[DX-NEWS] QSL IS ! Trophy 2008
To all Hams and Listeners So please see the site at : http://rdxfg.blogspot.com The QSL IS ! Trophy 2008 First Edition is open... 73, Steven FE11DX [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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 [Calendar]
> > > 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 *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 15/12 PJ4/WO0Z: Bonaire (SA-006) 866 till 17/12 XF4YK, XF4YW, 6E4LM: Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo 864 till 18/12 P40TA and P40K: Aruba (SA-036) 864 till 22/12 E4/OM2DX: Palestine864 till 22/12 F8HJV: Levant Island (EU-070) 866 till 24/12 3B8/F1BCS: Mauritius (AF-049) 866 till 27/12 JD1BMM: Minami Torishima (OC-073) 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 05/01 XT2WC: Burkina Faso865 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 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 ?? LU1ZA: South Orkneys (AN-008) 867 till ?? R1ANR: "Blue One Runway", Antarctica 863 15/12OZ7AEI/P and OZ5FM/P: Danish lighthouses 867 16/12-22/12 VK2IAY/4: Great Keppel Island (OC-142) 851 17/12-31/12 P40CG: Aruba (SA-036) 867 17/12-22/12 T88YU, T88LY, T88GS: Palau 863 18/12-27/12 VY0/JA1DOT: Cornwallis Island (NA-009) 867 22/12-28/12 CT9EPC: Madeira867 26/12-03/01/08 CU2/G7VJR: Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores 865 26/12-01/01/08 T88RY: Koror (OC-009) 857 28/12-30/12 OC6I: Isla Blanca (SA-098) 864 28/12-03/01/08 V63KZ, V63MP, V63BBQ: Pohnpei (OC-010) 867 28/12-29/12 VE2IDX and VE3ZF/2: Orleans Island (NA-128)867 29/12-04/12 JD1BMH: Ogasawara 863 December LU/LA6IKA: Tierra del Fuego (SA-008) 862 December OH9SCL: "Santa Claus Land" (Finland) 863 December PF30FRG: special event station 857 December YW6R: Venezuel
[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 - Hi
[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 --
