SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1341 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1341 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1341 BID: $OPDX.1341 November 27, 2017 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, NJ1Q & W1AW, W2GB, NG3K & ADXO, W3OA, W3UR & The Daily DX, W6SZN, K8GI, K8PGJ, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, N0TG, 4X1VF, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, Pete Rayer & ISWL, RSGB IOTA Web Site, Sixitalia Weekly, and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information. ** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late CQWW DX CW Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the CQWW DX CW Contest participants. DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 17th/November, through Friday, 24th/November there were 239 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E4, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2, T5, 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, VK9L, VK9N, VK9X, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, 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". 3Y0X BOUVET DXPEDITION NEWS. The following was posted November 22nd, [edited]: Our sea container should now be between the ports of San Antonio, Chile and its destination, Punta Arenas, Chile. The logistics have at times been confounding, but we are actually ahead of schedule with our shipping. We have our license and callsign for our maritime mobile operation on the way to Bouvet. One of the problems with shipboard operation is static charge build up on antennas from the winds and precipitation. This is a particular problem with antennas that are not at DC ground. Having a transceiver exposed to this hazard can be disastrous for the radio. We are aware of the issue, and are instituting ways of dealing with this threat. Our band plan is now posted on this website: http://www.bouvetdx.org/band-plan-frequencies The most recent propagation predictions continue to support the patterns shown in the videos on our propagation page. FT8 adds a new dimension to DXpeditions. We will use this mode, but not as a PRIMARY mode. We will only use FT8 when we cannot use the standard, higher rate modes. We have outlined our FT8 operating plan on the Band Plan page of this website. Please visit this page if you intend to try contacting 3Y0Z on FT8. It is “must” reading. 4L, GEORGIA. Mamuka Kordzakhia, 4L2M, President of the National Associ- ation Radio Amateurs of Georgia (NARG), will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via EA7FTR. 4X0, ISRAEL (Special Event). Jan, 4X1VF, informs OPDX that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has declared Shivta to be a World Heritage Site. The Shivta National Park is on the list of confirmed WFF Israel National Parks Award (4XFF- 032), and has a very long and interesting history (see the Web page at <http://www.biblewalks.com/sites/Shivta.html>. Members of the "The Holy land DX Group" (Shalom/4Z4BS, Mark/4Z4KX, Ruben/4Z5FI, Yulik/4X6HP, Ros/4Z5LA, Vlad/4Z5IW, Arthur/4X4DZ, Alex/4Z4AK and Jan/4X1VF) are going to operate from this location between 0800 UTC Friday, December 22nd, through December 24th, noon-time. It will be the first time operating from this QTH (Holy land Square D27BS). They will use the callsign 4X0XMAS, and will be running three stations using CW and SSB on the WFF frequencies. This operation will also participate in the "Christianity On The Air" event (December 22-24th) for the HOCOTA award. (For details, please visit QRZ.com under 4X9XMAS). QSL via LoTW and eQSL. 5T, MAURITANIA (Update/Reminder). Fawaz, A92AA, is now active as 5T1A from the capital city Nouakchott until December 20th. However, he will take a short break to be a member of the 5T5TI (IOTA AF-050) DXpedition Team between December 1-7th (see OPDX.1340). Activity outside of the IOTA DXpedition will be on all bands using SSB and FT8. QSL via A92AA. 6Y, JAMAICA. Members of the "Good Old Buddies Fun Club" (GOBFC) will be active as 6Y3M during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via VE3NE. Operators mentioned are Gyoergy/HA6ND, Gyorgy/VE3NZ and Lali/VE3NE. 8R, GUYANA. Heye, DJ9RR, is once again and now active as 8R1/AG6UT from Guyana. His length of stay is not known. Activity will be on 40-10 meters, and he is planning to be in CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th). Look for him to be on the air after the contest. QSL via LoTW or DJ9RR, direct or by the Bureau. 9Y, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. Nikola, VE3EY, is once again active as 9Y4/VE3EY from Trinidad Island until November 27th. Activity will include the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. His rig is a Elecraft K3S-10 + SPE Expert 1.3K-FA into a BigIR vertical for 40-10 meters and 60 ft. tall "T" loaded vertical for 160/80m supported by a 18m Spiderpole. QSL via VE3EY. A4, OMAN. Members of the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS) will activate their contest station, A44A, in Muscat during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via A47RS. Operators mentioned are Mohib/A41JZ, San/A45TT, Richard/N6AA, Arthur/W6XD, Deepak/ VU2CDP and Prasad/VU2PTT (A45VA). AH2, GUAM. Members of the Guam Contest Club will be active as AH2R during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Multi-Single entry. Operators mentioned are Toshinobu/JI3ERV (NH2C), Mikawa/JR7OMD, JA1KSA and Osamu/ JR8VSE. QSL via LoTW or to JH7QXJ, direct or by the Bureau. PLEASE DO NOT QSL via the KH2 Bureau. C5, THE GAMBIA. Andre, ON7YK, is now active as C5YK from Bijilo for almost the next 2 months. He is currently the only resident licensed operator in The Gambia! Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters. He has been active on FT8. QSL via his home callsign, direct, LoTW or eQSL. Visit his Web page at: http://www.on7yk.eu/index.html C6, BAHAMAS. Operators Tomi/HA7RY, George/AA7JV and Mike/KN4EEI are now active as C6AGU from Water Cay (NA-001) until December 3rd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using mostly CW and some SSB. Look for them to be in the upcoming CQWWDX CW and ARRL 160m CW contest. QSL via HA7RY. PLEASE NOTE: C6AGU is being used as an experimental station to test new antennas and equipment for DXpeditions by the AA7JV/HA7RY DXpedtion team. Most recently they have been testing antennas for the upcoming KH1 DX- pedition. Due to concerns with bird wildlife, they are limited to vertical antennas with a maximum height of 43 feet. See pictures of the antenna on QRZ.com under C6AGU. CT9, MADEIRA ISLAND. By the time you read this, Vaclav, OK6RA, will be active as CT9/OK6RA from Madeira Island until November 27th. Activity will include the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Single-Op/ Single-Band (40m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via OK6RA direct only. CY9C ST. PAUL ISLAND DXPEDITION (Update). Dr. San Hutson, K5YY, and Lou Dietrich, N2TU, have joined the the August 2018 DXpedition team. Both are well known and have participated in many rare DXpeditions. The complete team and other details of the DXpedition are posted on the following Web site at: http://www.cy9c.com GJ/MJ0, JERSEY. Mat, MJ0ASP (aka-F5SHQ), will once again be active as GJ2A during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m) entry. QSL via the LoTW. QSL also via ClubLog's OQRS. GU, GUERNSEY. Bob, GU4YOX, from Guernsey Island (EU-114), will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (15m)/Low-Power entry. QSL via GU4YOX, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. HC, ECUADOR. Members of Quito Radio Club will be active as HC0E from Ecuador during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via HC1QRC. HS, THAILAND. Operators Bob/5B4AGN, Zaki/9M2ZAK, Dietmar/DL3DXX, JayCie/ E20NKB, Champ/E21EIC, Andy/G3AB, Don/G3XTT, Tony/G4UAV/HS0ZDX, Pas/HS3ANP, Panya/HS3XVP, Ray/HS4RAY, Fred/K3ZO/HS0ZAR, Stig/LA7JO/HS0ZGD, Svante/ SM3DYU/HS0ZDY and John/W2YR/HS0ZDJ will be active as HS0ZAR from Phimai, northeast of Bangkok, during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via K3ZO. Look for some of the operators to be active as HS0ZGD before and after the contest. QSL via LA7JO, direct or by the HS Bureau. INDEXA NEWS (Facebook Fundraiser). Dick Williams, W3OA, Secretary-Trea- surer, International DX Association (INDEXA), announced that "INDEXA has established a Facebook Fundraiser that provides a unique way to make a contribution directly to our Humanitarian Aid, or Hams With Hearts, program. The Fundraiser will remain open through December 3. Here's the link (Fundraiser): https://www.facebook.com/bob.schenck.31/posts/1497963670252951 Next Tuesday, November 28, is Global Giving Day. There are special incentives for making your Fundraiser donation that day. First, the normal Facebook fee of 5.75% is waived for that day so 100 percent of your donation will go to Humanitarian Aid. Second, a well known foun- dation has offered to match the first $2 Million of donations to all the Facebook Fundraisers, up to $1,000 per donor. The match begins at 1300Z, 8AM EST. Make your donation as soon after that time as possible to maximize the chances your donation will be matched before the $2 million runs out. Of course, you can make contributions to INDEXA any time, any day, by going to our "Membership Application" <http://www.indexa.org/application.html> page and clicking the Donations box." IOTA NEWS.............. AF-019. (Cancelled) Emilio, IZ1GAR, will not be active as IH9/IZ1GAR from Pantelleria Island (IIA TP-001, WLOTA 0041) between November 24-28th. He had to cancel his plans due to work. Instead, he will be active from Sanremo as IZ1GAR during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th), as a Single-Op/Single Band (80m)/High-Power entry. QSL via IZ1GAR, direct or by the Bureau. AS-107. Operators Chai/E20WXA, Rit/HS2AAW and Kim/HS2JQC will be active as E20WXA/P, HS2AAW/P and HS2JQC/P, respectively, from Ko Lan Island between November 25-26th. QSL via E20WXA. NA-072. Operators Stefan/HP1DRK, Massimo/HP1MAC, Ricardo/HP1RIS and Gianni/HP1YLS will be active as H91IT from Taboga Island between January 6-9th, 2018. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via HP1RCP. NA-075. Mikhail, VE7ACN, will be active as VE7ACN/7 from Galiano Island between November 24-27th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters including the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th). QSL via his home callsign, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. For more details, see: https://www.ve7acn.com OC-042. Chris, F4EBK, will be active as DU3/F4EBK from Baliuag City, Bulacan Province, Luzon Island, Philippines, sometime during February 2018. Activity will be on 20/15/10 meters using a rotating dipole with 100w maybe 1Kw. Listen for QSL route. OC-179. Cezar, VE3LYC, has announced this past week he will be active from Taumako Island, the largest in the Duff Islands group in the Temotu Province, sometime in early May 2018. The operation will last for a period of at least 5 days, but the entire trip is expected to take 12 days. Look for more details to be forth- coming. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new <www.iota-world.org> have decided NOT to post or dedicate a Web page to announce upcoming IOTA operations, PLEASE send your IOTA operations information to the OPDX and we will post it here in an upcoming bulletin...... ISWL CALLSIGNS (For December). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of December 2017: GX4BJC/A - Operated from Walton on the Naze, in Essex, by Herbie, G6XOU (/A WAB Square TM22 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). MX1SWL/A - Operated from Stratton, in Cornwall, by Mike, M0SMJ (/A WAB Square SS20 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). ALL QSLs will be handled by Herbie, G6XOU, and NOT the individual operator. The I.S.W.L. is a member of the European PSK Club. All QSL info is on <www.iswl.org.uk> or <www.qrzcq.com> or <www.qrz.com> or via <www.eQSL.cc>. NO LoTW. I.S.W.L. Awards are available to all Hams and SWLs, see <www.iswl.org.uk> for full details. eQSL.cc cards ARE welcomed for their awards. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (November 30th-December 3rd)....... Nov/27th AN Nov/30th AN Dec/02nd AN Nov/28th AN Dec/01st AN Nov/03rd AN Nov/29th AN SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE ====================================================== NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha ----------------- ------ -------- ------ AN - Above Normal Quiet K=0-1 0-7 HN - High Normal Unsettled K=2 8-15 LN - Low Normal Active K=3 16-29 BN - Below Normal Minor Storm K=4 30-49 DIS - Disturbed Major Storm K=5 50-99 VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm K=6-9 100-400 REALTIME BAND CONDITIONS WEB SITE <http://www.bandconditions.com>: The purpose of this experimental Web site is to provide 24-7-365 actual (REALTIME) band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores. It can also be of benefit to other Radio Amateurs to determine band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's. This information is NOT based on any software pre- dictions or any kind of satellite based readings. It is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA. Also, check out the VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF (November 24th) <www.qslinfo.eu> -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4Z100TT via 4Z5TT DU1/SP5APW via SP5APW SP660K via SP4PKM 5K1B via EA3BT (O DU9/R4WAA via R4WAA (d) SU/DM4DX via DM4DX (L) 5T1A via A92AA EA8/E77DX via E77E SV8/SV1JG via SV1JG 6Y0ND via LZ3ND (**) EA8/UA5C via UA5C (d/e) TK/S53F via S53F & (L) 6Y0W via LZ1NK (d) HB600NVF via HB9JOE & (L) TK/S57K via S57K 8R1/AG6UT via DJ9RR HG6Y via HA6OI TO5W via KO8SCA (O/L) 8S0DX via SM0DSG (B) IQ1NM via IQ1LA V73/PD0LK via PD0LK 9G5W via S59ZZ IY7MG via IQ7DV VK9VKL via VK9VKL (d) AM3MDV via AM3MDV (L/e) OH0/DL6UAA via DL6UAA VQ917JC via ND9M & (L) CT9/DL5AXX via DL5AXX OH0PM via OH2PM W1G via WO4L CT9/LZ2JE via LZ2JE (O) OP7TG via ON7TG XU7XXX via KC0W (d) CT9/OK1VWK/P via OK1VWK (d) PI4APD via PE2K ZZ7ZP via PY2AA CU2/CU3AK via CU3AK PI4ECC via PA0MBD DR60PAS via DL9RDZ RN17CW via RD9CX (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (**) QSL only via the address in Germany -- LZ3ND: Nick Moukarev, Am Gries 27, 85435 Erding, Germany LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/5K1B https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/5T1A https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/5T1R https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/TO5W NEW QSL ROUTE. Dan, N4GN, reports [edited], "Satish, 9N1AA, has asked me to be his QSL Manager upon the death of his previuos manager N4AA whom became SK in late Oct. 2017.... I have Satish's logs and new cards have been printed and ALL of 9N1AA QSL cards are answered and up-to- date... QSL via N4GNR for 9N1AA 73 Good DX !!" QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 9U4M, CU4DX, DA0WRTC, EA5KV, F5NBQ, H40GC, LU6ETB, PU1KVA, S58N, SM6VVT, TI2DYP, TX5EG (OC-067), V47FWX and V53DX QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4S7AB, 5N7Q, A5A, A51PN, FR4PV, GM3X, JW5E, OE3K, R23RRC (AS-091), R24RRC (AS-114), R71RRC (AS-071), S01WS, SV2ASP/A, TX5EG and VK9MAV QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 4L0A, 4M1K, 7Y3HM, 9A9XX, 9L1A, 9M0O, CE4KCA, DL1NKS, DL4OCE, DL9WVM, E51YAQ, HA6PX, HB0/DK4YJ, HB9CXZ, HC2IMP, IK0CHU, J6/SP7VC, JA3EUB, MD/DL7VEE, OK1RH, PJ2/NF9V, PQ7L, PT2GMA, RF9C, SW8WW, T32YA, TK1R, TM24H, TO5X, TY1TT, UA0ZC, V31VP, V4/KE1B, WP2AA, YV1YL and Z35M/P SATELLITE NEWS....... Look for Yuri, UT1FG, to be activating some water grids for the satellite operators. John, K8YSE, reports, "Yuri, UT1FG/MM, is back to sea on the Vessel Seahorse. It is currently sailing from Algiers to Morocco where it will load cargo. The plan is to sail to a USA port in the Gulf to be determined. There are quite a few ships named Seahorse. The MMSI number is 538007572. Yuri is using the Elk antenna, but only has RG58 coax feeding it. Even so he reports working K3SZH on AO-7 today (Nov. 23rd). If he doesn't find coax in Morocco, perhaps we can get some coax to him when he arrives in a USA port. So he is likely to do better on a Mode B satellite rather than one with a UHF downlink. He has keps for AO-91, AO-85 and CAS-4B. Please wait for a while before sending your logsheets. He will likely be able to mail QSLs when he docks in the USA." AO-91 Commissioned, Declared Open for Amateur Use! The ARRL Web page reports: "AMSAT-NA's latest Amateur Radio CubeSat, RadFxSat (Fox-1B), now known as AO-91, has been opened for general use. AMSAT Engineering officially announced that AO-91 was ready for use at 0650 UTC on Thanks- giving Day, November 23. AMSAT VP of Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, turned over operation to Mark Hammond, N8MH, and AMSAT Operations during a contact on the AO-91 repeater during the pass over the Eastern US, AMSAT said in a bulletin." Read the complete press release at: http://www.arrl.org/news/view/ao-91-commissioned-declared-open-for-amateur-use TF, ICELAND. Jonas, TF3JB, will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (20m)/High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW, his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. TK, CORSICA. Georg, NZ1C, will be active as TK/NZ1C from Corsica between December 16-24th. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using a GP with a focus on CW and FT8, with some SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via DD5ZZ. UN4, KAZAKHSTAN. Nick, UN4L, will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (80m) entry. QSL via UA9AB. V6, MICRONESIA. Sumio, JI1MDM, will be active as V63AKB48 (SSB) and V63AKB (FT8) from South Park Hotel, Pohnpei Island (OC-010, WW Loc. QJ96cx) between January 15-18th, 2018. Activity will be on 20/17/15/12 meters. QSL via JI1MDM by the Bureau. V8, BRUNEI. By the time you read this, Tom, KC0W, will be active as V85/KC0W from Brunei until December 10th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW and possibly FT8. Also, look for him in the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th). QSL via his home callsign direct. No LoTW. No Bureau. VK6, AUSTRALIA. Kevin, VK6LW, will be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via VK6IR direct. VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Operators Jim/K4QPL and Will/AA4NC will once again be active as VP5M during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as as Multi-Single entry. QSL via K4QPL or LoTW. PLEASE, NO BUREAU QSLS. Outside of the contest, look for operators to sign as VP5/K4QPL and VP5/AA4NC. Activity is usually holiday style on 160-10 meters (including 30/17/12m) using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign (No Bureau). VR, HONG KONG. Alberto, IV3TAN, will be active as VR2XAN during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (160m) entry. Activity outside of the contest is mostly on the Low Bands (40/80/160m on CW/SSB). He uses an Icom 756 Pro III with an Icom IC-2KL (400w) amp into a Crushcraft D4, rotary dipole 10-40 meters and Inverted V Kelman dipole 80/160 meters. QSL via: Alberto Annesi, 1/F, 7A Nam Shan Road, Peng Chau Island, Hong Kong. YC, INDONESIA. Members of the Organisasi Amateur Radio Indonesia (RARI), Lokal Kota Bandung, will be active as YC1ZAZ during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as a Multi-Single/Low-Power entry. QSL via LoTW. Operators mentioned are Sandy/YB1ACN, Budi/YE1AR, Gatot/YE1GD, Iwan/ YE1NZ and Ebet/YD1BED. ZA1WW, ALBANIA (Press Release Reminder/Update: CQWW MULTI-MULTI & LOW- BANDS). The Kosovo Amateur Radio Association (SHRAK) and the National Association Radioamateurs of Albania (NARA) will host a 2017 CQWW CW M/M entry and a subsequent 160/80m activity, from the coastal area of Durres along the Adriatic seacoast. The group is co-led by Fehmi Bojniku/Z62FB, and Fatos Demeti/ZA1F, with locals such as Elvira/ZA1EM (YL), and Driton/ Z61DX. Their invited guests are Pertti/OG2M, Jaakko/OH1MA, Martti/OH2BH, Pekka/OH2TA, and Henri/OH3JR. On the low bands they will use vertical radiators next to salt water, matched by appropriate RX antennas. They will be on dedicated low-band frequencies after the contest: listen on 1816.5 kHz and 3526 kHz, both +/- QRM. More information will follow after the contest. QSL information for ZA1WW: ClubLog, LoTW, and via OH2TA. ZB2, GIBRALTAR. Operators Jeff/K1ZM and Robert/M0TTT/ZB2TT be in the CQWW CW SSB Contest (November 25-26th) as a Multi-Single/24 Hrs entry. QSL ONLY via M0URX OQRS (Direct or Bureau) or LoTW. ZF9, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Stan, K5GO, continues to be active as ZF9CW from Cayman Brac Island (NA-016) until around December 16th. Look for him to be active during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 25-26th) as Single-Op/ All-Band entry. QSL via LoTW or his home callsign direct. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Brian, W1OU, is now active as ZF2OK from the Cayman Islands (NA-016) for the next several months (sporadically). Activity will be on various HF bands using CW and running QRP. QSL via his home callsign. PLEASE NOTE: The ZF2OK is a re-issued callsign and was used by Curt, N0OK. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Pete, K8PGJ, will once again be active as ZF2PG on the Sunny Grand Cayman Islands (NA-016) during the week of January 13-21st, 2018. Activity (when not diving) will occur on 20-10 meters SSB on the weekdays, the evening of the 18th on 160-40 meters, and will activate the Caymans for the NAQP SSB Contest (January 19-20th) on 160-10 meters. LoTW will be utilized and direct QSL via his home callsign. A weekday schedule will be posted on QRZ.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 25-26th, 2017) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2017 CQWW DX CW 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/cqc2017.html (By call sign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqcd2017.html (By entity) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqcz2017.html (By zone) The CQ World-Wide DX Contest Web page and rules: http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC CQZ Class QSL Callsign Entity Route ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3B9H Rodrigues Island 39 SOAB M0OXO 3V8SS Tunisia 33 SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via LX1NO 3XY3D Guinea 35 F5OZC; QSL via (REF-B/d) 4L2M Georgia 21 SOSB 20M EA7FTR 4U1A Austria 15 M/S UA3DX 5X1NH Uganda 37 SOSB ClubLog 5X8B Uganda 37 SOAB LP LoTW; QSL automatic via (B) 6W1SU Senegal 35 SOAB HP M0URX 6Y3M Jamaica 08 M/2 VE3NE 6Y0W Jamaica 08 M/2 LZ1NK (d) 7Q7WW Malawi 37 7X2ARA Algeria 33 QSL via 7T7T or (B) 8P50B Barbados 09 SOSB 20M LoTW; QSL via KU9C & (C) 8R1/AG6UT Guyana 09 LoTW; QSL via DJ9RR 9G5W Ghana 35 M/S LoTW; QSL via S59ZZ (L after 6 mos) 9H6A Malta 15 M/? LoTW 9K2K Kuwait 21 SOAB LoTW 9M6NA East Malaysia 28 SOAB HP LoTW 9Y4/VE3EY Trinidad & Tobago 09 SOAB HP VE3EY A31MM Tonga 32 SOSB 15M LoTW; QSL via EA5GL A44A Oman 21 M/M A47RS AH2R Guam 27 M/S LoTW AH0K Mariana Islands 27 M/2 LoTW; QSL via OH6GDX & (C) C6AGU Bahamas 08 M/? HA7RY CR2M Azores 14 SOSB 15M HP LoTW CR3OO Madeira 33 SOAB LoTW CR5SSB Portugal 14 M/S CT1EOU CR6K Portugal 14 SOAB HP CT1CJJ CT9/OK6RA Madeira 33 SOSB 40M OK6RA CT9/R7KW Madeira 33 M/S K2PF (d) CU4DX Azores 14 SOSB 40M HP LoTW D4P Cape Verde 35 SO LoTW DR8A Germany 14 M/S LoTW DU9/RZ3FW Philippines 27 Home Call(d) DU9/R4WAA Philippines 27 Home Call(d) ED8X Canary Islands 33 M/S RN3RQ ES9C Estonia 15 M/2 ES5RY FG/F6ARC Guadeloupe 08 SOSB 15M LoTW; QSL via F6ARC(REF B/d) FK/JR3RIU New Caledonia 32 SOAB LoTW; QSL via JR3RIU (d) FY5FY French Guiana 09 SOSB 20M FY5FY GJ2A Jersey 14 SOSB 20M LoTW GU3HFN Guernsey 14 SOAB LP GU3HFN (B); QSL via GU8ITE (d) GU4CHY Guernsey 14 SOSB 20M GU4CHY GU4YOX Guernsey 14 SOSB 15M LoTW; QSL via GU4YOX (B/d) HB0A Liechtenstein 14 M/? HB0A (d) HC0E Ecuador 10 M/2 HC1QRC; QSL via HC0E (B) HQ9X Honduras 07 M/2 KQ1F HS0ZAR Thailand 26 M/2 K3ZO HS0ZIA Thailand 26 M/? J68GD St. Lucia 08 LoTW; QSL via K9AW (d) KH7M Hawaii 31 SOAB KH6ZM LY4A Lithuania 15 M/M LoTW OF5Z Finland 15 M/M LoTW N4WW USA 05 M/S NP2X US Virgin Islands 08 M/? LoTW; QSL via K5WW P40C Aruba 09 P40L Aruba 09 M/2 WA3FRP P40W Aruba 09 SOAB LoTW; QSL via N2MM PJ4A Bonaire 09 SOSB 15M K4BAI PJ4E Bonaire 09 SOSB 80M LoTW PJ4I Bonaire 09 SOSB LoTW PJ4Y Bonaire 09 M/S DL5CW PS0F Fernando de Noronha 11 M/S PY7RP (d); QSL via (C) PX0F Fernando de Noronha 11 PP5BZ PZ5V Surinam 09 M/2 M0URX R7AB Russia (Europe) 16 M/S LoTW RW0A Russia (Asia) 18 M/2 LoTW S79K Seychelles 39 SOAB LoTW; QSL via G3NKC & (C) SO4M Poland 15 M/S SO9M Poland 15 SOAB LP SQ9UM SU9JG Egypt 34 SOSB 15M LoTW; QSL via EA5GL TF3JB Iceland 40 SOSB 20M LoTW; QSL via TF3JB (B/d) TI7W Costa Rica 07 SOAB HP W4FS TK0C Corsica 15 M/2 S50C TM1A France 14 M/S LoTW; (REF-B)/F5GSJ(d)/(e) TO1A French Guyana 09 SOSB 15M TO2SP St. Barthelemy 08 M/? LoTW; QSL via SP6IXF (B) TO5W Martinique 08 LoTW; QSL via KO8SCA & (C) UN4L Kazakhstan 17 SOSB 80M UA9AB V26FF Antigua & Barbuda 08 LoTW V26K Antigua & Barbuda 08 SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via AA3B V31EME Belize 07 DG8NCO V34AO Belize 07 SOAB LP DL7VOA V47T St. Kitts & Nevis 08 M/2 W2RQ V6A Micronesia 27 SOAB JA7HMZ (d) V85/KC0W Brunei 28 KC0W (d) VE2IM Canada 02 SOAB HP VE3DZ VE3RZ/VP9 Bermuda 05 SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via M0URX VK6LW Australia 29 SOAB VK6LW (d) VP5M Turks & Caicos 08 M/? LoTW; QSL via K4QPL (d) VR2XAN Hong Kong 24 SOSB 160M VR2XAN XR2K Chile 12 CX1EK; QSL E-mail requests to cx1ek@arrl.net (your card not needed) for (B) XR6F Chile 12 SOSB XQ4CW YC1ZAZ Indonesia 28 M/S LoTW YE2C Indonesia 28 M/2 LoTW YN2CC Nicaragua 07 SOAB LoTW; QSL via AJ9C (d) Z60WW Kosovo 15 SO ZA1WW Albania 15 M/M LoTW; QSL via OH2TA & (C) ZB2TT Gibraltar 14 M/S ZB2X Gibraltar 14 SOSB 160M ZF2MJ Cayman Islands 08 SOAB LoTW; QSL via N6MJ ZF9CW Cayman Islands 08 SOAB LoTW; K5GO (d) ZM4T New Zealand 32 M/2 LoTW ZP9MCE Paraguay 11 SOAB LP EA5ZD (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Help: <mailtopdx-request@barf80.org?subject=help> Subscribe: <mailtopdx-request@barf80.org?subject=subscribe> Unsubscribe: <mailtopdx-request@barf80.org?subject=unsubscribe> OPDX WORLD-WIDE WEB HOME PAGE (provided by John, K8YSE): http://www.papays.com/opdx.html NOW ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/kb8nw_opdx ALSO VISIT THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION'S WEB PAGES AT: http://www.nodxa.org/ http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * All excerpts and distribution of "The OPDX Bulletin" are granted as long as KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 receives credit. ** To contribute DX info, please send via InterNet Mail to: <kb8nw@barf80.nshore.org> OR <kb8nw@arrl.net> OR <kb8nw@hotmail.com> Information can now be faxed to the following phone line at: 1-419-828-7791 (F A X only!) /EXIT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
