QP, EA8TJ, EA8URL, EA8/EA4SV, EM20UCRF, G7RAU, HL1A, HL1ECF, HL1GRI, HL1OXB, HL2DNU, HL2WA, HL2SU, HL3EQG, HL4CCM, HL4CHH, HL4CYH, HL5FAM, HL5OC, HL5YGX, PY0FM, PZ5T, TF3VS, XL3A and ZL9A (OC-286) RI1/A, ANTARCTICA. Oleg, UA3HK/ZS1OIN, will be active as RI1ANA/A from Progress Station in the Antarctica until February 22nd. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via ZS1OIN. T8, PALAU. Operators Shinichi/JI6IHG, Kazuhiro/JA7WFT and Toshio/JM1LRA will be active as T88IH, T88FT and T88TA, respectively, from the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room) on Koror Island (OC-009), between April 13-20th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, JT65 and JT9. QSL T88IH via JI6IHG. QSL T88FT via JA7WFT. QSL T88TA via JM1LRA. For more details about the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room), see: http://www.palau-radio.com/index.php?page=rr2014 TU, C?TE D?IVOIRE (Update/It's Now Official). Members of the Radio Club of Provins (F6KOP) will be active as TU7C from the Ivory Coast between March 9-19th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters and 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. The international team consists of experienced operators. Some of them were part of various important DXpeditions during the past years, like FT5TA, FT5JA, J5C, 3G0ZC, 7P8C and so on. Operators mentioned are Frank/F4AJQ (Team Leader), Patrick/F2DX (Co-Leader) Jean-Luc/F1ULQ (Co- Leader), Andreas/DL3GA, Henri/F1HRE, Damien/F4AZF, Jimi/F4DLM, Philippe/ F4DSE, Raymond/F5MFV, Frank/F5TVG, John/F5VHQ, John/OE5TGL, Herman/ON4QX, Kurt/ON8KW and Kenneth/OZ1IKY. The pilot for English speaking people is Col/MM0NDX, and Jean-Paul/F8BJI for the French stations. QSL via F1ULQ, direct (sorry no IRC), the French REF Bureau (only this one), LoTW, and ClubLog's OQRS. For more information, see their DXpedition Web page at: https://tu2017dx.wordpress.com V3, BELIZE. Iain, G4SGX, will be active as V31GX near San Pedro between March 9-14th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using mainly CW, possibly some Digital modes. Iain will also participate in the Common- wealth Contest (Beru) [March 11-12th]. He will run 100 watts into 1/4 verticals over seawater and inverted-L over seawater for 80m. QSL via his home callsign or LoTW. V4, ST. KITTS. John, W5JON/V47JA, informs OPDX that he will once again be active as V47JA from his vacation home in Calypso Bay, St. Kitts (NA-104, WW Loc. FK87SG), located 200 feet from the Caribbean Sea, between March 16th and April 5th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters (incl.60m) using SSB. He will also be active during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Equipment is a Kenwood TS-590S and Elecraft KPA500 Amplifier. Antennas include: 31', 10-40m Vertical, and 35', 40/80m Top Loaded Vertical; shortened 160m dipole and 3 element Yagi for 6m. Also, XYL Cathy, W5HAM, will occasionally operate as V47HAM. ALL QSLs go to W5JON direct or via LoTW. NO Bureau QSLs. V5, NAMIBIA (Update). Operators Georg/DD8ZX and Klaus/DJ9KM will once again be active as V5/DD8ZX and V5/DJ9KM from Omaruru, Otjikoko Guest farm, between February 6-18th. Activity will be holiday style with a focus on 160-10 meters and if possible on 6m. Operating modes are SSB, RTTY and PSK. They will participate in the CQWW WPX RTTY Contest (February 13-14th) as V55V (QSL via DJ8VC). QSL via V5/DD8ZX via DD8ZX, direct or by the Bureau. QSL V5/DJ9KM via DJ9KM, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. VISALIA INTERNATIONAL DX CONVENTION NEWS (Top Band Dinner). Steve, WB6RSE, reports: The 2017 Top Band Dinner at the Visalia International DX Convention will be held on Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Marriott Hotel immediately adjacent to the Visalia Convention Center. Registration, program, menu and cost information can be found on the dinner?s Web site at: https://topbanddinner.jimdo.com Early registration is strongly recommended.... VK9X & VK9C, CHRISTMAS AND COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS. Operators Chris/VK3FY, Lee/VK3GK, Tony/VK3TZ and possibly others will activate both Christmas Island (OC-002) and Cocos (Keeling) Island (OC-003) in the month of October 2017. The team will start on Christmas Island as VK9XI between October 3-10th. During this time, they will be active during the Oceania DX SSB Contest (October 7-8th). The team will then move to Cocos (Keeling) Island and be active as VK9CI between October 10-17th. During this time, they will be active during the Oceania DX CW Contest (October 14-15th). For activity outside of the contest, operators will be active on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY, plus they will be running a 6m beacon. QSL via M0OXO - Bureau requests ONLY via M0OXO's OQRS. Look for more details to be forthcoming. VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Cliff, VK9VKL, announces the following on QRZ.com [edited]: Christmas Ham - A new Ham on Christmas Island -- I'm Cliff and newly licensed, and as soon as my gear gets to the Island, I will be de- veloping my non existent DX skills. Unfortunately, I couldn't meet up with any Amateurs for courses or to learn the ropes (none on the island), so I just did the study thing. I decided that the Foundation license would be too limiting for a remote area, so I went straight to the Standard license (100W). I have purchased a FT DX1200 which is still 6,000klms away. Still working out the QSL thing, international mail from here is $2.90 AUD and mail can take a while. Updates on my progress to get online can be found at: http://vk9vkl.island.cx VP6EU PITCAIRN ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Update/Press Release). On January 29th, the following was posted on : Everything is okay. The team is very grateful for the great sponsoring from the ham community. The antenna material stored in Auckland is loaded into a ship container. The cargo ship "Claymore II" departs New Zealand on January 31, 2017. We will board in Mangareva, French Polynesia, on February 14, 2017, to continue to Pitcairn. All our equipment is successfully checked and the suitcases are packed. Altogether we have 250 kg Radio equipment! The team members are in a good spirits and looking optimistically forward to a successful DXpedition. WP3, PUERTO RICO (Cancelled). Operators Al/WP3C, Hector/NP4R and Jaime/ WP3A who were expected to be active as WP3C during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th), have cancelled their activity. ZC4, UK SOV. BASE AREAS ON CYPRUS. Bob, 5B4AGN, started off signing ZC4ZM on Thursday, but is now active as ZC4A from the UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus until February 8th. He is there with Steve, G3VMW. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL requests strictly via M0URX OQRS. 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It should read: KC4, ANTARCTICA. Station KC4AAA from the the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (AN-016) was heard on 40 meters (7134 kHz) around 0650z on January 29th. QSL Manager K1IED reports, "for the recent activity Dec. 2016--Jan. 2017, the logs will not get to me until the end of JAN. I will be away all of Feb. Cards will be mailed out in March. KC4AAA is now or will be on LoTW - LOGS FROM 2013 until present. 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 Feb 12 10:30:00 2017 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 10:30:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1304 Message-ID: <544133.59937.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1304 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1304 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1304 BID: $OPDX.1304 February 13, 2017 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, W2GD, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, WB6RSE, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, NE9U, W9ILY, CO2AME, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G0GDA, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, JA1XGI, 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, 5th/February, through Sunday, 12th/February there were 214 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 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, D2, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, 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, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS, ZS8 * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3B7, ST. BRANDON. A few sources are reporting that Seb, F5UFX, Team Leader of FT4TA (Tromelin) and FT4JA (Juan de Nova), is stating that their new project is to be active from Saint Brandon Island in October 2017 for a two week operation. Look for more details to be forthcoming. 3V, TUNISIA. SWL Ashraf "Ash", 3V4-002 (KF5EYY), will once again be active as 3V8SS from the "Radio Club Station of Tunisian Scouts" in Sousse, during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) 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 3XY, GUINEA (IOTA Op). Operators Alain/F5OZC and Sebastien/F8DQZ are now active as 3XY3D from Kassa Island in the Los Islands Group (Iles de Los) [AF-051] until February 26th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using mainly CW with some SSB. QSL via F5OZC. 5X, UGANDA. Eric, SM1TDE, will once again be active as 5X8EW from Entebbe between February 23-26th, after his Rwanda trip (see 9X2CW below). Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW. QSL via his home callsign. 5U, NIGER (Update). Members of the Tifariti Gang/DX Friends will be active as 5U5R in a multi-national DXpedition between March 9-21st. Operators mentioned are Toni/EA5RM (Team Leader), Alberto/EA1SA, Roberto/EA2RY, Javier/EA5KM, Manuel/EA7AJR, Jose-Ram?n/EA7KW, Bernard/F9IE, Faber/HK6F, Simone/IK5RUN, Fabrizio/IN3ZNR and David/K3LP. Pilot stations are Tony/ F8ATS (Chief Pilot) and Rick/W6ENZ (NA Pilot). Activity will be on 160-10 meters including 30/17/12m using on CW, SSB and RTTY, with at least 4 stations on the air at the same time. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1824, 3524, 5360, 7004, 10104, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24894 and 28024 SSB - 1845, 3780, 5360, 7065/7160, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28495 RTTY - 10140, 14080, 18100 and 21080 kHz PLEASE NOTE: 6 meters is not allowed in Niger for Amateur Radio... QSL via EA5RM or the OQRS on their Web page (after the DXpedition goes QRT). QSLs for donors -- If you have donated 25 euros, 30 USDs or more, send your QSO data by E-mail to their QSL Manager and include your address, they will send your 5U5R QSL direct. For more details and updates, see: http://www.dxfriends.com/5u5r/index.php 6E, MEXICO. A group of Ham Radio operators from Southern Mexico will be operating from some Mayan archaeological sites from the Mexican States of Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas and Quintana Roo, using the special callsign 6E3MAYA between March 18-21st. Activity is to commemorate the Spring Equinox which is so important for the Mayan culture. Activity will be on 80-6 meters on CW, SSB, the satellites and the Digital modes. QSL via XE3N. 6Y, JAMAICA (Reminder). Yuri, VE3DZ, is once again active as 6Y2T from Jamaica (NA-097) between February 14-21st. Activity will include the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ High-Power entry. Operations outside of the contest will be on 160-10 meters, including the 30/17/12 meter bands and using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via VE3DZ. 8P, BARBADOS. Tom, W2SC, will once again be active as 8P5A during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as Single-Op/All- Band/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to NN1N. 8P, BARBADOS (Update). Bob, G3PJT, will be reactivating his old Barbados callsign, 8P9IF, between March 7-13th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands especially the 30/17/12 meter bands using mostly CW. Look for him to be in 80th 2017 BERU (British Commonwealth) Contest (March 11-12th) from a site on the east coast of the island. QSL via his home callsign or ClubLog's OQRS. 9X, RWANDA. Eric, SM1TDE, will be active as 9X2CW from Rwanda between February 17-22nd. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW only. QSL via his home callsign. Look for logs to be posted on ClubLog and possibly later on LoTW. A2, BOTSWANA (Update). A UK Team will be active as A25UK from Botswana between April 25th and May 6th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. Some of the operators named are Nobby/G0VJG, Nick/G4FAL, Giles/M0TGV, Tony/G4LDL and Edd/GM0WED. QSL via M0OXO or via ClubLog's OQRS. Look for more details to be forthcoming. Also, visit their new Web page at: http://www.a25uk.com C6, BAHAMAS (Reminder). Operators Tim/N4UM (C6ARU), Mike/K4RUM (C6AUM) and Bob/N4BP (C6AKQ) are once again active from Abaco Island (NA-080) until February 21st. 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. C6AKQ will be on 80 meters, C6AUM will be on 40 meters and C6ARU will be on 20 meters. QSL C6ARU via N4UM direct. QSL C6AUM via K4RUM direct. QSL C6AKQ via N4BP direct. DAYTON NEWS (Contest University Dayton 2017 - classes posted). Tim, K3LR, reports [edited]: The CTU 2017 Dayton Class Outline has been posted here: http://contestuniversity.com Look for the "DOWNLOAD COURSE OUTLINE PDF" Here are the 2017 Dayton CTU Professors: Frank Donovan, W3LPL Tim Jellison, W3YQ Ed Muns, W0YK Greg Ordy, W8WWV Rob Sherwood, NC0B H. Ward Silver, N0AX Joel Harrison, W5ZN Dr. Tamitha Skov Tim Duffy, K3LR Dr. Bob Mc Gwier Jr., N4HY Bob Wilson, N6TV Dan Zeitlin, K2YWE We are pleased to welcome our returning professors and three new pro- fessors. New for CTU 2017 are Dr. Tamitha Skov, Dr. Bob Mc Gwier, N4HY, and Dan Zeitlin, K2YWE. All classes will be presenting all new material for CTU 2017. K2YWE and N4HY are very active hams. Although Dr. Skov is not a ham, she has been helping hams understand the ionosphere for many years on Ham Nation. You can learn more about Tamitha here: http://www.spaceweatherwoman.com 73, Tim K3LR - CTU Chairman EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Manolo, EA8DO, will be active from La Palma Island (IOTA AF-004, DIE S-012, WLOTA 1276, EAA TF) during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th). QSL via LoTW. ED8, CANARY ISLANDS. Javier, EA1FDI, will be active as ED8W from La Palma Island (AF-004) during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th). QSL via LoTW. FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Gerard, F6CKD, is again and now active as FY/F6CKD from French Guiana until March 28th. Activity is on 40-15 meters using SSB. QSL via his home callsign. IOTA NEWS.............. EU-124. (Update) Members of the Virtual Amateur Radio Club (VARC) of Kent, U.K., will be active as MC0VRC from the Island of Ynys Gybi (Holy Island) between April 30th and May 6th. Operators mentioned are Mark/G0GQT (not G0GDA), Keith/M0KJA and Nigel/ G0GDA. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (depending on pro- pagation) using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. They will be taking a FT3k, FT450, 2x FT991's and 3 linears to run the U.K. limit of 400w. Antennas will be a couple of tribanders, a 40m dipole, 80m dipole, 2 vertical dioples, 20m sloper and a 2m beam for the 2m UKAC contest on Tuesday night from IO73ph. QSL via eQSL. NA-090. Martin, LU9EFO, will be active as XE3/LU9EFO from Cozumel Island between March 10-20th. Activity will be on various HF bands on SSB. QSL via F4BHW direct or by the Bureau to LU9EFO. ** UPDATE ** Martin announced on February 11th: "The DXpedition to IOTA NA090 is suspended until further notice." OC-233. Craig, VK5CE, will be active as VK5CE/7 from Bruny Island between April 22-23rd. Activity will be mostly on 40/20 meters using SSB, with possibly some 17/15m. There will be some 30m PSK63. An activity schedule is posted on his Web page at: https://oc233.wordpress.com QSL via his home callsign, direct (see QRZ.com), by the Bureau (VERY SLOW) or ClubLog's OQRS. OC-235. Jacek, SP5APW, will be active as DU9/SP5APW from Siargao Island between May 9-16th. Activity will be on various bands. QSL via his home callsign. SA-028. Operators Martin/LU9EFO, Fabio/PU2KBD and Ricardson/PU7TDX will be active as PY2/LU9EFO, PU2KBD/P and PU7TDX/P, respec- tively from Sao Sebastiao Island between March 24-26th. Activity will be on various HF bands using SSB. QSL via F4BHW direct and LU9EFO via the Bureau. SA-061. (Update) Members of the LU8YE Radio Club de los Andes and North Patagonia DX Group Members (NPDXG) will be active on an IOTA DXpedition as XR5M from Mocha Island between March 8-13th. Activity will be on the HF bands and 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via IK2DUW. Operators mentioned are Claudio/ LU7DW, Marcos/CE6VMO, Richard/LU1YW, Mart?n/LU3VMS, Rafa/LU7VCH, Sergio/LU7YS and Alex/LU8VCC. For more details and updates, see: https://xr5m.blogspot.com.ar Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/xr5m_2017 KC4, ANTARCTICA (Correct to OPDX.1303). Station KC4AAA from the the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (AN-016) was heard on 40 meters (7134 kHz) around 0650z on January 29th. QSL Manager K1IED (not K1ED) reports, "for the recent activity Dec. 2016--Jan. 2017, the logs will not get to me until the end of JAN. I will be away all of Feb. Cards will be mailed out in March. KC4AAA is now or will be on LoTW - LOGS FROM 2013 until present. KH2, GUAM. Antonio, EA5BY, will be active as KH2BY from Island of Guam (OC-026) between March 29th and April 10th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters (60m included). Antonio states, "I will make an effort to operate on the bands/modes where Guam/KH2 is most needed. If in need, E-mail to ea5by at yahoo dot com for a sked." QSL only via EA5BY (see QRZ.com), direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. LU4/Z, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS (Update). Juan, LU4CJM/LU1ZI, continues to be active as LU4CJM/Z from Gurruchaga Camp (WAP ARG-28) which is located at Harmony Cove, Nelson Island, until February 22nd. Activity has been on mostly 40 meters CW, but some QRNs on 80m. He seems to show up starting after 0000z and as late as 0500z (Check the cluster spots). QSL via LU4AA, by the Bureau or direct. Read more about Gurruchaga at the WAP Web site: http://www.waponline.it/NewsInformation/tabid/225/Default.aspx MD, ISLE OF MAN. Gordon, MM0GOR, will once again be active as MD1E from the Isle of Man (EU-116), this time during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/SSB-Mode/High-Power/DXpedition entry. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. MD, ISLE OF MAN. Mark, M0UTD, will once again be active as MD1U from the Isle of Man (EU-116), this time during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/SSB-Mode/High-Power/DXpedition entry. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. P4, ARUBA (Update). Operators Dan/K1TO, Ron/KK9K, Scott/NE9U and Mike/W9RE will be active as P4/homecall from Aruba between February 9-23rd. The group plans to be active during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Multi-2 entry using a special P40RF. QSL via LoTW. P4, ARUBA. John, W2GD, will be active as P40W from Aruba (SA-036) during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. He will be there between February 12-20th. 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. Logs will be loaded on LoTW upon his return to the USA. P4, ARUBA. Operators Zoli/HA1AG, John/W6LD and Ed/W0YK will be active as P40L from the Pos Chiquito contest station on Aruba during the ARRL Inter- national DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via WA3FRP. The P40L log will be uploaded to ClubLog and LoTW. For more details about the P40L station, see: http://www.arubaqth.com PJ2, CURACAO. Gerhard, OE3GEA, will be active as PJ2/OE3GEA from Curacao (SA-099) between February 18th and March 1st. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW only. QSL via his home callsign. PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Doug, WD8Z, will be active as PJ7/WD8Z from Sint Maarten (NA-005) between February 13-23rd. Activity will be on 40-10 meters during most mornings (local time) on SSB using a K3-100 into a Buddipole and dipoles. QSL via his home callsign. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (February 13-19th)....... Feb/13th AN Feb/16th HN Feb/18th AN Feb/14th HN Feb/17th HN Feb/19th AN Feb/15th 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 NEW!!! A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF.. (February 12th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3A/DF8DX via DF8DX HB0/DJ1AA/M via DJ1AA P3X via UT5UDX 3A/IZ2FOS via IZ2FOS HF0SEA/MM via SP1G P40LE via K2LE 3XY3D via F5OZC HG17EYOF via HG1S (d) PA160HZ via PA5V 5C28UA via EA7FTR HR5/F2JD via F6AJA PA17CC via PA7HPH 9H3WHX via UA4WHX IR9RW via IT9TQH PE65TER via PC7T AO8WRD via EA3RKF (d) KH6/G4KHG/M via G4KHG (e) PG400TH via PA3ETC C6AKQ via N4BP (d) KH6/VE7AHA via VE7AHA (d) PH17ANT via PA0RDY CE0Y/DF8AN via DF8AN LZ235SIR via LZ1KCP R1989A via UA4AJD CF7DP via VA7DP (L/e) LZ45YE via LZ1YE R80RTL via UA3RF EA8/DJ2ZJ via DJ2ZJ LZ4T via LZ4TL RM94AE via RQ7L EG4UUD via EA4URA MX0YHC via 2E0SDV (d/O/L) S51ZZ via S54G (B) EG8WRD via EA8URA OE17WCB via OE7AJT SK2T via SK2AT EH5EAR via EA5AG OF2IPA via OH4MDY TO7D via F6ITD & (L) HA9HAF9A via HA5CBM OR5T via ON4ALY VE1RSM via VE1RSM (B/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 QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5R1IC, 9ACW, BG3UPA, BH7PFH, C37NL, E51DWC, EF6T, EY8MM, HZ1HZ, JA2FGL, LX7I, V84SMD, VE1RSM, VK5CE/3 (OC-196), ZC4A and ZC4ZM QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: H40GC, J3/VE7ACN, JH1MAO/JD1, SV2ASP/A, T31T, TJ3SN, VP5/VE7ACN, XU7MDC and ZC4DB QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4X/R1CC, 8P5A, 9H3YY, A6/DL9WVM, AL7GA, BA7IO, CN2YM, CT9/DF4IAO, DL800ZEH, E51MQT, EA8/DJ9RB, FM/DD5ZZ, FS/K9EL, FS/K9NU, HB0/DL2JRM, HK1NA, HZ0ZAR, J39A, J8/K8EAB, W1AW/KG4, KH2/N2NL, KL7QK, KK7JS/KL7, KP2L, KP4FBM, LX1GG, LX1NJ, LX1RFJ, MU0GSY, OH0/DL2JRM, ON4PTC, ON1418KNH, PJ2/KY7M, PJ2/W5BOS, PJ7PL, SV5/DL3DRN, TA1AGA, TO1E, V6Z, VK9WA, VP2MSC, VP2MWA, VP9ID, VP9/N1SV, VP9/K2HVN, W100AW, ZA/DL2JRM, ZD8AA and ZL/DJ7TO RI1, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. Alexander, UA1OJL, will be active as RI1ANO from the Bellinghausen Base Station (WAP RUS-01) on King George Island (AN-010) between April 2017 and April 2018. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via RN1ON, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. T42, CUBA. Members of the Havana Contest Group (T42A) will be activating a special station from the University of Computer Sciences (UCI) in Cuba on February 24th, 25th and 26th. They will have four stations on the air on various HF bands and modes. Operators mentioned are CO2XK, CO2WL, CO2AME, CO2KL, CO2JD, CM5DOR, CM2YV, CO3VK, CM3EFM, CL2ADA, CO5MK, CO5LB, CM2MM and CO2PTE. QSL via RW6HS. TO1, FRENCH GUYANA. Herve, F5HRY, will once again be active as TO1A during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/ Single-Band (15m) entry. QSL via his home callsign or LoTW. V2, ANTIGUA. Operators Babs/DL7AFS and Lot/DJ7ZG are once again active as V21ZG from Antigua (NA-100) between February 28th and March 26th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-6 meters including 60m, using mainly SSB, RTTY, PSK and SSTV. QSL via DL7AFS direct, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. Watch their Web page for updates at: http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. Felipe, NP4Z, will be active as V43Z during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All- Band entry. QSL via . V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS (Cancelled). Haru, JA1XGI, informs OPDX that he had to cancel his V73XG operation from Majuro Island (OC-029) which was going to take place between April 5-13th. Activity will be rescheduled in May sometime. VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Members of the Minnesota Wireless Association (MWA) will be active as VP5K from Jody's, VP5JM QTH on Providenciales Island (NA-002), during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Multi-Single/High-Power operation. Operations mentioned are Pat/K0PC and Bill/AC0W, and they will be active as VP5/K0PC and VP5/AC0W outside of the contest between February 15-22nd. QSL VP5/K0PC and VP5K via K0PC, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. QSL VP5/AC0W via AC0W, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. VP9, BERMUDA. Only a few more days to work Craig, VE3OP, as VE3OP/VP9 from Bermuda (NA-005). He will be active until February 15th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, PSK and JT65. QSL via his home callsign, direct or LoTW. WP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. John, KK9A, will once again be active as WP2AA from the USVI Contest Club Gallows Bay Station on St. Croix (NA-106) during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Single- Op/All-Band entry. He will be on the island between February 27th and March 6th. Activity outside of the contest will be on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via WD9DZV. WP3, PUERTO RICO. Don, K4ZA, will be active as WP3R (from Angel station in Arecibo) during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th). QSL via W3HNK. WP3, PUERTO RICO (On again!!). Operators Al/WP3C and Hector/NP4R will be active as WP3C during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via W3HNK. Visit the WP3C station Web page at: http://wp3c73.wixsite.com/wp3c ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Dan, N6MJ, will once again be active as ZF2MJ from ZF1A QTH on Grand Cayman Islands (NA-016) during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. Look for activity outside of the contest on 160-10 meters including 30/17/12 meters. QSL via N6MJ. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Scott/KA9P and Ron/W9XS will be active as ZF2SC and ZF2FB, respectively, from the Cayman Islands between February 22-28th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15 meters and the satellites. Operations will typically be CW, with a KX1 or KX3, and Buddipole beams or verticals. QSL via their home callsigns or LoTW. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Royce, KE5TC, will be active as ZF2TC from Grand Cayman Island (NA-016) between March 20-27th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using SSB and slow CW. 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Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the ARRL DX CW Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 10th/February, through Friday, 17th/February there were 224 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, 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, F, FG, FK, FM, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, 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, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T32, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS, ZS8 * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3W, VIETNAM. Wolfgang, DL5MAE, is once again active as 3W2MAE from Mui Ne between February 19-25th . Activity will be on 20-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. 3Y0Z BOUVET NEWS (Team Member Update). On February 12th, it was reported on the 3Y0Z Web page : We regret that Jorge, HK1R, will not be able to join us on the Bouvet DXpedition. Jorge was with many of us on the Malpelo DXpedition and the Amsterdam Island DX- pedition. We will miss him greatly on the upcoming Bouvet trip. Hopefully Jorge will be able to join us on another adventure in the future. We look forward to that and thank him for his help thus far. Harumi Kukita ?Hal,? JR4OZR, will be taking Jorge's place on the team. Hal has past DXpedition experience and is a well know and competitive contest operator. We welcome him to our team. 4M, VENEZUELA. Julio, YV1KK, will be active as 4M1K during the ARRL Inter- national DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??) entry. QSL via OH0XX. A3, TONGA (Rare IOTA/Update). Masa, JA0RQV, will once again be active from Tonga. This time he will activate Niuafo'ou Island (OC-123) as A35JP/P between March 22-28th [He was originally schedule to go between September 28th and October 4th, 2016, but had to postpone]. It has been 7 years since last activation of A33A (by K6HFA). OC-123 is currently claimed by 17.9% of participants based on IOTA Web site (as of 17th February 2017). Operations will be on 40-6 meters using CW and SSB. His equipment is an IC-7300 (w/100W) into a vertical antenna. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, direct (SASE w/1 IRC), LoTW or ClubLog. For more details and updates, visit his Blog page at: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/rqv AAW. The Worldwide Antarctic Program's (WAP) 14th Antarctic Activity Week (AAW) will take place between February 20-26th. The real purpose of the event is to foster interest in the Antarctic region/continent and its matters. Look for special event stations world-wide to be available for you to work. Each has its own super special QSL card available. Check for the list of stations, QSL routes and attractive awards. As of press time, there were 37 stations listed to be on the air. To commemorate the 14th International Antarctic Week, a very Special Award will be issued to all Radio Amateurs worldwide who contact a number of special event stations that will be active on the HF bands. The Special Diploma will be sent free of charge in PDF format to all participants that fulfill the required number of contacts on each category. For more information on the AAW, see: http://www.waponline.it AH2, GUAM. Operators Toshinobu/JI3ERV and Mikawa/JR7OMD will be active as AH2R during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via LoTW. C6, BAHAMAS. Drew, N2RFA, is once again active as C6ABB from Cable Beach, Nassau, Providence Island (NA-001, WLOTA 1115), until February 23rd. Activity will be on 75/40/20/17/12/10 meters. He plans to operate on some of the Digital modes (JT65, PSK31, RTTY and possibly SSTV). QSL via his home callsign, direct or LoTW and also eQSL. C6, BAHAMAS (IOTA Op). Operators John/M0IDA, Rob/M0VFC and Steve/M1ACB hope to be active as C6APY from Little Harbour Cay, Berry Islands (NA-054, WW Locator FL15do). They will fly into the Bahamas on March 2nd, but it will take them a couple of days to get to the island, so they hope to be active around March 4th - but this is very much weather dependent, as is the whole operation. They will fly back to the UK on March 12th, which means they will need to de-rig on the 10th or 11th, again varying according to the weather. Operation probably won't be 24/7 - they will do as much operating as they can, but eating and sleeping is back on the boat, there's only three of them, and they will probably want to go for the occasional swim as well. They will be running up to three stations simultaneously, all Elecraft K3s at 100W. They will be generator powered and have to carry the full week's fuel with them on the boat, hence no amps. They are expecting that most QSOs will be on 40-15 meters; they will monitor the higher HF bands as well and may venture on to 10/12m if propagation favors them; similarly they may throw up an 80m dipole, but don't expect to do very much, if anything, there. There will definitely be CW (op M0VFC) and SSB (ops M0IDA and M1ACB); they may also do some data if time permits. They should be active on some satellite passes with hand-held antennas: the FM birds will only cover parts of the USA, and not EU, so they will attempt some FO-29 passes as well. They are not satellite experts though, so be patient with them. QSL is via M0OXO's OQRS system. They will upload the logs to ClubLog and LoTW regularly throughout the trip, assuming all the kit plays nicely. Watch Twitter for any other updates: https://twitter.com/rmc47 (M0VFC) https://twitter.com/ItinerantHam (M0IDA) CE, CHILE. Members of the Radio Club de Chile will be active as CE3AA from Santiago during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th). Operators mentioned are Julio/CE3OP, Danilo/XQ4CW and Willy/ CE3KHZ (Team Leader). The support group for the operation (they will also participate): Patricio/CE3PBT, Cristian/CA3BKN and Luis/CE3BMI. The group has many experienced operators in competitions, island activation and DX operation. They will be in the contest as a Multi-Op/Single-TX/ High-Power entry. QSL via CE3AA. CQ NEWS RELEASE. Rich, W2VU, sent out the following press release on February 15th [edited]: CQ to Introduce MF/LF Column; John Langridge, KB5NJD/WG2XIQ, to be Column Editor -- As ham radio operators in the United States await final FCC action to open new amateur bands at 630 meters (472-479 kHz) and 2200 meters (135.7 kHz - 137.8 kHz), CQ magazine is getting a head-start by introducing a column that will help interested hams get ready to "hit the ground running" once the FCC issues its final rules. The new column - to be titled "MF/LF Operating: Life Below the AM Broadcast Band" - will appear quarterly, starting in the April 2017 issue, and will be edited by John Langridge, KB5NJD/WG2XIQ. Licensed as a high school student in 1989, John's interest in "life below the AM broadcast band" extends back even further, when, at age 11, he read an article in Radio-Electronics magazine about the unlicensed 1750-meter band (160-190 kHz). He had to content himself with operating on 160 meters until the opportunity arose in 2012 to join the ranks of Part 5 experimental stations authorized by the FCC to conduct propagation research in preparation for the new medium frequency (MF) and low frequency (LF) bands at 630 and 2200 meters respectively. He was granted a con- struction permit and station license for WG2XIQ and maintains a regular schedule of beacon transmissions and two-way contacts on 630 meters. He also shares tips and posts a "grabber," or bandscope view, of 472 kHz (which updates every 5 minutes) on his website at . In his column, John says he plans to cover a variety of topics, including station building, propagation, news events affecting LF/MF, and operating strategies. "My goal," he says, "is to market the bands to people who know nothing about them." The title of his inaugural column in the April issue is "Ham Radio Below 500 kHz: What is All of This About and Where Should I Start?" Professionally, John is a consultant in broadcast engineering and infor- mation technology, working for a variety of clients. He has a degree in physical chemistry and is currently working toward his Ph.D. in that field. John and his wife, Paula, KD5YHI, live with their pets in the Dallas, Texas, suburbs. John's column will appear in the January, April, July and October issues of CQ. "We are looking forward to sharing John's knowledge and experience with our readers," says CQ Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU. "CQ has always been a leader in promoting new bands and modes, and in helping hams use and enjoy them. We are already seeing a growing interest in our soon-to-come MF and LF bands and John's column will be here to help our readers get active on them as soon as they become available for general use." FM/TO7, MARTINIQUE. Dimitry, UT5UGR, is once again active as FM/UT5UGR from Martinique (NA-107). Look for him to sign TO7A during the ARRL Inter- national DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/High-Power entry. QSL via UT5UGR. See UT5UGR and TO7A listing at QRZ.com for log search and OQRS QSL request. HC, ECAUDOR. Bill, W0OR, will be active as HC1WBT (not HC1WDT as in the past) from Cotacachi during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via W0OR. Bill reports, "In the past 3 or 4 years my temp call in Ecuador has been HC1WDT. But this year they assigned the call HC1WBT. May have been a clerical error, but for now the suffix is WBT not WDT." INDIAN OCEAN 6M EME DXPEDITIONS (Update). Lance, W7GJ, will once again be active from the Indian Ocean to focus on 6 meters EME QSOs. This time Lance is planning a 6 Meter EME DXpedition (for the first time) to West Island/Cocos Island as VK9CGJ between September 12-28th, and Christmas Island as VK9XGJ between October 2-18th. All airline tickets have been purchased, and lodging reservations have been made. He informs OPDX this week of the following: "In order to get the word out as soon as possible, preliminary information on the upcoming 6m EME DXpedition is here: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Indian%20Ocean%202017.htm With the great increase in people capable of using digital modes, I hope to be able to provide these rare DXCC entities to many serious 6m DXers. Please check back for updated information! GL and VY 73, Lance" IOTA NEWS.............. AS-022. (Update) Operators Yuri/R2DG, Vasily/R7AA and Eugene/UA6EX will be active as RI0LI from Leont'yeva Island, Medvezhyi (Bear) Islands, in the East Siberia Sea, sometime during the third week in July. Activity will be on various HF bands. They now have a Web page up at: http://www.ri0li.com AS-046. Members of the Kuala Lumpur DX Team (KLDX) will be active as 9M4IOTA from Tioman Island, West Malaysia, between March 3-5th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. Operators who will be involved at this time are 9M2OOO, 9M2AIS, 9M2VDX, 9M2ZDX, 9M2ODX, 9M2ROL, 9M2UDE, 9M2JEP, 9W2NMX, 9W2FEL and 9W2NYO. QSL via address on QRZ.com. EU-120. Operators Jef/DD2CW, Cis/ON6LY, Cel/ON6UQ and Dirk/ON3UN will be active as G/DD2CW/P from the Island of Wight. Their main activity will be in the RSGB IOTA Contest, using a special callsign and as a Multi-Op/Island entry. QSL via ON3UN. EU-187. Cliff, SV1JG, will be active as SX9VK from Gavdos Island between July 1-10th. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via his home callsign. OC-093. Sadao, JA1PBV, is now active as DU2/JA1PBV from Batan Island. The length of his stay is not known. Activity has been on 30/ 20/15/12/10 meters. QSL via his home callsign. K4, UNITED STATES (Special Event). On the weekend of February 18th-19th, members of the Mount Vernon Amateur Radio Club will be hosting a special event celebrating George Washington's Birthday. They will start operating around 9:30 AM E.S.T on Saturday and go until about 3:00 PM E.S.T. On Sunday morning, they will start operating around 8:00 AM and go until about 1:00 P.M. The group will be operating on 20m SSB and also on 40m. They have a nice QSL card (see QRZ.com). The callsign for the special event will be K4US. QSL via KK4ODQ or P.O Box 7234, Alexandria, VA 22307. KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS (Special Event). Look for special event station N0J which is now active from Tinian's Hot Peppper Festival until February 20th. Activity/operators will be by Radio Space Club of Tinian (NH0J) and Mariana Intrepid Contest Club (AH0K). Activity will be on 80-10 meters using some CW, but mainly on SSB (SSB by JA1NVF). They will not operate 24 hours a day. QSL via JJ2VLY. Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog. KH6, HAWAII. Look for a group of operators to be active as KH6LC from Keaau (Hawaii County, Grid Square: BK29), during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Multi/Multi entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to QSL Manager WA6WPG. MJ, JERSEY. The Low Land DX Team will return to the Island of Jersey (EU-013) between May 5-11th. A small LLDXT team consisting of Alex/PA1AW, Ron/PA3EWP, Jo/PA9JO and Bob/PB5X will be active from the JARS Signal Point on Jersey. Like the previous visits in 2013 and 2010, the team will activate all bands between 160 and 2 meters in as many as possible modes. The teams focus will be ?Demand driven? so they are open for any requests. Each team member will sign MJ/homecall and individual stations will enable maximum presence on the bands. QSL will be handled by Alex, PA1AW, for all callsigns. The team will have (realtime) on-line logs and OQRS using ClubLog and daily uploads to LoTW. For more details and updates, see: http://www.lldxt.eu/mj2017-lldxt-goes-to-jersey-bci NP3, PUERTO RICO (NA-099). Eric, NP3A, will be active during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ Low-Power entry. QSL via WD8CW or LoTW. PJ4, BONAIRE. Kelly, N0VD, is once again active as PJ4D from Bonaire Island (SA-006) until February 26th. Activity has been on 40-15 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via W3HNK. Kelly is part of PJ4X contest team for the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th). PJ4, BONAIRE. Operators Noah/K2NG, Steve/K3SW, David/NA2AA, PJ4DX/PJ4DX and Hans/PJ4LS will be active as PJ4G from Bonaire Island (SA-006) during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL PJ4G via WA2NHA or LoTW. Look for the U.S. operators to sign PJ4/ homecall before and after the contest. U.S. operators will be on the island between February 25th and March 11th. David, NA2AA, is expected to operate on the Digital modes, and skeds are accepted for ATNO with PJ4 via NA2AA's E-mail address listed on QRZ.com. QSL all others via their home callsigns or LoTW. Check out the "PJ4G Radio House" at: http://www.pj4g.com PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (February 20-26th)....... Feb/20th AN Feb/23rd LN Feb/25th AN Feb/21st AN Feb/24th AN Feb/26th AN Feb/22nd 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 NEW!!! A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF.. (February 17th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3Z6M via SP6IEQ FM/UT5UGR via UT5UGR PC55C via PD7YY 5J0NA via LW9EOC & (L) FY/F6CKD via F6CKD PC73X via PC1EMR 6W2SC via HA3AUI (d) HB9/DF2DD via DF2DD PH30NVRA via PI4HLM 6Y2T via VE3DZ II0LOVE via 9A8AOT PJ2/N1ZZ via N1ZZ 8P50B via KU9C IT9ADT/YI9 via IT9ADT PJ2/NF9V via NF9V A31MM via EA5GL KG4AW via KG9LB (d) T77LA via T77LA (d/L) CR3A via EA5GL KG4DX via W4WX T88DT via JH1OLB CR5WWI via CT1EEB NP2/N3RD via N3RD TM40ULIS via F6CKE CT9/DL5AXX via DL5AXX OP0PPY via ON7LX UE28AFG via RZ3QWW CT9/DL5LYM via DL5LYM OZ100DVI via OZ1IVA VP9/VE3OP via VE3OP D4Z via HB9DUR(d); IK2NCJ(B) OZ30EU via OZ8IE VX3100 via VE3XN DL60NEU via DC1MAS P4/NE9U via NE9U XX9D via DL4SVA (O/*) DR160TESLA via DK8ZZ P40W via N2MM (d/L) YB9K via HA3JB EN90IWA via US4IWA & (e) PA1MUC via DL3LUM ZZ2T via PY2MNL (d/L) EV90DOSAAF via EU1EU PA6X via PA7CW (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: 3A/DF8DX, 5A1AL, 9Z4Y, C31KC, CG9NC, CU5AQ, DJ8OP, DL9MS, EL2BG, HK3W, JA8COE, JH4GJR, OD5ZZ, OE3KKA, OJ0LA, PC2T, SM0MPV/0, SP5GMM, SP6NIN, TA1PB, TL8TT, VA1SEA, VP2EGR and ZS1LS QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4S7AB, A70X (AS-088), A71YY, T31T (OC-043), TT8FC, VK5CE/P (OC-228) and ZD8V QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3D2LJ (OC-016), 4O/UY5ZZ, 9M6/N2BB (OC-088), BV2KI (AS-155), BV0WPX (AS-020), BV9A (AS-103), E51MQT, EY8MM, HK3W, J39A, KG4HF, W1AW/KH2, W1AW/KH6, W1AW/KH0, PJ2/K2PLF, V25WY, V4/K5WA, VA1SEA, VA2WDQ, VA3NQ, VA6SP, VA7CRZ, VE1JF, VE2JCW, VE3BZ, VE4DXP, VE7BV, VK9AN (OC-002), VP2MQT (NA-103), VY2/K5WA, W1AW/1, W1AW/2, W1AW/3, W1AW/4, W1AW/5, W1AW/7, W1AW/8, W1AW/0, XL3A and XR0YS (SA-001) S2, BANGLADESH. Juris, YL2GM, will lead a team of operators to be active as S21GM and S21KW from Bangladesh between March 15-27th. The S21GM call- sign will be used in the first half of their DXpedition, and S21KW during the second half. This is caused by the specifics of the regulations in Bangladesh, and not because they want more duplicated QSOs in the log. They state, "Please do not attempt to make QSOs with both of these call- signs on the same bands and modes. Please treat both callsigns as one, thus giving other fellow HAMs better chance to make their QSO with us, potentially All Time New One (ATNO)." Operators mentioned are Juris/YL2GM, Valery/YL3CW, Jack/YL2KA, Kaspars/YL3AIW, Dmitry/UT7UJ, Oleg/US7UX, Sasha/UT7UV, Andrey/UX1UF, Syed/S21ED, Anup/S21TV and possibly two other operators. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1826.5/1821, 3526, 7019, 10119, 14029, 18086, 21029, 24904 and 28029 SSB - 3795, 7100, 14190, 18140, 21290, 24940 and 28490 RTTY - 3583, 7043, 10136, 14083, 18103, 21083, 24923 and 28083 kHz QSX CW up 2 (160m dwn 2, JA 1810 - 1820). QSX SSB/RTTY up 5. QSL via YL2GN, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS (for direct or Bureau) or E-mail requests via . A full LoTW upload will be done in 3 months time after the end of their trip. For more details and updates, see: http://www.lral.lv/s21gm/index.html UA2, KALININGRAD. Members of the UA2 Contest Club will be active as RW2F during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Multi- Multi entry. QSL via RW2F, direct, by the Bureau or ClubLog's OQRS. V2, ANTIGUA. Bill, KG4ZXN, will be active as V21XN from Antigua Island (NA-100) sometime in July. Activity is as follows per Bill: "This is a holiday style activation to Antigua. I will be located in the southeast end of the island. My priorities for the trip are my wife, cigars, rum, sun shine and some radio. Not always in that order and sometimes all together.... As for actual operating plan, I will be attempting multiple bands and modes. If you hear me on CW understand that this is a new mode to me and I am going to make mistakes. I will be on in the early hours of the morning while the XYL enjoys sleeping in and in the evenings, provided the rum punch has not taken its toll. Other times will be on a whim. Equipment will be primarily a FT857D, and a YouKits HB1B for some QRP CW work is also making the trip, with an end feed or Buddistick depending where my room is." QSL via his home callsign, direct, eQSL, QRZ or LoTW. VP2, MONTSERRAT. Charles, K1XX, will once again be active as VP2MMF from Montserrat Island (NA-103) between February 25th and March 5th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB. He also plans to be in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th). QSL via his home call- sign, direct or LoTW. VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS. Operators John/AF3K and Ross/W2TT will be active VP5/homecall from Turks and Caicos Island between March 23-30th. Activity will be vacation style except for operation in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26th) using the callsign VP5P as a Multi-2 entry. QSL VP5P and VP5/W2TT via W2TT, direct or LoTW. QSL VP5/AF3K via LoTW. VP9, BERMUDA. Kurt, W6PH, will once again be active as VP9/W6PH for the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Single-Op/All- Band/Low-Power entry. QSL only direct to his home callsign W6PH. XT2, BURKINA FASO. YL Elvira, IV3FSG, will be active as XT2SE from the city of Ouagadouga between February 17th and March 13th. Activity will be limited to her spare time on 80-10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK31. She is there working on a project for the Informatici Senza Frontiere ONLUS. QSL via IK3GES. ZA, ALBANIA. Operators Kees/PE1KL, Lennart/PD5LKM and YL Lisa/PA2LS will be active as ZA/PA2LS from Albania between March 22-29th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters as well as 6m and 2m using CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY. They will also be in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26th). QSL via PA2LS, direct or by the Bureau. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS (Update/Change). Operators Dan/N6MJ and John/K6AM will be active as ZF1A (not ZF2ZJ as first announced) on Grand Cayman Islands (NA-016) during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 18-19th) as a Multi-Single/All-Band/High-Power entry. Look for activity outside of the contest on 160-10 meters including 30/17/12 meters. QSL via K6AM, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Colin, G4CWH, will once again be active as ZF2CA from the ZF1A club station on Grand Cayman Islands (NA-016) between March 9-13th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB. His activity will also include an entry in the 80th 2017 BERU (British Common- wealth) Contest (March 11-12th). QSL via his home callsign direct. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 18-19th, 2017) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2017 ARRL 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/adxc2017.html (By callsign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxcd2017.html (By entity) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC Class QSL Callsign Entity Route ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3V8SS Tunisia SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via LX1NO 4M1K Venezuela SOSB OH0XX 5J0NA San Andres & Providencia LW9EOC 6Y2T Jamaica SOAB HP VE3DZ 8P1W Barbados SOAB LP KU9C 8P5A Barbados SOAB HP LoTW AH2R Guam M/? LoTW C6AKQ Bahamas SOSB 80M N4BP C6ARU Bahamas SOSB 20M N4UM C6AUM Bahamas SOSB 40M K4RUM CO8ZZ Cuba M/S D4C Cape Verde Island SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via IK2NCJ(B)/MCC (d) E51DWC South Cook Island HP OK1DWC FS/F8AAN St Martin F8AAN (d/C) HC1WBT Ecuador SO LP W0OR IS0/OM8A Sardinia SOAB HP OM2VL KG4ZK Guantanamo W4ZYT KH6LC Hawaii M/M WA6WPG KH7Q Hawaii SOAB KH7Q(d); AH6NF (d) LY4A Lithuania M/2 LoTW NP2N US Virgin Islands M/2 LoTW NP2P US Virgin Islands SO LoTW NP2X US Virgin Islands M/? LoTW NP3A Puerto Rico SOAB LP WD8CW NP3X Puerto Rico SOAB LP EB7DX P40L Aruba M/S WA3FRP P40R Aruba M/2 LoTW P40W Aruba SOAB LoTW; QSL via N2MM (d) PJ4X Bonaire M/? PJ6T St Eustatius & Saba LoTW; QSL via NM1Y (d) PJ7AA Sint Maarten SO LoTW; QSL via AA9A RW2F Kaliningrad M/M (d) TI6/HA5X Costa Rica SO HA5XA TI5W Costa Rica SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via W4FS TO1A French Guiana SOSB 15M F5HRY TO7A Martinique SO HP UT5UGR V3M Belize M/S (C); QSL via W0MU V3T Belize M/S LoTW; QSL via WC0W V43Z St Kitts & Nevis SOAB QSL via V31JZ/p Belize SOAB LP NN7A; QSL via (B/d) VP2M(??) Montserrat M/S By AI2N N2ZN WJ2O VP5K Turks & Caicos M/? LoTW; QSL via K0PC & (C) VP5M Turks & Caicos SO LP K4QPL VP9/W6PH Bermuda SOAB LP W6PH (d) YN2NB Nicaragua SOAB N1SNB WP3C Puerto Rico M/S W3HNK WP3R Puerto Rico W3HNK ZF9CW Cayman Islands K5GO ZF1A Cayman Islands M/S K6AM ZL3X New Zealand M/S LoTW (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Help: Subscribe: Unsubscribe: OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: OR OR Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Feb 26 12:39:00 2017 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 12:39:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1306 Message-ID: <915015.43016.bm@smtp112.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1306 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1306 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1306 BID: $OPDX.1306 February 27, 2017 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, N1ZZZ, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K5GS, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, DL1SBF, DL2AAZ, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, EI9FBB, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, GW0ANA, HK3W, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, JA1XGI, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer & ISWL, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE7TK 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, 19th/February, through Sunday, 26th/February there were 233 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FO/a, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, 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, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T31, T5, 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, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS, ZS8 * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 60 METERS NEWS (QSOs Not Valid). Francisco "Siso" Hennessey, HK3W, ARRL DXCC Card Checker, reports the following [edited]: Operation on the 60 meter band is not allowed in Colombia (5J, 5K, HJ, HK), as well as San Andr?s Island (5J0, 5K0, HJ0, HK0). There's no permit to use that band by any Ham Radio station transmitting from Colombia or San Andr?s. The Colombian Authorities have never issued the permit to use that band. There are few DX Bulletins announcing 60 meter band operations from San Andr?s, and it is forbidden by Colombian Law. Please take note that if someone transmits on that band, it will be illegal and not valid. 7P8, LESOTHO (Update/QRT). Gene, K5GS, sent out the following press release on February 22nd, for Pista, HA5AO, who was active as 7P8EUDXF from Lesotho for humanitarian purposes during the month of February [edited]: Pista, HA5AO, is operating from the Molangoane Lodge, near Ha Ntsi. The lodge is located on a plateau with no high mountains nearby. The take off to the N and NW it is clear. The NE to JA is slightly blocked by a mountain, but it is far enough away to not cause too much of a problem. He is using a K3 with KPA 500. The antenna is a wire vertical on a 10 meter fiberglass pole with a remote controlled SGC 250 auto tuner. There are 12 x 10.5 meter radials with a copper ground rod. It can be tuned from 80 to 10 m, sorry no TB capability this trip due to high noise levels. The noise is s6 s9 on the low bands making the copy impossible and s3 s5 on the higher bands where copy is difficult. RFI is not a problem, at least no complaints from the lodge management. He received a Busted call request claiming QSOs on 20th February between 15:10 and 16:27. He was not operating at that time, probably a pirate. He is operating in his free time from the orphanage project. The last operating time will be this Saturday morning when he will disassemble the station. He departs for Budapest on Sunday morning. The log is at: http://ha5ao.com Logsearch & OQRS 8P, BARBADOS. Tom, W2SC, will once again be active as 8P5A during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as Single-Op/All-Band/ High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to NN1N. 9N, NEPAL (Update). Dave, EI9FBB, sent the following update on February 21st: In just 2 weeks from now, 12 members from the EI DX Group will begin their travels to Nepal for their 10 day operation from the hills high above Kathmandu. The 9N7EI team reports that they have located a different QTH which has truly spectacular views in all directions. Sited at over 6,000' above sea level, "we now have the clear path we were looking for towards NA/EU." The team is delighted to announce that their requested 9N7 'Echo India' callsign is confirmed and our licenses have now been issued. The packing of over half a ton of equipment has already begun with final plans being well underway. For more information, photos and latest news please visit their Web page at: https://9n7ei.com C3, ANDORRA. Members of the "Andorran Amateur Radio Union (URA)" will once again be active as C37NL during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via C37NL, C37URA, by the Bureau or LoTW. EA9, CEUTA AND MELILLA. Nobu, JA0JHQ, Nobu, will be active as EA9/JA0JHQ from Melilla between March 20-21st. Activity will be on mainly on 17/15 meters, possibly 40/30 meters, on CW and RTTY, using a TS-480HX (w/100w) into a Micro-vertical (2.5m pole on the balcony). Log will be posted to ClubLog daily. QSL via JA0JHQ, direct, by the Bureau and LoTW (after his return). For more details and updates, see: http://pandasan.jimdo.com ER, MOLDOVA. Members of the Radio Club Beskidzki (SP9KAT) from Bielsko- Biala, Poland, are organizing the next low budget DXpedition to the Republic of Moldova between April 23-28th. After their successful ex- peditions to Crete (SX9PL) in 2015 and Georgia (4L9PL) in 2016, the SP9KAT DX Team plans to be active as ER0PL from Donici (a small place where the village people still live as they did 50-100 years ago in most of Europe). They will also sign ER0PL/P and ER0PL/M from such places as: Soroca by the Dniester River, Movila Magura (SOTA), Old Orhei, Milestii Mici and Gagauzia. This will be a holiday style DXpedition as well as the operators soaking up the local unique atmosphere lost in time, relaxing and trying some good Moldavian wines. Operators mentioned are Mirek/SP9ONC, Jacek/SP9OUV, Darek/SP9ETE, Mateusz/SQ9IWS, Tomasz/SP9NLT, Waldemar/SQ9OUK, Marcin/SQ9ITA and Rafal/SQ9MCI. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. Quite a lot of equipment will go by mini- bus to the Republic of Moldova (approx. 1200 km from Bielsko-Biala, Poland). They will have three transceivers (including QRP), rechargeable batteries. Antennas include: Delta by MOPLK, home made Yagi 14-28 MHz, Rybakov, Mini-Delta, Dipole for 80 meters band and tested mobile antenna "Screwdriver RIG-9" type by SP9RIG. QSL via SP9KAT, by the Bureau or direct. Look for ClubLog to be used, but not LoTW. FG, GUADELOUPE. Reiner, DL2AAZ, will once again be active as FG/DL2AAZ near Saint Rose (WW Loc. FK96di), on the Island Basse Terre (NA-102), between May 22nd and June 7th. Activity will be holiday style (3-4 hours a day) on 30-10 meters using CW and SSB, with a IC-706MK2G and small 300W-PA, into 2x GP-antennas. QSL via his home callsign, direct (NO IRCs) or by the Bureau. GT4, ISLE OF MAN. Members of Barry Amateur Radio Society (BARS) will be going on a "Holiday Style Club DXpedition" to the Isle of Man (GD) between April 15-22nd. The callsign will be GT4BRS. QSL via Manager DJ6OI. The BARS team operators are as follows: Glyn/GW0ANA, Phil/MW0DHF, Ja/DJ8NK, Franz/DL9GFB, Dr. Markus/DL9RCF, Thomas/MW0REN (DJ6OI) and Alois/DL8RBL. Activity will be on CW, SSB, RTTY and JT65. They also plan to have some activity on Top Band (160m) and a special efforts on 5 MHz (60m) to the West Coast of the USA (CW, JT65 and SSB) for an ATNO on 60 meters. Visit BARS Web page at: http://www.bars.btik.com IOTA NEWS.............. AN-017. (Update) Francois, F4HLT, is now active as FT3YL from the Dumont d'Urville Station Terre Ad?lie, Petrels Island, in the Antarctica. 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. Currently, he is only active on JT65, but will try to be active also on PSK31 and SSB later. He is mainly active between 0900-1100z after his work duties. Radio will be an Icom IC-706 trans- ceiver with an ACOM 1010 Amp into GPA 30 antenna. QSL via F6KPQ or ClubLog (OQRS will be available in a few weeks). LoTW will be available soon. For more details, see: https://f4hlt.wordpress.com AS-013. Members of the Frankfurt Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club (LARC) and the OV F44 Frankfurt (DL0DLH) will team-up to activate Himandhoo Island, Maldives, as 8Q7LH between March 2-9th. Activity will be on various HF bands. Operator mentioned are Bernd/DK7TF, Bernd/DL1FF, Jurgen/DH6ICE, Chris/DK2CL and Zik/DK8ZZ. QSL via DK8ZZ direct or ClubLog's OQRS for Bureau QSL or direct. PLEASE NOTE: This is a re-issued callsign. QSL 8Q7LH (for 2001 QSOs) goes via DL1LH. EU-120. (Update) Operators Jef/DD2CW, Steve/MW0ZZK, Cis/ON6LY, Cel/ ON6UQ and Dirk/ON3UN will be active as G/DD2CW/P from the Island of Wight. Their main activity will be in the RSGB IOTA Contest signing GB9IOW as a Multi-Op/Island entry. QSL via ON3UN. NA-057. Dave, VE3VSM, will once again be active as VE3VSM/HR9 from Roatan Island between February 28th and March 5th. Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters using CW and SSB, including the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th). He will be using 100 watts this time (not QRP). QSL via his home call- sign or LoTW. OC-128. Dale, KE0BRZ, will be active as DU1/KE0BRZ from Palawan Island between August 18-22nd. Activity will be holiday style and mainly on 20 meters QRP using SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct, LoTW or eQSL. OC-216. Craig, VK5CE, will be active as VK5CE/9 from Ashmore Reef sometime early November (possibly for 4 days between November 6-12th). Activity will be mostly on 40/20 meters using SSB, with possibly some 17/15m. There will be some 30m PSK63. For more details and updates, watch the Web page at: https://ashmorereef.wordpress.com QSL via his home callsign, direct (see QRZ.com), by the Bureau (VERY SLOW) or ClubLog's OQRS. OC-230. Craig, VK5CE, will be active from from Rowley Shoals. Look for more details to be forthcoming. SA-028. Operators Francisco/PY2ALC, Lucas/PY2HP, Flavio/PU2KFL, Leandro/ PU2LEW, Willian/PY2XIZ and PY2GTA will be active as ZV2CV from Couves Island (DIB-SP022)between April 8-10th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10/2 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via PU2VCP, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. ISWL CALLSIGNS (For March). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of March 2017: GX4BJC/A - Operated from Stratton, in Cornwall, by Mike, M0SMJ, (/A WAB Square SS20 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). MX1SWL/A - Operated from Walton-on-the-Naze, in Essex, by Herbie, G6XOU, (/A WAB Square TM22 - 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. JW, SVALBARD. Kamil, SQ8KFH, is now active as JW/SQ8KFH from the Polish Polar Station at Hornsund, Svalbard (EU-026), until May 20th. Activity will be on 20 meters using SSB, PSK and RTTY. QSL via his home call- sign, by the Bureau or LoTW. JW, SVALBARD. Tom, OH6VDA/LA6VDA, will once again be active as JW6VDA from the JW5E club station in Longyearbyen (JQ78tf) on Spitsbergen Island (EU-026) between March 1-22nd. Activity will be on various HF bands using SSB. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, ClubLog's OQRS or QRZ.com log. NP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Yuriy, N2TTA, will once again be active from here as NP2P during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW. P2, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Haru, JA1XGI, will be active as P29VXG from Rapopo, New Britain Island (OC-008), between April 6-12th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters (no 30/17/12m) using CW, SSB and Digital modes. EU is his main focus on JT65. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. For more details and updates, see: http://island.geocities.jp/P29vacation P4, ARUBA. Robert, W5AJ, will once again be active as P40P for the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to W5AJ. NO BUREAU. P4, ARUBA. Andy, AE6Y, will be active as P49Y from the P40L-P49Y station at Pos Chiquito, Aruba (SA-036), during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Single-Op/All-band entry. QSL via AE6Y or LoTW. PH00, THE NETHERLANDS (Special Event). Operators Tonny/PD1TV and Henri/ PA4HM will activate the special callsign, PH00GEVEEN, during the annual "Wings and Wheels" event which is held at Hoogeveen Airfield between May 21st and June 6th. Activity will be on various HF bands using mostly on SSB, but PD1TV will also activate this callsign on JT65. On Acsensions Day (May 25th), operators will be active from the Hoogeveen Airfield. Their shack will be in the Dutch Barnstormers hangar. That day they will ONLY be active on 40 meters (SSB). QSL via the Bureau or direct to the address listed on QRZ.com. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (February 27th-March 5th)....... Feb/27th LN Mar/02nd LN Mar/04th HN Feb/28th LN Mar/03rd HN Mar/05th AN Mar/01st 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. Also, check out the VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html NEW!!! A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF.. (February 26th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4L/4X6TT via N4GNR (d/L) HC2AO via RC5A PY0F/PY2QI via PY2QI 4L/EA3HSO via N4GNR (d/L) HG5F via HA8GZ R2017WG via RQ7L 4O/RL3BX via RL3BX HG6C via HA6IAM R75IAS via R1AC 4V1TL via W3HNK HI7/IU4FMR via IU4FMR R80UPOL via RW3FS 4X/EA3HSO via N4GNR (d/L) II3CV via IK3HHX RD17WG via RQ7L 6E0C via XE1EE II3MNA via IQ3TS RG17WG via RQ7L 8J60JARE via JG2MLI II8POLE via IK8FIQ RJ17WG via RQ7L 9G1SD via AB0GC IR1ANT via I1HYW RL17WG via RQ7L AO3ANT via EA3EGB IR2XIR via 9A8MDC RN17WG via RQ7L AO4HAG via EA4GKV J28PJ via F1TMY RQ17WG via RQ7L CT7/OK4PA via OK4PA J43TR via SV3DCX (d/L) S21SM via OH6EAC (d) CT9/UA9CDC via G3SWH (d) JW2US via LA2US (O/L/e) T42A via RW6HS (d) CX/N3BNA via KA2AEV KC4/N2TA via RW1AI (d) TA4/OH2KW via OH2KW DM500RT via 2E0SDV (O/d/L) LM80REX via LA9VDA TI8/AA8HH via K8DV (d/L) E75C via E73Y LZ7D via LZ3RN & (L) TM14WAP via F8DHE ED8URT via EA8URT OF0RJ via OH0RJ TO3Z via F6HMQ EG1RIO via EA1WD OF8L via OH8LQ V3T via WC0W (L) EG1WAP via EA1GIB OR5T via ON4ALY V43Z via NP4Z EG5ANT via EA5KB PA2017BP via PA3EFR VY2/F4ARU via F4ARU EH5ANT via EC5JC (2017) PJ2/OE3GEA via OE3GEA XT2SE via IK3GES EH7PDL via EA7URA PJ4X via W1MD ZV8SA via PY8WW (d) EX2V via RW6HS (d) PJ7/OH2IS via OH2IS (O/L) ZV8V via ZV8V (L) G5W via G3BJ PJ7AA via AA9A (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 QSL REC'D VIA MANAGER. Rick, VE7TK, reports: "I just received a QSL for my 1999 QSO with EZ7ST via his manager UA9LM. It's a story unto itself and obtaining the card has taken months. It could not have been done without the help of many friends in Russia. Special thanks to Yevgeny (UA0CA) in Khabarovsk, Vlad (RA9JP) in Tyumen and, of course, UA9LM who still had the logs AND cards! Anyway, I just thought I'd share the info! Thanks for all your work on the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin." QSLS RECEIVED VIA LOTW: 3B8HC, 6V7S, 9A3KS, 9A5CW, 9Q6BB, 9X2CW, A31MM, C31LK, C31MF, DF5EF, DJ9JG, DM5BB, E20HHK, E51ADD, E51AMF, EA1AF, F5BZB, F6BWJ, FK8IK, HB9ICC, IT9BLB, J79XBI, OD5ZZ, OK2ZDL, ON6DP, PE2LZ, SV2DSJ, TI5W, TX5T, VE2BR and YI3WHR QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 7P8GOZ, EZ7ST, H74B, TM1CEZ, YJ0WW and YV1KK QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 2R0BRR, 3A/G5LP, 3B9C, 3D2GC, 5B4ATJ, 5R8SV, 8Q7EJ, 9G5XA, 9H/GM3NHQ, 9J2BO, 9M6/G3USR, 9X0NH, C4G, EA8/GU4YOX, EM75V, EO2012WZA, FM/KL7WA, FO/UT6UD, FP/M1BXF, G100RSGB, GB40HMSB, GB70DDAY, GB800MC, GD0OUD, GI2012MGY, GJ2A, GJ7LJJ (EU-013), GU3UOQ, GU0VPA, H44KW, J6/G0VJG, LZ18ARDF, LZ90IARU, LZ111RAEM, MD3YLX, MD0CCE, MJ0ASP (EU-013), MU0FAL, MU0RTI/P, MS0SCG (EU-123), ON75FOC (EU-018), P29NI (OC-258), PJ2/G3NKC, PJ4/G4IUF, S79K, SP100WTD, SV8/SV1EJD, T2GC, T32C, TF/G4IRN, V5/UT5UY, VK9X/G6AY, VP5/G3SWH and ZD8RH S2, BANGLADESH. Operators Anwar/S21L, Manjurul/S21AM, Aminul/S21D, Rezaul/ S21K, Tutul/S21RC, Sohel/S21S, and possibly others will be active as S21L during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via S21l by the Bureau. S2, BANGLADESH (Update to OPDX.1305). The following operators/team members, from the upcoming S21GM and S21KW from Bangladesh DXpedition (March 15-27th), have been announced to be active during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26th) as a Multi-? entry and using the callsign S21KW. Operators mentioned are Juris/YL2GM, Valery/YL3CW, Jack/YL2KA, Ingus/YL2TW, Dmitry/ UT7UJ, Oleg/US7UX, Sasha/UT7UV, Andrey/UX1UF and Kaspars/YL1ZF. QSL via YL2GN, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS (for direct or Bureau) or E-mail requests via . A full LoTW upload will be done in 3 months time after the end of their trip. For more details and updates, see: http://www.lral.lv/s21gm/index.html TI5, COSTA RICA. Operators Robert/W4BW, Alex/W4XO, Keith/W4KTR, Juan Carlos/ TI2JCY, Carlos/TI2KAC, Adrian/TI2LCO and Mauricio/TI4ZM will be active as TI5M from Alajuela during then ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via TI2KAC, direct or by the Bureau. Look for U.S. operators to be active before the contest signing TI5/homecall on 160-10 meters. QSL via their home callsigns. TI7, COSTA RICA. Matt, K0BBC, will be active as TI7/K0BBC from Las Villas del Guayabo between February 28th and March 7th. Activity will be on various HF bands including the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th). QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. UA2, KALININGRAD. Members of the UA2 Contest Club will be active as RW2F during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Multi- Multi entry. QSL via RW2F, direct, by the Bureau or ClubLog's OQRS. V2, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA. Alan, N3AD, will once again be active as V26M during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band entry. QSL via W3HNK. V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. Operators Rich/KE1B and Anna/W6NN will be active as V4/KE1B and V4/W6NN from St. Kitts and Nevis Islands (NA-104) between July 1-9th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters (including 30/17/12m), and all modes (CW/SSB/RTTY), using a K3S running 100 watts into a Buddipole antenna. They will also be in the IARU HF World Champion- ship Contest (July 8-9th) as V4/KE1B as a Multi-Single entry. If they have Internet access, they will probably upload logs to ClubLog daily. You can check your QSO status and request a QSL card via the Online QSL Request System (OQRS). Direct QSLs are via their home callsign (see QRZ.com for details). Also, by the Bureau, LoTW and eQSL. VP2V, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. Kevin, K6TOP, will once again be active as VP2V/K6TOP from Tortola, British Virgin Islands (NA-023), between now and March 3rd. Activity will be limited (family vacation) using an ICOM 706 MKII with 100 watts into a End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW) (for 40/30/20/17/15/10m). Operations will be CW almost exclusively. Operating hours are typically 0100-0300z and 1000-1200z due to family commitments. Kevin mentioned last time, "When the pileups get difficult, I listen to the edges, so please spread your calls out." QSLs via LoTW (preferred) or NR6M. NO Bureau cards. Log will be uploaded to LoTW and ClubLog upon return. VP2V, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. Bill, K2WH, will be active as VP2V/K2WH from Tortola, British Virgin Islands, between March 4-10th. He states that he will be aboard the sailboat "Magic Carpet" and to please work him and spot him. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. VP2V, BRITISH VIGRIN ISLANDS. Operators Art/N3DXX and Steven/AA7V will once again be active as VP2V/homecall from Virgin Gorda (Tortola) between November 23-29th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB. They will also be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. Contest callsign has not be announced (it will probably be VP2V/AA7V). QSL VP2V/N3DXX and VP2V/AA7V via NR6M. NO BUREAU CARDS OR CARDS SENT TO HOME ADDRESSES. THEY WILL NOT BE ANSWERED!! VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Glenn, W0GJ, will be active as VP5H from Providenciales Island (NA-002, WLOTA 2003) during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 4-5th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via W0CG. Look before and after the contest because he will probably be active as VP5/homecall. QSL via his home callsigns and LoTW. NO Bureau at Turks & Caicos (QSLs will be tossed!). VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Operators Jim/K3NK and Joe/W3HNK will be active as VP5/K3NK and VP5/W3HNK, respectively, from Providenciales Island (NA-002, WLOTA 2003) between April 11-18th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL VP5/K3NK via W3HNK, ClubLog or LoTW. QSL VP5/W3HNK via W3HNK. VQ9, CHAGOS. Jeremy, N1ZZZ, will once again try to be active as VQ9ZZ from Diego Garcia (AF-006) sometime between late April and mid-June (subject to change). He was there in December, but did not operate and states, "I have renewed my VQ9ZZ license, but since the club shack is gone, I didn't get to work from the island this trip. I am hoping to bring the proper equipment for some 'field day' style operating in April 2017.... The club station (VQ9X) has dismantled a few years ago, so the few of us left to operate there have to bring portable set ups ashore which makes for challenging operating conditions, especially with the bands such as they are." He informs OPDX that he will operate this time on 20/17 meters, SSB and various low power Digital modes using a Icom IC-7100 transceiver with wire vertical antenna. There may be some oper- ations as VQ9ZZ/MM (not for DXCC credit) from the ship when underway using same modes/bands and better antenna. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. ZF2, CAYMAN ISLANDS (Update). Operators Royce/KE5TC (ZF2TC) and Fred/K5QBX (ZF2FL) will be operating daily from Grand Cayman Island between March 21-26th. They state, "We will be operating SSB, CW, and Digital various hours of the day and welcome DX style contacts or ragchew style as well." 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