From kb8nw at hotmail.com Sun Sep 1 11:45:08 2019 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta) Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 15:45:08 +0000 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1429 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1429 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1429 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1429 BID: $OPDX.1429 September 2, 2019 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Send from Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Cluster Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, WB6RSE, K8GI, K8YSE, KT8D, W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DD0VR, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nou- velles DX, GU4YOX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RN3RQ, 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, 25th/August, through Sunday, 1st/September there were 207 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY9, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J7, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XZ, YB, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, 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". 4U1UN UNITED NATIONS NEWS. On August 24th, the following was posted on the United Nations Amateur Radio Club's (4U1UN) FaceBook page: "We are receiving a lot of messages regarding the lack of 4U1UN (United Nation Amateur Radio Club) activity on the bands. We will try to clear some things about the current Club's activities." Read the complete post at: https://www.facebook.com/United-Nations-Amateur-Radio-Club-4U1UN-169357566427247/timeline 8Q7, MALDIVES. Roly, ZL1BQD, will be active as 8Q7XR from Maldives (AS-013) between November 10th and December 30th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via his home callsign. ADDED NOTE: Beware that this is a re-issued callsign. Mark, M0DXR, used this callsign in 2008. 9M16, WEST MALAYSIA (Special Event). Members of the Kelab Radio Amateur Jalan Klang Lama, the 9MDXC and MARTS will be activating the special event callsign 9M16KING from Kuala Lumpur between now and September 30th. Activity is to celebrate the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (16th constitu- tional monarch and head of state of Malaysia). Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and various Digital modes. QSL via the operators' instructions. 9U, BURUNDI (Reminder). Francesco, IV3TMM, will once again be active as 9U3TMM from Bujumbura (WW Loc. KI46QP) between now and September 17th. Activity will be on 60-6 meters using SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via IV3TMM, by the A.R.I. Italian Bureau, ClubLog or LoTW. A2, BOTSWANA (Update). The A21EME Team have updated their info on their activity from Botswana (KG25wk) between October 20-29th. Operators now mentioned are 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, and 70cm EME. Modes JT65 and CW. October 20-29th -- 23, 13, 9, 6 and 3cm. Modes JT65 and CW. Also mentioned is activity on the QO100 satellite. For more details, see QRZ.com. QSL for 6m, 2m, 70cm and QO100 Sat. QSOs via PA3CMC, direct or by the Bureau. NO IRCs. QSL for 23cm and up QSOs via HB9Q. CQ NEWS (Eddie DeYoung, AE7AA, Named CQ Magazine Awards Editor). A press release, dated August 29th, from Richard Moseson (W2VU), Editor of CQ Amateur Radio, reports the following: Eddie De Young, AE7AA, of Clearwater, Florida, has been named Awards Editor of CQ Amateur Radio magazine, Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU, announced today. His first Awards column appears in the September 2019 issue. De Young succeeds Ted Melinosky, K1BV, who was both Awards Editor and USA-Counties Award Custodian for more than 20 years. CQ previously announced the appointment of Brian Bird, NX0X, as the new USA-CA custodian. De Young has been licensed since 1954 and has, over the years, held more than two dozen call signs from 11 different countries. He spent 38 years in the Pacific, Asia and Antarctica, including many in Australia. While there, he served as Awards Manager for the Wireless Institute of Australia, where he helped modernize the program and developed software to improve award processing. He has also been on nearly a dozen DXpeditions. Since returning to the United States, Eddie has worked summers for the National Park Service as a park ranger at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and at Glacier National Park in Montana. On the ham bands, he is active via remote stations and with limited operation from his new apartment, with 100 watts and a homemade fractal square loop on his balcony. Eddie enjoys operating primarily CW and digital modes. De Young says he plans to offer hints in his column on earning CQ awards of all kinds, inform newbies how to get started on their award hunting quests and share how much fun and educational award-chasing can be. Eddie also says he plans to include occasional competitions, award nostalgia and ideas from readers. CQ Editor Rich Moseson said, "Eddie brings a world of experience from all over the world to this position. As an avid award chaser as well as someone who has 'been the DX,' he understands both sides of the award- hunting equation and is uniquely qualified to help CQ's readers achieve the greatest possible success in their own award-hunting efforts. Plus, as former awards manager for a national association, he understands the administrative side of award programs as well. I look forward to working with Eddie." D4, CAPE VERDE. David, CT1EKU, is once again active as D44CH from Sal Island (AF-086) until September 5th. Activity will be on various HF bands using SSB and the Digital modes (FT8). QSL via LoTW, ClubLog and eQSL. DXCC'S MOST WANTED (ClubLog). The "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of August 30th. The list contains 340 entities. The following are the top 10 entities: 1. P5 DPRK (North Korea) 6. BV9P Pratas Island 2. 3Y/B Bouvet Island 7. KH7K Kure Island 3. FT5/W Crozet Island 8. KH3 Johnston Island 4. BS7H Scarborough Reef 9. FT5/X Kerguelen Island 5. CE0X San Felix Islands 10. 3Y/P Peter 1 Island No changes this month. The complete "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php E6, NIUE. Andrew, OZ5E, will be active as E6AN from Lakepa, Niue Island (OC-040) between September 7-10th. On QRZ.com it states, "This is a "research" activation to prepare for a DCA-expedition (Danish Contest Academy) later in the sunspot cycle, so there will not be that much activity and it will be a holiday operation." This operation is actually being called an "Antenna Experimental Tourist Style expedition." It also states on QRZ.com to not shout too loud at him as "Andrew is not up to speed as an operator (yet)." Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters, maybe 160/80/17m and 10m if it is open. Modes will be mainly FT8 and SSB - maybe some CW. QSL via OZ5E direct or LoTW. For more details, see: http://www.oz5e.dk EA6, BALEARIC ISLANDS. Alessandro, IU2IBU, will be active as EA6/IU2IBU from Punta Prime, Minorca Island, between September 7-13th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using SSB with 100 watts into an End-Fed Half Wave antenna. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW. EX, KYRGYZSTAN (Reminder/Update). Operators Leszek/SP6CIK, Jarek/SP6OJK, Janusz/SP9FIH, Roman/SP9FOW, Jerzy/SP9TCE and Jozef/SP9HVW will be active as EX0QP (not EX6QP) from the south shore of Issyk-kul Lake between Sep- tember 2-15th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, especially the 30/17/12m bands, using an Inverted L, phased verticals, and Spiderbeams. Operating modes will be CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H mode). Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1832, 3532, 7032, 10122, 14032, 18082, 21032, 24912 and 28032 kHz SSB - 3605, 7100, 14195, 18140, 21195, 24940 and 28420 kHz RTTY - 1845, 3569, 7045, 10145, 14095, 18095, 21095, 24920 and 28095 kHz FT8 - 1845*, 3569, 7045, 10145, 14095, 18095, 21095, 24920 and 28095 kHz * listening for JA on 1908 QSL via SP6OJK or ClubLog's OQRS. GJ, JERSEY. Bob, GU4YOX, will be active in this year's CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th) as GJ4YOX. Boat and lodging are booked, and Bob is looking forward to his first CQWW CW operation from GJ-land. Bob will be a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/High-Power/Unassisted entry in the contest. QSLs will be available by Bureau, direct and LoTW. Bob will arrive on Wed- nesday evening (November 20th) and return to Guernsey on Monday (November 25th), so there could be some pre/post contest QSOs. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-159. By the time you read this, operators Bulent/TA0TA, Nazim/TA2MN, Adem/TA6CQ and Taskin/TA6N will be active as TC0Z from the Kefken Island Lighthouse until September 4th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes (FT8 was mentioned). All logs will be uploaded to LoTW, ClubLog and QRZ.com after the DXpedition. AS-206. (Reminder) Operators Take/JI3DST and Masa/JR8YLY will be active as JI3DST/0 and JR8YLY/0 from Sado Island between September 6-11th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via their home callsigns. EU-034. Ari, OH3KAV, is now active as ES0KA from Saaremaa Island (WW Loc. KO08) until September 5th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using mainly using FT8 and CW, and possibly also on 60m. QSL via OH3KAV, by the Bureau or direct. All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW and ClubLog. EU-058. Thierry, F6CUK, will be active as F6CUK/p from Sainte-Marguerite Island (DIFM ME-020 FFF-1450 DFCF 06-063) between October 5-6th. Activity will be on 40/20 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. OC-237. Look for 7I1TI to be active from Tunda Island, Java Costal Islands, Indonesia, between September 6-8th. Activity will be on HF bands. QSL via HA3JB. NO OTHER DETAILS WERE PROVIDED. 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...... JT, MONGOLIA. Operators Sergey/UA0SE, Leonid/UA0SU, Serge/UA0SC, Mark/ UA0SRQ and Anton/RA0SMS will be active as JT7A from the Kh?vsg?l Nuur National Park, Mongolia, between September 5-9th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, FT8 and FT4. QSL via RA0SMS or ClubLog's OQRS. KH6, HAWAII. Ben, DL8UI, will be active as KH6/DL8UI from O'ahu Island (OC-019) between September 13-15th. Activity will include the Worked All Europe DX SSB Contest (WAE), September 14-15th. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the DARX Bureau. NCDXF NEWS. Now available online is the 2019 Summer Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) Newsletter (11 pages) for download at: http://www.ncdxf.org/pages/newsletter.html Interesting DXpeditions to read about are: * Kanton Island - T31EU QRV from a scrap heap by Ronald Stuy, PA3EWP * Shif Island (AS-189) - EP6RRC by Vasily V. Pinchuk, R7AL OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW OY, FAROE ISLANDS. Operators Ray/DL1ZBO, Peter/DL5FF and Volkmar/DL2VU will be active as OY/DL1ZBO, OY/DL5FF and OY/DL2VU, respectively, between September 2-12th. Activity will be on CW, SSB and the Digital modes. They will also be in the Russian WW RTTY Contest (September 7th). QSL via their home callsigns. P2, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Puiu, YO5BIM, is currently and once again active as P29VIM from Port Moresby, until September 22nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters (including 60m) using mainly CW, JT9 and FT8, with an Icom IC-706 MK2G. QSL via his home callsign. PACIFIC TOUR HAS STARTED. Heli, DD0VR, (along with XYL Bigi, DE3BWR) who was active as C6A/DD0VR from the Bahamas during January and February this year, informed OPDX on Saturday morning that they were in Singapore, and they should be starting their Pacific Tour that night by the time you read this. Their tentative schedule is as follows: Fiji -- Signing as 3D2VR between September 2-9th Samoa -- Signing as 5W0VR between September 9-16th Tonga -- Signing as A35JY between September 16-21st Activity will be on various HF bands (80-6m). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. LAST MINUTE UPDATE: Message from Heli late Saturday indicated they had problems with customs (radio equipment) in Nadi because they were closed on Sunday. They hope to get the equipment on Monday and start building antennas. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (September 2-8th)....... Sep/02nd HN Sep/05th AN Sep/07th AN Sep/03rd AN Sep/06th AN Sep/08th AN Sep/04th 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 for propagation: * 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 * Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation * Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us * 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 (www.qslinfo.eu)(September 1st) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3Z0R via SP9SX HB0/DJ1AA/M via DJ1AA SI3A via SM3LIV & (L) 4U500M via UA3DX HF80WIELUN via SP7KED SP4WOJTEK via SQ4AVD 5B4ALX via IZ4AMS & (L) IF9/IT9PPG via IT9PPG SP60DXC via SP7DQR 5H3DX via NK8O (d) IQ3GO via IV3AZV SP75WA via SP5WA DL70AFUG via DM4EAX & (L) IQ9DE via IW9CTJ (d) SV5/DJ5MN via DJ5MN EI0NMMI via EI6AL LX75V via LX1JH TM10SRY via F5KCC EO28U via UR8US LZ304AE via LZ1KCP TM5MFL via F6KJX ET3AA via N2OO & (L) MM2N via MM0GPZ & (L) YQ8T via YO8KGA G1A via M0NKR & (L) OE3XMA via OE1DIA YR2019SIMPO via YO3KAA GB100HAL via G0KUC OZ/DK1DU via DK1DU (d) YU73BFG via YU8A HA01FF via (HA-B) S92HP via CT1ENW & (L) ZW5ARCCO via PY6TV (d) (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://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/5K0K https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/9U3TMM https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/MS0INT QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 8R1K, 9G2HO, A45XR, C6AGU, CX6VM , E6AC, FO/AI5P, GB19RB, KH8C, MU0FAL, PJ9X, S92HP, TO5M and VE4GV QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 1A0C, FH/UA4WHX, HK1NA (SA-082), JG7PSJ/7 (AS-206) and V31DL QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 7S2W, OH8X, and TM0CLNS --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) to send in their info.... SPECIAL EVENT (Highway to a DX Party!). The Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club of San Bernardino , California, is once again hosting (probably one of the most fun special event activities) the 20th annual "Route 66 On The Air" special event between September 7-15th. The purpose of this event is to offer amateur radio operators a fun way to "Relive the Ride" of their own memories of Route 66, and to celebrate the highway's 93rd anniversary. The U.S. Highway 66 established in 1926, was the first major improved highway to link the west coast with the nation's heartland. Through stories, songs, and TV shows, the highway came to symbolize the spirit of the freedom of the open road, inspiring many to see America. Look for the following 20 stations (two are rovers) operating in or around the major cities along the old "Route 66" from Santa Monica, California, to Chicago, Illinois: Stations City Clubs/Individuals -------- -------------------- ------------------------- W6A Santa Monica, CA Westside Amateur Radio Club W6B Los Angeles, CA Westside Amateur Radio Club W6C San Bernardino, CA Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club W6D Victorville, CA Victor Valley Amateur Radio Club W6E Barstow, CA Barstow Amateur Radio Club W6F Kingman, AZ K2 Amateur Radio Society W6G Flagstaff, AZ Northern Arizona DX Association W6H Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque DX Association W6I Amarillo, TX Panhandle Amateur Radio Club W6K Oklahoma City, OK W6K Oklahoma City W6L Tulsa, OK Tulsa Amateur Radio Club W6M Riverton, KS W6N Joplin, MO Joplin Amateur Radio Club W6O Lebanon, MO Lebanon Amateur Radio Club W6P St. Louis, MO St. Louis Amateur Radio Club W6Q Chicago, IL Six Meter Club of Chicago W6R Springfield, MO Southwest Missouri Amateur RC W6U Wilmington, IL Wilmington Area Amateur Radio Club ROVER STATIONS ---------------- W6S ROVER 1 Northern Arizona DX Association W6T ROVER 2 Northern Arizona DX Association Special event stations are expected to be found in the vicinity of the following frequencies. (Look for digital modes in the standard band segments for such mode) All frequencies +/- QRM: CW - 3533, 7033, 10110, 14033, 18080, 21033, 24900, 28033 and 50033 kHz SSB - 3866, 7266, 14266, 18164, 21366, 24966, 28466 and 50166 kHz Digi - 3573, 7074, 10136, 14074, 18100, 21074, 24915 and 28074 kHz R66 MOBILE Operations - Any amateurs operating while actually driving along Route 66 during the special event period are encouraged to take part in "Route 66 On The Air", by using the designation "mobile 66" for SSB or "/m66" for CW after their callsigns. All other amateur radio operators are welcome to contact these mobile operators. NOTE: ONLY W6S AND W6T ARE ONLY THE OFFICIAL EVENT ROVER/MOBILE STATIONS AND WILL BE ENDORSED ON THE EVENT CERTIFICATE. REPEATERS - Some of the participating clubs will also be operating this event from their local VHF/UHF repeaters. Check the ARRL repeater guide for possible repeater frequencies, if you're in the local area. Each participating club will issue their own QSL card commemorating this event. QSL information is available on the Web at: http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=27 For more details about the event and the certificate that is available, please visit the "Route 66 OTA Site" at: http://w6jbt.org http://w6jbt.org/?page_id=23 T8, PALAU (Reminder). Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will once again be active as T88PB from the VIP-Guest Hotel in Koror City, Palau, between September 6-9th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW and 6m FT8. His equipment is an IC-7300 w/TL933 amp (about 500w) into a 3 element Yagi and DP antennas. QSL via LoTW (preferred) or direct to his home callsign. For more details and updates, see his Web page at: http://pandasan.jimdo.com TK, CORSICA. Arnoud, PE2USA, will be active as TK/PE2USA from two different locations in Corsica during the month of September. Between September 2-9th, he will be in WW. Loc. JN42ON (close to Ravin de Stipidi), and between September 9-14th, he will be in WW. Loc. JN41KR (north of Punta Vaccaja). No other details were provided. QSL will be confirm via eQSL. TT8, CHAD. Jean Louis, ZS6AAG, is now active as TT8JLH from N'Djamena. He is there working for the M?decins Sans Fronti?res [MSF](Doctors With- out Borders), and the length of his stay is unknown. Activity has been on 20 meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign and eQSL. V2, ANTIGUA (Reminder). Bud, AA3B, will once again be active as V26K from Antigua (NA-100) between September 8-20th. Activity will be sporadic because he is doing maintenance on the station but will be primarily CW on various HF bands. QSL via LoTW or via AA3B, direct or by the Bureau. An OQRS will be available via ClubLog. V3, BELIZE. Vernon, NN5E, will be active as V31CC between October 5-12th. Activity will probably be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. Felipe, NP4Z, will once again be active as V43Z from Saint Kitts Island (NA-104) during the CQ WW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via N4AO. ZK3A TOKELAU ISLANDS DXPEDITION NEWS (Update). The following was reported on August 29th, on the ZK3A Web page (https://tokelau2019.com) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/ZK3A_2019) [edited]: The ZK3A team will be on all 3 of the Islands in Tokelau (Fakaofo, Nukunonu & Atafu). * The Amateur Radio Club in Tokelau will have callsigns for each of these islands, ZK3RF, ZK3RN & ZK3RA. * Each club stations utilize electricity from the islands solar panels. * The ZK3A team will be donating to all 3 islands the following. TS-590S, Dipole for 40m & 20m, A3S and a 800w Linear Amplifier. * In addition the team has shipped 3 x 6 KVA generators to be used during our activation. At the end of our time on the island, we will be donating these generators to each of the Tokelau Islands. * Total donation from our team is around $ 8,000 USD. ADDED NOTES: The ZK3A Tokelau Island DXpedition is conducting a survey on what bands and modes are needed for this operation. Give them your input at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZK3A Also, it has been reported: A free of charge certificate issued in electronic format will be available for working ZK3A on 3 different bands regardless of mode, or on 3 different modes regardless of band send your application to: uz1rr at ukr.net *********************************************************************** TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Subscribe: (mailto:kb8nw at hotmail.com?subject=subscribe) Unsubscribe: (mailto:kb8nw at hotmail.com?subject=unsubscribe) Just a reminder, you can still obtain the OPDX Bulletins via the OPDX Web page (provided by John, K8YSE) [http://www.papays.com/opdx.html], QRZ.com (under Forums; News; Special Events, Contests.. etc.), several DX Mailing Lists, and two different UseNet Groups (rec.radio.info and rec.radio.amateur.dx). The weekly bulletin (issue # from the OPDX Web page URL) is also posted on the following Media pages: NODXA FaceBook -- https://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation Twitter -- https://twitter.com/kb8nw_opdx ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation *********************************************************************** * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: (kb8nw at arrl.net) or (kb8nw at hotmail.com) Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) ....... 73 de Tedd KB8NW /EXIT *********************************************************************** Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: or Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at hotmail.com Sun Sep 1 16:45:04 2019 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta) Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 20:45:04 +0000 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin #1429.1 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1429.1 Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1429.1 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Special Bulletin No. 1429.1 BID: $OPDX.1429.1 September 1, 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 K5GS for the following DX information. For Immediate Release Press Release #6 [edited] September 1, 2019 South Orkney Islands DX-pedition VP8/VP8DXU (AN-008) Corporate Sponsors -- We are delighted to announce that Low Band Systems will supply their High-Power Bandpass Filters for all planned bands. This complement of best in class filters, in conjunction with vertical and horizontal polarized antennas, will allow us to operate two stations on the same band simultaneously and improve overall inter-station operability. DX-peditions to the Southern Ocean are challenged by high winds which may result in downed antennas unless adequately guyed. Joining our corporate sponsors are Mastrant Antenna Guying and Clamcleat Limited. We?ll use a selection of their antenna support products to keep the masts in the air. We appreciate the confidence these new sponsors have in our project and team. Project Major Milestones -- During the week of October 20th team members will meet near Palo Alto, California to consolidate, integrate, test and pack the equipment for its transport to Punta Arenas, Chile. Arrangements were made for our customs broker to transport the tents and all other equipment to their depot where a container will be prepared for the journey. The team began making their travel arrangements to meet the Braveheart in Chile. At their own expense airline reservations are being booked, and a Punta Arenas hotel will house the team. Braveheart left New Zealand on August 20th to meet her contractual obligations in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, including VP6R Pitcairn Island DX-pedition, first stop Papeete, French Polynesia. She will return home sometime in April, 2020. Fundraising -- The inconvenient truth is amateur radio DX-peditions to the Southern Ocean, and other rare entities that require a ship charter, are expensive. While the team members will shoulder much of the cost of the project, we depend on corporate sponsors, clubs/foundations and individuals to share the cost. Ham radio is our hobby, businesses require full payment for their services. To date, 37 clubs / foundations and over 300 individuals have shown their support for the project. With 6 months before sailing we are at 48% of our fundraising goal. A subsequent DX-pedition to South Orkney Island will likely not take place for a long time. If you need South Orkney for an ATNO, band fills, or plan to play in the pileups, we would appreciate your help before we sail. Ham Radio Events -- With the project still in the planning stage, we?ve agreed to participate at the following events: - Ham Radio (June, 2020) Friedrichshafen, Germany - Asia Pacific DX Convention (November, 2020) Osaka, Japan In closing, we?ve been in contact with Silvano, I2YSB, of the Italian DX Team. Their recently announced DX-pedition to Tanzania will not overlap our South Orkney project. Good luck to Silvano and his team. 73, Team VP8/VP8DXU Website: https://sorkney.com/ Please direct your questions to: info at sorkney.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Subscribe: (mailto:kb8nw at hotmail.com?subject=subscribe) Unsubscribe: (mailto:kb8nw at hotmail.com?subject=unsubscribe) Just a reminder, you can still obtain the OPDX Bulletins via the OPDX Web page (provided by John, K8YSE) [http://www.papays.com/opdx.html], QRZ.com (under Forums; News; Special Events, Contests.. etc.), several DX Mailing Lists, and two different UseNet Groups (rec.radio.info and rec.radio.amateur.dx). The weekly bulletin (issue # from the OPDX Web page URL) is also posted on the following Media pages: NODXA FaceBook -- https://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation Twitter -- https://twitter.com/kb8nw_opdx ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: (kb8nw at arrl.net) or (kb8nw at hotmail.com) Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) ....... 73 de Tedd KB8NW /EXIT ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: or Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at hotmail.com Sun Sep 8 11:15:05 2019 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2019 15:15:05 +0000 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1430 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1430 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1430 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1430 BID: $OPDX.1430 September 9, 2019 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Send from Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Cluster Networks, KV1J, NJ1Q & W1AW, WB2REM, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, K8GI, K8YSE, WB6RSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, N0TG, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DD0VR, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IZ7KHR, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RN3RQ, 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, 1st/September, through Sunday, 8th/September there were 217 countries active. Countries available: 1S, 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C9, CE, 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, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3W9, VIETNAM (Update). Jacek, SP5APW, and his wife are planning to visit Dao Co To (AS-132) between September 27th and October 3rd. He plans to be active as 3W9KJ. Activity will be mainly FT8/FT4 possibly on 40/30 meters with some SSB (if conditions allow) using 100 watts into a wire. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. 5K0, SAN ANDREA ISLAND (Update). The 5K0K team that will be active from San Andres Island (NA-033) around/between October 15-30th (see OPDX.1428), now has a Web page at: http://www.cdxp.cz 6O, SOMALIA (Reminder). Ken, LA7GIA, will once again return to Somalia and be active as 6O7O between September 14-28th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters mainly on CW. Activity on other modes (SSB, FT8) will be limited and on 1-2 bands only. For more details, visit his Web page: https://www.la7gia.com/where-next QSL via M0OXO. Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog. Also, make sure you read Ken's "QSO & QSL Policy" on his Web page. 7Q, MALAWI. Operators Bill/KC4D (7Q7WW), Don/K6ZO (7Q6M) and Junior/7Q7JN are currently active from Embangweni Mission Hospital at the Loudon Station in Malawi as time and power allows. Activity has been on FT8, SSB and CW modes. They have an amp, and are using a Hex Beam, as well as OCFD and various other wire antennas. More details and QSL info to follow. 9G, GHANA (Reminder). Chip, KB1QU, will be active as 9G5QU between Sep- tember 8-21st. Activity will be on 40/30/20 meters using CW, FT8 and FT4. QSL via N4GNR direct. 9H, MALTA. Klaus, DL7OO (ex-DD1AY), will once again be active as 9H3GK from Malta (EU-023) between September 29th and October 6th. He will have with him his XYL Jacky, SWL Rolf from Cologne, G?nter/DO5GS and Sven/DO2SS. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands (probably 80/40/20m SSB). QSL via DL7OO by the Bureau. C21, NAURU (Update/Change). Operators Yuris/YL2GM, Jack/YL2KA, Kaspars/ YL1ZF and Kristers/YL3JA will be active as C21WW (not C21W as first announced) from Nauru (OC-031) after their Western Kiribati operation (OPDX.1425) between September 16-25th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, possibly 60m, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. The suggested frequencies are: CW - 1826.5/1821, 3524, 7024, 10113, 14024, 18083, 21024, 24903 and 28024 SSB - 3790, 7090, 14190, 18140, 21290, 24940 and 28490 RTTY - 3583, 7043, 10143, 14083, 18105, 21083, 24923 and 28083 FT8(*) - 1836, 3565, 7070, 10143, 14090, 18095, 21090, 24910 and 28090 kHz * - FT8 will be Fox & Hound mode Split operation will always be used: QSX CW up 2 (160m down 2, for JA 1810-1820); and QSX SSB/RTTY up 5. QSL via YL2GN direct or ClubLog (for direct or by the Bureau) for paper QSLs. Full LoTW upload will be done 6 months after the end of the DX- pedition. For more details and updates, see (new URL): http://www.lral.lv/c21ww_t30l/index.html Please do not send log correction requests. Corrections will not be provided. All individual supporters 20 USDs+ will receive direct QSL. Please do not send your QSL to them via Bureau - they are not required. D6, COMOROS (Update). Members of the Mediterraneo Dx Club (MDXC) will be active as D68CCC from Comoros Island (AF-007) between October 21st and November 2nd. Operators are an International Team and are Ant/IZ8CCW (Team Leader), Gaby/I2VGW (Co-Leader), Marco/IZ2GNQ, Eric/ON7RN, Axel/ DL6KVA, Gerd/DJ5IW, Gab/YO8WW, Feri/YO5OED, Karl/OE3JAG, Frans/ON4LO, Marco/IZ3GNG, Fabio/IK4QJF, Dario/IT9ZZO, Steve/MW0ZZK, Jean Luis/F6BPZ, Emir/9A6AA, Dan/LB3TI and Uwe/DL8OBF. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, including 30/17/12m, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1823, 3519, 7010, 10109, 14019, 18069, 21019, 24891 and 28019 kHz SSB - 3795, 7125, 14215, 18140, 21295, 24945 and 28019 kHz RTTY - 3595, 7049, 10140, 14080, 18103, 21080, 24910 and 28080 kHz FT8 - 1840, 3567, 7056, 10131, 14080, 18103, 21080, 24910 and 28080 kHz They will listen for US Generals on 14280 kHz and UP. They will listen for JA stations on 160m DOWN 5-6 kHz. The FT8 frequency for JA stations on 160m is 1908 kHz They plan to have 5 transceivers with 5 amps into various 5 to 6 band Spiderbeams, verticals, Inverted L for 160m and Beverages (160/80m). QSL via IK2VUC, by the Bureau, direct or OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://www.mdxc.org/d68ccc E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (Reminder/Update). Fred, DH5FS, will be active as E51SFS from the South Cook Islands between September 8-25th. He is sched- uled to operate from Rarotonga Island (OC-013) between September 8-16th, and from Aitutaki Island, (OC-083) between September 20-25th. Activity will be on various HF bands and modes. QSL via his home callsign or ClubLog. Also, checkout the new ClubLog feature "LiveStream" at: https://clublog.org/livestream/E51SFS See details below under "QSL INFO AND NEWS" about the new ClubLog feature. Fred is also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dh5fs E6, NIUE. Andrew, OZ5E, is now active as E6AN from Lakepa, Niue Island (OC-040) until September 10th. On QRZ.com it states, "This is a "research" activation to prepare for a DCA-expedition (Danish Contest Academy) later in the sunspot cycle, so there will not be that much activity and it will be a holiday operation." Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters, maybe 160/80/17m and 10m if it is open. Modes will be mainly FT8 and SSB - maybe some CW. QSL via OZ5E direct or LoTW. For more details, see: http://www.oz5e.dk FM, MARTINIQUE. Jim, N6TJ, will be active as FM5KC from the Ducos Radio Club on Martinique (NA-107) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW, or F5VHJ direct or by the REF Bureau. FP, ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON (Update). Eric, KV1J, will once again be oper- ating from the Island of Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417, Grid GN17) as FP/KV1J between September 24th and October 8th. This is his 13th trip to the island. Activity will be on 160-6 meters (no 60M - not author- ized) using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8 (but primarily SSB, RTTY and FT8) and the satellites. He will generally be on the highest frequency band that is open (favoring 12/10m). He will be active in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 28-29th). ADDED NOTE: Eric will usually try to be on as many Satellite passes as he can when the WX is good, generally favoring the FO-29, XW-2x, AO-7, and possibly the FM birds. Eric states, "Equipment is two FT-817s and an Arrow dual band yagi. I'll favor the SSB birds usually higher in the passband, but will also try FM if they do not get too busy. Satellite logging is by paper so may not get loaded to LoTW until the week after I return to the USA." Weekends may be limited since he will be concentrating on the low(er) bands and contests. QSL via KV1J, direct or by the Bureau. Also eQSL, ClubLog and LoTW. For more details and updates, check out his Web page at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/Sep19.html EA, SPAIN. Steve, K5YS, will be active as EA3/K5YS from Spain between September 14-21st. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via K5YS. IOTA NEWS.............. EU-029. YL Rosel, DL3KWR, will once again be active using the special callsign OZ6SYL of the Danish club of SYLRA (Scandinavian YL Radio Amateurs) from near Faxe on Sjaelland Island between September 9-23rd. Activity will be holiday style on CW. She will also participate in the Scandinavian Activity CW Contest [SAC] (September 21-22nd). QSL via OZ7AGR. EU-165. Giuseppe, IK5WWA, will be active as IM0DAE from San Peter Island (a small island southwest of Sardinia) between Sep- tember 16-28th. Activity will be on all HF bands as well as 6 meters, 2 meters and 70 cm. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. NA-077. Eric, VA2IDX, will once again be active as VA2IDX/p from Anticosti Island between November 2-6th. Activity will be sporadic around 2000z and 0200z. Operations will be on 40/20 meters using QRP SSB and maybe CW. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau eQSL. NA-211. (Reminder) By the time you read this, operators Yuri/N3QQ, Cezar/VE3LYC, Sandro/VE7NY and Adrian/KO8SCA should be active as K7TRI from the rare IOTA Tillamook Rock until September 9th. This IOTA is in demand by almost 94% of IOTA members, and has been on the air only once in 21 years. Activity will be on 40-17 meters using CW and SSB. This is a very expensive and challenging project, and they are actively looking for possible support from IOTA chasers and DXers at large. All donors will be promptly acknowledged on their Web site at: http://k7tri.weebly.com QSL via VE3LYC, direct or by the Bureau. The preferred method is ClubLog (for direct or by the Bureau). CORSICAN IOTA TOUR (Reminder). Laurent, F8BBL, will be active as TK19IOTA from the following Corsican IOTA islands between now and Sep- tember 22nd: Corsica (EU-014), Iles Cerbicale (EU-100), Lavezzi Archipelago (EU-164) and Sanguinaires Islands (EU-104). He will also activate one SOTA: Capo Di Locu (TK/TK-148). Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using a KX3 Elecraft + MP1 Antenna. QSL via F8BBL, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. For updates, watch: http://rnb.dx-cw.net 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...... JW, SVALBARD. By the time you read this, members of the IO9A Team (the operators mentioned are: Antonello/IT9YVO, Dario/IT9SSI and Francesco/ IZ7KHR) will be active as JW/IT9YVO, JW/IT9SSI and JW/IZ7KHR, respectively, from the Radio Club JW5E in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard Islands (EU-026), until September 10th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using mainly CW, SSB and some RTTY or FT8. Antennas are an OptiBeam Yagi on high bands and wires on the low bands. QSL via their home callsigns, and ClubLog/LoTW will be uploaded after their DXpedition. For more details, see: https://io9a.it/jw-2019 ADDED NOTES. Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, and the Greenland Sea. Spitsbergen covers an area of 37,673 km2 making it the largest island in Norway and the 36th-largest in the world. The administrative center is Longyearbyen. OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW PACIFIC (DXPEDITION) TOUR ALMOST DID NOT HAPPENED (Update). Heli, DD0VR, (along with XYL Bigi, DE3BWR) informed OPDX on Monday that their Fiji "DXpedition ends here." Heli explains that after two visits to the Fiji Customs Bureau, and having endless discussions, the couple was told that they would have to pay three times 1540 Fijian dollars (700 USDs) for their transmitters & amp in order to take their equipment into the three islands they planned to operate from (Fiji, Samoa and Tonga). So Heli/ DD0VR and XYL Bigi/DE3BWR then decided to make their trip a "normal holiday" and pick-up their equipment on the way back to Germany. At this point, they were very disappointed. However, on Wednesday, thanks from some help by Tevita Navila (Telecommunications Authority of Fiji), Tony/3D2AG and Bernie/W3UR of The Daily DX, Heli was able to retrieve his equipment and was able to be active as 3D2VR from Fiji for a few days. By the time you read this, Heli (along with his XYL) will be heading to Samoa and should be active as 5W0VR from Samoa sometime between Sep- tember 9-16th. Activity will be on various HF bands and modes. QSL via DD0VR. Next stop will be Tonga, Heli will be signing as A35JY between September 16-21st. PJ4, BONAIRE (Reminder). Randy, K5SL, should now be active as PJ4/K5SL from Bonaire (SA-006) until September 14th. Activity will be on 40/30/ 20/17 meters using mainly CW, but possibly some 17 meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (September 9-15th)....... Sep/09th HN Sep/12th AN Sep/14th AN Sep/10th AN Sep/13th AN Sep/15th AN Sep/11th AN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ------------------------------------------------------ NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation: * 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 * Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation * Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us * 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 (www.qslinfo.eu)(September 7th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3Z50KP via SP5KP (d/L) HF20RCN via SP2MKO PH100KLM via PA3DVA 9U3TMM via IV3TMM & (L) II1FGC via IQ1GE PS8MT via PS8MT (d/L) DL0SKCC via DJ7MH & (L) II3L via IQ3MV SK6W via SM6CTQ EA5/PA3FOC via PA3FOC IQ5WT/P via 9A8MDC SV9/KC8JNV via KC8JNV EG8SDC via EA1AUM & (L) KH0/WB6Z via JF1OCQ T6/IT9HRK via IT9HRK EM225FA via UT7FA LY30BW via LY2QT TC0Z via TC0Z (O/L) EN0KRI/P via UX0KR OL250VEK via OK1KQI TK/F1UAU/P via F1UAU EV0BREST via EW3W (d/O) OT8B via ON1CH UP55GA via DL8KAC (d) EX0QP via SP6OJK OU29EU via OZ1GML (d/L) ZZ40ZT via PT7ZT (d/L) GB9LAH via M0KPW PC75BOA via PA0FAW (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://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/6O7O https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/9U3TMM (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/C21WW https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/J68HZ (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/KL7RRC/P https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/MD/OP2D https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/T30L https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/VP6R CLUBLOG'S LIVE STREAM DASHBOARD (By Michael Wells, G7VJR). There is a new feature available on ClubLog to all users and expeditions. "Makes sense when combined with real-time uploads, can be embedded on Web pages", states Michael. For more details, see: https://clublog.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/3000092445-using-club-log-live-streams CY9C LOTW UPLOAD. Randy, N0TG, reports [edited]: "Per Phil, VA3QR, and Bill, K6DHY, the CY9C Sable Island DXpedition Log has been uploaded to LoTW. If there are still missing contacts of any mode, please E-mail the contact to (cy9cft8 at gmail.com) with date, time, mode, frequency and your callsign." QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: CY9C, D2EB, H44MI, KN0E/KH3 and ZS1SBW QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 1A0C, 3B9VB, 5T9VB, FH/UA4WHX, PZ5RA, XR0ZRC and XR1RRC QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3W2MAE, 4L1MA, 4O/LB9N, 5X8EW, 9K2GS, AZ0H, C81G (AF-061), EA8ZS, FG8NY, HB0/ON5UR, JW3TR, LT7F, LU1AS, LU3CM, LU6DC, LU7EV, LU8EKC, LU8HH, LV5V, LW9DYQ, OH0/DL6UAA, RI1ANF, T31EU, T48G, TA1OSN, TA2JU, TA3AHJ, TC100ATA, YE450ARV, Z38/DL8DBW and ZA1ANF --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) to send in their info.... REBEL DX GROUP NEWS. Tack, JE1CKA, announced on Twitter this past week: "T33T #Banaba has been postponed to next year. I will do my best to 3Y0I. I think the details will be announced around October." S79GJ SEYCHELLES DXPEDITION (Update). Lance, W7GJ, will be active as S79GJ from La Digue Island (AF-024, WW Loc. LI75vp), Seychelles, between September 20th and October 5th. Lance informs OPDX this past week of the following: "All the equipment has been set up and checked and then packed up to go on the plane with me to S79. This is primarily a 6m EME DXpedition, but I have packed a 20m dipole and may also get on 20m FT8 during the first few days of October. Full details are on my website: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Seychelles%202019.htm Although the CP1GJ 6m EME DXpedition in May was a big success, I am especially excited about S79GJ because nobody from NA has ever contacted S79 before on 6m. This is especially well suited to NA horizon-only stations during their moonrise.... GL and VY 73, Lance" QSL via his home callsign direct. T30, WESTERN KIRIBATI. Operators Yuris/YL2GM, Jack/YL2KA, Kaspars/YL1ZF and Kristers/YL3JA are now active as T30L from Western Kiribati (OC-017) before their Nauru operation (see C2 above) until September 15th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, possibly 60m, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Their suggested frequencies are above under "C2, NAURU". QSL via YL2GN direct or ClubLog (for direct or by the Bureau) for paper QSLs. Full LoTW upload will be done 6 months after the end of the DXpedition. For more details and updates, see (new URL): http://www.lral.lv/c21ww_t30l/index.html Please do not send log correction requests. Corrections will not be provided. All individual supporters 20 USDs+ will receive direct QSL. Please do not send your QSL to them via Bureau - they are not required. T6, AFGHANISTAN (Reminder/Update). Robert, S53R (ex-YA5T), is once again active from Kabul as of September 4th, signing T6AA and may continue until the summer 2021. He will be there for two years working with the UN World Food Program. Robert has been issued two callsign: T6AA and T6A (to be used during contest). Activities outside of the contests will be limited to his free time, but he plans to be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. He was heard early in the week on 60/30/20/17 meters CW and FT8 as early as 0700z and as late as 2300z. QSL via S53R, LoTW or ClubLog. T8 PALAU. Operators Yas/JA6UBY (T88RR), Hiro/JM1LIG (T88FM) and YL Miyo/ JO3LVG (T88MK) will once again be active from Koror Island (OC-009) between September 12-20th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, FM and the Digital modes (FT8, JT9 and JT65). QSL T88RR via JA6UBY direct only or eQSL. QSL T88FM via JM1LIG direct only. QSL T88MK via JO3LVG, direct, by the Bureau or eQSL. V3, BELIZE. Members of the "7163 DX Group" (http://www.7163net.com/) will use the special callsign (assigned by the Belize Public Utilities Commission for the use during special events) V3M from Belize during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th). QSL via WB2REM or ClubLog's OQRS. Operators mentioned are Chuck/N6OJ (V31CT), Jim/WB2REM (V31MM), V31NY, Steve/W4SJT Nancy/KG0YL (V31ST) and John/K3MA (V31ZZ). Look for operators to be active outside of the contest using their own Belize callsign. The team will be at Maya Hill Lodge in the Cayo District of Belize between October 23-30th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, FT8, FT4 and possibly EME. Look for more details to be forthcoming. WH0, MARIANA ISLANDS (Reminder). Harry, JG7PSJ/JD1BMH/KW2X, will once again be active as WH0RU from Saipan (OC-086) between September 15-22nd. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via LoTW or direct to JG7PSJ. 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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 8th/September, through Sunday, 15th/September there were 208 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T32, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP6, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, 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". 5B, CYPRUS. Kasimir, DL2SBY, will be active as 5B/SL2SBY from Ayia Napa between October 3-13rd. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via DL2SBY, direct or the OQRS (Bureau/direct) via ClubLog ONLY. Do not send your QSL via the Bureau! His log will be uploaded to LoTW later. 6O, SOMALIA (Reminder/Update). Ken, LA7GIA, is now in Somalia and will be active as 6O7O until September 28th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters mainly on CW. Activity on other modes (SSB, FT8) will be limited and on 1-2 bands only. Most of his activity so far (as this was being written) has been on 20 meters CW. For more details and updates, visit his Web page and the following media pages: https://www.la7gia.com/where-next https://twitter.com/LA7GIA https://www.facebook.com/L-A-7-G-I-A-DXpeditions-707222219710335 QSL via M0OXO. Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog. Also, make sure you read Ken's "QSO & QSL Policy" on his Web page. 7Q, MALAWI (Update). Operators Bill/KC4D (7Q7WW), Don/K6ZO (7Q6M) and Junior/7Q7JN are currently active from Embangweni Mission Hospital at the Loudon Station in Malawi as time and power allows. Bill states that he will operate as 7Q7WW during his free time with his friends 7Q6M (Don/ K6ZO) and 7Q7JN (Junior). At the main station, they are on CW and SSB at various times, usually on 20, 40 and 80 meters. At their residence, they have a modest station and wire antennas for FT-8. For 7Q7WW QSLs, please send cards direct to the KC4D address. If you're in the U.S., include a SASE; outside of the U.S., please also include 1 USD to help with postage. Bill states, "Unfortunately, I'm not currently set up for e-QSLs, but expect to get these on LoTW eventually." QSL 7Q6M via K6ZO and 7Q7JN via address on QRZ.com. 8Q, MALDIVES. Kasimir, DL2SBY, will once again be active as 8Q7KB, but this time from Meedhupparu Island (AS-013) between May 4-12th, 2020. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via DL2SBY, direct or the OQRS (Bureau/direct) via ClubLog ONLY. Do not send your QSL via the Bureau! His log will be uploaded to LoTW later. 8R, GUYANA. Rudi, DK7PE, will be active as 8R1CW from Guyana between September 21-28th. Activity will be limited to his spare time on various HF bands, using an Elecraft KX3 with new Juma 1000 amp into wire antennas. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. For more details and updates, see: https://www.rooody.de AFRICAN TOUR (Reminder). By the time you read this, Pista, HA5AO, will once again be active as 3DA0AO from the Kingdom of eSwatini (Swaziland) until September 30th. He will be active from the Mountain Inn Resort at Mbabane. His plan is to start to set up antenna and station on the 16th, and he can be expected on the air by the evening. The station set up contains an Elecraft K3S with a KPA500 and fed into a vertical antenna. Pista will operate on the 80-10m bands using mainly CW and FT8 on the higher bands. Pista plans to be active on September 21st and 22nd in the All Africa DX Contest as a Single-Op/Single-Transmitter/CW-Mode/All- Band/High-Power entry. After the eSwatini operation Pista, HA5AO, will arrive in Lesotho on the 1st of October and plans to stay until October 19th. He will again use the 7P8AO callsign. Flight and room at Molengoane Lodge is also booked. Due to other commitments the operation from Lesotho will take place during his free time mainly on CW and FT8 on the higher bands. QSL policy, Logsearch and OQRS is available at: https://www.ha5ao.com C21, NAURU (Update). By the time you read this, operators Yuris/YL2GM, Jack/YL2KA, Kaspars/YL1ZF and Kristers/YL3JA will be active as C21WW (not C21W as first announced) from Nauru (OC-031) between September 16-25th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, possibly 60m, using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. The suggested frequencies are: CW - 1826.5/1821, 3524, 7024, 10113, 14024, 18083, 21024, 24903 and 28024 SSB - 3790, 7090, 14190, 18140, 21290, 24940 and 28490 RTTY - 3583, 7043, 10143, 14083, 18105, 21083, 24923 and 28083 FT8(*) - 1836, 3565, 7070, 10143, 14090, 18095, 21090, 24910 and 28090 kHz * - FT8 will be Fox & Hound mode Split operation will always be used: QSX CW up 2 (160m down 2, for JA 1810-1820); and QSX SSB/RTTY up 5. QSL via YL2GN direct or ClubLog (for direct or by the Bureau) for paper QSLs. Full LoTW upload will be done 6 months after the end of the DX- pedition. For more details and updates, see (new URL): http://www.lral.lv/c21ww_t30l/index.html Please do not send log correction requests. Corrections will not be provided. All individual supporters 20 USDs+ will receive direct QSL. Please do not send your QSL to them via Bureau - they are not required. CQ9, MADERIA. Operators Silvia/EA1AP, Alberto/EA1SA and Tony/CT1HTU (F8ATS) will be active as CQ9A from San Jorge, Madeira Island, between October 18-26th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-6 meters (special attention on 60m) using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS or EA1AP. DAY-ZENIA 2020 HAMVENTION NEWS........ * Dayton Hamvention Signs 5-Year Contract with Greene County Expo Center - The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) has signed a 5-year agree- ment to keep Dayton Hamvention? at the Greene County Expo Center. The agreement was announced on September 9th by Hamvention General Chair- man Jack Gerbs, WB8SCT. Read the complete details on the ARRL Web page at: http://www.arrl.org/news/view/dayton-hamvention-signs-5-year-contract-with-greene-county-expo-center * Room Reservations for Dayton 2020 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in down- town Dayton. Tim, K3LR, reports: UPDATE: After the 2019 Crowne Plaza experience I conducted a thorough review of all available facilities in the Dayton/Xenia area including several site visits. I also met with key stake holders and they assure me that the security issues with the Crowne have been dealt with. Local authorities have given assurances that there will be improvements during our stay for 2020. The adjoining parking garage work will be completed in time for our arrival. Therefore contester activities will stay at the Crowne for 2020. *** Contest University USA 2020 *** will be held in Dayton - all day - at the Crowne Plaza on Thursday, May 14, 2020. 2020 RESERVATIONS at the Crowne Plaza Dayton open on Monday, September 16th, 2019, at 9 AM EDT. This is the Contest University room block. The 2020 rate is 149.00 USDs per night (same for single or double) plus tax. If you stayed at the Crowne Plaza this past May (Dayton 2019) and you filled out a 2020 Crowne Plaza hotel reservation form (left under your door on check-out day) and then dropped it off at the Crowne Plaza registration desk, then you should have or will get an email confirmation (with a confirmation number) from the Crowne Plaza for your 2020 Dayton reservation. If you would like to make a reservation for Dayton 2020 - the remaining Crowne Plaza rooms will be available for reservations starting Monday, September 16, 2019, at 9:00 AM EDT (eastern USA time). The GROUP CODE must be used to get in this room block. GROUP CODE is CON The 2020 Dayton Hamvention week dates are: Wednesday May 13, 2020 CTU registration Thursday May 14, 2020 Contest University 2020 Friday May 15, 2020 Hamvention and 31st Annual Top Band Dinner Saturday May 16, 2020 Hamvention and 28th Annual Contest Dinner Sunday May 17, 2020 Hamvention The quickest way to get in the 2020 Crowne Plaza contest room block is via the website below. Starting Monday, September 16, 2019 at 9:00 AM eastern daylight time (1300 GMT) go to: http://contesthotel.com You must use the Contest Group Code CON when you make your reservation. This special Group Code will not work if you try to use it before 9:00 AM EDT on September 16, 2019. Your reservation can only be made starting after 9:00 AM EDT on Monday, September 16, 2019 and only with the CON Group Code. You may also call the reservation line - use the special CON Group Code - after 9:00 AM EDT on September 16, 2019. 1-800-689-5586 or 937-229-9853. As the phones get jammed - your BEST bet is to use the website. I expect the Crowne Plaza hotel will sell out very very quickly - so please plan your reservation submission accordingly. WEB sites for 2020 Contesting events at Dayton: http://contestsupersuite.com http://contestuniversity.com http://contestdinner.com http://topbanddinner.com Hope to see you in Dayton 2020! 73, Tim K3LR HB0, LIECHTESTEIN. Kasimir, DL2SBY, will once again be active as HB0/DL2SBY from Masescha between December 21-28th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via DL2SBY, direct or the OQRS (Bureau/direct) via ClubLog ONLY. Do not send your QSL via the Bureau! His log will be uploaded to LoTW later. HC2, ECUADOR. Joe, IZ1HGP, will be active as HC2PY from Isidro Ayora in central Guayas, Ecuador, for one year between September 15th (2019) and September 15th (2020). QSL via LoTW, e-QSL, by the Bureau or direct. No other details provided. HC5, ECUADOR. Joshua, W9HT, will be active as HC5JLT from Ecuador between December 15-21st. Activity will be on various HF bands and 6m, using CW, SSB, and the Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign. INDEXA NEWS (Election Results for 2020 Fiscal Year)[edited]. Dear INDEXA Members -- The results of the election are as follows: * Three Year Directors: Hal Turley, W8HC, was elected as a three year director to serve during the 2020, 2021, and 2022 fiscal years. Bob Allphin, K4UEE, and Ralph Fedor, K0IR, are both three year directors previously elected to serve during the 2018, 2019, and 2020 fiscal years. * Two Year Directors: Franz Langner, DJ9ZB, and Gary Dixon, K4MQG, were elected as two year director to serve during the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years. Lou Dietrich, N2TU, is a two year director previously elected to serve during the 2019, and 2020 fiscal years. * One Year Directors: Steve Sullivan, KZ2I, Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L, Otis Vicens, NP4G, and John Scott, K8YC, were each elected as one year directors to serve during the 2020 fiscal year. * President: Bob Schenck, N2OO, was elected to serve during the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years. * Vice President: Jerry Rosalius, WB9Z, was elected to serve during the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years. * Secretary-Treasurer: Dick Williams, W3OA, was elected to serve during the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years. * The Directors have now voted for the Fiscal Year 2020 Chairman and elected Ralph Fedor, K0IR, to serve as Chairman. Thanks for your continuing support of INDEXA and our purpose of working DX and making DX happen! INDEXA is always poised to support many of the "Most Wanted" DXpeditions. 73 and Good DX! Dick Williams, W3OA, Secretary-Treasurer International DX Association, 398 Lakeview Shores Loop, Mooresville, NC 28117 USA indexa at roadrunner.com IOTA NEWS.............. AS-015. Rich, PA0RRS, will once again be active as 9M2MRS from Penang Island, West Malaysia, between December 2nd (2019) and February 28th (2020). Activity will probably be on 40-10 meters using CW, RTTY, PSK, FT8, FT4 and possibly SSB (he will have a micro- phone 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-025. Andrey, R1FW, is now active as R1FW/0 from Kunashir Island until September 18th (possibly until the 25th). Activity will be on 40/30/20 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or bird/bottle mail. AS-122. Operators Tae-su/DS3EXX and Lee/DS3FGN will be active as homecall/2 from Daecheong-do Island between October 3-9th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1821/1825, 3522, 7022, 10115, 14022, 18080, 21022, 24901 and 28022 kHz SSB - 3790, 7090, 14192, 18122, 21250, 24940 and 28450 kHz FT8 - 1810, 3540, 7070, 10122, 14080, 18095, 21090, 24910 and 28090 kHz Frequencies can change due to QRM or local noise. Split operations will always be used. They will listen on CW starting 1 up and SSB up 5. FT8 will be on the F/H mode. QSL via LoTW or direct to their home callsign. AS-200. (Reminder) Operators Take/JI3DST and Masa/JR8YLY will be active as JI3DST/5 and JR8YLY/5 from Shodo Island between September 20-25th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via their home callsigns. EU-138. Operators Gaby/DF9TM and Frank/DL2SWW will once again be active as SD7M and SD7W, respectively, from Sturko Island between now and September 19th. QSL via their home callsigns by the Bureau. NA-057. Operators Dennis/W1UE, Radoslav/N2WQ, Ivailo/LZ5VV, Wieslaw/SP4Z and Ian/VE3JI will be active as HQ9X from Chillax Roatan Island during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via KQ1F. Outside of the contest (between September 20th and October 7th), they will be active for any bands/modes that they can operate on, including 60m operations (limited to 50 watts USB). Sked requests can be sent to W1UE. NA-220. Bo, OZ1DJJ, will be active as OX3LX from Simiutaq Island between September 26-30th. Activity will be on various HF bands (Focus on 160/80/60m), but limited to his spare time when not working (He states, "Best chance is in the morning around lunch and after dinner [local time utc+2], on the weekend also during night/morning"). QSL via OZ0J direct (see QRZ.com). Logs get uploaded to LoTW, ClubLog and sometimes eQSL. For more details and updates, see: http://geronne.dk/index.php/ox3lx/ox3lx-dxped OC-059. Haru, JA1XGI, will once again be active as V6K from Kosrae Island between December 2-9th. Activity will be on 160/80/ 40/30/20 meters using mainly CW with some RTTY and FT8. Focus will be on EU/NA/SA/Middle East of Asia. He will also be in the ARRL 160m CW Contest (December 6-8th). Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1815/1822.5, 3525, 7025, 10115 and 14040 kHz RTTY - 7035, 10140 and 14080 kHz FT8(N) - 1840*, 3573, 7074, 10136 and 14074 kHz FT8(F/H) - 7051, 10131 and 14085 kHz * QSX 1908 (JA) ** Frequency on the above will change by band condition. His equipment will be an Icom IC7300 with a DXV600L(Tiny PA) into two vertical antennas. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW (available after 3 month). For more details and updates, watch: http://v6k.client.jp 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...... KH6, HAWAII. Paolo, IK5SRF, will be active as KH6/IK5SRF from KH7M's QTH on the Big Island between September 20-25th. Activity will be holiday style using mainly CW, with some SSB, and a focus on EU on the lower bands. QSL via LoTW or direct to his home callsign. OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW PACIFIC (DXPEDITION) TOUR CONTINUES (Update). By the time you read this, Heli, DD0VR, (along with XYL Bigi, DE3BWR) should be active as A35JY until September 21st. Activity will be on various HF bands and modes. QSL via DD0VR. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (September 16-22nd)....... Sep/16th HN Sep/19th AN Sep/21st AN Sep/17th AN Sep/20th AN Sep/22nd AN Sep/18th 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 for propagation: * 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 * Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation * Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us * 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 (www.qslinfo.eu)(September 15th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3Z0R via SP9SX HG5SPORT via HA5LO T30L via YL2GN (O) 5B/OH2LZC via OH2LZC (O/L/e) JW/IZ7KHR via IZ7KHR T77BL via T77BL (d/L) 7Q6M via K6ZO (direct) MD/EB1BSV via EB1BSV T88MK via JO3LVG (d) CT8/OK1DOY via OK1DOY OE15SOTA via OE5YYN TM41CDXC via F5CWU HB0/DJ2AX via DJ2AX OZ/DL5XJ via DL5XJ & (L) ZS9Z via ZS1OIN HF0PCK via SP1DPA R680S via RO3F HG19ITU via HG19ITU (O/e) RA/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: 4S6NCH, 6Y5HN, 8A74RI/9, DL5ZM, J68HZ, KG4WV, LU9DO, NP2X, PU5SQL, PZ5RA, R8CA, RA0CGY, S92HP, VK9APX, WP4BRI, XR0ZRC YL30WAY, YV4YC, ZL1CVD and ZW2HQ QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: D41CV, LU2X (SA-049), VK5MAV/6 (OC-211), VK5MAV/6 (OC-183), XR0ZRC and XR1RRC QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: None reported this week!!!! --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) to send in their info.... T32, EASTERN KIRIBATI. Ken, KH6QJ, will once again be active as T32AZ from Crystal Lodge, Kiritimati Island [Christmas Island](OC-024) until September 24th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15 meters, but will focus on 40 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home call, direct or by the Bureau. T6, CUBA (Special Event). Members of the Radio Club of Caibarien will activate special event station T46W between September 27-29th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW. For more info, see QRZ.com. T8, PALAU. Noboru, JH1OLB, will once again be active as T88DT from the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room) on Koror Island (OC-009) between November 21-27th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters (depending on condition) using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, SSTV and JT65A. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. No eQSL. TI7, COSTA RICA. Operators John/W2ID, Kam/N3KS, Nathan/N4YDU and Chris/KL9A will be active as TI7W from Guanacaste, Costa Rica, during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. Also, look for Chris, KL9A, to be active as TI7W during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL all TI7W via W4FS. Outside of the contests, look for operators to sign TI5/homecall on all bands. QSL via operator's instructions. V4, ST. KITTS. Gary, G0FWX, will once again be active as V47FWX from John's, V47JA, QTH on St. Kitts Island (NA-104) between November 6-13th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands. QSL via M0URX, or his OQRS. VP6R PITCAIRN ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS. On September 8th, the following was posted by Ralph, K0IR, on the Pitcairn Island DXpedition 2019 FaceBook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/580069859103416) with pictures [edited]: "The Braveheart arrived on Pitcairn Island on schedule on Sept. 6th. After waiting out a torrential rain, all our DXpedition gear was unloaded and taken ashore by the Pitcairn Island longboats. Generators, fuel, antennas and masts, Flex radios, ACOM amps, the DX Engineering 160 vertical, Yagis, ----- everything. It's all there, stored safe and dry in the engineering building. When the roads dry out, all our gear will be moved to our operating sites and be ready for us when we arrive in October. This process will save us 150 to 200 man hours of installation time and get us on the air much faster. Thank you Braveheart and Pitcairn Island crews!!" Also, check out the Pitcairn Island DXpedition Web page at: https://pitcairndx.com/news-and-updates XW, LAOS (Update). Per DX-World.net, Simon, G6JFY/HS0ZIB/XZ2A, has announced that he has received his new callsign XW0LP (Suffix "LP" stands for Luang Prabang, the town in north Laos where he now live). License is good for one year as of October 1st, and is initially valid only for 20 meter band operations. Simon states, "On 20 meters, I will be active every day, mostly using FT8. My rig sits right next to my work desk, so I can keep an eye on the band and answer calls as they are received. I WON'T use Fox + Hounds mode on FT8, just simple, single mode. I operate my FT8 software manually so that I can select which call to reply to." QSL via ClubLog. NO BUREAU cards. *********************************************************************** TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Subscribe: (mailto:kb8nw at hotmail.com?subject=subscribe) Unsubscribe: (mailto:kb8nw at hotmail.com?subject=unsubscribe) Just a reminder, you can still obtain the OPDX Bulletins via the OPDX Web page (provided by John, K8YSE) [http://www.papays.com/opdx.html], QRZ.com (under Forums; News; Special Events, Contests.. etc.), several DX Mailing Lists, and two different UseNet Groups (rec.radio.info and rec.radio.amateur.dx). The weekly bulletin (issue # from the OPDX Web page URL) is also posted on the following Media pages: NODXA FaceBook -- https://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation Twitter -- https://twitter.com/kb8nw_opdx ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation *********************************************************************** * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: (kb8nw at arrl.net) or (kb8nw at hotmail.com) Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) ....... 73 de Tedd KB8NW /EXIT *********************************************************************** Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: or Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at hotmail.com Sun Sep 22 14:15:06 2019 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta) Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 18:15:06 +0000 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1432 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1432 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1432 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1432 BID: $OPDX.1432 September 23, 2019 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Send from Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Cluster Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, CO8ZZ, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PA3EWP, 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, 8th/September, through Sunday, 15th/September there were 208 countries active. Countries available: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 15th/September, through Sunday, 22nd/ September there were 212 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, 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". 5R. MADAGASCAR. Operators Hiro/JF1OCQ and Kuni/JA8VE will be active as 5R8VX and 5R8KU, respectively, from Nosy Be Island (AF-057) between November 12-25th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes (FT4 & FT8). QSL 5R8VX via JF1OCQ and 5R8KU via JA8VE. 5X, UGANDA. Anton, ON6NL, is once again active as 5X8C from Entebbe until October 7th. He is mainly there working and teaching telecom training classes. He hopes to be active in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 28-29th), but with a simple setup. QSL via ON6NL, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. 6O, SOMALIA (Update). Ken, LA7GIA, will only be active from Somalia as 6O7O until September 28th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters mainly on CW. Activity on other modes (SSB, FT8) will be limited and on 1-2 bands only. On Friday, Ken reported that his favorite 2 element Mosley broke during some high wind gusts. However, he was able to fix it on Saturday. Ken has posted some pictures on his setup in Somalia on his FaceBook page. For more details and updates, visit his Web page and the following media pages: https://www.la7gia.com/where-next https://twitter.com/LA7GIA https://www.facebook.com/L-A-7-G-I-A-DXpeditions-707222219710335 QSL via M0OXO. Logs will be uploaded to ClubLog. Also, make sure you read Ken's "QSO & QSL Policy" on his Web page. 9H, MALTA. Rene, DL2JRM, will once again be active as 9H3YY from Malta (EU-023) between October 18-22nd. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB with 100 watts into a Vertical antenna. He plans to participate in the Worked All Germany Contest (October 19-20th). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. A3, TONGA (Update/Reminder). Operators Andrew/VK5AK, Grant/VK5GR (Team Leader), Oly/VK5XDX and Steve/VK5SFA will be active as A35JT from Tonga between September 22nd and October 7th. Activity will be holiday style on 160-10 meters and will include entries in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 28-29th) and Oceania DX SSB Contest (October 5-6th). The team also mentioned that they have been granted access to 6m to conduct EME experiments! Suggested frequencies and modes are: CW - 1820, 3518, 7018, 10118, 14038, 18078, 21038, 24903 and 28038 kHz SSB - 1860, 3775(*), 7185, 14265, 18150, 21265, 24975 and 28465 kHz RTTY - 1803, 3593, 7051, 10143, 14083, 18103, 21083, 24923 and 28083 kHz FT8 - 1840, 3570, 7066, 10143, 14083, 18103, 21083, 24923 and 28095 kHz 6m - 50100/CW, 50130/SSB and 50313/FT8 6m EME - 50203/JT65A (*) 80m for JA - 3518/CW, 3775/SSB DOWN 5 and 3535/RTTY At present, they do not have access to 60m ? however, they will continue discussions with the ministry of communications to see if they can gain access to that band as well. Note at this stage the frequencies are subject to change depending on coordination with other Pacific DXpeditions that will be active at the same time. Please watch the DX Cluster and website for updates. QSL via M0OXO, LoTW and ClubLog. They are also going to try using ClubLog's new Live Logging system. For more details and updates, watch Grant/VK5GR's Web page for updates at: http://vk5gr-iota.net AFRICAN TOUR (Update/Kingdom of eSwatin First). Pista, HA5AO, is once again active as 3DA0AO from the Kingdom of eSwatini (Swaziland) until September 30th. He will be active from the Mountain Inn Resort at Mbabane. He will use his Elecraft K3S with a KPA500 which is fed into a vertical antenna, and will operate on 80-10 meters using mainly CW and FT8 on the higher bands. Pista has posted a long update on his Web page detailing some problems he had. His updates, QSL policy, Logsearch and OQRS are available at: https://www.ha5ao.com Next stop for Pista is Lesotho on the 1st of October where plans to stay until October 19th. He will again use the 7P8AO callsign. AM500, SPAIN (Special Event). Special event station AM500SAN should now be active until September 29th. Activity is to celebrate 500th anniversary of the first Round The World trip by a sailing Spanish ship. Activity will be on various HF, VHF and UHF bands using CW, SSB, Digital modes and the satellites. QSL via EA7URF, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW and eQSL. For more details, see QRZ.com. C21, NAURU (Update). Operators Yuris/YL2GM, Jack/YL2KA, Kaspars/YL1ZF and Kristers/YL3JA are active as C21WW from Nauru (OC-031), but will be going QRT earlier than expected on September 23rd. This is due to their flight being cancelled on the 25th, so they had to reschedule for a flight on the 24th, which means that the antennas will be dismantled on September 23rd. QSL via YL2GN direct or ClubLog (for direct or by the Bureau) for paper QSLs. Full LoTW upload will be done 6 months after the end of the DX- pedition. For more details and updates, see (new URL): http://www.lral.lv/c21ww_t30l/index.html Please do not send log correction requests. Corrections will not be provided. All individual supporters 20 USDs+ will receive direct QSL. Please do not send your QSL to them via Bureau - they are not required. ADDED NOTE: The Latvian team active as T30L made 13,644 QSOs with 5253 Unique Callsigns. Breakdown on QSOs are: 5463/CW, 1252/SSB, 108/FT4 and 6821/FT8. Breakdown by Continent are: 10/AF, 7613/AS, 1384/EU, 3639/NA, 762/OC and 236/SA. C6, BAHAMAS. Buddy, WB4OMG, will be active as C6AEI from the Grand Bahama Island (NA-080) during the CQWW DX 160m CW Contest (January 24-26th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. The length of his stay is not known. QSL via his home callsign. HF60, POLAND (Special Event). Look for special event station HF60KJM to be active to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Radio Club Station SP9KJM. QSL via SP9KJM, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL. IOTA NEWS.............. AS-131. Zhao, BD7IHN, will be active as B7/BD7IHN from Hai Ling Island between September 23-28th. Activity will be limited mostly during his morning and early evening on 30/20 meters using mainly CW, FT8 and possibly some SSB. QSL via BD7IHN. Log will be uploaded to ClubLog. NA-249. Team KP3RE will be returning to Culebra Island during the weekend of February 21-23rd, 2020. OC-133. Saty, JE1JKL, will once again be active as 9M6NA from Mohammed's, 9M6MO, QTH on Labuan Island, East Malaysia, between October 24-28th. His focus will be on 6 meters FT8 (50.313 and 50.323 MHz), and also FT8 (F/H) on 50.318 MHz. He will also participate in CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All- Band/High-Power entry. 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 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...... KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. By the time you read this, John, WB6Z, will once again be active as KH0/WB6Z from Saipan (OC-086) until September 30th. Activity will be limited to his spare time, but look for him to be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via JF1OCQ. KH8, AMERICAN SAMOA. Tsutomu "Tom", JA1VND, will be active as KH8/K1TF from Pago Pago (OC-045) between November 12-18th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via JA1VND direct or LoTW. OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Phil, K0CD, will once again be active as PJ7/K0CD from Sint Maarten Island (NA-105) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/QRP/Assisted entry. QSL via his home callsign. He plans to be on the air before the contest (Thursday and Friday). PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (September 23-29th)....... Sep/23rd AN Sep/26th AN Sep/28th DIS Sep/24th AN Sep/27th BN Sep/29th LN Sep/25th AN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ------------------------------------------------------ NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation: * 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 * Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation * Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us * 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 (www.qslinfo.eu)(September 22nd) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4O7CC via UA4CC HF0PCK via SP1DPA RO75RK via R1NU 5B/PD2GJS via PD2GJS HF60KJM via SP9KJM SO7M via SP7PKI 5Q6EE via OZ2I (O/L) II4GRM via IQ4FE SP/DJ8QP via DJ8QP 9A/DL1FDH via DL1FDH II8RACS via IQ8CS & (e) SP80WW/6 via SP6OPZ 9A/S56LXN/P via S56LXN LX75V via LX1JH SV/KA3EGV via KA3EGV AM500SAN via EA7URF LY/DJ8QP via DJ8QP SV5/G2JL via G2JL (d) DL/OK8WFF via DF6EX (*) LZ304EW via LZ1KCP SZ3PMBG19 via SZ3P (d/L) DM460DA via DL9GFB MD/OP2D via M0URX (O) TM230RF via F4DTO DM70GER via M0SDV (O) OE193APD via OE3DMA VE7/DL1OD via DL1OD EH1OLA via EA1UVR OG70AD via OH3AD & (L) YL/DJ8QP via DJ8QP EJ1D via M0OXO (O) OM/SQ9MDF/P via SQ9MDF YS1RS via EB7DX & (L) F/DL8ECA/P via DL8ECA P29VIM via YO5BIM & (L) ZL3/OK1MV via OK1MV GS8VL via M0OXO (O/L) PA75LIMBURG via PC9DB (O) ZM1A via ZL3CW (d/L) HB0/DL5YL via DL5YL PH75AIR via PA9RF HB0/DL5YM via DL5YM PH75MG via PI4CQ (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 (*) please no QSL, we confirm automatically LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/6O7O (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/9U3TMM (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/C21WW (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/J68HZ (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/MD/OP2D https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/V3M QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5T5PA, A5A, T6AA, V84SAA, VK3GA, VK6IR and ZD8SC QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 9M2TDX, CE7/DL2OE and XR0ZRC QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: None reported this week!!!! --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) to send in their info.... S7, SEYCHELLES. Erik, NI6G, is now active as S79ES from Seychelles until September 30th. He plans to operate from Mahe, Praslin and La Digue Islands. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW and FT8. QSL via his home callsign. S7, SEYCHELLES. Ravi, VU2IIX, will be active as S79VU from Mahe Island starting September 30th, and will stay until the end of June 2021. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes. Listen for his QSL instructions. SV5, DODECANESE. By the time you read this, Wolfgang "Wolf", DL3DRN, will once again be active as SV5/DL3DRN Rhodos Island (EU-001 and WLOTA L-0045), (QTH Kolymbia) until October 10th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY, with a FT-857 and a FD4. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. T48, CUBA. The Santiago de Cuba Contest Team (SCCT) will be active as a Multi-2 entry into CQ Worldwide DX Contest RTTY next weekend using the special callsign T48SC. Operators list include CO8WN, CO8IH, CM8NMN and CO8HF. SCCT is one of the last founded contest stations active from Cuba on during major international contests. QSL route via operators instruc- tions. TI9, COCOS ISLAND. Operators Mark/XE1B (4A4A) and Frank/HK5OKY will be active as TI9C from Cocos Island (NA-012) between January 30th and February 9th (2020), depending on the weather. The diving vessel "Okeanos Agressor I" will depart from the west coast of Costa Rica and sail 36-40 hours to Cocos Island some 342 miles away. Activity will be on 160/80/40/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters using SSB only with two stations with high power. Suggested fre- quencies are: 1850, 3790, 70065, 7165, 14195, 18140, 21295, 24940, 28475 and 50140 kHz. QSL via XE1B direct (5 USDs SAE), ClubLog's OQRS (10 USDs) or LoTW after 6 months. TR, GABON. Roland, F8EN, (ex-CN8EM/FO8BV/3C3CR/TR50R) will once again be active as TR8CR from Libreville. He will be there sometime at the end of September until December 15th. Activity will start probably early October. Operations will be mainly CW. QSL via F6AJA, direct or by the REF Bureau. The log will be posted on the LNDX Web site at: http://lesnouvellesdx.fr/voirlogs.php F6AJA will update when he receives a copy of the log. VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Members of the Frankford Radio Club will be active as VP5W from Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA-002) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LoTW or KD3TB. Operators mentioned are Irwi/KD3TB, Andrew/KD3RF, and Mike/W3MAS. The team "may" be active before and after the contest signing VP5/homecall. QSL via their home callsign. VP2M, MONTSERRAT. Duane, WV2B, will be active from Monserrat between January 9-15th. Currently, his callsign is pending. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via WV2B. VP6R PITCAIRN ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS. On September 17th and 18th, the following two items were posted on the Pitcairn Island DXpedition VP6R Web page (https://pitcairndx.com/news-and-updates) with pictures [edited]: * Sept. 17, 2019: Indeed, the roads dried quickly and our gear was moved to our primary op site on Pitcairn Island. Here are four images of our equipment, safely stored and ready for us to unpack when we arrive. * Sept. 18, 2019: There has never been 60 meter activity from Pitcairn Island. We were excited about activating 60 meters from Pitcairn, but our request for 60 meter privileges was denied. However, with the combined efforts of W8GEX, G4WMO, VP6MW, ZL4OL, ZL2JMP, and K0IR; we drafted an appeal based on ITU regulations and 60 meter usage in other British Overseas Territories. To our great pleasure, our appeal was accepted and the initial denial recinded. We now have 60 meter privileges and will activate that band from Pitcairn Island. We offer special thanks to ZL1BUQ, the Telecommunications Network Manager for the Government of the Pitcairn Islands for his consideration of our appeal. Also, check out their FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/580069859103416 VU7, LAKSHADWEEP (Update). Operators Sree/VU2OB, Shabu/M0KRI/VU2CAC, Samson/VU3XTG, Samson/VU3XTG and possibly others will be active as VU7RI from Lakshadweep Island (AS-011) between October 19-31st. Activity will be on 80-6 meters with a focus on higher bands using CW, SSB and FT8. The "60m Newsletter " reported this week that the operators are expected to be on 60m, CW and FT8. They will try to be on 5pm to 7pm Indian Stand- ard Time and 4am to 6am Indian Standard Time. QSL via M0KRI, LoTW or ClubLog. For more details and update, see: https://vu7ri.com W8S SWAINS ISLAND DXPEDITION 2020. Ronald, PA3EWP, announced on Sunday, September 22nd, that there will be an upcoming DXpedition to Swains Island (OC-200) between March 10-25th, 2020. They will have an international team of 10 operators signing as W8S. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB, FT8 and RTTY, with 4 stations from 2 separate camps. Look for more info in the coming weeks. ZK3A TOKELAU ISLANDS DXPEDITION NEWS. The following four updates were posted on the ZK3A DXpedition's Web page (https://tokelau2019.com/news), September 18th (edited): Post #1 -- The advance team consisting of Dusko/ZL3WW, Adrian/KO8SCA and Robert/N7QT, are packed and ready to depart by this weekend bound for Tokelau Islands. They will all meet in Auckland, New Zealand, then across to Apia, Samoa. There they will sail towards Tokelau Islands arriving Wednesday, September 25th. Furthermore we would like to thank all the donors for their generosity thus far. Donations can be made via our website (www.tokelau2019.com). Post #2 -- We have enlisted the help of various pilot stations from around the globe. Oceania & Chief Pilot: Peter, VK3FN Asia Pilot: Champ, E21EIC North America Pilot: Steve, N2AJ South America Pilot: Cesar, PY2YP Europe Pilot: Demetreos, SV2GWY Africa Pilot: Andre, V51B SWL reports are to be sent to the pilot station in your continent. Go to www.tokelau2019.com/team for further information. Post #3 -- September 21st - The ZK3A advance team has landed in Samoa (5W). Picture available on the Web page with Adrian/KO8SCA, Robert/N7QT and Dusko/ZL3WW. https://tokelau2019.com/news/f/arrived-in-samoa Post #4 -- September 22nd - The advanced team has arrived in Apia, Samoa, they have rented a car and are headed to the hotel. In the afternoon there will be a meeting with telecom representatives to discuss details about the boat trip to Tokelau on Tuesday. Tomorrow the team will be very busy with the Tokelau customs paperwork and loading the boat with equipment and supplies. 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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 22nd/September, through Sunday, 29th/September there were 214 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5X, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T30, T32, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZK3, 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". 3W, VIETNAM. Geri, DK8KW, will be active as 3W9KW from Hanoi between October 18-26th. Activity will be on various HF bands running QRP with a KX3 transceiver into vertical antenna. Mode will be mostly CW and possibly SSB (depending on conditions). QSL via his home callsign. 3Z50, POLAND (Special Event). Krzysztof "Kris", SP6DVP/3Z6V (ex-SP0DVP, SR6DVP, SP6V, SN40DVP, SO6V), will activate the special event callsign 3Z50DVP to celebrate his 50th anniversary (1969-2019) of being an amateur radio operator. Activity will begin on October 15th and end on April 30th (2020). Operations will be on CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. 5H, TANZANIA (Reminder). Maurizio, IK2GZU, has once again returned to "Mission Ilembula" to do some work at the new hospital and orphanage until October 28th. He plans to be active during his spare time as 5H3MB on various HF bands. Maurizio will use his FT-100 and the mission's TS-850 into a tri-band 3 element beam (20/15/10m) fixed on Europe and a vertical or dipole for the other bands. QSL via IK2GZU, direct or by the Bureau. Also, QSL via LoTW (after his return home) and eQSL. For more details, updates and an online log, visit his Web pages at: http://www.buffoli-pm.it/5h/Tanzania%202011.htm http://www.buffoli-pm.it/5h/qsl%20request.htm 6O, SOMALIA. Ali, EP3CQ, is once again active as 6O1OO until October 6th. Activity will be limited to his spare time because he works for the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in Mogadishu. Operations are usually on 80/40/30/20/17/15/10 meters (mostly on 40/20meters FT8) using CW and FT8. Also, effective as of February 11, 2019, the callsign, 6O1OO, has been accepted for DXCC credit. QSL direct to: Ali Solhjoo, Schnacken- burgstr. 3, Berlin 12159, Germany. QSL cards will be replied to on a bi-monthly basis. IRC's are not accepted. See QRZ.com for more info and picture of his station. Flash news will be posted via Twitter: @ep3cq 8R, GUYANA (Update/Change). Rudi, DK7PE, was active from Guyana as 8R1/AH0G and not 8R1CW as first announced. Activity is now over. QSL via DK7PE, direct or by the Bureau. For more details and updates see: https://www.rooody.de 9K, KUWAIT. Abdallah, 9K2GS, who was active during this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest, will once again be active as 9K2K during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via EC5AC or LoTW. A3, TONGA (Update). Operators Andrew/VK5AK, Grant/VK5GR (Team Leader), Oly/VK5XDX and Steve/VK5SFA continue to be active as A35JT from Tonga until October 7th. Activity will be holiday style on 160-10 meters and include the Oceania DX SSB Contest (October 5-6th). QSL via M0OXO, LoTW and ClubLog. They are also going to try using ClubLog's new Live Logging system. For more details and updates, watch Grant/VK5GR's Web page for updates at: http://vk5gr-iota.net A9, BAHRAIN. Fawaz, A92AA, who was active during this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest, will once again be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via direct with 3 USDs and a SAE or Clublog's OQRS or LoTW. AFRICAN TOUR (Update/Last Stop). Pista, HA5AO, will once again active as 7P8AO from Lesotho until October 19th. He will use his Elecraft K3S with a KPA500 which is fed into a vertical antenna and will operate on 80-10 meters using mainly CW and FT8 on the higher bands. His updates, QSL policy, Logsearch and OQRS are available at: https://www.ha5ao.com IOTA NEWS.............. AF-054. (Reminder) Operators YL Elena/RC5A and Yuri/RM0F are now active as 5H3CA and 5H3RRC, respectively, from Mafia Island, Tanzania, until October 5th Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via RC5A. AS-206. Harry, JG7PSJ/JD1BMH/KW2X, will once again be active as JG7PSJ/7 from Oshima Island (JA7,Miyagi -- QM08) between 2200z, October 4th and 0600z, October 6th. This will depend on the weather. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via LoTW or direct to JG7PSJ. For possible updates, watch: http://jg7psj.starfree.jp https://twitter.com/jd1bmh AS-206. Operators Ted/JF1CCH and Eiji/JQ1SUO will be active as JF1CCH/0 and JQ1SUO/0 from Sado Island between October 13-14th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via their home callsigns. NA-008. (Zone 2) Look for VY0ERC to once again be active from the Eureka Weather station sometime in October-November. This station is operated by the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably the most northerly located amateur radio club in the world] from Eureka, Nunavut. The 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 their spare time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct. For updates, see: https://twitter.com/vy0erc NA-128. Pierre, VE2GT, was active from the Canadian island, Grosse ?le (CISA QC010), from the Irish Memorial National Historic Site [https://cnpota.ca/](WW Loc. FN47pa, CNPOTA QC24, POTA VE-4910, VEFF-1507) on September 29th (1445-1815z +/- delay of the boat). Activity was to be on 80-10 meters. Follow him on APRS at: https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FVE2GT-5&timerange=3600&tail=3600 NA-187. Rick, K6VVA, who planned to activate White Rock sometime between September 15th and October 15th, has cancelled his operation due to the new rule by the IOTA Board. 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 October). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of October 2019: GX4BJC/A - No Operator has been allocated yet. MS1SWL/A - Operated /A, from Falkirk, in Scotland, by Brian, GM4XQJ (WAB Square - NS97 - Scotland, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1234). 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 or or or via . NO LoTW. MD, ISLE OF MAN. Gordon, MM0GOR, will be active as MD1E from the Isle of Man (EU-116) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (March 26-27th) possibly as a Single-Op or Multi-Op/All-Band or Single-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. MD, ISLE OF MAN. Mark, M0UTD, will be active as MD1U from the Isle of Man (EU-116) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (March 26-27th) possibly as a Single-Op or Multi-Op/All-Band or Single-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW OR, BELGIUM (Special Event). The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) to celebrate the birthday of Her Royal Highness Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, Belgian radio amateurs may use the prefix "OR" instead of "ON" between October 25th and December 25th. OF, FAROE ISLANDS. Gjermund, LB5GI, will be active as OY/LB5GI from Faroe Islands (EU-018) between September 30th and October 4th. Activity will be on 40/20/15/10 meters. QSL via his home callsign or LoTW. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (September 30th-October 6th)....... Sep/30th AN Oct/03rd HN Oct/05th HN Oct/01st LN Oct/04th HN Oct/06th LN Oct/02nd LN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ------------------------------------------------------ NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation: * 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 * Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation * Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us * 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 (www.qslinfo.eu)(September 29th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3D2VR via DD0VR HB0/OE6FNG via OE6FNG R75YBO via RM3Y 5H3MB via IK2GZU (O/L) HB0/OE6WIG via OE6WIG S50WAAD via S59DKS 5Q2A via OZ2A (d/L) HF0PCK via SP1DPA SI6T via SM6LZQ 8R1/AH0G via DK7PE HQ9X via KQ1F & (L) SP3RN via SP7PGK B7/BD7IHN via BD7IHN IQ1SM via IZ1GAR SV8/DL8MCA/P via DL8MCA CR3DX via OM2VL & (L) KL7SB via N4GNR (d/) SV8/F6HMJ via F6HMJ DL0FFF via DL2RPS & (e) LX7I via LX2A & (L) TC1HUT via YM1KM DR50DIG via DH1PAL LZ16HST via LZ1BJ TK/IW5ELA via IW5ELA EA3/PE1PUX via PE1PUX NL8F via N7RO & (L) TM19AL via F6KWP EA8/DL1RNT via DL1RNT OG7Z via OH73ELK XE1/N4DMH via N4DMH (d/L) F/DL1ASA/P via DL1ASA OK/DJ8QP via DJ8QP & (L) ZA/HA2SG via HA2SG FP/KV1J via KV1J & (L) OP75E via ON4CRD ZK3A via YT1AD (O/d/L) GB1CAM via GB1CAM (O/L) P49X via W0YK (d/L) (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://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3W9KJ https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/A35JT https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/MD/ON4CKM/P https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/ZK3A 4U1A via HB9RB. Schule, HB9RB, a member of the International Amateur Radio Contest DX Club was active during this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest from the Vienna International Center, Austria. QSL via UA3DX, direct, by the Bureau or ClubLog's OQRS. IH9YMC via LoTW or eQSL. Raffaele, IH9YMC, was active from Pantelleria Island (AF-018, IIA TP-001, MIA MI-124, WW Loc. JM56XT), African Italy, during this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest. TG9ANF/7 via VE7BV. Was active during this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest from the Maya Biosphere Reserve of Guatemala. Operators were TG7/TG9ANF, TG7/TG9ADQ and TG7/TG9AXF. QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3DA0AO, FW5IW, IK2SGL/OA9, IK4ALM, KG4DY, LU8EKC, OM2VL, OO6O, SP2HCQ, SV1GFM, T6AA, UR5IKN and ZK1PN QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: CE7/DL2OE (SA-018), CY9C, EM1UA (AN-006), KA6RWL (NA-065), MJ/OK3RM, RIOBC (AS-042), RI1ANP, RI1OM (EU-119), RW1AI/MM and SF2CW (EU-192) QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: JG8NQJ/JD1 --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) to send in their info.... S7, SEYCHELLES. Operators Leszek/SP6CIK and Janusz/SP9FIH will be active as S79CI and S79W, respectively, from Seychelles between October 18-29th. Activity will be on various HF band, including activity in CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th). QSL via their home callsigns or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, watch: http://s79.dxpeditions.org SV9, CRETE. Uli, DJ9XB, is once again active as SV9/DJ9XB from Crete until October 3rd. Activity will be holiday style on 40-6 meters, but with a focus on 6 meters and using only RTTY and FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. T30, WESTERN KIRIBATI (Reminder/Update). Operators Stan/LZ1GC, Karel/OK2WM and Mitko/LZ3NY will be active as T30GC from Tarawa Atoll (OC-017), Western Kiribati, between October 7-23rd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8, with two to three different transmitters on different bands and modes. Some planned details on frequencies are: 160m will be 1822.5 kHz 6m will be 50100 kHz (CW) and 50313 kHz (FT8) They will be working on all bands in SPLIT MODE as following: * CW : QSX UP 1-8 kHz * SSB : QSX UP 5-15 kHz * RTTY : QSX UP 2-8 kHz QSL via LZ1GC, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://www.c21gc.com Their latest press release (September 26th) can be read at: http://www.c21gc.com/index.php/last-news TG, GUATEMALA. Dennis, KT8X, will be active as TG4/KT8X from Guatemala between November 22-28th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using CW, FT8, RTTY and possible part-time operations in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th). QSL LoTW only. VP9, BERMUDA. Christoph, DL1YAF, is once again active as VP9/DL1YAF from the Paget Parish (Grid FM72OG) on Bermuda (NA-005) until October 6th. Activity will be holiday style on CW, SSB and PSK31, using a Elecraft KX3 (KXPA100) into a MP1 Vertical Antenna and Dipole. QSL via home call- sign, by the Bureau or direct. VP6R PITCAIRN ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Update). On September 23rd, the following was posted on the Pitcairn Island DXpedition VP6R Web page (https://pitcairndx.com/news-and-updates) [edited]: We are pleased to announce The Pitcairn Island DXpedition?s participation in the 2019 CQWW SSB Contest on the Oct. 26th and 27th weekend. We will be a full- scale Multi-Multi entry with stations active on 160 through 10 meters. This will be the first-ever CQWW SSB Contest entry from Pitcairn Island and the first time the VP6 multiplier has been offered in this contest. If you?re not in the contest and need the contact, call us anyway. Just give us our signal report and your CQ zone number in the exchange. We want you in our log! Be sure to have a little fun by working some other stations too. XV, VIETNAM. Sven, HB9DXB, will be active as XV9DXB from his second home in Vietnam between October 2-9th. Activity is usually on 80/40/20/10 meters using CW and SSB, but reports state to look for him on 7019 and 14019 kHz CW. QSL via EB7DX direct or LoTW. ZK3A TOKELAU ISLANDS DXPEDITION NEWS. Just a reminder that a large inter- national team of operators will be active as ZK3A from the Tokelau Islands (OC-048) between now and October 11th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, the Digital modes (RTTY, PSK31 and FT8) and EME (6m). QSL via YT1AD direct, OQRS (direct or Bureau) or LoTW (uploaded 6 months after DXpedition). For more details and updates, see: https://tokelau2019.com ADDED UPDATES: On September 25th, it was announced that the advance (setup) team (Adrian/KO8SCA, Robert/N7QT & Dusko/ZL3WW) have been active on 20m band so far. They will have limited time on the air during the daylight hours, as they are still setting up antennas etc. The rest of team will be arriving on the 1st October. On September 26th, it was announced that the Ukrainian team (UR9QQ, US0KW, UR0MC, UT5UY, UT8IO) for the ZK3A DXpedition are on their way to the island! 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