[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #983
425 DX NEWS _ 06 March 2010 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 983 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3V - IK7JWX and other operators (I8LWL, IC8ATA, IK2DUW, IK2GPQ, IK2PZC, IK8BPY, IK8GQY, IS0AGY, IW2NLC, IZ2GRG and IZ7ATN) will be active as TS8P and TS8P/p from the islands of Djerba (AF-083) and Kuriat (AF-092) between 27 April and 4 May. They expect to operate SSB, CW, PSK31 and RTTY on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via IK7JWX. [TNX IK7JWX] 8Q - Noel, F6BGC will be active as 8Q7NC from Madoogali, Maldives (AS-013) on 13-21 March. He plans to operate holiday style on 80-6 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX F8REF] CN - IK7JWX (5C2J), I8LWL (5C2L), IK2PZC (5C2P), IK2GPQ (5C2Q), IZ7ATN (5C2SG), IK2DUW (5C2W) and IK8GPY (5C2Y) will be active from Essaouira and Agadir, Morocco between 16 and 23 March. QSL via operator's instructions. [TNX IK7JWX] CT8- Tom, SP5UAF and Marcin, SP5ES will be active as CT8/homecall from Sao Miguel (EU-003), Azores on 17-29 March. They plan to operate CW, SSB and digital modes on the HF bands, and to participate in the Russian DX and CQ CQ WW WPX SSB contests. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX SP5UAF] CT9- Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF will be active as CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) on 11-25 March. They plan to operate mostly CW and on 12, 17 and 30 metres. Hardy will also give RTTY and PSK-31 a try. QSL via home calls. E-mail requests for bureau cards can be sent to dl3...@darc.de or dl3...@darc.de respectively. Their web site is at http://www.mydarc.de/dl3kwr [TNX DL3KWF] EA8- Andrew, G7COD will be active as EA8/G7COD from Gran Canaria (AF-004) on 20-28 March. He plans to operate SSB and CW on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. [TNX G7COD] F - The Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club (TP2CE, ewwa.free.fr) will be active as TP60CE on 12-14 March to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. QSL via F5LGF. [TNX F6FQK] F - F5LON, F6CNM, F8FKD and F9OE will be active as TM4FFU on 10-11 April for the Radio Maritime Day (see below). They will operate CW only on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres bands. QSL via F8FKD. [TNX F8FKD] FR - Stephane, F5UOW will operate mostly CW from Reunion Island (AF-016) from 9 April to 2 May. He will be active on 20 metres as FR/F5UOW until 17 April, then he will move to another QTH and operate as TO2R on 80-10 metres. QSL via home call. [TNX F6AJA] GJ - David, ON4DN will be active as MJ/ON4DN/p from Jersey (EU-013) on 6-9 April. He will operate holiday style on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres SSB and digital modes, and he also plans to operate from one or more lighthouses. QSL via ON4DN, direct or bureau. [TNX ON4DN] GM - MM0DGR/p will be working from Lindean Reservoir, Whitlaw Mosses National Nature Reserve on 6 March. Look for activity on 80-10 metres BPSK63, CW and SSB. QSL via MM0DFV. Further information can be found at www.gmff.org, a new web site dedicated to the Natural Heritage of Scotland under the WFF award programme. [TNX MM0DFV] I - Promoting the Antonio Canova Award, special station IU3AC will be active on 1-31 May. The award is issued by ARI Treviso (www.aritreviso.it/Diploma Canova.html) to celebrate this famous Italian sculptor, who was born in 1757 in a village near Treviso. QSL via IK3GES, direct or bureau, and LoTW. [TNX IZ3EBA] J3 - Sharon, M3VCQ (J38SW) and Colin, G3VCQ (J38CW) will be active from Grenada (NA-024) on 11-25 March. They will operate SSB and CW with a mini Yagi for 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metres and verticals for 30, 40, 80 and 160 metres. QSL both calls via G3VCQ. KH0- Yoshi, JE2EHP will be active as K1HP/KH0 from Saipan (OC-086) on 21-25 March. He plans to operate SSB, CW and RTTY on the HF bands and 6 metres. QSL via JE2EHP, bureau preferred. [TNX JE2EHP] OE - The Amateur Radio Section of
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #983 [Calendar]
425 DX NEWS _ 6 March 2010 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 983 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by I1JQJ IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 06/03 9U1KI, 9U1RSI, 9U1VO, 9UXEV: Burundi 979 till 08/03 HG0WFF: Ferto-Hansag National Park 982 till 08/03 HS0ZJF: Thailand 975 till 08/03 PD/ON3TD/p: Schouwen Duiveland (EU-146)982 till 08/03 TO2T: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 979 till 09/03 D44AC and D4C: Sao Vicente (AF-086), Cape Verde981 till 09/03 YN2EA, YN2MG, YN2TKI, YN2UO: Nicaragua 979 till 10/03 5W5A: Samoa (OC-097) 981 till 10/03 C6ALT: Eleuthera (NA-001), Bahamas 981 till 10/03 GB75RDF: special event station (England) 981 till 10/03 VK9CF: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (OC-003)982 till 11/03 J68JA: St. Lucia (NA-108) 971 till 11/03 J7N: Dominica (NA-101) 979 till 11/03 VP2MPL: Montserrat (NA-103)973 till 12/03 FG/F6BFH: Guadeloupe 983 till 12/03 FS/KT8X: St. Martin (NA-105) 982 till 12/03 V63MY and V63TO: Oroluk Atoll (OC-260) 983 till 13/03 VP2MPR: Montserrat (NA-103)973 till 14/03 6Y9V: Jamaica (NA-097) 982 till 14/03 P40A: Aruba (SA-036) 982 till 15/03 J88DR: St. Vincent (NA-109)980 till 16/03 J6/G3PJT: St. Lucia (NA-108) 979 till 17/03 SV5/DJ7RJ: Dodecanese (EU-001) 975 till 20/03 5X1NH: Uganda 975 till 24/03 C56KR: The Gambia 971 till 27/03 PJ5NA: St. Eustatius (NA-145) 974 till 31/03 6W2SC (Senegal) and J5UAP (Guinea-Bissau) 975 till 31/03 J79XBI: Dominica (NA-101) 975 till 31/03 LY11BY and LY20NX: special stations982 till 31/03 LZ132GO: special callsign 981 till 31/03 VG, VX, XJ, XK: special prefixes (Canada) 978 till 31/03 VG7G: special callsign 963 till March FG/F6AUS and TO4D: Guadeloupe (NA-102) 967 till March PJ4/PE1MAE: Bonaire (SA-006) 973 till March VP6AL: Pitcairn Island (OC-044)968 till 02/04 3B9WR: Rodrigues Island (AF-017) 982 till 04/04 HK3JCL: Colombia 981 till 20/04 H44MS: Solomon Islands 974 till 29/04 LY20INDP, LY11MM, LY20AM, LY20J: special stations 982 till 29/04 LY20W,LY20PSK,LY11A,LY11GV,LY11QT: special stations982 till 30/04 C6ANM: Bahamas (NA-001)974 till 30/04 PI65RTD, PA65xx, PD65xx, PH65xx: special callsigns 977 till April T6AG: Afghanistan 964 till 11/05 5Z4/LA9PF (Kenya) and 7Q7PF (Malawi) 980 till 18/05 8Q7IA: Maldives (AS-013) 981 till 31/05 YU140Z: special event station 983 till MayVK9WBM: Willis Island (OC-007) 970 till 30/06 3Z0FCH: special event station (Poland) 975 till 30/06 GB50ATG: special event callsign957 till 12/07 ZS10WCS: special callsign 956 till 31/12 3Z0RADIO: special event callsign 974 till 31/12 DR2010L, DR2010O, DR2010N: special callsigns 977 till 31/12 HA2010S: special callsign 976 till 31/12 LM50NRK: special event station 976 till 31/01/11 DT8A: King Sejong Base, South Shetlands (AN-010) 977 till March 2011 AT10BP: Maitri Base, Antarctica967 06/03-21/03 II0IDP, II0IDR, II1ICS: special stations 982 06/03-21/03
[DX-NEWS] ARLP009 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP009 ARLP009 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP09 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 9 ARLP009 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA March 5, 2010 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP009 ARLP009 Propagation de K7RA Two new sunspot groups appeared on March 1, numbered 1052 and 1053. The total number of sunspot groups appearing over the last month is eleven. Looking at our 3-month moving average of daily sunspot numbers, the latest for December-January-February is 22.4, for the period centered on January. The average daily sunspot number for the month of February was 31. The fact that this is higher than the latest 3-month average is a welcome trend. The current 3-month average centered on January 2010 is very close to the 3-month average centered on January 2007, which was 22.7. That moving average has not been as high since. In fact, the closest it has been was February 2007, at 18.5. It was all downhill from there, and that average was below 10 from September 2007 through October 2009. It now looks like we saw three minimums, which is why it was so easy to err when trying to locate the bottom. Several times we hit some low number, decided that things were improving, and then a few months later hit it again. The three minimums were 2.97 in October 2007, 1.1 in August 2008, and 1.5 in March 2009. The three month moving average centered on January 2008 through January 2010 was 8.5, 8.4, 8.4, 8.9, 4.9, 3.7, 2, 1.1, 2.5, 4.5, 4.4, 3.6, 2.2, 2, 1.5, 2, 4.2, 5.2, 4, 4, 4.6, 7.1, 10.2, 15.2 and 22.4. The ARRL International SSB DX Contest is this weekend, and it isn't really certain whether there will be sunspots visible through the whole of the contest. Sunspot groups 1051, 1052 and 1053 will soon rotate over the Sun's western limb. Looking at images from the STEREO spacecraft (http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/), there is a magnetically complex area visible in the upper left quadrant facing Earth, but no sunspot has emerged there. Looking beyond the horizon the only really active area (bright white contrasted against green) appears to be emerging from the far side blind spot in the southern hemisphere. That could be five days away from emergence over the eastern horizon. The blind spot of the STEREO mission incrementally recedes. On March 1, 88.1% of the Sun was visible to the craft, on April 1, 88.5% should be visible, and 90% visibility will occur some time in June. For the first of December 2010, January 2011 and February 2011 visibility should be 97.4, 98.7 and 99.8%. After that, the two spacecraft continue their journey, but the blind spot shifts to the Earth-side of the Sun, which of course we can see directly. Earlier this week the prediction for the weekend showed higher activity. Go to http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/45DF.html and click on March 1. Note the solar flux values for today, tomorrow and Sunday (March 5-7) show predicted solar flux at 84, 86 and 90, with flux staying at 90 through March 13. Now click on March 4, which was the latest report available by the time this bulletin was written early Friday morning, and for the same period it has shifted way down to 82 straight through March 12. You can go back to that site to get the updated forecast after 2000z (but often after 2100z) today, and on subsequent days. The same forecast shows quiet geomagnetic conditions with planetary A index of 5 until March 15 and 16, when it rises slightly to 8 and 7. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions for March 5 through 11. K9LA pointed out a problem with the description of effective sunspot numbers from nwra.com in last week's Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP008. At http://www.nwra.com/spawx/ssne24.html we see a plot of SSNe, or effective sunspot number, which is derived from multiple ionospheric sounders. The ionosonde data used is foF2, which is the critical frequency of the F2 layer. It is the maximum frequency that can be reflected back from the F2 layer by a vertically incident beam. The smoother heavy line in the upper SSNe graph uses 24 hours of foF2 data, and the lighter and less smooth line uses 6 hours of data. Using a longer period of data makes the 24 hour line smoother, because it behaves more like a moving average, responding less to short duration changes. This page, http://www.nwra.com/spawx/ssne.html gives a more formal definition of the derivation of effective sunspot number. http://www.nwra.com/spawx/comp.html shows a comparison of SSNe, actual observed sunspot number, and SSNf, a sunspot number derived from the 10.7 cm solar flux. The formula toward the bottom shows * as multiplication, and SSNf**2 I believe means SSNf raised to the second power, a way of showing exponents using conventional characters. The formula shows a relationship between solar flux and SSNf, but is not set up to solve for SSNf using solar flux. So to test it I entered some sunspot numbers into a spreadsheet, and then calculated 10.7 cm
[DX-NEWS] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #950
SB DX @ WW KB8NW $OPDX.950 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 950 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 950 BID: $OPDX.950 March 8, 2010 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, N2ZN, NG3K ADXO, N4AA QRZ DX, WC5N, KH6BZF, WB6RSE, N7OU, K8GI, K8YSE, KE8G, NE8Z, W8GEX (60m News), AB0RX, AT International, CO8TW, DK2WV, DL7MAE The DX News Letter, DX World.Net, F5NQL UFT, F6AJA Les Nouvelles DX, G3SWH, I1JQJ/IK1ADH 425 DX News, MM0DFV, OH2BN, OZ6OM 50 MHz DX News, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site, SP5UAF, VA3RJ ICPO, VE3EXY, VE3ZIK, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) and ZS6XK 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 Friday, 26th-February, through Friday, 5th-March there were 235 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 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, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2, T30, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9W, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/s, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZF, ZK2, 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). 3W, VIETNAM (Update/Satellite Activity [VERY RARE IOTA - #2]). An inter- national group of operators will be active as 3W6C from Con Co Island (AS-185), Vietnam, in April 10-18th, 2010. This multi-national project, being coordinated by Swiss ham-radio operators, consists of roughly 20 individuals including one woman and members not only from Switzerland but also from Vietnam, Germany, USA and Japan. Operators mentioned as of today: Team Leader Hans-Peter/HB9BXE, Jan/DJ8NK, Hans/HB9BHW, Rene/HB9BQI, Christine/HB9BQW, Thomas/HB9BSH, Hans-Jurg/HB9DKZ, Paul/HB9DST/AA1MI, Friedhelm/HB9JBI, Matthias/HB9JCI, Peter/HB9PJT, Rolf/HB9TVR, Bob/K4UEE, Eddy/XV1X, Bac/XV2A, Quang/XV2B, Michal/XV9DX and Torsten/XV9TH. During their stay they plan to have 4 stations on the air. Their goal is to make contacts on as many different frequencies as possible, even on the 80 meter and 160 meter bands which makes this DXpedition very special. Announced this past week, the team will also be on the satellites. The crew will use a FT-897 TRX with homebrewed Easysat - antenna for 2m and 70cm and a home-brewed 10m cross-dipole. The following satellite will be used: AO-07*, AO-51*, HO-68*, SO-50 and SO-67 (*first priority - not all overflights and sats will be used). Please note, that only AO-07 will be activated in the SBB/CW-mode. All other satellites are in the FM-mode. The main areas in the footprint are: East-Asia, Japan, China, India, Australia and eastern part of Russia. If possible, the 3W6C Team will also use some DX-Windows to near east and west part of Russia. Operation note: The main operator for the satellites is Hans-Peter/HB9BXE. Hans- Peter doesn't use a CAT-Interface for doppler correction. The equipment is in full manual use. It is important to know that Hans-Peter doesn't hear his own downlink. For AO-07, he will not make any doppler correction in his uplink. Hans-Peter will search some signals +/- 5 kHz around the downlink frequency (quasi splitmode like shortwave). If there is a pileup on the satellite, please use only callsign, signal strength and grid square. All crew members are primary shortwave operators. So please be patient if they have some troubles with the sat-operation. Complete details about the 3W6C operation are available at: http://www.3w6c.qrv.ch 8Q, MALDIVES. Noel, F6BGC, will be active as 8Q7NC from Madoogali, North Male Atoll (AS-013) between March 1321st. Activity will be holiday style on 80-6 meters. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. CO8, CUBA. Eduardo, CO8LY, will be in the ARRL DX SSB Contest
