[DX-NEWS] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1121
SB DX @ WW KB8NW $OPDX.1121 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1121 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1121 BID: $OPDX.1121 July 29, 2013 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, K2AD, NG3K ADXO, W3UR The Daily DX, N4AA QRZ DX, K6VVA, KH6BZF, WA6POZ, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX 60m News, 2E0SQL, AT International, DK8JB The DX News Letter, DL1AL, DL1SBF, DL2VFR, DxCoffee.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA Les Nouvelles DX, HA0HW, I1JQJ/IK1ADH 425 DX News, I2MQP DX Italia News, IK1SOW, I3VJW, IZ7AUH, OZ6OM 50 MHz DX News, Pete's DX-Newsdesk, PT7WA, PY3DF, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, TA1HZ, VA3RJ ICPO and the VHF- DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. *** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late RSGB IOTA Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the RSGB IOTA Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Saturday, 20th-July, through Friday, 26th-July there were 211 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2V, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS 2U, GUERNSEY (Satellite Op!) Peter, 2E0SQL, is now active as 2U0SQL from Guernsey (IN89RL) until July 30th. Activity will be sporadic on the satel- lite passes. He will be focusing on FO-29 and SO-50 passes. Peter states, ... no firm pass times, but hopefully will have internet access and will try posting on Twitter (@2E0SQL) when I'll be on. Due that he is camping, Peter will be battery powered using a FT-817 and a Arrow antenna. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. 5A, LIBYA. Abubaker, DL1AL, is now active as 5A1AL near Tripoli. Activity so far has been on 40/30/20/6 meters CW. He informs OPDX that he will be active on the HF bands and 6 meters using CW and SSB [at the moment for PSK, the modem does not work yet]. QSL via DL1AL. 5Q2, DENMARK. Paolo, I2AE, will be on holiday and a big radio tour as 5Q2AE from Denmark starting July 27th. He plans to activate OZFF, DEN, WCA, IOTA and DIA reference numbers. Paolo suggests to look for him on 14244 and 7144 kHz SSB only, and possibly on 50144 and 18144 kHz. QSL via I2AE, direct or by the Bureau. SWL send him an E-mail. To view his route on a map and other detailed info, see: http://www.qrz.com/db/I2AE 9A, CROATIA (28th EU STAR AWARD). The following is a press release from Mato, 9A3SM: This award is issued by the Croatian Amateur Radio Association (HRS) to celebrate entry of the Republic of Croatia into the full membership of European Union as 28th member. Award is issued to all licensed amateur radio operators and SWL. Award requirements: 15 different special 9A28* callsigns and 15 countries members of European Union on any band or mode in period from July 1st to December 31st 2013. Log extract with evidence of payment should be sent to the address of HRS. Award fee is 5 or 8 USDs. Money transfer should be made to HRS bank account: Zagrebacka banka, d.d. Paromlinska 2, 10 000 Zagreb SWIFT: ZABAHR2X (CROATIA 28 EU STAR AWARD) IBAN : HR432361101561569 Address for award application: HRVATSKI RADIOAMATERSKI SAVEZ, Dalmatinska 12, HR-1 Zagreb, Croatia IOTA NEWS.. JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS WEEKEND IS THE RSGB IOTA CONTEST!! Complete details and rules are available at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/iota.shtml http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2013/riota.shtml AF-083. Feco, HA8KW, will be active as 3V8SM from the club station of the Tunisian Scouts on Jerba Island, Tunisia, between July 26th and August 1st. Activity will be holiday style CW only, but will include the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th), possibly as a 12-hour CW entry. He will use 100w and wire antennas. Jerba Island is in the Gabes/Medenine Region IOTA Group. QSL 3V8SM for
[DX-NEWS] ARLP030 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP030 ARLP030 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP30 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 30 ARLP030 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA July 26, 2013 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP030 ARLP030 Propagation de K7RA At 2330 UTC on July 24, Australia's IPS Radio and Space services issued a geomagnetic disturbance warning. Increased geomagnetic activity is expected due to a coronal mass ejection. They predict quiet to unsettled conditions on July 25, active to minor storm on July 26, and active conditions on July 27. As this bulletin nears release early Friday morning, the planetary A index was 4 on four recent readings, followed by 2 on the last one. But the mid-latitude K index was 4 on three recent readings, then 5 on the last two. Geomagnetic activity is increasing, as expected. Over the past reporting week, compared to the previous period (July 11 to 17) average daily sunspot numbers decreased by less than four points to 73.4, while average daily solar flux declined slightly more than three points to 110.6. NOAA/USAF predicts Planetary A Index at 18 on July 26, 12 on July 27, 8 on July 28, 5 on July 29 to 31, 8 on August 1, 5 on August 2 to 8, 8 on August 9 to 11, 5 on August 12 and 13, 8 on August 14 and 15, 5 on August 16 and 17, 10 on August 18, 15 on August 19 to 22, and then 8, 5 and 8 on August 23 to 25. The outlook for solar flux calls for 105 on July 26 and 27, then 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 130, 125, 120, 125, 120 and 125 on July 28 through August 8, 120 on August 9 to 12, 115 on August 13, 120 on August 14 to 17, 125 on August 18, 120 on August 19 and 20, and 125 on August 21 to 23. The latest projection shows a short term solar flux peak at 135 on September 4 and 5 after a minimum of 100 on August 27 and 28. OK1MGW from the Czech Propagation Interest Group sees quiet to active geomagnetic conditions on July 26 and 27, quiet to unsettled July 28 and 29, quiet on July 30 and 31, quiet to unsettled August 1, quiet to active August 2, active to disturbed August 3, quiet August 4, mostly quiet August 5, active to disturbed August 6 and 7, quiet to unsettled August 8 to 11, quiet August 12 and 13, quiet to active August 14 and 15, and quiet to unsettled August 16 and 17. Juan Carlos, CO8TW lives in Santiago de Cuba, about 600 miles southeast of Havana. He put up a new propagation web site that has many useful features and an interesting mix of information. Check it out at http://www.qsl.net/co8tw/pro.htm. Another interesting propagation page I ran across recently is at http://qrzcq.com/page/propagation. G4CJC has a 10 meter report at http://www.southgatearc.org/bands/10metres/. The NOAA/NWS Space Weather Prediction center has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/NOAA-NWS-Space-Weather-Prediction-Center/232532740131296. Note the July 16 article about the K index,and a map of North America showing how high the planetary K index has to be in order to see aurora borealis from any location. For my location near Puget Sound, it seems to say a K index at 8 or higher would be good. But for Northern Minnesota and North Dakota a K index of only 4 seems adequate. Of course on Facebook is the always timely and useful page from NW7US titled Space Weather and Radio Resources at HFRadio.org, at https://www.facebook.com/pages/NOAA-NWS-Space-Weather-Prediction-Center/232532740131296. David Moore sent an interesting article from The Guardian about the Met Office now offering coverage of space weather. Met originally was short for meteorological but now is the official name for the British weather and climate service. Read it at http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2013/jul/23/met-office-space-weather-forecasting. There also is yet another article about the current solar cycle being the weakest in the past 100 years, this time from Sky and Telescope: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/The-Weakest-Solar-Cycle-in-100-Years-216752671.html. Jeff Hartley, N8II of Shepherdstown, West Virginia wrote in response to the comment last week about the lack of 6 meter openings into DM04. Jeff is in FM19, and wrote on July 20, It has not been a good Es season from here, but we have had several multi-hop openings since July 1 mostly out into Arizona and New Mexico along with one to Oregon, Washington, and VE7. Only once did I catch Europe and it was only to France and Portugal. So, I am not too surprised that many are disappointed with their 6 meter openings this year. Even the 20 meter E-skip is much less frequent than normal this year. Today, July 20 there was a Russian sponsored contest and in a few short minutes I heard/worked strong stations from HS, YD, BH8, UN, and UA9 on 15 meter CW around 1245Z. This was the best shape in which I have heard 15 in some time. On July 19, Jon Pollock, K0ZN of De Soto, Kansas wrote, Even though sunspot numbers have been modest, I was on last night (July 18) between about 0130-0330 UTC (on 17 meters) and from my QTH in Eastern
