[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] Russian Scientists Say the Arctic Is Theirs
Follow-ups to [EMAIL PROTECTED] please! June 28, 2007, 10:42 am Russian Scientists Say the Arctic Is Theirs By Mike Nizza Toss another stick or two on to that smoldering Cold War fire: Theres renewed talk of expanding the Russian Empire. This time, its not President Vladimir V. Putin spawning the headlines, but a group of geologists. After a 45-day expedition, the scientists say they have discovered new evidence that would bolster a Russian claim to a vast part of the Arctic region beyond the 230-mile maritime economic zone belonging to Russia and the four other nations bordering the Arctic Ocean: Canada, Denmark (through its posession of Greenland), Norway and the United States. One Russian paper celebrated the discovery by publishing a large map of the Arctic under the Russian flag, the Guardian reported. By identifying a geological link between the continental shelf abutting Russias Far North and the North pole by way of a sea-floor feature called the Lomonosov Ridge, Russia could reportedly press a claim to roughly 460,000 square miles of ocean as its territorial waters an area whose size approaches the Mexican Cession (529,189 square miles), which added Texas, California and states in between to the United States. (Still short of the Louisiana Purchases 828,000, though.) And Russia wouldnt be paying a ruble for it, either. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/whats-the-russian-for-santas-workshop/ -- 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 --
