[DX-NEWS] Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1063
SB DX @ WW KB8NW $OPDX.1063 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1063 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1063 BID: $OPDX.1063 May 28, 2012 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Relayed from Murfreesboro, TN Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN GoList, NG3K ADXO, W3UR The Daily DX, N4AA QRZ DX, N4JF, N4GN, K6VVA, KH6BZF, K8BL, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX 60m News, W9ILY, W9RN, 4J5T, AT International, CO8ZZ, DK8JB The DX News Letter, DL1SBF, DxCoffee.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/ IK1ADH 425 DX News, IZ4AKS, OH2BH, OK2BOB, OZ6OM 50 MHz DX News, Pete's DX-Newsdesk, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ ICPO and the 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. ** SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR (Short Dayton HamVention Wrap-Up By KB8NW): The 2012 Dayton HamVention was really great this year. The weather was hot, but good. The attendance was high - reported 25,000+. There were plenty of things to do and see. I heard there were great turnouts at all the dinner banquet, forums and the Contest University. The Northern Ohio DX Association's hospitality suite was once again a big hit with a record attendance. During the SWODXA DX Dinner, the CQ Hall of Fame awards (as seen in OPDX.1062.20) were announced by Chip/K7JA and Gail/K2RED. Your editor, along with Don/K8MFO and Tom/K8CX, was there to receive the plaque for Don Chesser, W4KVX (SK). Also, announced was the SWODXA's DXpedition of the Year given to the HK0NA Malpelo Island operation, and the DXpeditioner of the Year was given Rudy Klos, DK7PE. The DX Forum on Saturday, had excellent presentations on T32C, ST0R and HK0NA. However, the presentation that stood out was the one by Don Greenbaum, N1DG, on DXpedition's Funding and Costs. This is something every DXer should see and should be shown at every DX association and club. It will open your eyes. Don's excellent PowerPoint presentation from Dayton is now available at the NCDXF's Web page at: http://www.ncdxf.org/misc/N1DG-DXpeditioncosts-Dayton2012.ppsx In all, can't wait until next year. Hope to see you there. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Saturday, 19th-May, through Friday, 25th-May there were 223 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY0, D2, DL, DU, E3, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T32, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TN, TR, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9L, VK9N, VP2E, VP5, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK2, ZL, ZL7, ZL9, 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). 4A, MEXICO (IOTA/WFF Op). Members of the Radioclub Cancun will be active as 4A3RCC from Cayo Culebra Island (NA-200) between June 1-3rd. Activity will be on 80-6 meters and possibly the Satellites. Special attention will be on 6m. Cayo Culebra is located on Reserve of Biosphere of Siaan Ka'an. QSL via EA5FL. For more details, see the following Web page at: http://www.radioclubcancun.org/culebra 4J, AZERBAIJAN (WCA/WFF Op). The Safari DX-Activators Club is planning to conduct an International DXpedition between May 26-28th, from the Gabala District in the ancient fortress Chukhur Gabala and in an area presently conducting archaeological excavations. The place of event will count for both the WFF and WCA programs: WCA reference is 4K-016, new one WFF reference is 4JFF-014, second time activation Coordinates: 40°53'38.30N / 47°41'37.80E http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0 The group will not participate in the CQWW WPX CW Contest, so the team will operate mostly on the 30/17/12 meter bands. However, on Monday, May 28th,
[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 25, 2012 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP021 ARLP021 Propagation de K7RA Average daily sunspot numbers declined seven points over the past week to 110.3. Average daily solar flux dropped 3.3 points to 131. Unsettled geomagnetic conditions over the past few days most likely resulted from an interplanetary shock wave originating from a solar flare on May 20. Predicted planetary A index is 8, 5, and 8 on May 25-27, then 5 on May 28 to June 4, then 8, 12, 15, 10 and 8 on June 5-9, then 5 on June 10-11, 8 on June 12-13, 5 on June 14-16, then 8, 15, 10 and 8 on June 17-20, and 5 on June 21-25. Predicted solar flux is 115 on May 25, 110 on May 26 through June 1, 125 on June 2-3, 130 on June 4, 135 on June 5-9, 130 on June 10, 125 on June 11-12, and 120 on June 13-15. Six new sunspot groups arose since May 15, one each on May 15, 18, 20, 22, 23 and 24. Until June 4, predicted solar flux values are below the average for the past week, 127.7. We are again receiving geomagnetic forecasts from the Czech Republic, this from Frantisek K. Janda, OK1HH of Ondrejov, from the Czech Propagation Interest Group. He predicts quiet to unsettled conditions on May 25-26, quiet on May 27-28, mostly quiet May 29, quiet to active May 30, quiet May 31 to June 1, mostly quiet on June 2, quiet to unsettled June 3, quiet to active June 4, active on June 5, quiet to active June 6, active on June 7, quiet to active June 8, quiet to unsettled June 9, quiet June 10-11, quiet to active June 12, mostly quiet June 13, and quiet to unsettled on June 14-15. OK1HH says that on May 30-31 and again on June 5 there is a high probability of changes in the solar wind, which may cause changes in the magnetosphere and ionosphere. Bill Lauterbach, WA8MEA of Hanover, Michigan had a question about MUF (Maximum Usable Frequency) and LUF (Lowest Usable Frequency). He says the LUF seems to have changed so that it is sometimes close to the MUF in the current cycle. He wonders if LUF should be lower when MUF is higher. We passed this on to Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA. Carl commented, The MUF is determined by the amount of ionization - most of the time it's the amount of ionization in the F2 region that sets the MUF. And you can't do anything to your station to change the MUF. The LUF is essentially determined by absorption in the D region. You can lower the LUF on a given path by increasing transmit power or increasing your antenna gain or somehow reducing your man-made noise. In essence your LUF is the frequency at which the received signal is at your noise level. Since a higher MUF means more ionization, it seems to me that generally there would be more absorption, too, which would increase the LUF. Thanks, Carl! Another Carl, N5XE, Carl Hickman of Sulphur, Oklahoma wrote On Thursday evening (0330 UTC Friday, May 25, 2012), I called CQ on 15 meters. TA2KN answered my call with a 599 plus signal. He was so strong, I was hearing an echo on his signal (both short and long paths), which made copy somewhat tough. Both paths were strong -- he was LOUD! I had to use my attenuator to lessen the effects of his long path signals. Less than 10 minutes later, I worked N5RB on the same band (short skip for me). After 33 plus years as a ham, I am still amazed at propagation conditions that crop up from time to time. It's always fun to participate in rare openings on the bands. Thanks, Carl. TA2KN is at a scout camp in Turkey, where they have quite a nice antenna system. Carl worked them at what is probably the best time of the day on 15 meters over that path at this time of year. I see that the short skip distance that Carl mentioned between N5RB (Ecru, Mississippi) and N5XE in Oklahoma is 452 miles. I calculated that by looking up their licensed addresses on a map, then using the latitude and longitude for each station to calculate distance on W6ELprop. Carl heard the station in Turkey on both long and short paths, and those distances are 6,194 miles and 18,680 miles. This was calculated using the location for the scout camp shown on http://aprs.fi/info/a/TA2KN, which is 41.07 degrees north latitude, 29.117 degrees east longitude. Don Kalinowski, NJ2E of Cary, North Carolina alerted us to the National Air and Space Lecture Series, and one about the Solar Dynamics Observatory. See it at http://airandspace.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=2768 and click on the View Archived Recording link to watch the 71 minute video, titled The Solar Dynamics Observatory: The Sun Up Close and Personal. Jon Jones, N0JK of Lawrence, Kansas fills us in on 6 meter activity with a station in Argentina. He wrote, Some interesting propagation on 6 Meters the afternoon of May 19. K0HA EN10 NE reported working LU1DMA around 2010 UTC. I went out portable with a 2- element Yagi.
