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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #950 | 07:09 |
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 950
BID: $OPDX.950
March
8, 2010
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG
(Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio
Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster
Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters
Network, K1XN &
GoList, NJ1Q, N2ZN, NG3K & ADXO, N4AA & QRZ DX, WC5N,
KH6BZF,
WB6RSE, N7OU, K8GI, K8YSE, KE8G, NE8Z, W8GEX (60m News), AB0RX,
AT
International, CO8TW, DK2WV, DL7MAE & The DX News Letter, DX
World.Net,
F5NQL & UFT, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3SWH,
I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News,
MM0DFV, OH2BN, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX
News, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web
Site, SP5UAF, VA3RJ &
ICPO, VE3EXY, VE3ZIK, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF)
and ZS6XK for the
following DX information.
** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's
bulletin was sent out earlier
than normal to accommodate the late
ARRL DX SSB Contest announcements.
Also, we wanted to provide the
readers with a consolidated listing
of the ARRL DX SSB Contest
participants.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Friday, 26th-February, through
Friday, 5th-March there were 235
countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O,
4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5H,
5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J,
9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9,
AP, BV, BY,
C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL,
DU,
E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
EZ,
F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB,
HC,
HC8, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8,
JA,
JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU,
LX,
LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2,
PJ7,
PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2,
T30,
T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK,
UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9W, VP2E, VP2M,
VP2V,
VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/s, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, YA,
YB,
YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZF, ZK2,
ZL,
ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM"
operations or
more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never
know - "Work
First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3W, VIETNAM
(Update/Satellite Activity [VERY RARE IOTA - #2]). An inter-
national
group of operators will be active as 3W6C from Con Co Island
(AS-185),
Vietnam, in April 10-18th, 2010. This multi-national project,
being
coordinated by Swiss ham-radio operators, consists of roughly 20
individuals
including one woman and members not only from Switzerland
but also
from Vietnam, Germany, USA and Japan. Operators mentioned as of
today:
Team Leader Hans-Peter/HB9BXE, Jan/DJ8NK, Hans/HB9BHW, Rene/HB9BQI,
Christine/HB9BQW,
Thomas/HB9BSH, Hans-Jurg/HB9DKZ, Paul/HB9DST/AA1MI,
Friedhelm/HB9JBI,
Matthias/HB9JCI, Peter/HB9PJT, Rolf/HB9TVR, Bob/K4UEE,
Eddy/XV1X,
Bac/XV2A, Quang/XV2B, Michal/XV9DX and Torsten/XV9TH. During
their
stay they plan to have 4 stations on the air. Their goal is to
make
contacts on as many different frequencies as possible, even on the
80
meter and 160 meter bands which makes this DXpedition very special.
Announced
this past week, the team will also be on the satellites. The
crew
will use a FT-897 TRX with homebrewed "Easysat" - antenna for 2m
and
70cm and a home-brewed 10m cross-dipole. The following satellite will
be
used: AO-07*, AO-51*, HO-68*, SO-50 and SO-67 (*first priority - not
all
overflights and sats will be used). Please note, that only AO-07 will
be
activated in the SBB/CW-mode. All other satellites are in the FM-mode.
The
main areas in the footprint are: East-Asia, Japan, China, India,
Australia
and eastern part of Russia. If possible, the 3W6C Team will also
use
some DX-Windows to near east and west part of Russia. Operation
note:
The main operator for the satellites is Hans-Peter/HB9BXE. Hans-
Peter
doesn't use a CAT-Interface for doppler correction. The equipment
is
in full manual use. It is important to know that Hans-Peter doesn't
hear
his own downlink. For AO-07, he will not make any doppler correction
in
his uplink. Hans-Peter will search some signals +/- 5 kHz around the
downlink
frequency (quasi splitmode like shortwave). If there is a
pileup on
the satellite, please use only callsign, signal strength and
grid
square. All crew members are primary shortwave operators. So please
be
patient if they have some troubles with the sat-operation. Complete
details
about the 3W6C operation are available at: http://www.3w6c.qrv.ch
8Q,
MALDIVES. Noel, F6BGC, will be active as 8Q7NC from Madoogali, North
Male
Atoll (AS-013) between March 13–21st. Activity will be holiday style
on
80-6 meters. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.
CO8,
CUBA. Eduardo, CO8LY, will be in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March
6-7th)
as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/QRP entry. QSL via EA7ADH. Also,
look
for Juan Carlos, CO8TW, to be active in the contest as a Single-OP/
Single-Band/All-Band/Low-Power
entry. QSL via HB9SVT. His log will be
on-line at:
http://www.qsl.net/co8tw
CR2/CU2,
AZORES (Radio Arcala Press Release). AZORES POISED TO HIT HARD
AT
ARRL SSB DX CONTEST: "The group out of Radio Arcala and their associates
will
put the Azores on the air on a variety of bands for the ARRL SSB
weekend.
CU2CE, CU2DX, OH2BH and OH8NC will be at the controls to provide
you
with an elusive Azores multiplier under a callsign not determined yet.
Please
update your CTY files to take note of the fact that the CR2 prefix
along
with the traditional CU2 will represent this Azorean outpost, the
westernmost
point of Europe, one hour behind UTC time.
Soon Radio Arcala is
scheduled to hold their Annual Meeting in the
Azores and may
activate several stations for the WPX SSB contest. The
meeting is
expected to have on its agenda the important issue of broadening
the
scope of the original Arcalians and their mission by inviting several
international
partners to join the radio operator team and to enter into
Radio
Arcala technology partnerships."
CT8, AZORES. Operators
Tom/SP5UAF and Marcin/SP5ES will be active as
CT8/homecall from Sao
Miguel (EU-003), Azores, between March 17-29th.
Activity will be on
all HF bands, using CW, SSB and the Digital modes.
They will
participate Russian DX Contest (March 20-21st) and CQWW WPX
SSB
Contest (March 27-28th). This will be a low power (100W) activity.
Antennas
will be verticals and a spiderbeam. QSL via their home callsigns,
by
the Bureau or direct.
E2, THAILAND. Operators Dej/E21YDP and
Champ/E21EIC will be active as
E21YDP during the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(March 6-7th) as a Multi-Single
entry. QSL via E21YDP.
FR,
REUNION ISLAND. Stephane, F5UOW, will once again be on holiday and
active
from Reunion Island (AF-016) between April 9th ando May 2nd. He
will
also be using the same callsign as last time, FR/F5UOW, but only
between
April 9-17th, and activity will be only on 20 meters. He will
then
move to another QTH were he will use the callsign TO2R and will
be
active on 80-10 meters, mostly on CW. QSL via his home callsign,
direct
or by the Bureau.
HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Operators Edwin/HI3K,
Tino/HI3CC and Rafael/HI8KW
will be active in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
as HI3K (March 6-7th) from Lomas
del Toro in Santiago (Lomadeltoro
Contest Team's HI3CCP station) (NA-096,
WLOTA LH-2974) as a
Multi-Single entry. QSL via KB2MS. Visit their contest
Web page at:
http://www.lomadeltoro.com
IOTA
NEWS....................
NA-058/
NA-062. (Update) Peter,
VE3IKV, who was to be active as W4/VG3RA from
St. Simons
Island (NA-058) and Key West (NA-062), Florida,
between
March 6-13th, has cancelled his trip.
J6, ST. LUCIA. Just a
reminder that Bob, G3PJT, will be active as J6/G3PJT
from the
northeast corner of St. Lucia (NA-108) between March 9-16th.
Activity
will be holiday style using a K2 w/100 watts and vertical
antennas.
He plans to also be in the RSGB's 73rd Commonwealth Contest
(March
13-14th). Look for him outside of the contest, especially on 80
and
30 meters. QSL via his home callsign.
KH6BZF PROPAGATION
FORECAST/REPORT (For March 8-14th)....
Mar 8 AN SOLAR
REFERENCE KEYS
Mar 9 AN --------------------
Mar
10 AN BN - Below Normal
Mar 11 AN AN -
Above Normal/Geomagnetic Level is QUIET
Mar 12 AN LN -
Low Normal
Mar 13 AN HN - High Normal/Geomagnetic Level
is UNSETTLED
Mar 14 AN DIS - Disturbed
VDIS - Very Disturbed
GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
---------------------
QUIET
- The "A" index is expected to be between
0-7 and the "K"
index will be 2 or less
UNSETTLED - The "A" index is expected to
be between
7-16 and "K" index will be 3 or less
MM0,
SCOTLAND (GMFF Op). Members of the Scottish-Russian ARS will activate
MM0DGR/p
from from the Whitlaw Mosses National Nature Reserve (GMFF-067)
on
Saturday, March 6th. The station will be located at Lindean Reservoir
(nr.
Selkirk, Scottish Borders). Reference numbers: WAB NT52, QRA Locator
IO85ON.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and BPSK63. QSL
cards
should be sent via MM0DFV. For more info, go to:
http://www.srars.org/wff-reports/gmff-067.htm
ADDED
NOTE: A new Web site is now active and dedicated to the Natural
Heritage
of Scotland under the WFF award program. All their informative
photo
and video reports will be published there. Very soon they will
run
their own award program. Please keep an eye on their new Web site
at:
http:// www.gmff.org
PACIFIC TOUR
(Update). Hugh, K6HFA, has started his South Pacific tour
this past
week from Upolu Island (OC-097), Samoa. He received the callsign
5W5A
and will be active until March 10th. Activity will be on CW, SSB
and
possibly RTTY using 100 watts into a multi-band vertical antenna
(for
80-15m). Look for him on the IOTA frequencies or possibly other
frequencies.
Hugh plans to call by areas (EU, NA, SA, ASIA... etc..) per
propagation.
QSL via K6HFA. His next stops will be:
Tonga (A3) -
March 12thApril 2nd; IOTAs include OC-049,
OC-064 and OC-123.
Wallis (FW)- April 612th; IOTA
OC-054
Tuvalu (T2)- April 1321st; IOTA OC-015
Fiji (3D2) - April 2326th; IOTA OC-016 or OC-156
Look for more
details to be forthcoming.
PACIFIC TOUR (Update). Tim, NL8F, is
now active as VK9CF from Cocos
(Keeling) Island (OC-003) until March
10th. Activity will be on 80-10
meters, plus 6 meters, and an entry
in the ARRL International DX Phone
Contest (March 6-7th). From Cocos,
Tim will then head to the South Cook
Islands and once again operate
as E51COF from Rarotonga Island (OC-013)
between March 2030th.
Activity will also be on 80-10 meters. QSL both
operations via K8NA.
PB88,
THE NETHERLANDS (WOTA Op). Anneke, PB7XYL, of the WOTA CLUB (Member
#12)
will be active with a special callsign PB88XYL between April 3-30th.
QSL
via Bureau or direct. See QRZ.com for more info! This is the first
activity
by the "Women On The Air (WOTA)". Check out the details on:
http://wotaclub2010.blogspot.com
QSL
INFO AND NEWS.....................
NEED A QSL MANAGER? Jim, KE8G,
is interested in becoming a QSL Manger
for a few stations. Contact
him via his E-mail address at: ke8g@cox.net
LOG CLOSING. Karl, DK2WV, reports that he will be closing the logs for
the following operations at end of April:
Conway Reef
--> 3D2WV
Banaba --> T33WV
Tunisia
--> 3V8W
QSL via DK2WV (QRZ.com address).
Rick,
NE8Z/HC1MD, reports that Pablo, HC5NAI, has passed his final test
and now holds the callsign HC5AI. The original HC5AI was his father,
Alfo.
Pablo states that he can now confirm all new QSOs with his
new HC5AI
callsign and also any old QSO that you may have had with
his father.
Please send your QSL via DIRECT ONLY (w/SAE + 2.00 USDs
or 1 new IRC/
properly stamped. Any IRC that is not properly
validated will result
in no QSL. Old IRC's will not be accepted
either). The HC bureau only
functions to receive cards from DX
countries. There is no outgoing bureau
from Ecuador any longer.
OLD QSL COLLECTION (Update). Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind
everyone
to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more
than 7300 old
QSL cards in several different albums/galleries. This
site contains:
- The ten most wanted DXCC entities (2004 to
2008) with more than
300 QSLs
- At least one card for
each 58 deleted DXCC countries (more than
1000 QSLs)
-
Nearest the totality of current prefixes, disappeared now (more
than 2700+ QSLs)
- Album for stations from Magrebh - 1945 to
1962 (more than 300+ QSLs)
- More than 800 QSLs from the
Antarctic bases.
- Nearly 240 QSLs from the TAAF (Terres
Australes and Antarctiques
Francaises).
- More than 300
QSLs for the rare French Pacific Islands such as
FK/C, FO/C,
FO/A, FO/M, FO/C and FW
- Nearly 100 cards from Eparses Islands
such as FR/B/E/G/J/T
- More than 850 cards for the old timer with
more than 120 countries
before 1945.
- A card from the
French Department before 1945.
- One card from each of the states
in the U.S. before 1945.
The URL address for the Web site is : http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr
Some cards are still needed for the collection, and your particip-
ation is welcome. Please visit their site and give them your comments
by sending an E-mail to: LesNouvellesDX@free.fr
ADDED NOTE: A new album opened with the old cards for the D5 and DL5
stations between 1945 and 1962. Visit the URL address:
http://lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerie/galerie2.php?page=dl5qsl&pfx=DL5
SENDING QSLS TO UK8. OPDX received a report that Mike, UK8OM, states
"DO NOT" send greens stamps to Uzbekistan because envelopes will be
opened and they will be taken. Also, don't send envelopes. Just send
an address label if you have one. Since January, only envelopes
produced in Uzbekistan can be used there.
VK9X/G6AY LOG. Phil,
G3SWH reports: "Just to let you know that my Web
site <http://www.g3swh.org.uk>
is now working again and I’ve just
uploaded the log of 10,256 QSOs
to the search facility. The site
apparently crashed under the
weight of the number of hits on the first
couple of days on top of
my normal monthly traffic but automatically
reset itself at the end
of February. The log will be uploaded to LoTW
in the next few
days, subject to getting a certificate from ARRL."
QSLS VIA
LoTW: C5YK, C56SMT, CX7TT, DL775TMG, DL9MEN, E51WWA, E51WWB,
EI4GNB, F6HRP, GI4SIZ, HA2EOA, HZ1PS, IT9KCD, JM1XCW, K4M, LZ2BE,
OX3XR, OY2J, T70A, TX4T, UR5EDU, UT2FF/A, VK9X/G6AY, VP8LP, W5KNE/NH8,
XR0Y (not XR0X), YN2LJ, Z21BB and ZL1BYZ.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA
MAIL: 3D20CR, 6W/EI6DX, 9L7NS, EU3AR, KH0AC, KC4AAA,
OH0X,
PY2XB/PY0F, R1FJM, RW0CWA, TF4M, UA2FF, VP9/N1SNB and XU7ACY.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!
T03,
PRINCIPALITY OF SEBORGA (Italy). Zoli, HA3HK, will be active as
T03HK
(Tango Zero Three Hotel Kilo) from the Principality of Seborga
between
March 12–14th. Bands and modes of activity were not provide.
According
to Wikipedia: "The Principality of Seborga is a micronation
located
in the northwestern Italian region of Liguria, near the French
border,
and in sight of Monaco. The principality is coexistent with,
and
claims the territory of, the town of Seborga, which is an Italian
municipality."
TF,
ICELAND. Siggi, TF3CW, will be active in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
(March
6-7th) as Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via LX1NO.
V6,
MICRONESIA. Operators Sho/JA7HMZ (V63DX), Koh/JA1ADT (V63DQ) and
Keiichiro/JA7GYP
(V63T) will be active from Pohnpei (OC-010) between
April 11-17th.
Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via their
home
callsigns.
YU140, SERBIA (Special Event). Members of Radio Club
"Marica-Zemun"
(YU1AVQ) will celebrate 140th anniversary of Voluntary
Fire Brigade
in the city of Zemun and will be active as YU140Z until
May 31st. QSL
via YU1AVQ.
YU40, SERBIA (Special Event). Look
for the prefixes YU40 and YT40 to
be used by members of "YU CW Club"
to commemorate its 40th anniversary.
ZK3, TOKELAU. By the time
you read this, operators Bill/N7OU and Bob/
W7YAQ will be on their
way to Nukunono, Tokelau Islands (OC-048), and
should be on the air
by Sunday or Monday as ZK3OU and ZK3YA. Bill, N7OU,
informs OPDX that
there is a chance of a very late entry from ZK3 in the
ARRL DX SSB
Contest, but no one should count on it. He also states that
during
their 3 weeks in Samoa (5W) they made a total of 22,400 QSOs.
ZS10,
SOUTH AFRICA (Special Event). Special event station ZS10WCS will
be
on the air between now and July 12th (started Sept. 2009). Activity
is
to celebrate the 2010 Soccer World Cup being held in South Africa
between
June 11th and July 11th. The callsign will be operated by members
of
various SARL affiliated clubs. Operations through May 31st will be
only
on the air over weekends. However, operations between June 1st and
July
12th, will be on the air 7 days a week. Frequency band selections
and
times will be dependent on propagation conditions. Preferred fre-
quencies
are: CW - 3510, 7010, 14010, 21010 and 28010
SSB -
3780, 7080, 14180, 21280 and 28480 kHz
Electronic QSL cards must be
sent to: wcs@sarl.org.za
All
stations logged will get a special QSL card via the Buereau. Direct
QSL
can be sent to: PO Box 1721, Strubensvallei, 1735, South Africa.
Please
included a self-addressed envelope (DL size) and 1 IRC or 1 USD.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following stations are expected to be active in the
ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 6-7th, 2010)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following
consolidated
listing of the participants in the 2010 ARRL DX SSB Contest.
For a
more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML
format,
please visit Bill's Web page at:
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxs2010.html
(By callsign)
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxsd2010.html
(By entity)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contest DXCC Class QSL
Callsign
Entity Route
------------------------------------------------------------------------
6Y9V
Jamaica WD9DZV
8P5A
Barbados SOAB HP NN1N
BX5AA Taiwan
SOSB 20M BX5AA
C6ANM Bahamas LoTW
QSL via WA2IYO direct
CO8LY Cuba SOSB 15M
EA7ADH
CO8TW Cuba SOAB LP HB9SVT
CR2X
Azores M/? OH2BH
E21YDP Thailand
M/S E21YDP
FS/KT8X St. Martin
LoTW
HI3K Dominican Republic M/S KB2MS
J37K
Grenada SO HP AC8G
J68JA St. Lucia
SO W5JON
J7N Dominica SO
K3TEJ
J88DR St. Vincent SOAB LP G3TBK
LX7I
Luxembourg SO LX2A
NP3QE Puerto Rico
SOSB 20M NP3QE
P40A Aruba SOAB
WD9DZV
PJ2T Netherlands Antilles SO
PJ7B Sint
Maarten SO LP W8EB
S65Q Singapore
9V1QQ
SO5A Poland M/S LoTW
T46A
Cuba M/S CO6LC
TF3CW Iceland
SOSB 20M LX1NO
TI5N Costa Rica M/?
W3HNK
TI8M Costa Rica M/? TI2KAC
TO5A
Martinique SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via F5VHJ, Buro or direct
V26M
Antigua SO HP LoTW
VK9C/NL8F Cocos
Keeling K8NA
VP9/W6PH Bermuda SOAB LP
W6PH Direct
YN2EA Nicaragua M/S LoTW; QSL
via W5PF
ZP0R Paraguay SO ZP5AZL
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