[ETS/PARC List] DX January 5, 2017

Fri Jan 6 10:23:02 EST 2017

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From: Urb LeJeune
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 4:08 PM

>DX News
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>FP - St. Pierre & Miquelon -
>Returning for his 11th trip to Miquelon Island, KV1J, Eric, plans to
>once again operate as FP/KV1J from July 4-18.  He'll be mostly on SSB
>and RTTY "with some CW and other digital modes" on 1.8 through 50 MHz.
>He also has some plans "on the linear satellites".  Several contest
>activities are also in the works as he plans to participate in the
>IARU HF World Championship, NA QSO Party RTTY and the CQ WW VHF.  Each
>evening he plans to upload the "HF logs" to LoTW and Club Log.  After
>the trip Eric will upload the satellite logs.  QSL direct or via the
>bureau to KV1J and LoTW.  http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July17.html
>
>FS - St. Martin -
>F8AAN, David, plans to be here visiting friends, surfing and operating
>on CW only as FS/F8AAN from February 17 to March 10, including
>participation in the ARRL DX CW Contest.  He'll have an FT-897D and
>vertical.  QSL only on Club Log or direct (with self address
>envelope).
>
>E5 - South Cook Islands -
>Starting January 9th through the 27th AD7AF, Dick, will be staying at
>the Kii Kii Inn and Suites on Rarotonga Island (OC-013) and operating
>as E51WWA.  Listen for him on CW and SSB on 80 through 10 Meters, no
>60 Meters.  Plans are to have "a decent Inverted L antenna for 40 and
>80 meters".  He's there not for a "marathon" but rather to operate
>"holiday style" adding to the already activity from E5 this month.
>QSL via AD7AF.
>
>ER - Moldova -
>Members of the SP9KAT DX Team plan to be relax in Donici (grid locator
>KN47ig) from April 22-29.  They will have a 500 watt amplifier and
>will be having "some fun with Amateur Radio" as ER0PL for this
>"holiday style" DXpedition.  Activity will be on CW, SSB and Digital
>modes on 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, 6 and 2 Meters.  Plans are to
>use a Delta Loop MOPLK, 80 meter dipole, mini delta (basic) and
>possibly other "directional antennas".  QSL via the bureau or direct
>to SP9KAT.  They plan to use Club Log, but not LoTW.
>
>3D2/R - Rotuma Island -
>"The next Rotuma Island (3D2AG/p) Top Band to 2m DXpedition is likely
>in late February or early March this year, after the current cyclone
>season" reports 3D2AG, Antoine.  Until then listen for him to be QRV
>from Fiji with an emphasis on 80 and 6 Meters.
>
>H40 - Temotu Province -
>VK4FEDX/H44DX, Darren, is now QRV as H40DA from Nendo Island (OC-100).
>Listen for him on 80, 40, 15 and 10 Meters.  No word on how long he
>will stay.  QSL via VK4FEDX.
>
>3DA0 - Swaziland -
>3DA0AQ, Hans, recently purchased an IC-7300 running 100 watts, and can
>often be heard in both North and South America on 20 Meters, using a
>G5RV antenna.  He is currently "in the process of installing a
>Spiderbeam for the 5 bands from 10 to 20 meters".  The new beam will
>be up 14.5 meters above the ground, which is already 630 meters above
>sea level.  Hans' wife is 3DA1AW, Corrie, but is "seldom active on the
>Ham bands".
>
>V6 - Micronesia -
>Here are the new dates for the five JA ops operating from Pohnpei
>starting this week:
>
>V63PBL (JH3PBL Hiroko Nakade YL)        4- 8 January
>V63AYA (W7AYA  Ayaka Ellie Takei YL)    4- 8 January
>V63AVO (JA3AVO Masumi Nakade)           4-15 January
>V63ARJ (JA3ARJ Tatsuo Ohkushi)          9-22 January
>V63LSS (JH3LSS Kunio Miyagawa)          9-22 January
>
>http://ja3avo.jp/v6.htm
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>VE - Canada -
>In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the World War One Battle of
>Bimy Ridge, fought April 9-12, 1917, special event station VE100VIMY
>will be QRV from multiple locations throughout Canada starting January
>1st.  A complete schedule can be found at http://ve100vimy.ca. "The
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>site in Vimy, France".
>
>3Y - Bouvet Island -
>When asked for more details about his 3Y0G multi-op DXpedition to
>Bouvet Island later this year 3Z9DX, Dom, said "No information will be
>presented until i land and set a camp on the Bouvet".  He added, "Will
>let you know".
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>14th Antarctic Activity Week
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>The 14th Antarctic Activity Week will take place February 20-26.  So
>far the following stations plan to participate: K4A, GB0ANT, TM14AAW,
>PA6ANT, II3MNA, IR4ANT, EG5ANT, IR1ANT, AO3ANT, IR2XIR, VU2UR/ANT and
>PH17ANT.  It should be noted none of these stations will actually be
>transmitting from Antarctica, but rather promoting the icy continent.
>More details can be found at
>http://www.waponline.it/Default.aspx?tabid=113.
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>On The WWW
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>"Logbook of The World to No Longer Accept Contacts Signed by TQSL
>Versions Earlier Than 2.0"
>http://www.arrl.org/news/logbook-of-the-world-to-no-longer-accept-contacts-signed-by-tqsl-versions-earlier-than-2-0-1
>The German XX9D team heading to Macau next month have some news on
>their Website at http://xx9d.mydx.de/?News
>IOTA

>
>"I have just heard from DX8DX and they tell me OC-202 is cancelled",
>reports QSL manager M0OXO, Charles.  "Due to heavy seas" is was
>"unsafe to travel" says the Coastguard.  It appears there is little
>likelihood of a "change in the coming days so they have no option but
>to reschedule to another date" - "later this year".  So today they
>plan to operate DU1UD/p from Lubang Island (OC-126).  Reportedly they
>have "good take off" to North America, Europe and Asia.
>
>The Legends of the Arctic DXpedition by the RT9K group assisting the
>"Regional Department of the Russian Aerographic Society in the Yamalo-
>Nenets Automonous Okrug" will be making stops on Nansena Island (AS-
>104), Skott-Gansena Islands (AS-068), Tyrtova Island (AS-121) and
>Firnley Island (AS-054) in the mid-February to March time frame.  They
>now have a website (in Russian) at
>http://yanaorgo.ru/s/02_17/index.html. The team includes UA9KDF,
>Igor; UA9KFX, Alex; UA9LDD, Andrey; UA0BA, Andy; UA0ZFW, Sergey; and
>RW0BG, Victor.  The team also has some details (in English) at
>https://www.qrz.com/db/RT9K/9
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>VE7ACN, Mikhail, is planning to be back on Kaien Island (NA-061)
>operating as VE7ACN/7 from March 21-26.  QSL via VE7ACN.
>
>VK5GR, Grant, has announced his plans to activate Flinders Island (OC-
>261).  He is currently looking into the late March 2018 time frame.

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>Today's Propagation Forecast
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>Solar activity will be very low today through the end of the week.
>
>The geomagnetic field will be at unsettled to minor storm levels today
>and unsettled to active levels on Friday and Saturday.
>
>Perhaps the most useful propagation pages for Amateur Radio Operators
>can be found at http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ and
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>The January 4 SFI was 72 and the SESC Sunspot Number was 0.
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