[ETS/PARC List] DX September 5, 2016

Don WILSON k2dsv at msn.com
Mon Sep 5 21:17:04 EDT 2016



> >DX News
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >JD/M - Minami Torishima -
> >JG8NQJ/JD1 has left Minami Torishima, and is now QRT due to unexpected
> >circumstances on August 31st.  JD1YAA may still be QRV.  No word on who
> >the op is at the club station or where to QSL.
> >
> >FO/A - Austral Islands -
> >FO/K7AR will be on from Raivavae Island, IOTA OC-114, in the Austral
> >Islands, November 21-28.  Al will have a K3 and KPA500, to be active
> >on 160-10.  For antennas, he will have an inverted L for 160, CrankIR
> >for 80-10 and Cushcraft R5 vertical for 20-10, operating on CW, RTTY
> >and SSB.  He will also be a single op all band high power entry in the
> >CQWW CW Contest and plans to upload his log to Club Log and LoTW when
> >he's back home.  QSL via K7AR.
> >
> >YN - Nicaragua -
> >YN5Z from Nicaragua will be in the CQ WW SSB October 29-30 with K7ZO
> >operating.  He says it will be a Field Day style operation with a
> >Spiderbeam on 20-10 and verticals for lower bands, running a TS-590
> >and KPA-500.  He will be in the single op all band high power category
> >in the big operating event.  He says he may be active for "a couple
> >days" prior to the contest but none afterwards.  QSL via K7ZO or LoTW.
> >
> >GD - Isle of Man -
> >GW4SKA, John, will go back to Isle of Man September 14-21, callsign
> >GD4SKA.  He plans to operate mostly on RTTY "and some PSK," and get
> >into the BARTG 75 Baud Sprint with the GD0A callsign, "all bands
> >HF...prop permitting!"  He prefers you confirm your QSOs with M0OXO and
> >his OQRS system.
> >
> >T8 - Palau -
> >T88ON and T88XA from Palau September 23-30 will have JA3JND and
> >JA3KIO, Toshi and Katsumi, at the controls, QRV on 40-10 meter CW,
> >SSB, RTTY and JT65, plus the CQWW RTTY Contest.  Toshi says do not
> >send your card to Palau, but send it to Japan through the JARL Bureau
> >or direct with SAE/SASE to JA3JND.  You should include one IRC or 2
> >USD for direct.  If you don't cover his postage cost your card will go
> >to you through the bureau system.  Your card through the bureau will,
> >of course, get a bureau card in return.
> >
> >T8 - Palau -
> >T88WI and T88WH will be JH1BGH and 7K1HLJ again, also from Koror's VIP
> >Guest Hotel's free radio room.  This is September 11-15.  QSL T88WI to
> >JH1BGH and T88WH to 7K1HLJ.
> >
> >VP5 - Turks and Caicos Islands -
> >VP5/W1ADX, Reed, is on Caicos Island of the Turks and Caicos,
> >September 5-12.  He has a KX3 radio and will run between five and 15
> >watts SSB to a "Super Antenna" and end fed wire on 40-6 "depending on
> >conditions."  It's a family vacation; he will operate as time permits,
> >mostly 20 and 15 SSB.  Get your confirmation on LoTW.
> >
> >T7 - San Marino -
> >San Marino has new callsigns as part of a special activity from the
> >"Three Towers of San Marino," a group of towers, which date from the
> >Middle Ages and are located on the three peaks of Monte Titano in the
> >capital.  The peaks are on both the national flag and coat of arms.
> >This special activity is for 24 hours spanning September 17-18.  Look
> >for these on 40, 20 and 15, three stations, T71A from Gualta, the
> >first tower; T71B from Cesta, the second tower; and T71C from Montale,
> >the third tower.  The operation also coincides with a civil defense
> >exercise.  Special QSLs will be available through T70C, direct or
> >bureau.  A certificate printed on vellum paper will have a fee of 10
> >euros or 15 USD.  www.arrsm.org.
> >
> >V2 - Antiqua and Barbuda -
> >V26OC (N3OC) and V26K (AA3B) will be at the V26B station (grid FK97)
> >for a work trip 9/8-9/15.  N3OC, Brian, will have a 6M radio and will
> >be listening during the VHF contest.  They will stop work and come in
> >and operate if the band opens.  QSL V26OC via LOTW or direct to N3OC.
> >There will be intermittent operations on the other HF bands by V26OC
> >and V26K as work permits.
> >
> >EA - Spain -
> >AN400 stations will be on the air for an event organized by hams in
> >Spain and the Canary Islands, with an award and certificate.  The
> >dates for this are September 19 at 00Z until October 9 at 2359Z.  14
> >stations will be on the air with the AN400 prefix, marking the 400
> >years since the death of Cervantes, called "the greatest writer in the
> >Spanish language."  He wrote the book, "Don Quixote."  After the AN400
> >prefix will come a single letter suffix, the 14 of them spelling the
> >full name of Cervantes, "Miguel De Cervantes."  So, there will be
> >AN400M, AN400I, ANN400G, etc.  Certificates for working them will be
> >available free to hams and SWLs, in PDF format.  Top participants who
> >work the 14 will get a crystal medallion with their name and callsign
> >on it.  More than 100 ops will be part of putting these 14 stations on
> >the air on 160-10 meters SSB, CW and digital modes.  QSL via the
> >bureau or direct to EA4URE, plus Club Log and LoTW.  For full details,
> >see http://cervantes.ure.es.
> >
> >IS - Sardinia -
> >IS0/SQ9UM, Alex, will be on from Sardinia September 8-18, operating on
> >40-6M CW, RTTY, SSB and PSK.  QSL to his home QTH.
> >
> >E5/S - South Cooks -
> >E51AND reports that M1KTA will be on Rarotonga for the BERU Contest
> >March 11-12 next year, with a few days of more casual operating either
> >side of that event.  He also hopes to take a UK group on an expedition
> >to Manihiki in the North Cooks, with dates to be announced.
> >
> >E5/S and E5/N - South and North Cooks -
> >K7ADD and N5EIL are booked to go to Rarotonga and Manihiki in the new
> >year, with the expensive air tickets already booked, and with only 11
> >kg of baggage allowance per person, and a completely additional ticket
> >just for gear.  They expect to be on Manihiki from January 10-February
> >7, QRV "all but the arrival and departure days with two legal limit
> >stations running all bands SSB, CW and RTTY."
> >https://e51amf.amateurfoundation.org/
> >
> >E5/N - North Cooks -
> >Lastly from E51AND, Andy says DJ5IW and a group from Germany who went
> >to Lord Howe in 2014 are trying to put an expedition together for
> >Pukapuka Atoll, IOTA OC-098, in the North Cooks for late March.
> >Transportation is the big issue.  They hope to have 3-5 high power
> >stations and extensive antennas and emphasize low band operation.
> >They are inquiring about using the SS Braveheart for taking the gear
> >and presumably the operators too.  E51AND says Pukapuka is the rarest
> >of the Cooks, with only 8% of IOTA participants claiming it.  It was
> >last activated, we think, over 10 years ago.  Also a possibility is an
> >8-12 passenger ship sailing out of Pago Pago in the Samoas, if one can
> >be found.  It is much easier to get to Pukapuka from Samoa, a 2-day
> >sail, than it is from Rarotonga, which takes five days.
> >
> >5X - Uganda -
> >DL3YM, Professor Dr. Andreas Gissel, returns to Uganda on business
> >September 20 and will stay there until October 1.  He has successfully
> >renewed his 5X8B license.  He flies from Frankfurt to Entebbe via
> >Dubai, taking along a TS-480 and homebrew vertical dipole with an open
> >wire feedline.  Andy hopes to operate some in his free hours, 100% CW.
> >He has gotten information that he might be invited to set up his QTH
> >on the campus of Nkumba University, in which case he may be able to
> >introduce ham radio to the students and might make a few SSB QSOs in
> >addition to CW, to demo ham radio to the students.  He figures a CW
> >pileup might be a little confusing!
> >
> >6Y - Jamaica -
> >The CQ WW DX Contest, CW version, is November 26-27.  6Y3T from
> >Jamaica will be a multi-two by VE3CX, VE3JAQ, VA3EC and VE3RZ.  QSL
> >via VE3CX.
> >
> >V6 - Micronesia -
> >V63DX and V6A from Pohnpei, Micronesia, will be November 25-30, with
> >JA7HMZ, Sho, operating.  He will be in the CQWW CW with the V6A call,
> >single operator all band.  QSL to his home call in Japan.
> >
> >TF - Iceland -
> >Iceland is now a full participant in the SOTA, "Summits on the Air,"
> >program, as of September 1, with 908 summits identified and
> >"acknowledged."  TF3EK and TF3EO have more on their website:
> >http://klaki.net/sota/map.html.
> >
> >C9 - Mozambique -
> >C81AK is the Mozambique callsign for WB6OJB, Arnold.  He arrived there
> >two days ago.  He says he likes to operate daily from when the (high)
> >bands open until they die at about 10:30 PM local time.  His operation
> >goes until the morning of September 9.  He asks that you only work him
> >once per band.  QSL via WB6OJB, no bureau or eQSLs, and include 2-3
> >USD to pay for the postage and cards.  His QTH is in Belene and he has
> >taken along an IC-7300, Com 600S amplifier running 500 watts, a
> >hexbeam 15 feet above his rooftop, a 40M vertical for early morning
> >operation.  He says he likes 20, 17 and 15 during the day and is SSB
> >only.  He says it's a DX holiday for he and his wife, with no outside
> >financial help, a way to give back to the hobby.  He is 80 years old
> >and this is his 8th ham trip to southern Africa and he went to Palau
> >once too.  He is still working as a medical doctor.  He notes his
> >wife, Joan, always goes along, "I could not get out of the airport
> >without her."
> >
> >3B8 - Mauritius -
> >The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin notes that 3B8TX by ZS4TX, Bernie, will be
> >on the northwest coast of Mauritius September 16-19.  Mauritius not
> >being rare on six meters, and being a six meter fan EME, he will
> >concentrate on North and South America at moonrise and ZL/VK at
> >moonset.  You can email him with special time skeds.  He will have a
> >beacon on the air in the daytimes for tropo openings towards Africa in
> >particular.  He has an IC-7100 and 6M8GJ.  QSL through LoTW or direct
> >to his home QTH.
> >
> >A5 - Bhutan -
> >JH1AJT will go to Bhutan again, with E21EIC and DJ9ZB.  They will
> >support the launch of Bhutan's Paralympic Committee and use the
> >callsign A5A, September 8-17.  Look for them on 80-10 CW, SSB and RTTY
> >with two stations, a pair of TS-590s to a high-power amp and tribander
> >for 20, 15 and 10, verticals for other bands.  OQRS on Club Log will
> >be available or QSL direct to:
> >
> >JH1AJT
> >PO Box 8
> >Oiso, Naka-gun
> >KANAGAWA 259-0111
> >Japan
> >
> >KL - Alaska -
> >KL5AJK, Shanley (a YL), of the Homer, Alaska "South Peninsula Amateur
> >Radio Club," SPARC, will host the 2nd annual "North America's Most
> >Westerly Contiguous Highway Point" event from Anchor Point, portable
> >from a campground there.  This starts at 19Z September 24 and goes to
> >September 26 at 04Z.  Shanley and friends will have 100 watts to
> >dipoles.  Look for them on or near 14249, 21349, 18149 and 28349.  On
> >digital look on 14070 and 18100 if they can get the ops who know how
> >to do it and pull the gear together.  A small club, they have no CW
> >operators.  www.KL7HOM.org.  They encourage you to spot them if you
> >hear them.  They are hoping it doesn't snow!
> >
> >K - United States of America -
> >U.S. special event call N4G by KK4ECR, Scott, will be September 10 to
> >remember the lives lost on 9/11/2001.  While operating, he will have a
> >moment of silence at the top and bottom of every hour.  Look for him
> >on 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 SSB from 0900-1600 EST (local U.S. East Coast
> >time) September 10.  There is a certificate available:
> >https://www.qrz.com/db/N4G.
> >
> >VP6 - Pitcairn -
> >VP6AH from Pitcairn Island runs now until November 25, by DL2AH.  It
> >is holiday style on 40-10 SSB and digital.  Uli has 100 watts to a
> >"triple leg" or Windom.  QSL Direct only, to his QTH in Germany.
> >
> >XU - Cambodia -
> >XU7AEZ from Cambodia's Koh Rong Samloem Island, IOTA AS-133, will be
> >November 16-December 5 by a Russian team of ops.  Look for them on HF,
> >various bands and modes.  QSL on LoTW or via RC3C.
> >
> >TZ - Mali -
> >F5IXR, Laurent, is back in Mali until February, 2017, callsign TZ5XR.
> >He bought an IC-7300 while on holiday in France.  He will now try
> >operating on 160 and 6 as well as the usual bands in between.  He also
> >got a new Heil PRO 7 headset to help him do some SSB operating.  QSL
> >via F5MXH.
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >DXCC News
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > >From the ARRL DXCC Desk, operations by TZ5XR now count for DXCC.  A
> >license copy and other validation materials were submitted and
> >accepted.
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >IOTA
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.
> >
> >IOTA   Call         Freq. GMT        IOTA   Call         Freq.  GMT
> >------ ----------   ----- ----       ------ ---------    ----- ----
> >AS-001 5B4VL         7170 0345       EU-166 IT9AAK/P     14260 0920
> >EU-015 SY9BUD       14251 0900       OC-049 A31YM         7147 0920
> >EU-108 MS0UKI       14273 1040       OC-228 VK5CE/P      14253 0755
> >
> >The 425 DX News reports that PD5MVH/p, Marcel, is on Ameland Island,
> >September 3-17, operating SSB, CW and JT65 on 40, 20 and 10.  For the
> >WAE Contest September 10-11, he will use the call PD38EU.  QSL both
> >via the bureau preferably, do PD5MVH.
> >
> >RX3DPK from EU-133, Kotlin Island, is a planned micro expedition with
> >"manpack radio" September 9 for four hours.  Look for him near 14240.
> >The transceiver running on a battery is a VX12100, and the antenna a
> >groundplane.
> >
> >EU-191, Fericirii Island, is where YO9KXF/p will be September 6-10
> >with operators YO9FNP and YO9BPX.  QSL direct via YO9FNP.
> >
> >OC-021 is where YF1AR, Budi is, and he's working on his 80 meter DXCC
> >to complete his 5BDXCC.  He has 52 entities so far.  Look for him to
> >be QRV from 10Z going until 01Z, apparently daily, until September 11.
> >
> >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 low, with a slight chance of M-class flares
> >through midweek.
> >
> >The geomagnetic field will be unsettled to minor storm level today,
> >quiet to active tomorrow, 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 September 4 SFI was 97 and the SESC Sunspot Number was 59.
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >QSL Info
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >Call        Manager      Call       Manager     Call       Manager
> >------      -------      ------     -------     ------     -------
> >3B8CW       NI5DX        C81AK      WB6OJB      PY22FDC    PY2FDC
> >4C15C       XE3N         CV5Q       CX2ABC      R333S      RA4HL
> >6W4AA       KG4KCT       ET3AA      N2OO        R430GL     R5EO
> >8P2K        KU9C         GK3MPD     G3MPD       RA/EA3NT   EA3NT
> >8P5A        NN1N         IU0FBK/IA5 IU0FBK      RI1AND     RW1AI
> >9A703XV     9A3JB        LZ/US0VA   US0VA       ST2AC      ST2M
> >9M4CHM      9W2DGW       MS0UKI     M0OXO       SV8/LZ1YQ  LZ1YQ
> >9M4DX       JA6IDJ       N7DQ/KL7   N7DQ        SX2IMA/P   SV2JAO
> >9Q6AL       DF9TA        NH0DX/NH2  JL3RDC      T32AZ      KH6QJ
> >AB1OC/VE9   AB1OC        P29LL      EA7FTR      T88TJ      JR1FKR
> >B1/JH1TEB   JH1TEB       PJ4/PA3BWK PA3BWK      TM1MAD     F5KLJ
> >B4T         BA4TB        PU22PSP    PU2PSP      ZA/OM3ID   OM3ID
> >BW0PX       BM2JCC
> >
> >WA3FRP is no longer the QSL manager for EP4YN.
> >
> >Need a QSL route?  Here are some great free sites for you and your
> >friends - http://www.dailydx.com/QSLRoutes.html.
> >
> >QSL cards recently received direct and via managers:  3A2MG, 5W0COW,
> >FT4JA, LU1ZI, KT1R, NG4C, S01WS and W9EWZ.
> >
> >QSL cards recently received via the bureau: 2SZ, 3D2RH, 4W/G3ZEM,
> >4X19MG, 6V7O, 9G1HW, CR1X, E20HHK/p, G100RSGB, HB0/DL2SBY, H2DX,
> >J6/DL7VOG, J88DR, JW/LY2KW, JY9FC, MJ0CTR, MX0LDG, OA4/OZ1AA, RI0X,
> >S79SP, XW0YJY, YB8P, YJ0ZZ and ZD9UW.
> >
> >Confirmations recently received via LOTW:  3XY1T, 7Z1JA and LU7HF.
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >Credits
> >______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 425 DX
> >News, ARRL DXCC, DL3YM, DX News, E51AND, EA5DY, EA6DY, F5IXR, GW4SKA,
> >IK1ADH, JA1HGY, JA7HMZ, K3SX, K7AND, K7AR, N3OC, N8RR, OPDX, QRZ.ru,
> >TF3JB, W1ADX, W3UR, W7DN, WB6OJB, WB7BWZ, YF1AR and YO9FNP.
> >______________________________________________________________________
> 
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