[DX-NEWS] The ARRL DXCC Yearbook 2008
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[DX-NEWS] ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP024 ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP24 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 24 ARLP024 >From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA June 12, 2009 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP024 ARLP024 Propagation de K7RA Sunspot numbers from May 31 through June 5 ranged from 13 to 23, then the Sun was blank for two days, followed by sunspot numbers of 12 for both June 8 and 9. This fleeting sunspot was number 1020, and like last week's spot, 1020 had the magnetic signature of a new Cycle 24 spot. Alas, it was another of the frequent sunspots we've seen lately which appear briefly, then vanish. The last Cycle 23 spot was number 1016, which appeared April 29-30. Leonard Halversen, WA2AMW of Princeton, New Jersey asked how Cycle 24 spots are differentiated from Cycle 23 spots, and we last mentioned this in Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP044 from 2008, so now is a good time to go over it again. The sunspots have a magnetic signature. As you watch them move from left to right, they lead with a dark patch in front and a white tail in the rear. That is how Cycle 24 spots appear above the equator, and it is just the opposite south of the Sun's equator. Also, new cycle spots tend to appear at higher northern or southern latitudes away from the equator, while old cycle spots appear nearer the equator. Go to http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/ to look for images. Click on the "Search and Download Images" link, and select MDI Magnetogram from the image types. Try entering start/end dates of April 28 and April 30 of this year, and click Search. Select one of the links from the middle of the list, and note that the sunspot on the right side is near the equator, indicating a spot from the old cycle, and that it leads with black on the right. Because it is slightly below the equator, this indicates a Cycle 23 spot. If it were above the equator, a Cycle 23 spot would lead with white on the right side. Now go back and search dates June 1 through June 3. Note that you can up the resolution to 1024 from 512. Select one of these images, and note the large sunspot above the equator has a Cycle 24 signature. Still more comments arrived this week about how dead bands may be an illusion. Guy Cossette, VA2WT of Saint Roch de Mekinac in Quebec wrote to tell us about his 80 and 40 meter operation. Using 100 watts CW and a 40 meter dipole, he worked Crete, Cyprus and Tunisia at 2200z and he also worked Cyprus on 80 meters at 2300z. Ken Sturgill, WS4V in Marion, Virginia says he likes to use the intelligent features at http://www.ve7cc.net/. If you wish, you can set it for the countries you are looking for, and you can also set it to only accept spots from tipsters in your country, so you get the spots you can work. He recommends hitting the "Tell Cluster" button often, so the info isn't lost. He also recommends reading the manual. Jim Sullivan, N7TCF of Phoenix, Arizona likes to use "DX Sherlock," at http://www.vhfdx.net/spots/map.php. He uses it to check out band conditions, mainly on 6 meters. One feature I like is the Es MUF tab, where you can see the MUF in various places. I believe this data comes from ionospheric sounders (ionosondes), which fire a sweeped RF signal straight up and then measure the strength and frequency of the signals bouncing back. Mark Lunday, WD4ELG of Hillsborough, North Carolina sent a link to a nice map mash-up of 6 meter beacon stations at, http://www.k9mu.com/map/. Mark wrote: "I have also been experimenting with WSJT weak signal software from Joe Taylor, K1JT. It's pretty neat to tinker with meteor scatter on 6 meters, and very challenging with my modest station. But I have really gotten addicted to JT65A mode on 20 meters. There always seems to be somebody on the air in the vicinity of the calling frequency of 14076 kHz, and I have worked some terrific DX that I normally would struggle with from here with 20 watts. I have also heard DU on JT65A for the first time ever on any band or mode! All of my QSOs have been with 40 watts or less, mostly with 20 watts. In just two months of part-time operation, I have worked 25 countries on JT65A including VK, JA, CX, lots of Europeans. Also, I worked ZS6 on 80 meter WSJT last weekend! There were horrendous thunderstorms all up and down the east coast, but the software decoded just fine. I could barely see the DX on the WSJT spectrum waterfall, and decoded his CQ almost by accident while doing something else in the shack." For this week, geomagnetic conditions should remain very quiet. Solar flux is estimated to be about 68, rising above 70 June 24 through July 1. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, k...@arrl.net. For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service web page at, http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html. For a detailed explanation of the numbers used in this bulletin, see http:/
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #945 [Calendar]
> > > 425 DX NEWS < < < _ 13 June 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 945 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 14/06 3Z8WFF: Polish National Park 944 till 14/06 KL7RRC/p: Ogliuga Island (NA-233) 945 till 14/06 UR4BZB/p: Medobory Nature Reserve 945 till 14/06 C6AMS: Nassau (NA-001), Bahamas943 till 14/06 EM0WFF: Ukrainian Nature Reserve 944 till 14/06 KH2/JH1EMT,KH2/JJ1CDY,KH2/JL1FYW,KH2/JR1QCQ: Guam 945 till 14/06 LA7H: Utsira Island (EU-055) 945 till 14/06 PA6JEROEN: special event station 943 till 14/06 PR2R: Ilha da Moela (SA-071) 944 till 14/06 SX5LA: Levitha Island (EU-001) 944 till 14/06 TM6ACO: special event callsign (France)942 till 14/06 TM6SME: "D-Day" special event (France) 943 till 14/06 KH2/7L4CEC,KH2/JA1BVY,KH2/JA1CJP,KH2/JA1HOD: Guam 945 till 13/06 9A5AN, 9A2AA, 9A3KS, HA3HP: Croatian islands tour 942 till 15/06 8Q7CQ: Maldives (AS-013) 943 till 15/06 H44MY and H44TO: Stirling Island (OC-162) 944 till 15/06 JW/OK1IPS, JW/OK1IEC: Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard 943 till 15/06 JW/OK1JK, JW/OK1JST: Longyearbyen (EU-026), Svalbard 943 till 15/06 N5EYT: Hatteras Island (NA-067)944 till 15/06 ZY0F: Fernando de Noronha (SA-003) 929 till 16/06 IM0/I0PNM: San Pietro Island (EU-165) 943 till 16/06 SG3U: Trasko Island (EU-084) 945 till 17/06 DK8NT/p and DL8NBM/p: Helgoland-Duene (EU-127) 944 till 17/06 TA0/WA2KBZ: Buyukada (not IOTA)942 till 17/06 VP9/KF4VTT: Bermuda (NA-005) 944 till 19/06 5H3TSA: Tanzania 945 till 19/06 ZK2V: Niue (OC-040)940 till 20/06 S21XR: Bangladesh 940 till 21/06 VP2MRT: Montserrat (NA-103)944 till 24/06 8Q7TB: Maldives (AS-013) 944 till 24/06 VP9/W5YDX: Bermuda (NA-005)944 till 29/06 JT1NOC: Mongolia 945 till 30/06 SP50DXC: special event station 944 till 30/06 VE7IYOA: special event station 943 till 02/07 TT8CF: Chad930 till 12/07 YU2009,YT2009,YU09,YT09,YT25,YU25: special prefixes945 till 20/07 8J040M-8J940M: special event stations 940 till 20/07 IY0GM: special callsign942 till 20/07 IY0NGM: special callsign 938 till 24/07 5N0OCH and 5N0EME: Nigeria 933 till 31/07 EM15DIG: special callsign (Ukraine)943 till 31/07 HG160FNY and HA160: special event station and prefixes 935 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 OD5/W5YFN: Lebanon 915 till 31/12 9A09P: special event station 932 till 31/12 9A48IFATCA: special event station 926 till 31/12 9A800VZ: special event callsign933 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 IY7GM: special callsign939 till 31/12 IY7NGM: special callsign 944 till 31/12
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #945
> > > 425 DX NEWS < < < _ 13 June 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 945 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 5H - 5H3TSA will be active on 20 and 15 metres (+/- 14290 kHz and 21360 kHz) for Tanzaree 2009, the Tanzania National Scouts jamboree that will be held at Mbeya, southern Tanzania on 12-19 June. QSL direct via 5H3HO (Hidan Ricco, P.O. Box 661945, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania). [TNX K1XN] 7X - Bureaucratic hitches have caused Mike, DB1JAW to cancel his 13-20 June visit to Algeria [425DXN 944]. He was expected to be active as 7X/DB1JAW and to attend the International Sahara Meeting. [TNX DB1JAW] 8R - Dave/N3DB & Chris/W3CMP as 8R1DB (from 16 to 26 June) and Terry/K4RX & Ken/AC4TO as 8R1TO (from 27 June to 6 July) will operate on 6 metres from Guyana. QSL via N3DB, direct or bureau. Thewebsitefor theexpeditionisat www.6meterbeaconproject.org/8r2009.html 9H - Giorgio, IV3EPO will be active holiday style as 9H3EP from Malta (EU-023) on 23-29 June. He plans to operate almost exclusively CW on 10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX IV3EPO] CE0Y - VK9LA (Lord Howe island) veterans Stan/SQ8X and Vicky/SV2KBS are looking for one or two operators to join a DXpedition to Easter Island (SA-001) from 31 October to 15 November. "It's not top most wanted DXCC", they say, "but there is still a strong demand on contacts with that entity - especially in Europe, which will be our main target". They plan to have two stations up and running for almost two weeks and to operate as CE0Y/homecall. Further details areexpectedinduecourse.Pleasevisit http://dx-hamspirit.com/ for preliminary information and Stan's e-mail address. [TNX MM0NDX] DU - Gerard, F2JD is back to the Philippines for at least five months. He hopes to be able to renew his previous licence (DU1/G0SHN) and to visit a few island groups during his stay. QSL via F6AJA. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] F - Special event callsign TM6SCH will be in use on 15-28 June to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Cherbourg. Expect activity on 80-10 metres CW and SSB. QSL via F5LHB, direct or bureau. [TNX F8REF] F - Francois, F5JNE will be active from Belle Ile (EU-048, DIFM AT-015) on 16-24 June. He plans to operate CW only on 40 and 20 metres during his evening hours. On 20 June he expects to go and operate, along with Max/F5IRH, from nearby Ile aux Chevaux (EU-048, DIFM AT-109). QSL via F5JNE, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] F - F1UGV, F4BJW, F5DBC, F5NLR and F5SRH will operate CW and SSB as TM5DUM from Dumet Island (EU-064) on 20-21 June. QSLvia operator's instructions. [TNX F8REF] F - Jean-Pierre, F6ITD will be active as F6ITD/p from Belle-Ile (EU-048) on 20-28 June. He will operate SSB only on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX F6AJA and Les Nouvelles DX] F - Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of radioactivity pioneer and Nobel laureate Pierre Curie, special event station TM7RPC will be active from 21 June to 5 July. [TNX F1SIU] FO - Phil, F5PHW will be living and working on Tahiti, French Polynesia for two years (August 2009-July 2011). He plans to be active as FO/F5PHW (but he will also try to get a FO5 callsign upon arrival) and to operate CW, RTTY and some SSB on 80-10 metres. QSL via F8BPN, direct or bureau. Phil's logs will be uploaded to LoTW. Further information at http://f5phw.chez.com [TNX F5PHW] FT5G - The French military amateur radio operators who will be active from Ile de la Grande Glorieuse (AF-011) on 9-28 July are Philippe/F4EGS, Freddy/F5IRO, Yves-Michel/F5PRU, Jean-Marc/F5RQQ and Sylvain/F5TLN. Their trip to Glorioso is first of all a military operation, not a DXpedition. At all events, they will have four complete stations with amplifiers, three Spiderbeams for the higher ban
