From: jjreis...@alum.mit.edu
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:42:34 -0500
Subject: ARLD007 DX news
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DX Bulletin 7 ARLD007
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT February 19, 2009
To all radio amateurs
SB DX ARL ARLD007
ARLD007 DX news
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
NC1L, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, 425 DX News, The Daily DX,
Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web
sites. Thanks to all.
SENEGAL, 6W. Patrick, ON4HIL and Guido, ON4BAG will be QRV as 6V7P
and 6V7O, respectively, from February 22 to 28. Activity will be on
160 to 6 meters using SSB and various digital modes. QSL to home
calls.
BAHAMAS, C6. Bob, N4BP and Kevin, K4PG are QRV as C6AKQ and C6APG,
respectively, from Little Bahama Bank Group, IOTA NA-080, until
February 22. Activity is on the HF bands. This includes entries in
the ARRL DX CW contest. QSL direct to home calls.
CUBA, CO. Look for CO8TW to be QRV as a Low Power/Single Band entry
on 160 meters during the ARRL DX CW contest. QSL via HB9SVT. CO8LY
will be a Low Power/Single Band entry on 80 meters during the
contest. QSL via EA7ADH. And, CM8CAD will be a Low Power/Single
Band entry on 15 meters in the contest. QSL to home call.
ITALY, I. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi's
Nobel Prize in Physics, special event station IY1GM is QRV until
March 31. QSL via IK1UGX.
GRENADA, J3. Bill, K4LTA and Ruby, K4UPS are QRV as J37BO and
J37RO, respectively, until March 4. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters,
and possibly 6 meters. They will be active as J38A in the ARRL DX
CW contest. In addition, look for AK4Z, KT4E and KE4TG to be QRV as
J3/homecalls. Activity is on all bands using CW, SSB and various
digital modes. QSL to home calls.
US VIRGIN ISLANDS, KP2. K3CT is QRV as KP2/K3CT until February 25.
He will be active as KP2M in the ARRL DX CW contest. Outside the
contest, he is active generally on the newer bands. QSL KP2M via
AI4U and KP2/K3CT to home call.
PUERTO RICO, KP4. Jim, N6TJ will be QRV as NP3U in the ARRL DX CW
contest as a Single Op/All Band entry. QSL via WP4U.
ARUBA, P4. Andy, AE6Y plans to be QRV as P49Y from Sabana Basora,
IOTA SA-036, in the ARRL DX CW contest as a Single Op/All Band
entry. QSL to home call.
BONAIRE, CURACAO, PJ2. A group of operators will be QRV as PJ2T
from Signal Point Station on Curacao, IOTA SA-006, during the ARRL
DX CW contest. QSL via N9AG.
CRETE, SV9. Willi, DJ7RJ will be QRV as SV9/DJ7RJ beginning
February 24 and be here for three weeks. Activity will be on the HF
bands using CW and SSB. QSL to home call.
TUVALU, T2. Bob, W7YAQ and Bill, N7OU are QRV as T27A and T27OU,
respectively. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using mostly CW with
some RTTY. They will be QRV as T27A as Multi/Single entry in the
ARRL DX CW contest. QSL to home calls.
TURKEY, TA. Rene, DL2JRM will be QRV as TA0/DL2JRM/p from Kekova
Island, IOTA AS-115, from February 23 to 25. QSL to home call.
COTE d'IVOIRE, TU. Paolo, F8ENY is QRV as TU/F8ENY from San Pedro
until March 2. Activity is mainly on 20 meters. QSL to home call.
UKRAINE, UR. Ukrainian club station UB5KFF is QRV as EM50KFF until
March 1 in celebration of its 50 years. Activity is on all bands
and modes. QSL via OS0KW.
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, V4. Mark, K0EJ will be QRV as V49A in the ARRL
DX CW contest as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. Outside the
contest, he is active as V44/K0EJ. QSL via V44NK.
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLAND, VP2V. Rick, K6VVA is QRV as VP2V/K6VVA until
February 24. He will also be active as VP2VVA in the ARRL DX CW
contest. QSL both calls via N6AWD.
INDIA, VU. Operators VU2DSI, VU2ROE, VU2SMN and VU2SMS will be QRV
as AU30SHI on February 21 and 22. Activity will be on 40, 20, 15
and 10 meters. QSL via VU2DSI.
CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF. John, K6AM is QRV as ZF2AM until March 1. This
includes an entry in the ARRL DX CW contest as a Single Op/High
Power entry. He will also be active in the upcoming CQ 160-Meter
SSB contest. QSL to home call.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL International DX CW Contest,
NCCC Sprint, REF SSB Contest, Feld Hell Sprint and the High Speed
Club CW Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend.
Please see February QST, page 82 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web
sites for details.
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From: jjreis...@alum.mit.edu
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:14:12 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [425ENG] 425 DX News #929
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21 February 2009 A.R.I. DX
Bulletin
No 929
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
6W - Patrick, ON4HIL and Guido, ON4BAG will be active as 6V7P and
6V7O
from Senegal on 22-28 February. They plan to operate SSB, RTTY
and
PSK31 on 160-10 metres. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau.
[TNX
VA3RJ]
7Q - Allan, G0IAS will be active as 7Q7AH from the shack of
Harry,
7Q7HB on the southern shore of Lake Malawi starting on 23
February
for one month. Being aware that Malawi is needed on Top Band,
they
will try to erect an antenna for 160 metres. QSL via G0IAS,
direct
only. [TNX G0IAS]
9A - A team of seven members of IOCA Group (Franjo/9A2MF,
Daki/9A2WJ,
Boki/9A3KB, Dado/9A3TA, Emir/9A6AA, Sven/DF9MV and
Matt/DL5MFL)
will be active as 9A0CI from Vela Palagruza Island
(EU-090,
CI-084) and lighthouse (LH-0057, CRO-012) on 8-16 May. They
will
operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 10-80 metres. QSL via
DE0MST,
direct or bureau. They also plan to operate SSB as 9A/homecall
and
homecall/p from Mala Palagruza Island (EU-090, CI-461) and
from
the islet of Kamik Od Tramuntane (CI-960, new one for the
IOCA
programme). QSL via home calls. Further information will
be
available on http://www.inet.hr/9a6aa/iocaplan.htm [TNX 9A6AA]
9K - Celebrating Kuwait's National Liberation Day, special
event
station 9K48NLD will be active on 20 and 40 metres SSB and CW
on
25-26 February from the KARS headquarters. QSL via 9K2RA.
[TNX
NG3K]
AP - AP2ASHF (the suffix stands for Axel Helmut Scholz, Foreigner)
is
the callsign issued to Axel, DL7UPN. He expects to visit
Pakistan
"several times" before June and to operate CW, RTTY and PSK.
QSL
via DL7UPN. [TNX DX Newsletter]
C5 - Stewart, GW0ETF will be on holiday in the Gambia between
23
February and 8 March and hopes to do some casual operating
from
the hotel with 100w and a 20m dipole, mainly CW but maybe
some
RTTY/PSK31. He must apply for the licence upon arrival, and
he
hopes to get C56/GW0ETF. QSL via home call (QSLling
instructions
at qrz.com). [TNX GW0ETF]
D4 - A group of seven German operators will be active from Sal
Island
(AF-086), Cape Verde on 11-25 March as D44TXQ
(Helmut/DL3KBQ),
D44TXP (Holger/DL1COP), D44TXO (Juergen/DJ2VO),
D44TXF
(Gerd/DG3KAF), D44TXR (Henry/DL2RSI), D44TXI (Peter/DH2KI)
and
D44TXS (Franz, DL3PS/HB9EHQ). They plan to operate on
160-10
metres CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, Hell, Amtor and SSTV, with
seven
stations running 100 watts into vertical antennas. QSL D44TXS
via
HB9EHQ, others via home call. [TNX DL3PS]
EA - Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis
Braille,
special event station EG3LB will be active again on
20-22
February, 27-28 February and 1 March. Expect activity on SSB,
CW
and digital modes. QSL via EA3RKR, direct or bureau. [TNX EA3RKR]
EI - The Galway Radio Experimenters Club will celebrate St.
Patrick's
Day (17 March) operating as EJ4GRC from Inishmore, Aran
Islands
(EU-006). They will be active on all bands and modes, and
a
commemorative QSL card will be sent to all stations worked.
[TNX
EI7DMB]
F - The Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club (TP2CE) will be active
as
TP60CE from 27 February to 1 March to celebrate the
60th
anniversary of the Council of Europe. QSL via F5LGF. A
logsearch
will be available at http://ewwa.free.fr [TNX F6FQK]
FG - Nicolas, F5TGR will be active as FG/F5TGR from Guadeloupe
(NA-102)
on 15-28 March. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 10-40
metres.
QSL via home call, direct ore bureau. [TNX F5TGR]
FG - Patrick, F4EBT will be active as FG/F4EBT from
Basse-Terre,
Guadeloupe (NA-102) from 21 March to 11 April. He plans to
operate
holiday style on SSB. [TNX F4EBT]
FH - Phil, G3SWH and Richard, G3RWL will be active from Mayotte
(AF-027)
between 26 February and 5 March [425DXN 919]. Both of them
will
use the single callsign of FH/G3SWH, and their activity will
be
mainly on 80-10 metres CW. Subject to QRN and site
conditions,
there may be some 160m CW activity, and Richard may also
operate
some later in the trip. They plan to have two stations on the
air
for as many hours every day as possible. QSL via G3SWH, direct
or
bureau (on-line form for bureau cards can be found
at
http://www.g3swh.org.uk). [TNX G3SWH]
FM - Dim, UT5UGR is active as FM/KL7WA (QSL via UT5UGR) from
Martinique
(NA-107) until 24 February. He will participate in the ARRL DX
CW
Contest as FM5KC. [TNX UT5UGR].
FM - Al, F5VHJ will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest (7-8
March)
as TO5A from Martinique. QSL via F5VHJ (direct or bureau),
or
LOTW. [TNX F5VHJ]
J6 - Celebrating the 30th anniversary of their country, all
amateur
radio operators from St. Lucia are permitted to include the
number
30 in their callsigns immediately after the prefix J6
(for
instance, J630B = J69B and J630KZ = J69KZ) until 25 February.
[TNX
The Daily DX]
J6 - John, W5JON will be active as J6/W5JON from Marigot Bay, St.
Lucia
(NA-108) from 24 March to 2 April, CQ WPX SSB Contest included.
He
will operate SSB on 160-6 metres, using 400 watts, dipoles and
a
3-element yagi for 6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX W5JON]
JD1_oga- Look for JD1BLK (QSL via JM1LJS), JD1BMH (QSL via JG7PSJ)
and
JD1BLY (QSL via JI5RPT) to be active from Chichijima
(AS-031),
Ogasawara from 29 April to 12 May. They plan to operate CW,
SSB
and digital modes on 160-6 metres, plus satellite. Logsearches
and
further information will be available on their
individual
websites: http://radio-dream.com/jd1blk/e/
(JD1BLK),
http://sapphire.ganko.tohoku.ac.jp/jd1bmh/ (JD1BMH)
and
http://www.ji5rpt.com/jd1/ (JD1BLY) [TNX JI5RPT]
KH6 - Bill, AC0W wil be active as KH6/AC0W from Maui, Hawaii
(OC-019)
for the ARRL DX SSB Contest (7-8 March), with some
possible
activity on 10-80 metres SSB a few days before and after
the
contest. QSL via home call. Bill will upload his log to LoTW.
[TNX
AC0W]
KH6 - Al, F5VHJ will participate in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest
(28-29
March) as NH7A from Hawaii. QSL via F5VHJ (direct or bureau),
or
LOTW. [TNX F5VHJ]
KG4 - Dan, W0CN will be active as KG4CN from Guantanamo Bay
(NA-015)
from 26 February to 9 March. He will operate SSB and some CW
on
160-10 metres, and will participate in the ARRL DX SSB
Contest.
QSL via W0CN, direct, bureu or LoTW. [TNX W0CN]
PY0F - Fabio/PY2AAZ, Anderson/PY2TNT, Alex/PY2WAS and Bob/N6OX will
be
active as ZY0F from Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) from around
23
UTC on 10 June through around 13 UTC on the 15th. Expect
activity
on 160-10 metres CW and SSB, plus 60m under a special
licence
granted by the Brazilian authorities. QSL via PY2WAS, direct
or
bureau. [TNX PY2WAS]
S0 - A multi-national team of ten operators (namely EA1CJ,
EA1KY,
EA2RY, EA3EXV, EA5RM, EA7AJR, F9IE, IN3ZNR, UT7CR and UY7CW)
will
be active as S04R from Western Sahara on 12-17 April. They
will
operate SSB, CW and digital modes on 160-10 metres with at
least
three stations. The pilot station will be EA5BZ. QSL via
EA5RM.
Further information is available at http://www.dxfriends.com
[TNX
EA5RM]
SV - George/SV1QN, Fotis/SV1AIN, Giannis/SV1GYG and Nikos/SW1GYN
will
be active as homecall/8 from Zakynthos Island (EU-052) on
23-29
March. They will operate on 160-6 metres all modes. QSL via
home
calls. [TNX SV9AHZ]
TA - Rene, DL2JRM will be active as TA0/DL2JRM/p from Kekova
Island
(AS-115) on 23-25 February. He will operate CW on 40-10
metres.
QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org]
UA - Look for special callsigns UE3YAR (QSL via RV3YR) and UE3YRA
(QSL
via RA3YC) to be aired until 24 February for the AFARU
(Armed
Forces Amateur Radio Union) and RDA activity programmes.
[TNX
RV3YR]
VE - Heinz, VA7AQ will be active as VE9/VA7AQ from Grand Manan
Island
(NA-014) on 20-25 March. QSL via home call, direct or bureau.
[TNX
VA7AQ]
VE - Cezar, VE3LYC will try to operate from the Fox Islands
(NA-186)
between 31 March and 3 April. This IOTA group was activated
only
once and very briefly by WT2O/VE8 sixteen years ago, and sits
at
#1 on the Most Wanted NA-IOTA List. He will operate SSB and
CW
with 100 watts and a multi-band vertical antenna, with a focus
on
20, 30 and 40 metres. Information about callsign and
QSLing
(direct and bureau) will be posted on QRZ.com before
the
expedition. The islands are polar bear resting areas, and
a
special permit has been obtained for this operation from
the
Manitoba Conservation Authority. Cezar will be accompanied by
two
professional guides for the duration of his stay. Costs of
this
operation are considerable and both group and individual
donors
are sought and will be graciously acknowledged. [TNX VE3LYC]
VK - Chris, G0WFH will be active as VK7ACG from Tasmania (OC-006)
from
19 October to 17 November. He will operate SSB on 160-10
metres,
with a focus on the low bands. QSL via home call, direct
or
bureau. [TNX G0WFH]
VK9L - The Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group will operate as
VK9LA
(http://www.odxg.org/vk9la.htm) from Lord Howe Island
(OC-004)
from 23 March to 3 April, CQ WW WPX SSB Contest included. A
large
group of operators (IZ3ESV, K5YY, N2OO, N2OZ, SQ8X,
SQ9DIE,
SV2KBS, VK1TX, VK3HJ, VK3QB, VK4FW, VK4IO, VK4VCH, VK5CP,
VK5PO
and W5SL) will be active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and RTTY,
with
seven HF stations plus one for 6m, monoband yagis,
monoband
verticals and a quantity of wire antennas for the low bands.
QSL
via VK4FW.
VK9M - AA7JV and HA7RY will be active as VK9GMW from Mellish
Reef
(OC-072) between 22 March and 6 April (actual operating dates
are
subject to change due to weather). This will be "another
low-key,
simple DXpedition", with a strong focus on the low bands
(although
George and Tomi intend operate on all HF bands). QSL direct
to
HA7RY. The logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Please
visit
http://www.vk9gmw.com for further information, including detail
on
how contribute to the DXpedition. [TNX AA7JV]
VP2M - Bob, AA1M (VP2MPL) and Mike, W1USN (VP2MPR) will be be active
from
Montserrat (NA-103) from 25 February to 7 March. They plan
to
operate CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL via home calls. [TNX AA1M]
W - Fred, N5IVZ will be active from South Padre Island (NA-092) on
28
February, from 14 UTC to 23 UTC. QSL via home call, direct
only.
[TNX VA3RJ]
ZF - Bob, K3UL will operate mainly CW as ZF2UL from the Cayman
Islands
(NA-016) from 28 February to 7 March. He will be active
holiday
style, but he plans to spend at least two nights on the low
bands.
QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Yuji, JH2BNL (V63AR, V73J, NH0AA) and Mine,
JA2NQG
(V63WW, V73M, AH0F) will be active from Micronesia, the Marshall
Islands,
Palau and Guam as follows:
04-06 March Chuuk (OC-011) V63AR, V63WW and V63C (club call)
06-09 March Pohnpei (OC-010) V63AR, V63WW and V63P (club call)
09-11 March Kosrae (OC-059) V63AR, V63WW and V63T (club call)
11-14 March Majuro (OC-029) V73J and V73M
14-16 March Palau (OC-009) T8 callsigns TBA
17-19 March Guam (OC-026) NH0AA/KH2 and AH0F/KH2
They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL via home
calls;
the QSL route for the three V6 club calls is via JH2BNL. [TNX JA2NQG]
PACIFIC TOUR ---> Hrane, YT1AD and David, K3LP are planning two
DXpeditions
to three DXCC Entities: Tokelau (ZK3) & Central Kiribati (T31) to take
place
in April or September 2010, and Conway Reef (3D2C) for late September
2011.
In order to organize these operations, Hrane and Miki (YU1DW) will
be
travelling to a few South Pacific islands between 20 April and 7 May
this
year, and be active as follows:
22 April Samoa 5W8A (YT1AD) and 5W0DW (YU1DW)
22-24 April American Samoa KH8/N9YU (YT1AD)
25 April Fiji Islands 3D2AD (YT1AD) and 3D2DW (YU1DW)
27-29 April Western Kiribati T30M (YT1AD) and T30DW (YU1DW)
4 May Fiji Islands 3D2AD (YT1AD) and 3D2DW (YU1DW)
More information will be available at http://www.yt1ad.info/t31 [TNX YT3W]
===========================
*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** GOOD TO KNOW ... ****
===========================
Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
A DIFFERENT KIND OF AMATEUR RADIO COMPETITION ---> The overall
Amateur
Radio population has diminished dramatically, and the group at Radio
Arcala
(OH8X) is poised to try some new methods to attract young
people
congregating in many non-traditional hangouts such as Virtual World on
the
internet.
The overall Radio Arcala strategy is spelled out on the OH8X Webpages
but
one of the key buttons - "On Young People's Terms" - is still to
be
drafted. Radio Arcala challenges members of our fraternity of all ages
to
draft the text for this button in a way that is both appealing
and
informative enough to encourage today's youth to take the step we once
took.
Please submit your paper (no more than 250 in length in English or
Spanish)
by email no later than 15 March to o...@sral.fi (English)
or
yv5...@iaru-r2.org (Spanish). Details on the project can be found
at
http://www.radioarcala.com
[TNX OH2BN]
APPEAL FOR HELP ---> Abubaker, DL1AL (5A1A) sumitted "a very large
number"
of 5A1A QSL cards for ARRL awards, but they got lost between Germany
and
the US. "In an effort to rebuild my cards to apply for various awards,
as
well as to create a QSL album of contacts from Libya, I need your help",
he
says. "Please check your logs and if you worked 5A1A from 1995
onward,
would you please send me a card to confirm the contact? You may send
the
card via the German bureau to DL1AL (my German callsign) or to my
address
in Germany".
ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST (CW) ---> Object of the contest is for
W/VE
amateurs to work as many stations in as many DXCC countries as possible
on
160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 metre bands, while foreign amateurs
(also
including KH6, KL7, CY9 and CY0) work as many W/VE stations in as many
of
the 48 contiguous states and provinces as possible (full rules can be
found
at http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2009/intldx.html. This year's
event
will run from from 00.00 UTC on 21 February through 24.00 UTC on the
22nd.
Do not forget to give a look at the Announced Operations listing
maintained
by Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxc2009.html - good contest
to
you all!
K5D ---> The logsearch is now up and running on DXpedition's
website
(http://www.kp5.us/). It currently covers the period from 16 UTC on
13
February until 01.10 UTC on the 20th (67277 QSOs). The team now has "a
more
robust internet connection and the gap between uploaded logs should
begin
to shrink". The online lookup "cannot correct any problems we discover
in
the logs. Those will be dealt with when we're off island. In short, if
you
cannot find a Q in the online log, work us again just to be certain!"
LOGS ---> A logsearch for J20SE's recent operation is now up and running
at
http://www.ik3ges.it/iv3fsg.htm, and the QSL cards are being printed.
[TNX
IK3GES]
QSL 3V8SS ---> Antonio, IZ8CCW is the new QSL manager for 3V8SS,
effectibe
1 January 2009. He is trying to get a hold of old logs. [TNX IZ8CCW]
WINQSLPOLICY ---> Manfred Meier, DF6EX (author of WINQSL
and
WIN-QSL-Collector) has just started a new project called WINQSLPOLICY.
This
application shows "where you can expect a return of QSL-cards via Buro,
via
Direct of if you just worked a Dollar-IRC-Collector". The
database
currently contains more than 10,000 entries, and club-licences are free
of
charge. Detail can be found on www.winqsl.de/qslpolicy. [TNX DF6EX]
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QSLs received direct or through managers: 3A2MD, 3B8CF, 3B8GT,
3D2AG/p,
3V8BB, 4A3A, 4K9W, 4S7NE, 4W6R, 4Z5J, 5H1C (AF-032), 5N/LZ1QK, 5R8FU,
5R8IC
(AF-090), 5U5U, 5W0UK, 5Z4/9A3A, 6V7D, 7P8DA, 7W0AD, 7Z1SJ, 8P5A,
9L1X,
9M6/N2BB, 9M6XRO/p, A25/DL7DF, A45WD, A5100A, A71AN/p, AT3ANT,
BD7MVZ,
BG1DRJ/2 (AS-158), BG7MVZ, C21XF, C31CT, C57R, C6AQQ, C6AXD,
C94KF,
CE0Y/N6NO, CP4BT, CP6AA, CW2C, CX7TT, D2QMN, D60VB, DL4JS/6W,
DS1REE,
DU1ZV, DV5PO, E51CUK, E51KAJ, E51QQQ, E76AQ, E77DX, E79D, EA6VQ,
EK3SA,
EK6TA, EL2DX, EP3HF, EP3SMH, ER/RW3AH, ER4DX, ER4ER, EY8/K4ZW,
FJ/G3TXF,
FK8CP, FK8DD, FM1HN, FO/DJ7RJ, FO/KM9D, FY1FL, H44MY (OC-192),
H44TO
(OC-192), HH4/AF4Z, HI0C, HI3T, HI3TEJ, HI8ROX, HK1AT, HK1X,
HK3CQ,
HP1/LA5IIA, HQ8R, J3/DL5AXX, J3/DL7VOG, J3/DM2AYO, J39BS, JD1BMM,
JT1Y,
JX9JKA, KG4SS, KH6LC, KL1V, KL7J, KP2/NY6X, KP2/W3AVO, KP2HC,
LX1NO,
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From: jjreis...@alum.mit.edu
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:41:48 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [425ENG] 425 DX News #929 [Calendar]
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21 February 2009 A.R.I. DX
Bulletin
No 929
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
******* CALENDAR *******
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Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH
Direttore Responsabile I2VGW
PERIOD CALL
REF
till 21/02 A35HA: Tongatapu Island (OC-049)
923
till 22/02 C6AKQ and C6APG: Bahamas
928
till 22/02 D4C: Cape Verde
927
till 22/02 EG3LB: special event station
929
till 22/02 PS6T: Itapua Lighthouse
928
till 22/02 PY1GE: Ponta Negra Lighthouse
928
till 22/02 ZZ6Z: Subauma Lighthouse
928
till 23/02 CN2XW: Morocco
927
till 23/02 V8FHX: Brunei
927
till 23/02 YS: El Salvador * by K9GY
928
till 24/02 FG/IV3CGJ/p: Guadeloupe (NA-102)
927
till 24/02 FM/KL7WA: Martinique (NA-107)
929
till 24/02 H7/AC8W and H7/K8DD: Nicaragua
923
till 24/02 H7/KB8TXZ and H7/N8LJ: Nicaragua
923
till 24/02 PX6T and PY6KW/p: Tinhare Island (SA-080)
927
till 24/02 UE3YAR and UE3YRA: special callsisgns
929
till 24/02 V31RW, V31UH, V31TB, V31WO: Belize
927
till 24/02 VP2V/K6VVA and VP2VVA: British Virgin Islands (NA-023)
927
till 24/02 WA2USA/4: Bogue Banks (NA-112)
927
till 24/02 YN2DD, YN2WW, YN2LJ, YN2TX: Nicaragua
928
till 25/02 J630: special prefix (St. Lucia)
929
till 25/02 KP2/K3CT and KP2M: US Virgin Islands (NA-106)
927
till 25/02 V31YN and V31GW: Belize
924
till 26/02 K5D: Desecheo Island (NA-095)
928
till 26/02 P29ZAD: Buka Island (OC-135)
926
till 27/02 HC1MD/HC4: Ecuador
927
till 27/02 J7N: Dominica (NA-101)
927
till 28/02 CF, CG, CH, CI: special prefixes (Canada)
921
till 28/02 FM/F5IRO: Martinique (NA-107)
906
till 28/02 TU8/F4EYS: Ivory Coast
917
till 01/03 EM50KFF: special callsign (Ukraine)
928
till 02/03 T27A and T27OU: Tuvalu
927
till 02/03 TU/F8ENY: Ivory Coast
928
till 03/03 GB5OBH: special callsign (England)
926
till 04/03 J37BO and J38A: Grenada
928
till 04/03 J37BO, J37RO, J38A: Grenada
928
till 06/03 9G1AA: Ghana
927
till 07/03 FT5WP(/mm): Crozet
926
till 07/03 VK0BP: Davis Base (Antarctica)
912
till 10/03 OR3AX and OR4AX: Antarctic cruise
927
till 12/03 V5/DJ4SO: Namibia
927
till 17/03 CE9XX, FT5YJ and VP8DLM: Antarctic adventure
928
till 31/03 6W2SC: Senegal
915
till 31/03 IY1GM: special callsign
923
till 31/03 J5UAP: Guinea-Bissau
915
till 31/03 N2OB/150 and N2OB/LH: special event operation
923
till 01/04 C6ANM: Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas
922
till 01/04 J79XBI: Dominica (NA-101)
924
till 28/04 H44MS: Solomon Islands
923
till April OD5/IV3YIM: Lebanon
915
till April VK2LNX and VK2FSNJ: Maatsuyker Island (OC-233)
909
till April VQ9JC: Diego Garcia (AF-006)
921
till April ZS8T: Marion Island (AF-021)
925
till June 5X4X: Uganda
923
till June AP2ASHF: Pakistan
929
till 31/08 LY1000: special prefix
924
till 31/08 VR2/F4BKV: Hong Kong Island (AS-006)
908
till September LZ8WHST and LZ17ARDF: special event stations
924
till 30/11 FT5WO: Crozet Islands (AF-008)
916
till November HF0APAS: South Shetlands (AN-010)
921
till November OD5/W5YFN: Lebanon
915
till 31/12 9A48IFATCA: special event station
926
till 31/12 GB250RB: special event call (Scotland)
925
till 31/12 GB40WAB: special callsign
922
till 31/12 HE8 and HB8: special prefixes (Switzerland)
921
till 31/12 IA3GM: special callsign
927
till 31/12 II2RAI: special callsign
924
till 31/12 Z30MCWG: special callsign
928
till ?? R1ANB: "Mirny" Antarctic station
928
21/02-22/02 AU30SHI: special callsign (India)
927
21/02-22/02 GP7WAB: Guernsey (EU-114)
928
21/02-22/02 TC1ALH: Ahirkapi Lighthouse
920
21/02-22/02 XR1A: Puerto Antofagasta lighthouse
927
21/02-03/03 ZP6/SP9MRO: Paraguay
925
22/02-28/02 6V7P and 6V7O: Senegal
929
22/02-06/03 S79JF: Praslin Island (AF-024), Seychelles
922
23/02-22/03 7Q7AH: Malawi
929
23/02-08/03 C56/GW0ETF: The Gambia
929
23/02-25/02 TA0/DL2JRM/p: Kekova Island (AS-115)
929
24/02-16/03 SV9/DJ7RJ: Crete (EU-015)
925
25/02-26/02 9K48NLD: special event station
929
25/02-01/03 PX6B and PY6KW/p: Boipeba Island (SA-080)
928
25/02-07/03 VP2MPL and VP2MPR: Montserrat (NA-103)
929
26/02-05/03 FH/G3SWH: Mayotte (AF-027)
929
26/02-09/03 KG4CN: Guantanamo Bay (NA-015)
929
26/02-03/03 V31YN/p: NA-180
924
27/02-01/03 EG3LB: special event station
929
27/02-01/03 TP60CE: Council of Europe (France)
929
27/02-12/03 V25TK: Antigua (NA-100)
927
28/02-08/03 HC1MD: Ecuador
927
28/02 N5IVZ: South Padre Island (NA-092)
929
28/02-07/03 ZF2UL: Cayman Islands (NA-016)
929
February V63MY and V63TO: Nukuoro Atoll (OC-259)
928
February VP8DIF: South Georgia (AN-007)
925
02/03-16/03 H40: Nendo (OC-100), Temotu Province * by DL2NUD
925
02/03-16/03 H40FN: Nendo (OC-100), Temotu Province
925
02/03-16/03 H40MS: Nendo (OC-100), Temotu Province
925
04/03-14/02 CX: Uruguay * by SP9MRO and SP9SX
925
04/03-06/03 V63AR, V63WW and V63C: Chuuk (OC-011)
929
05/03-19/03 CT3/DL3KWR and CT3/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014)
925
06/03-09/03 V63AR, V63WW and V63P: Pohnpei (OC-010)
929
06/03-11/03 ZL7T: Chatham Islands (OC-038)
926
07/03-08/03 KH6/AC0W from Maui, Hawaii (OC-019)
929
07/03-12/03 S2: Bangladesh * by Korea DX Club
921
07/03-08/03 TO5A: Martinique NA-107)
929
09/03-11/03 V63AR, V63WW and V63T: Kosrae (OC-059)
929
10/03-15/04 FT5XS(/mm): (Kerguelen)
926
11/03-25/03 D44TXQ, D44TXP, D44TXO, D44TXF: Sal Island (AF-086)
929
11/03-25/03 D44TXR, D44TXI, D44TXS: Sal Island (AF-086)
929
11/03-14/03 V73J and V73M: Majuro (OC-029)
929
12/03-17/03 V4/G4FAL: St. Kitts (NA-104)
927
14/03-16/03 T8: Palau (OC-009) * by JH2BNL and JA2NQG
929
14/03-27/03 VK9AA: Cocos (Keeling) (OC-003)
927
15/03-28/03 FG/F5TGR: Guadeloupe (NA-102)
929
15/03-22/03 VK9N/ON5AX: Norfolk Island (OC-005)
927
17/03 EJ4GRC: Aran Islands (EU-006)
929
17/03-19/03 NH0AA/KH2 and AH0F/KH2: Guam (OC-026)
929
19/03-25/03 4K0CW: Azerbaijan
925
20/03-25/03 VE9/VA7AQ: Grand Manan Island (NA-014)
929
21/03-11/04 FG/F4EBT: Guadeloupe (NA-102)
929
21/03-22/03 TC1RLH: Rumeli/Turkeli Lighthouse
920
22/03-06/04 VK9GMW: Mellish Reef (OC-072)
929
23/03-29/03 SV1GYG/8 and SW1GYN/8: Zakynthos Island (EU-052)
929
23/03-29/03 SV1QN/8 and SV1AIN/8: Zakynthos Island (EU-052)
929
23/03-03/04 VK9LA: Lord Howe Island (OC-004)
929
24/03-02/04 J6/W5JON: St. Lucia (NA-108)
929
25/03-05/04 C9: Mozambique * by K5WAF, KG5U, N4AL
925
25/03-05/04 C9: Mozambique * by W5MJ, W5PF, WF5W
925
28/03-04/04 GT4BRS, GT6BRS, GD8K: Isle of Man (EU-116)
927
28/03-29/03 NH7A: Hawaii (OC-019)
929
28/03-29/03 ZT2V: South Africa
925
31/03-11/04 PJ2/PA4JJ: Curacao (SA-006)
927
31/03-03/04 VE: Fox Islands (NA-186) * by VE3LYC
929
March YW0A: Aves Island (NA-020)
925
01/04-08/04 3B9/SP2JMR and 3B9/SP2JMB: Rodrigues Islands (AF-017)
927
04/04-05/04 TC2FLH: Fenerbahce Lighthouse
920
09/04-17/04 3B8/SP2JMR and 3B8/SP2JMB: Mauritius Island (AF-049)
927
09/04-13/04 C91FC: Mozambique
919
12/04-17/04 S04R: Western Sahara
929
17/04-20/04 TI7: San Jose Island (NA-191)
927
19/04-19/05 IO9ROTA: special callsign
927
22/04-24/04 KH8/N9YU: American Samoa
929
22/04 5W8A and 5W0DW: Samoa (OC-097)
929
24/04-27/04 MM0BQI/p: Lunga Island (EU-108)
925
25/04 3D2AD and 3D2DW: Fiji Islands
929
27/04-29/04 T30M and T30DW: Western Kiribati
929
29/04-12/05 JD1BLK, JD1BMH, JD1BLY: Ogasawara (AS-031)
929
04/05 3D2AD and 3D2DW: Fiji Islands
929
08/05-16/05 9A0CI: Vela Palagruza Island (EU-090)
929
10/05-11/05 SX2CM: special callsign (Greece)
927
16/05-20/06 ZK2V: Niue (OC-040)
923
24/05-25/05 SX2CM: special callsign (Greece)
927
10/06-15/06 ZY0F: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003)
929
19/06-05/07 5J0M: San Andres (NA-033)
911
05/07-07/07 SX2CM: special callsign (Greece)
927
20/07-30/07 KL7RRC: Ogliuga Island (NA-233)
923
22/07-29/07 V31UR and V31WL: Caye Caulker (NA-073)
915
24/07-27/07 MM0NDX/p: St. Kilda Islands (EU-059)
915
07/10-14/10 N0TG/CY0, WA4DAN/CY0, AA4VK/CY0 Sable Island (NA-063)
925
19/10-17/11 VK7ACG: Tasmania (OC-006)
929
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From: jjreis...@alum.mit.edu
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:41:10 -0500
Subject: ARLP008 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP008
ARLP008 Propagation de K7RA
ZCZC AP08
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 8 ARLP008
From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA February 20, 2009
To all radio amateurs
SB PROP ARL ARLP008
ARLP008 Propagation de K7RA
On February 11-13 we saw a sunspot, then it was gone. Typical of
sunspots recently, it was only seen briefly, and this one was a
relic of Cycle 23 according to its magnetic signature. For at least
a couple of years now we've been expecting Cycle 23 to bottom out
and new Cycle 24 spots to emerge, but the sunspot minimum drags on.
Most projections are based on past cycle activity, so according to
the timing of past solar minimums, we keep thinking surely soon
there will be an explosion of new solar activity, but the Sun seems
to tease us.
Our recent experiment with a 3-month moving average of sunspot
numbers (see Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP006 at,
http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/2009-arlp006.html for the latest
update) points to August 2008 as the possible solar minimum. If it
turns out to be the end of Cycle 23, that would make 23 nearly 12
years long, only a little longer than the less-than-eleven-year
average cycle length.
Tomas Hood, NW7US has a nice image showing the transition from Cycle
23 to Cycle 24 sunspots at,
http://hfradio.org/progress/spotcompare.jpg. I believe the vertical
axis represents number of actual sunspots per month, rather than
sunspot number, which is entirely different.
Tomas Hood's website at http://hfradio.org/ has information on radio
propagation, and you can also hear his twangy guitar when you go to
that page.
Geomagnetic conditions were quiet this week, although February 14-15
saw moderate activity. The middle-latitude Fredericksburg A index
was just 9 and 6 on those days, and the Planetary A index was 14 and
10. The high-latitude College A index measured near Fairbanks,
Alaska was 25 and 22, indicating possibly disturbed conditions over
polar paths. February 16-19 and possibly into today show very
stable and quiet indicators, similar to the January 7-8, 11-12,
21-25, and February 1-3, and 6-13 periods. All those ones and
zeroes for K and A index tell the story at,
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices/quar_DGD.txt.
Geomagnetic conditions should continue to be quiet. NOAA and the
U.S. Air Force predict a flat solar flux around 70 for the next
month. The predicted Planetary A index for February 20-23 is 8, 12,
8 and 5, continuing at 5 until March 3, when it may rise to 10.
Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions for February
20-26, except for unsettled conditions February 21-22.
There were a couple of bugs with some links in last week's
Propagation Forecast bulletin ARLP007.
The bulletin as displayed on the ARRL web site showed one of the
links, mms://max-server.net/2008_vr2bg with the beginning
unhighlighted, so when users clicked to try to watch the VR2BG video
on OTH radar, they were instead taken to a similar address beginning
with http, which does not work. Instead you can highlight the whole
URL including the mms beginning, hit Ctrl-C to copy, then open
another browser and paste the URL into the web address field by
clicking in the field and then hitting Ctrl-V, then the Enter key.
At least, this is how it works with Windows machines.
Similarly, the
http://www.techblog.tomksoft.com/data/duga-3/antennas.jpg link,
although correct, caused the server to display an anti-hotlinking
error message as it detected the redirect from the ARRL web site.
This can be solved like the earlier problem with the mms URL. Just
highlight the URL, then copy and paste it into another browser.
Works every time. Thanks to George Mackus, AB0RX of Maryland
Heights, Missouri for alerting us to the problem.
Find more information on the Chain Home Radar system -- Jim Muiter,
N6TP, of San Mateo, California, recommended
http://www.radarpages.co.uk/mob/ch/chainhome.htm.
Greg Andracke, W2BEE of Pine Plains, New York is off to Middle
Caicos Island (IOTA NA-002) from March 2-12 as VP5/W2BEE. Greg will
be operating CW with just a doublet antenna, and if not on vacation,
perhaps he is there to film another documentary. He is a
cinematographer (see http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027996/ and
http://www.andracke.com/) and recently I watched his excellent 2007
Academy Award winning documentary via a DVD from my local library.
Not sure which HF bands he will be on, but he said he will be
operating casually.
If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers,
email the author at, k...@arrl.net.
For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL
Technical Information Service web page at,
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html. For a detailed
explanation of the numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/k9la-prop.html. An archive of past
propagation bulletins is at http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/.
Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at http://www.arrl.org/qst/propcharts/.
Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of this
bulletin are at http://www.arrl.org/w1aw.html#email.
Sunspot numbers for February 12 through 18 were 11, 11, 0, 0, 0, 0,
and 0 with a mean of 3.1. 10.7 cm flux was 69.7, 70.1, 70.1, 69.6,
69.5, 70.6, and 69.8 with a mean of 69.9. Estimated planetary A
indices were 4, 3, 14, 10, 3, 1 and 2 with a mean of 5.3. Estimated
mid-latitude A indices were 1, 2, 9, 6, 2, 1 and 1 with a mean of
3.1.
NNNN
/EX
