[RVRC] DX April 25, 2018
John Manna
asajlm at verizon.net
Wed Apr 25 14:37:28 EDT 2018
DX News
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> 6Y - Jamaica
> 6Y5IDX, Chris Hillier, (home call VO1IDX) says he will try to make
> some satellite QSOs while in Jamaica, due to its rarity on satellite.
> He will be in Negril, grid FK08tg, April 20 to May 6. Chris has an
> FT-991, 100 watts, to a G5RV, a homebrew vertical for 40, 20 and 17
> and a Buddipole. He says he'll be on 80-10 SSB and FT8, as well as
> satellites. For a QSL, it's direct to his home call, or OQRS or LoTW.
> https://www.facebook.com/6y5idx-2083502875267679/.
>
> PJ2 - Curacao
> PJ2/VE7DZO, David Samu, will be QRV in July, approximately the 19th to
> 24th, part of the "2018 Youth DXpedition," joining KM4SII, Mason, and
> KC9ZJX, Dhruv. "YDXA," the "Youth DX Adventure," is organizing this
> operation from the PJ2T station. David says his operating from PJ2
> may focus on CW. The log will be uploaded to Club Log and QRZ. For
> paper QSLs, that info will be worked out soon. David says "Try to get
> all three of us in the log! We would appreciate it!"
> http://www.qsl.net/n6jrl/.
>
> DL - Germany
> DXMB/DXNL reports that callsign DM152ZYA will commemorate the maiden
> flight of the first German passenger aircraft with a jet engine, 60
> years ago. It was built in Dresden. The DL0FHC group from the
> Dresden airport ham club station, all interested in aviation, are
> putting on this operation on HF until the end of the year. QSL via
> the bureau. And there is an award available. See:
> http://152.bplaced.net/.
>
> DL - Germany
> The national organization, DARC's, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern district is
> celebrating its 65 years of amateur radio in that region with special
> call DM65MVP. This one will be on the air in May and June with QSOs
> counting for a "short-term award." QSL via DL3KWF or use eQSL.
>
> OZ - Denmark
> OZ18ICE and 5P8ICE will be active during the "Ice Hockey World
> Championship," which is being held in Denmark May 1-23. They will be
> on HF CW, SSB, RTTY and other digital modes. The QRZ.com site has
> info on an award that is available. QSL using OQRS, LoTW or eQSL.
>
> A6 - United Arab Emirates
> A60FIFA will be a callsign on the air to mark the FIFA (soccer) World
> Cup tournament being held in Russia. A60FIFA will be on the air for
> 45 days, June 1 to July 15. QSL via A61BK.
>
> BY - China
> WE9V, Chad Kurzewski from Paris, Wisconsin, says it is now "close to
> official" that he will be moving to Wuxi, China, about three hours
> from Shanghai for a six-month stay. He expects to likely be living in
> an apartment building but feels getting operating permission will be
> next to impossible. Nevertheless, he is excited about this adventure,
> taking along his daughter. The trip will begin in about six weeks
> when his daughter's school year is over. She will be with him there
> for the summer, the first three months or so, of the six months.
>
> CP - Bolivia
> PA0RBL, Rob Bleumer says that after "some years of trying to contact
> the Radio Club de Cochabamba Bolivia," he is finally able to get on
> the air for two weeks, CP5/PA0RBL/P from the CP5AA club station. It
> appears he was able to operate from 2030-2200Z yesterday and again
> tomorrow, Thursday, from 19-22Z. Rob notes the station is by a
> highway "with extreme QRM, so be patient if I ask to repeat your
> call." The station is equipped with a Kenwood TS-950S and a Yagi up
> 26 meters, presently fixed NNE towards Europe. Rob was on 14175 SSB.
> The station is in the middle of the country at an elevation of 2600
> meters, which is 7800 feet ASL. With help from club members, he is
> trying to get a Bolivian call for his visit next year. Rob and his
> XYL visit her family in Bolivia every year. He says when he gets back
> in the Netherlands he will back up his log. QSL via PA0RBL, bureau,
> LoTW, eQSL or QRZ.com.
>
> G - United Kingdom
> GR9RW May 19-23 will mark the royal wedding of HRH Prince Harry and
> American Megan Markle. The wedding is May 19 at St. George's Chapel
> in Windsor Castle. Members of the Cray Valley Radio Society from
> Eltham in southeast London will be operating at GR9RW. It appears it
> is the first time for the GR9 prefix to be on the air. The ops will
> primarily be on SSB and CW with some FM on VHF and UHF, with two HF
> stations and one on VHF, covering 80 meters to 70 centimeters. There
> will be a special QSL card by request. They will also use the OQRS
> QSL system on Club Log. http://www.cvrs.org/ and
> http://wp.rac.ca/royal-wedding-special-call-sign-gr9rw/ and the Cray
> Valley Radio Society Twitter feed is @G3RCV.
> And for further information about the Royal Wedding itself visit
> https://www.royal.uk/royal-wedding-2018
>
> OD - Lebanon
> IARU Region I reports new 6 meter privileges in Lebanon. Lebanon
> telecom and the RAL, Radio Amateurs of Lebanon, club Pres OD5TE, Hani
> Raad and VP OD5KU, Elie Kadi, say the new frequencies are 50.000 MHz
> to 51.975 MHz. The authorizing letter was signed April 19.
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>
> Silent Key
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>
> K8CQ, Jeff Lackey, an FOC member, became a silent key on April 17. He
> joined FOC in just May, 2017, member #2101. He lived on St. Simons
> Island, Georgia, USA.
>
> K9XE, Ray Boehmer, from Urbana, Illinois, USA, has passed away. KX9X,
> Sean Kutzko, says Ray was a "kind, gentle guy who loved bilingual
> education and birding, and was a crackerjack CW op." Sean says Ray
> gave him "a lot of encouragement when I was new in the hobby." From
> QRZ.com, in December, 2017, Ray said in his bio info that he preferred
> CW but also worked SSB and digital. During the 1960s he served in the
> US Peace Corps in Colombia. Since then he was involved in science and
> math education from kindergarten through postgraduate. He was a
> nature enthusiastic and loved to travel, "to see the diversity of
> living things that share the planet." "Especially interested in
> birds," he had "logged" 1,500 species on his "life list," in NA, SA
> and Africa. In retirement Ray volunteered in a dual language second
> grade class near his home, using Spanish and English. He also became
> a fan of Logbook of the World. He liked state QSO parties, ARRL's
> November Sweepstakes, the ARRL 10 Meter Contest, DX contests, and QRP
> activities. He was a member of the SMC, Society of Midwest
> Contesters, and other groups.
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> On The WWW
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>
> Part II of VK5MAV's, Andrey "Andy" Milhaylov's, OC-265 story is now
> available: http://vk5mav.wixsite.com/dxpedition/the-story
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>
> IOTA
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>
> The following IOTA stations were active yesterday.
> IOTA Call Freq. GMT IOTA Call Freq. GMT
> ------ ---------- ----- ---- ------ --------- ----- ----
> AF-004 EA8CVZ 21280 1830 NA-146 FJ/N0KV 10104 0130
> AF-014 CT3HY 21074 2010 OC-019 KH6/DL1DX 14210 0745
> AS-079 JS6RRR 14036 1320 OC-035 YJ0AG 7182 0830
> EU-004 EA6AM 14255 1940 OC-088 V85T 7007 0940
> EU-015 SV9IOI 14246 1610 OC-137 VK4DX/P 14025 0540
> EU-031 IC8HFW 7120 2020 OC-158 H44R/P 14260 1130
>
> VE3LYC, Cezar, showed up today as H44R/p from OC-158. W3UR worked him
> on 14040, QSX up 1, at 1335Z. Cezar hopes to be there for two nights
> (his time), now being his first night.
>
> YB8HZ and friends will be QRV from Tinabo Island OC-242 during April
> 25-30, 2018. Activity on HF.
>
> YB8EKA/P is scheduled to start up today from the Taka Bonerate
> Islands, OC-242. This one goes from April 25 to 30.
>
> VK4DX, Mike, says he made a day trip April 25 (today UTC) to OC-137,
> Coochiemudlo Island and operated for about two hours, making about 80
> QSOs on 20 CW. It was a portable setup, battery powered from a park
> near the bench. He says VK4DX/p will again, weather permitting,
> operate from the island sometime this weekend, mostly Sunday but
> Saturday is a possibility, most likely between 05-08Z. So that's
> April 28-29. He is putting an article about this on his website,
> including a few photos from the island. He has an FT-891, 20 watts,
> to an inverted V six meters up, capable of 40, 20 and 15. He says
> it's mostly CW with "some SSB." https://vk4dx.wordpress.com/.
>
> 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
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> Date End Prefix Call Manager Ref Vol-No
> ------ ------ ------ ------------------- ---------- ----------
> 25-Apr 27-Apr 3B8 3B8MB IW3HVB 22-076 072
> 25-Apr 30-Apr 3W 3W9DLE W0DLE 22-011
> 25-Apr 27-Jun 4X 4X70 stations 22-066 016
> 25-Apr ??? 5U 5U7R SM7EHU 22-076
> 25-Apr 31-May 5V 5V1JE 21-215
> 25-Apr 29-Apr 8P 8P6DR (NA-021) G3RWL 22-025
> 25-Apr 27-Apr 9N 9N7WA R4WAA 22-071 059
> 25-Apr 31-Dec 9X 9X0TA N4GNR 22-001 21-152
> 25-Apr 1-Sep 9X 9X9PJ N4GNR 21-177 176
> 25-Apr 24-Jul CE CE2/DL9EX DL9EX 22-010
> 25-Apr 31-Dec CE9 DP0GVN DL5EBE 22-011
> 25-Apr 1-Mar CE9 RI1ANL (AN-016) RN1ON 22-036 21-201
> 25-Apr 28-Apr CN 5C13SIA CN8WW 22-074
> 25-Apr 28-Apr EA8 EA8/DG5LAC (AF-004) DG5LAC 22-063
> 25-Apr 28-Apr EA8 EA8/DJ9BN (AF-004) DJ9BN 22-049
> 25-Apr 12-May F TM40KOP F6KOP 22-072
> 25-Apr 27-Apr FJ FJ/AI5P AI5P 22-042 21-202
> 25-Apr 27-Apr FJ FJ/N0KV N0KV 22-042 21-202
> 25-Apr 15-May FR FR/F1FJR (AF-016) F1FJR 22-035
> 25-Apr 30-Apr G GB2FWW 21-236
> 25-Apr 29-Apr GI GB106TBC MI0MOD 22-061
> 25-Apr 28-Apr GW GB0BYL 22-076
> 25-Apr 27-Apr H44 H44R/P (OC-158) VE3LYC 22-074 056
> 25-Apr 28-Apr HB0 HB0/DL1AWD DL1AWD 22-073 21-240
> 25-Apr 28-Apr HB0 HB0/DL6JF DL6JF 22-073 21-240
> 25-Apr 30-Jun HH HH70A W3HNK 21-243
> 25-Apr 10-May HR HR2/F2JD F6AJA 21-242
> 25-Apr 29-Apr J8 J88PI GW4DVB 22-058
> 25-Apr 31-May JA 8J7HCB JK7LXU 22-001
> 25-Apr 15-Jun JW JW2US (EU-027) LA2US 21-211
> 25-Apr 1-Jun JW JW4JSA (EU-027) LA4JSA 21-226
> 25-Apr 31-Dec KG4 KG4WH (NA-015) 22-051
> 25-Apr 30-Jun KH9 KH9/N7NVK (OC-053) 22-071 051
> 25-Apr 30-Apr PA PF2018SLO PA0MBD 21-226 160
> 25-Apr 28-Apr PJ6 PJ6E 22-074
> 25-Apr 6-May PY PQ7COM PR7AYE 22-071
> 25-Apr 30-Apr PY PR2CI (SA-071) PY2AE 22-046
> 25-Apr 6-May PY PV7COM PR7AYE 22-071
> 25-Apr 6-May PY PW7COM PR7AYE 22-071
> 25-Apr 6-May PY PX7COM PR7AYE 22-071
> 25-Apr 6-May PY ZV7COM PR7AYE 22-071
> 25-Apr 6-May PY ZW7COM PR7AYE 22-071
> 25-Apr 6-May PY ZX7COM PR7AYE 22-071
> 25-Apr 31-Jul RI1F RI1FJ (EU-019) UA2FM 22-060
> 25-Apr 31-Jan S9 S92HP (AF-023) CT1ENW 22-060
> 25-Apr 25-Apr SU SU8WD SM5AQD 22-076
> 25-Apr 25-Apr T8 T88FT (OC-009) JA7WFT 22-048 21-226
> 25-Apr 25-Apr T8 T88IH (OC-009) JI6IHG 22-048 21-226
> 25-Apr 26-Apr TA TA0/DL7UCX (AS-201) 22-073
> 25-Apr 26-Apr TA TA0/DL7VJB (AS-201) 22-073
> 25-Apr 25-Jul V3 V31RU DO5ALX 22-021 21-242
> 25-Apr 25-Jul V3 V31TF DG7RO 22-021 21-242
> 25-Apr 5-May V4 V47CDC W1CDC 22-057
> 25-Apr 30-Apr VE VD1BOOM (NA-198) VO1IDX 22-056 028
> 25-Apr 31-May VK VI4GAMES 22-036 021
> 25-Apr ??? VK0/M VK0AI 22-070
> 25-Apr 4-May XW XW4XR E21EIC 22-071
> 25-Apr 28-Apr YB YC8AO/P (OC-242) HA3JB 22-077
> 25-Apr 29-Apr YJ YJ0AG (OC-035) VK5GR 22-076 071
> 25-Apr 30-Apr Z6 Z66EME (EME) 22-047 045
> 25-Apr 29-Jul ZB ZB2RAF G8FC 22-055
> 25-Apr 30-Apr ZL ZM50GW 22-061
>
> The Daily DX Calendar
> http://www.dailydx.com/the-daily-dx-calendar/
>
> 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 of a C-class
> flare the next several days.
>
> The geomagnetic field will be quiet today, quiet to unsettled
> tomorrow, quiet to active on Friday.
>
> 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 April 24 SFI was 73 and the SESC Sunspot Number was 19, the sixth
> day in a row of a pretty high number.
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>
> QSL Info
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>
> Call Manager Call Manager Call Manager
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>
> 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: G4IIY, MW0YVK
> and Z60A.
>
> QSL cards recently received via the bureau: None reported today.
>
> Confirmations recently received via LOTW: MM0JTV and OE3KAB.
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>
> Credits
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>
> Many thanks to the following for the above DX information: 6Y5IDX,
> A61BK, DXMB/DXNL, IARU Region I, KD4QMY, KX9X, N4TY, OD5KU, PA0RBL,
> VE7DZO, VK4DX, VK5MAV, W3UR, W7DN and WD8NVN.
> ______________________________________________________________________
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