[ETS/PARC List] Fw: [The Daily DX] Vol. 20 No. 244 - December 19, 2016

[Don WILSON]

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From: Urb Lejeune
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 12:07 PM

Subject: Re: [The Daily DX] Vol. 20 No. 244 - December 19, 2016


>ZC4 - U. K. Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus -
>G4IAR, Dave Brooks, reports he will be QRV as ZC4DB in January 2017.
>Also during the month ZC4SB and ZC4JB will be active.
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>OX - Greenland -
>OX90EDR will be a special call QRV from Greenland as the Danish
>national Amateur Radio organization, Experimenterende Danske
>Radioamatoerer (EDR), celebrates their 90th anniversary throughout
>2017.  QSL via OZ1ACB.  http://oz90edr.oz5bir.dk
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>E5/N - North Cook Islands -
>The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin has news that E51WL, Warwick, on Penrhyn
>Atoll, OC-082, North Cook Islands, has been active on the JT65 digital
>mode, especially between 12-16Z and 00-08Z.  Warwick has been on 80,
>40, 30, 20 and 15.
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>SP - Poland -
>HF800O, from January 1-March 31, will be the Polish Amateur Radio
>Union, PZK, celebrating the 800 year of the city of Opole.  Look for
>HF800O on 80-10 including 30, 17 and 12, CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK.  QSL
>direct or bureau through SP6PAZ.
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>ZF - Cayman Islands -
>K5GO, Stan, is going back to Brac in the Cayman Islands, January 22-
>February 23.  He is taking along a five-square vertical receiving
>antenna, four elements on the perimeter and one in the middle, which
>is switchable in four directions, with three in-line elements.  He
>hopes to be able to install it a few hundred feet away from his
>transmit antenna to improve his 160 and 80M receiving.  Stan will be
>active, high power, in the CQWW 160M Contest and will go low power for
>the ARRL CW DX Contest.  In between the two he will focus on 160.  If
>the receive antenna is up and working right he will welcome schedules
>from rare zones and countries who need ZF or zone 8 on top band.  He
>figures there will be plenty of opportunities for Europe and East Asia
>to work him in the CQ 160 Contest and between contests.  His blank
>QSLs should be on the way from the printer.
>
>VK9C & VK9X - Cocos (Keeling) & Christmas Island -
>W7GJ, Lance, is planning a 6 Meter EME DXpedition to VK9CGJ (Cocos
>Island) and VK9XGJ (Christmas Island).  The details are yet to be
>worked out.  At this point he's shooting for October, 2017 with
>airline connections and the best 6M EME conditions being factors.
>
>KH6 - Hawaii -
>KH7Q by N6TJ, Jim Neiger, will be on the air from Hawaii February 18-
>19, single operator all band, in the ARRL DX CW event.
>
>J6 - St. Lucia -
>J6/NY3B, Steve, will operate from Rodney Bay on St. Lucia December 24-
>31.  He will be holiday mostly on 40 and 20 CW, "with some SSB."  He
>may also get s J6 callsign.
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>CE9/KC9 - Antarctica
>ZS1OIN, Oleg, will work at Antarctica's Molodezhnaya Research Station
>from late this month until March, 2017.  The callsign should be
>RI1ANA.  The station has been off the air for two years.  Oleg says it
>may take him a little time to get it operational again.  QSL to
>ZS1OIN.
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>Club News
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>The Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) has reelected its slate of
>officers.  For 2017 they are:
>
>President: W3LL, Bud Governale
>Vice President: W3TB, Ted Edwards
>Vice President: K2YWE, Dan Zeitlin
>Secretary: N3QE, Tim Shoppa
>Treasurer: K3AJ, Tom Valenti
>Trustees: K3MM, Tyler Stewart; W4ZYT, Don Lynch; K2AV, Guy Olinger;
>N3OC, Brian McGuinness; WX3B, Jim Nitzberg; N4NW, Tom Gregory; K3WRY,
>Joe Palsa; KE3X, Ken Low; and K4ZA, Don Daso.
>
>For more details on PVRC see their website at http://www.pvrc.org

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>Today's Propagation Forecast
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>Solar activity will be very low, with a slight chance for a C-class
>flares today through midweek.


>Perhaps the most useful propagation pages for Amateur Radio Operators
>can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ and


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