The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1443
BID: $OPDX.1443
December 9, 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, N2OO, KC3HFW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX,
W4DTA, K5GS, K8PGJ, K8YSE, KZ8Y, W8GEX & 60m DX News, WB8K, DL1SBF,
DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net,
F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, F8DVD, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News,
OM5ZW, RN3RQ, RW6HS, Sixitalia Weekly, and VA3RJ & ICPO for the
following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 1st/December, through Sunday, 8th/December there were 215
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV,
BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E3,
E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F,
FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0,
HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o,
JT, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD,
OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F,
PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK,
TN, TR, TT, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK,
VK9L, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, YI,
YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZK3, 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".
3D2AG/P ROTUMA DXPEDITION NEWS. Antoine, 3D2AG, reports on December 6th
the following on QRZ.com: "All is still on schedule for sailing on the
14th of December, with start of operations around the 17th December.
Packing and shipping of equipment is being finalized; shipping freight
is very expensive this year even for smaller items. Because of the need
to take drums of diesel fuel, a heavy-duty generator, and other equipment
flying is not an option. Please see the 3D2AG/p QRZ.com page for more
details and operating schedule. The 6m southern Es season has officially
begun and 50 MHz will be activated as well from Rotuma!"
EDITOR'S NOTES: For more details, updates, and operating schedule and
frequencies, watch the QRZ.com at: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/3D2AG/P
4K6, AZERBAIJAN. Furkan, TA7AOF, will be active as 4K6/TA7AOF from Bakü
between February 7-12th, 2020. Activity will be on various HF bands using
SSB and RTTY. Primary focus is the CQ WPX RTTY Contest (February 8-9th).
See QRZ.com for direct QSL info. All QSOs will be uploaded to LoTW,
Clublog, QRZ.com and e-QSL. Watch Furkan Blog for possible updates:
http://furkanozen.com.tr
4U, UNITED NATIONS HQ. The United Nations HQ station, 4U1UN, has been
active several days now on 40/20 meters CW. Watch around 7024 and 14024
kHz between 1300-1500z and 2100-0330z. QSL via HB9BOU or LoTW. Watch for
updates on the United Nations Amateur Radio Club's (4U1UN) FaceBook at:
https://www.facebook.com/United-Nations-Amateur-Radio-Club-4U1UN-169357566427247
A5/A50, BHUTAN. Zorro, JH1AJT, and his team will once again visit Bhutan.
This time Zorro will have meetings with the Olympic Committee and Bhutan
Paralympic Committee for Bhutan's participation in the upcoming 2020 Tokyo
Olympic/Paralympic Games, especially focusing on his support to Paralympic
and Para-athletes. Also he will discuss the possible participation of
Bhutan in the next Winter Olympic/Paralympic Games and preparation for
that.
As always, Zorro cannot operate for long time as he has many duties,
but good operators in his team will do their best for world-wide contacts.
They look forward to seeing you on the air!
Callsigns for this operation is as follows:
A50BOC (BOC stands for Bhutan Olympic Committee)
A50BPC (BPC stands for Bhutan Paralympic Committee)
A5B - Bhutan Team callsign
Schedule: December 11-20th
Bands: All bands (160-6 meters). Modes: All modes (CW, SSB, FT4 and FT8).
Operators mentioned are: Zorro/JH1AJT, Franz/DJ9ZB, Adrian/KO8SCA,
Max/ON5UR and Champ/E21EIC.
QSL via JH1AJT: P.O. Box 8, Oiso, Naka-gun, KANAGAWA 255-0003, Japan.
An OQRS will be available at ClubLog after his return to Japan.
Support FGC - Foundation for Global Children: http://www.fgc.or.jp/english
C5, THE GAMBIA. Russell, G5XW, will be active as C5XW from The Gambia
starting January 28, 2020, for 10 days. Activity will be holiday style
on 40-17 meters using SSB and possibly CW. QSL via his home callsign,
direct or by the RSGB Bureau.
DAY-XENIA HAMVENTION TO RAISE FEES for 2020! The ARRL Web page and Letter
reports that the Day-Xenia Hamvention is increasing the cost of admission
and its booth fees. The cost of general admission would rise by 4 USDs
per ticket to 26 USDs in advance or 31 USDs at the gate for all 3 days.
The cost of flea market spots will go up by 5 USDs per space, and inside
exhibitors will pay 30 USDs more. For more details, see:
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/dayton-hamvention-admission-fees-to-increase-in-2020
DL250, GERMANY (Special Event). Look for special event station, DL250BTHVN,
to be active Between December 16th and December 17th, 2020. The Beethoven
anniversary year will take place under the auspices of the Federal Pre-
sident Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The aims of this anniversary are to convey
Beethoven's work, to strengthen and promote innovative projects, and to
increase Bonn's reputation as a Beethoven city. Ludwig van Beethoven was
born in December 1770 in Bonn and lived there for the first 22 years. QSL
via direct or by the Bureau. More information and updates, see:
https://dl250bthvn.de
ET, ETHIOPIA. Members of the Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society (EARS) will
be active as ET3YOTA during the month of December from the ET3AA club
station. QSL ET3YOTA via N2OO. QSLs are available via ClubLog's OQRS or
via direct mail to N2OO. Details for QSLing are on the QRZ.com page for
N2OO. For a list of participating YOTA stations, see:
https://events.ham-yota.com
FK, NEW CALENDONIA. Rudi, DB1RUL, is now active as FK/DB1RUL. He plans
to activate four different QTHs/islands in New Caledonia until December
27th. His activity will start from Grande Terre Island (OC-032) until
December 9th. He will move on to Poingam (between December 13-15th),
Ouvea Island (OC-033) between December 18-21st, and ending at the Ile
de Pins (OC-032) between December 23-27th. Activity will be holiday style
on 40-10 meters using mainly FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by
the Bureau or LoTW.
IOTA NEWS..............
AF-063. Members of Low Bands Contest Club (OM7M) will take part in a
DXpedition to Pemba Island, Tanzania, between February 6-18th,
2020. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY
and FT8. They will also take part in the ARRL DX CW Contest
(February 15-16th) and the CQ WPX RTTY Contest (February 8-9th).
Operators will use 2x K3 TCVR, 1xTS590 with 2xPA Expert 1K3 PA
and Vertical antennas for HF bands. The license is issued and
the callsign will be 5H4WZ. Operators mentioned are Karel/OK2WM,
Lubo/OM5ZW, YL Margita/OM5MF, Jozef/OM4AZF and Leszek/SP9LJD. Logs
will be uploaded to ClubLog (https://clublog.org/charts/?c=5H4WZ).
QSL via OM3PA. More details will be forthcoming.
EU-008. (Early Announcement) Ray, M0DHP, will be active as MM2U from
Skye Island, Scotland, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July
25-26th, 2020). QSL via LoTW.
NA-057. Thomas, N9EAW, is active as N9EAW/HR9 from Roatan Island,
Honduras, until December 22nd. Activity will be holiday style
and mainly on 20 meters SSB using a Yaesu FT-450D into a
ZS6BKW multi-band wire dipole at 35 feet. QSL via his home
address on QRZ.com.
SA-023. Ron, PP2RON, will be active as PY6/PP2RON from Itaparica Island
in Bahia State between December 20th and January 1st, 2020.
Activity will be holiday style on 80-6 meters using CW, SSB
and possibly FT8. QSL via his home callsign. direct, by the
Bureau or LoTW.
PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new 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......
JD1, OGASAWARA. Harry, JG7PSJ, will once again be active as JD1BMH from
Chichijima Island (AS-031) between December 22nd and January 3rd, 2020.
This will be his 23rd visit. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW,
SSB and RTTY. QSL via the Bureau to JD1BMH or direct to JG7PSJ. Visit
his Web page for more details at: http://jd1bmh.webcrow.jp
Also, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jd1bmh
PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (December 9-15th).......
Dec/09th AN Dec/12th AN Dec/14th AN
Dec/10th AN Dec/13th AN Dec/15th AN
Dec/11th AN
SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
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NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
----------------- ------ -------- ------
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)(December 8th)
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4U1A via UA3DX & (L) EG3PCD via EG3PCD (L) OU5U via OZ3FD
5B4AMM via UT5UDX EN185UNIV via UT8UF OV3T via OZ4XL (L)
9A01GPPVC via 9A5WW KL7J via N3SL & (L) PH75AIR via PA9RF
9A440KA via 9A1CVW LZ4408SPA via LZ1KCP PV8ABC via PV8AA & (L)
9A62AA via 9A2AA OK/DJ1AA/M via DJ1AA SN1T via SP1NQN & (L)
CS2019RCL via CS0RCL ON/PD0RWL/P via PD0RWL T7/I4GHG via T77C (d)
DM2025C via DM9TT & (e) OP0PPY via ON7LX TM20HNY via F5PTA (e)
E7TESANJ via E75RKP OR18HCC via ON4AMX UN7AB via DL8KAC (d)
EA3/OK2PDT/P via OK2PDT OR1Z via ON6IX (d/e) XP3A via PA3249 (d/L/e)
EA6/DL2JRM via DL2JRM OR4CHK via ON4CHK YP8XMAS via YO2MSB
(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
LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK......
https://clublog.org/logsearch/E44CC
https://clublog.org/logsearch/5H4WZ
https://clublog.org/logsearch/TO9W
https://clublog.org/logsearch/V6K
https://clublog.org/logsearch/YW5F
NEW QSL MANAGER. QSL Manager Vasiliy, RW6HS, informs OPDX that he is
now the QSL Manager for the following station: CN19JIM (International
Mountain Day, December 21-22nd, 2019), CN8YM and EC6FK
SIDE NOTE: From Tom, KC3HFW: "I just wanted to pass on my great ex-
perience with a responsive/ethical QSL Manager. I have used the services
of RW6HS on numerous occasions with DX that he is the QSL Manager of.
Upon my request he emails me the time when he will mail the QSL card
and follows up on my receipt. He mentioned that if I did not receive
the card within a certain time frame to contact him and he would re-mail
the card free of cost. Does it get any better than that? I think not.
Please post in your publication. He is one of the finest QSL Managers
I have worked with."
YW5F LOGS. Steve, W4DTA, informs OPDX that the logs for YW5F (SA-058)
are now online at: https://clublog.org/logsearch/YW5F
OQRS is also switched on. QSL via W4DTA
QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4U1UN, 4Z5ML, 5U9AMO, 6O7O, 6W7PCT, 7Z1IS,
8P5A, 9Y4DG, C5YK, CN3A, E41/OK1DTP, FG4ST, FG4SU, FY5FY, H40TT, HC5DX,
IS0GQX, J69DS, J79WTA, NP2Q, OH1ND, OX3HI, OX7AM, P40C, PJ5/SP6EQZ,
PZ5T, PZ5W, S92HP, SX2I, T30GC, TF3DT, TK/S57L, VK3IO, VK9CZ, VP8NO,
ZF9CW and ZK3A
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 5K0K (NA-033), AP2AM, GW3YDX, KH0/KC0W, K5P,
N5C, NA7TB, RA1ALA/8 (AS-083), TZ4AM and V47T
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NO QSLS REPORTED THIS WEEK!!!
--- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
to send in their info....
T8, PALAU. JA operators Shimatake/JI3DNN (T88CZ), Kunio/JH3LSS (T88DK),
Shozo/JA3HJI (T88DN), Jusei/JA3IVU (T88ED), Tatsuo/JA3ARJ (T88EF) and
Masum/JA3AVO (T88MB) will be active from the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio
Room) on Koror Island (OC-009) during January 15-23rd, 2020. Activity
will be on 160-10 meters using various modes. QSL via their home callsigns.
T8, PALAU. Operators Kazuhiro/JA7WFT (T88FT) and Shinichi/JI6IHG (T88IH)
will once again be active from the VIP Guest Hotel (Free Radio Room) on
Koror Island (OC-009), between June 5-12th. Activity will be on 160-6
meters using CW, SSB, FT8, JT65 and JT9. QSL T88IH via JI6IHG, by the
Bureau, direct or LoTQ. QSL T88FT via JA7WFT by the Bureau.
TF, ICELAND (Special Event). Look for special callsign, TF3YOTA, of the
National Association of Icelandic radio amateurs, "Íslenskir radíóamatörar,
ÍRA". The callsign is active during the IARU special event "Youngsters
On The Air". This event runs during the month of December (each year).
The 1st year of operation was 2018. TF3YOTA is active from the headquarters
of Icelandic Radio Amateurs in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. QSL
Manager is Mathias Hagvaag, TF3MH.
Complete details about the event and the available awards can be found
at
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