From kb8nw at hotmail.com Sun Oct 3 10:49:00 2021 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2021 10:49:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1534 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1534 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1534 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1534 BID: $OPDX.1534 October 4th, 2021 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Murfressboro, TN Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Cluster Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, AJ3M, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, W4FC, W4VQ, WB6RSE, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, CX3ZAN, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, EA5GL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, Pete Rayer & ISWL, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO and VK6CQ for the following DX information. "Celebrating 30+ years (March 1991) of FREE DX News" "Could this be the final year???" ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick ..Tick..Tick..Tick *** (Reminder) SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: Over the next week, the OPDX bulletin "may not" be published and/or "possibly" smaller than normal because I will be on vacation/holiday. I am planning to travel to Tennessee to visit my grand-kids and daughter (and son- in-law). As usual, any "major" announcements will be sent out. The October 18th bulletin should be back to normal. PLEASE, continue to send your DX info (You never know what I might do).... 73, Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 26th/September, through Sunday, 3rd/October there were 213 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FP, FR, 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, JT, 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, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP6, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XW, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3B8, MAURITIUS (Update/Reminder). Nobby, G0VJG, has canceled his operation as 8Q7CQ from the Maldives between September 28th and October 13th, and will now be active as 3B8/G0VJG from Mauritius between October 2-16th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes. His equipment will be a FT-450D or FT857 with a JUMA 1000 watt amp into HF6V Butternut vertical for the HF bands and a link dipole. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS or direct. 8Q, MALDIVES. Tommy, DL8KX, along with his YL, will be on holiday from North Male Atoll (AS-013) between now and October 11th. He will be using the callsign 8Q7KX with 100 watts into a 10 meter high vertical with a remote ATU at the feed point. However, he states that "Spending the time with my girlfriend has priority, so QRV when the time permits." QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (preferred) for direct or by the Bureau. Also, QSL via DL8KX, direct or by the Bureau. 9X, RWANDA. Kent, KP2S, who has been active as 9X/KP2S from the Kamonyi District, is now active as 9X2KP. Activity has been mainly SSB, but he was heard this past week on 15 meters SSB usually after 0830z. Listen for QSL info. CW0, URUGUAY (Special Event). Members of the Uruguay DX Group will be signing as CW60ATS between October 11th and December 31st, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). Activity will be on 160-2 meters with emphasis on Digital modes. Team leader/QSL MGR is Carlos, CX8ABF. QSL via eQSL, LoTW or ClubLog. E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. The Daily DX reports that Pete, ZL4TE, who was expected to be active as E51RMP from South Cook Islands sometime this month (see OPDX.1527), has canceled his activity due to travel challenges related to Covid. Pete is looking to go sometime in 2022. EP, IRAN. Mohammad, EP2MRK, is a regular on 20 meters SSB between 1530- 2030z. QSL via RW6HS direct. EY, TAJIKISTAN. Ken, K4ZW, is currently active as EY8/K4ZW until October 7th. Activity will be limited to his spare time due to work. QSL via his home callsign. FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Curtis, KC5CW, will be active as FY/KC5CW from French Guiana between October 8th and November 3rd. Operations will be from several locations including the Hotel Atlantis in Kourou, the ESA Guiana Space Centre and the FY5KE Club Station. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using SSB, PSK, FT8 and slow CW. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog. IOTA NEWS. The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between September 27th ans October 2nd (as per the DXCluster): IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes ------ ---------- ------------- ------------ AF-004 EA8/DF2FD CANARY 60m; CW AF-004 EA8AF CANARY 40m; CW AF-004 EA8NF CANARY 15m; SSB AF-007 D60AC COMORO 20/15/12/10m; SSB/FT8 AF-007 D60AD COMORO 40/17/12m; CW/FT8 AF-014 CT3IQ MADEIRA 17m; SSB AF-014 CT3MD MADEIRA 12m; CW AF-014 CS9ABL MADEIRA 10m; SSB AF-014 CT9ABN MADEIRA 10m; SSB AF-016 FR8NT REUNION 10m; SSB AF-016 FR8TG REUNION 10m; SSB AF-017 3B9FR RODRIGUES 20/15/10m; CW AF-019 IG9ITO Lampedusa 20m; SSB AF-022 ZD7BG ST HELENA 15m; CW AF-022 ZD7FT ST HELENA 17/10m; SSB AF-024 S79KW/M INNER 20m; SSB AF-032 5H1IP ZANZIBAR 10m; FT8 AF-049 3B8BAP MAURITIUS 15m; FT8 AS-002 A92AA BAHRAIN 15m; FT8 AS-003 4S7AB SRI LANKA 20/12m; SSB AS-004 5B4AAB CYPRUS 15m; FT8 AS-004 5B4AHO CYPRUS 12m; SSB AS-004 5B4ALJ CYPRUS 15m; SSB AS-004 5B4VL CYPRUS 12m; SSB AS-004 5B4XF CYPRUS 17m; SSB AS-007 JA1CJP HONSHU 40m; FT8 AS-007 JH1XVQ HONSHU 17m; FT8 AS-007 JH3NGD HONSHU 40m; SSB AS-007 JH7MQD HONSHU 40m; SSB AS-007 JK1DDQ HONSHU 12m; FT8 AS-007 JO1LVZ HONSHU 15m; FT8 AS-015 9M2TO PINANG STATE 20m; FT8 AS-018 RT0F SAKHALIN 30m; FT8 AS-019 9V1YC SINGAPORE 30m; CW AS-026 HL4SF CHEJU-DO PROVINCE 17m; SSB AS-073 9M2TDX KELANTAN/TERENGGANU STATE 20m; SSB AS-117 JF3BFS HONSHU'S COASTAL WEST 15m; CW EU-001 SV5AZK DODECANESE 15m; FT8 EU-002 OH0100AX ALAND 20m; FT8 EU-002 OH0CO ALAND 60m; EU-004 EA6PT BALEARIC 80/40/20m; CW/SSB EU-004 EC6FK BALEARIC 40/20m; SSB EU-005 2E0HKM GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB EU-005 G0DBE GREAT BRITAIN 15m; SSB EU-005 M/SP2CA GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB EU-005 MM0AMW GREAT BRITAIN 15m; FT8 EU-005 MW0USK GREAT BRITAIN 17m; FT8 EU-014 TK/F6GLS CORSICA 60m; EU-014 TK4QL CORSICA 40m; SSB EU-015 SV9/OH1VR CRETE 12m; CW EU-015 SV9ANK CRETE 15/12m; SSB EU-015 SV9CAF CRETE 15m; SSB EU-015 SV9RKU CRETE 17m; SSB EU-018 OY1CT FAROE 17m; CW EU-020 SM1HEV GOTLAND COUNTY 30m; CW EU-021 TF3XO ICELAND 20m; SSB EU-023 9H1MF MALTA 17m; SSB EU-025 IT9FRX SICILY 15m; SSB EU-025 IT9PQO SICILY 17m; EU-025 IT9VPT SICILY 20m; SSB EU-028 IU5HWS TOSCANA (TUSCANY) REGION 20m; SSB EU-029 OV1CDX SJAELLAND 17m; SSB EU-031 IC8/UR8QX Ischia 40m; CW EU-042 DK8OL Hallig Hooge 60m; EU-046 LA6KOA TROMS COUNTY 17m; SSB EU-067 SV8DJW KYKLADES 40m; FT8 EU-067 SZ200ERS KYKLADES 20/15m; CW EU-096 OH1SIC LANSI-SUOMI (TURKU) PROVINCE 20m; CW EU-115 EI9KF IRELAND 15m; FT8 EU-115 GI0LDI IRELAND 20m; SSB EU-123 2M0DWC SCOTTISH COASTAL 20m; FT8 EU-124 GW4PVM Holy 80/40/30/20/17/15/12m; CW EU-131 IK3PQH/P VENETO REGION 40/20m; SSB EU-138 SM/DH0JAE BLEKINGE COUNTY 30/20m; CW/SSB EU-175 CU3AT CENTRAL 20m; FT8 NA-005 VP9IN BERMUDA 20m; SSB NA-015 CO2ER CUBA 17m; FT8 NA-015 CO8MCL CUBA 40m; FT8 NA-018 OX3XR Greenland 17m; CW NA-021 8P6ET BARBADOS 12m; FT8 NA-022 VP2ETE ANGUILLA 12/10m; SSB NA-024 J35X Grenada 10m; FT8 NA-026 K2EC NEW YORK STATE 10m; SSB NA-026 K2KIX NEW YORK STATE 10m; SSB NA-026 KA2ABA NEW YORK STATE 17m; FT4 NA-027 VO1BE NEWFOUNDLAND 20m; FT8 NA-058 K4QAL GEORGIA STATE 20m; FT8 NA-059 NL8F FOX 160/80m; FT8 NA-085 WB0VZK FLORIDA STATE NORTH WEST 40m; SSB NA-096 HI5MAH HISPANIOLA 10m; SSB NA-096 HI8HRD HISPANIOLA 15m; SSB NA-099 NP3DM PUERTO RICO 60m; NA-099 KP4JFL PUERTO RICO 10m; SSB NA-099 KP4PMP PUERTO RICO 10m; SSB NA-099 KP4PUA PUERTO RICO 15m; SSB NA-099 NP4A PUERTO RICO 40m; SSB NA-099 WP4RF PUERTO RICO 12m; SSB NA-101 J72IMS DOMINICA 10m; SSB NA-108 J69BB ST LUCIA 20/12m; SSB NA-141 KE4JQ FLORIDA STATE SOUTH EAST 10m; SSB NA-144 KD7WPJ CALIFORNIA STATE SOUTH 15m; CW OC-001 VK2BDX Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK2BNG Australia 40m; FT8 OC-001 VK2BY Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK2GJC Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK2IO/P Australia 40/20m; CW/SSB OC-001 VK2WWV Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK3JA Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK3PUB Australia 20m; FT8 OC-001 VK3MH Australia 20m; CW/FT8 OC-001 VK3XV Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK4DX Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK4HH Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK4KW Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK4NM Australia 20/15m; SSB OC-001 VK4QH Australia 20/15m; SSB OC-001 VK5PAS Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK6WB Australia 40m; FT8 OC-006 VK7AC TASMANIA 20m; FT4 OC-006 VK7GH TASMANIA 20m; SSB OC-006 VK7RG TASMANIA 20m; SSB OC-013 E51BQ RAROTONGA 30m; FT8 OC-013 E51JD RAROTONGA 20/15m; SSB OC-016 3D2AG VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 20m; CW OC-019 KH6LEO HAWAIIAN 20m; FT8 OC-021 YB0IBM JAVA 20m; SSB OC-021 YB1DNF JAVA 20m; SSB OC-032 FK8HM NEW CALEDONIA 15m; FT8 OC-032 FK8WH NEW CALEDONIA 20m; SSB OC-036 ZL1T NORTH 20/15m; SSB OC-036 ZL1PWD NORTH 20m; FT8 OC-036 ZL2UO NORTH 20m; SSB OC-042 4I1EBD LUZON 20m; SSB OC-042 DU1IVT LUZON 20m; SSB OC-042 DV1IIW LUZON 20m; SSB OC-086 KH0W SAIPAN 20/15/12m; CW OC-088 9M6TMT BORNEO 20m; SSB OC-088 YB7MP BORNEO 20m; SSB OC-134 ZL3GA SOUTH 20m; SSB OC-140 VK3TWO W.AUSTRALIA STATE (N.W. COAST) WEST 30m; FT8 OC-143 YB5QZ SUMATRA 17m; FT8 SA-002 VP8LP FALKLAND 12/10m; SSB SA-006 PJ4EVA BONAIRE 20m; FT4 SA-011 9Z4FE TRINIDAD 12m; SSB SA-011 9Z4Y TRINIDAD 10m; CW SA-012 YV7BMZ MARGARITA 30m; FT8 SA-036 P41E ARUBA 10m; FT8 SA-041 PX8L Lencois 40/20/15/12/10m; SSB SA-058 YV5HV CARABOBO/ARAGUA/DF/MIRANDA STATE 10m; SSB SA-068 8R1AK/P GUYANA 12m; SSB ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode (which is very important) on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we suggest is "Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group" (ex. FT8/OC-146/Celebes). AS-081. Dr. Sungki Lee, HL1IWD, will be active as HL1IWD/5 from Saryang Island between October 9-11th. Activity will be limited to his spare time operating mainly on CW and FT8 using an IC-706MK2 with a Buddi-stick and end-fed wire antenna. QSL via his manager EA5GL, ClubLog or LoTW. AS-140. (Update) Operators Manju/S21AM, Fazlay/S21IRC and possibly Aminul/S21D will be active as S21DX from Manpura Island between December 16-22nd. They will operate with two stations (w/100w) into one multi-band beam, two verticals and 1 multi-band inverted V. Activity will be mainly SSB on 10m, 15m, 20m and some 40m if propagation permits. They have also decided to use FT8/FT4. QSL via ED7DX, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. They are looking for support. For more details and updates, see: https://s21dx.org EU-047. Sebastian, DL1AXX, will be active as DL1AXX/p from Minsener Oog Island (German Island Award N-26) between October 11-16th. Activity will be mostly on 60/40 meters CW, but the actual operating schedule will be published on QRZ.com. QSL via Bureau. NA-008. (Zone 2) After being silent for 18 months, operators Alex/VE1RUS and Pierre/VE3TKB will once again be active as VY0ERC from the Eureka Weather station this October. 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 VY0ERC team (VE1RUS and VE3KTB) is now in preparation to be active from the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Labo- ratory between October 12th and November 22nd, (time and weather conditions permitting). They plan to participate in CQWW DX SSB and the ARRL Sweepstakes Contests. Outside of the contests, the suggested bands are 40 and 20 meters (possibly 80m), as well as FM satellites (from ER60, EQ79) using SSB, the Digital modes (FT8 and RTTY) 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-249. Members of the Radio Operadores del Este (RODE) will be active as KP3RE from from Vieques Island between February 25-27th, 2022. Activity will be on all HF bands and modes plus the satellites. QSL via EA5GL. OC-228. Andy, VK5MAV, will once again be active as VK5MAV/P from Granite Island, Australia, between October 5-6th. Activity will be 20 meters CW only. There will be no night activity from the island. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS. SA-055. Hernan, LU1COP, will be active as LU1COP/E from Martin Garcia Island between October 8-12th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW or eQSL. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the 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 2021). The following International Short Wave League Club (ISWL) club callsigns will be used throughout the month of October 2021: G4BJC/A -- Not yet allocated for October. MX1SWL/A & MX1SWL/P -- Operated by Geof, M0BAU, located in Great Sutton, Cheshire. (IOTA EU-005, WAB-SJ37, WLOTA-1841) ** QSL GX4BJC and MX1SWL callsigns via Dick, M5DIK. GB75ISWL -- Operated by Herbie, G6XOU, located in Walton on the Naze, Essex. (IOTA EU-005, WAB-TM22, WLOTA-1841) ** QSL GB75ISWL callsign via G6XOU. All callsigns via the Bureau, eQSL.cc, or direct with return postage. (No IRCs in the UK). The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club. All QSL info is on: www.iswl.org.uk or www.qrzcq.com or www.qrz.com or via www.eQSL.cc. NO LoTW. JD1, MINAMI TORISHIMA (Reminder). Be looking for Take, JG8NQJ, to once again be active as JG8NQJ/JD1 from Marcus Island, Minami Torishima (OC-073, JCG 10007), sometime this week for 3 months until mid-December. He is usually there to work on the island's weather station. Activity will be limited to his spare time. Usually he will be mainly on 17 meters, but may try 40/30 meters and will also be on 20/15/12/10/6 meters using CW (possibly RTTY), with a Yaesu FT-450 and 50W. QSL via JA8CJY or by the Bureau via JG8NQJ. LX, LUXEMBOURG. Olivier, ON4EI, reports that he is "Vaccinated and back to (in) Business" and is heading to Luxembourg to be active as LX/ON4EI in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. OJ0, MARKET REEF. Pasi, OH3WS, will be active as OJ0WS from Market Reef (EU-053) between now and October 9th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW. QSL via his home callsign. 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 PLEASE NOTE: OUTLOOK users PLEASE read below. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 4-10th)....... Oct/04th HN Oct/07th HN Oct/09th HN Oct/05th LN Oct/08th HN Oct/10th LN Oct/06th HN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ------------------------------------------------------ NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites 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 * Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) & National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): https://www.swpc.noaa.gov https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression * 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) (October 3rd) QSL-INFO from various sources provided by OPDX --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3B9FR via M0OXO DQ2C via DL2CC & (L) OL5GMA via OK3EQ 3D2TS/P via M0OXO DV1IIW via IK2DUW OO21WCC via ON3AR & (L) 4J880NZM via 4K4K EA8/DF2PD via DF2PD PX8L via PY8WW & (L) 4L8A via M0OXO ED1R via EC1KR (d/L) R60ANT via RZ3EC 5Q2J via OZ2JBC EP2ABS via RW6HS RA60ANT via RZ3EC 5R8FX via N4GNR EP2C via EA5GL RB60ANT via RZ3EC 5T5PA via PA5X EP2MRK via RW6HS RC60ANT via RZ3EC 7X5JF via DJ8QP EP4HR via IK2RZQ RG60ANT via RZ3EC 8P6PE via 8P6PE (L/e) ER/UT0U via UT2UB RT60ANT via RZ3EC 8Q7KX via DL8KX FP5CJ via K9OT RU60ANT via RZ3EC 9J2BO via EA5GL HC1M via EC5R S5130TA via S51TA 9K2BM via EC6DX HF35BLP via SP7MJX S5130WU via S51WU 9K2BS via EC6DX HF5PUZ via SP5KVW S5230OW via S52OW 9K2OD via EC6DX HP1ELV via HP1ALX S5930AA via S59AA 9K2YM via EA5KB HS18IARU via E21EIC SV5/G2JL via G2JL CP4BT via IK2DUW & (L) I8/DJ8QP via DJ8QP SV8/PA0PCH via PA0PCH CR3W via DL5AXX & (L) IQ6KX via IW6ATQ (e) SV9/OH1VR via OH1VR (d) CR6K via CT1ILT (O/d/L) IQ9SZ via HE9ERA SX200BOH via SV2BOH CR6T via CT1ESV & (L) K6M via N7LE (L/d) TG9/AF4CZ via AF4CZ CT7/IZ5BBS via IZ5BBS KI5JMO/VO1 via KI5JMO TM3Z via F4DSK CT9/OM7LW via OM7LW LX/PD0RWL/P via PD0RWL YL44WFF via YL2SW CX9AU via EA5GL (d/L) LX5MF via LX1KQ & (L) Z21GC via K3IRV D60AC via SP9FIH LZ6C via LZ2UW D60AD via SP6CIK OC200P via OA4O (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 (P) Please send no QSL (**) QSL automatically via Bureau - do not send QSLs (***) Certificate Download Only LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/9G5FI (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/KP4/AB2RF (Updated) QSL ROUTE CORRECTION FOR 4U1WB. OPDX and few other DX sources have published the wrong QSL route for 4U1WB. The correct route is via KK4HD (not KK4WD). QSL STATUS. According to Alexey, RX6A, direct QSL cards for RI01ANT, RX6A/MM and RX6A/1 are now being shipped. SLIM PICK-INS THIS WEEK FOR LoTW............ QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: CT1ILT and F6HKA QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4L/DL7ZM, CT9ABV, GM3RCV (EU-111), HZ1SK, KL7RRC (NA-039), OX3LX and R24NEW (EU-180) QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 5X1T, 5H3CA, 6V1D, 5H3RRC, 6V7H, 9Q5TT, EA8/UA4WHX, EC5C, EA8PT, EA8ZS, EA8WU, EX0QR, E6AF, E44WE, FS/K1XM, FR1GV, HL2CFY, HC2AO. H7/EC5A, JW/PA7MDJ, LX/ON9VB, LX/PA3EYC, PJ7/K1XM, PJ2CC, RP76UAI, SI9AM, TO2SP, TF3JB, TF/OJ0Y, VP2E/K1XM, VP9I and VP2V/SP6CIK --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... R60-R*60, RRC ANTARCTIC TREATY SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS (Reminder). To celebrate the 60th anniversary Antarctic Treaty Signature, the Russian Robinson Club (RRC) will activate the following special event stations (each representing a country that initially signed the Antarctic Treaty) between October 1st and December 31st during this event: R60ANT - Russia RG60ANT - Argentina RN60ANT - Norway RA60ANT - South Africa RJ60ANT - Japan RT60ANT - Australia RB60ANT - Belgium RK60ANT - United Kingdom RU60ANT - USA RC60ANT - Chile RL60ANT - France RZ60ANT - New Zealand Plus a special callsign from Antarctica RI60ANT The Worldwide Antarctic Program (WAP) has already issued a "Reference Number" for each of the above Special Event Callsign. Check (http://www.waponline.it/6oats-anniversary/) to download the whole WAP reference numbers issued for this event. QSL info is also included. Details about the special "60th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty" award is also available at the above Web page. VP2M, MONTSERRAT. Operators Ron/KK9K and Scott/NE9U will be active from the VP2M Gingerbread Hill contest station in Montserrat (NA-103), during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th). The operators will be active the weeks before and after the contest. No other details are available at this time. VP0 NEW PREFIX. Alan, VK6CQ (VK0LD, VP8PJ), from Perth, provided the following information: Due to an administrative oversight in the new Falkland Islands Communications Ordinance implemented way back in 2017, new VP8 licenses for use in the former Falkland Islands Dependencies have not been available for some years now. This has caused considerable difficulty to major DXpeditions and others wishing to operate from these remote regions, including the recent VP8PJ South Orkneys operation. After several months of protracted negotiations with Ofcom (the UK equivalent to the FCC), the Falkland Islands Communications Regulator and the Governments of both South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory, there has been a major break-through and Ofcom has finally authorized the use of a new prefix for these former Dependencies as a solution to this oversight. The new prefix is VP0 (Victor Papa Zero) and once legislation is enacted in the near future, it will be applied to the two British Overseas Terri- tories of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands and the British Antarctic Territory. The existing VP8 prefix will then apply exclusively to the Falkland Islands only. The new VP0 prefix will apply to the following DXCC entities: 1. British claimed sector of the Antarctic mainland, including the Antarctic Peninsula & nearby islands 2. South Orkney Islands 3. South Shetland Islands 4. South Georgia 5. South Sandwich Islands It is proposed that the Falkland Islands Communications Regulator will administer these licenses on behalf of the governments of British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands. It is also proposed that licenses under the new prefix will only be assigned three-letter suffixes (as opposed to the more usual method of first assigning callsigns with one or two-letter suffixes). For example, VP8yz would be re-assigned as VP0xyz, not the expected VP0yz. The reasons for this rather odd pro- posal remain unclear, given the very small number of stations active from these regions. In the meantime, all existing VP8 callsigns as previously assigned under the old Falkland Islands Communications Ordinance for use in the former Dependencies (such as VP8PJ) remain valid for use until the associated licenses are revalidated and assigned new VP0 callsigns. For further details, see the draft policy available for download on the Government of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands website at: https://www.gov.gs/amateur-radio-licences-policy-consultation/ Members of the Amateur Radio community are invited to comment on the draft policy and and have until 18th October to do so via a link on the webpage. 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"Celebrating 30+ years (March 1991) of FREE DX News" "Could this be the final year???" ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick *** (Reminder) SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: The OPDX bulletin is smaller than normal this week because I was on vacation/holiday. The October 18th bulletin should be back to normal. PLEASE, continue to send your DX info (You never know what I might do).... 73, Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 3rd/October, through Sunday, 10th/October there were 216 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D6, DL, DU, E5/s, 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, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, 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, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP6, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XW, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, ZA, ZB, ZC4, 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". 3DA0, ESWATINI (Swaziland). All of a sudden, Kindom of Eswatini (Swaziland) has become a popular spot for DXpeditions. Three operations are planned for October and one for November. Here are the upcoming operations: 3DA0RU -- Russian DXpedtion Team (RUDXT) will be active near Mbabane between October 7-22nd. Operators are Nick/R5EC, Vasily/R7AL, Vladimir/R9LR, Vasily/RA1ZZ, Mike/RU3UR, Leo/RW9JZ, Slav/OK8AU and Wlodek/SP6EQZ. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, FT8 and QO-100 satellite, with multiple stations. Suggested FT8 frequencies: 1836, 3567, 5357, 7056, 10131, 14095, 18095, 21095, 24911 and 28095 kHz. QSL via R7AL (direct or by the Bureau), ClubLog's OQRS (preferable) or LoTW. For more details and updates, see their new Web page at: https://3da0.ru/en 3DA0WW -- Latvian RSF team will be active as 3DA0WW from eSwatini between October 12-26th. Operators are Yuris/YL2GM, Jack/YL2KA, Wald/ US7IGN, Sasha/UT7UV, Pavlo/UU0JR and Vlad/UW7RV. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H). For suggested frequencies, see: https://lral.lv/3da0ww/freq.html QSL via YL2GN (direct) or ClubLog's OQRS (direct and by the Bureau). The log will be uploaded to LoTW six months after the end of the operation. For more details and updates, see: https://lral.lv/3da0ww/index.html 3DA0RR -- There have been reports that Roman Vega (aka Romeo Stepanenko, 3W3RR [also to name a "few" other callsigns -- 1S0RR, 1S0XV, 1S1RR, 4L/AH0M, 5A0RR, 9D0RR, R3A/3W3RR, UB5JRR, XE2/AH0M, YA0RR and P5RS7]) is expected to be active as 3DA0RR between October 14-16th. ADDED NOTE: Even if Romeo's 3DA0RR operation takes place, his operation will probably not count. He has been banned/disqualified from participation in the DXCC program (in any manner). This was activated by the ARRL Awards Committee after they reviewed all of the documentation for Romeo's 1992-93 P5RS7 North Korea operation. It was also announced in a ARRL DX Bulletin (#11) in 1996: http://www.arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive/ARLD011/1996 3DA0LP -- Lionel, ZS6DPL, is once again active as 3DA0LP from Manzini between October 11-15th and again between November 1-5th. Activity is limited due to work. He does operate on FT8. No other details are available. 4U2, AUSTRIA. Members of the International Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (ARCDXC - United Nations, 4U1A) will be active as 4U2U between now and October 31st. Activity is to celebrate United Nations Day (October 24th). QSL via UA3DX, direct or by the Bureau. ADDED NOTE: Remember this station counts for Austria (OE) for DXCC purposes and as 4U for the Vienna Inter- national Centre for the CQ DX Marathon award. 7A, INDONESIA. A team of YB operators will be active as 7A2A from a contest station in Central Java during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via LoTW, direct, or via YB2DX. 9K, KUWAIT. Abdallah, 9K2GS, will be active as 9K2K during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m) entry. QSL via EC6DX or LoTW. 9X, RWANDA (Update). Members of the Holy Land DX Group (HDXG) will operate from Rwanda signing 9X4X between November 24th and December 1st. Operators mentioned are Mark/4Z4KX, Hilik/4X6YA, Ruben/4Z5FI, Ruslan/4Z5LA, Hanan/ 4Z1DZ, Slava/4Z5MU and Jan/4X1VF. They will run 3 stations on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (maybe SAT also). They will also participate in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th). QSL via Ruben, 4Z5FI (direct or by the Bureau) or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://9x4x.qrz.co.il/home Special thanks to Harald, DF2WO, for his outstanding support. C5, THE GAMBIA. Alan, G3XAQ, will be active as C56XA from Brusubi, The Gambia, between November 24th and December 2nd. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using only CW. His main activity will be during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via G3SWH's OQRS (preferred; via his Web site [www.g3swh.org.uk], direct or LoTW. No bureau cards. The log will be uploaded to LoTW and ClubLog once Alan returns home. CARIBBEAN TOUR (Update/Change/Back-On). John, W5JON/V47JA, informs OPDX that his St. Kitts operation is back-on because "St. Kitts has reduced the Covid Quarantine down to one day (YEA!)." So in addition to his PJ7JA and PJ5/W5JON trips this month, his V47JA trip is back on. This will be his first time back to St. Kitts since March 2020. So here is John's schedule for October/November: PJ7JA, SINT MAARTEN -- John, W5JON/V47JA, will be going to Sint Maartrn between October 18-23rd, and be active as PJ7JA. His radio equip- ment is a Yaesu FT-891, Elecraft KPA-500 Amplifier and dipoles. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using SSB and FT8. PJ5/W5JON, ST. EUSTATIUS -- John, W5JON/V47JA, will be going to St. Eustatius between October 23rd and November 1st, and be active as PJ5/W5JON. His radio equipment is a Yaesu FT-891, Elecraft KPA-500 Amplifier and dipoles. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using SSB and FT8. V47JA, ST. KITTS -- John, W5JON, will once again be active as V47JA from his Calypso Bay, St. Kitts, West Indies vacation home, located 200 feet from the Caribbean Sea, between November 10-24th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using SSB and FT8. Equipment is a Yaesu FT1000MP, FT450D and an Elecraft KPA500 Amplifier. John states his antennas are a Mosley Mini32A 10/15/20m, 33' Vertical 10-40m, 35' Top Loaded 80m Vertical, 160m Vertical and 6m 5 ele- ment Yagi. ALL QSLs (PJ5/W5JON, PJ7JA and V47JA) go to W5JON direct or via LoTW. NO Bureau QSLs. LAST MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENT BY JOHN, W5JON [edited]: Hi Guys... This week St. Kitts announced the Covid quarantine was reduced to one (1) day. As previously the quarantine WAS four days. Previously, Andy, N2NT/V47T, canceled his stay at my St. Kitts home and is now obligated to operate with a group on Bonaire. As you can see on the VBRO/HomeAway calendar the villa is now unrented November 24 - December 2,2021. https://www.vrbo.com/385600 As V47T will not be on V4 during the CQWW CW Contest and I am sure whoever rents the villa will be in great demand during the CQWW CW Contest. So if you know of anyone interested in renting the villa that week, please have them contact me, as it seems a real shame for V4 not to be active on a CQWW weekend. Thanks and 73, John W5JON/V47JA, 281-813-9873 D6, COMOROS. Members of the F6KOP Radio Club are planning to active Comoro Islands (AF-007) with a multi-national 12 operator team sometime between mid-to-end January in 2022. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8/FT4, with 5 stations as well as QO-100 satellite oper- ations. Their callsign is pending. Look for more details to be forthcoming. DXCC'S MOST WANTED (ClubLog). The "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of October 6th. 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. ZL9 New Zealand Subantarctic Islands 10. FT5/X Kerguelen Island 23. EZ Turkmenistan 11. FT/G Glorioso Island 24. FK/C Chesterfield Island 12. VK0M Macquarie Island 25. YK Syria 13. YV0 Aves Island 26. JD/M Minami Torishima There have been no changes in the "Top 26" since we last reported back on September 6th. The complete "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list (340) is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php FO/A, FO/M & TX7, AUSTRAL AND MARQUESAS ISLANDS (Update). Lance, W7GJ, reports that his planned 6m DXpedition activity is still on schedule despite Covid travel restrictions: Austral Islands (FO/W7GJ) October 15-24th, and the Marquesas Islands (TX7MB), October 27th to November 7th. Keep watch his Web page for updates: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Austral%20Islands%202020.htm http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Marquesas%202020.htm For more details, also read OPDX.1528. QSL direct to W7GJ and LoTW. HL30, SOUTH KOREA (Special Event). Look for special event station HL30UN to be active from Gyeonggido, South Korea, to celebrate the entrance of South Korea into United Nations on September 18th, 1991. This is their 30th anniversary. Recent activity has been on 40 meters CW. QSL via the Bureau or direct to EA5GL only. IOTA NEWS. The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between October 4-9th(as per the DXCluster): IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes ------ ---------- ------------- ------------ AF-004 EA8A0 CANARY 10m; FT8 AF-004 EA8AM CANARY 12m; SSB AF-004 EA8AQV CANARY 10m; FT8 AF-004 EA8RM CANARY 20m; SSB AF-014 CT3IQ MADEIRA 12m; SSB AF-016 FR8TG REUNION 10m; SSB AF-020 J5HKT Bubaque 40/30/17/12m; FT8 AF-020 J5T Bubaque 40/17m; CW AF-022 ZD7BG ST HELENA 15m; CW AF-022 ZD7FT ST HELENA 12m; SSB AF-023 S9OK SAO TOME 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10m; CW/SSB/FT8 AF-024 S79KW INNER 15m; FT8 AN-015 8J1RL QUEEN MAUD LAND (PR.HARALD & CR PR OLAV COASTS) 15m; FT8 AS-007 JA4NIJ HONSHU 17m; FT8 AS-007 JA7PKV HONSHU 40m; FT8 AS-007 JH4MTE HONSHU 20m; CW AS-007 JL1UCH HONSHU 40m; CW AS-007 JR1JFA HONSHU 17m; SSB AS-013 8Q7KX MALDIVE 40/12/10m; CW AS-013 8Q7PR MALDIVE 40m; FT8 AS-015 9M2TO PINANG STATE 20m; FT4 AS-060 DS1TRU/4 Kumo 40m; FT8 AS-076 JH5LTS SHIKOKU 20m; FT8 AS-078 JA8KSF HOKKAIDO 17m; FT8 AS-079 JE1HXZ/6 MIYAKO 30m; EU-001 SV5AZK DODECANESE 12m; FT8 EU-004 EG6VCL BALEARIC 160/80/40/30/20/15/10m; FT8/FT4 EU-005 G2YT GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB EU-005 G3PXT GREAT BRITAIN 20m; FT4 EU-005 G4DBW GREAT BRITAIN 15m; FT8 EU-005 G6UT GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB EU-005 GM0ADC GREAT BRITAIN 15m; CW EU-005 GM0UKZ GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB EU-005 GM0VGI GREAT BRITAIN 17m; FT8 EU-005 M0JCQ GREAT BRITAIN 20m; FT4 EU-005 M0KCB/P GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB EU-005 MM0EDZ GREAT BRITAIN 17m; SSB EU-005 MM0HVU GREAT BRITAIN 17m; FT8 EU-009 GM8OFQ ORKNEY 20m; SSB/FT8 EU-014 TK4QL CORSICA 20m; SSB EU-014 TK5IH CORSICA 20m; FT8 EU-016 9A4W DALMATIA SOUTH 20/15m; CW EU-021 TF1A ICELAND 30m; FT8 EU-021 TF1EIN ICELAND 20m; FT8 EU-021 TF3T ICELAND 20m; SSB EU-021 TF3LB ICELAND 20m; FT8 EU-023 9H1WE MALTA 15m; CW EU-024 IS0SLM SARDINIA 10m; FT8 EU-025 IT9MRM SICILY 20m; FT8 EU-029 OZ5MD SJAELLAND 40m; FT8 EU-029 OZ8SW SJAELLAND 30m; CW EU-031 IC8/UR8QX Ischia 40m; CW EU-031 IC8HRG Ischia 20m; SSB EU-042 DK8OL Sylt 17m; CW EU-047 DJ9IN NIEDERSACHSEN STATE 20m; SSB EU-047 DL2BCY NIEDERSACHSEN STATE 40m; FT8 EU-053 OJ0WS Market Reef 30/12m; CW EU-055 LA9AKA SOGN OG FJORDANE/HORDALAND/ROGALAND COUNTY 20m; FT4 EU-067 SV8DJW KYKLADES 20/15m; FT8 EU-067 SZ200ERS KYKLADES 40/20/17m; CW EU-114 GU0GUX Guernsey 12m; FT8 EU-115 2I0BSA IRELAND 40m; SSB EU-115 EI7HDB IRELAND 17m; FT8 EU-115 GI0CWV/P IRELAND 17m; SSB EU-131 IK3PQH/P VENETO REGION 40/20m; SSB EU-138 SM/DH0JAE BLEKINGE COUNTY 40/20/17/15m; CW/SSB EU-171 OZ5HP JYLLAND NORTH 160m; EU-175 CU3EM CENTRAL 15m; FT8 EU-175 CU7AA CENTRAL 20m; FT8 NA-005 VP9IN BERMUDA 20m; SSB NA-015 CM2RSV CUBA 15m; FT8 NA-015 CO2AME CUBA 20m; SSB NA-015 CO2CW CUBA 30m; FT8 NA-015 CO2GL CUBA 15m; FT8 NA-016 ZF1PB CAYMAN 10m; FM NA-018 XP3A Greenland 17m; FT8 NA-022 VP2ETE ANGUILLA 12m; SSB NA-026 KA2ABA NEW YORK STATE 17m; SSB NA-036 VE7DX BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE (VANCOUVER) 15m; FT8 NA-036 VE7SA BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE (VANCOUVER) 15m; FT8 NA-052 N1UL FLORIDA STATE SOUTH WEST 20/15m; FT8 NA-058 WD4DX GEORGIA STATE 20m; SSB NA-099 KP4JRS PUERTO RICO 12m; FT8 NA-099 KP4PUA PUERTO RICO 15m; SSB NA-099 NP4AW PUERTO RICO 40m; CW NA-106 KP2B VIRGIN 30/12m; FT8 NA-107 FM4SA MARTINIQUE 15m; SSB NA-108 J69BB ST LUCIA 15m; SSB NA-141 W6ZD FLORIDA STATE SOUTH EAST 20m; SSB NA-143 K5KUA TEXAS STATE EAST 20m; SSB NA-148 N1ECC MASSACHUSETTS STATE NORTH 17m; FT8 NA-249 KP4SX PUERTO RICO'S COASTAL 15m; FT8 OC-001 VK2BNG Australia 40m; FT8 OC-001 VK2POP Australia 20m; FT8 OC-001 VK2WJ Australia 20m; FT4 OC-001 VK2XN Australia 80m; FT8 OC-001 VK5KV Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK5WU Australia 40m; FT8 OC-001 VK8NSB Australia 10m; CW OC-006 VK7YUM TASMANIA 20m; FT4 OC-016 3D2AG VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 30/15/12m; CW/FT8 OC-019 AH6U HAWAIIAN 10m; FT8 OC-019 KH6ML HAWAIIAN 20m; FT8 OC-019 WH6ML HAWAIIAN 12m; FT8 OC-021 YB1KAJ JAVA 20m; FT8 OC-032 FK8HW NEW CALEDONIA 20m; SSB OC-036 ZL1IF NORTH 40m; CW OC-042 DV1IIW LUZON 20m; SSB OC-046 FO5QB WINDWARD 17/10m; FT8 OC-088 9M8DEN BORNEO 12m; FT8 OC-088 YB7XYO BORNEO 20m; FT8 OC-134 ZL3JAS SOUTH 20m; SSB OC-143 YC4SIZ SUMATRA 20m; FT8 OC-148 YB9MJA TIMOR 40m; FT8 OC-148 YF9PBZ TIMOR 15m; SSB OC-228 VK5MAV/P SOUTH AUSTRALIA STATE EAST 20/15m; CW SA-011 9Z4Y TRINIDAD 12m; FT8 SA-055 LU1COP/E Martin Garcia 40/20/10m; SSB ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode (which is very important) on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we suggest is "Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group" (ex. FT8/OC-146/Celebes). AF-050. Operators Johannes/PA5X and Gerben/PG5M will be active as 5T5PA/P and 5T1GM, respectively, from Arguin Island between October 15-19th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB, and FT8. They will use satellite communication for short messages on Twitter. Follow: https://twitter.com/PA5X_HAM https://twitter.com/PG5M QSL 5T5PA/P via LoTW, Clublog or via PA5X (direct or by the Bureau). For more details and updates, see: http://dx.to/5T1GM AS-117. Kenji, JA4GXS, will be active as JA4GXS/4 from Mi Island between October 16-18th. Activity will be on 40/20/17/6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. EU-064. The Charente DX Group (CDXG) will be active as TM2N from Noirmoutier Island (DIFM AT-020) betweeb October 24-30th. Operators mentioned are Eric/F5LOW, Laurent/F5MNK, Fabrice/ F5NBQ, Bertrand/F6HKA and Leon/ ON4ZD/OS0S. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via ON4ZD, direct, by the Bureau or Clublog's OQRS (preferred). NA-092. Rich, WA5LFD, is now active as WA5LFD/p from North Padre Island until November 30th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters, with an interest on 6 and 2 meters, using CW, SSB, and RTTY. QSL via LoTW or WA5LFD direct. He also states, "E-mail me for a sked at: richknagg at gmail.com ". OC-247. Operators Arfan/YB8DKL, Hajar/YB8HZ, Mashud/YC8ES, Ikhvan/ YC8AQY, Basri/YC8BNZ, Andi/YD8CUI, Nurdin/YD8CXQ, Risman/YD8BVL, YD8ESH and YD8ERF will be active from Sapuka Besar Island between November 12-16th. It will take the team more than a day by ship to get to the island. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. SA-092. (Reminder) Operators Markus/DJ4EL (PZ5GE), Sascha/PF9Z (PZ5ZS; not PZ5SB) and Rico/PZ5JW will once again try to activate Pagegaaien Island (WW Loc. GJ15kv)as PZ5G between October 15-18th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL PZ5G via LoTW or ClubLog. REMEMBER: Operators will be active from Surinam before and after their PZ5G IOTA operation. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the 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...... J5T & J5HKT DXPEDITION TO GUINEA BISSAU NEWS (Reminder). Members of the Italian DX Team are now active from Bubaque Island (AF-020), Guinea Bissau, as J5T (CW-SSB-RTTY) and J5HKT (FT8) until October 22nd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. They will have 6 operators and 4 stations active. QSL via I2YSB direct, OQRS or LoTW. For more info, see OPDX.1520. Their official Web site is at: http://www.i2ysb.com/idt Real-time online logs during the DXpedition on: http://win.i2ysb.com/logonline/ KH7, HAWAII. Alex, KU1CW, will be active as KH7Q from Oahu Island (OC-019) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Look for activity before and after the contest where Alex will be signing as KH6/KU1CW. QSL KH7Q via LoTW or direct to AH6NF. LX, LUXEMBOURG. Operators Gerard/PA0PIW, Gert/PA2LO, Maarten/PA3EYC, Tymen/PA3GRM and Hans/PE1KWH will be active as LX/homecall from Wilwer- dange, Luxembourg, between October 12-19th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, FT8, FT4 and RTTY. QSL via PA3EYC, ClubLog or LoTW. MDXC PRESENTATION. The Madison DX Club's (MDXC) will have a ZOOM pre- sentation on Tuesday October 12th. The program will be "The Lure and Challenges of Sable Island: the CY0C 2022 Dxpedition", presented by Dan Sullivan W4DKS, team member. The MDXC ZOOM host will be Kevin Shea, N9JKP, that will be online from 5:45 PM Central Daylight Time to socialize before the business meeting begins and to provide time to work through any tech- nical issues. A brief business meeting will begin at 6:00 PM Central Daylight Time. The program begins at 6:30 PM Central Daylight Time, sharp. All interested hams are welcome. To Join the Zoom Meeting and Program simply use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83181396616?pwd=dUIrdWo3bE45T0xyUkZOS2xKdDBIZz09 Meeting ID: 831 8139 6616 Password: 124658 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 PLEASE NOTE: OUTLOOK users PLEASE read below. PJ4, BONAIRE. Jeff, KU8E, will be active as PJ4/KU8E from the 'PJ4G Radio House' on Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA LH-1279) between November 24th and December 1st. He plans to be in CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th) signing PJ4A as a Single-Op/Single-Band (TBD)/High-Power entry. QSL via K4BAI. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 11-17th)....... Oct/11th HN Oct/14th BN Oct/16th AN Oct/12th HN Oct/15th LN Oct/17th AN Oct/13th HN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ------------------------------------------------------ NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites 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 * Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) & National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): https://www.swpc.noaa.gov https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression * 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) (October 10th) QSL-INFO from various sources provided by OPDX --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3B8/G0VJG via M0OXO HG5NATURE via HG5NATURE (e) R60ANT via RZ3EC 3DA0AQ via EA5GL IG9ITO via IG9ITO (L/e) RC60ANT via RZ3EC 3DA0RU via R7AL (O/L) II1DCC via IK1RAE RJ60ANT via RZ3EC 3Z100ZOSP via SP9PSJ IQ0AM via OS0AGY RK60ANT via RZ3EC 3Z90DZC via SP5DZC JV5A via WV6E S9OK via OK6DJ (O) 5H3MB via IK2GZU (O/L) JV5A via WV6E SD1A via SM1TDE 5P0MF via DF5LW K6T via W9EO SE5E via SM5AJV 7X2TT via EA5GL KH0/KC0W via KC0W SF5X via SM5EFX 9A10FF via 9A2MF KH0W via KC0W SO39SYBIR via SP4PZM A60EXPO via EA7FTR KP2/W3MLJ via W3MLJ SO4R via SP4PND AP2TN via DJ9ZB LC1P via LA1DSA SV5/DL2DRN via DL2DRN CM2RSV via EA5GL & (L) LC5C via LA6KOA SX200BOH via SV2BOH CN8NIL via RW6HS LN8W via LA6YEA SX2MZ via SV2GWT (d/L/e/C) CO2TK via F5CWU LU4DJB via EC6DX TF1A via EB7DX (d/L) CR5O via CT7AJL & (L) MM1E via MM0GOR TG9ADM via EA5GL CR6K via CT1ILT (O/d/L) N0F via KF2IRE (d) TM1D via F6OBD CT7/G4OBK/P via G4OBK N1F via KF2IRE (d) TM43SER via TM43SER (e) DK0DFF via DL7AFS N2F via KF2IRE (d) TM44RT via F5KBB DP90JMT via DL2VFR N3F via KF2IRE (d) TM50RQL via F8GGZ DP94JMT via DL2VFR N4F via KF2IRE (d) TZ4AM via W0SA E7/Z35M/P via Z35M (d/L) N5F via KF2IRE (d) UN9L via LZ1YE EA5/LA2PC via LA2PC N6F via KF2IRE (d) V31AE via EB7DX EA7/HB9GUX via HB9GUX N7F via KF2IRE (d) VO1/VE7AHA via VE7AHA EA8/DF8AN via DF8AN N8F via KF2IRE (d) VP2VF via HP3XBS EC6FK via RW6HS N9F via KF2IRE (d) W6G via NT7MM ED3M via EA3RCV OE2E via OE2GEN W6N via W0IN EM0I via UT2IZ OG6N via OH6NIO & (L) YB0AZ via W4JS EM60KTS via IK2DUW (d) OH0CO via SM6CCO YU/OK1MDX/P via OK1MDX EN7P via UT1PG OJ0WS via OH3WS YU/OK1VEI/P via OK1VEI EY8MM via W0VTT OK8CX/P via DL7CX ZC4GR via EB7DX G3L via G3LHJ OP7B via ON7BJ ZC4VJ via M0OXO G8X via G4FJK OS4OSA via ON6EF ZL3P via ZL3PAH HA60ANT via HA6LT OV9M via DF9TM ZM1X via ZL2MF HB9SPACE via HB9ACA OY1DZ via F5CWU ZX2B via PY2MNL HF90WAT via SP5PPK R325FR via R3TKM (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 (P) Please send no QSL (**) QSL automatically via Bureau - do not send QSLs (***) Certificate Download Only LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3D2USU (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3DA0RU https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/9G5FI (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/KP4/AB2RF (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/S9OK HG0WFF via ClubLog's OQRS. Istvan, HA0KA, and a large group of operators were active as HG0WFF from the Bukk National Park (HAFF-0002) between October 8-10th. NEW QSL ROUTE. Bob, N2OO, reports that he is new QSL Manager for Dickson, EL2DT. Exact details coming soon. QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3B9FR, UA2FZ, VK3HJ and XW0LP QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: GM3RCV EU-111, JW0W, KL7RRC (NA-039), MS0INT (EU-092) and RI0FWA (AS-025) 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.... TM50, FRANCE (Special Event). Operators Serge/F6HFI and Michel/F8GGZ have activated the special callsign TM50RQL until October 18th. Activity is to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the legendary "Renault 4L". Operations will be on various HF bands using mainly CW and SSB. QSL via F8GGZ by the REF Bureau. TM60, FRANCE (Special Event). Fran?ois, F8DVD, will activate the special event station TM60ANT between November 16-30th. Activity is to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Antarctic Treaty Signature (ATS). Operation will be made by from Fran?ois QTH in M?con (JN26JH), France. Activity will be on various HF bands between 40-10 meters. The new reference for the WAP program is WAP-318. QSL via F8DVD, direct (SAE + 2 USDs) or by the Bureau. ADDED NOTE: France was one of the 12 countries who signed the ATS in Washington on December 1, 1959. The treaty officially entered into force on June 23, 1961. All info on this event is on: http://www.qrz.com/db/TM60ANT VP2M, MONTSERRAT (Correction). Last week we mentioned that operators Ron/KK9K and Scott/NE9U would be active from the VP2M Gingerbread Hill contest station in Montserrat (NA-103), during the CQWW DX CW Contest), this info was misread and incorrect. Please disregard. YASME NEWS (Press Release, date October 8th)[edited]. YASME FOUNDATION GRANT -- The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation announces that it has made the following grant at its recent board meeting. Seychelles Amateur Radio Association (SARA) to establish a facility for the recently formed amateur radio club. YASME FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE AWARD -- The Yasme Excellence Award is presented to individuals and groups who, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication, have made a significant contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may be in recognition of technical, operating or organizational achievement, as all three are necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper. The Yasme Excellence Award is in the form of a cash grant and an individually-engraved crystal globe. The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation is pleased to announce the latest recipients of the Yasme Excellence Award: Steve Babcock, VE6WZ -- Steve is recognized for his contribution to the art of lowband antennas and remote operating. 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"Celebrating 30+ years (March 1991) of FREE DX News" "Could this be the final year???" ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Monday, 11th/October, through Monday, 18th/October there were 211 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D6, DL, DU, E5/s, 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, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J5, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, 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, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZC4, 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". 3DA0, ESWATINI (Swaziland). The following stations are still active from the Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland): 3DA0RU -- Russian DXpedtion Team (RUDXT) continue to be active near Mbabane until October 22nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, FT8 and QO-100 satellite, with multiple stations. Suggested FT8 frequencies: 1836, 3567, 5357, 7056, 10131, 14095, 18095, 21095, 24911 and 28095 kHz. As of October 17th, 0835z, 3DA0RU has made a total of 75684 QSOs with 21038 Unique callsigns. Breakdown by mode: 34987/CW, 8248/SSB and 32449/FT8. Breakdown by Continent (%): 0.7/AF, 14.1/AS, 65.3/EU, 18/NA, 0.8/OC and 1.2/SA. QSL via R7AL (direct or by the Bureau), ClubLog's OQRS (preferable) or LoTW. For more details and updates, see their new Web page at: https://3da0.ru/en 3DA0WW -- Latvian RSF team continue to be active as 3DA0WW from eSwatini until October 26th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 (F/H). For suggested frequencies, see: https://lral.lv/3da0ww/freq.html The team has had some power outages during their stay. QSL via YL2GN (direct) or ClubLog's OQRS (direct and by the Bureau). The log will be uploaded to LoTW six months after the end of the operation. For more details and updates, see: https://lral.lv/3da0ww/index.html STATUS UPDATE [Oct.16th, 0800z]: Transmit antenna setup is finished. This morning the infamous dog escaped his fencing and collapsed one Spiderbeam. It will be repaired. As the setup is mostly finished team plans to be on the air more. Local LED lights are kept off to reduce the band noise. Beverage antenna is not yet installed. First 3368 QSOs were uploaded to ClubLog. The team is located in 2 different houses in some distance from each other. One sub-QTH has Spiderbeam (20-10m bands), vertical for 80m band, another vertical for 40m band. Other sub-QTH has Spiderbeam (20-10m bands), DX-Commander vertical (40m-10m bands), 18m Spiderpole based top-loaded vertical for 160-30m bands. Up to 4 transceivers are in use. P.S. 1000z more photos added: https://lral.lv/3da0ww/photos.html 4U24, ITALY (Special Event). Members of the Global Service Centre ARC (4U1GSC) are now active as 4U24OCT from Brindisi, Italy. Activity is to mark "United Nations Day" (October 24th), which has been celebrated since 1948. The purpose of the UN Day event is to promote to people worldwide the principles of humanity, unity, and world peace. Operations should be on 160-10 meters. Remember, this operation only counts for Italy for DXCC. QSL via 9A2AA or ClubLog. 7A, INDONESIA. A team of YB operators will be active as 7A2A from a contest station in Central Java during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via LoTW, direct, or via YB2DX. 7P, LESOTHO. By the time you read this, operators Bernie/ZS4TX and John/ ZS6JON may be QRT (Oct. 17th) as 7P8Z from Maseru (WW Loc. KG30tp), Lesotho. Activity was to be on the QO-100 satellite. QSL via PA3CMC or LoTW. C5, THE GAMBIA (Reminder/Update). Operators Jan Francois/F4AHV (ex-6W7RV), G?rard/F5NVF , Abdel/M0NPT (7X2TT) and Luc/F5RAV will be active as C5C from Kololi (WW Loc. IK13PK), The Gambia, between October 24th and November 19th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (depending of local situation & the propagation) using CW, SSB, FT8/FT4 (NO F/H) and the QO-100 satellite if possible. Suggested planned frequencies are: CW - 3526, 7026, 10102, 14026, 18086, 21026, 24906 and 28023 kHz SSB - 3797*, 7197**, 14275***, 18120, 21275, 24955 and 28465 kHz FT8/FT4 - 3567, 7056, 10131, 14095, 18095, 21091, 24911 and 28081 kHz They will listen up on all CW frequencies. * up 10 USA, down 10 EU ** up 10 / down 5 *** + 5/10 up The team is also planning to be active in CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st). QSL via F5RAV direct. CQ9, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Members of the CT3 Team will be active as CQ9T from Funchal during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Single/ High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or by the Bureau. Operators mentioned are Duarte/CT3HF, Ricardo/CT3KN, Xavier/CS9ABC and Nicola/CS9ABE. DL0, GERMANY (Special Event). Members of the DARC local association "Wolfsburg (H24)" and possibly others will be active as DR0OEBIS (special DOK 150LOE) to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the railway station Oebisfelde until the end of 2021. Activity will be on various HF bands and satellite using CW, SSB, RTTY and the Digital modes. QSL via the Bureau. DL35, GERMANY (Special Event). To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the European DX Foundation (EUDXF), look for DL35EUDXF to be active between November 2021 and October 2022. There will be other special event stations with *35EUDXF callsigns and an award will be available. Details about this will be documented on the DARC website soon. FM/TO7, MARTINIQUE (Reminder/Update). Miguel, EA1BP, will be active as FM/EA1BP from Martinique (NA-107) between October 27th and November 5th. Activity will be holiday style on various bands using CW and SSB (NO Digital). He will also be active as TO7O during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power/Assisted entry. QSL via EA1BP, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog or LoTW. Visit his Web page at: https://www.ea1bp.com GB60, SCOTLAND (Special Event). Gavin, GM0GAV (ex-VP8GAV), will activate the special callsign GB60ANT (WAP-337) during the month of December to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty Signature. QSL GB60ANT via GM0LVI. HD8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (Reminder/Update). Members of the Tifariti Gang/DX Friends will be active as HD8R from Galapagos Islands (SA-004) between October 26th and November 7th. It was reported this past week that Raul, EA5KA, had to cancel his participation in the HD8R Galapagos DXpedition and that G?rard, F2JD, would replace him. Operators currently mentioned are Toni/EA5RM (Team Leader), Alberto/EA1SA, Gen/EA5EL, Javier/EA5KM, Manuel/EA7R, Jose Ram?n/EA7X, G?rard/F2JD, Flo/F5CWU, Jean Jacques/F5NKX, Tony/F8ATS, Fausto/HC5VF, Faber/HK6F, Simone/IK5RUN and Fabrizio/IN3ZNR. The pilot station will be Tony, EC7ZK. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, including 60m, using CW, SSB, the Digital modes and low orbit satellites with at least 4 stations that include Spiderbeams, verticals, Inverted "Ls" and beverages. Suggested frequencies were listed in OPDX.1533. They will also be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) possibly as a Multi-2 or Multi-Multi entry. QSL via EA5RM. Minimum requirements are: Self Addressed Envelope (SAE) and 3 USDs for up to 15 QSOs or 3 QSL cards (20 grams letter), 4 USDs are needed for more than 15 QSOs or 3 QSL cards. QSL FOR DONORS: If you have donated 25 Euros, 30 USDs or more, send your QSO data by E-mail to their QSL Manager (ea5rm at arrl.net) including your address and they will send your HD8R QSL direct. An OQRS will also be available. For more details and updates, see: http://www.dxfriends.com/hd8r INDEXA NEWS (Press Release, dated October 12th)[INDEXA changing mailing address][edited]. After many years of devoted service to INDEXA and the DX community, Dick Williams, W3OA, is retiring as our Secretary/Treasurer. Dick will continue his service as one of our Directors. Our newly elected Secretary/Treasurer is Hal Turley, W8HC. As such, INDEXA is transitioning our mailing address to Hal in Saint Albans, West Virginia. Any mail sent to Dick at the Mooresville, NC, address will be transferred over to Hal during this transition. NEW ADDRESS: International DX Association 2309 Lincoln Avenue Saint Albans, WV 25177 USA I would like to personally THANK Dick for all of his many years of devoted hard work for INDEXA! I also welcome Hal into this very important position with INDEXA! ATTENTION QSL MANAGERS: If any of you are including INDEXA application stuffers with your QSL cards, please contact me at n2oo at comcast.net and I will have new ones sent to you. In the meantime, you can continue using the current ones. See ya' in the Pileups! Bob Schenck, N2OO, President INDEXA www.INDEXA.org ----------------------------------------------------- IOTA NEWS. The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between October 11-16th(as per the DXCluster): IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes ------ ---------- ------------- ------------ AF-004 EA8/DL4FO/P CANARY 20m; CW AF-004 EA8AM CANARY 17m; SSB/FT8 AF-004 EA8AO CANARY 20m; FT4 AF-004 EA8CH CANARY 40m; SSB AF-004 EA8CTF CANARY 15m; SSB AF-004 EA8VD CANARY 15m; SSB AF-004 EA8VJ CANARY 12m; FT8 AF-014 CR3W MADEIRA 15m; SSB AF-014 CT3IQ MADEIRA 10m; FT8 AF-014 CT9ABN MADEIRA 40m; SSB AF-019 IG9ITO PELAGIE 20/15m; SSB AF-020 J5T Bubaque 40/30/20/17/15/12/10m; CW/SSB AF-020 J5HKT Bubaque 160/30/20/17/15/12/10m; FT8 AF-022 ZD7FT ST HELENA 12m; SSB AF-023 S9OK SAO TOME 160/80/60/40/30/20/17/15/12/10m; CW/SSB/RTTY/FT8 AF-050 5T1GM Arguin 17/15m; CW AF-050 5T5PA/P Arguin 20/17/15/12m; SSB AS-004 5B4XF Cyprus 12m; SSB AS-007 JA1NLX HONSHU 30m; FT8 AS-007 JA3QEC HONSHU 30m; FT8 AS-007 JH3NGD HONSHU 17m; SSB AS-007 JH7MQD HONSHU 40m; SSB AS-053 HS8HEX PHUKET 30m; CW AS-078 JA8FXO HOKKAIDO 17m; CW AS-079 JE1HXZ/P MIYAKO 20m; FT8 AS-117 JA4GXS/4 HONSHU'S COASTAL WEST 40/20m; CW/SSB EU-004 EA6BB BALEARIC 30m; CW EU-005 2E0FTD/P GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB EU-005 GW3UZS GREAT BRITAIN 17m; SSB EU-005 M0KCB/P GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB EU-015 SV9FBG Crete 15m; SSB EU-015 SV9RGI Crete 40m; FT8 EU-015 SV9RKU Crete 17m; SSB EU-018 OY1OF FAROE 15m; SSB/FT8 EU-021 TF2MSN ICELAND 20/17m; SSB/FT8 EU-024 IS0DCR SARDINIA 12m; SSB EU-024 IS0FDW SARDINIA 17m; SSB EU-024 IS0KNG SARDINIA 10m; FT8 EU-024 IW0UWE SARDINIA 10m; FT8 EU-026 JW7QIA SPITSBERGEN 20m; SSB EU-031 IC8/UR8QX Ischia 40m; CW EU-038 PD/DO1BEN Texel 40m; SSB EU-040 CT1CJJ ESTREMADURA PROVINCE 15m; SSB EU-067 SV8/IZ7ATN KYKLADES 20m; SSB EU-084 SM0CXS UPPSALA/STOCKHOLM COUNTY 20m; FT4 EU-115 EI4DQ IRELAND 17m; CW EU-115 GI0LDI IRELAND 20m; SSB EU-125 OZ/DL1MRL Fano 80/40/20/15m; CW/SSB EU-131 IK3PQH/P VENETO REGION 40/20m; SSB EU-175 CU3BL CENTRAL 20m; SSB EU-175 CU3HN CENTRAL 12m; FT8 NA-031 W1LY Conanicut 20m; SSB NA-015 CO2DK CUBA 10m; FT8 NA-015 CO8MCL CUBA 17/10m; FT8 NA-016 ZF1PB CAYMAN 12m; FT8 NA-021 8P6ET BARBADOS 10m; FT8 NA-021 8P6QA BARBADOS 10m; FT8 NA-022 VP2EIH ANGUILLA 12m; SSB NA-036 VE7DX BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE (VANCOUVER) 20m; FT4 NA-036 VE7JH BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE (VANCOUVER) 17m; FT8 NA-052 N1UL FLORIDA STATE SOUTH WEST 10m; FT8 NA-062 K2ZR FLORIDA STATE (FLORIDA KEYS) 15m; CW NA-062 N4VGE FLORIDA STATE (FLORIDA KEYS) 20m; SSB NA-062 W5TPK FLORIDA STATE (FLORIDA KEYS) 40m; SSB NA-085 WA4JA FLA STATE NW (BAY TO WAKULLA COUNTY) 20m; SSB NA-096 HI95RCD HISPANIOLA 17m; FT8 NA-099 KP4PUA PUERTO RICO 10m; SSB NA-099 KP4SMC PUERTO RICO 30m; FT8 NA-099 NP4AW PUERTO RICO 20m; CW NA-099 NP4SS PUERTO RICO 20m; PSK NA-099 WP4CQ PUERTO RICO 40m; FT8 NA-102 FG5FU GUADELOUPE 10m; FT8 NA-103 VP2MNI Montserrat 15m; SSB NA-106 NP2KW VIRGIN 10m; FT8 NA-135 XE3BGM CAMPECHE STATE 12m; SSB NA-144 W6DPM CAL STATE SOUTH (SB TO LA COUNTY) 20m; FT4 OC-001 VK1TX Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK2LAW Australia 20m; FT8 OC-001 VK5KV Australia 20m; SSB OC-016 3D2AG VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 40/10m; CW/FT8 OC-016 3D2USU VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 20m; FT8 OC-019 KH6FHI HAWAIIAN 40m; FT8 OC-019 KH6U HAWAIIAN 10m; FT8 OC-021 8I70K JAVA 15m; SSB OC-021 YB0IBM JAVA 20m; SSB OC-021 YB0OSX JAVA 40m; SSB OC-021 YB1PT JAVA 10m; FT8 OC-021 YC1DNR JAVA 40m; SSB OC-028 V73NS KWAJALEIN 30/20m; CW OC-036 ZL1RD NORTH 30m; FT8 OC-042 DV1IIW LUZON 20m; SSB OC-049 A35JP TONGATAPU 30m; FT8 OC-134 ZL4RFM SOUTH 40m; SSB OC-166 YC7RV KALIMANTAN'S COASTAL EAST 15m; FT8 SA-002 VP8LP FALKLAND 12m; FT8/FT4 SA-006 PJ4/DH8BQA BONAIRE 12m; FT8 SA-006 PJ4KY BONAIRE 40m; SSB SA-011 9Z4AH TRINIDAD 17m; SSB SA-011 9Z4Y TRINIDAD 12m; CW SA-012 YV7BMZ NUEVA ESPARTA STATE 10m; FT8 SA-021 LU4DRH BUENOS AIRES (BAHIA BLANCA) PROVINCE 10m; FT8 SA-036 P41E ARUBA 10m; FT8 SA-055 LU1COP/E Martin Garcia 20/15/10m; SSB/FT8 SA-068 8R1AK/P GUYANA 12m; FT4 SA-092 PZ5G Papegaaien 40/20/17/15m; SSB SA-099 PJ2T CURACAO 15m; SSB ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode (which is very important) on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we suggest is "Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group" (ex. FT8/OC-146/Celebes). AS-200. Take, JI3DST, will once again be active as JI3DST/5 (mainly for DX and 6m Multi-Hop), JR8YLY/5 (mainly for JA, JR8YLY/P for FT8) from Shodo Island (Shikoku's Coastal Islands) between 0700z, October 20th, and 0000z, November 4th. Operation may vary due to heavy rain or other conditions. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8 (possibly FM/RTTY). QSL JI3DST/5 via ClubLog's OQRS (direct or by the Bureau). QSL JR8YLY/5 via ClubLog (only Bureau). Please don't send QSL to SAPPORO 004-0041 Japan (QRZCOM QTH). EU-050. Operators Luca/IK5AEQ and Franco/IZ5IUY will once again be active as IL7/IK5AEQ and IL7/IZ5IUY, respectively from Ettore, IL7/IK7DIJ, QTH on San Domino Island between October 20-24th. Activity will be on 80-2 meters using SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL via their home callsign, by the Bureau, LoTW or ClubLog. NA-067. Mike, W7LG, will be active as W7LG/4 from Hatteras Island between October 24-29th. Activity will be holiday style on 80/40/20 meters using CW and SSB. It is suggested to look for him between 1600-2100z and 0000-0230z. QSL via W7LG, direct, eQSL or LoTW. NA-070. Operators Yuri/N3QQ, Walt/N6XG, Rob/N7QT, Tim/NL8F and Hal/W8HC have rescheduled their aborted KL7RRC IOTA DXpedition to Kiska Island to take place between July 4-11th, 2022. QSL via N7RO. For more details and updates, watch: https://www.na-234.com NA-096/ Kasimir, DL2SBY, will be active as HI7/DL2SBY from Punta Cana NA-122. and Bayahibe (NA-096) between December 1-14th. Activity will be holiday style using TS480SAT, IC-705, Juma1000 and different dipoles including for 160m. Modes will be CW, FT8 and possibly some SSB when conditions are good enough. He will also try a one day operation during the second week from Saona Island (NA-122) signing as HI2/DL2SBY. QSL via his home callsign or ClubLog's OQRS. NO Bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW after his return home. SA-092. (PZ5G QRT) Markus/DJ4EL (PZ5GE) announced on October 16th, the following on Twitter: The flood made us QRT now. I am sorry. We were the first team to stay overnight and noticed that it is almost impossible to stay on Papegaaien while the water is high. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the 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...... J5T & J5HKT DXPEDITION TO GUINEA BISSAU NEWS (Update). Members of the Italian DX Team continue to be active from Bubaque Island (AF-020), Guinea Bissau, as J5T (CW-SSB-RTTY) and J5HKT (FT8) until October 22nd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via I2YSB direct, IDT OQRS (Not ClubLog) or LoTW. For more info, see OPDX.1520. Their official Web site is at: http://www.i2ysb.com/idt Real-time online logs during the DXpedition are on: http://win.i2ysb.com/logonline K7, UNITED STATES (Special Event). Jerry, N7WR, will be active as K7P from Prineville, OR, during the 2021 National Police Week until October 20th. QSL via: Jerry Boyd, 6033 SE Riordan Rd. Prineville OR 97754. KP3, PUERTO RICO. Members of the Los Chachos Contest Club will be active as KP3Z from the Puerto Rico Contest Club in Rio Piedras during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via N4AO. Operators mentioned are Nathan/N4YDU, Bill/W9KKN, Daniel/N6MJ and Felipe/NP4Z. 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 PLEASE NOTE: OUTLOOK users PLEASE read below. OX, GREENLAND. John, OZ1LXJ, is once again active as OX/OZ1LXJ from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (NA-018). His length of stay is unknown at this time. Activity over the past few days have bee mainly on 160 meters using CW. Watch between 1930-2300z. QSL via his home callsign. P4, ARUBA. John, W2GD, is expected once again to be active as P40W from Aruba (SA-036) between November 22-30th. Activity will include the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entries. Oper- ations outside of the contest are "usually" on 160/80m and 30/17/12 meters and the WARC bands as time permits 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. PA35-PI35, THE NETEHRLANDS (Special Event). To commemorate the 35th anni- versary of the European DX Foundation (EUDXF), look for the following stations to be using the special prefix callsign P*35EUDXF during the month of November: PA35EUDXF -- Op Alex/PA1AW PF35EUDXF -- Ops Robert/PG7M & Bernard/PB7Z PB35EUDXF -- Op Bob/PB5X PG35EUDXF -- Op Dirk/PA1BD PC35EUDXF -- Op Tom/PA2TMS PH35EUDXF -- Op Wino/PA0ABM PD35EUDXF -- Op Derk/PD9DX PI35EUDXF -- CONTESTGROEP OUDE MAAS (PI4COM) PE35EUDXF -- Op Fred/PA3GDG QSL all callsigns via PA1AW (Clublog's OQRS preferred). PJ4, BONAIRE. Operators Charles/K1XX, Martin/W1MD, John/K3CT, David/N3RD, Walter/WA3LRO, John/N4RV, Richard/N6KT, Stu/N7ZZ, and Steve/PJ4DX will be active as PJ4K from Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA LH-1279) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via KU9C. Look for oper- ators to be active outside of the contest using PJ4/homecalls as station building continues. QSL via operator's instructions. PJ6, SABA. Bart, PD1BAT, will be active as PJ6/PD1BAT from Windwardside, Saba, between October 30th and November 5th. Activity will be mainly on 40 and 20 meters using FT8, but may try SSB. QSL via PD1BAT by the Bureau. PJ7, SINT MAARTEN (Reminder). John, W5JON/V47JA, will be going to Sint Maartrn Island (NA-247) this week between October 18-23rd, and be active as PJ7JA. His radio equipment is a Yaesu FT-891, Elecraft KPA-500 Amp- lifier and dipoles. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL PJ7JA via W5JON direct or via LoTW. NO Bureau QSLs. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 18-24th)....... Oct/18th BN Oct/21st HN Oct/23rd LN Oct/19th BN Oct/22nd HN Oct/24th HN Oct/20th HN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ------------------------------------------------------ NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites 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 * Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) & National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): https://www.swpc.noaa.gov https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression * 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 PV60, BRAZIL (Special Event). Members of the "Sao Carlos Amateur Radio Club" will be active as PV60CRASC during the month of November to cele- brate their club's 60th anniversary. QSL via PT2OP, by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW. PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Operators Julio/PP2BT, Stephano/PT2IC, Marenga/ PU0FDN (& XYL Lola), Alex/PY4AZ, Roberto/PY6RT, Renner/PY7RP and Emerson will be active as PY0F from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Single or Multi-2 entry. QSL via PY7RP direct or ClubLog's OQRS. All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW. The Noronha Contest Group (https://py0f.com.br/) state, "Almost two years after Covid-19, and with all the crew vaccinated, we decided to reopen the contest season in PY0F Fernando de Noronha! The team will arrive on October 24th and will work on the RX/TX antennas from 10 to 160m. We hope catch you during CQ WW SSB." QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu) (October 17th) QSL-INFO from various sources provided by OPDX --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3A/I1UWF via I1UWF CT9/DF6QV via DF6QV LX/PA3GRM via PA3EYC & (L) 3B8CW via N4GNR CT9ABV via DL5AXX OE120YXK via OE8YXK 3B9FR via M0OXO DL0HEL via DK2EA OE6SCOUT via (OE-B) 3DA0LP via ZS6DPL (d/e) DP44WCA via DF6EX PZ5GE via DJ4EL 3DA0RU via R7AL (d/B/C/L) EA8/DL4FO/P via DL4FO PZ5ZS via PF9Z 3DA0WW via YL2GH (d/C/L) EG7JIR via EA7LH R(x)60ANT via RZ3EC 3W3B via E21EIC EH1RGC via EA1DST S5030XX via S50XX 4K880NZM via 4K4K EH3WRC via EA3ZK S9OK via OK6DJ 7Z1VD via EA5GL GB1CUB via GB1CUB (e) SN70ETI via SP2AYC 9G5FI via DL1RTL HL30UN via EA5GL SV9/DK5EW via DK5EW 9H1XT via 9H1BT IC8/UR8QX via UR8QX SX200HJW via SV2HJW A35JP via JA0RQV II6JOTA via IK6ZDE SX2MZ via SV2GWY (d/OQRS/L) A60EXPO/x via EA7FTR J5HKT via I2YSB (d/O/L) TA4/OH2KW via OH2KW AM5BDL via EA5PC & (L) J5T via I2YSB (d/O/L) TM50RQL via F8GGZ BI4NLB via BH2RO LX/PA0PIW via PA3EYC & (L) UE60ANT via RZ3EC CQ750RSI via CT7AQD LX/PA2LO via PA3EYC & (L) YU2022NS via YU7BPQ CT7/PF5X/P via PF5X (L/d) LX/PA3EYC via PA3EYC & (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 (P) Please send no QSL (**) QSL automatically via Bureau - do not send QSLs LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3D2USU (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3DA0RU (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3DA0WW https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/9G5FI (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/KP4/AB2RF (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/S9OK (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/TO9W LAST CHANCE FOR A SV2ASP/A QSL. "The Daily DX" reports: "If anyone needs a QSL for SV2ASP/A (SK), Monk Apollo from Mount Athos, now may be your last chance. Apollo was in the Docheiariou Monastery, whose Abbott says Monk Chariton has been taking care of direct QSL requests and is presently still doing so but that may end at some point. If you request your QSLs now it should still work. Mail to: MONK CHARITON, DOCHEIARIOU MONASTERY, AG. OROS, GR-63087, GREECE" QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3B9FR, 5J3B, 7Z1IS, 9J2BS, A92AA, BU2DV, D60AD, EA5CKE, EY8MM, HI95RCD, HZ1SK, TZ4AM, VK6EI and YB7OO QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4S7AB, 4X100AI, A25RU, A41KJ, DT8A (AN-010), JW0W, SU1SK and ZD7BG QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 5W0GC, OJ0C, TF/OG55W and V5/DJ2HD --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... TO6, GUADELOUPE. Members of the Radio Club de Montceau Les Mines (F6KJS) will be active as TO6S from Terre de Haut, Iles des Saintes (NA-114), Guadeloupe, between January 20th and February 1st, 2022. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via F6KJS. Look for more details and a Web page to be forthcoming. TZ, MALI. Ulmar, DK1CE, will once again be active as TZ1CE from the QTH of Jeff, TZ4AM/K1MMB, in Bamako, Mali, between November 18th and December 8th (possibly longer). Activity will be on 160-10 meters (no 60m) using CW, SSB and FT8 (No F/H). QSL via DK1CE, by the DARC Bureau or direct. NO LoTW. V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. Chuck, KG9N, will be active as V4/KG9N from St. Kitts (NA-104) between February 8th and March 1st, 2022. Activity will be on all HF bands and modes. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LOTW. VE2, CANADA (Zone 2). Operator Yuri, VE3DZ, will once again be active as VE2IM from Sept-Iles, QC (Zone 2), during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. Yuri states he will be there between October 27-31st. Activity (usually) before and after the contest will be on CW, SSB and RTTY, and all HF bands including the 30/17/12 meter bands. QSL via VE3DZ, direct or by the VE3DZ OQRS. He usually uploads to the LoTW. VP2M, MONTSERRAT. Marty, W1MD, and a team of operators will be active as VP2MSS from Gingerbread Hill, Montserrat (NA-103), during the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 19-20th, 2022) as Multi-Single entry. QSL via LoTW. VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. A few sources are reporting that Mario, W4HBW, (formerly VP5VMA, I2HBW, 3A2NY), is back on Providenciales Island (NA-002) and will be active as VP5MA until November. We have not seen any QSNs yet, but usually activity is on 20/15 meters using FT8. QSLs for VP5MA can only be direct or via ClubLog's OQRS. VP9, BERMUDA. Jeff, N6GQ, will be active as VP9I from Ed/VP9GE's Hamilton Parish QTH (NA-005, WLOTA 0201) during the ARRL Inter. DX CW Contest (February 19-20th, 2022) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL VP9I via WW3S or LoTW. If in doubt, for fully updated QSL information, please go to: http://vp9ge.com/vp9i WP3, PUERTO RICO (NA-099). Yuriy, N2TTA, will be active as WP3C in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Activity will also count for the WLOTA as LH-2802. QSL via M0OXO. See the Web page at: https://wp3c73.wixsite.com/wp3c ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ** PLEASE NOTE FOR OUTLOOK USERS: PLEASE put your E-mail address also in the body of the message. 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"Celebrating 30+ years (March 1991) of FREE DX News" "Could this be the final year???" ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Monday, 18th/October, through Monday, 25th/October there were 207 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J5, 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, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP8, VR, VU, XE, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3B8, MAURITIUS. Denny, KX7M, will be active as 3B8/KX7M from Mauritius between November 22nd and December 1st. He is there as part of the 3B8M team. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via F5CWU or the OQRS: http://www.f5cwu.net/oqrs 3B8, MAURITIUS. Jamie, M0SDV, will be active as 3B8/KX7M from Mauritius between November 22nd and December 1st. He is there as part of the 3B8M team. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. 3DA0RU ESWATINI DXPEDITION WRAP-UP. The Russian DXpedtion Team (RUDXT) is now QRT as 3DA0RU as of 0252z, October 21st. Per ClubLog, as of October 21st, 0252z, 3DA0RU has made a total of 94464 QSOs with 24980 Unique call- signs. Breakdown by mode: 40748/CW, 11602/SSB and 42114/FT8. Breakdown by Continent (%): 0.7/AF, 13.6/AS, 64.8/EU, 18.9/NA, 0.9/OC and 1.1/SA. QSL via R7AL (direct or by the Bureau), ClubLog's OQRS (preferable) or LoTW. For more details and updates, see their new Web page at: https://3da0.ru/en 3DA0WW ESWATINI DXPEDITION NEWS. By the time you read this, the Latvian RSF is about to be QRT (October 26th) as 3DA0WW. Per ClubLog, as of October 24th, 0843z, 3DA0WW has made a total of 28646 QSOs with 12443 Unique call- signs. Breakdown by mode: 8272/CW, 3418/SSB and 16956/FT8. Breakdown by Continent (%): 0.9/AF, 15.3/AS, 57.5/EU, 19.9/NA, 2.0/OC and 4.4/SA. QSL via YL2GN (direct) or ClubLog's OQRS (direct and by the Bureau). The log will be uploaded to LoTW six months after the end of the operation. For more details and updates, see: https://lral.lv/3da0ww/index.html 3Y0J BOUVET ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS. Ken Opskar, LA7GIA, posted the following on FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/3093983840726129) on October 20th: Today we have finalized the procurement of all our 3Y0J antennas. All antennas will be supplied by our sponsors InnovAntenna, DX Engineering and Spiderbeam. We have run extensive HFTA analysis that shows our signals is predicated to be STRONG all over the planet. We will bring a mix of antennas with us with different material and technology. We have prepared a main antenna farm, backup antennas and a replacement strategy. We have focused on bringing quality products with us. You can expect our 160m top-loaded vertical to be 21 m tall and our yagis will be 7 to 10m up on solid antenna masts that can withstand 35 to 44 m/s wind. We have various yagis with us. And we plan dedicated yagis for Asia, EU and NA/SA on a triplexer/diplexer system. We will run inband on 40-10m. All this will be visible on the antenna layout drawing. InnovAntenna will launch a new product DXR-3 Bouvet - a yagi designed for our DXpedition which you can soon buy at DX Engineering. The antennas will soon be shipped to Norway for inspection and testing, we have a site off the west coast to test the equipment in harsh weather. Some low band verticals will be shipped to Arizona for assembling and testing, some yagis will be shipped to New York, and finally topband antennas will be sent to Hungary. This is truly an international project where all team members contribute with a common goal to activate Bouvet to give you that much needed QSO! Let's make it happen - support 3Y0J via PayPal bouvet at 3y0j.no --------------------------------------------------- 7P, LESOTHO. Members of the Russian DX Team (RUDXT), who went QRT early October 21st as 3DA0RU from Eswatini, continue their African trip (per their Web page) later in the day (October 21st) crossed over the border (by car) into Lesotho. Vasily, R7AL, informs OPDX that they plan to stay there for 12 days. The plan is to be active with four radios on all HF bands. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, FT8 (F/H, WSJT-X 2.0 software). Operations will last until November 4th. Operators mentioned are Vasily/R7AL, Slav/OK8AU, Vasily/RA1ZZ, Mike/RU3UR, Leo/RW9JZ and Nick/R5EC. Per ClubLog, as of October 24th, 0806z, 7P8RU has made a total of 14131 QSOs with 5942 Unique callsigns. Breakdown by mode: 4851/CW, 910/SSB and 8370/FT8. Breakdown by Continent (%): 0.9/AF, 11.9/AS, 45.3/EU, 38.4/NA, 0.7/OC and 2.8/SA. QSL via R7AL (direct or by the Bureau), Club- Log's OQRS (preferable) or LoTW. For more details and updates, see their Web page at: https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/7p8ru 8N1, JAPAN (Special Event). Members of the Amateur Radio Club Tama (JH1ZMK) will activate the special event station 8N1TAMA to celebrate 50th anni- versary of Tama city until June 30th, 2022. Activity will be on 160m-70cm bands using CW, SSB and FM. QSLs will be sent via the Bureau. QSL Manager is JA1DKU. 8P, BARBADOS. Charles, 8P6ET, will be active as 8P1W during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/High-Power entry. QSL via KU9C. 8Q, MALDIVES (Bird Op). Torsten "Tor", DG7RO, will be active as 8Q7RO from the Fihalhohi Island Resort on Kaafu-South-Male Atoll (AS-013) during the Christmas holiday between December 11-27th. Activity will only be on Oscar QO-100 satellite. QSL via DG7RO, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. PLEASE NOTE: The 8Q7RO callsign is a reissued callsign that was used in January 2013 by RT4RO. B4, CHINA. Look for B4T, the contest station in Wuxi, Jiangyin, China, to be active in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via BA4TB. Operators mentioned are Dale/BA4TB, Gu/BD4TS, Chen/BD4SS, Xingang/BH4TVU, Yun/BH4QBV, Caros/BH4TXN, Tom/BH4SCF, XiaoWei/ BI4VNM, Gu/BI4WWO, Pengfei/BD4TSK and BD4SVT. C5, THE GAMBIA (Reminder). By the time you read this, operators Jan- Francois/F4AHV (ex-6W7RV), G?rard/F5NVF, Abdel/M0NPT (7X2TT) and Luc/F5RAV should be active as C5C from Kololi (WW Loc. IK13PK), The Gambia, until November 19th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (depending of local situ- ation & the propagation) using CW, SSB, FT8/FT4 (NO F/H) and the QO-100 satellite if possible. Suggested frequencies were published in OPDX.1536. The team is also planning to be active in CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st). QSL via F5RAV direct. C6, BAHAMAS (Update). Richard, NN2T (C6AHB), and team of operators will be active as C6AHB from Bimini DXpedition" (NA-048) between October 27th and November 22nd. Activity will be before and after the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st). During the contest, operators will be a Multi-2 entry. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: https://www.biminidxpedition.com CN46, MOROCCO (Special Event). Look for the special event callsign CN46MS to be active between October 25th and November 10th, to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the "GREEN MARCH" inspired by the late HASSAN 2, King of Morocco bringing together 350,000 participants in a peaceful march to recover their Saharan provinces from the protectorate. QSL via CN8WW. EX0, KYRGYZSTAN. Valery "Val", US4MAO, announced on QRZ.com that he will be active, starting in 2022, as EX0NN, from Uzgen, every two to three months. He states, "Estimated activity on 40-15 meters, CW and FT-8, with a maximum power of 20 watts, locator MN70. It will be more of a field activity in the beginning. Mobile antennas LW, Vertical, Inv V. In time, I hope to find a sponsor to equip QTH with a transceiver and PA and install antennas on all bands, including the Top bands.... QSL Manager will be determined a little later." FG, GUADELOUPE. Philippe, F1DUZ, is once again active as FG4KH from FG5FI's QTH at Sainte Anne on Guadeloupe (NA-102) until November 2nd. Activity will be holiday style and mainly during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW. HC, ECUADOR. Rick, NE8Z/HC1MD/SP9E, is once again active as HC1MD/2 from the Santa Elena Province as of October 17th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL via K8LJG or LoTW. IOTA NEWS......... * IOTA PRESS RELEASE (date October 23rd). The following is an excerpt: "IOTA Management regrets that it will not be able to accept for IOTA credit contacts made with the 3D2CR operation from Conway Reef between 18 and 25 September 2021." Read the complete press release at: https://www.iota-world.org/management-news/973-3d2cr-operation-by-dominik-grzyb-from-conway-reef-september-2021.html * The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between October 18-23rd (as per the DXCluster): IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes ------ ---------- ------------- ------------ AF-004 EA8ED CANARY 12m; SSB AF-004 EA8J CANARY 17m; FT8 AF-013 5R8AL MADAGASCAR 12m; CW AF-014 CQ3J MADEIRA 30m; FT8 AF-014 CT3IQ MADEIRA 20/17/12m; SSB AF-014 CT9ABV MADEIRA 40/30/15m; CW/SSB AF-016 FR1GZ/B REUNION 10m; CW AF-017 3B9FR RODRIGUES 12m; FT8 AF-019 IG9ITO PELAGIE 20m; SSB AF-020 J5T Bubaque 160/80/30/20/17/15/12/10m; CW/SSB AF-020 J5HKT Bubaque 17m; FT8 AF-022 ZD7BG ST HELENA 20/15m; CW/FT4 AF-022 ZD7FT ST HELENA 12m; SSB AF-050 5T1GM Arguin 17/12/10m; CW AF-050 5T5PA/P Arguin 30/17/15/10m; SSB/FT8 AN-015 8J1RL QUEEN MAUD LAND (PR.HARALD & CR PR OLAV COASTS) 30/15m; FT8 AS-007 JA1UTQ HONSHU 20m; SSB AS-007 JA1WQD HONSHU 15m; SSB AS-007 JH3NGD HONSHU 17m; SSB AS-007 JH4MGU HONSHU 15m; FT8 AS-007 JI1NJC HONSHU 15m; FT8 AS-018 RT0F SAKHALIN 40m; FT8 AS-077 JA6FFO KYUSHU 15m; FT8 AS-078 JE8CXM HOKKAIDO 30m; CW AS-078 JA8ZO HOKKAIDO 17m; FT8 AS-200 JI3DST/5 Shodo 20/17m; CW/SSB AS-206 JO3LVG/P HONSHU'S COASTAL EAST 17m; SSB EU-001 SV5DZX Kalymnos 40m; CW EU-001 SV5TH DODECANESE 40m; CW EU-004 EA6BH BALEARIC 80m; FT8 EU-004 EA6KB BALEARIC 20m; SSB EU-005 G0ORC GREAT BRITAIN 17m; FT8 EU-005 G4GIR GREAT BRITAIN 30m; FT8 EU-005 G6UT GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB EU-005 G7SQW/p GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB EU-005 M0HKB GREAT BRITAIN 10m; SSB EU-005 M0ALA GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB EU-005 M0MJA GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB EU-005 MM0DXT/P GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB EU-009 MM7ARJ ORKNEY 17m; FT8 EU-014 TK4QL CORSICA 40/20m; SSB EU-015 SV9IOI Crete 17m; SSB EU-018 OY1DZ FAROE 30m; FT8 EU-018 OY1R FAROE 40m; SSB EU-020 9A10FF/P GOTLAND COUNTY 40m; CW EU-021 TF1A ICELAND 30m; FT8 EU-021 TF2MSN ICELAND 17m; SSB EU-023 9H4CM MALTA 17m; SSB EU-024 IS0FDW SARDINIA 17m; SSB EU-024 IS0GQX SARDINIA 17m; CW EU-026 JW6VDA SPITSBERGEN 20/17m; SSB EU-031 IC8/UR8QX Ischia 15m; CW EU-031 IC8AIK Ischia 30m; FT8 EU-038 PD/DO1BEN Texel 20m; SSB EU-049 SX200RMA NORTH AEGEAN 17m; SSB EU-050 IL7/IK5AEQ SAN DOMINO 40/20/17m; FT8 EU-050 IL7/IZ5IUY SAN DOMINO 40m; SSB EU-054 IF9ZWA EGADI 80m; FT8 EU-067 SZ200ERS KYKLADES 40m; CW EU-097 OH2/DL4BBH ETELA-SUOMI (UUSIMAA) PROVINCE 40/17m; SSB EU-097 OH2/DL7UXG ETELA-SUOMI (UUSIMAA) PROVINCE 40m; SSB EU-097 OH2/DL2VFR ETELA-SUOMI (UUSIMAA) PROVINCE 17m; CW EU-114 GU4FOC GUERNSEY 20m; CW EU-115 EI2ILB IRELAND 17m; FT8 EU-115 EI5KG IRELAND 17m; FT8 EU-115 EI8GS IRELAND 30/12m; FT8 EU-115 EI9HQ IRELAND 20m; SSB EU-115 MI0LLG IRELAND 17m; FT8 EU-115 MI0NWA IRELAND 17/15m; FT8 EU-131 IK3PQH/P VENETO REGION 40/20m; SSB EU-170 9A10FF/P DALMATIA NORTH 40m; CW NA-014 VE9BS NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCE SOUTH 20m; SSB NA-015 CO6XE CUBA 20/12m; FT8 NA-015 CO8LY CUBA 12m; CW NA-022 VP2EIH ANGUILLA 15m; SSB NA-022 VP2ETE ANGUILLA 15m; SSB NA-029 VE2WW PRINCE EDWARD 40m; SSB NA-096 HI3AA HISPANIOLA 20/17m; FT8 NA-096 HI8AT HISPANIOLA 10m; SSB NA-099 KP4JRS PUERTO RICO 30m; FT8 NA-099 KP4PUA PUERTO RICO 20m; SSB NA-105 FS4WBS ST MARTIN 20/15m; FT8 NA-105 PJ7FM ST MARTIN 20m; FT8 NA-105 PJ7P ST MARTIN 20/15/12m; SSB/FT8 NA-106 KP2B VIRGIN 10m; FT8 NA-106 NP2X VIRGIN 160m; NA-107 FM5BH Martinique 160m; NA-110 AJ4EN SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 17m; SSB NA-122 HI3JCC DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S COASTAL 15m; FT8 NA-247 PJ7/W5JON SINT MAARTEN 15m; FT8 OC-001 VK2TEV Australia 40m; SSB OC-001 VK4SX Australia 17m; SSB OC-001 VK6IR Australia 12m; SSB OC-006 VK7NET TASMANIA 40m; FT8 OC-016 3D2MP VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 20m; FT8 OC-016 3D2USU VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 80/12m; FT8 OC-021 YB0IBM JAVA 15m; SSB OC-021 YB2NDC JAVA 40m; SSB OC-032 FK4QX NEW CALEDONIA 20m; SSB OC-032 FK8GX NEW CALEDONIA 30m; FT8 OC-036 ZL1WN NORTH 12m; SSB OC-042 DU3LA LUZON 15m; CW OC-129 DU7EYG VISAYAN 30m; FT8 OC-143 YB4IR SUMATRA 30m; FT8 OC-143 YB5QZ SUMATRA 30m; FT8 OC-143 YD5ACA SUMATRA 40m; SSB OC-143 YD5AKH SUMATRA 40m; SSB SA-006 PJ4NA BONAIRE 17m; CW ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode (which is very important) on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we suggest is "Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group" (ex. FT8/OC-146/Celebes). AS-014. A team of members from the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) will be active as A44M from Masirah Island, Oman, during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-? entry. Also, look for the ROARS team to be active before and after the contest as A43MI. QSL both callsigns via ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW or eQSL. EU-064. (Reminder) The Charente DX Group (CDXG) will be active as TM2N from Noirmoutier Island (DIFM AT-020) between October 24-30th. Operators mentioned are Eric/F5LOW, Laurent/F5MNK, Fabrice/ F5NBQ, Bertrand/F6HKA and Leon/ ON4ZD/OS0S. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via ON4ZD, direct, by the Bureau or Clublog's OQRS (preferred). NA-114. (Update) Members of the Radio Club de Montceau Les Mines (F6KJS) will be active as TO6S from Terre de Haut (WW Loc. FK95eu87, WLOTA-3998), Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe, between January 20th and February 1st, 2022. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, with 2 stations using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8/FT4. Suggested frequencies can be found at: https://les-saintes.f6kjs.fr/index.php/lactivite__trashed/les-frequences Operators mentioned are Didier/F6BCW, Pascal/F1MNQ, Pierre/ F1TCV, Mike/F5LRL and Keith/VE7KW. QSL via F6KJS. For more details and updates, see: https://les-saintes.f6kjs.fr Their Facebook page is at: https://www.facebook.com/DXp?dition-TO6S-102954718850959 PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the 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...... J5T & J5HKT DXPEDITION TO GUINEA BISSAU NEWS (Update). Members of the Italian DX Team are now QRT from Bubaque Island (AF-020), Guinea Bissau, as J5T and J5HKT. They made over 73k QSOs. QSL via I2YSB direct, IDT OQRS (Not ClubLog) or LoTW. For more details, see: http://www.i2ysb.com/idt ON75, BELGIUM (Special Event). Members of the Belgian Air Force Amateur Radio Association (BAFARA) have activated the special event stations ON75AF, ON75BAF, and ON75BFS to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Belgian Air Force until the end of 2021. Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL ON75BAF via ON4CMO. QSL ON75AF via ON6KL. 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 PLEASE NOTE: OUTLOOK users PLEASE read below. OQ60, BELGIUM (Special Event). Members of the UBA NOK will be active as OQ60ANT (WAP 338) from Turnhout, Belgium, between November 1st and De- cember 31st. Activity is to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the An- tarctic Treaty Signature. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS; your QSL is not needed. They will send QSLs automatically via the Bureau. P4, ARUBA (Update). John, W2GD, will once again be active as P40W between October 25th-31st. Activity will be (when time permits) on the various HF bands, with some focus on the 30/17/12 meters and 160 meters mostly on CW (before the contest). His activity will also include an entry in the upcoming CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All- Band entry. QSL via LoTW or N2MM. No bureau cards. P4, ARUBA. Mathias, DL4MM, will be active as P4/DL4MM from Aruba (SA-036) between January 23rd and February 2nd, 2022. Activity will be on various HF bands with a focus on the lower bands and 30/17/12m, using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via DL4MM, direct or by the Bureau (via ClubLog) or LoTW. He will also be in the CQ 160m CW Contest (January 28-30th, 2022) as a Single-Op/Assisted/High-Power entry signing P40AA. Also, QSL via DL4MM, direct or by the Bureau (via ClubLog) or LoTW. PA21/PD21/PD22, THE NETHERLANDS (Special Event). Ray, PA5DX, will be activating three special event stations (SES), PA21XMAS, PD21SANTA and PD22HNY during the Christmas holiday season. The SES's PA21XMAS and PD21SANTA will be active between December 1-31st. The SES PD22HNY will be active until the end of January 2022. Activity of operations and modes were not mentioned, but there will be a special award for working at least 2 Christmas stations to download on QRZ.com at: https://www.qrz.com/db/PA21XMAS No QSLs will be available and only the award will be available... PJ4, BONAIRE. Tjeerd "TJ", PE1OJR, will once again be active as PJ4/PE1OJR from Kralendijk, Bonaire (SA-006), between October 22-29th. Activity will be holiday style (when not diving or sight seeing) on mainly 40/20 meters using SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL only via LoTW or ClubLog. PJ7, SINT MAARTEN (Update & PJ5 Op). John, W5JON/V47JA, did not sign as PJ7JA as planned from Sint Maartrn Island (NA-247), but was active as PJ7/W5JON. John informs OPDX that his PJ7JA license was not ready to be picked up even though he applied for his license some three months ago. So, John resorted to "plan B" snf operated under CEPT as PJ7/W5JON. QSL via W5JON direct or via LoTW. NO Bureau QSLs. REMINDER: By the time you read this, John, W5JON/V47JA, will be active from St. Eustatius Island (PJ5) between October 23rd and November 1st, and sign as PJ5/W5JON. Activity will be the same has his PJ7 operation. PJ7, SINT MAARTEN. Janusz, SP9FIH, is now active as PJ7P from Sint Maarten Island (NA-247) until November 3rd. Activity will be on 30/15/12/10 meters using SSB, FT8 and RTTY. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. For more details and updates, see: http://pj7.dxpeditions.org/?post=ready-to-visit-sint-maarten PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 25-31st)....... Oct/25th LN Oct/28th BN Oct/30th HN Oct/26th HN Oct/29th BN Oct/31st HN Oct/27th 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 * Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) & National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): https://www.swpc.noaa.gov https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression * 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) (October 24th) QSL-INFO from various sources provided by OPDX --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3F200NG via HP2NG II5QSP via IQ5DY OO5Z via ON5AZ 3V8SF via LX1NO II6OANT via I1HYW OS7XT via ON7XT 4L1AN via N4GNR IL3/KN6RCV via OE3SGU OX/OZ1LXJ via OZ1LXJ (d) 4O/UA9JNV via UA9JNV IL3/KN6RCV via OE3SGU PA/SP1MVG/P via SP1MVG 5W1SA via JA1DXA IL7/IK5AEQ via IK5AEQ PJ2MAN via EC5AHA 5X4E via IZ3ZLG IL7/IZ5IUY via IA5IUY PJ4DX via M0URX 9A/F5SNJ via F5SNJ IL7/IZ5IUY via IZ5IUY PJ7/W5JON via W5JON (d/L) 9A2CHRIS via 9A0Z (***) JY4CI via K2AX PJ7P via SP9FIH 9G1SD via AB0GC JY5MM via IK2DUW RJ60AN via RZ3EC A61BG via EA7FTR K7P via N7WR RT2C via RN3DK & (L) AN100ACM via EA7URM KP2B via EA7FTR S5730ZT via S57ZT CQ3J via CT3MD KP2BH via EB7DX SP0NOBEL via SP3POB CS7/DO3HK via DO3HK & (L) KP4/AA3TT via AA3TT (L) SP60VHSC via SP3LPR CT9/DK7YY via DK7YY LZ1337KM via LZ1KCP SX200RRP via SV1RRP D2EB via IZ3ETU LZ5R via LZ1YQ TF3T via TF3MH DL/OE7RDI/P via OE7RDI LZ6E via LZ1GU TF3VE via EA7FTR ER/DL5CW via DL5CW N3G via KB3WAV TM2VI via F4EDR HB0/PA3CNO via PA3CNO NP2X via KU9C YB0ECT via W2FB HC1MD/2 via K8LJG OE100GOA/4 via OE1GOA YT1914KOL via YU1EA HG8A via HA5JI (d) OH2/DL4BBH via DL4BBH YW200BC/1 via YV4KW HP/VE1RM via W1VE OL5GMA/P via OK3EQ ZA/IW2JOP via IW2HAJ & (L/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 (P) Please send no QSL (**) QSL automatically via Bureau - do not send QSLs (***) download LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3D2USU (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3DA0RU (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3DA0WW (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/7P8RU https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/9G5FI (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/C6AHB (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/KP4/AB2RF (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/PZ5G https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/PZ5GE EL2DT QSL STATUS (Update). Bob, N2OO, reports: The EL2DT QSL cards arrived from the printer. OQRS has been set up on ClubLog. A limited number of older paper logs have been made available. More are expected. Specific dates will be posted on the N2OO QRZ page with instructions. QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5T5PA/P, CX2DK, G3RWF, PA3FQA, SX200BOH, S9OK and VE5MX QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 7Q7RU, C92RU, JW0W (EU-063), KL7RRC (NA-039) and S79KW QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3D2DK, 5N7Q, 5T7OO, 7C9B (OC-150), 8Q7AO, 9G5FI, A61AJ, C21EU, C5DL, CE0ZY, HL5/DF8DX, HU1DL, KH8/DL2AWG, LX5WARD, LX9DX, OH/DF9TM (EU-096, EU-097), OH/DL2SWW (EU-096, EU-097), OH0/SK3SN, OH0/SM1TDE, OZ/DL2AQI, OY/DL4APJ, P29VXX, PJ4/DL6KR, S9DX (AF-023), T31EU, TA0/DL7UCX (AS-201), TO7DL, TY1CE, V5/DL3DXX, V73D, VK9LM, XR0YD, XX9D (AS-075), Z66DX and Z66X --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... R325, EUROPEAN RUSSIA (Special Event). Look for special event station R325G from the city of Gadzhievo to be active to celebrate the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Navy. Gadzhievo city is the base point of Russian nuclear submarines. The base was opened in 1956 and served as a home port for diesel submarines. Since 1963, nuclear submarines have also been based in Gadzhievo, including the K-219 that sank in 1986. Initially, the city was called the village of Yagelnaya Guba. Then it was renamed and began to bear the name of the Hero of the Soviet Union Magomed Imadutdinovich Gadzhiev, who died in the Great Patriotic War. QSL via the Bureau. SILENT KEY. Murray, WA4DAN, member of the Sable Island Team, informs OPDX of the following [edited]: "Our beloved team member, contester and DX- peditioner, Will Roberts, AA4NC, was killed in a plane crash late Thursday afternoon (October 21st) near Holly Ridge, NC. Will was a pilot and he was taking off from a small airstrip when his plane crashed. The FAA and NTSB are investigating. Will was a member of our DXpedition team and was already signed up for both CY9C and CY0C in 2022.... Our DXpedition team is just stunned and devastated by what happened. Will was a very experienced pilot and had been flying for decades. He owned the Mooney aircraft that crashed. You can go to his QRZ page and see a photo of him and his plane." For more details, see: https://www.witn.com/2021/10/22/crews-continue-investigate-deadly-onslow-county-plane-crash https://www.witn.com/2021/10/23/officials-community-deals-with-fallout-fatal-onslow-county-plane-crash/ OPDX and its readers send out our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of AA4NC. SP60, POLAND (Special Event). Look for special event station SP60ANT (WAP-339) to be active to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the An- tarctic Treaty Signature. QSL via SP3POB, direct or by the Bureau. SX200, GREECE (Special Event). Kostas, SV1RRP, will be active as SX200RRP from Agrinio, Greece, to commemorate 200th anniversary of the Hellenic War of Independence in 1821. QSL via LoTW. TC29, TURKEY (Special Event). Mustafa, TA8DX, will be active as TC29OCTOBER to celebrate Turkey's proclamation as a Republic on October 29, 1923. QSL via TA8DX. TF, ICELAND. Benni, TF3T, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. He states, "If CDX allows, might go SB 80M HP or 20M HP." QSL via LoTW or TF3MH. V4, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS. Bob, WX4G, will once again be active as V4/WX4G from the V47JA station at Calypso Bay on St. Kitts (NA-104) between November 24th and December 2nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, including 60m, using CW, SSB, and FT8/FT4, with yagis and verticals. He also plans to be active as V47A during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via WX4G, eQSL, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. VP9, BERMUDA (Update). Jeff, N6GQ, will be active as VP9/N6GQ and VP9I from Ed/VP9GE's Hamilton Parish QTH (NA-005, WLOTA 0201) between October 27th and November 1st. He will sign VP9/N6GQ between October 27-29th, on 160-6 meters using CW and SSB, no 30/17/12 meters. Jeff will sign VP9I during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/ All-Band (160-10m)/Low-Power entry. QSL VP9/N6GQ via LoTW. QSL VP9I via WW3S or LoTW. If in doubt, for fully updated QSL information, please go to: http://vp9ge.com/vp9i JUST A REMINDER: Jeff will also be active as VP9I during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th). YB0, INDONESIA. Pri, YB0ECT, from Jakarta, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/ High-Power entry. 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"Celebrating 30+ years (March 1991) of FREE DX News" "Could this be the final year???" ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick *** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTES (by Tedd, KB8NW): This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW DX SSB Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the CQWW DX SSB Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 22nd/October, through Friday, 29th/October there were 221 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J5, 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, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9L, VK9N, VP2E, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XX9, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS * PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later". 3A, MONACO. Operators Christian/EA3NT, Paul/G4PVM, Col/MM0NDX and Dmitry/ RA9USU, with a helping hand from Mario/3A2NY, will be active as 3A3A from Monaco during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-? entry. QSL 3A3A via UA3DX. Look for operators to sign 3A/homecall before and after the contest. 3DA0WW ESWATINI DXPEDITION NEWS. The Latvian RSF team is now QRT (October 26th) as 3DA0WW. Per ClubLog, as of October 25th, 1539z, 3DA0WW has made a total of 31376 QSOs with 13287 Unique callsigns. Breakdown by mode: 8665/CW, 3906/SSB and 18805/FT8. Breakdown by Continent (%): 0.9/AF, 14.8/AS, 58.5/EU, 19.4/NA, 2.0/OC and 4.4/SA. QSL via YL2GN (direct) or ClubLog's OQRS (direct and by the Bureau). On October 19th, Yuris, YL2GM, informed OPDX that he downloaded all QSOs to LoTW. For more details and updates, see: https://lral.lv/3da0ww/index.html 3Y0J BOUVET ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Press Release #6, dated October 27th) [edited]. "3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island, November 2022" -- We have reached our first payment milestone for the Marama vessel contract. Today we have paid the first deposit, and with this payment we confirm our plans of activating the #2 most wanted entity Bouvet. We would like to thank each individual and club who has contributed to this payment with their upfront support, especially thanks to our Lead sponsor NCDXF. It is a huge task and undertaking to go to Bouvet and we still critically need additional upfront support to close the budget. We are happy to announce two additional operators to the team to make it complete with 13 operators. Dave, WD5COV, will rejoin us on this ad- venture to Bouvet. Dave is a well-known and recognized DXer and DXpe- ditioner who has embarked on over ten major DXpeditions including three in the top ten most wanted category. In addition, we have included Peter in the team as a combined crew and dedicated FTx operator. Peter is an experienced captain and expedition leader with huge experience from offshore sailing, sailing in remote polar uncharted areas and specializes in supporting some of the most complex expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctica. He is experienced in safety evacuation procedures, MOB maneuver in cold water, beach landings in difficult locations and he is an experienced zodiac operator that will be based in Norway. He will be heading up the zodiac landing at Bouvet. Our preparation for Bouvet includes planning, constructing, and testing a system for landing zodiacs safely, this will be tested in rough sea in Norway before and after Christmas. We plan for several systems and tech- niques to adapt to the onsite conditions. We plan for safely landing the zodiacs in different manners also with some swell, unmanned and with less risk for operators. And we prepare for the event that zodiacs are cap- sizing and we still can retrieve the equipment. We have done the first prelim sea trials of the zodiac equipment in Norway and will continue sea trials to further mature the concept. We plan for a gasoline powered winch system to lift equipment up the cliff, and this will be tested in Norway after Christmas. We plan to access the 25 ft cliff with profes- sionals means, and if needed prepare for climbing and bolting a short route to gain access. We refresh our climbing experience, and some team members will be certified climbers. In 2022 we will practice safe rope access training and evacuation down the cliff with instructor also in- cluding emergency evacuation with injured operator. We will have IRATA educated instructors training with us. We also have an extended off-island team of 5 Norwegian professionals and experts from the maritime industry assisting us. These are former captains and chief engineers with huge experience within RIB SAR vessels, maritime risk assessment and safety training. Some of them have stayed several seasons at Bouvet, stayed anchored at Cape Fie, have passed Bouvet more than 60 times and have done zodiac landing at the same spot. With all these upcoming events and the knowledge in the extended team - be rest assured this will be a well planned and executed project. You can follow our plans from our website and the 3Y0J Facebook pages: http://www.3y0j.no https://www.facebook.com/groups/3093983840726129 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaMaR21075U Thank you, Ken Opskar LA7GIA, Co-Leader Rune Oye LA7THA, Co-Leader Erwann Merrien LB1QI, Co-Leader ---------------------------------------------------------------- Also read the ARRL Web page at: https://www.arrl.org//news/3y0j-dxpedition-to-bouvet-island-confirms-november-2022-activation 4L, GEORGIA. Mamuka Kordzakhia, 4L2M, President of the National Associ- ation Radio Amateurs of Georgia (NARG), will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via EA7FTR. 4L, GEORGIA. Operator Vaho, 4L8A, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contests (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m) entry. QSL via M0OXO or LoTW. 6Y, JAMAICA. Lester, W8YCM, will once again be active as 6Y6Y from the Westmorland Parish, on The Beach, Negril Jamaica (NA-0097), starting November 28th until January 2022. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands. Check out the pictures on QRZ.com. QSL via W8YCM direct only. NO BUREAU or IRCs. 7P, LESOTHO. Members of the Russian DX Team (RUDXT), who went QRT early October 21st as 3DA0RU from Eswatini, continue their African trip (per their Web page) later in the day (October 21st) they crossed over the border (by car) into Lesotho. Vasily, R7AL, informs OPDX that they plan to stay there for 12 days. The plan is to be active with four radios on all HF bands. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, FT8 (F/H, WSJT-X 2.0 software). Operations will last until November 4th. Operators mentioned are Vasily/R7AL, Slav/OK8AU, Vasily/RA1ZZ, Mike/RU3UR, Leo/RW9JZ and Nick/R5EC. Per ClubLog, as of October 29th, 0523z, 7P8RU has made a total of 54508 QSOs with 16605 Unique callsigns. Breakdown by mode: 21757/CW, 6579/SSB and 26172/FT8. Breakdown by Continent (%): 0.9/AF, 10.8/AS, 55.4/EU, 29.4/NA, 0.8/OC and 2.8/SA. QSL via R7AL (direct or by the Bureau), ClubLog's OQRS (preferable) or LoTW. For more details and updates, see their Web page at: https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/7p8ru 8Q, MALDIVES. Sasha, DL1HI, is now active as 8Q7HI from Summer Island, Maldive Island (AS-013), until October 30th. Activity has been on various HF bands using FT8. QSL via his home callsign by the Bureau. A47, OMAN. Stathis, SV5DKL, will be active as A47RS from the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) station in Muscat, Oman, during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as Single-Op/Classic (24h only) entry on Saturday, October 30th, only. QSL via A47RS, by the Bureau or direct. See the station on QRZ.com. AU2, INDIA (Special Event). For the 16th year, look for special event station AU2JCB, to be active between November 19th and December 15th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using SSB. Suggested frequencies are (depending on the propagation): 3710, 7040, 7150, 14210, 14250, 14310, 21235, 21310, 21350, 28490, 28510 and 28545 kHz. On FM Mode: 6m - 50800 and 51500; 10m 29700 kHz. If higher bands are open, operations will be on those bands. The operator will be Datta, VU2DSI. QSL direct (with 2 IRCs) to VU2DSI to: Datta Degaokar, Surabhi Mehherabad, Ahmednagar, MH 414006, INDIA. Operations are to celebrate the 163rd anniversary of the birth (November 30th) of Sir Jagadeesh Chandra Bose, India's great scientist and inventor who they consider the "Father of Wireless Communi- cation". For more details, see the following Web pages at: http://www.qsl.net/vu2msy/JCBOSE.htm http://au9jcb.angelfire.com https://ethw.org/Jagadish_Chandra_Bose https://www.cv.nrao.edu/~demerson/bose/bose.htm ADDED NOTE: Usually, there are other VU operators celebrating this anni- versary. B0, CHINA. Operators Terry/BA7NQ, Jordan/BA7MY, Yan/BA7JG and Chang/BD6IQD will be active as B0A from the contest station near Urumqi in Xinjiang during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via BA4TB or via ClubLog's OQRS: https://clublog.org/logsearch/B0A C5, THE GAMBIA (Update). The C5C team is now active as C5C from Kololi (WW Loc. IK13PK), The Gambia, until November 19th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (depending of local situation & the propagation) using CW, SSB, FT8/FT4 (NO F/H) and the QO-100 satellite if possible. Suggested frequencies were published in OPDX.1536. The team is also planning to be active in CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st). QSL via F5RAV direct. E2, THAILAND. Operators YL JayCie/E20NKB, Champ/E21EIC, Tony/E24OYI, YL Bun/E25KAE and Mew/E29TGW will be active as E2A from Bangkok during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via E21EIC, LoTW or by the Bureau. EY, TAJIKISTAN. Nodir, EY8MM, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m)/Assisted entry. QSL via W0VTT. FT4, ANTARCTICA. David, F4FKT, will be active as FT4YM from various Antarctica bases during the 2021-2022 Antarctic Season. The Antarctica bases mentioned are: FT4YM - Base Dumont d'Urville, Petrels island, Antarctica FT4YM/P - Base Concordia, Antarctica FT4YM/P - Base Little Dome C, Antarctica FT4YM/P - Base Cape Prud'homme, Antarctica Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via F5PFP. FT5W, CROZET 2022. GREAT NEWS!!! The following two E-mails [edited] were received on October 27th about a Crozet Island DXpedition planned for 2022-2023: * Message 1# (From Jean-Michel, F6AJA) -- GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!! After very long procedures with the TAAF Administration, Thierry, F6CUK, has just received a letter from the Prefect giving him a favorable opinion to take part in the OP4-2022 rotation in the OP1-2023 rotation, i.e. from December 2022 to March 2023 , more than two months only radio operator on Crozet. The call sign request will follow. It is Paul, F6EXV, who will provide the QSL service and manage the "treasury". Thierry will communicate all the details to us as they progress. Thierry will seek financial assistance given that this project is estimated between 40 and 45,000 euros. This is not an expedition backed by a club but he will be alone and we will have to wish him a lot of courage to face the very many and immense pile-ups that this will raise because we must be aware that Crozet is the 3rd DXCC entity in the world. most wanted ... The last activity since Crozet by Florentin, F4DYW, with the code FT5WQ dates from 2009! See: http://LesNouvellesDX.fr/galerie/galerie2.php?page=topten&pfx=FT5W Best regards, Jean-Michel F6AJA * Message 2# (From Paul, F6EXV) -- Dear friends, Further the announcement by Jean-Michel, F6AJA, we would like to inform of the following: After many months of efforts and negotiations, the TAAF (the body in charge of the FTs administration) has granted permission for a one-man nearly 3-month operation from Crozet Island to Thierry, F6CUK, from mid-December 2022 to mid-March 2023 (be patient!). Exact dates will come just prior to the operation. The last activity from Crozet was in 2009 by Florentin, F4DYW, as FT5WQ. Details will be forthcoming in the next few days, weeks and months, when they become available and publishable. Thierry, F6CUK, will be the operator, Paul, F6EXV, will be the finance/QSL Manager. Please do not try to contact either Thierry, F6CUK, or Paul, F6EXV, for the time being, there will be no reply to any messages related to this operation until further notice. Stay tuned! 73, Paul P.S. For the first time, this will be a ham radio operation, not a scientific mission with ham radio as a side activity. FY, FRENCH GUIANA. Operators Marc/F1HAR, Florent/F4CWN, Didier/FY5FY, Herve/F5HRY and Christian/F5UII will be active as FY5KE from the "Radio Club de Kourou's" (RACK) radio station in Kourou City during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LoTW or direct (NO Bureau). GM, SCOTLAND. Ady, G6AD, will be active as GM6AD during his winter Scotland DXpedition in his trusty old camper-van between November 13-18th. Activity will be from a few different locations in Scotland which include a one day operation from Loch Ness on November 14th and near the coast signing GM6AD/p between November 15-16th. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or ClubLog. NO paper QSLs. HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Operators Silvio/HB9LCW, Waldemar/HB0WR, Haaf/PA3FGA, Claudia/PA5CT and Aurelio/PC5A will be active as HB0A during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via QRZ.com address direct only. HD8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (Update). Members of the Tifariti Gang/DX Friends are now active as HD8R from Galapagos Islands (SA-004) between now until November 7th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters, including 60m, using CW, SSB, the Digital modes and low orbit satellites with at least 4 stations. Suggested frequencies were listed in OPDX.1533. They will also be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) possibly as a Multi-2 or Multi-Multi entry. QSL via EA5RM. Minimum requirements are: Self Addressed Envelope (SAE) and 3 USDs for up to 15 QSOs or 3 QSL cards (20 grams letter), 4 USDs are needed for more than 15 QSOs or 3 QSL cards. QSL FOR DONORS: If you have donated 25 Euros, 30 USDs or more, send your QSO data by E-mail to their QSL Manager (ea5rm at arrl.net) including your address and they will send your HD8R QSL direct. An OQRS will also be available. For more details and updates, see: http://www.dxfriends.com/hd8r HS0, THAILAND. Brad, VK2BY, will be active as HS0ZNR from his Thai QTH in the district Nam Yuen, in the Province of Ubon Ratchathani, between December 12th and January 21st. Activity will be on all bands (160-10m). QSL via VK2BY direct (3 USDs and SAE). HS2, THAILAND. Operators E25OKO, Niphon/HS2QJJ, Art/HS2UPR and Nuk/HS7BHK will be active as HS2UPR from 160km south of Bangkok during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Single/Low-Power entry. QSL via HS2UPR. IOTA NEWS. The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between October 25-29th (as per the DXCluster): IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes ------ ---------- ------------- ------------ AF-004 EA8AO CANARY 10m; FT8 AF-004 EA8AT CANARY 15m; FT8 AF-004 EA8CPE CANARY 15m; FT8 AF-004 EA8FB CANARY 17m; FT8 AF-014 CS9/PD3EM MADEIRA 20m; SSB AF-016 FR8TZ REUNION 17m; CW AF-018 IH9YMC PANTELLERIA 15m; CW AF-019 IG9ITO PELAGIE 20m; SSB AF-049 3B8CW MAURITIUS 12m; FT8 AF-086 D4F WINDWARD 15/10m; SSB AS-002 A92FF BAHRAIN 15m; FT8 AS-004 5B4VL CYPRUS 20/12m; SSB AS-007 7L4VYK HONSHU 17m; FT8 AS-007 JA0LBE HONSHU 15m; SSB AS-007 JA0LFV HONSHU 20m; FT8 AS-007 JA1IOA HONSHU 15m; FT8 AS-007 JA3FHL HONSHU 20m; FT8 AS-007 JA7WXL HONSHU 15m; FT8 AS-007 JH3NGD HONSHU 17m; SSB AS-007 JE1RXJ HONSHU 30m; CW AS-007 JH0RVY HONSHU 20m; FT8 AS-007 JH3NGD HONSHU 17m; SSB AS-014 A43MI ASH SHARQIYAH/AL WUSTA REGION 40/20m; SSB AS-015 9M2TO PINANG STATE 20m; FT8 AS-018 RT0F SAKHALIN 40m; FT8 AS-020 BX2ADE TAIWAN 15m; FT8 AS-024 JR2TER/P YONAGUNI 40m; FT8 AS-078 JM8FEI HOKKAIDO 15m; FT8 AS-117 JF3BFS HONSHU'S COASTAL WEST 15m; CW AS-200 JI3DST/5 Shodo 20/17/15m; CW EU-004 EA6VQ BALEARIC 10m; FT8 EU-004 EC6FK BALEARIC 20m; SSB EU-005 2E0HCS GREAT BRITAIN 12m; SSB EU-005 G0HDB GREAT BRITAIN 12m; FT8 EU-005 G3RCV GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB EU-005 G8BCG GREAT BRITAIN 15m; FT8 EU-005 GM3YOR GREAT BRITAIN 12m; CW EU-005 GM4FDM GREAT BRITAIN 10m; FT8 EU-005 GM7TUD GREAT BRITAIN 10m; FT8 EU-005 M0MJA/P GREAT BRITAIN 20m; SSB EU-005 MC7DX GREAT BRITAIN 20m; CW EU-005 MW0CSO GREAT BRITAIN 15m; FT8 EU-005 MW0GWG/P GREAT BRITAIN 40m; SSB EU-014 TK4QL CORSICA 20m; SSB EU-015 SV9MBH Crete 15m; FT8 EU-018 OY1CT FAROE 12m; CW EU-018 OY1OF FAROE 15m; SSB EU-018 OY1R FAROE 17m; SSB EU-021 TF/SA7AZQ ICELAND 40m; SSB EU-021 TF2MSN ICELAND 17m; SSB EU-021 TF3XO ICELAND 20m; SSB EU-025 IT9GSZ SICILY 20m; SSB EU-026 JW6VDA SPITSBERGEN 17m; SSB EU-029 OV3CDX Sjaelland 15m; CW EU-031 IC8/UR8QX Ischia 40/15m; CW/SSB EU-031 IC8HRG Ischia 20m; SSB EU-054 IF9ZWA EGADI 15/10m; FT8 EU-064 TM2N NOIRMOUTIER 80/60/40/30/20/17/12/10m; CW/FT8 EU-075 SV8/F1RAF PELOPONNISOS (ARGOLIS)/ATTIKI REGION 20m; SSB EU-115 EI4KF IRELAND 10m; FT8 EU-115 GI3NYL IRELAND 17m; SSB EU-115 GI7AXB IRELAND 15m; FT8 EU-115 MI0AIH IRELAND 20m; SSB EU-115 MI0OBC IRELAND 15m; FT8 EU-115 MI0SAI IRELAND 15m; SSB EU-131 IK3PQH/P VENETO REGION 40/20/15m; SSB EU-136 9A/OE3DEC KRK 20m; SSB EU-175 CU7AA CENTRAL 15m; FT8 EU-181 LZ1SAD BULGARIA 17m; FT8 NA-015 CO6WD CUBA 15m; SSB NA-015 CO8BYT CUBA 20m; SSB NA-018 OX7AM Greenland 40/30/20/15m; CW/SSB NA-021 8P6ET BARBADOS 10m; FT8 NA-022 VP2EIH ANGUILLA 80/17/12m; SSB/FT8 NA-024 J35X GRENADA 17/12m; FT8 NA-027 VO1IDX NEWFOUNDLAND 15m; FT8 NA-027 VO1IV NEWFOUNDLAND 40m; FT8 NA-031 W1MBF RHODE ISLAND STATE 17m; SSB NA-036 VE7KAJ BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE (VANCOUVER) 17m; FT8 NA-036 VE7NM BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE (VANCOUVER) 10m; FT8 NA-067 W7LG/4 NORTH CAROLINA STATE EAST 40m; CW/SSB NA-096 HI8AT HISPANIOLA 10m; SSB NA-099 KP4/N6MJ PUERTO RICO 15m; CW NA-099 KP4PUA PUERTO RICO 10m; SSB NA-105 PJ7P ST MARTIN 15m; SSB NA-105 FS5GL ST MARTIN 40m; CW NA-106 KP2M VIRGIN 40/15m; SSB NA-107 FM5BH Martinique 20m; SSB NA-134 OX3LX GREENLAND'S COASTAL NORTH WEST 160/40/20m; SSB/FT8 NA-145 PJ5/W5JON SINT EUSTATIUSAND SABA 40m; FT8 OC-001 VK1TX Australia 17m; FT8 OC-001 VK2LAW Australia 20m; FT8 OC-001 VK3ACT Australia 40m; FT8 OC-001 VK5MRD Australia 20m; SSB OC-001 VK6IR Australia 10m; SSB OC-016 3D2AG VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 20m; CW OC-016 3D2USU VITI LEVU AND VANUA LEVU 20m; CW/SSB/FT8 OC-021 YB0IBM JAVA 15m; SSB OC-021 YB3EDD JAVA 15m; FT8 OC-021 YC1JGE JAVA 20m; FT8 OC-021 YC3DOC JAVA 15m; SSB OC-026 KG6JDX GUAM 12m; FT8 OC-028 V73NS RALIK CHAIN 20m; CW OC-032 FK4HA NEW CALEDONIA 10m; SSB OC-032 FK4QX NEW CALEDONIA 40/10m; CW/SSB OC-034 YC9UBG NEW GUINEA 40m; FT8 OC-034 YD9UAN NEW GUINEA 40m; FT8 OC-036 ZL1BBW NORTH 20m; CW OC-036 ZL3TE NORTH 40m; FT8 OC-042 DU1IVT LUZON 40m; FT8 OC-046 FO5QB WINDWARD 30m; FT8 OC-097 5W1SA SAMOA 40/17m; FT8 OC-143 YD5NBY SUMATRA 15m; FT8 SA-003 PY0F FERNANDO DE NORONHA 40/20/10m; SSB SA-004 HD8R Galapagos 80/30/20/17/15/12/10m; CW/SSB/FT8 SA-006 PJ4EVA BONAIRE 12m; FT8 SA-011 9Z4Y TRINIDAD 15m; SSB SA-077 PU1VMA RIO DE JANEIRO STATE EAST 10m; FT8 SA-099 PJ2T CURACAO 15m; SSB ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode (which is very important) on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we suggest is "Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group" (ex. FT8/OC-146/Celebes). AS-053. Operators E29NKB, Uaychai/HS8HEX, Pu/HS8LOG, Suriyun/HS8NKB and Chartchay/HS9QZJ will be active as HS8HEX from Phuket Island during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-2/Low-Powr entry. QSL via HS8HEX. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the 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 November 2021). The following International Short Wave League Club (ISWL) club callsigns will be used throughout the month of November 2021: GX4BJC/A - Not yet allocated for November. MX1SWL/A - Operated by George, G1IPU, located in Clacton on Sea, Essex. (IOTA EU-005, WAB-TM11, WLOTA-1841) GB75ISWL - Operated by Herbie, G6XOU, located in Walton on the Naze, Essex. (IOTA EU-005, WAB-TM22, WLOTA-1841). QSL GX4BJC and MX1SWL callsigns via Dick M5DIK. QSL GB75ISWL callsign via G6XOU. All callsigns via the Bureau, eQSL.cc, or direct with return postage. (No IRCs in the UK). The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club. All QSL info is on: www.iswl.org.uk or www.qrzcq.com or www.qrz.com or via www.eQSL.cc. NO LoTW. J6, ST. LUCIA. Operators Lindsley/J69CU, Frans/J69DS, Bill/J68HZ and Kyle/WA4PGM and Daniel/W0CN will be active as J68HZ from a villa at Labrelotte Bay, Castries, St. Lucia (NA-108, WLOTA L-1336) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via K9HZ, direct or LoTW. KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Operators Jaime/WP3A, David/EB7DX, Angel/NP4TX and Jimmy/KP2BH will be active as KP2B from Christiansted, VI, during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as an "Explorer Category". QSL via EB7DX. John, K1AR, CQ WW Contest Director, reports: The new EXPLORER category designed to allow experimenters to be creative in their tech- nical approach to the CQ WW with relaxed rules and a sandbox to compete against others with similar interests. For more information, check out: https://cqww.com/explorer.htm NP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Dan, K8RF, will be active as NP2J during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (160m) entry. QSL via LoTW or direct. PLEASE NO BUREAU! 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 PLEASE NOTE: OUTLOOK users PLEASE read below. OQ35, BELGIUM (Special Event). Look for special event station OQ35EUDXF to be active from Lommel, Belgium, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the EUDXF's (European DX Foundation) founding. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8/FT4. QSL via ON6CC or ClubLog's OQRS (for Bureau QSLs). LoTW will also be available. OX, GREENLAND (Update). Operators Thomas/OZ1AA (OX1AA), Bo/OZ1DJJ (OX3LX), David/OZ5DM (OX5DM), Mikkel/OZ7AKT (OX7AKT), Alex/OZ7AM (OX7AM) and Per/ OZ1KNJ (OX1KNJ) will be active as OX7A from Kangerlussuaq (NA-018, WW Loc. GP47TA), during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st). Operation class TBD. QSL via OZ1ACB, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog or LoTW. Do not send QSLs for QSOs with OX7A to any of the operators. The team will be there between October 26th and November 9th. However, some team members will go home on November 2nd. Outside of the contest, operators will use their own OX callsigns. Their activity will be on all bands and modes (including FT8). There will be an emphasis on the low bands and 60/30/17/12 meters. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS or info on QRZ.com. For more details the team has a OX7A Web page at: https://sites.google.com/view/greenland2018/home ADDED NOTE: Bo/OZ1DJJ (OX3LX) states that after the contest he will go to Aasiaat Island (NA-134, WW Loc. GP38) for a few days and then return to the OX7A crew to go home. He also mentions that this is NOT a DX- pedition, 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. His QSL Manager is OZ0J. PJ2, CURACAO. Operators Roger/G4BVY, Martin/G4XUM, Jonathan/KL2A, Peter/ K8PGJ, Rich/M5RIC, Brooke/N2BA, Ray/ND8L, Rich/NN3W, Bob/VE4GV and Geoff/ W0CG will be active as PT2T from the Caribbean Contesting Consortium's (CCC) Signal Point contest station on Curacao Island (SA-099, WLOTA 0942) during the CQWW DX SBB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL PJ2T via W3HNK. Outside the contest, operators will probably be signing PJ2/homecall or their own personal PJ2 callsign. QSL via their home callsigns. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (November 1-7th)....... Nov/01st LN Nov/04th AN Nov/06th LN Nov/02nd BN Nov/05th AN Nov/07th BN Nov/03rd 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 * Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) & National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): https://www.swpc.noaa.gov https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression * 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 various sources provided by OPDX --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3B9FR via M0OXO DU3LA via W3HNK PJ2/NN3W via NN3W 3DA0RU via R7AL(d/B/C/L) DU3TW via EA5GL PJ7P via SP9FIH 3DA0WW via YL2GN(d/C/L) HD8R via EA5RM (O) PY0F via PY7RP 4L8A via M0OXO KP4/N6MJ via N6MJ R325WMF via RA4DAR 5B/SA6PIS/P via SA6PIS OX1AA via OZ1ACB (d/B/L/C) R800SAN via R9SI 7P8RU via R7AL(d/B/C/L) OX3LX via OZ0J (B/d) RN60ANT via RZ3EC 7Q7CT via JH1AJT OX5DM via OZ1ACB (d/B/C/NB) SX200JAO via SV2JAO 9A/OE3DEC via OE3DEC OX7A via OZ1ACB (O/L) TI7/AE4MQ via AE4MQ A25SL via N4GNR OX7AKT via OZ1ACB (d/B/L/C) TI7/W6HFP via W6HFP CN46MS via CN8WW OX7AM via OZ1ACB (d/B/L/C) TM2N via ON4ZD CS9/PD3EM via PD3EM P40W via N2MM ZF2PR via KQ1F CT9/DF7EE via DF7EE PJ2/K8PGJ via K8PGJ ZF2ZO via K7ZO D44PM via IZ4DPV PJ2/KL2A via KL2A (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 (P) Please send no QSL (**) QSL automatically via Bureau - do not send QSLs LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3D2USU (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3DA0WW (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/7P8RU (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/9G5FI (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/C6AHB (Updated) https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/Z68XX (Updated) U.S. POSTAL STOPPAGE (Updated as October 25th). The Postal Service is temporarily suspending international mail acceptance for certain destinations due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other unrelated service disruptions. Customers: please refrain from mailing items addressed to the countries listed here, until further notice. Afghanistan French Guiana Mongolia South Sudan Australia Guadeloupe New Zealand Sudan Bhutan Laos Papua New Guinea Syria Brunei Liberia Reunion (Bourbon) Tajikistan C. African Republic Libya St. Pierre & Miquelon Timor-Leste Chad Martinique Samoa Turkmenistan Cuba Mayotte Sierra Leone Yemen ** For more details and breakdown, see: https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm?_gl=1*12q5a9b*_ga*MTYwMTYxMDY1Mi4xNjM1NDQ3Nzkw*_ga_3NXP3C8S9V*MTYzNTQ0Nzc5MC4xLjAuMTYzNTQ0Nzc5MC4w QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5Z4VJ, 9J2BS, CT3MD, ER1VS, ES1KK, J5HKT, J5T, JW2US, KL7J, OD5KU, OH1MRR, OH6OK, ON4VT, RU2K, S9OK, SQ5DM, TI200I, VP2EIH and VP8ADR QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 8R1AK, A25RU, EL2DT and XV1X 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.... R325, EUROPEAN RUSSIA (Special Event). Look for special event station R325Z from the city of Zaozersk to be active to celebrate the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Navy. QSL via the Bureau. R60-R*60/UE60/RJ60, RRC ANTARCTIC TREATY SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS (Just A Reminder/Update). To celebrate the 60th anniversary Antarctic Treaty Signature, the Russian Robinson Club (RRC) will activate the following special event stations (each representing a country that initially signed the Antarctic Treaty) between October 1st and December 31st during this event: R60ANT - Russia RG60ANT - Argentina RN60ANT - Norway RA60ANT - South Africa RJ60AN - Japan** RT60ANT - Australia UE60ANT - Belgium* RK60ANT - United Kingdom RU60ANT - USA RC60ANT - Chile RL60ANT - France RZ60ANT - New Zealand Plus a special callsign from Antarctica RI60ANT (*) (Instead of RB60ANT as first announced) (**)(Instead of RJ60ANT as first announced) The Worldwide Antarctic Program (WAP) has already issued a "Reference Number" for each of the above Special Event Callsign. Check (http://www.waponline.it/6oats-anniversary/) to download the whole WAP reference numbers issued for this event. QSL info is also included. Details about the special "60th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty" award is also available at the above Web page. S5630, SLOVENIA (Special Event). Nejc, S56NE, will be active as S5630NE from Idrija to celebrate 30 years of independence of Republic of Slovenia. QSL via eQSL or LoTW (no paper QSLs yet). The Slovenian Amateur Radio Union will celebrate the country's 30 years of Independence by issuing a special award. It will be eligible to all amateur radio enthusiasts all over the World. In order to obtain the award, a foreign amateur radio station must have at least 30 contacts with a S5 stations starting June 26th through December 31st. For more information, see: http://lea.hamradio.si/scc/diploma_30let/index_eng.htm SILENT KEY (Tribute). Tom, K8CX, Webmaster of the Ham Gallery Web site, has posted a special tribute page for Murray, WA4DAN, who became a Silent Key (SK) on October 21st (see OPDX.1537). You can view the page at: http://hamgallery.com/Tribute/AA4NC Also read: http://www.arrl.org/news/well-known-amateur-radio-contester-and-dxer-will-roberts-aa4nc-sk SPEICAL EVENT (Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Crossband Operation From Battleship IOWA's NEPM). With operating authorization from the Navy's 3rd Fleet Spectrum Manager, the Battleship IOWA Amateur Radio Association (BIARA), Inc. and the IOWA's Innovation and Engineering Team will activate the ship's legacy Navy callsign, NEPM, on December 7th, 2021, in memory of Pearl Harbor Day. Operation will be between 1600-2359 UTC. NEPM will TRANSMIT on 14781.5 kHz using J3E USB and listen on 14343.0 kHz J3E USB. Amateurs are reminded that they may NOT transmit on 14781.5 kHz. If there is traffic on 14343.0 kHz, the NEPM operator will advise of an alternate frequency where he is listening. QSLs will be available if a SASE is provided. NEPM, NI6BB or NE6PM are all listed on QRZ.com and any route will get your request to the QSL manager. Please visit BIARA's Web site at (https://biara.org) for more information about radio operations aboard the Battleship IOWA soon to be the home of the National Museum of the Surface Navy. STANDARD TIME. Remember to change your clocks next weekend! Countries who observe Daylight Saving Time (DST), which took place on Sunday, March 14th, are now expected to move their "local clocks" backward 1 hour on Sunday, November 7th, from 2:00 AM local time to 1:00 AM. In 2020, Day- light Saving Time (DST) will again go into effect on Sunday, March 13th, 2022, at 2:00 AM local time. For the history and details about ST and DST, as well as an interesting map of the world (showing the countries who observe DST), see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2022.html https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/usa?year=2022 ADDED NOTE: Hopefully, all amateur radio operators know NOT to change their GMT/UTC/ZULU clocks. However, since most operators usually set their computers to local time, some may have to change their settings on "some" ham radio software (ex. logging, propagation, DXTelnet, etc..) programs. SX16, GREECE (Memorial/Contest Op). Kostas, SV2HJW, will activate the special callsign SX16V in memory of his friend Nick, SW2HJV, during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st). QSL via SV2HJW direct, and possibly ClubLog and LoTW. TC29, TURKEY (Special Event). Members of the TAMAD (YM1KAD) radio club will be active as TC29ATA until October 31st. This special event callsign is to celebrate "Republic Day of Turkey" an anniversary and holiday of the declaration of the Turkish Republic which took place October 29th, 1923. TC7, TURKEY. A Turkish team, the Giresun Contest Team, will be active as TC7G during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via TC7G, LoTW, direct or by the Bureau. UE35, EUROPEAN RUSSIA (Special Event). Members of the Miller DX Club will activate the special callsign UE35EUF during the month of November to celebrate 35th anniversary of the founding of the European DX Foundation (EUDXF). Activity will be on various HF bands and modes. A plaque is available (see QRZ.com). QSL via the Bureau or RQ7L direct. V2, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA. Operators Dale/N3BNA, Brian/N3OC (V26OC) and Sam/WT3Q will be active as V26B from Antigua (NA-100) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as Multi-Single entry. QSL via KA2AEV. NO Bureau QSLs. V5, NAMIBIA. Gunter, DK2WH, will once again be active as V51WH between November and March, 2022. Activity will be on various HF bands and during contests, he will use the special callsign V55Y. QSL via DK2WH, direct or by the Bureau. NO LoTW. VX3, CANADA (Special Event). Look for special event station VX3INSULIN from Kingston, ON, Canada, to be active between December 1-31st. Activity is to mark the 100th anniversary of a Canadian team at the University of Toronto's discovery of insulin in the summer of 1921. Operations will be primarily digital, with FT8 and FT4 being the dominant modes of use. Other digital modes will be used as conditions permit. QSL via VE3NOO, direct, by the Bureau or eQSL. YB0, INDONESIA (Change of Plans). Pri, YB0ECT, from Jakarta, who was expected to be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st), has decided to join the 7A2A team instead. See OPDX.1535. YV, VENEZUELA. Jhonny, YV5KG, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (160m)/High-Power entry. QSL via YV5KG or LoTW. Operation is from the contest site YV5AM in Camatagua, a town in the state of Aragua, Venezuela. Z6, KOSOVO. Rene, DL2JRM, is once again active as Z68XX near Gilan (WW Loc. KN02RN), Kosovo, until November 1st. Activity will be mainly on CW on various HF bands, but he plans to be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (Octo- ber 30-31st). QSL via DL2JRM or ClubLog. Z6, KOSOVO (Press Release, date October 25th). Martti, OH2BH, sent out the following from Pristina, Kosovo [edited]: REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO, Z60A -- With the easing of the pandemic the Finnish quartet of Martti/OH2BH, Pekka/OH2TA, Tapani/OH5BM and Timo/OH5LLR will join the gang at Amateur Radio Society of Kosovo (SHRAK); Vjollca/Z61VB, Driton/Z61DX and Fehmi/ Z62FB, on the air at their HQ station Z60A, for the CQWW SSB Contest. They will activate two stations and put them on all bands for the pur- pose of offering a rare Z6 multiplier from the latest DXCC addition, entity number 340. The group is taking extreme caution, similar to what other contest DX- peditions have done recently and will fly directly to their final desti- nation. They hope that the contest community will offer them sincere prayers for safe travels and for a successful operating event now that many brave contesters take their first steps abroad toward a new normal and a brighter future. QSL Z60A via OH2BH. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Operators Paul/K1XM, YL Charlotte/KQ1F, Levi/K6JO, Scott/K7ZO and Martin/NN1C will be active as ZF1A on Grand Cayman Islands (NA-016) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st) as a Multi-Single entry. Look for activity outside of the contest on 160-10 meters including 30/17/12 meters. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. ZS18, SOUTH AFRICA. On November 11th, South Africa will celebrate this day of remembrance of the end of World War I (103 years ago). Usually this "Remembrance Day" is celebrated on the nearest Sunday, this year it is November 14th. In memorial of the members of the "Memorial Order of Tin Hats" (MOTH), the special callsign ZS18MOTH will be used on this day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 30-31st, 2021) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2021 CQWW DX SSB 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/cqs2021.html (By callsign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsd2021.html (By entity) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsz2021.html (By zone) The CQ World-Wide DX Contest Web page and rules: http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC CQZ Class QSL Callsign Entity Route ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3A3A Monaco 14 M/? UA3DX 4L2M Georgia 21 SO EA7FTR 4L8A Georgia 21 SOSB 15M LoTW; QSL via M0OXO 7A2A Indonesia 28 M/? LoTW 8P1W Barbados 08 SO HP KU9C 9K2K Kuwait 21 SOSB 15M LoTW; QSL via EC6DX A44M Oman 21 M/? LoTW; QSL via (C) A47RS Oman 21 SO LoTW B4T China 24 M/2 BA4TB B0A China 23 M/S BA4TB C5C Gambia 35 M/? F5RAV (d) C6AHB Bahamas 08 M/? LoTW; (C) CQ3W Madeira 33 LoTW CQ9T Madeira 33 M/S LoTW CR2M Azores 14 M/? LoTW E2A Thailand 26 M/S LoTW; QSL via E21EIC EY8MM Tajikistan 17 SOSB 40M W0VTT FG4KH Guadeloupe 08 SO LoTW FY5KE French Guiana 09 M/S LoTW HB0A Liechtenstein 14 M/S LoTW; (d) HD8R Galapagos 10 M/? EA5RM HS2UPR Thailand 26 M/S HS2UPR HS8HEX Thailand 26 M/2 HS8HEX IH9YMC African Italy 33 SOSB LoTW IS0/OM2TW Sardinia 15 SOSB 80M OM2FY J68HZ St Lucia 08 M/? LoTW; QSL via K9HZ (d) KH7M Hawaii 31 SOAB HP KH6ZM KH7Q Hawaii 31 SOAB LoTW; QSL via AH6NF KP2B US Virgin Islands 08 Exp EB7DX KP3Z Puerto Rico 08 M/S LA4C Norway 14 M/2 LoTW; QSL via LA4C LN8W Norway 14 M/M LA6YEA LP7D Argentina 13 M/S LU4AA MX4Y England 14 M/S M0MQV NP2J US Virgin Island 08 SOSB 160M LoTW; QSL via K8RF (d) OF1F Finland 15 M/S OH1NOA OX7A Greenland 40 M/? LoTW; QSL via (C), OZ1ACB (B/d) P40W Aruba 09 SOAB LoTW; QSL via N2MM (d) PI4M Netherlands 14 M/2 LoTW PJ2T Curacao 09 M/M LoTW; QSL via W3HNK PJ4K Bonaire 09 M/2 KU9C PJ5/W5JON St Eustatius 08 SO LoTW PY0F Fernando de Noronha 11 M/? (C); QSL via PY7RP (d) TC7G Turkey 20 M/S LoTW TF3T Iceland 40 SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via TF3MH TO7O Martinique 08 SOAB LoTW; QSL via EA1BP V26B Antigua & Barbuda 08 M/S LoTW; QSL via KA2AEV (d) VE2IM Canada 02 SOAB HP VE3DZ VP9I Bermuda 05 SOAB LP LoTW; see QRZ.com for QSL details WP3C Puerto Rico 08 SOAB M0OXO YV5KG Venezuela 09 SOSB 160M LoTW; QSL via YV5KG Z60A Kosovo 15 M/? OH2BH Z68XX Kosovo 15 SO DL2JRM (B/d) ZF1A Cayman Islands 08 M/S LoTW; QSL via (C) (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 (P) Please send no QSL (**) QSL automatically via Bureau - do not send QSLs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ** PLEASE NOTE FOR OUTLOOK USERS: PLEASE put your E-mail address also in the body of the message. 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.) and several DX Mailing Lists. 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) ....... 73 de Tedd KB8NW /EXIT ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: or Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) From kb8nw at hotmail.com Fri Oct 29 20:04:43 2021 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:04:43 -0400 Subject: [DX] TYPO IN OPDX.1538 Message-ID: PLEASE CORRECT THE FOLLOWING IN OPDX.1538 (Under SILENT KEY) TO READ: ----------------------------------------------------- SILENT KEY (Tribute). Tom, K8CX, Webmaster of the Ham Gallery Web site, has posted a special tribute page for William J. Roberts, Jr. AA4NC, who became a Silent Key (SK) on October 21st (see OPDX.1537). You can view the page at: http://hamgallery.com/Tribute/AA4NC Also read: http://www.arrl.org/news/well-known-amateur-radio-contester-and-dxer-will-roberts-aa4nc-sk ------------------------------------------------ For some reason Murray, WA4DAN, was inserted (Sorry Murray) instead of William J. Roberts, Jr. AA4NC...... 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 Sat Oct 30 09:42:00 2021 From: kb8nw at hotmail.com (Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW)) Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 09:42:00 -0400 Subject: [DX] Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin #1538.1 Message-ID: SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1538.1 Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1538.1 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Special Bulletin No. 1538.1 BID: $OPDX.1538.1 October 30, 2021 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent From Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Clusters Network, and VK6CQ for the following DX information. "Celebrating 30+ years (March 1991) of FREE DX News" "Could this be the final year???" ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick ..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick..Tick VP0 NEW PREFIX (Antarctica, South Shetlands, South Orkneys) UPDATE [Comments Wanted By November 10th]. Alan, VK6CQ (VK0LD, VP8PJ), from Perth, provided the following information: Further to the recent announce- ment of the new VP0 prefix for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the government of British Antarctic Territory has now published similar draft legislation that will affect amateur radio licences for the British claimed sector of the Antarctic (which includes the South Shetlands & South Orkneys). This can be viewed at: https://britishantarcticterritory.org.uk/consultation-amateur-radio-licensing/ Members of the amateur radio community have until 10th November to forward comments on the draft legislation to: polarregions at fcdo.gov.uk How new licences will be issued and how existing VP8 South Georgia & Antarctic licences will be rolled over into new VP0 licences has not yet been finalized. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ** PLEASE NOTE FOR OUTLOOK USERS: PLEASE put your E-mail address also in the body of the message. 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.), and several DX Mailing Lists. 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