SB DX @ WW < KB8NW $OPDX.1404 Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1404 The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster DX Bulletin No. 1404 BID: $OPDX.1404 March 4, 2019 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, the AB5K's AR Clusters Network, ARRL Bulletins, NJ1Q & W1AW, W2GD, KD3CQ, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, W5JON, W5PFG, N6SS, WB6RSE, K8BL, K8GI, K8GG, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, W9ILY, K0BBC, N0TG, W0CN, DF4RD, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, ES1CW, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G4FAL, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, IZ4YGS, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, PY3DF, Pete Rayer & ISWL, Sixitalia Weekly, and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information. ** EDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICES: This week's bulletin was sent out earlier than normal to accommodate the late ARRL International DX SSB Contest announcements. Also, we wanted to provide the readers with a consolidated listing of the ARRL DX SSB Contest participants. ADDED NOTE: The reason for no bulletin this past Sunday is that your editor lost power on Sunday morning around 10:00 am due to high winds in my area. The power did not come back on until early evening on Tuesday some 55 hours later. It was a rough few days (BRRRR!!). The temperature dropped to 41 degrees (F) in the house on Monday, and my wife and I had to stay at her mother's house. Tuesday we tried to warm the house up with our fireplace, but the house was too cold. I was glad to see the electricity come back on, but I had a lot of catching up to do (E-mails, writing, adding subscribers, reseting clocks...etc), so I decided to combine last week's and this week's bulletin together. Thanks for understanding.... 73 de Tedd KB8NW DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 17th/February, through Sunday, 1st/March there were 240 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J5, J6, J7, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, 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, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2, T31, T32, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XW, XX9, XZ, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z6, 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". 3W, VIETNAM. Wolfgang, DL5MAE, is once again active as 3W2MAE from Phan Thiet until March 8th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. 3Y0I BOUVET DXPEDITION NEWS. The following was posted on the Rebel DX Group's Web page, dated February 20th, and "maybe" taking place now or soon: "Atlantic Tuna Sea Trial --- For those tracking our vessel; some- time in the next 10 days you will be tracking the two to three day sea trial of our ship the 'Atlantic Tuna' (formerly BYR). The SAMSA surveys are in their final stages, and after a complete refit of the Atlantic Tuna we’re now at the stage of proving the vessels sea worthiness. Re- member, this is a sea trial so when you see the Atlantic Tuna leave the Cape Town harbor don’t jump to the conclusion we’re on our way to Bouvet just yet. IF the sea trial goes as expected, we will announce our depar- ture date on (RebelDXGroup.com) and (Bouvetoya.org), as well as our Twitter and Facebook pages. You may track the Atlantic Tuna from our page: https://www.rebeldxgroup.com/track/ " Also: https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=7225051 https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5786633/mmsi:601070100 For more details and updates, we suggest to watch the following Web pages: https://bouvetoya.org https://www.rebeldxgroup.com http://jouban.jp/3y0i_ja (For JA stations) https://www.facebook.com/bouvetoya.org https://www.facebook.com/rebeldxgroup https://twitter.com/Bouvetoyaorg 5T, MAURITANIA. Johannes, PA5X, is once again is back in Africa after his Mozambique operation as of February 17th, and is now active as 5T5PA from Nouadhibou for the next 6 months. Activity will be on 160-6 meters using SSB, RTTY and FT8. His equipment is an IC-7800 with an amp into a KIO Hexbeam, dipoles and Inverted Vee antennas. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog or for a paper QSL via PA5X, by the Bureau or direct. He states, "Please be patient (for a QSL) due to working abroad". Watch QRZ.com for updates. 6O, SOMALIA (Update). Ali, EP3CQ, who works for United Nations in African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), in Mogadishu, will once again be active as 6O1OO between February 26th and March 24th. Activity will be limited to his spare time on 40/30/20/17/15/10 meters using SSB and FT8. Last time he suggested everyday between 1800-2000 East Africa Time (EAT) and on the weekend (Friday and Saturday) between 1400-1800. Equipment is a Yaesu 857D into ATAS 120A, Tarheel Little II (currently active), and Sandpiper MV-10. QSL direct to: Ali Solhjoo, Via Siacci 12, Rome, 00197, Italy. QSL cards will be replied on a quarterly basis. IRC's are not accepted. Flash news will be posted via Twitter: @EP3CQ 6W, SENEGAL. Jean-Louis, F5NHJ, is once again active as 6W7/F5NHJ from Saly until March 13th. Activity will be holiday style using mostly the Digital modes (PSK31/RTTY/FT8), possibly SSB with the a Vertical L and dipoles into a FT857d w/100 watts and a SignaLink. If like last time, operations will be on 20/17/15 meters. QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW. For more details, see: http://f5nhj.fr 6Y, JAMAICA (Update). Kasimir, DL2SBY, will be active as 6Y5KB from Jamaica (NA-097) between March 28th and April 10th. Activity will usually be on 40-6 meters including 17/12 meters and possibly 30 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL 6Y5KB via DL2SBY, direct or the OQRS (Bureau/direct) via ClubLog ONLY. Do not send your QSL via the Bureau! His log will be uploaded to LoTW later. 8P, BARBADOS. Richard "Dick", G3RWL, will once again be active as 8P6DR from Barbados (NA-021) between March 13th and April 17th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-10 meters using CW and some RTTY. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau using ClubLog's OQRS. See QRZ.com for more QSL info. 8P, BARBADOS. Tom, W2SC, will once again be active as 8P5A during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as Single-Op/All-Band/ High-Power entry. QSL via LoTW or direct to HA1AG. 9G, GHANA (Update). Matteo, IZ4YGS, is once again back and active as 9G5GS from Sanzule, West Takoradi (Western Region), Ghana, until March 13th. Matt informed OPDX back in December that he travels to Ghana almost every month for work reasons. He states that he is on "almost every evening on 20/30/ 40/60/80m; Setup FT-891 and vertical antenna, mainly FT8 and other digital modes, if propagation helps also SSB." QSL via IZ4YGS, direct or eQSL. 9G, GHANA. Members of the Accra Amateur Radio Club from Israel, will be active as 9G2DX between March 9-20th. Operators mentioned are Dov/4Z4DX, Shimon/4Z1SH, Zvi/4Z1ZV, Zeev/4X5ZS and Haim/9G5AF (4Z9BDD). This is being called a WFF Israeli DXpedition to Ghana (9GFF-0007/0004). Activity will be various HF bands. QSL via LoTW or eQSL. Look for more details to be forthcoming. 9M19, WEST MALAYSIA. A team lead by Mansur/9M2VBC which will include operators Engku/9W2VWT, Jalee/9W2VGR, Khairil/9W2WPZ, Mohamad/9W2JMW, Abdul/9W2DQM and Herry/9W2HXP. They will be active using the special callsign, 9M19TEA, thanks to the support of Kelab Rekreasi & Komunikasi Radio Cameron Highlands crew. Team members will begin to arrive March 27th,and begin to set up the antennas and stations to operate between March 28-30th. Activity is to promote interesting places in Malaysia to the world radio amateurs of the world. This year the Cameron Highlands (WW Loc. OJ14CG) was chosen and is a highland area and resort in the state of Pahang, Malaysia. Cameron Highland is located at 1,829 meters above sea level and temperatures range from 10 ° C to 20 ° C. Operations will be focused on the low bands, but will also be on the WARC-79 and higher bands. All QSL cards are 100% sure via OQRS, direct or by the Bureau! The 9M19TEA log will be on ClubLog during the DXpedition. The DXpedition's Web site is at: http://9mdxc.com/chdx A3, TONGA (Update). Operators David/VK3BDX, Grant/VK5GR and Oly/VK5XDX will be active as A35AG from Tonga between September 22nd and October 7th. Activity will be holiday style on 160-10 meters and will include entries in the CQWW DX RTTY Contest (September 28-29th) and Oceania DX SSB Contest (October 5-6th). Also, watch Grant/VK5GR's Web page for updates at: http://vk5gr-iota.net A5, BHUTAN (Reminder). By the time you read this, look for A5A to be activate again as of February 27th until March 9th. Zorro/JH1AJT (A5A), will travel to Bhutan with Franz/DJ9ZB (A52ZB) and Champ/E21EIC (A52IC). The main purpose for Zorro is to meet with the Foreign Ministry to con- tinue discussions on outcomes and progress of their collaborative project for the youth development program SEISA working for BOC. He will also meet the official of the Ministry of Health, sports federations, BOC Olympic and Paralympic committees (also collaboration of sports, education and medical issues). Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. The team will focus on 160 meters and FT8 (See FT8 Frequencies/Modes in OPDX.1401). QSL via JH1AJT: P.O. Box 8, Oiso, Naka-gun, KANAGAWA 255-0003, Japan. An OQRS will be available at ClubLog after Zorro's return to Japan. AH2, GUAM. Operators Toshinobu/JI3ERV and Hajime/JO1RUR will be active as AH2R during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Multi-? entry. QSL via LoTW. CY9C ST. PAUL ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Update from OPDX.1378). Randy, N0TG, informs [edited]: Detail planning in progress for August 1-11th. We invite all to visit the website and watch the YouTube (full screen) as we accessed the island via helicopter in 2016. We're headed back to this site: http://www.cy9c.com 73, Randy N0TG The following is also posted on their Web page: Seven of the 2016 DXpedtion Team will be returning August 2019. We hope to fill many of the band/mode slots still in demand and for those that missed the DXp- edition as a all time new one, we will work hard to fill that slot as well. Lots of EME, SAT, FT8 as well. DAY-XENIA NEWS (Press Release, dated March 1st). The SWODXA DX DINNER ANNOUNCEMENT -- by Mindi Jones – KC8CKW (kc8ckw@fuse.net) - The South- West Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) has announced that Charles Wooten, NF4A, will be the keynote speaker at the 34th annual DX Dinner. The dinner, held in conjunction with the 2019 Dayton Hamvention, will be on Friday, May 17th, at the Marriott Hotel in Dayton. Charles Wooten, NF4A, has been licensed for over 56 years and has been a DXer from the start. Charlie has achieved the DXCC Honor Roll. He is the current Southeastern Division Representative on the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee. He was a referee for the WRTC-2006 international team champion- ship held in Brazil in July 2006, WRTC-2014 New England/USA, and WRTC-2018 Lutherstadt, Germany. * Amateur call signs held: P4/WA4IMC (Aruba), HA/WA4IMC(Hungary), OK8EMC (first US ham to hold OK Callsign..1991), T9/NF4A(Bosnia), 9A/WA4IMC(Croatia), 9A/NF4A(Croatia), C92A (Mozambique). Currently holds Croatian callsign 9A5PC. * Member of K4M DXpedition to Midway Island, 2009 * Member of PJ7E DXpedtion to St Maarten 2010 * Member of C82DX DXpedition to Mozambique 2013 Charlie was named Clear Channel Radio Small Market Engineer of the Year in 2003 and 2004 and the Clear Channel Radio National Engineer of the Year in 2005. For 14 years, Charlie was a Broadcast Engineering Consultant, building over 120 broadcast facilities (RF and Studio plants) including over 30 in Eastern Europe (Czechoslovakia…now Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia) from 1991-1997 for the US State Department after the fall of communism. Charlie is a Senior Member, Society of Broadcast Engineers and is currently the Director of Engineering and IT, iHeart Media (formerly Clear Channel), Panama City, FL. For more information and to order dinner tickets, visit (WWW.SWODXAEVENTS.ORG) and follow us on Twitter (@SWODXA). DU, PHILIPPINES (Update). Press, N6SS, will be active as DU6/N6SS from Panay Island (OC-129), near the town of Sibalom, Antique Province, be- tween late February until April 17th. Activity will be on 160/80/40 meters using CW, FT8 and SSB during the ARRL International DX Contest (March 2-3rd) [Class not known] and also the CQWW WPX SSB Contests (March 30-31st) as a Single-Op/Single-Band (80m) entry. His rig is a K3 with a KPA500 into the following antennas: 80/40m crossed Inverted Ves that serve as toploading for a 160m vertical. QSL via his home callsign. DXCC'S MOST WANTED (ClubLog). The "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of February 21st. The list contains 340 entities. The following are the top 10 entities: 1. P5 DPRK (North Korea) 6. BV9P Pratas Island 2. 3Y/B Bouvet Island 7. KH7K Kure Island 3. FT5/W Crozet Island 8. KH3 Johnston Island 4. BS7H Scarborough Reef 9. 3Y/P Peter 1 Island 5. CE0X San Felix Islands 10. FT5/X Kerguelen Island Four changes this month. Scarborough Reef (BS7H) and San Felix Islands (CE0X) switched places in the 4th to 5th position. Kerguelen Island (FT5/X) and Peter 1 Island (3Y/P) switched places in the 9th to the 10th. The complete "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list is available at: https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php FG, GUADELOUPE (Reminder). Operators Gildas/F6HMQ and Michel/F6GWV are once again active as FG/F6HMQ and FG/F6GWV from Guadeloupe until March 10th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF bands using "light equipment". They will also be in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) using the callsign TO3Z. QSL via F6HMQ. QSL FG/F6GWV and Gildas FG/F6HMQ via their home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. FH, REUNION ISLAND. By the time you read this, Vlad, UA4WHX, may be QRT as FH/UA4WHX from Mayotte Island (AF-027). As always, the length of his stay is unknown. Look for activity to be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via UA4WHX. GB1, NORTHERN IRELAND (Special Event). Members of the West Tyrone Amateur Radio Club which is based in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, will activate the special event station, GB1SPD, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on the weekend of March 16th and 17th. The station will be operational from approximately 0930-1800 hrs Saturday and from 1000-1600 hrs on Sunday. Depending on band conditions, they will be operational on the following bands and modes: CW - 20m SSB - 17/20/40/80m PSK31 & FT8 (bands not provide) 2 meters & Echolink. QSL cards will be sent out to all contacts. HC, ECUADOR. Members of Quito Radio Club will be active as HC0E from Ecuador during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Multi-Multi entry. QSL via HC1QRC or by the Bureau. HD8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (Reminder/Update). The 7163 Group will once again activate their "Protect the Galapagos Islands Wildlife DXpediton" to Santa Cruz Island (SA-004). They will be active as HD8M from Santa Cruz Island between now and March 6th. Activity is planned for operations on 80-10 meters using CW, SSB and the Digital modes (Primarily FT8). Suggested frequencies are: CW - 1822, 3523, 7023, 10108, 14023, 18079, 21023, 24894 and 28023 kHz SSB - 3785, 7163, 14210, 18130, 21285, 24955 and 28485 kHz FT8 - 1846, 3567, 5357, 7056, 10131, 14090, 18095, 21091, 24911 and 28091 kHz --- PLEASE NOTE: All FT8 frqs. will be on the DXpedition Mode except 60m Operators mentioned are Jim/WB2REM, David/HC5DX, and Bill W2WCM. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (LoTW & Bureau), direct to WB2REM (w/SASE) and via the Bureau only through ClubLog. DO NOT send any QSLs via the Bureau. An upload will be made to LoTW after the DX-pedition. For more infor- mation, go to <http://www.hd8m.com> or look on QRZ.com. HR, HONDURAS. Gerard, F2JD, is once again active as HR5/F2JD from Copan Ruinas, Honduras, until May 15th. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via F6AJA, direct or via the French REF Bureau. The log will be posted on: http://lesnouvellesdx.fr/voirlogs.php IOTA NEWS.............. AF-118. (Update/New IOTA) Toufelaz, CN8QY, is planning to lead a team to activate Los Farallones Island, Morocco, between July 25-30th. Callsign will be 5C9A. Operators mentioned are Zidane/CN8CE, Toufelaz/CN8QY, Hamid/CN8HDZ, CN8PA/CN8PA, Ferti/CN8RAH, Leopoldo/I8LWL, Bruno/IK2PZG, Simon/IZ7ATN, Col/MM0NDX and Jonathan/MM0OKG. They are looking for support. QSL Manager is I8LWL. They will also use ClubLog. Details are on QRZ.com and now on the Web page at: https://5c9a.com EU-011. Members of the Cray Valley Radio Society team will once again activate St. Mary's Island in the Isles of Scilly during the IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as Multi-Op/Mixed-Mode/24HRS/High- Power entry signing M8C. The team will be there between July 24-30th. In the past the team has operated on all HF bands prior to the contest using their callsigns/P, but there was some mention of the callsign G3RCV being used. QSL Manager has not been announced for this year. Watch QRZ.com for updates. Operators mentioned this year are Nobby/G0VJG, Chris/G0FDZ, Giles/M0TGV, Toby/M0TBS, Graham/G4FNL, Ed/GM0WED and Martin/ M0MDR. NA-014. Mikhail "Mike", VE7ACN, will be active as VE7ACN/VE9 from White Head Island (CISA NB-010, GRID FN64pp), New Brunswik, Canada, between April 5-11th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-15 meters (depending on the propagation) using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, direct or bureau to VE7ACN. For more details and updates, watch: https://www.ve7acn.com NA-081. Mikhail "Mike", VE7ACN, will be active as VE7ACN/VE1 from Bell Island (CISA NS-044, GRID FN74tf), Nova Scotia, Canada, between March 22-28th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-15 meters (depending on the propagation) using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, direct or bureau to VE7ACN. For more details and updates, watch: https://www.ve7acn.com NA-127. Mikhail "Mike", VE7ACN, will be active as VA7XW/VE1 from Long Island (CISA NS-007, GRID FN64ug), Nova Scotia, Canada, between March 28th and April 4th. Activity will be holiday style on 80-15 meters (depending on the propagation) using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, direct or bureau to VE7ACN. For more details and updates, watch: https://www.ve7acn.com NA-150. Cezar, VE3LYC, will be active as VE3LYC/KL7 from Little Diomede Island, Alaska, between March 18-26th. Activity will be on 40-17 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via VE3LYC, direct or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: https://ve3lyc-kl7-na150.weebly.com OC-138. (Update) Taka, JA8COE, will be active as VK4/JA8COE from Thursday Island (not Horn Island as first announced) between March 14-17th. Activity will be on various HF Bands. QSL via JA8COE. For more details and updates, watch: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/takaja8coe OC-207. Operators Ed/4F1OZ and Gil/4F2KW will be active as DX1CC from Arena Island, Philippines, between April 12-15th. They are members of the Philippine DX Chasers Club. Activity will be on 30/20/17 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via EA5GL or ClubLog. SA-047. By the time you read this, operators Martin/PT2ZDX and Angel/ PP5GEL should be active as PS5X from Mel Island until March 5th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL via F4BHW direct only. Brazilian stations QSL via PP5GEL. 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 March). The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of March 2019: GX4BJC/A & GX4BJC/P - Operated /A, from Ellesmere Port, in Cheshire, by Geof, M0BAU, (WAB Square - SJ37 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). If requested, the /P WAB details will be given during the QSO. MX1SWL/A - Operated from Clacton on Sea, in Essex, by George, G1IPU, (/A WAB Square - TM11 - England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). ALL QSLs will be handled by Dick, M5DIK - The QSL Manager 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. J6, ST. LUCIA. Bill, K9HZ, (along with Kyle/WA4PGM and Dan/W0CN) will once again be active as J68HZ from his villa at Labrelotte Bay, Castries, St. Lucia (NA-108, WLOTA L-1336), during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Multi-Single entry. The team will be there until March 6th. QSL J68HZ via LoTW, eQSL or direct to K9HZ (see QRZ.com). No Bureau QSLs. Look for J6/WA4PGM and J6/W0CN outside of the contest on 160-10 meters including the WARC-79 bands using CW and SSB. QSL via their home callsigns or LoTW. KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Tony, N2TK, will be active as KP2M from U.S. Virgin Islands (NA-106) during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via NZ4DX, direct or LoTW. LX, LUXEMBOURG. A team of operators, members of the Youth Contesting Program (YCP) [all ops younger than 26], will be active as LX7I during ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via LX2A. Operators mentioned are Claudia/DC2CL, Louis/DK4EE, Markus/ DL8GM, Tom/F4HWS and Tomi/HA8RT. Visit the following Web pages at: https://www.ham-yota.com/youth-contesting-program http://www.lx7I.com NORTHERN MAINE GRIDS TO BE ACTIVATED (On the Birds). Clayton, W5PFG, reports that between 0300 UTC, March 2nd and 1700 UTC, March 3rd, he will operate satellites /TM (Tobaggan Mobile) through grids FN54, FN55, FN56, FN57, FN66, and FN67. He plans to activate the FN54/55, FN56/66, and FN57/67 grid lines that he has used on previous Maine expeditions. This will be a fast-paced trip and he doesn't anticipate working every bird or every pass. He will stop to sleep, drink, and eat. Weather will be a huge factor. Like many of his activations, it's recommended you monitor his <@w5pfg> Twitter feed for the latest information. NP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Yuriy, N2TTA, will once again be active from here as NP2P during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via LoTW. OPDX MAILING LIST (Reminder). The "new" OPDX Mailing List is back up and running! Details on how to subscribe/unsubscribe are at the bottom of this bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW P4, ARUBA. Andy, AE6Y, will once again be active as P49Y from Aruba (SA-036) during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via LoTW or AE6Y. P4, ARUBA. John, W2GD, will once again be active as P44W from Aruba (SA-036) between March 25th and April 1st, and again between May 22-27th. Look for him to be in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st) as a Single- Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. Also, look for him to be in the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power entry. Operations outside of the contest are usually on 160/80m and 30/17/12 meters as time permits. Watch 160m on the hour and 80m on the half hour. QSL via LoTW or direct to N2MM, Bureau cards are no longer accepted. Logs will be loaded on LoTW upon his return to the USA. ADDED REMINDER (OPDX.1392): John, W2GD, will also be active as HH2AA from Radio Club D'Haïti in Obleon during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Single-Op/All-Band/Low-Power/Assisted entry. He states, "Remote oper- ation from the USA courtesy of RHR." QSL via LoTW only. PJ7, SINT MAARTEN. John, W3FSA, is once again active as PJ7/W3FSA from Sint Maarten (NA-105) until March 19th. Activity will be holiday style on 40/30/20 meters using CW QRP. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. PJ7, SINT MAARTEN. Tom, AA9A, is once again active as PJ7AA from Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten (NA-105), between March 3-30th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW and FT8. Operations will be with 100 watts with a K3 and Buddi-pole. QSL via AA9A or LoTW. NO Bureau QSLs. PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (March 4-10th)....... Mar/04th AN Mar/07th AN Mar/09th AN Mar/05th AN Mar/08th AN Mar/10th AN Mar/06th 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 Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites: * VOACAP predication Web page at: http://www.voacap.com/hf and http://www.voacap.com/prediction.html * DX.QSL.NET Propagation page: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation * A daily HF radio wave propagation forecast can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/thomasfranklingiellaw4hm * SolarHam Web page: http://www.solarham.net * Radio Propagation/Space Weather/Sunspot Cycle Information at: http://sunspotwatch.com * Graphic propagation tool by DR2W: http://www.dr2w.de/dx-propagation * Point to point propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk/p2p.html * Realtime propagation at: http://www.predtest.uk * Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@GiellaW4hm QSL INFO AND NEWS................... QSL-INFO from DB0SDX by Lothar, DL1SBF <www.qslinfo.eu> <February 18th & 23rd, March 1st> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4JT0SFR via 4K4K (d/P) EN0KRI/A via UW5KW S510WCA via S50LD 4U0R via UA3DX FH/UA4WHX via UA4WHX SF50CG via SM0BYD 6W7/F5NHJ via F5NHJ FK/JG1XMV via JG1XMV & (L) SM6A via SA6AQP (L) 6W7/ON4AVT via ON4AVT G6T via M0URX (O) SN0RUN via SP5PPK AN1PM via EA1RKA HA9HAF9A via HA5CBM SN8B via SP8CUR & (L) AO1WAP via AO1WAP (O/N) HD8M via WB2REM & (O) SN9L via SQ9NIS CB3R via XQ3SK HS0ZFA via DJ4ER T45FM via RW6HS (d) CJ3A via VE3AT J6/VE3BWP via VE3BWP TM16WAP via F8DHE CN4M via RW6HS (d) LA/CU2ZG via CU2ZG (d/L) TM5OTT via F4SGU CR3DX via OM2VL LO5D via LU8EOT TM5TT via F4BEV (N) CS7/DO5JUB/P via DO5JUB LZ/SV2RUJ/P via SV2RUJ TM6HPP via F4GTT DA0Y via DK5EW NL8F via N7RO TO3Z via F6HMQ DF13DEJU via DM2TO OA4DX via (L) TR8CR via F6AJA DG5BQ/AM via DG5BQ OE/DK7FK via DK7FK UE23DSA via RO5F DJ5MN/AM via DJ5MN OE16AAW via OE3DMA UE23DZO via RA4DR DL/KU1CW via KU1CW (L) OK/SQ9MDF/P via SQ9MDF V31DL via DL1AS DP5A via DL3JJ OP1A via ON6UQ (O/L) V3T via WC0W (L) DP7D via DF1QR (d/e) OQ5M via ON5ZO (L/e) V85AVE via W3HNK DQ600UNI via DL5KVV OS8A via ON8VK VD1NUQK via VO1AX (d) DR19RGD via DF2JW (B/e) P40E via K9QVB & (L) VP2MSS via K1QX & (L) EA5/ON4ANV/M via ON4ANV (L/e) PA/ON5SWA/P via ON5SWA VP5/K0PC via K0PC (O) EA7/G0MFR via G0MFR & (L) PF6HPP via PA1TK VP9/AA1AC via AA1AC ED8URT via EA8URT PJ0DX via IZ1MHY & (L) VP9/W6PH via W6PH (d) EF5F via EA5FBD PJ2/K8PGJ via K8PGJ (d/L) XW3DT via RK3DT (P) EG7FIM via EA7URF PJ2/N4EN via N4EN YS1/AA4NC via AA4NC (d/L) EH5TES via EA5EV & (L) PJ2/NF9V via NF9V & (L) ZR2A via DM5EE & (L) EI0NMMI via EI6AL PJ2MAN via EC5AHA (d) ZV7T via PR7AYE EI19RE via EI3KD PJ5/N6YEU via N6YEU & (L) ZV8FC via PY8WW EM1UA via UT7UA S01WS via EA2JG (O) (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed (I) No IRC (P) PayPal (NB) No Bureau LOGS ONLINE AT CLUBLOG.ORG THIS WEEK...... https://clublog.org/logsearch/9G2DX https://clublog.org/logsearch/HD8M https://clublog.org/logsearch/T31EU https://clublog.org/logsearch/XR0ZRC 9TH DISTRICT INCOMING QSL BUREAU NEWS (New Manager and Address). From the ARRL Special Bulletin ARLX003 dated February 15th [edited]: Erik Andersen, K9EU, of Naperville, Illinois, has assumed the role of manager for the Ninth District Incoming QSL Bureau. He is a long-time volunteer with the Bureau as well as a noted and accomplished DXer and contester. He succeeds John Meyers, K9QVB, who served as manager for 2 decades and will remain a sorter and letter dispatcher. The Ninth District Bureau handles more than 45,000 DX QSL cards each month. Effective immediately, send all Ninth District Incoming QSL Bureau correspondence to: NIDXA, PO Box 125, Naperville, IL 60566. Their Web site is: http://www.nidxa.org UT1FG/MM eQSLs. Bob, K8BL, reports, "Grid Chasers... Just checked eQSL and noticed that 21 QSLs from UT1FG/MM showed up from over several years!!! What a surprise!!! I only use LoTW for SAT contacts, so I hope they are over there, too." QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 4U1ITU, 4Z5KU, 5T5PA, 7X5FG, 9G2HO, 9V1YC, C5DX, CX8ABF, DH8NAV, DK7UY, DL8OH, EA5AD, ET3YOTA, F5CYM, F6FHO, FG8OJ, FJ/SP6IXF, FY5KE, GJ0KYZ, GM5X, HA7TM, HB0A, LX7I, N7ET/DU7, NL8F, ON8DM, OY/SP6IXF, PJ4/NN9DD, PJ5/SO6X, PJ5/SP6IXF, PU8UMR, PV8ABC, RI1ANL, S51DI, SU9JG, TA1HZ, TA3AER, TA4MA, TI5/AA1M, TR8CA, TZ4AM, UB3EAK, UT5ECZ, V31DJ, V31UX, V51YJ, V84SAA, VA3TO, XE1SIX, XP3A, ZL2LW, ZL4AS and ZP4KFX QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 6D50I, 8Q7PE, DP1POL, ET3YOTA, H7/RM0F (NA-013), OX3XR, RI0B (AS-121), S79RRC, S79RRC/A, S79RRC/C, TK0C*, TX0A, TX0M, V51MA, VK0AI, VP6D, XT2SZZ, XZ2B, Z81D, ZD7JC and ZD7GWM * PLEASE NOTE: QSLs are approximately 10 x 15 cm or 3-7/8 x 5-7/8 inches and are too wide for a US size 6-3/4 envelope which is about 3-5/8 x 6-1/2 inches. QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE TO REPORT THIS WEEK!!! --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc) send in their info.... RSGB CRICKET WORLD CUP RADIO MARATHON 2019. The RSGB is pleased to invite all radio amateurs across the world to join them in celebrating the Cricket World Cup which is being held in England and Wales in 2019. They are organ- izing an International Amateur Radio Marathon for the duration of the competition. Overview and Objectives: * The marathon will run between May 30th and July 14th, 2019 * UK and International callsigns will be activated on 9 HF bands using SSB, CW and Digital modes. * A series of award certificates will be offered based on the number of QSOs made with the special UK and International stations. * They will be using the excellent Hamlogs system that was used so successfully for the Football World Cup marathon in 2018. * They are inviting other countries to take part and to activate special callsigns with the suffix 19CWC or similar. ** The UK will be using the following 31 callsigns. Callsign Representing -------- ------------ GB19CWC 2019 Cricket World Cup HQ England Cricket Ground callsigns activated in England ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GB19OT Old Trafford, Manchester GB19KO Kennington Oval, London GB19RG Riverside Ground, Chester- GB19RB The Rose Bowl, Southampton le-Street GB19BG County Ground, Bristol GB19HL Headingley, Leeds GB19TG County Ground, Taunton GB19EB Edgbaston, Birmingham GB19TB Trent Bridge, Nottingham GB19LL Lord's, London Teams callsigns activated in England Callsigns for other DXCC countries ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- GB19AFG Afghanistan GB19CNI Cricket Northern Ireland GB19AUS Australia GB19CGI Cricket Northern Ireland GB19BAN Bangladesh GB19CS Cricket Scotland GB19ENG England GB19CGM Cricket Scotland GB19IND India GB19CW Cricket Wales GB19NZ New Zealand GB19CGW Cricket Wales GB19PAK Pakistan GB19SG Sophia Gardens, Cardiff GB19SA South Africa activated in Wales GB19SL Sri Lanka GB19CG Cricket Guernsey GB19WI Windies GB19CJ Cricket Jersey GB19CIM Cricket Isle of Man Full details of the Marathon including the Rules for Awards, can be found on the RSGB website at (rsgb.org/cricket). You can follow your progress in the Marathon on the Hamlogs Website at (cricket2019.hamlogs.net). For further information relating to the marathon please email (ContestClub@rsgbcc.org). T31EU KANTON ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS. The T31EU team continues to be active from Kanton Island (OC-043) until March 5th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and some FT8. QSL via DL2AWG or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates, see: http://www.kanton2019.de T32, EASTERN KIRIBATI. Ken, KH6QJ, will once again be active as T32AZ from Crystal Lodge, Kiritimati Island [Christmas Island](OC-024) between February 28th and March 5th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15 meters, but will focus on 40 meters using CW and SSB. He also plans to be in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd). QSL via his home call, direct or by the Bureau. TI, COSTA RICA. By the time you read this, operators Bill/AE0EE, Matt/K0BBC and Paul/W6PNG will be active as TI7/AE0EE, TI7/K0BBC and TI7/W6PNG, re- spectively, until March 5th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. They will have K3/KX3 radios with 100w into wire dipoles and Buddipoles. QSL via their home callsigns, ClubLog or LoTW. The trio will also be in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Multi-? entry signing as TI7/W6PNG. TO19, REUNION ISLAND. Croatian operators from the Radio Club Marjan (9A1CBM) and Radioclub Kastilac (9A1CIG) will use the special callsign, TO19A, between April 27th and May 8th. Operators mentioned are Tom/9A2AA, Livio/ 9A7Y, Mladen/9A2NA, Ante/9A8RA, Jerko/9A3EME, Jakša/9A3CJW and Rolando/ 9A3MR. Activity will be on various HF bands, but with a focus on the low bands. Individual trips to the mountain peaks on the island are also planned and SOTA references are actively involved. As the expedition is located in the national park area, the connection will be valid for the WFF reference FFF-0011. The QSL Manager will be Tom, 9A2AA. V3, BELIZE (Reminder/Update). Operators Victor/WB0TEV and Scott/K5PS will be active as V31VP and V31CQ, respectively, from Blackman Eddy between February 27th and March 5th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. This will include participation in the ARRL Inter- national DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Multi-Single entry signing V31VP. QSL V31VP via WB0TEV, direct or by the Bureau. QSL V31CQ via K5PS, direct, by the Bureau, eQSL, ClubLog or LoTW. V4, ST. KITTS. John, W5JON, will once again be active as V47JA from his Calypso Bay, St. Kitts, West Indies vacation home located 200 feet from the Caribbean Sea, between April 1-22nd. Activity will be on 160-6 meters (incl. 60m) using SSB and FT8. Equipment is a Yaesu FT1000MP, FT857D and an Elecraft KPA500 Amplifier. John states his antennas are a 33', 40-10m Vertical, 35', 80m Top Loaded Vertical, a base loaded 160m Vertical and on 6m a 5 element Yagi. ALL QSLs go to W5JON direct or via LoTW. NO Bureau QSLs. VP2E, ANGUILLA. Operators Chris/PA2CHR and Jos/PA3EYC will be active as VP2EMB from Island Harbor, Anguilla (NA-022, FK88mg), sometime in April. They plan to operate on EME. QSL via PY3FYC direct. Look for more details to be forthcoming. VP2M, MONTSERRAT. Charles, K1XX, will once again be active as VP2MMF from Gingerbread Hill, Montserrat (NA-103), during the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via KU9C or LoTW. VP9, BERMUDA. Kurt, W6PH, will once again be active as VP9/W6PH for the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd) as a Single-Op/All-Band/ Low-Power entry. Activity outside of the contest will only be on CW on all bands (except WARC) with 100 watts (IC7000) and low antennas (25 feet). QSL only direct to his home callsign W6PH or LoTW. VQ9, CHAGOS ISLANDS (News). Will Chagos Islands become part of Mauritius again? Read this interesting article at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...s-uk-claim-to-sovereignty-over-chagos-islands YJ, VANUATU. Chris, VK2NYA/VK2YUS, will once again be active as YJ0CA from Port Vila, Efate Island (OC-035), possibly between March 26th and April 2nd. Activity will be on 40/20/15 meters (possibly 10m) SSB only. He also plans to be in the CQWW WPX SSB Contest (March 30-31st) as a Single-Op entry. QSL via his home callsign direct. Z8, SOUTH SUDAN (Also ET). The Daily DX reported that Ken, K4ZW, will be in Juba, South Sudan, next week, and states, "He hopes to be able to be on the air as Z81Z between Monday March 4th and Wednesday March 6th. If he is able to get on the air 'operation will be very limited in time due to work schedules and tight travel restrictions in the city'." The Daily DX also mentions that Ken will be in Addis, Ethiopia (ET), between March 7-10th, and "will try to spend a night or two at the station, operating the lowbands again". QSL via K4ZW and LoTW. There will be a log search on ClubLog. ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Valery, NV9L, will be active as ZF2VH from Savannah, Grand Cayman Island (NA-016) from James/ZF1EJ's station for a one day operation on March 6th (while her cruise ship is in port; providing there are no issues with WX) between 1500-2100z. Activity will be mainly on SSB, possibly on 20 meters. QSL via NV9L, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following stations are expected to be active in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March 2-3rd, 2019) Complete details on the rules for the contest: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bill, NG3K, for providing OPDX readers with the following consolidated listing of the participants in the 2019 ARRL International 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/adxs2019.html (By callsign) http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxsd2019.html (By entity) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contest DXCC Class QSL Callsign Entity Route ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8P1W Barbados SOAB KU9C 8P5A Barbados SOAB HP LoTW; QSL via HA1AG AH2R Guam M/? LoTW C6ANM Bahamas M/S LoTW CB1H Chile M/? XQ1CY DU3/F4EBK Philippines SO See QRZ.com FG4KH Guadeloupe SO LoTW; QSL via F1DUZ HC0E Ecuador M/M HC1QRC HD8M Galapagos M/? WB2REM HH2AA Haiti SOAB LP LoTW HQ9X Honduras M/2 KQ1F or W1UE J68HZ St. Lucia M/S LoTW KP2M US Virgin Islands SO NZ4DX or (L) LX7I Luxembourg M/2 LX2A NP2P US Virgin Islands SO LoTW P49Y Aruba SO LoTW; QSL via AE6Y T32AZ East Kiribati SO KH6QJ TI7/W6PNG Costa Rica M/? LoTW; QSL via W6PNG (C/L) TO3Z Guadeloupe M/? F6HMQ TO5A Martinique SOAB LoTW;QSL via F5VHJ(B) or US via WA6WPG V26M St. Kitts & Nevis SO W3HNK V31NC Belize SO AA4NC; QSL via EA5GL V31VP Belize M/S WB0TEV VP2MMF Montserrat SO LoTW; QSL via KU9C VP9/W6PH Bermuda SOAB LP LoTW; QSL via W6PH YV1KK Venezuela M/S LoTW ZF1A Cayman Islands M/S LoTW; QSL via K6AM (B/d) (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only (N) No QSL needed (I) No IRC (P) PayPal *********************************************************************** TO BE ADDED TO THE OPDX MAILING LIST -- Click or send requests to: Subscribe: (mailto:kb8nw@hotmail.com?subject=subscribe) Unsubscribe: (mailto:kb8nw@hotmail.com?subject=unsubscribe) Just a reminder, you can still obtain the OPDX Bulletins via the OPDX Web page (provided by John, K8YSE) [http://www.papays.com/opdx.html], QRZ.com (under Forums; News; Special Events, Contests.. etc.), several DX Mailing Lists, and two different UseNet Groups (rec.radio.info and rec.radio.amateur.dx). 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