[DX-NEWS] Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin #979.1
SB DX @ WW KB8NW $OPDX.979.1 Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 979.1 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Special Bulletin No. 979.1 BID: $OPDX.979.1 October 7, 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, Bill/NC1L, Lee/KH6BZF and Jarmo/OH2BN for the following DX information. DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL Awards Branch Manager, reports that the following operations are approved for DXCC credit: The following operations are approved for DXCC credit: 9Q50AR Democratic Republic of the Congo (Club Station all operations) 9Q50ON Democratic Republic of the Congo; 2010 Operation If you've had credits rejected for these operations please send a note to d...@arrl.org. Results will appear in LoTW accounts, or, please view your numbers online on the live, daily listings at www.arrl.org/dxcc. PJ ACTIVITY. During the next three weeks (starting 10/10/10), DXers will be treated to something special that they have never seen before - multiple new DXCC entities. Expect huge pileups and probably plenty of confusion. It is suggested to PLEASE be patient, LISTEN and KNOW who/what you are working. Even though the PJ islands are expected to be new DXCC entities, they will NOT be totally rare ones and will be easily accessible for future operations. With over 11 operations expected to be on the air during the next month, observe/listen first and then have fun working them. STATIONS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE AIR 10/10/10: PJ2T - Curacao Island; October 10th-November 2nd PJ4B - Bonaire Island; October 10-22nd PJ4I - Bonaire Island; October 10-22nd PJ4N - Bonaire Island; October 10-22nd PJ5/AH6DX - St. Eustatius; now through October 15th PJ5/AA4NC - St. Eustatius; October 9-15th PJ6A - Saba Island; October 10-22nd PJ7E - Sint Maarten; October 10-20th PJ7/AA4NC - Sint Maarten; October 15-18th PJ7/AH6DX - Sint Maarten; October 15-22nd STATIONS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE AIR LATER IN NOVEMBER: PJ4A - Bonaire Island; November 23-30th PJ5/SP6IXF - St.Eustatius; November 18th-December 3rd PJ5/SP6EQZ - St.Eustatius; November 18th-December 3rd PJ7/K1GI - Sint Maarten; November 20-23rd Special thanks to OPDX's Propagation Guru Lee, KH6BZF, for providing the following longitudes and latitudes of the following dutch islands: PJ2 - Curacao Island68-Deg. 59' W and 12-Deg. 10' N PJ4 - Bonaire Island68-Deg. 28' W and 12-Deg. 15' N PJ5 - St. Eustatius Island 62-Deg. 58' W and 17-Deg. 30' N PJ6 - Saba Island 63-Deg. 14' W and 17-Deg. 38' N PJ7 - St. Maarten Island63-Deg. 3' W and 18-Deg. 1' N SPECIAL NOTE: Bill Moore, NC1L, Awards Branch Manager, informed the DXCC QSL Checker on October 6th (edited): As you know on 10/10/10 Bonaire, Curacao and Sint Maarten, et al, will become deleted entities on the DXCC list. Other changes will occur and a full news release will be made at the appropriate time. For card checking purposes, DXCC will not be accepting any contacts for the new entities until January 1, 2011. If you receive applications with the deleted PJ's, these can be checked until December 31, 2010. However, if your applicant asks, this entity will still count but as a deleted entity. (effective 10/10/10). If someone brings to you a QSL dated 10/10/10 or after, but before January 1, 2011, this card must be returned to them, unprocessed. The new entities will not even be added to the DXCC computer until January 1, 2011, so submitting them will result in nothing credited. Press Release from Helsinki - October 7, 2010 SCANDINAVIAN ACTIVITY CONTEST (SAC) THIS WEEKEND, OCTOBER 9-10 SAC is a fast-track race where the Nordic countries - LA, OH, OZ, SM and TF - are in serious annual country-level competition while also seeing individual muscle flexing on all bands except 160M from 1200 UTC Saturday through 1200 UTC Sunday on SSB. Radio Arcala, OH8X is an alliance of young and seasoned contesters who do things together with their associates, bringing youthful energy and old wisdom into the game and working together to secure needed resources and always topped with innovations. This is to introduce the Radio Arcala SAC team and their four operating locations: OH8X - the mother station in Northern Finland will be piloted by Toni, OH2UA. He is a young and skillful operator and the current holder of CQWW European records on both CW and SSB. http://www.radioarcala.com/ Toni's self-confidence is boosted by two 100-meter rotating towers and large antennas challenging the Northern Lights as well as imminent ice and snow! OJ0B - on Market Reef, two brave men, OH2BO and OH2PM, have decided to weather the storms and hold on to the reef to
[DX-NEWS] ARLD041 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD041 ARLD041 DX news ZCZC AE41 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 41 ARLD041 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 7, 2010 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD041 ARLD041 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by NC1L, OH2BN, The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. KENYA, 5Z. Sig, NV7E is QRV as 5Z4EE from Nairobi and is here for the next four years. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters. He will be active in the upcoming CQWW SSB contest. QSL to home call. BAHAMAS, C6. Rick, NE8Z will be QRV as C6AEZ from Nassau, New Providence Island, IOTA NA-001, from October 11 to 16. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. EASTER ISLAND, CE0. Rolf, DK2ZF and Martin, DK7ZB are QRV as CE0Y/home calls until November 6. Activity is mainly on 6 and 2 meters, and 70 cm EME. They have also been active on 30 meters. QSL to home calls. BOLIVIA, CP. Don, KV7Q and Diana, KD7TO are QRV as CP4DR and CP4DL, respectively, for the next year or two. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home calls. CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Operators DJ9DW, DK1EG, DL3FCG and DL8MG are QRV as EA8/home calls from Tenerife until October 20. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. This includes entries on the upcoming Worked All Germany contests. QSL to home calls. FRENCH POLYNESIA, FO. Saito, JI1JKW will be QRV as FO/home call from Tuamotu Archipelago Tikehau Atoll, IOTA OC-066, from October 10 to 14. Activity will be on 40 to 6 meters, except 15 meters, using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HI. Jose, EA3GUO will be QRV as HI3/home call and HI9/home call from Hispaniola Island, IOTA NA-096, and Cayo Levantao Island, IOTA NA-122, respectively, from October 9 to 23. Activity will be mainly on 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home call. REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HL. Special event station HL07CJF is QRV until October 10 in celebration of the 7th 7080 Chung-Jang Recollection Festival Korea. QSL via HL4CEL. ANTARCTICA. Otani, JE5XYT is QRV as 8J1RL from the Syowa Antarctic Station on Ongul Island, IOTA AN-015. He is here until February 2011. QSL via operator's instructions. ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. Martti, OH2BH will be QRV as OH0B in the SAC SSB contest. QSL to home call. MARKET REEF, OJ0. Operators OH2BO and OH2PM will be QRV as OJ0B in the SAC SSB contest. Before and after the contest they will be active on all bands. QSL via OH2BH. CURACAO, PJ2. During the Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications conference on October 11 an 12, look for PJ2A to be QRV on most HF bands. QSL via operators' instructions. MARSHALL ISLANDS, V7. Yuri, N3QQ will be QRV as V73QQ from Eniwetok Island, IOTA OC-087, from October 12 to 15. After this operation, he will be active as V73RRC from Ujelang Island, IOTA OC-278, from October 16 to 19. Activity will be on 40 to 6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via N7RO. ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Tom, K7ZZ plans to be QRV as ZD8ZZ from October 12 to 26. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLANDS, ZD9. Ulli, DL2AH will be QRV as ZD9AH from Tristan de Cunha from around October 10 to December 6. Activity will be on 40, 20, 17, 12 and 10 meters using mostly SSB with some RTTY. This includes being entries in the upcoming Worked All Germany, CQ WW and Japan DX contests. QSL to home call. PRINCE EDWARD AND MARION ISLANDS, ZS8. Pierre, ZS1HF continues to be QRV as ZS8M from Marion Island, IOTA AF-021. He is active on 40, 17 and 15 meters generally between 1000 and 1930z and then around 0300 to 0500z. QSL via ZS1X. OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations are approved for DXCC Credit: Democratic Republic of Congo, 9Q50ON, 2010 operation, and all operations from club station 9Q50AR. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The North American RTTY Sprint, Scandinavian Activity SSB Contest, YLRL DX/NA YL Anniversary Contest, Makrothen RTTY Contest, CQ South America SSB Contest, Oceania CW DX Contest, WAB HF Phone Contest, Pennsylvania QSO Party, Arizona QSO Party, EU Autumn CW Sprint, FISTS Fall CW Sprint, SKCC Weekend CW Sprint, 10-10 International 10-10 Day Sprint and the UBA ON CW Contest will certainly keep contesters busy this weekend. The NAQCC Straight Key/Bug CW Sprint and CWops Mini-CWT CW Test are scheduled for October 13. Please see October QST, page 84 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 ---
