The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1212
BID: $OPDX.1212
April 27, 2015
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, NJ1Q & W1AW, K2HVN, W2GR, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, WK3N, N4AA & QRZ DX, K5GS, KY6R, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m News, W0GJ, CS5CRE, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DL1SBF, DL3YM, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, HP1AC, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, IK2JYT, IV3IYH, JS6RRR/ JI3DST, Mediterraneo Dx Club, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer (ISWL), PS7AB, R3LO, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, and the VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT
According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 19th/April, through Sunday, 26th/April there were 227
countries active. Countries available: 1S, 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W,
3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 7X, 8P,
8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9,
AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY0,
D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET,
EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FO/c, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ,
GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS,
J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2,
KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4,
PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a,
SV5, SV9, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP5, VP8, VP8/h,
VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2,
Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later".
3W, VIETNAM (Press Release)
The Mediterraneo Dx Club released the following
info on April 24th [edited]: (Press Release #1)
Do you know Da Nang? Maybe yes, maybe not. Da Nang city is one of the major port cities in Vietnam, situated on the Est Sea, but, overall, Da Nang will be the next destination of the Mediterraneo International Dx Club Team, and so it will be soon on the air any mode/any band. Great news to save in your DXCC scheduled logbook. First of all the callsign: 3W3MD8P, BARBADOSThe leader Antonio, IZ8CCW, and the co-leader Gabriele, I2VGW, are happy to announce to the DXer Comunity that, with the great help of a local friend, Bac, XV2A, from October 31st to November 10th, they have planned the new DXpedition on the beach of Da Nang.
According to the evaluations that they have done, they are confident to give to a lot of DXers the possibility to work this Country on the Low bands, WARC and especially in the Digital modes.
At the moment the team is already full of skilled operators, as a matter of fact: 20 people coming from 8 (eight) countries. On the air will be five stations around the clock.
For any further news and updates please stay tune because the official web site of this new great adventure is coming.
73's MDXC H.Q.
B3/B7, CHINA
Look for special event stations B3CRAC and B7CRAC to be
on the air May 3rd to celebrate the 75th "Chinese Ham Day". Hams in China
were gathering on air on every May 5th since 1940. QSL via BA4TB.
C6, BAHAMAS
Dan, N8YSZ, will be active as C6ASZ from Long Island between
May 9-16th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using SSB and
the Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign or LoTW.
CR6, PORTUGAL
Members of the Clube Radioamadores do Entroncamento, will
use the special callsign CR6AG on May 16th, from the Castelo de Alegrete
(WCA reference CT-0096, DCFP reference C-096, DMHP reference PG-006 and
DMP reference 1214 for the Portuguese Castles Award). Operation will be
on the HF bands using SSB and the Digital modes. Castelo de Alegrete is
located in the Province of Portalegre.
DAYTON HAMVENTION NEWS (by Tim, K3LR)
* The annual Dayton Topband dinner will be held Friday (May 15) night during Dayton Hamvention at the Crowne Plaza. Great place to meet Topband ops - it is a super dinner event. Our special guest speaker this year is Bob, K4UEE, presenting Topband experiences from Navassa Island, K1N. All the details are here: http://topbanddinner.comFT/X, KERGUELIN ISLANDS (VK0EK PRESS RELEASE)* The annual Dayton Contest Dinner will be held on Saturday night May 16th at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Dayton. Contesters from all over the world will attend. Master of Ceremonies is WWROF Chairman John Dorr, K1AR. Our special guest speaker is ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN. CQ Contest Hall of Fame class of 2015 will be announced by CQWW Contest Director Randy Thompson, K5ZD. Main prize is the Icom IC-7600 high performance transceiver (thanks Icom America). All of the Dayton contest dinner details are here: http://contestdinner.com
We have just received the exciting news that permission has been obtained for the expedition to visit the French island of Kerguelen, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerguelen_Islands lying 250 nm NNE of Heard Island. The visit will be done after the conclusion of the operations at Heard Island. It is not yet determined whether a radio operation will be authorized, and we are pursuing this possibility.IOTA NEWS[From Wikipedia] Kerguelen comprises a group of 300 islands and islets, with total area about the size of Puerto Rico. The climate is raw and chilly with frequent high winds throughout the year. The surrounding seas are generally rough and they remain ice-free year-round. There are no indigenous inhabitants, but France maintains a permanent presence of 45 to 100 scientists, engineers and researchers. There is no airport on the islands, so all travel and transport from the outside world is conducted by ship.
AS-079. Take, JS6RRR/JI3DST, will be active from Miyako Island between
0900z, April 29th and 0000z, May 6th. He states that he will
use two different callsigns on the island: JS6RRR (Main) and
JI3DST/6 (Sub). Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6
meters using CW, SSB, FM, RTTY and PSK31. Operations may vary
in case of heavy rains or other conditions. QSL routes are
as follows: JS6RRR via JS6RRR and JI3DST/6 via JI3DST. Via
the Bureau is best. Please check QRZ.com for more details.
ADDED NOTE FROM TAKE: He states that he is sorry for the delay
of past operations. Suggests to please wait. He will send QSLs
via Bureau in August (July). For SASE, he will send QSLs in
June.
EU-008. Operators Allan/2M0VNW, Jason/GM7VSB, Gordon/GM7WCO, Paul/GM0PJD, Arthur/MM0DHQ, Graham/MM0GHM an Marcus/MM0ZIF will be active as MM0KLR from the Isle of Muck (IOSA NH06, SCOTIA DI18, Worked All Britain NM48) between April 26th and May 2nd. QSL via MM0GHM. QSL via Bureau and eQSL via MM0KLR.
NA-199. Phalier, FS5PL, will be on Tintamarre Island this coming weekend starting on Friday around 2200z.
SA-024. Operators Marcelo Pera/PY2AE, Murilo/PY2DS, João Carlos/PU2KKE, Willian/PU2XIZ and Flávio/PU2KFL will be active as PW2C from Cambriú Island (DIB SP-15) between May 1-3rd. The island of Cambriú will be activated for the first time; it belongs to São Paulo State West Group and will be a new DIB to Brazil, SP-15. Cambriú is a tiny island in south of São Paulo state without any kind of infrastructure, and there is no energy power or portable water. The landing is done on the rocks and the weather and sea conditions usually are not good. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10/2 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via PY2DS, direct or by the Bureau.
SA-024. John Paul, PU2POP, will be active as ZW2WCA from Cananeia Island (DIB SP-009) between April 31st and May 3rd. Activity will be on 80/40/15/12/10/6/2 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via PY2DS, direct or by the Bureau.
SA-071. Members of the CDR Group DXpedition Team will be active as PW2G from Gatos Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th). More details will be forthcoming.
IR2, ITALY
John, IK2JYT, and other members of A.R.S. Radio Club "Como-01,
Brughiera Comasca" will be active as IR2EXPO to celebrate the 2015 Universal
Milan Exhibition "EXPO" between May 1st and Ocrober 31st. A special QSL
card will be sent if at least three (3) HF bands are worked. Look at the
HRD online log service to make sure you have at least 3 effective contacts
on different bands. QSL Manager is IK2TTO for DIRECT QSLs. For Bureau via
9A8ARS or ik2tto@asrcomo01.it
ISWL CALLSIGNS (For May)
The following ISWL club callsigns will be
used throughout the month of May 2015:
GX4BJC/A - Operated from Eastbourne, in East Sussex, by Peter, G0NQZ. (/A WAB Square TQ50 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841).ALL QSLs will be handled by Herbie, G6XOU, and NOT the individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club. All QSL info is onMX1SWL/A - Operated from Clacton on Sea, in Essex, by George, G1IPU. (/A WAB Square TM11 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). George will also operate as MX1SWL/P during the month and will give his WAB square if requested.
JW, SVALBARD
Alexander, UA3IPL, will be once again active as JW/UA3IPL
from Spitsbergen Island (EU-026) between April 28-29th. Activity will be
on the HF bands using CW (slow speed), SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and JT65. Equip-
ment will be a Yaesu FT-857D with FC30 tuner into a G5RV antenna. QSL
via RW6HS direct.
MARCONI DAY STATION
The International Marconi Day event is now in its
28th year, and the team WK3N/IMD will be operating as one of the special
event stations for the 28th annual International Marconi Day held for
the 24 hour UTC period on April 25th. Operators will be KE3JP, KA3LUN,
KM3P and WK3N. Information on the event and award are available at
WK3N/IMD or http://g4usb.net/IMD/.
NCDXF PRESS RELEASE (Palmyra Atoll)
NCDXF announces major grant to KH5
Palmyra Atoll DXpedition -- April 21, 2015
The Northern California DX Foundation is pleased to announce a contribution of $20,000 to the KH5 Palmyra Atoll DXpedition planned for January 2016. Palmyra (KH5) is in the Top Ten Most Wanted and is #2 Most Wanted in Europe. See
Without major financial support from NCDXF, DXpeditions like this to challenging or rare locations would not be possible.
Within the last year, NCDXF has given $175,000 in grants to operations in Iran, Andaman, Navassa, Eritrea, Tromelin, South Sandwich, South Georgia, Chesterfield, and Heard, all of which are in or near the Top Ten Most Wanted.
We have been doing this for the past 42 years, making rare DX happen and bringing fun to DXers everywhere. The credit for these large grants goes to the NCDXF contributors, individuals and clubs, who believe in supporting NCDXF.
Have you contributed yet? It is easy at http://www.ncdxf.org!
73, Glenn Johnson, W0GJ - NCDXF Vice President
OJ0, MARKET REEF
Pasi, OH3WS, will once again be active as OJ0W from
Market Reef (EU-053) between May 23-31st. He is there as a as a voluntary
worker and will operate during his spare time. Activity will be on 40-10
meters mostly CW, but some SSB. QSL via his home callsign.
OX, GREENLAND
Operators Tom/DJ6TF, Manfred/DK1BT, Sigi/DL7DF and Frank/
DL7UFR will be on an "Arctic DXpedition" and active as OX/DJ6TF, OX/DK1BT,
OX/DL7DF and OX/DL7UFR, respectively, from Tasiilaq Island (NA-151) between
June 3-12th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK31. If possible, they we will operate on 6m with a FT857D. Equipment
consists of 2 transceivers K2, 2 power amplifiers OX1000, 18 m lowband
vertical, a R7, a spiderbeam for 20/17/15/12/10m and a 5 element yagi
for 6m. QSL via DL7DF, direct or by the Bureau. They will upload the
full logs of the DXpedition to LoTW within 6 months after the DXpedition.
For more details and uploads, see:
P4, ARUBA
Operators David/K3LP, Peter/VK3FN and Chris/VK3FY will be
active as P40CD, P40FN and P40FY, respectively, from Carl's, P49V (SK),
"Cook's Radio Retreat" http://www.p49v.com on Aruba (SA-036) between
May 19-26th. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via M0OXO.
PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (April 27th-May 3rd)
Apr/27th AN Apr/30th HN May/02nd AN
Apr/28th AN May/01st AN May/03rd AN
Apr/29th HN
SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
======================================================
NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
----------------- ------ -------- ------
AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7
HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15
LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29
BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49
DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99
VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400
REALTIME BAND CONDITIONS WEB SITE http://www.bandconditions.com:
PT70, BRAZIL (Special Event)
Rony, PS7AB, will activate special event
station PT70FEB between May 1-30th. Activity is to celebrate the 70th
anniversary of World War II and to remember the importance of PEACE. The
special callsign is also in honor to all who participated in the war,
especially the Brazilian Expeditionary Force - FEB, on the battlefields
in Italy. Operations will be on 40/20/17/15/10 meters using SSB and CW/
Digital. QSL via PS7AB, direct (2 USDs), by the Bureau, eQSL or LoTW. A
special certificate will be sent in 2016 via E-mail to stations who made
contacts with at least 10 Special Event Stations by mode (SSB, CW or
Digital), or mixed (3 modes). Each month in 2015, Ronaldo will activate
a different callsign and also send 12 different QSLs. PT70FEB is the
fifth special event station to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the
end of World War II in 2015. For more details, see:
PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA
A member of the CDR Group DXpedition Team,
Celso, PU2WDX, is planning to activate ZW0FWA from Fernando de Noronha
(SA-003). Look for details soon.
QSL INFO AND NEWS
QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (April 26th)
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3Z70VD via SP5KOG II7AQP via IZ7ECL UP120R via UA3DX
4O7TC via UA3TCJ (d) J79AUS via F6AUS UP70MIR via RW6HS (d)
5P0O/P via OZ1GDI J88PI via GW4DVB VI4AE2 via VK4QS
9M2/R6AF/P via R6AF LT7H via EA5GL & (L) VP9AD via W3HNK
A92AA via IZ8CLM LW6DG via LW6DG (B/L) VQ9ET via DU7ET (d)
AM190AST via EA1AST LZ883PI via LZ1KCP W4C via WP4DT (d)
AM190FCH via EA1FCH OS4U via ON4DN YN/WJ2O via N2ZN
AM390RKM via EA3RKM P4/DL2MLU via DL2MLU Z81Z via K4ZW
AM890CNR via EA8CNR (L/e) PJ7/KR4NV via KR4NV ZA/DJ8QP via DJ8QP
AO2015WRD via ON7LX PS70FEB via PS7AB ZA/IK2RLM via IK2RLM
AO590AN via EC5AN R175PIT via RK4W ZD8N via G3ZVW
AX9NT via VK2CA R90IARU via UA6YW ZW150ITU via PR7AYE
CS5/OK2PVF via OK2PVF SC80SM via SM5ELV ZW70FEB via PT2ADM
CX90IARU via W3HNK SU9VB via UA4WHX ZW8T via PS8HF (d)
DX0P via WA6LOS SV5/F5JSD via F5JSD
EG8TRV via EA8URA & (L) TC23TC via TA1AYZ
(e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau
(O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only
OQRS FOR P4/IV3IYH. QSL Manager for P4/IV3IYH is IK2ILH, direct or by
the Bureau. Online QSL request for P4/IV3IYH (April 2015) is available
at: https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/P4/IV3IYH T6TM QSL ROUTE. Mike, W2GR, reports, "I am effective immediately the new QSL Mgr. for T6TM for all contacts past and present...via W2GR and direct via CBA is appreciated with appropriate means to get the card back to you."
QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3D2XT, 4U0ITU, 4Z1UF, 4Z6TT, 5V7JH, 7X0DX, 7X3FG, 7Z1SJ, 9Q0HQ, A71AM, A92GE, AT150ITU, EA1YG, EG8TFE, HB0AON, HR9/K6TOP, LZ9W, PJ7K4BDR, R120RR, RI1ANR, SV2CXI, T6T, TF3ARI, VP2MLL, VP8DOZ, WP4N, XE1MM, XX9LT, YS1BJL, YW5X (SA-054), Z21DXI and ZL7AAA
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 1A0C, 3B9FR, 3D2XT, 8J1RL, 9M8DX/2, C5/M1KTA (AF-060), C98RF (AF-061), CA3CBM, DG0OME, EP6T, G6NYG, HZ1SK, J3/SP3CFM, JE5JHZ, JG2MLI/ANT, JJ5HUD, LT5X (SA-049), LU8XW (SA-008), RI1ANR, S79KB, TC0MI (AS-201), TX7G, VA3IED/VY0 (NA-047*), VP8DOZ, VP8RAF, YJ0X, YW4V, YW5X, ZD8D and ZD9ZS * (ed. was informed - This NA-047 op not valid because Island name is not printed on card) QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 7X2ARA, A25KW, CF3A, CJ3T, PR7FB, RI1ANR, TO8Z, V84SMD, VA3AQB, VA3DXA, VA3FS, VA7XB, VC3Z, VC6Z, VE1BB, VE1CHW, VW1MU, VE2DQO, VE2HAY, VE2OCH, VE3BR, VE3BZ, VE3DC, VE4DXR, VE4TV, VE4WSC, VE5EIS, VE6BBP, VE6BF, VE6IHS, VE7BV, VE7CFZ, VE7GHW, VE8EV, VE8GER, VE9FX, VE9LC, VE9RK, VO1BB, VO1BQ, VO1JNS, VP2EEJ, VX9MOSKVA, VY2RAC, VE7DP/WL9, XL3T, YO9GJY, YP9L and Z81D
RM30, RUSSIA
The regional department of the Amateur Radio Union of
Russia (SRR) and the amateur club Activity Smolensk Group will activate
the special callsign RM30SM between May 1st and June 12th. Operations
will be during a hamradio marathon called "SMOLENSK A HERO CITY" from
the city of Smolensk. Activity is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of
the hero-city honorary title awarded to Smolensk on May 6th, 1985. The
organizers have also launched the following awards diplomas, bannerette
flags, and plaques. QSL via R3LO (OQRS, LoTW, eQSL, Bureau). For complete
details see:
TX3X CHESTERFIELD ISLAND DXPEDITION (Press Release 4, Dated April 23rd)
TX3X - Chesterfield Islands 2015 DX-pedition (OC-176)
The TX3X project is progressing well. Eleven of the twelve team members met at the Inter- national DX Convention, Visalia. We are pleased to make several significant announcements.
