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Sunday, April 27, 2014


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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1160

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1160
BID: $OPDX.1160
April 28, 2014
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 & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA
& QRZ DX, W4FC, KH6MT, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, W9ILY, AT Inter-
national, DK8JB & The DX News Letter, DL1SBF, DxCoffee.com, DX-World.Net,
ES1CW, EY8MM, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G0DHZ, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX
News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, JA0RQV, JA3MCA, JE2SOY, M1ACB, OZ6OM & 50 MHz
DX News, Pete's DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ &
ICPO, and the VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information.

*** NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Sorry for the small content in this week's
bulletin. Your editor has been sick (I mean really sick) since Thursday
and I actually had to force myself to write the following. Hopefully
I will be back to normal next week.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week
of Sunday, 20th-April, through Sunday, 27th-April there were 228 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S,
4X, 5A, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H,
9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV,
BY, C2, C3, C5, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY0, D2,
D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU,
EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW,
HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6,
J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA,
LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA,
PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5,
SV9, T32, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP8,
VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3,
ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZF, 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".

3E100, PANAMA (Special Event). Jose, HP2AT, will be active with the
special callsign 3E100PC from Panama between June 1st and August 31st.
Activity is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal.
Operations will be on the HF bands. QSL via HP2AT direct. All QSOs will
be confirmed via LOTW.

5Z, KENYA. Toru, JH0CJH, has once again returned to Nairobi, Kenya, and
will be active as 5Z4/JH0CJH until May 3rd. Activity will be mainly 40-10
meters CW. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

8J, JAPAN (Special Event). The QRP day special event station 8J2VLP (It
stands for "very low power.") will be active with 5 watts between April 26th
and June 30th. The QSLs will be sent automatically via the JARL Bureau.
Three other stations, 8J4VLP, 8J6VLP, and 8J9VLP will also be on the air.

A2, BOTSWANA. Gerard (Gert), ZS6AYU, will once again be active as A25GF
between May 16-18th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using
CW only. He will also try 6 meters. Gert will use a AVQ640 vertical running
400 watts. QSL via ZS6AYU, direct or by the Bureau.

A3, TONGA. Masa, JA0RQV, will once again be active from Tonga. This time
he will activate Niuatoputapu Island (OC-191) at the very small northern
end of Tongan territory, and will be signing as A35JP/P between May 28th
and June 3rd. Operations will be on 80-6 meters using CW and SSB. His
equipment is an IC-7000 (w/100W) into a vertical antenna. Activity will
be limited and much is depending on the availability of electric power
since there is no commercial electric power at all. He must find a gen-
erator or car battery. In case his flight is cancelled, Masa will be
active from Vava'u Island (OC-064) or Tongatapu Island (OC-049) instead.
QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau, direct (SASE w/1 IRC) or LoTW.
For more details and updates, visit his Blog page at:

CY0, SABLE ISLANDS (60m). Aaron, VA1AXC/CY0, was active the past week
during his nights with a nice signal. He will be on the island for two
months (his work rotation). He is using a Pro III and an Inverted Vee,
donated by K4AVC. Also, both WA4DAN and VE1RGB have been a big help in
supplying the radio and other antennas. QSL via JE1LET.

DX0, SPRATLY ISLANDS. A group of operators consisting of 4F2KWT, AD5MD,
DU1BP, K6BF, K6BG, WA6LOS, WE6DX, WJ1P and WW6CP are planning to be
active as DX0P from Spratly (AS-051) sometime in April 2015. Look for
more details to be forthcoming.

E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Four members of the Yamato Amateur Radio Club
will be active from Rarotonga, South Cook Islands, with their own individ-
ual callsigns between May 22-31st. Operators mentioned are Kuni/JA8VE
(E51AVE), Sasi/JA1KJW (E51KJW), Mat/JA1JQY (JA1JQY) and Kaoru/JA3MCA
(E51MCA). Activity will be on all HF bands from 160-10 meters using CW,
SSB and RTTY. QSL via each operator's home callsign, SASE or by the Bureau.

EUROPE TRIP. Dave, WJ2O, plans to active from the following locations:
F/WJ2O/m - France; July 4-7th
GJ/WJ2O/m - Jersey; July 8-11th
GU/WJ2O/m - Jersey; July 12-15th, to include SOAB LP IARU Contest
F/WJ2O/m - France; July 16-17th
QSL via N2ZN and LoTW.

FT5ZM PHOTOBOOK NOW AVAILABLE. Nodir, EY8MM, informed OPDX that he finished
his work on FT5ZM photobook. These are some great photos and info on the
FT5ZM DXpedition.
Printed (hardware) version [216 pages]:

IBooks format. Free to download. About 650 mb size. (65 pages)

GM, SCOTLAND (Islands Op). Alex, G0DHZ, informs OPDX that he will fly to
Glasgow on May 3rd, and team up with Andre, GM3VLB, to spend 3 weeks
activating Scottish Islands (their list consists of approx. 27 seperate
islands). Alex states that there is so much to arrange, he feels they
will not be able to access all of the 27. Operations will be on SSB and
CW -- 14257 kHz is a regular spot for SSB, but band condx rules, and CW
will be around the + 20 kHz on a frequency where allowed. Islands mentioned
are: Bass Rock, Incholm, Davaar, Pladda, Holy Is., Arran, Horse, Burnt,
Gigalum, Gigha, Texa, Orsay, Danna, Iona, Kerrera, Lismore, Calve, Carna,
Oronsay, Lady Isle, Staffa, and Little Colonsay. QSLs for GM3VLB is direct.
GM0DHZ will be via eQSL, to GM0DHZ or direct to G0DHZ or by the Bureau.

HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Ronny, OT4R, will be active as HI7/OT4R from Punta
Cana between May 10-31st. Activity will be on 20 and 10 meters SSB. QSL
via LoTW or eQSL only. NO PAPER QSL CARDS.

IOTA NEWS..............
EU-010. Members of the Camb-Hams will be active as GS3PYE/P from the
Isle of Lewis between April 26th and May 3rd. The Camb-Hams
have been activating the Scottish Isles each year since 2008
and will be travelling to the Isle of Lewis in the Scottish
Outer Hebrides in 2014. Thirteen operators will be active on
all bands and many modes from 4m to 80m, 2m & 70cm for Satellites
and 2m & 23cm for EME between April 26th and May 3rd. The HF
bands will be covered by five simultaneous stations, while the
6m & 4m stations will have a great take-off towards the UK and
Europe from the island's northern tip in IO68 square. All
stations will be able to run at the full UK power limit. EME
operations will use 150W to 55 elements on 23cm and 400W to 17
elements on 2m, primarily on JT65 but also available for CW
skeds - if your station is big enough. Satellite operations on
2m & 70cm will use X-Quad antennas and a fully automatic Az/El
tracking system. Activity is planned on AO-7 (mode B), VO-52,
FO-29, SO-50 & AO-73. Contest operations will take place in the
RSGB 70MHz UKAC on April 29th. A number of the group is planning
to make an extra trip to operate as GS6PYE/P from the Shiant
Isles (EU-112). They are aiming for afternoon/early evening
operations on April 28th, but may switch to April 30th if the
weather is bad. The group will be active on HF mobile and APRS
as they travel, starting on April 25th. All the up-to-date plans
and progress will be on <dx.camb-hams.com>. Most importantly,
this is a group of good friends doing what they enjoy, so please
give them a call and enjoy the trip with them. Active on the
major social networks before, during and after the trip, you
can check on progress and interact with the operators via their
blog <dx.camb-hams.com> or through Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
[links below]. Please E-mail <skeds-2014@camb-hams.com> to
arrange skeds on the more challenging bands and modes. VHF and
EME skeds will also be made via ON4KST, HB9Q (1296) and N0UK's
EME Chat (144). All links are available via <dx.camb-hams.com>.
QSL via OQRS (info on QRZ.com) or M0VFC direct or via bureau.
dx.camb-hams.com facebook.com/CambHams
twitter.com/g3pye youtube.com/CambHams

EU-124. Ed, GW3SQX, will be active as GW7O from Holy Island during the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op/CW-Mode/High-
Power entry. QSL via GW3SQX.

NA-079. Dan, AK4PX, will be heading to Dry Tortugas to activate Grid
EL84 during the ARRL June VHF Contest timeframe and, of course,
for some fun in the sun and in the clear blue waters of Garden
Key. This will be a Single Operator Portable, weather permitting.
AK4PX will be operating during the contest with the following
equipment: ICOM IC-703Plus, 6m two-element Yagi, Buddipole 18ft
mast and tripod, and a EARCH end fed halfwave. His GoBox has
an internal 9ah cell and he will also have a separate power
box with twin 18ah cells, all supported by a 27w solar panel.
Bands: 50MHZ (Yagi), 40-10m (EFHW). Modes: SSB. QSL will be by
LoTW. A specific Dry Tortugas paper QSL card will be available
as well for those who send him a SASE. Your paper QSL is
desired but not required.

J7, DOMINICA. Walter, HB9MFM, will once again be active as J79WTA from the
Tamarind Tree Hotel near Salisbury on Dominica (NA-101) until June 8th.
Activity will be holiday style on 160-10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK.
He will use an IC-7000 with an ACOM 1000 into a dipole 50m above sea level
and Spider Beam. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

NH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Operators Yutaka/JQ2GYU/WS2Y and his wife Miho/
JJ2VLY/WS2M will be active as NH0J from Tinian Island (OC-086), Northern
Mariana Islands, the special commemorative Tinian station of the "J-Tinian
Radio Space Club, between May 6-11th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters
including the 30/17/12 meter bands, using CW, SSB and RTTY. Miho will
focus on RTTY. QSL via JJ2VLY, direct (SAE + 2 USDs) or by the JARL Bureau.
Please don't send your QSL request to Tinian Island. For more details and

NP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (NA-106). Operators George/K5KG, Ron/KK9K, Scott/
NE9U and possibly others will be active as NP2X from the "Caribbean Friends
United By Amateur Radio" Gallows Bay Club Station on St. Croix during the
CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via K5WW.

PJ4, BONAIRE. Operators Redd/AI2N, Ken/N2ZN and Dave/WJ2O will be active
as PJ4J from Bonaire (SA-006) between May 21-28th. Activity will include
the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 24-25th) as a Multi-Op/One-TX/All-Band entry.

PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (April 28th- May 4th)....
Apr/28th AN May/01st AN May/03rd AN
Apr/29th AN May/02nd AN May/04th AN
Apr/30th AN

SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
======================================================
NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
----------------- ------ -------- ------
AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7
HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15
LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29
BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49
DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99
VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400

PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Leo, PP1CZ, is once again active as PY0F/PP1CZ
from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) until April 29th. Activity will be on
160-6 meters using CW, RTTY and some SSB. His equipment is an IC-7000 and/or
possibly a Yaesu FL-2100Z into a G5RV and A4S antenna. QSL via his home
callsign, direct, LoTW or by the Bureau (very slow).

QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
MATTHEW ISLAND LOGS (Previous Operators). Jean-Michel, F6AJA, informs
OPDX that both logs and cards are still available for previous activities
from Matthew Island. There were two activities from Matthew by Eddy/FK8CR,
Eric/FK8GM and Claude/FK1RF. The first one was between December 3-4th,
1996, and the second operation was only for one day on April 23rd, 1997.
Both QSL cards can be seen at:

QSL UP44WFF via LoTW, direct and eQSL. This was a WWFF activation for
"International Day of the Earth". Activity on April 25th, was from
UNFF-038 (New One) State nature monument "Charyn ash-tree forest",
UNR-036 Charyn river (New One), KDA Q-15 Uighur district, and QTH
WW. Loc. MN93QQ. Activity on April 26, was from UNFF-004 Charyn National
Park, UNR-036 Charyn River (New One), KDA Q-15 Uighur district, and
QTH WW. Loc. MN93QQ.

QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4Z5CP, CN8YZ, CZ1FU, D2QMN, D3AA, DF8AA, DK3RA,
DM5BB, GI4SNA, J8/LY2IJ, PE2LZ, PJ4H, PJ5/K3TRM, PR2W, RA22KW, SV2DSJ,
UA0FO, VU4k, XR0ZR and ZP5DBC

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3A2LF, E77DX, EX8M, TY1TT, VK9X/K7CO, YB4IR/P
and ZS8C

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3D2A, 3D2RO, 4L8A, 4S7TRG, 4W/CU3FT,
5B4AII, 5H1FS, 5H3NP, 5N0OCH, 5T5BV, 5V7TH, 5Z4/DL8NBE, 6Y5/DL3JH,
6Y9X, 7X3WPL, 8P5A, 9A/K1ZZ, 9H25Y, 9H3KK, 9H3TR, 9H3TX, 9H3YM, A31JY,
A31KJ, A31MA, A31VE, AH0I, C5/M1KTA, C5A, C6AUM, CE5CN, CR2T, CU3AF,
CU3AK, CU3AN, CU3CY, CU3EM, CU3EM, CU9X, D4C, EA5/NP3D, EA8/DJ9BN,
EA8/DL7ASL, EA8/DL7VOA, EA8/OK1FZM, EA8ARG, EA8AY, EA8CLX, EA8CVA,
EL2A, ER240C, ER44WFF, ER570C, ER65V, ES51NOU, EY8MM, FK/JJ2NYT,
FM/F5UFX, FM5WD, FP/G3ZAY, FS/K9EL, FY/F6CKD, FY/OK1RI, FY/OM6NM,
HB0/DL2SBY, HB0/IN3HUU, HK3W, J6/KA9P, J6/W4VAB, J79ZG, J88HL, JD1BMH,
JW/DK8FD, JW/DL2JRM, KG4EM, KL7/K8GU, KL7IDA, KL7LT, KP2/K5WE, MJ/ON6NB,
MJ0AWR, NT5V/KP2, OJ0V, OX3KQ, OY2H, P29VPY, P3N, P40A, P40L, PJ2/DL0IPS,
PJ2/DL6JFR, PJ2/DL8AKI, PJ2/PD4JOF, PJ4M, PJ7N, PJ7TM, PJ7XK, PY0FF,
PZ5MM, RA/KE5JA, S21B, S9SS, SV5/OK2ZV, T30OU, T33KV, TC03W, TL5A,
TM1MAD, TO11A, TO7ZG, TS7C, V31LJ, V31YK, V3A, V5/DL5XL, VI2AJ2010,
VI6CHOGM, VI6NC, VK100ARV, VK100WIA, VK5CE/4, VK9L/W7AVO, VP2MUQ,
VP5/N7OU, VP5T, VP8LP, WI9WI/C6A, WL7BKA, WP2U, WP4L, XR3P, XW0YJY,
YE0M, YN2AA, ZD8ZZ and ZF2UQ

SW9, CRETE. Uli, DJ9XB, will be active as SW9XB from Paleochora between
May 6-16th. Activity will be on the HF band, RTTY only. QSL via DJ9XB
and LoTW.

TO6, GUADELOUPE. Sam, F6AML, will be active as TO6A from Les Saintes Islands
(NA-114) between May 5-20th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW and
SSB. QSL via his home callsign.

YW0, AVES ISLAND. The YW0A team is expected to leave port on April 29th,
at 7:00 AM local local. The trip to Aves Island will take 40 hours, so do
not look for activity until around 12:00 local on April 30th. Operations
are expected to last between 5-7 days (May 7th). Operators mentioned are
Franco/YV1FM, Julio/YV1KK, Heiroun/YV4KM, Pasquale/YV5KAJ, Gregorio/YV5OK,
Rafael/YV5RED (co-leader), Jose/YV5TX, Alex/YV6CQ (team leader) and
Reinaldo/YV8AD. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB and the
Digital modes. QSL via EB7DX (David Lianez Fernandez, PO Box 163, 21080
Huelva, Spain), LoTW and ClubLog OQRS. It is suggested to watch the
following media Web pages for updates at:
DXpedition's Web page - http://www.avesisland.info
4M5DX Group's Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/4M5DX
4M5DX Group's Twitter page - https://twitter.com/4m5dxgroup

Z2, ZIMBABWE. Gerard (Gert), ZS6AYU, will once again be active as Z21GF
from Victoria Falls between May 19-23rd. Activity will be holiday style
on 40-10 meters using CW only. He will also try 6 meters. Gert will use
a AVQ640 vertical running 400 watts. QSL via ZS6AYU, direct or by the
Bureau.

ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Oliver, W6NV, will once again be active as ZD8W
from Ascension Island (AF-003) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October
25-26th). Look for activity outside of the contest on the HF bands and
6 meters. QSL via W6NV. More details should be forthcoming.

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