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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1183
The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1183
BID: $OPDX.1183
October 6, 2014
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written mostly in Murfreesboro, TN, but
finished and sent out from Strongsville, OH
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for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for
the
week of Sunday, 28th-September, through Sunday, 5th-October there
were
229 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V,
3W,
4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y,
7Q,
7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4,
A5,
A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, 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, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI,
GJ,
GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ,
I,
IS, J2, J3, J6, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4,
LA,
LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2,
P4,
PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV,
SV5, SV9, T30, T32, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU,
UA,
UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9X, VP2E,
VP2V,
VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN,
YO,
YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK3, 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".
3D2, FIJI (Reminder). Aki, JA1NLX, is now active as 3D2YA from Mana
Island
(OC-121) in the Mamanuca group until October 9th. Activity will be on
30-10
meters using mainly CW and some SSB/Digital, if possible. QSL via
JA1NLX,
direct or via the OQRS. DO NOT SEND VIA THE BUREAU. NO IRC. For more
details, see: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yy7a-ysd/3D2YA_2014.htm
4L, GEORGIA. Operator Vaho, 4L8A, will be active in the CQWW DX SSB
Contest
(October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via K1BV
or
LoTW.
5W, SAMOA. Before their KH8 operation as part of the ARRL Centennial
celebration (W1AW/KH8, see OPDX.1175), operators John/N7CQQ,
Cliff/KD6XH
and Paul/W8AEF will be active as 5W0QQ, 5W0XH and 5W0EF,
respectively,
from Apia between October 23-28th. Activity will take place before
and
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). QSL via their home
callsign, direct and LoTW.
A3, TONGA. Lee, VK3GK, who was recently active from Norfolk Island, is
now
active as A35RT from Eua Island (OC-049)until October 13th. His
activity
will be limited due to his involvement in the Rotary International
Humani-
tarian project. However, he does plan to be active in the Oceania DX
Contest
on CW and SSB. Operations outside of the contest will be on 80-10
meters,
including the 30/17/12m bands, using CW, SSB and possibly RTTY. QSL
via
his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.
A7, QATAR (Press Release) [edited]: "Once again, a joint team with
members
from the 'Danish Contest Academy' and the 'Qatar Amateur Radio
Society'
will be active from Al Khor in northern Qatar in the M/2 category in
the
CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as 'A73A'.
Operators Jan/OZ1ADL, Aziz/A71GO, Mubarak/A71AE, Alex/OZ7AM,
Abdulrahim/
A71BA, Abdul/A71BR, Ken/OZ1IKY, Mindaugas/LY4L, Jogesh/VU2BZY,
Tom/A7/WT2NY,
Younis/A41MA and more members of QARS will be active from the compound
and
at the same time use the opportunity to display Radio Sport to
visitors.
The team will be setting up the station in the week prior to the
Contest
and will be active with the regular club callsign A71A, with a
particular
emphasis on the low bands. QSL via A71A."
D4, CAPE VERDE. Ralf, DK8FA, will be active as D44TUJ from Boa Vista
(AF-086) until October 15th. QSL via DK8FA, direct or by the
Bureau.
E3, ERITREA (Update/Dated September 23rd). Jay, JA1TRC, from the FGC
Radio Team reports: "Zorro shut down the station around 18:00 UTC on
22nd September for this trip. He reported that he made 4,200+ QSOs,
with his pleasure of giving ATNOs. He said it was the toughest QRV
from DX he had ever experienced and exhausted himself by his official
duties. However, he was healed whenever he heard 'Thank you Zorro for
your hard work.'
He is on his way back to JA land and expected to arrive Tokyo
around
noon on 24th September local time. We will start arranging DXCC and
LoTW documentations and register the LoTW account. We also will
provide
ClubLog online check and OQRS for convenient QSLing, after he returns
to SEISA/FGC office."
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Alex, RA1A, will be active as EA8/RA1A from the
Canary Islands during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a
Single-Op/Single-Band (15m) entry. QSL via RN3RQ or LoTW.
IOTA NEWS..............
AF-018. Operator Raffaele, IH9YMC, will be active from Pantelleria
Island (IIA TP-001, MIA MI-124, WW Loc. JM56XT), African
Italy,
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a
Single-Op/
Single-Band (??) entry. QSL via eQSL.
AF-040. (Reminder) By the time you read this, Markus, DJ4EL, will
be
active as 5Z4/DJ4EL from Lamu Island, Kenya, until October
19th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB. QSL via
his
home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. QSL also via the
LoTW.
AF-109. Miran, S50O, will operate as IG9/S50O from Lampedusa
Island,
QTH Punto Alaimo (WW LOC JM65HM) until end of November.
Miran
will participate in both SSB and CW CQWW Contests as IO9Y
team
member in Multi/Multi entry from ZONE 33. All QSLs for
IG9/S50O
via his home callsign by the Bureau, direct with SASE + 2
USDs
or Clublog's OQRS. Cards will be ready to print soon into
2015,
LoTW later.
AS-200. Taka, JA8COE, will be active as JA8COE/5 from Shodo Island
between October 16-19th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters
using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via JA8COE,
direct,
by the Bureau or the OQRS on ClubLog. He has a Blog page
at:
AS-201. Metin, TA1ED, will be active as TC0MI from Marmara Island
between October 5-8th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters.
QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.
EU-031. Michele "Mike", IZ8XLP, will be active as IC8/IZ8XLP from
Ischia
Island (IIA C001) between October 18-24th. Activity will
be
holiday style on 40/20/17/15/12/10 meters using SSB only.
QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or the
OQRS
on ClubLog. For more information, see his Web page at:
NA-247. (NEW) By the time you read this, operators Dom/3Z9DX,
Jeremy/
EI5GM, Dave/EI9FBB, Frans/J69DS and Col/MM0NDX should be
in
St. Maarten with the primary aim to activate the NEW IOTA
--
Pelikan Key, St. Maarten's Coastal Island. Their
approximate
dates of activity are scheduled between October 6-10th, but
as
with most island activations everything is dependent on
calm
seas and good WX. They will be using the callsign PJ7PK.
Activity
will be on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via 3Z9DX,
direct,
by the Bureau or to paypal request (please, no need to send
a
paper card). For more details and updates, see:
SA-086. Just a reminder that the Chilean DXpedition Team will be
active
as XR2T from Damas Island (WLOTA-0029, FG40fs) between
October
8-12th (likely dates -- See OPDX.1181). QSL via their
manager
CE3OP, direct or by the Bureau. For more details and
updates,
see the following at:
JD1, OGASAWARA. Freddy, F4HEC, will be active as JD1BOX from
Chichijima
Island (AS-031, WLOTA 2269, WWFF JAFF-018, JCG 10007), Tokyo
Prefecture,
between December 4-12th. Reports indicate that Freddy is one of the
very few European operators to ever receive a JD1 callsign. Activity
will be on 80-10 meters using SSB only. QSL via F4HEC, by the Bureau
or direct.
JD1, MINAMI TORISHIMA. Take, JG8NQJ, will once again be active as
JG8NQJ/JD1
from Marcus Island in the Minami Torishima (OC-073, JCG 10007) group
between mid-October until mid-December. He is usually there to work
on
the island's weather station. Activity will be limited to his spare
time.
He will be mainly on 17 meters but also on 15/12/10 meters CW. QSL
via
JA8CJY, by the Bureau or direct to: Susumu 'Sin' Sanada, 5-17, 5-4,
Shin-Ei, Toyohira, Sapporo 004, Japan. Online log is available at:
JU50, MONGOLIA (Special Event). Look for special event station
JU50VOM
to be active until October 31st. Activity is to commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the foreign language radio "Voice of Mongolia". QSL
via
JT1BV, direct, LoTW or eQSL).
NEED HELP FUNDING A DXPEDITION? QSL Manager Pedro, EA5GL, states, "If
you're thinking of organizing a trip or DXpedition, please contact me
before. I can offer financial assistance for the project." His E-mail
address is: pedro.ea5gl@gmail.com
P3, CYPRUS. Operators Bob/5B4AGN, Dennia/F5VHY, Roger/G3SXW and
Jack/G8DX
will be active as P3F from the Cyprus QTH of 5B4AGN for the CQWW DX
CW
Contest (November 29-30th) in the Multi-Two category. The visiting
operators
will probably operate before and after the contest as 5B/homecall. QSL
via
their home callsigns. QSL P3F via M0URX or LoTW.
P4, ARUBA. Operators Joel/N5JR (P40JR) and Jim/NT5V (P40JW) will be
active
from Aruba between October 7-14th. They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY
on
160-6 meters with an emphasis on 30/17/12m and 80/160m. QSL via their
home callsigns or LoTW.
PJ2, CURACAO. Frank, PA4N, will be active as PJ2V from Curacao Island
(SA-099) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a
Single-Op/
Single-Band (15m) entry. Outside of the contest, Frank states, "I
might
be active as PJ2/PA4N, holiday-style operation." He will upload his
log
to LoTW within one week after the contest. QSL via his home
callsign.
PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 6-12th)....
Oct/06th AN Oct/09th DIS Oct/11th AN
Oct/07th AN Oct/10th HN Oct/12th AN
Oct/08th HN
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 (October 5th)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
3D2YA via JA1NLX IT9/IZ8FFA via IZ8FFA R6DX via R6DX
3Z50AYP via SP7DQR K0L via K0ESU SN0S via SP5IOU
5Z4/DJ4EL via DJ4EL KH2L via W3HNK & KH2-(B) SN0SOTA via
SQ6GIT
5Z4/DL3SFK via DL3SFK L48DZV via LU7DZV SV5/DL3DRN via
DL3DRN
5N54EAM via IK2IQD LZ1375IKA via LZ1KCP SV8/HB9AAI via
HB9AAI
5Z4/DL5NAH via DL5NAH OA6Q via OE3NHW SV8/PA0PMD via
PA0PMD
A52O via OH2YY OE6XMF/MM via OE1GTU SV8GKE via SV3DCX
C6AAS via PY2WAS OG5N via OH1CQ SW9XB via DJ9XB
C7A via 4U1VIC OK2RJC via OK2RZ SX100TS via
SV2HXV
CT7/DJ5YQ via DJ5YQ OP37AEF via ON4OB T30D via DL4SVA
CT7/DL9UBF/P via DL9UBF OZ/DG5LAC via DG5LAC TM1GM via F6AJM
(B)
E51HDJ via DJ2HD PA35UNIFIL via PC9C VP5/G3SWH via
G3SWH
E51XIW via DJ5IW PJ6/G4IUF via G4IUF VP9/ND8L via ND8L
EA8/DF2RY via DF2RY PJ7PL via WA1ZAM VY2ZM via EA7HBC
EA8/DL2MDU via DL2MDU PP5JD via PY3VB YB9/HA3JB via
HA3JB
EN90WF via UW1WU R2014FI via R6DAG ZL1X via ZL2MF
FR/DJ7RJ via DJ7RJ R2014FL via RA6UA ZM1A via ZL3CW
HB0/DL3TU/P via DL3TU R2014FM via R7AM ZP5VIA via DJ6QT
HB0/DL4AAE/P via DL4AAE R2014FP via RW6AU ZR9C via EA7FTR
HF3A via SP3PJY R2014FQ via UA6YW ZS4A via EB7DX
HF8SOTA via SP8PLM R2014FX via RW6HS (d)
IE9/IQ8QX via IK8YFU R2014FY via RU6YJ
(e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only
(O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only
QSL 3V8BCC via DJ2MX. Activity was during the CQWW DX RTTY Contest
this
past weekend from Zone 33 as a Multi-Op entry. It was a joint
activity
between ARAT and BCC. Operators were KF5EYY, DL6RAI, DL2MLU, F4HJD,
DK7MCX, DJ4MZ, F5PUT and 3V8CB.
QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3D2KM, 3D2LJ, 4K6FO, 4L8A, 7QNL, 9M2TO,
A54BD,
A71AE, AL9A, BD9XE, BH4TXN, DM2DXA, E30FB, EG2INT, EG6RAY, EW8DJ,
F5VKT,
G8NEO, GI5I, GI7AXB, GM7R, HB0A, HB9BOI, HL4CKT, HZ1PS, JA1CTZ,
JE4CIL,
JG3RPL, JH4UYB, JR4OZR, KC4AAA, KH6GMP, KH6ZM, LA3S, M0OSH, M0TMC,
OK1DO,
ON6ZV, PA7JJ, R7LV, R7MA, RI1ANC, SA3ANZ, SN7Q, SU9AF, TA1BM,
TY1AA,
UN3GX, UX7QV, VE7SV, VK3TDX, VK6IR, VK9BT, YL100PW, YL2KF, YO4DW,
YO5NY,
YS1/NP3J, YT9A, YV5YMA, ZD8RH, ZD9XF and ZL3TE
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 9G5ZZ, DU1GM, JT1AA/3, RW0SC, T6DD, VP2ERM
and
YB4IR/8
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4K9W, 4S7DFG, 4S7FRG, 4S7LXG, 8Q7MH,
9Y4W,
A25CE, CO88ZZ, CP4BT, DL0SOP, DQ25GRENZE, EA6VQ, EA8/DD5ZZ, ES2MC,
ES4QR,
ES5QD, ES5TV, ES6RQ, ES9A, ES9B, ES9EFF, ES9HQ, ES0F, ES0IA, ES0U,
ES0S,
FG/DM1DZ, FJ/DK7LX, FS/LY2IJ, HB0A, HB0/DF4SA, HI7/DM1DZ,
HK1/CO8ZZ,
JW/DL5CW, JW/LY2KW, LY75FOC, LY80L, SV5/DL3DRN, SX100A, T48K,
TF/DK7LX,
TO7BC, V21ZG, V3IRU, VP2MMN, VP9/DJ4EL, VU2CDP, VU2NP, VU2PAI,
VU2SGW,
VU3DJQ, VU3DMP, W3MCG/VE4 (56 yrs), XW2CW, YC1CWK, ZA/DL4KM/P,
ZA/DL7UCX
and ZL8X
SILENT KEY. OPDX has been informed that Bob Elms VK6BE, became a
Silent
Key (SK) on Friday, September 26th, at the age of 94. Bob was a VK6
legend. He was also a WIA Broadcast Officer from his home in Central
St. Kalamunda for many years before the move south. OPDX and its
readers
would like to send out our deepest sympathy to the friends and family
of
VK6BE.
T48, CUBA. Members of the "Las Tunas Contest Crew" (T48K) [check out
--
<http://www.facebook.com/lastunascontest.crew?ref=tn_tnmn>]
will be active
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Multi-2 or
Multi-
Single entry, depending if they can complete new stub filters. They
are
going to use a Vertical Dipole Antennas (VDA) on 10, 15 and 20
meters;
loops on 40 and 80 meters and inverted L on top band from "Playa La
Herradura" at Las Tunas north-coast. Operators will be Alex/CO8KA,
Alex/
M8AKY, Doug/CO8DM, Raúl/CO8ZZ and guest operators Wal/CO8WAL and
Jose/
CM2XN. QSL via DK1WI.
TG9, GUATEMALA. Dwight, VE7BV, will once again be active as TG9/VE7BV
from Guatemala between January 22nd and February 17th (2015).
Activity
will be holiday style on 20/17/15 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via
his
home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW.
V6, MICRONESIA. Operators Shinji/JF2SDR and Nobuaki/JA0JHQ will be
active
as V63PJ and V63XP, respectively, from the SouthPark Hotel on Phonpei
Island (OC-010) between November 7-10th. Activity will be on 40-6
meters.
QSL via the operator's home callsign. More details are
forthcoming.
V8, BRUNEI. YL operators Kyoko/JR3MVF, Evelyne/F5RPB, Ruth/IT9ESZ and
Waltraud /DJ6US will be active as V84YL from Darussalam starting
November
5th until the 10-12th. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW and
SSB.
QSL via DJ6US, by the Bureau or direct.
VK0EK, HEARD ISLANDS NEWS (Press Release - Propagation Page Added).
Rich, KY6R, reports: "We have added a propagation page to help you
plan
for your Heard Island ATNO! Please check out the new page here:
If you are in Santa Clara, California for Pacificon, don't miss
Rich,
KY6R's, Antenna Forum presentation at 8 AM on Friday, October 11th.
The presentation will feature VK0EK propagation - and even antenna
strategies. Pacificon information can be found here: http://pacificon.org
Look at the Forums section and then the Antenna Forum."
XW, LAOS. Champ, E21EIC, will once again be active as XW1IC
(ex-XW0YJY)
from Vientiane. Activity will be during the CQWW DX SSB Contest
(October
25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSLs must be
requested
via the OQRS on ClubLog or via E21EIC and LoTW.
XX9, MACAU. Operators Eugene/EA5HPX, Fran/EA7FTR, YL Veronica/EA7JQS,
Jose/EB5BBM, David/EB7DX, Oleg/US7UX, and their respective XYLs will
be active as XX9R from Praia de Cheoc Van, at the Pousada of Coloane
Hotel between October 22nd and November 1st. Activity will be holiday
style on all HF bands, 160-6 meters, including 30/17/12m, using CW,
SSB and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 1823, 3523, 7023, 10103, 14023, 18073, 21023, 24893 and 28023
kHz
SSB - 1825, 3780, 7065/7160, 14145, 18145, 21295, 24950 and 28495
kHz
RTTY - 7035, 10140, 14080, 18100, 21080, 24921 and 28080 kHz
6m - 50103/CW and 50120/SSB
They will have possibly two or three stations running
simultaneously.
The team will also be an entry in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October
25-26th). QSL via EB7DX. For more details and updates, see:
ZA, ALBANIA. Father and son operators Franck/F4DTO and Patrick/F4GFE
will once again be active from from Elbasan as ZA/homecall between
October
18-27th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters SSB only
using
a Yaesu FT-450 with 100w into a dipole and vertical for 10m. QSL via
their home callsign, direct or by the REF Bureau. No eQSL.
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