From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Sun Jan 6 11:05:00 2019 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 11:05:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1397 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1397 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1397 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1397 BID: $OPDX.1397 January 7, 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, WB6RSE, NN7A, K8CX, K8GI, K8YSE, KG8P, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, GCWC, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, IK4CIE, LU6EF, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Sixitalia Weekly and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 30th/December, through Sunday, 6th/January there were 213 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A3, 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/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, 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, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH7K, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VP2E, VP2M, VP6, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, 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". 2018 DX SOUND BITES! Tom, K8CX, has done it again. He has provided DXers with 118 memorable rare DX sound clips (now in MP3 format) from Ohio during 2018. Visit Tom's famous "HAM GALLERY" Web site at: http://hamgallery.com/dx2018 While there, also check out some of the other features on his Web page, such as: 21 years of "Rare DX Sound Clips" of the past (as well as some clips from the 1960's and 1970's which includes all the major DXpeditions and rare DX heard on the bands), QSL Card Museum, Dayton Photo Galleries and Tribute to Silent Key Ham Operators. Tom states, "If anyone has any old HF recordings, I would be interested in hearing from them." (especially sound clips pre-1998 to add to the site) His E-mail address is: k8cx at hamgallery.com 3D2 & FW, FIJI AND WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS (Update). Nobby, G0VJG, will be active as 3D2AS from Fiji between May 3-5th, Wallis Island (OC-054) [callsign pending, and possibly OC-118] between May 6-20th, and Fiji again from May 20-22nd, 2019. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using SSB and FT8. His equipment will be a FT-857 with 300 watts into Hex beam. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. 3Y0I BOUVET DXPEDITION NEWS. On January 2nd, the 3Y0I team posted another update with pictures on the Rebel DX Group Web site at: https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/meet-the-atlantic-tuna In this update, the 3Y0I team announced that the name of their ship to be used is called the "Atlantic Tuna", and also wished everyone a Happy New Year. They mention that the "Atlantic Tuna" is currently "being refurbished from its very bottom to its top, meaning not only reconditioning of its hull but also any of the equipment installed onboard. All navigation, communication and engine systems are brand new, meeting the most demanding technical and safety requirements. Getting the ship ready is a time and money consuming process that requires a lot of patience and flexibility from us." They also state "with the holidays season over in South Africa, they hope things will start to accelerate in terms of their ship pre- parations. To read more, go to the above Web page. No other details to report, other than that there were still a few 3Y0I pirates active recently. Departure dates are still not known. It is still a mystery... 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 4TH ANNUAL RST SPECIAL EVENT. Look for members of the North Country DX Association (NCDXA) to once again be active from different locations in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Greenland between January 15th and February 28th (some ops may be on earier or later). The NCDXA RST callsigns to be used are KL7RST, VY1RST, VE8RST, VY0RST and OX7RST. Also look for N1RAC/KL7 which will be active from Fairbanks, Alaska. QSL all callsigns direct via K7ICE. For more details and a free RST certificate, see: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/K7ICE The NCDXA "RST" stations are on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/North-Country-DX-Assoc-K7ICE-1717462798496577 BLOCKED/BOUNCED OPDX BULLETINS (Update). Some 800 OPDX Bulletins were BLOCKED/BOUNCED last week. Again, the majority of the bounces/blockings are from the following ISPs: COMCAST, COX and GMAIL. We are not totally sure why this continues to happen, but if your ISP blocked the OPDX Bulletin, please send a complaint to your ISP. We were informed that if you use one of the above ISPs there is a way to stop the blocking. If you are an ARRL member, try using their mail forwarding service (see ). This service will pass the bulletin through to your ISP. If you did not receive the bulletin, there are other ways to receive it. The bulletin is posted every week at the following URLs: The OPDX (Mailing List) Archives: http://hamnet.org/pipermail/opdx The OPDX Web page (provided by John, K8YSE): http://papays.com/opdx.html The weekly bulletin (issue #) is also posted (for the above URLs) on FaceBook and Twitter . Let's hope this problem will clear up. Thanks for your understanding..... 73 de Tedd KB8NW C5, THE GAMBIA. Alan, G4DJX, will once again be active as C5DX from The Gambia between February 16-23rd. This will be a school trip. We are not sure if this is going to be the same type of trip as the 2018 operation. Details were not provided. Activity will be limited to a "part-time operation" with 100 watts into a OCF dipole (40-10m) using CW. QSL via LoTW or direct to G4DJX. DAY-XENIA NEWS. OPDX Subscribers, see announcements below for details about the Contest and Top-Band dinners..... DL70/DM70, GERMANY. Look for special event stations DM70GER and DL70BRD now active until December 31st, 2019. Activity is to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany which was established on May 23rd, 1949. Operations will be on CW and SSB. QSL DM70GER via ClubLog's OQRS (direct or Bureau) or direct via M0SDV. Cards received via Bureau will NOT be answered. QSL DL70BRD via DK1YH, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS and eQSL. A special Jubilee Award is available for working DL70BRD. Award information is available at: https://www.qrz.com/db/DL70BRD DP0, ANTARCTICA. Operators Matthias/DH5CW and Felix/DL5XL, will be active (weather permitting) from Neumayer Emergency Base (also known as SANAP Summer Base, WAP ZAF-11) [WW Loc. IB59UJ] between January 8-9th. Activity will be on CW and FT8, using the callsign DP0GVN/p. The following CW skeds have been arranged: 08-Jan at 2200 UTC on 10,122 kHz, 08-Jan at 2330 UTC on 7,033 kHz, 09-Jan at 0030 UTC on 14,042 kHz. QSL via DL5EBE. Read more on the WAP Web site at: http://www.waponline.it DXCC'S MOST WANTED (ClubLog). The "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of December 28th. The list contain 340 entities and here are the top 10 entities (which has not changed since last month): 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. BS7H Scarborough Reef 9. VK0M Macquarie Island 5. CE0X San Felix Islands 10. FT5/X Kerguelen Island The complete "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Milan, OK1DWC, who is still active as E51DWC from the Rarotonga Islands (OC-013, WAZ-32), will be there at least until some- time in March. Milan is active every day on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. He will be active during the CQWW 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th) as a Single-Op/High-Power entry and possibly other contests. QSL via his home callsign. Confirmation is not a problem across all OQRS's and the information can be found on: http://QRZ.com/lookup/E51DWC http://QRZ.COM/lookup/OK1DWC http://www.hamqth.com/E51DWC FG, GUADELOUPE. Philippe, F1DUZ, will once again be active as FG4KH from Guadeloupe (NA-102) between February 18th and March 11th. Activity will be on various HF bands as well as 6 meters using SSB, the Digital modes (JT65, FT8, Hell) and with 2m/70cm Tropo, TEP and EME on JT65B. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. Web sites for EME and TEP infos and the logs online are at: 144 MHz: http://fgdxpeditionf1duz.monsite-orange.fr 432 MHz: http://fg4kh-eme-70cm.monsite-orange.fr H3, PANAMA. Operators Naoki/JN1RVS, Jay/HP3AK, Robby/HP3SS and David/ HP3/WA6YJW will use the special callsign H33J from Volcan (HP3AK QTH), Chiriqui, Panama, between January 13-31st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Concentration will be on 160m FT8 when the band is open. QSL via JA1HGY, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. II4, ITALY (Special Event). Throughout the new year (January 1st-December 31st, 2019), begin looking for some commemorative stations to be activate by ARI-Fidenza Branch operators. Activity is to commemorate and remember the "ITALIAN PIONEERS IN RADIO ENGINEERING". Here is a list of special callsigns to be activated by the month with an Italian engineer/pioneer: JANUARY: II4CAL (Temistocle Calzecchi-Onesti) FEBRUARY: II4RGH (Augusto Righi) MARCH: II4MRC (Guglielmo Marconi) APRIL: II4SLR (Luigi Solari) MAY: II4TSB (Alessandro Tosi - Ettore Bellini) JUNE: II4ART (Alessandro Artom) JULY: II4MJR (Quirino Majorana) AUGUST: II4BRD (Cesare Bardeloni) SEPTEMBER: II4GRM (Gruppo Radiotecnico Milanese) OCTOBER: II4MNU (Ernesto Montu') NOVEMBER: II4VAL (Giancarlo Vallauri) DECEMBER: II4TIB (Ugo Tiberio) A special award is available for making some QSOs. For complete details and updates, see: http://www.arifidenza.it/LaSezione/DiplomaPionieriItaliani2019/Diploma_Pionieri_Italiani_ENG.asp IOTA NEWS.............. AS-015. (Reminder) Rich, PA0RRS, is once again active as 9M2MRS from Penang Island until February 15th. Activity will probably be on 40-10 meters using CW, RTTY, PSK, FT8 and possibly SSB (he will have a microphone in the luggage, but normally no SSB [possible on request]). Rich will have a Yaesu FT450D with 100 watt into a G5RV dipole with bents on the balcony of the house and a MFJ automatic intellituner for all bands. QSL via his home callsign, ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW or eQSL. AS-063/ RCC members Eugene/UA6EX, Leonid/UA7A and Vasily/R7AA plan to AS-152. activate Bol'shoy Begichev (AS-152) sometime during mid-July. They plan to stay in the Khatanga Bay region for 2 weeks and will also try to activate Popigay-Ary Island (AS-063) during this period. Look for more details to be forthcoming. OC-133. (Update) Saty, 9M6NA, will once again be active as 9M6NA from Mohammed's, 9M6MO, QTH on Labuan Island, East Malaysia, during the CQWW DX 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th). He will be on the island between January 24-28th, but the focus will be on the contest. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS only for Bureau and direct QSLs. All the logs are promptly uploaded to LoTW. Visit Saty's home page at: https://jsfc.org/je1jkl/9m6na.html SA-023. Brazilian operators Bob/PY6TV, Esdras/PY6ZK, Lyudo/PY6DQ and Rafa/PP2OK will be active as ZY6C from the Island of Itaparica between January 18-20th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters using CW and SSB. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 3510, 7017, 14017, 21060 and 28060 kHz SSB - 3785, 7155, 14195, 21260 and 28460 kHz QSL via PY6TV direct. NO Bureau. 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...... J2, DJIBOUTI (Update). The J20DX team is planning to activate two IOTAs between April 14-20th: Moucha Island (AF-053) and the super rare Sept Frere (AF-059) (aka Seven Brothers, Sawabi or Seba Islands) signing as J20DX/p. Tentative dates for AF-059 are April 15th to 17th/18th, and for AF-053 are April 17th/18th to 18th/19th. Current operators listed are Col/MM0NDX and Jonathan/MM0OKG. QSL via M0SDV, ClubLog or LoTW. Look for more details to be forthcoming. Also watch their Web page at: https://j20dx.com KH8, SAMOA. Operators Palle/OZ1RH and Joergen/OZ0J will be active as KH8/homecall from American Samoa (OC-045) between April 15-22nd. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via their home callsign, LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS or eQSL. Look for updates to be posted soon at: http://kh8.oz0j.dk P4, ARUBA. Mat, DL4MM, will once again be active as P4/DL4MM from the P40L Pos Chiquito contest station on Aruba between January 22-30th. He will participate in the CQ 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th) as P40AA and a Single-Op entry. Activity outside of the contest will be on CW, SSB and FT8 with a focus on the lower bands. He will pay special attention for EU, AS and JA. QSL via DL4MM direct or LoTW/Bureau (after 6 months). P4, ARUBA. Operators Mike/K9NW, Paul/K9PG, Chad/WE9V and John/W6LD will be active as P40L from the Pos Chiquito contest station on Aruba during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 3-4th) as a Multi-2 entry. Operators will be active as P40L between February 25th and March 9th. 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 PJ4, BONAIRE. German operators Norbert/DJ7JC, Heye/DJ9RR and Emil/DL8JJ will be active as PJ4P from Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA LH-1279, PJ4/K2NG QTH) between January 22-30th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, the Digital modes and FT8. Frequencies are listed on QRZ.com. They also plan to be in the CQWW 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th). QSL via DJ5BWD, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (January 7-13th)....... Jan/07th AN Jan/10th AN Jan/12th AN Jan/08th AN Jan/11th AN Jan/13th AN Jan/09th 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CR140AA via CU3AA & (L) HB90FVR via HB9FVR RO19NY via RO19NY (O) DF13BLN via DM2TO HB90FXL via HB9FXL RT19NY via RT19NY (O) DF13PAR via DM7MA HB90GKR via HB9GKR RW19NY via RW19NY (O) DF13STO via DL1HZM HB90TIA via HB9TIA RZ19NY via RZ19NY (O) DL70BRD via DK1YH HF100O via SP5ZHJ SN100LAW via SP3KPH DL70LEV via DO1BEN HF7SIEMA via SP7PTK SN100ZN via SP2KPD DM70GER via M0SDV (O) HF800W via SQ6ILG SO4M via SP4MPG DQ1200ASP via DK1AX HI9/F5PLR via F5PLR & (L) SV1/DF8DX via DF8DX DR18WRD via M0SDV (O/L) LZ1354PM via LZ1KCP SV1/SV3QUP/P via SV3QUP (d/L) EI/DK9JC/P via DK9JC LZ30OJ via LZ1YE (d) TI5/N3KS via W4FS (d) EM0KHNO via UT4UMZ LZ50ZF via LZ2UW V5/ZS1WO via DH3WO H2X via IZ4AMS (d/O) OH/ES1BRD via ES1BRD WC1X/VE2 via WC1X (d) HB30YCY via HB3YCY OK2D via OK2KJT YL/PE1LXX via PE1LXX (e) HB90CZB via HB9CZB ON2019PELT via ON1TO ZL/GM4FZH via GM4FZH & (e) HB90EPE via HB90EPE RM19NY via RM19NY (O) ZS/SP3CMX via SP3CMX (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 J69Z/K3LP via J69Z. Ernest signed J69Z/K3LP as a tribute to honor his good friend David Collingham who became a SK on January 8, 2018. Ernest operated portable on the beach from St. Lucia during the day on 20/17/15 meter SSB. He is operating from his home station on 40 meters (7.191 mhz) in the evening. He was using his special event callsign between January 1-7th. POSTAGE GOING UP FOR U.S. AND CANADA. The U.S. Postal Service announced new prices for 2019 and they in effect Jan. 27, 2019. The proposed Mailing Services price changes include: Product Current Proposed ------- ------- -------- Letters (1 oz.) 50 cents 55 cents Letters additional ounces 21 cents 15 cents Letters (metered 1 oz.) 47 cents 50 cents Outbound International Letters (1 oz.) $1.15 $1.15 Domestic Postcards 35 cents 35 cents For more info, see: https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2018/pr18_086.htm The Canadian Postal will also go up on January 14th. The postage rate for domestic LettermailTM items weighing 30 grams or less when purchased in a booklet, coil or pane would increase to $0.90 from the current rate of $0.85. The price of a single domestic stamp would increase to $1.05 (Canadian) from the current rate of $1.00. Letters to the U.S. will go up $0.07 or more and to other countries $0.15 or more. ST2ND via ST2M. Activity on January 1st was National Day of Sudan to celebrate the Independence for the Republic of Sudan (January 1, 1956). QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5A2A, 7X3WPL, 9V1YC, C5AQQ, DL5YEE, EA2DT, EW4TT, F6CSR, F6FHO, FO5QB, HA7EG, HP3/NL8F, HV0A, LA1PHA, LU8HGI, ON3KP, PG3N, R6DM, R9OY, RA3QAL, RI9ANW (AN-016), SQ7OBH, VK3BOB and YO3APJ QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 9K2YM, 9Z4A, A52BH, E44WE, E6Y, J68GD, KG4AS, KH9/N7NVK, OY9JD, RI1ANC, T6DD, XT2BR and ZL7X QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 5X2B, J3/DH5HS, J6/DH5FS, OH0V, PJ4Y and V5/DK1CE --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... SILENT KEY (SK). Ra?l, LU6EF, informs that Francisco "Tito" Burzi, LU3EAQ, became a Silent Key on January 5th, at age 81, due a heavy heart attack. He was very active and was a well known ham who operated from Antarctic Bases several decades ago. He will be highly missed by all in the LU community, as well as by many friends he knew over the air for so many years. OPDX and its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of LU3EAQ. T4, CUBA. Members of the Group CW of Cuba (GCWC) will activate their contest station, T40CW, in Mayabeque during the CQ 160-Meter CW Contest (January 25-27th). QSL via CO3JK. TM15AAW, FRANCE (Special Event). Look for special event station TM16AAW to be on air during February 10-24th. Activity is to celebrate the 16th Antarctic Activity Week (AAW). Operations will be made by Fran?ois, F8DVD, from his QTH of M?con, in the east part of France, 60 km North of Lyon. The new reference number for the WAP (Worldwide Antarctic Program) program is 300. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using mostly SSB. QSL via F8DVD, direct (SAE + 2 USDs) or via the Bureau. For more details on TM16AAW, see QRZ.com or contact Fran?ois at: a.pole at laposte.net -- For more information on the WAP, see: http://www.waponline.it V3, BELIZE. Art, NN7A, will once again be active as V31JZ/p from South Water Caye, Belize (NA-180) between January 31st and February 6th. This will be a one-person operation using a 100 watt transceiver and wire antennas. Operation will be mostly CW on 80-10 meters including 30/17/12m bands. Online log is available through ClubLog. QSL direct via NN7A (Art Phillips, P.O. Box 73, Eckert, CO 81418 USA), or via the ARRL Bureau. Bureau cards sent to Belize cannot be answered (there is no active V3 Bureau). V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. Bernie/W3UR (Editor of The Dialy DX) and his wife Becky/N3OSH will be active as V47UR from Calypso Bay, St. Kitts Island (NA-104), between January 8-20th. Activity will be holiday style on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. Bernie states that he will be "running 100 watts and verticals. An emphasis will be made on 160 meters during local sunset and sunrise. I also plan to operate in the North American QSO Party CW." QSL via LoTW and W3UR. VE2, CANADA (Zone 2). Operators Sergey/UT3UA and Yuri/VE3DZ/VE2IM will be active for approximately one week (between January 22-29th) from Zone 2 focusing exclusively on 160 meters with operations targeting JAs, Far-East, Asia and Oceania using VE2/UT3UA and VE2IM callsigns respectfully. Activity will include participation in the CQ 160 Meter CW Contest (January 25-27th) as VE2IM. Transmitting antennas are: Inv. L and Inv. Vee. Receiving antennas are: 2x250 m Beverages (NE and NW) and possibly 1 or 2 BOGs with KD9SV switch and pre-amp. Radio equipment is a pair of K3's and Legal output power. QSL via info on QRZ.com. For more info, see: https://www.qrz.com/db/VE2IM ZK3, TOKELAU ISLANDS (Update to OPDX.1395). An international team led by operators Hrane/YT1AD, Roman/UR0MC and Alex/UT5UY are planning a DX- pedition to the Tokelau Islands as ZK3X between October 1-15th, 2019. The group now has a Web page at: https://tokelau2019.com ZL7, CHATHAM ISLANDS. Operators Ian/ZL2BGL and Bill/ZL2AYZ/ZL3VZ will be active as ZL7C from Chatham Islands (OC-038) between March 28th and April 2nd. Activity will be on 80-15 meters using CW, SSB, FT8, RTTY and PSK31, as well as an entry in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st). 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HUGE thanks to Scott, KA9FOX, and QTH.com for designing, building, donating and running the Contest Dinner web site: http://contestdinner.com Master of Ceremonies for the Dayton Contest Dinner is Contest Hall of Fame member and World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF) Chairman, John Dorr, K1AR. To celebrate our 27th Anniversary dinner our featured speaker will be Ted Rappaport, N9NB. Ted's bio is here: https://www.contestdinner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Ted-Rappaport-N9NB-Bio.pdf Thanks to Teri, K8MNJ for coordinating and organizing the 2019 Contest Dinner. The 2019 Contest Hall of Fame inductees will be announced during the Dayton Contest Dinner. The Dayton Contest Dinner will be held on Saturday night, May 18, 2019, at 6:30 PM Cash bar opens at 5:30 PM. Located at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (Official Contester Hotel) 5th and Jefferson Streets (Next to the Dayton Convention Center) Dayton (Downtown), Ohio, in the PRESIDENTIAL BALLROOM on the second floor. Seating is random. Tables are set in rounds of 10 and rectangles of 12. You can purchase an entire table for your group (purchased group tables are set for round 10 or rectangle 12). Full Table purchases are reserved seating. Tickets are only available on: http://contestdinner.com There are no tickets for sale at the door. The 31st annual Contest Super Suite (all FOUR nights during Dayton) details are here: http://contestsupersuite.com And the 13th Annual Dayton Contest University seats are filling up fast: http://contestuniversity.com We expect another sold out event for the Dayton Contest dinner. Get your tickets early! http://contestdinner.com 73 and Happy New Year! Tim, K3LR, Dayton Contest Dinner Chairman - 27 years Vice President, North Coast Contesters ** [Edited] Announcing the 2019 Dayton TopBand Dinner - 30th Annual Event! -- Continuing the great Dayton Top Band dinner tradition that George, K8GG, and George, W8UVZ, started, I am proud to announce the 30th Annual Dayton TopBand dinner. Dinner reservations are now available for 2019! Friday evening May 17, 2019, at the Crowne Plaza in the Presidential Ballroom - downtown Dayton, Ohio. Top Band Social hour is at 6:00 PM and Dinner starts at 7:00 PM. Come and have dinner with the guys you work on 160 meters and enjoy great TopBand discussions. I am proud to announce that our featured speaker will be Ken Claerbout, K4ZW. You can read more about Ken here on his dinner bio page: https://www.topbanddinner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Ken-Claerbout-K4ZW-Bio.pdf Dinner reservations are available on line with credit cards and PayPal. Thanks to Teri, K8MNJ, for coordinating and organizing the TopBand Dinner. The 2019 Dayton TopBand Dinner details are here: http://topbanddinner.com Scroll down to make your reservations. In addition to K4ZW we will pass the mic so everyone can introduce them- selves. We will also have the exciting TopBand DXCC count down. Four nights of great Top Band, DX and Contesting hospitality are also at the Crowne Plaza Contest Super Suite: http://contestsupersuite.com Slots are filling up fast at 2019 Dayton Contest University: http://contestuniversity.com If you enjoy having fun on the 160 meter band, the 30th Annual Top Band Dinner is for you! Hope to see you at the 2019 Dayton TopBand Dinner 73, Tim K3LR - Dayton Top Band Dinner Chairman -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org Mon Jan 7 11:40:00 2019 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 11:40:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin #1397.1 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1397.1 Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1397.1 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Special Bulletin No. 1397.1 BID: $OPDX.1397.1 January 7, 2019 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, the AB5K's AR Clusters Network and K4UEE for the following DX information. Press Release 2019-1 Bouvet DXpedition (3Y0Z) January 7, 2019 Subject: Options/Instructions for REFUNDS of Unused DXpedition Funds Let me take this opportunity to thank you again for your financial support. The DXpedition team members are all extremely disappointed that we were not able to complete our mission. We were offshore Bouvet for three days and encountered extreme weather conditions. While fighting hurricane force winds, one of our vessel?s engines was over-stressed and a critical coupling failed. The ship?s Captain had no choice but to abort the DX- pedition for safety reasons. It was the correct decision, but a huge disappointment after almost three years of planning. We now have returned our sea container to the US, paid our final bills, and sold equipment to raise funds. After all this, I am happy to report we have a balance in our accounts. I am able to offer you a 48% refund of your original contribution to 3Y0Z. All supporters of our DXpedition are offered the same percentage regardless of whether they are a DX Foun- dation, DX Club, Individual DXer or DXpedition team member. This is the only fair way to do this! Many of you have contacted me and indicated that you DO NOT want any refund. So, I want to give everyone several options: Option 1: I want the refund. Please use my PayPal email address. (No checks or wire transfers please). I respectfully ask that you do not take a refund IF your contribution was $30 USD or less. Option 2: I do not want the refund; please donate my refund to the 3Y0Z team. Each member of the DXpedition team has invested consider- able money, time and effort to try to make this DXpedition a success. Option 3: I do not want the refund; please donate it to the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) in my name. This will help fund future DXpeditions worldwide. Option 4: I do not want the refund; please donate it to the International DX Foundation (INDEXA) in my name. This will help fund future DXpeditions worldwide. DEFAULT OPTION ..If you do not respond, we will divide your refund pro-rata (proportional) between the 3Y0Z team, NCDXF, INDEXA and German DX Foundation (GDXF). (These are our largest financial supporters.) Our DEADLINE for requesting Option 1-4 is March 15, 2019. PLEASE NOTE: It is not necessary to contact me. If I do not hear from you by the deadline, I will assume the DEFAULT OPTION. The contact email address is dxped at comcast.net Again, we very much appreciate your support for this project. The final outcome of this ambitious project is not as we planned or hoped for, but the DXpedition team is home and is safe. We are thankful for that! Vy 73, Bob-K4UEE 3Y0Z Co-leader and Chief Financial Officer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 NOW ON 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: 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 Jan 13 10:05:00 2019 From: kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 10:05:00 -0500 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1398 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1398 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1398 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1398 BID: $OPDX.1398 January 14, 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, K5GS, WB6RSE, AC8W, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, K9PG, W9ILY, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PY3DF, Sixitalia Weekly and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information. *** IMPORTANT NOTE FROM EDITOR: On January 11th, the server that I have been using since the late 80's, HAMNET.org, was hacked and wiped. The OPDX Mailing List (as well as others), my E-mails and automatic feeds were lost. My E-mail address is now no more. PLEASE, only send to or . The OPDX Mailing List is now in LIMBO, and I was told that the server HAMNET.org is probably gone for good. So PLEASE pass the word around about the OPDX Mailing List. The only way to obtain the OPDX Bulletins is via the OPDX Web page (provided by John, K8YSE) , QRZ.com (under Forums; News; Special Events, Contests.. etc.), several DX Mailing Lists, and three different UseNet Groups (rec.radio.info, rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.dx). The weekly bulletin (issue #) is also posted (from the OPDX Web page URL) on FaceBook and Twitter . I know this is going to be a big disappointment for the subscribers as well as it has been for me, but after almost 29 years I am considering to possibly retire from writing the bulletin. I will take some time to think about it in the next few weeks, and possibly try to find a new host for the mailing list...... 73 de Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 6th/January, through Sunday, 13th/January there were 210 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 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, E5/n, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, 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, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XZ, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, 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". 3A, MONACO. Philippe, EA4NF, will be active as 3A/EA4NF from Monaco between February 15-18th. Priority will be given to FM and SSB Satel- lites to get confirmed as much as possible this rare DXCC country to the amateur radio satellite community. HF activity will be on 20 meters SSB, but on the QRP mode (5w). QSL via LoTW. 3G, CHILE. Jorge, CE3YP, will be using the special callsign 3G3G from Santiago until December 31st. His activity will be on 80-6 meters using the FT8 mode only. QSL only via LoTW. 3V, TUNISIA. Operator SWL Ashraf "Ash", 3V4-002 (KF5EYY), will be active as 3V8SF from the Scout Radio Club of Sfax city club station during the CQWW 160M CW Contest (January 25-27th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via LX1NO or LoTW. Read about Ashraf on the following Web page at: http://www.kf5eyy.info 3W, VIETNAM. 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 direct or eQSL. 3Y0I BOUVET DXPEDITION NEWS. On January 11th, the 3Y0I team posted another update with a chart explaining "Bouvet's Weather" and disputing the claims that "the weather window has closed" on the Rebel DX Group Web site at: https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/bouvet-weather No other details to report. Departure dates are still not known. It is still a mystery... 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 6Y, JAMAICA. DX-World.net reports that Neil, G0RNU, will be active as 6Y/G0RNU from the QTH of 6Y5NZ at St. Mary, Jamaica, sometime between February 12-26th. He plans to be active on most days, but his activity will depend on propagation and other activities. Look for more details on his operations/activities on his QRZ.com page. 8P, BARBADOS (Reminder). Willy, KB8YRX, will be active as 8P9CA from Barbados (NA-021) between January 16th and February 4th. Activity will be on 20-10 meters using SSB. QSL via KB8YRX and LoTW. 9X, RWANDA (Reminder). Harald, DF2WO, will once again be active as 9X2AW from Kigali between January 18th and February 14th. He is currently pre- paring his 160m antenna and will build a Hexbeam with Bamboo Sticks for working on 20/17/15/12/10 meters using mainly Digital modes (FT8, PSK31, JT65 and RTTY), CW and SSB. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. DAY-XENIA NEWS (SWODXA DX DINNER ANNOUNCEMENT). A Press Release dated January 8th, was sent out by Mindi Jones, KC8CKW [edited] -- The South- West Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) is pleased to announce that we will again sponsor the DX Dinner, held in conjunction with the 2019 Dayton Hamvention. This, our 34th annual dinner, will be on Friday, May 17th, 2019, at the Dayton Marriott, 1414 S. Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH 45409. We will have another fantastic array of great prizes at the Dinner and the Forum! There will be a cash bar starting at 5:30 p.m., with dinner served at 7:00. Following the event, there will be a separate room and cash bar available for more fellowship. This is an excellent opportunity to meet new hams and to renew old acquaintances as well as to learn about past DXpeditions and those in the planning stages. The Marriott is very accommodating to a group our size. The dining room is on the ground floor so there are no steps, the dining room is very large, and there is ample free, on-site parking. This dinner is always well attended by some of the most avid DXers in the world. The 2018 dinner had over 400 attendees! As in the past, there will be some major door prizes, and there is always great anticipation as to who will be named the "DXpedition of the Year". Additionally, the Island Radio Expedition Foundation (IREF) will present the "IOTA DX- Peditioner of the Year" award during the dinner. Tickets can be purchased on the SWODXA Events website at: https://swodxaevents.org/purchase-tickets Program details and a list of the prizes will be on the website as they become available and updates will be sent out regularly via Twitter. Follow us on Twitter - @SWODXA FG, GUADELOUPE. Herve, F5HRY, will once again be active as FG/F5HRY from Guadeloupe (NA-102) starting January 18th. Activity is on various HF bands using CW (SSB on request) with sporadic operations in the REF HF CW Contest. QSL via his home callsign. FG, GUADELOUPE. Operators Gildas/F6HMQ and Michel/F6GWV will once again be active as FG/F6HMQ and FG/F6GWV from Guadeloupe between February 22nd and March 10th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using "light equipment". They will also be in the ARRL Inter. DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) using the callsign TO3Z. QSL via F6HMQ. QSL FG/F6GWV and Gildas FG/F6HMQ via their home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. FM, MARTINIQUE (NA-107). Laurent, FM5BH, will be active during the CQWW 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th) as a Single-Op/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (Reminder). Gerhard, OE3GEA, will be active as HC8GET from three of the Galapagos Islands (SA-004) between January 13-25th. Activity will be from Santa Cruz, Isabela and San Cristobal Islands. Operations will be on 30-10 meters. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. ADDED NOTE: After his HC8 activity, look for Gerhard to be active from Guadeloupe (FG), Dominica (J7) and Martinique (FM) for approximately 6 days each. IOTA NEWS.............. AF-037. (Reminder) Members of the F6KOP Team are now active as 9LY1JM from Banana Islands, Sierra Leone, until January 21st. Operators mentioned are Frank/F4AJQ (Team Leader), Jean-Luc/F1ULQ/AK8DX (Co?leader), Patrick/F2DX, Andreas/DL3GA/AB8AY, Jimi/F4DLM/AF7JJ, Jean-Baptiste/F4ERY, Frank/F5TVG, Julien/F8AVK, Herman/ON4QX/ KM6CPP and Eric/ON7RN. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and FT8. There will be 4 stations on the air: 4X Kenwood TRX-590s into VDA antenna 10 to 20m & Spiderbeam mast for low band 30 to 160m. QSL via F5GSJ, direct or by the Bureau. Also, QSL via ClubLog or LoTW. For more details and updates (w/pictures), see: https://9l2019dx.wordpress.com AS-153. (Reminder) Members of the West Bengal Radio Club (VU2WB) are now active as AU2HAM from Ganga Sagar Mela Island until January 17th. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via VU2NRO. EU-112. Members of the Invoker Team are planning to activate the Shiant Isles group, Scotland, sometime in the Spring. Stay tuned for details. NA-122. Operators Ez/HI3AA, Tino/HI3CC, Edwin/HI3K, Mike/HI3MPC, Jose/ HI3SD, HI6JHV, Cafefe/HI8CAF, Elio/HI8EFS, Gerardo/HI8GP, HI8JQE, Alfredo/HI8K, Max/HI8MAX, Martin/LU9EFO and Ismael/ XE1AY will be active as HI1LT from Beata Island between January 20-28th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via W2CCW. SA-005. RRC operators Vasily/R7AL, Vasil/RA1ZZ, Vladimir/RK8A, Aleksei/ RL5F, Leonid/RW9JZ and Marco/CE1TBN will be active as XR0ZRC from Robinson Crusoe Island (WW Loc. FF06oi), in the Juan Fer- nandez Islands (CE0Z) group, between March 11-27th. The DX- pedition Pilot will be Victor, UA3AKO. Activity will be on 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via R7AL, direct, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. For more details and update, see: https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/xr0zrc 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...... JD1, OGASAWARA. Makoto, JI5RPT, will once again be active as JD1BLY from Chichijima Island (AS-031) between February 15-17th. Activity will be on 630-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes (NO 6m EME). He states that he will be active on the "630m Band" using mainly the JT9 mode. 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 P4, ARUBA (OOOPPPSS!!). Last weeks announcement about operators Mike/K9NW, Paul/K9PG, Chad/WE9V and John/W6LD was a major TYPO using "cut and paste". Sorry, but their operation is not happening.... PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (January 14-20th)....... Jan/14th AN Jan/17th AN Jan/19th AN Jan/15th AN Jan/18th AN Jan/20th AN Jan/16th 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9LY1JM via F5GSJ (O) EA8/DL2DXA/P via DL2DXA OL1A via OK1CW 9M2MRS via PA0RRS & (L/C) EA8/PA7ZEE/P via PA7ZEE ON/PD0RWL/P via PD0RWL DF13BUD via DL1RUN EG1PIN via EA1URV OT2L via ON7LU DF13MUC via DL8UUF EP2C via EA5GL (d/e) P49X via W0YK (d/L) DF13PAR via DM7MA EX0DX via HB9DUR and LoTW S79AA via OE6MBG (O/L) DF13STO via DL1HZM GB139SQN via G4NRZ SK3W via SM5CCT DL0HMB via DL9HCO HF27FIN via SP2FAP SM6M via SM6MCW DL0LN via DC2CB II4CAL via IQ4FE SN5A via SP5PMF DL19RIC via DL5ABG (O) LZ10WCA via LZ5W VI17AC via M0OXO (OQRS) DL300AH via DG2FEJ & (e) OG60IPA via OH4MDY DR10WCA via DF6EX OK7W via OK1CID 4J3DJ: Alexander Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia (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/9LY1JM https://clublog.org/logsearch/H33J https://clublog.org/logsearch/V84SAA QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4Z5FI, F2YT, F6FHO, FG8OJ, G3UG, HB9MOZ, KH1/KH7Z, KV4VZ, LW5DR, OH8GDU, OZ1ZD, PU2TXZ, S58N and ZF1RC QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4O6AH, 8P9AE, C31CT, E44WE, FJ/F6CUK, KL7RRC/P, VE7ACN/7 and ZL7X QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED 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 following was posted on the T31EU Web page: "Our preparations are on schedule. The team is very grateful for the great sponsoring from the ham community. The antenna material is stored in Tarawa at Chuck Corbett. The PIPA Kanton Coordinator, Tuake Teema, con- firmed that our two generators were in excellent conditions and we have two drums (400 liters) fuel available on the island. All our equipment is successfully checked and the suitcases are packed. We have again a total of 250 kg Radio equipment! In four weeks our team flies from Frankfurt over Brisbane to Tarawa. After a short stay in Tarawa we will fly on Feb. 16th with a small charter plane (Beechchraft King Air 200) to Kanton. There we are guests of the village community. The team members are in a good spirit and looking optimistically forward to a successful DXpedition." For more details and updates, see: http://www.kanton2019.de TI, COSTA RICA. Nathan, N4YDU, will be active as TI5W from Alajuela during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band/High-Power entry. Look for activity as TI5/N4YDU prior to the contest. QSL TI5/N4YDU via LoTW. QSL TI5W via W4FS and LoTW. V2, ANTIGUA & BARBUDA. Alan, N3AD, will once again be active as V26M during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via W3HNK. VO2, CANADA (Zone 2, Contest and Satellite Op). Operators Chris/VE3FU (VO2AC), Dave/VE9CB (VO2AAA) and Frank/VO1HP will be active from the Point Amour Lighthouse, the tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada, on the south coast of the rare Labrador (LB) [Zone 2] between January 22-29th. Their main activity will be in the CQWW 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th) as a Multi-Op entry sign VO2AC. Pre-contest activity will be on 160m as they get their wire vertical array and Beverages working; if time permits they may also be active before the contest on 80m, 60m, 40m, AO-85, AO-91, and AO-92 from Grid GO11. QSL VO2AC via VE3FU (direct or by the Bureau). Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. More info is available at: https://www.qrz.com/db/vo2ac VP6 PITCAIRN ISLAND DXPEDITION (Update). The October Pitcairn Island DX- pedition team has posted key dates for their travels and operation at: https://pitcairndx.com/news-and-updates It looks like the Pitcairn team will be on the air for 14 days possibly starting October 18th. Visit the October Pitcairn Island DXpedition Web page at: https://pitcairndx.com Their Pitcairn Island FaceBook page is at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/580069859103416 Also, their Twitter page is at: https://twitter.com/2019Island VP9, BERMUDA. Operators Brian/KG8CO, Frank/W8KA, Jim/KB8TXZ, Lee/N8LJ and Stan/AC8W will operate from Bermuda between March 28th and April 2nd, including an entry in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st). QSL via LoTW, EQSL or for paper QSL's via operators' instructions. VP6D DUCIE ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (VP6D QSL Card Update). The following press release was sent out on January 12th [edited]: The VP6D QSL card designs were completed, proofs were submitted and approved for printing. Gennady, UX5UO, printed the cards during the week of January 7th, they will be shipped to Tim, M0URX, in the UK during the week of January 14th. A separate /MM card was also designed. Tim has already prepared the mailing labels, the envelopes are waiting to receive your cards. All confirmation requests received up to the mailing date will be included in the mailing. Confirmation requests after the first mailing will be processed on a regular basis. We expect to place the cards in the mail system by early February. The cards will be mailed from the United Kingdom, so please allow for mail system delays before asking for the status of your card(s). Bureau cards will be mailed to the world Bureaus quarterly, expect 6 - 12 months, or more, to receive Bureau cards. If you already requested confirmation via OQRS or by direct mail, our system will not allow duplicate requests. For example requesting a Bureau card more than once, or requesting a Bureau card if a card was sent via Direct Mail. We will send another update when the cards are placed into the mail system.... 73, VP6D QSL Team XZ, MYANMAR. Akio, JE2QIZ, announced on January 11th, that he has finally received his license from Ministry Of Transprotation and Communication of Myanmar. His callsign is XZ2B and is only good for 150 days. Akio has been living in Nay Pyi Taw for almost 2 years. His Myanmar license only permits him to operate between 20-300MHz for amateur radio and the power is only 25W. He states that his antenna at the hotel is a fishing rod antenna. The cost of his Myanmar radio license depends upon the spectrum width he can use. Therefore, he can only use 20 kHz from the band edge and will only operate on CW. Akio will try to use ClubLog and is looking for a QSL Manager (if interested, contact him via his E-mail address on QRZ.com). If you need a QSL, please send a QSL to JE2QIZ with 1 IRC or 2 USDs. He does not have a QSL card yet, but he will be ordering them. YB, INDONESIA. Yohanes, YB2DX, will be active in the CQWW 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th) as a Single-Op/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. YB, INDONESIA. Operators Suwarno/YB2BOB, Udi/YC2PQW and Indra/YD2XVT were active as YB2ZDO from the Grobogan club station during this past weekend's 2019 YB DX Contest. QSL via YB2ZDO direct. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Operators Dan/N6MJ, John/K6AM and Tim/N6WIN will be active as ZF1A on Grand Cayman Islands (NA-016) during the ARRL Inter- national DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-Single 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. ZK3X TOKELAU ISLANDS DXPEDITION NEWS (Update to OPDX.1395 & OPDX.1397). Operators Rob/N7QT and Sandro/VE7NY have joined the international ZK3X team led by operators Hrane/YT1AD, Roman/UR0MC and Alex/UT5UY planned between October 1-15th. The group now has a Web page at: https://tokelau2019.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html NOW ON 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: 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: 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 Jan 20 10:31:33 2019 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:31:33 +0000 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1399 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1399 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1399 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1399 BID: $OPDX.1399 January 21, 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, K4UEE, WB6RSE, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, 4K6AG, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Sixitalia Weekly and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information. *** IMPORTANT NOTE FROM EDITOR (Update): As mentioned last week, on January 11th, the server that I have been using since the late 80's, HAMNET.org, was hacked and wiped. The OPDX Mailing List (as well as others), my E-mails and automatic feeds were lost. My E-mail address is now no more. PLEASE, only send info to or . I want thank Bill, NG3K (Web Master of NG3K Amateur Radio Contest/DX Page ), and Mauro, I1JQJ (Editor of 425 DX News), for their help in getting the word out about the E-mail changes and the status of the OPDX Mailing List. Currently, the OPDX Mailing List is still in LIMBO, but I was told this past week they "may" try to start-up the server HAMNET.org again. I am also looking around for another possibly host/server. So PLEASE pass the word around about the status of the OPDX Mailing List. Right now the only way to obtain the OPDX Bulletins is via the OPDX Web page (provided by John, K8YSE) , QRZ.com (under Forums; News; Special Events, Contests.. etc.), several DX Mailing Lists, and three different UseNet Groups (rec.radio.info, rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.dx). The weekly bulletin (issue #) is also posted (from the OPDX Web page URL) on the NODXA FaceBook and Twitter . I know this is going to be a big disappointment for the subscribers as well as it has been for me, but after almost 29 years I am still considering to possibly retire from writing the bulletin. I will take some time to think about it in the next few weeks and continue to try to find a new host for the mailing list...... 73 de Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 13th/January, through Sunday, 20th/January there were 208 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, 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, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, 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, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3Y0I BOUVET DXPEDITION NEWS. Nothing new this week and no other details to report. Departure dates are still not known. It is still a mystery... 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 4L, GEORGIA. Mamuka Kordzakhia, 4L2M, President of the National Associ- ation Radio Amateurs of Georgia (NARG), will be active during the CQWW 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th) as a Single-Op/High-Power entry. He plans to use a 1 KW, a 37 meters high Vertical with radials and a 300 ft. 2 beverage antenna. QSL via EA7FTR. 6O, SOMALIA (Update). Ali, EP3CQ, who works for United Nations in African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), in Mogadishu, will once again be active as 6O1OO between January 21st and February 6th. Activity will be limited to his spare time on 40/30/20/17/15/10 meters using SSB and FT8. He suggested last time everyday between 1800-2000 East Africa Time (EAT) and on the weekend (Friday and Saturday) between 1400-1800. Equipment is a Yaesu 857D into ATAS 120A, Tarheel Little II (currently active), and Sandpiper MV-10. QSL direct to: Ali Solhjoo, Via Siacci 12, Rome, 00197, Italy. QSL cards will be replied on quarterly basis. IRC not accepted. Flash news will be posted via Twitter: @ep3cq 6Y, JAMAICA. Kan, JJ2RCJ, will be active as 6Y3Y from 6Y5WJ's QTH at St. Elizabeth, Jamaica (NA-097) between June 26-28th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using FT8. Special focus will be on JA/Asia. QSL via JJ2RCJ, direct (no IRCs), LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS or eQSL. 8P, BARBADOS. Charles, 8P6ET, will be active as 8P1W during the CQWW 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via KU9C. PLEASE NOTE: Charles will be operating on January 21st as 8P6ET/P o 80/40/20 meters using CW and SSB. Antennas will be a Buddi- Pole vertical for 40 and 20 meters, and a 80 meters dipole. 8Q, MALDIVES. Andy, UT4UEP, is now active as 8Q7UA from Ukulhas Island (AS-013) until January 23rd. Activity will be on 40/30/20 meters using CW and FT8. Equipment is a Yaesu FT857D transceiver with KL-500 amp into A GP antenna. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Erich, HB9FIH, is now active as EA/HB9FIH from El Hierro (AF-004, SOTA A8/HI-001) until about March 31st. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via HB9FIH, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW and eQSL. EM1, ANTARCTICA. Roman, UT7UA, will soon be active as EM1UA and/or EM1A from the Ukrainian Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky Base base station (EM1U) on Galindez Island (AN-006, WASA UR01). His license is good until February 1st, 2020. Activity will be on various HF bands and modes. QSL via UT7UA. HC, ECUADOR. Rick, NE8Z/HC1MD/SP9E, will once again be active between January 18th and February 7th from Ecuador. He may also operate /portable from other HC prefix areas during this trip. Rick states that he is working on his Digital DXCC totals while on this trip. Activity will be on 40-6 meters (no 60m) using CW, SSB and FT8. His radio equipment: FT-857d 100w-->Carolina Windom 40-10m CW+SSB+RTTY)/Outbacker -- 6m CW + SSB (monitor 50.110) + 2 element 6m MOXON antenna. QSL via direct to K8LJG & LoTW after the trip. VIEW the HC/Ecuador and HC8/Galapagos DX- Diplomas at: http://webpages.charter.net/ne8z IOTA NEWS.............. AF-019. (Update) Operators Silvo/S50X, Krajcar/S52P, Peter/S54W, Pavla/S56DX, Slavko/S57DX and Drago/S59A, will be active as IG9/homecall from Lampedusa Island between January 21-31st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, and this will include the CQWW DX 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th) as a Multi-Op entry signing possibly as IG9/S59A. QSL via their home callsigns. AS-043. Kenji, JA4GXS, will be active as JA4GXS/1 from Hachijo-Jima Island, South Izu Islands, Japan, between May 11-13th. Activity will be on 40-20 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via his home callsign. NA-249. Members of the Radio Operadores del Este (RODE) will be active as KP3RE from Culebra Island between February 22-24th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB, FT8 and Satellites. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 3675, 7025, 10105, 14025, 18085, 21025, 24890 and 28025 kHz SSB - 3795, 7190, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28490 kHz FT8 - 3567, 7056, 10131, 14090, 18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz Satellites - AO-91, AO-92, SO-50 and IO-86 FM QSL via EA5GL. 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...... NP4, PUERTO RICO. Felipe, NP4Z, will be active from Puerto Rico during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/High-Power entry. QSL via N4AO. OA, PERU. Tony, OA4DX, will be active during the CQWW 160m CW Contest (January 25-27th) as a Single-OP/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. PJ6, SABA ISLAND. Operators Bob/K4UEE, Tim/K5AC, Jeff/NM1Y and Ned/WC4X will be active as PJ6A from Jolieville, Saba Island (NA-145), during the ARRL CW DX 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 Ele- craft 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. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (January 21-27th)....... Jan/21st AN Jan/24th LN Jan/26th AN Jan/22nd AN Jan/25th HN Jan/27th AN Jan/23rd 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4K6AG via DC9RI HA6A via HA8KW OE/HB9RB via RC3C CS25FOQ via CT1FOQ & (L) HB9/YU1CA/P via YU1CA OU2T via OV1CDX DF13BLN via DM2TO HB90AFI via HB9AFI OZ2SPACE via OZ1ACB DL/HA7UL/P via HA7UL (d/L) HC5EAJ via N9EAJ & (L) OZ30EU via OZ8IE DL20IKT via DL8DXW HF40STOK via SP4LVK R900BL via UF1M DR50DIG via DH1PAL HG100CFB via HA6OI SN19WOSP via SP5PPK EA8/DF5JR via DF5JR HG6N via HA6KNB (d/L) SP85NISKO via SQ7FPD & (L) EA8/ON5WS/P via ON5WS HH2AA via HH2AA (L) TM66BLM via F6KBR EA9LZ via EA5KB (d/L) IQ2XZ via 9A8MDC ZL7/JA0JHQ via JA0JHQ (d/L) FM5BH via W3HNK (d) IQ6KX via IW6ATQ (d/e) ZY6C via PY6TV (d) GB2RN via G0TOC (d/G-B) IT9/DJ8QP via DJ8QP (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: CR5T, CT3MD, CX4ACH, LU1HVK, LY2FN, LY2J, OH8GDU, PA1AW, RW4NN, R9XM, SM4EMO, SQ7LRT and SV2AEL QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: EL2EL/4 (AF-111), EP6RRC , KP4/EI9FBB (NA-249) and TK/S57C QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!!!! --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... S7, SEYCHELLES. Vlad, UA4WHX, is expected to be active soon as S70VB from La Digue Island (AF-024). Specific dates were not provided. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via UA4WHX direct or by PayPal (see QRZ.com). USI NEWS. The United States Islands Awards (USI) program will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. For this special occasion, the USI will be providing/offering a special award for both chasers and activators running between January 1st and December 31st. For details, see: http://usislands.org/25th-award Also see details on the ARRL Web page at: http://www.arrl.org/news/view/us-islands-awards-program-announces-25th-anniversary-award-recent-rule-changes VK, AUSTRALIA. Taka, JA8COE, will be active as VK4/JA8COE from Wangai Beach Hotel on Horn Island (OC-138) between March 14-17th. Activity will be on various HF Bands. QSL via JA8COE. For more details and updates, watch: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/takaja8coe XV, VIETNAM. Andy, DL3YM, will be active as XV9YM on a job related trip to Ho Chi Minh City between February 16th and March 18th. Activity will be limited to his spare time on 40-10 meters using mainly CW. All QSOs will be confirmed with a card and uploaded to LoTW. XV, VIETNAM. Jacek, SP5APW, will once again be active from Vietnam during March. Look for him to be active as XV9JK/p (pending) from Mui Ne City between March 6-8th, and as XV9JK (pending) from Cu Lao Thu Island (AS-157) between March 10-16th. Activity will mainly be on 20/17 meters using SSB, and possibly FT8 on 40/30 meters. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. XV, VIETNAM. Mats, RM2D (SM6LRR), will once again be active as XV9D from Phan Tiet between November 17-30th. Activity will be holiday style, but he will make a serious effort for the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th). Entry category will be defined later [either a 160/80/40 meters Single- Band effort]. Activity before and after the contest will be mainly on CW, SSB, and possibly some Digital modes, mainly on 160-40 meters. This year the aim is to focus on the 5 lowest bands (160-20 meters) and main goal is to give DXers ATNO or new bandpoints on 160/80/40 meters. QSL via LoTW or direct to EA5GL. NO Bureau QSLs. ZF2, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Kan, JJ2RCJ, will once again be active as ZF2CJ from the ZF1A Amateur Radio Club Station on Grand Cayman Island (NA-016) between June 23-25th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters, but with a focus on FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct (only GS no IRCs), OQRS or LoTW. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html NOW ON 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: 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: 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 Jan 27 09:45:06 2019 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:45:06 +0000 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1400 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1400 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1400 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1400 BID: $OPDX.1400 January 28, 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, N2OO, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, K5GS, KK6H/A35A, WB6RSE, K8GI, K8YC, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, HP1COO, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer & ISWL, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3QSL, VA3RJ & ICPO and Z32ZM for the following DX information. *** IMPORTANT NOTE FROM EDITOR (Update): Good news and bad news. The OPDX Mailing List is back up and running. However, we are starting from scratch, and only very few E-mail addresses have been added. The new Mail List does not have an automatic subscriber feature and you will have to E-mail me a request to be added. I request patience because this is a new system/server for me and I have to learn how to use it. My E-mail address (kb8nw at barf80.nshore.org) is now back online, but I only plan to use it as a secondary address. PLEASE, PLEASE, only send Mail List request and DX info to (kb8nw at hotmail.com) or (kb8nw at arrl.net). Also, PLEASE pass the word around.... Again, I want thank Bill, NG3K (Web Master of NG3K Amateur Radio Contest/DX Page [https://www.ng3k.com/], Bernie, W3UR (Editor of The Daily DX), ARRL Web page and Mauro, I1JQJ (Editor of 425 DX News), for their help in getting the word out about the E-mail changes and the status of the OPDX Mailing List. Just a reminder, you can still obtain the OPDX Bulletins via the OPDX Web page (provided by John, K8YSE) [www.papays.com/opdx.html], QRZ.com (under Forums; News; Special Events, Contests.. etc.), several DX Mailing Lists, and three different UseNet Groups (rec.radio.info, rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.dx). 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 DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 20th/January, through Sunday, 27th/January there were 218 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E3, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, J8, 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, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XZ, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZL7, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3B8, MAURITIUS. Olof, G0CKV, will once again be active from Mauritius (AF-049) between November 18-29th. He plans to have a team with him this time. Activity will be mostly on the low bands and an entry in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th). QSL via LoTW or M0OXO. No other details were provided. 3D2/R, ROTUMA. Antoine, 3D2AG, announced the following on January 22nd: "The next 3D2AG/p Rotuma Dxpedition will likely take place around March/ April 2019. Focus will be on low bands, with QRO when required. Please beware of pirates on FT8 impersonating the Rotuma expeditions!!" QSL via PayPal or direct. NO LoTW. 3Y0I BOUVET DXPEDITION NEWS. On January 23rd, the Rebel DX group posted strong messages (on their FaceBook & Web pages) as well as a video about bogus news being reported on their planned operation to Bouvet Island. Here are their following posts/press releases which have been edited (due to language): From [https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup]: Be aware of all sh**y news. Our vessel is not arrested. So far only us can arrest this ship as trip is paid in full. There is some Harbor fees over due (This is up to Vessel owner - not a 3Y0I team members) and will be paid by owners when ship is ready to go! Now I will change my language to a ''BIKER'' way. You, small pu**ys! who trying to torpedo our plans, sending emails to boat captain, talking stories from the moon or even from mars...GO F**K YOURSELF !. We know very well who is doing that, and we will publish all this things when we come back from Bouvet. YES WE ARE GOING TO BOUVET and you will not stop us! I will track you down very easy, as you have no idea who you dealing with. Then we will send you to hell on the very famous way. You will be very well known ham radio operator(s), remembered forever. Promise you ! Video: https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup/videos/281303642543837 ------------------------------------------------------------ From [https://www.rebeldxgroup.com]: 3Y0I Preparations Continue (Video) -- They write emails to the Captain of our vessel. They spread hate, fake news and disinformation on Facebook, Twitter and other social media, even on a once upon a time reliable news source. They make fake spots and spread bullsh** on the Clusters. They talk among their Internet groups all the while spreading crap rumors saying our vessel has been ?seized by authorities?. They have no idea what our story is so they make stories up. They are clueless. They are trying to sabotage our project within the Ham Radio Community, and they are ALL full of sh**. We continue to save it all and we will publish their bogus info when the team returns from Bouvet. We are positive you will be stunned to learn who the saboteurs are. Supposed pillars of the Amateur Radio DX Community? NOT. A short video from Dom, 3Z9DX showing preparations continue on our vessel. https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/3z9dx-zs.mp4 ------------------------------------------------------------ From [https://bouvetoya.org/another-fake-news/]: ANOTHER FAKE NEWS -- According to news circulated by some South African and Italian hams, 3Y0I DXpedition has been postponed/canceled and our vessel ? ?Atlantic Tuna? ? has been arrested at the Cape Town?s shipyard due to unpaid port fees. We do confirm these are fake news and we deny the above. We totally understand the magnitude of interest in our project as it regards DXCC #2. But before re-posting any 3rd party news (even so-called ?breaking news?) regarding our expedition, please verify them. We cannot take any responsi- bility for fake news and one more time ? beware of unverified information sources. Should any important changes or/and updates come to the 3Y0I DXpedition, we will publish them at our websites and social media channels asap. ------------------------------------------------------------ There is one more posting dated January 25th which is way to long too publish, but interesting. It is called "Our Rebel Advice To You?" and can be viewed at: https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/our-rebel-advice-to-you ------------------------------------------------------------ Nothing else to report this week and no other details. Departure dates are still not known. It is still a mystery... 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 8P, BARBADOS. Charles, 8P6ET, will be active as 8P1W during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via KU9C. A2, BOTSWANA. Look for the A21EME Team to be active from Botswana between October 20-29th. Operators mentioned are Sam/HB9COG, Dan/HB9CRQ, Chris/ PA2CHR, Lins/PA3CMC, Andrew/ZS6AVH, John/ZS6JON, Paul/ZS6NK and Bernie/ ZS4TX. Activity will be on the following dates and bands: October 20-25th -- 6m, 2m, 70cm; EME October 20-29th -- 23, 13, 9, 6 and 3cm; JT65 and CW QSL via PA3CMC. CHANGE OF PLANS (TT8RR/TT8XX CHAD On Hold -- 5X0T/5X0X UGANDA Moved Up). The Italian Dxpedition Team (IDT) DXpedition to Chad, initially planned for March 2019, has been put on hold for security reasons. As a con- sequence, the activity from Uganda, originally planned for September- October this year, has been rescheduled to March 13-25th. Operators mentioned are Alfeo/I1HJT, Franco/I1FQH, Paolo/IW1ARB, Silvano/I2YSB, Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR, Marcello/IK2DIA, Stefano/IK2HKT, Tony/ I2PJA and Mac/JA3USA. Art, IK7JWY, will be the HF pilot station. Sergio/ IK0FTA will be the 6m pilot station. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. 5X0T will be on SSB/CW/RTTY and 5X0X on FT8 only. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1826, 3530, 7025, 10115, 14030, 18068, 21030, 24890 and 28030 kHz SSB - 3775, 7090, 14240, 14240, 18130, 21310, 24950 and 28470 kHz RTTY - 14084 kHz The IDT team has an online survey for "needs/wants" on their Web page. QSL via I2YSB, direct, OQRS or LoTQ. For more details, see: http://www.i2ysb.com/idt CR3, MADEIRA. Tibor, OM3RM, will once again be active as CR3DX from Madeira Island during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via OM2VL, direct or by the Bureau (Don't send QSL to CT Bureau). D4, CAPE VERDE. Philip, HB9HFD, will be active as D44TAQ from San Pedro on Sao Vicente Island (AF-086) between February 17-22nd. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using various Digital modes with an Icom IC-703, w/10w and Alex Loop antenna. QSL via LoTW. FY, FRENCH GUIANA (Also FM). Armin, DK9PY, will be active as FY/DK9PY from French Guiana between February 8-17th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using mainly CW and will include the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. Equipment will be a FT-857 with 100 watts into an Inverted L. QSL via DK9PY. ADDED NOTE: Armin is also expected to be active from Martinique (FM) between February 17th-March 5th. H31, PANAMA (Special Event). Look for special event callsign H31A to be active until August 15th. Activity is to commemorate 500th anniversary of the foundation of Panama City, PANAMA. Activity will be on 80/60/40/ 30/20/17/15/12/10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes (RTTY, PSK31 and FT8). Operators mentioned are Victor/HP1AVS, Henry/HP1CDW, Enrique/ HP1ECA, Alejandro/HP1COO, Roberto/HP1MRA, HP1JGG, Anel/HP8FOX, Romel/ HP8MAK and Guillermo/HP1GES. QSL manager is HP1AVS. For more information, please refer to QRZ.com. HC, ECUADOR. Bill, K5YG, will be active as HC5MWT from HC5DX's QTH in Cuenca between February 18-23rd. Activity will be on various HF bands using mainly CW with some SSB and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign, direct or LoTW. IDXC NEWS (2019 Visalia Top Band Dinner Press Release). Announcing the Top Band Dinner at the 2019 Visalia International DX Convention. Buffet Dinner. Pre-Assigned seating. Door Prizes. $42/person. Program: "Snapshot: VK9XG to North America on 160m," by Chris Duckling, G3SVL and "KH1/KH7Z Top Band From Baker Island" by George Wallner, AA7JV. For the most up-to- date information and to register see: http://topbanddinner.jimdo.com INDEXA NEWS. The Winter 2019 Issue of the INDEXA newsletter is now available to read/download on the INDEXA Web site. This issue features a report by Diego Thobie, F4HAU, on the Saint Brandon (3B7A) DXpedition which occurred in April 2018. This issue can be downloaded in English or Spanish at: http://www.indexa.org/newsletters.html IOTA NEWS.............. AF-018. Operators Dimitar/LZ1UQ and Ivan/LZ1PM will be active as IH9/LZ1UQ and IH9/LZ1PM from Pantelleria Island until January 31st or February 1st. Both were active this past weekend in the CQWW 160m Contest. Activity on other bands possible out- side the contest on CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsigns. For more details, see: http://ih9cq160m.com AS 204. Russian operators are planning to be active as RI0FP from Paramushir Island, Kuril Islands. No other details were provided. Look for more information to be forthcoming. NA-008. (Zone 2) VY0ERC will once again be active from the Eureka Weather station and the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the most northerly located amateur radio club in the world] from Eureka, Nunavut, between February 3rd and March 29th. A list of the operating team was not provided. The suggested bands are 40 and 20 meters (possibly 80m), as well as FM satellites (from ER60, EQ79) using SSB, the Digital modes and very slow CW. Activity will be limited to his spare time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct. OC-042. David, VE3OI, is now active as DU3/VE3OI from Luzon Island February 13th. Activity will be on 40-15 meters using mainly CW and FT8. QSL via LoTW, or via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. 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...... ISWL CALLSIGNS (For February). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of February 2019: GX4BJC/A - Operated from Skegby, in Nottinghamshire, by Merv, G0UJD (WAB Square - SK56 - 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 Dick, M5DIK - The QSL Manager and NOT the individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club. All QSL info is on [www.iswl.org.uk] or [www.qrzcq.com] or [www.qrz.com] or via [www.eQSL.cc]. NO LoTW. J2, DJIBOUTI (Update). The J20DX team is planning to activate two IOTAs between April 15-21st: Moucha Island (AF-053) and the super rare Sept Frere (AF-059) (aka Seven Brothers, Sawabi or Seba Islands) signing as J20DX/p. Tentative dates for AF-059 are April 16th-18th/19th, and for AF-053 are April 18th/19th-19th/20th. Current list of operators has been updated to Col/MM0NDX, Jonathan/MM0OKG and Christian/EA3NT. QSL via M0SDV, ClubLog or LoTW. Look for more details to be forthcoming. Also watch their Web page at: https://j20dx.com J7, DOMINICA. Operators David/KK4WW (J79WW) and Gaynell/KK4WWW (J79WWW) will be active as J79USA from Wotten Waven between February 12-19th. Activity will be on mostly 20 meters and possibly 40 meters. QSL via N4USA. For more details, see their past operation at: http://fairsfoundation.blogspot.com/2017/01/arrived-in-dominica-friday-january.html JW, SVALBARD. Jon, LA1QH, will be active as JW1QH from Spitsbergen Island (EU-026) between February 8-11th. Activity will be on 80/20 meters SSB and on 2 meters SSB and FM. Jon states, "I guess most activity will be on Sunday, February 10th. This is primarily a family holiday, but I will try to activate my station in between other tasks." QSL via LA1QH (Bureau). K3, UNITED STATES (Special Event). Look for the annual "Ground Hog Day Special Event Station", K3HWJ, to be active on Saturday, February 2nd, around 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST) or possibly later, depending upon band conditions at that time. Suggested frequencies are: 40 meters on or about 7185 kHz (+/- about 5 kHz) or 20 meters on or about 14325 kHz (+/- about 5 kHz). 80 meters is a possible "backup", but is not planned at this time. They will offer a certificate for a "SASE" (self addressed stamped envelope) and mail it to: Mike or Bill Latta, Groundhog Contact No. ___, 409 N Penn St., Punxsutawney, Pa. 15767. PLEASE NOTE: Put your contact number in the "___" above. This will help them a lot to process your certificate. Also, certificates should be all mailed out within 2-3 weeks. For more details, see: http://www.punxyclub.com/special-events/ground-hog-day P4, ARUBA. Art, N3DXX, is now active from Aruba Island (SA-036) until January 30th. He was in this past weekend's CQWW 160m CW Contest signing P40E as Single-Op entry. QSL P40E via K9QVB or LoTW. PJ5, ST. EUSTATIUS. Fred, N6YEU, will be active as PJ5/N6YEU from St. Eustatius Island (NA-145, WW Loc. FK87ml) between February 11-19th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-15 meters (possibly 80m) using CW and SSB. He plans to be in the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via his home callsign or LoTW. PJ7, ST. MAARTEN (Possibly FJ). Jeff, VA3QSL. will be active as PJ7/VA3QSL from Dutch Sint Maarten (NA-105, WLOTA 0711) between February 10-15th. Also, there may be a possible operation as FJ/VA3QSL from St. Barthelemy (NA-146) on February 16-17th. Activity will be holiday style with 100W and a Buddipole on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL to homecall via Bureau, direct (for USA/CA 2 USDs, for DX 2 EURO or 1 IRC), or LoTW after his return home. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (January 28th-February 3rd)....... Jan/28th AN Jan/31st AN Feb/02nd AN Jan/29th AN Feb/01st HN Feb/03rd AN Jan/30th 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A41CK/AM via A41CK H33J via JA1HGY (O/L) PC6IPA via PA9LUC CT9/OM8AA via OM8AA HF34SDM via SP7PGK PJ4P via DJ5BWD & (L) DA200TF via DA200TF (N) IG9/S50X via S50X PQ50Y via PT2OP DK0TW via DK9BF IG9/S54W via S54W S70VB via UA4WHX DN1PIA via DH3SBB IG9/S59A via S59A SP/EU4CK via EU4CK(B); DL7VFM (d) EA8AT via EA8AT (d) IR7MT via IK7RVY VE2/UT3UA via UT3UA FG8OJ via F4AVX & (L) OE/DO9KK via DO9KK ZL/DJ8XW via DJ8XW GB5WOR via GB5WOR (L) OL120AB via OK4RM (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/Z68M (Updated) A35RK, NEW QSL MANAGER. Paul Kidd, KK6H/A35A, informs OPDX that effective immediately, Bob Schenck, N2OO, is now his QSL Manager for the following DX callsigns: A35A, A35RK, A35RK/p, 3D2RK and KH8/KK6H. Via LoTW is still good, too. CT9ABO via LoTW. Jozef, OM3GI, was active from Madeira during this past weekend's CQWW 160m CW Contest as a Single-Op/High-Power entry. E2X via LoTW. Members of the Thailand DX Association (HSDXA) were active as E2X during the CQWW 160m CW Contest this past weekend as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LoTW or E20GMY. Visit the HSDXA FaceBook page or Web page at: http://www.facebook.com/hsdxa http://www.qsl.net/hsdxa/index1.htm ED8W via LoTW. Miroslav, OM5RW, was active as ED8W from La Palma Island (AF-004) during the CQWW 160m CW Contest as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry this past weekend. MI/3Z0X via LoTW. Wojtek, SP5MXZ, was active as MI/3Z0X from his old friend's station, Darek/MI0SLE (ex-SP5MXB), in Northern Ireland during the CQWW 160m CW Contest this past weekend as a Single-Op/Assisted entry. He will be active until January 30th. TK0C via S50C, direct, eQSL and LoTW. "Team Charlie" (TeamC)was active as TK0C from Sant Ambroggio, Corsica, during the CQWW 160m CW Contest this past weekend as a Multi-Op entry. Operators were S53F, S53RM, S55OO, S57AL, S57C and S57NAW. Visit their FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/TK0CHARLIE V47UR QSL UPDATE. Bernie, W3UR, Editor of The Daily DX, reported on January 19th: All QSOs have now been uploaded to ClubLog. Hope to have them uploaded to LoTW after I return home. Also hope to have OQRS up and running in a few days. Please don?t send any Bureau cards, use OQRS. VP6D QSL UPDATE. Gene,K5GS, informs, "We're still on schedule to have the cards in the mail mid Feb." To view the VP6D and VP6D/MM QSLs, see: VP6D Front -- https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51146969_1998265366888049_9213276849369513984_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=5cfc29ff7919a6cbb7bcd87116f6e739&oe=5CB49179 VP6D Center -- https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/50856825_1998265300221389_7459928786616713216_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=d0ae621f0883f1a1f70c4425ab1116f6&oe=5CC5B22F VP6D Back -- https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/50675731_1998265070221412_4575423893015101440_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=6b20a3919de68e207621acd77c1061b8&oe=5CBF74A8 VP6D/MM Front -- https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/50732277_1998265083554744_2091880855357095936_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=36745cc40933382e31dbe64f7e0008c8&oe=5CB3401E VP6D/MM Back -- https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51200825_1998265006888085_4470214335477579776_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=7836bf461316f840c65a5d64049b842b&oe=5CF79985 QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3D2TS, 9G2HO, 9G5GS, 9Y4/VE3EY, CM2RSV, CR5T, CT1EEB, D41CV, E51DWC, EP6RRC, HC2AO, LY2J, NL8F, S58N, SM6CCO, SP2QCW, SP6IXF, TG9ADM, XT2SZZ, and ZL7/JA0JHQ QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4S7AB, 6O1OO, SV2ASP/A, TT8KO and YJ0GC QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!!!! --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... T2, TUVALU. Antoine, 3D2AG, was expected to activate Funafuti Island (OC-015) as T2AR this month, but has now pushed it back to mid-February. T31EU KANTON ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Update). Operators Guenter/DL2AWG, Hans/DL6JGN, Heye/DJ9RR, Wolf/DM2AUJ, Joe/DK5WL and RonaldPA3EWP will be active as T31EU from Kanton Island (OC-043) between February 16th and March 5th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and some FT8. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1826, 3523, 7010, 10105, 14023, 18069, 21023, 24891 and 28023 kHz SSB - 3795, 7090, 14185, 18130, 21285, 24950 and 28485 kHz RTTY - 3590, 7045, 10140, 14080, 18095, 21080, 24910 and 28080 kHz FT8 - 1840, 3567, 7056, 10131, 14080, 18102, 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. 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 ADDED NOTE: INDEXA announced this past week that they will be supporting T31EU operation. V3, BELIZE. Olli, DH8BQA, (along with his XYL) will be at the Maya Hill Lodge sometime in February. He will will be signing V31FO and activity will be holiday style on various HF bands. An OQRS for QSL requests to be provided later on. V3, BELIZE. Francesco, IK0FUX, will be active as V31UX from Maya Hill Lodge between February 1-8th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands, mainly CW. QSL via IK0FUX or LoTW. V3, BELIZE. Operators Robert/K5PI (V31AT), John/WC0W (V31TP), Madison/W5MJ (V31IT), Karl/AD0KH, Nancie/NM0C, Leigh/WC0T and Steve/WW0G will compete in the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Multi-Single entry from San Ignacio, Belize. They will use V3T for the contest callsign. QSL V3T and V31TP via WC0W or LoTW (no ClubLog). Look for operations before and after the contest by the operators. They will mostly focus on CW and on the 30/17/12 meter bands. Operators will be there between February 12-19th. QSL V31IT via M0URX or OQRS. QSL V31AT via K5PI, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. V3, BELIZE. Operators Victor/WB0TEV and Scott/K5PS will be active as V31VP and V31CQ, respectively, from Blackman Eddy between February 26th and March 5th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. This will include participation in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Multi-Single entry signing V31VP. QSL V31VP via WB0TEV, direct or by the Bureau. QSL V31CQ via K5PS, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL, ClubLog or LoTW. VP2M, MONTSERRAT. George, K5KG, will be active as VP2MKG from Gingerbread Hill, Montserrat (NA-103), sometime in mid-February. Activity will be on various HF bands (watch the WARC bands, and low bands) using CW and SSB. He plans to be in the ARRL International DX CW (February 16-17th) as a team (possibly Charles/K1XX, Doug/K1DG and John/K1QX) signing VP2MSS, and as either as a Multi-2 or Multi-Single entry; still undecided. QSL via K1QX. Operators George/K5KG and Charles/K1XX will also be in the CQWW 160 SSB (February 22-24th) Contest signing as VP2MKG. QSL via LoTW or direct to K5KG. VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Adrian, AA5UK, will be active as VP5/AA5UK from Providenciales Island (NA-002) between February 28th and March 8th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB, the Digital modes (RTTY and FT8) and the Satellites. There will be some operations in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. QSL via AA5UK, direct, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. YS, EL SALVADOR (Cancelled). Tom, KC0W, announced this past week that his DXpedition to El Salvador next month is cancelled. YV, VENEZUELA. Julio, YV1KK, will be active during the ARRL International DX CW Contest (February 16-17th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. For more info, see: http://www.signalhillcontest.com.ve Z6, KOSOVO. Mome, Z32ZM, is once again active as Z68M from Prishtina until February 5th. Activity will be mainly on 160/80/30 meters using FT8 on the normal frequencies (1840, 3573, 10136, 18100....etc kHz) with the MSHV V2.07 program in the "multi-answer protocol". QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (strongly recommended). 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