[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #931
425 DX NEWS _ 07 March 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 931 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5N - Bodo's ,DL3OCH (KT3Q) trip to Nigeria [425DXN 930] has been delayed and now expects to travel to Nigeria around 21 March. The callsign for his EME activities will be 5N0EME, while on the HF bands he should be using 5N/KT3Q. 5X - Nick, G3RWF will be active again as 5X1NH from Fort Portal, Uganda starting on 11 March until 5 May. This time he may also give digital modes a try, and will try to improve his antennas for the low bands. QSL via home call. [TNX G3RWF] 6W - Alessandro, IK4ALM will be active as 6W/IK4ALM from Saly, Senegal between 29 March and 9 April. He will operate SSB and QRS CW on 40-10 metres with 100 watts and a ground plane. QSL via home call. [TNX IK4ALM] 9A - Look for Wolfgang, 9A/OE3WGC and Gert, 9A/OE3ZK to be active from Palagruza Island (EU-090) and lighthouse from 30 May to 6 June. They plan to operate CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via bureau to home calls. [TNX OE3ZK] 9M2- Richard, PA0RRS will be moving permanently to Malaysia on 1 May. He will be active as 9M2MRS from Penang Island (AS-015), initially only on 20 metres with a dipole. He prefers CW, with SSB on request. QSL via 9M2MRS, either direct (Richard Smeets, Reef Apartment Building, 54-7-12 Jalan Low Yat, 11100 Batu Ferringhi, Penang Island, Malaysia) or through the bureau. Via PA0RRS is still possibile, but you should be patient, as Richard will be back to the The Netherlands only for a limited time each year. [TNX PA0RRS/9M2MRS] 9M6- Steve, 9M6DXX will operate as 9M8Z from Sarawak, East Malaysia (OC-088) on 26-29 March, including a SOAB HP entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. Outside the contest, look for Steve on 40 metres SSB, on which band he will be using a 3-element Yagi. QSL via M0URX, direct, bureau or LoTW. [TNX 9M6DXX] BV - BV2DD and other six operators from Taiwan will be active as BP0A from the P'enghu Islands (AS-103) on 27-30 March. QSL via BV2KI, direct or bureau. [TNX www.rsgbiota.org] CN - Alfredo, IK7JWX and other eight operators will be active on all bands and modes from Mogador Island (AF-065) between 18 and 26 April. They have been issued individual callsigns as follows: 5C2A (QSL via IK2AQZ), 5C2C (QSL via IK6CAC), 5C2F (QSL via I2FUG), 5C2G (QSL via IZ7GWZ), 5C2J (QSL via IK7JWX), 5C2L (QSL via I8LWL), 5C2SG (QSL via IZ7ATN), 5C2Y (QSL via I0SNY) and 5C2Z (QSL via I8YGZ). Their main QTH will be Essaouira on mainland Morocco; when on the island they will operate /p. They also plan to operate /m from three lighthouses (ARLHS MOR-019, MOR-036 and MOR-O40). Contributions will be gratefully accepted.Pleasee-mail mogadorisland2...@libero.it for further information, or visit http://www.mogador2009.altervista.org/ (under construction). [TNX IK7JWX] CT - CT1GFK, CT1GPQ, CT1IUA and CT2IHP will be active as CS6A from the lighthouse Murtinas Posterior (ARLHS POR-126) on 15 March, from 7 to 13 UTC. They plan to operate CW and SSB on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres with two stations. QSL via CT1GFK, direct or bureau. [TNX CT1END] CU - Martti, OH2BH (CU2KG) and Juha, OH8NC (CU2KH) are in the Azores and will participate in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as CU2A (20m) and CU2X (80m). They may occasionally come on other bands to hand out multipliers. QSL both via OH2BH. [TNX OH2BN] DU - DY1C is the callsign Jairus/DV1ERS, Roland/DU1KGJ and Frank/VE7DP will be using during their operation from Cujo Island (OC-120) [425DXN 930]. Their operating schedule will be dictated by the boat schedule to the island and they anticipate to be QRV around 4 UTC on 6 March until around 2 UTC on the 8th. Look for DY1C on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres CW and SSB. QSL via VE7DP, direct or bureau. [TNX VE7DP] F - Christophe/F5UBH, Juan/F5IRC and Karim/F4CTJ will be active as TM2HC from Hoedic Island (EU-048) on
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #931 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS _ 7 March 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 931 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 07/03 VK0BP: Davis Base (Antarctica) 912 till 07/03 VP2MPL and VP2MPR: Montserrat (NA-103) 929 till 07/03 W6DXO/C6A: South Andros Island (NA-001)930 till 07/03 ZF2UL: Cayman Islands (NA-016) 930 till 08/03 C56ETF: The Gambia 929 till 08/03 DY1C: Cujo Island (OC-120) 931 till 08/03 HC1MD: Ecuador 927 till 09/03 FP/KV1J: Miquelon Island (NA-032) 930 till 09/03 H7/N1SNB and YN2NB: Nicaragua 930 till 09/03 V63AR, V63WW and V63P: Pohnpei (OC-010)929 till 09/03 V85NL: Brunei 930 till 09/03 VK6ARI: Rottnest Island (OC-164) 930 till 10/03 OR3AX and OR4AX: Antarctic cruise 927 till 10/03 V85NBD25: special event station (Brunei) 930 till 11/03 ZL7T: Chatham Islands (OC-038) 926 till 12/03 V25TK: Antigua (NA-100)927 till 12/03 V5/DJ4SO: Namibia 927 till 16/03 H40FN, H40HP, H40MS: Pigeon Island (OC-065), Temotu931 till 16/03 SV9/DJ7RJ: Crete (EU-015) 925 till 17/03 CE9XX, FT5YJ and VP8DLM: Antarctic adventure 928 till 19/03 CT3/DL3KWR and CT3/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014)925 till 19/03 PS0F: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) 930 till 22/03 7Q7AH: Malawi 929 till 25/03 J79WR: Dominica (NA-101) 930 till 31/03 6W2SC: Senegal 915 till 31/03 IY1GM: special callsign923 till 31/03 J5UAP: Guinea-Bissau 915 till 31/03 N2OB/150 and N2OB/LH: special event operation 923 till 31/03 VP8KF: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 930 till 01/04 C6ANM: Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas922 till 01/04 J79XBI: Dominica (NA-101) 924 till 28/04 H44MS: Solomon Islands 923 till April OD5/IV3YIM: Lebanon915 till April VK2LNX and VK2FSNJ: Maatsuyker Island (OC-233) 909 till April VQ9JC: Diego Garcia (AF-006) 921 till April ZS8T: Marion Island (AF-021) 925 till June 5X4X: Uganda 923 till June AP2AHSF: Pakistan 929 till 02/07 TT8CF: Chad930 till 31/08 LY1000: special prefix 924 till 31/08 VR2/F4BKV: Hong Kong Island (AS-006) 908 till September LZ8WHST and LZ17ARDF: special event stations 924 till 30/11 FT5WO: Crozet Islands (AF-008) 916 till November HF0APAS: South Shetlands (AN-010) 921 till November OD5/W5YFN: Lebanon 915 till 31/12 9A48IFATCA: special event station 926 till 31/12 GB250RB: special event call (Scotland) 925 till 31/12 GB40WAB: special callsign 922 till 31/12 HE8 and HB8: special prefixes (Switzerland)921 till 31/12 IA3GM: special callsign927 till 31/12 II2RAI: special callsign 924 till 31/12 Z30MCWG: special callsign 928 till ?? R1ANB: Mirny Antarctic station 928 07/03-22/03 II0IDP, II0IDR, II0IGU: special event stations 931 07/03-22/03 II1ICS, II1IGG, II8ICN, II9ICF: special event stations 931 07/03-08/03 KH6/AC0W from Maui, Hawaii (OC-019)929 07/03-14/03 S21KD: Bangladesh 931 07/03-08/03
[DX-NEWS] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #899
SB DX @ WW KB8NW $OPDX.899 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 899 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 899 BID: $OPDX.899 March 9, 2009 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN GoList, NJ1Q, KP2HC, NG3K, W3UR The Daily DX, N4AA QRZ DX, W5ACM, W5JON, K8YSE, DX-IS News Site, Pete's-DX- Newsdesk, CO8TW, DK8JB, DL7MAE The DX News Letter, DL8OBF, F5NQL UFT, F6AJA Les Nouvelles DX, G3SWH, I1JQJ/IK1ADH 425 DX News, IZ8EDJ, JI5RPT, LA5HE, OE1WHC, OH2BN, RSGB IOTA Web Site, TA1HZ, VA3RJ ICPO, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF), VK4FW and ZL1BBO/ZS5BBO for the following DX information. ** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late ARRL DX SSB Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the ARRL DX SSB Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Saturday, 28th/February, through Friday, 6th/March there were 223 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 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, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J7, J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, 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, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP8/g, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, 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 (WFWL). 3DA0, SWAZILAND (Ops Needed). Operators David/GI4FUM (EI4DJ, 3DA0DJ) and Tony/G4LDL will activate the station 3DA0SS during the month of August. The object of this activity is to provide a ham radio station at an inter- national scout camp near Manzini. Station 3DA0SS was the first ham radio station to operate in the Jamboree on the Air for the scouts of Swaziland in October 2008. The station was run at the Hawane Resort in western Swaziland 15km from the Swazi capital Mbabane. The resort is 4530 ft. ASL in the mountains - QRA KG53MS. David states (edited), We will operate from Hawane in the evenings and early mornings and drive over to the scout campsite during the day (about an hour away). There is a DXpedition to Lesotho at the same time as our visit to Swaziland. John, 9M6XRO, is a member of the Lesotho DXpedition team (also serviced by African DX Safaris) but he will be joining us at Hawane between 6th and 13th August Our visit to Swaziland will include a trip to the Kruger National Park which is a 2 hour drive from Hawane Resort. We also hope to visit the Trans World Radio transmitter site near to Manzini. We are looking for more members for the team. Anyone interested should E-mail David at: gi4...@arrl.net 3V, TUNISIA. SWL Ashraf, 3V4-002, will be active as 3V8SS from the Radio Club Station of Tunisian Scouts in Sousse, during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via IZ8CCW. Also, read about Ashraf on his Web page at: http://ashraf3v4002.wordpress.com 4M, VENEZUELA. Operators Jose/YV5TX, Werther/YV5MSG and Alexis/YV5SSB will be active as 4M5DX during the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 28-29th) as a Multi-Single/High-Power entry. QSL via IT9DAA. 5N, NIGERIA (Update to OPDX.898). Bodo, DL3OCH, has reported that his trip will be slightly delayed, so look for him to be in Nigeria around March 21st and to start his activity later than March 5th as first announced. He has also reported that he has received his license and will use the callsign 5N0EME. In the meantime, all his equipment is on the way. Remember, activity will be on all HF bands (160-10 meters) plus some operations on EME. QSL via DL3OCH. 6TH IDXC ANNOUNCEMENT. The 6th International DX Convention organized by the Strange Radio Team (SRT) will be held April 18-19th, 2009. The City will be Paestum near Salerno (fantastic Archeological Area) and the airport is Napoli Capodichino. Some of the guest speakers are: * Giancarlo Sanna, IS0ISJ, ARI President * Antonio Esposito, IW2OAZ: D-STAR Panoramic analysis * Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ: The IOTA of the
[DX-NEWS] ARLP010 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP010 ARLP010 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP10 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 10 ARLP010 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA March 6, 2009 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP010 ARLP010 Propagation de K7RA No new sunspots since the recent brief three-day appearance of quickly fading sunspot 1013 on February 24-26. It was another Cycle 24 sunspot, but not too encouraging, considering how brief and weak it appeared. There are no predictions for new sunspots, but these events tend to occur suddenly. In this bulletin we have been tracking our own flavor of smoothed sunspot number, one based on a shorter period of data (three months instead of one year that the official smoothed sunspot graphs are based upon), perhaps revealing trends earlier. But the trend goes down again. Now that February has passed, we can take sunspot data from December 1 through February 28 to calculate a three month average, centered on January. The total daily sunspot numbers for that period was 208, divide that by 90 days, and the result is 2.3. Here are the numbers for the recent past, updated through last month: 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 3.0 Nov 07 6.9 Dec 07 8.1 Jan 08 8.5 Feb 08 8.4 Mar 08 8.4 Apr 08 8.9 May 08 5.0 Jun 08 3.7 Jul 08 2.0 Aug 08 1.1 Sep 08 2.5 Oct 08 4.5 Nov 08 4.4 Dec 08 3.7 Jan 09 2.3 Just as Cycle 23 had a double-peak, we are perhaps observing a double bottom, centered on August 2008 and early 2009, or with the second minimum perhaps some time in the near future. We won't know it until it has passed, but it sure feels like a minimum at the moment. The lack of sunspots has been gaining attention outside of the usual scientific, amateur astronomer and amateur radio circles, and with so many people commenting on it who have no familiarity whatsoever with solar cycles and sunspots, we are bound to see poor judgment passed on as settled fact. For years, non-scientists (I am one too) have occasionally attempted to correlate sunspot trends with everything from social unrest, cardboard box production, and stock market averages, to climate and hem lengths, with no success. Or, at least the conclusions were not reproducible. A year ago, some of us witnessed up close the resulting flap when a daily financial news organ grossly misquoted an astrophysicist, claiming he had predicted decades of few if any sunspots, accompanied by endless winter. Even though the scientist denied ever saying those things, the story seemed to develop a life of its own, a sort of social virus that spread widely very quickly, nearly impossible to correct. As a long time fan of contemporary folklore, I thought it might be interesting to track this particular meme, so I used a popular search engine feature in which I registered a particular string (the word sunspot, in this case), and every day it sent me a summary of every new use of this word found on web sites, in blogs, Usenet newsgroups, and newspapers, along with links to these articles. One of the common mistakes I found involved the difference between number of sunspots and sunspot numbers. For instance, the sunspot number is 11 if there is a single sunspot, and 23 if there are three sunspots in two groups. So someone looks at old sunspot records, sees a sunspot number of 150 for a certain day, and assumes that the appearance of 150 simultaneous sunspots in a single day is a common occurrence. Or they might take a look at a graph of smoothed sunspot numbers, such as the one at http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/, and complain because the graph had recently changed without notice, or that the graph at the current date was incorrect, because it showed the cycle turning up, when that has not happened. What they don't know is that every point on the graph is based on the average of a year of sunspot data, and is placed in the middle of that year. So for any points within the past six months, up to half are based on predicted data. So if NOAA predicts sunspot numbers to rise in the future, it is normal to see the graph rising when in fact the sunspot numbers have not yet increased. Some of the erroneous accounts have pushed some sort of conspiracy theory, claiming that the government doesn't want us to know how rare recent sunspots have become. Sometimes a letter to the editor of a newspaper, or a blog remark, will state without attribution to any source, that the sunspot number for a certain month was only 3. They probably heard somewhere that there were only three sunspots making an appearance one month, when the actual average daily sunspot number for the month was several times that. On April 20, 2007 in Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP017 we told you about Jeff Lackey, K8CQ of St. Simon's Island, Georgia (see http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/2007-arlp017.html) and his HF rain gutter stealth antenna. At the time Jeff said that
