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Monday, June 30, 2014


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IOTA News from OPDX

30 June, 2014

Island activities:
AS-008. Takeshi "TAKE", JI3DST, will be active as JI3DST/1 from Shikine Island (North Izu Island) between 0600z, July 21st and 2100z, July 28th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters
using CW, SSB, FM, RTTY, PSK31 and JT65A. QSL via JI3DST (see QRZ.com for details). ADDED NOTE: In case of heavy rain or other conditions, the operation condition may vary.
EU-008. Members of the West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society [WOSARS] (GM4AGG) will be active as GM4AGG/P from Iona Island (Where Saint Columba first landed in Scotland) in the Inner Hebrides
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). QSL via direct or by the Bureau.
EU-067. Norbert, OM6NM, will be active as SV8/OM6NM from Satorini
Island, Greece, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th).
QSL via OM2FY.
EU-121. Operators Jerry/EI6BT, Dave/EI4BZ and Tim/EI2KA will be active
as EJ1C from Clear Island (aka Cape Clear) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op/DXpedition entry. QSL via
EI2KA.
EU-123. Tom, GM0FGI, will be active from the Isle of Bute (Scottish
Islands CL2, WW Loc IO75lr, WAB NS15) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode/High-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. Visit his Web page at: http://www.kilchattan-bay.co.uk
EU-171. By the time you read this, operators Bernd/DL2DXA and Joachim/DJ5AA will be active as 5P2X from Agger on the island of
Vendsyssel Thy until July 5th. QSL via DL2DXA.
EU-172. Marc, PD7YY, will be active as OZ/PD7YY from Langeland Island
(DIA FY-019, WLOTA 0590) between July 19-25th. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands. QSL via PD7YY, by the Bureau or direct. NO eQSL or LoTW.
NA-067. Jon, WB8YJF, will be active as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke Island
(USI NC001S), NC, between July 20-27th. Activity will be mostly CW then some SSB and RTTY. Possibly 6 meters. He will also be active during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). QSL via his home callsign (see QRZ.com) - direct QSLs get a fast reply!
OC-133. By the time you read this, John, 9M6XRO, will be active as
9M6XRO/P from Labuan Island. Activity started June 26th and will end on June 30th. He will be using an IC-7000 with a IC-2KL Linear into a vertical antenna on 40-10 meters, using CW and SSB around the IOTA frequencies, possibly some RTTY also. QSL via Tim, M0URX, by his OQRS, direct, by the Bureau and LoTW. See <www.m0urx.com> for details.
SA-060. Members of the PARA DX Group will be active as PX8I from Itarana Island between July 23-28th. Operators mentioned are Fernando/
PU8WZT, Daniell/PY8DAN, Jaime/PY8FML, Ren/PY8WW and Jose/PY8ZE.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters and an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). QSL via PY8WW. For more details and updates, watch: http://paradxgroup.wordpress.com
PLEASE NOTE: Itarana is an island inhabited by fishermen, has no electricity, a true paradise in the Amazon coast. The last operation on the island occurred in 1992 when PT7BI, PY8EA and PY8FLC, operated in December 1992.
 
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13 Colonies Special Event

Once again the annual '13 Colonies Special Event' will take place between 1300z, July 1st and 0400z July 7th.
The theme for 2014 will be "Revolution War Era Colonial Currency".
The certificate is printed on heavy card stock. Stations working one state or, as many as all 13, will be eligible for the certificate. A "Clean Sweep" indicator will be affixed, for those lucky enough to "Q" all 13.
A special endorsement will be attached for stations contacting their sister operation, WM3PEN, in Philadelphia, PA, where independence was declared.
New for 2014, the 13 Colonies have added a second sister event station W3FT from Baltimore, MD, commemorating the writing of our Nation Anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner in 1814". The 13 Colonies certificate will have a Liberty Bell added for a contact with WM3PEN, and a W3FT contact will have a special 15 star 1812 US flag of the period added to the 13 Colonies certificate. They will also offer a special QSL card printed just for this event.
There should be at least two stations from each on the 13 colonies on the air, as well as Super contest stations, multi-operator Club stations and OM and XYL teams.
The U.S. original 13 colonies are CT-DE- GA-MA-MD-NC-NH-NJ-NY-PA-RI-SC-VA. Special events stations mentioned are: K2A (NY), K2B (VA), K2C (RI), K2D (CT), K2E (DE), K2F (MD), K2G (GA), K2H (MA), K2I (NJ), K2J (NC), K2K (NH), K2L (SC), K2M (PA) and WM3PEN.
All HF bands will be in play except the WARC bands and 60 meters.
2 meters and 6 meter simplex are encouraged. All modes of operation should be represented - SSB, CW, RTTY, Digital, and the Satellites.
The mode of operation is up to the individual colony state station.
For more details on the stations, suggested frequencies, QSL info and on how to obtain the special certificate, see: http://www.13colonies.info
OPDX

Sunday, June 29, 2014

SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1169
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1169

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1169
BID: $OPDX.1169
June 30, 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, WB6RSE, WA8DAN, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, WB8YJF,
W9ILY, 9M6XRO, AT International, DD0VR, DK8JB & The DX News Letter, DL1SBF,
DL2DXA, DxCoffee.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX,
GM3ITN, HA0HW, HP1AC, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia
News, IZ8CLM, JA1XGI, JH1QJU, Mediterraneo Dx Club, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX
News, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, TA1HZ, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3RZ,
the VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) and YO3APJ for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 22nd-June, through Sunday, 29-June there were 200 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4W,
4X, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9V,
9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT,
CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK,
ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, G, GD, GI,
GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS,
J2, J6, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU,
LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4,
PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ,
TK, TR, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK,
VP2E, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS,
YU, YV, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, 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".

13 COLONIES (Special Event). Once again the annual "13 Colonies Special
Event" will take place between 1300z, July 1st and 0400z July 7th. The
theme for 2014 will be "Revolution War Era Colonial Currency". The certi-
ficate is printed on heavy card stock. Stations working one state or, as
many as all 13, will be eligible for the certificate. A "Clean Sweep"
indicator will be affixed, for those lucky enough to "Q" all 13. A special
endorsement will be attached for stations contacting their sister oper-
ation, WM3PEN, in Philadelphia, PA, where independence was declared. New
for 2014, the 13 Colonies have added a second sister event station W3FT
from Baltimore, MD, commemorating the writing of our Nation Anthem, "The
Star Spangled Banner in 1814". The 13 Colonies certificate will have a
Liberty Bell added for a contact with WM3PEN, and a W3FT contact will
have a special 15 star 1812 US flag of the period added to the 13 Colonies
certificate. They will also offer a special QSL card printed just for
this event. There should be at least two stations from each on the 13
colonies on the air, as well as Super contest stations, multi-operator
Club stations and OM and XYL teams. The U.S. original 13 colonies are
CT-DE- GA-MA-MD-NC-NH-NJ-NY-PA-RI-SC-VA. Special events stations mentioned
are: K2A (NY), K2B (VA), K2C (RI), K2D (CT), K2E (DE), K2F (MD), K2G (GA),
K2H (MA), K2I (NJ), K2J (NC), K2K (NH), K2L (SC), K2M (PA) and WM3PEN.
All HF bands will be in play except the WARC bands and 60 meters. 2 meters
and 6 meter simplex are encouraged. All modes of operation should be
represented - SSB, CW, RTTY, Digital, and the Satellites. The mode of
operation is up to the individual colony state station. For more details
on the stations, suggested frequencies, QSL info and on how to obtain the
special certificate, see:           http://www.13colonies.info

5R, MADAGASCAR (IOTA DXpedition). [Edited excerpts from PRESS RELEASE #1]
Nosy Be means "big island" in the Malagasy language and Nosy Be, not far,
from the mother island Madagascar, will be the next destination of the
Mediterraneo International DX Club (MDXC) Team! Look for leader Antonio,
IZ8CCW, and the co-leader Gabriele, I2VGW, to head-up a team of operators
to be active as 5R8M from Nosy Be Island (AF-057), thanks from the help
of a local friend, Michele, 5R8UI, between October 20th and November 4th.
Activity will take place during 16 days and 14 nights. According to their
evaluations, they are confident to give a lot of DXers a chance to work
this country (and IOTA) on the Lower Bands, 30/17/12m and especially on
the Digital modes. The 16 operators will be an international team from
countries. Currently, the operators listed are:
  CW   - Eric/ON7RN, Feri/YO5OED and Karl/OE3JAG
  SSB  - Ant/IZ8CCW (Leader), Michel/F5EOT, Steve/IZ5GST and Michele/IK5ZUI
  RTTY - Gabriele/I2VGW (Co-Leader), Marco/IZ2GNW, YL Manu/IZ8IYL,
         Mario/IK4MTK and Henri/F1HRE
  Pilot Stations - Don/N1DG (USA), Rino/IK7JTF (Europe) and Sergio/IK0FTA
                   (6m pilot)
  QSL Manager is Giuliano, IK2VUC, for direct or Bureau QSLs. However,
there will be an OQRS available on the Web page below. LoTW files will
be uploaded by the end of May 2015.
  Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. They plan to
have four stations on the air around the clock using dipoles, Inverted L,
verticals and Spiderbeams. For more details and updates, visit the 5R8M
Web page at:                   http://www.mdxc.org/5r8m
The team is looking for sponsors and funds/donations.

6Y, JAMAICA. Lali, VE3NE, will be in Jamaica for the IARU HF World Cham-
pionship (July 12-13th) using the callsign 6Y3M. He states, "This time
my wife, Agnes (ex-HG9MAT) will join me, and we will be in Multi-Single
category. She is a bit rusty but we are practicing using VE3NEA's pile
up trainer to bring her speed up. Go easy on her though...:-) We are not
going to win, but I am very excited because this is the first time we are
entering into a contest as a team." Lali and his XYL will be in Jamaica
from July 11-14th. QSL via VE3NE.

CY0, SABLE ISLAND (Press Release/Update). [edited] "Operators Murray/WA4DAN,
Randy/N0TG, and Gary/VE1RGB will return to Sable Island for a one-day
DXpedition scheduled for September 8th, 2014. They will be using the Sable
Island Amateur Radio Station that Murray and the CY0P team left behind
after their operation as CY0P in October 2013. Murray will be QRV on SSB
and Randy will operate CW. Antennas are expected to be 17m and 20m Yagis.
Trip planning and logistics support are being provided by Gary, VE1RGB,
who has been the logistics coordinator for three previous CY0 ventures
and was an operator at CY0P. On this trip, Gary does not plan to operate
but will instead be providing technical and operational support to Murray
and Randy, and to the Sable Island ARS. Gary will be the QSL manager for
CY0C. As usual, travel will be via Maritime Air Charter using their
Britten-Norman Islander. Hours of operation will be limited by the require-
ment to fly during daylight hours. With luck, the DXpedition will operate
from approximately 1300Z to 2100Z on September 8th. Check the various DX
bulletins for any changes to the date of operation due to weather, etc."
Also, watch:              http://www.cy0dxpedition.com

E6, NIUE (Update). Haru, JA1XGI, has announced his next operation will be
from Niue between December 1-6th. He will depart from Tokyo on November
28th to Sydney and transiting at Auckland. Then he will go to Niue on
Saturday of November 30th. Haru will pick up his license at Telecom Niue
on December 1st, and his expected callsign will be E6XG. Activity will
be on 160-10 meters, looking for EU/NA on lower bands. Mode will be CW
(mainly), SSB and the Digital. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by
the Bureau. An OQRS will be available on ClubLog. He now has a E6XG Web
page at:                    http://e6xg.yolasite.com

EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Members of the Union De Radioaficionados De Tenerife
(Seccion S/C Laguna) will be active as EA8URT from Tenerife Island (AF-004)
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op/Island entry.
Operators mentioned are Francisco/EA8CSB, Jose/EA8CZT and Juan/EA8VJ.
QSL via direct (see QRZ.com) or by the Bureau.

HAFF SUMMER TOUR. By the time you read this, operators Geza/HA8DD and
Zsolt/HA8FY will be active as homecall/p from 10 different HAFF areas as
of June 28th. Their schedule is as follows:
    June 28th (Saturday) HAFF-024 Kelet Mecsek TK (13:00-20:00 UTC)
    June 29th (Sunday)   HAFF-033 Nyugat Mecsek TK (06:00-10:00 UTC)
                         then HAFF-048 Zselic TK (14:00-20:00 UTC)
    June 30th (Monday)   HAFF-013 Boronka melléki (06:00-10:00 UTC)
                         then HAFF-032 Mura menti TK (14:00-20:00 UTC)
    July 1st (Tuesday)   HAFF-009 Orségi NP (07:00-11:00 UTC) then
                         HAFF-040 Somló TK (15:00-21:00 UTC)
    July 2nd (Wednesday) HAFF-038 Sárréti TK (06:00-11:00 UTC) then
                         HAFF-039 Sárvíz völgy TK (14:00-20:00 UTC)
    July 3rd (Thursday)  HAFF-016 Dél mezoföld TK (07:00-12:00 UTC)

  The times in UTC are not rock solid; it depends on the activity and
the traffic on the road to get to the new/next QTH. They will operate
with two stations on the air at the same time (FT-857 and FT-7B) with
separated dipoles and verticals for 7 HF bands. The modes are CW, SSB
and FM on 2 meters for emergency purposes. QSL via the HA Bureau or
direct to their home callsigns on QRZ.com. For more details about the
HAFF program, visit:         http://wff.pannondxc.hu/en

IOTA NEWS..............
  AS-008.  Takeshi "TAKE", JI3DST, will be active as JI3DST/1 from Shikine
           Island (North Izu Island) between 0600z, July 21st and 2100z,
           July 28th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters
           using CW, SSB, FM, RTTY, PSK31 and JT65A. QSL via JI3DST (see
           QRZ.com for details). ADDED NOTE: In case of heavy rain or
           other conditions, the operation condition may vary.

  EU-008.  Members of the West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society [WOSARS]
           (GM4AGG) will be active as GM4AGG/P from Iona Island (Where
           Saint Columba first landed in Scotland) in the Inner Hebrides
           during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). QSL via direct
           or by the Bureau.

  EU-067.  Norbert, OM6NM, will be active as SV8/OM6NM from Satorini
           Island, Greece, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th).
           QSL via OM2FY.

  EU-121.  Operators Jerry/EI6BT, Dave/EI4BZ and Tim/EI2KA will be active
           as EJ1C from Clear Island (aka Cape Clear) during the RSGB IOTA
           Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Op/DXpedition entry. QSL via
           EI2KA.

  EU-123.  Tom, GM0FGI, will be active from the Isle of Bute (Scottish
           Islands CL2, WW Loc IO75lr, WAB NS15) during the RSGB IOTA
           Contest (July 26-27th) as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode/High-Power
           entry. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or
           LoTW. Visit his Web page at: http://www.kilchattan-bay.co.uk

  EU-171.  By the time you read this, operators Bernd/DL2DXA and Joachim/
           DJ5AA will be active as 5P2X from Agger on the island of
           Vendsyssel Thy until July 5th. QSL via DL2DXA.

  EU-172.  Marc, PD7YY, will be active as OZ/PD7YY from Langeland Island
           (DIA FY-019, WLOTA 0590) between July 19-25th. Activity will
           be holiday style on the HF bands. QSL via PD7YY, by the Bureau
           or direct. NO eQSL or LoTW.

  NA-067.  Jon, WB8YJF, will be active as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke Island
           (USI NC001S), NC, between July 20-27th. Activity will be mostly
           CW then some SSB and RTTY. Possibly 6 meters. He will also be
           active during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). QSL via
           his home callsign (see QRZ.com) - direct QSLs get a fast reply!

  OC-133.  By the time you read this, John, 9M6XRO, will be active as
           9M6XRO/P from Labuan Island. Activity started June 26th and
           will end on June 30th. He will be using an IC-7000 with a
           IC-2KL Linear into a vertical antenna on 40-10 meters, using
           CW and SSB around the IOTA frequencies, possibly some RTTY also.
           QSL via Tim, M0URX, by his OQRS, direct, by the Bureau and
           LoTW. See <www.m0urx.com> for details.

  SA-060.  Members of the PARA DX Group will be active as PX8I from Itarana
           Island between July 23-28th. Operators mentioned are Fernando/
           PU8WZT, Daniell/PY8DAN, Jaime/PY8FML, Ren/PY8WW and Jose/PY8ZE.
           Activity will be on 80-10 meters and an entry in the RSGB IOTA
           Contest (July 26-27th). QSL via PY8WW. For more details and
           updates, watch:      http://paradxgroup.wordpress.com
           PLEASE NOTE: Itarana is an island inhabited by fishermen, has
           no electricity, a true paradise in the Amazon coast. The last
           operation on the island occurred in 1992 when PT7BI, PY8EA
           and PY8FLC, operated in December 1992.

JW, SVALBARD (Update). Yoshi, JJ8DEN/KH0PR, is now active as JW/KH0PR
(not JW/JJ8DEN) from the JW5E Club Station at Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen
Island (EU-026, WLOTA 0125) until July 3rd. Activity is on all bands,
160-10 meters using CW, RTTY, PSK31 and JT65A. Suggested frequencies are:
 CW   - 1814, 3504, 7004, 10104, 14040, 18074, 21040, 24894 and 28040 kHz
 RTTY - 3582, 7042, 10144, 14094, 18104, 21094, 24924 and 28094 kHz
QSL via JJ8DEN, by the Bureau or direct (2 USDs with SASE). Do NOT send
QSL to Saipan.

PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (June 30th-July 6th)....
 Jun/30th AN      Jul/03rd  AN      Jul/05th  AN
 Jul/01st AN      Jul/04th  AN      Jul/06th  AN
 Jul/02nd 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

QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
  QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (June 29th)
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  3D2KM via W6ZL              GB2HAM via GB2HAM        R1CC via DJ1ND
  3Z0LH via SP1PBW            GB2RRM via (G-B)         R50EPC via RZ3DVP
  A71/WT2NY via A71A          HB0/DJ6OI via DJ6OI      R60OAS via RW3XS
  AM01BD via EA1BD            HB0/SM0T via SM0DZB      R90NOR via RA3TYL
  AM03NN via EA3NN            HB0/SM0W via SM0WKA      RA/EA3KS via EA3KS
  AM06SA via AM06SA           HS50RAST via E21EIC      RA/EA4CWW via EA4CWW
  AM07AAW via EA7AAW          IA5/IW2MXY via IW2MXY    SN1956PC via SP3PGR
  AM07ITM via EA7ITM          IA5/IZ1FUM via IZ1FUM    SV2/SV4CEO via SV4CEO
  AM08AT via EA8AT            J68HZ via K9HZ           SZ8XIO via SV8FCU
  AN01EB via EB1EB            JW/KH0PR via JJ8DEN      T77LA via I4ZQS
  DL/G1INK/P via G1INK        K1R via K5PAX (d)        TA4/PH2M/MM via PH2M
  E20AX via E21EIC            LZ111RF via LZ1YE        TK/F1FIH via F1FIH (d)
  E7100WAR via E71A           OA6Q via OE3NHW          TM60GW via F5PCX (B)
  ED1R via EC1KR              OF3ERTC via OH2BH        TY2BP via IK2IQD
  ED1RLE via EA1RLE           OM08EPC via OM3RP        UN3M via EA7FTR
  ED1TT via EA1IEL            OZ14ESOF via OZ1BZJ   UT/PA3BUD via PA3BUD & (L)
  EE5W via EA5WP              PA/DK3RV via DK3RV       VK6LC/HK3 via VK6LC (d)
  EF7X via EA7PP              PA/JH0CJH via JH0CJH     VY1JA via VY1JA
  EG5FPN via EA7HBC           PJ7/WA6WXD via WA6WXD    XV9NPS via JA2NPS (B)
  EG8FPR via EA8CER & (L)     PP11CZ via PP1CZ         YE2A via YB2DX (d/L)
  EI4JR via EI4JR             PT22ZXR via PT2ZXR       ZA/IW2JOP via IW2HAJ
  GA700BOB via (e/L)          PU44HAS via PU4HAS       ZS3Y via NI5DX & (L)

    (e) eQSL only  (d) direct only   (B) Bureau only  (L) LoTW only
    (O) OQRS only  (C) ClubLog only

  NEW ADDRESS FOR QSL MANAGER. Sal, IZ8CLM, informs since May 20th,
  2014, he has a new mail address: Sal Rapacciuolo, P.O.Box 12,
  84018 Scafati (SA), ITALY.

  QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: CE1KR, D3AA, EA8BMG, JA1WWO, OH1F, S50R, S51K,
  SP2XDW, YV1RDX and ZF2KE

  QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3B9FR, A35V, A35X, E51KJW, LU4ZS, V31MA, VP8ROT
  and ZF2DX

  QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: ED5KB, EA9BLJ, HP500OP and PB200KING

S7, SEYCHELLES (Update). Operators Heli/DD0VR and XYL Bigi/DE3BWR, along
with their traveling partners Petra and Didi, will be active as S79VR
from the Seychelles Islands (AF-024) between November 3-30th. Activity
is planned from Mahe (Nov. 4-10th and 22-24th), Praslin (Nov. 10-16th)
and La Dique Islands (Nov. 16-22nd). Operations will be holiday style on
80-6 meters operating only QRP CW and QRO/QRP SSB on the IOTA frequencies.
He mentions that he will make CW QSO (using his G-QRP-Club NR 7073) in
the QRP segments with 5 watts and SSB with 500 watts on all other bands
if possible depending on the conditions. Heli will use an Elecraft KX3
with a modified Tokyo High Power HL-1.1 and KX1 for QRP into a Vertical,
Single-Quad, Double-Zepp and a Currentsumeantennakit. QSL via DD0VR,
direct or by the DARC Bureau.

SV9, CRETE. Luc, ON6DSL, will be active as SV9/ON6DSL/P from the beach
at Pigianos Kampos near Rethimnon between August 1-10th. Activity will
be holiday style using a FT-817-ND - 5W (QRP) and a home-made multiband
antenna Inv. V dipole at only 4m high. Mode wll be SSB ONLY. QSL via his
home callsign to the UBA Bureau.

T8, PALAU. Ken, BM2JCC/JP1RIW, will once again be active as T88KH from
the "West Plaza Hotel by the Sea" (GRID PJ77FI) on Koror Island (OC-009)
between July 9-13th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters, including the 17/12m
and mostly on the High Band on SSB using 500w on HF and 100w on 6m. His
antennas are: 80m Vertical, 40/30m DP, 20/15/10m 3 element Beam, 17/12m
2 element HB9CV and 6m 5 element Beam. QSL via BM2JCC.

T8, PALAU (Update). Nobuaki, JH1QJU (ex-JA0JHQ), informs OPDX that he
will once again be active as T88ZD from the VIP-Guest Hotel in Koror
City, Palau, between September 4-8th. Activity will be on the HF bands,
but the main purpose is to be in the All-Asian SSB Contest. QSL via
JH1QJU. His schedule is as follows:
   Sept. 5th -- from morning till mid-night: 17m or 12m SSB, and if 10m
                has good condition, he will operate.
   Sept. 6th -- from 0000z ALL-Asian SSB Contest, mainly 15m. Depending
                on the conditions, 10m or 20m.
   Sept. 7th -- in the morning, ALL-Asian SSB Contest, 75m or 40m. During
                the daytime, 15m/10m depending on the conditions.
   Sept. 8th -- CW operating (he says,"but my skill is poor!") on 15m.

T8, PALAU. Tevfik, TA1HZ (T5TC/ZA1TC/ex-TB1CAK), member of the TCSWAT
will be active as T88HZ from Koror Island (OC-009) between October 24-30th.
The requested "TC" suffix has not been issued; but it will still be a
TCSWAT activity. Operations will be from the West Plaza by the Sea Hotel,
working with Kenwood TS-570S, ALS-600 PA, into a 3 element beam and wire
antennas. Activity will include the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th)
as a Single-Op/High-Power/All-Band or a Single-Band (depending on the
conditions) entry. The log will be uploaded to LoTW as soon as possible,
direct requests via TA1HZ, but as TCSWAT QSL is 100% via the Bureaus.
The QSL cards will be sent out in June 2016 to the Bureaus.

VY2, CANADA. Look for the VY2RAC HQ station to be activated by Ron/N0AT,
Matt/K0BBC and Tony/VE3RZ from the PEI Dxlodge during the IARU HF World
Championship (July 12-13th). Activity will be on all bands, SSB and CW.

XW, LAOS. Reports indicate that Larry, AG6OU, son of XW0ZJZ, will once
again be active as XW6OU from Vientiane, Laos, starting July 1st. Activity
will be on 20 meters and mainly SSB. Length of his stay is not known at
the moment. QSL via E21EIC and eQSL.

YR0, ROMANIA. The YR0HQ will be the HQ station representing the Romanian
Amateur Radio Federation (FRR), as an IARU society member, in the IARU
HF World Championship (July 12-13th). The contest log will be uploaded
into LoTW, ClubLog and eQSLcc. Paper QSLs are via the Bureau or direct
from YO3KAA. To encourage contacts with YR0HQ, on both modes and on all
six bands during the 2014 IARU HF World Championship, the Romanian
Amateur Radio Federation (FRR) will offer, free of charge, a printable
award in PDF or, JPG format. This award, will be issued in 4 Classes
to all those who can prove at least 3, 6, 9 or 12 contacts with YR0HQ,
as follows:        YR0HQ 2014  Award - Extra Class: 12 QSOs
                   YR0HQ 2014  Award - Class 1:  9 QSOs
                   YR0HQ 2014  Award - Class 2:  6 QSOs
                   YR0HQ 2014  Award - Class 3:  3 QSOs
  To prove the contacts, send a log extract or a copy of the Cabrillo
log via E-mail, no earlier than 30 days after the end of the contest but
no later than November 1st, 2014, to:        yo3apj@gmail.com

YW0A AVES ISLAND CANCELLED????? Read the "BREAKING NEWS!" at:
                      http://www.avesisland.info

ZD9, TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLAND. Paul, ZS1S, has announced on
QRZ.com that he will be using the callsign ZD9ZS, and a well known UK
(G3xxx) operator (ZD9 callsign will be announced in due course), will
be visiting Tristan da Cunha in September/October 2014. They will be
traveling to and from Cape Town on the South African Antarctic supply
ship called "SA Agulhas II". Look for more details to be announced in
the coming weeks.

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Weekly DX Report 30.06.2014 - 06.07.2014


START END DXCC CALLSIGN INFO
01.07.2014 02.07.2014 3D2 Beachcomber Island (OC-121) by Dmitry, RM2A.

03.07.2014 07.07.2014 5W Upolu Island (OC-097) by Dmitry, RM2A.

26.06.2014 30.06.2014 9M6 Labuan Island (OC-133) by John, 9M6XRO. QSL via M0URX.

05.07.2014 15.07.2014 FP Island of Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002 WLOTA 1417) by Eric, KV1J.
05.07.2014 15.07.2014 FP Miquelon Island (NA-032) by Eric, KV1J.
29.06.2014 06.07.2014 FS St. Martin (NA-105, DIFO FS-001, WLOTA 0383) by Paul, W7NZJ.

26.06.2014 30.06.2014 GD Members of the Telford and District Amateur Society will be visiting the Isle Of Man. QSL via G3ZME.

19.06.2014 01.07.2014 J3 Grenada (NA-024) by Dave, W9DR.

17.06.2014 19.08.2014 JD/M Marcus Island (OC-073, JCG 10007) by Take, JG8NQJ.
27.06.2014 03.07.2014 JW Spitsbergen Island (EU-026, WLOTA 0125) by Yoshi, JJ8DEN.

25.06.2014 13.07.2014 LA Lofoten Islands (EU-076) by Wolfgang, DM2AUJ.

28.06.2014 30.06.2014 OH0 Matti, OH4SS.

01.07.2014 07.07.2014 PY Mal, VK6LC.

01.07.2014 07.07.2014 SV5 Rhodes Island (EU-001) by David, OK6DJ.

27.06.2014 04.07.2014 TF Iceland (EU-021, WLOTA 2975) by Gust, ON6KE.

05.07.2014 19.07.2014 TK Corsica (EU-014) by Laurent, F8BBL.

23.06.2014 30.06.2014 W Dauphin Island (NA-213, USI AL-002S) by Steve/KI4GGJ, Allan/KV4T, Bridget/KS4YT, Robert/AJ4T, Tre/W4CCF, Nicholas/KJ4AVG and Gramlin/KD4QZR.

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Saturday, June 28, 2014

SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP026
ARLP026 Propagation de K7RA

ZCZC AP26
QST de W1AW 
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 26  ARLP026
From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA  June 27, 2014
To all radio amateurs

SB PROP ARL ARLP026
ARLP026 Propagation de K7RA

Solar activity continues to weaken, with average daily sunspot
numbers dropping nearly 69 points to 72.3, and average daily solar
flux down nearly 36 points to 98.8.

On Wednesday the predicted solar flux on Friday through Sunday, June
27-29 (Field Day weekend) was 105, 110 and 115, but on Thursday
those numbers were revised downward to 100, 105 and 105. Predicted
planetary A index for those dates is unchanged at 8, 12 and 8.

The predicted average solar flux for the next 7-day reporting
period, June 26 through July 2 was reported as 111.4 in the
propagation bulletin preview in the ARRL Letter, but that is now
revised to 100.4, little above 98.8 from the last reporting period,
June 19-25.

If we look at past bulletins for the 2014 calendar year, 98.8 is the
lowest average flux value reported. The highest average was 201.6 in
ARLP002, covering January 2-8, and the second was 180.4 in ARLP006,
covering January 30 through February 5. ARLP007 reported 171.9 the
following week. The weekly solar flux averages reported in bulletins
20 through 26, covering May 8 through June 25 were 157.5, 128.5,
110.3, 104.1, 146.4, 134.7 and 98.8.

How will this weekend compare with Field Day 2013? Average solar
flux reported in ARLP026 for last year, which covered June 20-26 was
122, which is not much higher, but I would not expect F-layer
propagation on 10 meters this weekend. However, sporadic-E is
likely.

The latest predicted solar flux for the near term is 100 on June 27,
105 on June 28-29, 100 on June 30 through July 3, 130 on July 4-5,
135, 140 and 135 on July 6-8, 130 on July 9-10, 125 on July 11, and
120 on July 12-13. Solar flux continues to drift downward reaching a
short term minimum of 95 on July 21, then a high of 140 on August 3.

Predicted planetary A index is 8, 12 and 8 on June 27-29, 5 on June
30 through July 1, 8 on July 2-3, then 5 on July 4-10, 8 on July 11,
5 on July 12-13, then 8, 12, 8 and 8 on July 14-17, and 5 after
that, returning to 8 on July 22-23.

OK1HH predicts quiet geomagnetic conditions on June 27, mostly quiet
June 28, quiet to active on June 29, quiet on June 30, mostly quiet
July 1-2, quiet to unsettled July 3-4, quiet to active July 5,
active to disturbed July 6, mostly quiet July 7, quiet to unsettled
July 8, quiet July 9, quiet to unsettled July 10, quiet on July 11,
mostly quiet July 12, quiet to unsettled July 13, quiet to active
July 14, active to disturbed July 15, quiet to unsettled July 16,
mostly quiet July 17, quiet July 18-20, mostly quiet July 21, and
quiet to unsettled July 22-23.

OK1HH also sees enhanced solar wind on July 5-7, again on July 9-12,
and on July 14-17.

Tomas Hood, NW7US, propagation editor for CQ Magazine has a special
video devoted to Field Day propagation. I have not seen it yet, but
Tomas tells me it will be available today at
http://nw7us.us/2014FDprop . He also has a Twitter feed at
http://Twitter.com/NW7US . Also check out this interview with him at
mesmerized at a young impressionable age by the programming on WWV.

Space.com has a video about the solar telescope at California's Big
Bear Solar Observatory. See it at

Thanks to John Campbell, K4NFE of Huntsville, Alabama for sending
along an article and video about the current solar mini-max, as they
call it. Read it at

Jeff Hartley, N8II of Shepherdstown, West Virginia sent in this
report about the All Asia CW Contest last weekend:

"The All Asia CW this year was quite a bit fun on 15 from here, but
the Asian activity level could have been much higher. In particular,
only a few Russian stations were worked. At the start of the
contest, conditions were not very good, but each morning and evening
was better than the one before as the contest progressed until
Sunday conditions (after 1200Z) were extremely good especially for a
SFI of only 98. The first night I was only able to work Japan and
Sakhalin Island despite hearing several Chinese stations and 9V1YC.

"Saturday morning I was able to log 9M2 and several HS prefixes
along with UN8 and some western Asians. Japan was improving, but
limited mainly to a few big guns before I had to QRT at 1400Z to get
ready to attend the W3LPL open house, a really nice and enjoyable
well attended event.

"Saturday evening was decent to JA, but was not able to run that
many JAs. I finally broke through to several Chinese and more Thai
stations as well as logging JT1. Around 0430Z, 15 was still open to
big gun JAs, HS, and across to UA9C, pretty amazing with the low
solar flux!

"From 1200Z onward the band probably never closed to Japan and all
of East Asia was loud peaking to SE Asia around 1500Z. Two 9V1s were
logged along with BV1, BX4, BH3, HL3, E29, XV9, XW3, BA4, VU3, and
many new JA Qs and prefixes. If I could hear a station, I could log
him pretty easily with 200 W to a 5 El Yagi.

"Sunday around 2000Z found JA signals about as loud as they can get
at this QTH, but alas it was Monday morning in Japan, so they were
mostly off to work.

"I QRT'ed for a dinner out and noticed what almost had to be out of
area Es QRM on the FM broadcast band while driving. 6 meters was
open very well to MO and southern IL and IN when I fired up at
around 0030Z. The opening extended a bit farther south and as close
as eastern TN and central KY before I QRT'ed around 0200Z. The skip
zone was quite short for 50 MHz allowing W4SOH to work me for state
49 and KA4MAY for his 48th state on 6 meters."

Bob Foster, N9BGC of Waverly, Iowa offers some tips for modest
stations operating Field Day:

"1. Try the 'hunt and pounce' method.

"2. Tune slowly. Think of the Jodie Foster movie, 'Contact.' Her Ham
father admonished her, 'Small steps, Ellie, small steps.'

"3. Don't try to bust into a pileup for very long. Move on and come
back. The big gun will still be there.

"4. Stations are hungry for contacts as the event winds down. That's
when they often make an extra effort to work the little guys.

"The band doesn't go dead just because Field Day ends. I often work
some pretty cool QSOs, once the band clears of Field Day traffic."

Also, remember in Field Day there are no rare sections, states or
countries. Every unique contact on a band or mode counts the same.
In fact, some casual operators don't even log the exchange or the
time, just the callsign on a dupe sheet, a separate sheet for each
band/mode combination.

If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers,
email the author at, k7ra@arrl.net.

For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL
Technical Information Service web page at
http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of the
numbers used in this bulletin, see
propagation bulletins is at
information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.

Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.

Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL
bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.

Sunspot numbers for June 19 through 25 were 108, 75, 75, 95, 64, 37,
and 52, with a mean of 72.3. 10.7 cm flux was 111.1, 102.2, 101.2,
94.2, 92.6, 93.5, and 97, with a mean of 98.8. Estimated planetary A
indices were 8, 9, 6, 4, 5, 6, and 6, with a mean of 6.3. Estimated
mid-latitude A indices were 10, 10, 7, 7, 7, 7, and 8, with a mean
of 8.
NNNN
/EX

Friday, June 27, 2014

DxCoffee - Daily updates

Link to DxCoffee

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 01:45 AM PDT
Yoshitake, JJ8DEN, will be active from Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard IOTA EU-026,  as JW/JJ8DEN. Date: 27 June – 3 July 2014. QSL via home call.    
Posted: 26 Jun 2014 08:00 PM PDT
During this weekend (June 28-29), it is possible to compete in the King of Spain SSB Contest starting Saturday at 1200 UTC and finishing Sunday at 1200 UTC. The bands range from 160 to 10 meters and...
28 June 2014                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
                                   No 1208
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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ****  DX  INFORMATION  ****
                         ===========================
                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

5R     - Antonio IZ8CCW, Gabriele I2VGW and a multi-national team  from  the
         Mediterraneo DX Club will be active as 5R8M from Nosy  Be  (AF-057)
         from 20 October to 4 November. They will operate RTTY, SSB  and  CW
         with four stations around the clock. They also plan to  participate
         in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest as 5R8C.  QSL  via  IK2VUC,  direct  or
         bureau, and LoTW.  Further  information,  including  logsearch  and
         OQRS in due course, can be found at www.mdxc.org/5r8m/ [TNX MDXC}
9M6    - John,  9M6XRO  will  be  active  as  9M6XRO/p  from  Labuan  Island
         (OC-133), East Malaysia on 26-30 June. He will operate CW, SSB  and
         possibly some RTTY on  40-10  metres.  QSL  via  M0URX,  direct  or
         bureau (OQRS preferred, see www.m0urx.com for details),  and  LoTW.
         [TNX 9M6XRO]
CP  -    Antonio, EA5RM will be working on a non-governmental organization's
         project  in  Bolivia  in  July.  He  will be busy installing solar-
         powered HF equipment  for  medical and emergency use at communities
         on  the Maniqui  and Ichoa rivers  in  the Amazon jungle and in San
         Ignacio de Moxos. He plans to be QRV as CP1XRM in his limited spare
         time with  a 100-watt solar-powered station and a vertical antenna.
         QSL via EA5RM.
E5_sc  - Joel, K2QBV will be active holiday style as E51QBV  from  Rarotonga
         (OC-013), South Cook Islands on 8-21 July.  QSL  direct  to  K2QBV.
         [TNX NG3K]
F      - Michel, F5RVO will be active  as  F5RVO/p  from  Sainte  Marguerite
         (EU-058) on 27-29 June. QSL via home call, direct or  bureau.  [TNX
         rsgbiota.org]
F      - F4FFH, F4FRG, F4GAO, F6DYA and F8CFE  will  be  active  as  TM29CTI
         from the ile du Chateau du Taureau (not IOTA, DIFM MA-088)  on  5-6
         July. QSL via F4FRG. Complete information on the Diplome  des  Iles
         de la France Metropolitaine (Metropolitan France  Islands    Award)
         can be found at www.difm.org.
F      - A  team  from  France  and   Belgium  will  be  active  as   TM800B
         (www.aran59.fr/bouvines-2014) on 5, 6 and 27  July  to  commemorate
         the 800th anniversary of the Battle of Bouvines. They will  operate
         CW, SSB and digital modes on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 et  2  metres.  QSL
         via F-60345, bureau only. [TNX F8REF]
F      - Les Radioamateurs du Haut-Rhin-REF 68 will  operate  special  event
         callsign TM68TDF on 5-18 July for this year's Tour de  France.  QSL
         via F6KDL, bureau or direct.
FS     - Paul, W7NZJ will be active as FS/W7NZJ  from  St.  Martin  (NA-105)
         from 29 June to 6 July. He will operate CW  and  digital  modes  on
         20, 17 and 15 metres.
JW     - Yoshi, JJ8DEN will  be  active  as  JW/KH0PR  from  the  JW5E  club
         station, in Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard,  from  27  June  to  3
         July. He plans to operate CW and digital modes  on  the  HF  bands.
         QSL via JJ8DEN, direct or bureau.
OX     - Michael, DB5MH will be active as OX/DB5MH from Greenland  in  July.
         He will be packrafting and hiking from Kangerlussuaq  to  Maniitsoq
         on a self-supported solo expedition (11 legs, 280km). He  plans  to
         be QRV daily for about 1-2 hours running QRP on 20  metres,  around
         20-24  UTC.  Between  25  and  30  July  he  expects  to   be    on
         Maniitsoq/Sukkertoppen (NA-220). Further information and updates on
         www.db5mh.de. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
PA     - Special event station PA14SAIL will be active on 3-6 July  for  the
         Tall Ships Races that will start  in  Harlingen,  the  Netherlands.
         All of the QSOs will be confirmed  via  the  bureau;  direct  cards
         should be sent to PE1CDA.
W      - K5HM, K5NGU, K5SFV and N4NYV will be active as N5T  from  Galveston
         Island (NA-143) from 27 June to 1 July. QSL direct  only  to  K5HM.
         [TNX rsgbiota.org]
W     -  Arthur,   NN7A  will  be  active  holiday  style  as  NN7A/4   from
         Chincoteague Island (NA-083) on  7-13  July.  QSL  via  home  call,
         direct or bureau. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
ZF     - Gayle K6GO (ZF2GO), Mike NA6MB (ZF2NA) and Jim  K6ZH  (ZF2ZH)  will
         be active from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) on 9-13 July. They  will
         operate SSB, CW and possibly digital modes  on  the  HF  bands  and
         some 6m. QSL ZF2GO and ZF2NA via K6GO, QSL  ZF2ZH  via  K6ZH.  [TNX
         The Daily DX]

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                         *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
                         ****  GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
                         ===========================
                          Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH
                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

EU-153 ---> Bad weather conditions prevented the  RI1O  team  from  reaching
Morzhovets Island (EU-119) [425DXN 119]. They  went  to  Mud'yugskiy  Island
(EU-153) instead, and were active as R3RRC/1 (QSL via  RZ3EC),  as  well  as
R1NU/1, R3BY/1, RU5D/1 and UA6MF/1 (QSL via home calls).

OLD IRCS ---> "What can you with with out of date IRC's? We all  have  them,
don't we? Old out of date IRCs, yellow ones, blue ones or a stack of  recent
IRCs that expired in 2013. You can help by donating your  old  out  of  date
IRCs and sending them  to  United  Radio".  See  www.m0urx.com  for  further
information.

WEST COAST DX BULLETIN ---> The legendary "West Coast DX Bulletin"  by  Hugh
Cassidy, WA6AUD is now available for everyone to enjoy on line. Every  issue
from Volume 1 number 1 (1 May 1968) up to and including the very last  issue
(18 July 1979) is - or will be by the end  of  August  -  available  on  the
Northern California  DX  Club's  website:  http://ncdxc.org/pages/wcdxb.html
[TNX DX World]

W1AW WAS ---> Look for ARRL Centennial stations W1AW/9  from  Wisconsin  and
W1AW/7 from Utah to be on the air starting at 00.00  UTC  on  2  July  until
23.59 UTC on the 8th. Complete information on the ARRL Centennial QSO  Party
can be found at www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party.

SILENT KEY + Martyn Phillips, G3RFX (ZB2FX) passed away on 20 June  after  a
short illness. Chiltern DX Club's Committee member  and  Digest  Editor  for
the past eleven years, he was a GB2RS (the  RSGB's  weekly  radio  broadcast
news service) newsreader from 1995 to 2012. "He will be sorely missed  as  a
great editor, generator of outstanding puns and all round  good  guy".  [TNX
G3SVL, Chairman CDXC]

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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3B9FR       M0OXO       DR800BI     DL1YFF      PD35SSCS    PD2RKG
3D2KM       W6ZL        E70YL       E77E        PG14MC      PA0FAW
3Z0LH       SP1PBW      E7100WAR    E71A        PH14ESA     DL3LUM
3Z1BLH      SP1DOZ      EF6         EA4URE      PH44ZU      PC4DX
3Z3LATO     SP3SBY      EG1EAR      EA1IIE      R200LM      UA4FKT
3Z5KK       SQ9MEP      EG1HSC      EA1HNP      R31EPC      UA3LSX
3Z70RWP     SP5ZRW      EG8FPR      EA8CER      R3RRC/1     RZ3EC
4J0K        RW6HS       EH2SM       EA2IR       R44GGR      UA4LAQ
4K3K        RW6HS       EH8HSJ      EA8RKL      R60OAS      RW3XS
4K9W        DL6KVA      EI0CAR      EI4JR       R62EPC      RV3SBS
4K9Z        N6GQ        EM0I        UT2IZ       R700SR      RA3DUW
4L1MA       ON4RU       EM44WFF     UT4WA       RI0F        RX3F
4L1UN       EA7FTR      EM50LWY     UR4LWY      RI1ANC      RN1ON
4L4ZA       DJ1CW       ER4DX       ER1FF       RZ1CWC/p    RW6HS
4O7ML       DL3ML       ES4CASTLE   ES4RM       SD1B/7      DL8AAV
4W6LU       JA7LU       FG4NN       NI5DX       SK7BORE     SK7DX
5T0JL       ON8RA       FG8OJ       F4AVX       SN0HS       SP5KP
5W1SA       JA1DXA      FK8CE       NI5DX       SN0WFF      SP5X
5X1S        OZ2HC       FK8DD       NI5DX       SN1956PC    SP3PGR
6M6M        HL2UVH      FM5WD       W3HNK       SN3LATO     SP3WVL
7X3WPL      7X3DL       FR4NT       F4DXW       SN50FIFY    SP2AYC
7X4RJ       EB7DX       FR5FC       EA7FTR      SN777MTF    SQ2MTF
7X5KBS      EA7FTR      GB0AIR      G4PEO       SP55DXC     SP7DQR
7Z1HL       DJ9ZB       GB0FP       G1TDN       SP9YFF      SP9WAN
7Z1SJ       EA7FTR      GB0HMG      G0AGO       SU8N        SM5AQD
7Z1TT       NI5DX       GB0NIM      M0NPT       SZ8XIO      SV8FCU
9A15BB      9A4M        GB0RWM      MW0GMH      T6DD        4O4A
9H9NC       9H1SP       GB1JSS      M0PZT       T6EC        KF7WNX
9K2GS       EA5KB       GB2CM       G4DFI       T6T         RW6HS
9K2UU       EA5ZD       GB2HBT      M0FZW       T88MZ       DU1/JH0CKF [b]
9M2TO       JA0DMV      GB2MOF      GM4UYZ      T88MZ       JH0CKF [d]
9M4DX       JA6IDJ      GB2NWA      G0TOC       TB7BZC      TA7EB
9V1PW       JH4PHW      GB2OWM      GM3IBU      TI5/N3KS    N3YIM
A41KJ       NI5DX       GB4SMM      GM7OKX      TJ3TS       PA3249
A41MX       EB7DX       GT3ZME/P    G3ZME [b]   TM0CXX      F6FMT
A41OF       A61BK       GT3ZME/P    M0PNN [d]   TM0O        ON4ZD
A41OO       A61BK       HC2AO       RC5A        TM2F        F4GTT
A42A        A47RS       HC2SL       HD2A        TM2RHC      F4EUN
A61AS       YO3FRI      HF3LATO     SP3GVX      TM68VA      F6KDL
A61BM       IZ8CLM      HK1MW       N2OO        TM82DCPF    F5MSS
A61CK       IZ8CLM      HK1N        EA5KB       TM8FDA      F0DTB
A61DD       EA7HBC      HK1T        EA5KB       TR8CA       F6CBC
A61DJ       IZ8CLM      HR1AAB      EA7FTR      TY2BP       IK2IQD
A61K        IZ8CLM      HS50RAST    E21EIC      UK8FDD      RW6HS
A61Q        EA7FTR      II1XC       IQ1AO       UK8FWF      RW6HS
A61R        EA7FTR      II3TN       IQ3TN       UN3M        EA7FTR
A61ZA       IZ8CLM      IQ0OT       9A8AOT      UP0L        DL8KAC
A61ZX       IZ8CLM      J28NC       F5RQQ       V44KAI      W5TFW
A65BD       G5LP        J38DR       W9DR        V73NS       W3HNK
A65CA       RV6AJJ      J400EG      SV2HTI      V85AVE      W3HNK
A65CB       DU1AZ       J42OSE      SZ2T        VX9MOSKVA   VE9GFD
A71/WT2NY   A71A        J48TSL      SV2DGH      W7C         AC7DX
A71EM       EA7FTR      J68HZ       K9HZ        W7F         AI4U
A91PSD      IZ8CLM      JG8NQJ/JD1  JA8CJY [d]  XU7AEU      M6CFW
A92AA       IZ8CLM      JG8NQJ/JD1  JG8NQJ [b]  XV9NPS      JA2NPS [b]
AM08RM      EB7DX       JY4CI       K2AX        XV9NPS      JA2ODB [d]
AM09CD      EA9CD       KH2L        W3HNK       XW3DT       RK3DT
AM09IB      EA9IB       KP4RV       AI4U        YB8RW/P     YB9BU
BW9/VK2HSL  VK2HSL      LW0F        LU2FE       YB8RXA/P    YB9BU
C37NL       C37URA      LX0SAR      DK4XC       YD8TWV/P    YB9BU
CB3N        XQ7UP       LZ111RF     LZ1YE       YD8TYC/P    YB9BU
CO2UE       RW6HS       LZ14FDAY    LZ1BJ       YL2014Z     YL3AIW
CO4LS       EA7FTR      MS0WRC      G0MTD       YP25SH      YO2SH
CO8LY       EA7ADH      MX0AAA      M0DHO       YU177SB     YU1ASB
CP6XE       IK6GPZ      NL8F        K8NA        YV4OW       AD5VK
CW5Z        CX2ABC      NP3CW       EB7DX       YV7BMZ      EA7FTR
CX1FU       CX2ABC      NP4A        W3HNK       Z81D        OM3JW
D2EB        IZ3ETU      OA6Q        OE3NHW      ZC4MIS      AG6IP
D2QV        R3WA        OD5PY       KU9C        ZF2DX       K0DEQ
D3AA        UA1QV       OX3XR       PA3249      ZL4IR       W8WC
DK40ECH     DL4MDO      OZ14ESOF    OZ1BZJ      ZM90DX      M0OXO
DL0NBR      DL1WH       P29FR       I2RFJ       ZW7R        PR7ZAJ
DM200TSV    DL4WK       P29NO       EA5GL       ZY14TO      PT2AA

4O7CW    Sergey Belikov, Filipa Kovacevica 31 ulaz 2 stan 22, 85 310 Budva,
         Montenegro
A92GE    David Smith, P.O. Box 1976, Manama, Bahrain
JA7LU    Seihachi Suzuki, 2-5-9 Kaga, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba-ken, 277-0051,
         Japan
K9HZ     William J Schmidt II, 27427 Myrtke Lake Lane, Katy TX 77494, USA
OM3JW    Stefan Horecky, Mlynska 2, 900 31 Stupava, Slovak Republic
ON4ZD    Leon Donner, Rue Gaston Dubois 6, 1428 Lillois-Witterzee, Belgium
PA3249   Harry de Jong, Broekdijk 59, 7695 TC Bruchterveld, The Netherlands
RX3F     Sergej V. Pavlov, ul. Tupoleva 4-60, Domodedovo, Moskovskaya
         Oblast, 142007, Russia
RZ3EC    Eugene Shelkanovtcev, P.O. Box 70, Orel, 302028, Russia
SM5AQD   Hakan Eriksson, Hemmingsbol 10, SE-740 10 Almunge, Sweden
VE9GFD   George Dewar, 3 Killarney Road, Riverview NB E1B 2Z4, Canada
VK2HSL   Steven Booker, 32/5 Milson Road, Cremorne NSW 2090, Australia
YV1KK    Julio Rivero, VLN-86094, P.O. Box 025685, Miami FL 33102-5685, USA

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