[DX-News] Silent key
Z31PK - Petar "Pepi" Krajcev, died on January 13-in 204 at 64 years of age. He was one of the few old timers here in Z3-land and well know DX-er Many of active HAM's in Z3 learn from him a lot about constructions and building home made equipments. Z37M radio club
RE: [DX-News] xf4 etc
Steve, XF4 Revilla Gigedo is made up of two island groups. They are Revilla Gigedo (Roca Partida, San Benedicto and Socorro) and Clarion. The all Mexican group is going to Socorro. The following was from The Daily DX. 73 Bernie, W3UR A group of eight Mexicans plan to be QRV from Socorro Island (NA-030), Revilla Gigedo in March 2004. The team will include XE1IH, Enrique; XE1J, Jose; XE1AVM, Ismael; XE1GRR, Rafael; XE1KOF, Javier; XE1XR, David; XE1GLL, Luis; and XE2ML, Martin. Look for XF4IH to be QRV on 10-160 meters including 6 and 2 meters along with 70 centimeters. They will be operating on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and Satellite. Plans are to be active from February 29 to March 3. Suggested frequencies are as follows: SSB - 1847, 3795, 7050/7080, 14195, 18145, 21295, 24930, 28495, 50110, 146000, 438000 CW - 1827, 3503, 7003, 10102, 14003, 18077, 21003, 24897, 28003/28025, 50095 RTTY - 14085, 21085, 14085 PSK31 - 14070, 21070, 28070 QSL information for this operation has not been finalized as of press time. -- Bernie McClenny, W3UR Editor of The Daily DX, The Weekly DX and How's DX. http://www.dailydx.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 04:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DX-News] xf4 etc i'm a little confused (comes with age, so i'm told). i thought there was supposed to be an operation from Revilla Gigedo in march, but now i hear that it is from a different island group. however, there is an xf4 supposed to be on later in the year. RG is one i've managed to miss on cw for years - one of the last 15 i need. don't want to miss it again. can anyone strighten things out for me? 73 de STEVE, KZ2I CHARLOTTE, NC USA
[DX-News] ARLP003 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP003 ARLP003 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP03 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 3 ARLP003 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA January 16, 2004 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP003 ARLP003 Propagation de K7RA Both average daily sunspot numbers and solar flux were up just a few points this week over last. The average daily planetary A index, a measure of geomagnetic stability, dropped from 23.4 to 15.9. HF radio operators prefer conditions when the A index is low and the solar flux and sunspot numbers are high. Solar flux has been around 118-120, but is expected to rise over the next few days. Solar flux for Friday through Sunday, January 16-18 is predicted at 125, 130 and 135. Solar flux values should peak around 140 from January 19-21 before dropping back. As expected during the solar cycle decline, sunspot counts have been low. When this bulletin was written, there were only two sunspot groups visible, and helioseismic imaging showed only a small sunspot group on the sun's far side. When the daily sunspot number reached 118 on January 8, it was the first time the number rose above 100 since December 23, and it hasn't been above 100 since. Earth is moving into a solar wind stream from a coronal hole, and geomagnetic conditions could become active. The predicted planetary A index for January 16-19 is 18, 25, 18 and 15. Conditions on Saturday may be similar to January 10, except the day will be slightly longer (7 minutes longer in Dallas, for instance, and 13 minutes longer in Seattle) and the solar flux and sunspot count should be slightly higher. Here is a link we haven't referenced in some time. Look at the Solar Terrestrial Dispatch at http://www.spacew.com/ . Note the Ham Radio link on the left and the various resources there, such as MUF maps. Another interesting link is to Michigan Tech's site devoted to auroras at http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/ . A new service used by the author is Spaceweather Phone. Unlike all other resources referenced in this bulletin, this one is not free. Subscribers can set thresholds for various events such as geomagnetic planetary K index above a certain value, or X class solar flares, just to name two. Once the customized threshold is passed, Spaceweather Phone automatically calls you and delivers a message about the event in progress. See it at http://spaceweatherphone.com/ . For more information about propagation and an explanation of the numbers used in this bulletin see the Propagation page on the ARRL Web site at http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html . Sunspot numbers for January 8 through 14 were 118, 88, 66, 53, 77, 53 and 58 with a mean of 73.3. 10.7 cm flux was 120.1, 118.4, 119.2, 118.5, 118.3, 117.9 and 121.1, with a mean of 119.1. Estimated planetary A indices were 9, 21, 24, 17, 10, 18 and 12, with a mean of 15.9. /EX -- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40njdxa.org --
[DX-News] Who was he?
There was an interesting station on 40M SSB long path this morning, but I couldn't figure out his callsign. He was quite loud on 7070 around 1330Z, speaking Russian, running a big pile of mostly European Russians, and his suffix was **9AM. I'm virtually certain that the first letter of his prefix was not R or U which I would have recognized (i.e. it wasn't RX9AM or UA9AM or anything like that). Any ideas? Did I miss a potential new band-country? 73, John, NT5C. -- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40njdxa.org --
Re: [DX-News] xf4 etc
Socottra Island, I think I read. Its same as XF4 (RG) for the DXCC. Al W4ABW -- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40njdxa.org --
[DX-News] REVILLAGIGEDO - TNX
tnx guys for soothing an ole guys mind. i was pretty sure the operation was going to be from socotra and that was part of revillagigedo (i worked someone there many moons ago). i had had a debate with some guys on the air about the destination of the group, with their opinion being that it was some other island group that was to be activated. the short version was that i was right, they was wrong. pt (sound of bronx cheer). see you in the pileup. the south jersey part of me says ' go eagles!'. the charlotte part says 'GOOO PANTHERS!' 73 de STEVE, KZ2ICHARLOTTE, NC USA
[DX-News] 425 DX News #663
17 January 2004 No 663 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH /---\ ! Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: ! ! ! ! Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: DX information ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BBS [EMAIL PROTECTED])! ! Maurizio Bertolino, I1-21171: 425 DX News WWW Pages ! ! (e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ! \---/ 7Q - Mark/G4AXX, Dick/GU4CHY, Steve/G4JVG and Rich/M5RIC will operate from Malawi between 18 April and 1 May. The callsign will be announced shortly before the start of the operation. Activity will be on 10-80 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK, using three stations with amplifiers and beam antennas. QSL via G3LQP direct (Roger Brown, 262 Fir Tree Road, Epsom KT17 3NL, England) or via the bureau. A website at http://www.malawi.digital-crocus.com has been set up and will include a log-search facility updated regularly. Each of the team members will be making a personal donation to a Malawian aid charity (details to appear on the website) and donations from DX clubs and individuals for the DXpedition or the charity would be welcome. They may be sent to G4JVG (Steve Telenius-Lowe, 27 Hertford Road, Stevenage SG2 8RZ, England). [TNX G4JVG] 9Q - Gus, SM5DIC will be going back to the Democratic Republic of Congo on 20 January for two months and will operate (also on 6 metres and digital modes) the club call 9Q0AR in his spare time. QSL direct only via SM5BFJ (Leif Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, SE-73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden). [TNX The Daily DX] C5 - Jan, PA9JJ will be active again as C56JJ from Kololi, The Gambia from 29 March to 5 April. This year he will operate also RTTY and/or PSK31 and will try to work on 160 metres. If the low bands are not good, he will concentrate on the WARC bands. No activity on 6 metres is planned. QSL information at www.qrz.com/c56jj [TNX PA9JJ] C6 - Wade, AA8LL and Liz, K8LIZ have cancelled their 16-19 January activity from Crooked Island (NA-113) [425DXN 662]. The trip may be rescheduled in February or March. [TNX AA8LL] C6 - Steve, AK0M will be active (on 10-80 metres mainly CW) as C6ASB from Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas on 21-28 February, including some casual all-band operation in the ARRL DX CW Contest. Steve's wife Sandy, KC0RD may also be active as C6ASC. QSL via AK0M. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] CE - CA5UBP reports he plans to operate (on 80, 40 and 10 metres, from 2 to 11 UTC) from the Bio-Bio Region group (SA-070, Santa Maria and Quiriquina Islands) on 20-25 January. QSL direct only to CA5UBP (www.qrz.com). CT - Weather permitting, CT1GFK/p, CT1GPQ/p, CT2IHP/p, CT2IUA/p and CT1EHX/p will operate from Ilha do Barro (not IOTA, DIP AL-21) on 18 January. Look for them on 40, 20, 17, and 15 metres SSB and CW between 7 and 12 UTC. QSL via home calls. [TNX CT1END] F - Jean-Marc, F5SGI will be active, hopefully as TM6ILE, from Groix Island (EU-048, DIFM AT-012) on 11-18 April. This will be a 10-80 metres CW only operation. QSL via home call (but contacts will be confirmed automatically via the bureau). [TNX F5SGI] FM - Guy, F5MNW will be active as FM/F5MNW from Martinique (NA-107, DIFO FM-001) from 21 February to 6 March. He will operate on the HF bands only CW during his spare time. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] FS - David/K3LP, Larry/N7DD,Steve/N3SB, Tyler/K3MM,Jeff/N8II, Clint/W3ARS and Kam/N3KS will be active as FS/homecall from St. Martin (NA-105) on 18-24 February. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest (21-22 February) as FS5UQ (Multi-Multi). All QSLs are via www.qrz.com [TNX NG3K] HA - On 1 May Hungary will become a full member of the of the European Union and, to celebrate the event, special callsign HA2004EU will be used by members of MOM Radioclub through the end of the year. Further information is available at http://ha2004eu.hu/ [TNX HA5X] HC
