The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1419
BID: $OPDX.1419
June 24, 2019
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Cluster
Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4ZW, WA4DAN,
WB6RSE, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News
Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles
DX, HP1AC, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PY3DF,
Sixitalia Weekly, and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 16th/June, through Sunday, 23rd/June there were 202
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S,
4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L,
9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, CE, CE0Y,
CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9,
EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS,
FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HS,
HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, JA, JD/o, JT, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4,
LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2,
P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5,
SV9, T2, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN,
UR, V3, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU,
XX9, XZ, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, 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".
3D2CR CONWAY REEF DXPEDITION NEWS. The Rebel DX Group has posted some
videos and pictures to their FaceBook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup
4L, GEORGIA. David, AD0PY/DL7ZM, will once again be active as 4L/DL7ZM
from Georgia between July 13-21st. Activity will be mainly 6 meters using
CW, SSB and FT8. His operations will also include the CQWW VHF Contest.
His location will be on a 3300m mountain top and his WW Locator will be
LN11. QSL via his home callsign (USA address).
5X, UGANDA. Anders, SM0HPL, is once again active as 5X7W from Kampala
until July 6th. Activity will be limited to his spare time (due to his
job) on 20-10 meters (possibly 30m) using CW, JT65 and FT8. QSL via SM0HPL,
ClubLog or LoTW.
9G, GHANA. A group of Slovenian operators will be active as 9G5W from
Kokrobite between November 16-27th. Operators mentioned are Tine/S50A,
Leo/S50R, Marko/S51DS, Tone/S51TC, Sergej/S51ZJ, Peter/S54W and Renato/
S57UN. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. They
plan to be in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 23-24th). Their equip-
ment contains 3x Kenwood TS-590SG with various verticals for 160/80/40/30m,
and two SpiderBeams for 20-10m. QSL via S59ZZ or ClubLog's OQRS. Log will
be uploaded to LoTW (usually 6 months later). For more details and updates,
see: https://www.ghana.si
9H, MALTA. Andrea, IK0PUL, will be active as 9H3IK from Malta (EU-023)
between July 5-12th. Activity will be holiday style on 30/20/17 meters
using CW and SSB, with wire antennas and 100 watts. QSL via IK0PUL, direct,
by the Bureau or LoTW. There will be a log search on ClubLog.
9Y4, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Karel, OK2ZI, will be active as 9Y4/OK2ZI from
Trinidad (SA-011) between June 28th and July 6th. Activity will be on
40-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via his home call-
sign, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW (6 month after his
expedition). For more details, see: http://www.ok2zi.cz/exped.php
BV0, TAIWAN (Special Event). Look for special event station BV0ME to be
active from New Taipei City until 0359 UTC, December 13th. Activity is
to celebrate same-sex marriage in Taiwan which was legalized on May 24th,
2019, making Taiwan the first nation in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage.
The suffix "ME" stands for Marriage Equality. Operations will be on FT8
frequencies during the weekdays and SSB on the HF bands during weekends.
QSL via BU2EQ. Paper QSL cards (preferably direct) and eQSLs are welcome.
CY0C SABLE ISLAND DXPEDITION (Press Release, dated June 21st). Murray,
WA4DAN, team leader of the 2020 Sable Island DXpedition, has received
permission to make a one day trip out to the Sable Island National Park
Reserve in preparation for the 2020 DXpedition to the island. This trip
will take place on Saturday, October 19, 2019. Sable (CY0) currently sits
at #58 on ClubLog. The purpose of this trip is to meet with the Parks
Canada personnel on the island to go over logistical matters with the
DXpedition. A priority during the 7-8 hours on the island include scoping
out suitable locations for the antennas. There are over 500 wild horses
on Sable and they have free run of the island. Care must be taken with
routing the coaxial cables to the antennas. The team also must flag all
antennas and guy wires as the island is home to many species of birds
including the Ipswich Sparrow. Sable has a very fragile eco system so
great care must be taken to not disturb any of the horses, seals, birds
or vegetation. The 2020 DXpedition team is very grateful to Parks Canada
for allowing the one day visit to develop guidelines in preparation for
the 2020 DXpedition.
DXCC NEWS. The ARRL DX Bulletin reports that the following operations
are approved for DXCC credit:
3D2CR -- Conway Reef, 2019 operation
E6ET -- Niue, 2019 operation
EU19/EV19/EV0, BELARUS. Look for the following special event stations to
be active until June 30th. Activity is to celebrate the 2nd European
Games in Minsk. Each station represents a differnt sporting event and
arena:
EU19RO - Minsk-Arena EV19CYC bicycle sport
EV0CA Chizhovka-Arena EV19FRS wrestling
EV0MA Minsk-Arena EV19GYM gymnastics
EV0SD Dynamo-Arena EV19JUD judo
EV19ARC archery EV19KAR karate
EV19ATH athletics EV19ROW rowing
EV19BAD badminton EV19SAM sambo wrestling
EV19BAS basketball EV19SHO bullet shooting
EV19BOX boxing EV19TEN table tennis
EV19BSO beach football
Three different awards are be available. For QSL information/details
see QRZ.com. All logs will be uploaded to ClubLog, LoTW or eQSL.
IOTA NEWS..............
NEW IOTA GROUPS - There was an announcement of 5 New IOTA Groups at
the Ham Radio Friedrichshafen on June 22nd. Details about
the proposed additions to the IOTA List can be viewed at:
https://dxnews.com/forum/forum/iota/19747-new-iota-groups
https://dx-world.net/new-iota-groups-announced-2019
AF-054. Operators YL Elena/RC5A and Yuri/RM0F will be active as 5H3CA
and 5H3RRC, respectively, from Mafia Island, Tanzania, some-
time between September 25th and October 5th Activity will be
on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via RC5A.
AS-063/ (Update/Change) Members of the Russian Robinson Club (RRC)
AS-152. will activate two IOTAs in the Khatanga Bay region during July
and August. Operators mentioned are Vasily/R7AA, Eugene/UA6EX,
Leonid/UA7A and Alexander/UX0LL. They will operate from Popigay-
Ary Island (AS-063) first, signing as R63RRC between July
26-30th. They will also operate from Bolshoy Begichev Island
(AS-152) signing as RQ73QQ between August 1-3rd. Activity will
be on 40-17 meters. QSL via R7AA (OQRS after expedition
preferable), via the Bureau. For more details and updates, see:
https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/r63rrc/en
EU-028. Branislav, OM2FY, will be active as IA5/OM2FY from Elba Island
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
CW-Mode/12-HRS/Low-Power entry. QSL via OM2FY.
EU-028. Radovan, OM2ZZ, will be active as IA5/OM2ZZ from Elba Island
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
CW-Mode/12-HRS/Low-Power entry. QSL via OM2FY.
EU-050. Michele, IW7EGQ, will be active as IL7MP from San Domino
(Tremiti Islands) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th)
as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode/Unassisted/12-HRs entry. QSL via
IW7EGQ.
EU-052. Frank, DJ0BFS, will be active as SV8/DJ0BFS from Porto Koukla
on the Zakynthos Island (WW Loc. KM07KQ) June 23-30th. Activity
will be on 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. Equipment is a FT-891
into a HF-P1 vertical antenna. QSL via his home callsign.
EU-117. Vasil, RA1ZZ, will be active as RA1ZZ/p from Vikhrevoy Island
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as as Single-Op/
Island-DXpedition/High-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign.
EU-127. Thomas, DJ6OI, will be active as DJ6OI/p from Neuwerk Island
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
CW-Mode/Island-DXpedition/12-Hrs entry. QSL via his home
callsign.
PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new (www.iota-world.org) have
decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA
operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX,
and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin......
MD, ISLE OF MAN. Dominic, M1KTA, will be active as MD1K from the Isle of
Man (EU-116) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
Island-DXpedition entry. QSL via ClubLog and LoTW.
MD, ISLE OF MAN. Dave, WJ2O, will be active as MD/WJ2O between July
11-17th. Activity will include the IARU HF World Championship (July
13-14th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Mixed-Mode/High-Power entry. QSL via
N2ZN.
OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up
and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of
this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW
P4, ARUBA. John, W2GD, will be active as P44W from Aruba (SA-036) between
July 11-16th. Activity will be mainly in the IARU HF Championship (July
13-14th) on 160-10 meters using primarily CW. Operations outside of the
contest are usually on 160/80m and 30/17/12 meters as time permits. Watch
160m on the hour and 80m on the half hour. QSL via LoTW or direct to N2MM,
Bureau cards are no longer accepted. Logs will be loaded on LoTW upon his
return to the USA.
PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (June 24-30th).......
Jun/24th AN Jun/27th AN Jun/29th AN
Jun/25th HN Jun/28th AN Jun/30th AN
Jun/26th AN
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
Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation:
* VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf
and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html
* DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation
* A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm
* SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net
* Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at:
http://sunspotwatch.com
* Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation
* Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us
* Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation
* Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html
* Realtime propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk
* Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm
QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu) (June 20th)
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4J3DJ via 4J3DJ (d*/L) EG3PTM via EA3RCI OJ0JR via OH3JR & (L)
5T5PA via PA5X & (L) EG5HSJ via EA5RKB PA/DL1DN/P via DL1DN
DF0RSA via DL3DUE (O/L) EM2019ARDF via UT5NY (O) SV8/PD0ARI via PD0ARI
DR100BADZ via DK8HE EV10WCA via EW3W (O/d) TM17FFF via F4GFE
DR70BLN via DJ3EI GB1DD via M0JFP
(e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau
(O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed
(I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau (d*) Address in Russia
LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK......
https://clublog.org/logsearch/V6K
5B19CWC (Lost contacts on FT8). It was reported on QRZ.com: Due to an
individual computer crash on the 17th June, a number of 80m FT8 QSOs
have been lost. If you have logged a contact with 5B19CWC on this date
on FT8, please check the log (see 5B19CWC page for details. All contacts
up to the 19th have been added) and if you are not there, please work
5B19CWC again. Sorry about this folks - we have struggled to get as many
contacts back as possible, but some records are completely corrupted.
QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4U1ITU, 5B4AMX, 5R8UM, E31A, FS/AG5CR, LU7YS,
ZL2DD and ZL3CW
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: DP0DVN/p, RW1AI/9 (AS-042) and VI9NI
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE IARU BUREAU: 3G3O, 5J0P, DJ18FWC, KH8/DL2AWG,
LZ100SR, LZ121SBS, LZ139LO, LZ284SKD, LZ303MA, LZ55UPB, LZ73ZZ, PJ2T,
TY2AC, V73NS, VP6EU, XR0YD and XR4S
--- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
to send in their info....
SV/A, MOUNT ATHOS (Will It Be Silent?). Last week OPDX was asked if Mount
Athos will be silent. To start, when Kostas Stamatis, SV1DPI, reported the
passing of Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/SK, he stated on his FaceBook page that
"there are more monks who are radio amateurs in Mount Athos", but Monk
Apollo "was the only one on the air from Mount Athos, working DX." Kostas
also stated, "Ham radio will find another operator sooner or later from
Mount Athos (according my infos, Monastery of Docheiariou will take care
so another monk will become a radio amateur soon and get Monk Apollo's
place and duties)." An interesting thing showed up this past week, your
editor received his July issue of QST, and on page 80, it mentions that
"Mount Athos will not go dark." Monk Iakovos, SV2RSG, who is located and
lives at the Koutloumousiou Monastery is another operator. If you go to his
QRZ.com page, it states, "I became Radio Amateur in 2015 after been trained
by the DX Plus Hellenic Radio Amateur Team and George, SV1RP, who is member
of the Team. I took and passed exams in the Ministry of Telecommunication.
I am member of DX Plus Hellenic Radio Amateur Team and the only one member
of RAAG in Mount Athos. Because my main QTH is Koutloumousiou Holy Monastery
and I am permanent resident in Mt. Athos, I do not use "/A" when I operate
because as everybody knows," /A" means Alternative location of the station."
There are pictures of Monk Iakovos on the QRZ.com page. He operates CW, SSB
and has been in contests. He reportedly has an an IC-735 and a 40 meter
vertical. Currently, there have not been any cluster spots reported, but
you may want to keep an eye out for some. His QSL Manager is SV1RP. Here
is his QSL card:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.qrz.com/g/sv2rsg/00_SV2RSG_QSL_BARA_11.jpg
T2, TUVALU. Antoine, 3D2AG, will be active as T2AR from Funafuti Island
(OC-015) between June 27th and July 6th. Activity will be focused on
the low bands (including 160m) and other various HF bands including 6/2m
using CW, SSB, RTTY, JT65 and FT8. QSL via 3D2AG (PayPal). Only paper
logs will be used. NO LoTW or eQSL please. Digimode QSOs will be uploaded
to QRZ.com after the expedition. Watch QRZ.com for updates. ADDED NOTE:
This operation will be in collaboration with John, KK7L, who will activate
the T2R Club callsign between June 27th and July 6th. QSL T2R via N7SMI,
ClubLog and LoTW.
TM75, FRANCE (Special Event). Hans, PA2JWN, will activate special event
station TM75LM to be Le Muy, France, between August 15-18th. Activity is
to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the village of
Le Muy from German occupation during WWII on August 15th, 1944, by the
by Allies forces in Southern France -- "Operation Dragoon" (see QRZ.com
for details). QSL via PA2JWN.
YASME NEWS (Press Release, dated June 20th). Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, sent
out the following: YASME FOUNDATION SUPPORTING GRANT TO AMATEUR RADIO
EMERGENCY DATA NETWORK (AREDN) -- The Board of Directors of The Yasme
Foundation has made a supporting grant to Amateur Radio Emergency Data
Network (AREDN) a non-profit 501(c)(3). AREDN extended the early work
of the Broadband Ham Net mesh developers by developing firmware (and
related user software) for more modern and efficient consumer routers.
Based in San Diego, California, the AREDN development team has produced
code for the Ubiquiti 2, 3 and 5 GHz routers and has recently added
firmware to convert lower-priced consumer equipment from other manu-
facturers for amateur mesh network use. Yasmes grant will be used to
purchase test equipment to aid AREDN development efforts.
* * * * *
The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized to
support scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio,
including DXing (long distance communication) and the introduction and
promotion of amateur radio in developing countries. For additional
information about The Yasme Foundation, visit our website at www.yasme.org.
Ward Silver, N0AX, President
The Yasme Foundation
Board of Directors:
Ward Silver, N0AX, President and Director
Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, Vice-President, Secretary and Director
Rusty Epps, W6OAT, Treasurer and Director
Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T, Director
Martti Laine, OH2BH, Director
Fred Laun, K3ZO, Director
Robert Vallio, W6RGG, Director
Marty Woll, N6VI, Director
James Brooks, 9V1YC, Director
Z8, SOUTH SUDAN. Diya, YI1DZ, will be active as Z81D from Juba sometime
after June 22nd. Activity will be limited to his spare time on 80-10
meters using SSB and various Digital modes. QSL via OM3JW.
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