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The FCC reports that it seized transmission equipment from two pirate radio stations in Boston on March 26. According to court documents, the seizures involved an illegal broadcaster that identified as “Big City” on various FM channels from Dorchester, Massachusetts (with a studio in Roxbury) and pirate “B87.7 FM,” which operated on 87.7 FM from Dorchester. Both unlicensed stations had been iss…
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9A – Radio Club Libertas 9A4J will be active as 9A22RBM on 1-15 April.
The special callsign is a tribute for Ronald H. Brown, the US
Secretary of Commerce who was killed, along with 34 others, in a
1996 plane crash near Dubrovnik. QSL via 9A4J or 9A5AX. [TNX 9A2AA]
A5 – Zorro JH1AJT, Jin JF1IST and Champ E21EIC will be active again as
A5A from Bhutan on 4-11 April. Activity will be on 160-6 metres CW
SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via JH1AJT; logsearch and OQRS on Club Log.
[TNX DX World]
D4 – Mike, CT1IUA will be active as D4IA from Sal Island (AF-086), Cape
Verde on 1-9 April. He will operate mainly CW on the HF bands. QSL
via home call (direct or bureau) and LoTW.
G – Celebrating the centenary of the Royal Air Force, special callsign
GB100RAF will be in use from various locations in England and
Elsewhere between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019. QSL direct to
G8FC. See https://www.rafars.org/raf100/ for more information.
GI – The Grey Point Fort ARS will be active as GB106TBC on 2-29 April
to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.
QSL via MI0MOD.
OA – Daniel, IK2SGL will be relocating to call area 9 in the Peruvian
Amazon rainforest in a couple of weeks. In his spare time he will
be QRV as IK2SGL/OA9; follow his activities on Twitter (@IK2SGL).
QSL via LoTW and eQSL.
RI1F – Evgenij, UA4RX has had his RI1FJ licence renewed until 1 September.
He is stationed at the Ernst Krenkel Observatory on Heiss Island
(EU-019), Franz Josef Land and operates CW on 40 and 30 metres. QSL
via Club Log’s OQRS and LoTW, or direct to UA2FM. [TNX DX News]
UA – Special event stations R108M (QSL via RK3LC), R12APR (QSL via
R3LO), UE12APR (QSL via R3LO) and UE57G (QSL via R3LD) will be
active on 1-15 April to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Yuri
Gagarin’s first manned flight into outer space (12 April 1961). See
https://gagarin.ga/ for online logs and certificates. [TNX R3LO]
VK – Tim, NL8F will be active as VK4COF from Hamilton Island (OC-160) on
3-13 April. He will operate FT8 and SSB on the HF bands. QSL via
N7RO. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZB – Special callsign ZB2RAF will be active from 1 April to 29 July to
celebrate the centenary of the Royal Air Force. QSL direct to G8FC.
ZL – 1968 was a tragic year for New Zealand shipping, with the loss of
the ferry Wahine and the grain ship Maranui, plus a fire at sea
aboard the liner Gothic. Sixty-seven people died in these events.
Fifty years later, those disasters will be commemorated by three
special callsigns: ZM50GW in April, ZM50LA in June and ZM50MAUQ in
August. Operations will be based at ZL1NZ in Auckland, New Zealand.
Look for activity on 80, 40 and 20 metres CW and SSB. The logs will
be uploaded to Club Log. See http://maritimeradio.org/2018 for more
details and QSL information.
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PIRATE —> Francois Botha, ZS4X has notified the SARL Office that his old
call sign, ZS6BUU, is being pirated using the FT8 mode. ICASA (the South
African Regulator) has confirmed that ZS6BUU has not been reissued. [TNX
ZS4BS]
VP6D —> CW enthusiast Ken Karr, NG2H has joined the VP6D DXpedition to
Ducie Island (20 October-3 November) [425DXN 1397]. He participated in the
VK0EK expedition to Heard Island (2016). “Providing an All Time New One
(ATNO) is a key objective of VP6D”, the organizers say. “We will keep
stations on 20m SSB and CW as propagation permits. Additionally, FT8 may
also provide DXers an ATNO opportunity during periods of poor conditions”.
The fundraising campaign continues. See https://www.vp6d.com/ for the latest
information from the team and details on how to contribute.
Z60A LOTW AND QSL RELEASE —> “It is now 10-days from the last QSO made at
Z60A, the Republic of Kosovo’s first activation”, OH2BH reported on 23
March. “Because this is an overall new DXCC entity, it has resulted in many
requests for checking missing QSOs due to pirates, a variety of logging
errors and busted calls. We have extended this period for another week as we
try to enter the cleanest possible QSO data to LoTW. The magic day for the
complete LoTW upload will be 1 April 2018. We will continue processing log
errors for another 7-days prior to the upload. Queries can be made at
z60a[@]sral.fi“. The paper QSL cards are being printed, and “we expect to
have them here around 1 April as well. We will proceed with mailing as fast
as we can”. The Mission Goodwill Kosovo has been invited to present the
story of “The Republic of Kosovo and Z60A” at the Visalia International DX
Convention; Z61VB, OH2BH and K9JF will be the Saturday evening Banquet
speakers.
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9A60KDE 9A1AA HS0AC HS5NMF TC3GS YM3KCN
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CR6K CT1ILT LZ65RCP LZ1JZ XW1IC E21EIC
CS5RPT CT1BNW MD1E M0OXO YP0C YO3CZW
CT9ABO OM3GI MD1U M0OXO YP7P YO7LFV
CX2CC EA5KB MJ5Z M0CFW YP8T YO8KGA
CX2DK EA5GL NH7A F6VHJ YQ6A YO6BHN
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EF8R EB7DX OH5Z OH5LIZ ZY2Y W2CCW
4U1ITU International Amateur Radio Club, Case Postale 6, 1211 Geneve 20,
Switzerland
7X2TT Abdel Mesbah, 121 Hood Street, Nottingham,NG5 4AQ, United Kingdom
9M2M Hairil Anuar Abdul Hamid, 49F Jalan 2 Hujung, Taman Sri Mawar,
02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
BP0P A.R.T. QSL Service, P.O.Box 73-326, Taipei, Taiwan
CB1H Antofagasta DX Group, Los Geiser 9775, 1266765 Antofagasta, Chile
CR6P Miguel Goncalves, Rua Dr. Joel Magalhaes 6, 4740-272 Esposende,
Portugal
ED9E Mario Pilar Castro, Apartado Postal 418, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
EE5T Farfollas Contest Radio Team, Apartado Postal 290, 46960 Aldaia
(Valencia), Spain
EH5SSC Radio Club Carthago, Apartado Postal 176, 30200 Cartagena (Murcia),
Spain
EI7M John Barry, Lackabeha, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
FR4QT Mario Xavier Laporte, 653 Chemin des Longanis, St Gilles les Hauts,
97435 St Paul, France
FY5KE Jacques Mazzoni, 678 route de l’Egalite, 74290 Talloires Montmin,
France
HG1S MTTOSZ Gyor Varosi Radioklub, Gyor, Nagysandor Jozsef u. 27., 9027,
Hungary
JA0JHQ Nobuaki Hosokawa, 1458-25 Okagami, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi,
Kanagawa-ken, 215-0027, Japan
JU1DX JTDXA Contest Team, C.P.O Box 2373, Ulaanbaatar-13 15160, Mongolia
KH7XS Big Island Contest Club, 39650 US HWY 19 N Unit 243, Tarpon Springs
FL 34689, USA
M0OXO Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, S71 4NG,
United Kingdom
MN0NID Simon Barnes, 191 Marlacoo Road, Portadown, Craigavon, BT62 3TD,
United Kingdom
NP2N George Oster, 780 Leaf Road, Boone IA 50036-7265, USA
OG7O Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland
OZ11A Leif Nielsen, Stenhoejvej 280, 9900 Frederikshavn, Denmark
PU2VCP Pedro Pioli, Caixa Postal 569, Indaiatuba – SP, 13330-972, Brazil
RM0F Yuri Burykh, P.O. Box 12, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-23, 693023, Russia
SZ1A Radio Amateur Association of West Greece, P.O. Box 84,
301 00 Agrinio, Greece
TG9ANF Francisco Vassaux, 8602 Royster Run, Marvin NC 28173, USA
TM6M Stephane Van Langhenhoven, 24 bis rue de Anter Hent, 29830
Ploudalmezeau, France
VD105A North Atlantic ARC, 29 Round Pond Rd, Portugal Cove-St Philips,
NL A1M 2Z4, Canada
YJ0CA Chris Ayres, 3/19-21 Eastern Rd, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia
ZZ2T Wanderley Ferreira Gomes, Avenida 23 de Maio 2966 Ap 1320,
Sao Paulo – SP, 04008-000, Brazil
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ARRL –
We saw no sunspots during this reporting week, March 22-28. The previous week had sunspots on only three days, with an average of 5.6.
Average daily solar flux receded from 69.3 to 68.2. Average daily planetary A index dropped from 14.4 to 10.6, and average mid-latitude A index declined from 11.3 to 8.9.
Predicted solar flux is 70 on March 30 to April 15, 69 on April 16, 68 on April 17-29, 69 on …
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ARRL –
We saw no sunspots during this reporting week, March 22-28. The previous week had sunspots on only three days, with an average of 5.6.
Average daily solar flux receded from 69.3 to 68.2. Average daily planetary A index dropped from 14.4 to 10.6, and average mid-latitude A index declined from 11.3 to 8.9.
Predicted solar flux is 70 on March 30 to April 15, 69 on April 16, 68 on April 17-29, 69 on …
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ARRL –
We saw no sunspots during this reporting week, March 22-28. The previous week had sunspots on only three days, with an average of 5.6.
Average daily solar flux receded from 69.3 to 68.2. Average daily planetary A index dropped from 14.4 to 10.6, and average mid-latitude A index declined from 11.3 to 8.9.
Predicted solar flux is 70 on March 30 to April 15, 69 on April 16, 68 on April 17-29, 69 on …
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ARRL –
We saw no sunspots during this reporting week, March 22-28. The previous week had sunspots on only three days, with an average of 5.6.
Average daily solar flux receded from 69.3 to 68.2. Average daily planetary A index dropped from 14.4 to 10.6, and average mid-latitude A index declined from 11.3 to 8.9.
Predicted solar flux is 70 on March 30 to April 15, 69 on April 16, 68 on April 17-29, 69 on …
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ARRL –
We saw no sunspots during this reporting week, March 22-28. The previous week had sunspots on only three days, with an average of 5.6.
Average daily solar flux receded from 69.3 to 68.2. Average daily planetary A index dropped from 14.4 to 10.6, and average mid-latitude A index declined from 11.3 to 8.9.
Predicted solar flux is 70 on March 30 to April 15, 69 on April 16, 68 on April 17-29, 69 on …
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JH1AJT, JF1IST, E21EIC will be active again as A5A, from Bhutan, 4 – 11 April 2018.
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– Ilya R1BBL, Kostya RA1L and Vladimir UA1CIO are going to be active on the 31st of March from Fort Vtoroy Severny, WCA: UA-00197, COTA-RU: F-103 and Kronshtadtsky Fortified, WCA: UA-00744, COTA-RU: U-128, RDA: SP-09, RRA: RR-01-09. They plan to work as Home Calls/P and RZ1CWC/P from 7 to 12 UTC on all bands CW, SSB and Digital. Please spot them in DX cluster if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. Logs will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG and COTA-RU E-Log. 73 & 11! [tnx info RA1L].
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Southgate ARC – IARU Region 1 President Don Beattie G3BJ looks at the threat to the RF Spectrum posed by pollution from Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles equipment
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Southgate ARC – To save $9.5 million in 2019, the U.S. government’s Arabic language broadcaster Radio Sawa plans to restrict its FM and AM transmissions to Iraq. This will mean the end of Radio Sawa’s radio service, AM and FM, to the rest of the Middle East
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Southgate ARC – An out-of-control Chinese space station moving at 17,000 mph was set to plummet to Earth over this Easter weekend, leaving space experts scrambling to guess where
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Southgate ARC – The time for the WIA 2018 Radio and Electronics Convention is rapidly approaching and we would like to draw your attention to two new technical discussions that will be held on Saturday the 19th of May at Sea World Resort
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Southgate ARC – Joerg writes: In 2016 we (DR0F) became a Antennapartner on Island Neuwerk and the ability to receive AIS-Data on 2m Band worldwide
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Southgate ARC – You and the IARU – Have you ever considered the infrastructure that exists to make it possible to tune to 7.090 MHz, call CQ and make contact with anyone on the planet?
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Southgate ARC – The American Radio Relay League’s round-up of the forthcoming week’s DX activity on the amateur radio bands
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– Diego IZ1NJA/p will active on the 30th of March beginning from 14 UTC from Ricetto di Carpeneto, WCA: I-00101, DCI: DCI-AL035, Cap of Saint Alberto, DAI: PM0147 and Church of Saint Antonio, DAI: PM0736. It will 200th Diego’s activation. As usual Diego will transmit live activation to his youtube channel. Please spot him if you hear. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info IZ1NJA].
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eHam.net News – MORIAH — The new Amateur Radio Station at Moriah Central School lets students talk with other schools and individuals around the world. Any student or community member who is interested in public service, law enforcement, emergency services, military or science and technology in general, amateur radio might be something they’d be interested in, said teacher Matthew Pray, the school’s amateur radio coordinator. “Think of using something like walkie-talkies but on a much bigger possibly worldwide scale,” he said. “Amateur radio operators share stories, and spread international goodwill wherever they are heard, and help local communities during emergencies.” The VTech student group is becoming involved with amateur radio, he said, and four members are taking the ham exam, plus student Connor Anderson is doing his senior project on Amateur radio. “We will soon have our very own radio station, W2MCS, thanks in part to the Champlain Valley Amateur Radio Club,” Pray said.”VTech will allow students to learn and experiment, and encourage students to help each other along the way.”
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MORIAH — The new Amateur Radio Station at Moriah Central School lets students talk with other schools and individuals around the world. Any student or community member who is interested in public service, law enforcement, emergency services, military or science and technology in general, amateur radio might be something they’d be interested in, said teacher Matthew Pray, the school’s amateur radio coordinator. “Think of using something like walkie-talkies but on a much bigger possibly worldwide scale,” he said. “Amateur radio operators share stories, and spread international goodwill wherever they are heard, and help local communities during emergencies.” The VTech student group is becoming involved with amateur radio, he said, and four members are taking the ham exam, plus student Connor Anderson is doing his senior project on Amateur radio. “We will soon have our very own radio station, W2MCS, thanks in part to the Champlain Valley Amateur Radio Club,” Pray said.”VTech will allow students to learn and experiment, and encourage students to help each other along the way.”
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