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Saturday, September 6, 2014

CQ Six - 50 MHz DX Information.

MMXIV. edited by O. Bjørn "Matt" Madsen (MCMLX)
holder of; OZ6OM, OZ50MHz, 5Q6M, ex. OZ1IZB, G0DJJ & OZ7M

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DX information - Stop press, news of the latest 7 days.

Tanzania, 5H. Andrea, IZ1MHY, will be active as 5H1MD from Zanzibar Island between September 28th and October 10th. Activity will be on the HF bands (20/15/10/6 meters), using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via home call, Bureau or direct. See QRZ.com for more details.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1178 1 Sep. 2014 -
Bhutan, A5. Pekka, OH2YY (A52YY), updates OPDX [edited]: "I will be returning to Bhutan with my good friend Pekka, OH1TV, late September this year. The callsign we are going to use is still open, alternatives are A52O or A52YY. We will arrive in Paro late afternoon on Sept. 26th and will depart in the morning of Oct. 2nd. We will be staying close to the city of Paro. This time we have no other activities in Bhutan and we can focus 100% on amateur radio! The QTH will be up on a hill facing to north and it should give a good take off to
North America, most of South America, northern Asia, Middle-East and whole Europe. We will have two K3 radios. We are planning to have three 2-element yagis: a tribander 14/21/28, a duobander 17/24 and one that can be manually tuned to any band 18/21/24/28 MHz. In additon we will have a dipole/vertical for 7 MHz. We will also have a 3-elemnet yagi for 6 meters. We will operate both SSB and CW. We try to start the operation already in the evening of Sept. 26th with a temporary antenna set-up. From 27th onwards we will have the yagis up. On Oct. 2nd we will have a morning flight and need to go QRT sometime during the night." Remember, QSL checking will be on QRZ.com and on LoTW. QSL cards directly to his home address (OH2YY) or via SRAL QSL Bureau.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1178 1 Sep. 2014 -
Dominica, J7. Update. Operators Janusz/SP9FIH and Kazik/SP6AXW will be active as J79L and J79X, respectively, close to the village of Calibishie (WW. Loc. FK95HO) between October 19-26th. Their main goal is to participate in CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as two Single-Op/Single-Band stations (one on 40m and the other on a higher band) and to work as many stations as possible from Asia before the contest. Outside of the contest, activity will be on 80-6 meters. QSL J79L and J79X via SP9FIH. For more details and updates, see:  http://www.j7.dxpeditions.org
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1178 1 Sep. 2014 -
Western Kiribati, T30. Update. Everything is on schedule 4 weeks before our expedition starts at the end of September. As already announced our group will run four stations 24/7. Also one or two more well equipped stations can be used from time to time and as back-up. Only one station will be possible on each band at the same time because we have only one antenna location. The antenna setup includes 3 spider beams, a 4 element for 6 m, several full size loops and verticals and small amplifiers. Our main targets are lots of radio contacts with far away Europe, but we will not forget the hams from the other parts of the world. A serious effort is planned to all bands 160 to 6 m and modes CW, SSB and RTTY. We decided to change the previous announced 10-m-SSB-Frequency from 28.445 to 28.465 MHz to avoid conflicts at the IOTA frequency 28460 kHz with our split. The most wanted bands and modes are known and will be considered. Right now we have no plans to take part in any contests to a full extend. If we have a good internet access we will do a daily log update at club log. The T30D-crew is overwhelmed and grateful for the great support of many Ham Radio Foundations and individual hams. Special thanks go to sponsors who have made a donation in advance. This helped a lot with early expedition costs. Our crew also wants to thank the DL7DF-crew and DL9GFB for material help. One last challenge was to receive the confirmation from the involved airlines for oversize and excess baggage which is not only extremely expensive but also a long process. Keep your fingers crossed for a high FLUX and good conditions. We look forward to receive messages of good and unexpected band openings during our stay and therefore we will check our email several times a day."
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1178 1 Sep. 2014 -
Argentina, LU. Operators Horacio/LU5BE (CW), Henry/LU8EFF and Arnaldo/LU3AAL will be active as homecall/T from Purmamarca - Jujuy (WW Locator: FG76FG), a Region in Argentina with very little activity and almost no CW operations between September 24-30th. They will try to have 2 active stations on whenever possible. Activity will be on 80/40/30/20/17/15/10 meters using CW, SSB, PSK31 and SSTV. They will try to have a beacon on 6 meters. QSL via LU8EFF (see QRZ.com). DX: SASE (+ 1 IRC or 2 USDs).
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1178 1 Sep. 2014 -
Tristan da Cunha, ZD9. Paul, ZS1S (ZD9ZS) and a well known British operator (ZD9 call TBA) will visit and be QRV from Tristan da Cunha (AF-029) between early September and early October. They will travel on the South African Antarctic supply ship, the SA Agulhas II. She is due to leave Cape Town on 4 September and to arrive at Tristan da Cunha four to five days later, depending on weather and sea conditions. The return voyage is scheduled to start on 4 October. QSL ZD9ZS via ZS1S (see QRZ.com). Details will be made known in the next coming days. Website: www.qrz.com/db/ZD9ZS A six meter propagation beacon, ZD9SIX will be installed during the time on the island.
Sixitalia Weekly 1 Sep. 2014 -
Malawi, 7Q. Postponed. The 7QAA DXpedition to Malawi (www.malawidx.org), which was planned to take place between 10 November and 2 December, has been postponed until March 2015. The general approach will not change, and the large team will be split into two sub-teams: Team One will operate CW only on 11-21 March, while Team Two will operate only SSB and RTTY from 22 March to 1 April, including an entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest.
Sixitalia Weekly 27 Aug. 2014 - Mar. 2015

Botswana, A2. Charles, K5LBU, will be on the air from Botswana as A25CF starting the 21st of October until the 3rd of November 2014. Plans are to be QRV on all bands from 160 through 6 metres. QSL via home call. Charles informs readers: "Please do not send me cards for A25FC who was on the air from the 14th of April 2011 through the 18th of April. That was a differant group of hams."
Sixitalia Weekly 27 Aug. 2014 - 3 Oct. 2014

Chile, CE. Using XR2T, an IOTA DXpedition to Damas Island, WW Loc. FG40FS is being planned for 6-12th October 2014 time-frame. The main focus of the DXpedition will be to work the greatest possible number of unique calls, thus offering a possibility also to Little Pistols and QRP stations. Team members include XQ1KZ,
XQ1CR, CE3KHZ, XQ3WD, XQ4CW, CE1TBN, CE1KR, CE1UMY, CE1DY, XQ1FM, CE2WU, CE3OP, CE3WDH, CE3TAM, CE4KCA, CE3RBJ and CE5PHI. All bands will be activated on CW, SSB and Digital operations. Damas Island is part of the Humboldt Penguin National Reserve. QSL via XQ4CW and LotW. Website:
www.qrz.com/db/XR2T
Sixitalia Weekly 27 Aug. 2014 - 12 Oct. 2014
St. Martin, FS. John, K9EL, will once again be active as FS/K9EL from St. Martin WW Loc. FK88 between November 20th and December 2nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters. He will be running 500 watts into a 3 element yagi on 6m, dipoles for 10-30m and a vertical for 40-80-160m. John will operate on 60m if there is interest. This will be a holiday trip with only a minimal effort for the CQWW DX CW Contest. Usually there are daily uploads to ClubLog and LoTW. QSL via his home callsign. John states, "This year I am planning a Twitter experiment and will tweet my operating frequency/mode at the beginning of my daily activity and also each time when I change bands, change modes, QRT for meals, beach, etc. Those interested in following my operating activities during my trip, can follow me at https://twitter.com/FSK9EL
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1177 25 Aug. 2014 - 2 Dec. 2014
Greece, SV. Laci, HA0HW, will once again be active from Thassos Island (QRA KN20HS), as SW8WW (ex-J48HW) between September 12-22nd. He will operate mainly CW, with some SSB and RTTY, on the HF bands (usually on 80/40/30/20/17/12/10 meters) and on 6 meters. His rigs are usually a FT-840 with a MOS-FET amplifier (300-400 watts) and an IC-706 (for 6m only). Antennas are a monoband Gps and dipoles on fishing poles. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the HA Bureau, or by the OQRS via ClubLog is 'OK' as well.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1177 25 Aug. 2014 - 22 Oct. 2014

DX / Activity calendar. - Sorted by expiration date
Starting
Ending
Call
WWL.
Opr.
QSL via
Remarks
Sep. 1 st.
Sep. 3 rd.
A25GF
KH22OD
ZS6AYU ZS6AYU

Sep. 2 nd.
Sep. 9 th.
T88VW

OZ0J
OZ0J
OQRS on Clublog.org
Sep. 2 nd.
Sep. 9 th.
E6MF

ZL2MF
ZL2MF

ongoing
Sep. 15 th.
T6DD

4O4A
4O4A
LoTW and ClubLog 
Sep. 11 th.
Sep. 16 th.
ZL7X

JA team

ClubLog and eQSL
Sep. 12 th.
Sep. 26 th.
3D2AG/P

3D2AG
3D2AG 
Sep. 5 th.
Oct. 10 th.
D44KS

EA7FTR
EB7DX

Oct. 6 th.
Oct. 12 th.
XR2T
FG40FS 
CE team
XQ4CW
LoTW
Oct. 2 nd.
Oct. 15 th.
T30D

DL team

LoTW
Oct. 3 rd.
Oct. 15 th.
YJ0X

Int. team


Oct. 8 th.
Oct. 21 st.
KH0/W1AW

Int. team
W1AW
LoTW
Oct. 19 th.
Oct. 26 th.
J79L
J79 ?
FK95HO 
SP9FIH
SP6AXW
SP9FIH
SP6AXW

Oct. 25 th.
Oct. 26 th.
ZD8W

W6NV W6NV
±a few days before and after.
Oct. 21 st.
Oct. 27 th.
KH8B

JH3PRR
JH3PRR
LoTW
Oct. 18 th.
Nov. 1 st.
VK9XSP

SP team
SP6EQZ

Oct. 28 th.
Nov. 1 st.
XX9..
OL62SC 
EA5HPX
EA7FTR
US7UX
EB7DX
EB5BBM
EA7JQS
EB7DX
! CW only - NO SSB allowed on 6 in XX9 !
QSL direct and LoTW
Sep. 29 th.
Nov. 2 nd.
PJ6/G4IUF

G4IUF
G4IUF

Oct. 21 st.
Nov. 3 rd.
A25CF

K5BLU
K5BLU

Oct. 20 th.
Nov. 4 th.
5R8M

Int. team.
IK2VUC

Nov. 1st.
Nov. 8 th.
Z21EME

Int. team.


Sep. 29 th.
Nov. 11 td.
V47JA
V47HAM
FK87SG 
W5JON
W5HAM 
W5JON
Direct or LoTW - No Bureau!
Nov. 21 st. 2013
Nov. 20 th.
AF1G/C6A

AF1G
AF1G
LoTW
Nov. 19 th.
Nov. 23 rd.
HI2DX

Int. team.
M0URX

Nov. 3 rd.
Nov. 30 th.
S79VR

DD0VR
DE3BWR
DD0VR

Nov. 15 th.
Nov. 30 th.
VU4KV

Int. team
W4VKU
OQRS will be available in December
Nov. 20 th.
Nov. 30 th.
TY1AA

Int. team
I2YSB
OQRS will be available for direct QSL and LoTW
ongoing
Dec. primo
HH2/PY3SB

PY3SB PY3SB 
LoTW
Nov. 20 th.
Dec. 2 nd
FS/K9EL
FK88
K9EL
K9EL 
ClubLog and LoTW
Nov. 25 th.
Dec. 3 rd
YN2CC
EK71AU
AJ9C
AJ9C

Apr. 2013
Dec. 2014
6O0LA

LA4GHA
LA4GHA 

Apr. 2013
Dec. 2014
5Z4/LA4GHA

LA4GHA
LA4GHA 

Jan. 9 th. 2015
Jan. 15 th. 2015
T88SM
T88HS
T88CP
T88HK

JA6EGL
JA6KYU
JA6UBY
JE6DND
JA6EGL
JA6KYU
JA6UBY
JE6DND

Jan. 9 th. 2015
Jan. 17 th. 2015
CE0Y/JA3ARJ
CE0Y/JA3AVO
CE0Y/JA3HJI
CE0Y/JA3IVU
CE0Y/JH3LSS
CE0Y/JH3PBL
CE0Y/JI3DNN

JA3ARJ
JA3AVO
JA3HJI
JA3IVU
JH3LSS
JH3PBL
JI3DNN


Nov. 10 th.
Mar. 2014
7QAA

Int. team

LoTW
May 21 st.
May 28 th. 2015
PJ4/WJ2O

WJ2O
WJ2O

ongoing
Summer 2015
TJ3TS

DL8SEQ
PA3249
Direct
Oct. 2013
Autumn 2015
FW5JJ

TK5JJ
F5RXL


DX information - by expiration date.
September.
Botswana, A2. Gerard (Gert), ZS6AYU, will once again be active as A25GF between September 1-3rd. Activity will be "6 meters only" this time from WW Loc. KH22od beaming North. He hopes to be on the air between 1300z until around 1900z on 50.097 MHz CW. QSL via ZS6AYU, direct or by the Bureau.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1171 14 Jul. 2014 - 3 Sep. 2014
Palau, T8. Joe, OZ0J/5Q2T, will be active from Palau Rental Shack on Koror Island http://palau.rental-shack.com/english between September 2-9th. Currently, his T8 callsign is pending. Activity will be on all possible bands between 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes (RTTY or PSK). All QSOs will be uploaded to ClubLog www.clublog.org once a day depending on the Internet connection. He requests to please use the OQRS on Clublog.org. QSL via OZ0J, direct or by the Bureau. For more details and updates, watch his Web page at http://www.oz0j.dk
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1171 14 Jul. 2014 - 9 Sep. 2014
Niue, E6. Maurice, ZL2MF (aka G3ZXD), will be active as E6MF from Niue between September 2-9th. Activity will be on 40/20/15/10/6 meters, but mainly on 20 and 6 meters SSB. Look for him in the All Asian DX SSB Contest (September 6-7th). QSL via ZL2MF, direct or by the Bureau.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1176 20 Aug. 2014 - 9 Sep. 2014
Afghanistan, T6. Dragan, 4O4A, is now active as T6DD from Mazar Village in the Badakhshan Province until September 15th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using mainly CW. QSL via 404A, LoTW or ClubLog.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1155 3 Apr. 2014 - 15 Sep. 2014
Chatham, ZL7. A Japanese team of operators calling their operation "BBQ DXpedition for the Chathams" will be active as ZL7X from Awarakaw Farmstay in Waitangi, Chatham Island, between September 11-16th. Operators mentioned are Kaz/JH1HRJ/ZL3JP, Tack/9M2/JE1SCJ, Tatsu/JH1TXG and Kazu/JA0VSH. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, PSK31, JT65 and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are:
  CW    - 1826, 3524, 7024, 14024, 18074, 21024, 24904 and 28024 kHz
  SSB   - 3790, 7124/7174 (NA), 14224, 18144, 21240, 24964 and 28424 kHz
  RTTY  - 3528, 7033, 10143, 14088, 18103, 21088, 24922 and 28088 kHz
  PSK31 - 3525, 7028, 10141, 140072, 18102, 21072, 24922 and 28122 kHz
  JT65  - 7076, 10139, 14076, 18102, 21076, 24922 and 28076 kHz
  6m    - 50104/CW, 50124/SSB, 50098/RTTY and 50276/50330/JT65
QSL preferably via LoTW. Direct and Bureau QSLs go to JA0VSH. ClubLog
and eQSL will be available.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1175 11 Aug. 2014 - 16 Sep. 2014
Contest, Open / WW.
What to do on a Tuesday evening ?
- Well the 4th. Tuesday in the month brings You "
The 50 MHz Open"
- This month thats Tuesday - the 23 rd. 17 - 21 UT.
- You could help participants out with some QSO´s
- or participate Your self ...
You may find the
rules for "The 50 MHz Open" here
and check out the
standings here.
- so are You keen to give "
The 50 MHz Open" a try ?
Hope to see You down the log - and Your log ...
Vy 73 de Bjørn/"Matt" OZ6OM
23 Sep. 2014
Rotuma, 3D2/R. Postpone. Antoine, 3D2AG, who was expected to be active as 3D2AG/p from Rotuma between July 25th and August 8th, had to reschedule his operation because of bad WX in Rotuma and unavailability of flights. He will try again around September 12-26th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters using CW and SSB.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1175 11 Aug. 2014 - 26 Sep. 2014
October.
Cape Verde, D4. Fran, EA7FTR, will be active as D44KS from Boa Vista between September 5th and October 10th. Activity will be limited to his spare time (job commitments) on 40-6 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSL via EB7DX.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1176 20 Aug. 2014 - 10 Oct. 2014
Western Kiribati, T30. Update. A experienced German team is pleased to announce another DXpedition to the Pacific Ocean to Southern Tarawa Atoll, Western Kiribati. Their callsign will be T30D, and they will be active between October 2-15th. Operators mentioned are Uwe/DJ9HX, Rudolf/DK3CG, Sid/DM2AYO, Dietmar/DL2HWA, Georg/DL4SVA, Bert/DL2RNS, Heiko/DL1RTL, Juergen/DF7TT, Olaf/DL7JOM, Guenter/DL2AWG, Hans/DL6JGN and Rolf/DL7VEE.
Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY, with at least four simultaneous stations with 500 watts amps around the clock. Suggested frequencies are:
 CW   - 1814.5, 3526, 7026, 10119, 14026, 18086, 21026, 24906 and 28026 kHz
 SSB  - 1849, 3805, 7095, 7182, 14210, 18120, 21255, 24955 and 28455 kHz
 RTTY - 3595, 7046, 10137, 14090, 18099, 21090, 24918 and 28090 kHz
  6m  - 50120/CW and 50120/SSB
QSL Manager is DL4SVA. QSL via OQRS (see Web page), direct, by the Bureau and logs will be uploaded to LoTW at a later date. A Web page will is now available at:
http://t30d.mydx.de
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1158 14 Apr. 2014 - 15 Oct. 2014
Western Kiribati, T30. A experienced German team is pleased to announce another DXpedition to the Pacific Ocean to Southern Tarawa Atoll, Western Kiribati. Their callsign will be T30D, and they will be active between October 2-15th. Operators mentioned are Uwe DJ9HX, Rudolf DK3CG, Sid DM2AYO, Dietmar DL2HWA, Georg DL4SVA, Bert DL2RNS, Heiko DL1RTL, Juergen DF7TT, Olaf DL7JOM, Guenter DL2AWG, Hans DL6JGN and Rolf DL7VEE. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY, with at least four simultaneous stations with 500 watts amps around the clock. A Web page will be available soon. They want to say, "A big thank you goes to our friends PY2WAS, PY2XB, T30MK, DL6KVA and DL5EBE for their help in organizing this expedition."
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1156 3 Apr. 2014 - 15 Oct. 2014
Vanuatu, YJ0. Members of "The Quake Contesters" will be active as YJ0X from Vanuatu for a DXpedition between October 3-15th. Operators mentioned are Phil/ZL3PAH (Team leader), Paul/ZL4PW, Geoff/ZL3GA and Gordon/G3USR. They announced that flights have been booked and they have secured a seafront villa. The team will have 2 stations (K3s + amplifiers) plus a reserve (K2), operating on CW, SSB and RTTY. Antennas are foldingantennas.com Hexbeam(s), 6 element 6m yagi and verticals for 30/40/80m on the edge of the sea. They are investigating the cost/benefit of operating 160m. Phil, ZL3PAH, is their QSL Manager. Logs will be on ClubLog, and OQRS will be available. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW within 3 months. They do mention the following: "Phil's, Geoff's and Gordon's XYLs will be along with us but this is NOT a 'holiday style' expedition so whilst there will be some down time for the ops, we are looking to make a high total number of QSOs. We will be operating in both SSB and CW weekends of the 'Oceania DX Contest' http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com. For more details and updates, visit http://yj2014.wordpress.com
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1157 7 Apr. 2014 - 15 Oct. 2014
Mariana, KH0. Between 8-21 October 2014 look for W1AW/KH0 to be active from Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands, as part of the ARRL Centennial celebrations. Team members include Kit JA1NVF, Hiromi JA4DND, Ruu JA7MSQ, Yutaka JF1LZQ, Zorro JH1AJT, Seiji JH6RTO, Miho JJ2VLY, Ed KH2L and Jun WH0V. QRV on the HF bands, plus 6 metres, using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via W1AW or LotW.
Sixitalia Weekly 20 Aug. 2014 - 21 Oct. 2014
Ascention Isl., ZD8. Oliver, W6NV, will once again be active as ZD8W from Ascension Island during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). Look for activity outside of the contest on the HF bands and 6 meters. QSL via W6NV. More details should be forthcoming.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1160 28 Apr. 2014 - 26 Oct. 2014
Dominica, J7. Operators Janusz/SP9FIH and Kazik/SP6AXW will be active as J79L and J79*(still pending), respectively, close to the village of Calibishie WW. Loc. FK95HO between October 19-26th. Their main goal is to participate in CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as two Single-Op/Single-Band stations (one on 40m and the other on a higher band) and to work as many stations as possible from Asia before the contest. Outside of the contest, activity will be on 80-6 meters. QSL J79L via SP9FIH. QSL route for Kazik is pending at this time. For more details and updates, see http://www.j7.dxpeditions.org
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1176 20 Aug. 2014 - 26 Oct. 2014
American Samoa, KH8. Masahiro, JH3PRR, will be active as KH8B from Pago Pago between October 21-27th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters with a focus on 10 meters CQ ZONE 14 and 80/160m for AS/EU LP. He also plans to be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. Equipment: K3+2K-FA 1.5kW. 10-20m HEXBEAM and 30-160m VDP. QSL via JH3PRR or LoTW (preferred). OQRS via ClubLog will also be available too.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1152 6 Feb. 2014 - 27 Oct. 2014
November.
Christmas Island, VK9X. A Polish team of operators will be active as VK9XSP from Christmas Island between October 18th and November 1st. Operators mentioned are Bob/SP2EBG, YL Gala/SP2GKS, Jan/SP3CYY, Jurek/SP3GEM, Wlodek/SP6EQZ, Ryszard/SP6FXY, Janusz/SP6IXF and Roman/SP9FOW. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Suggested frequencies are:
  CW   - 1822.5, 3525, 7025, 10115, 14025, 18085, 21025, 24900 and 28025 kHz
  SSB  - 1840, 3793, 7045/7165, 14265, 18125, 21273, 24970 and 28440 kHz
  RTTY - 7070, 10138, 14090, 18101, 21090, 24915 and 28090 kHz
   6m  - 50105/CW and 50105/SSB
They will have two to three stations on the air 24 hours a day, and pay a special attention to the lower bands and to areas where VK9X is the most difficult to work from. Also, look for one station to be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). QSL via SP6EQZ. For more details and updates, watch
http://www.vk9xsp.dxing.pl
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1168 27 Jun. 2014 - 1 Nov. 2014
Macao, XX9. A team consisting of Eugene/EA5HPX, Fran/EA7FTR, Oleg/US7UX, David/EB7DX, Jose/EB5BBM and their respective XYLs, (also one YL operator - Veronica/EA7JQS) will be active from Praia de Cheoc Van, at the Pousada of Coloane Hotel (WW. Loc. OL62SC) between October 22th and November 1st. Callsign will be announced soon. Activity will be holiday style on 160-6 meters, including 30/17/12m, using CW, SSB and
RTTY. Suggested frequencies are:
  CW   - 1823, 3523, 7023, 10103, 14023, 18073, 21023, 24893 and 28023 kHz
  SSB  - 1825, 3780, 7065/7160, 14145, 18145, 21295 and 28495 kHz
  RTTY - 7035, 10140, 14080, 18100, 21080, 24921 and 28080 kHz
   6m  - 50103/CW
Added Note: Not allowed in Macau - 6m SSB and 12m SSB They will try as much as possible to have two stations running simultaneously on SSB, CW and RTTY, and also have an entry in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th). QSL via EB7DX, direct or by the Bureau. All QSOs will be confirmed via LoTW. An OQRS will be available for direct and Bureau QSOs (TBA). For more details and update, visit their Web page at
http://macao2014.com
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1162 12 May 2014 - 1 Nov. 2014
Saba, PJ6. Mike, G4IUF, will once again be active as PJ6/G4IUF from Isle House, Windwardside, Saba Island between September 29th and November 2nd. Activity will be holiday style on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign, direct or E-mail for Bureau request (see QRZ.com).
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1168 27 Jun. 2014 - 2 Nov. 2014
Madagascar, 5R. [Edited excerpts from PRESS RELEASE #1] Nosy Be means "big island" in the Malagasy language and Nosy Be, not far, from the mother island Madagascar, will be the next destination of the Mediterraneo International DX Club (MDXC) Team! Look for leader Antonio, IZ8CCW, and the co-leader Gabriele, I2VGW, to head-up a team of operators to be active as 5R8M from Nosy Be Island, thanks from the help of a local friend, Michele, 5R8UI, between October 20th and November 4th.
Activity will take place during 16 days and 14 nights. According to their evaluations, they are confident to give a lot of DXers a chance to work this country on the Lower Bands, 30/17/12m and especially on the Digital modes. The 16 operators will be an international team from countries. Currently, the operators listed are:
  CW   - Eric/ON7RN, Feri/YO5OED and Karl/OE3JAG
  SSB  - Ant/IZ8CCW (Leader), Michel/F5EOT, Steve/IZ5GST and Michele/IK5ZUI
  RTTY - Gabriele/I2VGW (Co-Leader), Marco/IZ2GNW, YL Manu/IZ8IYL,
         Mario/IK4MTK and Henri/F1HRE
  Pilot Stations - Don/N1DG (USA), Rino/IK7JTF (Europe) and Sergio/IK0FTA (6m pilot)
QSL Manager is Giuliano, IK2VUC, for direct or Bureau QSLs. However, there will be an OQRS available on the Web page below. LoTW files will be uploaded by the end of May 2015.
Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. They plan to have four stations on the air around the clock using dipoles, Inverted L, verticals and Spiderbeams. For more details and updates, visit the 5R8M Web page at
http://www.mdxc.org/5r8m The team is looking for sponsors and funds/donations.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1169 9 Jul. 2014 - 4 Nov. 2014
Zimbabwe, Z2. Operators Chris/PA2CHR (Z21CHR), Lins/PA3CMC (Z21CMC), John/ZS6JON (Z21EME) and Paul/ZS6NK (Z21NK) will be active on an EME DXpedition as Z21EME between November 1-8th. Activity will be on 6/2 meters as well as 70 and 23 cm. QSL routes have not been announced. The group is looking for donations. For more details and updates, watch: http://www.pa3cmc.nl
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1171 14 Jul. 2014 - 8 Nov. 2014
St. Kitts, V4. John, W5JON/V47JA, informs OPDX that he will once again be active as V47JA from his vacation home in Calypso Bay, St. Kitts WW Loc. FK87SG, located 200 feet from the Caribbean Sea, between September 29th and November 12th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters (incl.60m) using SSB. He will also be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Equipment is a Kenwood TS-590S and Elecraft KPA500 Amplifier. Antennas include: 31', 10-40m Vertical, and 35', 40/80m Top Loaded Vertical; and newly added, shortened 160m dipole and 3 element Yagi for 6m. Also, XYL Cathy, W5HAM, will occasionally operate as V47HAM. All QSLs go to W5JON direct or via LoTW. NO Bureau QSLs.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1176 20 Aug. 2014 - 12 Nov. 2014
Bahamas, C6. Tim, AF1G, is now living and working on Andros Island. He has had the callsign/license AF1G/C6A since November 21st (2013) and will be there until November 20th, 2014. Activity is expected to be on 80-6 meters SSB. No QSNs have been reported yet. QSL via LoTW or direct to: Tim Hardy, PSC 1012 Box 593, FPO AA 34058-9998, USA.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1144 6 Jan. 2014 - 20 Nov. 2014
Dominican rep., HI. Member of the Hotel India DX Club will be active as HI2DX from Saona Island between November 19-23rd (tentative dates). Operators mentioned are Joe/HI3A (Team Leader), Tino/HI3CC (Co-Leader), Ez/HI3EPR, Edwin/HI3K, Jose/HI3LCG, Franky/HI3TT, Miguel/HI7MC, Rafael/HI8A, Sergio/HI8AR, Joe/HI8C, Alfredo/HI8CR, Elio/HI8EFS, Julio/HI8JQE, Juan/HI8JSG, Rafael/HI8KW, Rig/HI8RD, Daniel/K1TO, Dave/K3LP, Paul/K9PG, Ray/N9JA and Danny/W4UH. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. They will have 10 stations on the air using dipoles, verticals and other various antennas. QSL Manager is Tim, M0URX, for direct requests and Bureau QSLs. A OQRS is available. For more details and updates, watch the following URL links http://qrz.com/db/hi2dx and http://saonadxpedition2014.com
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1172 21 Jul. 2014 - 23 Nov. 2014
Andaman and Nicobar, VU4. Krish, W4VKU, will be leading a team of 10 operators to the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands in the month of November. The callsign for both activations will be VU4KV. Initially, a short duration of activity will be carried out from Campbell Bay in the Great Nicobar by few of the team members. This will be followed by a larger activation from Neil Island in the Andamans for at least 10 days. The exact dates will be published once the logistics are in place. Operators mentioned are Krish W4VKU (VU2VKU), Prasad VU2PTT, Pai VU2PAI, Nandu VU2NKS, Kumar VU2BGS, Chetan VU3DMP, Deepak VU2CDP, Sangeeth A45WH (VU2WH), Kiran VU3KPL and Aravind VU2ABS. The tentative plans and schedule are as follows:
 * Campbell Bay, Great Nicobar Island - Operation between November 3-13th, and is dependent on boat schedules published only a week ahead of departure. The team will be Krish W4VKU (VU2VKU), Pai VU2PAI, and Chetz VU3DMP. Activity will be focused on limited bands for CW/SSB with QRO and gain antennas. They will have two stations on the air:
Radios: 1x Elecraft K3, 1x Kenwood TS 480, 5 band Hexbeam, vertical for 40/30m 2x Elecraft KPA-500 amplifiers
 * Neil Island, Andaman - This will be a bigger operation with 5 QRO stations and 10 operators possibly between November 15-30th.
The five stations (4x HF, 1x 6m) will be made-up of Elecraft K3, Kenwood TS-590 and Kenwood TS-480, with 3x Elecraft KPA-500 and 2x Acom 1000 amps. Antennas: Phased Vertical arrays for 160/80/40/30m + separate RX antennas, Mix of directional antennas and verticals for 20-10m and a 5 element Yagi for 6m.
The team is looking for sponsors/funds for both operations (PayPal available). QSL via W4VKU. An OQRS will be available in December. For more details and updates, see the Web page at: 
http://www.vu4kv.info
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1176 20 Aug. 2014 - 30 Nov. 2014
Benin, TY. Members of the Italian DXpedition Team have announced their next DXpedition will be to Benin. They report on their IDT Web page: "We received the callsign for our DXpedition to Benin, TY1AA. Owing to working commitments of some members of our Team, we are not able, at the moment, to announce an exact date for the DXpedition. Therefore, the actual date of operation could vary somewhat with respect to the already announced date (November 20-30th, 2014)." Operators mentioned are Silvano/I2YSB, Vinicio/IK2CIO, Angelo/IK2CKR, Marcello/IK2DIA and Stefano/IK2HKT. Also listed but not confirmed are Alfeo/I1HJT, Mac/JA3USA and Gino/IK2RZP. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. Their suggested
frequencies are:
  CW   - 1826, 3530, 7025, 10115, 14030, 18068, 21030, 24893 and 28030 kHz
  SSB  - 3780, 7103, 14270, 18155, 21310, 24975 and 28420 kHz
  RTTY - 14087 kHz
   6m  - 50102/CW and 50123/SSB
QSL via I2YSB, direct or by the Bureau. An OQRS will be available for direct QSL and LoTW at 
http://win.i2ysb.com/logonline/ For more details and updates, watch: http://www.i2ysb.com/idt
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1168 27 Jun. 2014 - 30 Nov. 2014
Seychelles, S7. Operators Heli/DD0VR and XYL Bigi/DE3BWR, along with their traveling partners Petra and Didi, will be active as S79VR from the Seychelles Islands between November 3-30th. Activity is planned from Mahe (Nov. 4-10th and 22-24th), Praslin (Nov. 10-16th) and La Dique Islands (Nov. 16-22nd). Operations will be holiday style on 80-6 meters operating only QRP CW and QRO/QRP SSB on the IOTA frequencies.
He mentions that he will make CW QSO (using his G-QRP-Club NR 7073) in the QRP segments with 5 watts and SSB with 500 watts on all other bands if possible depending on the conditions. Heli will use an Elecraft KX3 with a modified Tokyo High Power HL-1.1 and KX1 for QRP into a Vertical, Single-Quad, Double-Zepp and a Currentsumeantennakit. QSL via DD0VR, direct or by the DARC Bureau.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1169 9 Jul. 2014 - 30 Nov. 2014
December or later.
Kenya, 5Z. Roger, LA4GHA is now active from Kenya and Somalia while on work assignment. QRV (160-6 CW, SSB & Digi) until December 2014, look for him to sign 5Z4/LA4GHA or 6O0LA. QSL via LA4GHA. Note add by Sixitalia: We hope that Roger will be able to have a 6m permits from Kenya; GL!
Sixitalia Weekly 19 Apr. 2013 - Dec. 2014

Somalia, 6O. Roger, LA4GHA is now active from Kenya and Somalia while on work assignment. QRV (160-6 CW, SSB & Digi) until December 2014, look for him to sign 5Z4/LA4GHA or 6O0LA. QSL via LA4GHA.
Sixitalia Weekly 19 Apr. 2013 - Dec. 2014
Haiti, HH. Sergio, PY3SB, remains active from Port-au-Prince until December as HH2/PY3SB. QRV on 40-6m in CW and SSB. QSL direct via homecall, LoTW.
DXNL 1892 14 Jul. 2014 - Dec. 2014
Malawi, 7Q. Members of the Black Mamba Contest & DXpedition Team will be active as 7QAA (yep, that is the callsign) and plan to be active this November and December (specific dates below). They plan to have around 20-24 operators, the current list mentions Chris/DL2MDU, Emil/DL8JJ, Jo/DJ3CQ, John/GW4SKA, Frosty/K5LBU, Dick/K9APW, Neil/VA7DX, Don/VE7DS, Keith/VE7KW, Bob/W5UQ, Sam/ZS6BRZ and Roger ZS6RJ. The ZS pilot station is Hal, ZS6WB. The operators will split into two sub-teams operating over different date-range periods:
Team One will operate only SSB and RTTY on 160-10 meters as well as 6 meters (any mode that works) for the first eleven days.
Team Two will follow on for the next eleven days, operating on CW only, and running an M2 contest entry in the CQWW DX CW Contest for Zone 37.
Suggested frequencies are as follows:
CW   - 1825, 3520 7018, 10105, 14018, 18075, 21018, 24905 and 28018 kHz
SSB  - 1845, 3790 7085, 14180, 18145, 21180, 24960 and 28480 kHz
RTTY - 3610, 7042, 10140, 14082, 18102, 21082, 24912 and 28082 kHz
6m  - 50110/CW and 50110/SSB
Please note: JA frequencies and NA license class frequencies and other country exceptions will be added into this list later. QSL route still has not be announced yet. ClubLog will be used. Look for more details to be forthcoming. A Web page is still currently under construction at
http://www.malawidx.org
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1157 7 Apr. 2014 - 2 Dec. 2014
Nicaragua, YN. Mike, AJ9C has been going to Granada (WW Loc. EK71au, Nicaragua, for the past few years around CQWW CW time. This year he plans a return (as YN2CC) between 25 November and 3 December 2014. Before/after the contest, he will be active on CW/SSB/RTTY on 160-6m (check ON4KST chat for 6m skeds). QSL is direct to AJ9C, LotW and Bureau. QSL requests can be made via Clublog also.
Sixitalia Weekly 20 Aug. 2014 - 3 Dec. 2014
Bob, N7XR, announced this past week that he plans to activate the following in 2014 (specific dates are still in the works):
Chagos Islands, VQ9. VQ9XR - Diego Garcia, Chagos Islands. Bob states, "Twice during 2014, we'll operate from Diego Garcia as VQ9XR on all bands - 160 through 6m. Operation will include Phone, CW and RTTY. During the second trip, Mike Mraz/N6MZ will be coming along to help on all bands. We're might get lucky and have one of the resident shipboard operators there as well. The dates are currently unknown because of scheduling; however, each trip will average approximately 3 weeks in duration.
Wake Island, KH9. NH9/N7XR - Wake Island (Also, WH9/W1AW - ARRL Centennial). Bob states, "Sometime during 2014, I'll operate from Wake Island on all bands - 160 through 6m. Operation will include Phone, CW and RTTY. The dates are currently unknown because of scheduling; however, the trip will average approximately 3 weeks in duration. During the trip, the call WH9/W1AW will be used to commemorate the 100th year of the ARRL. WH9/W1AW will be used for only 1 week on the trip. Information will be posted here <see URL below) as well as the ARRL website."
A Web page has been set up by Bob for more details and updates at:
http://www.n7xr.net Dave Patton/NN1N will be the QSL Manager. Logs will be posted to LoTW within 6-12 months of the trip. NO BUREAU QSLS. Donations are always welcomed via PayPal (see Web page). All antennas and small items will be left on the island with the MWR folks to assist future Amateur Operations. All donations will be used for both VQ9 and WH9.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1144 6 Jan. 2014 - within 2014
El Salvador, YS. Hiro, JA6WFM, is now active as YS1/NP3J from San Salvador until the end of 2014. Activity has been on 80-6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via EA5GL.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1153 11 Feb. 2014
Benin, TY. Update. Patrice "Pat", LA0HF, is now active as TY2BP from Ouidah. He informs OPDX, "I am here for an indefinite time, but I may have to go back to Norway for a while, at any time." Activity will be on 20/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB. QSL via IK2IQD.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1162
12 May 2014 - unknown
 2015 or later.
Palau, T8. Early Announcement. Operators Mike/JA6EGL, Hirotaka/JA6KYU, Yasu/JA6UBY and Yu/JE6DND will once again be active as T88SM, T88HS, T88CP, and T88HK, respectively, from Koror Island between January 9-15th, 2015. Activity will be 160-6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsigns (direct only).
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1165 17 Jun. 2014 - 15 Jan. 2015
Easter Isl., CE0Y. Early Announcement. A team of Japanese operators will be active as CE0Y/homecall (pending) from Hare Kapone on Easter Island between January 9-17th, 2015. Operators mentioned are Tatsuo/JA3ARJ, Masumi/JA3AVO, Shozo/JA3HJI, Jusei/JA3IVU, Kunio/JH3LSS, YL Hiroko/JH3PBL and Shima/JI3DNN. Some of these operators are from the Lord Howe Island DXpedition last year. Activity will be holiday style on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via the operator's instructions. For more details and updates, watch the following http://www.nakade.jp/ce0y.htm and http://ja3avo.blog81.fc2.com
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1165 17 Jun. 2014 - 17 Jan. 2015
Gabon, TR. Sebastien, F4EIH  will be in Gabon for at least three years starting on 1 February. He plans to operate SSB, PSK31 and JT65 on the HF and VHF (EME and Satellite) bands.
Sixitalia Weekly 07 Feb. 2012 - 01 Feb. 2015
Camaroon, TJ. Thomas, DL8SEQ (7J1AIJ, AA8NN), working for German Foreign Service, and presently in Yaounde until the summer of 2015, is now active as TJ3TS. He is currently using an Icom IC-720, but will have a Yaesu FT-897 and Kenwood TL922 during the first week of May 2014. Antennas are a Spiderbeam (20/15/10m) and a homebrew dipole for 80/40/30m. Modes will be SSB and the Digimodes (PSK, JT-65, JT9). He will attempt to be active on the Oscars, and next month he hope to be active on 6 meters as well. His QSL Manager is SWL PA3249 (only direct with SAE and 2 GS). At the moment, Thomas is working on QSL design. The QRZ.com page is not up-to-date yet. Thomas has an aviation Web site page at http://www.n81eu.eu(aero-mobile operations have been performed during his first Atlantic-crossing on 20 meter with a magloop [built from a bicycle rim] aboard.) He informed OPDX that his previous DXpeditions have been from Guam, Palau and Ogasawara in the early 1990s.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1155 3 Apr. 2014 - Summer 2015
Wallis and Fortuna Isl., FW. Jean-Jacques, TK5JJ, will leave Corsica for 2 years and travel to Wallis Island where he will be active as FW5JJ. He hopes to be active very soon after his arrival with an Icom 756PRO and G5RV antenna. The rest of his equipement will arrive later. He will be active on SSB, CW and the Digital modes on all HF bands, 6m and 2m EME. QSL via F5RXL.
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1130 27 Sep. 2013 - Autumn 2015
Heard Isl., VK0H. (Press Release - New Radio Team Leaders Announced). The following was sent out and posted on the VK0EK Web page [edited]: "We are pleased to announce that we have made an informal agreement with Wayne Mills, N7NG, and Martti Laine, OH2BH, to lead the Heard Island radio team. They will have complete authority and responsibility to build the team, interface with the DXing community, manage radio operations on Heard Island, and other matters relating to the radio part of the expedition. Matters that concern the entire expedition such as safety, schedule, vessel, logistics, communications, facilities, and finances remain the responsibility of the Expedition Leader, Robert Schmieder. A formal agreement will be completed in the near future that specifies these various roles and responsibilities. We will provide more information as we move forward, and in the meantime we invite you to leave your feedback in this blog." The 2016 Heard Island VK0EK DXpedition Web page can be see at: http://vk0ek.org
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1174 5 Aug. 2014 - during 2016
E.d. OZ6OM, Now the big question is, will they carry 6 meters?
Cameroon, TJ. Update. Nicolas/F8FQX (ex 5T5SN, TN5SN) will be staying in Cameroon during the next 3 to 4 years. He hopes to get on the air as TJ3SN on HF and 6m. QSL via IZ1BZV (d), LoTW.
DXNL 1896 5 Aug. 2014 - 2017

Credits 2014.
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Farne Islands IOTA operation

UK Islands Group (M0UKI) members Nobby G0VJG, Dave EI9FBB, Richard G7GLW and Charles M0OXO will be active from the Farne Islands
(EU-109) on the 6th and 7th September 2014 as M0UKI/P.
This short operation may also include participation in the SSB Field Day contest.
The team are aiming for Longstone Island and lighthouse (Admiralty A2814, ARLHS ENG-070, WLOTA 0234, WAB NU23, WW Loc. IO95EP), Outer Staple Islands, dependant on weather.
They will be using multi-band dipoles and vertical antennas and hope to give this IOTA to as many chasers as possible in the short time frame.
QSL via M0OXO OQRS (www.m0oxo.com/) direct or Bureau. Bureau cards MUST be requested via OQRS only. Do not send via the RSGB Bureau, they may not receive them
ICPO

Friday, September 5, 2014

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ARLP036 Propagation de K7RA

ZCZC AP36
QST de W1AW 
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 36  ARLP036
From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA  September 5, 2014
To all radio amateurs

SB PROP ARL ARLP036
ARLP036 Propagation de K7RA

Sunspot activity continued to weaken over the past seven days
(August 28 through September 3). Average daily sunspot numbers
declined from 113.4 to 85.1, and average daily solar flux went from
130.5 to 126.7. Geomagnetic activity was up recently, with average
planetary A index increasing from 7.4 to 14.7, nearly double the
values from the August 21 to 27 period week earlier.
 
The latest predicted solar flux values are 150 on September 5, 155
on September 6 and 7, 150 on September 8, 145 on September 9 to 11,
130 on September 12, 115 on September 13, 110 on September 14 and
15, 120 on September 16, 130 on September 17 to 19, 135 on September
20 and 21, then 130, 125 and 120 on September 22 to 24, and 115 on
September 25 and 26.
 
Predicted planetary A index is 8, 10, 20, and 15 on September 4 to
7, 8 on September 8 and 9, 5 on September 10 to 12, 8 on September
13, and 5 on September 14 to 24.
 
One encouraging sign is the GOES-15 X-Ray Background flux has risen
over the past few days.  It was C1.2 on September 2 and C1.0 on
September 3 and 4, and it hasn't had a C reading in quite some time.
This is actually more significant than solar flux regarding effect
on the ionosphere.  You can see the background flux daily at
quarterly record, you can see that X-Ray background flux has not
been this high since early July:
 
 
OK1MGW expects geomagnetic conditions will be quiet to active
September 5 and 6, quiet to unsettled September 7 and 8, mostly
quiet September 9, quiet on September 10 to 12, quiet to unsettled
September 13, active to disturbed September 14 and 15, mostly quiet
September 16 and 17, quiet September 18 to 21, quiet to active
September 22, active to disturbed September 23 and 24, quiet to
unsettled September 25 and 26, quiet to active September 27 and 28,
and quiet to unsettled September 29 and 30.
 
OK1MGW expects an increased solar wind on September 5 to 8, 14 and
15, 22 and 23 and 26 to 29.
 
An interesting article from the phys.org science news portal about
 
Carl Zelich, AA4MI of Chuluota, Florida reports very poor
conditions. A week ago he reported that for the previous week he
worked Y4/AI5P, 9A6W, EU3DN, S51DX, OK1IF, LY5O, 9K2HN, HK1N, and
HA2NEP. He heard 3D2AC, and commented: "very sparse."
 
August has passed, so we can now look at our 3-month moving average
of daily sunspot numbers. Average daily sunspot numbers for the
three months ending August 31 was 109.2, the lowest since fall 2013.
This last period was centered on July. For each of the three month
periods in 2014 centered on January through July, the averages were
138.5, 146.4, 148.2, 129.6, 118.4, 112.8, and 109.2.
 
For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL
Technical Information Service at
http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of the
numbers used in this bulletin, see
propagation bulletins is at
information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.
 
Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.
 
Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL
bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.
 
Sunspot numbers for August 28 through September 3 were 78, 73, 64,
90, 94, 105 and 92, with a mean of 85.1. 10.7 cm flux was 118.6,
120.1, 123.1, 124.8, 126.6, 136, and 138, with a mean of 126.7.
Estimated planetary A indices were 21, 21, 15, 15, 11, 10, and 10,
with a mean of 14.7.  Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 17, 20,
11, 13, 12, 10, and 11, with a mean of 13.4.
NNNN
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06 September 2014                                         A.R.I. DX Bulletin
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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

4W     - Sei, JA7LU and Hiroo, JA2VWG will be  active  as  4W6LU  and  4W6DD
         from Dili, Timor Leste  (OC-148)  on  22-29  September.  They  will
         operate SSB and RTTY on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 10 and  6  metres.  QSL
         via home calls, direct only. [TNX The Daily DX]
9A     - Verona DX  Team  members  I3JRF,  I3VJW,  IK3JBP,  IK3SCB,  IU3BXI,
         IW3ICK, IW3ILP and IZ3JKI will be active  as  9A/IQ3VO  from  Porer
         Island (EU-110) and lighthouse on 18-21  September.  They will have
         two stations active on the HF bands  (CW, SSB, RTTY,  JT65A, PSK31)
         and one on 6 metres (CW, SSB, MS, JT65A and EME). QSL via bureau to
         IQ3VO. [TNX rsgbiota.org]
A5     - Pekka, OH1TV will be joining  OH2YY  for  the  announced  operation
         from Bhutan [425DXN 1215]. They will be  QRV  as  either  A52YY  or
         A52O between 26 September and 1 October; planned activity with  two
         stations on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10  metres  SSB  and  CW,  using
         multiband yagis and a dipole or vertical for 40m.  They  will  also
         have a 3-element yagi for  6  metres.  QSL  via  OH2YY,  direct  or
         bureau, and  LoTW. Logsearch on Club Log.
CY0    - Parks Canada confirmed there are only two available  days  for  the
         CY0C team to access Sable Island [425DXN 1217].  The  primary  date
         is 8 September, with a back-up date of 9 September. If flights  are
         not possible on those two dates, the DXpedition  will  have  to  be
         cancelled. Due to operational requirements,  Parks  Canada  advised
         there are no other openings on the schedule for this  year.  Please
         check www.cy0dxpedition.com for the latest updates.
G      - The Cray Valley Radio Society will be active as  GB2HTL  from  Holy
         Trinity, Lamorbey for the Churches and Chapels  on  the  Air  event
         (www.wacral.org/CHOTA.htm) on 13 September.  QSL  via  G4DFI.  [TNX
         M0MCV]
HB0    - Kasimir, DL2SBY will be active as HB0/DL2SBY from Liechtenstein  on
         13-20 September.He will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on  80-10  metres.
         QSL via DL2SBY, direct or bureau. Logsearch on Club Log. [TNX  OPDX
         Bulletin]
I      - Max, IZ4JMA will be active holiday style as ID9/IZ4JMA from  Lipari
         Island (EU-017) on 6-13 September. He  will  operate  SSB,  CW  and
         digital modes on 40-6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or  bureau.
         [TNX IZ4JMA]
KH0    - Nobuaki,  JH0JHQ  (http://pandasan.jimdo.com)  will  be  active  as
         AH0CO from Saipan (OC-086) on 12-16 September. Main  activity  will
         take place during the WAE DX Contest (SSB); before  and  after  the
         contes he will focus on 30, 17  and  12  metres.  QSL  via  JH0JHQ,
         direct or bureau.
PA     - Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Operation Market  Garden  and
         the liberation  of  the  Dutch  city  of  Nijmegen,  special  event
         station PA70OMG will be active on  12-21  September.  QSL  via  the
         bureau.    Further    information    can    be      found        at
         http://www.pa2p.nl/pa70omg/
PA     - Harry, PA1H and  Nico,  PA7PA  will  be  active  from  Terschelling
         Island (EU-038) from 27 September to 3 October, possibly with  some
         /p operations from Flora & Fauna sites PAFF-071 and  PAFF-072.  QSL
         via home calls, direct or bureau. Information  on  the  PAFF  Award
         programme can be found at http://www.pa-ff.nl/ [TNX PA1H]
PY0F   - Andre, PP6ZZ and Leo, PP1CZ will operate CW, SSB and RTTY as  PY0FF
         (QSL via W9VA and LoTW) and  PY0F/PP1CZ  (QSL  via  home  call  and
         LoTW) from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) on  18-25  September.  [TNX
         The Daily DX]
PZ     - Isao, JH1ROJ will  be  active  as  PZ5AA  from  Suriname  on  20-25
         September. He will operate on all  bands  and  modes  from  PZ5RA's
         rental shack in Paramaribo. QSL via JA1HGY, direct or bureau  (OQRS
         for direct and bureau cards on Club Log) and LoTW. [TNX JA1HGY]
SV     - Gabi, HA1YA Gabi will join Laci, HA0HW  (SW8WW)  [425DXN  1216]  on
         Thassos Island  (EU-174)  on  16  September;  he  will  operate  as
         SV8/HA1YA mostly on 6 and 2 metres, with some activity  on  the  HF
         bands. On 24 September Gabi and his  family  will  move  to  Limnos
         Island (EU-049) and will  stay  there  until  1  October.  QSL  via
         HA1YA, direct only. [TNX HA0HW]
VE     - Mike, KI1U will be active  as  KI1U/VE9  from  Grand  Manan  Island
         (NA-014) on 10-14 September. Main activity will be on the HF  bands
         with a focus on CW and digital modes,  but  he  will  also  be  QRV
         during the September VHF Contest  from  FN64.  QSL  via  home  call
         (direct) or LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
W      - Bill, K2HVN will be active from Martha's Vineyard  (NA-046)  on  20
         September, and from Nantucket Island (NA-046) on the 21st. He  will
         operate CW (14040, 10115 and 7035 kHz) and SSB  (14260,  18128  and
         7055 kHz). QSL via home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
XT     - Ivaylo, LZ1CLM expects to be active as XT2CML from  Bobo-Dioulasso,
         Burkina  Faso  until  30  September.  According  to  the  entry  on
         qrz.com, he will operate CW  and  SSB  running  100  watts  into  a
         20-metre long OCF dipole. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
YB     - Budi, YF1AR (www.yf1ar.com) will  operate  mainly  SSB  as  YF1AR/p
         from a seaside location on Java Island (OC-021) on  "every  weekend
         for several weeks" starting on 5-7 September. He  will  concentrate
         on 80 metres during his nights, with some spare  time  activity  on
         40 metres during the daylight hours. QSL via N2OO, or via YF1AR  by
         using the OQRS on Club Log. [TNX YF1AR]
YO     - Shu, JN6RZM reports that the second YP0F operation  from  Fericirii
         Island (EU-191) [425DXN 1216] is expected  to  take  place  on  5-7
         September. According to the entry on qrz.com,  the  first  activity
         logged 1246 QSOs between 22 and 25 August. QSL via YO9FNP.
ZD9    - Paul, ZS1S as ZD9ZS on SSB [425DXN 1216] and Nigel, G3TXF as  ZD9XF
         on CW will be active from Tristan da Cunha (AF-029) from  about  10
         September through 3 October. QSL ZD9ZS  via  ZS1S;  QSL  ZD9XF  via
         G3TXF (please use Club Log's  OQRS  to  request  either  direct  or
         bureau cards). ZD9XF's log will also be  uploaded  to  LoTW  during
         the operation "as far as local Internet access allows".
ZD9    - David, ZS1BCE (who was ZS8Z  from  Marion  Island  in  2013-14)  is
         currently heading to Tristan da Cunha with  Gough  Island  (AF-030)
         as his final destination. He will take up  the  position  of  radio
         technician, replacing ZS1HF (ZD9M). David  will  apply  for  a  ZD9
         callsign (possibily ZD9A). QSL via ZS1LS. [TNX The Daily DX]

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HAM  RADIO  2014  LECTURES  --->  The  lectures  held  at  Ham   Radio  2014
(Friedrichshafen) are now available on  DokuFunk  (the  Documentary  Archive
for the History of Radio Communication and Electronic Media):
DK7ZB     Yagi and Quad Antennas for HF/Shortwave
W1TP      The Enigma and Others Famous Cipher Machines
K0IR      FT5ZM Amsterdam Island DXpedition
The       Powerpoint        slides    with    synchronized    audio  are  at
www.dokufunk.org/talk [TNX OE1WHC]

DX MAGAZINE MOST WANTED SURVEY ---> The DX  Magazine's  annual  Most  Wanted
Survey is being conducted (for the 25th  year  in  a  row)  now  through  15
October.        The        survey         form        can    be    found  at
http://www.dxpub.com/survey/survey2014.html  (if  you  still  need   a  DXCC
Entity that is not listed, simply use the "Additions or Comments"  space  at
the end of the form). [TNX N4AA]

NAVASSA ISLAND ---> Over the past year, the KP1-5 Project has  had  numerous
meetings with various levels of USFWS  management.  It  is  now  pleased  to
announce that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  has  agreed  to  allow  an
amateur radio operation from Navassa National  Wildlife  Refuge  (KP1).  The
operation will occur within the next 18 months and will be coordinated  with
the USFWS work flow. The USFWS  has  requested  proposals  for  the  amateur
radio operation from those individuals and groups that have already  applied
for a Special Use Permit in the past. The KP1-5 Project will  be  submitting
a proposal and hoping to be selected as they were for  the  very  successful
Desecheo (K5D) operation. Please visit http://kp1-5.com/ for  updates.  [TNX
W0GJ]

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards   on    Les    Nouvelles
DX's web site has been updated. Fifteen different galleries include  12,060
cards for the ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities (2004-13), the 61  deleted  DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes,  stations  from  Maghreb  from  1945  to  1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations  commemorating
ITU and IARU, Antarctic bases
& TAAF (Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises),  the  various  French
DXCC island Entities  in  the  Pacific  Ocean,  the  Indian  Ocean  and  the
Americas (from 1945 to 1970), pre-1945  countries,  French  Departments  and
CONUS, plus a gallery for cards not accepted by DXCC. Your participation  is
encouraged - please visit www.LesNouvellesdx.fr. [TNX F6AJA]

TZ6BB QRT ---> Fernando, TZ6BB (EA4BB) has been reassigned  to  Nigeria  and
will go there on 8 September. "I was kind of expecting this, though  not  so
soon", he says. This means that TZ6BB will go QRT from  Mali  on  Sunday  (7
September) evening. He will be back to Mali for a few days by mid  November,
"but my task then will be to dismantle the station, pack all my  things  and
then return to 5N land to stay. I will of course do my best  to  be  on  the
air from there, but I need first to sort a license, QTH,  station  etc.  Not
sure how long that is  going  to  take,  but  I'm  afraid  it  won't  happen
overnight. I am leaving some of my radio  equipment  (including  a  nice  HF
transceiver) behind, here in Mali, as a little present to  a  local  ham  in
the hope he will keep Mali active on the bands  in  the  future.  Let's  see
what happens". [TNX TZ6BB]

UBA 14-18 AWARD ---> Commemorating the centenary of  the  First  World  War,
the Royal Union of Belgian Radio Amateurs (UBA) issues a  remembrance  award
for contacts made between 1 August 2014 and 30  November  2018  with  OP0PPY
and special event stations with OP14, OP15, OP16, OP17  and  OP18  prefixes.
During the month of November  of  the  years  2014-2018  all  other  Belgian
stations will count towards the award as well. Complete information  can  be
found at http://uba.be/en/latest/flash/uba-14-18-award. The  certificate  is
free of charge, and only available in digital form. [TNX ON4CAS]

W1AW WAS ---> Look for ARRL Centennial stations  W1AW/0  from  Colorado  and
W1AW/5 from Texas to be on the air starting at 00.00  UTC  on  10  September
until 23.59 UTC on the 16th. Complete information  on  the  ARRL  Centennial
QSO Party can be found at www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party.

+ SILENT KEY + Paul Pai, BV4FH passed away on 4 September  at  57  years  of
age. "Over the years,  Paul  was  instrumental  in  getting  permission  for
DXpeditions to Pratas Island (BQ9P and  BV9P)  several  times,  as  well  as
Scarborough  Reef"  (http://n6pse.wordpress.com/).  He  was  also  the  team
leader/team member of many IOTA  operations,  notably  BO0K  (AS-102),  BO0M
(AS-113), BV9A (AS-103) and BV9L (AS-155).

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===================================================================
CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER     CALL        MANAGER
===================================================================
3B8FA       NI5DX       EG5PAT      EA5FBD      R44GGR      UA4LAQ
3B9FR       M0OXO       EG5SDC      EA1AUM      R44QKO      RU3KO
3D2AC       K8ESQ       EG5VCE      EA7HBC      R700TM      RO3M
3D2CO       K8ESQ       EG6SDC      EA1AUM      R85QMR      RK3DYB
3D2LJ       K8ESQ       EG7BWC      EB7DX       RI0X        UA3AKO
3D2TR       K8AQM       EG7SDC      EA1AUM      RI1ANC      RN1ON
3E100PC     HP2B        EG8SDC      EA1AUM      RI1ANT      RW1AI
3W3B        E21EIC      EG9SDC      EA1AUM      RL70BO      RA3Y
3Z0R        SP9SX       EM360AL     UR3AHF      RU0LAX/p    NR6M
3Z37SONDA   SQ1GPR      EM50LWY     UR4LWY      S567O       S50E
4C2L        XE2L        ER4DX       ER1FF       SB2014ECC   SK2AT
4K9W        DL6KVA      FG4NN       NI5DX       SC2014ECC   SK2AT
4L1MA       ON4RU       FK8CE       NI5DX       SE100SAF    SM0MPV
4L8A        K1BV        FK8DD       NI5DX       SE2014ECC   SK2AT
4S7VK       DJ9ZB       FR4NT       F4DXW       SF2014ECC   SK2AT
5C5W        EA5XX       GB0CHL      G4IAR       SG0U        SM3CXS
5N4EAM      IK2IQD      GB1418WAR   M0OXO       SG3U        SM3CXS
5Q7Y        DL8AW       GB1NHL      G4IAR       SJ2014ECC   SK2AT
5R8XB       ON8XB       GB50LM      M0SCG       SN0MPW      SP5PEP
5T0JL       ON8RA       HB14SAF     HB9ACA      SN0SM       SP6OPZ
7Z1HL       DJ9ZB       HC2AO       RC5A        SN0WFF      SP5X
9A4MX       DJ2MX       HF2014SMP   SQ3BKH      SN100CL     SP7PKI
9A90Z       9A3JB       HF2014VB    SP5PPK      SN37SONDA   SQ4AVD
9H3WC       DL1VWR      HF37SONDA   SP9HTY      SN4PW       SP4KSY
9H3WF       DH2FW       HF440W      SP7KED      SN50MKS     SP1PMY
9H3WG       DL2VWR      HF70GETTO   SP7YLD      SN700M      SP3ZAT
9K2OD       EA7FTR      HF70HK      SP2ZAO      SO30IL      SP9ODY
9M57MA      9W2SBD      HF70OMG     SP9KGC      SO37SONDA   SO5MAX
9M57MB      9M2KRZ      HH2/PY3SB   PY3SB       SP30IL      SP8ZBX
9M57MC      9M2RDX      HK1N        EA5KB       SP9YFF      SP9WAN
9M57MM      9M2YOT      HK1R        K6IPM       SV0XCC/9    LZ1YE
9M57MN      9W2PD       HK1T        EA5KB       SV9/LZ3FN   LZ1PM
9M57MR      9W2ZHL      HO100CANAL  HP1AVS      SX7AMF      SZ7SER
9M57MS      9M6YBG      HT5T        TI4SU       T88AT       KQ2I
9M57MY      9M2AIS      HV0A        IK0FVC      T88CL       JA8CCL
9V1PW       JH4PHW      HZ1HZ       N7RO        T88DF       JH2DFJ
A41KJ       NI5DX       HZ1PS       IZ8CLM      T88HR       JH1MLO
A52EQW      JH7EQW      J28NC       F5RQQ       T88PB       JA0JHQ
A52IVU      JA3IVU      J47X        SV7BVM      T88TJ       JR1FKR
A52LSS      JH3LSS      JI1FGX/DU9  JJ2VLY      T88UN       JH1UVV
A61DD       IZ8CLM      JU80R       JT1CD       T88VW       OZ0J
A61E        IZ8CLM      JY9FC       E73Y        TM14JEM     F6KCZ
A61Q        EA7FTR      KH0/OZ0J    OZ0J        TM3RCA      NK2F
A65CB       DU1AZ       KH2L        W3HNK       TM50JEM     F5RJM
A65CF       EA7FTR      KM6RY/4     LX1NO       TM61JEM     F1DOI
A92AA       IZ8CLM      KP4BD       NP3O        TM70LY      F8KLY
AH0J        JA1NVF      LM1814      LA2G        TM70MTL     F6KEZ
AO8BWC      EA8URL      OA6Q        OE3NHW      TX4A        VE3LYC
AP2NK       W3HNK       OG90AA      OH8AA       TY2BP       IK2IQD
CB1D        XQ1FM       OM70SNP     OM7AW       UE70Y       RA0ANR
CF3NAVY     VE3RCN      OP147MN     ON2KP       V31MA       M0OXO
CO6RD       EA5GL       OP14HC      ON7PP       V44KAI      W5TFW
CP6XE       IK6GPZ      OP14L       ON6DP       V73NS       W3HNK
CX1FU       CX2ABC      OP14S       ON3SKG      VK5CE/8     VK5CE
CX2TQ       IK2DUW      OU2DX       PA0ABM      VK7XX       NR6M
CX3TQ       IK2DUW      OZ/OK1DDR   OK1OM       VK8NSB      M0URX
CY0/VA1AXC  JE1LET      OZ/OK1FYL   OK1GB       VP2ETE      W3HNK
DR50RRDXA   DJ6QT       P29FR       I2RFJ       XX9TYT      IZ8CCW
DU1/JA3FJE  JN3VQM      P29NO       EA5GL       YP0F        YO9FNP
DU1IST      JA1HGY      PA40VRON    PA3M        YS1/NP3J    EA5GL
E20AX       E21EIC      PA44AH      PA0FAW      YU100CER    YU1HQR
E6MF        ZL2MF       PA650SB     PA2PB       YW5D        DM4TI
E72NATO     E73Y        PA70POLISH  PA1JCB      ZA/YL7A     YL2GM
EG1SDC      EA1AUM      PD538RNI    PD0ARI      ZF2DX       K0DEQ
EG2SDC      EA1AUM      PG200KMAR   PA9LUC      ZL4IR       W8WC
EG3SDC      EA1AUM      R228L       RQ7L        ZM90DX      M0OXO
EG4SDC      EA1AUM      R300K       R1NU        ZR9C        EA7FTR

9M57MP   Tex Izumo, P.O. Box 125, General Post Office, 10710 Pulau Pinang,
         Malaysia
C91J     John Kramer, P.O. Box 102303, Meer en See, Richards Bay, 3901,
         South Africa
DM4TI    Udo Soeldner, Grenzweg 10, 99610 Wundersleben, Germany
JA3IVU   Jusei Kitai, 3-2-39-1202 Yasunaka-cho, Yao-shi,  Osaka-fu,
         581-0085, Japan
JH1MLO   Yutaka Hara, 16-11 Takakura-machi, Hachioji-shi,  Tokyo-to,
         192-0033, Japan
JH1UVV   Takashi Nakamura, 3-525-8 Chigase-machi, Ome-shi, Tokyo-to,
         198-0043, Japan
JH3LSS   Kunio Miyagawa, 5-4-201 Kawanishi-cho, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo-ken,
         662-0951, Japan
JH7EQW   Ryo Yuasa, 10-12-1-2 Shogen, Izumi-ku, Sendai-shi, 981-3134, Japan
JJ2VLY   Mihoko Sakurai, P.O. Box 1, Suyama, Susono-shi, Shizuoka-ken,
         410-1299, Japan
JR1FKR   Chusuke Moriya, 3-21-2 Higashiome, Ome-shi, Tokyo-to, 198-0042,
         Japan
UA3AKO   Victor N. Slabodchikov, P.O. Box 59, Moskva, 117041, Russia
VE3LYC   Cezar Trifu, 4986 Bath Rd., Bath, Ontario K0H 1G0, Canada
VK4SWE   Lyn Battle, PMB 1 Karumba QLD 4891, Australia
VK5CE    Craig Edwards, P.O. Box 2160, Goolwa SA 5214, Australia
YO9FNP   Dan Lucian Rabinca, Str. Profesor Stelica Berechet nr. 23, 087070
         Daia (Giurgiu), Romania

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