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Thursday, January 24, 2019

DXER ham radio news 01/24/19 Update

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Olof, G0CKV + others will be active from Mauritius as 3B8MU during the CQWW CW contest (November 23-24, 2019). QRV approx 18-29th Nov mostly low bands outside contest. QSL via M0OXO.

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Francesco, IK0FUX will be active from the Maya Hill Lodge, Belize as V31UX during February 1-8, 2019. QRV on HF. QSL via IK0FUX, LoTW.

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Contest Dates

CW:
2200Z January 25 – 2200Z Januaary 27, 2019
SSB:
2200Z February 22 – 2200Z Febbruary 24, 2019

The 2019 CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest

CW: 2200Z January 25 to 2200Z January 27
SSB: 2200Z February 22 to 2200Z February 24
DEADLINES FOR LOG SUBMISSIONS ARE 5 DAYS!
I. OBJECTIVE:
For amateurs around the world to contact other amateurs in as many U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and countries as possible utilizing the 160 meter band.
II. BAND USE:
1810–2000 kHz in ITU Region 1. 1800–2000 kHz in ITU Regiegions 2 and 3. All entrants are encouraged to spread out as much as possible, obeying frequency restrictions and power limits for their own country. Any violations of the ITU band use may result in disqualification.
III. CATEGORIES:
For Single Operator Assisted Only: The use of one and only one remote receiver located within 100 kilometers of the main transmitter site is permitted, in addition to the receiver at the transmitter site. WebSDRs are OK, but must be located within the 100-KM limit. The rule is designed to accommodate new technology, and for those who experience high noise levels at the transmitting site. Anyone found using a remote receiver outside the limit will be subject to disqualification.
For all categories: The main site is defined as all transmitters, receivers, and antennas must be located on the same contiguous property. If the property is not contiguous, then all equipment must fall within a 1500-meter radius. All antennas must be connected by wires to the main station. This rule applies to all entrants.
The use of any so-called “Chat Rooms” via the internet or similar means for communication between stations or operators during the contest period is strictly prohibited. Do not arrange or confirm QSOs by any other means than the use of the 160-meter band and the same mode as used in the contest. Any such use may result in disqualification at the discretion of the committee. The use of self-spotting is not allowed in any category.
Remote operation for categories other than Single Operator Assisted is permitted under the following conditions:
  • The use of any receiver located away from the main site is strictly prohibited.
  • The use of a separate receiver at the remote control location is prohibited.
  • Any receiver linked via the Internet or RF not physically located at the main site is strictly prohibited.
  • If the remote station is located in another DXCC entity, it is required to comply with all local country regulations.
Operating time: Each contest is 48 hours long and starts at 2200Z. Single operator stations may only operate 30 out of the 48 hours. Multi-Operator stations may operate 40 hours. Off times must be a minimum of 30 minutes in length for all categories.
(A) Single Operator: One person performs all of the operating, logging, and spotting functions. Maximum operating time is 30 hours. Passive spotting is NOT allowed. (See definition of passive spotting functions below.) Only one transmitted signal is allowed at any moment in time. Maximum power is 1500 watts total output.
(B) Single Operator/Low Power: Same as (A) with the exception that the output power shall not exceed 150 watts. Stations in this category compete with other Low Power stations only.
© QRP: Same as (A) with the exception that the output power shall not exceed 5 watts. Stations in this category compete with other QRP stations only. Note: There is no Assisted category for QRP entrants.
(D) Single Operator Assisted: HIGH POWER ONLY. Same as (A) with the following exceptions: The use of passive spotting IS allowed (See definition of passive spotting functions below); The use of one and only one remote receiver within 100 kilometers of the transmitter site is allowed.
(E) Multi-Operator: HIGH POWER ONLY. All rules apply as in Single Op Assisted (except remote receivers ARE NOT allowed); however, more than one operator (person) is involved in the operation. Maximum operating time is 40 hours. Only one transmitted signal is allowed at any moment in time. Maximum power is 1500 watts total output or the output power allowed by your country, whichever is less. The use of passive spotting is allowed.
Passive Spotting is defined as (but not limited to):
  • DX spotting nets or QSO alerting assistance of any kind.
  • Over-the-air nets or stations that provide frequency and station information.
  • Any device or person that provides frequency and callsign information of any station during the contest period. This includes band skimmers or similar devices. Passive spotting does NOT include band scopes, SDR receivers, or the like, which provide no information about the signal other than its presence, which is allowed in all categories.
IV. EXCHANGE:
RS(T) and state for U.S., province for Canada, and CQ Zone for DX. Note: Zones are location indicators only and do not count for multipliers.
V. MULTIPLIER:
U.S. States: (48 contiguous states); U.S. District of Columbia (DC) (1)
Canadian Provinces: (14) VO1, VO2, NB, NS, PEI (VY2), VE2, VE3, VE4, VE5, VE6, VE7, VE8 (NWT), VY1 (YUK), VY0. Note VO1 and VO2 are separate due to tradition.
DXCC plus WAE countries: WAE: GM/Shetland (Shetland Islands), IG9/IH9 (African Italy – Lampedusa and Pantelleria Islands), IT, JW (Bear Island), TA1 (European Turkey), 4U1VIC (Vienna International Center), Z6 (Kosovo).
VI. POINTS:
Contacts with stations in own country: 2 points.
Contacts with other countries on same continent: 5 points.
Contacts with other continents: 10 points
Maritime mobile contacts count 5 points. There is no multiplier value for a maritime mobile contact.
VII. SCORING:
All stations—the final score is the result of the total QSO poinnts multiplied by the sum of all multipliers (states, VE provinces, DX countries).
VIII. AWARDS:
Certificates will be awarded to the top scorers in each class (see provisions under classes) by state, Canadian area, and DX country. Runners-up with high scores over 100,000 points may also receive certificates. The trophies and donors for all categories can be found on the official contest web site CQ160.com. If you are interested in sponsoring a plaque, please contact us at: <questions@CQ160.com>.
IX. CLUB COMPETITION:
Any club that submits at least three logs may enter the Club Competition. The name of the club must be clearly identified under club competition on the summary sheet, or summary portion of the Cabrillo log. Please make sure all entrants from your club use the same club name (spelled the same) in the Cabrillo entry. Non-compliance with this request may result in your score not being credited to your club’s entry.
X. LOG INSTRUCTIONS:
The deadline for log submissions is 5 days from the end of the contest.
For CW this is 2200z Feb 1, 2019.
For SSB this is 2200z Mar 1, 2019.
The submission of Cabrillo logs is required. Please submit CQ WW 160 Meter Contest logs via the web upload tool found at: https://cq160.com/logcheck/
Paper/Disk logs: Paper logs or other formats than Cabrillo will be considered for Check Logs only. *
Mail all paper logs to: CQ 160 Meter Contest, c/o N2NT, PO Box 25, Dayton, NJ 08810 USA. Indicate CW or SSB on the envelope.
For hardship cases that require more time for log submission, send an e-mail to <director@CQ160.com>. We will make every effort to accommodate you if you have a valid reason for delay.
Cabrillo formatted logs are received by a log processing robot. If your log has been submitted correctly, the robot will reply with a confirmation. If there is a problem with your log, the robot will send you an error message containing suggestions for how to fix your log. Read this e-mail carefully. Most log submission problems are minor and can be corrected in one pass. Submit your log as many times as needed. The last submitted log will be the version that counts for your official entry. You can check the status of your log at our web page Log Received tab. Other inquiries may be sent to <questions@CQ160.com>.
Be sure to send in paper and diskette based logs early to ensure receipt by the deadlines. Unreadable paper logs will be classified as check logs.
XI. PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICATION:
Logs will be cross-checked and penalties will be applied at the committee’s discretion for contacts determined to be bad or busted. The bad QSO is removed and a penalty of two more equivalent QSOs is applied to the points only. No penalty should be applied for unique QSOs unless they are deemed excessive. A log may be disqualified for violation of amateur radio regulations, unsportsmanlike conduct, or claiming excessive unverified contacts.
Report file outputs showing final score calculations will be available for all entrants after the results are published. The decisions of the CQ WW 160 Contest Committee are final.
XII. DECLARATION:
By submitting a CQ 160 Meter Contest log, and in consideration of the efforts of the CQ WW 160 Contest Committee to review and evaluate that log, an entrant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that he/she has: 1) read and understood the rules of the contest and agrees to be bound by them, 2) operated according to all rules and regulations that pertain to amateur radio for the station location, 3) agreed the log entry may be made open to the public, and 4) accepted that the issuing of disqualifications and other decisions of the Committee are official and final. If an entrant is unwilling or unable to agree to all of the foregoing, the entrant should not submit the entry or submit the entry as a Checklog only.
https://www.cq160.com/

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There appeared to be some FAKE NEWS being spread around the internet with regards the 3Y0I (Bouvet) vessel. In the video above, Dom 3Z9DX clears up a few things in the remarks below.

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Balázs Kovács, who shares the following radio sightings and notes:
The Priest’s rig from the last episode of “The Walking Dead“

A Yaesu in “Jurassic World – Fallen Kingdom“

Some emergency/weather radios in the “The Darkest Minds“

The Last Ship S05E01
After a cyber attack a backup comm solution for the US Navy.

Night of the Living Dead (1968/1990)
In the original a radio broadcast was the first information source, in the remake only a small one was used at the end.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
In a remote shack.

+1: The “Álmodozások kora” (Age of Illusions (US) / The Age of Daydreaming (Int)) was the first (Hungarian) feature film of the director István Szabó (winner of an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981 (Mephisto), English language films: Meeting Venus (1991), Sunshine (1999), Taking Sides (2001), the Oscar nominated Being Julia (2004) and The Door (2012)) in 1965 about a group of young electrical engineers. Two scenes from it about the radios, unfortunately I found the hungarian speaking version only online, but I think maybe it can be still interesting: https://ok.ru/video/228250552961
  • 33:58-35: A custom rig receiving 4 european stations (Paris, London, Rome, Prague) on different speakers at the same time
  • 1:05:43-1:07:20: “How radio works” animation
  • (and there was a short scene also where they talk about the The Pioneer Railway and how they learned the morse code there)
I found another (splited) version of the movie now with english subtitles, the new links and timings:
https://ok.ru/video/904027376280
33:58-35:28: A custom rig receiving 4 European stations (Paris, London, Rome, Prague) on different speakers at the same time
https://ok.ru/video/904028097176
20:00-21:39 “How radio works” animation
The same actor (András Bálint) 13 years later have a short ham radio scene (new year greetings in english) in another movie (BUÉK, 1978). I checked the callsign from the wall (HA5FA) and probably it was already a real one, belongs to Jen? Matzon, active member of the radio amateur community (DXCC Honor Roll, etc.) now a Silent Key.
Wow! Many thanks for sharing all of these radio spots, Balazs! Funny thing is I remember so well those shots from Night of the Living Dead even though I likely watched it 40 years ago! I guess I never forget a Zenith!
Of course, I’ll add this post to our ever growing archive of radios in film!


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VY0ERC will again be QRV from February 3 to March 29, 2019 from Eureka (NA-008). Activity on 40 and 20m and possibly 80m in SSB, Digital and CW when time and weather permits. Also activity via FM satellites from ER60, EQ79 and close grids is also scheduled.

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3B8MU Team will be active from Mauritius Island, IOTA AF - 049, 18 - 29 November 2019.

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and the basement shack was a balmy 60 F (15 C), but I decided to give the 40 Meter QRP Fox Hunt a whirl with the magloop, anyway.  I was able to locate Wayne N4FP in Florida rather easily and worked him without a problem. Physically rotating the loop to where I could hear him the loudest, helped tremendously.

Drew K9CW in Illinois was a different story. He was weak, VERY weak, no matter which way I oriented the loop.  But since I had discovered where he was hiding, I decided to run to the basement shack to see if I could hear him any better there.

Using the Butternut HF9V,  almost as soon as I sat down, I caught him on a QSB peak and completed the exchange for the second pelt. After that, he faded away and I was able to hear him no better than on the loop. So I cannot conclusively say that the HF9V outperformed the magloop in this case. I just may have been fortunate to have caught him at just the right time with the HF9V. For all I know, he might have come up just as loudly on the loop. There was no way I was able to make a direct A to B comparison.

One thing I will say, though ……. the loop is much easier to to tune now. I took one of the sidereal drive “extenders” from my telescope and fit it onto the shaft of the tuning capacitor of the loop. Before I just had a plain ol’ vanilla knob. The “extender” is long enough to remove any hand capacitance effect that my body previously presented, throwing off the setting once I removed my hand. Now I can tune for loudest background noise, and lowest SWR and nothing changes when I remove myself from the equation.

Before


After


I was pleasantly surprised at what a difference this extension proved to make.

72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!

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Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, 3D2AG will be active again from Rotuma Island, IOTA OC - 060, March/April 2019, as 3D2AG/P.

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NEWS UPDATE – The next 3D2AG/p Rotuma Dxpediition will likely take place around March/April 2019. Focus will be on low bands, with QRO when required. MARCH 31, 2018 — Due to QRL, the nextt 3D2AG/p Rotuma Dxpedition has been postponed to around December this year. Focus will be on low bands. MAY 3, 2017 — 3D2AG reports [……]

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Oli, DH8BQA will be active as V31FO from Belize in February 2019.

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Madison, W5MJ will be active as V31IT from Belize, 12 - 19 February 2019.

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ARRL - The FCC says it will reactivate its Equipment Authorization System (EAS), which had been unavailable since the FCC ran out of funds on January 3 because of the partial government shutdown that began a month ago. RF devices, including most Amateur Radio equipment, must be properly authorized before being marketed or imported into the US. The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) adminis…


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The FCC says it will reactivate its Equipment Authorization System (EAS), which had been unavailable since the FCC ran out of funds on January 3 because of the partial government shutdown that began a month ago. RF devices, including most Amateur Radio equipment, must be properly authorized before being marketed or imported into the US. The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) adminis…


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Southgate ARC - Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

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Southgate ARC - Ali, EP3CQ, who works for United Nations in African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), in Mogadishu, will once again be active as 6O1OO between January 21st and February 6th

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Southgate ARC - Book now for the 2019 AMSATSA Space Symposium. It will be held at the Accolade Conference Centre in Midrand just off the Ben Schoeman Highway

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Southgate ARC - Rick, NE8Z/HC1MD/SP9E is active until February 7th from Ecuador. He may also operate /portable from other HC prefix areas during this trip

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Southgate ARC - A sailing news article suggests some sailors in the Golden Globe Race have been operating in the amateur radio bands using made-up callsigns

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Southgate ARC - On Jan. 21st, a meteoroid slammed into the Moon. We know this because many amateur astronomers witnessed the explosion

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Southgate ARC - Telangana Today reports radio amateurs from across the country attended the Lamakaan Annual Radio Convention on January 19-20

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Southgate ARC - The West Kootenay Amateur Radio Club have indicated they’ll need $100,000 to repair and upgrade their network

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Southgate ARC - Thursday and Saturday were not too bad but it was a bit of a struggle on the other days. Most popular was 9LY1JM (Sierra Leone), HG8W (Hungary), VK8HW (Alice Springs, Australia) and ZY6C (Brazil).

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Southgate ARC - Belgium’s national society the UBA reports on the reaction to the amateur radio consultation held by the regulator BIPT

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Southgate ARC - On November 1, 2018 Sweden’s regulator PTS reduced the licence-exempt amateur radio power limit to just 200 watts, higher powers are only available by special permits costing £24

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Southgate ARC - Iceland’s national amateur radio society, the IRA, have appointed Elin Sigurðardóttir TF2EQ as their new youth representative

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Southgate ARC - War time Llandudno is to be honoured as part of a 75th D-Day anniversary amateur radio event

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Southgate ARC - The Inter-MAI amateur radio Slow Scan Television experiment on the International Space Station is scheduled to be activated Jan 30 - Feb 1 on 145.800 MHz FM

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Southgate ARC - n honor to POPE FRANCISCO and the organization JMJ, (Jornada Mundial de la Juventud), we organize this amateur radio activity to be held from January 24 to January 30, 2019

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Southgate ARC - The Amateur Radio Round Table (RTA) has issued an opinion on the draft plan of the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA)

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Download the latest FREE DX-World Weekly Bulletin compiled by Bjorn, ON9CFG.

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Volunteer Examiner Coordinators across the US are continuing to receive paperwork from Amateur Radio exam sessions held during the partial government shutdown. While it’s still possible to access the Universal Licensing System (ULS) and file applications, the FCC is not processing individual, club, and exam session — new and upgrade — Amateur Ra Radio applications. The FCC closed most operations on January 3, when available funding ran out. According to the FCC public notice, aside from a few emergency and auction-filing systems, all other Commission electronic filing systems will be unavailable to the public until normal agency operations resume.
“Nothing’s moving until the FCC reopens,” said ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM. “ARRL VEC continues to enter exam session, individual, and club license data into the system while we wait for the FCC to reopen and normal agency operations to resume. We have approximately 1,600 applications and 125 exam sessions waiting in the queue to be processed. Everything’s in there ready to go.”
Somma stressed that, although license upgrade applications are still on hold, current FCC Amateur Radio licensees who have successfully upgraded and hold a Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) may operate temporarily using the privileges of their new license class, until their new licenses are granted.
Even though it’s not possible for the FCC to grant a new license, a license upgrade, a change of address or other modification, or a vanity call sign application, the Commission Registration System (CORES) remains functional to allow critical radio services to obtain FRNs and file applications during the shutdown. Registering a user name and logging into CORES is required to apply for and receive an FCC Registration Number (FRN). An FRN is a unique 10-digit identifier necessary to conduct business with the FCC and to manage existing FRNs. The FCC said that starting in March, users who already have an FRN from the legacy Commission Registration System will need to create a user name to continue managing their FRNs.
If an Amateur Radio license recently has expired or is about to expire, the licensee can apply for license renewal via the ULS and continue to operate while the FCC is closed. The filed application will remain in limbo until the FCC is back to work. Licensee who wait until the FCC reopens to apply then will have 2 days to submit a renewal application before the license is considered to have expired in the FCC database.
The FCC has said it would not automatically extend deadlines in cases where the license has expired and the 2-year grace period has expired, but said it would “consider whether it is appropriate to do so once normal operations resume.”Â
Source:ARRL

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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES FOR DX-WORLD BY VLAD UA4WHX OF HIS S70VB ACTIVITY JANUARY 19, 2019 – Look for world traveller, Vlad UA4WHX, too soon be active from La Digue Island, Seychelles as S70VB. QRV on CW & SSB.

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Ham radio SSTV from the Space Station

The Inter-MAI amateur radio Slow Scan Television experiment on the International Space Station is scheduled to be activated Jan 30 – Feb 1 on 145.800 MHz FMÂ
Received information that the Moscow Aviation Institute will be conducting their SSTV experiment from January 30 – February 1.Â
It appears from the scheduling that the experiment will only be active during a couple of orbits that overfly Moscow instead of a continuous operation. Rough time periods of activation appear to fall between the hours of 13:00 – 19:00 UTC. Activity should occur on the traditional 145.800 MHz downlink.Â
Source: ARISS SSTV BlogÂ
https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/
You can receive the pictures from the ISS by using the MMSSTV software and an Online Radio (WebSDR). Select a Frequency of 145800.0 kHz and Mode FM:
• Farnham WebSDR when ISS in range of London http://farnham-sdr.com/
• R4UAB WebSDR when ISSS is over Russia http://websdr.r4uab.ru/
Check the N2YO site to see when the ISS is in rangeÂ
https://n2yo.com/?s=25544&df=1
ISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) hints and linksÂ
https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/
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Wouxun KG-UVD1P

Wouxun KG-UVD1P

Wouxun KG-UVD1P Description of Features 1. 1750 Hz Burst Tone 2. DTMF Encoding Function 3. Working Mode :vhf tx-uhf rx or uhf tx-vhf rx can be set fre… Read more

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