The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1319
BID: $OPDX.1319
June 19, 2017
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent From Strongsville, Oh

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet Clusters Network, ARRL Web Page, NJ1Q & W1AW, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8GI, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, WB8YJF, CO2AME, CO2TK, CO8ZZ, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, I2MQP & DX Italia News, OZ1BII, OZ6OM & 50 MHz DX News, RSGB IOTA Web Site, RW6HS, Sixitalia Weekly, VA3RJ & ICPO, VHF-DX-Portal (MMMonVHF) and YO3JW for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT
According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Monday, 12th/June, through Monday, 19th/June there were 190 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5X, 5Z, 6Y, 7P, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, DL, DU, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, JA, JT, JW, 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, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, S0, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, T8, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V5, V8, VE, VK, VK9X, VP2E, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, YA, YB, YI, YL, YO, YU, YV, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, 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. Megumu, JA6QGF, is now active as 3W9A from Ho Chi Minh City.
His length of stay is currently unknown. Activity has been on 17 and 6
meters SSB. QSL via his home callsign.


5P90/OV90/OX90/OZ90, DENMARK (Special Event/Anniversary Award). The
"Experimenterende Danske Radioamatoerer" (EDR for short) was founded
on the August 15th, 1927, and will therefore be celebrated in 2017 with
different activities. To celebrate the 90th anniversary of EDR, Danish
radio amateurs will, throughout 2017, be active with the following special
event callsigns: OZ90EDR, OX90EDR and 5P90EDR
 Special activity:
 August 15th -- Between 0000-2359 UTC there will be extensive activity
 with these callsigns. Furthermore there will be activation
 of the special Headquarter station OZ90HQ and also the
 Joker station OV90EDR will be active.


 August 19th -- There will be a reception at EDR Headquarter and for
 this date there will be activation from the OZ90HQ
 station exclusively. After this day the HQ station will
 go back to the original call sign OZ1HQ.


 All bands, including WARC-bands, and all modes may be used. Exceptions
are cross-mode, cross-band contacts and contacts via repeater and echo-link.
On JT modes the callsign OZ7D will be used. ONLY QSOs with OZ7D in JT modes
are valid for the award.
 All the contacts for these two days will be valid for the "EDR 90 Anni-
versary Award". Read more about the award on .


A2, BOTSWANA. By the time you read this, Theo, ZS6TVB, will be winding
down his activity as A25TVB from Mokobeng. He is expected to be there
until June 19th. Activity was mostly on 20 meters SSB, but he was also
be able to operate on 40/17/12/10 meters. QSL via N4GNR or LoTW.


B9, CHINA. Members of the Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA), to-
gether with Amateur Radio Branch of Xi'an Radio Communication Society,
will be active as B9HQ from Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province (ITU Zone 43),
during the 2017 IARU HF World Championship (July 8-9th). Operators men-
tioned are BA1RB, BA4TB, BA5CW, BA6QR, BA7CK, BA7IO, BA7NO, BA8IK, BD1TX,
BD2FW, BD3MN, BD4TS, BD5FFK, BD5XM, BD5XX, BD7BM, BD7EW, BD9AFM, BD9CAM,
BD9DM, BD9XE, BG0GE, BG6MA, BG9XD, BH1DYK, BH1LHS, BH1NSN, BH4RQU, BH4SQE,
LZ2HM, OH1JD and OH7WV. QSL via BA4EG.


CO9, CUBA (Special Event). Members of the Federaciуn de Radioaficionados
de Cuba (FRC), in Las Tunas Province, will be active using their callsign
CO9KAA to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the "Jornada Cucalambeana",
starting June 28th until July 3rd. Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10/6
meters using CW and SSB. The "Jornada Cucalambeana" is a cultural event
which takes part each year around this date honoring Juan Cristobal Napoles
Fajardo (aka "El Cucalambй"), a popular poet who was born in Las Tunas
on July 1st, 1829. Those stations who contact CO9KAA on at least 3 bands,
no matter the mode, will receive a digital certificate. Any questions on
the certificate's application should be sent to: gdxc@frcuba.cu


DAY-XENIA HAMVENTION (Reports Second-Largest Attendance Ever for 2017
Show). Read the following article on the ARRL Web page that states,
"Hamvention® 2017, at its new venue in Xenia, Ohio, attracted 29,296
attendees".
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/hamvention-reports-second-largest-attendance-ever-for-2017-show


DXCC NEWS. The following operations have been approved for DXCC credit:
 5A5A - Libya (April 2017)
 VU4YC - Andaman Islands (2017)


GREEN PARTY AND WWFF ACTIVITIES.......
 KFF-2043 -- By Vance, N3VEM; between 2100z, June 20th, and 0200z, June
 22nd; from Darien Lakes State Park. He will be traveling
 for work, but this time Vace will be camping, and acti-
 vating from his tent in the evenings! Activity will be on
 40 and 20 meters SSB and CW, and potentially 15 and 80
 meters as well. All the specifics are available on his
 blog: http://www.n3vem.com/events/wwff-kff-2043-darien-lakes


 VKFF-1285 -- By Gerard, VK2IO/P, on June 22nd, between 0300-0700z; from
 Boonanghi State Conservation Area; 7144 kHz SSB access
 permitting


 KFF-0639 -- By Tony, W6/VK3XV, on June 23rd, between 1900-2359z; from
 Los Padres National Forest


 EAFF-0461 -- By the members of the Seccion Comarcal Ure Sierra de
 Guadarrama (EA4URG), June 24th, between 1000-1230z; More
 info at: www.ureguadarrama.es/Diplomas/FelipeII/FelipeII.htm


 PAFF-0113 -- By Danny, ON4VT, as PA/OT4V/p, on June 27th, between
 0600-0900z


 ZAFF-0019 -- By Vladimir, ZA/Z35M/P, on June 28th; Bicycle tour to
 Prespa Lake in Albania, with opportunity for a short QRP
 activation on 14 MHz/CW. Time schedule depends on circum-
 stances. This is Non-HAM tour activity and WWFF activation
 is secondary...


 PAFF-0078 -- By Danny, ON4VT, as PA/OT4V/p, June 28th, between 0900-1100z


 WWFF & COTA meeting Austria -- between June 24-25th - Sun 25th; The 2nd
 International WWFF &-COTA-OE Meeting in Heidenreichstein,
 Austria
 
 For more information about WWFF upcoming operations, see:
 http://wwff.co/agenda
 Also suggest URLs: 
 World-Wide -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/WWFF44
 USA -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/parksontheair
 A special DXCluster for WWFF is available at: http://wwff.co/dx-cluster


IOTA NEWS..............
 AF-076. Uli, 5N7ATI (also DL7ATI), will be active as 5N7ATI/4 from
 Bonny Island possibly for a few hours June 20-21st (watch
 around 1700z). Activity will be very limited because this is
 a business trip. Operations will be on 14260 kHz using a
 vertical antenna. QSL via DF8DX.


 AS-143. Members of Chinese Radio Amateur Club (CRAC) will once again
 be active as B7CRA from the rare Yongxing Island, Paracel
 Islands, between June 26th and July 2nd. The actual operation
 period depends on the schedule of the ship. Activity will be
 on 80-6 meters (no 30m) using CW, SSB and the Digital modes.
 There will be 2-3 stations operating simultaneously. QSL
 via BA4TB or ClubLog's OQRS.


 AS-147. Taka, JA8COE, will once again be active as JA8COE/8 from
 Yagishiri Island (WLOTA LH2512) between June 23-25th. Activity
 will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and the Digital
 modes. QSL via his home callsign, direct, ClubLog's OQRS or
 by the JARL Bureau. He has a Blog page with pictures at:
 http://blog.goo.ne.jp/takaja8coe


 EU-008. Iain, G4SGX, will be active as GM4U/p from the Isle of Jura
 between July 28th and August 1st. QSL via his home callsign.


 EU-016. Eddy, DM5JBN, will be active as 9A/DM5JBN from both Hvar Island
 (June 28th-July 2nd) and Brac Island (July 4-9th) which are in
 the same IOTA group. Activity will be mainly CW and RTTY. QSL
 via his home callsign, direct, by the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL.


 EU-042. Eddy, DM5JBN, will be active as DM5JBN/P from Sylt Island
 between July 27-29th. Activity will include the RSGB IOTA
 Contest (July 29-30th). QSL via his home callsign, direct,
 by the Bureau, LoTW or eQSL.


 EU-042. Mike, DG5LAC, will once again be active as DG5LAC/P from Hooge
 Island (WWFF DLFF-013 Wadden Sea) during the RSGB IOTA Contest
 (July 29-30th) as a Single-Op/Mode-SSB/High-Power (750w) entry.
 QSL via DG5LAC, direct, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS, LoTW or
 eQSL.


 EU-105. Operators Christophe/F4ELI, Andy/F4ELK and Didier/F6DXE will
 be active as TM5VI from Vierge Island during the RSGB IOTA
 Contest (July 29-30th). QSL info was not provided.


 EU-129. Lutz, DL5KVV, will be active as DL5KVV/p from Usedom Island
 during the ESGB IOTA Contest (July 29-30th). QSL via DL5KVV.


 EU-187. (Update) Operators Tommy/VK2IR, Cliff/SV1JG, John/SV1GE,
 Manos/SV1ME and Nikos/SV1AJO will be active as SX9VK from
 Gavdos Island, the southern most part of Europe, between
 July 1-9th. Activity will be on various HF and 6 meters using
 CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via SV1JG, direct, by the Bureau, Club-
 Log's OQRS or LoTW.


 NA-067. Jon, WB8YJF, will once again be active as WB8YJF/4 from Ocracoke
 Island (USI NC001S) between July 16-23rd. Activity will be on
 80-10 meters using CW and SSB. However, he will not be in the
 RSGB IOTA Contest this year because of a scheduling issue.
 Please QSL direct for a fast QSL or via the Bureau.


 NA-076. The Gulf Coast Radio Guys (AKA "The Beanos") will be active
 as N4A from Cedar Keys (WW Loc. EL89id), Florida, which is
 located on the Gulf of Mexico, during the ARRL Field Day
 weekend (June 24-25th). Activity will be on 40-6 meters using
 CW and SSB. QSL via LoTW.


 OC-128. Gil, 4F2KWT, will be active as 4G1L from El Nindo, Palawan
 Island, between July 7-9th. Activity will be on 30 and 20
 meters using CW and RTTY. Equipment he will use is an Icom
 IC 7000 transceiver with vertical antennas for 30/20m. QSL
 via his home callsign.


 OC-267. (Update) Andrey, VK5MAV, will be active as VK9MAV from Marion
 Reef, Coral Sea Islands, between June 18-23rd. Watch QRZ.com
 for updates at: http://www.qrz.com/db/vk9mav
 Activity will be on various HF bands using an Icom IC -7200
 transceiver, VDA and dipole antennas. QSL via VK5MAV, direct,
 ClubLog's OQRS or via RN3RQ by the Bureau. ADDED NOTE: He is
 planning (possibly) to be active from Whitsundays Islands
 (OC-160) on the way there (June 16th) and back (between June
 23-24th) [5-6 hours each time at local night, probably 40m
 CW only].


 SA-072. Operators Ronaldo/PS8RV, Anselmo/PS8AB, Joгo/PS8PY and Fernando/
 PU8PSF will be active as ZY8D from Canary Island (Caju Archi-
 pelago, DIB MA-03, WW Loc. GI97BF) between July 28-31st. Their
 activity will be on various HF bands during the RSGB IOTA
 Contest (July 29-30th). QSL via PS8RV, direct or by the Bureau.


JW, SVALBARD. Peter, LA7QIA, will once again be active JW7QIA from Spits-
bergen Island (EU-026, WW Loc. JQ68) between June 24th and July 1st.
Activity will be focused on 6 meters and possibly on 70 MHz, using CW,
SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via his home callsign.


OFFICERS FOR 2017-2018. On Monday, May 1st and June 5th (replacement
for VP K8ME/SK), the members of Northern Ohio DX Association (NODXA)
re-elected/elected the following to serve as officers between May 2017
and April 2018:
 President: Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
 Vice President: Dennis Stuber, K8LBT
 Secretary: Glenn Williams, AF8C
 Treasurer: Mary Michaelis, N8DMM
 Newsletter Editor: David Autry, WD8IOU
 For more information about NODXA, check out the club's Web site at:
 http://www.nodxa.org
 NODXA has a FaceBook page at:
 http://www.facebook.com/NorthernOhioDxAssociation


PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (June 19-25th).......
 Jun/19th AN Jun/22nd AN Jun/24th DIS
 Jun/20th AN Jun/23rd HN Jun/25th AN
 Jun/21st 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 :
 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... (June 18th) 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 3D2TS via FK1TS (d) HF90TM via SP9KAT R2017F via RN3ANT (d)
 3Z0R via SP9SX IK3/DK2KK via DK2KK R2017SS via RW3WWW
 4JF1EU via 4J3DJ (***) IS0/NS7M via NS7M (L/e) R80PSP via UA3QII
 7S5A via SM4DDS J42T via SV2DCD (d/L) RA80SP via RN3FY (d/e)
 9A/DG1HXJ via DG1HXJ L20F via LU1FAM (O/L) RQ80SP via RN3FY (d/e)
 9A/DL9NDS via DL9NDS LA/DK2BJ/P via DK2BJ SM2/DK5OPA via DK5OPA
 AO5AJC via (L) LX/DD5ZZ via DD5ZZ SN8B via SP8CUR
 C6ATA via NN7AZ M/DJ1AA/M via DJ1AA SP5Z via SP5GRU
 CT8/OE3KJN via OE3KJN M/DJ1AA/M via DJ1AA SP660K via SP4PKM
 DB125PTB via DL6JWN M9A via G3ZVW SQ9S via SQ9JKS
 DL/ON8WR/P via ON8WR OR1Z via ON6IX (d/e) SV2/RW3AL via RW3AL
 DU6/JA1PBV via JA1PBV OT4A via ON4AEK (L/e) SV8/DL8MCA via DL8MCA
 DZ1ONH via JJ2ONH OU4N via OZ4KG SV8/IW0HQU/P via IW0HQU
 E7TT via E73DPR (B/e/L) OY/K2HVN via K2HVN TA4/OH2KW via OH2KW
 EH4MCG via EA4DCU PJ7/KK9N via KK9N TE8DX via TI2CDA
 FG8OJ via F4AVX & (L) PJ7/W9AEB via W9AEB (d) TM17BTB via F4HRR
 G8T via G4SHF PJ7/W9DR via W9DR TM17USA via F6COW
 GM/DH5JBR via DH5JBR R17CMR via K2PF (d/O) TM1W via F5HRY
 HB0/SP2GCJ via SP2GCJ R17CUP via R4AS TM24H via F6KFI
 HB9/DF2DD via DF2DD R17MEX via RW1F TM5BDG via F6COW
 HF1CHO via SP1KZE R17NZL via R9XC TM5FI via F5XX
 HF90GLI via SP9PDF R17RUS via RQ7L & (O)
 (e) eQSL only (d) direct only (B) Bureau only (*-B) DX's- Bureau
 (O) OQRS only (C) ClubLog only (L) LoTW only **Your QSL is not needed
 *** 4J3DJ: Alexander Frolov, P.O. Box 38, Volgograd, 400066, Russia


 QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3B8MM, EA9/DL7UFR, FR5CB, LX/DD5ZZ, T2TT, V21ZG,
 VK4KEE, VR2XMT, ZA/OG1N and ZS6P


 QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: A25UK, J5UAP, MJ/PA3EWP, PX8K, S21ZEE, TU7C
 and TZ5XR


 QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: NONE REPORTED THIS WEEK!!!!!


S21ZED/S21ZEE VIDEO AVAILABLE ONLINE. A video on the recent S21ZED/S21ZEE
DXpedition to Bangladesh between March 14-26th, by a team of 3 Latvians,
4 Ukrainians and 2 Bangladeshs operators (YL2GM, YL2TW, YL3AIW, UT7UJ,
US7UX, UT7UV, UT5UJO, S21ED and S21TW) is now available on YouTube at:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEqyLvOSI
The video is just over 35 minutes long.


T45, CUBA. Operators Moses/CM2YV, Bob/CO2KL, Amed/CO2AME and possibly
others will be active as T45FM from the Faro Puta Maya Lighthouse (ILLW
CU-005) during the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW)
between August 19-20th. They plan to have 6 stations active on all the
bands using CW, SSB and the Digital modes. QSL Manager is RW6HS direct
only.


TG9, GUATEMALA (Early Announcement). Dwight, VE7BV, will be active as
TG9/VE7BV and TG9BBV from Antigua, Sacatepйquez, Guatemala, between
January 24th and February 19th, 2018. Activity will be on 40/20/17/15/12
meters. QSL via VE7BV. ADDED NOTE: He might do some activity from HR5
in Copan Ruinas, Honduras, if time permits.


V3, BELIZE. David, KG5CCI, will be active as V31CI from San Pedro on
Ambergris Caye Island (NA-073, WW Loc. EK67) between June 21-27th. Activity
will be holiday style (limited operating if the fishing is good) with oper-
ations on the satellites, 6m (Digital and Voice) and maybe some HF. David
states that he will be active during the ARRL's Field Day on June 24-25th.
ADDED NOTE (from David): "Since V31NJ was just down there in April, most
of the serious grid chasers have already gotten their squares filled in, so
I'm going to focus on SO50, AO85, and FO29, where the passes reach the most
number of people possible. I do plan to try and get to EK68 and EK57 for
at least one pass during the week (to increase my rover totals)." QSL via
his home callsign, direct or LoTW. Look for update via Twitter @KG5CCI.


VP2M, MONTSERRAT. Sigi, DL7DF, and DX Crew will be active as VP2MDL from
Montserrat (NA-103) between November 6-20th. Operators mentioned are
Tom/DJ6TF, Manfred/DK1BT, Wolf/DL4WK, Sigi/DL7DF, Frank/DL7UFR, Rolf/
DL7VEE and Leszek/SP3DOI. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Pilot station for this DXpedition is Bernd, DF3CB.
Their equipment consists of one transceiver K2, one transceiver K3,
two OX1000 power amplifiers, a Inverted Vee lowband dipole, a 2 element
40m yagi, a 30m loop, a Spiderbeam for 20-10m as well as a few laptop
computers. QSL via DL7DF, direct or by the DARC QSL Bureau. For more
details and updates, see: http://www.dl7df.com/vp2m