[ETS/PARC List] DX August 29, 2016

Tue Aug 30 09:27:39 EDT 2016

> >DX News
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> >
> >T6 - Afghanistan -
> >KL5X/HB9DOD, Tom, is in Afghanistan for NATO's "Operation Resolute
> >Support."  He is in Mazar e Sharif and has applied for a license, but
> >it will likely take "a couple months."  He is scheduled to be there
> >again from November 30 until January 18 and hopes to be operational
> >then, expecting to concentrate on 40-10 meter digital modes and CW.
> >
> >6V - Senegal -
> >6W4AA's QTH is Dahra Djoloff, a town in the Louga Region of Senegal,
> >West Africa.  He has lived there since April, 2015 but has only gotten
> >on the air in the last two weeks, usually weekend evenings with his
> >FT-450D, 100 watts.  He has a multi-band dipole from a 10-foot pole on
> >the roof of his one-storey house.  Charles (Charles King, KG4KCT)
> >primarily operates on 20 meters but says he may go to 40 or other
> >bands occasionally, operating phone only but occasionally some SSTV.
> >Currently he does not use LoTW, eQSL or Club Log "and probably won't,"
> >preferring paper cards sent to his US address.  He says he has had
> >some non-radio-related letters and cards lost, never arriving.  If you
> >prefer a card mailed from Senegal, you can email him, telling him
> >you've already sent your card to his US address and giving the QSL
> >info.
> >
> >PJ2 - Curacao -
> >PJ2/VE7ACN will be at the PJ2T station for the CQWW CW Contest.  Mike
> >arrives November 21 and departs in the early morning of November 29.
> >Also holding the callsign RW0CN, Mike says the station owner, PJ2DX,
> >Geoff, has often suggested he use the callsign PJ2/RW0CN but he has
> >never done it before but he "might" this time, if that makes for a
> >larger pileup, presumably because it's a bit more exotic.  This is his
> >fourth trip to PJ2T.  For radios it's K3 radios to kilowatt amplifiers
> >set up for multi-multi operations and "a bunch of Yagis" including for
> >the WARC-79 bands (30, 17 and 12), plus good antennas for 160, 80 and
> >40.  Mike plans to spend his time on 20 meters during the CQWW but
> >work the low bands before the contest starts up.  He likes CW but
> >might do SSB the day after the contest.  For a QSL, he likes Club Log
> >and will put his log on LoTW.
> >
> >J3 & VP5 - Grenada & Turks and Caicos -
> >J3/VE7ACN will be the next stop for VE7ACN, Carriacou Island, IOTA NA-
> >147, November 30-December 8, then VP5/VE7ACN, Grand Turk, NA-003,
> >December 10-18.  On those stops, Mike plans to be on 40-10 meters
> >"with some possibility of 80 meters."  He will be using a K3 to a
> >KPA500 where possible, according to the lower legal power output
> >limits, to a spiderbeam for 20-10, vertical for 40 and 30 and
> >"possibly 80 meters."  Again, he prefers to operate CW but will likely
> >do a little SSB too.  And again, QSL through the OQRS system for a
> >bureau or direct card, or via VE7ACN direct or bureau.  Russian hams
> >only can QSL with SASE to RW0CF, but "Please no direct QSL via RW0CF
> >from outside Russia," and he adds, "Everyone anywhere in the world who
> >thinks that [the] Russian bureau is faster than [the] Canadian one is
> >welcome to send QSLs via RW0CN, again, bureau cards only."  He will
> >also upload to LoTW.  Qrz.com/VE7ACN.  All of the above are part of a
> >vacation trip with Mike's wife.  He says he will do his best to get on
> >the air as much as he can but "beach time with the XYL is mandatory."
> >
> >SU - Egypt -
> >SU9EA or SU9JG will be the call of EA7TN, Nacho, who has been in Cairo
> >since 2014 and will be there until at least mid-2017.  It took two
> >years but he finally got his license. Nacho expects to be on the air
> >in mid-September, when he returns to Cairo after summer holidays back
> >home in Spain.  Nacho says the situation will not be very good, with
> >his gear confiscated by Egyptian Customs; he will be using his backup
> >IC-718, to a vertical and dipoles.  When he operates will depend on
> >his job and family obligations but he will try to at least be in the
> >larger contests and give out the Egypt multiplier, "mainly CW on 10-40
> >meters."
> >
> >CE0Y - Easter Island -
> >CE0Y/LU9VEA, Alex, plans to be active on SSB on all bands during his
> >holiday operation from Easter Island.  He will have a TS480SAT and 500
> >watt amplifier to verticals and dipoles.  This will be September 26-
> >30.  QSL via IK2DUW.
> >
> >VP6J - Pitcairn Island -
> >VP6J is the callsign.  JF2MBF and JA2FJP landed on Pitcairn Island
> >Thursday morning, the 25th and put up a vertical for 40-10, a Cushcraft
> >R-5 which they used there 23 years ago as VR6BB and VR6JJ.  They have
> >added a 2-element vertical for 30 meters this time and both antennas
> >are working well.  On Friday they finished a 160 meter inverted L and
> >80 meter 5/8-wavelength vertical.  Nob says they hope to work as many
> >people as possible on 160 and 80.
> >
> >V6 - Micronesia -
> >W7GJ is going to V6M to do some six meter EME.  On the ON4KST 50 MHz
> >Region 2 chat on Saturday, Lance said he was headed to the airport to
> >fly out to T8 and V6, hoping to be QRV as V6M on Monday, looking for
> >the North America moonset stations on 50.190 JT65A, "I tx first."
> >
> >V6 - Micronesia -
> >V633KS and V633ZH are special callsigns from Chuuk (Truk) Island in
> >Micronesia, IOTA OC-011, an expedition September 19-25.  The ops will
> >have an IC-7000 and IC-7300, running kilowatts at least some of the
> >time, to a CrankIR, a dipole and 2-element Yagi for 6.  They plan to
> >be on 80-6 meters, on CW, SSB and RTTY.  QSL V633KS via JA6REX, bureau
> >or direct with SASE, and V633ZH via JH6HZH, bureau or direct with
> >SASE.  They will also use OQRS and LoTW.  http://v63.webcrow.jp
> >
> >VU _ India -
> >AT1BKC is a special event station August 26-November 25 in conjunction
> >with "Hamfest India 2016."  Members of the Mount Abu International Ham
> >Radio Club in Rajasthan will be operating.  QSL via VU2BK.
> >http://hfi2016.mhrc.in/
> >
> >FX0ISS - Outer Space -
> >FX0ISS is the French callsign for the International Space Station.
> >The first use of this call is planned for some time between November
> >this fall and April, 2017, with French astronaut Thomas Pesquet
> >operating.  He holds the US callsign KG5FYG.
> >
> >ZS - South Africa -
> >The South African Radio League, SARL, has been in discussions with
> >their telecom authority, ICASA, about 5 MHz band privileges.  They're
> >talking about a 100 kHz wide band, with 400 watt power limit.  So far
> >the frequency spectrum committee has approved it and now it goes to
> >the "Operating Committee."  Continued use of 5290 kHz for the "WSPR
> >propagation experiment" is also being considered, in addition to the
> >expansion of a secondary allocation for 5350-5450.
> >http://www.sarl.org.za/.
> >
> >9M - Malaysia -
> >Malaysia is celebrating 59 years of independence and has declared an
> >annual Independence Day celebration for August 31.  To mark the event
> >there will be special callsigns on the air now through September 16.
> >Here they are:
> >
> >9M59MA : PERAK
> >9M59MB : SELANGOR
> >9M59MC : PAHANG
> >9M59MD : KELANTAN
> >9M59MJ : JOHORE
> >9M59MK : KEDAH
> >9M59MM : MALACCA
> >9M59MN : NEGERI SEMBILAN
> >9M59MP : PENANG
> >9M59MQ : KUALA LUMPUR / PUTRAJAYA
> >9M59MR : PERLIS
> >9M59MS : SABAH
> >9M59MT : TERENGGANU
> >9M59MW : SARAWAK
> >9M59MY : HQ KUALA LUMPUR
> >
> >5U - Niger -
> >5U7RK is currently active from Niger and should be for the next few
> >months.  F5PRU, Yves, will be on 80-10 CW and SSB with a TS-50 to a
> >dipole.  Yves says he is in the southern part of the country for his
> >job and will be active in his free time.  He will not be taking skeds
> >because, he says, his internet connection is very bad and it takes too
> >long to try to open emails.  He notes there are often commercial power
> >outages.  QSL to his home call or use LoTW, eQSL or OQRS.  For direct,
> >included a current IRC, and here is the mailing address:
> >
> >Yves-Michel Collet
> >14 Rue de la Comtesse
> >Marchaux 25640
> >FRANCE
> >
> >YJ - Vanuatu -
> >KC0W, Tom, has the YJ0COW callsign from Vanuatu during his "Cows Over
> >the World" tour.  He planned to be in Vanuatu until September 21 but
> >instead will go QRT on September 1.  He says he is trying to travel to
> >and active a "very rare Pacific island" during that time before
> >starting his T30COW operation."  He adds, "No promises.  Wish me
> >luck."
> >
> >F - France -
> >The 425 DX News reports that TM38CDXC from France will be active
> >September 1-15 for the 38th Clipperton DX Club Convention that will be
> >held in Brest September 9-11.  http://wp.cdxc.org/.  Everyone who
> >works TM38CDXC will get a bureau card sent out.
> >
> >FO - French Polynesia -
> >FO/DF1YP will from Moorea, French Polynesia, October 10-November 2.
> >Operator Heinz says he will operate holiday style on 20, 17 and 15 SSB
> >and RTTY.  He prefers a bureau card sent to his home call.
> >
> >6W - Senegal -
> >The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin notes that 6V1A will again be put on the air
> >from Goree Island (AF-045) by the ARAS, Association des Radio-Amateurs
> >du Senegal.  6W1QL, Jul, says that will be December 16-18.
> >
> >ON - Belgium -
> >ON44WAR will be a special event station from Belgium.  It will
> >"commemorate the sacrifice of the Belgian Resistance" in WW II "and
> >especially of the Refuge B 40 in Waudrez."  The ON7RY Radio Club
> >Binche is doing this one.  Look for this one to come on the air
> >September 3 from 9 AM to 6 PM local and again the next day, September
> >4, 9-3 local.  Belgium is UTC plus 2.  For the first half of each
> >hour, it will be CW "with a Whaddon MK VII (Paraset) on 40 meters -
> >look first on 7025.  The second half of each hour it's SSB on 40.  QSL
> >direct or bureau to ON7RY.
> >
> >T31 - Central Kiribati -
> >T31T from Kanton Island starts October 4 for a stay of as long as six
> >weeks, as the ops do "volunteer work, including work on an emergency
> >communication system."  The operators will be 3Z9DX, SP3DOI and SP7VC.
> >Look for them on 160-10 meters, CW, SSB and "some digital modes," with
> >IC-7300 rigs to amps.  QSL direct via 3Z9DX or use Club Log.
> >
> >K - United States of America -
> >W7B (operator W3AB) is on the air during the "Burning Man" event, from
> >Black Rock City, Nevada, until September 6.  He is on 20-6 meter SSB.
> >He says he is sending from his "two-way wrist radio... over and out."
> >
> >FG - Guadeloupe -
> >FG/WJ2O will be on from Guadeloupe in the CQWW DX Contest November 26-
> >27, single operator, low power, all band.  QSL via N2ZN.  Dave says he
> >will operate on the WARC-79 bands outside the contest.
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >Silent Key
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >India's NIAR, National Institute of Amateur Radio, reports that
> >VU2PAL, Professor M.A. Hipparaji, of Belgaum, expired August 27 at the
> >age of 85.  NIAR notes he regularly ran the "Belgaum Net," in south
> >India since 1973.  The net met daily at about 7:15 AM local on 7052
> >kHz (later, 7050).
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >On The WWW
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >RN1ON, Alexei, reports the RK1O/p IOTA DXpedition team which recently
> >activated Sosnovets Island (EU-161) have posted a video
> >at https://yadi.sk/i/jH0FB3GzuWxZV
> >
> >WA9PIE wonders if the Obama administration proposal of a large ocean
> >reserve will have an impact on access to the islands within that zone.
> >Here is a report on the US proposal:
> >http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/27/obama-creates-largest-ocean-reserve-takes-heat-for-new-federal-decrees.html
> >
> >The recent B5C IOTA AS-141 DXpedition team has posted a video
> >at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LBAKn62l78.
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >NC1L is back in the hospital
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >The ARRL DXCC program's NC1L, Bill, is back in St. Francis Hospital.
> >W1RM suggests we take a moment and send him a get-well message here:
> >https://www.saintfranciscare.com/emailApatient/defaultNew.aspx.  He is
> >in room 8929 and is registered under his full name, Wilfred Moore.
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >IOTA
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> >
> >The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.
> >
> >IOTA   Call         Freq. GMT        IOTA   Call         Freq.  GMT
> >------ ----------   ----- ----       ------ ---------    ----- ----
> >AF-004 EA8TL        10110 0740       EU-128 DL9OBL/P     14260 0810
> >AF-019 IK1PJL/IG9   10113 0645       NA-159 KD6WW/VY0    10107 0735
> >AS-004 5B4VL        18137 0750       OC-014 E51AND       14250 0530
> >AS-091 R23RRC       14260 0640       OC-019 WH7W         14281 0245
> >EU-081 TM6U          7155 0915
> >
> >VA2NDX/VY0 from NA-173, Charlton Island, will be 11 months from now,
> >July 28-30, 2017, including next year's IOTA Contest.  The ops,
> >VA2AMH, VE2MBT, VE2SSS, VE2WHZ and VE2YAG are all members of the NORDX
> >Club, http://www.nordx.net.  They say it requires a lot of planning
> >and organization to go to this very rare island.  "This island is very
> >remote, reachable only by boat."  QSL "via F4BHW direct only."
> >http://www.nordx.net/index.php/les-dxpeditions/va2ndx-vy0-2017-iota-
> >na-173-dxpedition.
> >
> >N4T from NA-079, the Dry Tortugas, is penciled in for April 21-24,
> >2017.  Operators NE4LS and KE4IDW will be QRV on CW and SSB, HF, low
> >power.  QSL to NE4LS.
> >
> >TM5O by the Radio Club du Bassin d'Arcachon, the F5KAY group, goes to
> >Ile aux Oiseaux, which is not an IOTA though, September 3-4.  Send
> >your QSL to F8IHE, either direct or through the bureau system.  There
> >is an associated certificate for working this group.  Check it out at
> >www.difm.org.
> >
> >OX3LX from Greenland's Aasiaat Island, NA-134, is planned for August
> >31 to September 13, with OZ1DJJ, Bo, operating.  He says he will try
> >to do some two meter EME with a 10-element and a kilowatt.  This is
> >grid GP38nq.  Bo says it is not an expectation so he will get on the
> >air when convenient but the "best chance is in the morning around
> >lunch and after dinner (local time UTC plus 2)," and on the weekend in
> >the nighttimes and mornings.
> >
> >M0PWL/P from the Isles of Scilly, EU-011, was scheduled to start up on
> >August 27 and continue until 18Z on September 13, holiday style
> >"whenever I can," he says, QRP on 40-10.  For confirmation, he says,
> >it's "eQSL only."
> >
> >IOTA frequencies -
> >CW  28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530
> >SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765
> > >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >Today's Propagation Forecast
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >Solar activity will be very low, with a chance of C-class flares
> >through Wednesday.
> >
> >The geomagnetic field will be quiet to minor storm level today, quiet
> >to unsettled on Wednesday.
> >
> >Perhaps the most useful propagation pages for Amateur Radio Operators
> >can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ and
> >http://www.solarham.net/.
> >
> >The August 28 SFI was 85 and the SESC Sunspot Number was 64.
> >______________________________________________________________________

> >QSL cards recently received via the bureau: CT9/E73Y and W1AW/KH8.
> >
> >Confirmations recently received via LOTW:  5H1XX, EM0E/P, HK1MW, LP1H
> >and NP2J.
> 
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