[DX-NEWS] ARLP021 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP021 ARLP021 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP21 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 21 ARLP021 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA May 27, 2011 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP021 ARLP021 Propagation de K7RA The bulletin this week is coming to you from Felton, California, where your author is attending a camp for blues dancers. Our Sun was certainly quieter this week. Average daily sunspot numbers were down nearly 17 points to 51.6, and average daily solar flux declined nearly 9 points to 83.2. The latest prediction is for solar flux to remain low at about 85 on May 27-29, 80 on May 30 through June 3, then rise to 90 on June 4, then 85 on June 5-7, and back to 90 on June 8-11, peaking at 95 on June 12. The same prediction has some geomagnetic activity this weekend, with planetary A index on May 27-30 at 10, 15, 12, and 10, then declining to 5 on May 31 and into the first week of June. The moderate activity on Saturday (May 28) is due to a solar wind stream. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts unsettled conditions on May 27, active conditions May 28, unsettled May 29-31, and quiet on June 1-2. Things may seem quiet on this (the Earth-facing) side of our Sun, but a peek at http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ shows much more activity on the far side. All those white spots represent magnetic activity, and some could indicate sunspot activity. If we assume that (depending partly on latitude) the Sun takes a little less than 28 days (approximately 27.5 days) for a single revolution relative to Earth, and there are 12 longitudinal sectors displayed, each one represents about 2.29 days, or about 55 hours. This can help you make a rough estimate of how long it takes an area on the far side to rotate across the horizon, which is at 90 degrees. Currently three sunspot groups (numbered 1216, 1222 and 1223) are visible, and another may be emerging. Somehow a month ago I missed this announcement about the solar flux and geophysical announcements on WWV going away. Beginning September 6, there will be no more announcements at 18 minutes after the hour with solar flux, K and A index. This was reported on the League website at http://www.arrl.org/news/space-weather-prediction-center-to-discontinue-broadcasts-on-wwv- and-wwvh. Jeff Hartley, N8II of Shepherdstown, West Virginia sent a report on May 23: There's not much of an exciting nature to report except that 15M openings to EU seem pretty commonplace up to at least 22Z with very good signals despite being well after dark (except in far western and NW EU), despite the lower flux which was 85 today, 5-23. Saturday 5-21, there was plenty of activity thru the day in the EA King of Spain and UN DX contests on 15M from 13Z when I turned on the radio. There was the expected weakening of signals around noon and then strengths increasing from 19Z thru the early evening. EU signals on 20 were weak in the morning which was pretty much expected due to the shift to summer conditions and increased absorption. Around 1330-1430Z signals were good on 20 from JA across to Kazakhstan which was more active than usual with the UN DX Contest. Around 24Z, I again was active on 20 most of the time until 03Z with best signals from UN in the 24Z hour and conditions gradually improved farther west with northern EU such as LY, SM, OH and EU Russians workable all with good signals, but some very fluttery. Between the EU and AS Russians and UN's, I was pretty busy running stations from 02-03Z working a total of 15 UN regions for the day (almost every station is in a different region). There was sporadic E to the upper Midwest on Sunday around 01Z with one loud signal from EN32 in IA on 6M and several on 10M. 12M is still frequently open to the south including Caribbean thru much of the day starting around 15Z. Jon Pollock, K0ZN of DeSoto, Kansas (EM28) sent this in on May 21: The upper HF bands were excellent last night. I worked a bunch of Russian and European DX on 17 M between 10PM and Midnight. The interesting part was 15 M. At 11PM CDT, I tuned the band and found 3 groups of digital signals around 21.070. Obviously, I have no idea what or who, but they were pretty strong. So I tuned up in to the phone band, this is now about 11:15 PM and heard a 'local' rag chew between a couple of W4's and a W5. It sounded like backscatter. Then I heard K0FPL in Kansas City chatting with AB0RJ in St. Louis via 250 mile back scatter path. I read the mail on their QSO, but no other signals on the band. It sounded very dead. Then I heard a 'break', someone wanting to break into their QSO. It was a strong signal so I figured someone local. NOT! It was E51CG in the Cook Islands! Holy Toledo! The Western Pacific! By now it was well after 11 PM CDT. Another case of 15 M being 'dead' in the middle of the night. The E51 guy chatted with them for about 10 minutes and gave the locals, 10 db over S-9 reports in Raratonga, Cook Islands! Trust me,
[DX-NEWS] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1012
SB DX @ WW KB8NW $OPDX.1012 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1012 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1012 BID: $OPDX.1012 May 30, 2011 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, NC1L, NJ1Q, K2AU, N2DG, W2VU, NG3K ADXO, KF4VTT, N4AA QRZ DX, N4JF, K5WW, KH6BZF, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX (60m News), K9EL, W9ILY, W9OL, N0TG, 9A6AA, AT International, DK8JB, DL1SBF, DL2VFR, DL7MAE The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL , F6AJA Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH 425 DX News, I1RBJ, IK4RUX, OZ6OM 50 MHz DX News, Pete's-DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site, TA1HZ, VA3RJ ICPO, VE2XB and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the following DX information. ** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW WPX CW Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the CQWW WPX CW Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Saturday, 21st-May, through Friday, 27th-May there were 222 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY0, D2, D6, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0T, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T30, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD9, ZF, 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). 3D2/R, ROTUMA. South Korean operators Choi/HL5FUA and Yoon/6K2GCW will be active as 3D2CJ from Rotuma (OC-060) between June 17-24th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via HL5FUA, direct or by the Bureau. For more details and updates, see: http://www.dxpedition.co.kr/rotuma_2011/index.html 4L, GEORGIA. Andi, UU0JM, will be active as 4L0A during the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 28-29th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. 5B, CYPRUS. Sergey, RN3QO, will be active as 5B/US7IDX during CQWW DX CW Contest (November 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. QSL via RN3QO. 9A16, CROATIA (Special Event). Pope Benedict XVI will be visiting the Republic of Croatia for the first time between June 4-5th. The city of Zagreb will be his host town during his stay in Croatia. The visit inspired the members of the Croatian Flora Fauna Radio Club to activate a special callsign, 9A16PB (16 means XVI, and PB means Pope Benedict). Croatian hams will activate 9A16PB between May 28th and June 13th. QSL via 9A2MF. ADDED NOTE: Members of the Croatian Flora Fauna Radio Club will also be active as 9A1GEO from the only one Croatian Geo Park (Papuk, 9AFF-014) during Geoparks Communication Weekend (May 28-29th). Activity will be on all bands and modes. QSL via 9A2MF. For details, look at: http://qrz.com/db/9a1geo CQ NEWS (CQ Hall of Fame Inductees Announced). The following press release was sent out by Rich Moseson, W2VU, Editor of CQ Communications, Inc., on May 20th: CQ ANNOUNCES 2011 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES -- CQ magazine today announced its 2011 Hall of Fame inductees, welcoming 12 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame - ranging from a champion telegrapher to a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church - and one new member each into the CQ DX Hall of Fame and the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame and the tenth anniversary of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame (The CQ DX Hall of Fame is the oldest of the three, honoring the world's top DXers since 1967). The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur radio; and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The 2011 inductees (listed alphabetically) are: * Bell, Dave, W6AQ - Hollywood TV/film producer; deeply involved in producing multiple amateur radio promotional
