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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1269

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1269
BID: $OPDX.1269
June 13, 2016
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent From Strongsville, Oh

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(MMMonVHF) for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 5th/June, through Sunday, 12th/June there were 206 countries
active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H,
9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5,
CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E6, E7,
EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO,
FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH,
HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, 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, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV,
SV5, SV9, T32, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2V, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU,
XE, XT, YA, YB, YI, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, 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".

3Y, BOUVET (Press Release #1, dated June 8th -- Bouvet Island Activation
Planned). -- Three proven and experienced DXpedition leaders and a large
team of operators will activate the DXCC number #2 most wanted DXCC entity
in late 2017 or early 2018. Ralph K0IR, Bob K4UEE and Erling LA6VM have
been working on this project since returning from Peter I (3Y0X) some 10
years ago.
We are making this announcement now, so that other DXpedition teams that
may be considering Bouvet as a DXpedition target can re-direct their time
and effort elsewhere.
In summary, we have an agreement with Nigel Jolly to provide trans-
portation, a helicopter, pilot and mechanic. We submitted a preliminary
plan to the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) some time ago and it has been
accepted. A permit will be issued to land on Slakhallet (the huge glacier
that covers the island).
We have a team committed, and the finances are doable. As per our funding
model, we commit to paying one-half the expenses involved and we are asking
the DX community to pay the other half of the expenses. This arrangement
has never failed us or you, the DXer.
Experience summary: Leaders have eleven" Dxpedition of the Year" awards,
they have activated a dozen "top-ten" DXCC entities and amassed huge QSO
totals at their most recent DXpeditions i.e. Desecheo 118.000 QSOs, HK0NA
195,000 QSOs, FT5ZM, 170,000 QSOs, K1N 140,000 QSOs. Their experience in
the Antarctic and Southern Oceans region is unparalleled.
Heard Island, South Sandwich, South Georgia, Peter I, South Orkneys,
Amsterdam Island, as well as numerous other operations from ALL seven
continents.
This team and it's leaders have have collectively given the given the
DX community over 4,000,000 DXpedition QSO's.
Our website is under development and fundraising will begin in the
months ahead. We are pleased that everything has finally come together
so that we can activate this most difficult, dangerous and rare DXCC
entity.
Your DXpedition leaders,
Ralph K0IR
Bob K4UEE
Erling LA6VM

ADDED NOTE FROM EDITOR: Earlier in the week, the following two articles
about Bouvet had shown-up before the above announcement was sent out:
* Paul, N6PSE, posted to his blog on June 5th -- "Bouvet, So Far Away":
https://n6pse.wordpress.com/2016/06/...et-so-far-away
* Rich, KY6R, posted to his blog on June 5th -- "How to Raise Funds
for Bouvet, 3Y0/B: UPDATE!

https://ky6r.wordpress.com/2016/06/0...or-bouvet-3y0b

4JF1, AZERBAIJAN (Special Event). Alexander, 4J3DJ, will be using the
special callsign 4JF1EU from Mingachevir (WW Loc. LN30MS) to dedicate
the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe which will take place for the first
time ever in Baku, the capital of the Azerbaijan Republic, between June
17-19th. QSL via 4J3DJ only direct (possibly LoTW). ADDED NOTE: Also
look for special event callsigns 4JF1BAKU (QSL via 4J4K) and 4KF1BAKU
(QSL via 4J6RO).

5W, SAMOA. Tom, KC0W, is now QRT as KH8/KC0W from American Samoa after
making 12,871 QSOs from there. However, he continues on his single op
"Cows Over the World" International DXpeditions Tour to his second
island activation, Samoa, and is now operating as 5W0COW. Activity
will be CW only on 160-6 meters using 500 watts into vertical antennas
over salt water. He will be in all major CW contests. His length of his
stay is unknown. QSL via KC0W direct only. A log search will be available
on ClubLog. He does not use LoTW. See QRZ.com for more details.

6Y, JAMAICA. Operators Steve/AA4V (6Y4A), Jim/N4SF (6Y4F), Dave/K8AJA
(K8AJA/6Y5) and Rick/W4GE (W4GE/6Y5) will be active from 6Y5WJ's St.
Elizabeth QTH on Jamaica (NA-097) between October 21st and November 1st.
The group will team up for the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 29-30th) as
a Multi-2 entry using the callsign 6Y4V. QSL via AA4V. QSL all other
callsigns via operator's home callsign.

8Q, MALDIVES. A group of Polish operators will team-up again to do another
Polish DXpedition, this time from Dhiffushi Island, Maldives (AS-013)
as 8Q7SP. This is the same group/operators who did 3B7SP, 5T0SP, J88HL,
S79SP and VK9XSP -- to name a few... Look for more details to be forth-
coming.

9N. NEPAL. Nobuaki, JA0JHQ, will be active as 9N7NH from Kathmandu between
June 16-20th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/6 meters (Limited, because
the license fee is expensive) using mainly CW, SSB and possibly RTTY.
Operations will include an entry in the All Asian DX CW Contest (June
18-19th). QSL via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW. For
more details and updates, see: http://pandasan.jimdo.com

C5, THE GAMBIA. Koji, JM1CAX, is now active as C5NX from Banjul until
June 18th. Activity is limited to his spare time (business trip) and has
been mainly on 20 meters using CW only. He informs OPDX, "I am using K3,
100w and a fishing rod wire antenna. All QSLs will be sent out via the
Bureau as soon as I have returned to my home, ZS-land. Otherwise, QSL
is via my home call, JM1CAX. Log will be posted to LoTW, but not ClubLog."

D2, ANGOLA. Eddy, CT1CRS, is now active as D2XX from Luanda. The length
of his stay is currently "undetermined" he informs. Activity so far has
been on 17 meters SSB. However, Eddy, states his station is a Yaesu
FT-847 with 100 watts into four dipoles antennas (40/20/17/15/10m).
QSL via his home callsign.

DXCC NEWS. The following operation has been approved for DXCC credit:
EP2A - Iran; April 2016

IOTA NEWS..............
NA-144. Operators Wyatt/AC0RA and Dave/KG5CCI will activate Santa
Rosa Island (USI CA-011S, WW Loc. CM93, California), as K6R
on a Satellite Expedition between September 16-18th. The Santa
Rosa Island is in the Channel Islands National Park. Operators
have secured permissions, arranged to get to the island and
will spend 2 nights camping, and operate on a number of satel-
lite passes – as well as some terrestrial and HF operations
too. Look for updates to be posted on the K6R QRZ.com page
over the coming months with FAQs, pictures, and more infor-
mation.

NA-172. (Update) Cezar, VE3LYC, will be active as VE3LYC/KL7 from
Cooper Island, Alaska, between August 1-5th. Activity will
be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via
VE3LYC direct or OQRS. A Web page is now available at:
http://ve3lyc-kl7.weebly.com

OC-206. (Update) Pavel, VK6NX, will be active as VI6DH400 from Dirk
Hartog Island between August 14-18th for 4-5 continuous days.
Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15 meters using CW and SSB.
Due to the significance of the event - commemoration of
400 years of Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog landing at Western
Australia coast, local telecom authorities have allocated
this special callsign. For more information and updates,
watch: http://vk6nx.net

OC-208. Din, YB8RW, will lead a team of operators to acvtivate two
islands in the OC-208 IOTA Group as YB8O. Between June 15-17th,
they will be active from Labobo Island, and Bangkalan Island
between June 18-20th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17/15/12/10
meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via YB8RW. The OQRS on
ClubLog will be available. Operators mentioned are Syafyudin/
YB8OUN, Din/YB8RW, Jimmy/YB8OFU, Budi/YC8OBM, Basri/YB8PTZ,
Haris/YB8NHX, Junias/YF8NYH, Freeke/YC8NFK, Rachman/YC8PZQ,
Sudirman/YC8NHN, Hashim/YC8NRF, Usman/YC8ONC, Ilham/YD8POH,
Zulkarnain/YD8MGN and Kasrim/YD8MKA. See QRZ.com for more
details and possible updates.

SA-072. Operators Ronaldo/PS8RV, Anselmo/PS8AB and João/PS8PY will be
active as ZY8D from Canarias Island (DIB-MA03) between July
29-31st. Activity will be on 40/20/15/10 meters using SSB and
100 watts. Operations will also include the RSGB IOTA Contest
(July 30-31st). QSL via PS8RV direct.

J6, ST. LUCIA. Bill, K9HZ, is once again active as J68HZ from his villa
at Labrelotte Bay, Castries, St. Lucia (NA-108, WLOTA L-1336) until
June 19th. Activity is usually on 160-2 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.
There will be a special emphasis on 160 and 80 meters on all modes. His
equipment will consist of an Elecraft K3, a 3 element beam for 20-6 meters
and wire antennas for 160-30 meters. QSL via his home callsign. He does
use the LoTW, ClubLog and eQSL.

JIDXM 2016 (Press Release). [edited] The Organizing Committee has the
pleasure in announcing "The Japan International DX Meeting 2016". The
meeting will take place at the Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan,
http://www.bigsight.jp/english/ on August 20th (Sat.), 2016.
The meeting will start with a seminar/presentation at 14:00, followed
by a reception from 17:45 until 20:30. We wish to have many overseas
participants from Asia and the world, and we are looking forward to
welcoming you to this gathering. Let's have an enjoyable and memorable
time together with many JA DXers.
The following will be the main focus of attention at the JIDXM 2016.
* DX-Pedition a large scale project (VP8STI/VP8SGI and FT4JA teams)
* Integration of Information Technology and Amateur Radio (ClubLog)
* Reception/party including but not limited to, an award presentation,
lottery having lavish prizes. Details will be announced at the
JIDXM web-site http://www.jidxm.jp/e/index.html.
Admission fees for Non-resident of Japan: USD 70 or EUR 70 or JPY
7,000 per person.
We can offer to waiver the above mentioned admission fees for up to
two representatives from your club.
We very much hope that you will be able to join us in Tokyo this year!

73, Tachio Yonemura, JA1BRK - Chairman
Y. Zorro Miyazawa, JH1AJT - Vice-Chairman

JW, SAVLBARD. Jay, M0UNN, is now active as JW/M0UNN from Svalbard (EU-026).
The length of his stay is unknown. Activity has been on 20 meters using
CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign.

K8CX'S 2016 DAYTON HAMVENTION PHOTO GALLERY. Tom's, K8CX, 2016 Dayton
Photo Gallery is now up at: http://hamgallery.com/dayton2016/
This is Tom's 20th consecutive year for the gallery, and it contains 442
photos taken this year at the Crowne Plaza, various events and hospitality
suites. There are now close to 44902 Dayton photos on HamGallery. The site
has Dayton photos in "The HamGallery" http://hamgallery.com dating back
to 1971. All years are searchable by callsign from the search engine on
the HamGallery home page. If you have any old photos from Dayton, please
send them to K8CX. You may submit your own Dayton photos to be included
in this gallery, but first please read the guidelines/instructions listed
on the Dayton 2016 page.

MD7, ISLE OF MAN. Rich, M5RIC, will be active as MD7C from the Isle of
Man (EU-116) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 30-31st) as a Single-Op/
SSB-Mode/High-Power entry. QSL via M0OXO.

PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (June 12-18th)....
Jun/12th HN Jun/15th AN Jun/17th HN
Jun/13th HN Jun/16th AN Jun/18th AN
Jun/14th AN

SOLAR REFERENCE KEYS/INDEXES AND GEOMAGNETIC REFERENCE
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ NORMALITY GEOMAG K Values Alpha
----------------- ------ -------- ------
AN - Above Normal Quiet Kÿ1 0-7
HN - High Normal Unsettled Kÿ 8-15
LN - Low Normal Active Kÿ 16-29
BN - Below Normal Minor Storm Kÿ 30-49
DIS - Disturbed Major Storm Kÿ 50-99
VRY DIS - Very Disturbed Severe Storm Kÿ9 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

QSL INFO AND NEWS.....................
QSL-INFO from DB0SDX (June 12th) www.qslinfo.eu
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4U1GSC via 9A2AA HG5SPORT via HA5LO R85KFF via R1NU
5B4ALX via IZ4AMS IQ9SR via IT9AQC SA6G/7 via SM6CUK
9A/DK2KK via DK2KK KP2/N5PV via N5PV & (L) SA7G/7 via SM7CUK
C5NX via JM1CAX KP2/WA4PSO via N5PV SN13PPD via SP3YPR
CP6CL via W3HNK LZ425STA via LZ1KCP TM16EURO via F4DTO
DL0POLIO via DJ4MG OE/OM1AEG/P via OM1AEG TM17PGM via F4GQP
EH5CAG via EA5URY OG55W via OH2OT (O/L) TM30FG via F8KFL
ES0/DM2ECM via DM2ECM OH/SM5EPO/P via SM5EPO TM62EURO via F5RHD
EV85WTA via RW6HS (d) OK/DL2DXA/P via DL2DXA VE9DX via VE9DX (L)
HB9SOLAR via HB9ACA OX/DC8TM/P via DC8TM YU160TESLA via YU1SRS
HF250NCH via SP9YST OX/DF3TS/P via DF3TS
HF25HKZ via SP6PAZ R450O via R2EA
(e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau
(O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only

9M0Z QSL STATUS. QSL cards are being designed and printed. All major
donors received LoTW uploads during May. All direct QSL requests were
uploaded to LoTW on June 7th. Log corrections were uploaded to ClubLog
on June 7th.

P5/3Z9DX LOG has now been uploaded to LoTW. This operation has been
accepted for DXCC credit.

VK0EK QSL STATUS. Tim, M0URX, reports that all of the QSL cards for
requests received so far are in the mail: http://www.m0urx.com
Tim completed the processing of these QSLs in record time, and Mike,
KJ4Z provided all labels like a pro.

QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: EU1KY, GM3YOR and UA9UX

QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: 9M0S, AT5P, E6AC, EP2A, FH/F2DX, PZ50X, SV2RSG,
TX7EU and VK0EK

QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: CR6M, PV7M, PT7ZT, PT77ZT, ZV10M, ZX7DX,
ZZ8S, ZZ80PB, ZZ80PB, ZZ80MT and ZZ80RJ

T32, EAST KIRIBATI. Ken, KH6QJ, will once again be active as T32AZ from
Crystal Lodge, Kiritimati (Christmas Island) [OC-024], East Kiribati,
between September 1-15th. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters using
SSB. Operations will include entries in the All Asian DX SSB Contest
(September 3-4th) and the Worked All Europe (WAE)DX SSB Contest (September
10-11th). QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

V4, ST. KITTS. Gary, G0FWX, will be active as V4/G0FWX from Calypso Bay,
St. Kitts (NA-104) between June 29th and July 6th. Activity will be
holiday style (in between sunbathing and the casino) on various HF bands.
QSL via M0URX or the OQRS.

VK0EK HEARD ISLAND VIDEO ON THE WEB. Vadym, UT6UD, who was one of the
"dynamic duo" on Top Band (along with Dave, K3EL), and a major reason
why VK0EK broke Top Band records from Heard Island, has posted a very
good video (about 13 minutes long) on YouTube.com at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v?Ft-E6DWdc

VP8STI SOUTH SANDWICH ISLAND VIDEO (South Thule Island) ON THE WEB.
The VP8STI DXpedition video has been uploaded to the Intrepid DX Group's
Vimeo.com page. You can see it he https://vimeo.com/intrepiddxgroup
Paul, N6PSE, states, "The VP8SGI video is coming soon!"

ZONE 2. A team of nine members of the VE2UMS Amateur Radio Club will put
four stations on the air from CQ zone 2, between July 25th and August
1st. They will use the special callsign VC2Q. QSLs will be issued for
every QSO. Activity will be on all bands including one 60 meter channel
if conditions are favorable. Operations will be CW, SSB and the Digital
modes. There are more details on QRZ.com.

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Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
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