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Posted: 11 Jan 2017 09:22 PM PST

DXNL 2023 � Jaanuary 11, 2017

DX Newsletter

a free and weekly service of

DARC Committee “DX”

(http://www.darcdxhf.de)

Editor: Klaus Poels, DL7UXG

(e-mail: dxnl@dxhf.darc.de)

translation by: Oliver Bock, DJ9AO

CE9, Antarctica:

Juan/LU4CJM remains on Carlini Base on the South Shetland Islands

until the end of February and operates as LU1ZI or LU4CJM/Z on 80,

40, and 20m.

Mike (RW1AI) continues to operate as KC4/N2TA from the station

Novolazarevskaya on 80-20m (CW, JT65) until the end of February.

DL, Germany:

In addition to DR1517LU (see DXNL 2021) the following special event

stations are also commemorating the beginning of the Protestant

Reformation 500 years ago: DR500MLE (S-DOK 500LR), DR5LUTHER (S-DOK

LUTHER), DC500LS (S-DOK MLS), DL500ML (S-DOK 500ML), and DM5LUTHER

(S-DOK LUTHER). QSL via bureau.

DQ200WESER calls attention to the first German-built steam vessel

“Die Weser”, commissioned 200 years ago. QSL via bureau.

E5, South Cook Islands:

Dick/AD7AF is going to pay Rarotonga Island (OC-013) a visit

between Jan. 9 and 27. QRV as E51WWA on 80-10m (CW, SSB). QSL via

AD7AF, LoTW.

F, France:

The special event stations TM57A, 57D, 57H, and 57N operate around

the 2017 World Men’s Handball Championship (Jan. 15 to 29). QSL for

all calls via F-11734. http://wp.amra57.org/

K, United States of America:

Members of the London Bridge Amateur Radio Club will operate during

the 7th Ballon Festival in Lake Havasu City (Jan. 12-16) with the

call K7B on 40-17m. QSL via K9ZWB (d).

LZ, Bulgaria:

Nasko/LZ1YE celebrates his 45th year on the air with the call

LZ45YE throughout the year. QRV on HF on SSB, CW, and digital

modes. QSL via LZ1YE (d/B).

The Headquarter of the Thracian Rose Club operates with the call

LZ73TRC during 2017. QSL via LZ1YE (d/B).

Members of the Thracian Rose Club are going to direct our attention

to the 114th Roses Festival with the call LZ114RF until July 31.

QSL via LZ1YE (d/B). http://www.trcdx.org/

OH, Finland:

Finnish hams will be using the prefix OF during 2017 to celebrate

their country’s 100 years of independence.

PA, Netherlands:

PG400TH calls attention to the town hall of Gennep, erected 400

years ago. The call wil be active during a number of periods

throughout the year, the first one being Jan. 30 to Feb. 26. QSL

via PA3ETC. http://ift.tt/2if9Lwn

RA, Russia:

Moscow’s 870th anniversary will be celebrated by an assortment of

special event stations during 2017. In January R870M (Jan. 1 to

10), R1238M (Jan. 11 to 20), and R1547M (Jan. 21 to 31) will be

active. QSL via RK3AW. http://ift.tt/2j3cjL5

R170VN celebrates the 170th birthday of Nikolay Zhukovsky, a

pioneer of aviation in Russia. QRV between the 14th and 22nd. QSL

via RW3VA.

T8, Palau:

Hirotaka/JA6KYU, Kouko/JQ6FQI, Ichiro/ JH7IPR, Mike/JA6EGL, and

Yasushi/JI6BFF will be staying at the VIP Guest Hotel on Koror

Island (OC-009, WW Loc. PJ77fi) between Jan. 12 and 19. QRV as

T88HS, WM, UW, SM, and TK on HF. QSL via homecalls.

UR, Ukraine:

Members of the club station UT0LWD join the Reformation

celebratations with the call EM500L. QSL via UR6LLC.

VE, Canada:

VE100VIMY commemorates the Battle of Vimy Ridge (April 1917) from

different regions of Canada, e.g. /VE1 from Nova Scotia and /VY2

from Prince Edward Island during January. QSL via N7RO, ClubLog.

http://ve100vimy.ca/

YV, Venezuela:

The Asociacion de Radioaficionados de Venezuela (ARV) celebrates

its 50th anniversary with the special call YV50ARV until the year’s

end on HF (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL via YV5DTA/W4DTA, LolTW.

ZF, Cayman Islands:

Peter/K8PGJ returns to Grand Cayman Island (NA-016) for the North

American QSO Party. QRV between the 14th and 22nd as ZF2PG. QSL via

K8PGJ (d), LoTW.

Preview:

========

OX, Greenland:

Bjorn/OZ5BD plans to operate as XP5T from Greenland (NA-018) on HF.

More information to follow. QSL via OZ0J, LoTW.

Abbreviations in this DXNL:

===========================

ARLHS Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society

ARV Asociacion de Radioaficionados de Venezuela

DIB Diploma Ilhas Brasileiras

IOTA Islands on the Air

LoTW Logbook of the World

OQRS Online QSL Request System

USi United States Islands Awards

WCA World Castles Award

WLOTA World Lighthouse On The Air Award

WRTC World Radiosport Team Championship

Upcoming Contests:

==================

14.01. Old New Year Contest

14.01. Aktivitaetstag Distrikt Nordrhein

14./15.01. UBA PSK63 Prefix Contest

14./15.01. North American QSO Party

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-004; 5B/ZC, Cyprus Island: Steve/G0SGB is going to operate from

the UK Base Area as ZC4SB between Jan. 11 and 25. QRV on 80, 40,

and 20m (SSB, CW), running 100W and dipoles. QSL via G0SGB (d).

AS-153; VU, West Bengal State group: Members of the West Bengal

Radio Club (VU2MQT) will be active from Ganga Sagar Mela from the

9th to 17th as AU2WBR. QSL via VU2NRO.

NA-096; HH/HI, Hispaniola: Dale/N3BNA and Harry/N3FMO will be

operating as HH8/N3BNA and HH8/N3FMO from Haiti between Jan. 13 and

25. QSL via homecalls (d), LoTW.

OC-019; KH6, Hawaiian Islands: Andy/VE7AHA will be paying Big

Island (USi HI-025S, WLOTA 0065) a visit from Jan. 14 until March

11 and sign KH6/VE7AHA during that time. QSL via h/c (d), LoTW.

SA-002; VP8, Falkland Islands: Dave/VP8CLE and Carol/VP8DKW will be

active from Saunders Island between the 15th and 22nd on 160 and

80m (maybe also other bands) on RTTY, PSK, CW, and SSB. QSL via

G1OCN (d).

SA-072; PR8, Maranhao State East group: A group of Brazilian hams

(Robert/PT2GTI, Daniel/ PT7BI, Junior/PS8DX, Jesus/PS8ET, and

Ilo/PS8JIF) are going to activate Poldros Island (WW Loc. GI97cg,

PYFF-0024, DIB MA-03) on all bands (SSB, CW, digital modes) between

Jan. 14 and 18. QRV with the call ZZ8P. QSL via PT2GTI, ClubLog,

LoTW.

WCA Activities

===============

WCA QRGs:

CW: 28031 24911 21031 18081 14031 10121 7031 3531 kHz

SSB: 28551 24951 21251 18131 14251 7131 3731 kHz

WCA Happy Birth Day:

The World Castles Award Programme turns 8 on Jan. 14 and celebrates

the WCA Happy Birth Day (WCA HBD) on Jan. 14 & 15 with activations

of castles and fortresses.

Calendar

========

start � end DX&nbssp; DXNL

12/16 � 03/2017 & 3D2JS 2017

15.12. � 15.01. &nbssp; 4F7OC 2019

01.01. � 31.12. & 5P90EDR 2021

� 12.01. 5R8GC p; 2022

� 08/2017 5R8SV& 1897

� 12.001. 5R8UJ 2022

� 12.01. 5R8UR &nbssp; 2022

� 02/2018 ; 5T2AI 1977

01.10. � 30.09.19 & 5Z4/DL2RMC 2008

� 23.01. p; 5Z4/LZ4NM 2014

01.01. � 30.04. 6E00C 2022

– 12/2018 6W1SU 2012

� 04/2017 6W7SS ; 2022

01.01. � 20.01.18 8J1RL & 2021

01.01. � 30.04. 8J2A p; 2021

01.05. � 29.01. 8J2OKZ & 1987

01.01. � 20.01.18 8J60JARE p; 2021

14.12. – 05.03. 8J6HAM 2019

02.01. – 11.01. 8Q7AZ 2021

� 10/2019 9Q6BB&nbssp; 2012

� 30.12.& 9X0JW 2004

14.01. � 31.112. A31MM 1973

09.01. � 117.01. AU2WBR 2023*

� 03/2017 C91PA &nbssp; 2001

29.12. � 12.01. D44TBT ; 2022

13.10. � 12.10. DF0WRTC & 2011

01.01. � 31.12. DK60HERTEN p; 2022

01.11. � 31.011. DL0EW 2012

13.06. � 122.06. DL0MHD 1992

01.06. � 31.005. DL0POLIO 1991

01.01. � 31.12. &nbssp; DL1250BRET 2022

20.12. � 19.12. DL60NEUU 2022

� 02/2018 &nnbsp; DP0GVN 2015

11/16 � 02/2017 &nbssp; DP1POL 2015

01.01. � 31.12. ; DQ200WESER 2023*

01.01. � 31.12. DQ70PEINE p; 2021

01.01. � 31.12. DR1517LU p; 2021

15.06. �� 14.06. DR160TESLA 1994

01.04. � 31.03. &nbbsp; DR2016KIDS 1983

01.01. � 31.12. DR25MDK p; 2021

05.03. � 28.02. DR30BUT ; 1980

01.01. � 31.12. DR60SAL & 2021

01.01. � 31.12. DR60VKL &nnbsp; 2021

05.01. – 18.02. E51ADD 2022

05.01. – 18.02. E51AMF 2022

09.01. – 27.01. E51WWA 2023*

08.01. – 05.02. EA8/DJ9BN 2022

10.01. � 24.01. & EA8/DK1AX 2022

01.01. � 31.12. ; EI11WAW 2021

01.01. � 31.12. EI22WAAW 2021

01.01. � 31.12. EI33WAW ; 2021

01.01. � 31.12. EI44WAW & 2021

01.01. � 31.12. EI55WAW &nnbsp; 2021

01.01. � 31.12. EI66WAW &nbbsp; 2021

01.01. – 31.12. EI77WAW 2021

01.01. � 31..12. EI88WAW 2021

01.01. � 31.12.&nbssp; EI99WAW 2021

01.01. � 31.12. p; EM500L 2023*

12/16 � 02/17 &nnbsp; FT3YL 2017

28.12. � 24.011. GB0HNY 2022

28.12. � 24.01.& GB1HNY 2022

28.12. � 24.01.&nbbsp; GB2HNY 2022

01.01. � 28.01. p; GB2KW 2021

28.12. � 24.01.&nnbsp; GB4HNY 2022

28.12. � 24.01.&nbssp; GB5HNY 2022

28.12. � 24.01. ; GB6HNY 2022

28.12. � 24.01. &nnbsp; GB8HNY 2022

01.01. � 31.01. &nbssp; GX4BJC/a 2021

29.10. � 01/2017 H444MS 2012

01.12. � 31.01. ; HF2017HNY 2020

10.01. � 16.01. HF25FIN &nbbsp; 2022

01.01. � 31.03. HF800O p; 2021

01.01. � 31.08. HG17EYOF p; 2022

13.01. – 25.01. HH8/N3BNA 2023*

13.01. � 25.01.&nbbsp; HH8/N3FMO 2023*

– 04/2017 HK3JCL 2008

� 2017 HL2//F4AAR 1837

� 01.09.19 JJ28PJ 2004

�� 27.03. J79XBI 2016

19.12. � 115.03. JG8NQJ/JD1 2019

– 05/17 JW2US 2021

12.01. � 16.01. K7B &nnbsp; 2023*

14.01. � 11.03. KH6/VE7AHA p; 2023*

� 2016/17 KH9/KJ6GHN& 1885

� 31.03. LA330EUDXF 2013

01.01. � 31.12. LM80Q &nbbsp; 2021

01.01. � 31.12. LM80REX &nbssp; 2021

01.01. � 31.07. LZ114RF p; 2023*

01.01. � 31.12. LZ45YE ; 2023*

01.01. � 31.01. LZ552SGO p; 2021

01.01. �� 31.12. LZ73TRC 2023*

01.01. � 31.011. MX1SWL/a 2021

01.01. � 31.12. p; OF100FI/x 2021

01.01. � 31.12. OH1100FIN 2021

01.01. � 31.12. OM685RADOLA&nbssp; 2021

01.01. – 31.12. OP17HC 2021

01.01. – 31.12.19 OU0POLIO 1919

01.01. � 31.12. ; OV90EDR 2021

01.01. � 31.12. & OX90EDR 2021

01.01. � 31.12. OOZ100DVI 2021

01.01. � 31.12. OZ44C &nnbsp; 2021

01.01. � 31.12. OZ7D ; 2021

01.01. � 31.12. OZZ90EDR 2021

01.01. � 31.12. PG400TH&nnbsp; 2023*

08.01. � 25.01 PJ4B ; 2022

11.01. � 20.01. R11238M 2023*

21.01. � 31.01. R15547M 2023*

14.01. � 22.01. R1700VN 2023*

10.12. � 10.03. R17TCCNY 2019

01.01. � 10.01. R870M & 2023*

25.12. � 14.01. RA17NY&nnbsp; 2020

25.12. � 14.01. RC17NY&nbssp; 2020

� 01.04. & RI1ANA 2017

15.12. � 15.02. &nbbsp; RI1ANC 2019

04/16 � 04/2017 p; RI1AND 1982

25.12. � 14.01. & RK17NY 2020

25.12. � 14.01. &nbbsp; RM17NY 2020

25.12. � 14.01. p; RO17NY 2020

25.12. � 14.01. & RT17NY 2020

25.12. � 14.01. &nbbsp; RU17NY 2020

25.12. � 14.01. p; RW17NY 2020

25.12. � 14.01. RZ17NY 2020

01.12. � 31.01. S5509PMC 2017

01.01. � 31.12. S557E&nbssp; 2021

06.01. � 13.01. T88AQ& 2022

12.01. � 19.01. T888HS 2023*

12.01. � 19.01. ; T88SM 2023*

12.01. � 19.01. &nnbsp; T88TK 2023*

12.01. � 19.01. &nbssp; T88UW 2023*

12.01. � 19.01. ; T88WM 2023*

26.12. � 06.01. &nnbsp; T8CW 2020

10.01. � 24.01.. TG9/DJ2EH 2022

– 2017 TJ3SN 1896

05.01. � 11.01. TM1BF & 2022

04.02. � 11.02. TM1BF &nbssp; 2022

01.01. � 31.12. TM17PGM p; 2022

15.01. � 29.01. TM57A &nnbsp; 2023*

15.01. � 29.01. TM57D &nbssp; 2023*

15.01. � 29.01. TM57H ; 2023*

15.01. � 29.01. TM57N &nnbsp; 2023*

05.01. � 11.01. TM8DO&nbssp; 2022

04.02. � 11.02. TM8DO& 2022

18.09. � p; TR8CA 1902

� 2018 TY2CD 1914

– 10/2018 TY2SN 1957

01.08. – 02/2017 TZ5XR 2000

09.01. – 06.02. V31RF 2022

09.01. – 22.01. V63ARJ 2022

04.01. – 15.01. V63AVO 2022

09.01. – 22.01. V63LSS 2022

01.01. – 31.03. VE100VIMY 2023*

15.01. � 22.01.&nbbsp; VP8CLE 2023*

15.01. � 22.01.&nbssp; VP8DKW 2023*

� 04/2018 VP8DPJ ; 2014

01.01. � 01.03. XK150YUKON &nbssp; 2022

10.01. � 17.01.&nbssp; XR7T 2022

03.01. � 155.01. XW4XR 2021

06.01. �� 16.01. XW4ZW 2022

20.12. – 20.01. YP2017HNY 2019

01.01. � 31.12. & YV50ARV 2023*

� 01/2017 Z21LS &nbbsp; 2019

14.01. � 22.01. ZF2PG p; 2023*

� 05/2018 ZS8Z& 2017

14.01. � 18.01. &nbssp; ZZ8P 2023*

* = new or updated

.. = and other calls

QSL information

===============

3D2JS via WB2TJO (d)

3Z17HNY via SP6IEQ (B), (L)

4F7OC via DU7ET (d)

5K6RM (d/B), (e)

5P90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e)

5R8GC via DJ6SI (d/B)

5R8SV via G3SWH, (L)

5R8UJ via DF9TM (d/B)

5R8UR via DL2SWW (d/B)

5T2AI via NI5DX

5Z4/AK0SK via AK0SK, (L)

5Z4/DL2RMC via DL2RMC (d/B)

6E0C via XE1EE

6W1SU via M0URX

6W7SS via F6AFH

8J1RL via (B), JG2MLI (d), (L)

8J2A (B)

8J2OKZ (B)

8J60JARE via (B), JG2MLI (d), (L)

8J6HAM (B)

8Q7AZ via DL8AZ (d/B)

8Q7ND via LZ1COM

9Q6BB via W3HNK

9X0JW (e)

A31MM via EA5GL, (L)

A65TG via PA3TG (d/B)

A70X via M0OXO

AN5CRM via EA5URL

AU2WBR via VU2NRO

C91PA (L)

CM7OA via W3HNK (d)

CT8/UA4WHX via UA4WHX (d)

CT9/UA4WHX via UA4WHX (d)

D44TBT via SM5EPO

DF0WRTC via DJ9MH (d/B), (L), (C)

DK60HERTEN (B)

DL0EW (B)

DL0MHD (B)

DL0POLIO via (B), DJ4MG (d)

DL1250BRET (B)

DL60NEU via (B), DC1MAS (d), (e)

DM200PZL via DL2NPC (d/B)

DM60KJN via DL3VU (d/B)

DP0GVN via DL5EBE (d/B)

DP1POL via DL1ZBO (d/B), (L)

DQ200WESER (B)

DQ70PEINE via (B), DK5AX (d), (L), (e)

DR1517LU (B), (e)

DR160TESLA via DK8ZZ (d), (C), (O)

DR2016KIDS via (B), DL0RL (d), (e)

DR25MDK (d/B)

DR30BUT via (B), DK7LX (d), (C)

DR60SAL (B)

DR60VKL (B), DH1VY (d), (C)

DX8DX via M0OXO

E51ADD via K7ADD (d), (L), (e)

E51AMF via K7ADD (d), (L), (e)

E51WWA via AD7AF, (L)

EA8/DJ9BN via DJ9BN (d/B)

EA8/DH2MS via DH2MS (B)

EA8/DK1AX via DK1AX (d/B)

EA8/IV3HAX via IV3HAX (d), (L), (e)

EI11WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O)

EI22WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O)

EI33WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O)

EI44WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O)

EI55WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O)

EI66WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O)

EI77WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O)

EI88WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O)

EI99WAW via (B), EI6AL (d), (C), (O)

EM500L via UR6LLC

F5NLX/p via F5NLX (d/B), (e)

FT3YL via F6KPQ

GB2KW (L), (e)

GB8KW via G0UKN

GX4BJC/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e)

H40DA via VK4FEDX

H44MS via DL2GAC (d/B)

H44SHD via HB9SHD

H74B via EA3BT, (O)

H74W via EA3BT, (O)

HC0E (d/B), (L)

HC2HGT via IK2OHG (d/B), (L)

HF0F via SP9BRP, (L)

HF2017HNY via (B), SP2PBM (d)

HF25FIN (e)

HF800O via SP6PAZ (d/B)

HG17EYOF (d)

HH8/N3BNA via N3BNA (d), (L)

HH8/N3FMO via N3FMO (d), (L)

HK3JCL via DK8LRF (d/B)

J28PJ via F1TMY

J79XBI via SM5DJZ, (C), (L)

JG8NQJ/JD1 via JG8NQJ (B),

JA8CJY (d)

JW2US (C), (O)

K7B via K9ZWB (d)

KH6/VE7AHA via VE7AHA (d), (L)

LA30EUDXF via PA1AW

LM80Q via LA9VDA

LM80REX via LA9VDA

LZ114RF via LZ1YE (d/B)

LZ45YE via LZ1YE (d/B)

LZ552SGO via (B), LZ1KCP (d)

LZ73TRC via LZ1YE (d/B)

MX1SWL/a via G6XOU (d/B), (e)

OF100FI/x via OH2BAD

OH100FIN (B)

OM685RADOLA via OM3CND

OP17HC via ON7PP

OU0POLIO via OZ1ACB (d/B)

OV90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e)

OX90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e)

OZ100DVI via OZ1IVA (d/B)

OZ44C via 5P2BA (d/B)

OZ7D via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e)

OZ90EDR via OZ1ACB, (L), (C), (e)

PA44FF via PH0NO

PG400TH via PA3ETC

PJ4B via PA8A (d)

R1238M via RK3AW

R1547M via RK3AW

R170VN via RW3VA

R17TCNY via RN3RQ (B),

UA3RU (d)

R870M via RK3AW

RA17NY via RQ7L (B), (C), (O)

RC17NY via RQ7L (B), (C), (O)

RI1ANA via ZS1OIN

RI1ANC via RN1ON (d/B), (C)

RI1AND via RW1AI

RK17NY via RQ7L (B), (C), (O)

RM17NY via RQ7L (B), (C), (O)

RO17NY via RQ7L (B), (C), (O)

RT17NY via RQ7L (B), (C), (O)

RU17NY via RQ7L (B), (C), (O)

RW17NY via RQ7L (B), (C), (O)

RZ17NY via RQ7L (B), (C), (O)

S509PMC (d/B)

S557E via (B), S50O (d), (L)

T88AQ via JH6WDG (d/B), (L)

T8CW via JA0FOX (B),

JH0IXE (d), (L)

T88HS via JA6KYU (d)

T88SM via JA6EGL (d)

T88TK via JI6BFF (d/B)

T88UW via JH7IPR (d/B), (L), (e)

T88WM via JQ6FQI (d/B)

TG9/DJ2EH via DJ2EH (d/B)

TJ3SN via IZ1BZV (d), (L)

TM1BF via F6BEG (d/B)

TM17PGM via F4FCE (d/B)

TM57A via F-11734

TM57D via F-11734

TM57H via F-11734

TM57N via F-11734

TM8DO via F8DO (d/B)

TR8CA via F6CBC

TY2BP via IK2IQD

TY2CD via N4GNR (d), (L)

TY2SN via IZ1BZV (d), (L)

TZ5XR via F5MXH, (L)

V31RF (e)

V63ARJ via JA3ARJ

V63AVO via JA3AVO

V63AYA via W7AYA

V63LSS via JH3LSS

V63PBL via JH3PBL

VE100VIMY via N7RO, (C)

VP8CLE via G1OCN (d)

VP8DKW via G1OCN (d)

VP8DPJ (e)

XK150YUKON via KC1CWF, LoTW

XR7T via CE7PGO (d/B), (O)

XW4XR via E21EIC, (L)

XW4ZW via K1SE (d), (B), (L), (C)

YP2017HNY via YO3KPA (d/B), (C)

YV50ARV via YV5DTA, (L)

Z21LS via DE1ZHB (d/B)

ZF2PG via K8PGJ (d), (L)

ZS8Z via ZS1LS (d)

ZV2CV via (B), PY2XIZ (d), (L)

ZZ8P via PT2GTI, (C), (L)

(d) = direct (B) = bureau ok (L) = LoTW (O) = OQRS

* QSLs received direct: 9Y4D (SA-011), PJ4L, XX9TYT

* QSL via LoTW:

5T5TI, EM800EM, LZ463PP, PA30EUDXF, PC30EUDXF, PF30EUDXF, TA2DX,

TA4CS, UN8PT, YT16YOTA, ZF2WE

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E51ADD & E51AMF – South & North Cooks

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 06:22 PM PST

NEWS UPDATE � E51AMF activity from (rarer) North Cooks soon. QRV January 11th-February 6th 2017 on 10m through 80m (160m possible, not guaranteed) SSB, and RTTY (other high-rate digital modes possible) using 1500W into verticals and wires near salt water. Not active on CW. December 30, 2016 � E51AMF will nnow also be active from Rarotonga (OC-013) [�]

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QRP ARCI Four Days in May Event Registration Open

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 12:07 PM PST

Registration is open for Four Days in May (FDIM), the QRP Amateur Radio Club International (QRP ARCI) annual convention held in conjunction with Hamvention. The hosting Holiday Inn in Fairborn, Ohio, has sold out, but other accommodations are available in the vicinity.

The event features a day of seminars (including a free kit), Buildathon, vendors’ night, evening lecture, pizza night, QRP club �

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QSL preview – 8Q7SP

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 12:07 PM PST

Within next 2 weeks 8Q7SP’s QSLs will be sent out to all requesters around the world. LINK

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DXER Ham Radio News Wednesday Jan 11 2017

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 10:07 AM PST

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The PandwaRF RF Analysis Tool
New Digital Modes Gain Traction for Moonbounce, but Occasionally Show Up on HF
CWops Seeks Nominees for its Advancing the Art of CW Award
UK Regulator Ofcom No Longer Listing Unassigned Amateur Radio Call Signs
Muzen Audio handcrafted radios
Ivory Coast DXpedition 2017
FG/F6HMQ & FG/F6GWV � Guadeloupe
TO3Z FG/F6GWV FG/F6HMQ Guadeloupe Island. From DXNews.com
HF and solar conditions continue to decline
SSTV pirate in Monitoring System newsletter
Testing HF antennas
DXER Ham Radio NewsJan 10 2017
T88WM Koror Island OC-009
[On Hold] Bouvet Island DXpedition 2017
JT1CD/3 Mongolia. From DXNews.com
ARISS contact planned for schools in Belgium
Testing HF antennas
Ham radio exams at ShmooCon
SSTV pirate in Monitoring System newsletter
The Canadian Amateur delayed
Lennart reflects on Radio St. Helena Day history
Minimal Change in Latest Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan:
Talking About the Importance of Amateur Radio with Ken Howard:
Talking About the Importance of Amateur Radio with Ken Howard:
Minimal Change in Latest Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan:

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New Digital Modes Gain Traction for Moonbounce, but Occasionally Show Up on HF

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 04:37 PM PST

ARRL � In December, JJoe Taylor, K1JT, released the latest version (1.7) of his WSJT-X software suite, designed to facilitate basic Amateur Radio communication using very weak signals (WSJT stands for “Weak Signal communication by K1JT”). Version 1.7 included the new modes MSK144 and QRA64, as well as ISCAT (ionospheric scatter). MSK144 and QRA64 (and QRA64A) are finding a home within the VHF Earth-Moo�

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CWops Seeks Nominees for its Advancing the Art of CW Award

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 04:37 PM PST

ARRL � CWops is seekiing candidates for its annual Advancing the Art of CW Award, which recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations that have made the greatest contributions toward advancing the art or practice of radio communication by Morse code. Candidates may include:Authors of publications related to CW CW recruiters, trainers, mentors, coaches, and instructors Public advocates of CW Organize�

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UK Regulator Ofcom No Longer Listing Unassigned Amateur Radio Call Signs

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 04:37 PM PST

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Muzen Audio handcrafted radios

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 04:37 PM PST

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Figliozzi, who writes:

This [company] was mentioned in regard to the CES show out in Las Vegas:

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It’s a Chinese company with a rather novel approach to the design of modern radios � AM/FM/Internet Bluetooth, along with the use of tube aamplifiers in some models. The web site is almost all in Chinese but the pictures are cool.

Air Smart Audio is the parent company; Muzen Audio the subsidiary.

John also shared the following item from Radio World:

Muzen Audio Group’s founder Dejun Zeng, referred to as the “Father of the Tube Amplifier” in China, is looking forward to the new challenge, saying in a statement: “It is my greatest desire to build a legacy with this organization that will lead customers to say, ‘I am proud to have a Muzen radio.’”

The company received a 2017 CES Innovation Award for their new AM/FM/internet radio and Bluetooth speaker lines, the fifth CES Innovation Award received by Zeng. Muzen Audio also designs a series of vintage-style tube amplifier radios and what the company calls “on-the-road” radios.

(Source: Air Smart Audio)

Thank you, John!

From what I gather, Muzen radios are very much “boutique” radios, thus come with a “boutique” price tag�some models costing as much ass $500 US.

Still: it’s refreshing to see a Chinese radio manufacturer marching to their own beat, making handcrafted products in small batches.

According to Twice.com, Muzen recently introduced the “Classic 1” AM/FM radio with Bluetooth speaker that is powered by a “fluorescent display tube amplifier.” Twice notes:

The Classic 1 is handmade and crafted with real rosewood, and every unit comes with a unique code verifying its hand craftsmanship.

Frequency response of the speaker is 75Hz to 16KHz, of the amplifier, 30Hz to 20KHz.

Pricing and availability will be announced during CES 2017.

I’m looking forward to learning more about Muzen radios! I do love the designs.

Click here to view the Air Smart Audio website (in Chinese).

Post readers: Anyone familiar with Muzen Audio or own one of their products? Please comment!

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Ivory Coast DXpedition 2017

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 02:36 PM PST

A 12-man team from Radio-club de Provins F6KOP will be active from Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast between March 9-19, 2017. Callsign/license pending. QRV on 160-6m; CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK. Full details here

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FG/F6HMQ & FG/F6GWV � Guadeloupe

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 12:37 PM PST

Gildas, F6HMQ and Michel, F6GWV will be active from Guadeloupe as FG/F6HMQ & FG/F6GWV between February 24 to March 13, 2017. QRV on HF bands with participation in ARRL DX SSB Contest as TO3Z.

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TO3Z FG/F6GWV FG/F6HMQ Guadeloupe Island. From DXNews.com

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 10:22 AM PST

Gildas, F6HMQ and Michel, F6GWV will be active from Guadeloupe, IOTA NA � 102, 13 February �� 13 March 2017 as FG/F6HMQ and FG/F6GWV.

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HF and solar conditions continue to decline

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 09:52 AM PST

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HF and solar conditions continue to decline

Steve G0KYA has now updated his hourly HF propagation charts for the UK for the next three months.

The charts, with real-time solar information, can be found at http://ift.tt/2iBwfDY

Steve, who helps produce the weekly HF content for the RSGB’s GB2RS propagation report, says: “You can definitely see the effects of the current poor solar conditions. As the charts are produced by VOACAP it is suggested we use the smoothed sunspot number (SSN) for the calculations.

“In January 2016 the SSN was 44.8, but this month it is just 29.2. In fact, the actual daily sunspot number is even lower than this at around zero to 11 with a solar flux index in the low 70s.

“Given that at sunspot minimum we wouldn’t expect the solar flux index to drop below 66 you can see that we are very close to the kind of conditions we can expect over the next few years.

“NASA says the current sunspot cycle is the smallest since cycle 14, which had a maximum smoothed sunspot number of 107.2 in February of 1906.

“The current prediction for sunspot cycle 24 (this one) gives a smoothed sunspot number maximum of about 101 in late 2013.

“The next sunspot minimum is currently predicted to occur around 2019-2020. The solar maximum for cycle 25 is predicted to be around 2025, possibly with a monthly smoothed maximum sunspot number of around 60-65. If true, this is almost down to Dalton Minimum levels.

“What we are seeing is that the ionosphere is currently struggling to regularly open up to DX at frequencies much higher than about 18MHz. Around the UK we are even finding 40m (7MHz) closing to inter-G contacts by early afternoon, if it opens at all.

“This means that 80m (3.5MHz) and 60m (5MHz) are coming into their own, although both are struggling with inter-G contacts by late afternoon.

“A succession of coronal holes and their associated high-speed solar wind streams are also causing disruption to the ionosphere. While these are typical of this point in the sunspot cycle they are generally not helping DX at all.

“This week’s high K indices have been caused by such a hole, although the solar wind has mostly had a north-facing Bz field, which is less likely to couple with the Earth’s magnetic field, and we have’t seen the very high K indices that indicate severe auroral conditions.

“Lastly, readers might be interested in a new HF propagation tool based on the ITU’s ITURHFPROP software and developed by Gwyn G4FKH. The URL is http://www.predtest.uk

“The ‘Area Coverage’ predictions have been available for some time, but a new Point-to-Point prediction tool is now available. Clicking on the link starts the process, when the form is filled out a series of plots are available depicting propagation between the required Tx. and Rx. sites.

“New features include various colour schemes for the plots allowing users with colour preferences to make the best viewing choice for themselves.”

Steve G0KYA
RSGB PSC Chairman

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SSTV pirate in Monitoring System newsletter

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The IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports a pirate station in Italy has been transmitting Slow Scan TV on 28001.5 kHz

The station has apparently been transmitting their exact latitude and longitude as part of the image.

Although an IARU Region 1 publication, this issue has a report by Lou VK5EEE giving his opinion about the “empty” ham bands in Australia.

The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 December 2016 newsletter can be read at
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Reports of Amateur Band intruders can be logged on the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System Logger at
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Testing HF antennas

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Testing HF antennas

Testing HF antennas is a tricky thing to do. Simple on-air test are seldom conclusive and are more often than not, they are just plain confusing. SOTABEAMS has come up with a completely new way to test antennas, locations and to monitor propagation using the WSPR system.

SOTABEAMS system consists of two parts; WSPRlite a WSPR beacon with electronic power control and DXplorer.net a data analysis website.

WSPRlite sends a test transmission which is received by hundreds of stations across the world. DXplorer.net is a web based system that gathers these reports and presents them in a whole new way, allowing the user to check the DX performance of their antenna system. However, the real break-though is the ability to compare systems in real time and all over the world. DXplorer.net does this in a simple and intuitive way enabling you to see what difference changes to your antenna system really make to its DX performance.

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DXER Ham Radio NewsJan 10 2017

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 09:22 AM PST

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SDR-Console V3 Preview now supports the SDRplay RSP2
SDR-Console V3 Preview Updated to Support the SDRplay RSP2
Talking scanners�
Klaus demonstrates his foldinng mag loop antenna
V31AX Belize. From DXNews.com
5U5R Niger, Breaking News!!!
Oxford Shortwave Log: Sony ICF-SW77 vs ICF-SW55 vs Tecsun PL-310ET
PJ7PL � St Maarten
HD8M � Galapagos Islands

SDR-Console V3 Preview now supports the SDRplay RSP2

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 10:07 PM PST

Many thanks to Jon Hudson at SDRplay who has just informed me that SDR-Console V3 Preview supports the new SDRplay RSP2.

SDRplay posted the following on their blog:

Many thanks to Simon Brown for updating SDR-Console V3 Preview to fully support both the RSP1 and the RSP2- you can download the software from http://ift.tt/29gbKsw (be sure to click on the software link under where it says ‘Downloads’ unless you want to download the software from the advertisers who support Simon’s work!)

As new YouTube demo videos of SDR-Console V3 in action become available, we will add them to the playlists on our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/SDRplayRSP

Click here to read on the SDRplay blog.

Very cool, Jon! Happy to see app support for the new RSP2 is propagating. Thank you for sharing!

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Talking scanners�

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 03:52 PM PST

Since I was a kid, I’ve always enjoyed listening to police, fire, public services/utilities, and aviation communications on scanners. Growing up, my father had a Regency Executive scanner in our living room, and he used it to listen to all of the local action before it was published in the newspaper the following morning. All so fascinating to a kid like me, listening in. Ah, those were the days�!

Regency Executive Scanner (Image source: eBay)

The Regency scanner was populated with crystals, and I fondly remember accompanying my father to our local radio shop to purchase new crystals for various frequencies. My father still has and uses this scanner today��evidently, a few of our hometown services still usse the samee frequencies they used back in the 1970s.

But oh, how times have changed

As the years have passed, public services moved to more complex communications systems including trunking, and now a host of digital modes have come to the fore, some even encrypted.

My interest in scanner technology frankly waned during the 1990s. I suppose this had to do with the amount of travel and moving I was doing at the time. In the 1990s, for example, I lived in at least seven different communities in two countries. Between 2000-2010, I lived in five different communities in three different countries. I always remained dedicated to shortwave radio, of course, because while frequencies changed, I could receive many stations in Europe that I could also receive in North America. I knew that scanner frequencies, by their very nature, vary community-to-community, so I didn’t bother.

Truth is, I simply lacked the patience to program (relatively complicated) scanners. Not to mention, I was really put off by the idea of traveling with a scanner, thus requiring a thick frequency guide just to hear local services.

Welcome to 2017

In the past few years, technology has made a big leap forward in the scanner world. With robust on-board memory, GPS capabilities, and dynamic frequency databases searchable by postal code and/or GPS coordinates, keeping an up-to-date scanner is now a great deal easier��brilliant developments for a scanner newbie le like me!

So, exactly why do I want a scanner all of a sudden? I mainly want one to keep in the messenger bag I carry with me everywhere. I’d like something to take on travels, perhaps help me listen in on traffic problems or simply eavesdrop on the local public service scene to understand what’s happening around me. Moreover, I find I love listening to aviation frequencies! And though I travel with other radios, the ability to tune NOAA frequencies would be super, too.

I started thinking about scanners last year when we experienced a forest fire in our community. We discovered the fire as we traveled home that day, and found our local road blocked to traffic for about an hour as emergency vehicles moved in. Fortunately, I carry a Yaesu VX-3R in my messenger pack and was able to find the frequencies the fire department was using to communicate with the fire-spotting plane circling overhead. It gave me some measure of comfort to hear that things were almost contained at under twenty acres. In truth, many of us were thinking through a possible evacuation scenario since, at the time, massive forest fires were flaring in various parts of the state.

So, here’s my question to readers in-the-know regarding scanners: can you help me find the perfect scanner for the following requirements�?

Handheld (not mobile/base)
>Easy to program
GPS capability
Updated frequency databases that can be stored internally
Able to receive as many analog and digital modes as possible
Relatively durable and compact
Long runtime on batteries

A friend recommended the Bearcat/Uniden BCD436HP, a scanner that seems to have a lot of the functionality I seek.

I know that Uniden Homepatrol II is also recommended by many.

Also, the Whistler company has a number of scanners and a large following, as well.

Hmm�So many choices!

Post readerrs, can you help me out? What sort of scanner do you recommend, and why?

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Klaus demonstrates his folding mag loop antenna

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 03:52 PM PST

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Klaus Boecker, who follows up after our recent post showcasing his homebrew magnetic loop antenna.

One of the cool things about Klaus’ antenna is that he can easily position it vertically (see above), or fold it over into a horizontal position (see below).

While one would think Klaus would get optimal performance from his loop while vertically-oriented, it’s not always the case. Klaus has discovered that on some frequencies, placing the antenna in the horizontal position lowers the noise level and increases the target signal’s strength.

To demonstrate, Klaus made the following short video for us:

Click here to view on YouTube.

That’s a pretty amazing difference, Klaus! I’m no antenna expert, but perhaps what’s happening is you’re eliminating noise that is polarized in the plane of your antenna, thus the signal “pops out” much better when oriented horizontally?

I’m curious if any readers can explain this. I know very little about loop antennas�especially smmall loops since so much of their surroundings affect their performance.

Thanks for sharing, Klaus!

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V31AX Belize. From DXNews.com

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 03:52 PM PST

Paul, VE3AXT will be active again from Belize until 7 March 2017 as V31AX.

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5U5R Niger, Breaking News!!!

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 01:42 PM PST

Tony EA5RM informs DxCoffee readers:

“Just today I had a meeting with Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et de La Poste du Niger officials in Niamey.

ARTP officials were very kind and they told me that 6 meters are not allowed for Amateur Radio in this country so we have cancel all our plans for this band, instead we are going to be on the air on 60 meters. Announced QRG is 5.360 Khz for both modes CW and USB.”

Antonio Gonzalez EA5RM

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Oxford Shortwave Log: Sony ICF-SW77 vs ICF-SW55 vs Tecsun PL-310ET

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 01:42 PM PST

Hi there, I recently posted an article regarding a couple of recent DX catches with the Sony ICF-SW77 receiver and went on to explain the background to a multi-receiver test I had started conducting, comparing it with its stablemate of the time the ICF-SW55 and, just for the hell of it, a more modern, yet modest portable in the shape of the brilliant little Tecsun PL-310ET. Sony ICF-SW77

The initial results confirmed the performance of the Sony receivers to be very similar and thus the justification for the original price delta of £100 in the UK to remain in question. The first target signals chosen and in the original post were ABC Northern Territories on 4835 kHz and Radio Mali on 9635 kHz.

Sony ICF-SW55 Tecsun PL-310ET

The initial results reinforced my view that the PL-310ET is a great portable for relatively small money; it managed to copy both signals, something you might not expect from what is essentially a budget receiver.

Below are links to the next 6 reception videos on the Oxford Shortwave Log YouTube channel and once again, featuring all three radios. I have used two different antennas during the testing � a 75 metre longgwire and the Wellbrook ALA1530 active loop, running on batteries. The accompanying text description to the videos indicates which antenna was used.

Although the PL-310ET clearly struggled with the more ‘hard-core’ DX signals amongst those detailed below, the fact is, for less than £40 in the UK (and I’m certain even less elsewhere), Tecsun have delivered us a portable radio that really is capable of real DX. With DSP, a number of audio bandwidth filter options and great sensitivity, it’s a winner for beginners to DXing and to ‘old hands’ who want a radio in their pocket when they take the dog for a walk for example (something I do all the time � you never knoow when you’re going to come across the next barbed wire fence!). As for the Sonys, well I’m still not convinced one way or the other that the £100 price delta on the original price of the ICF-SW77 was worth the money � the ICF-SW55 is pretty close to it in terms of delivvering discernible audio across all of the below reception videos. I’d be interested in your views and note there will be a final posting on this 3-way receiver comparison to wrap things up. In the meantime, thanks for reading/watching/listening and I wish you good DX!

Enbedded videos follow below.

Clint Gouveia is the author of this post and a regular contributor to the SWLing Post. Clint actively publishes videos of his shortwave radio excursions on his YouTube channel: Oxford Shortwave Log. Clint is based in Oxfordshire, England.

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PJ7PL � St Maarten

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 01:42 PM PST

Philip, WA1ZAM will again be active from St. Maarten as PJ7PL between March 18 to April 3, 2017. QRV holiday-style on 30-10m, SSB. Participation in CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 25-26, 2017). QSL via WA1ZAM.

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HD8M � Galapagos Islands

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 01:42 PM PST

G8OFQ, KG0YL, N1MWJ, VK2BXE & WB2REM will be active from Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands as HD8M between September 14-21, 2017. QRV on 160-6m. QSL via WB2REM, Club Log OQRS.

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T88WM Koror Island OC-009

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 08:22 AM PST

Kouko JQ6FQI will be active from Koror Island, Palau IOTA OC-009, 12 to 19 January 2017 as T88WM.
Active on HF Bands.
QSL via home call.

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[On Hold] Bouvet Island DXpedition 2017

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 08:22 AM PST

NEWS UPDATE � Many wiill know that a planned expedition to Bouvet by 3Z9DX and others has, for the moment, been put on hold. While DX-World initially broke the news (below) about “strong rumours” of a Bouvet activity in 2017, we have since remained pretty quiet while others have continually published info about 3Y0G without [�]

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JT1CD/3 Mongolia. From DXNews.com

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 08:22 AM PST

Khos, JT1CD inform dxnews.com that he will be active from Mongolia 12 � 21 January 2017 as JT1CDD/3.

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ARISS contact planned for schools in Belgium

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 06:22 AM PST

Southgate ARC � An Innternational Space Station radio contact has been planned for astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG/FX0ISS with Collège Saint-Guibert, Gembloux, Belgium and Euro Space Center, Transinne, Belgium

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Testing HF antennas

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 06:22 AM PST

Southgate ARC � Testiing HF antennas is a tricky thing to do. Simple on-air test are seldom conclusive and are more often than not, they are just plain confusing. SOTABEAMS has come up with a completely new way to test antennas, locations and to monitor propagation using the WSPR system

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Ham radio exams at ShmooCon

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 06:22 AM PST

Southgate ARC � Walk�in amateurr radio exams, no need to register in advance, are available at the ShmooCon Hacker Convention this weekend

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SSTV pirate in Monitoring System newsletter

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 06:22 AM PST

Southgate ARC � The IIARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports a pirate station in Italy has been transmitting Slow Scan TV on 28001.5 kHz

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The Canadian Amateur delayed

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 06:22 AM PST

Southgate ARC � The ddelivery of the January-February 2017 issue of The Canadian Amateur magazine is taking longer than usual

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Lennart reflects on Radio St. Helena Day history

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 06:22 AM PST

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Lennart Weirell, who shares the following:

Some Radio St. Helena History

The idea to put St. Helena on the shortwave map came up in conjunction with the preparations for the Nordic Championships in DX-ing in 1990 arranged by Stora Tuna DX-klubb.

The two Swedish dx-ers Jan Tunér and John Ekwall wanted to add a special station into the competition. John was also the person behind the shortwave transmission from Radio Syd in Gambia in 1984.

The first shortwave transmission from St. Helena took place in the evening of 1990-10-06. I participated myself in the competition, but I did not manage to hear the station at that time. The response for the Radio St Helena was so good that they decided to continue once a year with what was known as Radio St. Helena Day.

In 1993 I managed to hear the station and I got it verified.

More about Radio St Helena can be found at http://ift.tt/2icaNnN

Lennart also included scans of Radio St. Helena’s 1993 newsletter (click on each page to enlarge).

Thank you for sharing this with us, Lennart. Honestly, much of these hidden, fascinating bits of radio history would be lost and forgotten if it weren’t for folks like you and our other contributors who share them with the world!

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Minimal Change in Latest Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan:

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 04:37 AM PST

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Talking About the Importance of Amateur Radio with Ken Howard:

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 04:37 AM PST

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Talking About the Importance of Amateur Radio with Ken Howard:

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 04:22 AM PST

eHam.net News � Talkiing About the Importance of Amateur Radio with Ken Howard:

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Minimal Change in Latest Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan:

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 04:22 AM PST

eHam.net News � The llatest Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan � ARSP 2017 �� was published on the Australian Communications and MMedia Authority’s (ACMA) website on 3 January 2017. It was registered by the ACMA on 20 December 2016 and came into effect the next day, with a commencement date of 1 January 2017. Only minimal changes have been made to the previous Spectrum Plan, principally those arising from the outcomes of the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference � WRC-15. Most of the updates involve chhanges to Footnotes relating to specific allocations, while relatively few comprise changes to allocations. Of chief interest to Australian amateurs is the addition of the allocation of a 15 kHz band for the Amateur Service at 5351.5-5366.5 kHz, now widely known as the 60 metre band. This was approved at WRC-15 as a word-wide Amateur band. The WRC set different maximum radiated power specifications applying in different regions and countries, ranging from 15 watts effective isotropic radiated power (eirp) to 25 W eirp. Specifying ‘eirp’ takes account of the efficiency of different antenna systems, which can be rather inefficient at these frequencies. In Australia, Footnote 133B in the Spectrum Plan specifies 15 W eirp. The only other update to the Spectrum Plan of interest to amateurs is the addition of Radiolocation as a primary service in the 77.5-78 GHz band. The Amateur and Amateur-satellite services are also primary in this band. The new primary service is limited to short-range radar for ground-based applications, including automotive radar, according to the updated Footnote, no. 559B. Sharing studies conducted for the ITU over recent years demonstrated that the two services could reasonably co-exist as primary allocations.

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Nevada ARES Standing Down as Flood Threat Abates

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 10:07 AM PST

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) volunteers and emergency operations centers (EOCs) in Nevada are now standing down as the threat of additional widespread flooding damage diminishes. Over the weekend, ARES members in Nevada stood ready to support the disaster response effort. Recent heavy rainfall, sparked by a weather system called the Pineapple Express, caused flooding along rivers and�

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ARRL Foundation 2017-2018 Scholarship Application Deadline Looms

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 10:07 AM PST

The deadline is Tuesday, January 31 (at 11:59 PM ET), to receive completed ARRL Foundation scholarship applications from eligible radio amateurs pursuing post-secondary education in the 2017-2018 academic year.

Individuals and clubs support many of the more than 80 scholarships that the ARRL Foundation manages, with awards ranging from $500 to $5,000. Applicants for all scholarships must be acti�

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P4/NE9U P4/KK9K P4/W9RE P4/K1TO Aruba. From DXNews.com

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 10:07 AM PST

Scott, NE9U inform dxnews.com that, NE9U, KK9K, W9RE, K1TO will be active from Aruba, IOTA SA � 036, 9 � 23 February 2017 as P4/NE9U, P4/KK9K, P4/W9RE, P4/K1TO.

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Guest Post: Richard builds a WiFi radio with the Raspberry Pi

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 08:07 AM PST

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Schreiber (KE7KRF), who shares the following guest post:

Yet Another Internet Radio!

by Richard Schreiber (KE7KRF)

After deciding that an internet radio could be an important source of entertainment in our household, we formulated a few general guidelines:

We opted not to use an aggregator but would pick and choose stations we enjoyed and discover the URL’s ourselves. Also would be satisfied with a couple of dozen stations. Based on a recent decision to pare down the number of TV channels we were paying for, having access to hundreds of stations seemed impractical and unnecessary.
The price had to be affordable, thus eliminating many stand-alone, commercially available internet radios.
We already owned a quality portable speaker (Bose SoundLink Mini) so the internet radio didn’t need to duplicate that component.
Didn’t want to tie up nor be tethered to a laptop, tablet, or netbook. We predicted that would eventually lead to less and less use of the radio.

After some research, coupled with the fact I already had some experience with Raspberry Pi computers, that small device appeared to be our best choice. I had recently purchased the newer 2 B model, which has plenty of computing power, and had installed Ubuntu Linaro as the OS. (As an aside, this OS has not to my knowledge been upgraded for the latest Raspberry Pi 3). There are several other operating systems that will work just as well including the official Raspbian OS available through the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

I installed the MPD music player daemon and its client MPC, which is used to add to and delete station URL’s from the playlist, control volume, etc. An important find was the iPhone app called MPod which provides remote wireless access to the features of MPC. At the moment it is a free app for the iPhone (in my case the iPod Touch).

For portability, my Raspberry Pi is being used “headless”, meaning it is not connected to a monitor, keyboard or mouse. If maintenance is required you can use PuTTY, a SSH and telnet client, wirelessly from a Windows (or MAC?) PC, using a command-line interface. Mainly this is needed to shut down the Raspberry Pi properly before turning off the power, but it boots completely on its own when powered up. The MPod app will then load the playlist of stations and let you start playing the radio without direct access to the Raspberry Pi.

The sound output of my Raspberry Pi is connected to the auxiliary port of our Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetooth speaker. But instead of trying to implement Bluetooth on the Raspberry Pi, I took the easy way out and use a direct connection. The sound reproduction from this setup is very good, though audiophiles might be somewhat more critical.

The above represents a minimal investment if you already have a good speaker on hand. It does require some on-line research and learning at least enough to install the OS and software. The good news is that there are many websites and forums providing step-by-step instructions and helpful hobbyists willing to explain some of the more cryptic aspects. A few of the websites that I found to be helpful:

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Raspberry PI � playing Interneet radio

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A couple of these also explain how to add a display to your Raspberry Pi internet radio.

Our Raspberry Pi radio is on each evening and has been trouble free. It is worth mentioning that this is a very portable setup, and can even be powered by a battery pack (the kind used for recharging tablets and cell phones) for a few hours. Of course you need to be near a wifi hotspot.

Thank you, Richard! What a great way to use the inexpensive Raspberry Pi. I have a spare Pi2 and an amplified speaker here at the house. Though I don’t need another WiFi radio, it would be fun putting this little system together.

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Nova Spaceline shortwave broadcasts to Antarctica

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 08:07 AM PST

The following information was first shared with me by SWLing Post contributor, Harald Kuhl. As I looked for more details, I discovered the following note in the excellent CIDX Messenger:

From Alan Roe of Teddington, UK, here is information on new transmissions targeting
Antarctica:

According to posting on “Shortwave Airtime” Facebook page:

“Spaceline Ltd and Radio Nova News are to start transmissions to Antarctica for campaign for access of information to the Bulgarian Antractic base. Shortwave is the only media that can reach directly Antarctida at the distance of 13.000 km. Transmissions will start on 1’st of January, 01.00 � 02.00 UTC daily on frequency 11600 kHzz. For more information visit http://www.spaceline.bg”

I couldn’t find any more information at either the Spaceline website or the Radio Nova news
website at https://nova.bg/

However, I received today the following reply (below) from Spaceline:

Hello Alan,

The information on the Facebook page is correct, and Space Line will start the transmissions of Nova News to Antarctica very soon.It was been planned to start the project on January the 1’st, but due to some logistic problems with the base, is postponed for middle or the end of January this year, but there was a test transmission on January the 1st 2017 on 11600 kHz. After the test it appeared that here may be a frequency change from the announced one, due to some propagation anomalies.

The retransmission of Radio Nova News on shortwave is a common project between Nova, Spaceline Ltd. and Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, for reaching the scientists in Bulgarian Antarctic Base on South Shetland Island with fresh news information feed about the social life in Bulgaria.

Stay tuned to the shortwave.airtime FB page for more information about the project.
Best Regards,
Ventsislav Georgiev
Manager R&D
SpaceLine Ltd. | http://www.spaceline.bg
Mob : +359 888 554 297
E-mail: georgiev@spaceline.bg
James Baucher blvd 71, Fl. 6, Office 5,
1407 Sofia , BULGARIA

Thank you Harald and Alan for the tip!

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