[DX-NEWS] ARLP016 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP016 ARLP016 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP16 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 16 ARLP016 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA April 21, 2011 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP016 ARLP016 Propagation de K7RA The bulletin is out a day early due to the Good Friday holiday observed tomorrow. Average daily sunspot numbers and solar flux for the week were both higher - sunspot numbers up over three points to 93.1 - and solar flux up by eight points to 117.2. Geomagnetic activity was a bit lower, with April 20 the most active day after a coronal hole on the Sun spewed a solar wind at high speed. The Australian government gave an alert one day prior. You can subscribe to those emailed warnings at http://www.ips.gov.au/mailman/listinfo/ips-geo-warning. If you are in Australia, the same service offers an HF radio propagation course. See http://www.ips.gov.au/Products_and_Services/2/2 for details. The same Australian service has predicted monthly smoothed sunspot numbers and solar flux at http://www.ips.gov.au/Solar/1/6 and it looks like they predict the peak of Cycle 24 exactly two years from now in April 2013. Currently there are four sunspot groups visible, and today could see a geo-magnetic disturbance from a slow-moving coronal mass ejection. The latest forecast from NOAA/USAF shows solar flux at 115 for April 21-24, 110 for April 25-29 and 115 again on April 30 through May 3. Predicted planetary A index is 10 and 8 for April 21-22 and 5 on April 23-27. On April 28-30 the predicted planetary A index is 7, 15 and 12. The May issue of WorldRadio Online is now available at http://worldradiomagazine.com. Check out the propagation column by K9LA on page 22, which this month concerns an unusual divergence during the recent solar cycle when correlation between solar flux and sunspot numbers seemed to decrease. Mark Lunday, WD4ELG of Greensboro, North Carolina is excited about all the recent solar activity and associated propagation. Mark says, I never thought it would happen, but the sunspots are back! Mark notes that 10 meters is open worldwide during the day and 20 meters is open all day and night to somewhere in the world. He sends lists of DX worked from all over, all with simple antennas. Check his blog at http://wd4elg.blogspot.com. Richard Kautz, KC2HZW of Pelham, New York is looking forward to a good sporadic-E and F-layer propagation season on 6 meters. He says, Really been enjoying the renewed sunspot activity the last two months. This week conditions on 15 meters have been excellent. Friday April 15 I worked HS0ZIN at 1523 with 59+ signals in both directions. Saturday I worked VU2PAI at 1920 again with 59 signals in both directions. Also worked JE1LET at 2330. Listened to KL7LF for a while working a pile-up with a great 59 signal. I modeled many of the contacts I made the last few days on W6ELPROP and while the program predicted many of the contacts were possible, in none of the cases did the predictions show signal strengths anywhere near what I experienced. I am not complaining -- it been about 8 years since I worked into South East Asia on the higher bands and it was a real thrill. Oleh Kernytskyy, KD7WPJ of Saint George, Utah has been operating QRP CW from mountain peaks out west. He writes, On April 16/17, 2011 I activated Grandeur Peak (SOTA -W7/NU-065) - 2530 m. I was able to make contacts with JE2RMH and 5N7M on 21 MHz with 10 w and simple dipole. I also heard a lot of stations from Brazil on 28 MHz, but they all worked in the contest. Jeff, N8II of West Virginia writes on April 16, The SFI is 129 and the K is 1 today and you could tell it. But first back to Monday the 11th when I was lucky enough to be off from work. On 15 meters CW, between 0018 and 0031Z BA1KW, HS0ZBS, and XV2W were logged, great DX for us on the East Coast. Then as early as 1249Z IS0GQX was 599 on 12 meters CW. P29NI running a big IOTA EU pile-up was easily worked on 17 meters at 1236Z and JJ0NCC answered a CQ at 1309. Then up on 15 meters YB0NFL was worked on SSB 59 at 1325 (quite early) along with UA0SR, UA9QM, and YB9/DJ7XJ on 15 CW. But the biggest surprise of the day was E21EJC at 1418, HS0ZBS, and 9M2TO on 12 meters CW! Then, I was treated to more over the pole DX on 15 meters, VU2PAI and V85TL. HS0AC was logged on 17 meters CW at 1525, and found Kob, E21EJC there 10 minutes later. It doesn't get much better than that here unless 10 meters opens polar which is rare. Today the 16th started with 14 Russians from all over Asia answering my CQ from 0033 thru 0115 along with HB9, EA5, BD0AH, and UN7PBW on 20M CW. At 1305Z XV2RZ was worked on 17 meters CW and P29VLR was running a large EU pile-up and was about S3-4 here. At 1325, 12 meters was open well to EU at 1325Z with OL2011VP 599 on 12 CW, but despite a good EU opening with lots of Germans logged, the band never opened to the Far East as on Monday. 10 meters started to open to EU at 1423Z with 4O3A logged 599+ 15dB, but
[DX-NEWS] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1008
SB DX @ WW KB8NW $OPDX.1008 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1008 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1008 BID: $OPDX.1008 April 25, 2011 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, NG3K ADXO, N4AA QRZ DX, KH6BZF, K8ME, K8YSE, W8GEX (60m News), K9MM, AT International, DL1SBF, DL7MAE The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DX-World.Net, F6AJA Les Nouvelles DX, G3KMA, I1JQJ/IK1ADH 425 DX News, LA9VDA, M0VFC, OZ6OM 50 MHz DX News, Pete's- DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site, UT3UZ, VA3RJ ICPO, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) and YT3W for the following DX information. *** SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR (by KB8NW): I was able to put together a short bulletin before leaving for Murfreesboro. Have a great holiday weekend 73 de Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Saturday, 16-April, through Friday, 22nd-April there were 230 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY0, D2, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, 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, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T31, T32, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, 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 (WFWL). 3A, MONACO. Andrea, IZ2LSC, will be active as 3A/IZ2LSC from Monaco during the weekend of April 30th and May 1st. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. He plans to use a light multi-band vertical antenna with 100 watts. Andrea requests to PLEASE be patient with him because he is a newbie on CW . QSL via LoTW or by the Bureau via his home callsign. He suggests to follow him on Twitter at: @iz2lsc 5R, MADAGASCAR. Giorgio, IZ4AKS, will be active as 5R8KS in another Micro-DXpedition, this time from Nosy Be Island (AF-057) between May 31st and June 6th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via IZ8IYX. Suggested frequencies are: CW - 7025, 10105, 14025, 18075, 21025, 24895 and 28025 kHz SSB - 7085, 14270, 18155, 21295, 24945 and 28495 kHz RTTY - 7040, 10145, 14080, 18105, 21085, 24920 and 28080 kHz Visit the 5R8KS Web page at:http://www.dxcoffee.com/5r8ks 9J, ZAMBIA. Chris, ZS6RI (ex-ZD9IR, 5H9IR, EL8RI), will be active as 9J2RI from Zambia for a year or two. However, operations will be on a 6 week on/6 week off due to his work schedule (6 weeks off he will return home to South Africa). Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via LoTW or direct to: Chris J de Beer, Box 333, Bethlehem, GA 30620 (w/SASE [USA] or SAE w/return postage for other countries). Bureau QSLs are OK, but very slow. LoTW will be uploaded at least once every 6 week rotation, and probably even weekly. Bureau cards will be sent annually. 9M8, WEST MALAYSIA. Mirek, VK6DXI, will once again be active as 9M8DX/2 from Kuala Lumpur between April 25-30th. Activity will be limited since this is a business trip, but he will operate on some CW during his local evening hours. QSL via SP5UAF. ASIAN AND IOTA TRIP. Vincent, F4BKV, plans to be active as VR2/F4BKV from a small apartment on the 35th floor in the Lai Chi Kok area (Kowloon side), in Hong Kong, between April 27th and May 6th. He will use a balcony vertical mobile antenna with a Yaesu FT857D. He also plans to be active as YB9/F4BKV from Bali (OC-022), Indonesia, between May 7-9th. Activity from both locations will be casual using low power (100w) and operating SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via LoTW, by the Bureau or direct. Logs of his activities are available online at: http://www.f4bkv.net If you want a QSL by the Bureau, you can request it by AE-mail or via the Online QSL Request System. No need to send paper QSL. DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, Awards Branch Manager, reports that the following has been approved for DXCC credit: ZD9AH Tristan Da Cunha Gough; 2010 Operation ZD9T Tristan Da Cunha Gough; 2010-2011 Operation If you had these operations
[DX-NEWS] ARLD016 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD016 ARLD016 DX news ZCZC AE16 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 16 ARLD016 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 21, 2011 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD016 ARLD016 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, INDX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. AZERBAIJAN, 4K. Yuris, YL2GM will be QRV as 4K3AC from April 25 to May 3. Activity will be on al HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2. Mirek, VK6DXI will be QRV as 9M8DX/2 from Kuala Lumpur from April 25 to 30 while on business here. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW during his evenings. QSL via SP5UAF. ENGLAND, G. Operators Chris, M0DOL and Gary, M0NNH will be QRV as GB4RW on April 29 in celebration of the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton. QSL via operators' instructions. DENMARK, OZ. Ben, DO1BEN and Barbara, DO1IQ are QRV as OZ/home calls from Lolland Island, IOTA EU-029, until April 30. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using SSB with some RTTY and PSK31. QSL both calls via DO1BEN. CORSICA, TK. Operators ON1DNF, ON4PJA, ON7IQ, ON7JPS and ON7QC are QRV as TK4DS from a bungalow in the San Damiano Camp until April 24. They are active on the HF bands using SSB and various digital modes. QSL direct via ON4AMM. CENTRAL KIRIBATI, T31. A group of operators are QRV as T31A from Kanton Island, IOTA OC-043, until April 28. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with six stations active simultaneously from two locations. QSL via W2IJ. TURKEY, TA. Members of the TC Special Wireless Activity Team are QRV as TC57A until April 25 in remembrance of the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli. QSL via TA1HZ. EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. Special event station R25CH is QRV until April 29 from seven districts in the Bryansk province in remembrance of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 25 years ago. QSL via RW3YC. VENEZUELA, YV. Special event stations 4M5CW and 4M5M will be QRV on April 27 and April 30, respectively, in celebration of the birthdays of Samuel F. B. Morse and Guglielmo Marconi, respectively. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL both calls via W4SO. ALBANIA, ZA. Operators LZ1UQ and LZ2HM will be QRV as ZA/home calls from April 26 to May 5. Activity will be on all HF bands, including 6 meters, using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home calls. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Tristan Da Cunha and Gough Islands, ZD9AH, 2010 operation and ZD9T, 2010 to 2011 operation. If you had these operations rejected in a recent application, send a note to d...@arrl.org to have your record updated. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The 10-10 International Spring Digital Contest, NCCC CW Sprint Ladder, SP DX RTTY Contest, Helvetia Contest, South Dakota QSO Party and the Low Power Spring CW Sprint are all on tap for this weekend. The SKCC CW Sprint, 432 MHz Spring Sprint and CWops Mini-CWT Test are scheduled for April 27. Please see April QST, page 80 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-news or subscribe dx-news This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
