[DX-NEWS] ARLP019 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP019 ARLP019 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP19 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 19 ARLP019 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA May 4, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP019 ARLP019 Propagation de K7RA The string of 0 sunspot days ended April 25, and relative to the bottom of the solar cycle, sunspot numbers over the past few days have been quite an improvement. Average daily sunspot number jumped from the previous week by 23 points to 25.1, and average solar flux increased over 14 points to 84.8. This modest increase in sunspot activity may noticeably improve propagation compared to weeks with no sunspots. It is our understanding that popular propagation prediction programs are based on a statistical model using predicted smoothed sunspot numbers. It is probably less accurate to vary a path prediction for a particular date using daily sunspot numbers, but taking an average of several days may produce more realistic results. If we do path predictions from California to Japan for May 4 using the average sunspot number for the past three available readings (34), then compare to a prediction using 0 for the sunspot number, we can get some idea of what the average improvement would be. Calculating for 0 sunspots, W6ELprop shows us a 50-75% chance of a 17 meter opening from 2130-0600z. Using 34 as a sunspot number, we see a 75-100% chance of a 17 meter opening from 2000-0630z and for the 50-75% chance, that opening extends later, to 0800z. Similarly, for 20 meters with the sunspot number at 34, the W6 to JA path shows a 25-50% chance of opening at 1230z, 50-75% at 1300z, 75-100% from 1330-1500z, 50-75% at 1530-1600z and 25-50% at 1630z. With no sunspots from 1230-1330z there is less than a 25% chance, 25-50% at 1400z, 50-75% at 1430z and less than a 25% chance from 1530-1630z. Actual on the air results would vary, of course. Let's look at the average daily sunspot numbers and solar flux for April, compared to previous months, to spot any trends. Monthly averages of daily sunspot numbers for April 2006 through April 2007 were 55.2, 39.6, 24.4, 22.6, 22.8, 25.2, 14.7, 31.5, 22.2, 28.2, 17.3, 9.8 and 6.9. Monthly averages of daily solar flux for the same period were 88.9, 80.9, 76.5, 75.8, 79, 77.8, 74.3, 86.3, 84.4, 83.5, 77.7, 72.2 and 72.4. We've also recently been looking at 3-month smoothed sunspot numbers, so knowing the April values, we can combine them with February and March to produce the smoothed sunspot number for March, which turns out to be 11.2 . Here are the 3-month smoothed sunspot numbers for the past 18 months: Oct 05 28 Nov 05 36 Dec 05 40.6 Jan 06 32.4 Feb 06 18.1 Mar 06 27.7 Apr 06 38.5 May 06 39.7 Jun 06 28.9 Jul 06 23.3 Aug 06 23.5 Sep 06 21.2 Oct 06 24.1 Nov 06 23.1 Dec 06 27.3 Jan 07 22.7 Feb 07 18.5 Mar 07 11.2 Both series of sunspot numbers clearly illustrate the decline of this sunspot cycle. Barry Roseman, W0LHK of Stillwell, Kansas sent us a tip to check http://www.60meters.info/ for a variety of information for users of the 60 meter band. For the near term, the US Air Force Space Weather Operation predicts a planetary A index of 5 for May 4-5, 8 for May 6-7 and 5 again for May 8-18, so the expectation is for quiet geomagnetic conditions. Based on the last period of higher geomagnetic activity, April 28-29, the 27.5 day solar rotation probably is what led to a prediction of 25 for the planetary A index on May 25. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet geomagnetic conditions for May 4, quiet to unsettled on May 5, unsettled May 6-7, and quiet to unsettled again on May 8-9. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for April 26 through May 2 were 17, 18, 20, 18, 38, 32 and 33 with a mean of 25.1. 10.7 cm flux was 80.5, 82.7 84.9, 84.8, 87, 86.3, and 87.4, with a mean of 84.8. Estimated planetary A indices were 6, 16, 26, 23, 20, 8 and 3 with a mean of 14.6. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 4, 10, 20, 16, 13, 5 and 1, with a mean of 9.9. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP020 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP020 ARLP020 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP20 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 20 ARLP020 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA May 11, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP020 ARLP020 Propagation de K7RA Over the past week, sunspot activity has again declined, with the average daily sunspot number down over 7 points to 18. Geomagnetic activity was much more stable this week, with the planetary and mid-latitude A indexes less than half what they were the week before. The mid-latitude A index was actually down to 0 on both weekend days, May 5-6. The next period of higher geomagnetic activity is expected around May 25-27. Geophysical Institute Prague projects quiet conditions for May 11-12, quiet to unsettled May 13, unsettled May 14-15, and quiet again on May 16-17. The US Air Force over those same days, May 11-17, expects a planetary A index of 5, 5, 8, 8, 10, 10 and 5, a slightly different scenario. May 6 was the halfway point between the Vernal (Spring) equinox and the Summer solstice. This weekend, compared to the first day of Spring, when observing propagation between the center of the United States and Europe, we expect much shorter openings on the low portion of the HF spectrum. This is because the hours of darkness are best for 80, 60 and 40 meters, and the first day of Spring has a longer night than what we currently see. For much of the 24-hour day the MUF over this path would be higher than in March, except the six hours between 1430-2030z, a period over most of which there is daylight on both ends of the path. April 30 through May 3 saw sunspot numbers ranging from 32-38, more than 20 points higher than the usual daily readings of late. Several readers reported better propagation on these dates. Randy Crews, W7TJ of Spokane, Washington said that 20 meters was still good for the Pacific and for stateside stations until 0600z. Vic Alfonsi, WA6MCL of Corona, California noted similar propagation until around 0400z. Probably the reason for 20 appearing to close earlier in Southern California than in Washington State was because during Spring and Summer, the higher latitudes have more daylight. On May 4, my sunset in Seattle at 47.7 degrees north latitude was around 0318z (approximately the same as Spokane), but Southern California at 34 degrees north was 45 minutes earlier at 0233z. But Seattle's longitude is about 4 degrees to the west of Los Angeles, which is another factor for a later sunset. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for May 3 through 9 were 33, 19, 18, 14, 12, 12 and 18 with a mean of 18. 10.7 cm flux was 83.1, 82.5, 81, 78.1, 75.7, 73.4, and 72.1, with a mean of 78. Estimated planetary A indices were 4, 2, 3, 2, 18, 14 and 5 with a mean of 6.9. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 2, 1, 0, 0, 11, 11 and 3, with a mean of 4. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
RE: [DX-NEWS] ARLP021 Propagation de K7RA
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[DX-NEWS] ARLD021 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD021 ARLD021 DX news ZCZC AE21 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 21 ARLD021 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 24, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD021 ARLD021 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, YB0ECT, 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. ALGERIA, 7X. Look for 7X0RY to be a Single Band 80 meter entry in the CQ WPX CW contest. QSL direct. WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2. Members of the Penang Contest Team will be QRV as 9M4DXX from Penang Island, IOTA AS-015, in the CQ WPX CW contest. QSL via 9M2TO. EAST MALAYSIA, 9M6. Bob, 5B4AGN will be QRV as either 9M6/G3ZEM or 9M6LSC from Kota Kinabalu in the CQ WPX CW contest. QSL to home call. MOROCCO, CN. Operators IK2QEI, YO3JR, CN8WK and CN8WW will be QRV as 5D5A in the CQ WPX CW contest as a Multi Op entry. QSL via I2WIJ. OMAN, A4. Taj, VU2DJ is QRV as A4/VU2DJ from the QTH of A45WH until May 26. BHUTAN, A5. Akira, JA0JHA is QRV as A52AM until November 2008 while on work assignment. Of late he has been active on 20 meters around 1600z. QSL to home call. BAHAMAS, C6. Eric, K9GY is QRV as C6AYM from Nassau until May 28. This includes an entry in the CQ WPX CW contest. Outside the contest he is active on the HF bands and 6 and 2 meters. QSL direct to home call. FRANCE, F. Operators DJ2VO, DL1COP, DG3KAF, DL7KCM, DO1KJB and DL3PS are QRV as F/homecalls/p from Porquerolles Island, IOTA EU-070, until May 26. QSL to home calls. GUERNSEY, GU. Chris, M0DOL will be QRV as GP8LED and GP3GWB from May 29 to June 2. He hopes to get a permit to operate on 60 meters. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HC8. Steve, K6AW is QRV as HC8N and has been active on 40 meters using CW around 0500z. He will be active in the CQ WPX CW contest as well. QSL via W5UE. SARDINIA, IS0. OL5Y will be QRV as IS0N in the CQ WPX CW contest. NORWAY, LA. Operators DL1DWR, DG4VX and DG0CH are QRV as LA/DL1DWR from Tromoy Island, IOTA EU-061, until May 29. Activity is on 160 to 2 meters using mostly digital modes with some CW, SSB and FM. QSL via DL1DWR. BRAZIL, PY. Marko, N5ZO will be QRV as PS2T as a Single Op/All Band entry in the CQ WPX CW contest. GREECE, SV. Laci, HA0HW will be QRV as J48HW and SV8/HA0HW from Thassos Island, IOTA EU-174, from May 27 to June 5. Activity is on all HF bands using mostly CW with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31. He will also be active on 6 meters during openings. QSL to home call. In addition, Cliff, SV8/SV1JG is QRV from Milos Island, IOTA EU-067, until May 28. He is active using mostly CW with some digital modes as well. He will also be an entry in the CQ WPX CW contest. BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, T9. Look for T97C to be a Single Op/Single Band entry on 15 meters, T93M a Single Op/Single Band entry on 20 meters and T93C or T93Y to be a Single Op/Single Band entry on 80 meters in the CQ WPX CW contest. CENTRAL AFRICA, TL. Christian is QRV as TL8QC and has been active on 17 meters around 1700z. QSL via F5NRY. UKRAINE, UR. Look for special event station EO20R to be QRV from May 28 to June 3 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Slavutych, the city built for survivors of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. QSL via UY2RO. TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5. Maciek, WQ7X is QRV as VP5/WQ7X until June 5. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. INDONESIA, YB. Look for YB0DPO, YB0ECT, YB1TX, YC0LOW and YD0NWO to be QRV from Ayer Island, IOTA OC-177, as homecalls/0 in the CQ WPX CW contest. They will also be active using SSB, RTTY and PSK31 outside the contest. QSL this activity via the bureau. VENEZUELA, YV. Team members YV1RDX, YV5DTJ, YV5EU, YV5OHW, YV5SSB, YV5WW and YV8AD will be QRV as 4M5DX as a Multi/Single entry in the CQ WPX CW contest. GIBRALTAR, ZB. Jorma, OH2KI will be QRV as ZB2X in the CQ WPX CW contest as various times. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest, VK/Trans-Tasman 80-meter CW Contest, ARCI Hootowl CW Sprint and the MI QRP Memorial Day CW Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see May QST, page 97, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP022 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP022 ARLP022 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP22 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 22 ARLP022 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA May 25, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP022 ARLP022 Propagation de K7RA This week saw a return to active geomagnetic conditions after a period of relative quiet. The planetary A index reached a high of 42 on Wednesday, May 23, and the mid-latitude A index on that day was 28. At the same time, sunspot numbers are dropping, from a high of 56 on May 16 to 44, 23, 15, 14, 12 and 0 on May 19-24. Currently the interplanetary magnetic field points south, making Earth susceptible to geomagnetic upsets from solar wind. We could see a blank sun through the end of May. On Thursday, May 24 at 2134z the USAF and NOAA released a second daily 45 day outlook (revised from the initial forecast 35 minutes earlier), calling for solar flux values through the end of the month of 70, 70, 65, 65, 65, 70 and 70 for May 25-31. When the sun is devoid of spots for extended periods, we often see solar flux values below 70, so predicting a solar flux of 65 implies no sunspots. The three lowest solar flux values I am aware of were between July 19-22, 1996 when they were 64.9, 66.1, 65.4 and 65.1. There you have it, the lowest, second lowest and third lowest solar flux values, all during those four days. The fourth lowest value I am aware of was 65.8 the year before, on May 27, 1995. During the current sunspot minimum and the previous one around 1996, I am not aware of any other solar flux values below 66, but my records only go back to January 1, 1989. My records of solar flux resolved to one tenth of a point don't begin until May 27, 1992. Prior to that, they are all recorded as whole numbers. Geomagnetic indices should remain active for the next few days, with predicted planetary A index for May 25-29 at 25, 25, 20, 10 and 5. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts active conditions for May 25-26, unsettled May 27, quiet to unsettled May 28, and quiet May 29-31. During the CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest this weekend, expect no sunspots and declining but still active or unsettled geomagnetic conditions. Several readers this week reported recent six-meter openings. Mark Bell, K3MSB of Airville, Pennsylvania (about 40 miles southeast of Harrisburg in grid square FM19) worked NP4A (FK68) and WP4N (FK78) around z on May 13. Don't miss Mark's photos of old classic ham radio gear at http://www.k3msb.com/. Mike Williams, W4DL of Pompano Beach, Florida sent a message from the Dayton Hamvention about an opening on six meters on May 14. ''After work, I dutifully turned on the 6 meter gear and by 8 PM that evening, I had worked a page full of stateside stations on CW, (my favorite), SSB, FM and AM. What a pleasant early evening! There is much more activity on 52.525 and above and numerous CW stations as compared to last year''. Kenneth Tata, K1KT of Warwick, Rhode Island (FN41) wrote on May 22 that a strong six meter opening began at 2030z toward ''4-land'', the southeast of the United States. A few days earlier, he sent his favorite links for spotting VHF openings. For two meters, there is a map based on APRS networks at http://www.mountainlake.k12.mn.us/ham/aprs/path.cgi?map=na. A description of the network lives at http://www.mountainlake.k12.mn.us/ham/aprs/. Ken also likes the tropo ducting maps at http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html. He checks the two and six meter loggings at http://www.dxworld.com/144prop.html and http://dxworld.com/50prop.html. Ken writes, ''A much more ambitious website is http://www.vhfdx.net . Gabriel has done a truly amazing job with this site! He collects VHF/UHF contacts BY BAND and presents them on a map TO USER SPECIFICATIONS! It can also automatically email propagation warnings to subscribers. And there's a lot more there, too.'' Ralph Burgess, VE3BSJ asked, ''Very simply, what figures should I hope for? Right now, I see on the top of my DX monitor: SF=70 A=37 K=3. What would show an improvement for me?'' My response follows. An A index of 37 is generally undesirable, although K of 3 means conditions have settled down a bit. The exception is if you want to use auroral propagation on six meters, in which case a higher number is desirable. Aurora appears at lower and lower latitudes as the A and K index rise. We want the solar flux (70) to be as high as possible. It generally tracks with sunspot numbers. Minimum solar flux is below 70, when there are no sunspots. For good HF conditions, we want many sunspots with less geomagnetic activity. Here is the relationship between A and K index: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/GEOMAG/kp_ap.html The A index is calculated every 24 hours, and is based on the eight K index readings done every 3 hours throughout the day. From the nomograph at the URL above we can see that if we had 24 hours of K=1, A would be 4, A would be 7 if all the previous K index readings were 2,
[DX-NEWS] ARLD022 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD022 ARLD022 DX news ZCZC AE22 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 22 ARLD022 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 31, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD022 ARLD022 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, 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. MONACO, 3A. Luc, ON4LUC and Paul, ON6DP will be QRV as 3A/ON4LUC and 3A/OP0P, respectively, from June 3 to 9. They will be active on 80, 40 and 20 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via ON6DP. AGALEGA AND ST. BRANDON ISLANDS, 3B6. Look for a group of operators to be QRV as 3B6SP from Agalega Island, IOTA AF-001, from June 6 to 18. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via SP9SX. TIMOR-LESTE, 4W. Members of the Korea DX Club are QRV as 4W6AAV from Dili, IOTA OC-148, until June 4. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via HL5FUA. CYPRUS, 5B. Nick, G3RWF will be QRV as 5B/G3RWF near Polis from June 2 to 30. This will be a holiday operation so he will operate using SSB, RTTY and PSK during his spare time. QSL to home call. TOGO, 5V. Robert is QRV as 5V7BR and has been active on 20 meters around 0700z. QSL via F2VX. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Franky, ON7RU will be QRV as EA8/OQ7R from the Gran Canaria, IOTA AF-004, from June 4 to 13. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. IRAN, EP. Sadegh, EP3HF has been QRV on 20 meters around 1900z. SCOTLAND, GM. Special event station GB1EPC is QRV from Glasgow until June 28 in celebration of the European PSK Club's 1st anniversary. Activity is with PSK only. QSL via MM0DFV. HUNGARY, HA. Special event station HG7DANUBE is QRV until June 30 in celebration of the Danube River Day. ITALY, I. Giovanni, IK5BCM will be QRV as ID9/IK5BCM from Panarea Island, IOTA EU-017, from June 2 to 9. QSL to home call. LEBANON, OD. Jean-Marc, ON4JM will be QRV as OD5/ON4JM from June 6 to mid August. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters, and possibly 160 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY and various digital modes. QSL direct to home call. ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. Martti, OH2BH and Pertti, OH2PM may be QRV as OH0B and OH0R, respectively, from Brando until June 3 while working on a new antenna project here. QSL to home calls. SLOVAK REPUBLIC, OM. Bill, NZ5N is QRV as OM9ACA from Bratislava until July 9. Activity is on all HF bands, including 6 and 2 meters, using CW, SSB and possibly digital modes. PALAU, T8. T88NN has been QRV on 20 meters around 2200z. QSL via JI0NNM. MARSHALL ISLANDS, V7. Neil, V73NS has been QRV using CW on the low end of 20 meters from around 0130 to 0400z. QSL via WD8CRT. BRUNEI, V8. Ambran, V85SS has been active on 30 meters around 0900 to 1000z. TURKEY, TA. Mill, LX1CC will be QRV as YM3CC from Selcuk from June 7 to 21 while on vacation. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The IARU Region 1 CW Field Day, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, Digital Pentathlon, Wake-Up. QRP CW Sprint, SEANET Contest, UKSMG Summer Contest, RSGB National Field Day, Look Around in the Field Contest, Alabama QSO Party and the SKCC Weekend CW Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for June 5. Please see June QST, page 95, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP023 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP023 ARLP023 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP23 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 23 ARLP023 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA June 1, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP023 ARLP023 Propagation de K7RA The average daily sunspot number this week dropped nearly 23 points to 3.3, while average daily solar flux declined exactly five points to 68.8. We saw five days in a row with a sunspot number of 0. All those zeroes combined with sunspot numbers of 11 and 12 are what made the average only 3.3. If there are any sunspots at all, the sunspot number itself can't ever go that low, because there are no sunspot numbers between 0 and 11, due to the way the number is calculated. It is not actually a count of the number of sunspots. 11 is the number you get if there is one sunspot, because a value of 10 is added for each group of sunspots. So one sunspot counts for only one group, so ten plus one sunspot equals eleven. If there are two sunspots in that group, then the sunspot number is 12, three is 13, and so on. But if there are three sunspots divided into two groups, then the number is 23, as it was on May 20. If we didn't have any images of the Sun, and the sunspot number was 23, we might think there were thirteen sunspots in one group, instead of three in two groups, which would be valid according to the formula, but less likely. The forecast is for continued one or zero sunspot conditions, with a planetary A index for June 1-7 at 5, 5, 15, 15, 8, 5 and 5. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions for today, June 1, unsettled June 2-4, and quiet again on June 6-7. For some reason they didn't make any prediction for June 5, but I'll bet that it is a quiet to unsettled day. Just prior to the writing of this bulletin, at 0651z on June 1, an M1 class X-ray flare was released from the Sun. Thanks to NW7US and his web site, http://prop.hfradio.org, for this alert. Now, the interplanetary magnetic field points south, making earth vulnerable. On June 3, a solar wind stream is expected to hit earth when a coronal hole shifts into a critical position. This is what the planetary A index forecast of 15 for June 3-4 is based on. Let's look at the average daily sunspot numbers and solar flux for May, compared to previous months, to spot any trends. Monthly averages of daily sunspot numbers for April 2006 through May 2007 were 55.2, 39.6, 24.4, 22.6, 22.8, 25.2, 14.7, 31.5, 22.2, 28.2, 17.3, 9.8, 6.9 and 19.8. Monthly averages of daily solar flux for the same period were 88.9, 80.9, 76.5, 75.8, 79, 77.8, 74.3, 86.3, 84.4, 83.5, 77.7, 72.2, 72.4 and 74.4. We've recently been looking at 3-month smoothed sunspot numbers, so knowing the May values, we can combine them with March and April to produce a smoothed 3-month average sunspot number centered on April, which turns out to be 12.2. Here are the 3-month smoothed sunspot numbers for the past 19 months: Oct 05 28 Nov 05 36 Dec 05 40.6 Jan 06 32.4 Feb 06 18.1 Mar 06 27.7 Apr 06 38.5 May 06 39.7 Jun 06 28.9 Jul 06 23.3 Aug 06 23.5 Sep 06 21.2 Oct 06 24.1 Nov 06 23.1 Dec 06 27.3 Jan 07 22.7 Feb 07 18.5 Mar 07 11.2 Apr 07 12.2 The moving average centered on April is just one point above March's value, but the overall trend is consistent with a declining solar cycle. Several people sent articles about new methods for predicting solar radiation storms up to an hour or two prior to their commencement. One involves detecting a swarm of electrons in advance of the energetic ions. Another refers to the scream of a coronal mass ejection's advance front of radio energy. See the two stories at, http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/25may_costep.htm and http://www.skyreport.com/#Story2. ARRL Field Day is coming up soon, and several readers, including Wade Grimes, K0MHP of Elsberry, Missouri asked about conditions for that weekend, now just three weeks away. It is too early to tell, but I have been checking the daily updates at, http://sec.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/45DF.html. The one released on May 31 shows a solar flux of 65, possibly meaning no sunspots, and coming off a period of higher geomagnetic activity, based on the most recent solar rotation. Field Day is always the last full weekend in June, which this year is June 23-24, and the planetary A index prediction for June 19-24 is 25, 20, 20, 20, 12 and 5. But this weekend there are actually three other field day operating events, not associated with the ARRL Field Day, and we can participate in those too if we wish. The first is the IARU Region 1 HF Field Day. It actually is in two parts, CW and SSB, and the CW weekend is this weekend, running from 1500z Saturday to 1500z Sunday, June 2-3. IARU Region 1 covers Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Northern Asia, but nothing in the rules precludes North American stations from participating, and in fact, those Region 1 stations get more points for working other stations outside their continent.
[DX-NEWS] ARLD023 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD023 ARLD023 DX news ZCZC AE23 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 23 ARLD023 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT June 7, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD023 ARLD023 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, NN1N, PA3BWK, 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. NIGERIA, 5N. Marek, SQ8JCA is QRV as 5N2/SQ8JCA from Cogi for the rest of June. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using SSB between 1000 and 1600z. QSL to home call. RWANDA, 9X. Vlad, UA4WHX is QRV as 9X0VB from Kigali. He is active on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call. BAHRAIN, A9. Juma, A92GT has been active on 15 meters around 1800z. QSL via EA7FTR. PORTUGAL, CT. Marq, CT1BWW will be QRV using special event station CQ4IPY from June 9 to 15 during the 4th International Polar Year. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK31. He will be active with this callsign again from September 8 to 14. QSL to home call. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Wilko, PA3BWK will be QRV as EA8/PA3BWK from Lanzarote Island, IOTA AF-004, from June 10 to 16. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using mostly CW. QSL via PA0ZE. In addition, look for special event station AN8TID to be QRV from the La Rambleta, or Teide, volcano located on IOTA AF-004, on June 9 and 10. Activity will be on all HF and V/UHF bands using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via EA8NQ. BELARUS, EW. To celebrate the 905th anniversary of Borisov City members of the Borisov ARC are QRV as EW905B through the end of November. QSL via EW2EO. FRANCE, F. Operators F5THW and F5IRC will be QRV as F5IRC/p during the Museum Ship Weekend event from the lightship FRANCE. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and PSK31. QSL direct to F5IRC. FRENCH GUYANA, FY. Operators G3SXW and G3TXF are QRV as FY/homecalls until June 10. Activity is on 80 to 17 meters using only CW. QSL to home calls. HUNGARY, HA. In celebration of the 46th Firac Congress, Tibi, HA5BSW is QRV as HG46FC until the end of September. QSL to home call. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HI. A group of operators will be QRV as HI0C from Cabras Island, IOTA NA-122, from June 11 to 17. Activity will be on all HF bands, including 6 and 2 meters, with four stations. QSL via ON4IQ. ITALY, I. Look for IY1SP to be QRV for the Museum Ships Weekend from the Naval Museum at La Spezia. Also, IQ3GA/3 will be QRV from the submarine Dandalo at the Italian Navy Museum in Venice. QSL via operators' instructions. GREECE, SV. Manu, IZ8IYL, Ant, IZ8CCW and SV1EJD will be QRV as J48MDC from Mykonos, IOTA EU-067, from June 13 to 18 while on holiday. TURKEY, TA. Operators TA1HZ and TA2RX are QRV as TC800YOM until the end of June to celebrate 800 years since the birth of Mevlana, a famous Turkish poet, jurist and theologian. Activity is on 40, 20 and 17 meters using SSB. QSL via operators' instructions. ICELAND, TF. SM5ELV will be QRV as TF7/SM5ELV from Heimaey Island, IOTA EU-071, from June 10 to 13. QSL to home call. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, V2. Howard, WB4WXE will be QRV as V26HS from June 9 to 26. Activity is mainly on 6 meters on either 50110 or 50125 kHz. QSL to home call. HONG KONG, VR. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with China, the Special Administrative Region of China authorizes Hong Kong stations to use the special call sign prefix VR10 from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. INDONESIA, YB. Hotang, YC0IEM is QRV as YC0IEM/9 from Lombok, IOTA OC-150, until June 10. QSL via IZ8CCW. UNITED KINGDOM SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS ON CYPRUS, ZC4. Steve, ZC4LI has been QRV on 30 meters between 1830 and 2100z. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL June VHF QSO Party, Asia-Pacific SSB Sprint, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, Digital Pentathlon, ANARTS World Wide RTTY Contest, Portugal Day Contest, GACW WWSA DX CW Contest, Museum Ship Days, REF DDFM 6-Meter Contest, SKCC CW Sprint and the NAQCC Straight Key/Bug CW Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see June QST, page 95, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP024 ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP24 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 24 ARLP024 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA June 8, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP024 ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA After five days of no sunspots from May 24-28, spots returned on May 29, and have increased since in number and size. There are currently several sunspots visible, and the sunspot number for the past five days (Sunday through Thursday) was 58, 58, 63, 47 and 59. Coupled with quiet and stable geomagnetic indicators, this is good for HF propagation. Our reporting week for this bulletin (the numbers reported at the end) runs from Thursday through Wednesday, and the average daily sunspot number for May 31 to June 6 rose nearly 43 points to 46.1 when compared to the prior seven days. Average daily solar flux rose nearly 15 points to 83.7. Last week's Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP023 mentioned ARRL Field Day, now just two weeks away. The bulletin reported (in some uncorrected versions) that the event is always held on the last full weekend in June, but Don Jackson, AE5K of Marion County, Arkansas pointed out that the rules specify the fourth full weekend. Both fourth and last are on the same weekend this year (June 23-24), which is usually the case, but not always. In 2002, the fourth full weekend was June 22-23, but the last full weekend was June 29-30. This occurs whenever June 1 is a Saturday, as it will be again in 2013 and 2024. Last week the latest projection looked like no sunspots around Field Day with a declining geomagnetic disturbance, but this week the forecast looks a little better. Including the Friday before (the event doesn't begin until Saturday) the projected solar flux last week for June 22-24 was 65 for all three days, with a planetary A index of 20, 12 and 5. This week's prediction for those dates shows the same A index, but a solar flux 10 points higher, at 75 for all three days. A check of recent sunspot numbers alongside solar flux values on the same dates at, http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices/DSD.txt, shows no sunspots when the solar flux was down around 65, but at 75 the sunspot number can be in the 40s. For the next few days expect continued quiet geomagnetic activity, with the same moderate (for the low point of the sunspot cycle) sunspot count. Alex Mendelsohn, AI2Q in Kennebunk, Maine sent a link to an article about a solar burst last December 6, which caused problems for GPS receivers. You can read it at, http://tinyurl.com/389ngn. See how we reported the same flare at, http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/2006-arlp051.html. Our bulletin shows that the solar flux observatory in British Columbia also had problems from that event. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for May 31 through June 6 were 11, 41, 45, 58, 58, 63 and 47 with a mean of 46.1. 10.7 cm flux was 74.6, 79.4, 83.2, 87, 85.7, 88.8, and 87.1, with a mean of 83.7. Estimated planetary A indices were 4, 6, 7, 10, 8, 3 and 2 with a mean of 5.7. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 2, 5, 5, 7, 8, 2 and 2, with a mean of 4.4. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLD025 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD025 ARLD025 DX news ZCZC AE25 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 25 ARLD025 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT June 21, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD025 ARLD025 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. TUNISIA, 3V. Matt, DD9HK is QRV from Scout station 3V8SS in Monastir until July 5. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using SSB. QSL this operation via DD9HK. ALGERIA, 7X. A group of operators will be QRV as 7U5CI from Cavallo Island, IOTA AF-104, from June 23 to 28. This will be the first time this IOTA has been on the air. They will be active with three stations on all HF and VHF bands, including 1.2, 2.4 and 10 GHz. QSL via OM3CGN. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A6. Abdullah, A61Q has been active on 20 meters CW around 0300z. QSL via EA7FTR. AZORES, CU. Pedro, EA1FCH plans to be QRV as CU2/EA1FCH from Sao Miguel, IOTA EU-003, from June 27 to August 5. Activity will be on the low bands, including CW and digital modes on 30, 17 and 12 meters. QSL to home call. IRELAND, EI. Look for EI/M0HSW/p, EI/M0TJH/p and EI/G3ZAY/p to be QRV from Inishbofin Island, IOTA EU-121, from June 25 to 27. They will then be active from Inishmore Island, IOTA EU-006, from June 27 to 29. Weather-permitting, they may try to be active from the Blasket Islands, IOTA EU-007, on June 30. QSL to home calls. PANAMA, HP. Operators HP2/CX4CR, HP2/CX3AN and HP2/CX2AM are QRV from Wichubwala Island, IOTA NA-170, until June 28. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via CX2AM. THAILAND, HS. Champ, E21EIC is QRV as E21EIC/8 from South Thailand until June 30. Japanese stations QSL via JR5XPG, and all others via E21EIC. OGASAWARA ISLANDS, JD1. Japan's Geographical Survey Institute has renamed the island of Iwo Jima to Iwo To, the original name given by the local inhabitants. Jima and To both mean island in Japanese. Iwo To is one of the three Volcano Islands. ANTARCTICA. Look for KC4AAA, KC4AAC and KC4/W1MRQ to be active during Field Day. NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PC650EDAM is active until July 1 to celebrate the town of Edam's 650th anniversary. QSL via PD3BL. FRANZ JOSEF ISLAND, R1FJ. Gene is QRV as R1FJT and has been active on 30 meters between 2040 and 2120z. QSL via UA4RC. EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. Operators Albert, UA1PBU and Mike, UA1QV are QRV as UE1RFF/1 from an island in the Pechorskoye Sea Coast Centre Group until June 24. QSL via UA1RJ. ANGUILLA, VP2E. Jim, WB2REM will be QRV as VP2EREM from June 28 to July 8. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. ARRL Field Day, ARCI Milliwatt Field Day, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, Digital Pentathlon, Ukrainian DX DIGI Contest, His Majesty King of Spain SSB Contest and the Marconi Memorial HF CW Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see June QST, page 96, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLD026 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD026 ARLD026 DX news ZCZC AE26 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 26 ARLD026 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT June 28, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD026 ARLD026 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calender and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. DOMINICA, J7. Rod, NA9N will be active as J79RM in CW and digital modes on HF until July 5. QSL via his home call. THAILAND, E2. Champ, E21EIC will operate as E21EIC/8 until June 30. JA stations QSL via JR5XPG, all others via E21EIC. LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0. Pierre, HB9QQ will be active as HB0/HB9QQ until July 2 and again from July 6 to 9. Activity will be on the HF bands, 6 and 2 meters. QSL via home call. NETHERLAND ANTILLIES, PJ2. Carsten, DL6LAU, Jan, DJ8NK and Joachim, DL8OBQ will be active from Curacao as PJ2/home call, from July 9 to 16. The trio will also participate in the IARU HF Contest (July 14 and 15) as PJ2HQ, a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via their home callsigns. QSL PJ2HQ via N9AG or LoTW. BELIZE, V3. Dennis, K7BV will operate from Caye Caulker off the Belize coast from July 7 to 17. The focus of the trip is 6 meters but there will be plenty of HF activity when 6 meters is not open. Listen for CQs from the breakable beacon on 50.106 MHz. Call sign has not yet been assigned. QSL via W1JJ. CRETE, SV9. Theo, SV1EJD will be active as SV9/SV1EJD, from July 3 to 17. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSL via IZ8CCW, direct or via the Bureau. ANGUILLA, VP2E. Look for Jim, WB2REM to operate with a special four letter suffix callsign, VP2EREM, between June 28 and July 8. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign. CANADA, VY2. Tom, KV8Q will be active as VY2/KV8Q from Prince Edward Island from July 11 to 16. Activity will be mainly CW. He will also be in the IARU HF World Championship Contest (July 14 and 15) as a Single-OP CW entry. QSL via KC8UR. MARKET REEF, OH0. OH1VR and OH3RM, will be signing OJ0VR and OJ0/OH3RM from June 30 to July 3. They will be on CW and SSB. PERU, OA. Paul, KC4DDH will be visiting Peru from June 29 to July 14, and plans to operate casually as OA6/KC4DDH from Arequipa. Operations will be in the late afternoon, primarily SSB, on 80, 40 and 20 meters. QSL via home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The NCCC Spring Sprint Ladder, Digital Pentathlon, WLOTA Contest, RAC Canada Day Contest, Six Club Contest and the SKCC Weekend Sprint will keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see July QST, page 93, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP027 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP027 ARLP027 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP27 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 27 ARLP027 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA June 29, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP027 ARLP027 Propagation de K7RA We are seeing new sunspots over the past few days after eleven days with none at all. Lack of solar activity made Field Day this year (June 23-24) a real cycle minimum experience. Most areas saw very little 10 and 15 meter activity, so 80, 40 and 20 meters were the place to be. Saturday night I was at my new place of employment, having joined the employee ham club days earlier, and operating N7OS on 40 meters atop a tall parking structure on the corporate campus in Redmond. I was amazed at how weak many of the signals on 40 meters sounded, on both SSB and CW. Sunspot numbers for June 25 to 28 were 11, 11, 15 and 27. The numbers may edge a little higher over the next few days, with more zero sunspot days possible around mid-July. Geomagnetic activity is expected to remain quiet. Six meters opened in some areas this week. Brian Alsop, K3KO of Henderson NC (FM06) along with K4CIA (FM05) worked KH6FI on SSB and NH6P on CW around 1800z on June 21. Both are on the east end of the island of Hawaii. That is quite a haul for six meters, as K3KO and KH6FI are over 4,700 miles apart. The day before, June 20, around 1220z Jeff Hartley, N8II of Sherpherdstown, West Virginia worked Spain and Portugal, EA7TN (IM56) and CT1HZE (IM57) on 6 meters, both SSB and CW. He says it was intense sporadic-E clouds which gave him the multi-hop propagation and good signals. And on Thursday evening, June 28, Ken Tata, K1KT of Warwick, Rhode Island reported ''Six meters is going nuts right now.'' He sent a live map from http://www.vhfdx.net/ showing lines between six meter stations around the United States and the Caribbean working each other, with intense activity from W2, W8 and W4 land. There were also 10 and 15 meter reports this week. Barry Eure, KS4RT near Chattanooga and his 10 year old son Matthew, KI4QCX worked Maine on 10 meters and then Chile and Brazil on 15 meters, all on June 25 around 2100 to 2300z. Also that day Vic Woodling, WB4SLM of Centerville, Georgia was copying European stations on 4 meters, or 70 MHz, a band not open to amateur operators in the United States. He said VE9AA was working them crossband from six meters. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for June 21 through 27 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 11, 11 and 15 with a mean of 5.3. 10.7 cm flux was 65.5, 65.3, 65.9, 66.9, 67.6, 70.5, and 73.2, with a mean of 67.8. Estimated planetary A indices were 14, 16, 11, 6, 5, 5 and 5 with a mean of 8.9. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 8, 12, 8, 4, 3, 4 and 5, with a mean of 6.3. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLD027 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD027 ARLD027 DX news ZCZC AE27 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 27 ARLD027 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT July 5, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD027 ARLD027 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. CHILE, 3G. Claudio, CE1VIL will be active using the special Chilean callsign 3G100S until August 1. Activity is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Scouting movement. QSL via XQ1KY, direct or via the bureau. MONTENEGRO, 4O. Look for David, OK1FJD to be active as 4O6DJ on a small expedition between July 7 and 14. Activity will be on HF including the WARC bands and 6 meters. QSL via OK6DJ. MALDIVES, 8Q. Al, JA9APS will be active as 8Q7NK between July 6 and 9. He hopes to operate on 40 through 6 meters using SSB, CW and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign. CHINA, B1. Jacques, F6HMJ, will be one of the team members for station B1HQ for the IARU HF World Championships Contest, July 14 and 15. He is expected to be on 20 meter CW. Outside the contest he will be signing BY1TX/F6HMJ during his free time. MOROCCO, CN. Claude, F5OGE, will be traveling throughout Morocco between July 13 and 29 and is expected to be active as CN2GE or CN2GE/m. Activity will be mainly on 40 and 20 meters using CW and SSB. While on his way to Morocco, July 10 and 11, and when traveling back home, July 29 and 30, he will sign F5OGE/m and EA/F5OGE/m. QSL via F5OGE, either direct or via the bureau. MARKET REEF, OJ0. Look for 3 to 4 Swedish operators to be active as OJ0/home call until July 9. Operators are Peter, SM0BSO, Stellan, SM0LQB, Jan, SM5XGJ and Eric, SM1TDE. Lars, OH0RJ is expected to join them. Activity will be on 160 through 2 meters, with 3 to 4 stations on CW, SSB and the digital modes. QSL via the operator's instructions. CYPRUS, P3. Operators Manos, 5B4AFQ, Kostas, 5B4AIR, Andreas, 5B8AP and Marios, 5B8BE will activate Cape Akamas Lighthouse as P3CA, July 7 and 8. Activity will be on HF, 6 and 2 meters using CW, SSB, FM and APRS on 144.800 MHz. NETHERLAND ANTILLES, PJ2. Salvatore, DH7SA reports he will be active as PJ2/DH7SA from Curacao Island July 9 to 16. QSL via his home callsign. ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA9. Operator Gerhard, DL6XK will be active using the special station UE9CXK from Sverdlovsk, until July 15. QSL to DL6XK, via the bureau. BELIZE, V3. Dennis, K7BV will operate from Caye Caulker off the Belize coast between July 7 and 17. The focus of the trip is 6 meters, but there will be plenty of HF activity when 6 meters is not open. His callsign is not yet assigned. QSL via W1JJ. AFGHANISTAN, YA. Dejan, 9A4ZD has been active as YA/9A4ZD on 20 meter SSB. Watch around 14300 kHz at various times. He was also spotted on 18130 kHz after 1130z. QSL via his home callsign. SRI LANKA, 4S. Look for Nelson, 4S7NE on or near 18069 between 1100 and 1300z. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A6. Abdullah, A61Q likes 20 meter CW, usually around 14024, between 0230 and 0440z. QSL via EA7FTR. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The IARU HF World Championship, Classic DX Contest, DL DX/RTTY Contest, DARC 10 Meter Digital Corona, Venezuelan Independence Day Contest, QRP ARCI Summer Homebrew Sprint and the Original QRP Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see July QST, page 93 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web pages for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP028 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP028 ARLP028 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP28 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 28 ARLP028 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA July 6, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP028 ARLP028 Propagation de K7RA The average daily sunspot number for this week rose nearly 18 points from the previous seven days. On July 4 the A index was moderately elevated due to a solar wind stream. Expect to see a similar increase around July 11, and a much greater increase in geomagnetic activity from July 16-19. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions for July 6-9, quiet to unsettled July 10, and unsettled conditions for July 11. Monthly averages of daily sunspot numbers for April 2006 through June 2007 were 55.2, 39.6, 24.4, 22.6, 22.8, 25.2, 14.7, 31.5, 22.2, 28.2, 17.3, 9.8, 6.9, 19.8 and 20.7. Monthly averages of daily solar flux for the same period were 88.9, 80.9, 76.5, 75.8, 79, 77.8, 74.3, 86.3, 84.4, 83.5, 77.7, 72.2, 72.4, 74.4 and 73.7. Looking at 3-month smoothed sunspot numbers, knowing the June numbers we can add them to April and May to show the three-month average centered on May. Here are the 3-month smoothed sunspot numbers based on data from the past 22 months: Oct 05 28 Nov 05 36 Dec 05 40.6 Jan 06 32.4 Feb 06 18.1 Mar 06 27.7 Apr 06 38.5 May 06 39.7 Jun 06 28.9 Jul 06 23.3 Aug 06 23.5 Sep 06 21.2 Oct 06 24.1 Nov 06 23.1 Dec 06 27.3 Jan 07 22.7 Feb 07 18.5 Mar 07 11.2 Apr 07 12.2 May 07 15.8 Why do we say 22 months when only 20 months are shown? This is because these numbers are based on data from September 2005 through June 2007. The months shown are the center of each three month average of daily sunspot numbers. Notice the averages centered on December 2006 through May 2007. If we narrowly focus on just these data, it sure looks like the cycle reached a minimum centered on March 2007, rising since then. Note also from the monthly averages above that the June average at 20.7 is nearly five points higher than the 3-month average centered on May. Look on page 9 in the July 3 Weekly Preliminary Report and Forecast at http://www.sec.noaa.gov/weekly/index.html and note the cycle minimum is shown as March 2007, the same month that our three-month average shows. This table is of actual and predicted smoothed sunspot numbers, each based on a year of data. December 2006 is based entirely on known data, January 2007 is based on known data plus one month of predicted data (July), February is based on two months of predicted data (July and August) and the rest known data, and so on. More 6 meter and Field Day reports came in this week. Several Field Day stations had a lot of luck on 15 meters, and they tended to be in the Midwest and the South. Dustin Cox, KE5NKG of New Mexico said that on Field Day he had a great overnight run on 15 meters. There was a great deal of 6-meter activity in the final week of June. On June 25 John Butrovich, W6UWB of Orange Grove, Texas (EL17ax) worked 20 European stations, mostly UK using the weak-signal JT6M mode on 50.257 MHz. For more info on JT6M, see http://jt6m.org and http://www.qsl.net/wa5ufh/Misc/jt6m.htm. On June 25, K0GU in Wellington, Colorado (DN70mq) worked 18 European six-meter stations, and a few more the next two days. K3MSB of Airville, Pennsylvania worked a number of West Coast 6-meter stations, and on June 27 worked IK2GSO on CW at 2156z. W9IND of Indianapolis reported that his club's six meter beacon, W9VW was heard in Scotland, with propagation from EM69 to IO75. Also in EM69, KJ9C had great luck on 6 meters late in the afternoon on June 29, working several Europeans on CW. He wonders why more overseas stations don't try 6 meter CW, and notes ''The Caribbean guys seem to be stuck on SSB.'' Dick Battle, AK4RB in FM06 in North Carolina was thrilled to work WW2R in North Texas (EM03) for his first ever 6 meter QSO on June 30. Dick does not have a 6-meter antenna, but used an antenna tuner to load his HF wire doublet hidden in the attic of his townhouse. On June 26 Kevin Blanton, KE5DUK in Beebe, Arkansas(EM34) worked his first long-distance 6 meter contact using FM simplex on 52.525 MHz and talked to someone in FN06 in Ontario. He also worked New York, Tennessee, North Dakota and Pennsylvania. There were many more 6-meter reports this week, too many to mention here. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for June 28 through July 4
[DX-NEWS] ARLD028 Correction to ARLD027
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD028 ARLD028 Correction to ARLD027 ZCZC AE28 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 28 ARLD028 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT July 6, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD028 ARLD028 Correction to ARLD027 DX Bulletin ARLD027 incorrectly listed the IARU HF World Championship for this coming weekend. The correct dates are July 14-15. Good luck to all participants. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLD029 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD029 ARLD029 DX news ZCZC AE29 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 29 ARLD029 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT July 12, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD029 ARLD029 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by LU8ADX, KV8Q, NC1L, TA3YJ, 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. SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA, 1A0. A multinational team of operators are QRV as 1A0KM until July 22. Activity is on 160 meters to 23 cm using all modes, including EME. QSL via IK0FTA. BOTSWANA, A2. A large group of operators are QRV as A25CF, A25KDJ, A25SL, A25LT, A25BUN, A25DW, A25OOK, A25OB and A25HL until July 20. Activity is on 160 meters to 70 cm using CW, SSB, various digital modes and EME on 70 cm. This includes an entry in the IARU contest as A25HQ. QSL via K5LBU, W5KDJ, W5SL, WA8QFE, ZS6BUN, ZS6JR, M5AAV, ZS6OB and ZS6WB, respectively. QSL A25HQ via K5LBU. CHINA, BY. Jacques, F6HMJ is QRV as B1HQ in the IARU contest. Outside the contest he is active as BY1TX/F6HMJ. QSL via operator's instructions. THAILAND, HS. Members of the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand will be QRV as HS0AC in the IARU contest as a Multi Op entry. In addition, Champ, E21EIC will be a Single Op entry in the contest from Zone 49 as well. QSL via operators' instructions. MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Operators Kay, JH0MRP and Naoyuki, JK1FNL are QRV as AC5TB/KH0 and NA8O/KH0, respectively, from Saipan, IOTA OC-086, until July 16. Activity is mainly on 30, 17, 12 and 6 meters. They plan to be active in the IARU contest as well. QSL to home calls. ALASKA, KL7. Marvin, KL1YY, Bob, NF7E/KL7 and Art, NN7A/NL7 are QRV from Ushagat Island, IOTA NA-206, until July 17. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home calls. ARGENTINA, LU. Members of the Radio Club Argentino will be QRV as LR4A with nine stations during the IARU contest as a Multi Op/All Band entry. QSL via LU4AA. SLOVENIA, S5. A large group of operators will be QRV as S50HQ in the IARU contest as a Multi Op/All Band entry. QSL via bureau. GREECE, SV. Art, KG6ZWD is QRV as SV1/KG6ZWD/p until July 15, and then again on July 24 and 25, from Nea Makri, Attica. Activity is in his spare time on 40 to 10 meters using SSB and PSK31. QSL direct to home call. PALAU, T8. Operators JM1LJS, JE1EKS and JI5RPT are QRV as T80W, T88EK and T88PT, respectively, until July 18. Activity is on 40 to 6 meters, and various satellites, using CW and SSB. QSL to home calls. TURKEY, TA. Berkin, TA3J will be QRV as YM1907FB from July 19 to August 2 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Fenerbahce Sports Club. Activity will be on HF bands, including 2 meters, with all modes. QSL direct via TA3YJ. BELIZE, V3. Dennis, K7BV is QRV as V31BV on all bands from Caye Caulker, IOTA NA-073, grid square EK57, until July 16. The main purpose of this trip is to focus on 6-meters, where he is also QRV as V36M. He has a beacon on 50106 kHz. QSL this operation via W1JJ. BRUNEI, V8. Steve, 9M6DXX is QRV as V8FEO until July 15. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using only SSB. He will also be a Single Op/All Band entry in the IARU contest. QSL via M5AAV. CANADA, VE. Tom, KV8Q is QRV as VY2/KV8Q from Prince Edward Island, IOTA EU-029, from the QTH of VY2TT until July 16. This includes an entry in the IARU contest as a Single Op/All Band entry using CW from Zone 9. QSL via KC8UR. VANUATU, YJ. Station YJ0CZE is QRV until July 21. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via W0FF. LATVIA, YL. Look for YL4HQ to be a Multi Op/All Band entry in the IARU contest. QSL via YL2UZ. NEW ZEALAND, ZL. Members of the Motueka Contest Club will be QRV as ZL1V in the IARU contest as a Multi/Multi entry from Quartz Hill in Zone 60. QSL via N3SL. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The IARU HF World Championship, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, FISTS Summer CW Sprint and the Colorado QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest runs on July 16. Six Club Contest runs until July 31. Please see July QST, pages 93 and 94, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP029 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP029 ARLP029 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP29 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 29 ARLP029 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA July 13, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP029 ARLP029 Propagation de K7RA The average of daily sunspot numbers for this reporting week, July 5-11, were about the same as the previous seven days, declining slightly by less than two points. We've seen no zero sunspot days since an eleven-day spotless period ended on June 25. If sunspot numbers continue at this level and higher, it will become easier to convince ourselves that the sunspot minimum is already behind us (see the table of 3-month moving averages in last week's bulletin ARLP028 at http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/2007-arlp028.html). On July 11 the Air Force had a prediction for heightened solar flux (probably indicating more sunspots) from July 13-15 (see http://tinyurl.com/yonktp). Alas, by Thursday afternoon the predicted solar flux had dropped ten points (see http://tinyurl.com/2ffq9n) from 85 to 75 for the same period. Using some very rough approximations plus maybe a fudge-factor or two, this might be reflected in a slightly greater than thirteen point difference in the expected daily sunspot number. Predicted planetary A index for July 13-19 is 8, 10, 8, 8, 8, 15 and 20. For the same period Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet to unsettled conditions for July 13, unsettled July 14, quiet July 15-17, and unsettled July 18-19. Wade Grimes, K0MHP of Elsberry, Missouri wrote to ask if six meters is the ''magic band, or invisible band?'' He isn't hearing the propagation on six reported in this bulletin. He's having much better luck on 20 meters, although he is constructing a quad antenna for six, and he does copy some distant beacon signals. I should point out that not everyone is hearing DX on six, but still the reports come in from those who are patient and lucky. Ken Tata, K1KT sent in more examples via maps generated at vhfdx.net . Poke around this site, and you will find both current real-time maps showing propagation on 2 and 6 meters for both North America and Europe, and some fine examples of recent propagation on some archived maps. Howard Runyons, W4HLR of Newbern, Tennessee (EM56jb) wrote about he and N4QWZ (EM66) both working W7CI (DM41) in Sierra Vista, Arizona on 2 meters on June 27 at 2349z. Howard ran 50 watts through hard-line to a 15 element beam at 40 feet. Mark Roberts, KD5SMF of Fairview, Oklahoma has been enjoying both 6 and 10 meters, and he recently took a trip up Gloss Mountain (EM06xj) to see what he could work on both bands. At over 1500 feet on July 7, he worked 41 stations on 10 meters, nearly all to the southeast and northeast. He worked one station in Anaheim, California. As the propagation moved, he got many reports of 10 db over S9, but after moving west, propagation shut down. You can see a photo of him and his portable operation at http://www.qrz.com/kd5smf. Thanks to David Sumner, K1ZZ of Coventry, Connecticut, who pointed out that in last week's bulletin the call sign for John Butrovich is W5UWB, not W6UWB. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for June 5 through 11 were 24, 12, 23, 16, 20, 25 and 28 with a mean of 21.1. 10.7 cm flux was 71.5, 71.1, 73.1, 75.1, 77.1, 78.1, and 78.5, with a mean of 74.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 5, 5, 6, 4, 3, 6 and 23 with a mean of 7.4. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 5 and 14, with a mean of 5. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[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 20, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP030 ARLP030 Propagation de K7RA This week saw an increase in average daily sunspot numbers, rising over 8 points to 29.3. Expect to see a lower average for next week, with perhaps some zero-sunspot days. Perhaps early August will have sunspot numbers back in the twenties at least. Currently sunspot 963 is disappearing from view. Right now there is a solar wind stream headed toward our planet. This should only be a minor upset, with planetary A index around 15 for today and tomorrow, July 20-21. Currently the IMF (interplanetary magnetic field) points south, which makes us vulnerable. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts unsettled to active conditions for July 20, unsettled July 21, quiet to unsettled July 22, quiet for July 23-25, and unsettled July 26. Check out the July 2007 issue of Sky and Telescope, for an article titled ''Solar Forecast: Storm Ahead''. Thanks to K9LA, EI4HQ, and AI4VV for the tip, and to N7SO for mailing a copy. The article discusses predictions for the next solar cycle, different methods for predicting it, and the hazards for space travel and communications from solar events. Scott Avery, WA6LIE of Salinas, California (CM96) reports fantastic conditions on six and two meters last weekend. On July 14 from 1600-2100z six meters sounded like 20 meters on a good day, and he could work all over the East Coast, ''Maryland, Carolinas, Florida and everything between.'' At one point he heard a Colorado station declare that E-skip was coming in on 2 meters, so he swung his 13-element Yagi toward the east. He heard K0GU, N0VSB and KC0COU with signals above S9. He also worked out of state when he switched from 45 watts and the Yagi to 5 watts and a vertical. Several other stations in CM96 with low power and simple 2-meter antennas also had good results. Steve Miller, N0SM of Ottumwa, Iowa (EN30) has a response to the recent comments from K0MHP about six meters, magic band or invisible band. He writes, ''There have been openings if one can catch them but part of it is living in the proverbial Black Hole of the Midwest. We occasionally get stations from the Caribbean and on rare occasions some European stations. The really successful Midwest ops on 6 have to study propagation patterns very carefully and even then a big dose of good luck goes with it. An excellent radio and antenna system are also vital. But in general, many of us share his frustrations.'' William Henry, W8QP of Morgantown, West Virginia asked about graphs of sunspots covering several centuries, back to the first recorded sunspot counts. You can find them at http://wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/historical.shtml. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU wrote recently in his Surfin' feature on the ARRL web site about Long Delayed Echoes. You can find the LDE stories listed under L in this index, at http://horzepa.com/blog/?page_id=116. In the latest piece, he mentions one of those baffling, ''unexplainable'' stories about a television signal received several years after the original transmission, which is a tale that I heard as a child. In this case, the ''ghost'' transmission was from a station off the air for several years, with the signal supposedly wafting around the universe at a velocity much slower than the speed of light. Often this kind of thing, like many UFO stories, becomes much less mysterious yet more interesting if you can find additional facts, and perhaps another perspective. I offer two of those, here: http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/klee.asp and here: http://www.bvws.org.uk/405alive/history/eyes_of_texas.html . In last week's bulletin ARLP029, the dates for the numbers at the very end were misstated as June instead of July. Just changing the word June to July will get you on the right track. But if you use WA4TTK's Solar Data Plotting Utility, which can grab the data out of a text file, not only did you not get the numbers for the week, but the nifty automatic updater has messed up your data file. To correct this, you can make the change to last week's bulletin, then grab the data using the Utility, then to correct the bad data from June, update numbers from ARLP024 and ARLP025. A source for past bulletins is at the end of this bulletin. However, you can avoid that trouble by downloading a new corrected graph.dat file from the WA4TTK web site, which will give you all of the sunspot and solar flux data from the start of 1989 through the eleventh of this month. The software and the data file are free at http://www.craigcentral.com/sol.asp. The data file is also useful with a spreadsheet program, and you can use the free plotting software to automatically update the data weekly. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more
[DX-NEWS] ARLD031 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD031 ARLD031 DX news ZCZC AE31 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 31 ARLD031 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT July 26, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD031 ARLD031 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, W4RIS, 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. CYPRUS, 5B. Members of the Nicosia ARC will be QRV as C4MG from Agios Georgios, IOTA AS-120, during the IOTA contest. Outside the contest, look for activity from 5B4NC/p. QSL both calls via 5B4KH. ZAMBIA, 9J. Ryuji, JO7QQV is QRV as 9J2QQV and can be found on 20 meters using PSK from 1700 to 2000z during the weekends. QSL via operator's instructions. TAIWAN, BV. Look for BO0K to be QRV from KinMen Island, IOTA AS-102, during the IOTA contest. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters. QSL via BV2KI. CHINA, BY. Dale, BA4TB/4, Jiang, BG4TBC/4, Dai, BG4TBJ/4, Yun, BG1LKK/4 and Mi,BG4TQX/4 are QRV from Chongming Island, IOTA AS-136, until July 30. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. This includes entries in the IOTA contest. QSL to home calls. CUBA, CO. Edor, CO7PH will be QRV from Cayo Paredon Grande, IOTA NA-086, from July 28 and 29. Activity will be mostly on 20 and 17 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via W3HNK. ESTONIA, ES. A group of Estonian operators will be QRV as ES2U from Rammu Island, IOTA EU-149, for the IOTA contest. QSL via operators' instructions. WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS, FW. Mike, KM9D and Jan, KF4TUG are QRV as FW0MO and FW0YL, respectively, from Wallis, IOTA OC-054. This includes an entry in the IOTA contest as FW0YL. Activity is on all bands using CW and SSB. Their length of stay is unknown. QSL both calls via OM2SA. ENGLAND, G. In commemoration of the 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, a group of operators are QRV as GB100J until August 7. Activity is on all bands and modes. QSL via operators' instructions. JERSEY, GJ. Operators M0PCB and 2E1IDT are QRV as MJ0PCB and 2J1IDT, respectively, until July 31. This includes limited activity in the IOTA contest. QSL to home calls. SCOTLAND, GM. A large group of operators will be QRV as GM2T from the Isle of Tiree, IOTA EU-008, in the IOTA contest. Prior to the contest, look for them to be active as MM0CPS/p. QSL via bureau. HONDURAS, HR. Radio Club of Honduras members will be QRV as HQ3C from the Cochinos Cays, IOTA NA-160, during the IOTA contest. QSL via bureau. THAILAND, HS. Cha, HS8KAY will be QRV from Phuket Island, IOTA AS-053, in the IOTA contest as a Single-Op/24-Hour entry. ALASKA, KL7. Rich, N7TCO and Martin, W7ASF are QRV as W7ASF/KL7 from Prince of Wales Island, IOTA NA-041, until July 30. This includes an entry in the IOTA contest. QSL via W7ASF. NORWAY, LA. Juergen, DB5YB will be QRV as LA/DB5YB from Stord Island, IOTA EU-055, from July 28 to August 9 while on holiday. This includes an entry in the IOTA contest. QSL to home call. NETHERLANDS, PA. A group of operators will be QRV as PA0HFT from Terschelling Island, IOTA EU-038, in the IOTA contest. QSL via bureau. GREECE, SV. George, SV1QN and Giannis, SV1GYG are QRV as homecall/8 from Samos Island, IOTA EU-049, until August 4. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. This includes entries in the IOTA contest. QSL to home calls. EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. A group of operators will be QRV as RI1AA from Bolshoy Berezovyy Island, IOTA EU-133, in the IOTA contest. Outside the contest they are active as UE1CBB. QSL both calls via UA1AIR. UKRAINE, UR. Alex, UR5FEL/p, Petro, UR5FCZ/p and Sam, UT9FJ/p are QRV from Berezan Island, IOTA EU-179, until July 30. This includes entries in the IOTA contest. QSL to home calls. MICRONESIA, V6. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the club station, look for JN3JBC, JI6DUE, JA3UWB, JF3PLF, JH3TXR and JA3ART to be QRV as V60KL, V60DU, V60TI, V60IL, V60TX and V63JJ, respectively, including club station V60YAQ, from Pohnpei Island, IOTA OC-010, from July 30 to August 6. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, FM and PSK31. QSL to home calls. QSL V60YAQ via JI6DUE. CANADA, VE. Fred, ON6QR plans to be QRV as VO/ON6QR from Newfoundland, IOTA NA-027, during the IOTA contest. Activity is mainly with CW and QRP power. QSL to home call. VENEZUELA, YV. Members of the 4M5DX team are QRV as YW1DX from Cayo Sombrero, IOTA SA-089, until July 30. This includes an entry in the IOTA contest. QSL via IT9DAA. OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operation is approved for DXCC credit: Burundi, 9U0X, 2007 operation. CALLSIGN CORRECTION. As listed in ARLD030, the correct callsign for Jack, N6XQ operating from Peru is OA4/N6XQ. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The RSGB Islands-On-The-Air Contest, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder and ARS Flight of the Bumblebees CW contest are all scheduled for this
[DX-NEWS] ARLD032 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD032 ARLD032 DX news ZCZC AE32 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 32 ARLD032 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 2, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD032 ARLD032 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, YV4GMG, 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. CROATIA, 9A. Leonardo, IW0QO is QRV as 9A/IW0QO from Losinj Island, IOTA EU-136, until August 10. Activity is holiday style on 80 to 10 meters. QSL to home call. AZORES, CU. Jorge, CT1FMX, Mary, CT1YTS and CU3EQ are QRV as CU3F from Terceira Island, IOTA EU-175, until August 9. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via CT1FMX. GUADELOUPE, FG. David, F1JXQ will be QRV as FG/F1JXQ from August 4 to 10. Activity will be on 10, 6 and 2 meters using SSB from 1000 to 1600z. QSL direct. ITALY, I. Special event station IY6GM will be QRV from Monte Cappuccini from August 5 to 9 to commemorate the 103rd anniversary of experiments carried out from here by Marconi. QSL via I6GFX. SARDINIA, IS0. Tano, IZ8GCB is QRV as IS0/IZ8GCB until August 19. Activity is on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. JAPAN, JA. Special event station 8J1A is QRV until August 26 during the Amateur Radio Festival 2007. QSL via bureau. In addition, the Japanese foxhunters are QRV with special callsign 8J3ARDF until October 21. QSL via bureau. ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. Jurgen, DJ3KR will be QRV as OH0/DJ3KR from August 7 to 12. This includes an entry in the upcoming Worked All Europe DX contest. QSL to home call. CRETE, SV9. Marc, ON7SS will be QRV as SV9/OO9O/p from August 7 to 17 during his holidays. QSL to home call. UKRAINE, UR. A group of operators are QRV as EM15B until August 31 to mark the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Ternopil Amateur Radio Club. They are also active as EM15B/A from various parts of the Ternopil region. QSL via operators' instructions. CANADA, VE. Members of the Amateur Radio Club of Central Newfoundland are QRV as VO1GAM until August 31 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first transatlantic experimental commercial flight between Botwood, Newfound, and Foynes, Ireland. Activity is on all bands. QSL via VO1MX. PITCAIRN ISLAND, VP6. Tom is QRV as VP6TD and has been active on 20 meters SSB around 0300z and 20 meters PSK after 2300z. He may soon be active on 80 meters as well. QSL via ZL2HGR. In addition, look for Al, ZL1UFB to be QRV as VP6AL for the next six weeks. Of late, he has been active on 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. BERMUDA, VP9. Kyle, WA4PGM is QRV as VP9/WA4PGM until August 7. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL direct to home call. LAOS, XW. Larry, XW1A has been active on 20 meters at various times. QSL via E21EIC. VENEZUELA, YV. Look for Hector, YV4GMG/5 to be QRV in the TARA Grid Dip Shindig using PSK31. QSL to home call. OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operation is approved for DXCC credit: Guinea-Bissau, J5UAR, 2007 operation. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL UHF Contest, TARA Grid Dip Shindig, The 10-10 International Summer SSB Contest, National Lighthouse Weekend QSO Contest, European HF Championship, North American CW QSO Party, RSGB RoPoCo 2 CW Contest and the SARL HF Phone Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for August 7. Please see August QST, page 96 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP032 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP032 ARLP032 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP32 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 32 ARLP032 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA August 3, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP032 ARLP032 Propagation de K7RA Average daily sunspot numbers rose very little this week, less than 6 points to 7.3. There were no major geomagnetic upsets, only slightly unsettled conditions on the first day of August. We saw eight straight days of no sunspots, then a spot or two over four days, then no spots on the first two days of August. A week from now, August 10, we may see the beginning of several days with a few sunspots every day. Expect unsettled geomagnetic conditions centered on August 7 and again on August 10. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions August 3-5, quiet to unsettled August 6, unsettled to active August 7, and back to quiet August 8-9. There were six and two meter reports this week. On Sunday, July 29 Dick Bingham, W7WKR, who lives in the very remote mountain village of Stehekin, Washington (reached by boat) reports that he began hearing six meter beacons around 1800z, and until 2300z he worked 22 grids, including HR9BFS in EK66 (Honduras) as well as WA/CA/ID/MT/CO/TX/UT. Dick is blocked by a high ridge running northwest to southeast, with takeoff elevations in excess of 25 degrees, so he doesn't hear the northeastern United States and Canada. WB4SLM reported interesting E-skip on 2 meters, and from EM82 he worked EM14, EM15 and EM25, all around 2100z on Sunday. He lives in Georgia, and during a 30 meter QSO with his father, W9JNH in Texas, around 2133-2135z he heard long delayed echoes on his CW signal. Four days earlier on June 25, Roger Lapthorn, G3XBM reported his best 6-meter DX ever when he worked K1TOL in Maine on CW. Roger was running just a few watts into a vertical mounted on the side of his house. Roger says the distance was over 5000 kilometers. With July over, we can spin some numbers and look for trends. Monthly averages of daily sunspot numbers for April 2006 through July 2007 were 55.2, 39.6, 24.4, 22.6, 22.8, 25.2, 14.7, 31.5, 22.2, 28.2, 17.3, 9.8, 6.9, 19.8, 20.7 and 15.6. Monthly averages of daily solar flux for the same period were 88.9, 80.9, 76.5, 75.8, 79, 77.8, 74.3, 86.3, 84.4, 83.5, 77.7, 72.2, 72.4, 74.4, 73.7 and 71.6. Looking at 3-month smoothed sunspot numbers, now the July numbers we can add to May and June to show the three-month average centered on June. These numbers are based on data from the past 21 months, November 2005 through July 2007: Dec 05 40.6 Jan 06 32.4 Feb 06 18.1 Mar 06 27.7 Apr 06 38.5 May 06 39.7 Jun 06 28.9 Jul 06 23.3 Aug 06 23.5 Sep 06 21.2 Oct 06 24.1 Nov 06 23.1 Dec 06 27.3 Jan 07 22.7 Feb 07 18.5 Mar 07 11.2 Apr 07 12.2 May 07 15.8 Jun 07 18.7 These numbers are calculated like this: April 1 through June 30 is 91 days. Add all the daily sunspot numbers over those three months, then divide by 91, and the result is approximately 15.8, centered on May, the middle month. Likewise, May 1 through July 31 has 92 days, and the sum of daily sunspot numbers over that period divided by 92 is 18.7. If the average of daily sunspot numbers for the 31 days of August turns out to be more than 20 (meaning the sum of all the sunspot numbers for the month exceeds 620), we should see the three-month average centered on July rise above the June average. We will see that result in ARLP037, on September 7. This 3-month moving average of sunspot numbers is turning out to be a nice indicator of cycle trends, with the average smoothly declining from December through March, and increasing since. We'll know some day, perhaps in a year or two, if the low number in March is a good indicator of cycle minimum or not. Users of Scott Craig's Solar Data Plotting Utility (available free from http://www.craigcentral.com/sol.asp) may have noticed that this cycle minimum so far doesn't look as long as the previous minimum around 1995-1997. But of course, if we are at the minimum or just passed it, then we are only looking at probably half of its eventual length on the graph. I hope the upturn comes soon, and is dramatic. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] . For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for July 26 through August 1 were 0, 0, 13, 14, 13, 11 and 0 with a mean of 7.3. 10.7 cm flux was 68.4, 68.7, 69.9, 69, 68.9, 68, and 68.8, with a mean of 68.8. Estimated planetary A indices were 9, 8, 4, 14, 10,
[DX-NEWS] ARLP033 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP033 ARLP033 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP33 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 33 ARLP033 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA August 10, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP033 ARLP033 Propagation de K7RA Average daily sunspot numbers were up a little, rising over five points to 12.4. After a short period of no sunspots, we are back to seeing a spot or two every day. Expect these conditions to continue, possibly falling back to zero spots again around August 16-20. Today (August 10) expect some unsettled to active geomagnetic conditions due to a solar wind stream. Planetary A index predicted for August 10-16 is 25, 15, 5, 5, 5, 5 and 10. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts unsettled to active conditions August 10, quiet to unsettled August 11, quiet August 12-14, quiet to unsettled August 15, and unsettled August 16. New predictions for smoothed sunspot numbers in coming months seem to appear almost monthly from the Space Environment Center. Now the estimate for smoothed sunspot number in December 2007 has risen from 21 to 24. You can see the prediction from last month at http://www.sec.noaa.gov/weekly/pdf/prf1661.pdf and the current one at http://www.sec.noaa.gov/weekly/pdf/prf1666.pdf . Look on page nine of both issues. Bob Wertz, NF7E was operating in Alaska last month, and wrote asking about some strange conditions he observed on the air. ''Recently while on a mini DXpedition on Ushagat Island, located off the coast of Homer, Alaska, we encountered some strange lulls in operating. ''We landed on the island on July 12, and after about 3 hours, we were on the air and doing great. Then on the following few days, we almost lost all communications with the world. At first we thought it was rig problems, then antenna problems, but then realized it must be poor propagation. ''Can you give me some input about conditions those days?'' Yes, we can. Looking at data from the magnetometer at University of Alaska, we see that the A index (called the College A index) on July 11-16 was 32, 10, 2, 39, 19 and 7. The cause was solar wind, and the disturbance tends to concentrate toward the poles, so the absorption in Alaska from this activity can lead you to believe your radio is dead. Folks operating at high latitudes have had a respite from this activity because during a lull in the solar cycle, the chance of geomagnetic storms is much less. But old Alaska hands will tell you of times in years past when geomagnetic storms seemed to last for months, and HF was mostly unusable. That is the downside of higher solar activity. We like sunspots, because of the accompanying increase in reflection and refraction in the ionosphere. But along with that comes greater chance of geomagnetic storms. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for August 2 through 8 were 0, 11, 11, 11, 16, 13 and 25 with a mean of 12.4. 10.7 cm flux was 69.4, 70.4, 69.4, 68.9, 70, 69, and 69, with a mean of 69.4. Estimated planetary A indices were 5, 4, 2, 2, 12, 23 and 6 with a mean of 7.7. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 5, 4, 0, 2, 8, 23 and 5, with a mean of 6.7. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLD034 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD034 ARLD034 DX news ZCZC AE34 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 34 ARLD034 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 16, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD034 ARLD034 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. CROATIA, 9A. A group of operators from three clubs are QRV from many Croatian lighthouses and islands until August 23. Look for 9A60K/p, 9A0LH and 9A7K to be QRV from Susak Lighthouse, ARLHS CRO-50 during the ILLW. QSL all calls via 9A7K. BHUTAN, A5. Akira, JA0JHA is QRV as A52AM and has been active on 20 meters SSB between 1700 and 1900z. QSL to home call. PORTUGAL, CT. Members of ARAL will be QRV as CQ5N from the Nazare/Forte S. Miguel Arcanjo Lighthouse during the ILLW. Activity will be on all bands and various modes. QSL direct to CT6ARL. URUGUAY, CX. Members of the Radio Club Colonia will be QRV as CV7FARO from Colonia City Lighthouse during the ILLW. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters, plus various V/UHF frequencies. QSL via CX1FA. GERMANY, DA. A group of operators will be QRV as DF0WFB/LH from the Lighthouse, ARLHS FED-174, on Oland Island, IOTA EU-042, during the ILLW. They are active with two stations on HF and one on VHF. QSL via DF0WFB. ENGLAND, G. Members of the Scarborough Special Events Group will be QRV as GB2SCA in the ILLW from the lamp room in the Scarborough Lighthouse, ARLHS ENG-121. QSL via bureau. REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HL. Members of the Anseong DX Club will be QRV as HL0LPM/3 from Taenanji Island, IOTA AS-080, from August 19 to 21. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via 6K2BWA. ARGENTINA, LU. Members of the Radio Club Ushuaia will be QRV as AY7X from the Baliza Escarpados Lighthouse, ARLHS ARG-081, on Redonda Island, IOTA SA-049, during the ILLW. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and PSK. QSL via WD9EWK. NORWAY, LA. Henk, PA3FMC and Ruud, PE1BTV are QRV as LA/PA3FMC from the lighthouse, ARLHS NOR-264, on Utvaer Island, IOTA EU-055, during the ILLW. Activity is on all HF bands, including 6 and 2 meters, using SSB, PSK and meteor scatter. QSL via PA3FMC. ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. Kari, OH2BP will be QRV as OH0BP in the SARTG WW RTTY contest as a Single Operator/All Band entry. GREENLAND, OX. Johan, PA3EXX will be QRV as OX/PA3EXX/p from Rathbone Island, IOTA NA-243, from August 19 to 23, from the rare grid square HQ90. QSL to home call. POLAND, SP. Look for station SN2NP to be QRV from the lighthouse at the Gdansk Nowy Port during the ILLW. QSL via SP2BIK. GREECE, SV. Gianni, IZ7FLP, will be QRV as SV8/IZ7FLP from Zakynthos Island, IOTA EU-052, from August 18 to 25. QSL to home call. TURKEY, TA. Operators TA1FR and TA1HZ will be QRV as TC1LHW from the Karaburun Lighthouse for the ILLW. QSL via TA1FR. In addition, look for Bekir, TA2RX to be QRV as TC4LHW from the Gelidonia Lighthouse in Antalya during the ILLW. He will be operating with QRP power. QSL to home call. ICELAND, TF. members of the Icelandic Radio Amateurs Club will be QRV as TF1IRA from Knarraros Lighthouse, ARLHS ICE-012, in the ILLW. QSL via operators' instructions. NAMIBIA, V5. Mike, OE3MZC is QRV as V5/OE3MZC and has been active on 15 meters SSB from 1500 to 1645z and the 20 meters SSB from 1645 to 1700z. QSL to home call. BERMUDA, VP9. Seppo, OH1VR will be QRV as VP9/OH1VR from August 19 to 21. Activity is mainly CW. QSL to home call. SOUTH AFRICA, ZS. Raoul, ZS1REC will be QRV as ZS1RBI from Robben Island, IOTA AF-064, on August 18 and 19 for the ILLW. He plans to be active on 160 meters. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, NAQCC Straight Key/Bug Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, SARTG World Wide RTTY Contest, ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest, Keyman's Club of Japan CW Contest, Russian District Award Contest, ARCI Silent Key Memorial CW Sprint, North American SSB QSO Party, New Jersey QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP Contest is scheduled for August 20. Please see August QST, pages 96 and 97, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP034 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP034 ARLP034 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP34 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 34 ARLP034 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA August 17, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP034 ARLP034 Propagation de K7RA We're on the road this week, and post this bulletin from Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Solar activity continues low. The sun is currently spotless, but sunspots may return around August 20. This week's average daily sunspot numbers were down about a point from last week's, from 12.4 to 11.3. Expect quiet geomagnetic conditions over the next week, according to a forecast from the US Air Force, which predicts planetary A index for August 17-23 of 8, 5, 10, 5, 5, 10 and 8. But Geophysical Institute Prague has quite a different prediction for August 18. They predict quiet conditions for August 17, unsettled to active on August 18, unsettled August 19, quiet August 20-21, unsettled August 22, and quiet to unsettled August 23. Jerry Reimer, KK5CA of Spring, Texas, sent in some interesting comments about NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave) propagation and antennas, and ionospheric data available on the internet. An automated ionospheric sounder, or isosonde, beams energy straight up while sweeping the signal up in frequency, thereby determining the MUF or Maximum Usable Frequency of that area by measuring the reflected signal. Jerry says that NVIS communication (which is used to communicate with stations out to about 200 miles maximum) is best at a frequency 50 to 80 percent below the MUF from the isosonde. So if the MUF of the patch of ionosphere overhead is 10 MHz, then NVIS is best between 2-5 MHz. With NVIS, users are trying to get high angle radiation instead of low angle, which is usually the goal with other modes of HF communication. A page explaining Vertical Incidence Soundings is linked from http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/ by clicking on the Vertical Soundings link on the left of the page. He also pointed out some interesting real-time maps showing continent-wide communication between various points at http://www.ips.gov.au/HF_Systems/4/1. For instance, if you select Hourly HAP Charts, then select Kansas City, what you will see is the best frequencies for communications with Kansas City from across the continent at that time. So you can look at the color region over any point on the map, and this is keyed to the best frequency for communicating with Kansas City from that point. More about NVIS and ionospheric soundings in next week's bulletin. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for August 9 through 15 were 14, 14, 13, 11, 13, 14 and 0 with a mean of 11.3. 10.7 cm flux was 67.4, 67.5, 67.6, 68.1, 67.7, 68.5, and 67.6, with a mean of 67.8. Estimated planetary A indices were 4, 13, 12, 6, 3, 6 and 8 with a mean of 7.4. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 2, 10, 7, 5, 2, 3 and 6, with a mean of 5. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLD035 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD035 ARLD035 DX news ZCZC AE35 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 35 ARLD035 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 23, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD035 ARLD035 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, YO2DFA, 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. FIJI, 3D2. Tomas, LY1F will be QRV as 3D2MT from August 28 to September 4. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using mainly CW. He plans to be an entry in the upcoming All Asian contest. QSL via VK2CCC. CROATIA, 9A. Giuseppe, IK5WWA will be QRV as 9A/IK5WWA from Solta, IOTA EU-016, from August 25 to September 1. He intends to put other islands on the air during this time. QSL to home call. NEPAL, 9N. Stig, LA7JO is QRV as 9N7JO and has been active on 20 meters CW around 0230z and 1430z. QSL direct via his Thailand address. CHINA, BY. Operators BD7KLO, BA4ALC, BA4ED and BD4HD are QRV from Pingtan Island, IOTA AS-138, until August 26. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via operators' instructions. CHILE, CE. Dale, VE7SV is QRV as CE3/VE7SV until the end of August. QSL to home call. IRELAND, EI. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society, special event station EI75IRTS will be QRV on August 26, September 2 and 9. QSL via bureau. LIBERIA, EL. Dickson, EL2DT has been QRV on 20 meters at various times. QSL via WA4TII. FRANCE, F. Members of the Granville ARC are QRV as F5KAQ/p from Tombelaine Island, IOTA EU-156, until August 26. Activity is on all HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via F5RJM. ISLE OF MAN, GD. Bob, MD0CCE has been active on the 14247 kHz net around 2015z. SARDINIA, IS0. Flaviano, I2MOV is QRV as IS0/I2MOV from Dolianova, IOTA EU-024, until November. Activity is on 40 to 6 meters using mostly CW. QSL to home call. DENMARK, OZ. Ric, DL2VFR will be QRV as OZ/DL2VFR from Roemoe Island, IOTA EU-125, from August 26 to September 1. Activity is on all bands using mostly CW. QSL to home call. SWEDEN, SM. Operators SM3CXS, SM3GSK, SM3JGG, SM3NXS and SM3XGV are QRV as SD3N and SG3U from Grimskar Island, IOTA EU-176, until August 26. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via bureau. In addition, special event station 8S3SYL is active until August 26 during the meeting of the Scandinavian Young Ladies Radio Amateurs in Oestersund. QSL via bureau. CRETE, SV9. Dick, G3URA will be QRV as SV9/G3URA from August 27 to September 4 using mostly CW. In the upcoming Russian RTTY contest he will be active as J49XF. QSL to home call. TURKEY, TA. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Coast Guard Command, operators TA1FR, TA1HZ and TA2RX are QRV as TC25SG from August 27 to 30. Activity is on 40, 20 and 17 meters using SSB. QSL via TA1HZ. EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. Special event stations R100AK and R100IF are QRV until the end of the year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Kamalagin, UA4IF. QSL both calls via RW4HB. NAMIBIA, V5. Alfons, DJ8VC is QRV as V5/DJ8VC until September 8. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. He plans to be active as V55V/p in the upcoming IARU Region 1 Field Day contest and upcoming WAS SSB contest. QSL these two operations direct. CHAGOS ISLANDS, VQ9. Larry, VQ9LA has been active on 160 meters around 2330z and 80 meters around 0630z. QSL direct. INDIA, VU. In celebration of 60 years of Indian Independence, members of National Institute of Amateur Radio in Hyderabad are QRV as AT60MY until November 17. QSL via VU2NRO. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The NCCC CW Sprint, ALARA Contest, Hawaii QSO Party, SCC RTTY Championship, YO HF DX Contest, Ohio QSO Party, SKCC Weekend CW Sprint and the SARL HF CW Contest are all scheduled for this weekend. Please see August QST, page 97, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP035 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP035 ARLP035 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP35 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 35 ARLP035 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA August 24, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP035 ARLP035 Propagation de K7RA Conditions were quiet this week, with no geomagnetic disturbances and most days had zero sunspots. For the past two days, August 22-23, the sunspot number was 11 and 12, indicative of a single sunspot group. Slightly unsettled conditions are expected this weekend, with a planetary A index from August 24-30 expected at 8, 15, 15, 12, 8, 8 and 5. Sunspot activity is expected to remain low, as lone sunspot 969 moves across the sun. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions for August 24, unsettled August 25, quiet to unsettled August 26, quiet August 27, unsettled August 28, and quiet again August 29-30. Back in ARLP032 dated August 3, this bulletin said if the average sunspot number for August is above 20, then we will see another rise in our three-month moving average, which was also shown in that issue. Instead, for the three weeks and two days of this month we've had eight days of no sunspots, and the average sunspot number for the month thus far is 8.7. So perhaps early this spring was not the sunspot cycle minimum. Note the average sunspot numbers for March and April of this year were 9.8 and 6.9. Monthly averages seemed to be rising, until now. Jerry Reimer, KK5CA wrote to us recently about NVIS propagation (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave, or high angle radiation for local or regional coverage). In his email, he wrote, ''NVIS experimenters and practitioners would do well to always consider the foF2 and fMUF values, available here: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/lists/iono_day.html. For most of the U.S., 40m is currently well above what is usable for NVIS propagation. Sometimes 60m is not usable, and this can sometimes also include 75/80m for some areas. Many people are confused when their low ''NVIS'' antenna (often a resonant horizontal wire dipole at 6-20 feet) is ineffective for high angle propagation above the fMUF, while it is effective in working stations over 200 miles away. Most of these antennas radiate signals at all angles, not just the highest angles, and the lower angle signals are refracted with more favorable S/N ratios than are the vertical signals, which pass through the F-layer. For reliable NVIS propagation, it is critical to select a frequency which is 50-80 percent below the fMUF''. In that list that Jerry referenced, there are isosonde stations in North America, one of which may be local to you. Each page lists a latitude and longitude, but the format may be unfamiliar. They use an odd longitude reading that goes from zero degrees on the prime meridian east, covering the full 360 degrees. So if the number is E359, that would be one degree west of the meridian. For these stations in North America, just subtract the number shown from 360 to get the approximate location of the ionospheric sounding. For Dyess, it shows the location as N32E260. This would be 32 degrees north latitude, 100 degrees west longitude, because 360 minus 260 is 100. Locations you might check, shown with the states they are in, are Millstone Hill (MA), Point Arguello (CA), Boulder (CO), Bear Lake (UT), Wallops (VA), Eglin (FL) and Dyess (TX). The critical frequency you are looking for is in the foF2 column. An interesting article about ionosondes is at http://www.prc68.com/I/MWI.shtml. Another list of stations is http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/StationP12.html, but I don't know where to get data from these. David Moore sent a link to an article about Japan's solar research satellite, Hinode: http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMKOOWZK5F_index_0.html. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for August 16 through 22 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 11 and 12 with a mean of 3.3. 10.7 cm flux was 67.3, 67.6, 67.9, 67.8, 69.1, 69.3, and 70, with a mean of 68.4. Estimated planetary A indices were 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 4 and 4 with a mean of 4.1. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 6, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3 and 2, with a mean of 2.6. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options
[DX-NEWS] ARLD036 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD036 ARLD036 DX news ZCZC AE36 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 36 ARLD036 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 30, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD036 ARLD036 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by K1ZZ, NC1L, VE2TKH, W0PV, WB8IMY, 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. FIJI, 3D2. Tomas, LY1F is QRV as 3D2MT until September 4. Activity is on 80 to 17 meters using mainly CW. This includes an entry in the All Asian DX contest. QSL to home call. WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2. In celebration of 50 years of nationhood, 16 stations located throughout Malaysia will use special call prefix 9M50M until September 1. QSL via bureau. TONGA, A3. Ron, ZL1AMO is QRV as A35EA from Lifuka, IOTA OC-169, until September 16. His activity is holiday style. QSL to home call. SPAIN, EA. In commemoration of the European basketball championship EuroBasket 2007, special event stations AN0EB, AN4EB, AN5EB, AN6EB and AN7EB will be QRV from September 1 to 16. QSL all calls via EA4RCH. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Heinz, DH1PS is QRV as EA8/DH1PS/p from Fuerteventura Island, IOTA AF-004, and its Lighthouse, WLOTA 0883, until September 8. QSL to home call. ISLE OF MAN, GD. Dieter, DL2BQD plans to be QRV as MD/DL2BQD from September 6 to 13 or 14. Activity will be mainly during his evenings on 40, 30 and 20 meters using QRP power. QSL to home call. ST. LUCIA, J6. Bill, K9HZ is QRV as either J69HZ or J6/K9HZ until September 2. Activity is on 20 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. JA6GXK is QRV as JD1BMM from Marcus Island until September 20. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL to home call. PERU, OA. Dane, S57CQ is QRV as OA4/S57CQ until September 3 while working as an Emergency Preparedness and Response Officer with the UN World Food Program. Activity is mostly on 20 meters using SSB, with some CW and RTTY. QSL to home call. FINLAND, OH. Markus, OH1MN hopes to be QRV as OF1OTA from Luonnonmaa Island on September 1 and 2. Activity is on HF, and 6 and 2 meters using SSB, with FSK on 2 meters. QSL to home call. BELGIUM, ON. In tribute to the Belgium resistance during WW II, members of the Radio club de Binche will be QRV as ON4WAR from Waudrez on September 1 and 2. Activity will be on 40 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via ON7RY. POLAND, SP. Special event station 3Z0MSPO will be QRV September 3 to 6 to commemorate the 15th International Defense Industry Exhibition from Kielce. QSL via bureau. In addition, special event station SN10IPA is QRV until September 16 in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the International Police Association. QSL via bureau. GREECE, SV. Geza, HA4XG is QRV as J48XG and SV8/HA4XG from Corfu Island, IOTA EU-052, until September 6 during a family holiday here. Activity is on all HF bands, including 6 and 2 meters. He will also try some Meteor Scatter on 2 meters. QSL direct to home call. EAST KIRIBATI, T32. Gordon, WB6NOA is QRV as T32GW from Fanning Island, IOTA OC-084, until September 3. This is not a DXpedition, so his activity will be in his spare time. QSL to home call. CAMEROON, TJ. TJ3SL has been active on 17 meters around 1440 to 1600z and then 20 meters around 1630z. QSL via F5PSA. EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. Special event station RC150KTS is QRV during September to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Russian scientist and pioneer of astronautic theory, Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky. QSL via RU3SD. CANADA, VE. Steve, VE2TKH is QRV as VO2ZT from Labrador City until September 4. Activity is on HF using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL to home call. INDIA, VU. Members of the National Institute of Amateur Radio in Hyderabad are QRV as special event station AT60MY until November 17 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of India's independence. QSL via VU2NRO. INDONESIA, YB. Rich, PA0RRS is QRV as YB9/PA0RRS from Bali Island, IOTA OC-022, until September 24. Activity is mostly on 40 to 10 meters, but will try 80 and 6 meters as well. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The All Asian SSB DX Contest, NCCC CW Sprint, Russian RTTY World Wide Contest, Wake-Up. QRP CW Sprint, RSGB SSB Field Day, IARU Region 1 SSB Field Day and the MI QRP Labor Day CW Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for September 4. Please see September QST, page 90, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP036 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP036 ARLP036 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP36 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 36 ARLP036 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA August 31, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP036 ARLP036 Propagation de K7RA Sunspot numbers pulled up from 0 this week, but barely. Average daily sunspot numbers rose over nine points to 12.9. Geomagnetic conditions were quiet. Conditions have been quiet for so long that we may not appreciate this, as many of us wish for more solar activity and sunspots. It wasn't long ago when we had more sunspots, but the accompanying geomagnetic activity made conditions difficult. Check the Planetary A index in October 2002, April, June, September and December 2003, and into January 2004. For 2003, check http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices/old_indices/2003_DGD.txt. For any other year, just change 2003 toward the end of the URL, and to check sunspot numbers change DGD to DSD at the end of the URL. If you read ARRL Propagation Bulletins from back then, in addition to complaints about the higher geomagnetic activity, you'll find stories of better VHF propagation during periods of geomagnetic disturbance. You can see old bulletins back through 1995 at, http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/. This morning the Australian Ionospheric Prediction Service sent out a warning of increased geomagnetic activity centered on September 1 due to a wind stream from a solar coronal hole. They predict today, August 31, will be quiet with increasing activity late in the day, unsettled to active conditions with possible minor storm on Saturday, September 1, and mostly unsettled conditions September 2. Geophysical Institute Prague predicted earlier that August 31 would be quiet to unsettled, September 1 unsettled to active, unsettled conditions September 2-3, quiet September 4-5, and unsettled to active again on September 6. Over the same period the US Air Force predicts a Planetary A index of 15, 25, 12, 12, 8, 5 and 15 for August 31 through September 6. From the same prediction, it looks like September 8-17 may see a return of 0 sunspot days. In response to last week's mention of ionospheric sounders, Pat Dyer, WA5IYX of San Antonio, Texas wrote in with some useful information and links. At http://digisonde.haystack.edu/Search.html you can view recent ionographs from the MIT Haystack Observatory at Millstone Hill in Westford, Massachusetts. In the typical Lowell Digisonde graph, we can see echoes from the ionosphere over a range of 1-10 MHz, for radio energy beamed straight up and swept through the radio spectrum. Frequency is shown along the bottom, on the x-axis, and the vertical axis is calibrated in kilometers. This is the calculated height of the part of the ionosphere that is returning echoes. On the left side at the top we see foF2, which is the approximate frequency of the strongest echoes. Along the bottom, below the graph, is a list of D and MUF. This is the calculated Maximum Usable Frequency for the patch of ionosphere over the observatory, related to distance. So stations 1000 km apart, with the observatory in the middle, would see the MUF value associated with that distance reflected by the patch of sky above the observatory. Currently I am looking at a chart for August 31 at 0730z. For the distances of 100, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500 and 3000 km I am seeing MUF values of 2.7, 2.7, 2.8, 3.0, 3.1, 3.4, 4.3 and 6.4 MHz. This means that stations 1500 km apart, or 750 km on each side of the observatory, could communicate well on 80 meters, but not at 1000 km or shorter distances. WA5IYX gives an example at, http://www.qsl.net/wa5iyx/ionogram/01701400.gif. Referring to the example, Pat writes, The x-axis is the swept ionosonde freq (MHz) of the pulse sent straight up (VI, vertical incidence) with (if any) echoes displayed. The short red dashes just under the x-axis are freq segments where their ionosonde is shut off to avoid QRMing the existent services there. He continues, The y-axis is the virtual height in km as determined by the ms time delay for the echo (1 ms round trip is approximately 300/2 km). It's called virtual since (with the exception of Es) the reflection takes place over a depth of 10s of km, with the pulse actually being slowed down just before and after. This is what gives those striking curves to the F-region traces. For F1 it's the lower E region and for F2 the F1 - they are still slowing (retarding) down the pulse, less so as the freq rises, giving the appearance that the F2 layer is at first high, then lowers, and then rises again. Only the latter is really indicative of a true height change as the pulse goes higher (deeper) into the layer before being reflected as the freq is raised (and eventually fully penetrating it). foF2 is the highest VI freq reflection of the ordinary wave from the F2 region. A plasma (which is what the ionosphere is) in a magnetic field splits an incident radio wave into two components
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #851 [Calendar]
[forwarding test, ignore] 425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 25 August 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 851 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 25/08 BG7JSQ: Xiachuan Island (AS-131) 851 till 25/08 GM0WED/p and MM3XUI/p: North Ronaldsay Island (EU-009) 851 till 25/08 SV8/IZ7FLP: Zakynthos (EU-052) 849 till 25/08 TU2/F5LDY: Ivory Coast 851 till 25/08 UA1QV, UA1PBU, RA1QKI: EU-160, EU-102, EU-188, EU-085 847 till 26/08 BD7KLO, BA4ALC, BA4ED, BD4HD: Pingtan Island (AS-138) 851 till 26/08 F5KAQ/p: Tombelaine Island (EU-156)849 till 26/08 8S3SYL: special event station 843 till 26/08 SD3N and SG3U: Grimskar Island (EU-176)850 till 27/08 OX/HB9FMD: Greenland 849 till 27/08 UE6UFO: Kharabalinsky district and islands 850 till 28/08 GB4IPY: special callsign 848 till 28/08 GM0ANA/p: EU-010 (and EU-059?) 850 till 31/08 8J7VENUS: special event station844 till 31/08 8J1ESP: special station845 till 31/08 EM15B: special call847 till 31/08 IA5/IW1DFU: Elba Island (EU-028) 848 till 03/09 T32GW: Fanning Island (OC-084) 851 till 05/09 9A/VE3ZIK: Croatia 840 till 09/09 8N3IAAF: special event station 830 till 14/09 ZD9BCB: Gough Island (AF-030) 851 till 30/09 HG5MISSION: special event call 849 till 30/09 IA3GM: special callsign844 till 30/09 3Z90ZIM: special scout station 848 till 01/10 ON60AF, ON60AP, ON60BAF: special callsigns 809 till 17/11 AT60MY: special call (India) 851 till 30/11 EW905B: special callsign (Belarus) 840 till Nov8Q7IM: Maldives (AS-013) 809 till 06/12 IU2IPY: special callsign 843 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special event station (Greece) 809 till 31/12 YU60BCD and YT60W. special callsigns (Serbia) 818 till 31/12 YU07HST: special event callsign830 till 31/12 Z360M: special call849 till 31/12 ZY5100SCOUT: special callsign 821 till Feb 2008 DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (DL-03, AN-016) 812 till Apr 2008 6W/EA4ATI and 6W1EA: Senegal 833 till 30/06/08 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till 31/03/09 A52VE: Bhutan 829 25/08-01/09 9A/IK5WWA: Croatian islands (EU-016) 847 25/08-08/09 9A/IN3YGW: Rab Island (EU-136) 851 25/08-26/08 EG3MED: Meda Gran Island (EU-078) 849 25/08-01/09 ID9/IK8HJC: Vulcano Island (EU-017)845 26/08-06/09 IS0/IZ1CRA: Sardinia (EU-024) 851
[DX-NEWS] ARLP037 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP037 ARLP037 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP37 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 37 ARLP037 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA September 7, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP037 ARLP037 Propagation de K7RA In little more than two weeks the northern hemisphere will see the Autumnal Equinox, marking the start of Fall north of the equator and the beginning of Spring south of the equator. The exact time when both northern and southern hemispheres are bathed in equal sunlight is 0951z, September 23, 2007. Even with few sunspots, this is the best time for long distance communications between hemispheres. One change West Coast stations may notice is the summertime openings in the evening toward Asia on 20 and 17 meters will be shortening, but daytime propagation should improve. For instance, in mid-August from California to Japan, after sunset on the West Coast (around 0300z), the path on 20 meters would open, with steadily increasing signals until sundown in Japan (around 0930z). But at the start of Fall, the path will close a few hours earlier, but with stronger signals during the day. From Texas to Brazil, with low sunspot numbers 15 meters in mid-August is not usually a reliable path. But with one or two sunspots at the equinox, 15 meters becomes very reliable from the middle of North America to South America. This year we began looking at a 3-month moving average of daily sunspot numbers. We wanted to see if this might be a good balance between smoothing out the daily variations to help spot trends, but three months being a short enough period (compared to a 12 month moving average) that it better reacts to changes. Last month's Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP032 (http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/2007-arlp032.html) said if we saw an average sunspot number greater then 20 for August, this would support a trend with the sunspot minimum centered in March 2007. Unfortunately, the average was about half that, at 9.9. So that makes the 3 month June-July-August average 15.4 centered on July, compared to 18.7 for the end of last month, centered on June. Here is the latest update on the 3-month moving average of daily sunspot numbers: Dec 05 40.6 Jan 06 32.4 Feb 06 18.1 Mar 06 27.7 Apr 06 38.5 May 06 39.7 Jun 06 28.9 Jul 06 23.3 Aug 06 23.5 Sep 06 21.2 Oct 06 24.1 Nov 06 23.1 Dec 06 27.3 Jan 07 22.7 Feb 07 18.5 Mar 07 11.2 Apr 07 12.2 May 07 15.8 Jun 07 18.7 Jul 07 15.4 Monthly averages of daily sunspot numbers for April 2006 through August 2007 were 55.2, 39.6, 24.4, 22.6, 22.8, 25.2, 14.7, 31.5, 22.2, 28.2, 17.3, 9.8, 6.9, 19.8, 20.7 , 15.6 and 9.9. Monthly averages of daily solar flux for the same period were 88.9, 80.9, 76.5, 75.8, 79, 77.8, 74.3, 86.3, 84.4, 83.5, 77.7, 72.2, 72.4, 74.4, 73.7, 71.6 and 69.2. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for August 30 through September 5 were 15, 14, 26, 14, 15, 14 and 15 with a mean of 16.1. 10.7 cm flux was 71.6, 70.8, 70.8, 69.4, 68, 68.2, and 67.6 with a mean of 69.5. Estimated planetary A indices were 6, 7, 11, 23, 12, 6 and 12 with a mean of 11. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 4, 7, 9, 17, 8, 4 and 10, with a mean of 8.4. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLD037 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD037 ARLD037 DX news ZCZC AE37 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 37 ARLD037 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 6, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD037 ARLD037 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. AGALEGA AND ST. BRANDON ISLANDS, 3B6. A large group of operators are QRV as 3B7C from Brandon Island, IOTA AF-015, until September 24. Activity is on all HF bands, including 6 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY, FM and PSK, with 12 stations operating simultaneously. QSL via G3NUG. TANZANIA, 5H. Scott, AC3A is QRV as 5H3EYE from Dar es Salaam until September 17 while on work assignment with Project ORBIS. He is active during his local evenings. QSL to home call. KENYA, 5Z. Chris, DL2MDU will be QRV as 5Z4/DL2MDU from September 10 to 24. Activity is holiday style on 80 to 10 meters using mostly CW. QSL via bureau. MALDIVES, 8Q. Chris, M0AJT is QRV as 8Q7CT from Dhonveli Island until September 14. He is active using mainly CW in his spare time. QSL to home call. CROATIA, 9A. Niko, DD1MAT is QRV as 9A/DD1MAT from Dugi Otok Island, IOTA EU-170. This includes an entry in the Worked All Europe contest. QSL to home call. MALTA, 9H. A group of amateurs will be QRV as 9H20 from September 8 to October 1. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters. QSL via PB9ZR. TONGA, A3. Ron, ZL1AMO is QRV as A35EA from Lifuka Island, IOTA OC-169, until September 16 while on vacation. PORTUGAL, CT. Carlos, CT4HA/p is QRV from Berlenga Island, IOTA EU-040, until September 9. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. ANTARCTICA. Mirko is QRV as DP0GVN from Neumayer Base and has been active on 20 meters around 1600z. QSL via DL5EBE. ISLE OF MAN, GD. Lars, DF1LON is QRV as MD0LON until September 10. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters, possibly including 6 meters, using CW, SSB and RTTY. he will also be active in the Worked All Europe contest as GD6IA. QSL both calls to home call. GRENADA, J3. Gerd, DL7VOG is QRV as J3/DL7VOG from Carriacou, IOTA NA-147, until September 16. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using mostly CW and RTTY, with some SSB. QSL to home call. MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. Masafumi, JA6GXK is QRV as JD1BMM until September 18. He has been active on 20 meters using RTTY around 1130z. QSL to home call. NAMIBIA, V5. Alfons is QRV as V55C and has been active on 20 meters around 1545z. QSL this operation via DJ8VC. FALKLAND ISLANDS, VP8. Chris, GM0TQJ will be QRV as VP8CXV from September 8 to January 15, 2008. He will be active using mostly SSB, but will also do RTTY and PSK31. QSL to home call. DIEGO GARCIA, VQ9. Larry, VQ9LA is normally QRV on 160 meters around 2300z and then 1300z. QSL direct. INDIA, VU. Indian amateurs have temporary access to 30 meters until September 30, 2007. Special event station AT60MY is normally QRV on 10106 kHz during this time. QSL via bureau. TRISTAN da CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLANDS, ZD9. Brian, ZD9BCB is QRV from the weather station on Gough Island until September 14. He is usually active on 20 meters around 1720z. QSL direct via SQ8AQD. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL September VHF QSO Party, NCCC CW Sprint, AGCW Straight Key Party, International G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest, Worked All Europe SSB DX Contest, Swiss HTC QRP CW Sprint, Arkansas QSO Party, SOC Marathon CW Sprint, North American CW Sprint, Tennessee QSO Party and the ARCI End of Summer Digital Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The YLRL Howdy Days runs from September 11 to 13. Please see September QST, page 90, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #853
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 08 September 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 853 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 4O - Celebrating the admission of the Republic of Montenegro to the Council of Europe, the radio club of the Council of Europe and Ranko, 4O3A organize an operation to take place on 17-21 October under the callsign 4O0CE. QSL via F5LGF. Logs will be available on http://ewwa.free.fr [TNX F6FQK] 8Q - Chris, M0AJT will be active holiday style as 8Q7CT from Dhonveli Island, Maldives (AS-013) on 7-14 September. He will operate mainly CW with some SSB. [TNX F5NQL] 8R - Anderson, PY2TNT and Alex, PY2WAS will be active as 8R1PY from Georgetown, Guyana on 1-4 November. They plan to operate around the clock on 2, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40, 60 and 80 metres, SSB and CW. QSL via PY4KL, direct or bureau. [TNX PY2WAS] BY - Look for BY1TX/4 and BY1TT/4 to be active from Chang Dao (AS-146) on 1-6 October. They will operate SSB, CW and RTTY on 160-10 metres. QSL BY1TX/4 via EA7FTR, QSL BY1TT/4 via home call. [TNX BA1RB] FP - John, W9ILY and Bob, K9MDO will be active as FP/W9ILY and FP/K9MDO from Miquelon Island (NA-032) on 13-18 September. They plan to operate on 80-10 metres and to concentrate on SSB (primarily FP/K9MDO) and RTTY/PSK (primarily FP/W9ILY). QSL FP/W9ILY via home call, direct or bureau (logs will be uploaded to LoTW). QSL FP/K9MDO via W9NJB, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] G - The Scarborough Special Events Group will be running special event station GB2QE on 15-16 September to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2. All of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau; direct cards should be sent to G4SSH. G - The Bittern DX Group (www.bdxg.org.uk) will be active on 22-23 September using the special callsign GB2TX as parte of Transmission 2007 to raise money for the British Wireless for the Blind Fund. [TNX G0GFQ] GM - Steve/G0MTD, Paul/M1PAF, Mark/M0WCR and Jim/G7GAG, from the Workington District ARC, will visit the Isle of Barra (EU-010) on 6-12 October. They will operate as MS0WRC on 80, 40, 20 and 17 metres SSB and CW, plus 2m. Side trips to the islands of Vatersay and Eriskay are being planned. QSL via MX0WRC or G0MTD. [TNX G0MTD] I - Claudio, IZ1JFK will operate on 20 and 40 metres SSB as IZ1JFK/mm from Italian Navy destroyer Andrea Doria on 11-15 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IT9MRM] IS0- A group of operators from the Sardinia QRP Club will be active as IQ0QP/p from Quirra Island (EU-165, IIA CA-009) on 16 September, from about 10 UTC to 16 UTC. This will be a QRP operation on 40 and 20 metres, SSB and CW. QSL direct to P.O. Box 81, 09047 Selargius - CA, Italy. [TNX IS0VSU and IS0XDA] JW - Niels, OZ7FOC will be active as JW/OZ7FOC from Svalbard on 10-17 September. QSL via home call. [TNX OZ7FOC] JW - Karl Gustav, LA8DW and Lars, OZ1HPS will be active from Spitsbergen (EU-026), Svalbard on 1-7 October. They will operate SSB and CW as JW8DW and JW/OZ1HPS. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OZ1HPS] LU - Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Grupo Argentino de CW (http://gacw.no-ip.org/) will be active from the city of Morse in Buenos Aires province on 12-15 October. Expect LU1DZ, LU5FZ, LU6UO, LU7BTO, LW1EXU and LW2DX to operate on 160-10 metres mainly CW with two stations. [TNX LU6EF] ON - The last Fouga Magister aircraft still in use by the Belgian Air Force will perform its lastflight on 27September (www.fougamagister.be). To mark the event, the Belgian Air Force Amateur Radio Association (www.bafara.be) will be active on all bands and modes as ON47FOUGA on 24-30 September. QSL via ON6KN, direct or bureau. [TNX ON6KN] P2 - Hans (SM6CVX), Derek (G3KHZ), Steve (G4EDG) and Luis
[DX-NEWS] ARLD038 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD038 ARLD038 DX news ZCZC AE38 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 38 ARLD038 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 13, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD038 ARLD038 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, 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. AGALEGA AND ST. BRANDON ISLANDS, 3B6. A large group of operators are QRV as 3B7C from Brandon Island, IOTA AF 015, until September 24. Activity is on all HF bands, including 6 meters, using CW, SSB, RTTY, FM and PSK, with 12 stations operating simultaneously. QSL via G3NUG. MALAWI, 7Q. Harry, G0JMU is QRV as 7Q7HB for about two months. He is active on the HF bands using CW, SSB and possibly other modes in his spare time. QSL direct to G0IAS. THE GAMBIA, C5. Andre, ON7YK is QRV as C56YK until September 27. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using SSB. QSL via operator's instructions. IRAN, EP. Pooyan, EP3PK has been active on 20 meters SSB around 0600z and then using RTTY around 1630z. MAYOTTE, FH. Alain, F4RPW is now a resident and active as FH1LE. He is using SSB, with some CW and possibly digital modes. SARDINIA, IM0. Members of the Associazione Radioamatoriale Sardinia QRP Club will be QRV as IM0/IQ0QP from Quirra Island, IOTA EU-165, on September 16 from 1000 to 1600z. QSL direct to IQ0QP. DJIBOUTI, J2. Jean-Claude is QRV as J28JA and has been active on 17 meters around 1400 to 1500z. QSL via F5JFU. SVALBARD ISLAND, JW. Niels, OZ7FOC is QRV as JW/OZ7FOC until September 17. QSL to home call. ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. A group of operators will be QRV as OH0Z in both Scandinavian Activity contests. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters. QSL via W0MM. MARKET REEF, OJ0. A large group of operators will be QRV as OJ0B from September 15 to 24. This includes activity in both Scandinavian Activity contests with three stations. Outside the contests, look for activity on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via OH2BH. POLAND, SP. Grzegorz, SQ9JKD is QRV using special call HF150TG until November 30 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the local railway station in Tarnowskie Gory. QSL to home call. DODECANESE, SV5. Alberto, IW1RLF is QRV as SV5/IW1RLF from Rhodes, IOTA EU-001, until September 17. QSL to home call. In addition, Luk, ON4BB and Bill, ON5JE are also active holiday-style as SV5/homecalls until September 25 from Rhodes. QSL to home calls. Also, Drew, GM3YOR will be QRV as SV5/homecall while on holiday from Symi Island, from September 16 to 29. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW. QSL to home call. CRETE, SV9. Steve, G0SGB is QRV as SV9/G0SGB/p until September 25. He will also activate various lighthouses during this time. QSL to home call. CORSICA, TK. Heinz, DF6ZY will be QRV as TK/DF6ZY from September 15 to 28. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using mostly RTTY, but will also operate SSB and RTTY if requested. QSL to home call. GIBRALTAR, ZB. Jorma, OH2KI will be QRV as ZB2X from September 20 to 30. He will be active using mostly CW and low power in the HF bands in his spare time. This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. QSL to home call. ST. HELENA, ZD7. Tom, KC0W is now on St. Helena Island and will be active as ZD7X beginning September 15. He will be active on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. He will also be active in all major contests. QSL via W0MM. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest, FISTS Get Your Feet Wet CW Weekend, NCCC CW Sprint, The North American SSB Sprint, SARL VHF/UHF Contest, 070 Club 80-Meter Autumn PSK31 Sprint, Scandinavian Activity CW Contest, South Carolina QSO Party, QRP Afield, Feld-Hell Sprint, Washington State Salmon Run and the QCWA Fall QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest and 144 MHz Fall Sprint are scheduled for September 17. Please see September QST, pages 90 and 91, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #854
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 15 September 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 854 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 1A - The Sovereing Order of Malta will be activated by an international team during the week of the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. This will be the first time for SMOM to be aired during a major contest. Further information will be available at http://www.1a4a.org/ [TNX IZ4AKS] FO - Freddy, F5IRO left Paris on 12 September for a 4-month assignement in Papeete (OC-046), French Polynesia. He plans to be active in his spare time as FO5RU (or FO/F5IRO, while waiting to collect his licence) on all HF bands CW, SSB and RTTY. Side trips to other IOTA groups are possibile. QSL via F5CQ, direct or bureau. Logs will be available at http://www.f5cq.net/dxp/2007-FO5RU/fo5ru-fr.htm [TNX F5NQL] HR - HQ8R is the callsign issued to the upcoming operation from Swan Island (NA-035) [425DXN 851]. The team now includes K8LEE, W8GEX, K2BB, KB2PDW and HR2J. They will depart on on 23 September and return to the mainland on the 28th. [TNX The Daily DX] HS - Eric, SM1TDE is now living on Phuket Island (AS-053) and has been issued the callsign HS0ZHR. He expects to participate in the Scandinavian Activity Contest CW. QSL via home call, preferably through the bureau. Mail sent to his address is Sweden (P.O. Box 94, SE-62321 Ljugarn) will be forwarded to Thailand by Eric's father, but it might take some time before you get a reply. [TNX SM1TDE] OJ0- The August 2007 OJ0B outing to Market Reef was designed to decorate the lighthouse with powerful antennas that can only be hoisted in good weather conditions. The newly composed group of OH0RJ, OH2BH, OH2MM, OH2PM, OH7EA and OH8NC are at it again and they plan to be operational from 15 September until the 24th, including both Scandinavian Activity Contests, with three stations. Outside the contest expect OJ0B to operate on 3523, 7023, 10113, 14033, 18083, 21033, 24903 and 28033 KHz CW; 3775, 7075, 14175, 18135, 21275, 24960 and 28475 KHz SSB. If you are a stamp collector or wish to receive your QSL card with unique Market Reef stamps, you may send an SASE with 7 Euros (10 USD) as your postage/donation to the Finnish Lighthouse Society (http://www.lighthousesociety.fi/eng/) via the QSL manager, OH2BH. [TNX OH2BN] OZ - Bernd, DL8AAV will be active as OZ/DL8AAV/p from Laeso Island (EU-088) on 17-29 September. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] OZ - Lutz/DL3ARK and Peter/DL4AMK will be active as OZ/homecall from Hov Lighthouse (ARLHS DEN-035) on Langeland Island (EU-172, DIA FY-19) on 22-29 September. OZ/DL3ARK will be QRV in the Scandinavian Activity Contest (SSB). QSL via homecalls, direct or bureau. [TNX DL3ARK] P2 - P29VLR is the callsign issued to CT1AGF for the IOTA operations from Papua New Guinea [425DXN 853]. This is the call he, SM6CVX, G3KHZ and G4EDG will be using from Kilinalau Island (OC-256), if they manage to operate from there (indicatively from 8 October for three days). QSL P29VLR via SM6CVX. The other callsigns will be P29VCX (QSL via SM6CVX) from OC-284 starting around 25 October and P29NI (QSL via G3KHZ) from OC-283 starting around 2 October. [TNX islandchaser.com] TF - Look for TF/G3SXW and TF/G4IRN to operate CW only 40-12 metres from Iceland (EU-021) on 21-23 September. QSL via home calls. Logs will be uploaded to LotW. TK - Heinz, DF6ZY will be active as TK/DF6ZY from Corsica (EU-014) on 15-28 September. He plans to operate on 10-80 metres mostly RTTY (SSB and SSTV on request). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX DL2VFR] W - The Anaheim Police ARC (W6APD) will operate (on 21350, 18150, 14253 and 7250 kHz SSB and 14071.5 kHz PSK) as K6P on 19-22 September for the POW-MIA Remembrance Day. QSL via KM6HB. [TNX KM6HB] YK -
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #854 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 15 September 2007A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 854 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 15/09 9A/DD1MAT: Dugi Otok (EU-170) 851 till 15/09 IZ1FJK/mm 853 till 15/09 P41USA: Aruba (SA-036) 849 till 15/09 K3GV/VY2: Prince Edward Island (NA-029)851 till 16/09 A35EA: Lifuka (OC-169) 851 till 16/09 AN0EB, AN4EB, AN5EB, AN6EB, AN7EB: special calls 851 till 16/09 J3/DL7VOG: Carriacou Island (NA-147) 851 till 16/09 SN10IPA: special call 851 till 17/09 5H3EYE: Tanzania 852 till 17/09 JW/OZ7FOC: Svalbard853 till 17/09 SV5/IW1RLF: Rhodes (EU-001)851 till 17/09 VE1/GM3VLB: Cape Breton Island (NA-010)853 till 18/09 FP/W9ILY and FP/K9MDO: Miquelon Island (NA-032)853 till 18/09 JD1BMM: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 851 till 22/09 F/HB9ASZ/p: Brehat Island (EU-074) 852 till 22/09 TM8CDX: special event call (France)851 till 24/09 3B7C: St. Brandon Islands (AF-015) 852 till 24/09 5Z4/DL2MDU: Kenya 851 till 24/09 F/EB1BOA/p: French lighthouses 852 till 24/09 YB9/PA0RRS: Bali Island (OC-022) 831 till 26/09 SV8/I3BQC: Limnos Island (EU-049) 851 till 27/09 C56YK: The Gambia 843 till 28/09 9A/ON4LO: Mali Losinj (EU-136) 851 till 30/09 3Z90ZIM: special scout station 848 till 30/09 9H20: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 9H3X, 9H3IE, 9H3ON, 9H3YM, 9H3ZR: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 9H3AB, 9H3S, 9H3WX, 9H3WY, 9H3ZF: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 9H3AVS, 9H3YT, 9H3EM: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 HF40PAZ: special callsign (Poland) 826 till 30/09 HG5MISSION: special event call 849 till 30/09 IA3GM: special callsign844 till 30/09 II0ERN: special call 851 till 30/09 RC150KTS: special station 852 till 01/10 ON60AF, ON60AP, ON60BAF: special callsigns 809 till 20/10 TM#RWC: special event calls (France) 852 till 17/11 AT60MY: special call (India) 851 till 30/11 EW905B: special callsign (Belarus) 840 till 30/11 HF150TG: special event station 853 till 30/11 R450KB: special station852 till Nov8Q7IM: Maldives (AS-013) 809 till 06/12 IU2IPY: special callsign 843 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special event station (Greece) 809 till 31/12 YU60BCD and YT60W.
[DX-NEWS] ARLP038 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP038 ARLP038 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP38 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 38 ARLP038 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA September 14, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP038 ARLP038 Propagation de K7RA The Sun has been blank, with no visible sunspots, for the past seven days, September 7-13. We may not see another sunspot until September 22, just before the Autumnal Equinox. Thursday evening, September 13, Spaceweather.com (http://www.spaceweather.com) mentioned a coronal wind hitting earth this evening, September 14. The IMF points south, which makes earth vulnerable to solar wind, but other sources don't call for an increase in geomagnetic activity today. We might assume that a solar wind from 27 to 28 days ago could return at this time, based on the rotation of the Sun relative to earth. But looking back four weeks on, http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices/quar_DGD.txt does not reveal any heightened activity. Of course, it could be that the Interplanetary Magnetic field pointed north, protecting earth from the coronal wind. U.S. Air Force Space Weather Operations predict continued quiet geomagnetic conditions, with a planetary A index for September 14 at 8, then 5 every day through September 20. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet to unsettled conditions September 14-15 and quiet conditions September 16-20. Each month we are checking the Preliminary Report and Forecast of Solar Geophysical Data from NOAA SEC for updates to the forecast for this sunspot cycle. The current edition is at 1671, dated September 12, at http://www.sec.noaa.gov/weekly/index.html. Compare the table of predicted smoothed sunspot numbers on page 9 with number 1666 dated August 7. Note the latest forecast has a more pronounced minimum, all centered around March and April 2007. Floyd Clowning, K5LA and Eva Tupis, W2EV sent in some information on PropNET (see http://propnet.org/), the automated network of low power BPSK stations dedicated to detecting propagation paths on 160, 30, 10, 6 and 2 meters, and plotting them on maps. This was mentioned briefly in Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP015 about five months ago. The PropNET website has all the information on setting up one of these stations, and of course, you don't have to be a participant to use it. All the data that is generated appears on the web site. One thing PropNET needs is more overseas participation. The network currently gives good propagation indicators in the United States, but could sure use a few stations outside North America. Check the October 2007 issue of QST for an interesting article concerning the bottom of this solar cycle by Steve Ford, WB8IMY. Titled Waiting for the Sun, Steve gives us ideas on how to best utilize the available propagation when there are few sunspots. Finally, Ken Fletcher of the British DX Club sent in a link to http://www.solarcycle24.com/, a neat site devoted to the current and upcoming sunspot cycles. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for September 6 through 12 were 12, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 1.7. 10.7 cm flux was 66.7, 67.1, 66.6, 66.7, 66.9, 66.1, and 65.9 with a mean of 66.6. Estimated planetary A indices were 13, 12, 6, 2, 2, 2 and 2 with a mean of 5.6. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 8, 10, 3, 2, 2, 2 and 2, with a mean of 4.1. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #855 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 22 September 2007A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 855 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 22/09 F/HB9ASZ/p: Brehat Island (EU-074) 852 till 22/09 K6P: special event station 854 till 22/09 TM8CDX: special event call (France)851 till 22/09 VE1/GM3VLB: Nova Scotia853 till 23/09 EV5AGB: Belarus855 till 23/09 IY1SP/IP1: Palmaria Island 851 till 23/09 TF/G3SXW and TF/G4IRN: Iceland (EU-021)854 till 24/09 3B7C: St. Brandon Islands (AF-015) 855 till 24/09 5Z4/DL2MDU: Kenya 851 till 24/09 F/EB1BOA/p: French lighthouses 852 till 24/09 OJ0B: Market Reef 855 till 24/09 YB9/PA0RRS: Bali Island (OC-022) 831 till 26/09 SV8/I3BQC: Limnos Island (EU-049) 851 till 27/09 C56YK: The Gambia 843 till 28/09 9A/ON4LO: Mali Losinj (EU-136) 851 till 28/09 TK/DF6ZY: Corsica (EU-014) 854 till 29/09 OZ/DL8AAV/p: Laeso Island (EU-088) 854 till 29/09 SV5/GM3YOR: Dodecanese (EU-001)853 till 30/09 3Z90ZIM: special scout station 848 till 30/09 9H20: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 9H3X, 9H3IE, 9H3ON, 9H3YM, 9H3ZR: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 9H3AB, 9H3S, 9H3WX, 9H3WY, 9H3ZF: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 9H3AVS, 9H3YT, 9H3EM: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 HF40PAZ: special callsign (Poland) 826 till 30/09 HG5MISSION: special event call 849 till 30/09 IA3GM: special callsign844 till 30/09 II0ERN: special call 851 till 30/09 RC150KTS: special station 852 till 01/10 ON60AF, ON60AP, ON60BAF: special callsigns 809 till 20/10 HC1/EA1APV: Ecuador849 till 20/10 TM#RWC: special event calls (France) 852 till 17/11 AT60MY: special call (India) 851 till 30/11 EW905B: special callsign (Belarus) 840 till 30/11 HF150TG: special event station 853 till 30/11 R450KB: special station852 till 30/11 SU8BHI: Egypt 851 till Nov8Q7IM: Maldives (AS-013) 809 till 06/12 IU2IPY: special callsign 843 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special event station (Greece) 809 till 31/12 YU60BCD and YT60W. special callsigns (Serbia) 818 till 31/12 YU07HST: special event callsign830 till 31/12 Z360M: special call849 till 31/12 ZY5100SCOUT:
[DX-NEWS] ARLP039 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP039 ARLP039 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP39 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 39 ARLP039 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA September 21, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP039 ARLP039 Propagation de K7RA We're on the road this week in our nation's capitol. Fifteen days in a row with no sunspots, but this may change soon. Take a look at sunspot numbers compared to solar flux for the current third quarter of 2007 at, http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices/quar_DSD.txt. Notice that when there are zero sunspots, the solar flux is always below 70. Recently the flux value has been below 70, and for some time now the US Air Force has predicted a slight rise in solar flux to 70 for today, September 21. You can see those predictions at, http://sec.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/45DF.html. If we examine predictions from early September on that page, note they show a return to a solar flux of 70 for September 17, then later forecasts show it creeping out to September 18, then 19, and finally for yesterday the prediction for today is 70. We also see the return of sunspot group 970 set for September 21-23, from the September 21 Solar Region Summary at, http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/SRS.html . It would be great to have at least one sunspot when Fall returns. The official Autumnal Equinox is this weekend, September 23 at 0951z. Along with no sunspots, geomagnetic indicators were very stable. The US Air Force predicts a solar flux value of 70 for September 21 through October 1, and a planetary A index of 10, 15, 15, 10, 8 and 5 for September 21-26. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts unsettled conditions for September 21, unsettled to active September 22, unsettled for September 23-24, and quiet on September 25-27. Even with no sunspots, you can still get good results with a modest station. Rod Vlatch, NN0TT of Willmar, Minnesota reports that with 100 watts and a modest commercial vertical antenna he worked the 3B7C expedition (Saint Brandon Island in the Indian Ocean) on 40 meter CW on September 14. This is CW DXCC #291 for him, all with the same modest setup. Chip Margelli, K7JA, worked them on 40 meters at 0214z long path on September 12 using a 2/3 size loaded dipole at 30 feet from Southern California. Last week's Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP038 mentioned http://propnet.org/ and this week Floyd Chowning, K5LA of El Paso, Texas sent in a link to an interesting report on 10-meter sporadic-E activity based on data from PropNET. Read about it at, http://www.swotrc.net/10MeterPropNet.htm. Bob Marston, K6TR of Fremont, California says, If Cycle 23 continues through January 2008 it will match Cycle 20 as one of the longest in recent history. You have to go back to Cycle 9 in the Mid 1800s to find a longer one. My own estimate is Cycle 23 will end in Feb 2008 with a SSN between 6.8 and 7.2. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for September 13 through 19 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 66.4, 66.8, 67.7, 67, 66.9, 66.5, and 66.8 with a mean of 66.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 3 and 4 with a mean of 3. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 1, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2 and 2, with a mean of 2. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #856 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 29 September 2007A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 856 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till ?? YB9AQH: Bali Island (OC-022) 852 till 29/09 N4R: Folly Island (NA-110) 851 till 29/09 OZ/DL3ARK and OZ/DL4AMK: Langeland Island (EU-172) 854 till 29/09 OZ/DL8AAV/p: Laeso Island (EU-088) 854 till 29/09 SV5/GM3YOR: Dodecanese (EU-001)853 till 30/09 3Z90ZIM: special scout station 848 till 30/09 9H20: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 9H3X, 9H3IE, 9H3ON, 9H3YM, 9H3ZR: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 9H3AB, 9H3S, 9H3WX, 9H3WY, 9H3ZF: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 9H3AVS, 9H3YT, 9H3EM: Malta (EU-023) 852 till 30/09 HF40PAZ: special callsign (Poland) 826 till 30/09 HG5MISSION: special event call 849 till 30/09 IA3GM: special callsign844 till 30/09 II0ERN: special call 851 till 30/09 NP2/K4FO, WP2/AK2P, KP2/NP3D: US Virgin Isls (NA-106) 855 till 30/09 ON47FOUGA: special event station 853 till 30/09 P29VCX: Nukumanu Island (OC-284) 853 till 30/09 RC150KTS: special station 852 till 30/09 VK1ANU/5: Kangaroo Island (OC-139) 855 till 01/10 IB0/IQ0VL: Ventotene Island (EU-045) 855 till 01/10 ON60AF, ON60AP, ON60BAF: special callsigns 809 till 01/10 ZF2DF, ZF2BO and ZF2JD: Cayman Islands (NA-016)855 till 01/10 ZF2LH, ZF2MH and ZF2JO: Cayman Islands (NA-016)855 till 02/10 A52UR: Bhutan 855 till 03/10 9H3WC: Malta (EU-023) 855 till 04/10 VK9WWI: Willis Islands (OC-007)855 till 09/10 9U0A: Burundi 841 till 09/10 JH0IEW/6: Daito Islands (AS-047) 856 till 11/10 J6/DL7AFS, J6/DJ7ZG, J6/DL2ZAE: St. Lucia (NA-108) 855 till 14/10 8P6DR: Barbados (NA-021) 849 till 15/10 T30XX: West Kiribati (OC-017) 856 till 20/10 HC1/EA1APV: Ecuador849 till 20/10 TM#RWC: special event calls (France) 852 till 26/10 5R8RJ: Nosy Be (AF-057)856 till 31/10 IU1ARI: special callsign 856 till 16/11 EA6/LU5FF: Balearic Islands (EU-004) 856 till 17/11 AT60MY: special call (India) 851 till 30/11 EW905B: special callsign (Belarus) 840 till 30/11 HF150TG: special event station 853 till 30/11 R450KB: special station852 till 30/11 SU8BHI: Egypt 851 till Nov8Q7IM: Maldives (AS-013) 809 till 06/12 IU2IPY: special callsign 843 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland
[DX-NEWS] ARLD040 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD040 ARLD040 DX news ZCZC AE40 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 40 ARLD040 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 27, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD040 ARLD040 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by I0JBL, IN3VZE, NC1L, 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. TUNISIA, 3V. Dimitri, RW4WM will be QRV as 3V8SS from October 2 to 8. Activity will be mainly on the low ends of 30, 17 and 12 meters using mostly CW with some RTTY. QSL this operation via RW4WM. MALAWI, 7Q. Ely, IN3VZE will be QRV as 7Q7CE from southwest of Lake Malawi from October 4 to 25. Activity will be on all bands using SSB and especially RTTY. QSL to home call. BARBADOS, 8P. Richard, G3RWL is QRV as 8P6DR until October 13. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and various digital modes. He plans to participate in the CQ WW RTTY contest. QSL to home call. BHUTAN, A5. Ed, N1UR is QRV as A52UR until October 2. Activity is on all bands using CW and SSB. QSL via K2RET. BAHRAIN, A9. John, GM6TVR is QRV as A92HB. QSL via operator's instructions. CHINA, BY. Operators BY1TX/4 and BY1TT/4 will be QRV from Chang Dao, IOTA AS-146, from October 1 to 6. QSL BY1TX/4 via EA7FTR and BY1TT/4 via BY1TT. MADEIRA ISLANDS, CT3. Operators DJ6QT, DL1YFF, DJ3NG and DJ8NK will be QRV as CT9L in the CQ WW RTTY contest. QSL via DJ6QT. BALEARIC ISLANDS, EA6. Javi, LU5FF is QRV as EA6/LU5FF from Can Picafort, IOTA EU-004, until November 16. Activity is on 30 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. IRELAND, EI. During the CQIR contest, look for special event station EI75IRTS to be active from Cork and Dublin. LIBERIA, EL. Operators PA3A, PA3AN, PA8AD and PA3AWW will be QRV as 5L2MS from October 5 to 24. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via PA3AWW. TAJIKISTAN, EY. Nodir, EY8MM has been QRV using RTTY on 20 meters around 1230z. QSL via K1BV. TEMOTU PROVINCE, H40. Mike, KM9D and Jan, KF4TUG will soon be QRV as H40MY from Tikopia Island, IOTA OC-178. Their length of stay and activity are unknown. LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0. DF4OR, DJ5BX, DK9FEC, DL1FX and DL1ZBO are QRV as HB0/homecalls until October 1. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. This includes an entry in the CQ WW RTTY contest as HB0/DF4OR. QSL to home calls, HONDURAS, HR. Dan, HR2DMR will be QRV in the CQ WW RTTY contest as a Single Band/Low Power entry on 20 meters. QSL to home call. VATICAN, HV. Francesco, IK0FVC is QRV as HV50VR to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Vatican's Santa Maria di Galeria broadcasting center. He is also active as HV6SP. QSL HV50VR via IW0GPN and HV6SP via IK0FVC. MONGOLIA, JT. Look for JT1BE, JT1DN, JT1CO, JT1BV, JT1F, and JT1KAA to be QRV in the CQ WW RTTY contest. SVALBARD, JW. Karl, LA8DW and Lars, OZ1HPS will be QRV as JW8DW and JW/OZ1HPS, respectively, from October 1 to 7. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL to home calls. LUXEMBOURG, LX. DF8QB, DL1QW and LX2A will be QRV as LX7I as a Multi-Two effort in the CQ WW RTTY contest. FINLAND, OH. A team of Finnish operators will be QRV as OF2AG in the CQ WW RTTY contest as a Multi Op entry. QSL via operators' instructions. CRETE, SV9. Uli, DJ9XB is QRV as J49XB. He will be active in the CQ WW RTTY contest as a Single Band entry on 15 meters. Before the contest he may be active on 160 meters. QSL to home call. SAN MARINO, T7. John, T77CD will be QRV in the CQ WW RTTY contest. QSL direct via I0MWI. CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF. Operators W4YCH, W6JND, W6OMF, W6BO, K6SUE and W4JO are QRV as ZF2DF, ZF2JD, ZF2LH, ZF2BO, ZF2MH and ZF2JO, respectively, until October 1. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters. They will also be active as ZF2DF in the CQ WW RTTY contest as a Multi/2 entry. QSL to home calls. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL EME Contest, CQ Worldwide RTTY DX Contest, CQIR - Ireland Calling, Texas QSO Party, FISTS Coast to Coast CW Contest and UBA ON CW Contest are all scheduled for this weekend. The ARS Spartan CW Sprint and the YLRL Anniversary CW Party are scheduled for October 2. The German Telegraphy CW Contest and the 432 MHz Fall Sprint are scheduled for October 3. Please see September QST, page 91, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP040 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP040 ARLP040 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP40 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 40 ARLP040 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA September 28, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP040 ARLP040 Propagation de K7RA Last week's report stated the possibility that zero-sunspot days were about to end, but no such luck. Instead we've seen no sunspots for three weeks straight, since September 7. The September 20 forecast from NOAA and the US Air Force showed solar flux values rising to 70 on September 21. (See http://sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/forecasts/45DF/092045DF.txt). The next day's prediction reverted to 67 (http://sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/forecasts/45DF/092145DF.txt). The September 21 prediction had solar flux rising to 70 again, but not until September 29 to October 1, then falling back below 70, then back to 70 again for October 18-28. Now the September 27 forecast has solar flux staying around 67-68 through November 11. You can see all the latest daily forecasts for solar flux and planetary A index at http://sec.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/45DF.html. The possible end to the stretch of zero sunspot days was based on the observation that when the solar flux is 70 or higher, there is at least one visible sunspot. This makes it seem that we are still at the bottom of the cycle, or haven't quite reached it. Those daily forecasts are posted after 2100z. There is a new sunspot 970 emerging, so perhaps the September 28 forecast will show solar flux back to 70 or higher. There is currently a solar wind hitting earth, and currently the interplanetary magnetic field points south, which leaves earth vulnerable. That same forecast on September 27 predicts a planetary A index for September 28 to October 3 at 15, 25, 12, 8, 8 and 15, so we may see unsettled to active geomagnetic conditions on Saturday, September 29 and again Wednesday, October 3. Already early Friday morning UTC (which is late Thursday on the West Coast) we've seen the planetary K index as high as 6. Lately with quiet conditions the K index has been 1 or 2. Above 3 is considered unsettled or active geomagnetic conditions. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts unsettled conditions for September 28, unsettled to active September 29, unsettled September 30, quiet October 1, unsettled October 2-3, and quiet to unsettled October 4. Jeff Lackey, K8CQ of Saint Simons Island, Georgia wrote in with an interesting observation. He created a graph (which unfortunately is not on the web for viewing) which plots periods in which the solar flux drops below 80 for extended periods. It shows the longest run at the end of cycle 22 was from January 8 through July 7, 1996, 182 days. The second longest run from 11 years ago was 112 days from August 2 to November 21, 1996. The latest and also the longest run at the end of the current cycle 23 began on June 9, 2007 and so far runs 112 days through September 28. The September 28 morning reading at Penticton (the noon reading is the official value) has a very low solar flux value of 64.4. The latest forecast from the Air Force shows solar flux below 80 for the next 45 days, so if this turns out to be true, that would put this run up toward the longest one from 11 years ago. We are today already equal to the second longest run of cycle 22, and are in the longest run of the current cycle. The second longest run for the current cycle is 77 days, ending after April 25, 2007. Note there is nothing magic about a solar flux value of 80, but Jeff is a numbers guy and found this to be an interesting threshold for his analysis of solar minima. Despite the lack of sunspots, hams are still communicating around the world, and reports of working 3B7C with modest stations are still coming in. WA2VQW worked them on 30 meters from his car at 2115z on September 18 while sitting at a traffic light in Hawthorne, New York. Mike was on his way to higher ground, but never made it, instead working the DXpedition while stuck in traffic. W4WNT of Oak Island, North Carolina reports a 30 meter 3B7C contact at 0212z on September 22 using an 80-20 meter fan dipole bent around his deck at 30 feet. On September 18, Ken Tata, K1KT of Warwick, Rhode Island noticed an online propagation map tracking 2 meter APRS stations showed a path from Rhode Island to Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. Ken was running 50 watts into a dipole, a driven element removed from an 11 element Yagi and mounted on a pole. He reports, ''I worked VE1PZ, in FN85, 100 mi north of Halifax; VE1HD, FN95, 100 mi east of Halifax; and VE1AHM, FN76, near Moncton, New Brunswick''. He reported that many of the better equipped stations in Southern New England were working into the Maritime Provinces on 432 and 1296 MHz. Ken didn't say what mode he used. Ken sent along web-based VHF propagation sites he likes for checking real-time conditions: http://www.mountainlake.k12.mn.us/ham/aprs/, http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html,
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] The Topmode of October
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ Below the top 25 of the topmode For the complete list look at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html TOPMODE 01/10/2007 NR CALL SSB CW RTTY Tot 1 SM0AJU 337 336 335 1008 2 DJ2BW337 336 335 1008 3 N2TU 337 336 334 1007 4 N4WW 337 336 334 1007 5 W5ZPA337 336 334 1007 6 OH3SR337 336 334 1007 7 W3YX 337 336 334 1007 8 OH2LU337 336 333 1006 9 W2UP 337 335 334 1006 10 N4CC 337 335 333 1005 11 WB4UBD 337 334 334 1005 12 NI4H 336 335 332 1003 13 OH2BU337 336 329 1002 14 W5FKX336 335 331 1002 15 N5FG 337 336 329 1002 16 OH2DW337 336 329 1002 17 WT8S 337 336 328 1001 18 SM5DJZ 337 336 328 1001 19 K5KR 334 333 333 1000 20 K7XB 337 335 328 1000 21 VA3DX337 336 327 1000 22 N5ZM 337 335 328 1000 23 I5FLN337 328 335 1000 24 IK1GPG 337 336 326 999 25 W2FXA334 334 330 998 *** The PacketCluster network 425 DX News search tool commands *** SH/425 CAL shows the 425DXN Calendar current activities; SH/425 BULL [num] where [num] is the bulletin issue number; SH/425 [text] where [text] should be replaced with a callsign, an IOTA reference number, an island name, an Antarctic base, a lighthouse, etc. -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLD041 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD041 ARLD041 DX news ZCZC AE41 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 41 ARLD041 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 4, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD041 ARLD041 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. EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 3C. Operators KH7Y, EA5BRE, EA5YN and EA5BYP are QRV as 3C7Y from Bioko Island, IOTA AF-010, until October 14. Activity is on all bands and modes with two stations. QSL via EA5BYP. TANZANIA, 5H. Pat, W8FV will be QRV as 5H9PD from October 6 to 9 from the southern lake front of Lake Victoria. QSL to home call. BURUNDI, 9U. A group of operators are QRV as 9U0A until October 9. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK31. QSL via DL7DF. TEMOTU ISLANDS, H40. Mike, KM9D and Jan, KF4TUG will be QRV as H40MY from Tikopia Island, IOTA OC-178. Their length of stay is unknown. QSL via OM2SA. SWITZERLAND, HB. Special event station HB9SPACE is QRV from Payerne until October 10 in celebration of 50 years of space flight. QSL via HB4FR. ITALY, I. Members of the ARI Ivrea are QRV as IU1ARI until the end of October in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Associazione Radioamatori Italiani. QSL via IQ1IV. LEBANON, OD. OD5NF has been active using RTTY on 20 meters from around 0800 to 1900z at various times. QSL via HB9CRV. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2. Operators SM6CVX, G3KHZ, G4EDG and CT1AGF will be QRV possibly as P29VLR from Kilinalau Island, IOTA OC-256, from October 6 to 9. Activity will be on all HF bands, with three to four stations running simultaneously. QSL via SM6CVX. SWEDEN, SM. A group of operators will be QRV as SM7DAY/7, SD7W, SE7T and SD7V from Ven Island, IOTA EU-137, from October 7 to 13. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL SD7W via DL2SWW, SE7T via DL2RTK, SD7V via DL2VFR and SM7DAY/7 to home call. DODECANESE, SV5. Andy, DL4OK is QRV as SV5/NX1S from Kos Island, IOTA EU-001, until October 13 while on holiday. If possible he will also activate the Akra Ayios Foukas Lighthouse, LH 1730. Activity is on 20 meters using QRP power. QSL to home call. CAMEROON, TJ. Lionel is QRV as TJ3SL and has been active on 20 meters around 0830z and 17 meters around 1400 to 1600z. QSL via F5PSA. CORSICA, TK. Mike, DL3VTA and Wolfgang, DL1DVP will be QRV as TK/homecalls from October 7 to 14. Activity will be on all bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL to home calls. KAZAKHSTAN, UN. Members of the editorial staff of the journal ''Radio Work'' are QRV as UP50SAT from the Baikonur territory during the month of October to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sputnik. QSL via RV3AR. LORD HOWE ISLAND, VK9L. Jack, HB9TL will be QRV as VK9CLF from October 8 to 18. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL direct via HB9QR. ST. HELENA, ZD7. Tom is QRV as ZD7X and has been active on 20 meters using SSB around 2130z. QSL via W0MM. CHATHAM ISLANDS, ZL7. Operators SP5EAQ, SP9PT and SP9BQJ are QRV as ZL7/home calls until October 18. They are accompanied by Jozef, SP9-31029. Activity is on all HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home calls. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Oceania DX Phone Contest, NCCC CW Sprint, TARA PSK Rumble Contest, Logbook of the World Phone Contest, International HELL-Contest, California QSO Party, EU Autumn SSB Sprint, PRO CW Contest, UBA ON 6-Meter Contest and the RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The YLRL Anniversary SSB Party is scheduled for October 9 to 11. The SKCC CW Sprint, 10-10 International 10-10 Day Sprint and NAQCC Straight Key/Bug CW Sprint are all scheduled for October 10. The ALE On-The-Air Week runs until October 15. Please see October QST, page 90, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
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Jim do you subscribe to the Daily DX or any stuff like that ? Just wondering if there's much use to it nowadays. TU Matt - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx-news@njdxa.org Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:56 PM Subject: [DX-NEWS] ARLD041 DX news SB DX @ ARL $ARLD041 ARLD041 DX news ZCZC AE41 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 41 ARLD041 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 4, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD041 ARLD041 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. EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 3C. Operators KH7Y, EA5BRE, EA5YN and EA5BYP are QRV as 3C7Y from Bioko Island, IOTA AF-010, until October 14. Activity is on all bands and modes with two stations. QSL via EA5BYP. TANZANIA, 5H. Pat, W8FV will be QRV as 5H9PD from October 6 to 9 from the southern lake front of Lake Victoria. QSL to home call. BURUNDI, 9U. A group of operators are QRV as 9U0A until October 9. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK31. QSL via DL7DF. TEMOTU ISLANDS, H40. Mike, KM9D and Jan, KF4TUG will be QRV as H40MY from Tikopia Island, IOTA OC-178. Their length of stay is unknown. QSL via OM2SA. SWITZERLAND, HB. Special event station HB9SPACE is QRV from Payerne until October 10 in celebration of 50 years of space flight. QSL via HB4FR. ITALY, I. Members of the ARI Ivrea are QRV as IU1ARI until the end of October in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Associazione Radioamatori Italiani. QSL via IQ1IV. LEBANON, OD. OD5NF has been active using RTTY on 20 meters from around 0800 to 1900z at various times. QSL via HB9CRV. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2. Operators SM6CVX, G3KHZ, G4EDG and CT1AGF will be QRV possibly as P29VLR from Kilinalau Island, IOTA OC-256, from October 6 to 9. Activity will be on all HF bands, with three to four stations running simultaneously. QSL via SM6CVX. SWEDEN, SM. A group of operators will be QRV as SM7DAY/7, SD7W, SE7T and SD7V from Ven Island, IOTA EU-137, from October 7 to 13. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL SD7W via DL2SWW, SE7T via DL2RTK, SD7V via DL2VFR and SM7DAY/7 to home call. DODECANESE, SV5. Andy, DL4OK is QRV as SV5/NX1S from Kos Island, IOTA EU-001, until October 13 while on holiday. If possible he will also activate the Akra Ayios Foukas Lighthouse, LH 1730. Activity is on 20 meters using QRP power. QSL to home call. CAMEROON, TJ. Lionel is QRV as TJ3SL and has been active on 20 meters around 0830z and 17 meters around 1400 to 1600z. QSL via F5PSA. CORSICA, TK. Mike, DL3VTA and Wolfgang, DL1DVP will be QRV as TK/homecalls from October 7 to 14. Activity will be on all bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL to home calls. KAZAKHSTAN, UN. Members of the editorial staff of the journal ''Radio Work'' are QRV as UP50SAT from the Baikonur territory during the month of October to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sputnik. QSL via RV3AR. LORD HOWE ISLAND, VK9L. Jack, HB9TL will be QRV as VK9CLF from October 8 to 18. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL direct via HB9QR. ST. HELENA, ZD7. Tom is QRV as ZD7X and has been active on 20 meters using SSB around 2130z. QSL via W0MM. CHATHAM ISLANDS, ZL7. Operators SP5EAQ, SP9PT and SP9BQJ are QRV as ZL7/home calls until October 18. They are accompanied by Jozef, SP9-31029. Activity is on all HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home calls. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Oceania DX Phone Contest, NCCC CW Sprint, TARA PSK Rumble Contest, Logbook of the World Phone Contest, International HELL-Contest, California QSO Party, EU Autumn SSB Sprint, PRO CW Contest, UBA ON 6-Meter Contest and the RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The YLRL Anniversary SSB Party is scheduled for October 9 to 11. The SKCC CW Sprint, 10-10 International 10-10 Day Sprint and NAQCC Straight Key/Bug CW Sprint are all scheduled for October 10. The ALE On-The-Air Week runs until October 15. Please see October QST, page 90, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options -- -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
Re: [DX-NEWS] ARLD041 DX news
Nope - do not... Jim - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx-news@njdxa.org Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [DX-NEWS] ARLD041 DX news Jim do you subscribe to the Daily DX or any stuff like that ? Just wondering if there's much use to it nowadays. TU Matt - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx-news@njdxa.org Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:56 PM Subject: [DX-NEWS] ARLD041 DX news SB DX @ ARL $ARLD041 ARLD041 DX news ZCZC AE41 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 41 ARLD041 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 4, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD041 ARLD041 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. EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 3C. Operators KH7Y, EA5BRE, EA5YN and EA5BYP are QRV as 3C7Y from Bioko Island, IOTA AF-010, until October 14. Activity is on all bands and modes with two stations. QSL via EA5BYP. TANZANIA, 5H. Pat, W8FV will be QRV as 5H9PD from October 6 to 9 from the southern lake front of Lake Victoria. QSL to home call. BURUNDI, 9U. A group of operators are QRV as 9U0A until October 9. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, SSTV and PSK31. QSL via DL7DF. TEMOTU ISLANDS, H40. Mike, KM9D and Jan, KF4TUG will be QRV as H40MY from Tikopia Island, IOTA OC-178. Their length of stay is unknown. QSL via OM2SA. SWITZERLAND, HB. Special event station HB9SPACE is QRV from Payerne until October 10 in celebration of 50 years of space flight. QSL via HB4FR. ITALY, I. Members of the ARI Ivrea are QRV as IU1ARI until the end of October in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Associazione Radioamatori Italiani. QSL via IQ1IV. LEBANON, OD. OD5NF has been active using RTTY on 20 meters from around 0800 to 1900z at various times. QSL via HB9CRV. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2. Operators SM6CVX, G3KHZ, G4EDG and CT1AGF will be QRV possibly as P29VLR from Kilinalau Island, IOTA OC-256, from October 6 to 9. Activity will be on all HF bands, with three to four stations running simultaneously. QSL via SM6CVX. SWEDEN, SM. A group of operators will be QRV as SM7DAY/7, SD7W, SE7T and SD7V from Ven Island, IOTA EU-137, from October 7 to 13. Activity will be on all HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL SD7W via DL2SWW, SE7T via DL2RTK, SD7V via DL2VFR and SM7DAY/7 to home call. DODECANESE, SV5. Andy, DL4OK is QRV as SV5/NX1S from Kos Island, IOTA EU-001, until October 13 while on holiday. If possible he will also activate the Akra Ayios Foukas Lighthouse, LH 1730. Activity is on 20 meters using QRP power. QSL to home call. CAMEROON, TJ. Lionel is QRV as TJ3SL and has been active on 20 meters around 0830z and 17 meters around 1400 to 1600z. QSL via F5PSA. CORSICA, TK. Mike, DL3VTA and Wolfgang, DL1DVP will be QRV as TK/homecalls from October 7 to 14. Activity will be on all bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL to home calls. KAZAKHSTAN, UN. Members of the editorial staff of the journal ''Radio Work'' are QRV as UP50SAT from the Baikonur territory during the month of October to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sputnik. QSL via RV3AR. LORD HOWE ISLAND, VK9L. Jack, HB9TL will be QRV as VK9CLF from October 8 to 18. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL direct via HB9QR. ST. HELENA, ZD7. Tom is QRV as ZD7X and has been active on 20 meters using SSB around 2130z. QSL via W0MM. CHATHAM ISLANDS, ZL7. Operators SP5EAQ, SP9PT and SP9BQJ are QRV as ZL7/home calls until October 18. They are accompanied by Jozef, SP9-31029. Activity is on all HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home calls. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Oceania DX Phone Contest, NCCC CW Sprint, TARA PSK Rumble Contest, Logbook of the World Phone Contest, International HELL-Contest, California QSO Party, EU Autumn SSB Sprint, PRO CW Contest, UBA ON 6-Meter Contest and the RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The YLRL Anniversary SSB Party is scheduled for October 9 to 11. The SKCC CW Sprint, 10-10 International 10-10 Day Sprint and NAQCC Straight Key/Bug CW Sprint are all scheduled for October 10. The ALE On-The-Air Week runs until October 15. Please see October QST, page 90, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options -- -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #857
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 6 October 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 857 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 4U1- 4U50SPACE was active from the United Nations HQ (4U1UN) on 4-5 October (but the station on 30 metres at around 23.30 UTC was a pirate). This special callsign celebrates the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Sputnik, and can be used during the World Space Week (4-10 October). QSL via HB9BOU. [TNX The Daily DX] 5X - Arik, EK6DO (ex YI/EK6DO and 5H3AA) is now active as 5X1AB from Kampala, Uganda. QSL via K6EID. [TNX K6EID] 5Z - Miki, YT1CS expects to operate mainly SSB on 10-80 metres as 5Z4/YT1CS from Kenya starting on 6 October, presumably through the end of the month. He intends to be active from IOTA group AF-067. QSL via home call. [TNX YT1HA] 6W - Albert, F5VHJ will be active as 6W1RY from Senegal on 22-28 October, including an entry in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX F5VHJ] 6Y - Rick, N0NJY/6Y5 and JoAnne, KB0IRW/6Y5 will be active holiday style from Jamaica on 12-14 October. Expect them to operate SSB on 20 metres between 17 and 21 UTC. QSL via home calls. They have a blog at http://jamaicadxpedition2007.blogspot.com/ [TNX N0NJY] 8Q7- Claudio, HB9OAU reports he will operate holiday style as 8Q7AU from Dhonveli Island, Maldives (AS-013) from 29 October to 10 November. CE - Roberto, YV5IAL will be active QRP as CE2/YV5IAL from Chile on 15-21 October. He plans to operate PSK31 daily on 14070.15 (from 22 to 00 UTC) and ocasionally on 10, 15 and 40 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX YV5GRB] CT - Arlindo, CT1EGW will be active as CT7EPO on 19-21 October. The special callsign celebrates the Gold Jubilee of the JOTA Scout event (EPO stands for Escoteiros de Portugal). QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1EGW] E5 - Bill, N7OU will be active as E51NOU from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands from 8 October to 3 November, including a casual effort in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. He plans to run low power and to operate mostly CW on 80-10 metres. During weekdays operating will be limited to his spare time. QSL via N7OU. [TNX NG3K] EI - On 17 October 1907 Guglielmo Marconi sent his first commercial message from the station at Clifden, Ireland. In celebration of this historic event, members of the Galway Radio Experimenters Club will be running a special event station on 13-17 October from Clifden. The callsign EI100MFT has been issued for the event, MFT being the last callsign used on the original station. [TNX VA3RJ] FO0- The French authorities have granted the landing permit to TX5C, the Clipperton 2008 DXpedition [425DXN 839]. Departure date is 28 February, arriving on Clipperton around 4 March. Plans are to operate 12-14 days depending on conditions, with 100,000+ contacts as a goal. The current roster includes N6OX, N7CQQ, K4SV, N2WB, N6HC, W8AEF, WA1S, K6SGH, K3VN, VE7VR, F5AHO, F5PAC, AD6E, VA7DX, F6BFH, F5JY, F8FDN, FM5CD and F6FVY. The web site for the expedition is at www.clipperton2008.org G - Mick, G3LIK reports he will be active as GB4RN on 1-21 November, which will include the RNARS CW Activity Contest on 17-18 November (rules at http://www.rnars.org.uk/RNARS_Contest_2007.htm). HB9- Special event station HB9SPACE will be active during the World Space Week (4-10 October) from the Amateur Radio Club at the Swiss Air Force Museum in Payerne, Switzerland. This is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, the first human-made satellite. QSL via HB4FR (bureau). HR - Javier, HR2J reports that his announced one-month HQ8R operation from Swan Island (NA-035) [425DXN 856] has been cancelled. Read the details on qrz.com under HQ8R. JA - Look for JF6OID/6, JF6TPI/6, JK6IJE/6, JH6ATP/6 and JE6AUG/6 to be active from Oki Island (AS-036, JIIA AS-036-006) on 6 October.
[DX-NEWS] ARLP041 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP041 ARLP041 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP41 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 41 ARLP041 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA October 5, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP041 ARLP041 Propagation de K7RA We are on the road this week in Port Moody, British Columbia. Sunspots reappeared, but only briefly. In fact, it was one sunspot, number 971, emerging September 28 for just a few days. This after 21 days of no sunspots. Now we are back into a zero-sunspot period of indeterminate length, just four days so far. Solar wind provided geomagnetic disturbances. September 29 was the most disturbed day. There was another rise in activity centered on October 3. Currently the Air Force predicts a moderate rise in geomagnetic activity peaking October 20 with a planetary A index of 15, and a much larger rise to planetary A index of 25 on October 26. But http://spaceweather.com reports another solar wind stream to arrive on or around October 11. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions October 5-7, unsettled October 8, quiet to unsettled October 9, quiet October 10, and quiet to unsettled October 11. With September over, it is time to look at some averages. Monthly averages of daily sunspot numbers for April 2006 through September 2007 were 55.2, 39.6, 24.4, 22.6, 22.8, 25.2, 14.7, 31.5, 22.2, 28.2, 17.3, 9.8, 6.9, 19.8, 20.7, 15.6, 9.9 and 4.8. Monthly averages of daily solar flux for the same period were 88.9, 80.9, 76.5, 75.8, 79, 77.8, 74.3, 86.3, 84.4, 83.5, 77.7, 72.2, 72.4, 74.4, 73.7, 71.6, 69.2 and 67. The average solar flux and sunspot numbers for September were the lowest on this side of cycle 23. This suggests we are still in the cycle bottom, or perhaps haven't reached it yet. But how low is 4.8 for a monthly average of sunspot numbers, compared to the last cycle minimum? Average monthly sunspot numbers for October 1995 through August 1997 were 31.6, 15.3, 16.7, 18, 9.1, 12.1, 8.5, 11.9, 18.8, 13.2, 20.7, 2.9, 2.3, 20.6, 15.1, 8.7, 11.4, 13.7, 24.5, 29.6, 22.1, 17, and 36.1. You can see that we are the closest to September and October of 1996 (2.9 and 2.3), which had some very long strings of no-sunspot days, the longest being September 13 to October 20, 1996. Here is the latest update on the 3-month moving average of daily sunspot numbers: Sep 05 39.3 Oct 05 28 Nov 05 35.3 Dec 05 40.6 Jan 06 32.4 Feb 06 18.1 Mar 06 27.7 Apr 06 38.5 May 06 39.7 Jun 06 28.9 Jul 06 23.3 Aug 06 23.5 Sep 06 21.2 Oct 06 24.1 Nov 06 23.1 Dec 06 27.3 Jan 07 22.7 Feb 07 18.5 Mar 07 11.2 Apr 07 12.2 May 07 15.8 Jun 07 18.7 Jul 07 15.4 Aug 07 10.2 The average for July, August and September, centered on August, at 10.2 is the lowest yet for this side of cycle 23. This number was derived by adding together all the daily sunspot numbers for those three months, then dividing the sum by the number of days, which was 92. The past few months correlate pretty well with the fall of 1996, when the 3-month moving average for July through November was 17.5, 12.4, 8.7, 10.1 and 14.2, observing that the August 2007 moving average is similar to September or October 1996. This week brought more email about mobiles working 3B7C. Jim Henderson, KF7E of Queen Creek, Arizona with 100 watts and a whip on his Jeep, worked them on 17, 20, 30, and 40 meters. Jim thought 40 meters would be the toughest, but to work them on 30 he rose at 1230z every morning for two weeks to check for a long path opening, and again around 0030-0230 for short path. Jim wrote, ''At just after Z on the 24th, I had to dash to the store for something needed for the dinner. As I backed out of the driveway, around 0020Z and before the usual peak from 3B7C, they rose out of the noise. I split and gave my call just a couple times, and was promptly rewarded with the 'KF7E KF7E GE Jim 599 599 K'. So that made 4 bands mobile, from the more difficult path from the southwest USA, sunspot minimum, and an honest 90-100w''. Jim mentioned that local DXer Bob Myers, W1XT of Surprise, Arizona worked them on 30 and 40 with a ground mounted mobile antenna and several random length radials, a stealth installation surrounded by a large cinder block wall. Another 3B7C report from Randy Shirbroun, ND0C of Worthington, Minnesota: ''I was able to break the pile-ups to get them on both 20 meter SSB and CW on 15 Sep. using 5 and 3 watts respectively. The QS0s were 6 minutes apart: 2113z and 2119z. The antenna is a 3 el triband Yagi at 15 meters. I never could snag them on 40 (using a wire) although they were pretty strong several evenings (typically from 2300Z to 0100Z). I even heard them very faintly one day on 15 meters''. Randy has 298 countries confirmed using QRP. Randy said he's noticed in the past few years that sometimes 10 meters seems open, while 15 is not, typically with trans-equatorial or E-layer propagation. He wonders if this is due to activity (possibly more people trying 10
[DX-NEWS] ARLD042 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD042 ARLD042 DX news ZCZC AE42 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 42 ARLD042 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 11, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD042 ARLD042 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by F6FQK, NC1L, YV4GMG, YV5GRB, 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. UGANDA, 5X. Arik, EK6DO is QRV as 5X1AB from Kampala. QSL via K6EID. KENYA, 5Z. Miki, YT1CS is QRV as 5Z4/YT1CS from Coast Province South Group, IOTA AF-067, until the end of October. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. SENEGAL, 6W. Jovica, 6W1SJ is QRV using mostly CW with some SSB and digital activity while on work assignment. QSL via T93Y. JAMAICA, 6Y. N0NJY and KB0IRW are QRV as home calls/6Y5 from Runaway Bay until October 14 while here celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. Activity is mainly on 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home calls. GAMBIA, C5. Members of the Mosquitoes Contest Club will be QRV as C52C from October 17 to 30. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters with four stations operating simultaneously. QSL via OM2FY. CHILE, CE. Roberto, YV5IAL will be QRV as CE2/YV5IAL from October 15 to 21. Activity is mainly on 40, 15 and 10 meters using QRP power and PSK31 on 40 meters. QSL to home call. SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Bill, N7OU is QRV as E51NOU from Rarotonga, IOTA OC-013, until November 3. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and low power, generally on the weekends. QSL to home call. IRELAND, EI. To commemorate the Marconi experiments from Clifden, special event station EI100MFT will be QRV from October 13 to 17. QSL via bureau. ENGLAND, G. During the RSGB HF Convention in Bedfordshire, special event station GB2HFC is QRV until October 13. QSL via bureau. TEMOTU PROVINCE, H40. KM9D and KF4TUG are QRV as H40MY. QSL this operation via OM2SA. ARGENTINA. LU. Members of the Grupo Argentino de CW are QRV as LU1DZ/E, LU5FZ/D, LU6UO/D, LU7BTO/D, LW1EXU/D and LW2DX/D in celebration of the group's 30th anniversary. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters with two stations. ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. Hans, SM0BYD will be QRV as OH0/SM0BYD from October 13 and 14. Activity will be on all HF bands as possible, including 6 meters. QSL to home call. NETHERLANDS, PA. To mark the JOTA Scouts' Golden Jubilee, special event station PA50JOTA will be QRV from October 17 to 30 from Nieuweroord. QSL via PA3EFR. SEYCHELLES, S7. Operators IZ5FSA, IW5DPF and I5IHE will be QRV as S79LL, S79SO and S79LC, respectively, from Praslin Island from October 14 to 19. QSL direct to home calls. DODECANESE, SV5. Ermanno, SV0XAN/5 is QRV until October 20 from the islands Lipsi, Agathonisi and Arkoi, IOTA EU-001. QSL via IK2WZD. TURKEY, TA. TA2IJ is QRV as TC84IJ until October 21. QSL to home call. MEXICO, XE. Dave, NN1N will be QRV as 4A3A in his spare time from October 14 to 22. QSL to home call. SYRIA, YK. Syrian amateurs may use the 6C60 prefix from October 15 to November 11 in celebration of 60 years of amateur radio here. MONTENEGRO, 4O. In commemoration of the admission of the Republic of Montenegro into the Council of Europe, special event station 4O0CE will be QRV from October 17 to 21. QSL via F5LGF. VENEZUELA, YV. Hector, YV4GMG is active for about on week using RTTY on 40, 30 and 20 meters. QSL to home call. CHATHAM ISLANDS, ZL7. Ulli, DL2AH will be QRV as ZL7/DL2AH from October 17 to 30. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The North American RTTY Sprint, Makrothen RTTY Contest, Logbook of the World Contest, Microwave Fall Sprint, Oceania DX CW Contest, Pennsylvania QSO Party, EU Autumn CW Sprint, FISTS Fall CW Sprint and UBA ON SSB Contest are all scheduled for this weekend. The ARRL School Club Roundup is scheduled for October 15 to 19. Please see October QST, pages 90 and 91, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP042 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP042 ARLP042 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP42 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 42 ARLP042 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA October 12, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP042 ARLP042 Propagation de K7RA The average sunspot number for the past week is about half what it was the week before, but this doesn't mean much, since only two days of the last seven had any sunspots. In fact, on only 7 out of the last 29 days did the sun show any spots. Geomagnetic indices (the A and K index) have been very quiet lately. The US Air Force predicts the planetary A index to stay around five, which is very quiet, for October 12-16. October 26 is the next time they predict active conditions, with a planetary A index of 25. Since October 6 the planetary A index has been below five. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet to unsettled conditions for today, October 12, quiet conditions on October 13-16, and unsettled conditions October 17-18. I suspect we won't see sunspots any time soon, although this can change. It seems we are still in the bottom of the cycle. The two days we saw a sunspot last week were Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7, with sunspot numbers of 15 and 13. Bill Paul, KD6JUI of San Mateo, California was operating portable with a G5RV and 100 watts for the California QSO party, and had a several hour opening on 15 meters on Saturday. He didn't say where to, but I assume 15 opened toward the East Coast and Midwest. Not a peep out of 10 meters, and 15 was more productive for Bill than any other band. Randy Leedy, WS4C of Greenville, South Carolina was QRT for 8 years, but returned to the air about 13 months ago, and hasn't let any lack of sunspots discourage him. He offers yet another 3B7C report: with 700 mW on September 19 at 1154z on 30 meters into a 35 foot high inverted V, and his location is down in a low spot. In the past 13 months he has worked 188 countries, with 101 on 5 watts or less and 70 at 1 watt or less. His DXCC Challenge total in that period is 690. His biggest disappointment is not hearing BS7H well enough to work them. Floyd Chowning, K5LA points out that activity on http://propnet.org/ is on the rise, and to check out current 30 meter records on that site. It shows many stations active, and anyone can download the software from the PropNET web site to join in this interesting automated propagation tracking system. Larry McKay, K5MK of Jackson, Mississippi just got a new PC, and like almost every new PC, it came with Microsoft Vista. But Larry was disappointed to find that he couldn't use W6ELprop, the popular freeware propagation prediction program. He says it won't run, although the author, Shel Shallon, W6EL, says he has heard that it works with Vista. Shel is running Windows XP, and has no plans to install Vista or update his free software for Vista. Has anyone had problems with W6ELprop and Vista, and then discovered a work-around? Larry didn't give much detail, except to say that it wouldn't run. You can download the program from http://www.qsl.net/w6elprop and try it yourself. Finally, this has nothing to do with propagation, but George Copeland, W7ZVD of Walla Walla, Washington sent a link to an amusing short film about ham radio produced nearly 70 years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBGIdf0VjQ4. Look up the film credits at, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031834 and note the part of the ship's radio operator was played by Clayton Moore, who later was the Lone Ranger. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/. Sunspot numbers for October 4 through 10 were 0, 0, 15, 13, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 4. 10.7 cm flux was 67.3, 67.8, 69, 68.1, 68.1, 68.7, and 68.1 with a mean of 68.2. Estimated planetary A indices were 10, 7, 5, 4, 3, 3 and 3 with a mean of 5. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 8, 5, 3, 1, 0, 0 and 1, with a mean of 2.6. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #858 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 13 October 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 858 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 13/10 8R1XR and 8R1XT: Guyana855 till 13/10 SM7DAY/7, SD7W, SD7T, SD7V: Ven Island (EU-137)856 till 14/10 3C7Y: Bioko Island (AF-010), Equatorial Guinea 856 till 14/10 N0NJY/6Y5 and KB0IRW/6Y5: Jamaica (NA-097) 857 till 14/10 8P6DR: Barbados (NA-021) 849 till 14/10 K4P: Pigeon Key (NA-062) 858 till 14/10 TK/DL1DVP and TK/DL3VTA: Corsica (EU-014) 851 till 14/10 W5NWR: Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge 856 till 14/10 YW3AJ: Portuguesa State857 till 15/10 A45WG/p: Masirah Island (AS-014) 858 till 15/10 LU1DZ, LU5FZ, LU6UO: city of Morse 853 till 15/10 LU7BTO, LW1EXU, LW2DX: city of Morse 853 till 15/10 VK6CHI: Cheyne Island (OC-193) 853 till 17/10 VK9CLF: Lord Howe Island (OC-004) 855 till 18/10 ZL7/SP5EAQ,ZL7/SP9PT,ZL7/SP9BQJ: Chatham Isls (OC-038) 849 till 19/10 TM0VDM: special station (France) 855 till 20/10 HC1/EA1APV: Ecuador849 till 20/10 SV0XAN/5: Dodecanese (EU-001) 856 till 20/10 TM#RWC: special event calls (France) 852 till 21/10 AT0MWG: special callsign (India) 858 till 21/10 TC84IJ: special callsign (Turkey) 858 till 24/10 5L2MS, EL2AK, EL2AG, EL2AN, EL2AO: Liberia 856 till 25/10 7Q7CE: Malawi 855 till 26/10 5R8RJ: Nosy Be (AF-057)856 till 27/10 YB9AQH: Bali Island (OC-022) 857 till 31/10 5Z4/YT1CS: Kenya 857 till 31/10 IU1ARI: special callsign 856 till 31/10 N3A: special event station 857 till 02/11 HP4/W4JKC: Isla Colon (NA-088) 858 till 03/11 E51NOU: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands 857 till 16/11 EA6/LU5FF: Balearic Islands (EU-004) 856 till 17/11 AT60MY: special call (India) 851 till 30/11 EW905B: special callsign (Belarus) 840 till 30/11 HF150TG: special event station 853 till 30/11 R450KB: special station852 till 30/11 SU8BHI: Egypt 851 till Nov8Q7IM: Maldives (AS-013) 809 till 06/12 IU2IPY: special callsign 843 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 HF100SK: special scout station (Poland)858 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special event station (Greece) 809 till 31/12 YU60BCD and YT60W. special callsigns (Serbia) 818 till 31/12 YU07HST: special event callsign830 till 31/12 Z360M: special call
[DX-NEWS] ARLD043 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD043 ARLD043 DX news ZCZC AE43 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 43 ARLD043 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 18, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD043 ARLD043 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by HP1AC, IK0DWN, JA1XGI, K2DM, N0AX, N0HJZ, NC1L, NE1RD, 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. TUNISIA, 3V. Special event stations 3V8CB and 3V8ST are QRV until October 21 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Tunisia Scouts Amateur Radio Club. Activity is on all HF bands using mainly CW and SSB. QSL via the bureau. QATAR, A7. John, VE7BDI is QRV as A7/M0FZQ from Doha. He is normally active on 40 meters using CW between and 0200z. QSL direct. TAIWAN, BV. Juergen, DJ3KR is QRV as BX3/DJ3KR until November 5. Activity is on all bands using all modes. QSL to home call. PORTUGAL, CT. Arlindo, CT1EGW is QRV with special callsign CT7EPO until October 21 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the JOTA. QSL to home call. ENGLAND, G. Members of the Bittern DX Group are QRV from Roughton Windmill as GB50RFR until October 21 in celebration of 50 years of JOTA. REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HL. In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of JOTA, look for HL9BSA to be QRV on October 20. QSL via WX8C. PANAMA, HP. Members of the Radio Club de Panama will be QRV with special event station HP1RCP from October 20 and 21 from the Panama City National Scout Center. QSL via bureau. ITALY, I. Members of the ARI Genzano team will be QRV as II050SCOUT from October 20 and 21. QSL via IK0DWN. BELGIUM, ON. Rich, N0HJZ will be QRV with a semi-rare prefix as ON9CMV from October 24 to 30. This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ WW SSB contest. QSL direct to home call. In addition, members of the UBA section GDV are QRV as ON50JOTA until October to 21 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of JOTA. Activity is on all HF and V/UHF bands on the usual Scouting frequencies. NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PA50JOTA is QRV until October 31 from Nieuweroord to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of JOTA. QSL via PA3EFR. POLAND, SP. Special event station HF100SK is QRV from Skierniewice until the end of 2007 to mark the 100th anniversary of the scouts in Poland. QSL via SP7ZIA. EGYPT, SU. Special event SU50JOTA will be QRV from the Cairo International Scout Centre from October 20 to 21 during JOTA. Activity will be on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via SU1KA. GREECE, SV. Look for HA2VR, HA6NL, HA6PS, HA6ZV, HA7JJS and HA7PL to be QRV from Thassos Island, IOTA EU-174, as both J48/ and SV8/homecalls from October 24 to November 8. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters, including 6 and 2 meters, using CW, SSB, PSK31, Meteor Scatter and JT6M modes. They also plan to be an entry in the upcoming CQ WW SSB contest as J48RT as a Multi/Single entry, in addition to other upcoming contests. QSL J48RT via HA6NL and the others to home calls. ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, V4. Scott, NE1RD will be QRV as V4/NE1RD from St. Kitts, IOTA NA-104, from October 24 to 31. He plans to run QRP power in the upcoming CQ WW SSB contest. QSL to home call. LORD HOWE ISLAND, VK9L. Haru, JA1XGI is QRV as VK9GLX until October 22. Activity is on 40, 30 and 20 meters, and possibly the lower bands, using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL to home call. NORFOLK ISLAND, VK9N. Jack, VK6CTL is QRV as VK9CNF until October 25. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using mainly SSB. QSL direct via HB9QR. MONTSERRAT, VP2M. Operators K2DM, K3ZM and W4GKA will be QRV as VP2MDG, VP2MZM and VP2MKA, respectively, from October 24 to 30. They will be active as VP2MDG in the upcoming CQ WW SSB contest as a Multi/2 entry. Outside the contest, look for VP2MDG and VP2MZM to be QRV on 6 meters SSB and 160 meters CW, respectively. QSL to home calls. OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operation is approved for DXCC credit: Tunisia, 3V8SS, 2007 operation. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Jamboree-On-The-Air, JARTS World Wide RTTY Contest, ARCI Fall CW QSO Party, Worked All Germany Contest, Feld Hell Sprint, Stew Perry Topband Challenge, W/VE Islands QSO Party, 070 Club 160-Meter Great Pumpkin PSK31 Sprint, 50 MHz Fall Sprint, Asia-Pacific Fall CW Sprint, Strange Radio Event, UBA ON 2-Meter Contest and the Illinois QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest is scheduled for October 22. Please see October QST, page 91, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #860 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 27 October 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 860 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 27/10 YB9AQH: Bali Island (OC-022) 857 till 28/10 6V7G: Senegal 859 till 28/10 6W1RY: Senegal 857 till 28/10 8N0M100A/3: Ie-shima (AS-117) 860 till 28/10 IF9A: Favignana Island (EU-054)859 till 28/10 VE8DX/2, K5YG/VE2, VE2Z: Zone 2857 till 29/10 6Y3T: Jamaica (NA-097) 859 till 29/10 C6APR, C6AXD, C6AQO: Crooked Island (NA-113) 849 till 30/10 6Y0B: Jamaica (NA-097) 859 till 30/10 C52C and C50C: The Gambia 855 till 30/10 ON9CMV: Belgium859 till 30/10 PJ4/N0VD: Bonaire (SA-006) 859 till 30/10 V26BA,V26BZR,V26CW,V26JN,V26OC,V26B: Antigua (NA-100) 859 till 30/10 VP2MDG, VP2MZM, VP2MKA: Montserrat (NA-103)859 till 30/10 WA2VYA/VP5, K2WB/VP5, VP5T: Caicos Islands (NA-002)859 till 30/10 W2WAS/VP5, N2VW/VP5, VP5T: Caicos Islands (NA-002) 859 till 30/10 ZL7/DL2AH: Chatam Islands 851 till 31/10 5Z4/YT1CS: Kenya 857 till 31/10 C6AQW: Abaco (NA-080), Bahamas 859 till 31/10 CE0Y/9A4X, CE0Y/9A5RR, CC0Y: Easter Island (SA-001)859 till 31/10 IU1ARI: special callsign 856 till 31/10 J3/K0RH, J3/K0RH, J3/K1EP, J3/KA7KUZ: Grenada (NA-024) 855 till 31/10 J3/KI4QCS, J3/N0RB, J3/N7AZ, J3/W8CAA: Grenada (NA-024)855 till 31/10 J3/W8KKF, J3/WA8LOW, J3/WC4D: Grenada (NA-024) 855 till 31/10 J3K and J37K: Grenada (NA-024) 855 till 31/10 N3A: special event station 857 till 31/10 PA50JOTA: special event station857 till 31/10 V31FB: Ambergris Caye (NA-073) 859 till 31/10 V4/NE1RD: St. Kitts (NA-104) 857 till 02/11 HP4/W4JKC: Isla Colon (NA-088) 858 till 03/11 E51NOU: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands 857 till 08/11 J48NL, J48PS, J48JJ, J48PL, J48RT: Thassos I. (EU-174) 859 till 06/11 XW3DT: Laos859 till 08/11 SV8/HA2VR, SV8/HA6NL, SV8/HA6PS: Thassos Isl (EU-174) 859 till 08/11 SV8/HA6ZV, SV8/HA7JJS, SV8/HA7PL: Thassos Isl (EU-174) 859 till 12/11 T6EE: Afghanistan 857 till 15/11 6C60: special prefix (Syria) 858 till 16/11 4U1WRC: ITU Geneva 859 till 16/11 EA6/LU5FF: Balearic Islands (EU-004) 856 till 17/11 AT60MY: special call (India) 851 till 30/11 EW905B: special callsign (Belarus) 840 till 30/11 HF150TG: special event station 853 till 30/11 R450KB: special station852 till 30/11 SU8BHI: Egypt 851 till Nov8Q7IM: Maldives (AS-013) 809 till 06/12 IU2IPY: special callsign 843 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 HF100SK: special scout station (Poland)858 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special
[DX-NEWS] ARLP044 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP044 ARLP044 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP44 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 44 ARLP044 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA October 26, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP044 ARLP044 Propagation de K7RA Zero, zero, zero sunspots for 18 straight days now. A single sunspot appeared briefly October 6-7, no sunspots for four days prior, one sunspot for the final few days of September, and none for the three whole weeks prior to that. Until recently, many of us thought the solar cycle minimum occurred in March of this year. You can see a table of projected smoothed numbers with a minimum in March 2007 at, http://tinyurl.com/27j2fs. This year we began looking at a table of 3-month sunspot number averages, and for a while the data seemed to support a March minimum. But then we hit this longer period of no sunspots, and the 3-month average dropped again. You can see the most recent table in Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP041 at, http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/2007-arlp041.html. Note the 10.2 average assigned to August (which is the middle of the July through September period the 3-month average is based on) is lower than March, which was 11.2. With such a long period of so few sunspots, at the beginning of November we might see a much lower 3-month average. This is because the sum of all the daily sunspot numbers from August 1 until now is only 492, and if we still see no sunspots through next Wednesday, that total divided by the number of days for August-September-October (92) is only 5.4. So how low is 5.4, compared to the last solar minimum? I looked at averages between December 1995 and April 1997, and the only time the 3-month average of sunspot numbers dipped below 10 was in 1996, with 9.9 in March and 8.7 in September: Dec 95 16.7 Jan 96 14.7 Feb 96 13.1 Mar 96 9.9 Apr 96 10.9 May 96 13.0 Jun 96 14.6 Jul 96 17.5 Aug 96 12.4 Sep 96 8.7 Oct 96 10.2 Nov 96 14.2 Dec 96 16.4 Jan 97 11.7 Feb 97 11.3 Mar 97 16.4 Apr 97 22.6 But this doesn't really tell us when solar activity will increase, just that we are currently seeing lower overall sunspot activity than we did at the last solar minimum eleven years ago. With no sunspots, it is sometimes amazing what hams can work on the air. Geomagnetic activity increased on October 25 due to solar wind, and just ahead of that Dick Hanna, K3VYY of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania worked two Florida stations on 28.37 MHz at 0100z, which was two and a half hours after his local sunset. This is an unusual time for propagation over this path, which would normally occur during the middle of the day with the sunspot number over 100. Jon Jones, N0JK of Wichita, Kansas reported some good E-layer skip on 6 meters for around 2 hours on October 20, beginning at 0115z. He worked VE3DXP/W7 in Las Vegas, and K7ICW was also loud from New Mexico. He also heard some double-hop E-skip from Washington State and Florida. Jon commented that E-skip is rare in October. During an hour at lunch on October 25, Chip Margelli, K7JA reported from Southern California, 10 meters opened up from California to Europe and Africa for the first time in a very long time. Besides the loud Caribbean stations, CT1CJJ, CU2AF, GM3POI, MM0SJH, CU3EQ, C52C, and 5H3EE were great finds on 28 MHz between 1900-2000z. K7SS in Seattle reported that mid-day West Coast time, he heard C52C on 10 meters and heard K7RI work him. This weekend is the CQ World Wide DX Phone Contest, and geomagnetic activity should calm by the start of the event. Predicted planetary A index for October 26-31 is 20, 12, 10, 15, 10 and 8. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts unsettled to active conditions October 26, unsettled October 27, quiet to unsettled October 28, unsettled October 29-30, quiet to unsettled October 31, and quiet conditions on November 1. You can get 45 day planetary A index and solar flux predictions at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/45DF.html. A new one is issued daily after 2100z, but often there is a delay before the link to the new forecast is posted. To get around this, after 2100z if the link to that day's forecast hasn't appeared, try changing the URL for the previous day's forecast to what it would be for the current date. For instance, the URL for the October 25 forecast was at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/forecasts/45DF/102545DF.txt. After 2100z on October 26, if the link to the latest forecast hasn't appeared, change the URL to, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/forecasts/45DF/102645DF.txt and see if it is available yet. Thomas Giella, KN4LF of Lakeland, Florida reports that he has a propagation forecast available. You can learn about it at, http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at, http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html. For a detailed
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #861
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 3 November 2007A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 861 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B8- Ron, SM7DKF will be active holiday style as 3B8/SM7DKF from Mauritius Island (AF-049) on 10-23 November. QSL via home call, Further information and QSLling policy at http://www.sm7dkf.se. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] 3X - This year the VooDoo Contest Group will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 3XY5D from Conakry, Guinea. The team will include AA7A, G3SXW, G4BWP, G4IRN, GM3YTS, K4UEE, K5VT and KC7V. As usual, they will enter the Multi-Multi category with mono-band antennas for all six bands and kilowatt amplifiers. QSL via G3SXW, direct or bureau (bureau cards can be requested by e-mail: simply send the QSO details to the e-mail address on http://www.qrz.com/g3sxw). Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Further information can be found at http://www.voodoocontestgroup.com/ 5X - Nick, G3RWF will be in Uganda on 21-30 November and will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK as 5X1NH, including en entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. This is a solo dedicated DX outing with a short safari to the Mountains of the Moon after the contest, he says. He will be in Kampala from the 21st to the 26th, then he will travel to Western Uganda and do some spare time portable work. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] 7X - The Bou-Saada ARC will be active as 7W53N through 30 November to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Algerian War of Indipendence. QSL via 7X5VRK. [TNX F5NQL] 9M4- Yoshiaki, JA1OCZ will be active as 9M4DXX from Penang Island (AS-015), West Malaysia on 7-12 November. He plans to operate CW, SSB, and FM on 80-10 metres and to make a special effort during the Japan International DX SSB Contest (10-11 November). QSL via 9M2TO, direct or bureau. [TNX JF1OCQ] CT - Adolfo, EA7TV will be active as CT/EA7TV/P from Culatra Island (EU-145, AL-001 for the Portuguese Islands Award) on 8-11 November. He plans to operate on 10-40 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX EA7TV] E5 - George, K5KG and Ron, KK9K will be active as E51MMM and E51NNN from Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands from 12 November to 1 December. They plan to operate CW and SSB, to concentrate on 160 and 80 metres and to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as E51MMM. QSLs forbothvia K5KG.Theyhaveablogat http://www.e51mmm.blogspot.com/ [TNX The Daily DX] EA8- EA8ARG, EA8AY and EA8BFH will be active as EG8FDA from Anaga Lighthouse on Tenerife Island (AF-004) on 10-11 November. They plan to operate on the HF bands as well as on 6 and 2 metres. QSL via EA8NQ, direct or bureau. Further information can be found at http://ea8arg.ure.es/eg8fda/ [TNX EA8NQ] EA8- Jean, ON5JV and Georgette, ON6AK will be active as EA8/homecall from Tijoco Bajo, Tenerife (AF-004) from 28 November to 26 January 2008. Activity will be mainly on 20 and 40 metres during their evening hours. QSL via home calls, bureau preferred. [TNX ON5JV] GD - Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active as MD/DL3KWR and MD/DL3KWF from the Isle of Man (EU-116) on 17-30 November. They plan to operate mostly CW (CQ WW DX CW Contest included) and on 12, 17 and 30 metres. Hardy will also try to operate RTTY and PSK31. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Their web page is at http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr [TNX DL3KWR] HB0- Laci/HA0HW, Tomi/HA4DX and Geza/HA4XG will be active as HB0/homecall from Masescha (1350 metres a.s.l.), Liechtenstein on 6-14 November. They will operate on the HF bands (with an emphasis on 160 and 80 metres) CW, SSB and maybe some digital modes, plus 2m tropo and MS. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW] I - Special event station II0VUI will be active from
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425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 3 November 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 861 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 03/11 E51NOU: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands 857 till 04/11 8R1PY: Guyana 853 till 05/01 A7/G0MKT: Qatar849 till 05/11 JW/G3SXW and JW/G3TXF: Spitsbergen (EU-026)861 till 07/11 UT/OZ5IPA: Ukraine 859 till 08/11 J48NL, J48PS, J48JJ, J48PL, J48RT: Thassos I. (EU-174) 859 till 06/11 XW3DT: Laos859 till 08/11 SV8/HA2VR, SV8/HA6NL, SV8/HA6PS: Thassos Isl (EU-174) 859 till 08/11 SV8/HA6ZV, SV8/HA7JJS, SV8/HA7PL: Thassos Isl (EU-174) 859 till 10/11 8Q7AU: Maldives (AS-013) 857 till 11/11 PA60LIM: special callsign 859 till 12/11 T6EE: Afghanistan 857 till 14/11 VK9ANH: Norfolk Island 851 till 15/11 6C60: special prefix (Syria) 858 till 15/11 YK9SV: Arwad Island (AS-186) 854 till 16/11 4U1WRC: ITU Geneva 859 till 16/11 EA6/LU5FF: Balearic Islands (EU-004) 856 till 17/11 AT60MY: special call (India) 851 till 21/11 GB4RN: special callsign857 till 30/11 7W53N: special callsign (Algeria) 861 till 30/11 EW905B: special callsign (Belarus) 840 till 30/11 HF150TG: special event station 853 till 30/11 R450KB: special station852 till 30/11 SU8BHI: Egypt 851 till Nov8Q7IM: Maldives (AS-013) 809 till 06/12 IU2IPY: special callsign 843 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 HF100SK: special scout station (Poland)858 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special event station (Greece) 809 till 31/12 YU60BCD and YT60W. special callsigns (Serbia) 818 till 31/12 YU07HST: special event callsign830 till 31/12 Z360M: special call849 till 31/12 ZY5100SCOUT: special callsign 821 till 15/01/08 FO5RU: French Polynesia854 till 15/01/08 VP8CXV: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 852 till Feb 2008 DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (DL-03, AN-016) 812 till Apr 2008 6W/EA4ATI and 6W1EA: Senegal 833 till 30/06/08 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till Aug 2008 C91R: Mozambique 855 till 30/09/08 9A73AA: special callsign 855 03/11-11/11 IY1EY: special event station 860 03/11-16/11 OZ/DK9LO: Nordjylland (EU-171) 860 03/11-19/11 PA20NAFRAS: special event station 860 04/11II0VUI: special
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SB DX @ ARL $ARLD046 ARLD046 DX news ZCZC AE46 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 46 ARLD046 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 8, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD046 ARLD046 DX news This weeks bulletin was made possible with information provided by KP2HC, 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. MAURITIUS, 3B8. Ron, SM7DKF will be QRV as 3B8/SM7DKF from November 10 to 23 while on holiday. He will be active at various times on the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL to home call. ALGERIA, 7X. Members of the Bou Saada ARC are QRV as 7W53N during November to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the beginning of the National Algerian Revolution. QSL via 7X5VRK. WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2. JA1OCZ is QRV as 9M4DXX from Penang Island, IOTA AS-105, until November 12. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and FM. He will also be an entry in the JIDX contest. QSL to home call. GHANA, 9G. Alan, G3XAQ will be QRV as 9G5XA from Accra from November 12 to 26. He will use mainly CW. He plans to be an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide CW contest as a Single Op/Single Band entry. Outside the contest Alan will concentrate on 30 and 17 meters. QSL via G3SWH. URUGUAY, CX. Look for Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, K2LEO to be QRV as either CW2C or IK1PMR/CX and K2LEO/CX, respectively, in the WAE RTTY contest. QSL via operators' instructions. SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. George, K5KG and Ron, KK9K will be QRV as E51MMM and E51NNN, respectively, from Rarotonga Island, IOTA OC-013, from November 12 to December 1. They plan to concentrate their activity heavily on 160 and 80 meters. QSL both calls direct to K5KG. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Slavo, SP2JMB is QRV as EA8/SP2JMB until November 12. He is active on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. REUNION ISLAND, FR. Pekka, OH2YY will be QRV as FR/OH2YY from November 12 to 15. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. THAILAND, HS. Special event station HS35SEA is QRV until November 11 during the 35th SEANET Convention in Lampang. US VIRGIN ISLANDS, KP2. Ann, KP2YL and Brian, KP2HC will be QRV from St. Croix from November 15 to 23. Activity is on all HF bands, including 6 meters, using CW and SSB. Ann will also be active in the upcoming ARRL November SSB Sweepstakes as NP2B with W2UDT and NP2B. QSL to home calls. QSL NP2B direct. DENMARK, OZ. Klaus, DK9LO is QRV as OZ/DK9LO from Vendsyssel-Thy/ Nordjylland Island, IOTA EU-171, until November 16. He is active around the usual IOTA frequencies. QSL to home call. NORFOLK ISLAND, VK9N. Ulli, DL2AH is QRV as VK9ANH until November 15. Activity is mainly on 20 meters using SSB although he may also be active on 40 to 10 meters using SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. REVILLAGIGEDO, XF4. Members of FMRE will be QRV as 6E4LM from Socorro Island, IOTA NA-030, from November 15 to December 17. This activity is to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the FMRE. Activity will be on 160 to 2 meters, including 70 cm, using CW, SSB, various digital modes and Satellites. They will focus much of their activity on 160 and 6 meters. QSL direct to XE2K. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. All of Vlad, UA4WHX's last operations are approved for DXCC credit: Uganda, 5X1VB; Burundi, 9U0VB; Rwanda, 9X0VB; Angola, D20VB; Comoros, D60VB; Djibouti, J20VB; Swaziland, 3DA0VB; Madagascar, 5R8VB; Botswana, A25VB; Mozambique, C91VB; Sudan, ST2VB; Zimbabwe, Z2/UA4WHX; Namibia, V51VV; and Lebanon, OD5/UA4WHX. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Japan International DX Phone Contest, Worked All Europe RTTY Contest, OK/OM DX CW Contest, Kentucky QSO Party and the CQ-WE Contest are all scheduled for this weekend. The SKCC Sprint is scheduled for November 14. Please see November QST, page 101, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
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425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 10 November 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 862 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 9G - Alan, G3XAQ will be active as 9G5XA from Ghana on 12-26 November. He will operate CW only and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as a SOSB entry, probably on 15 metres. He plans to concentrate on 30 and 17 metres outside the contest. QSL via G3SWH. [TNX The Daily DX] 9M6 - Gerben, PG5M will be active either as 9M2/PG5M/6 or with a 9M6 callsign of his own from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (OC-088), East Malaysia on 15-18 November. He plans to operate CW only on 10-40 metres with a beam for 10, 15, 20 and 40 meters, and a G5RV for the other bands. QSL via PG5M, direct or bureau. His website is at http://www.dx.to [TNX PG5M] C6 - Kenny, K2KW will operate as C6ATA from Bahamas on 18-26 November. He will concentrate on 160-30 metres and will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest on 40 metres (low power). QSL via WA4WTG. [TNX NG3K] EA8 - Slavo, SP2JMB reports he will be active as EA8/SP2JMB from the Canary Islands (AF-004) until 12 November. He operates CW and SSB on 80-10 metres. QSl via home call, direct or bureau. HI - Dani, EA4ATI has left Senegal and is now stationed in the Dominican Republic. He is active as HI5/EA4ATI and will remain there for one year at least. QSL via EA4ATI. [TNX EA4CWN] HV - COTA (Carabinieri on the Air) members will be active from HV5PUL, the amateur radio station at the Pontifical Lateran University (Vatican City), on 19-21 November. Expect them to operate on all modes and bands, 6 metres included. This activity celebrates Saint Mary Virgo Fidelis, patron saint of the Carabinieri, the Italian military police. [TNX IW0DJB/HV5PUL] KH6 - Goffredo, I0TWA is going to Hawaii (OC-019) and will be active holiday style as KH6/I0TWA for four weeks. He is likely to operate mostly between 6 and 8 UTC. QSL direct to I0MWI. [TNX I0MWI] S2 - Stig, LA7JO (aka 9N7JO and HS0ZGD) reports he will be active as S21JO from Bangladesh on 14-25 November, CQ WW DX CW Contest included. QSL direct to HS0ZGD. T6 - John, T6EE reports he will be QRV for North America until 10 November. Look for him between 15 and 17 UTC on 14220 kHz, listening 5 up if necessary. QSL via KE6GFF. [TNX T6EE] VK9C- Bernd, VK2IA and Jan, DJ8NK will be active as VK9AA and VK9CCC from Cocos-Keeling (OC-003) on 18-26 November. Plansare to operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 10-160 metres. Look for VK9AA to participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL VK9AA via DL8YR, QSL VL9CCC via DJ8NK. [TNX NG3K] VP8_ant - Alan, VK0LD (VK6CQ) is going back to Patriot Hills Base, Antarctica, but this time for a short stay (7-10 days). In his limited spare time he will be active as VP8PJ (mostly CW on 40, 30 and 20 metres). QSL via DL5EBE. [TNX DL5EBE] VP8_sg - Melvin Collins, KA4KDZ was been active as VP8DKX from South Georgia on 4 November. The Daily DX reports he expects to be back on 20 meters SSB around 12 November: Mel is with a team whose primary goal is wildlife observations, and he will try to operate as much as possible in the difficult conditions. QSL via home call. W - Look for Rick, N8OIL/4 to be active from St. Simons Island (NA-058) on 11-23 November. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] SOUTH AMERICA TOUR --- Svein, LA6IKA will be touring South America for three months starting on 10 November. His itinerary will be decided while en route, but Svein anticipates he will operate as LU/LA6IKA from Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) from late November for 2-3 weeks, and as CE0Z/LA6IKA from Juan Fernandez (SA-005) for one week in late January 2008. He has also obtained a licence for Eastr Island (CE0Y/LA6IKA). QSL via home call. [TNX QRZ DX] === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S
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SB DX @ ARL $ARLD047 ARLD047 DX news ZCZC AE47 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 47 ARLD047 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 15, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD047 ARLD047 DX news This weeks bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, 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. GHANA, 9G. Alan, G3XAQ is QRV as 9G5XA from Accra until November 26. Activity is mainly on 30 and 17 meters using CW only. He also expects to be active in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. QSL via G3SWH. BAHAMAS, C6. Kenny, K2KW will be QRV as C6ATA from November 18 to 26. He will be active mainly on 160 to 30 meters. This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. QSL via WA4WTG. MOZAMBIQUE, C9. Wayne, W5KDJ is QRV as C91KDJ until November 28. Activity is on the HF bands using mainly CW with some RTTY, and with an emphasis on 160 and 80 meters. He plans to be active in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. QSL to home call. SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA, HK0. Tom, K3WT, Vlad, N0STL, William, W0OR and Ron, N0AT will be QRV as HK0/homecalls from San Andres, IOTA NA-033, from November 19 to 27. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters. They plan to be active as 5J0A in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. QSL contest call via W0JAR and all others to home calls. In addition, Gerd, DL7VOG is QRV as HK0GU from Providencia, IOTA NA-049, until December 1. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. VATICAN, HV. Members of Carabinieri On The Air plan to be QRV as HV5PUL from Pontifical Lateran University station from November 19 to 21. Activity will be on all HF bands, and 6 meters, using all modes. SAUDI ARABIA, HZ. Ahmed, HZ1AN is normally QRV on 40, 20 and 15 meters between 1230 to 1600z. QSL via DJ9ZB. ST. VINCENT, J8. Dave, G3TBK will be QRV as J88DR from November 21 to 29. Activity will be on all HF bands, especially 30, 17 and 12 meters using mostly CW. He will also be active in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. QSL to home call. JAPAN, JA. Hiro, JA6WFM will be QRV as JF6YME/6 from Yoron Island, IOTA AS-023, in the Amami Island Group, from November 21 to 24. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via bureau. BONAIRE, CURACAO, PJ2. Jeff, KU8E, John, K4BAI and Larry, K5OT will be QRV as PJ4/homecall from Bonaire, IOTA SA-006, from November 20 to 27. They will also be active as PJ4A in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL all calls via K4BAI. BANGLADESH, S2. Stig, LA7JO is QRV as S2ZJO. He will also be active in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. QSL via HS0ZGD. SEYCHELLES, S7. Andy, UA3AB and Harry, RA3AUU will be QRV as S79AB and S79UU, respectively, from November 19 to 28. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters. This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. QSL via UA3DX. PALAU, T8. Osamu, JR8VSE will be QRV as T88SE from November 18 to 21. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. QSL to home call. NAMIBIA, V5. Klaus, DJ4SO is QRV as V5/DJ4SO while working from a farm in Matunda until December 3. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, RTTY and PSK31 with some SSB. He will also be active in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. COCOS KEELING ISLANDS, VK9C. Bernd, VK2IA and Jan, DJ8NK, will be QRV as VK9AA and VK9CCC, respectively, from November 18 to 26. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. They will be active as VK9AA in the upcoming CQ WW CW contest. QSL VK9AA via DL8YR and VK9CCC via DJ8NK. INDIA, VU. Special event callsign AT7CD is active until November 17 from Bangalore during the National Disaster Reduction Day. QSL via VU2LCI. LAOS, XW. Bruce, AA4XR is QRV as XW1B. Activity is on all bands and modes. QSL via E21EIC. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL SSB Sweepstakes Contest, SARL Field Day Contest, NCCC CW Sprint, YO International PSK31 Contest, LZ DX Contest, Feld Hell Sprint, All Austrian 160-Meter Contest, RSGB 2nd 1.8 MHz CW Contest, North American Collegiate ARC SSB Championship and the EU PSK63 QSO Party will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest is scheduled for November 19. Please see November QST, page 101, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #863 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 17 November 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 863 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 17/11 AT60MY: special call (India) 851 till 17/11 J75/DK0RZ: Dominica (NA-101) 861 till 18/11 9M2/PG5M/6: Sabah (OC-088), East Malaysia 862 till 18/11 V8FWP, V8FWU and V8FDM: Brunei 853 till 19/11 PA20NAFRAS: special event station 860 till 21/11 GB4RN: special callsign857 till 21/11 WA2USA/4: Dauphin Island (NA-213) 861 till 22/11 3B8/OH2YY: Mauritius Island (AF-049) 861 till 23/11 3B8/SM7DKF: Mauritius Island (AF-049) 861 till 23/11 KP2YL and KP2HC: US Virgin Islands (NA-106)861 till 23/11 N8OIL/4: St. Simons Island (NA-058)862 till 25/11 S21JO (S2ZJO): Bangladesh 862 till 26/11 9G5XA: Ghana 862 till 26/11 VP2EDL and VP2EDM: Anguilla (NA-022) 855 till 28/11 C91KDJ: Mozambique 855 till 28/11 PJ7/DH1ND, PJ7/DG5XJ, PJ7/DJ5HD: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 855 till 30/11 7W53N: special callsign (Algeria) 861 till 30/11 EW905B: special callsign (Belarus) 840 till 30/11 HF150TG: special event station 853 till 30/11 MD/DL3KWR and MD/DL3KWF: Isle of Man (EU-116) 861 till 30/11 R450KB: special station852 till 30/11 SU8BHI: Egypt 851 till Nov8Q7IM: Maldives (AS-013) 809 till 01/12 E51MMM and E51NNN: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks 861 till 06/12 IU2IPY: special callsign 843 till 08/12 KH6/I0TWA: Hawaii (OC-019) 862 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 HF100SK: special scout station (Poland)858 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special event station (Greece) 809 till 31/12 YU60BCD and YT60W. special callsigns (Serbia) 818 till 31/12 YU07HST: special event callsign830 till 31/12 Z360M: special call849 till 31/12 ZY5100SCOUT: special callsign 821 till 15/01/08 FO5RU: French Polynesia854 till 15/01/08 VP8CXV: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 852 till Feb 2008 DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (DL-03, AN-016) 812 till 30/06/08 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till Aug 2008 C91R: Mozambique 855 till 30/09/08 9A73AA: special callsign 855 till ?? R1ANR: Blue One Runway, Antarctica 863 17/11-18/11 BY7KP: MiaoWan Island (AS-129) 863 17/11-18/11 JA6RGJ/6, JK6IIS/6, JO6RGZ/6: Muku Island (AS-012) 863 18/11-01/12 C6AGY: Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas 863 18/11-26/11 C6ATA: Bahamas
[DX-NEWS] ARLP047 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP047 ARLP047 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP47 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 47 ARLP047 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA November 16, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP047 ARLP047 Propagation de K7RA Another quiet week, but strangely, like the previous week there was just a single sunspot appearing for one day, and it was also on a Tuesday. Just like the previous week, the daily sunspot number was 11, and then it went back to 0 when the spot disappeared. No spots expected in the near future. Geomagnetic indices have been quiet, but may become unsettled in the near term. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet to unsettled conditions for November 16, quiet November 17, quiet to unsettled November 18, quiet November 19, quiet to unsettled November 20, unsettled to active November 21, and unsettled November 22. The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center sees a planetary A index of 10 for November 16, 5 for November 17-19, 10 for November 20, 15 for November 21, and 10 for November 22. Many interesting emails this week, and one came from Bob Marston, K6TR of Fremont, California. He mentioned the theory about magnetic polarity of sunspots, and how we expect them to shift as we move into a new cycle. But some time back a reverse polarity spot appeared, and was hailed by some as the first spot of Cycle 24, but it turned out this wasn't the case. Bob says about 3 percent of the spots in any cycle are rogue spots with reverse orientation. What will be significant is when we start to see spots appearing away from the equator. Bob continued, The second topic I want to address is the item Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, brought up referencing his communication with Mike Keane, K1MK. The 30.4 nm resonance line is the best indicator for gauging the state of ionization of the ionosphere. What I would like to point out is the future of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). SOHO was originally intended to last a few years when it was launched in 1995 and has lasted four times as long. It has done yeoman's service and done more to increase man's understanding of the Sun than any other space-based solar observatory. But it is getting long in the tooth and in need of replacement. He goes on to say, To that end, NASA will launch a replacement satellite observatory called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). It is currently undergoing final assembly at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center near Greenbelt, Maryland. Launch date is currently scheduled for no earlier than December 1, 2008 and it is expected to be operational within 90 days of launch. The assembly team is in the early stages of construction with the first of three instruments delivered last month. That instrument is the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE). It is the analogous instrument to the SEM on SOHO. When you check out the specs of the new instrument, it is readily apparent the jump in capability the new instrument offers over the SEM on SOHO. He continues, Unlike SOHO, SDO will be placed into a geosynchronous orbit around the Earth. That is to provide better communications to handle the higher data rate coming from the new satellite. Images that are updated every five minutes on SOHO will be updated once a second on SDO. SOHO orbits the Sun at a Lagrange point, one million miles from Earth. This provides uninterrupted observation of the Sun. SDO will have two 90 day periods per year where its observations will be interrupted for a maximum of 72 minutes while it passes behind the Earth. Bob ends by saying, You might want to remind your readers, especially the younger ones, that while conditions may be challenging right now they will get better. And the set of new tools coming online in the next year and a half will provide us with the information to exploit F layer ionospheric propagation like never before, regardless of what the sunspot count at the peak of Cycle 24. SDO Home Page: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/. SDO Mission Page: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/about.php. SDO Instrument Page: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/instruments.php. SDO EVE Overview Page: http://lasp.colorado.edu/eve/instrument/eve_instrument.htm. Thanks, Bob for the great information. This week several people wrote in about an article from NASA about ion plumes, titled Strange Space Weather Over Africa. You can read it at http://tinyurl.com/3yyok8. The article mentions a site at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ustec/ in which users can look at changing electron content in the ionosphere over North America. Note that you can look at animations of the shifting patterns of electron content over 24 hours. Jose Nunes, CT1BOH of Lisbon, Portugal sent in a link to an article about the cycle minimum at, http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/pickoftheweek/old/05oct2007. Next week we hope to have more details on some unusual long path propagation on 80 meters from the West Coast to South Africa, while both ends of the
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #863
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 17 November 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 863 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 8R - Phil, G3SWH and Jim, G3RTE will be active as 8R1PW from Georgetown, Guyana on 22-29 February. They will operate CW only on 160-10 metres, and will concentrate on the low bands, and on 30, 12 and 17 metres (activity on 160m is possible, but will depend upon QRN and site conditions). Propagation permitting, they plan to have two stations on the air for as many hours every day as is possible. QSL via G3SWH, direct or bureau (for on-line requests for bureau cards please use the form at http://www.g3swh.org.uk/form.html). Logs will be available on www.g3swh.org.uk after the expedition, and will be uploaded to LoTW about one year later. [TNX G3SWH] A3 - Tomas, VK2CCC (LY1F) will be active as A35MT from Tonga on 19-26 November. He will concentrate on working the low bands CW, and operation will include an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSLling instructions at qrz.com under LY1F. [TNX The Daily DX] BY - A large group of operators from the Zhuhai Radio Sports Association will be active as BY7KP from MiaoWan Island (AS-129) on 17-18 November. They plan to operate SSB and RTTY on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. QSL via BD7IFJ, direct or bureau. [TNX BG7LVL] C5 - Jan, PA4JJ reports that his C56JJ operation from The Gambia [425DXN #855] is now scheduled to take place on 1-11 December. QSL via home call, direct or bureau (on-line form for bureau cards can be found at http://c56jj.pa4jj.nl). Please note that a minimum of 2 USD is requested for direct QSLling outside Europe. Proceeds beyond return postage will be donated to the Baobab Nursery School project (http://www.gambiahulp.nl/). C6 - Ray, ND6S will operate as C6AGY from Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas from 18 November to 1 December, including an entry (SOAB or SOSB 15m) entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via ND6S. [TNX NG3K] F - The Radio Club des Fourches (F6KSU) will operate again as TM7AJ from 18 November to 2 December. The special callsign commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of writer Alfred Jarry. QSL via F6KSU. [TNX F8REF] G - Special callsign GB80GKZ will be aired on 8-9 December by members of the Eagle Radio Group in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire to commemorate 80 years of Humber Radio (callsign GKZ). Activity is planned on 80-15 metres SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via 2E0NCG. [TNX 2E0NCG] HK0_sa - Bill/W0OR, Vlad/N0STL, Ron/N0AT and Tom/K3WT will be active on 160-10 metres as HK0/homecall from San Andres (NA-033) on 20-26 November. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as 5J0A (QSL via W0JAR, direct or bureau). All logs will be uploaded to LoTW. The webiste for the operation is at http://frontiernet.net/~5j0a/. [TNX The Daily DX] J8 - Dave, G3TBK will be active as J88DR from St. Vincent on 21-29 November, including a SOAB entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. Expect activity also on 30, 17 and 12 metres outside the contest. QSL via G3TBK. [TNX NG3K] JA - JA6RGJ/6, JK6IIS/6 and JO6RGZ/6 will be active from Muku Island (AS-012, JIIA AS-012-034) on 17-18 November. They plan to operate SSB and CW on the HF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Look for JA6WFM to be active as JF6YME/6 from Yoron Island (AS-023, JIIA AS-023-013) on 21-24 November. He expects to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on the HF bands. QSL via the JARL bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JA - Look for JS6RRR, JI3DST/JS6 and JH5YCW/JS6 to be active on 160-10 metres plus 6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK31 and FM from Miyako-Jima (AS-079) on 22-27 November. QSL via bureau. [TNX JS6RRR] JD1_oga - Harry, JG7PSJ will be active again as JD1BMH from Chichijima (AS-031), Ogasawara from 29 December to 4 January. He plans to
[DX-NEWS] ARLD048 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD048 ARLD048 DX news ZCZC AE48 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 48 ARLD048 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT November 21, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD048 ARLD048 DX news This weeks bulletin was made possible with information provided by IK1QBT, NC1L, 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. UGANDA, 5X. Nick, G3RWF will be QRV as 5X1NH as a Single Op/Low Power entry in the CQ WW CW contest. He is here until November 30 and is also active on all HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL to home call. SENEGAL, 6W. T98A will be QRV as 6W1SJ as a Single Op/All Band entry in the CQ WW CW contest. QSL via T93Y. TONGA, A3. Dr. Tomas, VK2CCC is QRV as A35MT from Tongatapu Island, IOTA OC 049, until November 26. Activity is mainly on the low bands using mostly CW. This includes an entry in the CQ WW CW contest as a Single Op entry. QSL direct. CUBA, CO. Juan, CO8TW will be QRV as a Single Op/Single Band/Low Power entry on 20 meters during the CQ WW CW contest. QSL via HB9SVT. TAJIKISTAN, EY. Nodir, EY8MM will be a Single Op/Single Band entry on 160 meters during the CQ WW CW contest. QSL via K1BV. FRENCH GUIANA, FY. Didier, FY5FY will be QRV as a Single Op/All Band/QRP entry in the CQ WW CW contest. QSL to home call. JERSEY, GJ. Rich, K2WR, Dick, GU4CHY and possibly others will be QRV as MJ0AWR and GJ4CHY, respectively, until November 25. Look for them to be QRV as GJ2A as either a Multi/Single or Multi 2 entry in the CQ WW CW contest. QSL GJ2A via K2WR. QSL MJ0AWR via K2WR and GJ4CHY via GU4CHY. THAILAND, HS. Fred, K3ZO will be QRV as HS0ZAR as a Single Op/All Band entry in the CQ WW CW contest. QSL to home call. In addition, Cha, HS8KAY will be QRV from Phuket Island, IOTA AS 053, in the CQ WW CW contest as a Single Op/Single Band/Low Power entry on 20 meters. ITALY, I. Look for IZ1GAR, I1NVU and IK7JWY to be QRV as IH9R, IH9U and IH9M, respectively, during the CQ WW CW contest as Single Op/Single Band/High power entries on 40, 15 and 80 meters, respectively. QSL to home calls. SARDINIA, IS0. Martin, OK1FUA will be QRV as IS0N as a Single Op/Power Band/Low Power entry on either 80 or 40 meters during the CQ WW CW contest. QSL via OK1MG. TURKEY, TA. TA2RC will be a Single Op/Single Band/Low Power entry on 160 meters on the CQ WW CW contest. QSL to home call. In addition, LZ1NK is QRV as TA3/LZ1NK until November 26. He will be active as TC3A from Bursa as a Single Op/Single Band/Low Power entry on 40 meters in the CQ WW CW contest. QSL to home call. ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA0. RZ9AR, RZ9AW and RA9AA will be QRV as RK9AWN as a Multi/Single entry in the CQ WW CQ contest. CAMBODIA, XU. KM0O is QRV as XU7MWA until November 26. This includes being QRV in the CQ WW CW contest as a Single Op/High Power entry. QSL to home call. In addition, F6BUM is QRV as XU7BUM until December 12 and active using only CW in his spare time. QSL via F6CXJ. INDONESIA, YB. YB3MM will be QRV from Karimunjawa Island, IOTA OC 186, during the CQ WW CW contest. QSL via IZ8CCW. MACEDONIA, Z3. A group of German operators will be QRV as Z37M as a Multi/2 entry in the CQ WW CW contest. QSL via Z37M. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HI. Six members of the Florida Contest Group, AD4Z/HI3A, HI3CCP, K1TO, K8NZ, N4GI and N4TO, will operate as HI3A during the CQ WW CW contest as a M/2 entry and prior to that as HI3FCG. HI3A will also be QRV for the ARRL 160 Meter Contest the following weekend. All QSLs via ON4IQ. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL EME Contest, The CQ Worldwide DX CW Contest, NAQCC Straight Key/Bug CW Sprint and the SKCC Weekend CW Sprintathon will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see November QST, page 101, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #864 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 24 November 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 864 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 24/11 JF6YME/6: Yoron Island (AS-023)863 till 25/11 KH2/JL3RCU, KH2/N3MU, KH2/KI6MHU, KH2/K2JA: Guam 863 till 25/11 S2ZJO: Bangladesh 862 till 26/11 9G5XA: Ghana 862 till 26/11 A35MT: Tonga 863 till 26/11 C6ATA: Bahamas 862 till 26/11 HK0/W0OR, HK0/N0STL: San Andres (NA-033) 863 till 26/11 HK0/N0AT, HK0/K3WT, 5J0A: San Andres (NA-033) 863 till 26/11 PQ8KL: Brazil (Amapa State)863 till 26/11 T88FY and T88IW: Palau 863 till 26/11 TA3/LZ1NK, TC3A: Turkey863 till 26/11 V26K: Antigua (NA-100) 853 till 26/11 VP2EDL and VP2EDM: Anguilla (NA-022) 855 till 26/11 VK9AA and VK9CCC: Cocos-Keeling (OC-003) 862 till 27/11 5P3WW: Vendsyssel-Thy/Nordjylland (EU-171) 863 till 27/11 JS6RRR, JI3DST/JS6, JH5YCW/JS6: Miyako-Jima (AS-079) 863 till 27/11 KP2/K3TEJ, KP2/K3VA, KP2M: US Virgin Islands (NA-106) 863 till 27/11 PJ4/KU8E, PJ4/K4BAI, PJ4/K5OT, K4BAI: Bonaire (SA-006) 863 till 27/11 VP9/OH3SR: Bermuda 863 till 28/11 C91KDJ: Mozambique 855 till 28/11 J75W: Dominica (NA-101)861 till 28/11 PJ7/DH1ND, PJ7/DG5XJ, PJ7/DJ5HD: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 855 till 28/11 S79AB and S79UU: Seychelles863 till 29/11 J88DR: St. Vincent 863 till 30/11 5X1NH: Uganda 861 till 30/11 7W53N: special callsign (Algeria) 861 till 30/11 EW905B: special callsign (Belarus) 840 till 30/11 HF150TG: special event station 853 till 30/11 MD/DL3KWR and MD/DL3KWF: Isle of Man (EU-116) 861 till 30/11 R450KB: special station852 till 30/11 SU8BHI: Egypt 851 till Nov8Q7IM: Maldives (AS-013) 809 till 01/12 C6AGY: Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas 863 till 01/12 E51MMM and E51NNN: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks 861 till 02/12 TM7AJ: special station (France)863 till 03/12 VP2MVX, VP2MFO, VP2MNR, VP2MSC: Montserrat (NA-103)863 till 05/12 YC0IEM: Bangka Island (OC-144) 861 till 06/12 IU2IPY: special callsign 843 till 08/12 KH6/I0TWA: Hawaii (OC-019) 862 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 12/12 XU7BUM: Cambodia 861 till 14/12 TZ6JA: Mali863 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 HF100SK: special scout station (Poland)858 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #865
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 1 December 2007A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 865 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3D2_rot - Tony, 3D2AG/FO5RK expects to depart for Rotuma [425DXN 855] on 1 December and to reach the island by the 3rd. Because of his busy work-related schedule during the first two weeks, Tony will be able to operate full time only from 15 December, hopefully until end of January. Updates (on-line logs included) will be available at http://www.3d2ag.fr.tc/ 5R8 - Remco, PG0A is active holiday style as 5R8NL from Madagascar until 7 December. QSL via PA7FM. Effective immediately, this QSL route applies also to Remco's 2005 operation (Dennis says that there's a small backlog of direct QSL requests that will be cleared after this operation as soon as possible). Further information at http://www.5r8nl.pa7fm.nl/ [TNX PA7FM] 6Y - Dave, KY1V will operate CW as 6Y1V from Jamaica (NA-097) for the ARRL 10 Meters Contest (8-9 December). QSL via OH3RB. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] 9M0 - Ed, N1UR and Christine, KB1PQN will be active from Layang Layang, Spratly Islands (AS-051) on 22-30 March. QSL via K2RET. The web site for the operation is at http://www.n1urspratly.com/ [TNX N1UR] CU - Michael, G7VJR will be active as CU2/G7VJR from Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores from 26 December to 3 January. He plans to operate CW only on a range of HF bands including 160 metres, with a small linear and verticals. QSL via G7VJR. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW shortly after the operation. [TNX G7VJR] EA - Adolfo, EA7TV plans to operate as AO7TV/P from the lighthouse at Punta del Perro (ARLHS SPA-301) on 1-2 December. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX EA7TV] F - Special callsign TM7IET will be aired until 9 December to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Institut Electrotechnique de Toulouse, nowadays ENSEEIHT (Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Electrotechnique, Electronique, Informatique, Hydraulique et Telecommunications). Expect activity on the HF bands SSB, CW and PSK31, and on the VHF bands FM. QSL via F4DQG. [F5NQL] GJ - Look for Rob/MJ0RLJ (MW0RLJ), Anthony/MJ0JZE (MW0JZE) and Russell/GJ5XW (G5XW) to be active from Jersey (EU-013) on 7-10 December. Their main plain is to operate SSB (with some QRS CW) on 40, 80 and 160 metres during their nights. All QSLs direct to G5XW. [TNX G5XW] HC - Peter, DL9DAK will be active from Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands early next year: 02-11 JanuaryDL9DAK/HC1Quito 15-18 JanuaryDL9DAK/HC8Galapagos 19-21 JanuaryDL9DAK/HC2Guayaquil He will operate only digital modes (PSK, Olivia, RTTY, Feldhell, etc.) on 17, 20 and from time to time 40 metres, with vertical dipoles and 50 watts. QSL via home call. Further information at http://www.dl9dak.de/ [TNX DL9DAK] HL - A group of operators from Korea and Japan (DS4NMJ, HL4CEL, HL4CEY, JA1HGY, JA1RJU and JA1WPX) will be active from Chung Island (AS-060) for 24 hours, from about 4 UTC on 30 November through 4 UTC on 1 December. [TNX F5NQL] KH0 - Hiro/JF1OCQ (W1VX and KH0D), Toshi/JE1SYN (N3YS) and Hide/JI1JPJ (AB2WE) will be active from Saipan, on 7-10 December. They plan to operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FM on on 80-10 metres. QSL via home calls. [TNX JF1OCQ] KL - Rick, K6VVA injured his hand/wrist during his latest operation from NA-041, and has had to cancel his planned trip for the ARRL 160 Meter Contest [425DXN 861]. It looks like he may go back in February. Further information is expected in due course. [TNX www.islandchaser.com] TR - Roland, F8EN will be active again as TR8CR (or with a special callsign) from Libreville, Gabon from 7 December to 12 January. He will operate especially on 20 metres CW (14005 kHz) and SSB (14125-14200 kHz), and will also try to go
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #865 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 1 December 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 865 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 01/12 C6AGY: Treasure Cay (NA-080), Bahamas 863 till 01/12 E51MMM and E51NNN: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks 861 till 01/12 HL: Chung Island (AS-060) * by HLs and JAs 865 till 02/12 AU1JCB, AU2JCB, AU4JCB: special callsigns (India) 864 till 02/12 AU7JCB, AU8JCB, AU9JCB: special callsigns (India) 864 till 02/12 AT0JCB: special callsign (India) 864 till 02/12 AY7X: Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) 864 till 02/12 TM7AJ: special station (France)863 till 02/12 V25W: Antigua (NA-100) 861 till 03/12 VP2MVX, VP2MFO, VP2MNR, VP2MSC: Montserrat (NA-103)863 till 05/12 YC0IEM: Bangka Island (OC-144) 861 till 06/12 IU2IPY: special callsign 843 till 07/12 5R8NL: Madagascar 865 till 08/12 KH6/I0TWA: Hawaii (OC-019) 862 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 09/12 TM7IET: special callsign (France) 865 till 09/12 TM8T: special event station (France) 864 till 12/12 XU7BUM: Cambodia 861 till 14/12 TZ6JA: Mali863 till 17/12 XF4YK, XF4YW, 6E4LM: Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo 864 till 18/12 P40TA and P40K: Aruba (SA-036) 864 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 HF100SK: special scout station (Poland)858 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special event station (Greece) 809 till 31/12 YU60BCD and YT60W. special callsigns (Serbia) 818 till 31/12 YU07HST: special event callsign830 till 31/12 Z360M: special call849 till 31/12 ZY5100SCOUT: special callsign 821 till 15/01/08 FO5RU: French Polynesia854 till 15/01/08 VP8CXV: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 852 till 26/01/08 EA8/ON5JV and EA8/ON6AK: Tenerife (AF-004) 861 till Feb 2008 DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (DL-03, AN-016) 812 till 15/05/08 YI9MI: Iraq863 till 30/06/08 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till Aug 2008 C91R: Mozambique 855 till 30/09/08 9A73AA: special callsign 855 till Nov 2008 YE2IPY: special callsign 864 till ?? R1ANR: Blue One Runway, Antarctica 863 01/12-10/12 C56JJ: The Gambia 863 01/12-02/12 AO7TV/P: Punta del Perro lighthouse865 01/12HS80A: special event station 864 03/12-20/01/08 3D2AG: Rotuma (OC-060) 865 05/12-08/12 VP9/VE3ZF: Bermuda (NA-005)865 06/12-11/12 VP5/K0OK and VP5E: Providenciales (NA-002) 857 06/12-11/12 VP5/KB7UB and VP5UB:
[DX-NEWS] ARLP050 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP050 ARLP050 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP50 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 50 ARLP050 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA November 30, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP050 ARLP050 Propagation de K7RA Sunspots appeared over several days in the past week. November 24-27 had daily sunspot numbers of 15, 12 and 11. Otherwise, the Sun has been blank. In the previous reporting period, November 15-21, there were only two days with sunspots, and the daily sunspot numbers on both days were 13. The result is the average daily sunspot number from the previous reporting period to the current (November 22-28) reporting period rose from 3.7 to 5.4. There were no days with geomagnetic storms, and geomagnetic conditions should be quiet over the near term. The next recurring solar wind stream is expected December 17. Expect more weeks of no sunspots, with occasional appearances for a few days at a time. The U.S. Air Force predicts a planetary A index of 5 for the next ten days. For the week, Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet geomagnetic conditions for today, November 30, quiet to unsettled December 1, and back to quiet conditions for December 2-6. This weekend is the ARRL 160 Meter Contest, which begins today at 2200z. This is a CW only contest, and you can study the rules at, http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2007/160-meters.html. Check out a resource for 160 meter propagation in the Northern Hemisphere at, http://solar.spacew.com/www/160pred.html. This is from the same folks who publish the Proplab-Pro HF Radio Propagation Laboratory software. They say version 3.0 is radically updated, and will be released this week, on Monday, December 3. Unlike W6ELprop and some other propagation software, this one is not free, and in fact is likely the most expensive propagation software that hams will run across. But it looks like a powerful program. Another one that is quite powerful is ACE-HF, with info at, http://acehf.com. ACE stands for Animated Communications Effectiveness, and it was originally developed for the military by a non-ham, who was able to obtain licensing for it upon retirement. Tomas Hood, NW7US, who writes the monthly propagation column for CQ Magazine has a page devoted to it on his personal web site at, http://hfradio.org/ace-hf. There were more reports of interesting 10 meter propagation. In the CQ World Wide DX Contest on November 25, Doug Charette, W5GA of Wagoner, Oklahoma reported that he worked V51AS in Namibia around 1700z. Doug uses a very modest commercial multiband vertical antenna, and heard the African station at S-5. He was surprised that he didn't hear many South American stations on 10 meters in the contest. Also in the contest, Phil Finkle, K6EID of Marietta, Georgia worked 6W1RW (Senegal) on 10 meters at 1409z on Saturday. On the same band on Sunday around 1630z he worked V51AS, D4C (Cape Verde) and 3X5A (Guinea). Walt Knodle, W7TTE of Bend, Oregon heard V51AS very clearly on Sunday morning on 10 meters (he didn't say what time), but the opening only lasted about three minutes. Around the same time he heard LW5EE in Argentina, which also disappeared shortly. Fabrizio Valdirosa, an Italian shortwave listener in Rome, reports he also observed the 12 meter opening on November 21 reported in our extra post-Thanksgiving Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP049. Fabrizio reported that this was the first time he's heard Mozambique on 12 meters, and could hear C91R working North American stations. He wrote, This opening happened just at the onset of some geomagnetic activity, as I have seen other times. When the Kp index starts to go up, we have good openings on the higher bands, usually from Europe to Africa and South America. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for November 22 through 28 were 0, 0, 15, 12, 11, 0 and 0 with a mean of 5.4. 10.7 cm flux was 69.7, 70, 71.3, 70.7, 71.5, 71.4, and 71.2 with a mean of 70.8. Estimated planetary A indices were 13, 10, 12, 11, 8, 4 and 3 with a mean of 8.7. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 6, 8, 8, 8, 6, 5 and 3, with a mean of 6.3. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options
[DX-NEWS] ARLD050 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD050 ARLD050 DX news ZCZC AE50 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 50 ARLD050 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT December 6, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD050 ARLD050 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by F6AJA, K0OK, 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. ITU HQ, 4U_ITU. Seppo, OH1VR will be QRV as 4U1ITU from the ITU Geneva station from December 10 to 12. Activity will generally be around 1600 and 1700z daily. QSL via operator's instructions. JAMAICA, 6Y. Dave, KY1V will be QRV as 6Y1V in the ARRL 10 Meter contest. QSL via OH3RB. OMAN, A4. To commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society, all Omani stations will sign callsigns/35 from December 12 to 14. The ROARS HQ station A47RS will also be QRV as A47RS/35. QSL HQ station via bureau. PAKISTAN, AP. Tariq has been QRV using CW on 40 meters from around 1600 to 1900z. QSL via DJ9ZB. URUGUAY, CX. Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, K2LEO are QRV as homecalls/CX from Montevideo until December 10. Activity is generally on 17 and 12 meters using low power. Andrea will be QRV as CW2C in the ARRL 10 Meter contest. QSL all calls via IK1PMR. ETHIOPIA, ET. ET3JA has been active on 40 meters around 2200z. JERSEY, GJ. Rob, MW0RLJ, Anthony, MW0JZE and Russell, G5XW are QRV as MJ0RLJ, MJ0JZE and GJ5XW, respectively, until December 10. Activity is on 160, 80 and 40 meters using mainly SSB with some CW. QSL all calls direct via G5XW. DJIBOUTI, J2. Darko, J28OO has been QRV on 30 meters around 2000z and then at 2300z. QSL via K2PF. JAPAN, JA. Look for operators JL1OVB/1, JO1LVZ/1, JJ2GAZ/1 and 7L3ATQ/1 to be QRV from Izu Oshima Island, IOTA AS-008, from December 8 to 10. Activity will be on all HF and VHF bands using CW, SSB and FM. QSL to home calls. JORDAN, JY. Dr. Ali, JY4NE has been active using CW on 20 meters around 1430z. QSL via K3IRV. MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Hiro, W1VX, Toshi, N3YS and Hide, AB2WE are QRV as KH0/homecalls and KH0D from Saipan, IOTA OC-086, until December 10. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FM. QSL KH0/W1VX and KH0D via JF1OCQ. QSL KH0/N3YS via JE1SYN and KH0/AB2WE via JI1JPJ. ANTARCTICA. A group of 11 team members are QRV as OJ1ABOA from the Aboa Scientific Base for about three months. Activity is on various HF bands. QSL to OH2FFP. BONAIRE, CURACAO, PJ2. Larry, WO0Z will be QRV as PJ4/WO0Z from Bonaire, IOTA SA-006, from December 8 to 15. He will be active holiday style on various HF bands using CW, SSB and possibly RTTY. QSL to home call. BRAZIL, PY. Bone, PP5VX is QRV from Sao Francisco do Sul, IOTA SA-027, in the Santa Catarina State North Group, until December 31, 2010. Activity is on all bands and modes. QSL to home call. BANGLADESH, S2. Stig is QRV as S21ZDX and has been active on 80 meters using CW around 1440 and 1630z. QSL via HS0ZGD. GABON, TR. Roland, F8EN is QRV as TR8CR from Libreville until January 12. Activity is mostly on 20 meters. He may try to take a short trip to an island in the AF-043 IOTA group. QSL via F6AJA. ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, V4. Eric, W0XG is QRV as V4/W0XG until December 10 from St. Kitts and then from Nevis on December 10 to 13. Activity is on all bands operating holiday style. This includes an entry in the ARRL 10 Meter contest. QSL to home call. BRUNEI, V8. Burk is QRV as V8FZA has been active on 17 meters between 1000 and 1200z. QSL via DL3KZA. TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5. Bob, K0OK and Dale, KB7UB are QRV as VP5/homecalls from Providenciales, IOTA NA-002, until December 11. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW and SSB. During the ARRL 10 Meter contest they will be QRV as VP5E and VP5UB, respectively. QSL to home calls. BERMUDA, VP9. Igor, VE3ZF is QRV as VP9/homecall and is active from several Parishes until December 8. QSL to home call. REVILLAGIGEDO, XF4. Members of the 6E4LM team plan to be active in the ARRL 10 Meter contest. In addition to HF activity, stations XF4YK and XF4YW are completing the setup of equipment for EME, WSJT and MS activity on 6 and 2 meters and 70 cm. QSL via XE2K, XE1YK and XE2YW, respectively. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL 10-Meter Contest, 28 MHz SWL Contest and SKCC Weekend CW Sprintathon are scheduled for this weekend. The NAQCC Straight Key/Bug CW Sprint is scheduled for December 12. Please see December QST, page 78, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #866
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 8 December 2007A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 866 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B8- Jacques, F1BCS will be active as 3B8/F1BCS from Mauritius (AF-049) on 12-24 December. He plans to operate SSB and digital modes (PSK31, JT65, RTTY) on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. [TNX F8REF] 4U1- Seppo, OH1VR will be active from 4U1ITU, the International Amateur Radio Club's station at ITU Geneva, on 10-12 December. He expects to be QRV daily between 16 and 17 UTC. [TNX The Daily DX] A4 - Omani amateur radio operators will be using their callsigns followed by /35 on 12-14 December to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their national society, the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS). [TNX The Daily DX] CX - Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, IZ1GLO/K2LEO are back in Montevideo, Uruguay and will be active as IK1PMR/CX and K2LEO/CX until 10 December. They will concentrate on 17 and 12 metres, usually between 10 and 23 UTC. Andrea will operate CW as CW2C during the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. ALL QSLs via IK1PMR. [TNX IK1PMR] F - Christian, F8HJV will be active from Levant Island (EU-070, DIFM ME-012) on 7-22 December. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] HR - The HQ8R expedition to Swan Island (NA-035) [425DXN 857] has been rescheduled to take place between 15 and 23 March 2008. Participating operators so far include WQ7R/HR9, KC4CD/HR2, HR2DX, HR2DMR, HR7REA, HR2J and HR2PAC; plans are to be active on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY/PSK31 with four stations. QSL via HR2RCH (Radio Club de Honduras, P.O. Box 273, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras). Further information and details on how contribute to the expedition can be found at http://www.hondurasdx.com [TNX HR2PAC] JA - Look for JL1OVB/1, JO1LVZ/1, JJ2GAZ/1 and 7L3ATQ/1 to be active from Izu Oshima (AS-008) on 8-10 December. They plan to operate CW, SSB and FM on the HF and VHF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JD1_mt - Masa, JA6GXK will be active again in his spare time (between 9-13 UTC and 20-22 UTC) as JD1BMM from Minami Torishima (OC-073) on 12-27 December. This time he plans to concentrate on the low bands. QSL to JD1BMM, via the JARL bureau (preferably) or direct to Masafumi Ishihara, 2-305 Loran, 2-5-35 Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-0806, Japan. [TNX The Daily DX] OH_ant - OJ1ABOA is the callsig issued to the Finnish Scientific Station Aboa (73.03S-13.25W) in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica (AN-016). An 11-member expedition will be there for about three months, and the team leader, Mika Kalakoski (OH2FFP) expects to go QRV on 6 December, running 1 KW to a twin dipole for 40 and 20 metres. QSL via OH2FFP. [TNX The Daily DX] PJ4- Larry, WO0Z (Whiskey Oscar Zero Zulu) will be active holiday style as PJ4/WO0Z from Bonaire (SA-006) on 8-15 December. He plans to operate CW, SSB and possibly RTTY on whatever bands are open. QSL via home call. [TNX WO0Z] TN - Baldur, DJ6SI and Franz, DJ9ZB will be active as TN6X (CW) and TN9Z (SSB) from the Republic of the Congo until 13 December. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] V4 - Eric, W0XG will be active as V4/W0XG from St. Kitts until 10 December (ARRL 10 Meter Contest included) and then from Nevis until the 13th. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] VQ9- Jim, ND9M will be returning to Diego Garcia (AF-006) on 12 December for another four-month tour and will resume operating as VQ9JC. However, he does not know yet how much of his four months will be spent there, as his ship will be leaving the island in a few weeks. If the ship is reassigned to another port, this would likely be his final chance to put out VQ9. Usually Jim cannot be QRV before 12 UTC, and his operating time tends to run about 85% CW, 10% SSB, and 5% digital, mainly on 10-80 metres. He must QRT by 16.30 UTC on Sundays through Thursdays, and by
[DX-NEWS] ARLP051 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP051 ARLP051 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP51 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 51 ARLP051 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA December 7, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP051 ARLP051 Propagation de K7RA More sunspots emerged this week, with every December day so far showing spots. In addition to the sunspot numbers listed through Wednesday at the end of this bulletin, Thursday, December 6 had a sunspot number of 29. The daily sunspot number has not been this high since mid-July. Two spots are now visible, 977 and 978, and the total coverage of the solar surface by sunspots on Thursday is four times Wednesday's coverage. Average daily sunspot number for this report is over twice last week's, rising from 5.4 to 11.1. Sunspots will probably continue until at least December 13. Geomagnetic numbers have been extremely low, with average daily planetary A index dropping from 8.7 to 2, and average mid-latitude A index declining from 6.3 to 1.1 for the week. Check the quarterly geomagnetic indices since October 1 at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices/quar_DGD.txt, and note the incredibly stable numbers, especially at high and mid-latitudes, around December 2-6. You don't see strings of zeroes such as this during the higher portions of the solar cycle, and it seems perfectly timed with last week's ARRL 160 meter contest. Heightened or unsettled to active geomagnetic conditions are not expected until December 17. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions December 7-9, quiet to unsettled December 10, unsettled December 11-12, and quiet to unsettled December 13. This year we've been tracking a 3-month moving average of daily sunspot numbers to help spot trends that may indicate the bottom of the solar cycle. Here are the 3-month averages since December 2005. Dec 05 40.6 Jan 06 32.4 Feb 06 18.1 Mar 06 27.7 Apr 06 38.5 May 06 39.7 Jun 06 28.9 Jul 06 23.3 Aug 06 23.5 Sep 06 21.2 Oct 06 24.1 Nov 06 23.1 Dec 06 27.3 Jan 07 22.7 Feb 07 18.5 Mar 07 11.2 Apr 07 12.2 May 07 15.8 Jun 07 18.7 Jul 07 15.4 Aug 07 10.2 Sep 07 5.4 Oct 07 3 The average for September, October and November, centered on October, at 3 is the lowest yet for this side of Cycle 23. This number was derived by adding all daily sunspot numbers for those three months, then dividing the sum (270) by the number of days, which is 91. The result is approximately 2.967, very close to 3. Monthly sunspot number averages for this year, January through November, are 28.2, 17.3, 9.8, 6.9, 19.8, 20.7, 15.6, 9.9, 4.8, 1.3 and 2.9. October's average of 1.3 is lower than September and October of 1996, during the minimum between Cycles 22 and 23. The monthly averages for August through November, 1996 were 20.7, 2.9, 2.3 and 25.6. A new table of predicted sunspot and solar flux values for Cycle 24 is in this week's Preliminary Report and Forecast of Geophysical Data at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly/ on pages 10-11, December 4 issue. For the past few years the prediction table showed no data beyond this month. The table now runs an additional eight years, through December 2015. Note the two sets of predicted smoothed sunspot data, reflecting the split consensus among members of the Cycle 24 prediction panel at this year's Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colorado. The late decline in Cycle 23 led the group away from an earlier consensus for a strong Cycle 24, and now the panel is split. One faction predicts moderately strong sunspot activity for Cycle 24, the other, moderately weak. You can see from the table of values that the strong camp shows a peak centered near August-November 2011, while the weak cycle faction predicts their peak to occur in May-October 2012. To get an idea of the relative intensity of these predictions, peruse a table of smoothed sunspot numbers at, http://tinyurl.com/3yzcyz, showing over 3,000 months of smoothed sunspot numbers back to July, 1749, nearly one-quarter millennia. I'm not suggesting comparison of the predicted values with anything further back than the past few cycles, but it is there if you need it. Another view of predicted values for this ending cycle and the next one is at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/weekly/Predict.txt, updated monthly. Another prediction, this time from the Australian government is at, http://www.ips.gov.au/Solar/1/6. Joe Reisert, W1JR of Amherst, New Hampshire sent an informative email concerning great polar openings on 80 and 40 meters to Europe at our sunrise. Joe continued, Some ops may not be aware of this propagation mainly to Scandinavia from Eastern and Central USA (perhaps even Western USA). It has already started with LA6WEA and SM2EKM coming in strong. This path usually lasts through late January. This is the time of year when the path is sort of gray line as the Northern Europeans may not be in total darkness. Joe says signals can be quite strong, often have auroral flutter, and it doesn't take an elaborate
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #866 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 8 December 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 866 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 08/12 KH6/I0TWA: Hawaii (OC-019) 862 till 08/12 VP9/VE3ZF: Bermuda (NA-005)865 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 09/12 TM7IET: special callsign (France) 865 till 09/12 TM8T: special event station (France) 864 till 10/12 C56JJ: The Gambia 863 till 10/12 IK1PMR/CX, K2LEO/CX, CW2C: Uruguay 866 till 10/12 KH0: Saipan (OC-086) * by KH0D, N3YS, AB2WE865 till 10/12 MJ0RLJ, MJ0JZE, GJ5XW: Jersey (EU-013) 865 till 11/12 VP5/K0OK and VP5E: Providenciales (NA-002) 857 till 11/12 VP5/KB7UB and VP5UB: Providenciales (NA-002) 857 till 12/12 XU7BUM: Cambodia 861 till 13/12 V4/W0XG: St. Kitts and Nevis 866 till 13/12 TN6X and TN9Z: Congo 866 till 14/12 TZ6JA: Mali863 till 17/12 XF4YK, XF4YW, 6E4LM: Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo 864 till 18/12 P40TA and P40K: Aruba (SA-036) 864 till 22/12 F8HJV: Levant Island (EU-070) 866 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 HF100SK: special scout station (Poland)858 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special event station (Greece) 809 till 31/12 YU60BCD and YT60W. special callsigns (Serbia) 818 till 31/12 YU07HST: special event callsign830 till 31/12 Z360M: special call849 till 31/12 ZY5100SCOUT: special callsign 821 till 12/01/08 TR8CR: Gabon 865 till 15/01/08 FO5RU: French Polynesia854 till 15/01/08 VP8CXV: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 852 till 20/01/08 3D2AG: Rotuma (OC-060) 865 till 26/01/08 EA8/ON5JV and EA8/ON6AK: Tenerife (AF-004) 861 till Feb 2008 DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (DL-03, AN-016) 812 till 15/05/08 YI9MI: Iraq863 till 30/06/08 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till Aug 2008 C91R: Mozambique 855 till 30/09/08 9A73AA: special callsign 855 till Nov 2008 YE2IPY: special callsign 864 till ?? R1ANR: Blue One Runway, Antarctica 863 08/12-09/12 6Y1V: Jamaica (NA-097) 865 08/12-09/12 TM4AFM: special event station (France) 864 08/12-09/12 GB80GKZ: special callsign 863 08/12-10/12 JL1OVB/1 and JO1LVZ/1: Izu Oshima (AS-008) 866 08/12-10/12 JJ2GAZ/1 and 7L3ATQ/1: Izu Oshima (AS-008) 866 08/12-15/12 PJ4/WO0Z: Bonaire (SA-006) 866 10/12-12/12 4U1ITU: ITU Geneva 866 12/12-24/12 3B8/F1BCS: Mauritius
[DX-NEWS] ARLD051 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD051 ARLD051 DX news ZCZC AE51 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 51 ARLD051 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT December 13, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD051 ARLD051 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, 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. MAURITIUS, 3B8. Jacques, F1BCS is QRV as 3B8/F1BCS until December 24. Activity is on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters using SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and JT65. This includes lighthouse activity from ARLHS MAT-004. QSL to home call. ROTUMA ISLAND, 3D2. Tony will be QRV as 3D2AG/R while working on his biodiversity study. He plans to be active beginning December 15. SIERRA LEONE, 9L. Zbig, SP7BTB is QRV as 9L1BTB while on a UN mission here. QSL to home call. JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND, CE0. Members of the Radio Club Provincial Valparaiso are QRV as CE0ZAA until December 17. Activity is on the HF bands, including 6 and 2 meters, using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via operators' instructions. PALESTINE, E4. Steve, OM3JW, Mike, OM2DX, Rudi, OM3PC and Miro, OM5RW are QRV as E4/OM2DX until December 22. They are active with two stations operating simultaneously on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via OM3JW. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Chris, SM0DXT is QRV as EA8/8S8L from Gran Canaria Island, IOTA AF-004, until December 15. He also plans lighthouse activity from ARLHS CAI-055. QSL to home call. ENGLAND, G. Operators John, G7HIA and Robert, G8ATE are QRV with special callsign GB0OO until December 16 to celebrate the launch of Amateur Radio's first satellite, Oscar-1. Activity is only on the various analog satellites. MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. Masa, JA6GXK is QRV as JD1BMM from Marcus Island, IOTA OC-073, until December 27. Activity is mostly on 160, 80 and 40 meters. He is on work assignment here, but is active as time permits. QSL via bureau. SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS. Raul, LU1ZA is usually QRV from this club station on 40 meters during the weekends around 2200 to 2300z. DENMARK, OZ. Jakob, OZ7AEI and possibly another operator plan to be QRV from four lighthouses on Vendsyssel/Thy Island, IOTA EU-171, on December 15. Activity may be 40 and 20 meters. QSL to home call. BONAIRE, CURACAO, PJ2. Jerry, WB9Z is QRV as PJ2/WB9Z from Signal Point, Curacao, IOTA SA-006, until December 25. He may also be active from lighthouse WLOTA LH-0942. Activity is holiday style on all bands. QSL to home call. PALAU, T8. Yutaka, JQ2GYU, Mihoko, JJ2VLY and Koki, JE1PGS will be QRV as T88YU, T88LY and T88GS, respectively, from December 17 to 22. Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters using CW and SSB during their morning and evening hours. QSL to home calls. ICELAND, TF. Siggi is QRV as TF3CW and is generally active on 160 meters CW around 2000 to z daily. QSL via LX1NO. NAMIBIA, V5. V55SRT has been active on 17 meters using RTTY around 2035z. QSL via IZ8EDJ. CANADA, VE. Hisato, JA1DOT will be QRV as VY0/JA1DOT from Resolute Island, IOTA NA-009, in Nunavut Territory from December 18 to 27. Activity will be mainly on the low bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. CHAGOS ISLAND, VQ9. Jim, ND9M is QRV as VQ9JC and may be here for four months. He is generally active after 1200z on 80 to 10 meters using mostly CW, with some SSB and digital modes. QSL to home call. BURKINA FASO, XT. Michael is QRV as XT2WC and is here until January 5. He is generally active on 20 meters between 0800 to 1000z. QSL via F1IQH. INDONESIA, YB. Special event station YE9FCCC is active from Bali until December 14 during the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Activity is on the HF and VHF bands. QSL via YB1GJS. VENEZUELA, YV. A group of five operators are QRV as YW6YL from Chimana Grande Island, IOTA SA-090, until December 16. This includes lighthouse activity from ARLHS VEN-030. QSL via IT9DAA. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Croatian CW Contest, North American High Speed Meteor Scatter Winter Rally, NCCC CW Sprint, Russian 160-Meter Contest, MDXA PSK DeathMatch, OK DX RTTY Contest, Feld-Hell Sprint, ARCI Holiday Spirits Homebrew CW Sprint and the International Naval Contest are all scheduled for this weekend. The Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party runs from December 15 to January 1. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest is scheduled for December 17. Please see December QST, page 78, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP052 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP052 ARLP052 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP52 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 52 ARLP052 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA December 14, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP052 ARLP052 Propagation de K7RA Sunspot 978 made a strong showing this week, and daily sunspot numbers are up as a result. The average daily sunspot number for this week rose over 25 points to 36.7, and average daily solar flux rose over 14 points to 87.2. The sunspot numbers on December 9-11 were 42, 43 and 44. Sunspot numbers haven't been nearly this high since July 14-15 of 2007, when it was 41 both days. The daily sunspot number hasn't been higher since June 2 to June 8 of this year, when it was 45, 58, 58, 63, 47, 59 and 51. You can make your own animation of the emergence and movement of sunspot 978 with photos on http://www.spaceweather.com. Just click on http://snurl.com/ss978 and in the URL field change /06dec07/ to /07dec07/, hit the Enter key, then change it to /08dec07/, hit Enter, and repeat until you reach /13dec07/ (14dec07 will probably also work by the time you read this bulletin). Now you can use your browser's forward and back keys to animate the sunspot and watch it move. It is a big sunspot. Geomagnetic activity was very low, although it was slightly unsettled around December 11-12 at northern latitudes. But take a look at the table at, http://snurl.com/geokna. Note the absence of any geomagnetic activity in the far north, represented by the strings of zeros for Alaska's College A and K index from November 30 to December 9. The K index is measured every three hours, or eight times per day. Notice in the 64 readings from 1200z December 1 to 0900z December 9, the College K index rose from 0 to 1 only twice. Tim Goeppinger, K6GEP of Orange, California wondered why, with the higher sunspot numbers, he didn't see better propagation last weekend in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. Recently this bulletin mentioned unexpected 10 meter propagation when there were no sunspots. This may be a case where this week's sunspot activity wasn't enough to support F layer propagation at 28 MHz, but perhaps recent 10 meter DX was actually supported by sporadic E propagation. The US Air Force and the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center forecast solar flux at 95 for December 14-16, and 90 on December 17-19. This suggests a possible continuation of recent sunspot activity, because sunspot numbers this week were 39-44 while solar flux was 89-94. They also predict a planetary A index for December 14-20 at 5, 5, 10, 20, 15, 15 and 10, so expect unsettled to active geomagnetic conditions on Monday, December 17. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions December 14-16, active December 17, and unsettled December 18-20. This week there are a slew of new articles from various sources on solar science and Hinode. Rather than give you a multiple links, let's try something new. Copy and paste or just type http://snurl.com/sunmem1 to your web browser's URL field and hit the Enter key to read the first article. For the second, paste again, but change sunmem1 to sunmem2. Keep up that process through sunmem7 to read all seven articles. Next week is Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, on Saturday, December 22. After that the hours of daylight will gradually grow longer, and the increased sunlight will improve propagation on the higher bands. Three months away is the Spring Equinox, and if we have more sunspots by then, so much the better. In the interim, we can take advantage of the long nights and low geomagnetic activity to enjoy the low bands, 160 and 80 meters. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for December 6 through 12 were 29, 24, 36, 42, 43, 44 and 39 with a mean of 36.7. 10.7 cm flux was 78.2, 82.2, 86.9, 88.9, 86.9, 93.4, and 93.9 with a mean of 87.2. Estimated planetary A indices were 1, 1, 0, 2, 8, 12 and 7 with a mean of 4.4. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 1, 0, 1, 1, 5, 9 and 7, with a mean of 3.4. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #867
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 15 December 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 867 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5B - On 1 January 2008 the official currency of the Republic of Cyprus will change from the Cyprus Pound to the Euro. To celebrate this historic event, members of the Pafos District of the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society will use the call C4EURO throughout 2008. Expect activity on the HF and VHF bands, SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via 5B4AGC. [TNX 5B4AHJ] CT3- Luis, CT3EE will be active again, mainly on 20 and 40 metres, as CT9EPC on 22-28 December. This is a special callsign for the EPC (European PSK Club, http://eu.srars.org/) members on Madeira Island. QSL direct to CT3EE. [TNX MM0DFV] FO_mar - Jouko/OH1RX, Pertti/OH2PM, Veijo/OH6KN and Juha/OH8NC will be active from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) on 9-22 January. They plan to have up to three stations running and to concentrate on 160-30 metres. Suggested frequencies are: 1822, 3502, 3523, 7008, 7023, 10108, 14008, 14023, 18068, 21008, 21023, 24898 and 28008 kHz (CW); 1845, 3790, 7050, 19195, 18145, 21295, 24945 and 28495 kHz (SSB); 14080, 21080 and 28070 kHz (RTTY). QSL via OH2PM, direct or bureau. [TNX OH2PM] HI - Simone, IZ5JNQ reports he will be active from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 8-26 January. He plans to operate SSB and digital modes on 10, 15 and 20 metres. QSL via home call. I - Special callsign II4TRI will be aired on all bands and modes from Reggio Emilia on 5-20 January, to celebrate the 211th anniversary of the first Italian tricolour flag. QSL via IK4SWX, direct or bureau. [TNX IK4MSV] LU_so - LU1ZA (operator Raul) is active from the Argentine base Orcadas on Laurie Island, South Orkneys (AN-008). He can be found on the Antarctic DX Net between 23 and 2 UTC on +/- 7093 kHz. QSL via LU4DXU. [TNX F5PFP] LZ - The Balkan Contest Club will operate as LZ130LO from 1 January through 31 March to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the end of the Russo-Turkish War, which established Bulgaria as an autonomous principality. QSL via LZ1KZA. Information on the relevant award can be found at qrz.com under LZ130LO. [TNX LZ1ZF] OZ - OZ7AEI, OZ5FM and naybe others will be active from the four lighthouses as Aggertange on Vendsyssel/Thy (EU-171) on 15 December. They plan to operate on 20 and 40 metres (schedule information at http://oz7aei.qrz.dk/). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX OZ7AEI] P4 - Marty, W2CG will be active as P40CG from Aruba (SA-036) on 17-31 December. He plans to operate during his evenings (00-05 UTC) on 10-80 metres CW, SSB and maybe some RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX W2CG] PZ - The PZ5YV expedition to Paramaribo, Suriname, organized by the 4M5DX Group [425DXN 857], is planned to take place on 5-11 January. A multi-national team of operators hosted by Ramon/PZ5RA (Olli/OH0XX, Spiros/SV8CS, Alex/YV5SSB, Jose/YV5TX, Juan/EA8CAC, Ramon/XE1KK, Diego/LU8ADX) is expected to have three stations active on 160-6 metres CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via IT9DAA, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Complete information, including suggested frequencies and on-line logs, can be found at http://www.pz5yv.4m5dx.info/ T8 - Kazu, JA0VSH and his wife Miyuki, JG0PBJ will be active from Pohnpei, Micronesia (OC-010) from 28 December to 3 January. They will operate V63KZ (Kazu), V63MP (Miyuki) and V63BBQ (club call) on 160-10 metres CW and SSB. All QSLs direct to JA0VSH (Kazuhide Maruyama, 1-25-49 Iruma, Chofu, Tokyo 182-0004, Japan). [TNX JA1ELY] V4 - Mike/W1USN, Bob/AA1M and Scott/W1SSR will be active from St. Kitts (NA-104) from 28 February to 7 March. They plan to operate CW, SSB and PSK on 160-10 metres . QSL via home calls. [TNX AA1M] VE - Hisato,
[DX-NEWS] ARLD053 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD053 ARLD053 DX news ZCZC AE53 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 53 ARLD053 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT December 20, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD053 ARLD053 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, 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. BOUVET, 3Y. Petrus, ZS6GCM is QRV as 3Y0E probably until February 14, 2008. He is the medical officer with a five member research team on the island. He is a newly licensed operator, with capabilities to be QRV on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters during his spare time only. QSL via LZ3HI. SRI LANKA, 4S. Ivan is QRV as 4S7DXG and has been active on 20 meters SSB just before 1500z and then on 30 meters around 1630z. QSL via UR9IDX. TANZANIA, 5H. Pat, W8FV is QRV as 5H9PD from Mwanza until around January 12. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using mostly CW. He may try to be active on 80 meters. He will also be active using PSK31. QSL to home call. MALTA, 9H. Horst, DJ6OV will be QRV as 9H3HW during his holiday here from December 23 to January 5. QSL to home call. MADEIRA ISLANDS, CT3. Luis, CT3EE will be QRV using European PSK Club call CT9EPC from December 22 to 28. Activity will be mostly on 40 and 20 meters using digital modes. QSL direct to home call. PALESTINE, E4. Operators Mike, OM2DX, Steve, OM3JW, Rudy, OM3PC and Miro, OM5RW are QRV as E4/OM2DX until December 22. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with two stations. QSL via OM3JW. ETHIOPIA, ET. Joe is QRV as ET3JA and has been active on 17 meters SSB just before 1500. He ha also been active on 20 meters SSB from around 1530 to 1800z. He is here for about one year. QSL via OK3AA. SAINT BARTHELEMY, FJ. FJ/OH2AM is QRV from this new DXCC entity and has been active of late on 40, 20 and 17 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via OH2BN. SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS. Paul is QRV as LU1ZA from the Orcadas base on Laurie Island, IOTA AN-008. He is often active on the Antarctic DX Net from 2300 to 0200z. QSL via LU4DXU. NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event Christmas stations PA07XMAS, PC07XMAS, PD07SANTA, PD07XMAS, PD08HNY, PF07XMAS, PG07XMAS, PH07XMAS, are QRV until January 6. QSL via operators' instructions. WESTERN SAHARA. S0. Fernando, EA1BT is QRV as S05A and has been active on 40 and 20 meters using SSB. His length of stay is unknown. QSL to home call. PALAU, T8. Frank, I2DMI and his XYL Giovanna are on Koror Island, IOTA OC-009, until January 2. He is active as T88RY using mainly RTTY on 80 to 6 meters. QSL to home call. NAMIBIA, V5. Frank, V51AS, will be QRV on 160 meters from December 22 to 23. NEW DXCC ENTITY. The ARRL DXCC Desk is pleased to announce the addition of St Barthelemy (FJ) to the DXCC List, making the island entity number 338 with an effective date of 14 December, 2007. Cards with contacts dated December 14, 2007 or after will be accepted for DXCC credit. New card submissions for St Barthelemy will not be accepted until January 1, 2008 in order to allow time for administrative adjustments. French St Martin (FS), while also added to the List of Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty, will remain on the DXCC List, but it is now considered a Point 1 Political Entity under the same classification as that of St Barthelemy. If St. Martin has already been worked, confirmed and credited to a DXCC award, it is unnecessary to rework it for DXCC credit. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The NCCC CW Sprint and RAEM CW Contest are up for this weekend. The DARC Christmas Contest and SKCC CW Sprint are scheduled for December 26. The Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party runs until January 1. Please see December QST, page 78, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP053 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP053 ARLP053 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP53 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 53 ARLP053 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA December 21, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP053 ARLP053 Propagation de K7RA Sunspot 978 faded this week, with Tuesday, December 18 its last day visible. The average daily sunspot number dropped nearly 13 points from last week to 24.1, and average daily solar flux was down over three points to 83.9. Geomagnetic indicators were up, with the average daily planetary A index up three points to 7.4, and the mid-latitude A index up two points to 5.4. Sunspot 978 held no indication for the next sunspot cycle, because the magnetic polarity was the same as spots from Cycle 23, which is now ending. It was also at mid-latitude, and spots from a new cycle tend to be high latitude. But there was quite an interest this week in a high-latitude area of reverse magnetic polarity. So far this has not turned into an actual sunspot, so we wait. You can read about it at, http://sidc.oma.be/news/100/welcome.html. On Wednesday, December 19, Proplab-Pro version 3 was finally released. It claims to be the most advanced propagation ray-tracing system in the world, and works on personal computers running Windows Xp or Vista. The introduction to the manual says it is a state-of-the-art software package not for the feint of heart. Since the word feint implies a daring move, I suspect the author intended to say faint, implying timidity in this context. With only a short time to look it over, I can say that it is quite complex. You can find information at, http://www.spacew.com/proplab/. Tomorrow, December 22, 2007, the Sun reaches its lowest point in the sky, marking Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere, which begins at 0608 GMT. For much of North America, this happens late tonight, and this week we begin the long shift toward more daylight. Perhaps better propagation will appear this Spring. The equinox is on March 21, 2008 at 0548 GMT. See an article at, http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/dark_days.php for an explanation from the U.S. Naval Observatory on why the earliest sunset in the mid-northern latitudes is around December 8, the latest sunrise is around January 5, with solstice in the middle. We've seen no sunspots for a couple of days, and if this continues through the end of the year (10 days from now) the average sunspot number for the calendar year will be just 12.8. We will know for sure by the time the first propagation forecast bulletin of 2008 comes out, on January 4. The daily sunspot numbers averaged over each calendar year from January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2007 should be 170.3, 176.7, 109.2, 68.6, 48.9, 26.1 and 12.8. By comparison, the average daily sunspot numbers for each year, 1995-1997 (the previous solar minimum) were 28.7, 13.2 and 30.7. It seems 2007 must have been a solar minimum year, but of course dividing the data into calendar years is completely arbitrary. We may not end the year with a blank Sun. The predicted solar flux from NOAA and the US Air Force for December 21-22 is 72, 71, and then 70 for December 23-28, then rising to 75 December 29 through January 1, then 80 for January 2-3, and 85 for January 4-11. Recently when solar flux was above 80 for ten days, sunspot numbers ranged from 24 to 43. The predicted planetary A index for December 21-23 is 15, 10 and 8, then dropping to 5 for December 24 through January 5. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts unsettled conditions December 21-22, quiet to unsettled December 23, and quiet December 24-27. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for December 13 through 19 were 39, 35, 39, 28, 14, 14 and 0 with a mean of 24.1. 10.7 cm flux was 93.8, 91.9, 88.9, 81.7, 79.5, 76.8, and 74.5 with a mean of 83.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 4, 2, 1, 2, 17, 18 and 8 with a mean of 7.4. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 3, 2, 2, 1, 12, 11 and 7, with a mean of 5.4. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
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425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 22 December 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 868 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 22/12 E4/OM2DX: Palestine864 till 22/12 F8HJV: Levant Island (EU-070) 866 till 22/12 T88YU, T88LY, T88GS: Palau 863 till 22/12 VK2IAY/4: Great Keppel Island (OC-142) 851 till 24/12 3B8/F1BCS: Mauritius (AF-049) 866 till 27/12 FJ/OH2AM: Saint-Barthelemy 868 till 27/12 JD1BMM: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 866 till 27/12 VY0/JA1DOT: Cornwallis Island (NA-009) 867 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 HF100SK: special scout station (Poland)858 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 P40CG: Aruba (SA-036) 867 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special event station (Greece) 809 till 31/12 YU60BCD and YT60W. special callsigns (Serbia) 818 till 31/12 YU07HST: special event callsign830 till 31/12 Z360M: special call849 till 31/12 ZY5100SCOUT: special callsign 821 till 05/01 XT2WC: Burkina Faso865 till 06/01/08 PD07SANTA: special call (The Netherlands) 868 till 06/01/08 PD08HNY: special call (The Netherlands)868 till 06/01/08 PA07XMAS, PC07XMAS, PD07XMAS: special calls868 till 06/01/08 PF07XMAS, PG07XMAS, PH07XMAS: special calls868 till 12/01/08 TR8CR: Gabon 865 till 15/01/08 FO5RU: French Polynesia854 till 15/01/08 VP8CXV: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 852 till 20/01/08 3D2AG: Rotuma (OC-060) 865 till 26/01/08 EA8/ON5JV and EA8/ON6AK: Tenerife (AF-004) 861 till 03/02/08 UN/4J9M: Kazakhstan868 till 14/02/08 3Y0E: Bouvet Island (AN-002) 868 till Feb 2008 DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (DL-03, AN-016) 812 till April VQ9JC: Diego Garcia (AF-006) 866 till 15/05/08 YI9MI: Iraq863 till 30/06/08 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till Aug 2008 C91R: Mozambique 855 till 30/09/08 9A73AA: special callsign 855 till Nov 2008 YE2IPY: special callsign 864 till Dec 2008 HF0POL: Henryk Arctowski Station (South Shetlands) 868 till ?? LU1ZA: South Orkneys (AN-008) 867 till ?? R1ANR: Blue One Runway, Antarctica 863 22/12-28/12 CT9EPC: Madeira867 26/12-29/12 5Z4/JK1FNL: Kenya 868 26/12-03/01/08 CU2/G7VJR: Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores 865 26/12-01/01/08 T88RY: Koror (OC-009) 857 27/12-03/01/08 CN4MC: Morocco 868 27/12-07/01/08 JS6RRR and JI3DST/JS6: Miyako Islands (AS-079) 868 28/12-30/12 OC6I: Isla Blanca
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425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 22 December 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 868 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW *TO ALL OUR READERS* * WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES * * FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY * *AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR* SAINT-BARTHELEMY, DXCC ENTITY #338 The French Ovearseas Department (Departement d'outre-mer, DOM) of Guadeloupe included Guadeloupe (FG), as well as the island of Saint-Barthelemy (FJ) and the French part of the island of Saint-Martin (FS). On 7 December 2003, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy voted in favour of autonomy from Guadeloupe, in order to form separate Overseas Collectivities (Collectivites d'outre-mer, COM). On 21 February 2007, the French Parliament passed a bill granting COM status to both Saint-Barthelemy and Saint-Martin. The new status took effect on 22 February, when the law was published in the Official Journal. As for DXCC, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy have formed one single Entity for decades - until 14 December 2007. This is the official release from the ARRL Headquarters, dated 19 December: The ARRL DXCC Desk is pleased to announce the addition of St Barthelemy (FJ) to the DXCC List, making the island entity number 338 with an effective date of 14 December, 2007. Cards with contacts dated December 14, 2007 or after will be accepted for DXCC credit. New card submissions for St Barthelemy will not be accepted until January 1, 2008 in order to allow time for administrative adjustments. The event date that caused St. Barthelemy to be added to the DXCC list was December 14, 2007, the date the US State Department Fact sheet was updated by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. This update added St Barthelemy to the List of Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty with its Administrative Center in Gustavia, qualifying it under DXCC rules in Section II -- 1 Political Entities (c). French St Martin (FS), while also added to the List of Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty, will remain on the DXCC List, but it is now considered a Point 1 Political Entity under the same classification as that of St Barthelemy. Please direct any questions you may have about St Barthelemy, St Martin or the DXCC program to the ARRL DXCC Desk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). 3Y - Pilot station and Media Officer Rhynhardt Louw, ZS6DXB ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports that a five man Norwegian led research team has been on Bouvet Island since 13 December, and will remain there until around 14 February 2008. The medical officer is Petrus Kritzinger, ZS6GCM (newly licenced, previous call ZR6PK). He has an Icom IC-735 and a Hustler 4-BTV vertical antenna, but limited HF experience. He was given a brief training session on operating procedures a couple of days prior to departure. Petrus expects to be active on the amateur radio bands as time and availability of electrical power permit. The landing permission was granted months ago, and the callsign (3Y0E) was issued on 19 December. QSL via LZ3HI. Bookmark http://3y0e.com/ for further information, updates and hopefully on-line logs. [TNX http://www.sarl.org.za/] 5Z - Nao, JK1FNL says he will be active as 5Z4/JK1FNL from Masai Mara, Kenya on 26-29 December. He will be running 100 watts into dipoles or vertical antennas on 15-40 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. CN - Didier, F4ELJ will be active as CN4MC from Morocco from 27 December to 3 January. He plans to operate on 80-10 metres SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX F4ELJ] EA8- Giovanni, IZ2DPX will be active from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (AF-004) from 30 December to 6 January. He plans to operate holiday style on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via IK2DUW, direct or bureau. [TNX IZ2DPX] FJ - Martti, OH2BH and Olli, OH0XX (HP1WW) have been active as FJ/OH2AM from Saint-Barthelemy
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SB DX @ ARL $ARLD054 ARLD054 DX news ZCZC AE54 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 54 ARLD054 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT December 27, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD054 ARLD054 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by LZ1ZF, NC1L, 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. ROTUMA, 3D2. Tony, 3D2AG is QRV as 3D2AG/p until the end of January. He is generally active on 20 meters using mostly CW but with some SSB as well, and on 40 and 17 meters using CW. QSL via FO5RK. CYPRUS, 5B. Special event station C4EURO will be QRV during 2008 to commemorate the Euro as the new currency of Cyprus. Activity will be on all HF and VHF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via 5B4AGC. TANZANIA, 5H. Pat, W8FV is QRV as 5H9PD until January 12. Activity is mainly on 40 to 10 meters using CW with some PSK31. He may try to be active on 80 meters as well. QSL to home call. KENYA, 5Z. Ben, DL7UCX will be QRV as 5Z4/DL7UCX from December 31 to January 12. Activity will be holiday style on 160 to 17 meters using mainly CW. QSL to home call. MOROCCO, CN. Didier, F4ELJ is QRV as CN4MC until January 3. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Giovanni, IZ2DPX will be QRV as EA8/homecall from Fuerteventura, IOTA AF-004, from December 30 to January 6. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters. QSL via IK2DUW. JERSEY, GJ. Operators Flo, F5CWU, Sylvain, F4EGD and Terry, F5MOO are QRV as MJ/homecalls until January 6. Tom, GM4FDM is QRV as GJ4FDM, also until January 6. Activity is on the HF bands, including 2 meters. QSL to home calls. SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. Marek, SP3GVX will soon be QRV as HF0POL from the Polish Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station. He is here for all of 2008. QSL via SP3WVL. OGASAWARA, JD1. Harry, JG7PSJ will be QRV as JD1BMH from Chichijima, IOTA AS-031, from December 29 to January 4. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. BULGARIA, LZ. In commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman empire, special event call LZ130LO will be QRV from January 1 to March 31. QSL via operators' instructions. SURINAME, PZ. A team of operators will be QRV as PZ5YV from Paramaribo for ten days in the first half of January. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via IT9DAA. KAZAKHSTAN, UN. Rashad, 4J9M is QRV as UN/4J9M until February 3 while on business here. QSL via DL7EDH. ANTIGUA, V2. Pete, N0FW and Rod, KE0A are QRV as V25FW and V26GF, respectively, until January 2. Look for V25FW to be active in the Stew Perry Topband CW Challenge contest using low power. They will be active holiday style. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters. QSL V25FW via W8QID and V26GF via KE0A. MICRONESIA, V6. Kazu, JA0VSH and his XYL Miyuki, JG0PBJ are QRV as V63KZ and V63MP, respectively, from Pohnpei, IOTA OC-010, until January 3. They may also be active using club call V63BBQ. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via JA0VSH. TRISTAN DA CUNHA and GOUGH ISLANDS, ZD9. Andy, ZD9BV has been active on 20 meters from around 0730 to 0800z. QSL direct to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The Stew Perry Topband CW Challenge, NCCC CW Sprint, RAC Winter Contest, Original QRP CW Contest, SARTG New Year RTTY Contest, AGCW Happy New Year CW Contest and the AGCW VHF/UHF Contest are all on tap for this last weekend of 2007. The ARRL Straight Key Night begins January 1st. The Lighthouse Christmas Lights QSO Party runs until January 1. Please see December QST, page 79, January 2008 QST, page 98 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP054 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP054 ARLP054 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP54 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 54 ARLP054 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA December 28, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP054 ARLP054 Propagation de K7RA Last week this bulletin reported sunspot 978 rotating from view. Now through a process called helioseismic holography, an image of the Sun's far side shows the spot fading away. 978 was first visible December 6, and squarely faced earth on December 12. Perhaps January 2 or 3 we will again see 978 peeking around the eastern limb, if it hasn't by then faded completely. No sunspots at all this week, and average daily solar flux was down over 12 points from the previous week. Geomagnetic activity was still low, and down slightly. Over the next week the planetary A index is predicted to be 5 on each day, a low number indicating a stable and quiet geomagnetic field. Solar flux is expected to stay around 72 for Dec 28-30, rising to 73 on December 31, 75 for the first few days of the new year, then up to 80 and 85 by January 4-5. This indicates an expectation for the return of sunspot 978 or possibly other sunspots around the same time. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet geomagnetic conditions December 28-30, quiet to unsettled December 31, and quiet January 1-3. Michael Mark, VE4MM was portable /6Y5 December 10-19 from Runaway Bay, Jamaica when he went to visit a new home built by a friend from Winnipeg. Michael brought a 2-element beam, and occupied the top floor with an ocean view. He worked all the five bands from 10 to 20 meters, concentrating on 17 meters. This was during the recent robust sunspot activity, and it was a real treat experiencing HF conditions from 18.46 degrees North Latitude, far different from his home at 49.84 degrees. He commented, I made my own conditions on 10 and 12 meters just by calling CQ. I think he means that when first tuning the band, it sounded dead, but came to life once VE4MM/6Y5 was heard. All together he made almost 1400 contacts, most of them on 17 meters. We received more reports of 10 meter surprises, probably due to sporadic-E, although it doesn't seem the season for it. Hank Pfizenmayer, K7HP of Phoenix, Arizona heard horrible 40-meter noise wiping out FJ/OH2AM, so he switched to 10 meters to see if he could pinpoint the source with his beam. This was well after dark, and more than six hours after local sunset at 0632-0636z. He heard beacons from Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. W0ERE/B in Southwest Missouri was S9 from 5 watts into a vertical. This weekend is the Stew Perry Topband DX Challenge, an annual 160 meter CW operating event. The link, http://www.jzap.com/k7rat/stew.html given in the ARRL Contest Calendar doesn't seem to work early Friday morning, although it may be back by the time you read this. With no sunspots in sight, and quiet geomagnetic conditions, a long Winter's night is a great time for 160 meters. Try http://www.arrl.org/contests/months/dec.html for rules, or check out http://tinyurl.com/3dsltv and http://www.radio-sport.net/stew07_preview.htm for more details. Don't forget Straight Key Night on New Year's Eve. This runs from -2359z January 1, and is lots of fun, and a nice excuse to activate some old and classic manual keys. See, http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2008/skn.html for details. Next week in the first bulletin of the New Year we will review some of the numbers, including average sunspot numbers for the whole of 2007. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for December 20 through 26 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 72.6, 71, 71.5, 71.4, 71.4, 72, and 72.6 with a mean of 71.8. Estimated planetary A indices were 12, 11, 7, 6, 2, 2 and 2 with a mean of 6. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 10, 9, 7, 4, 1, 2 and 1, with a mean of 4.9. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #869
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 29 December 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 869 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW *TO ALL OUR READERS* * WARMEST THOUGHTS AND BEST WISHES * * FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY * *AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR* 3Y0- According to the latest update, dated 24 December, Petrus, 3Y0E (ZS6GCM) on Bouvet Island is currently active between 15-17 UTC (these times can change without notice). He did call CQ on 20 metres, but he could not hear any stations reply to him and therefore his logbook is still empty. We need to remember that Petrus has got limited HF experience, Rhy, ZS6DXB says, and we all will need to assist him as far as possible. Bookmark www.3y0e.com for regular updates. 5Z - Ben, DL7UCX will be active as 5Z4/DL7UCX from Kenya from 31 December through 12 January. He plans to operate mainly CW on 160-17 metres, with an emphasis on the low bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] CN - Russell, G5XW will be active as CN2XW on 13-23 February from various parts of Morocco, from the Atlas Mountains across to the coast. Ho hopes to manage to get to IOTA group AF-065 during this time. Equipment will be mininum as this is a backpacking holiday. QSL direct to home call. [TNX G5XW] DL_ant - Felix, DL5XL is currently active from DP0GVN, the club station at German Antarctic station Neumayer II. He prefers CW, while Mirko (DG9BHQ) likes SSB and PSK31. Next year another operator (Torsten, DD1TG) will arrive at the station. QSL via DL5EBE. [TNX DL5XL] EA8- Niels, OZ7FOC reports he will be active as EA8/OZ7FOC from Tenerife, Canary Islands (AF-004) on 14-26 January. F - The French Department Ville de Paris was created on 1 January 1968. To celebrate the 40th anniversary, the Radio-Club de Paris (F6KVP) will be active under five special event callsigns between 1 January and 7 June as follows: 1-15 January TM8P 26 January-9 FebruaryTM4A 16 February-2 March TM1R 29 March-12 AprilTM2I 24 May-7 JuneTM7S QSL via F6KVP. Information on the relevant award can be found at http://arp75.free.fr/ F - Herve, F5RMY will be active as F5RMY/P from Porquerolles Island (EU-070) on 19-25 January. He plans to operate CW and SSB on 40-10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F5RMY] FH - Georg, DK7LX will be active holiday style as FH/DK7LX from Mayotte (AF-027) on 11-23 June. He will operate CW on all bands, with an emphasis on 30, 40 and 80 metres, using vertical arrays as well as dipoles. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Further information will be available at http://www.dk7lx.mayotte.2008.ms/ [TNX DK7LX] FJ - The Association des Radio-amateurs de Saint-Barthelemy, FJ5KH has been active since 22 December to celebrate the new DXCC Entity. The operators are club members DK6ST, FJ1CM, FJ5AB, FJ5BC and FJ5DX, and activity will continue until 29 December. QSL via FJ5DX. [TNX F5NQL] GJ - Flo/F5CWU, Sylvain/F4EGD, Thierry/F5MOO and Tom/GM4FDM will be active as MJ/F5CWU, MJ/F4EGD, MJ/F5MOO and GJ4FDM from Jersey (EU-013) from 28 December to 6 January. They plan to have three stations for the HF bands and one station for 2 metres, and to concentrate on the low bands, on 12, 17 and 30 metres, and on RTTY. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. Further information at http://jersey2008.f5cwu.net [TNX F5CWU] HB0- Tom, DL2OBO (www.dl2obo.de) will be active once again from Liechtenstein on 1-9 January. He plans to operate mostly CW and to concentrate on the low bands, with 2-element wire beams for 80m and 160m to North America and a vertical for Asia. [TNX K1XN] HL -
[DX-NEWS] ARLD001 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD001 ARLD001 DX news ZCZC AE01 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 1 ARLD001 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 3, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD001 ARLD001 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by F6AJA, NC1L, 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. BOUVET ISLAND, 3Y. Petrus, ZS6GCM is QRV as 3Y0E and will be active for the next few weeks. He has been active on 20 meters around 1500 to 1700z. QSL via LZ3HI. SENEGAL, 6W. Jacques, F6HMJ will be QRV as 6W/F6HMJ from January 8 to 29. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. ANTARCTICA. Felix, DL5XL is QRV as DP0GVN from Neumayer 2 Base for the next three months while working on setting up Neumayer 3 Base. QSL via DL5EBE. ST. BARTHELEMY, FJ. Yuichi, JR2KDN and Paul, F6EXV will be QRV as FJ/JR2KDN using RTTY and FJ/F6EXV using CW and SSB, respectively, from January 6 to 20. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters. QSL to home calls. MARQUESAS ISLANDS, FO. Jouko, OH1RX, Pertti, OH2PM, Veijo, OH6KN and Juha, OH8NC, will be QRV from Nuku Hiva, IOTA OC-027, from January 9 to 22. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with three stations on simultaneously. QSL via OH2PM. JERSEY, GJ. Sylvain, F4EGD is QRV as MJ/F4EGD and has been active using RTTY on 40 meters around 2230 and z. QSL to home call. LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0. Tom, DL2OBO is QRV as HB0/DL2OBO from Chalet Barsula until January 9. Activity is mainly on 160 to 40 meters using CW. QSL to home call. ITALY, I. Operators from Reggio Emilia will be QRV as II4TRI from January 5 to 20 to celebrate 211 years of Trikolore, or the Italian flag. QSL via IK4SWX. DJIBOUTI, J2. Mala, F4FMI is QRV as J20MB until the end of March. Activity is on 20, 17 and 15 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. AMERICAN SAMOA, KH8. Larry, AH8LG has been active on 6 meters between 2200 to 0200z. QSL direct. PERU, OA. Jorge, OA4BHY, Daniel, DL5YWM, Rene, DL2JRM and Bodo, DL3OCH are QRV as OC1I from Lobos de Tierra, IOTA SA-076, until January 7. QSL via DL5WM. GABON, TR. Roland, F8EN is QRV as TR8CR from Libreville until January 12. Activity is mostly on 20 meters around 0600 to 0700z. He may try to make a short operation from an island in the IOTA AF-043 IOTA group. QSL via F6AJA. MARSHALL ISLANDS, V7. Randy, V73RY is QRV from Kwajalein, IOTA OC-028, until May. QSL via N7RO. ANTARCTICA. Ludwig, ZS6WLC is QRV as ZS7BYRD from the Antarctic base SANAE IV until February. He is usually active on 20 meters using CW, SSB and AM. QSL via operator's instructions. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Liberia, 5L2MS, 2007 operation; Angola, D2NX, 2007 operation; and Seychelles, S79UU and S79AB, 2007 operation. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL RTTY Roundup, NCCC CW Sprint, EUCW 160-Meter CW Contest and Kid's Day Contest are all scheduled for this weekend. Please see January QST, page 98 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #870
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 5 January 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 870 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3A - Ghis, ON5NT will be active as 3A/ON5NT from Monaco on 23-27 January. He plans to operate mainly during his morning and evening hours. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] 3Y0- Petrus, 3Y0E made a couple of contacts with ZS and PY stations on 30 December. He is trying a new strategy to get Bouvet into pileups: until further notice 3Y0E will call CQ on 14200 kHz between 16 and 17.30 UTC. Petrus will work simplex until he gets more acquainted with the radio equipment. Please check http://3y0e.com/ for updates. 6W - Jacques, F6HMJ will be active as 6W/F6HMJ from Senegal on 8-29 January. [TNX f6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] 9A - Special event station 9A35RKP will be active during 2008 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Croatian radio club Pazin. QSL via 9A7P. DL - Special station DR8M will be active until 31 December to celebrate the 850th anniversary of the city of Munich. Information on the relevantaward canbe found at http://www.darc.de/distrikte/c/PDF/Diplom_Beding.htm [TNX DL8FA] FJ - Yuichi, JR2KDN and Paul, F6EXV will be active from the newest DXCC Entity, Saint-Barthelemy (NA-146) on 6-20 January. With the help and support of FJ5DX, FJ5AB and FJ5KH, they will operate SSB, CW and RTTY as TO5FJ 10-160 metres. QSL via F6EXV. Further information and on-line logs at http://www.f6exv.org [TNX F6EXV] FO_mar - The main targets for the 9-22 January operation [425DXN 867] from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (OC-027) are the low bands, Europe and the US East Coast. The Finnish team (Jouko/OH1RX, Pertti/OH2PM, Veijo/OH6KN and Juha/OH8NC) is aiming at logging 20-30k QSOs, the 40% on 1.8-10 MHz and the 30% with Europe. They will have up to three stations running from two different locations on the following suggested frequencies: CW 1822 3523 7023 10108 14008 18068 21008 24898 28008 SSB 1845 3790 7050 - 14195 18145 21295 24945 28495 RTTY --- - 14080 - 21080 28080 - The pilot station will be Martti, OH2BH ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). QSL via OH2PM, direct or bureau. Complete information can be found at http://sm0w.com/marquesas/. HI - Simone, IZ5JNQ says he will be active from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 8-26 January. He plans to operate SSB and digital modes on 10, 15 and 20 metres. QSL via EB7DX. HS - Simon Luttrell has been living permanently in Thailand since 2002. He has held a British licence (G6JFY) for more than twenty years and, having just received his Thai licence (HS0ZIB), he is in the process of setting up a permanent HF station at his hotel on Phuket Island (AS-053). [TNX HS0ZIB] J2 - Mala, F4FMI will operate as J20MB from Djibouti through March. Expect activity on 20, 17 et 15 metres SSB QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] VP6D - The final countdown for the VP6DX Ducie Island team (DL3DXX, DL6FBL, DL6LAU, DL8LAS, ES5TV, K3NA, N5IA, RA3AUU, SP3DOI, SP5XVY, SV1JG, UA3AB and WA6CDR) has started. The team expects to reach the island at the local sunrise on 9 February and to be QRV not earlier than the local night on the 11th. They plan to set up seven stations on two widely separated locations, with one 26m-tall vertical for 160m, five 4-Squares (80, 40 and 30m), five vertical dipole arrays (20, 17, 15, 12 and 10m) and one 5-element Yagi for 6m. Actual QRT time will be dictated by weather and sea forecasts; if conditions are good, operations will end on 28 February. QSL via DL6LAU, direct only (Carsten Esch, Drosselweg 3, 21376 Salzhausen, Germany). Bureau card requests will be accepted only through the Online QSL Request System, which can be used for direct cards as well (see www.vp6dx.com for full information on QSLling). All of the remaining QSOs
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #870 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 5 January 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 870 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 05/01 XT2WC: Burkina Faso865 till 05/01 ZM6JAM: special Scout station 868 till 06/01 EA8/IZ2DPX: Fuerteventura (AF-004) 868 till 06/01 MJ/F5CWU, MJ/F4EGD, MJ/F5MOO, GJ4FDM: Jersey (EU-013) 869 till 06/01 PD07SANTA: special call (The Netherlands) 868 till 06/01 PD08HNY: special call (The Netherlands)868 till 06/01 PA07XMAS, PC07XMAS, PD07XMAS: special calls868 till 06/01 PF07XMAS, PG07XMAS, PH07XMAS: special calls868 till 06/01 VK7AAP/4 and VK7CLA/4 Bribie Island (OC-001) 869 till 07/01 JS6RRR and JI3DST/JS6: Miyako Islands (AS-079) 868 till 07/01 OC1I: Isla Lobos de Tierra (SA-076)864 till 09/01 HB0/DL2OBO: Liechtenstein 869 till 11/01 DL9DAK/HC1: Ecuador865 till 12/01 5Z4/DL7UCX: Kenya 869 till 15/01 TM8P: special event call (France) 869 till 12/01 TR8CR: Gabon 865 till 15/01 FO5RU: French Polynesia854 till 15/01 VP8CXV: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 852 till 20/01 3D2AG: Rotuma (OC-060) 865 till 26/01 EA8/ON5JV and EA8/ON6AK: Tenerife (AF-004) 861 till 03/02 UN/4J9M: Kazakhstan868 till 14/02 3Y0E: Bouvet Island (AN-002) 870 till February OJ1ABOA: Aboa Station (Antarctica) 866 till 14/03 II9CAR: special event station 869 till 31/03 J20MB: Djibouti870 till 31/03 LZ130LO: special callsign 867 till April VQ9JC: Diego Garcia (AF-006) 866 till April ZD7X: St. Helena (AF-022) 869 till MayV73RY: Kwajalein (OC-028) 869 till 15/05 YI9MI: Iraq863 till 30/06 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till August C91R: Mozambique 855 till 30/09 9A73AA: special callsign 855 till November YE2IPY: special callsign 864 till 31/12 C4EURO: special callsign (Cyprus) 867 till 31/12 DR8M: special event station870 till 31/12 ON40BAF: special event call869 till December HF0POL: Henryk Arctowski Station (South Shetlands) 868 till ?? DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (Antarctica) 869 till ?? LU1ZA: South Orkneys (AN-008) 867 till ?? R1ANR: Blue One Runway (Antarctica) 863 05/01-20/01 II4TRI: special callsign 867 05/01-11/01 PZ5YV: Suriname867 from 05/01 H44V: Solomon Islands 869 06/01-20/01 TO5FJ: St. Barthelemy (NA-146) 870 06/01-08/01 PJ7/W6IZT: Sint Maarten (NA-105) 870 07/01-11/01 VK2IAY/4: South Molle (OC-160) 851 07/01-13/01 ZL/IK1PMR and ZL/IZ1GLO: New Zealand (OC-036) 869 08/01-29/01 6W/F6HMJ: Senegal 870 08/01-26/01 HI: Dominican Republic * by IZ5JNQ 870 08/01-12/01 OA4/DL5YWM, OA4/DL3OCH, OA4/DL2JRM: Peru 864 09/01-11/01 FJ5KH: St. Barthelemy (NA-146) * by W6IZT 870 09/01-22/01 FO: Marquesas Isls (OC-027) * by OHs 870 09/01-20/01 VA7MJR: Entrance Island (NA-075) 869 10/01-14/01 KH0/JI5USJ and AH0V: Saipan (OC-086) 861 11/01-21/01 J5C: Bubaque Island
[DX-NEWS] ARLD002 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD002 ARLD002 DX news ZCZC AE02 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 2 ARLD002 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 10, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD002 ARLD002 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. TANZANIA, 5H. Hans, DL7CM will be QRV as 5H1CM from Uroa White Villa, Zanzibar Island, IOTA AF-032, from January 13 to 24. He will be active holiday style on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. CROATIA, 9A. Special event call 9A35RKP is active until the end of 2008 in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Pazin Radio Club. QSL via 9A7P. BOLIVIA, CP. Claus, CP4BT has been active on 30 meters around 0130 and 0300z. QSL via EA5KB. GERMANY, DA. Special event call DR8M is active until the end of 2008 to mark the 850th anniversary of the city of Munich. QSL via bureau. ANTARCTICA. Felix, DL5XL and Mirko, DG9BHQ are QRV as DP0GVN from the German Antarctic Base Neumayer II, IOTA AN-016. Activity is on the HF bands using SSB and PSK31. QSL via DL5EBE. LIBERIA, EL. Jim, EL2DX has been QRV on 160 meters around 2300 to 0700z. QSL direct. ST. BARTHELEMY, FJ. Yuichi, JR2KDN and Paul, F6EXV are QRV as TO5FJ. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using SSB, with some CW and RTTY. QSL via F6EXV. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, HC8. Peter, DL9DAK will be QRV as DL9DAK/HC8 from January 15 to 18. Activity will be on 40, 20 and 17 meters using digital modes. QSL to home call. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HI. Simone, IZ5JNQ is QRV as HI/IZ5JNQ from Santo Domingo, IOTA NA-096, until January 26. Activity is on 20, 15 and 10 meters using SSB with some digital modes. QSL direct to home call. REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HL. Chae, HL5YI/4 will be QRV from Sorok Island, IOTA AS-060, from January 18 to 21. Activity will be on 80, 40, 20 and 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. THAILAND, HS. Simon, G6JFY is QRV as HS0ZIB from Phuket Island, IOTA AS-053. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via operator's instructions. ANTARCTICA. Helmuth, W6KDX is QRV as KC4AAA from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Antarctica Base. He is usually active on 20 meters using SSB around 1700 to 0400z. QSL via K1IED. GUINEA-BISSAU, J5. A large group of operators will be QRV as J5C from Bubaque Island, IOTA AF-020, from January 12 to 21. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, FM, SSTV and digital modes with five stations active simultaneously. QSL via F5TVG. ST. VINCENT, J8. Peter, G3XJE is QRV as J8ARF until January 15. Activity is mostly on 20 meters during his spare time. QSL to home call. MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Koya, JI5RPT and Toru, JI5USJ are QRV as AH0V and KH0/JI5USJ, respectively, from Saipan, IOTA OC-086, until January 14. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters, including 60 meters for US stations, and on various satellites, using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL to home calls. EAST KIRIBATI, T32. La Marr, T32Z is QRV until January 23. QSL via K3PD. NAMIBIA, V5. Station V55SRT is QRV until September 2008. Activity is on the HF bands using SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via IZ8EDJ. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The North American CW QSO Party, Hunting Lions in the Air Contest, 070 Club PSKFest, NCCC CW Sprint, MI QRP January CW Contest, Midwinter CW Contest, NRAU-Baltic CW Contest, Midwinter Phone Contest, NRAU-Baltic SSB Contest and the DARC 10-Meter Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. Please see January QST, page 98 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] ARLD004 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD004 ARLD004 DX news ZCZC AE04 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 4 ARLD004 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 17, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD004 ARLD004 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by KX9X, 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. MALDIVES, 8Q. Andrew, G7COD will be QRV as 8Q7AK from Embudu Island, IOTA AS-013, from January 21 to February 2. Activity will be on 80, 30, 20, 17, 15 and 12 meters using mainly SSB with some CW at various times. QSL to home call. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A6. Special event callsign A60ISG is QRV until January 24 during the 3rd international ''Scouting and Humanitarian Action'' in Sharjah. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via IZ8CLM. NAURU, C2. Udo, DL9HCU will be QRV as C21HC for about a week. Activity is on 20 meters using CW and SSB at various times. QSL to home call. MOZAMBIQUE, C9. Rodrigo, CT1BXT is QRV as C91R until August 2008. He is active using mostly RTTY on 20 meters but expects to be active on 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters soon. QSL to home call. JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND, CE0. Svein, LA6IKA will be QRV as CE0Z/LA6IKA from January 22 to 29. Activity will be on 20, 15 and 10 meters using CW and PSK. QSL to home call. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Niels, OZ7FOC is QRV as EA8/OZ7FOC from Isla de Tenerife, IOTA AF-004, until January 26. QSL to home call. IRAN, EP. Pooyan, EP3PK has been QRV on 20 meters using SSB or PSK between 1130 and 1400z. QSL via IK2DUW. MARQUESAS ISLANDS, FO. Jouko, OH1RX, Pertti, OH2PM, Veijo, OH6KN and Juha, OH8NC, are QRV as FO/OH1RX from Nuku Hiva, IOTA OC-027, until January 22. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with three stations on simultaneously. QSL via OH2PM. SVALBARD, JW. Unni, LA6RHA is QRV as JW6RHA until January 24. QSL to home call. NORWAY, LA. In celebration of the European Handball Championship, special event stations LM8EHC/1, LM8EHC/2, LM8EHC/3, LM8EHC/4 and LM8EHC/5 are QRV until January 27. QSL via LA1B, LA2D, LA2L, LA8D and LA2T, respectively. BANGLADESH, S2. John, KX7YT will be QRV as S21YV from Dhaka from January 24 to March 11. This includes entries in the upcoming CQ WW RTTY WPX and ARRL DX SSB contests as Single Op/All Band entries. QSL to home call. SWEDEN, SM. In celebration of the 350th anniversary of the Treaty of Roskilde, special event stations SB1658OZ, SC1658OZ, SH1658DK, SH1658OZ, SK1658DK and SK1658OZ are active throughout 2008. QSL via SK7JC, SK7BQ, SK6JX, SK6KY, SK7CE and SK7BQ, respectively. MOUNT ATHOS, SV/A. Monk Apollo, SV2ASP/A has been active on 20 and 17 meters around 0910 to 1010z and then 1340 to 1400z. CANADA, VE. Mike, VE2XB is QRV as VE2XB/VY0 from Southampton Island, IOTA NA-007, for several months. Activity is on 40, 30 and 20 meters using CW and SSB as his work schedule permits. QSL to home call. FALKLAND ISLANDS, VP8. Dave, G1OCN and Carol, 2E1DQZ will be QRV as VP8CLE and VP8DKW, respectively, from January 19 to February 2. Activity will be on 80, 40, 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters using only SSB. They may also be active using FM on the AO-51 and SO-50 satellites. QSL direct. NIUE, ZK2. Phil, VK3APM is QRV as ZK2PM and is here for about a year. Activity is generally on the HF bands, eventually including 6 and 2 meters and 70 cm. QSL to home call. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Chad, TT8PK, 2007 and current 2008 operations; Syria, YK9SV, 2007 operation; Revillagigedo, 6E4LM, XF4YK and XF4YW, 2007 operations; Saint Barthelemy, FJ/OH2AM, 2007 operation; Republic of The Congo, TN6X, 2007 operation; and Republic of The Congo, TN9Z, 2007 operation. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes, North American SSB QSO Party, NCCC SSB Sprint, LZ Open CW Contest, UK DX RTTY Contest, Hungarian DX Contest and Feld Hell Sprint are all on tap for this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP Contest is scheduled for January 21. The SKCC CW Sprint is scheduled for January 23. Please see January QST, pages 98 and 99, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #872
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 19 January 2008A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 872 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3Y0- Due to high QRM from Europe and allot of requests from people with restricted licenses, ZS6DXB says, we have moved 3Y0E operating frequency. With immediate effect, Petrus, 3Y0E will call CQ on 14260 kHz, working split 5 kHz up. Operating times remain the same (between 16 and 17.30 UTC), due to the availably of power on Bouvet Island. Please check www.3y0e.com/ on a regular basis for updates. BY - Look for BY4JN/4 to be active from Tianheng Island (AS-150) on 25-28 January. Expect activity on 80-15 metres SSB and CW. QSL via BG4JUU. [TNX BD5RV/4] C2 - Udo, DL9HCU is now active as C21HC from Nauru (OC-031) for one week. Then he will return to West Kiribati and be active again as T30HC. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] CE0Z - Svein, LA6IKA [425DXN 862] is active as CE0Y/LA6IKA from Easter Island (SA-001) until 20 January. Then he will go and operate as CE0Z/LA6IKA from Juan Fernandez (SA-005) from 22 to 29 January. Svein plans to operate CW (14010, 21010 and 28010 kHz) and PSK (14070, 21070 and 28120) or other digi modes. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] CU - CT1GFK, CT1GPQ, CU1CB, CU8AS and HB9CRV (CT3FN) will be active from Albarnaz Lighthouse on Flores Island (EU-089) on 20-29 January, including an entry in the CQ WW 160-Meter DX CW Contest as CU8A (QSL via CT1GFK). They plan to concentrate on the low bands CW and RTTY. [TNX VA3RJ] CU -CU8AS and HB9CRV (CT3FN) will be active as CU7T from Cedros, Faial Island (EU-175) from 31 January to 5 February. Expect them to operate mainly CW, RTTY and PSK31. QSL via CT1GFK. [TNX VA3RJ] DL_ant - This Antarctic summer may very well be the last chance to work the German base Neumayer II, Felix, DL5XL says. The base is scheduled to close in February 2009, and the wintering team 2008 will not include amateur radio operators. The current three operators (Mirko/DG9BHQ, Torsten/DL1TOG and Felix/DL5XL himself) will leave the base by 10 March. They are active as DP0GVN in their spare time, usually between 18 UTC and 22 UTC on 20, 30 or 40 metres. QSL via DL5EBE, direct or bureau (logs are being uploaded to LoTW). There is an online log check for all contacts of this summer season at http://www.rrdxa.eu/log (just enter your call sign). J7 - Bill, W5SJ will be active as J79SJ from Dominica (NA-101) from 22 January to 2 February, primarily for the CQ WW 160 Meter CW Contest. Outside the contest he will operate mainly on the low bands. QSL via W5FO. J7 - Seth, SM7XBI will be active again as J79XBI from Dominica (NA-101) between 26 January and 3 March. He plans to operate on all bands, SSB only. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX SM0CCM] S2 - John, KX7YT will be active in his spare time from Dhaka, Bangladesh between 24 January and 11 March. He hopes to renew his S21YV licence and to operate mainly SSB, PSK31 and RTTY, with some SSTV and CW. He also plans to participate in the CQ WW WPX RTTY and the ARRL SSB DX Contests. QSL via KX7YT, direct or bureau. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] VE - The ARRL DX Bulletin reports that Mike, VE2XB is active as VE2XB/VY0 from Southampton Island (NA-007) for several months. He operates CW and SSB on 40, 30 and 20 metres as his work schedule permits. QSL via home call. VP5- Look for VP5/W3AVO (QSL via JA3AVO), VP5/AE6XY (QSL via JA1CJA and VP5/AE6YQ (QSL via JA3BZO) to be active from Providenciales, Caicos Islands (NA-002) on 21-25 January. They plan to operate on 160-10 metres CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via home calls. [TNX K1XN] VK9W - The same experienced team of operators who were active as VK9DNX (Norfolk Island, February 2007) is planning a DXpedition to Willis Island(OC-007).Markus/DJ7EO,Heye/DJ9RR,Chris/DL1MGB,
[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 18, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP003 ARLP003 Propagation de K7RA We've seen another seven days with no sunspots. After observing the first sunspot of Cycle 24, we hope to see more and more of these, signaling the beginning of the next sunspot cycle and the end of Cycle 23. Dick Gird, K6PZE of San Diego, California wrote asking how to distinguish Cycle 24 sunspots from Cycle 23 spots. There are two features that differentiate spots from each cycle. Old Cycle 23 spots will appear near the Sun's equator. The first spots of Cycle 24 are at a high solar latitude, and will have magnetic polarity opposite of the old spots. Last week there was a brief appearance on January 11 by an almost-sunspot which disappeared by the following day. It appeared to be a Cycle 24 spot, which had polarity reversed from Cycle 23 spots, but it was near the equator, which is the wrong place for a new cycle sunspot. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP of Irving, Texas wrote to ask about the differences between the geomagnetic A and K index. He asks, I know that both of them are indications of the instability of the geomagnetic field. The K index is logarithmic and the A index is linear, and they track together -- kind of. K indexes are given every three hours while A index readings are for a full 24 hour period. Do the two indexes have different uses or tell a person different things about what to expect on the air? Based on three hours of magnetic data, a particular magnetometer or group of them is used to track the change in nanoTeslas, which are the international units for measuring magnetic flux density. K index is based on changes in the flux density over a 3 hour period, and the difference between the highest and lowest values at the magnetometer is converted to a semi-logarithmic scale that runs from 0 to 9, yielding a K index between 0 (very quiet) and 9 (extreme magnetic storm). An example is the latest Boulder K index, as reported by WWV at, http://tinyurl.com/3bsu74. Note at the end of the line giving K index is a nanoTesla (nT) reading. At the end of a UTC day (midnight in Greenwich Mean Time) a new A index is reported, based on the latest eight K index values. A nomograph showing the relationship between A and K index is at, http://tinyurl.com/3a5rmg. Note that if you have K indexes for one day averaging 2, the A index for that day would be 7. But if the average were 3, this corresponds to an A index of 15, and an average of 4 equals 27. You can see a table of three different A and K index readings at, http://tinyurl.com/24psl3 . They are both derived from the same magnetic readings, but the A index is for a whole day, and has an expanded scale. When those numbers are low, we expect less absorption and in general better propagation of radio waves. But sometimes high geomagnetic activity can signal improved VHF conditions, allowing distant propagation of 6 meter signals, for instance. Because there is a new K index every three hours, this gives us a more immediate indication if conditions are changing fast. So if WWV reports a K index of 2, then three hours later reports a K index of 5, this indicates a dramatic event, such as an earth-directed solar flare, or a blast of strong solar wind, and a resulting geomagnetic storm. Josh Sawyer, a shortwave listener, wrote, The sunspot minimum such as in 2007 and 1986 seems to yield the best conditions for working far away DX on the 80 and 160 meter bands, and at the same time the worst conditions when 15 and 10 meters are dead. Does this mean lower frequency bands such as 80 and 160 meters don't use ionized F-layers or sunspots at all during these lows, that its just real far E layer or groundwave and we can work these stations because it's the period of minimum noise generated by the Sun? 160 and 80 signals do propagate through the F layer. During daylight most of the RF energy is absorbed by the ionosphere's D layer, but at night the D layer disappears, and 160 and 80 meter signals can be refracted off the ionosphere. But it doesn't take much ionization at those low frequencies to propagate signals. The more energy charges the ionosphere, the denser it becomes, and it will refract higher and higher frequencies. That is why the MUF (Maximum Usable Frequency) increases as sunspot numbers go up. With zero sunspots on January 16th, early in the morning (West Coast Time) the MUF is at a minimum, 10 MHz, between San Diego and Australia, as an example. So that supports 160, 80 and 40 meter propagation. MUF is calculated for a specific path at a specific time and season. If you download W6ELprop (free at http://www.qsl.net/w6elprop/) you can try out difference scenarios. If you change the sunspot number from 0 to 150, and change the date to March 16 instead of January 16, instead of the MUF
[DX-NEWS] ARLD005 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD005 ARLD005 DX news ZCZC AE05 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 5 ARLD005 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 24, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD005 ARLD005 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, 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. CHINA, BY. BY4JN/4 is QRV from Tianheng Island, IOTA AS-150, until January 28. Activity is on 80 to 15 meters using CW, and SSB. QSL via BG4JUU. BAHAMAS, C6. George, AA7JV and Tomi, HA7HY will be QRV as C6AGU from Rum Cay, IOTA NA-001, during both the CQ WW 160 Meter CW contest and the upcoming ARRL DX CW contest. They are also active before and after each contest. QSL via operators' instructions. AZORES, CU. Toze, CT1GFK, Manuel, CU1CB, Goncalo, CT1GPQ, Antonio, CU8AS and Hermann, HB9CRV will be QRV as CU8A from the Albarnaz Lighthouse on Flores Island, IOTA EU-089, in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW contest as a Multi/Single entry. QSL via CT1GFK. URUGUAY, CX. A team of Uruguayan operators will be QRV as CW0TOP in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW contest as a Multi-Op entry. QSL via CX6VM. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Valery, RD3AF will be QRV as EF8M in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW contest as a Single-Op entry. QSL via RX3DU. HUNGARY, HA. Special event callsign HG550REX is QRV until the end of 2008 to commemorate ''Renaissance Year 2008'' and to remember the ascension of the throne of the most popular king Matthias Corvinus that occurred 550 years ago. QSL via HA5GY. HONDURAS, HR. Ray, WQ7R will be QRV as HQ9R from Roatan Island, IOTA NA-057, in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW contest. Before and after the contest he is active as HR9/WQ7R. QSL both calls via K5WW. DOMINICA, J7. Bill, W5SJ is QRV as J79SJ until January 29 using mostly CW. He also plans to be an entry in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW contest. QSL via W5FO. SVALBARD, JW. Look for Maria Teresa, JW/IN3TCH and Mauro, JW/IN3SAU to be QRV using RTTY and SSB, respectively, from the club station JW5E on Longyearbyen, IOTA EU-026, from January 26 to February 3. QSL via IN3SAU. LUXEMBOURG, LX. Lars, DF1LON will be QRV as LX7I in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW contest as a Single-Op entry. QSL via LX2A. ANTARCTICA. Mika, OH2FFP is QRV as OJ1ABOA while on an expedition here and is on 20 meters usually around z. He is here until mid-February. QSL to home call. BELGIUM, ON. In celebration of the Millennium of the death of Notger Prince-Eveque, the founder of the Principality of Liege, special event callsign ON1000NOTGER is active on all HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK until December 31. QSL direct via ON6DP. CHAD, TT. Phil, TT8PK has been QRV on 20 meters SSB around 2100 to 2200z. QSL via F4EGS. AUSTRALIA, VK. Steve, VK6VZ will be active in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW contest as a Single-Op entry. QSL to home call. PITCAIRN ISLAND, VP6. Yoshi, JJ8DEN is QRV as VP6PR from Adamstown, IOTA OC-044, until February 9. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, RTTY and PSK. QSL direct to home call. SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND, VP8. Lars, MM0DWF will be QRV as VP8DIF from the old whaling station Husvik from January 27 to February 28. Activity will be on most of the HF bands during his spare time, although 15 meters will be his main band. QSL via DJ9ZB. MEXICO, XE. The Radio Club Satellite contest team will be QRV as XE1RCS in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW contest. QSL via operators' instructions. LAOS, XW. Bruce, XW1B will be QRV in the CQ WW 160 Meter CW contest. QSL via E21EIC. OPERATION APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operation is approved for DXCC credit: Iraq, YI9QX, current operation effective December 2007. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ 160-Meter CW Contest, Locust CW QSO Party, NCCC CW Sprint, YL-ISSB SSB QSO Party, REF CW Contest, SARL Youth for Amateur Radio, UBA SSB DX Contest and the SPAR Winter Field Day are all scheduled for this weekend. Please see January QST, page 99 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #873 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 26 January 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 873 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 26/01 EA8/ON5JV and EA8/ON6AK: Tenerife (AF-004) 861 till 26/01 HI: Dominican Republic * by IZ5JNQ 870 till 26/01 EA8/OZ7FOC: Canary Islands (AF-004)869 till 27/01 LM8EHC/1 and LM8EHC/2: special callsigns (Norway) 871 till 27/01 LM8EHC/3 and LM8EHC/4: special callsigns (Norway) 871 till 27/01 LM8EHC/5: special callsign (Norway)871 till 26/01 P29SI: Papua New Guinea871 till 27/01 YS3/I2JIN: El Salvador 869 till 28/01 BY4JN/4: Tianheng Island (AS-150) 872 till 28/01 VI2BMARC50: special event station (Australia) 865 till 29/01 6W/F6HMJ: Senegal 870 till 29/01 CU8: Flores Island (EU-089)872 till 29/01 CE0Z/LA6IKA: Juan Fernandez (SA-005) 872 till 31/01 VK7AAP and VK7CLA: Tasmania (OC-006) 869 till 02/02 8Q7AK: Maldives (AS-013) 871 till 02/02 J79SJ: Dominica (NA-101) 872 till 03/02 UN/4J9M: Kazakhstan868 till 08/02 VP6PR: Pitcairn (OC-044) 873 till 14/02 3Y0E: Bouvet Island (AN-002) 872 till February OJ1ABOA: Aboa Station (Antarctica) 866 till 10/03 DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (Antarctica) 872 till 11/03 S21YV: Bangladesh 872 till 14/03 II9CAR: special event station 869 till 15/03 TT8PK: Chad873 till 31/03 J20MB: Djibouti870 till 31/03 LZ130LO: special callsign 867 till 15/04 6W2SC: Senegal 871 till 15/04 J5UAP: Guinea-Bissau 871 till April VQ9JC: Diego Garcia (AF-006) 866 till April ZD7X: St. Helena (AF-022) 869 till MayV73RY: Kwajalein (OC-028) 869 till 15/05 YI9MI: Iraq863 till 30/06 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till August C91R: Mozambique 855 till 30/09 9A73AA: special callsign 855 till November YE2IPY: special callsign 864 till 31/12 C4EURO: special callsign (Cyprus) 867 till 31/12 DR8M: special event station870 till 31/12 HG550REX: special call (Hungary) 873 till 31/12 ON1000NOTGER: special call (Belgium) 873 till 31/12 ON40BAF: special event call869 till 31/12 SB1658OZ and SC1658OZ: special callsigns (Sweden) 871 till 31/12 SH1658DK and SH1658OZ: special callsigns (Sweden) 871 till 31/12 SK1658DK and SK1658OZ: special callsigns (Sweden) 871 till December HF0POL: Henryk Arctowski Station (South Shetlands) 868 till ?? LU1ZA: South Orkneys (AN-008) 867 till ?? R1ANR: Blue One Runway (Antarctica) 863 till ?? VE2XB/VY0: Southampton Island (NA-007) 872 26/01-09/02 TM4A: special event call (France) 869 26/01-03/03 J79XBI: Dominica (NA-101) 872 26/01-03/02 JW/IN3TCH and JW/IN3SAU: Longyearbyen (EU-026) 871 26/01AX: special prefix (Australia Day) 873 27/01-01/02 9A/VE3ZIK: Croatia 873 27/01-10/02 E51WWA: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks873 27/01-28/02 VP8DIF: South Georgia (AN-007) 859 29/01-12/02 KG4AS, KG4WV, KG4SS,
[DX-NEWS] ARLP004 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP004 ARLP004 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP04 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 4 ARLP004 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA January 25, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP004 ARLP004 Propagation de K7RA Sixteen consecutive days with no visible sunspots, and still counting. This is the way it is at solar cycle minimum. Enjoy it now, because there will be a time in the future when solar winds are constant and the geomagnetic field active, and although we will have many sunspots, you may think back fondly on this time. Particularly for operators at high latitudes, geomagnetic instability is a problem. Just talk to anyone who lives in Alaska, the Klondike, Northwest Territories or Nunavut. They'll tell you about other parts of the sunspot cycle, when they tune 20 meters for weeks on end without hearing a signal. Quiet conditions this weekend will be good for the CQ World Wide 160-Meter CW Contest. We've been tracking a 3-month smoothed sunspot number, and if January ends next week with still no sunspots, the three month run centered on December will still have an average above the previous three months, making October the minimum. We'll know for sure next week, but the three month moving averages centered on June through December should be 18.7, 15.4, 10.2, 5.4, 3, 6.9 and 7.7. If the no-sunspot days continue through the end of January, then the sum of all sunspot numbers for November, December and January will be 707, and dividing that by the total number of days for the three months (92) yields a result of approximately 7.68478, or 7.7, the average centered on December 2007. The US Air Force and NOAA predict solar flux to continue around 70 through the end of this month, 75 for February 1, and 80 for February 2-3. Perhaps we'll see sunspots return for that first week in February. They also predict a quiet planetary A index of 5 through the end of this month, and then 15, 12, 10, 10 and 5 for February 1-5. Geophysical Institute Prague sees quiet conditions January 25-30 and quiet to unsettled for January 31. Among several messages this week about new vs. old cycle sunspots was one from Neal Enault, WA6OCP of Sunnyvale, California. He pointed out that an old article from NASA 18 months ago gives a good explanation of the magnetic orientation of sunspots. You can read about it at, http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/15aug_backwards.htm. Note that southern hemisphere sunspots have opposite polarity from northern hemisphere spots, and the polarity refers to the orientation of the spots, from east to west. This is presented clearly toward the bottom of the page under, More to the Story. Think of those solar disk images as a mirror image of earth, so west is on the right side, and east on the left, opposite of how we look at a map on earth. Picture it as though you are lying in the grass on a warm day, with your head toward the north and feet pointed south and your arms stretched out to each side. As you lie there with your eyes closed enjoying the warmth (don't look at the Sun!) your right arm points west and your left arm points east. If you raise your right (west) arm and point toward the Sun's right edge, you are pointing at the Sun's western limb. As the Sun rotates, the spots travel from east to west, left to right, and Cycle 23 spots in the northern hemisphere of the Sun have north polarity to the right, and south polarity to the right in the southern hemisphere. Cycle 24 spots are just the opposite. You can observe the difference in the image of spots by comparing the southern hemisphere spots in the article linked above, to northern hemisphere spots in this very recent article on the web at, http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/10jan_solarcycle24.htm. Neal says a good source of images to observe spot polarity is from SOHO at, http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mdi_mag/512/. As Neal points out, this works as long as there are spots to observe! Note you can click on the image to get a much closer view. Remember that the dark side of the spot means south polarity, and white means north. So in the southern hemisphere look for Cycle 24 spots to have north, or white on the right side, and white on the left in the northern hemisphere. Also remember that we are mixing directions and polarity in this text. North polarity doesn't refer to the north part of the image! Many emails this week referred to the 40 meter moonbounce experiment at HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Alaska. The subject of many wild conspiracy theories in the 1990s (about weather control, mind control, or Tesla's secret death-ray), last week it was used to beam powerful 40 meter signals at the Moon, and the public was invited to listen for echoes. Information on the experiment is at, http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/mbann.html. Although HAARP is open to the public and performs no classified research, you can see some of the wild
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #873
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 26 January 2008A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 873 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B8- Gwyn, G4FKH will be active as 3B8/G4FKH from Mauritius (AF-049) from 5 February to 14 March. He will operate holiday style with 100 watts and a dipole on 10-40 metres, CW only. QSL via home call. [TNX G4FKH] 3W - Jack, F6BUM (http://www.f6bum.net) will be active again as 3W3M from Vietnam between 20 March and 2 April. He plans to operate SSB and CW with 100 watts into a vertical antenna from the following three islands: 20 March (10 UTC) - 23 March (6 UTC): Con Co (AS-185, new one) 25 March (08 UTC) - 28 March (6 UTC): Phu Quoc (AS-128) 29 March (10 UTC) - 02 April (6 UTC): Dao Con (AS-130) Expect activity on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via F6BUM, direct or bureau. [TNX F6BUM] 6Y - Rob, VE4GV will be active as VE4GV/6Y5 from Ochos Rios, Jamaica (NA-097) on 11-18 February, ARRL DX CW Contest included. He plans to operate CW, SSB and possibly digital modes on 10-80 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX W1AW] 9A - Once again Zik, VE3ZIK will be active as 9A/VE3ZIK from Bilice, Croatia between 27 January and 1 February. He plans to operate CW and digital modes on 40, 30 and 20 metres during his evening hours. QSL via DO7ZZ, direct or bureau (e-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). [TNX VE3ZIK] 9X - The dates for the 9X0R expedition to Rwanda [425DXN 871] are from 16 to 27 March. A band/mode survey has been added to the website (www.9x0r.com), and its results will help the operators' station configuration plans. The team will be active on 10-160 metres CW, SSB and RTTY, with at least three stations operating simultaneously on different bands and modes. QSL via EA5RM. [TNX EA5RM] A5 - Torben, OZ1TL will be active as A52TL from Bhutan on 2-23 May. He plans to operate 99% CW on all bands. QSL via OZ1TL. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW. [TNX OZ1TL] C5 - Andre, ON7YK (C56YK) and Jose, ON4LAC (C56JC) will be active from The Gambia between 11 February and 6 March. Plans are to operate on 80-10 metres, with some activity on 160 and 6 metres as well. Expect C56JC to focus on PSK and RTTY. [TNX F5NQL] E5_sc - Richard, AD7AF will be active as E51WWA from the South Cook Islands between 27 January and 21 February, including an entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest. He will operate first from Rarotonga (OC-013), then he will move on to Mauke (OC-083) around 10 February. Expect activity on 10-80 metres CW and SSB. QSL via home call. [TNX The Daily DX] FS - Philippe, F5IYJ will be active as FS/F5IYJ from St. Martin (NA-105) on 15-22 February. He might also go and operate as PJ7/F5IYJ from Sint Maarten. Expect Philippe to operate holiday style and to concentrate on CW. Details will be available at http://f5iyj.com; QSL via home call. [TNX F5IYJ] GU - The Barry Amateur Radio Society (GW4BRS) will be active as GB0U from Guernsey (EU-114) on 19-25 April. Expect activity on all bands and modes. [TNX GW0ANA] HA - Special call sign HG550REX will be aired by members radio clubs HA5KKC (Budapest) and HA8KVK (Janoshalma) until 31 December to celebrate the 550th anniversary of the accession of king Matthias Corvinus, the most popular Hungarian sovereign. QSL via HA5GY, direct or bureau. [TNX HA0HW] HA - Zoli, HA3HK will operate as HG1848I from 1 February to 31 December to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution (1848-49). QSL via home call (direct only). Check qrz.com for information on the relevant award. HB0- Mario/DJ2MX, Simon/DJ4MZ, Manfred/DJ5MW, Matthias/DK4YJand Christoph/DK9TN will be active as HB0/homecall from Liechtenstein on 14-18 February. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as HB0/N0MX in the M/2 category (QSL via DJ2MX). Full
[DX-NEWS] ARLD006 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD006 ARLD006 DX news ZCZC AE06 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 6 ARLD006 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 31, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD006 ARLD006 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by AI4U, NC1L, 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. MAURITIUS, 3B8. Gwyn, G4FKH will be QRV as 3B8/G4FKH from February 5 to March 14. Activity will be holiday style on 40 to 10 meters using only CW. QSL to home call. BOUVET ISLAND, 3Y. Petrus, ZS6GCM is still QRV as 3Y0E and is here until February 14. He is generally active on 20 meters around 1600 to 1900z. QSL via LZ3HI. CHILE, CE. Look for CE6TBN, HA1AG, RA0FU and RV1CC to be QRV as XR7A from Ascension Island, IOTA SA-043, from February 2 to 6 and then as XR7W from Wager Island, IOTA SA-053, from February 9 to 12, weather-permitting. Activity will be mostly on 40, 30 and 20 meters. QSL via HA1AG. SOUTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Dick, AD7AF is QRV as E51WWA from Rarotonga Island, IOTA OC-013, until February 7. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. ESTONIA, ES. During the month of February, 26 stations will use the ES90 prefix to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Estonian Republic. During this time, Vello, ES1QD is QRV as ES90M from Muhu Island, IOTA EU-034. QSL to home call. ST. BARTHELEMY, FJ. Nigel, G3TXF is QRV as FJ/G3TXF until February 5. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW. QSL to home call. HUNGARY, HA. Zoli, HA3HK is QRV as HG1848I until December 31 to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution. QSL direct to home call. MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. Masa, JA6GXK is QRV as JD1BMM until February 19. Activity is limited to his spare time. QSL to home call. BONAIRE, CURACAO, PJ2. Goose, PJ2/W8AV will be QRV from Curacao from February 4 to 18 while on holiday. Activity is on the HF bands using CW and some RTTY. QSL to home call. In addition, George, K8GG, Gary, KD9SV and George, W8UVZ are QRV as PJ4/homecalls from Bonaire, IOTA SA-006, until February 8. Activity is mainly on the newer bands, with some activity on 160 and 80 meters. QSL to home calls. BRAZIL, PY. A team of Brazilian operators will be QRV as PW2M from Moela Island, IOTA SA-071, from February 2 to 5. Activity is on all HF bands, with authorization to operate on 60 meters as well. Brazilian stations QSL via PY2AA and all others via AI4U. BANGLADESH, S2. Toby, SM4XDJ is QRV as S21XJ from Dhaka for a few weeks. Activity is on the HF bands using SSB and various digital modes during his evening hours and weekends. QSL via SM4XIH. WEST KIRIBATI, T30. Udo, C21HC is QRV as T30HC. He has been active on 20 meters CW around 0600z. QSL via DL9HCU. PALAU, T8. Operators Mike, JA6EGL, Yu, JE6DND and Hiro, JA6KYU are QRV as T88SM, T88HK and T88HS, respectively, from Koror Island, IOTA OC-009, until February 3. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL direct to home calls. TURKEY, TA. Special event station TC800NH is QRV until February 15 in commemoration of the 800th anniversary of famous Turkish folk hero Nasreddin Hoca. Activity is mostly on 40, 20 and 17 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via TA1HZ. COCOS ISLAND, TI9. Look for a group of operators to be QRV as TI9K from February 6 to 14. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters, including 60 meters, with six stations on the air, using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK and EME on 2 meters and 70 cm. QSL via EA2CRX. TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5. Saul, WA1UKN is QRV as VP5/WA1UKN from Grand Turk until May 7. Activity is on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters. QSL to home call. NICARAGUA, YN. Andrei, NP3D will be QRV as H7/NP3D from February 3 to 8. Activity will be on all bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK31. This includes an entry in the upcoming CQ WW WPX RTTY contest. QSL via W3HNK. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The 10-10 International Winter SSB Contest, NCCC CW Sprint, Vermont QSO Party, YL-ISSB CW/RTTY QSO Party, YLRL YL-OM CW Contest, FYBO Winter QRP Sprint, Minnesota QSO Party, AGCW Straight Key CW Party, Delaware QSO Party, Mexico RTTY International Contest, North American CW Sprint and the ARCI Fireside SSB Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for February 5. Please see February QST, page 84 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] ARLP005 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP005 ARLP005 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP05 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 5 ARLP005 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA February 1, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP005 ARLP005 Propagation de K7RA Sunspots have returned. After nearly three weeks with nothing visible (January 9-28), sunspot group 982 emerged on January 29. The very quiet geomagnetic conditions of the past week may be ending with some moderate to unsettled activity. US Air Force predicts a planetary A index for February 1-6 at 12, 10, 15, 10, 8 and 5. The next active period could be around February 9-10, with a planetary A index of 15. The period of February 16-26 is likely to see no spots, and for February 27 through March 1 we may see sunspots reappear. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts unsettled to active conditions for February 1-2, unsettled February 3-4, quiet to unsettled February 5, and quiet on February 6-7. Last year we began calculating and tracking a 3-month moving average of daily sunspot numbers. This was done to try to spot trends. A three month period seemed like it might give us some smoothing of the often volatile daily numbers, but much shorter than the official 12-month smoothed values used to calculate the solar minimum some time after it actually occurs. Now that January is done, we can calculate the 3-month moving average centered on December, 2007. The sum of all the daily sunspot numbers from November 1 through January 31 is 749, and divided by 92 days, this gives a 3-month average of 8.1. Apr 06 38.5 May 06 39.7 Jun 06 28.9 Jul 06 23.3 Aug 06 23.5 Sep 06 21.2 Oct 06 24.1 Nov 06 23.1 Dec 06 27.3 Jan 07 22.7 Feb 07 18.5 Mar 07 11.2 Apr 07 12.2 May 07 15.8 Jun 07 18.7 Jul 07 15.4 Aug 07 10.2 Sep 07 5.4 Oct 07 3 Nov 07 6.9 Dec 07 8.1 A three-month moving average may be too short to spot the actual bottom of Cycle 23, but with the steady decline from 2006 until October 2007, and a 3-month average rising from 3 to 6.9 then 8.1 since then, this suggests a cycle minimum during the Fall of last year. Four years ago in Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP005, for January 30, 2004 (see http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/2004-arlp005.html) N6QYS (now W6JP) wondered if Cycle 23 was near minimum, and if conditions would soon improve. I looked at the weekly Preliminary Report and Forecast, and the table of predicted smoothed sunspot numbers ended in December 2007. I could see that values were expected to be lower a year from then, in January 2005. Based on this, I wondered at the time if sunspot levels might return to the predicted January 2005 level in 2008, and promised to set an alarm in my PDA for four years into the future. The actual average of daily sunspot numbers for January 2004 was 62.3, and January 2005 was 52. The following Januarys through this one had average sunspot numbers of 25.7, 28.2 and 5.1. Based on the predicted smoothed sunspot table on page 8 at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly/pdf/prf1687.pdf, it could be some time before we are back to the 2004 and 2005 levels. So what is the difference those sunspot numbers make between 2004 and 2008? In 2004, the 20 meter path from San Francisco to Japan should stay open 2130-0500z, with best signals toward the end of that period. But for tomorrow, that path would probably open between 2230-0030z. 15 meters would open 2200-0200z in 2004, but perhaps 2300-2330z. Similarly, Chicago to Germany in those days on 15 meters was probably open 1530-1830z, but today not open at all. On 20 meters today the path would likely open 1530-1730z, but in 2004 it was 1400-1900z If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/. Sunspot numbers for January 24 through 30 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 13 and 14 with a mean of 3.9. 10.7 cm flux was 71.3, 71, 72.5, 72, 71.3, 71.6, and 72.7 with a mean of 71.8. Estimated planetary A indices were 5, 11, 5, 2, 2, 4 and 2 with a mean of 4.4. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 3, 8, 6, 2, 2, 3 and 1, with a mean of 3.6. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement --
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #874 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 2 February 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 874 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 02/02 8Q7AK: Maldives (AS-013) 871 till 02/02 J79SJ: Dominica (NA-101) 872 till 02/02 VP8CLE and VP8DKW: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 871 till 03/02 JW/IN3TCH and JW/IN3SAU: Longyearbyen (EU-026) 871 till 03/02 UN/4J9M: Kazakhstan868 till 03/02 T88SM, T88HK, T88HS: Koror (OC-009), Palau 871 till 05/02 CU7T: Faial Island (EU-175)872 till 05/02 FJ/G3TXF: St. Barthelemy (NA-146) 874 till 08/02 PJ4/K8GG, PJ4/KD9SV, PJ4/W8UVZ: Bonaire (SA-006) 873 till 08/02 VP6PR: Pitcairn (OC-044) 873 till 09/02 TM4A: special event call (France) 869 till 10/02 E51WWA: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks873 till 12/02 3Y0E: Bouvet Island (AN-002) 874 till 12/02 KG4AS, KG4WV, KG4SS, KG4OS: Guantanamo Bay (NA-015)873 till 15/02 TC800NH: special call (Turkey) 873 till 17/02 S21ZDT: Bangladesh 874 till 19/02 JD1BMM: Minami-Torishima (OC-073) 873 till 28/02 VP8DIF: South Georgia (AN-007) 859 till 29/02 ES90: special callsigns (Estonia) 874 till 29/02 V31YN and V31GW: Belize874 till February OJ1ABOA: Aboa Station (Antarctica) 866 till 03/03 J79XBI: Dominica (NA-101) 872 till 10/03 DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (Antarctica) 872 till 11/03 S21YV: Bangladesh 872 till 14/03 II9CAR: special event station 869 till 15/03 TT8PK: Chad873 till 31/03 J20MB: Djibouti870 till 31/03 LZ130LO: special callsign 867 till 15/04 6W2SC: Senegal 871 till 15/04 J5UAP: Guinea-Bissau 871 till April VQ9JC: Diego Garcia (AF-006) 866 till April ZD7X: St. Helena (AF-022) 869 till 07/05 VP5/WA1UKN: Grand Turk (NA-003)874 till MayV73RY: Kwajalein (OC-028) 869 till 15/05 YI9MI: Iraq863 till 30/06 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till August C91R: Mozambique 855 till 30/09 9A73AA: special callsign 855 till November YE2IPY: special callsign 864 till 31/12 AY0DX: special callsgin (Argentina)874 till 31/12 C4EURO: special callsign (Cyprus) 867 till 31/12 DR8M: special event station870 till 31/12 HG1848I: special call (Hungary)873 till 31/12 HG550REX: special call (Hungary) 873 till 31/12 ON1000NOTGER: special call (Belgium) 873 till 31/12 ON40BAF: special event call869 till 31/12 SB1658OZ and SC1658OZ: special callsigns (Sweden) 871 till 31/12 SH1658DK and SH1658OZ: special callsigns (Sweden) 871 till 31/12 SK1658DK and SK1658OZ: special callsigns (Sweden) 871 till December HF0POL: Henryk Arctowski Station (South Shetlands) 868 till ?? LU1ZA: South Orkneys (AN-008) 867 till ?? R1ANR: Blue One Runway (Antarctica) 863 till ?? VE2XB/VY0: Southampton Island (NA-007) 872 02/02-06/02 XR7A: Ascension Island (SA-043)874 02/02-05/02 HH2FYD/6: Ile a Vache (NA-149) 874 02/02-05/02 PW2M: Moela Island
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #874
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 2 February 2008A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 874 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3Y0 - The team on Bouvet Island is scheduled to be picked up on 12 February (the date may change due to local conditions). Petrus, 3Y0E is active on 20 metres SSB (14260 kHz with a split of 5 kHz up) and operates barefoot with a vertical antenna. QSL via LZ3HI. Updates, log search and additional information are availabe at www.3y0e.com CE - CE6TBN, HA1AG, RA0FU and RV1CC will be active as XR7A from Ascension Island (SA-043) on 2-6 February and as XR7W from Wager Island (SA-053) on 9-12 February (weather permitting). They will focus on 30, 40 and 20 metres. Depending on Internet availability, Zoli(HA1AG)willtrytoupdatehistravelblog (ha1ag.wordpress.com) during the trip. QSLs via HA1AG. [TNX HA1AG] EA - Adolfo, EA7TV reports he will operate as EA7TV/P from the two El Rompido lighthouses (ARLHS SPA-271 and and SPA-337) on 8-10 February. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. EA8 - Slavo, SP2JMB reports he will be active as EA8/SP2JMB from Tenerife, Canary Islands (AF-004) on 12-19 February. He will operate CW and SSB on 80-10 metres. QSl via home call, direct or bureau. ES - Twenty-six ES90 callsigns (from ES90A to ES90Z) will be aired during February (but some stations will be active also later, e.g. in the major international contests) to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Estonia (24 February 1918). [TNX ES2MC] ES - Vello, ES1QD will be active as ES90M from Muhu Island (EU-034) sometime in February. QSL via home call. [TNX K1XN] FJ - Nigel, G3TXF is currently active as FJ/G3TXF from St. Barthelemy (NA-146). He operates CW on 40-10 metres and will be leaving the island on on 5 February in his early morning. QSL via home call. HH - Yannick, HH2FYD will operate as HH2FYD/6 from Ile a Vache (NA-149) from about 16 UTC on 2 February until about 23 UTC on the 5th. Expect activity on 20 metres SSB (+/- 14260 kHz). On-line logs will be avialable at http://www.cdxc.org/dxp/2007-HH2FYD/hh2fyd-fr.htm . QSL via F6FYD. [TNX F5NQL] LU - Dario, LU3DR is active as AY0DX until 31 December. The special callsign celebrates the 100th anniversary of the San Jose School in the city of Tandil, Argentina. QSL via LU3DR. [TNX LU3DR] PY - The PW2M team [425DXN 869] originally had planned to be active from Moela Island (SA-071) until 8 February, but they have been authorized through the 5th only. Access is granted, permissions are given and transportation is supplied by the Brazilian Navy. Expect PW2M to be aired on 160-6 metres SSB, CW, RTTY and BPSK (plus 60m on an experimental basis for the first time in Brazil) with four stations operating simultaneously depending on propagation. QSL via AI4U or (for Brazilian stations) PY2AA. [TNX PY2WAS] PZ - PZ5WW (AC8W), PZ5DD (K8DD), PZ5TX (KB8TXZ) and PZ5AY (W5JAY) will be operating from the QTH of PZ5RA, Suriname on 13-18 February. Look for activity on 160-10 metres, with a particular emphasis on the low bands. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as PZ5WW (Multi-Single). QSL PZ5DD and PZ5WW via K8DD; QSL PZ5TX via KB8TXZ; QSL PZ5AY via W5JAY. [TNX K8DD] S2 - S21ZDT is the new callsign issued to Toby, SM4XDJ for his activity from Bangladesh [425DXN 871]. He will be active from different locations between 1 and 17 February, and will operate SSB and digital modes during his evening hours and the weekends. QSL via SM4XIH. On-line logs will be available at http://s21zdt.fittest.nu [TNX SM4XIH] TI9 - The TI9K licence, previously issued to TI2KAC, has been reissued to TI7WGI when Carlos decided to drop out of the expedition. The TI9K final team of operators
[DX-NEWS] ARLP006 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP006 ARLP006 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP06 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 6 ARLP006 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA February 8, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP006 ARLP006 Propagation de K7RA After a solid week of sunspots (January 29 to February 4), the following three days have been blank. February 2 was an active geomagnetic day, with a solar wind stream spewing from a coronal hole near sunspot 982. Another solar windstream from a coronal hole is expected to strike Earth on Sunday, February 10, causing unsettled conditions. The predicted planetary A index for February 8 through 15 is 8, 12, 15, 10, 10, 10, 10 and 5. That was from NOAA and the U.S. Air Force, and Geophysical Institute Prague predicts unsettled conditions February 8, unsettled to active February 9-10, and unsettled again on February 11-14. The Australian Space Forecast Centre's geomagnetic forecast expects mostly unsettled to active conditions with storm periods possible at high latitudes on February 9, and mostly unsettled with isolated active periods and storm levels at high latitudes on February 10. Following this weekend, NOAA predicts the next active conditions around February 28-29. Their prediction for solar flux is flat at 70 for each of the next 45 days, and this probably indicates little or no sunspot activity. Bob Leo, W7LR of Bozeman, Montana and IS0/YO3RA (Sardinia) have been trying for several years to make contact on 160 meters. Bob claims 228 countries on 160, but says Sardinia seems to be ''a black hole'', even though both have what he calls ''reasonable stations'' for that band. With some acreage for antennas, Bob runs full power, has various receiving antennas pointed toward different directions, and even a two-element transmit array toward Europe with 4.5 db gain. He asked what time would be best to work Sardinia on 160, and frankly, I didn't know, except I would expect darkness at both ends of the path when successfully making contact. The propagation modeling programs generally don't work below 3 MHz. I noted that this weekend darkness should extend over both locations from 0036-0629z, or at least the sunset in Bozeman will be 0036z and sunrise in Sardinia is at 0629z. Bob emailed back, and said he finally heard YO3RA at 0510z. He hopes to work him this season before YO3RA departs Sardinia on February 15. Several readers wrote to ask about the recent sunspot mentioned in last week's bulletin, hoping it was a cycle 24 spot. Alas, sunspot 982 had cycle 23 polarity. Any cycle 24 spots in the near future will be reported here. Stan Tacker, N5OHM of Tulsa, Oklahoma writes that the absence of sunspots and geomagnetic activity is great for 160 meters, but creates problems for AM broadcast stations. He operates one in Northeast Oklahoma on 1.57 MHz (which is 191 meters), and that is a portion of the AM broadcast band where stations run low power, sometimes 250 watts during the day, and as little as 6-8 watts at night. There is also a Mexican ''border blaster'' station on this frequency, and his station is experiencing QRM well into mid to late morning, hours after sunrise. Stan's station is running 1 KW, and broadcasting in the daytime only. Chuck Zabriskie, KE5HPY in Houston, Texas wrote on February 2 that the 60 meter shortwave broadcast band (4.4-5.1 MHz) was jumping on January 29-31 from 0300-0500z. He heard African stations ''that rarely rise above the noise at this QTH''. He copied Angola, Madagascar, Chad, South Africa, Swaziland and Botswana, all as loud as Midwest AM broadcast stations. Regarding the 60 meter ham band, check out a web page devoted to that band at http://www.60meters.info/. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service 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/. Sunspot numbers for January 31 through February 6 were 15, 19, 16, 14, 14, 0 and 0 with a mean of 11.1. 10.7 cm flux was 72, 71.1, 71.8, 71, 71.3, 70.5, and 71.6 with a mean of 71.3. Estimated planetary A indices were 5, 18, 19, 12, 6, 3 and 4 with a mean of 9.6. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 3, 10, 19, 10, 6, 2 and 2, with a mean of 7.4. /EX -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #875
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 9 February 2008A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 875 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW A4 - Amateur radio operators in Oman have been granted permission to operate on 30 metres and Chris, A45XR has been very active on that band since 3 February. QSL to Chris Dabrowski, P.O. Box 2038, CPO 111, Oman (I prefer IRCs, he says, if there is something green in envelope please use tape to seal it properly). Bureau cards are all right, but the A4 QSL bureau is extremely slow. Do not send any card via SP5EXA (Chris' home call, not his QSL manager). A log search for A45XR's activity on 30 metres is up and running at http://www.a45xr.spdxc.org/index.php 3D2- A large group of members of the Mitsubishi Electric Tokyo Ham Club will be DX vacationing on Fiji on 8-10 February. They plan to operate on 160-6 metres as 3D2/JM1YGG. QSL via JM1YGG. [TNX N1DG] 3Y - Petrus, 3Y0E (www.3y0e.com) says he will break camp and go QRT from Bouvet Island on 9 February. He has made over 1,400 QSOs, a remarkable achievement from one so new to amateur radio. QSL via LZ3HI. [TNX ZS6DXB] CE0- Ralph, K0HML will be active as CE0Y/K0HML from Easter Island (SA-001) on 13-20 February. His operating time will be limited and he plans to be active on +/- 14183 and 3790 kHz around 00.00-1.00 UTC. QSL via hoem call, direct or bureau. [TNX The Daily DX] CT3- DK7YY, DL5AXX, DL5LYM and DL8WAA will be active as CT3/homecall from Madeira (AF-014) on 12-18 February. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as CT9L (QSL via DJ6QT). [TNX NG3K] CT3- Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active again as CT3/DL3KWR and CT3/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) on 6-20 March. They plan to operate mostly CW and on 12, 17 and 30 metres. Hardy will try also in RTTY and PSK-31. QSL via home calls. E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] respectively. Their web site is at http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr [TNX DL3KWF] FT - Gildas, TU5KG [425DXN 871] expects to be active as from FT5XR Port aux Francais, Kerguelen on 15-16 February, while his fishing boat is refuelling. Then he will be sailing in the Crozet area until around 15 March, when he will stop again at Port aux Francais before heading back to Reunion. QSL via F4EFI, direct or bureau. [TNX F4EFI and F6AJA] JA - Look for Takeshi, JS6RRR (JI3DST) to operate as JS6RRR/6 from the Okinawa Islands (AS-017) on 9-12 February. QSL via home call, bureau only. [TNX JS6RRR] JX - Svein, LA9JKA (JX9JKA) will be very active from Jan Mayen (EU-022) from 27 March through 8 October. He plans to operate SSB and digital modes on 160-6 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX LA9SN] KP2- Look for KP2/K3CT and KP2/K3TEJ (QSL via home calls) to be active from the US Virgin Islands (NA-106) on 10-20 February. They will emphasize 160, 30, 12 and 17 metres, and will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as KP2M (QSL via AI4U). [TNX NG3K] KP2- Yuriy, N2TTA will be active as NP2/N2TTA from the US Virgin Islands on 12-19 February. He will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as NP2S (QSL via W3HNK). [TNX NG3K] PA - PA8A, PA3GLF and PA3GVI will be signing PG6G during the PACC Contest on 9-10 February. They will be active on 160-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via PA3GVI, direct or bureau. [TNX PA3GVI] PA - Ulf, DK5TX will be active as PA/DK5TX from Goeree Overflakkee (EU-146) on 11-17 February. He will operate SSB, slow CW and RTTY on 80-10 metres, plus 6 and 2 metres. QSL via home call, bureau preferred. [TNX OPDX Bulletin] PJ - W9RE, N5OT, W4OC and N4GG will operate as PJ4/homecall from Bonaire (SA-006), Netherlands Antilles on 12-19 February. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as PJ4M (QSL via N4GG). [TNX NG3K] PY - Joska, HA9RT reports he will be active as PT7/HA9RT
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #875 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 9 February 2008 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 875 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 09/02 3Y0E: Bouvet Island (AN-002) 875 till 09/02 TM4A: special event call (France) 869 till 10/02 3D2/JM1YGG: Fiji Islands 875 till 10/02 E51WWA: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks873 till 10/02 EA7TV/P: El Rompido lighthouses874 till 10/02 H7/NP3D and YN2S: Nicaragua873 till 11/02 ZF2XD: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 863 till 12/02 KG4AS, KG4WV, KG4SS, KG4OS: Guantanamo Bay (NA-015)873 till 13/02 H7/AK2P and YN2G: Nicaragua875 till 14/02 HC1MD: Ecuador 873 till 14/02 TI9KK: Isla del Coco (NA-012) 875 till 14/02 XU7DLH: Cambodia 875 till 15/02 TC800NH: special call (Turkey) 873 till 17/02 S21ZDT: Bangladesh 874 till 19/02 JD1BMM: Minami-Torishima (OC-073) 873 till 19/02 PT7/HA9RT: Brazil 875 till 19/02 V31TB and V31WO: Belize873 till 27/02 VU2BMS: India 875 till 28/02 VP8DIF: South Georgia (AN-007) 859 till 29/02 ES90: special callsigns (Estonia) 874 till 29/02 V31YN and V31GW: Belize874 till February OJ1ABOA: Aboa Station (Antarctica) 866 till 03/03 J79XBI: Dominica (NA-101) 872 till 10/03 DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (Antarctica) 872 till 11/03 S21YV: Bangladesh 872 till 14/03 3B8/G4FKH: Mauritius 873 till 14/03 II9CAR: special event station 869 till 15/03 TT8PK: Chad873 till 31/03 J20MB: Djibouti870 till 31/03 LZ130LO: special callsign 867 till 15/04 6W2SC: Senegal 871 till 15/04 J5UAP: Guinea-Bissau 871 till April VQ9JC: Diego Garcia (AF-006) 866 till April ZD7X: St. Helena (AF-022) 869 till 07/05 VP5/WA1UKN: Grand Turk (NA-003)874 till MayV73RY: Kwajalein (OC-028) 869 till 15/05 YI9MI: Iraq863 till 30/06 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till August C91R: Mozambique 855 till 30/09 9A73AA: special callsign 855 till November YE2IPY: special callsign 864 till 31/12 AY0DX: special callsgin (Argentina)874 till 31/12 C4EURO: special callsign (Cyprus) 867 till 31/12 DR8M: special event station870 till 31/12 HG1848I: special call (Hungary)873 till 31/12 HG550REX: special call (Hungary) 873 till 31/12 ON1000NOTGER: special call (Belgium) 873 till 31/12 ON40BAF: special event call869 till 31/12 SB1658OZ and SC1658OZ: special callsigns (Sweden) 871 till 31/12 SH1658DK and SH1658OZ: special callsigns (Sweden) 871 till 31/12 SK1658DK and SK1658OZ: special callsigns (Sweden) 871 till December HF0POL: Henryk Arctowski Station (South Shetlands) 868 till ?? LU1ZA: South Orkneys (AN-008) 867 till ?? R1ANR: Blue One Runway (Antarctica) 863 till ?? VE2XB/VY0: Southampton Island (NA-007) 872 09/02-12/02 XR7W: Wager Island
[DX-NEWS] ARLD008 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD008 ARLD008 DX news ZCZC AE08 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 8 ARLD008 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT February 14, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD008 ARLD008 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, 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. UNITED NATIONS HQ, 4U_UN. Operators LA5IIA, N2GA and N2UN will be QRV as 4U1UN in the ARRL DX CW contest as a Multi/Op entry. QSL via HB9BOU. OMAN, A4. Chris, A45XR has permission to operate on 30 meters and has been active at various times. QSL direct. EASTER ISLAND, CE0. Ralph, K0HML is QRV as CE0Y/K0HML until February 20. He is active in his spare time on 80 and 20 meters. QSL to home call. CUBA, CO. Juan, CO8TW will be QRV in the ARRL DX CW contest as a Single-Op/Single-Band/Low-Power entry on 20 meters. QSL via HB9SVT. ST. BARTHELEMY, FJ. Look for SP3IPB, SQ3WN, SP6IXF and SP7VC to be QRV as FJ/homecalls from February 17 to 26. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home calls. KERGUELEN ISLANDS, FT5X. Gildas, TU5KG plans to be QRV as FT5XR from Port-aux-Francais on February 15 and 16 while his boat is refueled. SCOTLAND, GM. GM4YXI and GM3WOJ will be QRV as GM7V in the ARRL DX CW contest as a Multi/2 entry. QSL via M0CMK. LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0. Operators DJ2MX, DJ4MZ, DJ5MW, DK4YJ and DK9TN are QRV as HB0/homecalls until February 18. They will sign HB0/N0MX in the ARRL DX CW contest as a Multi/2 entry. QSL contest call via DJ2MX and all others to home calls. ITALY, I. Operators IK4VET, IK4XCL, IZ4EFN and possibly others will be QRV as IO4T in the ARRL DX CW contest as a Multi/Single entry. QSL direct via IZ4JMA. MINAMI TORISHIMA, JD1. Masa, JA6GXK is QRV as JD1BMM until February 19. He is active in his spare time on the HF bands. QSL via JD1BMM. OGASAWARA ISLAND, JD1. Operators JI5RPT, JE1EKS and JM1WBB are QRV as JD1BLY, JD1BMO and JD1BMP, respectively, from Chichijima Island, IOTA AS-031, until February 28. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes, including EME on 2 meters and various satellites. QSL to home calls. US VIRGIN ISLANDS, KP2. K3CT and K3TEJ will be QRV as KP2M in the ARRL DX CW contest. Outside the contest they are active as KP2/homecalls until February 20. QSL KP2M via AI4U and all others to home calls. In addition, Yuri, N2TTA is QRV as NP2/N2TTA until February 19. Activity is on all bands using CW and SSB. This includes an entry in the ARRL DX CW contest as NP2S as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL both calls via W3HNK. LUXEMBURG. LX. DJ9IE, DL1EFD, DL2OBF and possibly others will be QRV as LX7I in the ARRL DX CW contest as either a Multi/2 or Multi/Single entry. QSL via LX2A. ARGENTINA, LU. Dario, LU3DR is QRV as AY0DX until December 31 in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the ''San Jose'' school in Tandil. QSL via LU3DR. BONAIRE, CURACAO, PJ2. Operators W9RE, N5OT, W4OC and N4GG are QRV as PJ4/homecalls until February 20. Activity is on all HF bands. This includes an entry in the ARRL DX CW contest as a Multi/2 entry. QSL to home calls. BANGLADESH, S2. Hugo, LA5YJ is QRV as S21XF until the end of March. Activity is on 30, 20, 17 and 15 meters using mainly CW. QSL to home call. MICRONESIA. V6. Operators K5ZM, K8AQM and KG8CO are QRV as V63ZM, V63TR and V63OC, respectively, until February 25. Activity is on all bands. QSL all calls via K5ZM. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, VP2V. Steve, AK0M and Sandy, KC0RD are QRV as VP2V/homecalls until February 18. Activity is on 40 to 6 meters using mostly SSB with some CW. This includes an entry in the ARRL DX CW contest as VP2VES. QSL all calls via AK0M. DUCIE ISLAND, VP6. A group of operators are QRV as VP6DX until the end of February. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY with 7 stations active simultaneously 24 hours a day. QSL direct to DL6LAU. CAMBODIA. XU. John, 9M6XRO will be QRV as XU7XRO from Sihanoukville from February 20 to 26. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. This includes a possible entry in the upcoming CQ WW 160-Meter DX contest. QSL via M5AAV. NIUE, ZK2. Joe is QRV as ZK2CC and has been active on 20 meters using SSB around 0100z. QSL via DL4RDJ. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: Willis Island, VK9WWI, 2007 operation; Iraq, YI9PT, current operation; Palestine, E4/OM2DX, 2007 operation; and Guinea-Bissau, J5C, 2008 operation. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The ARRL International DX CW Contest, NCCC CW Sprint and Feld Hell Sprint are all scheduled for this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest is scheduled for February 18. The AGCW Semi-Automatic Key CW Evening is scheduled for February 20. Please see February QST, page 84 and the ARRL and WA7BNM
[DX-NEWS] ARLP007 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP007 ARLP007 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP07 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 7 ARLP007 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA February 15, 2008 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP007 ARLP007 Propagation de K7RA No sunspots appeared this week. Solar flux was about the same as last week. The 45-day outlook for solar flux and planetary A index from NOAA and the Air Force (see http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/45DF.html) on February 10 was predicting a flat solar flux of 70. Then the following day this was revised to show 72 for February 12-18, then 70 after that. On February 12 this changed to show 72 solar flux for February 13 through the rest of the 45 days. February 10-13 we saw increased geomagnetic activity due to another solar wind stream. The planetary A index, calculated from a number of mostly higher latitude magnetometers, was 18, 17, 11 and 12 over those four days. Alaska's college A index, measured near Fairbanks, was 42, 31, 22 and 26, illustrating the increased geomagnetic activity toward the poles in response to space weather. Here at mid-latitudes, where many of us live, the A index (measured in Virginia) was 13, 16, 6 and 10. That magnetometer is near 38.3 degrees north latitude, which is a little south and of course way east of the Boulder site (at 40.1 degrees north latitude), where we get the K and A index reported on WWV. Jon Jones, N0JK of Wichita, Kansas reports some February E-skip openings on 6 meters. He writes, Es tend to become scarce in February, and March has the lowest occurrence of Es of any month. On February 2 he worked XE2YWB in Central Mexico (DL82) at 2237z on 50.125 MHz with S7 signals. The next day he worked K4EU in Virginia via E-skip on 10 meters. K4EU reported working stations throughout the Midwest that day. Ed Swynar, VE3CUI of Newcastle, Ontario took issue with a statement in last week's bulletin about the absence of sunspots being great for 160 meters. He comments, Such mythology could not be further from the truth this year. The band has been MOST unremarkable this season, to say the least, and it continues to languish away in the doldrums. I thought that perhaps it was something at fault at my end, however, many subscribers to W4ZV's Topband Reflector seem to be of the same opinion. Readers have sent similar reports about both 160 and 75 meters over the past year. It seems that low geomagnetic and sunspot activity should be good for the lower frequencies, but perhaps it is not always the case. Over the past week many, many emails arrived from readers with a link to an article in a daily business publication claiming that we are on the verge of another Maunder Minimum, a decades-long period of little or no sunspot activity that occurred roughly between the years 1640 to 1710. The article appeared with no byline, and it quoted Dr. Kenneth Tapping, of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics in Penticton, British Columbia. This is the observatory that supplies our daily solar flux values. But I thought the quotes sounded a little strange, and not like Ken. Some readers also felt this way. As one wrote, The article didn't quite ring true, and I have a fairly broad scientific reading list. I sent an email to Ken, who responded that this has been a difficult week for him. A few weeks ago he received a phone call from a woman who engaged him in a long discussion involving possibilities ranging from likely to not likely. He wrote that the article promotes something that is untrue, and in no way do I support the conclusions she assigned to me. I think we can relax about any possible upcoming 70-year period of a quiet Sun. We cannot say that it could not happen, but in fact there is nothing unusual about the current solar cycle minimum, and really no known method of predicting such a period. This weekend is the ARRL International DX CW Contest. The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet. Last weekend I watched an interesting DVD from the local library, a 1994 documentary titled Picture of Light. This has some nice time-lapse long-exposure moving images of Aurora, taken in Churchill, Manitoba, on Hudson Bay above 58 degrees north latitude. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/. Sunspot numbers for February 7 through 13 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 70.8, 70.9, 72.2, 72.6, 72.1, 72.1, and 70.5 with a mean of 71.6. Estimated
