[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 Dx News #968
425 DX NEWS _ 21 November 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 968 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 9G - Alan, G3XAQ will be active as 9G5XA from Ghana until 4 December. He operates CW on all bands. QSL via G3SWH. The log will be uploaded to www.g3swh.org.uk on his return. [TNX G3SWH] A2 - Mike, K9NW will be active as A25NW from Botswana between 23 November and 1 December, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX dx-hamspirit.com] A6 - The Lufthansa Amateur Radio Club, in co-operation with the Emirates Amateur Radio Society, will be active as A65DLH from Dubai on 23-30 November, including an entry in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on 160-10 metres. QSL via DO7ZZ (bureau preferred). [TNX DO7ZZ] CE - Alain, F6BFH has had to cancel the IOTA trip to SA-085 [425DXN 967] because of rough seas. He and his wife Danielle are now going to Chiloe Island (SA-018), where they expect to remain from 21 through 25 November. Alain plans to operate SSB and CW on 20, 17, 15 and maybe 30 metres. QSL via F6BFH, direct or bureau. [TNX F5NQL] CT7- Members of the Algarve STAR DX Team (http://algarvedx.com) will be active as CR6A from Fuzeta-Barra Lighthouse on Armona Island (not IOTA) between 7 and 13 UTC on 22 November They will operate CW, SSB and RTTY on 40-15 metres. QSL via CT1GFK. FM - Saty, JE1JKL will be active from Martinique as FM/JE1JKL/p on 25-27 November, and as TO5T during the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] J6 - K9HZ will be active again as J68HZ from St. Lucia (NA-108) from 21 November through 5 December. He plans to operate on 80, 40 and 20 metres during his evening hours. Look for him around 14155, 7155 and 3770 kHz SSB, and 14050, 7050 and 3550 CW. QSL via home call. [TNX NG3K] KH0- Lee, HL1IWD and Harry, WX8C will operate as AH0/AH2Y and KH0/WX8C from Saipan for the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via HL1IWD (but all of the QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau). [TNX HL1IWD] KP2- Look for KP2/K3CT and KP2/K3TEJ to operate CW and RTTY from the US Virgin Islands from 24 November to 1 December. QSL via home calls. They will participate in the CQ WW DX CW Contest as KP2M (QSL via AI4U). T7 - Dario, IZ2EER and Agostino, IK2FIQ will operate from T70A, the club station of the Republic of San Marino's IARU Society on 26-30 November. This will include activity during the CQ WW DX CW on 80 metres. [TNX IZ2EER] TJ - Lionel, F5PSA (TJ3SL) will QRT from Cameroon around 15 December. Until that date, he will try to be QRV daily. His latest activity was on 20 and 17 metres SSB. QSL via F5PSA. [TNX F5NQL] V5 - Klaus, DJ4SO will be active again as V5/DJ4SO from Namibia from 23 November to 15 December. He plans to operate CW, RTTY, PSK31 and some SSB on 160-10 metres, and to take part in the CQ WW DX CW Contest. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX] VP6- Al, ZL1AMD (VP6AL) has been on Pitcairn Island (OC-044) since early September and will remain there until March on on a 6-month assignment as the island's medical officer. The Daily DX says that Al prefers picking up calls on 20 metres rather than generating his own pile-up. QSL direct only to Al McDonald, c/o PDC Hahei, RD1, Whitianga 3591, New Zealand. VU - Special callsign AU8JCB will be in use between 28 November and 1 December to celebrate the birthdate of Indian physicist Jagadish Chandra Bose. QSL via VU2DSI. [TNX The Daily DX] XU - Wim, XU7TZG (XU7KOH) will be active from Koh Russei (AS-133) 20-23 November. He plans to operate SSB (14260, 18128 and 21260 kHz) and BPSK (14040,15 18100,15 and 21080,15 kHz). QSL via ON7PP. [TNX ON7PP] YN - Eric, K9GY (YN2GY) will be active from Nicaragua on 26-29 November, CQWW DX CW Contest included. Outside the contest he will focus on 30, 17 and 12 metres CW. QSL direct to K9GY (but LoTW
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 Dx News #968 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS _ 21 November 2009 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 968 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 21/11 VP8BUH and VP8BUG: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 966 till 22/11 II0TRM: special callsign 966 till 22/11 IQ6CC: special activity967 till 22/11 PW2SIDC: special callsign 965 till 22/11 T88AA: Palau 967 till 23/11 FK/JA1NLX: Ouvea Island (OC-033) 967 till 23/11 PW2IO and PW2TA: Cabras Island (SA-071)965 till 23/11 TC1YLH: Yesilkoy Lighthouse966 till 23/11 TZ6JA: Mali964 till 23/11 XU7KOH: Koh Russei (AS-133)968 till 24/11 VY2/W7ASF: Prince Edward Island (NA-029) 967 till 25/11 A43ND: special event station 967 till 25/11 E51TLA: Raratonga (OC-013), South Cooks966 till 27/11 9G5TT: Ghana 951 till 27/11 9G5XX: Abokwa Island (AF-084) 951 till 28/11 GB4RN: England 963 till 29/11 D2CQ: Angola 967 till 30/11 2A, GA, MA: Scotland (special prefix) 954 till 30/11 5W0KH: Samoa (OC-097) 945 till 30/11 ER650M and ER650MD: special callsigns 966 till 30/11 SN40DVP: special callsign 959 till 30/11 VG7V: special callsign 963 till 01/12 A31IW, A31JC, A31LEO: Tongatapu (OC-049) 966 till 01/12 A31MR, A31SN and A31WL: Tongatapu (OC-049) 966 till 01/12 PJ4/PE1MAE: Bonaire (SA-006) 967 till 02/12 VP2V/DL7VOG: British Virgin Islands (NA-023) 967 till 03/12 C91LW: Mozambique 967 till 04/12 9G5XA: Ghana 968 till 06/12 TT8JT: Chad967 till 06/12 TX3A: Chesterfield Islands (OC-176)966 till 07/12 XV2RZ and XV2JR: Vietnam 967 till 14/12 5R8IC: Sainte-Marie Island (AF-090)967 till 15/12 PC60TROLLEY: special event callsign967 till 15/12 TJ3SL: Cameroon968 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 HF35PEA: special event station (Poland)961 till 31/12 IA3GM: special callsign927 till 31/12 II2RAI: special callsign 924 till 31/12 IY7GM: special callsign953 till 31/12 IY7NGM: special callsign 944 till 31/12 LZ50BNT: special event station 940 till 31/12 VR2009EAG: special event callsign 947 till 31/12 YL90AIR: special callsign 948 till 31/12 Z30MCWG: special callsign 928 till December P29CW: Papua New Guinea (OC-034) 956 till December T6YA: Afghansitan 962 till 31/01/10 IY2M: special event callsign 955 till 10/02/10 EA8/ON5JV and EA8/ON6AK: Tenerife Island (AF-004) 961 till 20/02/10 KC4USV: McMurdo Station, Ross Island (AN-011) 966 till March 2010 FG/F6AUS and TO4D: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 967 till March 2010 VP6AL: Pitcairn Island (OC-044)968 till April 2010 T6AG: Afghanistan 964 till 30/06/10
[DX-CHAT] K2CO SK
It is with profound sadness that the NJDXA reports that Ron Levy, K2CO, has become a SK. Ron was the W2 incoming bureau manager for 18 years. He has always been active in NJDXA activities and was also the Webmaster of our website http://njdxa.org He passing is a loss to the entire DX community. Urb, W2DEC --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-NEWS] K2CO SK
It is with profound sadness that the NJDXA reports that Ron Levy, K2CO, has become a SK. Ron was the W2 incoming bureau manager for 18 years. He has always been active in NJDXA activities and was also the Webmaster of our website http://njdxa.org He passing is a loss to the entire DX community. Urb, W2DEC --- 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 ---
[DX-NEWS] ARLP047 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP047 ARLP047 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP47 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 47 ARLP047 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA November 20, 2009 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP047 ARLP047 Propagation de K7RA Sunspot activity seems to be increasing steadily of late. Daily sunspot numbers for November 5-19 were 15, 16, 11, 0, 14, 13, 11, 11, 0, 0, 11, 12, 0, 29 and 30. Sunspot 1029 made its trip around the Sun and has re-emerged as sunspot 1032, and a new sunspot 1033 has come over the eastern limb. This steady appearance of sunspots has raised the MUF over many paths, and 15 meters is beginning to open regularly. In the Southern Hemisphere, which gets more solar radiation this time of year, you can see a pronounced effect on the foF2 reading in the afternoon (local time is UTC+6.5 hours) on the web site http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/lists/iono_day/Cocos_Is_iono.txt. This is a measurement taken with an ionospheric sounder on Cocos-Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean, 12.5 degrees South latitude and 96.8 degrees East longitude. The instrument sweeps a radio signal across the HF spectrum, beamed straight up to the ionosphere overhead, and it measures the strength of the signal bouncing back to determine optimum frequency. You can see during mid-day foF2 is going above 10 MHz. Of course, your results may vary. The effect was pronounced from 0600-1400z on November 19, and not quite as enhanced on November 20, 0700-1000z. Unfortunately, these ionosonde records don't go back but a day or two. You will see less effect this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere, as seen at a record of ionosonde data in Italy on the http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/lists/iono_day/Rome_iono.txt site. On the http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/lists/iono_day/Chilton_iono.txt site see similar data taken in the UK. At http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/lists/iono_day you can check a list of links for 68 different locations, but some of them seem inactive. For instance, after months of checking, I have never seen a bit of ionosonde data from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, in the file Eglin_iono.txt. Another interesting tool to see varying MUF around the world, updated every five minutes, is at, http://www.spacew.com/www/realtime.php. The contour lines show the MUF over that particular area. During the day recently some areas over Africa are going above 30 MHz. This weekend is the ARRL SSB Sweepstakes Contest, and conditions are expected to be good for this popular domestic operating event. There is a possibility of some disturbance from unsettled geomagnetic conditions, possibly peaking on Saturday. Predicted planetary A index for November 20-24 is 10, 15, 10, 6 and 5. Possible mild disturbance on Saturday would be from a wind stream from a coronal hole that currently faces Earth. Predicted solar flux for the near term is 78 for November 20-21, 80 for November 22-26, and 70 on into early December. Evan Rolek, K9SQG of Beavercreek, Ohio has been noting stateside and short skip 40 meter conditions this year. Back on April 20, he wrote Over the past month, 40 meters has been dismal for daytime net activities. In addition to storm-related static, signals range from normal to 20-30 dB below normal. Interestingly, I'm experiencing one-way skip with certain stations, but not all. For example, a station that I share net control with on the Georgia 40 Meter Traders' Net on Sunday morning is down something like 15-20 dB on my S-meter. Still solid copy but he is unable to copy me at all. But recently Evan notes an improvement. On November 16, he wrote observations based upon some 40 meter swap and technical net participation. Recent weeks have shown an improvement in signal strength and areas of coverage in the 1400-1500z and 2000-2100z time frames (morning and afternoon on North America's East Coast). Signals are up 10-30 dB (yes, ten to thirty decibels) and the areas of coverage have improved. Close-in regions under 200 miles that were almost uncopyable for the past several months now have signals that are 10-35 dB over S9. Talking with stations in Minnesota, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Florida, Mississippi, etc. are becoming more frequent. I hope this is the sign of improvements for a long term basis. Check out http://www.physorg.com/news177872248.html to read an interesting article about a solar tsunami, and how STEREO gives a 3-dimensional view to better judge the height of solar disturbances. Larry Godek, W0OGH of Gilbert, Arizona says conditions are improving. Larry writes, First of all, I run only 100 watts here and all antennas except for the 20 meter beam at 30 feet are dipoles. DX has been quite good of recent. For me to work anything on 20 meter SSB which is normally KW Alley, is something that hasn't happened for years and years around here. However as I've worked ZB2EO, 6W/EI6DX, T30KI, ZS6JPY (40 meter SSB) and TL0A which is not impressive to some but it sure gets my attention.
