The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1424
BID: $OPDX.1424
July 29, 2019
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, the AB5K's AR Cluster
Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, AA6YQ, K8YSE,
NE8Z, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter,
DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX,
I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer & ISWL,
Sixitalia Weekly and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information.
*** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier
than normal to accommodate the late RSGB IOTA Contest announcements.
Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing
of the RSGB IOTA Contest participants.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Friday, 19th/July, through Friday, 26th/July there were 199
countries active. Countries available: 1A, 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O,
4S, 4X, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6,
9Q, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9,
CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8,
EA9, EI, EK, EL, ER, ES, EU, EX, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FO/a, FP, FR, FY, G,
GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS,
HZ, I, IS, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4,
LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2,
P4, PA, PJ2, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5,
SV9, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4,
V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YJ, YL, YN, YO,
YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or
more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work
First Worry Later".
2018 CASS AWARDS (Press Release)[edited].....
Janusz Wegrzyn, SP9FIH has won the 2018 Single-Operator Cass Award
The 3C0W team has won the 2018 Unlimited Cass Award
Sponsored by Club Log, DXLab, and the Northern California DX Club, the
Cass Awards encourage DXpedition operating excellence by recognizing DX-
peditions that work the most unique callsigns.
Single-Operator Cass Award -- While QRV from St. Eustatius Island as
PJ5/SP9FIH during March 2018, Janusz, SP9FIH, worked 8257 unique stations
during 14 consecutive days of his one-man DXpedition. Janusz has won the
Single-Operator Cass Award for the second year in a row - from locations
on two different continents! Here’s a photo of Janusz receiving the Single-
Operator Cass Award plaque from his sister Elzbieta:
Low Resolution: http://www.cassaward.com/PJ5-SP9FIH%20Cass%20presentation%20lowres.jpg
Full Resolution: http://www.cassaward.com/PJ5-SP9FIH%20Cass%20presentation.jpg
Unlimited Cass Award -- Also during March 2018, Girts Budis, YL2KL, Yuris
Petersons, YL2GM, and Kaspars Uztics, YL1ZF, worked 18,812 unique stations
as 3C0W on Annobon Island, winning the first Unlimited Cass Award and dem-
onstrating an outstanding effort to log as many DXers as possible. Here’s
a photo of Vilnis, YL2KF (on the left), presenting the Unlimited Cass
Award plaque to Girts, Yuris, and Kaspars during the Latvian Amateur
Radio League’s summer gathering:
Low Resolution: http://www.cassaward.com/3C0W%20team%20Cass%20presentation%20lowres.jpg
Full resolution: http://www.cassaward.com/3C0W%20team%20Cass%20presentation.jpg
Cass Awards -- Presented annually, the Cass Awards encourage DXpeditions
to maximize the number of DXers worked with a plaque for the Single-Operator
DXpedition that works the most unique callsigns during a two-week interval,
and a plaque for the “unlimited” DXpedition that works the most unique call-
signs; the rules for each award are defined in (http://www.cassaward.com).
Running leaderboards for the 2019 Cass Awards are available here:
Single-operator: https://www.clublog.org/cassaward.php
Unlimited: https://secure.clublog.org/cassaward-unlimited.php
These awards honor the wisdom and spirit of Cass, WA6AUD (SK), whose
stories in the West Coast DX Bulletin taught a generation of DXers that
DX IS!
3D2, FIJI. Dom, 3Z9DX, is currently active as 3D2DOM from Denarau Island
(OC-016), Fiji. He is expected to be active from either the Mamanuca IOTA
group (OC-121) or Yasawa IOTA group (OC-156) during the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 27-28th). QSL via ClubLog.
5C20, MOROCCO (Special Event). Look for special event station 5C20FT to
be active from the mountainous region of Ouirgane (SOUTH OF MARRAKECH)
between July 27-30th. Activity is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of
the succession of King Mohammed VI Ben Al-Hassan. QSL via RW6HS.
5R, MADAGASCAR. Giovanni, IZ2DPX, will be active as 5R8PX from Nosy Be
Island (AF-057) between August 3-17th. Activity will be on various HF
bands usiing SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via IK2DUW direct, ClubLog
or LoTW (one month later).
8Q, MALDIVES. Sugi, JI3KDH, will be active as 8Q7SU from the Maldives
(AS-013) between July 31st and August 7th. Activity will be on 20/17/15/
12/10 meters using CW only. Suggested frequencies are: 14028, 18073,
21028, 24898 and 28028 kHz. QSL via LoTW and eQSL only.
ARCTIC CIRCLE ACTIVITY (OJ9A and OH9A) [Press Release, date July 22nd,
by Martti, OH2BH, from The Arctic Circle, Lapland (Edited)] --
HEATWAVES ARE PASSING THROUGH THE ARCTIC CIRCLE – HOW ABOUT RADIO WAVES?
TEMPERATURES ARE PREDICTED FOR 26C FOR THIS WEEK
OJ9A, KATAJA/INAKARI (EU-192) N 65° 41.80" E 24° 10.08"
OH9A, LAPLAND ISLANDS (SELKA-SARVI)(EU-126) N 65° 36.90" E 24° 11.76"
These two islands, located in the Tornio river delta, will hit the
bands for nearly six (6) days on Wednesday, July, 24th until Monday,
July, 29th, including the IOTA Contest. The islands are only six (6)
miles apart. The OJ9A/OH9A radio team consisting of the following operators:
Jaakko/OH1MA, Martti/OH2BH, Niko/OH2GEK, Ville/OH2MM, Juha/OH8NC,
Aaro/OH9RJ, Jouko/OH9VC and Thomas/SM0CXU.
They will split into two groups and commute between the islands via
the 17 foot Silver Hawk with Niko, OH2GEK steering.
Their main transport will be out of the city of Tornio (OH9) with the
local 55 foot cruiser M/S Lady Carin (https://tinyurl.com/y584xd6l) by
Harbor Captain Arto Ponkala.
There are only two islands split between Finland and Sweden - Market
Reef (EU-053) and Kataja/Inakari Island (EU-192). These two islands form
a pair with unique status in the DXCC and IOTA programs.
The Finnish Regulatory Authority (Traficom) has supported amateur radio
and the DXCC program for 50-years by allocating OJ0 for Market Reef and
more recently OJ9 for Inakari Island and the IOTA program. To salute
Traficom for first OJ9 activation those QSOs with OJ9A will also count
for the Market Reef jubilee marathon currently underway.
QSL OJ9A via OH2BH and OH9A via OH1NOA.
In parallel with OJ9A and OH9A, Market Reef (OJ0DX) will also be acti-
vated by a German, Swedish and Finnish team of DL3DXX, DJ4MF, DL5SE,
OH3WS, SA0LAT and SM0W. QSL OJ0DX via DL3DXX.
CY9C ST. PAUL ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Just A Reminder!). The CY9C DX-
pedition team will be active this week between July 31st-August 8th.
Activity will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB, EME, FT8 and the Satel-
lites. QSLs will be available: ClubLog, LoTW, direct via WA4DAN. For
more details and updates, watch: http://cy9c.com/
PLEASE NOTE: No Bureau or No IRCs.
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators Kari/OH2BP, VÄINÖ/OH9GIT, Ewe/SM7BHM,
Anders/SM7GXR, Charlie/SM4RGD and Vilnis/YL2KF will be active as EA8DED
from Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife Island (AF-004, DIE S-012, WLOTA 1276,
EAA TF) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Multi-Single/
Low-Power entry. QSL via OH2BP only direct.
FO/TO1, MARTINIQUE. HIDE, JF2QNM, will be active as FM/JF2QNM from Mar-
tinque (NA-107) between October 24-28th. Activity will be on holiday
style on various HF bands focusing on 30/17/12 meters using CW abd SSB.
He will also be in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) signing as
TO1J as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via JF2QNM.
FR, REUNION ISLAND. Operators Mario/FR4QT and Michel/F5PLC (FR/F5PLC)
will be active as FR4QT from Reunion Island (AF-016) during the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Multi-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry.
QSL via FR4QT.
HC, ECUADOR. Rick, NE8Z/HC1MD, will be active as HC1MD/2 from the Provincia
de Santa Elena, Ecuador, and from the Farallon Dillon Lighthouse (ARLHS
ECU-017)[arlhs.com], Capay on Hill, between July 27th-August 5th. Activity
will be mainly CW (FT8), and the equipment to be used are TS-50s into a
Spider Vertical (40/30/20/17m). QSL via K8LJG and LoTW after the trip.
IOTA NEWS..............
AF-104. Operators Afif/7X2RO, Redha/7X5QB, 7X2WB and Enrico/DL8CX will
be active as 7V9A from Srigina Island between July 25-29th.
Activity will be on various HF bands using CW and SSB. They
will also participate in the RSGB IOTA Contest. QSL via:
BEN LAGHA, 18 Rue Louis Aragon 26200, Montelimar, France.
AF-118. (Update/Postponed) Toufelaz, CN8QY, reports that the activity
from Los Farallones Island, Morocco, scheduled for July 25-30th,
using the callsign 5C9A, has been postponed for 9 months. For
more details, read: https://5c9a.com/news
AS-150. Operators Baosheng/BH4LLP, YuGuoliang/BG4NFU and Niu/BH3DHE
will be active as BI4IX from Zhu Cha Island during the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). QSL via BH4LLP.
EU-024. Andrey, UX1UF, will be active as IS0/UX1UF from Costa Rei,
Sardinia Island, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th)
as a Single-Op/Low-Power entry. QSL via UX1UF.
EU-024. Gianpaolo, IK1TTD, will be active as IS0/IK1TTD from Sardinia
Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). QSL via
IK1TTD, by the Bureau, direct or LoTW.
EU-028. Tom, PA2TMS, will be active as PH38EU from Texel Island during
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). QSL via PA2TMS.
EU-029. Operators Thomas/OZ1AA, Ken/OZ1IKY and Alex/OZ7AM will be
active as OZ7A from Sjaelland Island during the RSGB IOTA
Contest (July 27-28th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LoTW.
EU-030. Karsten, OZ4FF, will be active from Bornholm Island during
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/Single-
Band (??)/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct.
EU-034. (Update/Change) Toivo, ES2DJ, will be active as ES0DJ from
Muhu Island (not Koinastu Island as first announced) during
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/
CW-Mode/Fixed-DXpedition/Low-Power entry. QSL via his home
callsign.
EU-047. Look for DB1BAC/P to be active from Wangerooge Island during
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). QSL via the Bureau.
EU-054. Giuseppe, IT9PPG, will be active as IF9/IT9PPG from Favignana
Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-
Op/CW-Mode/24-HRs/Low-Power/Assisted entry. QSL via the Bureau.
EU-055. Helge, LB5WB, will be active from Sotra Island during the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/CW-Mode/24-HRs entry.
QSL via by the Bureau or LoTW.
EU-075. Giannis, SV1PMQ, will be active as J48J from Aegina Island
(GIOTA SAS-045) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th).
QSL via direct, the Bureau or LoTW.
EU-084. Mel, SM0MPV, will be active as SK0HS/0 (the Hässelby Strand's
Sea Scout group's callsign) from Blido Island during the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/SSB-Mode/
Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog or by the Bureau.
EU-088. Operators Georg/DJ6GI and Alex/DD5ZZ will be active as 5P6G
from Læsø Island (QTH is the Læsø airport) during the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Multi-Single/Island-DXpediiton/
High-Power entry. They will use a Hexbeam and verticals. QSL
via DD5ZZ.
EU-095. Operators Philippe/F1AEY, Maciej/F4VSQ, David/F5SDD and Gilles/
F6IRA will be active as TM5F from Ratonneau Island during the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL
via F5SDD.
EU-096. Operators Arto/OH2KW, Pekka/OH2TA and Pauli/OH5BQ will be
active as OH9W/1 from Berghamn Island during the RSGB IOTA
Contest (July 27-28th) as a Mult-2 entry. QSL via OH5BQ.
EU-121. Members of the Shannonbasin Radio Club will once again be
active as EJ3Z from Inis Boffin Island off the west coast
of Galway during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a
Multi-2/High-Power entry. Operators mentioned are Enda/EI2II,
Niall/EI4CF, Patrick/EI9HX, Brian/EI8IU, Fergus/EI6IB and
Anthony/EI6GGB. QSL via EI6GUB.
EU-121. (Correction, Not EU-147 as reported last week) Operators
Bernard/G3SHF, Carsten/G0SYP, Tom/M0DCG, Evan/M0TJU, Pete/M1PTR
and Kieron/EI6KP (M5KJM) will be active as EJ6KP from Aranmore
Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Multi-2/
High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog.
EU-125. Hans, OZ7BQ, will be active as OZ7BQ/p from Fano Island during
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/CW-Mode/
Low-Power entry. There will be some activity before and after
the contest. QSL please via ClubLog. All QSOs will be uploaded
to LoTW.
EU-130. Operators IV3ACJ, IV3APH, IV3ARJ, IV3AVQ, IV3BKW, IV3DCZ, IV3DRA,
IV3EHH, IV3FHH, IV3GDE, IV3GLK, IV3HWT, IV3OSC, IW3QRM, IV3TRK,
IW3RQT and IZ3NXC will be active as II3Y from Barbana Island
(WW Loc. JN65rq) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as
a Low-Power entry. The team will start their activity before
the contest, and will be on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the
Digital modes. QSL via IV3OSC.
EU-132. Kuba, SQ6NEJ, will be active from Wolin Island during the RSGB
IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/SSB-Mode entry.
QSL via SQ6NEJ.
EU-132. Look for SP3A from Wolin Island to be in the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/CW-Mode/Low-Power entry. QSL via
SP3A.
EU-132. A team of DL and SP operators will be active as SP0DF from
Wolin Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as
a Multi-Op/Mixed-Mode entry. QSL via SP1EG.
EU-136. Janez, S53V, will be active as 9A8CV from the Island of Krk
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as 12-HRs/Low-
Power entry. QSL via eQSL.
EU-136. Kordic, 9A4KJ, will once again be active as 9A4KJ from Rab
Island (CI-096) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th)
as a Single-Op/Mixed-Mode/12-HRs/Fixed/Low-Power entry. QSL
via 9A2KJ or by the Bureau.
EU-140. Operators Simo/OH5GIO, Erno/OH5FVY, Vili/OH5GE, Jukka/OH5EP,
Kati/OH2FKX, Oskari/OH2EHK and Florian/OE2FGP will be active
as OG5A from Nuokot Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July
27-28th) as a Multi-Op/Island-DXpedition/High-Power entry.
QSL via OH5AD.
EU-140. Kari, OH5TS, will be active from Kuorsalo Island during the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band
entry. QSL via LoTW or OH5TS direct.
EU-162. Operators Dmitry/R3GM, Nick/RA1QQ, Tony/RT9T and Vladimir/RX3QAK
will be active as RT5G/1 from Malyy Island during the RSGB IOTA
Contest (July 27-28th). They will be on the island between July
26-30th. QSL via RA1QQ.
EU-170. Mike, S55G, will be active as 9A/S55G/P from the Island of Iž
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
Mixed-Mode/Low-Power entry. QSL via S55G.
EU-172. (Cancelled) Henning, OZ2I/OZ1BI, will not be active as 5Q6EE
from Hjarno Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest. Reason was
not given.
EU-172. Henning, OZ1BII/OZ2I, will be active as 5P2I/P from Aro Island
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-
Band/DXpedition/Low-Power entry. QSL via OZ2I, direct, by the
Bureau or LoTW. He does frequently uploaded to LoTW, ClubLog
and eQSL.
EU-172. Rene, DL2JRM, will be active as OZ/DL2JRM from Hjarno Island
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
CW-Mode/24-HRs/Low-Power entry. QSL via DL5CW.
EU-174. Gabi, HA1YA, will be active as SW8YA from Thassos Island
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
Low-Power entry. QSL via his home callsign.
EU-174. Julian/YO3FCA/M0IPU will be active as SV8/YO3FCA from Thassos
Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). QSL via
YO3FCA or M0IPU. More info on the SV8/YO3FCA QRZ.com.
EU-181. Operators Krassimir/K1LZ, Dechko/LZ1QV, Boyko/LZ1QN, Hristo/
LZ1YQ, Georgi/LZ1ZF, Plamen/LZ3BB, Angel/LZ4AE, Adi/S55M and
Mome/Z32ZM will be active as LZ0I from Sveti Ivan Island (WLOTA
0121, ARLHS BUL-022, WCA LZ-00164, BHS BU-14, WWFF LZFF-0489)
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Multi-2 entry.
QSL via LZ0I (by the QRZ.com address) or by the BFRA Bureau to
LZ1BJ. More information about the island can be read here at:
http://bulgariatravel.org/en/object/345/Ostrov_Sveti_Ivan
NA-029. Operator Ken, VY2TT, will once again operate from Prince Edward
Island in eastern Canada using the VY2TT superstation (Grid
Square FN76vs, CISA PE-001) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July
27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via
LoTW or VY2TT direct.
NA-031. Bill, W1WBB, will be active from Aquidneck Island, RI, during
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/Island-
Fixed/12HR/CW (possibly Mixed)/Low-Power entry. Activity will
be on 80-10 meters. QSL via LoTW or ClubLog.
NA-036. Gabor, VE7JH, will be active from the VE7UF's contest station
on Vancouver Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th)
as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via VE7JH.
NA-058. Bob, N4XU, will be active from St. Simons Island (USI GA003S,
WLOTA 4115, Glynn County, GA) during the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 27-28th). QSL via LoTW or via N4XU direct.
NA-065. Operators Yuri/N3QQ and Alexej/NW7M will be active from Whidbey
Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). Callsign(s)
were not mentioned. Activity will be a semi-portable operation
with a generator on CW, SSB and FT8.
NA-067. Magnus, SM6WET, will be active as W4/SM6WET/p from Hatteras
Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-
Op/12-HRs/Low-Power entry. QSL via the Bureau or LoTW.
NA-137. Operators Bert/N4CW and Jim/W4TMO will be active as K1IMI [the
Al Michaud Memorial Club callsign] from Bailey Island during
the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Multi-Single/Island-
DXpedition/CW-Mode entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to N4CW. NO
Bureau.
NA-128. (Cancelled) Operators Mike/VE2OV and Joe/VE2CY have cancelled
their activity as VE2OV/P and VE2CY/P from "Isle-aux-Coudres"
(Hazelnut Island) during the RSGB IOTA Contest. They were not
able to get a QTH.
NA-139. David, W3FOX, will be active as W3FOX/m from Assateaque Island
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
SSB-Mode entry. QSL via W3FOX, direct (see QRZ.com) or by the
Bureau.
OC-042. Operators Nicky/DV1YAI, YL Joy/DV1YAH, Erson/4E1EEE, DW1YKO,
Joselito/4E1JNR, Abbel/DV9DZK, Percival/DV1XWK, Ramon/4G1EBH,
Romano/DW1VVZ, 4I1BBZ and 4H1EDQ will be active as DX1ARC from
Luzon Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a
Multi-Single entry. QSL via DV1YZD direct.
SA-027. Jose, PU5IKE, will be active as PU5IKE/QRP from Remedios Island
during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). He plans to operate
on 80/15/10 meters using the F/H on FT8. QSL via PU5IKE.
SA-082. Members of the HK1NA contest station will be active as 5K2M
from Morro Grande Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July
27-28th). Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters. QSL via
K6IPM.
PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new (www.iota-world.org) have
decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA
operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX,
and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin......
ISWL CALLSIGNS (For August). The following ISWL club callsigns will be
used throughout the month of August 2019:
GX4BJC/A - No Operator has been allocated yet.
MX1SWL/A - Operated /A, from Walton on the Naze, in Essex, by Herbie,
G6XOU (WAB Square - TM22 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841).
ALL QSLs will be handled by Dick, M5DIK - The QSL Manager and NOT the
individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club.
All QSL info is on (www.iswl.org.uk) or (www.qrzcq.com) or (www.qrz.com)
or via (www.eQSL.cc). NO LoTW.
OH0, ALAND. Jukka/OH6LI and a team of operators will be active as OH0V
from Aland Island (EU-002) between July 26-29th. Activity will be focused
on the RSGB IOTA Contest, but outside of the contest they will be on all
bands (160-6 meters). QSL via OH0V.
OH0, ALAND. Pertti, OH2PM, will be active as OH0PM from Aland Island
(EU-002) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/
24-HRs entry. QSL via OH2PM.
P4, ARUBA (Early Announcement). Operators William/N4IQ and Bob/ND7J will
be active as P4/N4IQ and P4/ND7J, respectively, from Aruba (SA-036)
between July 8-15th (2020). They plan to be in the IARU HF World Champion-
ship (July 12-13th)[no mention of a special callsign]. They will try to
operate as much as possible during the week before the contest. QSL via
ND7J.
PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (July 29th-August 4th).......
Jul/29th AN Aug/01st AN Aug/03rd AN
Jul/30th AN Aug/02nd AN Aug/04th HN
Jul/31st AN
SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
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NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
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AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7
HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15
LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29
BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49
DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99
VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400
Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation:
* VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf
and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html
* DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation
* A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm
* SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net
* Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at:
http://sunspotwatch.com
* Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation
* Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us
* Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation
* Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html
* Realtime propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk
* Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm
QSL INFO AND NEWS...................
QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (www.qslinfo.eu) (July 26th)
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7S7SOP via SM7RYR (L) GB50WAB via G7GJU MJ/OK1FWM via OK1FWM
9A/OK2PVX via OK2PVX HB0/DK3RED/P via DK3RED MJ/OK3RM via OK3RM
9A/OM8AA via OM8AA IA5/OM2ZZ via OM2ZZ MJ0IKL via OK1DOL
9A/S55G/P via S55G & (L) IF9/IT9PPG via IT9PPG NL8F via N7RO & (L)
9A8TQF via HB9TQF (B) IZ4EFP/IN3 via IZ4EFP OE19LAWN via OE3IPC
DL70AFUG via DM4EAX & (L) J48J/P via SV1PMQ & (L) OH/AD7D via OH/AD7D (d/L)
EA1/CT2GSN/P via CT2GSN JT1QP/6 via DJ8QP R63RRC via R7AA
ED7O via EA7EU (d) LA/DK8WG/M via DK8WG R66IOTA via UA0LCZ
EG3MDS via EA3IAZ LA/OK1XC via OK1XC SP/M0PLX via SP7DPJ
F/EA4DON/P via EA4DON LA/OK3EE via OK1DBS SP/VE3DZ via VE3DZ
GB0DAM via GM4FZH or (e) MJ/OK1FIK via OK1FIK SV2/YU1CA/P via YU1CA
** Next QSL Infos on Sunday, August 18, 2019
(e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau
(O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed
(I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau
QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 9K2OW, 9Y4D, 1A0C, BG9NJY, CU8/NU6F, DL0WW,
ES5EP, F5NZO, FW5JG, G4HBI, HH2AA, I4USC, JH4UYB, KH6J, KH6LC, KH6RS,
LA1HU, LA5JF, R4CP/6, TA5FA, TG9ADQ, V31DL, XE1MEX, XE2X, YO3FRI and
ZF1EJ
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5A1AL, 7S5A (EU-177), CE8EIO, JS6TWW (AS-047),
K7Y (NA-250), VK4/JA8COE (OC-138) and Z81D
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE IARU BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!!!!
--- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
to send in their info....
T6, AFGHANISTAN (Update). Robert, S53R (ex-YA5T), will once again be in
Kabul starting in the beginning of September and may continue until the
summer 2021. He will be there for two years working with the UN World Food
Program. Robert has been issued two callsign: T6AA and T6A (to be used
during contest). Activities outside of the contests will be limited to
his free time, but he plans to be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the
Digital modes. QSL via S53R, LoTW or ClubLog.
TO80, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. Operators Manfred/DK1BT, Wolf/DL4WK,
Annette/DL6SAK, Sigi/DL7DF, Frank/DL7UFR, Jan/SP3CYY and Leszek/SP3DOI
will be active as TO80SP from Saint Pierre and Miquelon (NA-032) between
October 2-14th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and the
Digital modes. Their equipment consists of a Elecraft K2, two Icom IC7300,
three power amplifiers, a vertical for 160/80m, a 40m loop, a 30m loop,
a Spiderbeam for 20-10m and Loop antennas for 20/15/10m. QSL via DL7DF.
For more details and updates, see: http://www.dl7df.com/fp
TF, ICELAND. Michael, DL6MHW, will be active as TF/DL6MHW from Iceland
(EU-021) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). Length of stay is
not known. QSL via DL6MHW by the Bureau.
VU7, LAKSHADWEEP (Update). Operators Sree/VU2OB, Shabu/M0KRI/VU2CAC,
Samson/VU3XTG, Samson/VU3XTG and possibly others will be active as VU7RI
from Lakshadweep Island (AS-011) between October 19-31st. Activity will
be on 80-6 meters with a focus on higher bands using CW, SSB and FT8.
QSL via M0KRI, LoTW or ClubLog. For more details and update, see:
https://vu7ri.com
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The following stations are expected to be active in the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th, 2019)
For rules for the contest are available at:
http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/rules/2019/riota.shtml
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Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following
consolidated listing of the participants in the 2019 RSGB IOTA Contest. For
a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML
format, please visit Bill's Web page at:
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2019.html (By Callsign)
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iotad2019.html (By DXCC Entity)
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iotai2019.html (By IOTA)
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Contest DXCC IOTA Island QSL Route-(B)Bureau/(C)ClubLog/
Callsign Entity (e)eQSL/(L)LoTW/(d)direct
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5K2M Colombia SA-082 El Morro Grande LoTW
5P2I/p Denmark EU-172 Aro OZ2I
5P6G Denmark EU-088 Laeso DD5ZZ
7V9A Algeria AF-104 Sridjina (7X-B); QSL via ClubLog OQRS
9A/S55G Croatia EU-170 Iz S55G
9A2L Croatia EU-016 Susac 9A3DF
9A3VIS Croatia EU-016 Vis 9A3VIS
9A4KJ Croatia EU-136 Rab 9A4KJ
9A8CV Croatia EU-136 KrK
9H6YB Malta EU-023 Malta LoTW; QSL via G3SWH OQRS;
logs go to ClubLog; (NB)
9M8RC East Malaysa OC-165 Satang Besar 9W8KIF
AA4V USA NA-110 Isle of Palms LoTW
BG4TRN China AS-136 Chong Ming BG4TRN
BI4IX China AS-150 Zu Cha BH4LLP
BO0M Taiwan AS-113 Ma Tsu
CR5IC Portugal EU-150 Insua de Caminha CS5ARAM
DB1BAC/p Germany EU-047 Wangerooge DB1BAC (B)
DG5LAC/p Germany EU-042 Hooge LoTW; QSL via (C/DARC-B/e)
DJ6OI/p Germany EU-127 Neuwerk DJ6OI
DK1A Germany EU-129 Usedom (C)
DK3R Germany EU-057 Ruegen DL1KZA
DL/OO4O Germany EU-057 Ruegen LoTW; QSL via ON4APU (B)
DL5KVV/p Germany EU-129 Usedom DL5KVV; QSL via (B/d)
DX1ARC Philippines OC-042 Luzon
DX9EVM Philippines OC-130 Mindanao DU9CA
EA6VQ Balearic Islands EU-004 Mallorca LoTW
ED1K Spain EU-080 One EA1NK
EJ3Z Ireland EU-121 Bofin EI6GUB
EJ6KP Ireland EU-121 Aranmore LoTW; QSL via (C)
ES8/YL2TD Estonia EU-178 Sorgu YL2TD; QSL via (B/d)
ES0DJ Estonia EU-034 Muhu ES2DJ
ES0IA Estonia EU-034 Kassaar ES0IA
FR4QT Reunion AF-016 Reunion FR4QT
G4ALE/p England EU-120 Isle of Wight G3VYI
GM2T Scotland EU-008 Tiree LoTW; QSL via (e) & GM2T (B)
GM7V Scotland EU-010 Benbecula N3SL
GM7WCO/p Scotland EU-008 Isle of Skye
GS6NX Scotland EU-008 Isle of Gigha LoTW
IA5/OM2FY Italy EU-028 Elba OM2FY
IA5/OM2ZZ Italy EU-028 Elba OM2FY
IC8SQS Italy EU-031 Ischia IC8SQS
IF9/IT9PPG Italy EU-054 Favignana IT9PPG (B)
IH9YMC African Italy AF-018 Pantelleria (e)
II3Y Italy EU-130 Barbana IV3OSC
II7P Italy EU-091 Brindisi IK7LMX
IL3/DF8DX Italy EU-131 Lido LoTW; QSL via DF8DX; logs go to (C)
IL7MP Italy EU-050 San Domino M0OXO
IM0/IU4HRJ Sardinia EU-041 Maddalena IU4HRJ
IP1T Italy EU-083 Tino IP1T (B); QSL via I1ANP
IQ3ME/p Italy EU-131 Pellestrina LoTW
IS0/F8BDQ Sardinia EU-024 Sardinia F8BDQ (d)
IS0/IK1TTD Sardinia EU-024 Sardinia LoTW; QSL via IK1TTD (B/d)
IS0/OM2TW Sardinia EU-024 Sardinia OM2FY
IS0/UX1UF Sardinia EU-024 Sardinia UX1UF
IT9RZU Italy EU-025 Sicily LoTW; QSL via (C)
IV3UHL/p Italy EU-130 S Andrea IV3UHL
J48J Greece EU-075 Aegina
JA6WJL Japan AS-040 Fukue LoTW; QSL via JA6WJL
JI3DST/1 Japan AS-008 Shikine (C)
JW/ON7SA Svalbard EU-026 Svalbard ON6FDP
K1IMI USA NA-137 Bailey N4CW
K5KUA USA NA-143 Galveston LoTW; QSL via K5KUA (B/d)
LA/OL7X Norway EU-056 Felmosoya OL7X
LB5WB Norway EU-055 Sotra LoTW; QSL via LB5WB (B)
LM450C Norway EU-055 Utsira LoTW; QSL via LM450C (B)
LZ0I Bulgaria EU-181 Sveti Ivan LZ0I (B)
M/ON6QR England EU-120 Isle of Wight ON6QR
M8C England EU-011 St Marys LoTW; QSL via (C)
MD1K Isle of Man EU-116 Isle of Man LoTW; QSL via (C)
MJ0ICD Jersey EU-013 Jersey
MM1E Scotland EU-123 Great Cumbrae MM1E
MM3T Scotland EU-123 Bute GM0ELP
MN5A Northern Ireland EU-122 Rathlin LoTW; QSL via (C/NB)
MW0DHF/p Wales EU-124 Holy MW0DHF
MW0TSL/p Wales EU-124 Caldey
N3QQ USA NA-065 Whidbey
N4XU USA NA-058 St Simons LoTW; QSL via N4XU (d)
NY3A/3 USA NA-140 Smith NY3A
OG5A Finland EU-140 Nuokot OH5AD
OH5TS Finland EU-140 Kuorsalo LoTW
OH9A Finland EU-126 Selkasarvi OH1NOA
OH9W/1 Finland EU-096 Berghamn OH5BQ
OH0PM Aland Island EU-002 Main OH2PM
OH0V Aland Island EU-002 Main OH0V
OJ9A Finland EU-192 Kataja Inakari OH2BH
OJ0DX Market Reef EU-053 Market Reef DL3DXX
OZ/DL2JRM Denmark EU-172 Hjarno DL2JRM
OZ/DL5CW Denmark EU-172 Hjarno DL5CW
OZ4FF Denmark EU-030 Bornholm LoTW; QSL via OZ4FF (d)
OZ7A Denmark EU-029 Sjaelland LoTW
OZ7BQ/p Denmark EU-125 Fano LoTW; QSL via (C)
OZ8SW Denmark EU-029 Sjaelland OZ8SW
OZ9V/p Denmark EU-172 Samso LoTW
PA/ON4IBM Netherlands EU-146 Schouwen Duiveland ON4IBM
PA5TT Netherlands EU-146 Schouwen Duiveland
PA6TXL Netherlands EU-038 Texel PA2JJB
PH38EU Netherlands EU-038 Texel PA2TMS
PU5IKE/QRP Brazil SA-027 Remedios PU5IKE (d/B/L)
PX8D Brazil SA-042 Mexiana LoTW; QSL via PY8WW; logs to (C)
PX8R Brazil SA-060 Guaras PY8WW; QSL via PT2GTI (d/C)
PY0F Fernando de Noronha SA-003 Fernando de Noronha LoTW; QSL via PY7RP (d/C)
R66IOTA Russia (Asia) AS-066 Popov UA0LCZ; QSL via (B/d)
RA1ZZ/p Russia (Europe) EU-117 Vikhrevoy RA1ZZ
RT5G/1 Russia (Europe) EU-162 Malyy RA1QQ
RU6DX/p Russia (Europe) EU-185 Sudzhuk RU6DX
SK0HS/0 Sweden EU-084 Blido LoTW; Automatic QSL via (B);
logs will be uploaded (L/C/e)
SN0RX Poland EU-132 Wolin SP8BXL
SP3A Poland EU-132 Wolin SP3A
SP0DF Poland EU-132 Wolin SP1EG
SQ6NEJ Poland EU-132 Wolin SQ6NEJ
SV8/OM6NM Greece EU-052 Zakynthos OM2FY
SV8/YO3FCA Greece EU-174 Thassos (L/e); QSL via YO3FCA or M0IPU
SV8GGI Greece EU-075 Salamina LoTW
SW8YA Greece EU-174 Thassos HA1YA (d)
TF/DL6MHW Iceland EU-021 Main DL6MHW (B)
TM5F France EU-095 Rattoneau
TM7P France EU-107 Petite F4FET
TM5S France EU-068 Sein LoTW; QSL via F5MFV (B/d/C/e)
TX2A Austral Islands OC-114 Raivavae LoTW; QSL via W6NV
UR1G Ukraine EU-179 Kalanchakskiye UR8GX
VB1D Canada NA-126 Bon Portage VA1YL
VE7ACN/7 Canada NA-091 Bowen VE7ACN; QSL via (B/d/C)
VE7JH Canada NA-036 Vancouver VE7JH
VK4NM Australia OC-142 Fraser M0OXO
VX2A11 Canada NA-038 Grosse Ile VE2STN
VY2TT Canada NA-029 Prince Edward LoTW
W1WBB USA NA-031 Aquidneck LoTW; logs also to (C)
W2IY USA NA-055 Mt Desert W2IY; QSL via (B/d)
W3FOX/m USA NA-139 Assateague W3FOX; QSL via (B/d)
W4/SM6WET/p USA NA-067 Hatteras LoTW
W4KAZ USA NA-067 Core Banks LoTW
W4MY USA NA-067 Roanoke W4MY
WA2BCK USA NA-110 Hilton Head WA2BCK
YJ0CA Vanuatu OC-035 Efate VK2YUS (d)
YJ0GA Vanuatu OC-035 Efate LoTW; QSL via ZL3GA (B/d/C)
ZZ1R Brazil SA-029 Ratos LoTW; QSL via PY2AE (B/d/C)
Last updated: Friday, 26-Jul-2019 10:40:34 EDT
(e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau
(O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed
(I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau
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