SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1208 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1208 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1208 BID: $OPDX.1208 March 30, 2015 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, KI2L, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, W4DN, AA6YQ, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, W9ILY, 5B4WN/G0WWW, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DL1SBF, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OH2BH, ON4ZD/OS0S, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer (ISWL), PS7AB, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3VID and the VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. ** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW WPX SSB Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the CQWW WPX SSB Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 20th/March, through Friday, 27th/March there were 227 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, 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, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, 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". 3A90, MONACO. Look for special event station 3A90IARU to be on the air between April 1st and June 30th. Activity is to celebrate the 90th anni- versary of IARU. Operations will be on all bands and modes. QSL via 3A2ARM, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. 3V, TUNISIA. SWL Ashraf "Ash", 3V4-002 (KF5EYY), will be active as 3V8SS from the "Radio Club Station of Tunisian Scouts" in Sousse, during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or to LX1NO. Read about Ashraf on the following Web page at: http://www.kf5eyy.info 4L, GEORGIA. Operator Vaho, 4L8A, will be active during the CQWW WPX SSB Contests (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (??) entry. QSL via K1BV or LoTW. 5E/CN2, MOROCCO. Mark, M0DXR, will be active as CN2XR from Morocco until the end of March. QSL via M0DXR direct. He will also join the team that will be active as 5E5E from the CN2R Casablanca contest station during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. Operators mentioned are Juan/EA8RM, Jorge/EA9LZ, Mark/M0DXR, Mark/LU8EOT, Manu/ LU9ESD, Olli/OH0XX and Jim/W7EJ. QSL via W7EJ. Visit the CN2R Web page at: http://cn2r.net 6Y, JAMAICA. Marios, 5B4WN/G0WWW, will be active as 6Y4W from Jamaica (NA-097) during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/ All-Band entry. He tells OPDX [edited], "This is a contest expedition by me. I will be active from Friday 27th to Monday 30th from St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. In the contest I will be 6Y4W, outside the contest I will be G0WWW/6Y5. Mostly on HF bands and 40/80 maybe, but unlikely 160m. I will upload all QSOs to LoTW on my return. If people are desperate for paper QSLs please use my ClubLog OQRS page either via Bureau or direct. Save some trees and don't send me paper QSLs please, but if you have to make them via 5B4WN!" 6Y, JAMAICA. By the time you read this, Darren, VA3EGG, will be active as 6Y4DX from the Jewel Paradise Cove Resort until mid-April. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using a Yaesu 897D with 100 watts into a tuner with a 46 ft longwire. QSL direct to VA3EGG [SASE Canada only. All other countries, SAE + 2 USDs]. No E-QSL. 8P, BARBADOS. Tom, W2SC, will be active as 8P5A during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to NN1N. 8P, BARBADOS (NA-021). Richard, G3RWL, is once again active as 8P6DR from here between now and April 15th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using CW and some RTTY. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau using ClubLog's OQRS. See QRZ.com for more QSL info. 9K, KUWAIT. Operators Ahmad/9K2LT, Khalid/9K2HK, Hamad/9K2HN, Essa/9K2HQ, Yasser/9K2MY, Muhammad/9K2NO, Osama/9K2OD, Ahmad/9K2QA, Basil/9K2RX, Marco/HB9CAT, Nick/HB9EFK and Ludovic/HB9EOU will be active as 9K2HN during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (march 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via 9K2HN, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW. Visit the 9K2HN's Blog page at: http://www.9k2hn.com AH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. YL operator Mami, JP3AYQ, will once again be active as AH0YL from Saipan Island (OC-086, USI NI-002S, WLOTA 1333) between March29th and April 1st. Activity will be holiday style on 40-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via JP3AYQ, direct, by the Bureau (SLOW), LoTW and eQSL. An OQRS will be available on ClubLog. C2, NAURU. Operators Ernoe/DK2AMM, Guenter/DL2AWG, Hans/DL6JGN and Ron/ PA3EWP are now active as C21EU from Nauru (OC-031) until April 4th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly PSK. They will have two K3 with two 600w amps into a 5 band Spiderbeams and some verticals. QSL via DL2AWG. If possible, they will upload their log daily to ClubLog. CASS AWARD (Press Release) [edited]. Nigel Cawthorne has won the 2014 Single-Operator Cass Award. The Cass Award encourages DXpedition operating excellence. While QRV from the island of Tristan da Cunha as ZD9XF in September 2014, Nigel, G3TXF, worked 9314 unique stations during the first 14 days of his one-man DXpedition, demonstrating an outstanding effort to log as many DXers as possible and setting a new Single-Operator Cass Award record. Club Log founder Michael, G7VJR, presented Nigel with his plaque and prize at the CDXC Annual Dinner is on March 21st. Here's a photo of Nigel (on the left) receiving his award from Michael: Low resolution: http://www.cassaward.com/G3TXF_G7VJR.jpg High resolution: http://1drv.ms/1BqSlKl Presented annually, the Cass Award encourages DXpeditions to maximize the number of DXers worked with a $1000 prize for the Single-Operator DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns over a two-week interval. This award honors the wisdom and spirit of Cass WA6AUD (SK), whose stories in the West Coast DX Bulletin taught a generation of DXers that DX IS! Congratulations to Nigel, G3TXF, on his achievement in winning this year's award. If you're interested in competing for or contributing to the 2015 Cass Award, visit . D4, CAPE VERDE. Peter, SM6MCW, is now active as D44TBO from Cape Verde. The length of his stay is unknown. Activity has been on 30/20/15/12/10 meters on CW. QSL via SM6MCW. D4, CAPE VERDE. Alexander, HB9FDT, will be active as D44TDK from Santa Maria, Sal Island (AF-086), between April 16-24th. Activity will be on 20/15/10 meters. QSL via his home callsign. E2, THAILAND. Members of the Thailand DX Association (HSDXA) will be active as E2X during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Single/High-Power entry. QSL via E20GMY. Visit the HSDXA FaceBook page or Web page at: http://www.facebook.com/hsdxa http://www.qsl.net/hsdxa/index1.htm E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. "The Daily DX" reports that operators Doug/W6HB and Brad/W0VFT will be active as E51DLD and E51VFT, respectively, from the QTH of Andy/E51AND/E50A and Jim/E51JD on Rarotonga Island between May 17-23rd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters. QSL via the operator's home callsign. EF8, CANARY ISLANDS. Mauri, EA8CMX/OHBYS, will be active as EF8S during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via OH2BYS. EI, IRELAND. An international group made up of Polish, Ukranian, Irish and Russian contesters will be active as EI1Y from Co. Kildare, Ireland (EU-115), during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th). QSL via EI5JQ. FO/M, MARQUESAS ISLANDS. Alan, F6BFH, is currently active as FO/F6BFH from Tahiti, French Polynesia, until March 27th or 28th. He will then leave and be active from Nuku Hiva Island (OC-027) until around April 5th. Activity will be on 20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW and SSB. Suggested frequencies are: CW : 14045, 18085, 21045, 24895 and 28045 kHz SSB : 14270, 18145, 21270, 24970 and 28470 kHz QSL via F6BFH, direct or by the Bureau (for Bureau QSLs, don't send QSL, just provide the QSOs informations via E-mail to: f6bfh@f6bfh.net ). FW, WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS (Update). Jean-Gabriel, F4CIX, is now active as FW1JG from Mata’utu (the capital of Wallis and Futuna) on Wallis Island since November 2014. Activity is on 40/20/15/12/10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes (RTTY, BPSK31-63, JT65). He is equipped with a FT-857 transceiver w/100 watts into a multi-dipole antenna. QSL only direct (see QRZ.com). IOTA NEWS.............. AS-172. Members of the Russian Robinson Club (RRC), Vasily/R7AL and Vasily/R6AL, will be active as R7AL/0 from Malminskiye Islands (RRA RR-13-11), (which is a very rare island group located in the Sea of Okhotsk, and claimed only by 8.3% of IOTA partici- pants) for 3 days sometime between August 8-16th. These Rocks are located far away from civilization, the nearest and only one settlement is Ayan, 40 Km. away from the Rocks. Since there is no vessel available, the only way to land on the Rocks is by a small fishing motorboat. It will take two trips (80 Km) to deliver all the equipment and operators to the island. Flights to Ayan are not regular and depends on weather conditions (heavy fogs almost 6 days a week), but if the weather is unfavorable, they state that the operators will wait as long as they can. Their plans are for a 500 watts station into a VDA and Vertical antennas. Since this is an IOTA expedition, focus will be on 2 bands only. They voted for 20 and 17 meters, but it's not confirmed yet and a subject for discussion. Modes will be CW and SSB only. QSL via the OQRS on ClubLog for both direct and Bureau cards. Direct QSL are via R6AL with SAE and 2 USDs. Any NEWS/UPDATES will be published on their Web site which is still under construction at: http://as172.yolasite.com EU-008. Members of the Camb-Hams will once again be active as GS3PYE/P from the Isle of Mull between May 15-22nd. The Camb-Hams have been activating the Scottish Isles each year since 2008 and will be traveling to the Grasspoint, Isle of Mull, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides in 2015. Ten operators will be active on all bands and many modes from 4m to 80m, 2m & 70cm for Satellites and 2m & 23cm for EME. The HF bands will be covered by four simultaneous stations, while the 6m & 4m stations will have a great take-off towards the UK and Europe from the island's eastern edge in IO76EJ 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 anten- nas and a fully automatic Az/El tracking system. Activity is planned on AO-7 (mode B), VO-52, FO-29, SO-50 & AO-73. All the up-to-date plans and progress will be on . 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 or through Twitter, Facebook and YouTube [links below]. Please check their Web page for details on how to arrange skeds on the more challenging bands, modes, VHF and EME. All links are available via: http://dx.camb-hams.com QSL via OQRS (info on QRZ.com) or M0VFC direct or via bureau. NA-143. Joe, K5KUA, will once again be active as K5KUA/5 from Galveston Island (USI TX-001S, Galveston County, Texas) between March 27-30th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, CW only, as time permits. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. OC-237. Adhi, YB3MM, will be active as YB3MM/P from Gili Genting Island during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/ Single-Band (15m) entry. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. ISWL CALLSIGNS (For April). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of April 2015: GX4BJC/A - Operated from Clacton on Sea, in Essex, by George, G1IPU. (/A WAB Square TM11 - England, IOTA EU-005 and WLOTA 1841). George will also operate as GX4BJC/P during the month and will give his WAB square if requested. MX1SWL/A - Operated from Cleethorpes ne Lincolnshire, by Dave,-M0KWK. (/A WAB Square TA20 - England, IOTA EU-005 and WLOTA 1841). ALL QSLs will be handled by Herbie, G6XOU, and NOT the individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club. All QSL info is on or or via . NO LoTW. I.S.W.L. Awards are available to all Hams and SWLs, see for full details. The eQSL.cc cards ARE welcomed for their awards. J7, DOMINICA. Bob, KI2L, is now active as J79KL from Jungle Bay resort on Dominica Island until mid-Saturday morning (6:30 AM local time). He informs OPDX, "I'll be operating on 20m at 14200 kHz (+/-0.010 for QRM) during the day and wherever I can find space on 40m in the evenings after dinner." QSL via his home callsign. OH0, EASTERN ALAND ISLANDS. Martti, OH2BH, will travel to Aland Islands on Friday, March 27th, and will be on the air as OH0B for the CQWW WPX SSB Contest. Probably as a 15m mono-band entry. He will also do some pro- pagation testing to West Coast USA on Saturday morning, 0330 and 0430 UTC on 7030 KHz, before 15m is opening up. OH0B QSL via OH2BH. OH0X was active from the same QTH during both ARRL DX (CW & SSB) Contests plus the RRDXC contest by Kim, OH6KZP. QSL OH0X via OH2TA. OZ90, DENMARK. Operators Kim/OZ1JUX, Jan/OZ1ADL and possibly others will be active as OZ90IARU during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via info on QRZ.com. ADDED NOTE: OZ90IARU will be active until December 31st. For more details see OPDX.1199 or visit the Web page at: http://www.oz90iaru.dk/qsl.htm PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (March 30th-April 5th).... Mar/30th HN Apr/02nd AN Apr/04th AN Mar/31st AN Apr/03rd HN Apr/05th AN Apr/01st 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 REALTIME BAND CONDITIONS WEB SITE : The purpose of this experimental Web site is to provide 24-7-365 actual (REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores. It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to determine band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's. This information is NOT based on any software pre- dictions or any kind of satellite based readings. It is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA. PS70, BRAZIL (Special Event). Rony, PS7AB, will activate special event station PS70FEB between April 1-30th. Activity is to celebrate the 70th anniversary of World War II and to remember the importance of PEACE. The special callsign is also in honor to all who participated in the war, especially the Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB, on the battlefields in Italy. Operations will be on 40/20/17/15/10 meters using SSB and CW/ Digital. QSL via PS7AB, direct (2 USDs), by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW. A special certificate will be sent in 2016 via E-mail to stations who made contacts with at least 10 Special Event Stations by mode (SSB, CW or Digital), or mixed (3 modes). Each month in 2015, Ronaldo will activate a different callsign and also send 12 different QSLs. PS70FEB is the fourth special event station to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in 2015. For more details, see: http://qrz.com/db/ps70feb QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (March 27th) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4K6FO via DC9RI DC0LGST via DF0CK PH65PH via PA7HPH 5J0B via LU1FM DU1/OE1SGU via OE1SGU PJ4/NK8O via NK8O 5B4AJC via UA3DX EH1CM via EA1RKA PY90IARU via PY2ZZZ 8P6DR via G3RWL EH5DCE via EA5RKB TF/DL2JRM via DL2JRM 9Y4NW via EB7DX HL2/F4AAR via 6K2EJJ TO4C via M0OXO A43SJIT via A47OS J79KL via KI2L UN7MMM via EA7FTR A61CK/M via IZ8CLM JW9JKA via LA9JKA (d) UP44WFF via UN6GAO (d/L/e) B3/DL8UI via DL8UI M5E via G0CKV VK9N/VK7YUM via VK7YUM C21EU via DL2AWG P3N via RW3RN VP2MQT via N7QT (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 5B4AGN, 5Z4LS, 9A1UN, 9Q0HQ, A45XR, ER1MM, GP0STH, HB9DQL, HC1WDT, IO5O, JM1XCW, LU7YZ, NH7A, OK2TS, T30D, TO5A, UA6JZ, V21ZG (NA-100), V5/G3TXF, VK4HQ, VP2MEL and VP2MPA QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 9M6XRO, B9/BY9GA, C6AUM, CR2A, EP6T, FT4TA, OF9X, OJ0AM, P3F, PJ4DX, SU9VB, TX4A, VK9DLX and VK9LC QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: J48A, SV5DKL, SV9AHZ, SV9COL, SV9/SV1AVD, SV9/SV1DPI, SX5R, SY1AKE and SZ3P S7, SEYCHELLES. Stan, EI6DX, will be active as S79OWZ from Mahé Island (AF-024) between July 7-18th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. Equipment is a K3 transceiver with an ACOM 1000 amp into a CrankIR vertical with elevated radials installed on the beach.. QSL via RX3RC, by the Bureau or direct. For more details and updates, watch: http://www.ei6dx.com TK, CORSICA. Alex, IW5ELA, will be active as TK/IW5ELA from Calvi between April 4-9th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using mainly CW. Operations will be 100 watts into a vertical antenna. No QSL requests needed. Every contact will be confirmed by Bureau. QSL via IW5ELA. For direct requests, read QRZ.com. VK9C, COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (Clarification of OPDX.1107). [We forgot to mention last week that the following operation will take place next year.] Operators Lars/LB2TB, Rune/LA6YIA, Bjorn/LB1GB and Morten/LA9DFA plan to be active as VK9CK (pending) from Cocos (Keeling) Island (OC-003) between March 14-26th, 2016. The team is calling themselves the "Dipper DXers". Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. The focus will be 160/80 meters. They state, "Plans are for beams for the high bands and verticals/ Inv. L for the lower bands. We will bring amplifiers!" QSL via their OQRS on ClubLog (preferred) or via their QSL Manager LA6OP, direct or by the Bureau. Log will be uploaded to the LoTW as soon as possible after the DXpedition. For more details and updates, see: http://dipperdx.com/cocos2016 VQ9, CHAGOS ISLANDS. Reports indicate that Bob, DU7ET, who is now based at Diego Garcia (AF-006) for the next three months, and is now active as VQ9ET. Activity has been on 17 meters CW using a FT-857D and into a simple antenna. Look for him to be on the air again starting in April. QSL via DU7ET. YB, INDONESIA. Hans, YB2DX, will be active during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to his home callsign. ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. Steve, G3ZVW, will once again be active as ZD8N from Georgetown between April 9-21st. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB, the Digital modes using 100 watts and wire antennas. This will be a work trip, so activity will be evenings, weekends and early mornings. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau or direct. ZL7, CHATHAM ISLANDS. Operators John/ZL1BYZ, David/ZL1DK and John/ZL1ALZ will be active as ZL3E from Kaingaroa, Chatham Island (OC-038), between April 3-15th. Activity will be on with two stations, 40-10 meters and using CW, SSB and RTTY. Internet access permitting logs will be uploaded to ClubLog daily, and LoTW after initial log checking on their return to Auckland. The preferred QSL route is via ClubLog's OQRS for both direct and Bureau requests. Direct QSLs are via ZL1ALZ: John Balsillie, 48 Fraser Road, Pokeno 2471, New Zealand. Log enquiries go to John, ZL1ALZ at: gibit@xtra.co.nz Log search: https://secure.clublog.org/charts/?c=ZL7E ZL7, CHATHAM ISLANDS. Alain "Al", F8FUA (5U7NU, 9J2AE, TZ6NU, XT2BR, Z21KM), will once again be active as ZL7/F8FUA from Chatham Islands (OC-038) between May 7-13th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. This will be a light operation using a K3 and a Buddipole. There will be NO Internet access in the "shack". He will upload log to LoTW and ClubLog whenever possible. Paper QSL cards are not printed yet! (expected in April 2015) No need to send your QSL card before April! QSL via F8FUA, direct (w/SAE + 2 USDs or 1 IRC [new one!]), by the Bureau or LoTW. NO eQSL! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th, 2015) Contest Rules: http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2015 CQWW WPX 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/wpxs2015.html (By callsign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxsd2015.html (By entity) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC Class QSL Callsign Entity Route ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3G1B Chile M/S HA1AG 3V8SS Tunisia SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via LX1NO 4L8A Georgia SOSB LoTW; QSL via K1BV 4X7R Israel M/S 4X6OM 5E5E Morocco M/2 W7EJ 5J0B San Andres Island LU1FM 6Y4W Jamaica SOAB LoTW; QSL via (C) 7QAA Malawi M/? LoTW; QSL via N7RO 8P5A Barbados SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via NN1N 9A73A Croatia SOAB HP 9A2RD 9K2GS Kuwait SOAB LoTW 9K2HN Kuwait M/2 LoTW; See QRZ.com 9M2M West Malaysia M/2 See QRZ.com BP0P Taiwan M/S BP0P CE3WW Chile M/2 XQ4CW CQ3L Madeira SO DJ6QT CT9/UA9CDC Madeira UA9CDC E2X Thailand M/S E20GMY ED1B Spain M/S LoTW EE5T Spain M/S LoTW EF8S Canary Islands SOSB 20M OH2BYS H27A Cyprus RW3RN HI3K Dominican Republic M/S KB2MS HI3TEJ Dominican Republic SOAB LP LoTW; See QRZ.com HO1C Panama M/S HP1CQ HR2WW Honduras SOAB HP KD4POJ J42T Greece M/2 LoTW JD1BOW Ogasawara JA0JHQ KP4RV Puerto Rico SOSB 15M LoTW; QSL via AI4U L47H Argentina M/S EA5KB LQ4D Argentina M/S LoTW LY4A Lithuania M/2 LY4A NP2P US Virgin Islands SOAB LoTW OG9X Finland M/2 LoTW OH0B Aland Islands SO OH2BH OZ90IARU Denmark M/2 OZ5E P3N Cyprus SOAB HP RW3RN P49V Aruba M/? NU4N PA6V Netherlands M/S PA6V PD9X Netherlands M/2 LoTW PJ4Z Bonaire M/S K4BAI PJ7PL Sint Maarten SO LP WA1ZAM PR70FEB Brazil SO HP LoTW; QSL via PS7AB (B/d) PV7M Brazil SOAB PT7ZT R35MWC Russia (Europe) SOAB HP R9XC RQ3R Russia (Europe) SOAB LP LoTW SX9C Crete M/2 LoTW T7DX San Marino QSL via ARRSM Radio Club (*) TO4C Martinique SOAB M0OXO V6Z Micronesia M/2 N3SL YB2DX Indonesia SOAB LoTW; QSL via YB2DX (d) YB3MM/p Indonesia SOAB IZ8CCW YB0NDT Indonesia SOSB 40M LoTW YC8ROP Indonesia SOSB 15M LoTW (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (*) PO Box 77, 47890 San Marino (via Italy) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Help: Subscribe: Unsubscribe: OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: OR OR Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) ______________________________________________________________ DX mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://

28 March 2015 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1247 =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* CALENDAR ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 29/03 CU1/CU3AK: Santa Maria (EU-003) 1246 till 29/03 DF0TM: Usedom Island (EU-129) 1247 till 29/03 TO4C: Martinique (NA-107) 1243 till 29/03 YB8RW/3: Karamian Island (OC-250) 1247 till 30/03 9N7CC, 9N7FD, 9N7WE: Nepal 1245 till 30/03 FG/F6ITD and TO6D: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 1233 till 30/03 HI7/RW3RN: Dominican Republic (NA-096) 1246 till 30/03 K5KUA/5: Galveston Island (NA-143) 1245 till 30/03 PJ2/DH6TJ: Curacao (SA-099) 1239 till 30/03 W0FK/4: Longboat Key (NA-034) 1244 till 31/03 CT9/DJ8OG: Madeira (AF-014) 1246 till 31/03 CT9/UA9CDC: Madeira (AF-014) 1245 till 31/03 LZ386SKI: special callsign 1235 till 31/03 PQ450RIO: special event station 1244 till 31/03 PR70FEB: special callsign 1243 till 31/03 YB4IR/7: Lemukutan Island (OC-252) 1246 till March CE9OJZ: South Shetland Islands (AN-010) 1203 till March RI1ANR: Antarctica 1226 till 01/04 7QAA: Malawi 1237 till 01/04 CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014) 1241 till 02/04 8Q7NT: Maldives (AS-013) 1246 till 02/04 EI8GQB and EI1A: Ireland 1243 till 02/04 PJ4/WW4LL, PJ4/KU8E, PJ4/K4BAI, PJ4Z: Bonaire (SA-006)1246 till 04/04 5J0B: San Andres Island (NA-033) 1243 till 04/04 C21EU: Nauru (OC-031) 1237 till 09/04 V6Z: Chuuk (OC-011), Micronesia 1242 till 10/04 3XY5M: Guinea 1241 till 10/04 4S7KKG: Sri Lanka 1227 till 12/04 VP8DOZ: South Georgia Island (AN-007) 1246 till 12/04 VY0/VE3VID: Igloolik Island (NA-174) 1247 till 14/04 FR/F5MNW: Reunion Island (AF-016) 1243 till 19/04 ZS90SARL: special callsign 1234 till 20/04 DU1/OE1SGU: Luzon Island (OC-042) 1245 till 25/04 DU9/ON5SM: Mindanao (OC-130) 1243 till 25/04 UE2AT, UE2BF, UE2GC: special callsigns (Kaliningrad) 1239 till 25/04 UE2IT, UE2MW, UE2SK: special callsigns (Kaliningrad) 1239 till 30/04 3Z85PZK, HF85PZK, SN85PZK: special callsigns 1234 till 30/04 3Z90IARU, HF90IARU, SN90IARU: special callsigns 1234 till 30/04 H44MS: Solomon Islands 1238 till 30/04 SP85PZK, SQ85PZK, SO85PZK: special callsigns 1234 till 30/04 SP90IARU, SQ90IARU, SO90IARU: special callsigns 1234 till 30/04 TC100GLB: special callsign 1236 till 14/05 HR5/F2JD: Honduras 1239 till 30/05 JW9JKA: Bear Island (EU-027), Svalbard 1227 till 31/05 C35: special prefix (Andorra) 1244 till 31/05 VI110ROTARY: special callsign 1241 till May HS0ZKG: Koh Samui (AS-101) 1238 till 15/06 JG8NQJ/JD1: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 1243 till 15/06 P29NK: Papua New Guinea (OC-034) 1236 till July 4U20B: special callsign (Italy) 1212 till 16/08 VI#ANZAC: special callsigns 1247 till 31/08 IY7M: special callsign 1244 till 31/08 7S90IARU, SB90IARU, SC90IARU, SD90IARU: special calls 1245 till 31/08 SE90IARU, SF90IARU, SI90IARU, SJ90IARU: special calls 1245 till 20/09 YO555BU, YP555BU, YQ555BU, YR555BU: special stations 1224 till September ZD9A: Gough Island (AF-030) 1229 till 23/11 4A5XX: special callsign 1229 till 27/11 4U0ITU: ITU HQ 1241 till 31/12 DJ90IARU: special callsign 1235 till 31/12 DK65DARC and DL65DARC: special callsigns 1235 till 31/12 E50A, E50B, E50J, E50K, E50V: South Cooks (OC-013) 1232 till 31/12 E50D: Aitutaki (OC-083), South Cooks 1232 till 31/12 E50W: Penrhyn (OC-082), North Cooks 1232 till 31/12 EI150ITU: special callsign 1239 till 31/12 EI90IARU: special callsign 1246 till 31/12 OU0POLIO: special callsign 1237 till 31/12 OU25AEI: special callsign 1238 till 31/12 OZ90IARU: special callsign 1238 till 31/12 S61 and 9V50: special prefixes (Singapore) 1239 till 31/12 YO90IARU, YP90IARU, YQ90IARU, YR90IARU: special calls 1238 till 31/12 YT45 and YU45: special prefixes 1244 till 29/02/2016 DL1965WH: special event station 1242 till 30/11/2016 FW1JG: Wallis Island (OC-054) 1247 28/03-29/03 ET3AA: Ethiopia 1247 28/03-29/03 YB3MM/p: Gili Genting Island (OC-237) 1247 28/03-26/04 PQ150ITU, PV150ITU, PW150ITU: special callsigns 1245 28/03-26/04 PX150ITU, ZV150ITU, ZW150ITU: special callsigns 1245 28/03-26/04 ZX150ITU, ZY150ITU, ZZ150ITU: special callsigns 1245 28/03-31/03 JD1BOW: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara 1244 29/03-01/04 AH0YL: Saipan (OC-086) 1247 29/03-01/04 VK5CE/p: St Peter Island (OC-220) 1246 29/03-12/04 TA0/DJ4EL: AS-201 1246 30/03-01/04 YB8RW/3: Masalembu Kecil Island (OC-250) 1247 01/04/30/04 AM#90, AN#90, AO#90: special prefixes 1245 01/04/30/04 EG90IARU: special callsign (Spain) 1245 01/04/30/04 EH90IARU: special callsign (ES6, EA8, EA9) 1245 01/04-30/04 LZ883PI: special callsign 1235 01/04-30/04 PS70FEB: special callsign 1247 01/04-30/06 3A90IARU: special callsign 1247 02/04-03/04 YE533KC: special callsign 1247 02/04-04/04 PQ0T: Trindade (SA-010) 1246 02/04-05/04 3A/F4FET and 3A/F4HAU: Monaco 1247 03/04-15/04 ZL7E: Chatham Islands (OC-038) 1247 04/04-05/04 GB2SUM: Shetland Islands (EU-012) 1247 04/04-09/04 TK/IW5ELA: Corsica (EU-014) 1247 04/04-18/04 TK90IARU: special callsign (Corsica) 1245 04/04-18/04 TO90IARU: special callsign (Martinique) 1245 05/04 TM5CW: France 1231 05/04-11/04 YB200T: special callsign 1247 09/04-15/04 5W0JY, 5W0KJ, 5W0MA, 5W0VE: Samoa (OC-097) 1247 09/04-15/04 JW/F8DVD: Spitsbergen (EU-026), Svalbard 1237 09/04-21/04 ZD8N: Ascension Island (AF-003) 1247 11/04-18/04 HB0/PA2HGJ, HB0/PA2HW, HB0/PA2RDK: Liechtenstein 1247 11/04-18/04 HB0/PA3CNO, HB0/PA3DFR, HB0/PA3HK: Liechtenstein 1247 11/04-18/04 HB0/PE0MGB and HB0/PE1FLO: Liechtenstein 1247 11/04-18/04 SM7DAY/p and SK7DX: Senoren Island (EU-138) 1246 12/04-26/04 TM30UFT: special callsign (France) 1246 13/04-19/04 YJ0XG: Port Vila (OC-035), Vanuatu 1245 13/04-21/04 J88PI: Palm Island (NA-025) 1229 14/04-20/04 DX0P: Pagasa, Spratly Islands (AS-051) 1247 16/04-16/06 FR/F5PLC: Reunion Island (AF-016) 1241 17/04-19/04 TM90WARD: special callsign (France) 1245 18/04-25/04 TM9B: Belle-Ile-en-Mer (EU-048) 1246 24/04-26/04 OE15M: special event station 1245 24/04-04/05 VK9NT: Norfolk Island (OC-005) 1247 25/04-20/12 VK100ANZAC: special callsign 1247 25/04-02/05 ZF2CI: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 1237 29/04-05/05 JD1BLY: Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara 1247 April FO/F6BFH/p: Marquesas Islands (OC-027) 1247 April VE3KTB/VY0: Heiberg Island (NA-043) 1247 01/05-30/05 TC150ITU: special callsign 1236 01/05-31/05 LZ102SIB: special callsign 1235 03/05-17/05 TM150UIT and TM150ITU: special callsigns (France) 1245 05/05 TM5CW: France 1231 10/05-15/05 TM5U: Brehat Island (EU-074) 1239 15/05-21/05 GS3PYE/p: Isle of Mull (EU-008) 1247 17/05-31/05 TM90REF: special callsign (France) 1245 01/06-30/06 LZ293MA: special callsign 1235 06/06 UW31-UW39: Ukrainian Radio Sport Championship 1247 17/06-26/06 LA/SP7IDX: Vannoya (EU-046) 1245 21/06-26/06 HB0/OO6P: Liechtenstein 1243 01/07-31/07 LZ429PS: special callsign 1235 01/08-31/08 LZ250MM: special callsign 1235 08/08-16/08 R7AL/0: Malminskiye Islands (AS-172) 1247 01/09-30/09 LZ129WNLS: special callsign 1235 September RT9K/0: Dobrzhanskogo Island (AS-203, new one) 1238 01/10-31/10 LZ130SAK: special callsign 1235 02/10-12/10 TX3X: Chesterfield Islands (OC-176) 1242 01/11-30/11 LZ259PA: special callsign 1235 22/11-08/12 VK0EK: Heard Island (AN-003) 1237 01/12-31/12 LZ362MT: special callsign 1235 16/12-23/12 VK2IAY/9: Lord Howe Island (OC-004) 1243 January 2016 VP8: South Sandwich and South Georgia Islands 1241 March 2016 E44Y: Palestine 1230 *************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE: http://www.425dxn.org/monthly *************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 071675 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia ***************************************************************************

SB DX @ ARL $ARLD012 ARLD012 DX news ZCZC AE12 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 12 ARLD012 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 26, 2015 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD012 ARLD012 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. MOROCCO, CN. Juan, EA8RM, Jorge, EA9LZ, Mark, M0DXR, Mark, LU8EOT, Manu, LU9ESD, Olli, OH0XX and Jim, W7EJ will join together for an M/2 operation in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest from Casablanca. They will use the special call sign 5E5E (at the contest station CN2R). QSL via W7EJ, LoTW. KUWAIT, 9K. Abdallah, 9K2GS will take part in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest from Safat. QSL via 9K2GS direct, LoTW. WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2. Zaki, 9M2ZAK, Ahmad, 9M2AGC, Syed, 9M8SYA, Mohamad, 9W2SBL, Han, 9W2SBD, Mohd, 9W2MNW, Mohd, 9M2RDX, Hafizi, 9W2TZW, Oja, 9M2OUT, Hary, 9M2GET and Weerut, 9W2RUT will use the call sign 9M2M in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest, replacing their previous contest call sign 9M2SM. QSL via 9M2M. MONACO, 3A. 3A/F4FET and 3A/F4HAU will be QRV from April 2 to 5. They will emphasize working North America and Asia. SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Frank, DJ5NQ is active as E51ANQ from the Island of Rarotonga (OC-013) until March 28. He is working on 20 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via DJ5NQ, by the Bureau or direct. REUNION ISLAND, FR. Guy, F5MNW will be active as FR/F5MNW until April 14. Activity is on the HF bands using only CW. QSL via his home call sign, direct or by the Bureau. No IRCs. CRETE, SV9. Members of the SV9 DX Team, George, SV9GPV, Giannis, SV9FBG, Georgios, SV9DJO, Dimis, SV9COL, Giannis, SV9RGI, John, SV9CJO and John, SV9QCF will operate as SX9C in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (M/2). QSL via SV9COL. COSTA RICA, TI. Mira, OK1NG and Jirka, OK1IEC are currently QRV as home calls/TI7, on the HF bands, until April 6. QSL via home calls. MICRONESIA, V6. Keith, GM4YXI/GM5X and Chris, GM3WOJ/GM2V will be QRV from Weno Island as V6Z until April 9. A part time entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB contest in the M/2 category is planned. QSL via N3SL. OGASAWARA, JD1. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ plans to be active from Chichi-jima as JD1BOW from March 28 to 31, with a focus on the CQ WW WPX SSB contest. After the contest he will operate mostly CW. QSL via JA0JHQ. TAIWAN, BV. Watch out for members of Amateur Radio Taipei (ART), Tang, BM2AAV, Eddie, BV2DD, YaoJun, BV5OO, Lee, BX2AB and Jie, BX3ABH as BP0P in the M/2 category in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via BP0P. NAURU, C2. Ronald, PA3EWP, Hans, DL6JGN, Ernoe, DK2AMM and Guenter, DL2AWG will be QRV until April 4 as C21EU on 40 to 10 meters using SSB, CW and RTTY (possibly PSK) with two stations. QSL via DL2AWG. ISRAEL, 4X. Seth, 4X1DX and Zvi, 4X6FR will use the special call sign 4X7R in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via 4X6OM. Also, 4Z4DX, Dov will use special call sign 4Z0DX in the Contest. QSL via his home call and LoTW. INDONESIA, YB. Ronald, YC8ROP will operate 15 meter SSB in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest from Sangihe Island. QSL via YC8ROP, LoTW, eQSL. CYPRUS, 5B. Tony, RT9T/5B4ALB is taking part in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest as H27A. QSL via RW3RN, LoTW. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ WW WPX SSB Contest, FOC QSO Party and Worldwide EME Contest are on tap for this weekend on March 28. Please see March QST page 89 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest websites for details. NNNN /EX

DXNL 1929 - March 25, 2015 DX Newsletter *** 65 years DARC *** 1950 - 2015 *** a free and weekly service of DARC Committee "DX and HF contesting" (http://www.darcdxhf.de) Editor: Klaus Poels, DL7UXG (e-mail: dxnl@dxhf.darc.de) CQ World-Wide WPX Contest: Don't miss the CQ WW WPX Contest SSB next weekend. Additionally to the activities reported in this DXNL, check out the list of participants on NG3K's website, and have a look at the rules: http://www.cqwpx.com/ http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2015.html 4X, Israel: Seth, 4X1DX and Zvi, 4X6FR will use the special callsign 4X7R in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via 4X6OM. 5B, Cyprus: Tony, RT9T/5B4ALB is taking part in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest from Cyprus (AS-004, MIA MCI-002, WLOTA 0051) as H27A. QSL via RW3RN, LoTW. 9K, Kuwait: Abdallah, 9K2GS will take part in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest from Safat. QSL via 9K2GS (d), LoTW. 9M2, West Malaysia: Zaki/9M2ZAK, Ahmad/9M2AGC, Syed/9M8SYA, Mohamad/9W2SBL, Han/9W2SBD, Mohd/9W2MNW, Mohd/9M2RDX, Hafizi/9W2TZW, Oja/9M2OUT, Hary/9M2GET and Weerut/9W2RUT will use the callsign 9M2M in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest, replacing their previous contest callsign 9M2SM. QSL via 9M2M (d). BV, Taiwan: Watch out for members of the "Amateur Radio Taipei" (ART), Tang/BM2AAV, Eddie/BV2DD, YaoJun/BV5OO, Lee/BX2AB and Jie/BX3ABH as BP0P from Taiwan (AS-020, WLOTA 0022) in the M/2 category in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL via BP0P (d/B). C2, Nauru: Ronald/PA3EWP, Hans/DL6JGN, Ernoe/DK2AMM and Guenter/DL2AWG are travelling to Nauru (OC-031) from March 25th to April 4th and plan to operate as C21EU on 40 - 10m on SSB, CW and RTTY (possibly PSK) with two stations (K3 and 600W PA). QSL via DL2AWG. CN, Morocco: Juan/EA8RM, Jorge/EA9LZ, Mark/M0DXR, Mark/LU8EOT, Manu/LU9ESD, Olli/OH0XX and Jim/W7EJ will join together for a M/2 operation in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest from Casablanca. They will use the special callsign 5E5E (at the contest station CN2R). QSL via W7EJ, LoTW. DL, Germany: DL65DARC will be run by district Ruhrgebiet (L) from the 23th to the 29nd, and by district Nordsee (I) from the 30rd to 05th of April. DK65DARC will be run by district Schwben (T) and by district Berlin (D) during the respective time periods. HI, Dominican Republic: Members of the "Union Dominican de Radioaficionados" (UDRA) and the "Loma del Toro DX group" will operate as HI0UD from "La Loma Del Toro Contest Station" (NA-096, WLOTA 2974) in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. Team members include Jim/WP3A, Marcos/NP2KM, Lorenzo/HI3LFE, Edwin/HI3K, Alfredo/HI8K, Franky/HI3TT and Tino/HI3CC. QSL via W2CCW (d). http://www.hi8ud.org/ http://www.lomadeltoro.com/ Alexander, RW3RN will be on vacation in Punta Cana from March 21st to 30th and operate as HI7/RW3RN from 20 - 10m (SSB/CW). QSL via RW3RN (d). JD1, Ogasawara: Nobuaki, JA0JHQ plans to be active from Chichi-jima (AS-031, WLOTA 2269, JAFF-018) as JD1BOW from March 28th to 31st, with focus on the WPX SSB contest. After the contest he will operate CW mostly. QSL via JA0JHQ (d/B). http://pandasan.jimdo.com/ KP2, Virgin Islands: Yurij, N2TTA will again sign NP2P from St. Coix Island (NA-106, USi VI-002S, WLOTA 2477) in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (SOAB). QSL via LoTW. KP4, Puerto Rico: Rafael, KP4RV is planning a single band entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest on 15m from Luquillo (NA-099, USi PR-006S). QSL via AI4U (d). PA, Netherlands: The "Contestgroup Oude Maas" (COM) celebrates their 25th anniversary with the special callsign PI25COM in this year's contests. QSL via PA3CAL (d/B). http://www.pi4com.nl/ PJ2, Curacao: Ton, PA1CC will sign PJ2/PA1CC from March 24th to 30th from Curacao, with the CW WW WPX SSB Contest as his main target. QSL via PA1CC (d/B). PJ4, Bonaire: Jeff/KU8E, John/K4BAI and Fred/WW4LL will operate as PJ4/homecalls from March 25th to April 2nd from Bonaire Island (SA-006, WLOTA 1279, PAFF-024) on HF and 6m. In the CQ WPX SSB contest they will operate as PJ4Z. QSL for PJ4/KU8E, PJ4/K4BAI and PJ4Z via K4BAI, PJ4/WW4LL via WW4LL. http://www.pj4g.com/ PJ7, St. Maarten: Philip, WA1ZAM will be on St. Maarten from March 28th to April 5th and operate as PJ7PL, including a part time activity in the CQ WPX SSB contest. QSL via WA1ZAM. PY, Brazil: The 150th anniversary of the "International Telecommunication Union" (ITU) will be celebrated by members of the "Guara DX group" with the special calls PQ150ITU, PV150ITU, PW150ITU, PX150ITU, ZV150ITU, ZW150ITU, ZX150ITU, ZY150ITU and ZZ150ITU from March 28th to April 26th. QSL via PR7AYE (d/B). SV9, Crete: Members of the "SV9 DX Team", George/SV9GPV, Giannis/SV9FBG, Georgios/ SV9DJO, Dimis/SV9COL, Giannis/SV9RGI, John/SV9CJO and John/SV9QCF will operate as SX9C in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest (M/2) from Crete (EU-015, GIOTA KRS-005, MIA MGC-005, WLOTA 1400). QSL via SV9COL (d), LoTW. TI, Costa Rica: Mira, OK1NG and Jirka, OK1IEC are currently QRV as Homecall/TI7 from Costa Rica (WW Loc. EK70dn) on the HF bands, until April 6th. QSL via Homecall (d/B), LoTW. V6, Micronesia: Keith, GM4YXI/GM5X and Chris, GM3WOJ/GM2V plan an activity from Weno Island (OC-011, WW Loc. QJ57wj) as V6Z from March 27th to April 9th. A part time entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB contest in the M/2 cateogry is planned. QSL via N3SL (d), LoTW. http://www.v6z2015.com/ YB, Indonesia: Ronald, YC8ROP will operate single band 15m in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest from Sangihe Island (OC-210, WLOTA 2486). QSL via YC8ROP, LoTW, eQSL. Intersting stuff: ================= CY0C & CY0P Sable Island - New QSL manager: Rick, AI5P took over the QSL manager duties for CY0P and CY0C from Gary, VE1RGB, for health reasons. Information from the German DX Foundation: ========================================== "Most-Wanted" DXCC in Central Europe: Check out the new timeline of the Most Wanted DXCC Entities from Germany/Central Europe in a timeline from 2003 to today. The rankings are based on the results of the Annual DARC DXCC Scoreboard, compiled by Rolf, DL7VEE: http://gdxf.de/mostwanted/ Mega DXpeditions Honor Roll: The recently announced "Mega DXpeditions Honor Roll" has been updated and corrected, after receiving a lot of feedback from the DX community: http://gdxf.de/megadxpeditions/ DXpedition Reports: New DXpedition reports are constantly added to the GDXF website. The latest additions include EP6T, RI0X, ZK3E & ZK3Q, T30D, YJ0X, PJ7PK, C82DX, VK9MT. http://gdxf.de/reports/ (Bernd, DF3CB) Silent Key: =========== On March 10th, Bill, EA8AZC passed away after a long illness. Karl, OE3HY passed away on March 16, aged 96. Abbreviations in this DXNL: =========================== GIOTA Greek Islands On The Air IOTA Islands on the Air ITU International Telecommunication Union LoTW Logbook of the World MIA Mediterranean Sea Island Award OQRS Online QSL Request System USi United States Islands Awards WCA World Castles Award WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award Upcoming Contests: ================== 28./29.03. CQ WW WPX Contest IOTA Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON (iota@dxhf.darc.de) ==== IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AS-013; 8Q, Maldive Islands: Ben, DL1RNT will be on vacation on Embudu Island (WW Loc. MJ64sc) and operate on holiday style from March 25th to April 2nd on 40-10m (CW/RTTY/PSK) as 8Q7NT. QSL via DL1RNT (d/B). AS-201; TA, Sea of Marmara Islands: Markus, DJ4EL will operate as TA0/DJ4EL from Buyukada (WW Loc. KN40nu) from March 29th to April 12th on the high bands in SSB. He'll try to activate other islands of the same group. QSL via DJ4EL (d/B), LoTW. https://twitter.com/rapanuiman EU-003; CU1, CU2; Eastern group: Jaime, CU3AK will sign CU1/CU3AK from Santa Maria on 40m - 6m, from March 26th to 29th. QSL via CU3AK (d/B). NA-143; W5, Texas State East (Matagorda to Jefferson County) group: Joe, K5KUA will once again operate from Galveston Island (USi TX001S) as K5KUA/5 from March 27th to 30th, on 40m - 10m (CW). QSL via K5KUA (d/B). OC-220, VK5, South Australia State West group: Craig, VK5CE plans an IOTA DXpedition to St. Peter Island (last activated in 2005) from March 29th to April 1st as VK5CE/p. More information on his website. QSL via OQRS. http://iotaoc220.blogspot.com.au/ OC-250; YB3, Masalembu Islands: Din, YB8RW/3 and Adhi, YB3MM/p plan an activity from Masalembu Besar Island from March 25th to 27th. QSOs with them count for the "Nusantara Indonesian Islands Award". QSL via Homecall. http://www.nusantaraaward.com/ OC-252; YB7, Kalimantan's Coastal Islands West: Imam, YB4IR will be on Randayan Island and operate as YB4IR/7 from March 25th to 30th. QSL via YB4IR (d/B), OQRS, LoTW. WCA Homepage ============ The new WCA website is now online at: http://wcagroup.org/wordpress/ Calender ======== start - end DX DXNL - 03.2015 3XY5M 1924 11.03. - 27.03. 3W2MAE 1927 01.03. - 31.03. 3Z20PMU 1926 01.01. - 30.04. 3Z85PZK 1917 01.01. - 30.04. 3Z90IARU 1917 24.11. - 23.11. 4A5XX 1911 02.11. - 10.04. 4S7KKG 1909 - 07.2015 4U20B 1895 28.03. - 29.03. 4X7R 1929* 28.03. - 29.03. 5E5E 1929* 21.03. - 04.04. 5J0B 1928 - 08.2017 5R8SV 1897 - 03.2015 5X8EW 1926 11.03. - 01.04. 7QAA 1927 01.03. - 31.08. 7S90IARU 1927 - 03.2015 8J1FC 1878 01.03. - 31.05. 8J1H 1925 - 03.2015 8J1TGN 1878 - 03.2015 8J2VE 1884 - 31.12. 8J3KGR 1926 - 03.2015 8J3ZUKA 1866 31.07. - 08.2015 8J4J 1848 07.05. - 03.2015 8J4HKR 1885 01.12. - 31.03. 8J7SDR 1923 - 03.2015 8J7INORI 1892 - 03.2015 8J9ONO 1878 - 31.03. 8J125SSI 1911 01.10. - 31.05. 8J160KSW 1904 01.08. - 31.03. 8N1KINU 1922 01.03. - 06.04. 8N1MOMO 1925 01.03. - 31.05. 8N3HC 1925 01.09. - 31.03. 8N150KC 1915 25.03. - 02.04. 8Q7NT 1929* 01.01. - 31.12. 9A88AA 1919 28.03. - 29.03. 9K2GS 1929* 28.03. - 29.03. 9M2M 1929* 10.03. - 25.03. 9Q0HQ 1926 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50AN 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50DE 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50FJ 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50JA 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50PN 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50QQ 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50RM 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50RN 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50WD 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50XB 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50XX 1922 01.01. - 31.12. 9V50YC 1922 18.03. - 27.03. A6/DK5ON 1928 28.03. - 29.03. BP0P 1929* 25.03. - 04.04. C21EU 1929* - 04.2015 C6ATS 1913 20.03. - 31.03. CE0Y/LA5UF 1928 - 03.2015 CE9OJZ.. 1886 28.03. - 29.03. CQ3L/CR3L 1928 24.03. - 31.03. CT9/DJ8OG 1928 05.03. - 01.04. CT9/DL3KWF 1926 05.03. - 01.04. CT9/DL3KWR 1926 20.03. - 31.03. CT9/UA9CDC 1928 26.03. - 29.03. CU1/CU3AK 1929* 08.12. - 08.12.15 D3AM 1919 15.03. - 27.03. D44TEG 1927 01.03. - 31.03. DA0KOL 1925 01.01. - 31.12. DA300CFG 1919 01.01. - 31.12. DA300KA 1920 01.11. - 31.10. DC0LGST 1922 01.01. - 31.12. DF50USLAR 1921 01.01. - 31.12. DG150ZRS 1917 01.01. - 31.12. DJ90IARU 1917 01.01. - 31.12. DK60ZAB 1921 01.01. - 31.12. DK65DARC 1917 14.10. - 13.10. DL0WRTC 1907 01.01. - 31.12. DL50MER 1921 01.01. - 31.12. DL60BUND 1919 01.01. - 31.12. DL65DARC 1917 - 31.03. DL777BBH 1928 01.03. - 29.02.16 DL1965WH 1925 - 04.2015 DM100CTK 1884 01.05 - 30.04. DM20KIDS 1884 01.01. - 31.12. DM700LSW 1918 01.01. - 31.12. DM750FOR 1919 01.01. - 31.12. DP7BVBG 1917 01.01. - 31.12. DQ40AIX 1921 - 05.2015 DQ60WAE 1887 01.01. - 31.12. DQ70ELBE 1918 01.01. - 31.12. DQ1200HI 1921 01.07. - 30.06. DR125HLK 1893 24.03. - 21.04. DU1/OE1SGU 1928 16.03. - 25.04. DU9/ON5SM 1927 01.01. - 31.12. E50A 1915 01.01. - 31.12. E50B 1915 01.01. - 31.12. E50D 1915 01.01. - 31.12. E50J 1915 01.01. - 31.12. E50K 1915 01.01. - 31.12. E50V 1915 01.01. - 31.12. E50W 1915 09.03. - 21.03. E51IOU 1927 01.03. - 02.04. EI1A 1925 01.03. - 02.04. EI8GQB 1925 01.01. - 31.12. EI150ITU 1922 11.03. - 25.03. FG/DB4BJ 1927 17.03. - 26.03. FG/F5CCX 1927 28.01. - 28.03. FG/F6ITD 1920 19.03. - 14.04. FR/F5MNW 1928 - 10.2015 FW5JJ 1852 01.01. - 31.12. G50FRS 1917 28.03. - 29.03. H27A 1929* 01.01. - 31.12. H32AT 1927 01.02. - 30.04. H44MS 1921 01.03. - 31.03. HB125FMS 1925 01.01. - 31.12. HE200GE 1919 01.01. - 30.04. HF85PZK 1917 01.01. - 30.04. HF90IARU 1917 01.01. - 31.12. HG90IARU 1921 28.03. - 29.03. HI0UD 1929* - 06.2015 HI7/DJ0ML 1910 21.03. - 30.03. HI7/RW3RN 1929* - 2017 HL2/F4AAR 1837 20.02. - 14.05. HR5/F2JD 1924 - 05.2015 II8IDXC.. 1856/1861 01.03. - 31.08. IY7M 1927 12.03. - 25.03. J34G 1927 - 05.2015 J79MM 1919 28.03. - 31.03. JD1BOW 1929* - 06/2015 JG8NQJ/JD1 1927 06.12. - 30.05. JW9JKA 1913 - 01.05. K2ZR/4 1920 27.93. - 30.03. K5KUA/5 1929* - 02.2015 KB1SF 1920 - 2016/17 KH9/KJ6GHN 1885 28.03. - 29.03. KP4RV 1929* - 03.2015 LU1ZD 1888 17.02. - 31.12. LZ90IARU 1926 01.03. - 31.03. LZ137LO 1927 01.03. - 31.03. LZ386SKI 1925 28.03. - 29.03. NP2P 1929* 12.03. - 06.04. OK1IEC/TI7 1929* 12.03. - 06.04. OK1NG/TI7 1929* 01.01. - 31.12.16 OU0POLIO 1919 01.01. - 31.12. OU25AEI 1921 - 08.2015 OX5M 1843 - 08.2015 OX5T 1843 01.01. - 31.12. OZ90IARU 1921 15.01. - 15.06. P29NK 1915/1919 01.01. - 31.12. PA90IARU 1921 01.03. - 28.03. PD70BZH 1925 01.01. - 31.12. PI25COM 1929* 02.02. - 31.03. PJ2/DH6TJ 1921 24.03. - 30.03. PJ2/PA1CC 1929* 25.03. - 02.04. PJ4/K4BAI 1929* 25.03. - 02.04. PJ4/KU8E 1929* 17.03. - 13.04. PJ4/NK8O 1927 25.03. - 02.04. PJ4/WW4LL 1929* 28.03. - 29.03. PJ4Z 1929* 28.03. - 05.04. PJ7PL 1929* 28.03. - 26.04. PQ150ITU 1929* 01.03. - 31.03. PQ450RIO 1926 01.03. - 31.03. PR70FEB 1925 28.03. - 26.04. PV150ITU 1929* 28.03. - 26.04. PW150ITU 1929* 28.03. - 26.04. PX150ITU 1929* 05.03. - 05.06. PZ5LP 1926 11.03. - 31.03. R35MWC 1928 11.14 - 03.2015 RI1ANR 1908 11.02. - 31.12. S590IARU 1928 01.01. - 31.12. S61KK 1922 01.01. - 31.12. S61PW 1922 01.01. - 31.12. S61TT 1922 01.03. - 31.08. SB90IARU 1928 01.03. - 31.08. SC0IARU 1928 01.03. - 31.08. SD90IARU 1928 01.03. - 31.08. SE90IARU 1928 01.03. - 31.08. SF90IARU 1927 01.03. - 31.08. SI90IARU 1928 01.03. - 31.08. SJ90IARU 1928 01.01. - 30.06. SN40KRF 1919 01.01. - 30.04. SN85PZK 1917 01.01. - 30.04. SN90IARU 1917 - 31.03. SN100KO 1926 01.01. - 30.04. SO85PZK 1917 01.01. - 30.04. SO90IARU 1917 01.01. - 30.04. SP85PZK 1917 01.01. - 30.04. SP90IARU 1917 01.01. - 30.04. SQ85PZK 1917 01.01. - 30.04. SQ90IARU 1917 28.03. - 29.03. SX9C 1929* 29.03. - 12.04. TA0/DJ4EL 1929* - 04.2015 TA4/OG55W 1920 - 04.2015 TA4/OH2HOD 1920 01.01. - 30.04. TC100GLB 1918 01.05. - 30.05. TC150ITU 1919 - 2017 TJ3SN 1896 - 07.2015 TJ3TS 1877 01.01. - 31.12. TM320NEO 1921 22.03. - 29.03. TO4C 1928 04.02. - 28.03. TO6D 1920 18.09. - TR8CA 1902 - 2018 TY2CD 1914 13.01. - 25.04. UE2AT 1924 13.01. - 25.04. UE2BF 1924 13.01. - 25.04. UE2GC 1924 13.01. - 25.04. UE2IT 1924 13.01. - 25.04. UE2MW 1924 13.01. - 25.04. UE2SK 1924 21.03. - 09.04. V5/DM4TK 1928 27.03. - 09.04. V6Z 1929* 20.03. - 25.03. V63KI 1928 22.02. - 31.05. VI110ROTARY 1925 29.03. - 01.04. VK5CE/p 1929* 20.03. - 27.03. VK7AN/VK9N 1928 20.03. - 27.03. VK7YUM/VK9N 1928 11.03. - 25.03. VP2MQT 1927 27.01. - 03.2015 VP8DOZ/G 1921 12.03. - 26.03. VP8DQE 1927 12.03. - 26.03. VP8DXU 1927 12.03. - 26.03. VP8QJM 1927 19.03. - 27.03. VQ9XR 1928 - 12.2015 VR2UU 1898 15.03. - 30.03. W0FK/4 1927 01.03. - 31.03. XV7BM 1925 25.03. - 27.03. YB3MM/p 1929* 25.03. - 30.03. YB4IR/7 1929* 25.03. - 27.03. YB8RW/3 1929* 28.03. - 29.03. YC8ROP 1929* - 07.2015 YL390BF 1923 - 07.2015 YL390GAZ 1923 - 07.2015 YL390GQG 1923 - 07.2015 YL390IV 1923 - 07.2015 YL390QS 1923 - 07.2015 YL390UI 1923 19.03. - 30.11. YL800TM 1928 01.02. - 31.12. YO90IARU 1921 - 20.09. YO555BU 1907 01.03. - 30.09. YP10EURAO 1928 01.02. - 31.12. YP90IARU 1921 - 20.09. YP555BU 1907 01.02. - 31.12. YQ90IARU 1921 - 20.09. YQ555BU 1907 01.02. - 31.12. YR90IARU 1921 - 20.09. YR555BU 1907 01.01. - 31.12. YT90NS 1919 - 03.2016 ZF2DX 1878 01.01. - 19.04. ZS90SARL 1917 28.03. - 26.04. ZV150ITU 1929* 28.03. - 26.04. ZW150ITU 1929* 28.03. - 26.04. ZX150ITU 1929* 28.03. - 26.04. ZY150ITU 1929* 28.03. - 26.04. ZZ150ITU 1929* * = new or updated .. = and other calls QSL information =============== 3W2MAE via DL5MAE (d/B) 3XY5M via PA7FM 3Z20PMU (B), (e) 4A5XX via XE1EE (d/B), (L), (e) 4S7KKG via DC0KK (d/B), (O) 4U1WB via KK4HD (B) 4U20B via 4U20B (B) 4X2M via 4X4DZ 4X7R via 4X6OM 5B/RM2U via RM2U (B), (L), (e) 5B/RW9QA via W3HNK (L) 5E5E via W7EJ, (L) 5J0B via LU1FM (d), (L), (C) 5P7Z via DG2RON, (O) 5R8SV via G3SWH, (L) 5X1XA via G3SWH 5X8EW via SM5DJZ (d/B) 5Z4LS via G3RWF, (C), (O) 7QAA (C), (O) 7S90IARU via SM6JSM 7X5RS via (d), 7X2ARA 8J1H (B) 8J3KGR (B) 8J7SDR (B) 8J125SSI (B) 8N1KINU via (B), JA1SVP (d) 8N1MOMO (B) 8N3HC (B) 8N150KC (B), (e) 8Q7NT via DL1RNT (d/B) 9A88AA via 9A2AA (d/B) 9K2F via 9K2HN (d/B) 9K2GS (d), (L) 9M2AX (d) 9M2M (d) 9N7CC via SP9FIH 9N7FD via SP2FUD 9N7WE via SP9FIH 9Q0HQ via I2YSB 9V50RM (L) A25GF via ZS6AYU (d/B) A6/DK5ON via DK5ON (d/B) AP2NK via W3HNK (d) BG4DRL (L), (e) BP0P (d/B) C21EU via DL2AWG C35MF via C31MF (d/B) C35VQ via C31VQ (B), (L), (e) C6ATS via NI5DX (d), (L), (O) CE0Y/LA5UF via LA5UF (d) CN2JF via F6CTF (d), (e) CT8/KD8DXU via OK8ZZ (B) CT9/DJ8OG via DJ8OG (d/B) CT9/DL2MDU via DL2MDU (B) CT9/DL3KWF via DL3KWF (d/B) CT9/DL3KWR via DL3KWR (d/B) CT9/R9DX via R9DX (B) CT9/UA9CDC via G3SWH (d), (L) CU1/CU3AK via CU3AK (d/B) CV5A via CX2ABC CX2TQ via IK2DUW (B), (L), (e) CY0C via AI5P CY0P via AI5P D3AM via UA1QV (d) D44TEG via HB9EBT (d/B) DA0KOL (B) DA300CFG (B) DA300KA (B), DH2ES (d) DC0LGST (B), (L), (e) DG8SBX/AM via DL2DN (B) DG150ZRS (B) DF50USLAR (B) DH0GAK/p via DH0GAK (d/B) DJ90IARU via (B), DL2VFR (d) DK60ZAB (B) DK65DARC via (B), DF1QR (d) DL0WRTC via DF1QR (B), (L), (e) DL50MER (B) DL60BUND (B), (e) DL65DARC (B), DF1QR (d) DL777BBH via (B), DO8ABW (d) DL1965WH (B), DL1WH (d) DM0Y via DL3BQA (B) DM20KIDS (B), (O) DM100CTK via (B), DF1XC (d), (L) DM700LSW (B) DM750FOR (B) DP7BVBG via DF7AA (d/B) DQ40AIX via (B), DJ9KR (d) DQ60WAE via DF1QR (d/B) DQ70ELBE (B), DJ9ZZZ (d), (e) DQ1200HI (B) DU1/OE1SGU via OE1SGU, (L), (O) DU9/ON5SM via ON5SM (d/B) E50A via E51AND (d) E50J via E51JD (d) E50K via E51CK (d) E50V via E51CG (d) E50W via E51WL E51IOU via ZL1IU (d) EB1CAM/EA8 via EB1CAM (B), (L), (e) EH3DWN via EA3HKY (d/B), (L), (e) EI1A via PA3249 (d/B), (L) EI90IARU via EI6AL (B) EI8GQB via PA3249 (d/B), (L) EI150ITU via EI6AL FG/F5CCX via F5CCX (d/B) FG/F6ITD via F6ITD, (L), (C) FR/F5MNW via F5MNW (d/B) G50FRS via (B), G0YYY (d), (e) GB1SPD (d/B) H27A via RW3RN, (L) H32AT via HP2AT (d), (L) H42NT via M0OXO (O), (L) H44MS via DL2GAC (d/B) H44NT via M0OXO (O), (L) HB125FMS via HB9OCR (d/B) HE200GE via HB9AOF HF0A via (B), SP9YI (d) HF0BEM via SP9PTA HF90IARU via SP1MGM (B) HG90IARU via HA5MA (d), (L), (e), (O) HI0UD via W2CCW (d) HI3K via KB2MS (d) HI7/DJ0ML via DJ0ML (d) HI7/RW3RN via RW3RN (d) HR5/F2JD via F6AJA (d/B) II0ICH (O) II0IDP via IS0IGV (d/B) II1IGG via I2AZ (B) II3ICZ via IQ3GA (d/B) II9ICF via IT9MRM (B), (e) IQ4AX via IZ4EFN (B) IY7M via IZ7XNB J34G via G3PJT (Q), (L) J69MV (d) J79MM via EI4JY (d) JD1BOW via JA0JHQ (d/B) JG8NQJ/JD1 via JA8CJY (d), JG8NQJ (B) JW9JKA via LA9JKA (d) K2ZR/4 via K2ZR (d/B) K5KUA/5 via K5KUA (d/B) KH2/JR3CNQ via JR3CNQ KH2/JS6RRR via JS6RRR KH6/VE7AHA via VE7AHA (d), (L) KP2/K8ZBY via K8ZBY (d) KP4RV via AI4U (d) LZ90IARU via LZ1BJ (d/B) LZ137LO via LZ1KZA LZ386SKI via (B), LZ1KCP (d) MJ0CFW via M0CFW (d), (L) MJ5Z via M0CFW (d), (L) NP2P (L) OG2K/0 via OG2K (B) OK1IEC/TI7 via OK1IEC (d/B) OK1NG/TI7 via OK1NK (d/B) ON/G4OOE/p via G4OOE OP4U via ON7USB (B), (e) OP7B via ON7BJ (B), (L) OT70BULGE via ON5LL (B), (L), (e) OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B) OU25AEI via OZ7AEI (d/B) OX3LX via OZ1PIF, (L), (e), (C) OX5T via OZ0J (d/B) OZ/DL1REM via DL1REM (d/B) OZ90IARU via (O), (L), (e) P29NK via DH1NK (d/B) PA90IARU (B), (L), (C) PD70BZH via PD2ATG (d/B) PI25COM via PA3CAL (d/B) PJ2/PA1CC via PA1CC (d/B) PJ4/K4BAI via K4BAI PJ4/KU8E via K4BAI PJ4/NK8O via (L), (e) PJ4Z via K4BAI PJ4/WW4LL via WW4LL PJ7C via EB7DX PJ7PL via WA1ZAM PQ150ITU via PR7AYE (d/B) PQ450RIO via PY1AA (d/B) PR70FEB via PS7AB (d/B), (L), (e) PV150ITU via PR7AYE (d/B) PW150ITU via PR7AYE (d/B) PX150ITU via PR7AYE (d/B) PZ5LP (e) R35MWC via R9XC R120RDP via RW9RO RI1ANR via RK1PWA S590IARU (B), (L) S61KK via JH1ILX (d) S61PW via JH4PHW (d) SD90IARU (B) SE90IARU (B) SF90IARU via (B), SM7HZK (d), (e) SN0WFF via SP5X (B) SN40KRF via (B), SP1KRF (d) SN90IARU via SP1PMY (B), (L), (e) SN100KO via SP9MZX (d/B) SQ90IARU via SP7PTM (B), (L), (e) SV8/SV1CEI via SV1CEI (B), (L) SX9C via SV9COL (d), (L) T88YD via 7K2TTJ (d/B) TA0/DJ4EL via DJ4EL (d/B), (L) TA4/OG55W OH2OT, (Q) TA4/OH2HOD via OH2HOD TC100GLB via TA1CM (d/B) TC150ITU via TCSWAT, (L) TI2KWN (d) TJ3SN via IZ1BZV (d), (L) TM5CW via F5SJB (d) TM320NEO via F1EOY (d/B), (L) TO4C via M0OXO (O) TO5BR via F4GHW (d/B) TO6D via F6ITD, (L), (C) TR8CA via F6CBC TY2CD via ZS6ARF (d), (L) UE2AT via R1BAL (d/B) UE2BF via RN3RQ UE2GC via RA2FU UE2IT via UA2FR UE2MW via UC2K UE2SK via UF2F UP2L via UA9AB (B) V5/DM4TK via DM4TK (d/B) V6Z via N3SL (d), (L) V63KI (Q), (C) VE3EFF (e) VI110ROTARY (B) VK4/EA3NT via M0OXO (d/O) VK6YS (d), (e) VK7AN/VK9N via VK7AN (d/B) VK7YUM/VK9N via VK7YUM (d/B) VP2MEL via N7BX (B), (L) VP2MPA (d), (L) VP2MQT via N7QT (d/B), (L) VP8DOZ/G via ZL4PW (d/B) VP8DQE via K5QE VP8DXU via W7XU VP8QJM via W7XU VP9/G3VYI via G3VYI (d/B) VQ9XR via N7XR (d), (C) W0FK/4 via W0FK XV7BM via JA8BMK (d/B) YB3MM via (d), IZ8CCW YB4IR/7 via YB4IR (d/B), (C), (O) YB5QZ via (d), W3HNK YB8RW (d), (O) YC8ROP (d), (L), (e) YL390BF via YL3BF YL390GAZ via YL3GAZ YL390GQG via YL2GQG YL390IV via YL2IV YL390QS via YL2QS YL390UI via YL2UI YL800TM via YL3GBC YP10EURAO via YO9KYO YT90NS via YU7BPQ (d) ZF2JL via K3UL ZS3Y (L) ZV150ITU via PR7AYE (d/B) ZW150ITU via PR7AYE (d/B) ZX150ITU via PR7AYE (d/B) ZY150ITU via PR7AYE (d/B) (d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS (C) = ClubLog (e) = eQSL (*) = new manager (Q) = QRZ.COM * QSLs received direct: 5Z4/DJ4EL (AF-040), KG4HI (WB2REM), KL7RA, VK6ISL (GDXF) 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SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1207 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1207 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1207 BID: $OPDX.1207 March 23, 2015 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, W2GB, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, W9ILY, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DL1SBF, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G0UIH, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, ON4ZD/OS0S, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PP5BZ, PR8ZX, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE3VID and the VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 15th/March, through Sunday, 22nd/March there were 236 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E3, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP8, VP8/g, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, 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". 3A, MOACO. Operators Gil/F4FET and Diego/F4HAU will be active as 3A/home- call from Monaco between April 2-5th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB and RTTY. Operations will be focus on NA and AS stations especially on 10 and 12 meters, if propagation permits. They will be using vertical polarization antennas close to the Mediterranean Sea. QSL via their home callsigns. 4X, ISRAEL. Operators Zvi/4X6FR and Moshe/4X1DX will be active as 4X7R from Herzliya during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi- Single entry. QSL via 4X6OM. 7Q, MALAWI. The second team of the 7QAA DXpedition (SSB, RTTY, some CW and PSK team) is now active until April 1st. Operators are John/GW4SKA, Sam/ ZS6BRZ, Dick/K9APW, Chris/G8APB, Marco/HB9OCR and Alex/DD5ZZ. The team will operate 4 stations on the air on 160-6 meters. The SSB team will also participate in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest. Daily free LoTW and ClubLog uploads will be provided, and they will use the band-slot tracking feature in ClubLog to promote a competitive spirit amongst the DX fraternity. Log is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/expeditions/7QAA They feel that due to the extended 20 day operating period there will be ample time to work the "little pistols" as well as the band-slot chasers. QSL Manager is Dick, N7RO. For more details, see their Web page at: http://www.malawidx.org/index.html Just a reminder that this DXpedition is dedicated in memory of Frosty (Charles Frost), K5LBU, who became a Silent Key on February 14th. 9N, NEPAL (Update). The three Polish operators are now active from Kathmandu until March 30th. Operators are Bogdan/SP2FUD (9N7FD), Janusz/SP9FIH (9N7WE) and Rafal/SQ9CNN (9N7CC). Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL 9N7CC and 9V7WE via SP9FIH. QSL 9N7FD via SP2FUD. Look for logs to be posted on ClubLog. For more details and updates, watch: http://9n.dxpeditions.org C2, NAURU (Reminder). Operators Ernoe/DK2AMM, Guenter/DL2AWG, Hans/DL6JGN and Ron/PA3EWP will be active as C21EU from Nauru (OC-031) between March 25th and April 4th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and possibly PSK. They will have two K3 with two 600w amps into a 5 band Spiderbeams and some verticals. QSL via DL2AWG. If possible, they will upload their log daily to ClubLog. CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND. Joe, LA5UF, who just finished his as E51UFF operation from Manihiki Atoll (OC-014), North Cook Islands, will be active as CE0Y/LA5UF by the time you read this through the end of March. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, mainly on CW and PSK31 using wire antennas. QSL via LA5UF direct with 1 IRC or three U.S. greenstamps. NO Bureau QSLs. CQ3/CT9, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Matt, DJ8OG, will be active as CQ3L during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via DJ6QT. Look for Matthias to be active before and after the contest as CT9/DJ8OG. QSL via his home callsign, by the Bureau (preferred) or direct. Visit the CR3L Santana, Madeira Island (AF-014), Web page at: http://www.cq3l.de DX0, SPRATLY ISLANDS (Update). Exact dates are now offical for the DX0P DXpedition to Pagasa Island (AS-051). Operation will take place between April 14-20th. Activity is planned for 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and JT-65. QSL via WA6LOS. They have a FaceBook page at: https://www.facebook.com/DX0P2015 A Web page will soon be active at: http://dx0p.org DXCC NEWS. The following have been accepted/approved by the ARRL DXCC Desk for DXCC credit: K1N - Navassa Island January-February 2015 VP8DOZ - South Georgia Island February-April 2015 E3, ERITREA. The members of the SEISA/Foundation for Global Children is now QRT E30FB. Paul, N6PSE, states: "E30FB went QRT at 0900 UTC on Tuesday. The team is now in Istanbul about to make their final travels home. We are very happy that we were able to make approximately 62,500 contacts and to provide an ATNO for many DXers around the world. The E30FB team really enjoyed bringing you this rare activation of Eritrea. Murphy was a constant companion on this DXpedition and impacted our antennas and computers. We beat Murphy back each time with skill and determination. You will be surprised to know that almost all CW was sent by hand keys." Remember, QSL Manager is Tim, M0URX. If you wish to make a donation via PayPal, their address is (note-please do not send E-mail to this address, it is for PayPal purposes only). Their Web site is at: http://eritreaproject.net E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Frank, DJ5NQ, is now active as E51ANQ from the Island of Rarotonga (OC-013) until March 28th. HE states that he will be working on 20m (CW/SSB) with 1kW and a 5 element Monoband Yagi 23m up. QSL via DJ5NQ, by the Bureau or direct (SAE + IRC or 2 USDs). FR, REUNION ISLAND (Reminder). Guy, F5MNW, will once again be active as FR/F5MNW from Saint Leu, Reunion Island (AF-016, DIFO FR-001, WLOTA 1812, WWFF FFF-011), until April 14th. Activity will be on the HF bands using only CW. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. NO IRCs! HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (NA-096). Alex, RW3RN, is now active as HI7/RW3RN from Punta Cana until March 30th. Activity will be on 20-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign. IOTA NEWS.............. EU-008. Members of the Kilmarnock and Loudoun ARC (GM0ADX) will be active as MM0KLR from the Isle of Muck (IOSA NH06, SCOTIA DI18, WAB NM48) between April 26th and May 2nd. Operators mentioned are Graham/MM0GHM, Allan/2M0VNW, Arthur/MM0DHQ, Allan/GM3OZB, Gordon/GM7WCO, Jason/GM7VSB and Paul/GM0PJD. Activity will be on 160-2 meters including 60m. QSL via MM0KLR, by the Bureau or eQSL. QSL direct to MM0GHM. EU-037. Hans, DK3PZ, will be active as SM7/DK3PZ from Oland Island between May 16-23rd. QSL via eQSL and/or by the Bureau to his home callsign. EU-042. Operators Siggi/DL3HBZ, Lothar/DL8HAL, Steve/DJ7AO, Charlie/ DF6LPC, Ulrich/DJ9IE and Benjamin/DB2LS will be active as DL0DFF from Hallig Hooge (DLFF-013) between April 30th and May 3rd. QSL via the Bureau. EU-048. Once again the CDXG (Charente DX Groupe) will be on IOTA expedition, this year to Belle Ile Island (DIFM AT 015, WW Locator IN87IK). Activity take place between April 18-25th, using the callsign TM9B. Operators mentioned are Eric/F5LOW, Laurent/F5MNK, Bertrand/F6HKA and Leon/ON4ZD/OS0S. QSL via ON4ZD (see QRZ.com). For more info and possible updates, see: http://www.charentedxgroupe.fr EU-138. Fred, SM7DAY, will be active as SM7DAY/p from Senoren Island between April 11-18th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and PSK. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau. Also, QSL via the OQRS on ClubLog. ADDED NOTE: Members of the South West Scania Radio Amateurs Club (SSRA) [which Fred is a member] will also be active from Senoren Island as SK7DX. QSL via SM7DXQ. EU-170. Operators Achim/DL1DAW, Kai/DL3HAH and Andy/DL3YM will be active as 9A/DK3QZ from Kaprije Island between July 24-26th. QSL via the home callsign. NA-112. Operators Joe/W03F, Keith/KK4PLI, Pete/W3ENK and Sterling/N4WKG will be active as N4F from Ft. Macon State Park on Bogue Banks Island (Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina), between April 25-26th. QSL via: Special Event, PO Box 1302, Newport, NC 28570. NA-174. David, VE3VID, is now active as VY0/VE3VID from the rare Igloolik Island (WW.Loc EP-99), but announced this past week he will be going QRT soon. He states, "After 2 years of 20m RTTY, HELL and SSB from Igloolik Island my work here will soon be done. Though I will be returning to Baffin Island later, and may at some future time also return to Igloolik Island, the operations which have occurred 3 times a year since March of 2013 will finish up in about 1 month. For DXers and IOTA fans still hoping for a QSL, I will be active on 20m RTTY on March 22nd, 28th, 29th and April 4th. Work schedule as permit- ting on April 11th and 12th as well. I'm also hoping to partic- ipate in some of the contests up to that point. After that Igloolik Island will be QRT." QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. OC-136. After his December Lord Howe Island VK2IAY/9 operation (see OPDX.1203), look for Steve (G0UIH/VK2IAY/3D2FI) to be staying for 4 days on Phillip Island (OC-136) between December 29th and January 1st (2016), and being active as VK2IAY/3. Activity will be SSB only on 20m. The antenna will be a wire dipole and 100w (IC706MK2G). Look around 14260 kHz. A 4 color special double QSL card sponsored by Vortex Antenna Systems will be available in early 2016. QSL is via G0UIH, direct or by the Bureau. OC-252. Imam, YB4IR, will be active as YB4IR/7 from Randayan Island between March 25-31st. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB, and RTTY. Antennas will be a Tribander for the High Bands and a Vertical for Low Bands. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS or via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Akira, JH0CKF, will be active once again as AF1Y/KH0 from the Saipan Rental Shack (Himawari Hotel) [USI NI-002S, WLOTA 1333), Northern Mariana Islands (OC-086), for a short operation between March 26-28th. Activity will be holiday style, after sunset, on 20-6 meters using SSB. QSL via DU1/JH0CKF (QSL Manger) via DU Bureau. Please DO NOT send to AF1Y (either Bureau or postal mailing address in Miami). If you would like to exchange QSL cards directly, please send SASE to the postal mailing address: Akira Yokoyama, 7078 Hokujo Hakuba, Nagano 399-9301, JAPAN. For more details about the Saipan Rental Shack, visit the following Web page at: http://saipan.rental-shack.com/english/index.html MT0, ISLE OF MAN. Members from the "DX-Interceptors Amateur Radio Club" (MS0IXD) will be on a DXpedition to the Isle of Man (EU-116) between May 8-11th. Operating from Scarlett Point, the team plans to be using the modes of CW, SSB and RTTY on 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters. Their aim is to provide as much as possible an ANTO (all time new one) or new band and mode to as many individuals as they can. They state, "Please DON'T be offended if we do not engage in a rag chew over recent events as our aim is to log as many as we can over the period. We have only three operators going." Operators mentioned are Billy/GM0OBX, Frank/MM0HST and Ross/GM1KNP. QSL via LoTW or M0OXO ONLY. They will use two HF stations: HF Station 1 - Mainly SSB HF Station 2 - Mainly CW/DATA Yaesu FT 1000mp; Acom Amplifer Icom IC 7200; RM Italy Amplifer Hexbeam (20/17/15/10) Moxon (15/12); Vertical (homebrew GM0OBX Home brew interface for data multi band 80-10m) PJ2, CURACAO. Ton, PA1CC, will once again be active as PJ2/PA1CC from Curacao (SA-099) between March 24-31st. His main activity will be in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 27-28th) as one of the PJ2T operators. However, look for some activity before and after the contest on CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign. PJ7, SINT MAARTEN. Ed, WA1ZAM, will once again be active as PJ7PL from the Royal Palm's between March 28th and April 5th. Activity will include some operations in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Single- Op/Low-Power entry [look for him in the morning most of the time]. Outside of the contest, activity will be holiday style using SSB and RTTY, possibly CW -- depending on what he brings down. QSL WA1ZAM. PQ0, TRINDADE AND MARTIM VAZ ISLANDS (Update). Fábio, PP5BZ, informs OPDX that the Navy has given authorization to go with a full team to Trindade. The PQ0T operation will have five operators: Fábio/PP5BZ, Jaime/PP5JD, Jacobus/PY3FJ, Miguel/PY3MM and Claudio/PY3OZ. The team is made-up of 100% members of the PQ5B Contest Team! The PY1 team will leave for Trindade on March 30th, and they plan to be active as PQ0T/MM on the way to Trindade. They expect to be active from the island between April 2-4th. PQ2, BRAZIL (Satellite/6m Op/Delayed). Operators Pedro/PR8ZX and Augusto/ PU8MET have delayed their activity as PQ2ZXT and PQ2/PU8MET, respectively, from Tocantins State (WW Loc. GI64) for about a month. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (March 23-29th).... Mar/23rd LN Mar/26th AN Mar/28th LN Mar/24th AN Mar/27th HN Mar/29th LN Mar/25th 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 REALTIME BAND CONDITIONS WEB SITE : The purpose of this experimental Web site is to provide 24-7-365 actual (REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores. It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to determine band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's. This information is NOT based on any software pre- dictions or any kind of satellite based readings. It is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA. QSL INFO AND NEWS..................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (March 22nd) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3W2MAE via DL5MAE D44TEG via HB9EBT OG2K/0 via OG2K 4X2M via 4X4DZ DG8SBX/AM via DL2DN OG3077F via OH3JF 4U1WB via KK4HD DL777BBH via DO8ABW ON/G4OOE/P via G4OOE 4U20B via 4U20B DM0Y via DL3BQA OP4U via ON7USB 5P7Z via DG2RON EB1CAM/EA8 via EB1CAM OP7B via ON7BJ 5B/RW9QA via W3HNK EI90IARU via EI6AL R120RDP via RW9RO 5B/RM2U via RM2U H42NT via M0OXO R35MWC via R9XC 9N7WE via SP9FIH HF0BEM via SP9PTA SF90IARU via SM7HZK 9A88AA via 9A2AA II0IDR via IZ0FVD SN0WFF via SP5X A25GF via ZS6AYU II1IGG via I2AZ SU9IG via OM3CGN CT8/KD8DXU via OK8ZZ (B) II9ICF via IT9MRM SV8/SV1CEI via SV1CEI CT9/DL2MDU via DL2MDU IQ4AX via IZ4EFN TC100GLB via TA1CM CT9/R9DX via R9DX KH2/JR3CNQ via JR3CNQ TC18M via TA1HZ (**) CV5A via CX2ABC (d) KH2/JS6RRR via JS6RRR UP2L via UA9AB CX2TQ via IK2DUW OE3HY (*) VP2MEL via N7BX (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (L) LoTW only (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (*) Karl Hluchy is silent key March 16, 2015 in age of 96 Years. (**) You do not need to send your card!! QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3W2JK, 5W1SA, 5Z4LS, 8P9EH, 9A1A, EA7ST, F6BQJ, JM1XCW, JR3OEH, LU4FD, LU7YZ, MD0CCE, OH2MQ, SM3RAB, SP3CCR and TO5A QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 3B9FR, 6Y6N, 7O2A, 9M6XRO, B5A, B9/BY9GA, ER3GS, FM5DN, FT4TA, FW5JJ, HC2AO/8, HC2RCT/8, KG4LB, PJ7/WJ2O, TO2TT, TO4FM, TX4A, V73TM, VU4CD, XT2AW and YJ0X QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 9M2CCO, 9M2CQC, BD7MFB, E20AJ, E20YLM, E21EIC, E21YDP, E23PKO, E29BUQ, HS1FVL, HS3ANP, HS3LSE, HS3XVP, HS4PDQ, HS5NME, HS6ZBQ, HS7WMU, HS0/PY3IQ, HS0AC, HS0ZBS, HS0ZCW, HS0ZDX, HS0ZEE, HS0ZFK, HS0ZFP, HS0ZHK, HS0ZIN, HS0ZIV, HS0ZJK, HS0ZJU, HS0ZKG, HS25DX, HS85RI, PX4X, PY4BR, PY4RGS, S21ZDX, TF2MSN, XW1A, XW1B, XW1IC, XW4XR, XW0YJY and YB9WZJ/P S7, SEYCHELLES. Giovanni "John", IZ2DPX, will be active possibly as S79DPX (pending) from the Seychelles (AF-024) between August 9-23rd. Activity will be on 80-6 meters and all modes. QSL via his home callsign. For more details and update, see: http://iz2dpx.jimdo.com V6, MIRCONESIA. By the time you read this Kiichi, JF1LUT, will be active as V63KI from Kolonia, Pohnpei (OC-010), until March 25th. Activity will be on 20-10 meters using SSB only. QSL only direct to QSL Manager to: A4maniax, c/o Sankei Kousinsya Co,.Ltd., 6-20-6, Hirai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, 132-0035 JAPAN. Log will be uploaded to ClubLog. V6, MICRONESIA. Operators Sho, JA7HMZ, will once again be active as V63DX from Pohnpei Island (OC-010) between April 17-25th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters and all modes. QSL via his home callsign. No Bureau QSLs. VK9C, COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS. Operators Lars/LB2TB, Rune/LA6YIA, Bjorn/ LB1GB and Morten/LA9DFA plan to be active as VK9CK (pending) from Cocos (Keeling) Island (OC-003) between March 14-26th. The team is calling themselves the "Dipper DXers". Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. The focus will be 160/80 meters. They state, "Plans are for beams for the high bands and verticals/Inv. L for the lower bands. We will bring amplifiers!" QSL via their OQRS on ClubLog (preferred) or via their QSL Manager LA6OP, direct or by the Bureau. Log will be uploaded to the LoTW as soon as possible after the DXpedition. For more details and updates, see: http://dipperdx.com/cocos2016 VK9N, NORFOLK ISLAND. By the time you read this operators Allen/VK7AN and David/VK7YUM will be active as homecall/VK9N from Norfolk Island (OC-005) until March 27th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via their home callsigns, by the Bureau or direct (see QRZ.com). VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Stephen, VE3OC, will once again be active as VP5/VE3OC from Providenciales Island (NA-002), Caicos Islands, between April 11-16th. Activity will be holiday style (in between scuba diving) on the HF bands using an Icom IC-7000 into a Buddiepole antenna and running on a Lithium-Ion battery for portable use on the beach and cliff sides. QSL via home callsign direct or LoTW and eQSL. NO Bureau. VQ9, CHAGOS ISLAND. By the time you read this, Bob, N7XR, should be active once again as VQ9XR from Diego Garcia Island (AF-006) until March 27th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (possibly 160m) using CW, SSB, and RTTY. NO 6 meters (no antenna). He will also be on 60 meters CW due to the newly modified license which now allows operations on that band (5403.5 and 5405.0 kHz). QSL via ClubLog or direct via his home callsign (NO IRCs). NO Bureau QSLs, eQSL or LoTW. All ClubLog requests for BUREAU cards will not be processed. He mentions, "No internet access is available in the area I operate from. I check emails once in the evening IF I can gain access. Most of the time it's extremely slow." XV, VIETNAM (Update). Toshi, JA8BMK, has canceled his March XV7BM operation from Nha Trang Resort "due to poor lowbands conditions". -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Help: Subscribe: Unsubscribe: OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: OR OR Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses: Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence) President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA) DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG) ______________________________________________________________ DX mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this ema