[ETS/PARC List] Fw: [The Daily DX] Vol. 22 No. 023 - January 31, 2018
Don WILSON
k2dsv at msn.com
Thu Feb 1 08:42:13 EST 2018
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Subject: Re: [The Daily DX] Vol. 22 No. 023 - January 31, 2018
On 1/31/2018 7:54 AM, Bernie McClenny, W3UR wrote:
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> *** The Daily DX (TM) ***
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> Volume 22 Number 023
> January 31, 2018
> Editor/Publisher Bernie McClenny, W3UR
> This from the Calypso Bay Resort office
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>
> DX News
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> 5W - Samoa
> Pacific DXpeditioner AD7AR, Dick, is planning to be QRV as 5W0LR from
> the Savaii Lagoon Resort from "about" February 4 to 22. "I will be
> using primarily CW and FT-8, and some SSB if there is a good opening"
> he tells us. Plans are to participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest. He'll
> be using a KX3 and KXPA100 along with a vertical and inverted L
> mounted on the beach. Listen for him mostly on 40-15 Meters, and 80
> Meters if he "can get the inverted L up high enough". Plans are to
> upload the logs to Club Log during his stay and to LoTW afterwards.
> QSL direct to AD7AF.
>
> TN - Congo
> Members of the "DX Friends" are dedicating their next DXpedition, to
> Congo, to their friend and former team member the late K3LP, David
> Collingham. Scheduled to take place TN5R will be March 9-19 and manned
> by team leader EA5RM, Toni; EA1SA, Alberto; EA5KM, Javier; EA7AJR,
> Manuel; EA7KW, Jose; F8ATS, Tony; F9IE, Bernard; HK6F, Faber; IK5RUN,
> Simone; IN3ZNR, Fabrizio; and JH4RHF, Jun. The pilot stations will be
> EC7ZK (Chief), HK3CW (South America), W6ENZ (North America) and N6PSE
> (also North America). Plans call for five stations with amplifiers for
> activity on 1.8 through 28 MHz on CW, SSB and RTTY. EA5RM will take
> care of the QSLing duties. Their website is now up and running at
> http://www.dxfriends.com/tn5r/index.php
>
> 3W - Vietnam
> Member from the Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club out of Frankfurt, Germany
> are planning a DXpedition to Phu Quoc (AS-128), Vietnam starting
> February 24th. DK7TF, Bernhard, and DH6ICE will be operating as XV9DLH.
> QSL via DK8ZZ.
>
> TJ - Cameroon
> IK7JWY, Art, announced yesterday that members of the Italian DX Team
> will operate next from Cameroon, during the second half of March 2018.
> He says the licensing process is currently "underway". They are taking
> a survey of what bands and modes DXers need them on at
> http://www.i2ysb.com/idt/
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> VP9 - Bermuda
> W6PH, Kurt, is once again heading back to "Bermy" where he will be
> operating "holiday style" as VP9/W6PH CW only from February 15-19,
> including the ARRL DX CW Contest.
>
> VP5 - Turks and Caicos Islands
> AD5A, Mike, is currently in the Caribbean operating QRP from his
> seventh-floor balcony as AD5A/VP5. He'll be operating casually until
> Saturday February 3rd using a KX2 and AlexLoop/EFHW. He'll upload to
> Club Log and probably to LoTW.
>
> 3Y - Bouvet Island
> Earlier today the 3Y0Z team arrived off shore of Bouvet Island.
>
> V4 - St. Kitts
> Yesterday the logging computer (pc laptop) and the one I use for
> FT8/RTTY died of heat stroke. I took it to the local repair shop and
> hope to have more details later today or tomorrow. At the moment he
> believes the motherboard needs to be replaced. QSOs made prior to
> 1200Z January 30th are the one effected. I believe the hard drive is
> OK. Anything QSOs after that are on my MacBook, which gets backed up
> nightly.
>
> HI - Dominican Republic
> F5PLR, Didier, is a permanent resident in the Dominican Republic and
> has secured the permit to operate HI9/F5PLR for one year. He's using a
> FT-450 running 100 watts to a Buddipole from his QTH in Las Terrenas.
>
> YN - Nicaragua
> Apparently, there is a change of callsigns in the works for the WB2REM
> and WY1G trip to Granada, Nicaragua. Originally it was to be H7DX but
> not it looks like the call will be H72DX from February 26 to March 6.
> QSLs still go via WY1G.
>
> E5 - South Cooks
> February 21 to 24 are the dates that OE3GEA, Gerhard, plans to operate
> as E51GEA from Rarotonga Island (OC-013). QSL via his home call.
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>
> On The WWW
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>
> AD1C, Jim, has released the ADIF to CQ DX Marathon conversion program
> for the 2018 Marathon year at http://software.ad1c.us/marathon/. He
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Running the Conversion Program. After installing the program, double-click on the "ADIF to CQ DX Marathon" icon on your Windows desktop or in the Start menu.
> says, "You should be able to get the latest version by running your
> existing program and clicking on the "Update" button". Just follow the
> instructions from there. The above URL has installation instructions
> for new users.
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>
> IOTA
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.
>
> IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT
> ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ----
> AF-007 D68I 14020 1801 EU-054 IF9ZWA 14071 1322
> AF-061 C81G 14005 1903 OC-016 3D2JS 18080 1902
> AF-061 C8X 14180 2055 OC-021 YB3RPS 14215 1451
> AS-004 ZC4A 18140 1141 OC-032 FK8IK 14002 1312
> EU-049 SV8GXQ 14260 1127
>
> ON9CFG, IK8LOV and MM0NDX are planning to operate "holiday style" as
> TA0/home calls from Buyukada Island (AS-201) on 80-2 Meters from May7-
> 11.
>
> IOTA frequencies -
> CW 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530
> SSB 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3765
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>
> Calendar
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Date End Prefix Call Manager Ref Vol-No
> ------ ------ ------ ------------------- ---------- ----------
> 31-Jan 15-Mar 3D2 3D2JS (OC-016) WB2TJO 22-006 21-231
> 31-Jan 25-Mar 4S 4S7KKG (AS-003) DC0KK 21-181
> 31-Jan 6-Feb 4X 4X/K2LS K2LS 21-235
> 31-Jan 31-May 5V 5V1JE 21-215
> 31-Jan 31-Dec 5W 5W20SAMOA 22-001
> 31-Jan 31-Jan 6Y 6Y6Y (NA-097) W8YCM 21-224
> 31-Jan 5-Feb 8P 8P9CA KB8YRX 22-016
> 31-Jan 31-Dec 9X 9X0TA N4GNR 22-001 21-152
> 31-Jan 1-Sep 9X 9X9PJ N4GNR 21-177 176
> 31-Jan 7-Feb 9Y 9Z4/DL9OBQ DL9OBQ 21-240
> 31-Jan 2-Feb C6A C6AGU HA7RY 22-020
> 31-Jan 4-Feb C9 C81G (AF-061) 22-016 006
> 31-Jan 4-Feb C9 C8X (AF-061) 22-016 006
> 31-Jan 31-Jan CE 3G18PAX XQ4CW 21-171
> 31-Jan 31-Jan CE9 DH5CW 22-011 004
> 31-Jan 16-Feb CU CU8FN HB9CRV 22-016
> 31-Jan 10-Feb D6 D68I IK5CRH 22-021 21-244
> 31-Jan 15-Mar FG FG/F6ITD F6ITD 22-011 009
> 31-Jan 13-Feb FG FG4KH 22-015
> 31-Jan 31-Jan G GB1GW 21-236
> 31-Jan 2-May H4 H44MS DL2GAC 21-196 194
> 31-Jan 10-Feb HC HC1MD K8LJG 22-010
> 31-Jan 30-Jun HH HH70A W3HNK 21-243
> 31-Jan 28-Feb HL DS23 and HL23 stations 22-001
> 31-Jan 28-Feb HL DT23WOP HL1WD 21-231
> 31-Jan 25-Feb HL HL0WOP HL4CCM 21-216
> 31-Jan 21-Feb J5 J53EC IZ3BUR 22-011 21-234
> 31-Jan 3-Feb J6 J68HZ K9HZ 22-017
> 31-Jan ??? J7 J79WTA (NA-101) HB9MFM 21-231
> 31-Jan 31-May JA 8J7HCB JK7LXU 22-001
> 31-Jan 15-Jun JW JW2US (EU-027) LA2US 21-211
> 31-Jan 1-Jun JW JW4JSA (EU-027) LA4JSA 21-226
> 31-Jan 15-Feb K K1VSJ (NA-062) K1VSJ 22-008 006
> 31-Jan 5-Mar K KB1SF (NA-110) 22-001
> 31-Jan 31-Jan OA 4T18PAX OA4O 22-003
> 31-Jan 6-Feb ON OR4ESA DL0ESA 22-017
> 31-Jan 31-Jan P4 P4/DL4MM 22-011 21-173
> 31-Jan 31-Jan PA PF2018LWD PA0MBD 21-226 160
> 31-Jan 8-Feb PJ2 PJ2/PA0VDV PA0VDV 22-004
> 31-Jan 5-Feb PJ2 PJ2ND K8ND 22-012
> 31-Jan 1-Feb PY0F PU0F/PU2XDX (SA-003)PU2XDX 21-228 227
> 31-Jan 1-Feb PY0F PY0F/PY2NDX (SA-003)PY2NDX 21-228 227
> 31-Jan 31-Jan T8 T88PB JA0JHQ 21-226
> 31-Jan 31-Jan UR EM80I 22-016
> 31-Jan 4-Apr V3 V31AX M0URX 22-006
> 31-Jan 12-Feb V4 V47UR (NA-104) NR6M 22-019 009
> 31-Jan 31-Jan V5 V5/DK7PE DK7PE 22-012 001
> 31-Jan 28-Feb VK VI70HI M0OXO 21-237
> 31-Jan 4-Feb VP5 VP5/N9EAJ (NA-003) 22-006 21-226
> 31-Jan 31-Jan VP8/F VP8HSO 22-002
> 31-Jan 31-Mar VP8/H RI50ANO (AN-010) RN1ON 21-243 191
> 31-Jan 31-Mar VU AU2WBR (AS-153) VU2NRO 22-003 001
> 31-Jan 10-Feb YB YB9/F5LIT F5LIT 22-001
> 31-Jan 3-Feb YN H7/SP7VC SP7VC 22-016
> 31-Jan 31-Jan ZC4 ZC4A M0URX 22-016 21-232
> 1-Feb 30-Apr 3W 3W9DLE W0DLE 22-011
> 1-Feb ??? 3W 3W9FB KB4FB 21-227
> 1-Feb 28-Feb 3Y/B 3Y0Z N2OO 22-015 014
> 1-Feb 28-Feb 6W 6W/ON4AVT ON4AVT 22-021 21-211
> 1-Feb 31-Dec CE9 DP0GVN DL5EBE 22-011
> 1-Feb 28-Feb DU DU3/F4EBK 22-021 21-216
> 1-Feb 31-Mar E4 E44WE 21-211
> 1-Feb 31-Mar ES ES100 stations 22-021
> 1-Feb 28-Feb G GB1FWW 21-236
> 1-Feb 15-Feb HP HP8/AA1M AA1M 22-021 21-209
> 1-Feb 15-Feb HP HP8/W1USN W1USN 22-021 21-209
> 1-Feb 7-Feb P2 P29VXG (OC-008) JA1XGI 21-236 207
> 1-Feb 28-Feb PA PF2018SNK PA0MBD 21-226 160
> 1-Feb 5-Feb T8 T88XS JL3WXS 21-226
> 1-Feb 7-Apr TI TI7/N1DBT 22-015
> 1-Feb 28-Feb VP5 VP5/N1KDO N1KDO 21-232 231
>
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>
> Upcoming contest rules & dates
> http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/weeklycont.php.
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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
> flare today through Friday.
>
> The geomagnetic field will be at quiet to unsettled levels today and
> quiet levels on Thursday and Friday.
>
> 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 30 SFI was 69 and the SESC Sunspot Number was 13.
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>
> QSL Info
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>
> Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager
> ------ ------- ------ ------- ------ -------
> 9J2BO G3TEV OD5KU EB7DX RA75SK R4AS
> 9N1AA N4GNR P29XC ZL2XC XV9WJR WA7WJR
> 9Z4/DL9OBQ DL9OBQ RA75SB R4AS Z81D OM3JW
> EA8/SM7BUA SM7BUA
>
> Need a QSL route? Here are some great free sites for you and your
> friends - http://www.dailydx.com/QSLRoutes.html.
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>
> QSL cards recently received direct and via managers: 3XY3D/p (AF-096),
> RI1F (EU-190) and VU7T.
>
> QSL cards recently received via the bureau: None reported today.
>
> Confirmations recently received via LOTW: 4L9QQ, 6Y6J, 9A5O, AH0K,
> DF4XF, DF8XC, DL1RTL, DL2XC, DL4IAZ, DM5TI, E31A, EA1MV, EL2BG, G0OOR,
> G5K, IQ2XZ, JA1VRU, JA2INL, JH2XQY, JI1IXW, JP1HDK, JR8NOD, LZ2JOW,
> OZ2U, PD2RF, PG5V, RL2D, RL6K, RT3K, S51R, TR8CA, VP2MDL, XT2AW,
> YD0SDD, YL/ES5ZF, YL2KO, ZC4A and ZL4PW.
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Credits
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: AD5A/VP5,
> AD1C, ADXO, DK1FW, DX News, HI9/F5PLR, JA1HGY, K3SX, N4II, NF4A, NG3K,
> W5VFO, W6PH, W7DN and WV4TN.
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