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The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1034
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October 31, 2011
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
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Site, SM3CVM, TA1HZ, VA3RJ & ICPO and VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) for the
following DX information.
*** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTES (by Tedd, KB8NW): This week's bulletin was
sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW DX SSB
Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with
a consolidated listing of the CQWW DX SSB Contest participants.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Friday, 21st-October, through Friday, 28th-October there were 252
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3DA, 3V, 3W,
3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y,
7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X,
9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9,
CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, CY0, D2, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8,
EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM,
FO, FO/m, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA, HB,
HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7,
J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, 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, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S0, S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST,
SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T32, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TN, TR,
TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK,
VK0M, VK9C, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU,
XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8,
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).
3V, TUNISIA. Operator Hrane/YT1AD, Dragan/YT3W, Dimitri/RA9USU, Carlos/
EA1IR and members from the 3V8BB Club (Loutfi and Alea) will be active
as 3V8BB or 3V0A during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a
Multi-Single or Multi-2 entry. QSL via YT1AD.
3V, TUNISIA. Look for 3V8ST, the club station at the headquarters of the
Tunisian Scouts in Tunis, to be active for the first time during the CQWW
DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th). QSL via the Bureau or direct to: Amateur
Radio Club Station Tunis, P.O. Box 339, Tunis El-Mahraj=E8ne 1082, Tunisia.
3XY, GUINEA. The 3XY1D team is now active until November 1st. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. As of 0638z,
October 27th, the 3XY1D operation has made 35601/QSOs (9113/SSB, 25833/CW,
89/PSK and 566/RTTY). Online logs are available at:
http://www.dl7df.com/3xy1d/index.html
QSL via DL7DF, direct or by the Bureau.
4O, MONTENEGRO. Tonno, ES5TV, will be active as 4O3A during the CQWW
DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. Activity
will be from Ranko, 4O3A, superstation. QSL via 4O3A, direct or by the
LoTW .
4W6A FINAL PRESS RELEASE (dated October 24th). "The 4W6A DXpedition is now
history. The team of Stuie, VK8NSB (team leader); Oliver, VK8DX; Bernd,
VK2IA; Ant, MW0JZE; Tim, M0URX (also QSL manager); John, 9M6XRO; and Steve,
9M6DXX; plus pilot Col, MM0NDX, and assistant QSL manager Kev, M0TNX,
would like to take this opportunity to thank all the DXers who made a QSO
with 4W6A for their patience during the big pile-ups.
Copies of the licence and other validation material have been sent to
both the DXCC desk and the RSGB IOTA Manager and 4W6A has been accepted
for DXCC and as OC-232 for IOTA. Logs were uploaded to Logbook of The World
a few days after the end of the DXpedition. QSL cards have been ordered
and we are awaiting the final proof of the QSL design from the printer. As
of 23 October, QSLs for over 11,000 QSOs =96 27% of the total log =96 have
already been requested either direct or by OQRS. And this less than a month
after the end of the DXpedition! These requests have already been processed
and the direct QSLs will be sent as soon as the cards are received from the
printers. Bureau cards requested by OQRS will be sent out soon afterwards,
with direct mailings to the major QSL bureaus of the world.
A report on the DXpedition with a few photos and videos can be found at
<www.m0urx.com> while 150 more photographs have been uploaded to:
http://www.4w6a.com/about-timor-leste/gallery.html
More videos taken by VK8DX and MW0JZE can be found on YouTube - search
'4W6A' and look for the videos uploaded by 'mw0jze'.
Finally, we would once again like to publicly thank all the DX groups,
companies and individuals that so generously sponsored this DXpedition.
All are listed on the 4W6A website at: http://www.4w6a.com/sponsors
We look forward to seeing you from the next location =96 wherever that may
be............ 73,Steve, 9M6DXX, 4W6A Team Member"
5R, MADAGASCAR. Eiki, JH8JWF, will be active as 5R8A from Antananarivo
during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th). QSL via his home
callsign.
5Z, KENYA (Update/Date Change). Sigi, DL7DF, will be on holiday with his
XYL Sabine in Kenya between November 23rd and December 6th. He plans to
be active as 5Z4HW and operate on all bands, 160-10 meters using CW, SBB,
RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV as often as possible. The location is the Diani Beach
at the coastline of Kenyanear Mombasa. QSL via his home callsign, direct
or by the DARC Bureau. For more details and updates, visit: =
http://www.dl7df.com/5z/index.html
7Q, MALAWI (Update). Operators Rob/GM3YTS and Gav/GM0GAV will be active
as 7Q7GM between October 31st and November 13th. Activity will be CW only
with a focus on the low bands, especially 160/80m. They are hoping to
have an online log available. Look for all QSOs to be uploaded to LoTW as
soon as they return home. QSL via GM4FDM. They now have a Blog page for
this operation with news and updates at: http://7q7gm.blogspot.com
7U, ALGERIA (Special Event). Members of the Algerian Radio Amateurs
(ARA - 7X2ARA) will activate 7U1MA during the month of November. Activity
is to celebrate the opening of Algiers new subway (Metro Algeria - suffix
of the callsign). Operations will be on HF bands (modes not provided).
QSL via the Bureau or direct to: Amateurs Radio Alg=E9riens, PO Box 1,
ALGER RP 16000, Algeria. No eQSL and LoTW. Visit the ARA Web page at:
http://www.ara-dz.org
9H, MALTA. Zoltan, HA5PP, will be active as 9H3PP during the CQWW DX CW
Contest (November 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. He will be
there between November 24-29th. Activity outside of the contest will
be on 80-10 meters mainly on CW (possibly some SSB) while testing out
the antennas for the contest. QSL via HA5PP.
9TH AAW ACTIVITY. Frank, IZ7AUH/AK1CQ, announced that he will be active in
the 2012 9th Antarctic Activity Week (AAW), which will take place February
20-26th, once again using both of his special callsigns II7ANT (WAP-12)
and IR7ANT (WAP-74). QSL via IZ7AUH, either direct, by the Bureau or via
OQRS at: http://www.iz7auh.com
He reports, "After a long busy time, I'm now answering the QSL received
during my past AAWs activities. Everybody who did send me a card for my
past activities will get the QSL via Bureau, while for those who have
not still made a request can do it directly through my OQRS system."
AH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Kazuo, JH8PHT, will be active as AH0KT from Saipan
on Northern Mariana Island (OC-086) between November 24-28th. QSL via
his home callsign. PLEASE do not QSL to Saipan.
BX5, TAIWAN (AS-020). Jimmy, BX5AA, from Changhua City, Taiwan (WLOTA
0022), will be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th)
as a Single-Op/Single-Band (10m)/High-Power entry. Jimmy states that BX5
is a rare prefix for Taiwan (CQ 24). QSL via BX5AA, direct (see QRZ.com).
Visit his Web page at: http://blog.yam.com/bx5aa
CY0, SABLE ISLAND (Update). Operators Ron/AA4VK, Jeff/N1SNB and Murray/
WA4DAN are scheduled to be active as homecall/CY0 between December 29th
and January 6th. It is confirmed that the Aircraft has been chartered.
For more details and updates, watch the Web page at:
http://www.cy0dxpedition.com
ADDED NOTE: Since this operation is going to take place, the planned
July 2012 operation is no longer on the calendar.
DP0, ANTARCTICA (AN-016). Operators Felix/DL5XL and Las/DL1LLL will be
at Neumayer III Station (WAP DEU-08) in December. They will be using the
club station's callsign DP0GVN. A new amplifier (Acom 2000A) has been
shipped to Neumayer Station, so they hope to have a good signal on the
bands. DL5XL will return back to Germany at the end of February 2012,
while DL1LLL will remain over the winter at the Neumayer III Base until
February 2013. Felix was asked about a possibility to activate some
special spots such as Palaoa Observatory or Neumayer/SANAE Emergency base
(both "New One WAP"), while down there. Felix said, "I will not promise
any portable activities, but I am aware of the WAP chasers' interest in
these new locations and will try to do my best if there is free time."
TNX DL5XL @ WAP website <www.waponline.it>
E5, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Oliver, W6NV, is now active as E51NNV from the
Island of Rarotonga (OC-013, WFF E5FF-002); his length of stay is unknown.
Activity has been on 10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via his home callsign. Reports
indicate that Oliver is part of a Multi-Op team which will be active during
the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as E51Z. Operators mentioned
are Bill/WB6BFG (E51BFG), Oliver/W6NV (E51NNV) and Dick/N6AA. QSL E51Z
via K6VNX, direct or by the Bureau. QSL also via LoTW.
EA6, BALEARIC ISLANDS. Juan, EA5BM, will bw active as EA6FO from Ibiza
Island (EU-004) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 26-27th); the
category TBA (not yet decided). QSL via QRZ.com's instructions.
ED9, CEUTA & MELILLA. Operators Paul/DF4SA, Jorge/EA9LZ, Axel/DL6KVA,
Zoli/HA1AG, Laszlo/HA3NU and Robert/N5KO will be active as ED9M from
Ceuta during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 26-27th) as a Multi-Single
entry. The team will use Spiderbeams and vertical antennas. QSL will be
via HA1AG. Log will be automatically uploaded to LoTW "AFTER" the CQWW
log submission deadline.
ER4, MOLDOVA. Serge, UT5UDX, will be active as ER4A during both the CQWW
DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) and CQWW DX CW Contest (November 26-27th)
as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via RA4LW direct only.
FM, MARTINIQUE. Gil, FM5FJ, will be active in the CQWW DX SSB Contest
(October 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/Low-Power entry.
QSL via KU9C.
IOTA NEWS..............
AS-191. (Update to OPDX.1033) The 7Z7AA activity from Jabal Al Lith,
Saudi Arabia, between November 17-25th, now has Web page
available at: http://www.dxcoffee.com/7z7aa
This is a rare IOTA. QSL via 7Z1CQ.
SA-046. A group of Brazilian operators will be active as PX7C from
Itamaraca Island, Brazil, during the CQWW DX SSB Contest
(October 29-30th) as a Multi-Single entry. Operators mentioned
are Cristovao/PY7GK, Antonio/PY7OO, Benedito/PY7VI, Cicero/
PY7ZY, Jemesson/PY7XC and Andre/PY0FF. QSL via PY7CRA.
J6, ST. LUCIA. The "Buddies in the Caribbean" DXpedition group which
specializes in 100 watt or less low power radios and the Buddipole
portable antenna systems will be back again to St. Lucia between December
4-12th. They state that the north shore Villa location was magnificent
on their first visit in February 2010, and they want to demonstrate
"ultralite" DXpeditioning into magnificent "vista" locations, operating
a field portable battery-only radio with backpackable, lightweight
antennas and most of all "having fun" with a new group of operators
who have never experienced the "other side of a pileup!" The eight
operators mentioned are: Budd/W3FF, Guy/N7UN, David/WD9CMD, Joe/N7BF,
Steve/WF2S, Tom/K9CJM, Bill/AA4OC, and Barclay/WU1B. There will be 3
villa stations in operation on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, and RTTY
or PSK. At the same time, several teams will be battery-only, field
portable either from St. Lucia beaches or scenic mountain tops. The
group will participate in the ARRL 10m Contest (callsign: J68UN) between
December 10-11th. QSL via LoTW, eQSL, or mail to the operator's home
callsign (SASE required). For more details, see the following Web site
at: http://suitcasedxpeditions.com
KH6BZF PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (October 31st- November 6th)....
Oct/31st AN Nov/03rd AN Nov/05th AN
Nov/01th AN Nov/04th AN Nov/06th AN
Nov/02nd AN
SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
----------------- ------ -------- ------
AN - Above Normal Quiet K=3D0-1 0-7
HN - High Normal Unsettled K=3D2 8-15
LN - Low Normal Active K=3D3 16-29
BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=3D4 30-49
DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=3D5 50-99
VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=3D6-9 100-400
NP4, PUERTO RICO. Felipe, NP4Z/KP3Z, will be active during the CQ WW
DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power
entry. QSL via N4AO.
PJ4, BONAIRE. Peter, PA8A, will once again be active as PJ4B from Bonaire
(SA-006) between Janaury 8-22nd, 2012. Activity will be holiday style
on the HF bands. QSL via PA8A direct only (w/2 USDS and SAE).
QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
9N1AA QSL STATUS. Carl, N4AA, Editor of "QRZ DX", reports: "I am pleased
to report that Satish is back on the air after a very long time of
inactivity. I have agreed to resume acting as his QSL Manager. I now
have his logs for the first few days of his operation in mid-October
2011. *PLEASE*.... I do not have ALL of his old logs. Many of those
were lost when his computer was confiscated and are no longer available.
If you want me to check for any OLD contacts, E-mail me the data and
I'll look, but it is doubtful that I can confirm many, if ANY, of
those old contacts. *SAE with adequate postage is required for direct
response."
QSL RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 6Y5/W1UE, AM5M, E72U, EA6AZ, GI5K, HA3LI, HA5AWT,
HR1RTF, II5ITA, J37BO, JA2IVK, JH0IMP, LA5VSA, MI0LLL, MU0FAL, OE3GCU,
OG0I, OH0X, OH8KTN, OM3TWN, OM4EX, ON4IQ, PX2T, RL9F, RN4ABD, S55O,
SK3W, ST0R, SV0XCC/9, SV1EBV, UA9CGL, UN9LU, VE7AX, VK0TH, YV6BFE and
ZK2V
QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4L1UN, 4S7KM, EK6GB, HI3K, MH0Z, NH0J, RI1FJA,
S79DO, ST0R, TI2MEF, TK5MH, UN7PBY, V63DX, VK9HR, W6HGF/KH0 and YB0NFL
QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 5H3AP/3, 6W1SJ, 9M6XRO/P, B7P, BA6IV,
BH3AGU, DL9GMM/MM, DU9/DL5SDF, EX/W0AIH, FY5FY, J28AA and T88ME
RADIO ARCALA TEAM POISED TO STRIKE HARD IN CQWW DX SSB CONTEST. A press
release sent out by Jarmo, OH2BN, from Helsinki, dated October 25th,
states:
"It is that great time of the year when the Northern folks typically
head South but now increasingly also allow their own hardware to
speak for Nordic supremacy.
MARKET REEF, OJ0X -- Challenging the soon-to-be freezing sea, they
try to activate Market Reef for the first time as a CQWW SSB Contest
multiplier. If lucky on this week's Thursday landing, OJ0X will be
aired by Timo/OG9X, Olli/OH0XX, Martti/OH2BH, Harri/OH6VM and Teemu/
SM0W in the Multi-2 category. You can follow their adventure at:
http://www.qrz.com/db/OJ0X
AZORES ISLANDS, CR2X -- Early Tuesday morning, Toni, OH2UA heads to
Radio Arcala's Atlantic outpost to see how improved 10M propagation
can push his score to new heights. The Azores station is now furnished
with a new dual FTdx5000 setup, with OM Power auto amps at all Radio
Arcala stations.
ALAND ISLANDS, OH0X -- The world renowned OH0W site in Brando, Aland
Islands, is now integrated into the Radio Arcala station network as
OH0X, and an old warhorse Pertti, OH2PM, will be shooting for Northern
Europe SOAB honors. Here the old wisdom is to face the challenge of
young energy. OH0X cut the finish line first in the recent Polar Battle
(CW) - the Scandinavian Activity Contest - with Toni, OH2UA, at the
helm.
NORTHERN FINLAND, OH8X -- The Radio Arcala mother-ship on the Arctic
Circle is to be manned by Kim, OH6KZP, amid good prospects for openings
with polar propagation on all three higher bands. The station recently
won the SSB Polar Battle (SAC) with Tonno, ES5TV at the controls.
SOUTHERN FINLAND, OH2BH -- With a slightly different propagation out-
look to North and West, Pasi, OH6UM, will try to maneuver somewhere
in between, aiming to show up as a dark horse in this battle and ride
the Northern Lights to another mathematical marvel while Martti is
seaboard at OJ0X, now in his 50th consecutive CQWW.
You have five runners from the Polar Region to look for and nail down.
Following the CQWW, these serious stations will present their 'clean
sheets' - their success of staying up for 48 hours, without touching
their bed sheets! All four are true all-band single-ops committed to
following the newly promoted Contesting Code of Conduct due to be
released after the race in the upcoming Contest Club Finland's PileUP!
magazine, themed 'The Last Blast'.
All CQWW QSOs, SSB and CW, by Radio Arcala stations will be confirmed
on a single X-rated QSL card and via LoTW. It is contesting time again
at Radio Arcala."
SI9, SWEDEN (Special Event). Special event station SI9AM from the King
Chulalongkorn Memorial in Ragunda, Sweden, the largest Thai Pavilion in
the world outside Thailand, will be active once again between October 27th
and November 2nd. Operators will be Marcel/ON6UQ and Jef/ON4ACA.. They
plan to be an entry in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th). Outside
of the contest, activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW and SSB.
Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 1817, 3517, 7017, 10117, 14017, 18077, 21017, 24897 and 28017 kHz
SSB - 1840, 3760, 7060, 14210, 18160, 21310, 24960 and 28510 kHz
QSL via SM3CVM, direct or by the Bureau. For more information, visit the
SI9AM Web page at: http://www.si9am.se
S0, WESTERN SAHARA (WFWL). Operator Mahfoud, S01MZ, has been active this
past week on 20/15 meters usually between 1230-1800z. No other details
are known about this station, so "Work First Worry Later". He states to
QSL via EA1BT.
T32, CHRISTMAS ISLAND. The Five Star DXers Association (FSDXA) group
is now QRT as T32C from Kiritimati. The T32C operation has made 213169/QSOs
with 48914 Unique Callsigns (88416/SSB, 102216/CW, 13/PSK31, 1506/PSK63,
19225/RTTY and 1765/FM). They believe there are at least 10 new world
records in the totals, plus there is the possibility that some of the
6m QSOs were 'firsts'. Logs are available on ClubLog at:
http://www.clublog.org/charts/?c=3DT32C&a=3Dembed
For more details, visit their Web page at: http://www.t32c.com
T32, CHRISTMAS ISLAND. QSL Manager Stan, KH6CG, reports on October 24th:
"I just spoke to Nobby (G0VJG) one of the ops at T32C, he informed me
that the Team left Tov, T32TV, four vertical antennas ands tons of coax,
and a NEW Yaesu FT450D transceiver!!!!! They said Tov was so very grateful.
I am so happy for him. I really appreciated the generosity of the T32C
team, and Yaesu to do this for my good friend Tov, T32TV. Now that's what
Ham Radio is all about!!! :-) "
T7, SAN MARINO. Operators Manfred/DK2OY, Helmut/DK6WL and Sandy/DL1QQ
will activate the Amateurs Radio Republic of San Marino (A.R.R.S.M.) club
station T70A during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a Multi-
Single entry. QSL via T70A, by the Bureau. All QSOs will be confirmed
via Bureau. No cards needed. Also via LoTW .
TC3, TURKEY. Operators Can/TA3GO and XYL Elif/TA3YE will be active as
TC3EC during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a Multi-Op/
All-Band entry. QSL via TA3GO direct only.
TC88, TURKEY (Special Event). Look for members of the Giresun Radio
Amateurs and Nature Sports Club (GITRAD) and Special Wireless Activity
Team (TCSWAT) who are now active as TC88TC until October 30th. Activity
is to celebrate 88th anniversary of the "Foundation of Republic of Turkey".
Operations will be from Istanbul, Edirne and Giresun. Look for activity
on the HF bands and on CW, SSB, PSK31 and SSTV. A special QSL card will
be sent out. A list of operators will be updated in QRZ.com. QSL via
TA1HZ.
TO5, FRENCH GUIANA (CW Op Needed For IOTA Op!). Operators Tonio/F4ACR,
Christophe/F4CRE, Denis/F4DNU, Jean-Paul/F5OQK, Jean-Pierre/F6AIM and
Jean-Pascal/FY5LH will be active as TO5G from Royale Island, Salut Islands
(SA-020), between January 2-7th, 2012. QSL via F5KDR, direct or by the
Bureau. The team is looking for a CW operator very quickly, as the DX-
pedition team will leave from Paris on December 26th. For practical
reasons, they looking for an operator that is able to speak a little
French. An updated Yellow Fever vaccine is mandatory. The final personal
budget is about 1200 Euros. If interested, write immediately to Jean Paul
Jolly, 6 Chemin des Chaign=E9es, F85200 FONTENAY LE COMTE, FRANCE or send
an E-mail to <f5oqk@orange.fr>.
TT8, CHAD. Phil, F4EGS, will once again be active as TT8PK from N=92djamena,
as of October 23rd and will be there until December 23rd. Activity will
be limited due to his work schedule and spare time. Operations last time
were on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and some RTTY. QSL via F4EGS, by the
Bureau or direct (see QRZ.com for details).
TX5/TX7, MARQUESAS ISLANDS (Update). The international team of operators
are now active as TX7M from Hatiheu, Nuku Hiva (OC-027) until November
1st. Just a reminder that the TX7M team will use TX5M during the CQWW DX
SSB Contest this weekend. They plan to be active on 160-10 meters
(including 30/17/12m) using CW, SSB and RTTY, with 4 stations on at the
same time on different bands and modes. As of 0230z, October 28th, the
TX7M operation has made 67844/QSOs with 20335 Unique Callsigns (26552/SSB,
38097/CW and 3195/RTTY). For more details, visit the TX7M Web page at:
http://www.tx7m.com
UA2, KALININGRAD. Dmitri, UA2FB, will be active as UA2KK from the Keeper
Telecom LTD Club Station during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th)
as a Single-Op/Single-Band (40m) entry. QSL via direct to: Ulrich Mueller,
13 Kreutzacker Str, D-35041 Marburg, Germany. No German stamps please!
All cards are replied from Russia. No IBRS please! Bureau QSLs go to the
UA2 QSL Bureau.
UK, UZBEKISTAN. Fedor, UK9AA, will be active during the CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (160m)/Low-Power
entry using a 5 elemnet full size yagi on 160m (Boom is 153m). QSL via
his home callsign direct.
VI6, AUSTRALIA (Contest And Special Event). John, VK6HZ, will be active
as VI6XX during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a Single-Op/
All-Band entry. QSL via VK6XX. ADDED NOTE: Over the contest weekend, the
VK6 amateurs can use the VI prefix to celebrate the Commonwealth Heads
of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth and a visit of Queen Elizabeth II.
VP2, MONTSERRAT (Update). Ron. N0AT, sent out the following on October
25th (edited): "Beginning November 18th through December 6th, look for
Gregor/DF7OGO, Tom/K3WT, Ron/N0AT, Vlad/N0STL and Bill/W0OR operating as
VP2MGO, VP2MWT, VP2MTA, VP2MTL and VP2MOR, respectively. During the CQWW
CW DX and ARRL 160 Meter Contests the group will be signing VP2MWG.
Before and after the contests, activity will be on CW, SSB and RTTY on
160 through 6 meters. QSL VP2MWG via N0AT, and all others via their home
callsign. Further information and updates can be found on their web site
at: http://www.vp2mwg.comeze.com
In 2009, the same core group of operators finished 2nd in North America
multi-single from El Salvador as YS4U and have previously participated
in CQWW CW contests as 5J0A (San Andres), CP6CW (Bolivia) and TG0AA
(Guatemala), holding scoring records for each country. Stories about the
above operations can be found in past issues of The Gray Line Report, the
official newsletter of the Twin City DX Association.
To read about YS4U (2009) http://tcdxa.org/Newsletters/December2009Grayline=
.pdf
To read about 5J0A (2007) http://tcdxa.org/Newsletters/April2008Grayline.pdf
To read about CP6CW http://tcdxa.org/Newsletters/December2004Grayline.pdf
To read about TG0AA (2003) http://tcdxa.org/Newsletters/March_2004_GrayLine=
.pdf
Team members N0STL and N0AT also operated from Utila Island, Honduras,
in the 2006 ARRL CW DX CONTEST as HQ9H. The story can be found at:
http://tcdxa.org/Newsletters/March2006GrayLine.pdf
VP9, BERMUDA (NA-005). Paul, W4/VP9KF (G4BKI), is once again active as
VP9KF from Baileys Bay, Hamilton Parish, between November 2-16th. Activity
will only be CW on all bands. Paul states, "Operation will focus on the
higher bands where 11 previous trips in the last 5 years have resulted
in very few QSOs." QSL via W4/VP9KF: Paul Evans, 6809 River Road, Tampa,
FL 33615. Please, DO NOT send to the VP9 bureau. Visit his Web page for
more information, including logs, propagation and operating times, at:
http://vp9kf.com
VU***/F1, INDIA (Special Event). Amateur radio operators from India have
received permission from the authorities to use the suffix /F1 at the
end of their callsigns to mark the first-ever Formula 1 race in India
this weekend. They are allowed to use the suffix until October 31st. PLEASE
NOTE: This may cause some confusion on the air as stations may think that
they might have worked a station from France. Each operator is responsible
for his/her own activities and QSLs will be as per operator's instructions.
For more details about the Indian Grand Prix, see: http://formula1.airtel.in
YB, INDONESIA. Members of the ORARI Daerah Jawa Tengah Contesting Team
will be active as YE2R from Semarang on the Island of Java (IOTA OC-021,
WLOTA L1660), during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a Multi-
Multi entry. QSL via EB7DX. Operators mentioned are: Fan/YB0AI, Djoko/
YB1TJ, William/YB1WR, Bobby/YB2BBY, Hans/YB2DX, Seno/YB2LSR, Jon/YB2ECG,
Dani/YB2TJV, Deta/YB2VTO (YL), Buntoro/YB3PXF, Adhi/YB3MM, Imam/YB4IR
and Joni/YB9WZJ. For more details, look at: http://www.ye2r.wordpress.com
YB, INDONESIA. Members of the ORARI Local Subang will be active from their
YE1ZAW club station on Mt. Malang (+1050m ASL) on West Java during the
CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a Multi-Single/High-Power entry.
Operators mentioned are Yon/YB1CCF, Joz/YD1JZ, Heri/YB1KAR, Nyoman/YB1NWP,
Budi/YB1EME, Terry/YC1KAF, Danu/YD1GCL, Rizal/YD1ORG, Kasmuri/YD1MRI,
Jimi/YC1OO, Aris/YD1ARM, Yayan/YC1BTV, Herry/YC1HQQ, Nana/YD1LUX, Sutrisno/
YD1OLG and Jo/YC0LOW. QSL via YE1ZAW direct only (QRZ.com address). No
LoTW or eQSL.
XV9, VIETNAM. Mike, OM2DX, will be active as XV9DX from Hanoi, and is
working for the Embassy of the Slovak Republic. He will be in the CQWW
DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m) entry.
QSL via OM3JW.
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The following stations are expected to be active in the
CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th, 2011)
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Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following
consolidated listing of the participants in the 2011 CQWW DX SSB Contest.
For a more detailed listing (and up-to-date changes/corrections) in HTML
format, please visit Bill's Web page at:
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqs2011.html (By call sign)
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsd2011.html (By entity)
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqsz2011.html (By zone)
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Contest DXCC CQZ Class QSL
Callsign Entity Route
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3D2T &/or 3D2A Fiji 32 QSL 3D2T via VK4FW and
3D2A via VK4AN
3V8SS Tunisia 33 SOAB LP LoTW
4L0A Georgia 21 SOSB 40M LoTW
4O3A Montenegro 15 SOAB 4O3A
5B/HA5PP Cyprus 20 SOAB HA5PP
5Z4EE Kenya 37 SOAB HP NV7E
6V7Q Senegal 35 SOAB LoTW
6Y9X Jamaica 08 SOAB HP KQ1F
8Q7DV Maldives 22 SOAB HP UA9CLB
A51B Bhutan 22 SOSB 10M W0GJ
A52AB Bhutan 22 SOSB 15M UA3AB
A52IR Bhutan 22 SOSB 80M K0IR
A52PC Bhutan 22 SOSB 40M W0BM
A52PP Bhutan 22 SOSB 20M W8AEF
A73A Qatar 21 M/M EA7FTR
AC2AI/KH2 Guam 27 SOAB LoTW
AH2R Guam 27 M/S JH7QXJ
AH0BT Mariana Islands 27 M/2 7L1FPU
B3C China 24 M/?
B7P China 24 M/M BD7IXG
BV100 Taiwan 24 M/? BV2KI
BX5AA Taiwan 24 SOSB 10M BX5AA
C37N Andorra 14 M/? EA4URE
C5A Gambia 35 M/M OM2FY
C6ARW Bahamas 08 SOAB LP LoTW
CE1A Chile 12 M/?
CN2R Morocco 33 SOAB W7EJ
CN3A Morocco 33 M/S LoTW
CQ7A Portugal 14 M/? CT1DSV
CR2X Azores 14 LoTW
CR3A Madeira 33 M/? LoTW
CR3L Madeira 33 M/2 DJ6QT
CR6K Portugal 14 SOAB CT1ILT
CR6P Portugal 14 M/S CT2HKN
CS2P Portugal 14 M/? CS2P Buro
CW5W Uruguay 13 SOAB HP LoTW
D4C Cape Verde 35 M/? IZ4DPV
DR1A Germany 14 M/M DL6FBL
DR2W Germany 14 M/?
E2E Thailand 26 M/?
E51Z South Cook Islands 32 K6VNX
E7DX Bosnia & Herzegovina 15 M/S E77E
EA5URT Spain 14 M/2 EA5URT
EA6/AA5UK Balearic Islands 14 SOAB LP LoTW
EA8ZS Canary Islands 14 SOAB LP
EB1WW Spain 14 M/M EA1AZ
ED1C Spain 14 M/S
ED1R Spain 14 M/2 EA4RCH
ED1WW Spain 14 M/S EA1FCR
ED5T Spain 14 M/S
ED7C Spain 14 SOSB 10M EA7HMD Buro
EE2W Spain 14 M/S EB2AM
EE7L Spain 14 SOAB EA7HLU
EE9Z Ceuta & Melilla 33 M/?
EF7W Spain 14 SOSB LP EC7KW
EF8R Canary Islands 33 SOAB LoTW
EF9A Ceuta & Melilla 33 SOSB EA5FL
EI8GQB Ireland 14 SOAB LP ON4EI Buro
ER4A Moldova 16 SOAB RA4LW
EY8MM Tajikistan 17 SOSB K1BV
FM5FJ Martinique 08 SOSB 20M KU9C
FP/KV1J St Pierre & Miquelon05 SOAB LoTW
FY/F5HRY French Guyana 09 SOSB 10M
FY5KE French Guyana 09 SOSB 15M FY5KE
GJ2A Jersey 14 M/S LoTW
GM7R Scotland 14 M/S LoTW
HB9H Switzerland 14 M/S HB9CXZ
HB0/SP7VC Liechtenstein 14 SOAB HP LoTW
HQ2W Honduras 07 SOAB QRP OK1DOT
HU1YS El Salvador 07 M/S EA5GL
I2ADN/IG9 African Italy 33 SOSB 10M I2ADN
IF9A Sicily 15 M/S IT9ATF
IG9R African Italy 33 TBD IK8HCG
IH9YMC African Italy 33 SOSB eQSL
II9K Sicily 15 M/S IT9HBT
II9P Sicily 15 M/2 IT9CHU
IO5O Italy 15 M/S IK5RLP
IR2C Italy 15 M/S IR2C Buro
IR5A Italy 15 M/S
IR7R Italy 15 M/S IZ7GXB
J28RO Djibouti 37 SO F8DFP
J48CM Greece 20 SOSB 80M YU7CM
J48OV Greece 20 SOSB 40M HA5OV
JT5DX Mongolia 23 M/2
JW5E Svalbard 40 M/S
KG6DX Guam 27 SOSB 10M LoTW
KH7X Hawaii 31 M/M K2PF
KP2B Virgin Islands 08 X/M LoTW
KP2MM Virgin Islands 08 SOSB LoTW
LN3Z Norway 14 M/S LoTW
LP1H Argentina 13 M/M EA5KB
LS1D Argentina 13 M/? LW9EOC
LX7I Luxembourg 14 SOAB LX2A
LY7A Lithuania 15 M/M LY2ZO
NH2T Guam 27 SOAB LoTW
NH7A Hawaii 31 SOAB F5VHJ
NH0S Mariana Islands 27 SOAB HP JF2SKV
NP4Z Puerto Rico 08 SOAB N4AO
OH0X Aland Island 15 LoTW
OH0Z Aland Island 15 SOAB HP W0MM
OJ0X Market Reef 15 M/2 LoTW
OP4K Belgium 14 M/S OP4K
OZ5E Denmark 14 SOSB 15M LoTW
P40A Aruba 09 SOAB WD9DZV
P40P Aruba 09 SOAB LoTW
P40W Aruba 09 SOAB HP LoTW
PJ2T Curacao 09 M/M W3HNK
PJ4T Bonaire 09 M/? KA2AEV
PJ6T Saba & St Eustatius 08 M/? LoTW
PJ7X Sint Maarten 08 M/2 F6EXV
PS2T Brazil 11 M/? K3IRV
PT5T Brazil 11 M/2 PT5T
PX7C Brazil 11 M/S PY7CRA
PU5FJR Brazil 11 SOSB 10M PP5JR
PZ5MM Surinam 09 SOAB DK1MM
RC0F Russia (Asia) 19 SOAB LoTW
RM3F Russia (Europe) 16 SOAB HP LoTW
RN3F Russia (Europe) 16 M/2 UA3DQK
SI9AM Sweden 14 M/? SI9AM
SJ2W Sweden 14 M/S
T46A Cuba 08 M/? EA5GL
T70A San Marino 15 M/S LoTW
T8AA Palau 27 M/? JH1WXT
TA2/DL7BC Turkey 20 SOAB DL7BC
TC3EC Turkey 20 M/? TA3GO
TF3CW Iceland 40 SOSB 20M LX1NO
TI8M Costa Rica 07 M/2 TI2KAC
TK5KP Corsica 15 SOAB HP TK5EP
TM2S France 14 M/S TM2S Buro
TM7X France 14 F5BSB
TO5A Martinique 08 SOAB HP LoTW
TX5A Marquesas 31 M/? OQRS
UA2KK Kaliningrad 15 SOSB 40M
UK9AA Uzbekistan 17 SOSB 160M
UT7X Ukraine 16 SOSB 80M UT7XX
V31 Belize 07 Home Call
V47JA St Kitts & Nevis 08 SOAB W5JON
VC2Z Canada 05 M/S VE2BR
VC3R Canada 04 SOAB HP VE7VR
VE2IDX Canada 02 SOSB 40M VE3ZF
VE2IM Canada 02 SOAB VE3DX
VI6XX Australia 29 SOAB VK6XX
VP5T Turks & Caicos 08 N2VW
VP9I Bermuda 05 N1HRA
VQ5X Turks & Caicos 08 TBD LoTW
VU2PAI India 22 SOAB HP VU2PAI
XV9DX Vietnam 26 SOSB 15M OM3JW
YE1ZAW Indonesia 28 M/S
YE2R Indonesia 28 M/M EB7DX
YE0X Indonesia 28 M/? YE0X Buro
YP9W Romania 20 SOAB HP YO9WF
YV5AM Venezuela 09 M/? YV5AM
Z36W Macedonia 15 M/S Z37M
ZA3WW Albania 15 TBD LZ2HM
ZA20QA Albania 15 M/? HA0NAR
ZD8O Ascension Island 36 SOAB OH0XX
ZK2X Niue 32 SOAB HP N3SL
ZM4T New Zealand 32 M/2 ZL2AL
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