From kb8nw at hotmail.com Sun Feb 3 11:10:06 2019 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta) Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2019 16:10:06 +0000 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1401 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1401 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1401 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1401 BID: $OPDX.1401 February 4, 2019 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters Network, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, AA4NC, N6YEU, WB6RSE, K8GI, K8YSE, KU8X, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, Co8ZZ, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, E21EIC, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, IK4RQJ, IK7JWY, LA4LN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PP2BT, Sixitalia Weekly, and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information. *** IMPORTANT NOTE FROM EDITOR (Update): The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 27th/January, through Sunday, 3rd/February there were 216 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, JA, 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, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XZ, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3B9, RODRIGUEZ ISLAND. As this was being written, Vlad, UA4WHX, was active as 3B8VB from Rodriguez Island (AF-017). As always, the length of his stay is unknown. Look for activity to be on 40/30/20/17 meters using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via UA4WHX. 3Y0I BOUVET DXPEDITION NEWS. Nothing was posted on any of the 3Y0I media Web pages this past week. The DX community continues to be anxious for this DXpedition to take place. Nothing else to report this week and no other details. Departure dates are still not known. It is still a mystery... If things change, we will send out a special bulletin. Remember, it takes 12 days to get to Bouvet from South Africa, and they plan to stay on the island for at least 2 weeks if the weather cooperates. The 3Y0I DXpedition's band plan ? frequencies (160-6m) and modes (CW/SSB/ FT8) can be found at: https://www.rebeldxgroup.com https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-bandplan QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (preferred), LoTW or via 3Z9DX. For more details and updates, we suggest to watch the following Web pages: https://bouvetoya.org https://www.rebeldxgroup.com http://jouban.jp/3y0i_ja (For JA stations) https://www.facebook.com/bouvetoya.org https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup https://twitter.com/Bouvetoyaorg 5X, UGANDA (Callsign Update from OPDX.1400). The Italian Dxpedition Team (IDT) will be using the following callsigns for their DXpedition to Uganda between March 13-25th: 5X3C (not 5X0T) for CW,SSB and RTTY 5X3E (not 5X0X) for FT8 QSL via I2YSB, direct, OQRS or LoTW. For more details on the IDT team and an online survey for "needs/wants", see their Web page at: http://www.i2ysb.com/idt 7P, LESOTHO (Update). The 7P8LB Team is now well established as they near their departure date in a few weeks time. Operators Svein/LA3BO, Piotr/LA7RRA, Rune/LA7THA (Team Leader), Arne/LA7WCA, Svein Jarle/LA9KKA, Thor/LA9VPA, Harald/LB2HG, Chris/OE5CWO and Phillipp/OE7PGI will be active as 7P8LB from Molengoane Lodge (WW Loc. KG30VO), Lesotho, between March 8-16th. They plan to have 2-3 stations running 24/7 on all HF bands using CW, SSB, with the focus on low bands and FT8. QSL Manager is Charles, M0OXO. QSL is via M0OXO's OQRS: https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/logsearch.php Logsearch can be found on Clublog: https://clublog.org/logsearch/7P8LB Not in log: Use the busted callsign facility on the OQRS page. For more details and updates, see: http://www.la9vpa.com/7p8lb/index.html 8P, BARBADOS. Tom, W2SC, will once again be active as 8P5A during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as Single-Op/All-Band/ High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to HA1AG. A5, BHUTAN. Look for A5A to be activate again between February 27th and March 9th. Zorro/JH1AJT (A5A), will travel to Bhutan with Franz/DJ9ZB (A52ZB) and Champ/E21EIC (A52IC). The main purpose for Zorro is to meet with the Foreign Ministry to continue discussions on outcomes and progress on their collaborative project for the youth development program SEISA working for BOC. He will also meet the official of the Ministry of Health, sports federations, BOC Olympic and Paralympic committees (also col- laboration of sports, education and medical issues). Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. The team will focus on 160 meters FT8. Suggested FT8 Frequencies/Modes are: 160M : 1840 QSX 1908 for JA (FT8 normal mode) 80M : 3567 DXpedition mode 17M : 18095 DXpedition mode 40M : 7056 DXpedition mode 15M : 21091 DXpedition mode 30M : 10131 DXpedition mode 12M : 24911 DXpedition mode 20M : 14090 DXpedition mode 10M : 28091 DXpedition mode QSL via JH1AJT: P.O. Box 8, Oiso, Naka-gun, KANAGAWA 255-0003, Japan OQRS will be available at ClubLog after Zorro's return to Japan. Support FGC ? Foundation for Global Children: http://www.fgc.or.jp/english C6, BAHAMAS. Operators Michael/KN4EEI, Michael/N6MZ and George/AA7JV are now active as C6AGU from Water Cay (NA-001) until Feb. 18. Activity will be mainly on 160/80/40 meters using mostly CW and FT8. QSL via HA7RY. CT3, MADEIRA. Henning, OZ1BII/OZ2I, will be active as CT9ABR from Porto Moniz during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. He will be on the island between February 14-17th. Activity outside of the contest, he will sign CT3/OU2I and will only be CW only on the WARC-79 bands. QSL via OZ2I, direct or by the Bureau. Watch the following Web page for updates: https://sites.google.com/view/oz2i-oz1bii/news DAY-XENIA NEWS (Dayton CTU Update - WX6SWW and 2019 Course List posted). Tim, K3LR, announced [edited]: I am pleased to announce that Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW, has joined the faculty for our 2019 Contest University in Dayton this coming May. Dr. Skov will speak about Cycle 25 forecasting in the morning and she will lead a small group discussion about Space Weather in the afternoon. Tamitha is a regular part of the popular Ham Nation show on Wednesday's. Here is her latest Space Weather update from Ham Nation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDPdyxfNWdA You can learn more about WX6SWW here: http://spaceweatherwoman.com The 2019 Course Outline is now posted on the Contest University Website: https://www.contestuniversity.com/course-outline DXCC'S MOST WANTED (ClubLog). The "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of January 29th. The list contain 340 entities and here are the top 10 entities: 1. P5 DPRK (North Korea) 6. BV9P Pratas Island 2. 3Y/B Bouvet Island 7. KH7K Kure Island 3. FT5/W Crozet Island 8. KH3 Johnston Island 4. CE0X San Felix Islands 9. FT5/X Kerguelen Island 5. BS7H Scarborough Reef 10. 3Y/P PETER 1 ISLAND Four changes this month. San Felix Islands (CE0X) and Scarborough Reef (BS7H) switched places in the 4th to 5th position. Kerguelen Island (FT5/X) moved from the 10th to the 9th, and Macquarie Island (VK0M) dropped to 11th and Peter 1 Island (3Y/P) moved to 10th. The complete "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Doug, W6HB, will once again be active as E51DLD from either Jim/E51JD or Bob/E51BQ's shack on Rarotonga Island (OC-013) between April 21-28th. Activity will be holiday style on 160-10 meters. QSL via his home callsign. FK, NEW CALEDONIA. Arnaud, JG1XMV, will once again be active as FK/JG1XMV from New Caledonia between February 23rd and March 10th. He will have his friend Yves, FK4RD, again with him. His activity will be from Grand Terre Island (OC-032), but may also visit Lifou (OC-033) and Mare (OC-033) islands during his stay. Operations will be on 40/20/17/15 meters SSB. QSL via home call direct, LoTW and eQSL. FY/TO2, FRENCH GUIANA. Hartwig, DL7BC, will once again be active as TO2BC from French Guiana between March 21st and April 2nd. He will be active during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st). Activity will be holiday style before and after the contest, and will probably be on 40-10 meters (possibly 80m) using a Kenwood TS590SG into a Spider- beam for 20-10m with WRTC-40m-extension and a Triple-Leg for 40m. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, Club's OQRS or LoTW. Watch his Web page for updates at: http://www.qslnet.de/dl7bc HH, HAITI. William, KO7SS, will be active as HH2AA from Radio Club D'Ha?ti in Obleon during the ARRL International DX 17 Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power/Assisted entry. He states, "Solar power remote operation." QSL via LoTW only. IOTA NEWS.............. AF-019. Members of the ARI Modena will be active as IG9MO from Lampedusa Island (IIA G001, WLOTA N. 2312, WAIP AG) between March 28th and April 2nd. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and other Digital modes. They plan to be in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st). QSL via info on QRZ.com. AF-118. (New IOTA) Toufelaz, CN8QY, is planning to lead a team to activate Los Farallones Island, Morocco, between July 25-30th. Callsign will be 5C9A. Operators mentioned are Zidane/CN8CE, Toufelaz/CN8QY, Hamid/CN8HDZ, CN8PA/CN8PA, Ferti/CN8RAH, Leopoldo/I8LWL, Bruno/IK2PZG, Simon/IZ7ATN, Col/MM0NDX and possibly 1-2 more. They are looking for support. Details are on QRZ.com. OC-016. Jim, WB2TJO, will once again be active as 3D2JS from Taveuni Island, Fiji, between early February and March 10th. Activity will be on 40-15 meters using mainly CW, but also SSB and the Digital modes. The rig will be an ICOM 706 MK IIG with an MFJ 971 manual tuner. QSL via his home callsign. OC-150. Members of ORARI Lokal Lombok Timur Club Station, YB9ZGD, will be active from Lombok Island, Indonesia, during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st) as a Multi-Single entry. Team leader as Ahbab/YB9JA and supported by Adi/YB9GV. QSL via YB9ZGD, direct, eQSL or ClubLog. OC-183/ Operators Andy/VK6MAV and Vlad/ER1PP will be active as VK5MAV/6 OC-211. from both Houtman Abrolhos Island (OC-211) and Favorite Island (OC-183) between April 15-25th but it's not final; it depends on Vlad's visa conditions and international flight's avail- ability. Also third party's interests and plans are involved. For more details and updates, watch: http://vk5mav.wixsite.com/dxpedition/next-expedition PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new have decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX, and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin...... J3, GRENADA. Peter, G4HSO, will be active as J3/G4HSO from Grenada (NA-024) between February 4-16th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using mainly CW. QSL via G4HSO by the Bureau, direct to EA5GL, ClubLog or LoTW. KH2, GUAM. Yoshi, JE2EHP, is about to go QRT as K1HP/KH2 from Guam. He will be there until February 4th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via JE2EHP, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. OX, GREENLAND. Nils, SM3UQK, will be active as OX/SE3A from Ilulissat on the west cost between February 9-21st. Ilulissat is one of the "bigger" communities on Greenland, with around 4500 inhabitants. Activity will be on 40/20 meters running portable with a Yaesu FT-857D and a Buddistick? Portable Multi-Band Vertical Antenna. He "may" also be active using an Icom IC-7300 and endfeed multiband antenna. QSL via SM3UQK, direct or by the Bureau. P29, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (Cancelled). Operators Derek/G3KHZ, Hans/SM6CVX and Eddy/K5WQG, who were going to activate two IOTA islands as P29VCX and P29NI in the coming weeks, have announced their activity from OC-025 and OC-153 are cancelled "due to security issues". PJ4, BONAIRE (Reminder). Operators Fred/WW4LL and Mike/NN9DD will be active as PJ4/WW4LL and PJ4/NN9DD, respectively, between February 4-10th. Activity will be on FT8, RTTY and SSB, on all bands, and including the CQWW WPX RTTY Contest (February 9-10th) as PJ4Z. For paper QSLs, please QSL via K4BAI, but LoTW is the preferred method for all QSLs (PJ4Z, PJ4/WW4LL and PJ4/NN9DD). Log will be uploaded post contest. PJ5, ST. EUSTATIUS (Update). Fred, N6YEU, will be active as PJ5/N6YEU from St. Eustatius Island (NA-145, WW Loc. FK87ml) between February 12-18th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-15 meters (possibly 80m) using CW and SSB. No Digital modes. He plans to be in the ARRL Inter- national DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op entry. He will be running low-power into Inverted Vee dipoles. QSL via his home call- sign or LoTW. ADDED NOTE: Fred told OPDX that he is celebrating his "70th birthday on Feb.15th" and also celebrating his "30th year as a ham". Fred states, "It is a 'bucket list' item. This is my first DXpedition. I will be on the air as much as propagation will let me but also plan on playing 'tourist'." PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (February 4-10th)....... Feb/04th AN Feb/07th AN Feb/09th AN Feb/05th AN Feb/08th AN Feb/10th AN Feb/06th 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 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites: * VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html * DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation * A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm * SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net * Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at: http://sunspotwatch.com * Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation * Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html * Realtime propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk * Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Operators Jose/PU0FDN, Renner/PY7RP and Ville/ PY2ZEA/OH2MM will be active as PY0F during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-2 entry. The team will be on the island between February 13-18th. Activity outside of the contest will be mostly on the low bands (testing new RX system by RemoteQTH), maybe some 60m activity on CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via PY7RP direct or ClubLog's OQRS. All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW. For more details and updates, see: https://py0f.wordpress.com QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3B9VB via UA4WHX EA9/DL2JRM via DL2JRM SN150EL via SP1KRF 3W1T via XV1X (d) HB0/DL5SE via DL5SE SN5B via SP5SSB 6O1OO via (**) HB90BRU via HB9BRU & (e) TM39PVJ via F8GGZ 9M2MRS via PA0RRS & (L/C) J42L via SV2DCD UE76MS via UE76MS (O) C6A/DD0VR via DD0VR K1HP/KH2 via JE2EHP & (L) V31UX via IK0FUX & (L) DA0DIG via DH1PAL K5C via W5NAC & (L) VE3/IU7FBC via IU7FBC & (L) DF13DEJU via DM2TO KH6/G4KHG via KH6/G4KHG (L) WA4DT/HR9 via WA4DT (d) DL70AFUG via DM4EAX & (L) LZ391MW via LZ1KCP ZS2/DL5DSM via DL5DSM DR1D via DL3KODL3KO OS8A via ON8VK EA5/LA2PC via LA2PC RA76SK via UC4A (**) 6O1OO: Ali Solhjoo, c/o Dr. de Vivanco, Schnackenburgstrasse 3, 12159 Berlin, Germany (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed (I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://clublog.org/logsearch/FO/OK2ZI https://clublog.org/logsearch/PJ4P QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5R8UM (AF-057), 9LY1JM, 9M2MRS, DH3KM, DL1HUF, E51DWC, E73DN, EP6RRC (AS-189), ER2OZ, G4ZOB, J68GU, J73HGL, JJ2LPV, OH0Z, OM5CD, ON8ZA, UR6IM, Z68M and ZP5DBC QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5W0GC, C31CT, C37AC, FK8IK, J8NY, SV2ASP/A, TZ4AM, VU2GSM and YJ0GC QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 5R8IC, C8X, R71RRC, and XV9DLH --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... T40, CUBA (Special Event). Members of the Federaci?n de Radioaficionados de Cuba (FRC) in Las Tunas Province and the Grupo DX de Cuba (GDXC) will be active with the callsign T40SC between February 4-10th. Activity is to celebrate the Baseball Caribbean Series in Panama, where Las Tunas Base- ball team will be competing representing Cuba. Activity will be on all HF bands, depending on propagation and operators' free time, using CW, SSB and FT8. A special certificate will be awarded to those who work T40SC at leaston 4 bands, no matter the mode. More information is on CO8ZZ's personal blog (https://xavian2016.cubava.cu/) and the FRC's Web site (https://www.frcuba.cu/). V3, BELIZE. George, W2AIV, will be active as V31GF from Belize between February 23rd and March 2nd. Activity will be on 40/20/15/10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via LoTW. VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Mario, 3A2NY/W4HBW/I2HBW, is once again active as VP5VMA from Providenciales Island (NA-002) until February 28th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using mostly SSB. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS. XV9, VIETNAM (Reminder). Operators Bogdan/SP2FUD and Zenon/SP2GCJ will be active as XV9FUD and XV9ZT, respectively, from Vietnam, between February 5-18th. Activity will be on various HF bands and modes. QSL via their home callsigns. YS, EL SALVADOR. Will, AA4NC, will be active as YS1/AA4NC from San Salvador between February 13-20th. Activity will be all HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and even FT8 (if he has to!). He plans to be in the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. 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The weekly bulletin (issue #) is also posted (from the OPDX Web page URL) on the NODXA FaceBook [https://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation/] and Twitter [https://twitter.com/kb8nw_opdx]....... 73 de Tedd KB8NW 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: (kb8nw at arrl.net) or (kb8nw at hotmail.com) 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: or 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 hotmail.com Sun Feb 10 11:10:05 2019 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta) Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 16:10:05 +0000 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1402 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1402 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1402 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1402 BID: $OPDX.1402 February 11, 2019 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters Network, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, AA4NC, K5GS, WB6RSE, N7NG, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, CO8ZZ, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, EA9LZ, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OH2BH, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PG5M, RW6HS, Sixitalia Weekly, and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information. *** IMPORTANT NOTE FROM EDITOR (Update): The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 3rd/February, through Sunday, 10th/February there were 209 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, 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, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T31, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XZ, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3B8, MAURITIUS. Nigel, G3TXF, will once again be active as 3B8XF from Mauritius (AF-049) during the 2019 Commonwealth Contest (BERU) [March 9-10th]. QSL via G3TXF or ClubLog's OQRS (for both Bureau or direct QSLs). DO NOT SEND QSLS THROUGH THE BUREAU. 3W, VIETNAM. Toby, JE1STF/JH5ORO (A65CJ), will be active as 3W9CJ from Hoi An, Vietnam, between February 11-15th. Activity will be holiday style on 160/80/40/30/20/17/10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Watch the evenings. QSL info to be announced. 3Y0I BOUVET DXPEDITION NEWS. Again nothing has been posted on any of the 3Y0I media Web pages during the past two weeks. It has been very quiet. The DX community continues to be anxious for this DXpedition to take place. Nothing else to report this week and no other details. Departure dates are still not known. It is still a mystery... If things change, we will send out a special bulletin. Remember, it takes 12 days to get to Bouvet from South Africa, and they plan to stay on the island for at least 2 weeks if the weather cooperates. The 3Y0I DXpedition's band plan ? frequencies (160-6m) and modes (CW/SSB/FT8) can be found at: https://www.rebeldxgroup.com https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-bandplan QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (preferred), LoTW or via 3Z9DX. For more details and updates, we suggest to watch the following Web pages: https://bouvetoya.org https://www.rebeldxgroup.com http://jouban.jp/3y0i_ja (For JA stations) https://www.facebook.com/bouvetoya.org https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup https://twitter.com/Bouvetoyaorg 4U0, AUSTRIA. Members of the International Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (ARCDXC) [4U1A] will be active with special callsign 4U0R from the Vienna International Center, Austria, for the "World Radio Day" (February 13th) until February 28th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via UA3DX, direct, by the Bureau or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details, see: http://www.cqdx.ru/4u1a/4u0r This station counts as Austria for DXCC purposes. 6W, SENEGAL (Update). Willy, ON4AVT, will once again be active as 6W7/ON4AVT from Mbour, Senegal, between February 20th and March 30th, 2019. Activity will be on 40/20/10 meters using CW, SSB, PSK31 and PSK63. Willy has received the news that the 60 meter band is OK to use from Senegal. It's also possible, he says, that he will give FT8 a try from there. Equipment is a Yaesu FT891 transceiver into a Buddipole antenna. This time Willy will also take an end-fed for 3 bands (40/20/10m). QSL via his home callsign. 6Y, JAMAICA (Update). Neil, G0RNU, is now active as 6Y/G0RNU from the QTH of 6Y5NZ at St. Mary, Jamaica, until about February 26th. Activity will be on most days, on 80-6 meters depending on propagation and other activities. Look for more details on his operations/activities on his QRZ.com page. QSL via eQSL. AH2, GUAM. Operators Hajime/JO1RUR and Mikawa/JR7OMD will be active as AH2R during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via LoTW. C5, THE GAMBIA (In The Works). Don, G3XTT, reported this past week on the BERU Web page (https://berucontest.wordpress.com/)[edited]: Not finalized yet, but expecting to be on from the Gambia this year. PURA (licensing agency) have agreed my requested callsign C56DF, but have yet to actually issue the license. However, they assure me it will happen in good time..." Stay tuned for more details. EF9, CEUTA AND MELILLA. Jorge, EA9LZ, will be active as EF9Z from Ceuta during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single- Op entry. QSL via LoTW and EA5KB. FM, MARTINIQUE. Gerhard, OE3GEA, will be active as FM/OE3GEA from Le Robert, Martinique (NA-107), between February 11-18th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, with an Icom IC-706MKII transceiver, UL 404 dipole and Outbackers. QSL via OE3GEA, direct or by the Bureau. GM5, SCOTLAND. Operators Doug/GM0ELP, Phil/GM0LIR, Chris/GM3WOJ, John/ MM0CCC, Gordon/MM0GPZ and Paul/MM0ZBH will be active as GM5A from a por- table site near Muasdale on the southwest coast of Scotland during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-2 entry. They will be using verticals and VDAs right on the beach and hoping for not too windy or cold conditions as well as good RF condx. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-063/ Members of the Russian Robinson Club (RRC) activate two IOTAs AS-152. in the Khatanga Bay region during a two week period in July. Operators mentioned are Vasily/R7AA, Eugene/UA6EX and Leonid/ UA7A. They will operate from Popigay-Ary Island (AS-063) first, signing as R63RRC between July 24-28th. They will also operate from Bol?shoy Begichev Island (AS-152) signing as RQ73QQ between July 30th and August 2nd. Activity will be on 40-17 meters. QSL via R7AA (OQRS after expedition ? preferable), via the Bureau. For more details and updates, see: https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/r63rrc/en EU-192. (NEW IOTA) If you missed the special OPDX.1401.1 bulletin, operators Martti/OH2BH, Nigel/G3TXF, Niko/OH2GEK and Gerben/ PG5M are currently activating Inakari Island as OH10X until February 11th. Conditions are very cold with local temperatures on the island dropping to around -20C (-4F). Kataja/Inakari Island has been added to the list by the IOTA Committee in October 2018 as EU-192. The team travelled by snow mobiles several kilometers out over the frozen seas of the Bothnian Bay to set up camp on Inakari Island, using a Finnish abandoned fisherman's refuge. As Inakari Island is part of the Bothnian Bay National Park, the party needs to obey several related re- strictions, but they have been successful in dealing with them all. https://julkaisut.metsa.fi/assets/pdf/lp/Esitteet/peramerieng.pdf They will be running two stations simultaneously across 80-40- 30-20-17-15 meters, operating CW and SSB. QSL via PG5M and using ClubLog. Log search is available on ClubLog. They will provide daily posts on (www.dx.to) to keep you updated on progress and on the conditions on the island. NA-057. Dave, VE3VSM, will once again be active as VE3VSM/HR9 from Roatan Island between February 12-17th. Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters using mainly CW with possibly some SSB and RTTY, and an entry in the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th). QSL via his home callsign and LoTW. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new have decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX, and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin...... J6, ST. LUCIA. Operators Osiel/NG7E and Marc/NC7M are now active as J6/NG7E and J7/NC7M, respectively, until February 13th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Watch on FT8 using Fox/Hound around 7077 kHz. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau. KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Operators Tip/N4SIA and Carl/KP2L will be active as KG4AS and KG4SC, respectively from the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba club station between March 6-13th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, FT8 and possibly other digital modes. QSL via their home- calls. ADDED NOTE: Carl will be active on 60 meters (5357 kHz) on FT8. P29, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (Update). Last week we mentioned that operators Derek/G3KHZ, Hans/SM6CVX and Eddy/K5WQG, who were going to activate two IOTA islands as P29VCX and P29NI in the coming weeks, have announced their activity from OC-025 and OC-153 were cancelled and came to an abrupt end "due to security issues". Well more details came out this past week and Hans, SM6CVX, reported that they had been robbed, and all of their gear was taken. Logs are still intact for the QSOs (on OC-025) they made, and they will QSL once the cards are printed. Send QSL requests direct to Hans homecall or E-mail request (with PayPal for postage) to his E-mail address on QRZ.com. P4, ARUBA. By the time you read this, Ryan, W1CQ, should be active as P4/W1CQ from Noord, Aruba (SA-036), until February 15th. Activity will be on various HF bands using mainly SSB. He states that he will have a "Carry-On KW" with him. QSL via W1CQ, ClubLog and LoTW. P4, ARUBA. Operators Gerald/W1VE, Andrew/K2LE, David/N3RD, Bruce/AA5B and Ray/K9RS will be active as P40E from the Noord P49V QTH on Aruba (SA-036) during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL info TBA. PJ2, CURACAO. Operators Jeff/K1ZN, Chuck/AE4CW, David/AG4F, Nathan/K4NHW, Bill/KV4UD, Barclay/WT4BT, Robert/NF5F and David/VA7AM will be active as PJ2T from Curacao Island (SA-099, WLOTA LH-0942) at the Signal Point Station during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st). QSL via K1ZN. PJ6, SABA ISLAND (Reminder). Operators Bob/K4UEE, Tim/K5AC, Jeff/NM1Y and Ned/WC4X will be active as PJ6A from Jolieville, Saba Island (NA-145), during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi- Single/Low-Power entry. QSL PJ6A via N4NX or LoTW. DO NOT QSL VIA BUREAU. Before and after the contest the operators will be signing PJ6/homecall and will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly FT8. They'll be using their Elecraft K3's, transmitting into a Battle Creek Special on 160 meters, wire beams on 80 and 40 meters and a Yagi on 20-10 meters. The team will be there between February 11-18th. QSL via their home callsigns. ADDED NOTE FROM "60M Newsletter": Jeff NM1Y, states, "I have an OCF dipole that I think is resonant on 60m. I may even have a 60m dipole. I will check when I get to Saba. I can put this up after the contest and try to make some 60m Q's. I will be QRV until the end of February." PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (February 11-17th)....... Feb/11th AN Feb/14th AN Feb/16th AN Feb/12th AN Feb/15th AN Feb/17th AN Feb/13th 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 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites: * VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html * DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation * A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm * SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net * Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at: http://sunspotwatch.com * Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation * Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html * Realtime propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk * Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3G1B via HA1AG EH5FCA via EA5RKB & (e) OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB 5P1KZX via OZ1KZX & (L) EH5TYF via EA5RKB P49X via W0YK (d/L) 5R8AL via G3SWH (d) II4RGH via IQ4FE PA1MUC via DL3LUM 9K58NLD via 9K58NLD (O) IO5SP via IW5EFX PA6B via PE1KL BW/G4TDS via G4TDS (BV-B) IR3C via I3CRW PF73L via PA3JEM (L) CT8/UZ5DX via UZ5DX IY0TC via IZ0KAT PJ4/NN9DD via NN9DD (L/e) CT9/OM2KW via OM2KW J79GEA via OE3GEA SE19SKI via SM6JSM (B/L) CV7S via CX7SS KH6/VE7AHA via VE7AHA (d/L) SE6W via SM6XKB DM2025C via DM9TT & (e) LM450C via LA4C TO7D via F6ITD (d/L) EA8/G5CH via G5CH (L) OE2E via OE2GEN & (L) V37DX via DH8BQA (O) ED8W via EA8DO (d) OH10X via PG5M V4/W3UL via W3UL & (L) EE5O via EA5HOX OL100ZH via OK2RZ & (L) ZP5DA via EB7DX & (L) EF8O via DJ1OJ & (L) OL9A via OK2ZAW EH5AER via EB5IGQ OO9O via ON7SS (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed (I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://clublog.org/logsearch/5V7EI https://clublog.org/logsearch/OH10X https://clublog.org/logsearch/P4/W1CQ https://clublog.org/logsearch/V84SAA (updated) https://clublog.org/logsearch/XV9JK NEW QSL ROUTE. Vasiliy, RW6HS, reports that he is now the QSL Manager for the following stations: CN4M and CN8PA QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4W/OZ1AA, 5W0BOB, 9LY1JM, EA9LZ, HB60RF, HC5DX, J79WTA, JA7ZFN, JW7QIA, KH1/KH7Z, ON4WM, PA3HLE, TO7D, VK0AI, VP6D, and ZS6BQI QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: A35EU, EP6RRC, C98RRC (AF-066), J8NY, LN8W, RL9Y, VP2MLB, VP6D and YJ0GC QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE TO REPORT THIS WEEK!!! --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... T31EU KANTON ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS. The T31EU team posted the following on February 5th: "Last week there was an operator chance for our DXpedition. Unfortunately, Wolfgang, DM2AUJ, had to cancel his trip to Kanton due medical reasons. We have found another operator who will joins us, it is Norbert, DF6FK. Norbert is an SSB operator and has been regularly active from the Pacific in the recent years. There is a slight change to our frequency plan. Some frequencies have been adjusted to avoid overlap with XX9D DXpedition." The updated suggested frequencies are: CW - 1828, 3519, 7010, 10109, 14019, 18069, 21019, 24891 and 28019 kHz SSB - 3795, 7125, 14185, 18140, 21295, 24945 and 28485 kHz RTTY - 3595, 7049, 10140, 14080, 18103, 21080, 24910 and 28080 kHz FT8 - 1840, 3567, 7056, 10131, 14080, 18103, 21080, 24910 and 28080 kHz They will listen for US Generals on 14280 kHz and UP. They will listen for JA stations on 160m DOWN 5-6 kHz. The FT8 frequency for JA stations on 160m is 1908 kHz. Just a reminder that the T31EU team from Kanton Island (OC-043) will be active between February 16th and March 5th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and some FT8. QSL via DL2AWG or ClubLog's OQRS. ADDED NOTE: Before and after the DXpedition, the T31EU team will be active from Tarawa (T30), (holiday style). For more details and updates, see: http://www.kanton2019.de T48, CUBA. Members of the Las Tunas Contest Crew, T48K, will be active once again from Playa La Herradura during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-2 entry. The station includes ICOM radios (IC756 proIII and IC-7300) and vertical antennas (VDAs, GPs and Inverted L) on all bands just few meters away from the coast line. Operators mentioned Pekka/OH2TA, Goran/SM0DRD/Goran/SM5SIC, Alex/CO8KA and Ra?l/CO8ZZ. QSL via DK1WI. For more details, see: https://xavian2016.cubava.cu/category/las-tunas-contest-crew-t48k TF, ICELAND. Xavier, EB3GCP, will be active as TF/EB3GCP from Iceland (EU-021) between April 14-22nd. Activity will be on various HF bands using mainly FT8 during the evenings. QSL via EB3GCP, LoTW or eQSL. TM16, FRANCE (AAW Op). Look for Pierre, F8DHE, to take part in the 16th Antarctic Activity Week (AAW) as TM16WAP (WAP-299, FFF-0026) until February 24th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via F8DHE, direct or by the Bureau. TM6, FRANCE (Special Event). Members of the Jean-Bart Radio Club (F6KMB) will activate TM6C each weekend between February 16th and March 24th. Activity is to celebrate the "Carnival of Dunkerque" (North of France). Activity will be on 80 and 40 using SSB and CW. QSL Manager is F6KMB. TO8, MARTINIQUE (Reminder). Tom, K8BKM, will be active as TO8T from Mar- tinique between February 13-18th. His activity will include the ARRL Inter- national DX CW Contest (February 16-17th, 2019) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via K8BKM direct, LoTW or ClubLog. V3, BELIZE. After his El Salvador operation (see OPDX.1401), Will, AA4NC, will be active as V31NC from Placencia between February 21st and March 13th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8 (if he has to!). He is planning to be in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via AA4NC. V3, BELIZE. Iain, G4SGX, will once again be active as V31GX from Ambergris Caye (NA-073) sometime in March. Activity will be holiday style on 160-6 meters using mainly CW, and possibly some Digital modes (FT8). Iain will also participate in the Commonwealth Contest (Beru) [March 9-10th]. He will run 100 watts into 1/4 verticals over seawater and inverted-L over seawater for 80m. QSL via his home callsign, ClubLog or LoTW. V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. Bill, W3UL, will be active as V4/W3UL from Nevis Island (NA-104) throughout February. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands (mostly 40/20m) using mainly CW. However, his activity will be focused on the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th). QSL via W3UL, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW (preferred). VK9N, NORFOLK ISLAND. Operators Chris/VK3QB, Luke/VK3HJ, Patrick/VK2PN and David/VK3BDX will be active from Norfolk Island between April 1-14th. Their main focus will be on low bands using CW and FT8, but will also be active on various HF bands on SSB. The team plans to include some SOTA activation from "Mt. Bates" and "Jacky Jacky" summits. Look for more details to be forthcoming such as callsign, QSL, Clublog and Face- Book info. VP6D DUCIE ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Ducie Island QSL Cards In the Mail). The following was sent out on February 4th [edited]: VP6D - Ducie Island QSL cards were mailed on Monday, February 4, 2019, from the United Kingdom. The mailing included all OQRS and Direct Mail confirmation requests received by this mailing. Also included were cards shipped to foundations/ clubs for distribution. Subsequent mailings will occur on a regular basis. Bureau cards will be shipped to the worldwide bureaus at a later date. Please allow sufficient mail time before inquiring about missing cards. 73, VP6D QSL Team WP4, PUERTO RICO (Special Event/Contest). Members of the Caribbean Amateur Radio Group [CARG] will be active during the "Cerro Punta DX Summit 2019" as WP4CRG from Jayuya, Puerto Rico, at 4,389 feet ASL between February 16-17th. Activity will be on 40/20/15/10/2 meters using CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL via eQSL. XX9, MACAO (Update/Reminder). By the time you read this, the XX9D team will once again be active from Grand Coloane Resort, Macao (AS-075), until February 26th. Operators mentioned are Werner/DJ9KH, Bert/DL2RNS, George/ DL4SVA, Thomas/DJ6TF, Olaf/DJ7TO, Uwe/DJ9HX, Frank/DL1KWK, Heiko/DL1RTL, Wolfgang/DL4WK, Axel/DL6KVA, Olaf/DL7JOM, Rolf/DL7VEE (Team Leader), Franz/DL9GFB, Kenneth/OZ1IKY and Bom/XX9LT. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Suggested frequencies are (updated): CW - 1823.5, 3526, 7026, 10102, 14026, 18086, 21026, 24906 and 28026 SSB - 3805, 7095, 14210, 18120, 21275, 24955 and 28465 RTTY - 3590/3599, 7044, 14090, 18099, 21090, 24917 and 28090 FT8 - 3573, 7074, 10136, 14074, 18100, 21074, 24915 and 28074 kHz FT8/DXM - 3570, 7071, 10133, 14077, 18097, 21077, 24918 and 28077 6m - 50105/CW, 50120/SSB, 50313/FT8 and 50323/FT8(DXM) kHz DXM = DX Mode They will operate with 15 experienced operators 24 hours daily with at least 4 stations. The 5th station will be monitoring 6 meters or will be active on short-waves as well. Their special focus will be on North America and the low-bands 40-80-160m. They will have separate antennas for each of the low-bands. For 20 to 10 meters they will have a 2-element beam combined with a pentaplexer which allows them to operate with 3 stations simultaneously on the higher bands. Beside RTTY they will also use FT8 as another digital-mode. QSL via DL4SVA, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. 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The weekly bulletin (issue # from the OPDX Web page URL) is also posted on the following Media pages: NODXA FaceBook -- https://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation Twitter -- https://twitter.com/kb8nw_opdx 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: (kb8nw at arrl.net) or (kb8nw at hotmail.com) Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) ....... 73 de Tedd KB8NW /EXIT *********************************************************************** Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: or 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 hotmail.com Fri Feb 15 10:49:25 2019 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta) Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:49:25 +0000 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1403 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1403 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1403 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1403 BID: $OPDX.1403 February 18, 2019 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters Network, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4ZW, W6PH, WB6RSE, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, DD0VR, DL1SBF, DL7VEE, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3XTT, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, JH1NBN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Sixitalia Weekly, TA1HZ and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information. ** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late ARRL DX CW Contest announcements. 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, 8th/February, through Friday, 15th/February there were 211 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, 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, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XW, XX9, XZ, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 2019 AAW. The 16th Antarctic Activity Week (AAW) takes place between February 16-24th. For more details and a complete list of participating stations see: http://www.waponline.it/antarctic-activity-week/aaw-2019 3D2, FIJI. Heli, DD0VR, (along with XYL Bigi, DE3BWR) who was active as C6A/DD0VR from the Bahamas during January and February 2nd, informed OPDX that he has received his Fiji license. Look for Heli to sign as 3D2VR between September 2-9th, and September 23-27th. Activity will be on various HF bands (80-6m). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. ADDED NOTE: Heli will also be active from Samoa (5W) between September 9-16th and Tonga (A3) between September 16-21st. They are currently waiting for the licenses. 3W, VIETNAM (Reminder). Jean-Pierre, F6CTF, will be active as 3W9JF from two different locations in Vietnam between February 19th and April 6th. His schedule is as follows: February 19th-March 6th -- From Phu Quoc Island (AS-128) March 16th-April 6th -- From Hoi An Activity will be on 80/40/20/17 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via EA5GL or eQSL. 3Y0I BOUVET DXPEDITION NEWS. Again nothing has been posted on any of the 3Y0I media Web pages during the past three weeks. Last post was on January 25th. It has been very quiet. The DX community continues to be anxious for this DXpedition to take place. Nothing else to report this week and no other details. Departure dates are still not known. It is still a mystery... If things change, we will send out a special bulletin. Remember, it takes 12 days to get to Bouvet from South Africa, and they plan to stay on the island for at least 2 weeks if the weather cooperates. The 3Y0I DXpedition's band plan ? frequencies (160-6m) and modes (CW/SSB/FT8) can be found at: https://www.rebeldxgroup.com https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-bandplan QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (preferred), LoTW or via 3Z9DX. For more details and updates, we suggest to watch the following Web pages: https://bouvetoya.org https://www.rebeldxgroup.com http://jouban.jp/3y0i_ja (For JA stations) https://www.facebook.com/bouvetoya.org https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup https://twitter.com/Bouvetoyaorg 9U, BURUNDI (Reminder/Update). Shabu, M0KRI, is now in Burundi and is expected to be on the air as 9U4RI until February 25th. He will be in Bujumbura City until February 18th and spend the remaining 7 days away from the civilization in the Heha Mountains. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, including the WARC-79 bands, using CW, SSB, and PSK31. His equip- ment consists of an ICOM 706Mk2G & a Kenwood TS480SAT into Spiderbeam. QSL via M0KRI, direct, LoTW and ClubLog. 9U, BURUNDI. Shabu, M0KRI, will be active as 9U4RI from Burundi between February 15-25th, 2019. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/10 meters using CW, SSB and PSK31. Shabu states, "Look out mostly around 14.222 kHz for voice and very lower end of 40m and 20m for CW. I will be more active on CW than on voice." QSL via M0KRI direct. C5, THE GAMBIA (Update). Don, G3XTT, will be in The Gambia from March 5-12th. He will mainly operate in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest over the weekend of March 9-10th. The callsign will be C56DF, and Don hopes to do some operating before and after the contest. This will be a CW only oper- ation, low power (IC-7300 and wires) from a rooftop apartment. It is unlikely there will be space for 80 or 160m antennas, but Don hopes to use the trip to recce possible opportunities for a larger operation later in the year or early next year. He will, of course, upload logs to LoTW and ClubLog, but possibly only after his return to the UK. QSL direct to Don's home callsign or via ClubLog's OQRS. C6, BAHAMAS. Operators Tom/N1GN and William/NE1B will be active as C6ANM from Nassau (NA-001, FL15) during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LoTW. CR3/CT9, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Operators Ulrich/DJ2YA, Tom/DL5LYM, Hans/DL5WS and Frank/DL8WAA will be active as CR3W from Santana, Madeira Island (AF-014) during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL CR3W via DL5AXX, OQRS (see QRZ.com) or LoTW. Look for operators to be active outside of the contest as CT9/homecall on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via their home callsigns. D4, CAPE VERDE. Operators Helmut/DF7EE, Andrea/HB9DUR, Marco/IK2LFF, Kris/YL3JA and Ljubomir/YU5EEA will be active as D4C from Cape Verde Island during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st) as Multi-Op entry. Operators HB9DUR and YU5EEA are YOTA members. QSL info: http://d4c.cc/qsl DU, PHILIPPINES. Press, N6SS, will be active as DU6/N6SS during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (80m) entry. QSL via his home callsign. E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (Update). Hans-Martin, DK2HM, will be active as E51HMK from Rarotonga Island (OC-013) [on the north-west side of the island], South Cook Islands between March 14-22nd. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using mainly SSB, but also Digital modes (FT8). Equipment will be an Icom IC-706MK2G with a HLA300+PA into a Windom Dipole (80-10m) and an EFHW 80-10 longwire by "MyAntennas". QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS or eQSL. For more details and updates, see: http://southcook2019.com Also watch Twitter at: https://twitter.com/@e51hmk E5, NORTH AND SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Operators Dagmar/DM7PQ, and Rainer/DL1AUZ will be active as E51NPQ and E51AUZ, respectively, during March and April. Activity will be from the following scheduled islands: March 9-11th -- Rarotonga Island (OC-013), South Cook Islands March 13-25th -- Manihiki Island (OC-014), North Cook Islands March 27-31st -- Aitutaki Island (OC-083), South Cook Islands April 2-11th -- Rarotonga Island (OC-013), South Cook Islands Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands. QSL via their home callsigns. Watch QRZ.com for possible updates. FK, NEW CALEDONIA (Reminder). Arnaud, JG1XMV, will once again be active as FK/JG1XMV from New Caledonia between February 23rd and March 10th. He will have his friend Yves, FK4RD, again with him. His activity will be from Grand Terre Island (OC-032), but may also visit Lifou (OC-033) and Mare (OC-033) islands during his stay. Operations will be on 40/20/17/15 meters SSB. QSL via home call direct, LoTW and eQSL. FR, REUNION ISLAND. As this was being written, Vlad, UA4WHX, was active as FR/UA4WHX from Reunion Island (AF-016). He says his QTH is a remote site (1500m ASL) in the Belouve National Park (Gite de Belouve). As always, the length of his stay is unknown. Look for activity to be on 40/30/20/17 meters using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via UA4WHX. FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Operators Didier/FY5FY, Herve/F5HRY and Laurent/F6FVY will be active as FY5KE from French Guiana during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-Single/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct via FY1FL. HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Two members of the AFVL (Amateurfunk Verein Liechten- stein) will be active as HB0A from a mountain location 1500m ASL (which is covered with more than one meter of snow) in Liechtenstein during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-Single/ High-Power entry. Operators mentioned are Rens/PA3FGA and Aurelio/PC5A. QSL via LoTW. HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. David, WJ2O, is now active as WJ2O/HI3 from Puerta Plata in the Dominican Republic (NA-096) until February 20th. Activity will be on various HF bands, including an entry in the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th). QSL via N2ZN or LoTW. HQ/HR, HONDURAS. Dennis, W1UE, will be active as HQ9X during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ High-Power/Assisted entry. Also, operators Dennis/W1UE and Radoslav/N2WQ will be active as HQ9X during the CQWW 160m SSB Contest (February 22-24th). QSL HQ9X via KQ1F or W1UE. Operators will be active outside of the contest signing homecall/HR9, and will be there between February 13-26th. QSL via their home callsigns. IOTA NEWS.............. NA-049. Jean, VE2FDJ, will be active as 5J0JC from Providencia Island, Colombia, between February 15-27th. Activity will be on 80/40/ 20/6 meters using SSB. QSL via VE2FDJ, direct or by the Bureau. SA-071. Junior, PY2ZA, who was expected to be active as ZY2FM from Moela Island (DIB SP-06 and DFB SP-07) and the Lighthouse (ARLHS BRA-043 and WLOTA 1335) during the American Lighthouses Weekend (February 14-17th), had to cancel his operation due to "Conditions for approaching the island remain dangerous and have not been authorized.." PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new have decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX, and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin...... MJ, JERSEY. Kazu, JK3GAD, will once again be active as MJ0CFW from Jersey (EA-013) between March 15-17th. Look for activity in the Russian DX Contest (March 16-17th). In the contest he will sign MJ5Z. QSL via LoTW, M0CFW or via the OQRS (ClubLog). OPDX MAILING LIST (Reminder). The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (February 18-24th)....... Feb/18th AN Feb/21st HN Feb/23rd AN Feb/19th HN Feb/22nd AN Feb/24th AN Feb/20th 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 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites: * VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html * DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation * A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm * SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net * Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at: http://sunspotwatch.com * Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation * Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html * Realtime propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk * Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AO8WRD via EA3RKF (d/e) EA5/PA7LEO via PA7LEO PY0F via PY7RP (O/L) C6AGU via HA7RY ED2C via EA2CJ R30AFC via R1AC CT9/DL5WS via DL5WS FM/OE3GEA via OE3GEA RI1ANX via RK1PWA CT9/OM7LW via OM7LW (e) FR/UA4WHX via UA4WHX V31HE via DL1DA DM775FLD via DM6RAC JD1BOW via JA0JHQ & (L) VP2MKG via K5KG & (L) DR70BAL via DC2CW OE3LZA via OE1LZA YR0WL via YO9KPB DR7B via DL2AGB OO5Z via ON5AZ EA5/G3XGS via G3XGS (d) PJ2/WI9WI via WI9WI (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed (I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 9G5AR, 9LY1JM, AH7C, CT1BWU, DK1WU, DL8SCG, H33J, HC1MD/2, HH2AA, JH1LZU, P49X, PD1BHZ, PJ4P, RA3RKA, SN7Q, SP7AID, SP7HOV, TA2K, TK0C, TM16AAW, VK0AI, VO2AAA, XE1EE and ZS6BQI QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5Z4LS, D41CV, ET3AA, FG8OJ, HV0A, J8NY, OD5ZZ, R18GER, R18TUN, RC18RO, RI0B (AS-121), TZ4AM, VP6D, XF1F (NA-124), YI3WHR and Z81D QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE TO REPORT THIS WEEK!!! --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... T2, TUVALU (Update). Antoine, 3D2AG, will be active as T2AR from Funafuti Island (OC-015) between February 22-27th. Activity will be focused on the low bands (including 160m). QSL via 3D2AG (PayPal). Only paper logs will be used. NO LoTW or eQSL please. Digimode QSOs will be uploaded to QRZ.com after the expedition. Watch QRZ.com for updates. ADDED NOTE: Antoine states, "We have setup Tili, T2AT, to be active on FT8 mode, so please look out for his call on the bands!" T31EU KANTON ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS. Just a reminder that the T31EU team from Kanton Island (OC-043) will be active between February 16th and March 5th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and some FT8. QSL via DL2AWG or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://www.kanton2019.de TC10, TURKEY (Special Event). Members of the Giresun Amateur Radio Society (GITRAD - Giresun Telsiz Radyo Amatorleri ve Doga Sporlari Dernegi) are celebrating its 10th anniversary with the special callsign TC10GITRAD. It will be on the air until December 31st, 2019. The log will be uploaded to eQSL and LoTW regularly. For any mis-copied callsigns, please send an E-mail to TA7AZC (QRZ.com recorded). No cards are required at this end and if you need a hardcopy QSL card, please send it direct to TA7AZC (w/SASE+3GS). VP9, BERMUDA. Kurt, W6PH, will once again be active as VP9/W6PH for the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/All- Band/Low-Power entry. He will leave the island on February 19th. Activity outside of the contest will only be on CW on all bands (except WARC) with 100 watts (IC7000) and low antennas (25 feet). QSL only direct to his home callsign W6PH. XQ, CHILE. Nicolas, XQ1KZ, will be active from Antofagasta during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/ Single-Band (40m) entry. QSL via XQ1KZ. XX9D MACAO DXPEDITION NEWS. The XX9D team is once again active from Grand Coloane Resort, Macao (AS-075), until February 26th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via DL4SVA, LoTW or Club- Log's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://xx9d.mydx.de The following Press Release was posted on February 13th [edited]: XX9D is QRV! -- This DXpedition was possible by the great help of the management and staff of Grand Coloane Resort, the CTT authorities and Bom, XX9LT. All team members including the baggage arrived well in Macau at Sunday- afternoon, February 10th. The team has fixed the complete station setup and all antennas within 24 hours. The successful inspection of CTT was on February 11th. So we were able to be on the air around 10 UTC the same day. After 48 hours of operation we have around 6500 QSOs in the log. So, this is a good starting point. A first log update to club log was made today. Still a few FT8-QSOs from F/H-mode are missing in the log. Sorry about the confusion with the pile-ups of V84SAA sometimes. Remember it is difficult to find a good place for ham radio in Macau. We had to follow the restrictions of the hotel and the nearby golf-rang. That means limited space for antennas. All antennas were installed above the 8th store of the hotel-building. We are able to use only 30m length of the railing there. (see picture on our homepage) For 160 and 80 m we are using wire verticals on 18 m high Spiderbeam poles with elevated radials. On 40 m we have a vertical as well, on 30m we are using a delta-loop. Unfortunately there are no receiving antennas possible. Noise level is high on all low bands. Our new wire beam from LZ-Antennas works fine on all five higher bands 20 ? 10 m. We have made a detailed propagation tool for the difficult parts of the world via SP and LP from here. On FT8 we are also using the F/H-mode. Please check our new actual frequencies. (7070, 14079, 18105, 21079, 24920 ?) In CW we recommend for outside US stations 1-3 kHz up and for US stations 2-3 kHz up splitting. Please don?t call only 1 up. North America has by the way our highest priority. On 160m the highest allowed transmit - frequency for us is 1825 kHz. Macau has an interesting Portuguese history and also the status as an world culture heritage. As You know we have 6 wives of operators with us. They take the opportunity to visit the places of interest of this tourist crowded city. Next days they plan to visit HongKong and probably China- mainland. XZ, MYANMAR. Yuki, JH1NBN, informs OPDX that he makes frequent trips back and forth from Myanmar and Japan but they are unpredictable. By the time you read this, he will be back in Japan, but will be back very soon. However, Yuki has received a license, XZ2C, which will let him operate on 15/12/10/6 meters on all modes but must run QRP (25w). QSL via his home callsign. ADDED NOTE: He also mentioned that he hopes to activate Nepal (9N7BN) and Mongolia (JT) within the next 2-3 months. Stay tuned! YASME NEWS (Press Release, dated February 13th). THE YASME FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF A NEW DIRECTOR -- The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation is pleased to announce that it has elected James Brooks, 9V1YC, as the newest Yasme Foundation Director. James was first licensed in the United States in September 1978 but has been active for the last 30 years as 9V1YC in Singapore. A BSEE graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, James owns a television post-production company based in Singapore that produces for networks such as Discovery, National Geographic, and HBO Asia. He's been a com- petitor at WRTC and led several DXpeditions to remote areas of the world, some of which are documented in a series of videos he's been making since 1997. James is on the council of the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society, a co-founder of the Asia-Pacific Sprint, and a member of the CQ DX Hall of Fame. The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to support scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio, including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. For additional infor- mation about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website at www.yasme.org. Ward Silver, N0AX, President The Yasme Foundation Board of Directors: Ward Silver, N0AX, President and Director Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, Vice President, Secretary, Director Rusty Epps, W6OAT, Director and Treasurer Fred Laun, K3ZO, Director Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Director Martti Laine, OH2BH, Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Director Marty Woll, N6VI, Director ZL, NEW ZEALAND. Operators Mark/ZL3AB, Geoff/ZL3GA and Phil/ZL3PAH will use the "Quake Contesters" callsign ZL3X during the ARRL International CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog or direct to ZL3PAH. No Bureau. ZR2, SOUTH AFRICA. Uli, DM5EE, will be active as ZR2A from Port Elizabeth during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17thth) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW or DM5EE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th, 2019) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2019 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/adxc2019.html (By callsign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxcd2019.html (By entity) For the complete set of rules, see: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC Class QSL Callsign Entity Route ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3V8SF Tunisia SOSB 160M LoTW; QSL via LX1NO 8P1W Barbados SOAB KU9C 8P5A Barbados SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via HA1AG AH2R Guam M/? LoTW C6ANM Bahamas M/S LoTW CO9AAA Cuba SO CM1WM CR3DX Madeira M/2 OM2VL; QSL via (OM-B/d) CR3W Madeira M/S DL5AXX CT9ABR Madeira SO LP OZ2I EF9Z Ceuta & Melilla SO LoTW; QSL via EA5KB FY/DK9PY French Guiana SO DK9PY FY5KE French Guiana M/S LoTW; QSL via FY1FL (d) GM5A Scotland M/2 LoTW HB0A Liechtenstein M/S LoTW HC1DW Ecuador SO W0OR HH2AA Haiti SOAB LP LoTW HQ9X Honduras SOAB KQ1F or W1UE JD1BOW Ogasawara SO JA0JHQ KL2A USA SOAB HP KL2A KP2B US Virgin Islands SO LP EB7DX KP4/N5NHJ Puerto Rico SO LN8W Norway M/? LoTW; QSL via LA9VDA MM1E Scotland SOAB HP MM1E NP4Z Puerto Rico SO HP P40E Aruba M/2 TBA P40W Aruba SOAB LoTW; QSL via N2MM (d)(NB) PJ4A Bonaire M/2 K4BAI PJ5/N6YEU Saba & St Eustatius SO PJ6A Saba & St Eustatius M/S LoTW; QSL via N4NX PY0F Fernando de Noronha M/2 LoTW; QSL via PY7RP (d/C) SN6O Poland SO LoTW; QSL via SP6PAZ (B) T48K Cuba M/2 DK1WI TI7W Costa Rica SOAB HP W4FS TO8T Martinique SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via K8BKM (d/C) V26M Antigua & Barbuda SO W3HNK V31FO Belize SO (C) V3T Belize M/S LoTW; QSL via WC0W V4/W3UL St. Kitts & Nevis SO LP LoTW; QSL ia W3UL (B/d) VE3VSM/HR9 Honduras SO LoTW; QSL via VE3VSM VP2MSS Montserrat M/? K1QX VP5K Turks & Caicos M/? LoTW; QSL via K0PC VP9/W6PH Bermuda SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via W6PH (d) WJ2O/HI3 Dominican Republic LoTW; QSL via N2ZN XQ1KZ Chile SOSB 40M XQ1KZ YS1/AA4NC El Salvador SO LoTW; QSL via EA5GL YV1KK Venezuela SOAB HP LoTW ZF1A Cayman Islands M/S LoTW; QSL via K6AM (B/d) ZL3X New Zealand M/2 (C) ZR2A South Africa SOAB LoTW; QSL via DM5EE (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed (I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau *********************************************************************** TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Subscribe: (mailto:kb8nw at hotmail.com?subject=subscribe) Unsubscribe: (mailto:kb8nw at hotmail.com?subject=unsubscribe) Just a reminder, you can still obtain the OPDX Bulletins via the OPDX Web page (provided by John, K8YSE) [http://www.papays.com/opdx.html], QRZ.com (under Forums; News; Special Events, Contests.. etc.), several DX Mailing Lists, and two different UseNet Groups (rec.radio.info and rec.radio.amateur.dx). The weekly bulletin (issue # from the OPDX Web page URL) is also posted on the following Media pages: NODXA FaceBook -- https://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation Twitter -- https://twitter.com/kb8nw_opdx 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: (kb8nw at arrl.net) or (kb8nw at hotmail.com) Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) ....... 73 de Tedd KB8NW /EXIT *********************************************************************** Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: or 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 hotmail.com Tue Feb 26 19:38:02 2019 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:38:02 +0000 Subject: [DX] OPDX Bulletin Update Message-ID: The reason for no bulletin this past Sunday is that your editor lost power on Sunday morning around 10:00 am due to high winds in my area. The power did not come back on until early evening on Tuesday some 55 hours later. It was a rough few days (BRRRR!!). Temperature dropped to 41 degrees (F) in the house on Monday, and my wife and I had to stay at her mother's house. Tuesday we tried to warm the house up with our fireplace, but the house was too cold. I was glad to see the electricity come back on. Now I have a lot of catching up to do (E-mails, writing, adding subscribers, reseting clocks...etc). Look for the bulletin (extra large) to come out on Friday because of the ARRL International DX SSB Contest. Thanks for understanding... 73 de Tedd KB8NW (Editor of the OPDX) Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: or 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)