[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 July 2, 2009 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP027 ARLP027 Propagation de K7RA It was a perfect Field Day weekend from where I stood. The weather was warm, skies clear, the space weather was calm, and there was enough propagation to make a domestic contest interesting. I had no plans, so on Saturday I went to the web site http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/locator.php and used the Field Day Station Locator. The one I landed at (W7AUX) listed a contact number, a cell phone at the site. I inquired if they needed a CW op, was told "We could use any operators," and drove up to the site north of Seattle. I had a lot of fun on 20 meter CW. Sporadic E even helped out, and the 6 meter station made a number of contacts with other Field Day stations in the western U.S. You can get a taste of what happened at Field Day stations around the country via the Contest Soapbox at, http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/. I noticed quite a few posts from Puerto Rico this year. For a remarkable story from Michigan about what happened when a 13-year-old non-ham showed up and wowed everyone by operating the GOTA station on 40 meter CW, see the narrative from KB6NU at, http://kb6nu.com/field-day-2009-stuart-makes-his-first-contact/. A shorter version with a photo is on page one of the 2009 Field Day Soapbox. Just search for KB6NU. Last week's Propagation Forecast Bulletin mentioned a problem reaching the FTP site for the Penticton observatory, where we get our solar flux numbers. Flux values in our bulletin were expressed in whole numbers last week, not resolved to one tenth as they usually are. If you use the WA4TTK Solar Data Plotting Utility (see http://www.craigcentral.com/sol.asp) to grab the numbers from our bulletin, or if you keep records in some other way, correct June 18 flux to 67.7, June 20 to 66.7, June 23 to 67.9 and June 24 to 66.8. Of course, this only matters if you care about resolving the data to one tenth. The NOAA site at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices/DSD.txt just rounds them off to whole numbers. The problem turned out to be at this end, due to a quirk in Internet Explorer 8. In the new browser, unless you have the Enable FTP Folder View option checked in the Browsing section under the Advanced tab in Internet Options, an address such as ftp://lynx.drao.nrc.ca/pub/solar/FLUX_DATA/fluxtablerolling.text could be blocked. Another option is to delete the ftp:// characters in the web address field, then hit Enter, and it will resolve to an http:// URL. With June over, we can now add to our 3-month moving average, using the April, May and June sunspot numbers to calculate a new average centered on May. The April number (average of daily sunspot numbers for March, April and May) was 2, and the May number is 4. Here are the three month averages of daily sunspot numbers since January 2007: 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 3.6 Jan 09 2.2 Feb 09 2.0 Mar 09 1.5 Apr 09 2.0 May 09 4.0 If you look at Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP023 (http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/2009-arlp023.html) which was the last time these numbers were presented, you may notice that the averages centered on December 2008 and January and February 2009 have been revised slightly. This is due to a very small revision in my records of sunspots. But these numbers agree with the data presented at the end of each bulletin. The one month average for June was 6.6, a good sign because it is higher than the latest 3-month average of 4. Steve Taylor, K5MR of Gunter, Texas (north of Dallas) was at home last Saturday night during Field Day, and checked 10 meters for sporadic-E skip. He pointed his 7 element beam straight north, and found stations in MN, WI, IL, WY, ND, SD, NE, CA and AZ. He was surprised at 0430z when OH2MCN called him with a solid S7 signal and no flutter or auroral distortion. Mike Treister, W9NY of Dune Acres, Indiana has more 10 meter sporadic-E news. On June 26 he wrote, "Well it is no secret but for the past 8-10 days, 10 meter propagation has been remarkable. Very widespread sporadic-E seemingly in every conceivable direction (Friday night tonight till 11:30 PM when I stopped) working stations east coast, Canada, south, mid-west, many with 5/9 plus reports, many stations using small antennas and low power, like the good old days. I have also worked a number of Europeans, South Americans, and Caribbean stations at various times on 10. Some Europeans have been coming in well over 5/9. So ionospheric skip has certainly been present. Oh, and worked quite a few stations on 12 meters
[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 July 2, 2009 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD026 ARLD026 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. TIMOR-LESTE, 4W. Chris is QRV as 4W6FR and has been active on 20 and 17 meters using either PSK and SSB after 0900z. QSL via VK4FW. MADAGASCAR, 5R. Wayne, W5KDJ will be QRV as 5R8KD from July 5 to 17. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW and RTTY. This includes an entry in the upcoming IARU contest. QSL to home call. MALDIVES, 8Q. Pierre, HB9QQ is QRV as 8Q7QQ until July 11. He is active on the newer bands, 6 meters and EME. QSL to home call. PORTUGAL, CT. A group of operators will be QRV as CR5NRA on July 4 during the WLOTA contest. QSL via operators' instructions. In addition, members of the Algarve STAR DX Team will be QRV as CR6A on July 5 from Fuzeta Est Mole Lighthouse. QSL via CT1GFK. TAJIKISTAN, EY. Rahim, EY7AD has been QRV on 20 meters SSB around 0130z. QSL to home call. JAPAN, JA. Operators 7N4AGB/6, JK1EBA/6, JJ1JGI/6, JA1XEQ/6 and JA1KJW/6 will be QRV from Tokashiki Island, IOTA AS-017, from July 7 to 10. QSL to home calls. PUERTO RICO, KP4. Look for station K4G to be QRV during the WLOTA Contest from WLOTA 2802 using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via WP3MW. POLAND, SP. In celebration of the Tall Ships' 2009 Race in Gdynia, special event stations SN2009TSR, SN50ZAGLE, SN09A, SN09C, SN09E, SN09H, SN09I, SN09L, SN09P, SN09R, SN09S, SN09T, SP09A, SP09L, SP09S and SQ09S are QRV until July 7. QSL via operators' instructions. EAST KIRIBATI, T32. Tovia, T32TV has been QRV from Christmas Island, IOTA OC-024, using SSB on 20 meters around 0600z. QSL via operator's instructions. ARUBA, P4. Joe, W2OZO is QRV as P40OZ until July 4. Activity is mostly on 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. BRAZIL, PY. Look for ZX8A to be QRV from Sao Luiz Island, IOTA SA-016, from July 8 to 11. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. This includes possible activity from the Aracagi Lighthouse ARLHS BRA-005. QSL via PT2OP. DODECANESE, SV5. George, GM0IIO is QRV as SV5/homecall from Rhodes, IOTA EU-011, until July 8. Activity is on 20 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. CHAGOS ISLAND, VQ9. Larry, VQ9LA has been QRV on 20 meters around 0240z. QSL to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The WLOTA Contest, Digital Pentathlon, Venezuelan Independence Day Contest, DL-DX RTTY Contest, Original QRP CW Contest, PODXS 070 Club 40-Meter Firecracker Sprint, MI QRP July 4th CW Sprint and the DARC 10-Meter Digital Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The RSGB 80-Meter Club CW Championship is scheduled for July 6. The ARS Spartan CW Sprint is scheduled for July 7. Please see July QST, page 76, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-news or subscribe dx-news This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
