From kb8nw at hotmail.com Sun Jul 5 10:05:00 2020 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2020 10:05:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1471 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1471 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1471 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1471 BID: $OPDX.1471 July 6, 2020 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Cluster Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N6PSE, W7GJ, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, M0URX, PA5Y, PY3DF, RN3RQ, RW6HS, 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, 28th/June, through Sunday, 5th/July there were 206 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, 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, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, 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". 5X, UGANDA (Postponed). Shabu, M0KRI (ex-9U4RI), who was expected to be active as 5X1RI sometime during the end of July to mid-August, has post- posted his trip, probably for about 6 months. 8A52, INDONESIA (Special Event). Special event station 8A52PA will be active until July 6th, to celebrate the 52th anniversary of the Indonesia Radio Amateur Organization (ORARI). Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. Special Cenderawasih Award is available at: https://sites.google.com/view/ordapapuaofficial/special-call 9A164, CROATIA (Special Event). Members of the Radio Klub Novi Bokanjac will be commemorating the birth (July 10th, 1856) and life of Nikola Tesla, the great visionary who fathered not just the radio, but "the wireless world, the man out of time, the man who was dreaming and was dreaming correctly." Due to the COVID-19 situation, activity will not take place in Smiljan, the birthplace of Nikola Tesla, but in Zadar. QSO confirmation by eQSL.cc. Traditional paper QSL via the 9A Bureau. DXCC'S MOST WANTED (ClubLog). The "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of July 3rd. The list contains 340 entities. The following are the top 26 entities: 1. P5 DPRK (North Korea) 14. KH4 Midway Island 2. 3Y/B Bouvet Island 15. ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion Islands 3. FT5/W Crozet Island 16. PY0S Saint Peter and Paul Rocks 4. BS7H Scarborough Reef 17. PY0T Trindade & Martim Vaz Islands 5. CE0X San Felix Islands 18. KP5 Desecheo Island 6. BV9P Pratas Island 19. SV/A Mount Athos 7. KH7K Kure Island 20. VP8S South Sandwich Islands 8. KH3 Johnston Island 21. KH5 Palmyra & Jarvis Islands 9. 3Y/P Peter 1 Island 22. JD/M Minami Torishima 10. FT5/X Kerguelen Island 23. EZ Turkmenistan 11. FT/G Glorioso Island 24. ZL9 New Zealand Subantarctic Islands 12. VK0M Macquarie Island 25. YK Syria 13. YV0 Aves Island 26. FK/C Chesterfield Island No change on the Top 26 since we last reported back on May 4th. The complete "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list (340) is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php EF4, SPAIN. Members of the URE (Uni?n de Radioaficionados Espa?oles) will be active as EF4HQ from their HQ station during the IARU HF World Championship between 1200z Saturday, July 11th and 1200z Sunday, July 12th. Activity will be on 160/80/40/20/15/10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via EA4URE, by the Bureau (prefered) or direct. Three awards are available (Gold, Silver and Bronze). Details can be found on QRZ.com or (https://concursos.ure.es/en/iaru-hf-world-championship/). EV1944, BELARUS (Special Event). Look for special event station EV1944M to be active from Minsk until July 31st. Activity is to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Minsk and Belarus from the German invaders. QSL via EW1I. FO/A, FO/M & TX7, AUSTRAL AND MARQUESAS ISLANDS (Postponed). Lance, W7GJ, informs OPDX of the following [edited]: Because of the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, we regret that the W7GJ 6m EME DXpedition to FO/A and FO/M and the KB7Q 2m EME DXpedition to FO/M must be delayed until 2021. Lodging reservations already have been changed, and we are in the process of revising the licensing and equipment importation authorizations. The APPROXIMATE dates for the new DXpeditions are: FO/A (6m only) - October 15-24, 2021 FO/M (TX7MB on 2m and 6m) - October 26-November 4, 2021 Exact dates and operating schedules will be posted on my website after September 2020, when airline reservation dates for 2021 become available: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Austral%20Islands%202020.htm http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Marquesas%202020.htm We are looking forward to contacting you and hope that this unfortunate delay provides you with any extra time you may need to improve your station to get ready for the FO DXpedition! IARU HF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Next Weekend). The complete rules for next weekend's IARU HF World Championship are available at: http://www.arrl.org/iaru-hf-world-championship INTREPID-DX GROUP NEWS (Press Release, dated July 1st)[edited]. First Annual "Dream Rig" Youth Essay Contest -- The Intrepid-DX Group is a U.S. based 501 C(3) nonprofit organization that promotes Amateur Radio activ- ities in developing countries. Announcing our first annual Youth Essay Contest-Prize is a Dream Rig! The Intrepid-DX Group recognizes the importance of including Youth in our great hobby because they are our future! We are establishing an annual Dream Rig Youth Essay Contest to learn the suggestions of young people for attracting other young operators to Amateur Radio. What is the Prize? The prize is a factory fresh ICOM IC-7300! See the features here: https://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/hf/7300/default.aspx Contest Rules: 1) Two-page Essay answering these questions: A) What are your amateur radio goals? B) What can we do to attract more youth to amateur radio? 2) USA Amateur Radio License Holders Age 19 or younger. 3) Promise to keep the radio for one year, not flip it, trade it or sell it, and to use it on the air. 4) Send essay in text or MS Word attachment to intrepiddxgroup at gmail.com by July 31, 2020. 5) You may alternatively mail it to: The Intrepid-DX Group, 3052 Wetmore Dr, San Jose, CA 95148, USA.. Must be post marked by July 31, 2020. 6) The winner of the Essay Contest will be announced on our Website and Facebook page on August 10, 2020. All submissions become the property of the Intrepid-DX Group and may be published. Questions: Send an email to pauln6pse at gmail.com Follow us on our homepage www.Intrepid-DX.com and/or our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/The-Intrepid-DX-Group-180857615282553 IOTA NEWS. Since no or few new IOTA announcements have been made during the past several weeks (probably because of many COVID-19 travel restric- tions), OPDX decided to list the following IOTA operations that were active this past week between June 28th-July 4th (as per the DXCluster): IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes ------ ---------- ------------- ------------ AF-004 EA8W Canary 17m; FT8 AF-004 EA8DEG Tenerife 20m; SSB AF-014 FR4PV Reunion 20m; CW AF-022 ZD7FT St. Helena 17m; SSB AF-057 5R8UI Madagascar 20m; RTTY AS-002 A91FTDMC Bahrain 20m; Digi AS-007 JH3NGD Honshu 40m; SSB AS-007 JI1UGH Honshu 20m; Digi AS-019 9V1YC Singapore 20m; Digi AS-020 BX5AA Taiwan 20m; SSB AS-021 A61EK Trucial Coast 30m; Digi AS-031 JD1BHA Ogasawara 40m; Digi EU-003 CQ8F Formigas 20/17m; SSB EU-004 EA6AM Balearic 40m; SSB EU-005 G0TSM Great Britain 15m; Digi EU-005 G4UJS Great Britain 15m; Digi EU-005 G6XX Great Britain 40/20m; SSB EU-005 GB13COL Great Britain 40/20m; SSB EU-005 GB8AFD Great Britain 40m; SSB EU-005 GM3YEH Great Britain 20m; Digi EU-005 M3FON Great Britain 20m; Digi EU-015 SV9ANK Crete 17m; SSB EU-015 SV9BMG Crete 17m; Digi EU-023 9H1VC Malta 10m; SSB EU-023 9H5BZ Malta 17m; SSB EU-023 9H5JO Malta 20m; SSB EU-024 IS0DCR Sardinia 10m; SSB EU-024 IS0HYW Sardinia 20m; Digi EU-024 IS0MVE Sardinia 12m; Digi EU-029 5Q0X Sjaelland 20m; Digi EU-029 OZ0MJ Sjaelland 20m; SSB EU-088 OZ7AEI/P Kattegat 80m; Digi EU-115 2I0DYA Ireland 12m; Digi EU-115 MI0ITS Ireland 17m; SSB EU-115 MI0SAI Ireland 15m; Digi EU-143 EA7KDM Cadiz/Huelva 20m; Digi EU-032 F1HOM/P Poitou-Charentes 40m; SSB EU-174 SV2AEL/8 Ammouliani 20m; SSB/FT4 EU-175 CU3HN Azores 17m; Digi EU-181 LZ2CW Bulgaria 40m; CW NA-015 CO3VT Cuba 30m; FT8 NA-015 CO5WE Cuba 30m; FT8 NA-026 K2L NY State 40/20m; SSB/CW/Digi NA-026 KB2ZPB NY State 20m; Digi NA-065 WU8U WA State N 30m; Digi NA-107 FM4SA Martinique 20m; SSB NA-108 J68HZ St. Lucia 20m; SSB NA-139 K2I MD State E 80m; SSB NA-143 W8NEO TX State E 15m; SSB OC-001 VK1TX Australia 40m; SSB OC-019 K2GT Hawaiian 20m; Digi OC-021 YB0AZ Java 20m; SSB OC-021 YB1NWE Java 20m; Digi OC-021 YB2BOB Java 30m; Digi OC-022 YB9AY Bali 20m; Digi OC-032 FK8HM New Caledonia 20m; Digi OC-147 YG9WKB West Papua's Coastal 40m; Digi SA-002 VP8LP Falkland 20m; SSB SA-006 PJ4GR Bonaire 20m; FT8 SA-029 PY1SAD Rio De Janeiro State W 40m; Digi ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode on their QSNs on the PacketCluster reports.... EU-031. Salvadore, IC8SDL, is active from Capri Island. Activity is on various HF Bands including 6 meters. QSL via IC8SDL: Salvatore Lembo, Porciello 4/a, Capri, 80073, Italy. EU-047. Markus, DJ4EL, will be active as DJ4EL/p from Juist Island between July 10-13th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB with mono-band and multi-vertical antennas. QSL via LoTW or his home callsign. ADDED NOTE: Markus plans to activate more German islands (which have never been activated) at the end of August. Look for more details to be forthcoming. EU-081. Operators Jean/ON5DX, K?rt/ON5DZ, Tim/ON5HC, Pat/ON7PQ and Francis/ON8AZ will be active as TM2U from Saint Marcouf Island between August 23-28th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters (also 60m) using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via ON8AZ. For more details, see: https://www.eu081.be EU-113. Markus, DJ4EL, will be active as SV8/DJ4EL from Kythira Island between July 26-30th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB with quads and vertical antennas. QSL via LoTW or his home callsign. NA-134. Bo, OZ1DJJ, will be active as OX3LX from Asiaat Island (WW Loc. GP38NQ), Greenland, between July 7-30th (possibly longer due to the COVIN-19). Activity will be on 40-4 meters. When not active, he will run a WSPR beacon on 160 to 6 meters. He states this is NOT a DXpedition, and the best chance to work him will be around lunchtime and after dinner (his local time UTC-2), also during the weekend, possibly at night/morning. QSL via OZ0J direct (see QRZ.com). Logs get uploaded to LoTW, ClubLog and sometimes eQSL. He may also go to other islands in the NA-134 group. For more details and updates, watch QRZ.com or his Web page at: http://geronne.dk/index.php/ox3lx/ox3lx-dxped OC-139. Grant, VK5GR, on July 5th, updated the following on his VK5KI Expedition to Kangaroo Island between July 13-18th [edited]: "Preparations are almost complete for the VK5KI mini DXpedition to Kangaroo Island. We are on track to depart Monday week (July 13th) on the Sealink Ferry to the island, part of the South Australia State East Centre IOTA group. Andrew, VK5AKH, and I are preparing to take two stations, the first comprising an Elecraft K3S+KPA500, with the second consisting of an Icom IC7600 and SPE 1.5K-LFA (the amplifier that didnt make it to Tonga). We will have a HexBeam on 20-10m, a dedicated 40m vertical and a multi-band vertical for 160-10m. We will be operating SSB, CW and multiple digital modes, including FT8. We do not expect to run Fox/Hound mode this trip but stay tuned on the clusters as we could switch over if we are receiving excessive calls." For more updates/details, see Grant's Web page at: https://vk5gr-iota.net OC-228. Andy, VK5MAV, will be active as VK5MAV/P from West Island or Granite Island, Australia, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Activity will be CW only. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS. SA-052. Markus, DJ4EL, will activate two islands in the Suriname SA-092 IOTA group in October: Houttuyn Island - as PZ5GE; between October 11-25th; on 40-10m using SSB; WW Loc. GJ25kr Pagegaaien Island - as PZ5G; between October 16-19th; on 80-10m using CW and SSB; WW Loc. GJ15kv QSL both operations via LoTW or his home callsign. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new have decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX, and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin...... JD1, OGASAWARA. Takashi, JH1FFW, will be active as JD1/JH1FFW from Ogasawara (AS-031) between July 15-19th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL via JH1FFW, by the Bureau, LoTW and eQSL. LZ70, BULGARIA. Look for special event station LZ70IPA from Stara Zagorato be active to celebrate 70th anniversary of International Police Association. Length of activity is not known. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS. OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). Details on how to subscribe and unsubscribe from the "OPDX Mailing List" are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW OY, FAROE ISLANDS. Operators Torsten/DL4APJ and Udo/DL2AQI will be active as OY/DL4APJ and OY/DL2AQI, respectively, from the Faroe Islands (EU-018) between September 15-23rd. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes (RTTY, PSK, FT8). QSL via their home callsigns, by the DARC Bureau, direct, eQSL or LoTW. PJ4, BONAIRE. John, K4BAI, will be active as PJ4A from Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA LH-1279) during the IARU HF World Championship (July 11-12th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. Operations will be done remotely. Outside contest he will be active as PJ4/K4BAI. QSL via K4BAI. PJ4, BONAIRE (Canceled). Rich, M5RIC, who was expected to be active as PJ4/M5RIC from Bonaire Island (SA-006) between September 22-29th, and PJ4CC during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 28-29th), has canceled his operation. Reason was not provided, but "probably" because of the COVIN-19 crisis and transportation. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (July 6-12th)....... Jul/06th AN Jul/09th AN Jul/11th AN Jul/07th AN Jul/10th AN Jul/12th AN Jul/08th AN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ------------------------------------------------------ NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 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 * News and Information About The Sun-Earth Environment: https://www.spaceweather.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 * Real-time 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) (July 5th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9A1P via 9A2RD EF0F via EA4URE OD5ET via EB7DX CQ8F via EA5GL EM100ALK via EM100ALK (e) OL1R via OK1KFQ (B) DQ8FTDMC via DM2RM GB100GKU via G4HLN (B) OR6T via ON4AMX DQ9Y via DF2SD (O/L) GB13COL via G0VLF SF6F via SA6FOL (L) DZ30SH via DX3H (L/e) GM9C via MM0GHM & (e) SM7/DK7RD via DK7RD E75C via E73Y HS0ZLJ via HS0ZLJ (L/e) SN7L via SP7PGK EA1G via EA1G (L/e) LX8FTDM via LX1TI V51B via V51B (L) EA6/EA3HSO via N4GNR (d/L) LZ120AE via LZ1ZF ED2SANFER via EA2CNA LZ551MS via LZ1KCP EE5O via EA5ITJ N7ET/DU7 via N7ET & (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 (n) no printed QSLs CB0Z QSL STATUS. The following was posted on July 2nd [edited]: Nando, IT9YRE, has sent all direct QSL requests on April 14, 2020, in Europe they have been received while in many other countries the envelopes will have been blocked due to a Covid-19 emergency issue that no one would have expected. He continues to receive many emails especially from OM in the United States for information on the status of the QSL cards, Nando cannot know where the QSL cards are located, there is no tracking. If someone would like to try a second shipment, Nando is willing to simply cover the cost of the stamps, considering the amount of requests (hundreds) it would not be appropriate to take on the expense. Postal rates: https://www.poste.it/prodotti/postamail-internazionale.html NEW QSL ROUTES. As of July 2020, all QSLs for 3D2TS and FK1TS can now be requested only via M0OXO, direct or by the Bureau (OQRS). Bureau cards MUST be requested via M0OXO's OQRS at: https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/logsearch.php?dxcallsign=3D2TS https://www.m0oxo.com/oqrs/logsearch.php?dxcallsign=FK1TS NEW QSL ROUTES. Vasiliy, RW6HS, informs OPDX that he is now the QSL Manager for CN8JQ, CN8XP and UK8ICU. OLD QSL COLLECTION (Update). Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind every- one to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 18,000 old QSL cards in several different albums/galleries. This site contains: - The ten most wanted DXCC entities (2009 to 2018) with more than 600 QSLs - At least one card for each 62 deleted DXCC countries (more than 2000+ QSLs) - Nearest the totality of current prefixes, disappeared now (more than 5900+ QSLs) - Album for stations from North Africa 1945-1962 (500+ QSLs) - More than 1000 QSLs from the Antarctic bases. - With 280 QSLs from the TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises). - More than 100 cards from Eparses Islands such as FR/B/E/G/J/T - More than 500 QSLs for the rare French Pacific Islands such as FK, FK/C, FO/C, FO/A, FO/M, FO/C and FW - The FG, FM, FP, FS, FY stations from 1945 to 1969 - Commemoratives stations for ITU and IARU with more than 900 QSL. - More than 3600 cards for the old timer with more than 150 countries before 1945. - Cards from the French Department before 1945. - At least one card from each of the states in the U.S. before 1945. The URL address for the Web site is: http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr Some cards are still needed for the collection, and your particip- ation is welcome. Only a ".jpg" file (both sides of the card) is required. Please visit the site and give them your comments by sending an E-mail to: LesNouvellesDX at free.fr QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 1A0C, 8P2K, 8P6DR, AB1QB, KL7J, KP4JRS, LA2XPA, TA3D, TO7DL, XV1X and ZD7MY QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 6F3A, 9J2LA, CB0Z (SA-101), OX3LX (NA-134) VP8PJ and XF3PAS (NA-090) QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4S7YSG, 5Z4/LA4GHA, 6O0LA, 8P9EE, 9H9DD, DJ6OI/P (EU-127), E6AF, FM/F6ARC, FS/AG5CR, H44LG, JF1CCH/0 (AS-206), JI3CEY/0 (AS-206), JQ1SUO/0 (AS-206), JR0UIU/P (AS-046), PJ2/DK6SP, T30PY, T88CJ, T88TJ, TO6OK, V3O, V55QO, V6K (OC-059), VY2/JR1GSE and ZS95QO --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... SN87, POLAND. Members of the Mysliborski Klub Lacznosci PZK (SP1PMY) will be active with the special callsign SN87LOT from Mysliborz between now and August 31st. Activity is to commemorate 86th anniversary of the flight over the Atlantic Ocean by two Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas. They flew from New York in little airplane "Lituanica" to Kaunas on July 15th, 1933. Their flight ended with catastrophy in a forest near the village of Pszczelnik (ca. 6 km from Myslib?rz, West Pomeranian Voivode- ship). There is a monument dedicated to those two brave airmen at the place where airplane fell. Every year at this monument every year there takes place celebrations with highest Polish and Lithuanian represent- atives. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via SP1PMY, direct or by the Bureau. TK, CORSICA. Max, DL8UW, will be active as TK4VQO from Olmeto, Corsica (EU-014). Activity is on 160-6 meters using CW and SSB. You can also find him active everyday on the Medical Assistance Radio (MAR) net on 14332 kHz at 0730z. QSL via his home callsign. XT2, BURKINA FASO. Max, DK1MAX, will once again be active as XT2MAX from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, sometime during November/December. Activity is usually holiday style on all bands using mostly CW and FT8. QSL via EA5GL, LoTW, eQSL, (no Bureau or SWL reports) and ClubLog. NO PAPER QSLs. Look for more details to be forthcoming. YI, IRAQ. A few sources and QRZ.com are reporting that Giorgio, IU5HWS, who is a sergeant in the Italian Army of the Airborne Brigade, will be 60km from Bagdad between July 30th and November 30th. He hopes to use the callsign YI/IU5HWS (has not applied for a callsign yet) on 40/20/10 meters. QSL via his home callsign direct. Watch for updates on his QRZ.com page. Z6, KOSOVO (Update). A German team will be active as Z66DX from the capital city of Prystina in Kosovo between October 15-28th. Operators mentioned are Werner/DJ9KH, Rainer/DL2AMD, G?nte/DL2AWG (Co-leader), Peter/DL3APO, Franz/DL9GFB and Wolf/DM2AUJ (Team Leader). Activity will be on 160/80/ 40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8, with three IC-7300 stations on the air running 800 watts into 160/80m Verticals, others Loops Verticals with Spider poles. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1822.5, 3526, 7026, 10102, 18086, 21026, 24906 and 28026 kHz SSB - 3805, 7095, 14210, 18120, 21275, 24955 and 28465 kHz RTTY - 7044, 10145, 14095 and 18105 kHz FT8 - 1836, 3569, 7056, 10131, 14091, 18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz * Please listen always to the instructions of the operators! QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (direct or Bureau; recommended) or via DL2AWG, by the Bureau or direct (SAE and cash only - 3 USDs or EURs). LoTW will be activated 6 months after DXpedition. No eQSL! QSL requests with in- sufficient return postage will be answered via the Bureau. For more details and updates, see: http://www.z66dx.de/?Welcome ZG, GIBRALTAR. During the period of September 4-10th, the Gibraltar Amateur Radio stations will celebrate "Gibraltar National Week". Gibraltar celebrates its historic 1967 self-determination referendum every year on September 10th. To commemorate this event, stations can use the prefix ZG. Robert, ZB2TT, will be active as ZG2TT during the week in the hours he is not working. Although, he will not have a special QSL card for this activity, he will overprint the QSO report labels with ZG2TT and the log will be uploaded to the M0URX OQRS after the September 10th, so that you can claim the QSL card. For the prefix hunters, he will also upload the log to LoTW. 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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 5th/July, through Sunday, 12th/July there were 199 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E3, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP8, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". EM44, UKRAINE (WFF Op). Look for EM44L to be active from the Regional Landscape Park "Feldman Ecopark" (URFF-0194; New One) between July 18-19th. QSL via UT5LU. No other details provided. IOTA NEWS. Since no or few new IOTA announcements have been made during the past several weeks (probably because of many COVID-19 travel restric- tions), OPDX decided to list the following IOTA operations that were active this past week between July 5-11th (as per the DXCluster): IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes ------ ---------- ------------- ------------ AF-004 EA8DFQ Gran Canaria 12m; Digi AF-014 FR4PV Reunion 17m; SSB AF-022 ZD7JC St. Helena 15m; FT8 AN-016 DP0GVN Antarctic 40m; Digi AS-002 A92AA Bahrain 40m; Digi AS-007 JF1EHM Honshu 20m; SSB AS-007 JH3NGD Honshu 40m; SSB AS-007 JI1ICF Honshu 20m; SSB AS-078 JH8XVH Hokkaido 10m; Digi AS-107 E20WXA/P Gulf of Thailand N 20/15m; SSB AS-107 HS2JQC/P Gulf of Thailand N 40m; FT8 EU-002 OH0Z Aland 20m; CW EU-004 EA6BB Balearic 17m; Digi EU-004 EA6OM Balearic 10m; SSB EU-004 EC6AAE Balearic 20m; CW EU-005 G4UJS Great Britain 20m; Digi EU-005 GB13COL Great Britain 40/20m; SSB/CW EU-005 GM0OQV Scotland 20m; SSB EU-005 GM1KNP Scotland 20m; SSB EU-005 MM0HVU Scotland 80m; Digi EU-005 MM0TFU Scotland 10m; SSB EU-009 GM8OFQ Orkney 20/10m; SSB/Digi EU-018 OY1CT Faroe 17m; Digi EU-021 TF3JB Iceland 40m; SSB EU-025 IT9DOR Sicily 20m; SSB EU-026 JW4PUA Spitsbergen 15m; Digi EU-029 5Q5W Sjaelland 40/17m; CW/Digi EU-029 OV9M Sjaelland 40/20m; SSB EU-029 OZ0MJ Sjaelland 20m; SSB EU-029 OZ8AE Sjaelland 40m; CW EU-031 IC8HRG Campania Reg 20m; SSB EU-047 DJ4EL/P Juist 20m; SSB EU-050 IL7/IK4YCQ Tremiti 20m; SSB EU-050 IL7/IZ5IUY Tremiti 40m; SSB EU-088 OZ7AEI/P Laeso 40/20m; Digi/SSB EU-115 EI2HI Ireland 20m; SSB EU-115 EI5KP Ireland 20m; SSB EU-115 EI9HX Ireland 20m; SSB EU-116 GD1JNB Isle of Man 20m; SSB EU-147 R7AL/1 White Sea Coast 40/20m; CW EU-170 9A9CW/P Dalmatia N 40m; CW EU-172 5Q5W Jylland East & Fyn 20m; CW EU-172 OV9M Jylland East & Fyn 20m; SSB EU-174 SV2AEL/8 Makedonia/Thraki 20/17/10m; Digi EU-175 CU3HN Azores 20m; Digi NA-021 8P5AA Barbados 20m; SSB NA-026 W2ASC NY State 40m; SSB NA-026 WB2SMK NY State 20m; SSB NA-052 N1UL FL State SW 20m; Digi NA-096 HH2AA Haiti 30m; Digi NA-099 WP3R Puerto Rico 20m; SSB NA-107 FM5BH Martinique 20m; CW NA-108 J68HZ St. Lucia 80m; Digi OC-013 E51JD Rarotonga 20m; SSB OC-016 3D2AG Viti Levu & Vanua Levu 20m; CW OC-019 WH6EY Hawaiian 20m; Digi OC-032 FK4RD New Caledonia 40m; SSB OC-036 ZL1WN NZ North 20m; SSB OC-134 ZL4TT NZ South 20m; CW OC-184 V85AHV Brunei's Coastal 20m; Digi SA-002 VP8LP Falkland 20m; SSB SA-006 PJ4/KU8E Bonaire 20m; CW SA-085 XQ1KK Atacama Reg 20m; SSB SA-099 PJ2GT Curacao 20m; CW ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode on their QSNs on the PacketCluster reports.... AF-018. Operator Raffaele, IH9YMC, will be active from Pantelleria Island (IIA TP-001, MIA MI-124, WW Loc. JM56XT), African Italy, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) Single-Op entry. QSL via LoTW or eQSL. AS-107. A team of Thailand operators were expected to be active this past weekend as HS2JQC/p (Kim), HS0YNM/p (Mod), E20WXA/p (Chai) and HS1OLQ/p (Phatcharadet) from Ko Si Chang Island in the northern Gulf of Thailand. Their activity was to be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL via their home callsign. AS-150. Members of the One Partner DX Club (OPDXC) will be active as BG4OP Lingshan Island, July 25-26th. However, operator Ma, BA4MY, will be in the RSGB IOTA Contest as a Single-Op/ All-Band/Mixed-Mode/High-Power entry. QSL via BI4IIZ, direct or by the Bureau. EU-001. Claudio, HB9OAU, will once again be active as SV5/HB9OAU from Karpathos Island, Dodecanese, between September 12-25th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using SSB, RTTY and possibly FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog, eQSL and LoTW. EU-028. Michele, IU2NKC, will be active as IA5/IU2NKC from Isola del Giglio, located in the Tuscan Archipelago, between July 12-25th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, LoTW and eQSL. EU-042. Operators Joerg "Joe"/DJ1JB, Markus/DJ4EL, Thorsten/DJ5TM and possibly others are planning to be active as homecall/p from Pellworm Island (as well as some other surrounding islands; in the same IOTA group) between August 27th and September 3rd. Activity be on 40-10 meters using SSB with verticals and quad antennas. QSL via LoTW or their home callsigns. Look for more details to be forthcoming. EU-055. Tom, LA4LN, is now active as LN1V from Stord Island (WW Loc. JO29QS), Norway, mainly on 6 meters using digital until mid- August. However, Tom does mention he does have antennas for 160m-70cm and can operate on all modes. The special callsign (LN1V = ?Liberation Norway One Victory?) is being used in celebration of the 75 years since the liberation from the 5 year long Nazi occupation in 1945 after World War 2. QSL via LA4LN. EU-055. Operators Holger/DH3RN and Benny/DH7RG will once again be active as LA/DH3RN and LA/DH7RG from Bomlo Island (WW Loc. JO29PS), Norway, between August 14-24th. PLEASE NOTE that due to the current COVID-19 situation changes can happen (watch QRZ.com for updates). Activity will be on 80-10 meters using SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL via their home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or ClubLog. EU-057. Jo, DL5KUD, will be active from Ruegen Island (German Island Award: O-07, WLOTA: LH 1712. DOK: V01) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as Single-Op/CW-Mode/12-Hrs/Low-Power entry. QSL via ClubLog. EU-107. Operators Gil/F4FET, Antoine/F5RAB and friends, who were expected to be active as TM7P from Petite Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th), have canceled their operation "Due to the fact (COVID-19) that no multi station can be on air." (See note about the contest below) EU-111. Members of the Cray Valley Radio Society (G3RCV), who were expected to be active as GM3RCV and MM8C (IOTA Contest) from Ceann Ear in the Monach Islands between July 20-26th, have postponed their operation until 2021's RSGB IOTA Contest. EU-117. Vasily, RA1ZZ, who was expected to be active as RA1ZZ/P from Bolshoy Berezovyy Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest, had to cancel his operation. EU-133. Members of the Russian Robinson Club will be active from Gogland Island between July 23-28th. Operators mentioned are Mikhail/R1MJ, Yulia/R1CBL and Vitaliy/RA1AGJ, and will sign as homecall/P. They plan to be active in the RSGB IOTA Contest weekend (July 25-26th). Activity will be on 160-15 meters. QSL via their home callsigns. EU-147. Vasily, R7AL, was heard active as R7AL/1 from Pezhostrov Island (RDA KL-14, RRA RR-02-96) this past week for a few days. The length of his stay is supposed to be several days and may be QRT by the time you read this. Activity is holiday style on 20/15 meters using CW with 100 watts and vertical antennas. QSL via his home callsign or ClubLog (preferable). ADDED NOTE: Vasily was also heard on Oleniy Island (EU-162) on July 9th. EU-165. Emil, DL8JJ, will be active as IS0/DL8JJ from Foradada Island on July 18th. This will be the first activation ever. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. ADDED NOTE: Emil will also operate as IS0/DL8JJ/M from Sardinia Island (EU-024) between July 16-25th. EU-172. Poul, OZ9V, will be active as OZ9V/P from ?r? Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via LoTW. EU-177. Kjell, SM4DDS, will once again be active as 7S5A from Boko Island between July 19-24th. Activity wil be on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW, or via his home callsign (direct or by the Bureau). NA-014. Operators Len/VE9MY and XYL Linda/VE9GLF will be active as VE9MY/p and VE9GLF/p from Grand Manan Island between July 12-18th. The duo plans to activate 6 World-Wide Flora & Fauna (WFF) references. Activity will be on 80/40/20/17 meters using SSB. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or by the Bureau (preferred). OC-139. Grant, VK5GR, on July 12th, updated the following on his upcoming VK5KI Expedition to Kangaroo Island between July 13-18th [edited]: "Final preparations for the VK5KI expedition are complete. We have confirmed with the owner and the weather for the ferry crossing looks excellent. With luck we will have fine weather in the afternoon and get all of the antennas up tomorrow. If all goes well we should appear on air, most likely on 40m first sometime tomorrow night our time. Watch the DX Clusters and out Clublog live feed for details." For more updates/details, see Grant's Web page at: https://vk5gr-iota.net OC-228. Andy, VK5MAV, reported on July 8th, that he is completely disappointed with the position of the Department of Nature for South Australia, which manages/controls access to the south Australian islands. However, Andy stated that he has "only one last option - very light, time and conditions limited, no night activity from Granite Island." So during this past weekend (on July 12th), Andy planned to do a test visit on Granite Island sometime between 0100-0600z on 20/15 meters using CW with 100 watts into a GP and on battery power. He hopes to give someone a new island contact. Remember, Andy plans to activate Granite Island as VK5MAV/p for the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). Activity will be CW only. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS. NEW FLASH: Just before going to print, Andy sent out the following on July 12th, 8:02 AM (EDT): "If you tried to contact me but with no success - it's still a hope. If the weather will let me - I will try again next Saturday or Sunday. Participation in IOTA Contest would be pointless as today's activity demon- strated. My signal was very weak with such setup, especially during daytime. But in general - it was sad event. 7 hours, 150 approximately QSO - not important (for me, but for someone who has got a new island - completely different:-)) Tomorrow I will upload the log to ClubLog and IOTA Committee. As already written - there will be no cards. Well, if anyone needs it badly - my usual card with a sticker. However, I didn't expect anything else, GP 20/15, 'radials' - copper wire into the water. 100 watts, battery powered. No tent, no shelter, no normal table/chair. The toilet is far away. Ward tea - in a thermos brought by me. Temp was + 12, windy with drizzle. I was lucky at least the rain did not happen. That's it for now, folks :-) .... Cheers. Andy VK5MAV." ADDED NOTE ABOUT THE RSGB CONTEST (July 25-26th): Per the RSGB Contest Committee, the IOTA Contest this year is exclusively for Single-Operators using their home stations, and only "Single Operator Fixed Island" stations and "Single Operator Fixed World" stations will be eligible to enter. Full details of the IOTA Contest, including the rules, can be obtained from the RSGB at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2020/riota.shtml 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. Erwann, LB1QI, will be active as JW/LB1QI from the JW5E club station (www.jw5e.com) in Lonyearbyen, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard (EU-026), between September 24-27th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW and SSB, with a Yaesu FT857d and a JUMA PA1000 Amplifier. QSL via LB1QI, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog. KH4, MIDWAY ISLAND. Ron, KH6DV, posted the following on July 9th, on QRZ.com: We've all seen the latest pandemic news. It's not progressing in a good direction or anything like the earlier predictions. The U.S. now has 132,000 deaths and the forecast is for 200,00 by November. We have encountered a strong and understandable push-back related to the original date of October 2020. Once there was possibility of moving the operation to the second half of February 2021, the conversation turned more positive. The application for the Special Use Permit for Midway has now been edited and now proposes a period of the second half of February 2021 and will be submitted this week. Two things now need to happen: 1. We need more operator interest. 2. We need more donations to the expedition PayPal page. (KH6VV at outlook.com) KH9, WAKE ISLAND. Randy, WW6RG, informed OPDX of the following an hour after last week's bulletin went out [edited]: "Right now due to the Covid19 restrictions, operations on Kwajalein Atoll (V73) will not be happening this month. Or for the foreseeable future. My latest schedule has me stopping in Kwajalein then continuing on to KH9 Wake Island on July 14th. (All times and dates GMT) I hope to be setup and on the air sometime around 0400z and operate until 0730z with a short break for dinner around 0500z. I will be operating QRP 5w, 20 meters, SSB." QSL via his home callsign WW6RG. PLEASE NOTE: Randy informs that he has no means of communi- cation from Wake Island, and if there is a flight delay or cancelation he will not be able to inform us. OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). Details on how to subscribe and unsubscribe from the "OPDX Mailing List" are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW PA75, THE NETHERLANDS (Special Event). Dutch special event station PA75WSN will be active until the end of the year. It was 75 years ago that the allied forces liberated The Netherlands from the Nazi regime, ending the second World War five years after it started. The southern part of The Netherlands was liberated in the autumn of 1944, while the northern part was only liberated in the spring of 1945. On May 4, 1945, the German forces formally capitulated to the British Field Marshall Montgomery. The capitulation was effective the next day. The village Wassenaar also was liberated in May 1945. Their QSL card pictures the residents welcoming the Canadian soldiers after liberation the village of Wassenaar. Activity will be on various HF and UHF bands using SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via the Bureau or direct (see QRZ.com). PI75, THE NETHERLANDS (Special Event). Look for special event station PI75VERON (Vereniging voor Experimenteel Radio Onderzoek in Nederland) to be on the air between August 1st and December 31st). Activity is to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the VERON (The Netherlands Ham Radio Society - https://www.veron.nl/ ). QSL via PA1AW. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (July 13-19th)....... Jul/13th AN Jul/16th AN Jul/18th AN Jul/14th AN Jul/17th AN Jul/19th AN Jul/15th 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 * News and Information About The Sun-Earth Environment: https://www.spaceweather.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 * Real-time 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) (July 10th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3V8SS via LX1NO & (L) EA6/EI6DX via RA3R S5/PA3BHF via M0MPM 5Q5W via DL2SWW K2M via K3MJW SV9/ON4AUC/P via ON4AUC 9K8FTDMC via 9K2RA LR8FTDMC via F1ULQ SX3SP via SX3SP (L/e) A25SL via N4GNR (d) OE20FTDMC via OE1SGU & (L) T7/I4GHG via T77C (d) A60ISG via EA7FTR OH0/R1BEV via R1BEV TF3ML via TF3MH AP2MKS via EA5GL (d/AP-B) OM6A via OM3KHE V31MA via M0OXO (O/L) D4VHF via IK2NCJ & (L) OO9O via ON7SS YL/LA9TKA/P via LA9TKA DL0MCM via DL6KWN OR5T via ON4ALY DR1F via DG3FK OS0S via ON4ZD (L/O/e) (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 (n) no printed QSLs QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4L8A, 4U1UN, A45XR, DK0DI, E7HQ, ES5RR, FG8OJ, HK1T, JA1VGV, JW4PUA, JW7QIA, LA5KO, PJ4/NA2AA, S79VU, SP7PTM, VA3MJR, VE4VT, VI103WIA and YW1K QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3W1T, 6F3A, CB0Z, E44RU, H44LL, JA4CZE, JA7QVI, RI0B (AS-068), TM8C (EU-159), VP8PJ and VR2XAN QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3B8MM, 6W/DL9GFB, 7S5A (EU-177), 8S0W (EU-084), 9H1TX, 9N7JX, CT9/DL7UGN (AF-014), DU6/DK6PD (OC-129), HC0T, HC2AP, HC2BP, HC2DR, HC2GRC, HC2TKV, HC2TMZ, HC5M, HS0ZFV, ID9/DL1YAF (EU-017), JA4GXS/4 (AS-117), KH2/JH0CJH, T88XH, V5/DJ7JC and ZD8JX --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... UE45, RUSSIA. Members of the "Fifth Ocean" Club are now active as UE45SA until July 19th. Activity is to celebrate 45th anniversary of USSR Fly "Soyuz" - USA "Apollo" in Space. Operators mentioned are Victor/RV3YR, Viktor/RN3YN and R3YC. QSL via RV3YR, direct, by the Bureau or Clublog. A diploma is available. For more details, see QRZ.com. V4, ST. KITTS (V47P and V4/W6PNG Operation Wrap-Up). John, W5JON/V47JA, reports: Enjoy viewing Paul's (W6PNG) Blog page about his, and Matt's (K0BBC) visit to St. Kitts, and operating from my (V47JA) QTH on St Kitts. Operating from Calypso Bay, St Kitts as V47P in the 2020 ARRL DX SSB contest: https://nomadic.blog/2020/05/08/of-cannons-beer-and-paradise YASME NEWS (Press Release, date July 9th). YASME FOUNDATION SUPPORTING GRANT TO EXPAND THE REVERSE BEACON NETWORK (RBN) -- The Yasme Foundation has allocated funds to purchase equipment needed to add fifteen (15) nodes to the Reverse Beacon Network. These new nodes will be added in regions where there is a need for reception reports to support amateur radio operation and where those reports will also have scientific value for geophysical research. Yasme was assisted in this effort by supporting grants from the Amateur Radio Digital Communications team (www.ampr.org) and by scientific advice from the HamSCI (hamsci.org) researchers. Information on the node loca- tions will be available after a final list of hosts is available. * * * * * The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to support scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio, including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. For additional infor- mation about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website at (www.yasme.org). 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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 12th/July, through Sunday, 19th/July there were 198 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C9, CE, CE0Y, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP8, VR, VU, XE, XW, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 9G, GHANA. Matteo, IZ4YGS, will once again be active as 9G5GS from Sanzule, Sanzule, Ellembelle District, Western Region (WW Loc. IJ84SX), Ghana, in the jungle among palm trees and swamps, snakes and crocodiles, a few hundred meters from the ocean, Ghana, between August 8th and September 15th. Activity will be limited to his spare time (usually on "almost every evening", between 2100-0000z) on 160-10 meters using mostly FT8 (F/H) and SSB, with a Yaesu FT-891 and 100 watts into a vertical antenna. On FT8 (Fox-Hound Mode) the suggested frequencies are: 3590, 7056, 10131, 14090, 18095, 21091, 24926 and 28091 kHz. On FT8 (Standard Mode) on the standard frequencies; PLEASE SEND REPORT FIRST, not the Loc. He will also be active through the QO-100 geostationary satellite, USB mode. He will update daily to ClubLog. QSL via LoTW, IZ4YGS direct or eQSL. A60, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (Special Event - Emirates Mars Mission - Hope Probe). The United Arab Emirates has officially entered the global space exploration race. This came after His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, President of the UAE, issued a decree to establish the UAE Space Agency, and began working on sending the first Arab and Islamic probe to Mars, a project named "Hope Probe". This makes the UAE one of only nine countries working to explore Mars. The probe will start its journey in 2020 (expected to be launched from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center on July 19th; depending on weather), and is scheduled to arrive at Mars by 2021, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the union of the UAE. The planning, management and implementation of the probe project are implemented by an Emirati team, whose members depend on their skills and diligence to acquire all space exploration-related knowledge and applying it. The program is fully funded and supervised by the UAE Space Agency, while the probe is being developed by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), in collaboration with international partners. The objectives of the mission include building Emirati human resources that are highly qualified in space technology, developing knowledge, scientific research and space applications to benefit mankind. Other goals of the mission include establishing a sustainable knowledge-based economy, promoting diversification and encouraging innovation, elevating the UAE's status in the space race and further widen benefits. The mission will help to promote the UAE's efforts in scientific explorations, and to build inter- national partnerships in the sector to promote the position of the UAE. For more information, kindly visit Emirates Mars Mission official website through the following link: https://www.mbrsc.ae/emirates-mars-mission Special Event Operations by the Emirates Amateur Radio Society (EARS) for 2020 are as follows: A60EMM/1 -- Operator Obaid/A61M; QSL via A61BK A60EMM/2 -- Operator Abdullah/A61Q; QSL via EA7FTR A60EMM/3 -- Operator Fahed/A61FK; QSL via A61BK A60EMM/4 -- Operator Khalid/A61BK; QSL via A61BK A60EMM/5 -- Operator Ali/A61DD; QSL via A92AA A60EMM/6 -- Operator Obaid/A61QQ; QSL via A61BK A60EMM/7 -- Operator Faisal/A61FJ; QSL via LZ1YE A60EMM/8 -- Operator Ismail/A61DL; QSL via A61BK A60EMM/9 -- Operator Khalid/A61NN; QSL via DIRECT CT9, MADEIRA. Ulf, DL5AXX, will be active as CT9ABV from Madeira Island (AF-014) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ Mixed-Mode/12-Hrs entry. QSL via DL5AXX. Also, Paul, DL5CW, will be active as CR3W or CT9/DL5CW operating the other 12 hours of the contest. QSL CT9/DL5CW via DL5CW or QSL CR3W via DL5AXX, OQRS (see QRZ.com) or LoTW. CY0C SABLE ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Postponed 2021). Murray, WA4DAN, reports [edited]: The CY0C Sable Island DXpedition team learned this week that our DXpedition will have to be postponed until October 2021 due to the ongoing worldwide Coronavirus. Team leader Murray, WA4DAN, has been in regular contact with Parks Canada during this process. Parks Canada advised that no International visitors will be allowed on Sable Island for the remainder of 2020. The good news is that the Parks Canada Sable Island manager has already extended an invitation to conduct our planned DXpedition for October 2021. The DXpedition team voted to un- animously accept this invitation. We appreciate all of the foundations, clubs and individuals who have contributed funding for our DXpedition. We are pleased to offer the following options to those who have contributed to this DXpedition: 1) A complete and total refund of donations made to the CY0C DXpedition. 2) Foundations, clubs and individuals can opt to apply their donations to the 2021 Sable Island CY0C DXpedition. Please let us know your preference and we will act promptly on this matter. From the entire 2021 Sable Island DXpedition team, our sincere thanks for your efforts and understanding. 73, Murray Adams, WA4DAN 2021 Sable Island DXpedition Team Leader DXCC ENTITIES IN PLAY (As US Rejects China's Significant South China Sea Claims). Interesting article this week about Scarborough Reef (BS7) or the Spratly Islands (1S) in the ARRL Letter for July 16th. You can find it at: ARRL Letter (July 16th) -- http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/?issue=2020-07-16 Article about 1S and BS7 -- http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2020-07-16#toc02 DXE VIRTUAL HAMFEST AND DX ACADEMY IN JULY. The Elmers at DX Engineering and a host of Ham Radio luminaries will be providing the first DXE Virtual Hamfest and DX Academy on Saturday, July 25th. These two online events combined into a full day of fun, learning, and drawings for DX Engineering gift cards, are free and open to all. The events are in real-time on the Zoom Webinar platform, or you can watch live on the DX Engineering YouTube channel. For complete details, see: https://www.dxengineering.com/techarticles/dxepressreleases/mark-your-calendars-for-the-dxe-virtual-hamfest-and-dx-academy-in-july?ibanner=DXEHPB2007002 https://www.onallbands.com/mark-your-calendars-for-the-dxe-virtual-hamfest-and-dx-academy-in-july%ef%bb%bf/ Zoom registration is: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/8815941419418/WN_jfOkG02UTfKugtuTqIpV2g Media DXE URLs: https://www.dxengineering.com https://www.facebook.com/DXEngineering EA8, CANARY ISLANDS (Satellite Op/Rare Grid). Philippe, EA4NF, will be operating on the satellites from Lanzarote Island, Canary Islands (AF-004, WW Loc. IL38 & IL39), as EA8/EA4NF between August 10-17th. A special focus will be from the very rare IL39 Grid. Portable activation will be with a FT818 and a FT817ND operating in full Duplex with an Alaskan Arrow Antenna. Activity will be on the FM and Linear Satellites. QSL via LoTW as EA8/EA4NF. Keep an eye on Philippe's Twitter feed for further updates and passes at: https://twitter.com/EA4NF_SAT EG1, SPAIN (Special Event). Members of the Radio Galena Group and the Union of Radio Amateurs Vetusta, are now active with the special callsign EG1FMM until July 30th. Activity is to commemorate one of the greatest advances made by humanity with the landing on the moon. Operations has been on 80-20 meters, including 60m, using various modes. QSL via EB1CAM. FJ, ST. BARTHELEMY. Operators Marco/FS4WBS and Claude/FS5GL are planning to be active as FJ/FS4WBS and FJ/FS5GL, respectively, from Saint Barthelemy (NA-146) sometime in September (dates not yet confirmed). Activity will be on 40/20/17 meters using CW, SSB and FT8, with an IC-7300 into wire antennas and 500 watts. QSL will only be via LoTW. HA70, HUNGARY (Special Event). Members of the Hungarian FIRAC will be active with special callsign HA70MAV from Budapest until December 1st. Activity is celebrating 70th anniversary of Hungarian Railway. They will operate on various HF bands. QSL via LoTW and eQSL only. IEEE SPECTRUM NEWS. Julianne Pepitone, wrote an interesting article called "The Uncertain Future of Ham Radio", dated July 10th, on the IEEE Spectrum online news: https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/the-uncertain-future-of-ham-radio IOTA NEWS. The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between July 12-18th (as per the DXCluster): IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes ------ ---------- ------------- ------------ AF-004 EA8DEG Canary 20m; SSB AF-004 EA8NF Canary 20m; SSB AF-004 EA8OW Canary 20m; SSB AF-005 D44PM Santiago 20m; SBB AF-018 IH9YMC Pantelleria 20m; CW AF-057 5R8UI Nosy Be 20m; Digi AS-004 5B60AIX Cyprus 20m; SSB AS-020 BU4AA Taiwan 40m; Digi AS-107 E20WXA/P Gulf of Thailand N 20m; Digi AS-201 TA0TA Sea of Marmara 40m; SSB EU-002 OH0Z Aland 15m; Digi EU-004 EA6Y Balearic 20m; SSB EU-004 EC6DX Balearic 40/20m; SSB EU-005 GM6ZAK Scotland 60m EU-005 GR2HQ Great Britain 80/40/20m; SSB EU-005 M0MCV Great Britain 80m; Digi EU-005 M1C Great Britain 20m; SSB EU-005 MM0HVU Scotland 60m EU-005 MX0SNB Great Britain 20m EU-018 OY1CT Faroe 10m; CW EU-020 SM1ALH Gotland 20m; SSB EU-021 TF5B Iceland 10m; Digi EU-023 9H1XT Malta 30m; CW EU-024 IS0/DL8JJ/M Sardini 40m; CW EU-024 IS0FDW Sardini 20m; SSB EU-025 IB9A Sicily 40m; SSB EU-028 IK1MNF/IA5 Toscana 40/10m; SSB EU-029 OZ/DL2JRM Sjaelland 40/30/20m; CW/SSB EU-029 OZ0MJ Sjaelland 20m; SSB EU-038 PE75OUW/P Noord Holland 20m; SSB EU-047 DJ4EL/P Niedersachsen 40m; SSB EU-050 IL7/IK6PRN Puglia 20m; CW EU-056 LB0OG/P More Og Romsdal 20m; Digi EU-097 OH3OJ/2 Etela-Suomi 20/17m; CW/Digi EU-115 EI6JK Ireland 20m; SSB EU-115 EI9HX Ireland 20m; SSB EU-115 GI4MBM Ireland 10m; SSB EU-132 SN066POL Karsibor 80m; CW EU-171 5Q5W Jylland North 40/20/10m; CW EU-171 OV9M Jylland North 20m; SSB EU-172 OZ/DB4ST Samsoe 40/20/17/10m; SSB EU-185 RU6DX/P Krasnodarskiy Kray 40/20m; CW/SSB NA-097 6Y6STAYHOME Jamaica 40m; Digi NA-108 J69DS St. Lucia 10m; Digi OC-001 VK6MIT Australia 40m; Digi OC-016 3D2AG Viti Levu & Vanua Levu 40m; Digi OC-019 KH6OO Hawaiian 20m; CW OC-032 FK8IK New Caldonia 20m; CW OC-036 ZL1WN NZ North 20m; SSB OC-139 VK5KI Kangaroo 40/30/20/17/15m; CW/SSB/FT8 OC-172 VK3TST/4 QLD State Centre 20m; SSB OC-184 V85AHV Brunei 20m; Digi OC-228 VK5MAV/P Granite 20m; CW SA-002 VP8LP Falkland 20m; SSB SA-006 PJ4GR Bonaire 20m; Digi SA-011 9Z4Y Trinidad and Tobago 20m; SSB SA-099 PJ2SM Tabar 20m; Digi ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode on their QSNs on the PacketCluster reports.... AS-155. Bruce, BV2KI, who originally wanted to be active from PengHu Island (AS-103), will now be active as BV0WPX from Liu-Chiu Yu Island, Taiwan, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Island-DXpedition/Assisted entry. QSL via BV2KI by the Bureau or ClubLog. EU-025. Joe, IT9RZU, will be active from Sicily Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ CW-Mode/24-HRs/Low-Power entry. QSL via ClubLog or LoTW. EU-029. Palle, OZ2PBS, will once again be active from Zealand Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band/Assisted/High-Power entry. QSL via OZ2PBS, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. EU-042. Mike, DG5LAC, will once again be active as DG5LAC/P from Hooge Island (DLFF-0013 Wadden Sea) between July 24-28th. Activity will be on SSB and FT8/FT4. He will also be in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th). QSL via DG5LAC, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL or ClubLog's OQRS. EU-054. Pippo, IT9PPG, will once again be active as IF9A from Favignana Island (IIA TP-011, MIA MI-025, WLOTA LH-1545) during the RSGB IOTA Contest as (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/DXpedition/20m/ Assisted/Low-Power entry. QSL via the Bureau. EU-096. Jukka, OH3OJ, will be active as OH3OJ/1 from Kaurissalo Island between July 30th and August 4th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB, and FT8/FT4. View his portable equipment on his QRZ.com page. QSL via his home callsign, LoTW and eQSL. EU-132. Kuba, SQ6NEJ, will once again be active from Wolin Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ 40-10m/SSB-Mode entry using 500w and GP antenna. QSL via SQ6NEJ. EU-146. Ivan, ON4IBM, will once again be active as PA/ON4IBM from Schouwen Duiveland during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) usually as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode/24-Hrs/High-Power entry. QSL via ON4IBM. EU-167. Members of the Portuguese DX Group (GPDX) will be active as CS5DX (GPDX callsign) from Pessegueiro Island [IM57ou] between July 25-26th. The team feels this is perhaps a new one during the IOTA Contest. Focus will be on 40/20/15/10 meters, but if 6 meters is open they'll get on! Access and stay overnight on the island is now very restricted as it is located inside the Natural Park of Sudoeste Alentejano/Costa Vicentina, so also valid as #CT-FF012, DIP (Portuguese Islands Award) #BA-001 and DCFP (Portuguese Castles and Fortresses Award) #F-043. Their modes will be CW, SSB and FT8. Operators mentioned are Luis/ CT1EEQ, Arlindo/CT1EGW, Duarte/CT1FPA and Luis/CT4NH. QSL via CS5DX direct (QRZ.COM address) or ClubLog's OQRS. NA-058. Operators Andy/AA5JF and son Sage/KO4BUR will be active as AA5JF/4 from Jekyll Island between July 23-26th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands (focus on 40/30/20m, but if 6m is open, they will try it) using CW and FT8/4. Look for them to be in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi- Single/Mixed-Mode entry. QSL via AA5JF direct. Look for logs to be uploaded to ClubLog and cards will be printed and probably available late August. Please send SASE or SAE + 1 USD. NA-079. (Postponed) Operators Matt/AE4MQ, Grace/KE3G, Zachary/KN4KVC, Michael/N3KPU, Connor/W4IPC and James/WX4TV who was expected to be active as N4T from the Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, between July 21-24th, have postponed their operation and tenta- tively rescheduled for December 2020. For more details, see: https://hamradioadventures.com/upcoming-adventures/dry-tortugas-trip NA-144. Oleh, KD7WPJ, will be active from Anacapa Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Mixed-Mode/ 12-Hrs/Low-Power entry. QSL via KD7WPJ. ADDED NOTE ABOUT THE RSGB CONTEST (July 25-26th): Per the RSGB Contest Committee, the IOTA Contest this year is exclusively for Single-Operators using their home stations, and only "Single Operator Fixed Island" stations and "Single Operator Fixed World" stations will be eligible to enter. Full details of the IOTA Contest, including the rules, can be obtained from the RSGB at: https://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2020/riota.shtml 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...... JX, JAN MAYEN (Update). A team of operators will be active as JX0X from Kvalrosbukta, Jan Mayen (EU-022), between September 15th and October 5th, 2021. Operators mentioned are Ken/LA7GIA, Mats/RM2D, Dima/RA9USU and Dominik/R4BE (DL5EBE). The team has been planning this operation for 14 months and finally received all permissions needed from the Military and the Norwegian authorities. Jan Mayen is a volcanic island and its sur- rounding sea waters became a Nature reserve some years ago, imposing heavy restrictions on where to set up a camp. The QTH given by the Military will be on the western part of the island (Kvalrossbukta), which is also the best suitable location for North American contacts with an unobstructed path across saltwater. Activity will be on all bands and modes, but the DXpedition will focus on the lower bands (160-30m) using CW and the Digital modes. They will also do the other bands like 60, 20 and possible 17m and SSB depending on the conditions. Their aim to work 50,000 QSOs. All QSLs are via ClubLog's OQRS. The team is looking for supporters and sponsors. A JX0X Web page is now active at: http://jx0x.com OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). Details on how to subscribe and unsubscribe from the "OPDX Mailing List" are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW P4, ARUBA. John, W2GD, will once again be active as P40W from Aruba (SA-036) between October 20-27th and November 19-25th (Travel restric- tions dependent). Activity will include the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 24-25th) and the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 28-29th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band entries. Operations outside of the contest are usually on 160/80m and 30/17/12 meters as time permits and with an emphasis on CW. Watch 160m on the hour and 80m on the half hour. QSL via LoTW or direct to N2MM, Bureau cards are no longer accepted. Logs will be loaded on LoTW upon his return to the USA. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (July 20-26th)....... Jul/20th AN Jul/23rd AN Jul/25th AN Jul/21st AN Jul/24th AN Jul/26th AN Jul/22nd 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 * News and Information About The Sun-Earth Environment: https://www.spaceweather.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 * Real-time 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) (July 19th) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CN8QN via EA7FTR EG1FMM via EB1CAM OZ/DL2JRM via DL2JRM DL/IN3ADF/P via HB9CQL EM44L via UT5LU PB75A via PB2A & (L) E7TESLA via E77E F/PH0NO/P via PH0NO & (L) SN87LOT via SP1PMY EA1HCZ via N1NK F/SP6SUD via SP6SUD SV7/SV2HSZ/P via SV2HSZ (C/e) EA3HUY via EA3HUY (d/e) IS0BSR/IM0 via IS0BSR (L) UE45SA via RV3YR EA5/PA5VEN via PA5VEN LY/OH1NOA via OH1NOA & (L) YL/LY2BIS/P via LY2BIS ED5URR via EA5URR OK/DO5DKW via DO5DKW (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 (n) no printed QSLs LOGS ONLINE (New/Updated) AVAILABLE ON CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://clublog.org/logsearch/J68HZ (Updated) https://clublog.org/logsearch/VK5MAV/p https://clublog.org/logsearch/VK9NK (Updated) VK9NK NOW QRT. Janusz, SP9FIH, is now finally QRT from Norflok Island as of July 12th, after 6 months of operation. He made almost 58,000 QSOs. His log is posted on: https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/VK9NK Remember, Janusz has posted pictures on his Blog page at: http://vk9nk.dxpeditions.org QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 9H1XT, AH2R, D2EB, E44RU, HU1DL, OX3LX and TI2CDA QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 6F3A (NA-153), CB0Z (SA-101), TI9A (NA-012), VP8HAL, VP8PJ, XR8RRC (SA-032) and XR0ZRC (SA-005) QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!!! --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... QSO TODAY VIRTUAL HAM EXPO 2020. Participate in this ground breaking, virtual international amateur radio expo. Packed with world renowned speakers, exhibitors, and special conference rooms built on a virtual reality platform. Attend from the convenience of your desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Coming to your laptop, tablet, and smartphone on: ? August 8th and 9th, 2020 -- Attendance is free and registration is now open at (https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com) with early bird prize incentives for registering by July 24, 2020. Built on a live, virtual platform used by Fortune 500 companies and major universities, this ARRL-sanctioned hamfest will let you: * Learn from a packed line-up of 70+ world renowned ham radio speakers such as Ward Silver, N0AX, on Grounding and Bonding; Glen Johnson, W0GJ, on DXpeditions, and John Portune, W6NBC, on building slot antennas for HOA. * See demos of the latest ham radio equipment from the world's top equipment companies. You can ask questions and engage with Exhibitors through video, audio, or chat. * Share ideas and network with your fellow ham radio operators through- out the Expo. And if you've never been to a Hamfest or Expo, you can participate from the convenience of your home or office without spending a dime on travel! This platform simulates a full convention experience with an exhibit hall and exhibit booths staffed by live attendants, speaker auditorium, lobby, and lounges. SV5, DODECANESE. Stathis, SV5DKL, plans to be active from his home on Rhodes Island (EU-001) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/CW-Mode/Assisted/High-Power entry. QSL via SV5DKL, direct, LoTW, ClubLog or eQSL. View his Blog page at: http://sv5dkl.blogspot.com TO5, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON (Postponed). Operators Chris/VO1IDX (Co-Teamleader), Jim/WB2REM (Co-Teamleader), Chris/VO1CH (TO5T-License Holder), Mike/W0VTT, Woody/WW1WW and Steve/W4SJT, who were expected to be active as TO5T from the island of Ile Aux Marins (NA-032) between August 10-17th, have postponed their operation until 2021 due to the COVID-19 situation. V84, BRUNEI. Look for special event station V84SPU to be active between July 18-31st. Activity is to celebrate his Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifud- dien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam 74th Royal Birthday. Operations will be on all bands and modes. QSL via direct to the address listed on QRZ.com. VP8PJ SOUTH ORKNEY ISLAND DXPEDITION (FaceBook Report). "The DX-pedition is over, but the work continues! Several team members have gathered in California to empty the cargo container that arrived back from Chile. The process of sorting and returning the equipment to its proper owners will take a few days, this being one of the last major tasks tackled by the VP8PJ team. We wish to state again... Thank you for your interest, support and enthusiasm during this project. This could not have happened without your help!" There were 10 pictures posted on their FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/SouthOrkneyDX W4DXCC DX AND CONTEST CONVENTION (Postponed). The W4DXCC Web page reports that the W4DXCC convention team has decided to move the convention into next year on September 24-25th, 2021. With the way the world is today they felt it best to delay the convention until next year when more people can attend. To read the announcement, go to: http://www.w4dxcc.com/postpone-to-2021.html W8S SWAINS ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS. Martin, PA4WM, from Holland, posted the following on the W8S Swains Island Web page on July 13th [edited]: Hi All -- In the beginning of the year, just a few days before packing all antenna gear at Ronald's place, I had the 160m vertical rebuild but not tested and adjusted. Today we had a beautiful summers day. Perfect to set it up and adjust the lengths and hairpin coil/match to the right frequency. That saves time after arrival. So, although we are all waiting for things to develop in a direction we all hope for, preparations continues HI. For more details and updates, see the following URLs pages: Swains Island DXpedition Web page -- https://swains2020.lldxt.eu/ Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/swains2020 Twitter -- https://twitter.com/swains2020 XW, LAOS. Mike, XW2DX (ex-UA0XB), is currently active as XW2DX from Vientiane, Laos. He will be staying in the country for the next 5 years. Activity will only be on 20/15/10 meters per his license. He will be using an Icom IC-718 transceiver with wire antennas. 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The following are last minute updates to the RSGB IOTA Contest being held this weekend. Special thanks to Bill, NG3K and his Web page..... IOTA NEWS........................... AS-006. Farid, VR2UNG, will be active from Hong Kong Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode/ QRP/6-12-Hrs entry. QSL via LoTW. AS-066. Operators Sergey/R0LS, Yuri/R0MZ, Alex/RU0LL and Sergey/RW0LZ will be active as RU0LL/p from Reyneke Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Multi-Op entry. QSL via IK2DUW. EU-016. Ivan, 9A3VIS, will be active from Vis Island, Croatia, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via 9A3VIS, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW. EU-049. Rieder, HB9FIH, will be active as SV8/HB9FIH from Lesvos Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ CW-Mode/QRP entry. QSL via QRZ.com, eQSL, by the Bureau or LoTW. EU-057. Marcus, DL3NCI, will be active as DP7A from Hiddensee Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ CW-Mode/12-Hrs/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. EU-132. Fred, DH5FS, will be active as SP/DH5FS from Wolin Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via his home callsign. EU-170. (Update) Members of the Radio Club Croatian Flora Fauna will be active as 9A0FF from the Island of Dugi Otok (CI-018, LH-2375, JN74JD ) until July 29th. QSL via 9A2MF. Operators mentioned are Emir/9A6AA, Zeljko/9A3DF, Branko/9A3ST, Mladen/ 9A2NA, Franjo/9A2MF and Ivica/9A2HW. Some of operators will operate under their home callsigns from 9AFF-0072/0016/0002 and the islands are valid for the Islands of Croatia Award Program. OC-026. Shane, AH2EJ, will be active from Guam during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Mixed-Mode/Low-Power entry. QSL via AH3EJ. OC-143. Yance, YB4NY, will be active from Sumatera Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode entry. QSL via LoTW. OC-148. Reza, YG9PBZ, will be active from Timor Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. OC-148. Mell, YC9MX, will be active from Timor Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via QRZ.com. SA-027. Bone, PP5VX, who lives on Sao Francisco Island, will be active during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via PP5VX. SA-029/ Members of the PARA DX Group planned to activate Ilha das SA-79. Palmas (SA-079; for the first time ever; new DIB for Brazil, RJ [to be defined]) in the Rio de Janeiro State Center Group as ZV1M during the RSGB IOTA Contest, but had to cancel due to high sea warnings. Operators mentioned are Renato/PY8WW, Carlos/PY1CG and Marcelo/PY1MT who opted to operate from Jurubaiba Island (SA-029, DIB RJ-22, LH BRA-225) in the Bay of Ilha Grande. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via PY1MT, direct or by the Bureau. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Updated!!!) The following stations are expected to be active in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 25-26th, 2020) For rules for the contest are available at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2020/riota.shtml -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2020 RSGB IOTA Contest. For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML format, please visit Bill's Web page at: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2020.html (By Callsign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iotad2020.html (By DXCC Entity) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iotai2020.html (By IOTA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC IOTA Island QSL Route-(B)Bureau/(C)ClubLog/ Callsign Entity (e)eQSL/(L)LoTW/(d)direct ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9A3VIS Croatia EU-016 Vis LoTW 9A4KJ Croatia EU-136 Rab 9A0FF Croatia EU-170 Dugi Otok 9A2MF AA4V USA NA-110 Isle of Palms AI1TT USA NA-031 Aquidneck LoTW; QSL via (C) AA5JF/4 USA NA-058 Jekyl AA5JF BG4OP China AS-150 Lingshan BI4IIZ BI4IX China AS-150 Zhucha BH4LLP BV0WPX Taiwan AS-155 Liu-Chu Yu LoTW; QSL via BV2KI CR3W Madeira AF-014 Madeira DL5AXX CT9ABV Madeira AF-014 Madeira DL5AXX DG5LAC/p Germany EU-042 Hooge LoTW; QSL via DG5LAC (B/d/C) DL3NCI German EU-057 Hiddensee LoTW DL5KUD Germany EU-057 Ruegen (C) DV8VMI Philippines OC-130 Mindanao DV8VMI (B) DX8CAD Philippines OC-130 Mindanao DX8CAD (B) DX9EVM Philippines OC-130 Mindanao IK2DUW ES0IA Estonia EU-034 Kassaar ES0IA F6KBK/p France EU-064 Noirmutier F4GTB (B) GD/ON6QR Isle of Man EU-116 Isle of Man ON6QR IF9A Italy EU-054 Favignana IF9A IH9YMC African Italy AF-018 Pantelleria LoTW; eQSL OK IM0/IU4HRJ Italy EU-041 La Maddalena IU4HRJ IT9RZU Italy EU-025 Sicily LoTW J48L Greece EU-174 Amoliani SV2CLJ (d) K1VSJ USA NA-046 Martha's Vineyard K1VSJ K5KUA USA NA-143 Galveston K5KUA (B/d) KD7WPJ USA NA-144 Anacapa KD7WPJ MM1E Scotland EU-005 Mainland MM1E N2GC USA NA-026 Long N2GC OY1CT Faroe Islands EU-018 Faroe OY1CT OZ2PBS Denmark EU-029 Zealand OZ2PBS OZ9V/p Denmark EU-172 Aro PP5VX Brazil SA-027 Sao Francisco PP5VX SP/DH5FS Poland EU-132 Wolin DH5FS SQ6NEJ Poland EU-132 Wolin SQ6NEJ SV5DKL Dodecanese EU-001 Rhodes SV5DKL SV8/HB9FIH Greece EU-049 Lesvos LoTW VE7JH Canada NA-036 Vancouver VE7JH (B) VR2UNG Hong Kong AS-006 Hong Kong LoTW YB4NY Indonesia OC-143 Sumatra LoTW YB9UA New Guinea OC-034 New Guinea LoTW YC9MX Indonesia OC-148 Timor YD1JQM Indonesia OC-021 Java YD9MBM Indonesia OC-148 Timor LoTW YG9PBZ Indonesia OC-148 Timor LoTW Last updated: Saturday, 25-Jul-2020 08:31:55 EDT (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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)