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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1444

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    Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1444

    The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
    DX Bulletin No. 1444
    BID: $OPDX.1444
    December 16, 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 Cluster
    Networks, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, WB6RSE, K8GI,
    K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, 4X1VF, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter,
    DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX,
    I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2YSB, IW4CLV, RN3RQ, RW6HS, Sixitalia Weekly,
    and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information.

    DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
    week of Sunday, 8th/December, through Sunday, 15th/December there were
    214 countries active. Countries available: 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 4J, 4L, 4O,
    4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J,
    9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5,
    C6, CE, CE0X, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA,
    EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP,
    FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK,
    HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, 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, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S5, S7, SM, SP,
    ST, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T5, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA,
    UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP5,
    VP6, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, YA, YB, 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".

    3D2AG/P ROTUMA DXPEDITION NEWS (Update). By the time you read this,
    Antoine, 3D2AG, should arrive on Rotuma; around Monday 16th, 0600 UTC.
    He was expected to sail on the 14th, and it is a 48 hour trip to Rotuma.
    He mentions that unloading the boat might only happen during the morning
    of Tuesday, the 17th (local time). His 3D2AG/p activity may not start
    until the evening of 17th or morning of 18th.
    EDITOR'S NOTES: For more details, updates, and operating schedule and
    frequencies, watch the QRZ.com at: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/3D2AG/P

    4U1, AUSTRIA (Special Event). As of December 12th, members of the Amateur
    Radio Contest DX Club (ARCDXC, http://www.cqdx.ru/4u1a ) are active using
    the special callsign 4U1XMAS during the Christmas season from the 4U1A
    station at the United Nations Vienna International Center. Activity will
    last until December 31st. They have been on 80/40/20/15 meters using CW
    and SSB. They state that there will be an International team of operators
    - Santa, Ded Moroz & (YL) Snegurochka. QSL via UA3DX, direct or by the
    Bureau. Just a reminder that this counts for Austria for DXCC purposes.

    4X, ISRAEL (Update/Correction). Members of the "Holyland DX Group" will
    operate as 4X9R from the heart of Beith Shearim site between December
    27-28th. The operators mentioned are Ruben/4Z5FI, Mark/4Z4KX, Alexander/
    4Z4AK, Ros/4Z5LA, Yuli/4X6HP, Vladimir/4Z5IW, Hilik/4X6YA, Arthur/4X4DZ,
    Jan/4X1VF and Hal/W8HC. Beith Shearim is a very attractive site for tour-
    ists from all over the world. The catacombs were declared a UNESCO World
    Heritage site in July 2015. (https://biblewalks.com/sites/BeitShearimCatacombs.html)
    They will start their activity on Friday, December 27th, at 0730 UTC,
    and close down on Saturday, December 28th, 1300 UTC. Activity will be on
    80-10 meters using CW and SSB, with two stations. Reference numbers: Holy-
    land Square - H-07-YZ (not J-07-HF) and WFF 4XFF-063. QSL Manager is Ros,
    4Z5LA.

    CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND. Oleh, KD7WPJ (UR5BCP), will be active as CE0Y/UR5BCP
    from Hanga Roa, Easter Island (SA-001) between December 26-31st. Activity
    will be on 60-6 meters using CW, SSB and FT8/FT4 with 100 watts. QSL via
    KD7WPJ, direct or by the Bureau. Digital mode contacts will be uploaded
    to LoTW.

    CE0Y, EASTER ISLAND. Mike, VE7ACN, will be active as CE0Y/VE7ACN from
    Easter Island between March 19-30th (2020). Activity will be on 80-10
    meters (possibly 160m) using CW and SSB. QSL via VE7ACN, ClubLog's OQRS
    or LoTW.

    DXCC NEWS. The following operation has been reportedly approved by the
    ARRL for DXCC credit: VU7RI -- Lakshadweep Islands (2019)

    FJ, ST. BARTHELEMY. Col, MM0NDX, reports on Eham.net (dated December 10th):
    "Tentative plans to return to St Barts in early May 2020. I was last in
    St. Barts (for one day only) in 2014 after the PJ7PK NA-247 IOTA DX-
    pedition. Instead of FJ/MM0NDX, I may use FJ/OJ0Y, or even both! Couple
    more ops may join me. More info after the New Year."

    FS, ST. MARTIN. Mike, VE7ACN (aka RW0CN, VA7XW, AA7CH), will be active
    as FS/RW0CN from Saint Martin Island between February 9-16th (2020).
    There is a possibility (but not guaranteed) of a side trip to Tintamarre
    Island (NA-199) as FS/VE7ACN. Activity will be on 80-10 meters (possibly
    160m, if there is room) using mainly CW and SSB (FT8 very unlikely). He
    also plans to be in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 15-16th). Equipment
    is a K3 w/Expert 1.3K-FA (1300 W) into a vertical and/or Inverted V. QSL
    via ClubLog's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, direct or by the Bureau to VE7ACN.
    Mike also plans to go to Puerto Rico after this operation (see KP4 below).

    HC, ECUADOR (Update). Antonio "Toni", EA5RM, is now in Ecuador until
    January 5th. He is on the air during his spare time mainly as HC3ACT
    (not HC3/EA5RM as first announced) from Loja. He may also be active as
    HC2/EA5RM from Guayaquil. His activity will be on 40-10 meters using
    SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign.

    IOTA NEWS..............
    EU-125. Volker, DJ8VW, is once again active as 5P8VW from Romo Island
    (WWFF OZFF-0004) until December 21st. Activity will be on 160-6
    meters, including the 30/17/12m bands, using CW, SSB and FT8.
    QSL via DJ8VW ONLY DIRECT, LoTW, eQSL or ClubLog's OQRS.

    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......

    J6, ST. LUCIA. John, AI6LY, will be active as J6/AI6LY from Soufriere,
    St. Lucia, between January 4-11th (2020). Activity will be holiday style
    on various HF bands. QSL via his home callsign.

    KP4, PUERTO RICO. Mike, VE7ACN (aka RW0CN, VA7XW, AA7CH), will be active
    as KP4/AA7CH from Vieques Island (NA-249) between January 31st and Feb-
    ruary 5th (2020). Activity will be on 80-10 meters (possibly 160m, if there
    is room) using mainly CW and SSB (FT8 very unlikely). Equipment is a K3
    w/Expert 1.3K-FA (1300 W) into a vertical and/or Inverted V. QSL via Club-
    Log's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, direct or by the Bureau to VE7ACN.

    "MARCONI: GENIUS AND BRAINWAVE" 2020 (Award). Cristiano Cornini, IW4CLV,
    A.R.I. Fidenza Radio Club President, reports the following: ”MARCONI:
    GENIUS AND BRAINWAVE” is an international amateur radio award organized
    by A.R.I. Fidenza (www.arifidenza.it), a Radio Club affiliated to A.R.I.,
    Associazione Radioamatori Italiani (Italian Amateur Radio League) with
    the sponsorship and the historical consultancy and supervision of "Guglielmo
    Marconi Foundation" (www.fgm.it) and "Marconi Museum" (www.museomarconi.it).
    The main objective of the award is to commemorate and honor some of the
    most important events and steps in the life of the great Italian scientist,
    spreading their knowledge as much as possible both at national level as
    well as internationally.
    The award period lasts the whole year 2020: every month of the year is
    dedicated to one specific event, and is associated to a different special
    callsign. Further details visiting our official website: www.arifidenza.it
    We believe that is mainly interest all Ham Radio operators, so please
    notify it to your associated OM and /or your webmaster/website.

    OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A 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

    PACIFIC TOUR. Operators Will/AA4NC and Ron/AA4VK will be active from four
    islands during 2020. Their schedule is as follows:
    French Polynesia -- As TX4N between February 11-17th (2020). Look for
    Will to be active during the ARRL DX CW Contest
    (February 15-16th, 2020) as a Single-Op-Low-Power
    entry.
    Norfolk Island ---- As VK9NR between February 20-25th.
    Vanuatu ----------- As YJ0NC between March 3-6th.
    Fiji -------------- As 3D2AA during the ARRL DX SSB Contest (March 7-8th)
    as a Single-Op-Low-Power entry. Operator will be
    Will.
    Activity on most islands will be holiday style on various HF bands. No
    other details were provided. QSL all callsigns via EA5GL.

    POSSIBLE NEW DXCC ENTITY (Update). On November 23rd, more than 200,000
    registered voters on the Islands of Bougainville, part of the Papua New
    Guinea (PNG), headed to the polls to cast their ballots to choose between
    "greater autonomy within PNG or full independence." Bougainville voted
    overwhelmingly (98%) for independence from Papua New Guinea. The govern-
    ment of Papua New Guinea has not yet announced what they are going to do
    next. For more details, see:
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/11/asia/bougainville-papua-new-guinea-intl-hnk/index.html
    https://www.euronews.com/2019/12/12/could-bougainville-be-the-world-s-newest-country
    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/world/asia/bougainville-independence-papua-new-guinea.html
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...9472be-1d75-11ea-977a-15a6710ed6da_story.html

    PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (December 16-21st).......
    Dec/16th AN Dec/19th HN Dec/21st HN
    Dec/17th AN Dec/20th AN Dec/22nd AN
    Dec/18th HN

    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

    *** Solar Cycle 25 Forecast Update (date December 9th): The NOAA/NASA
    co-chaired, international panel to forecast Solar Cycle 25 released
    their latest forecast for Solar Cycle 25. The forecast consensus: a
    peak in July, 2025 (+/- 8 months), with a smoothed sunspot number (SSN)
    of 115. The panel agreed that Cycle 25 will be average in intensity
    and similar to Cycle 24.
    Additionally, the panel concurred that solar minimum between Cycles
    24 and 25 will occur in April, 2020 (+/- 6 months). If the solar minimum
    prediction is correct, this would make Solar Cycle 24 the 7th longest
    on record (11.4 years).
    For more details, see:
    https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/solar-cycle-25-forecast-update

    Meanwhile, check out the following Web sites for propagation:
    * 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
    * Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
    overseas locations are at: http://arrl.org/propagation
    * Information and tutorials on propagation are at: http://k9la.us
    * 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)(December 15th)
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    4L8A via K1BV & (L) EG1HMT via EA1OK OQ4U via ON4AMX
    4U1XMAS via UA3DX EG5ERC via EB5AG (e/L) OR18GTM via ON6UJ
    5P3KP via DL3KP EH2WFF via EA2BV OR18NBT via ON4ANN
    5P8VW via DJ8VW & (L) F/PB8DX via PB8DX OR4LAN via ON4LAN
    5Q6EE via OZ1BII (O/L) HF2020HNY via SP2PBM (B/d/OL) R95WJV via RA9WJV
    5Z4/G3AB via G3AB (L) K7BX/VP9 via K7BX SO5N via SP5BMU & (L)
    A75GR via M0OXO (O) LS2D via EC6DX & (L) YP1989TM via YO2KQT (e)
    AO2XMA via EA3RKF M6T via G4BWP (O/L) ZS3Y via N4GNR (d/L)
    DF0HSC via DJ1YFK ON/PA82AD via PA3EFR
    EE5T via EA5URT (d/L) OP75USA via ON4JM

    (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/A50BOC
    https://clublog.org/logsearch/A50BPC

    RK3SWB/1 QSL STATUS. Vasily, RA1ZZ, states, "There is a delay with
    printing QSL.. Hope this question will be closed until the end of
    December. Nevertheless IOTA Clublog auto-confirmation is OK!"

    QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3DA0AQ, 4O4T, 4U1UN, 9G2HO, 9X0T, 9X0Y, AH2R,
    CO2RQ, CT9/DL5AXX, DL7JAN, EA7KW, FM5BH, FS4WBS, HP3AK, J35X, KH6/KU1CW,
    OM2VL, OX7A, PJ4KY, T6AA, TK0C, TO9W, TR8CA, TT8SN and VE3IDS

    QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 4X4DK, 5K0K, C21WW (OC-031), GM4WJA, JH1AJT,
    K5P (NA-089), N5C (NA-082), RA1ALA/8 (AS-083) and T30L (OC-017)

    QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: 3B9FR, 4S7AYG, 5U9AMO, 6W1SU, 6Y3T, 7P8LB,
    9X2AW, A70X (AS-088), C4II, EL2EL/4 (AF-111), GS0NWM (EU-010), HC5DBT,
    HK3C, J79TA, J79U, MD/OP2D, OY1OF, P29VCX (OC-025), PJ2/G4IRN, PJ4NX,
    PJ4V, PZ5V, TG9AJR, TO6OK, TO8FTDM, TX5T, V31FO, V31IT, V37DX, VP6D,
    VU4G, XT2AW, Z66DH, Z68UR and ZC4A
    --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
    to send in their info....

    TT8, CHAD. After a delay in their planned early 2019 Chad DXpedition,
    the Italian Dxpedition Team is pleased to announce their next operation
    will be from Chad sometime in mid-2020. The team finally received the
    required security clearance, and will be active from the Capital City
    Ndjamena. Callsigns will be TT8RR on SSB/CW/RTTY and TT8XX on FT8 only.
    Look for more details to be forthcoming and also watch:
    http://www.i2ysb.com/idt

    V4, ST. KITTS. Fred, WB4M, will be active as V4/WB4M from St. Kitts between
    January 5-11th (2020). Activity will be limited on various HF bands and
    all modes including the Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign, direct,
    by the Bureau or LoTW.

    VP8, ANTARCTICA. Sebastian, SQ1SGB, has been active as VP8HAL occasionally
    from Halley VI British Antarctic Research Station. He will be there until
    February 8th. Activity has been mainly on 7170 kHz and 14305 kHz each day
    at 0100 UTC for one hour. Sometimes he can be active at 1000 and 1630 UTC.
    He states that he still can't link his IC706MkIIG by CAT so he can't make
    Digital QSOs. QSL via EB7DX.

    Z6, KOSOVO. Co-Leader Guenter, DL2AWG, reports that a group of 6 Germans
    want to go to Kosovo in October 2020. The team leader is Wolf, DM2AUJ.
    The team will be active as Z66DX for 14 days between October 9-28th,
    2020. However, the exact dates may change due to flight availability.
    Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8, with two stations
    on the air. Look for more details to be forthcoming.

    ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Frank, KK5XX, will be active as ZF2FD from Grand
    Cayman Island (NA-016) between June 10-17th (2020). Activity will be
    holiday style on 80/40/20 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home
    callsign, LoTW or eQSL.

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