[ETS/PARC List] Fw: DX February 20, 2017

Tue Feb 21 17:44:41 EST 2017

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Subject: DX February 20, 2017

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> CE0Z - Juan Fernandez -
> DF8AN, Michael, is expected to begin his operation from Robinson
> Crusoe Island, CE0Z, part of the Juan Fernandez entity, shortly, with
> CE0Z/DF8AN scheduled for February 21-24.  The previous stop was Easter
> Island, CE0Y/DF8AN.  Michael's adventure started with his arrival in
> Chile February 9.  His departure is February 27.  Mike prefers CW and
> the digital modes RTTY, PSK and MFSK.  He is favoring those because he
> feels these entities have been available over the years much more on
> SSB, so that demand is more taken care of.  His setup is 100 watts and
> longwire antennas.  QSL to DF8AN via the bureau or direct.  eQSL will
> come "very late," when he gets to it.  Mike likes the old fashioned
> way (in the best sense), real cards in hand.  He will not use LoTW
> this time.
>
> With the ARRL DX CW behind us now, traveling operators are focusing on
> the next big one, the "ARRL International DX Contest, Phone," March 4-
> 5.  We will continue to update you on planned operations.  Here are a
> few.
>
> TI - Costa Rica -
> TI5M in Costa Rica will be a multi-two with these ops:  TI2JCY,
> TI2KAC, TI2LCO, TI4ZM, W4BW, W4KTR and W4XO.  QSL via TI2KAC, direct
> or bureau.  The individual operators will be active before the big
> event signing TI5/ with their home callsign.  They plan to be active
> on 160-10.
>
> P4 - Aruba -
> P40P will be single op all band by W5AJ in the ARRL SSB weekend.
> Robert prefers you use LoTW for confirmation.
>
> VP5 - Turks and Caicos Islands -
> VP5H will make Turks and Caicos workable in the ARRL SSB.  For a QSL,
> send to W0GJ, Glenn Johnson, who will be the operator.
>
> C3 - Andorra -
> C37NL from Andorra will be in the ARRL SSB.  A multi-two, the
> operators will be from the "URA Contest Team."  QSL via C37URA.
>
> FG - Guadeloupe -
> The 425 DX News reports that FG/F6HMQ, Gildas; and FG/F6GWM, Michel;
> will have Guadeloupe Island on the air February 14-March 13.  TO3Z
> will be their call in the ARRL DX SSB Contest.
>
> CE9/KC4 - Antarctica -
> FT3YL is now active from the Dumont d'Urville French Antarctic Base on
> Terre Adelie.  Operator Francois, F4HLT, is on 20, 15 and 10 meters
> with a GPA30 antenna on the roof of the building where he works.
> Antennas can be challenging with winds as high as 160 kmh a couple
> nights ago.  He has only been on the JT65 digital mode so far and has
> made just 50 QSOs.  They have been with JA, VK, ZL, BY, UA0 and W/K.
> He has been heard in UA3.  He expects to get on PSK31 and SSB soon.
> The times he is most likely on the air are between 09-11Z, just after
> his work day.  His log will be on Club Log.  OQRS QSLing will be
> available in a few weeks.  LoTW will be set up within a few weeks too.
> He asks you not ask for skeds; he will be there a year.
>
> TF - Iceland -
> The new TF1VHF six meter beacon is now on the air.  TF3ML, Olafur, has
> just switched it on, using the "Next Generation Beacons" platform.
> http://www.rudius.net/oz2m/ngnb.  For the time being the beacon is at

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> his QTH in Reykjavik, grid HP94AC.  In April it will be moved to a new
> location and a 4M beacon will also be activated then.  Frequency and
> time locked to GPS, the beacon starts at 00 seconds sending PI4, then
> a short pause, then a CW ID with call and locator, a pause and carrier
> until the cycle repeats.  The "nominal frequency" is 50.467.
> Instructions on PI4:  "To decode PI4 tune your receiver to 800 Hz
> below the nominal frequency, just like you do when you want to decode
> a normal CW signal at 800 Hz. On most radios this is a USB dial of
> 50.456.200."  PI4 is described as "a digital modulation (MGM)
> specifically designed with beacons and propagation studies in mind."
> The TF1VHF beacon runs 25 watts to a Yagi pointed towards Europe.
> Here is a link to the "PI4 decoder":
> http://www.rudius.net/oz2m/software/pi-rx and some examples and info

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> at these sites:  http://www.rudius.net/oz2m/ngnb/software.htm,

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> http://www.rudius.net/oz2m/ngnb/pi4encoding.php and

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> http://www.rudius.net/oz2m/ngnb/pi4.htm.  "PI4 is a cousin of JT4, JT9

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> and WSPR," says OZ2M, Bo.
>
> Z8 - South Sudan -
> Z81D is the callsign for YI1DZ, Diya.  He says after the last war in
> Juba, July, 2016, he removed all the antennas and stopped his
> activity.  He is setting up in a new location now but has limited
> space for his tower.  First, he needs to renew his license but then
> will reinstall the tower and HF beam to "resume normal activity," SSB
> only, not CW.  Diya figures this will take a few weeks, so by the end
> of March he hopes to be up and running.  Meantime, he is back in
> Baghdad for a few days and might make some QSOs from there.  His Juba
> gear is a TS480 with amp, running 100-500 watts to an MA5B Yagi that
> works on five bands.  QSL via OM3JW.  He will also use Club Log and
> LoTW.
>
> FO/A - Austral Islands -
> TX5T from Raivavae Island, OC-114, in the Austral Islands is planned
> to start today, February 20 at about 1700Z, and go to March 3.
> http://www.australs2017.com.  This is a "Can-Am DX Group" trip.  Since

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All is falling in place, we have now received our Raivave Island call sign TX5T. Licenses inhand, we have started packing for the journey. Our Pilots are:

> 1700Z is near local dark, getting on the air may start tomorrow,
> February 21.  They have antennas for 160-6 and will operate digital
> modes, SSB and CW using Elecraft radios and amps to verticals and a
> hexbeam overlooking the Pacific.  W5MJ, Madison, notes that "The
> Australs are antipodal to EU and are rare indeed on 160 phone, #8,"
> but they will give it a try.  Planned frequencies are on their
> website.
>
> UA - Russia -
> In celebration of the 3rd International Military Sports Council (CISM)
> World Winter Games, which will be held in Sochi, Russia from February
> 22-28, 2017, special event stations RA17WG, RD17WG, RG17WG, RJ17WG,
> RL17WG, RN17WG, RQ17WG and RX17WG.  Seven sporting events will take
> place, including Ski Mountaineering, Sport Climbing, Cross Country
> Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Short Track Speed Skating and Ski
> Orienteering.  Sochi was the scene of the 2014 Winter Olympics.  QSL
> via RQ7L.  http://mdxc.hamlog.ru

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> ZL7 - Chatham Islands -
> A husband and wife team are again heading to the Chatham Islands, ZL7.
> ZL2QT, Catherine Hannagan, and ZL2DX, Chris Hannagan, will be on the
> air again from this one, having previously operated as ZL4TAK, ZL4OY,
> ZL4OY/A, ZL4OY/C, ZL7OY, ZM8OY, ZL8OY and operating at ZM2K and ZL8RI,
> from New Zealand, Campbell Island, Chatham Island, and the Kermadecs.
> With a job change and three months of induction and training, Chatham
> is a new job assignment for Chris, his old job but for a different
> employer, a three-year minimum contract, potentially much longer.
> Chris and Catherine are still working on finalizing a QTH and what
> gear to take.  Definitely planned is a six-meter EME station with at
> least a kilowatt and eight elements, plus an HF station that will
> probably be an IC746Pro and TL922 to TH6 beam.  It appears this is
> still some weeks or months away.
>
> I - Italy -
> IR2XIR will celebrate the 10 (Roman numeral X) years of IQ2IR,
> Insubria Radio.  The special call will be on the air from time to time
> throughout the year.  The first activity starts today, February 20-26
> for Antarctic Activity Week.  For a QSL, use Club Log or via 9A8MDC.
> www.insubriaradio.org<http://www.insubriaradio.org>.

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> PA - The Netherlands -
> PA2017BP is on the air until March 20.  It commemorates Lord Baden-
> Powell, who founded the "Scout Movement," aka "Boy Scouts."  QSL to
> PA3EFR.
>
> UA - Russia -
> Several special callsigns will be on from Russia March 1-April 30 to
> commemorate the first manned space flight, 56 years ago, made by
> cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961.  www.gagarin.ga<http://www.gagarin.ga>.  The

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> callsigns are:
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> R108M (QSL via RK3LC)
> R12APR (QSL via R3LO)
> R1934G (QSL via R3LC)
> RG61PP (QSL via RZ3LC)
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> Silent Key
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> ZL2TZE, Philip Conza, passed away this morning, February 20.
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> Sky and Telescope reports "Scientists Recreate Space Weather of 400
> Years Ago" at http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/scientists-recreate-space-weather-400-years-maunder-minimum/.

> SA6G/7 by operator SM6CUK will be Ven Island, EU-137, June 4 at 21Z
> until June 11 at 21Z.  This will be his seventh visit to Ven.  His
> station will be a K3 to verticals, QRV on 40-6 meters.  QSL direct or
> bureau to SM6CUK or LoTW.
>

> 20-Feb 26-Feb        Antarctic Activity Week        21-021 004
> 21-Feb  7-Mar 5X     5X1O                EA5GL          21-026
> 21-Feb  5-Mar 8P     8P9AL               KG9N    21-026 20-230
> 21-Feb 24-Feb CE0Z   CE0Z/DF8AN          DF8AN          21-001
>
> The Daily DX Calendar
> http://www.dailydx.com/calendar.html

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> Today's Propagation Forecast
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> Solar activity will be very low, with a chance of C-class flares
> through Wednesday.
>
> The geomagnetic field will be quiet to unsettled today and tomorrow,
> quiet to active on Wednesday.
>
> Perhaps the most useful propagation pages for Amateur Radio Operators
> can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ and

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> http://www.solarham.net/.

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> The February 19 SFI was 78 and the SESC Sunspot Number was 23.
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