The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1512
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April 19 2021
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written/Sent from Strongsville, Ohio

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Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1512

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1512
BID: $OPDX.1512
April 19, 2021
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Written Mostly From Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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, KD3CQ, NG3K & ADXO, W3UR & The Daily DX, W4VQ,
K4ZW, WB6RSE, W7GJ, K8YSE, W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX
News Letter, DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, EA5ZD, EP3CQ, F5LRL, F6AJA & Les
Nouvelles DX, G3PLP, I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, OH2BH, Sixitalia Weekly
and VA3RJ & ICPO for the following DX information.

 "Celebrating 30 years (March 1991) of FREE DX News"

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 11th/April, through Sunday, 18th/April there were 209
countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L,
4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 9A, 9G,
9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2,
C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU,
E5/n, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
F, FG, FK, FM, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0,
HC, HH, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT,
JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD,
OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5,
S7, S9, SM, SP, SV, SV5, SV9, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TR, TZ, UA, UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP8/h, VP9,
VR, VU, XE, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z6, Z8, ZA, ZB,
ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZL7, 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".

3A, MONACO. Ennio, IW1RBI, is planning to once again be active as 3A/IW1RBI
from Monaco during a weekend sometime either in late May, mid-June or early
July. This all depends on the Covid-19 restrictions. Activity will be on 30-6
meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via the address on QRZ.com or LoTW.

6D1/6D2/6D3, MEXICO (Special). Members of the Association of Radio Amateur
of the Mexican Republic (ARARM) will activate three special callsign to
celebrate their club's 61st anniversary. Look for 6D1A, 6D2A and 6D3A to
be active until May 16th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters on all modes
and the satellites. Diplomas will be awarded in three different categories
(Gold/Silver/Bronze) based on the number of special stations contacted by
the applicant (or reports in the case of SWLs). Complete details are
available on QRZ.com. QSL Manager is XE2T via direct or LoTW.

6O, SOMALIA. Ali, EP3CQ, will once again be active as 6O1OO from Somalia
starting sometime in May. He returns to Mogadishu on April 25th, and
expects to be operational after his quarantine at the end of the month.
The length of his stay will be two months (exact end date to be confirmed
later). As always, his activity will be limited to his spare time because
he works for the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in Mogadishu.
Activity will be on 80/60/40/30/20/17/15/10/6 meters (mostly on 40/20
meters FT8) using CW, SSB and FT8. It is suggested to watch for him on
20 meters most days at 1700z. His rig is a FT-450D w/100 and 180 watts
into a Little Tarheel II and SE-360. The 6O1OO station is currently the
only active and licensed Amateur Radio Station in Somalia. QSL direct to:
Ali Solhjoo, Schnackenburgstr. 3, Berlin 12159, Germany. QSL cards will
be replied on a bi-monthly basis. IRC's are not accepted. For updates,
it is suggested to watch QRZ.com or Twitter (https://twitter.com/EP3CQ).
ADDED NOTES: All received QSL cards by April 10th, 2021, will be replied
to by April 15th, 2021. Any QSL card that is received after April 10th,
will be replied to in July 2021. Ali also mentions that he is looking
for support/help to upgrade his 3 year old station.

8N1, JAPAN (Special Event). Look for 8N1MORSE to be active from many
districts of Japan. This special amateur radio station is to promote
the Morse Communication activities in 2021 and commemorate the 230th
anniversary of the birth of Samuel Morse, the 120th anniversary of the
Guglielmo Marconi's 1st successful transatlantic radio communication
by Morse Code, etc. This station is valid from 2021-Apr-12 to 2022-Feb-28
and will be operated by members of A1 Club and Denpaken Club-Employee
Social Club of NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications
Technology) with support of CQ Publishing Co.,Ltd. Offical website is
under construction at: https://www.8n1morse.org

E6 & A3, NIUE AND TONGA (Postponed Again). Stan, LZ1GC, and the team for
the E6AM and A35GC DXpeditions has been postponed again. Their operations
were expected to take place between October and November 2021. Activity
was postponed "due to travel restrictive measures related to CONVID-19."
They will try again next October and November 2022.

FO/A, FO/M & TX7, AUSTRAL AND MARQUESAS ISLANDS. Lance, W7GJ, who was
expected to be active last year from these locations, but had to postponed
due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, is now planning to be active during
the upcoming fall season. He states, "Now that Air Tahiti has published
its flight schedule for next fall, I have changed my flight and lodging
reservations to provide extended stays in both DXCC. Now the operations
in both DXCC include very favorable days for 6m EME, as well as common
moon windows with virtually all active 6m EME operators all over the
world. I am looking forward to providing the first activations of both
the Austral Islands and the Marquesas Islands on 6m EME. Given the large
growth in the number of stations active on 6m EME, and the development
of the new Q65 software, I am very excited to see how many stations I can
work! Please just remember to spread out when you call ;-)."
 Lance states, "Of course, there is always the possibility that some of
the flights and connections along the way will be changed and the operating
schedule will not be able to proceed as planned. However, assuming that
he flights will remain as booked, and that the current Covid-19 quarantine
requirements will be lifted by October, the updated planned travel and
operating schedules for both DXCC are on my Web pages at:
 http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Austral%20Islands%202020.htm
 http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/Marquesas%202020.htm
I still have to negotiate some solution to the excess baggage problem,
since they don't guarantee transportation of so much extra luggage along
with me on my flights. However, that is something to deal with as the time
for departure gets closer..."
 Lance, states, "As you can see on the above Web pages, I will be planning
on using Q65-60A for all my 6m EME operations. Please familiarize yourself
with this new mode; links are on the above Web pages. If you have never
tried 6m EME before, you have 6 months to upgrade your station and become
familiar with working 6m EME ;-)"
He states [edited], "If a station is unable to produce a stable enough
signal for Q65-60A, we may be able to try JT65A or Q65-60B as required,
but please do your best to make your transmitter stable enough for Q65
and insure that your computer clock is accurate to within a second. I
hope to be able to have at least occasional access to the internet in
both DXCC entities. Because both DXCC are located in the TEP Zone, I
also am expecting to be able to work a number of stations using FT8
and/or Q65-30C mode via ionospheric propagation. Rimatara, Austral Islands
(OC-050), is a solo 6m-only operation between October 15-24th, and the
callsign will be FO/W7GJ. If you have any questions that are not covered
in the above Web pages, or you are anticipating a problem contacting me
during the posted operating schedule, please let me know. I will be joined
by Gene, KB7Q, for at least part of the Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands (OC-027),
operation, and he will be activating the Marquesas for the first time on
2m EME. We will both be using the TX7MB callsign from that DXCC entity
between October 27th and November 7th. If you have specific questions
about KB7Q's operation, please contact him directly; I am sure he will be
announcing details of his plans as we get closer to October.
 QSL FO/W7GJ and TX7MB via W7GJ, direct or LoTW. For more details,
updates and how to help Lance's month long operation, use the above Web
pages or check out QRZ.com.

HA230, HUNGARY (Special Event).Members of the Hungary Radio Amateur Society
(MRASZ) will activate the following callsigns in celebration of the 230th
anniversary of the birth of Samuel F. B. Morse between now and April 27th:
HA230MSE, HA230S, HA230A, HA230M, HA230U, HA230E, HA230L, HA230O, HA230R
and HG230MSE. Activity will be on various HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL
via LoTW or ClubLog. The data of the QSOs made on each day will be entered
in the LOG created on the MRASZ Web site for this purpose, where those
interested can check their QSOs. An award is available and can be down-
loaded at: https://www.mrasz.org/s-morse-award-230/award-download
Rules at: https://www.mrasz.org/s-morse-award-230/award-rules
QSL card not required. Anyone who wants a QSL card for their QSOs, can
request it through ClubLog (https://clublog.org/).

HP200, PANAMA (Special Event). Be looking for the special event callsign
HP200I to be active to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Republic
of Panama independence. QSL via HP1DAV.

HV9, VATICAN. Members of the ARI Civitavecchia (IQ0CV) will be active as
HV9SMG from the Vatican Radio Broadcasting Centre (Santa Maria di Galeria,
Vatican City) on April 24th. Activity will be on 40/20/10 meters using
SSB and the Digital modes. QSL via IK0CNA.

IOTA NEWS. The following are IOTA operations that were active this past
week between April 12-17th (as per the DXCluster):

 IOTA Callsign Island/GROUP Bands/Modes
 ------ ---------- ------------- ------------
 AF-004 EA8CVZ Canary 20m; SSB
 AF-004 EA8JK Canary 17m; FT8
 AF-004 EA8UP Canary 20m; SSB
 AF-018 IH9YMC Pantelleria 17m; CW
 AF-019 IG9ITO Lampedusa 40/20m; SSB
 AF-019 IG9ITO Lampedusa 20m; SSB
 AF-022 ZD7FT ST HELENA 20/17m; SSB
 AF-024 S79KW INNER 20m; SSB
 AN-010 DT8A King George 17/12m; CW/FT8
 AS-006 VR2CH HONG KONG 20m; FT8
 AS-007 JH7MQD HONSHU 40m; SSB
 AS-007 JH3NGD HONSHU 17m; SSB
 AS-007 JH7RXU HONSHU 30m; FT8
 AS-032 JH6DUL OSUMI 20m; FT8
 AS-078 JA8FXO Hokkaido 17m; CW
 AS-045 HL5FUA KYONGSANG-BUKTO PROVINCE 20m; FT8
 AS-100 4X5KR ISRAEL 20m; SSB
 AS-105 HL1IWD/2 Kyong-do Province 20m; CW
 EU-003 CU2AP EASTERN 20m; FT4
 EU-004 EA6Y BALEARIC 20m; SSB
 EU-005 G1UBL Great Britain 40m; SSB
 EU-005 M7OJA/P Great Britain 20m; SSB
 EU-005 MM0DHQ Great Britain 20m; FT4
 EU-009 GM8OFQ ORKNEY 40m; SSB
 EU-009 MM5DWW ORKNEY 15m; FT8
 EU-018 OY1CT FAROE 20m; CW
 EU-024 IS0SLM SARDINIA 30m; FT8
 EU-025 IT9FRX SICILY 20m; SSB
 EU-025 IT9ZRZ SICILY 20m; FT8
 EU-031 IC8DAK CAMPANIA REGION 20m; SSB
 EU-031 IC8HRG CAMPANIA REGION 17m; SSB
 EU-041 IM0FFM MADDALENA 40m; SSB
 EU-115 EI8GS IRELAND 20m; FT8
 EU-115 MI0NWA IRELAND 20m; FT8
 EU-115 EI6FR/P IRELAND 30m; CW
 EU-123 MS0INT Bass Rock 40/20m; CW/SSB
 EU-146 PA3ESJ ZUID HOLLAND/ZEELAND PROVINCE 20m; FT8
 EU-172 OZ7PR/P JYlland East & Fyn 40m; SSB
 EU-175 CU3AC Center 17m; SSB
 EU-181 LZ1UBO BULGARIA 20m; SSB
 NA-005 VP9GE Bermuda 10m; FT8
 NA-015 CO8WN CUBA 20m; CW
 NA-018 OX3LX GREENLAND 20m; FT4
 NA-032 FP5CJ St Pierre 20m; SSB
 NA-059 NL8F FOX 20m; FT8
 NA-096 HH2AA HISPANIOLA 10m; FT8
 NA-097 6Y5HN Jamaica 10m; FT8
 NA-099 NP3A PUERTO RICO 17m; SSB
 NA-099 WP4J PUERTO RICO 20m; FT8
 NA-099 WP4RTA PUERTO RICO 20m; SSB
 NA-102 FG5GP GUADELOUPE 20m; SSB
 NA-103 VP2MNI Montserrat 20m; SSB
 NA-134 OX3LX GREENLAND'S COASTAL ISLANDS NORTH WEST 30m; FT8
 NA-135 XE3AA CAMPECHE STATE 12m; FT8
 OC-001 VK2BGL Australia 40m; FT8
 OC-013 E51JD RAROTONGA 20/15m; SSB
 OC-021 YB0IBM JAVA 20m; SSB
 OC-021 YB0AR JAVA 20m; SSB
 OC-021 YB0TOP JAVA 20m; SSB
 OC-021 YC0AGW JAVA 20m; SSB
 OC-021 YB1DNF JAVA 15m; SSB
 OC-021 YB1KI JAVA 20m; SSB
 OC-032 FK8HM NEW CALEDONIA 20m; FT4
 OC-032 FK8IK NEW CALEDONIA 40m; CW
 OC-042 4I1EBD LUZON 20m; SSB
 OC-070 YB8XOB AMBON 17m; FT8
 OC-075 YE5XY BATAM 17m; FT8
 OC-088 9M6TMT BORNEO 20m; SSB
 OC-134 ZL4AS South 10m; FT8
 OC-143 YC5NHD Sumatra 20m; FT4
 SA-008 LU9XT ISLA GRANDE DE TIERRA DEL FUEGO 30m; FT8
 SA-018 CE7VPQ LOS LAGOS REGION SOUTH 20m; SSB
 SA-021 LU2MCX BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE 10m; SSB
 SA-099 PJ2/NA2U CURACAO 20m; CW

 ** Thanks to the individuals who put the island/group and mode
 on their QSNs on their PacketCluster reports. The format we
 suggest is "Mode/IOTA#/Island or Group" (ex. FT8/OC-146/Celebes).

 AF-019. Members of Oriental Sicily Contest Team (OSCT - IB9O) will
 be active as IG9OSC from Linosa Island (ww Loc. JM65ku),
 Italy, between May 19-23rd. Activity will be on various HF
 bands. QSL via IG9OSC, direct, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS.

 AS-018/ Members of the Russian Robinsons Club (RRC) will be active
 AS-025. as RI0FF from Iturup Island (AS-025, RR-15-04), Kuril Islands,
 between July 28th and August 3rd, and from Sakhalin Island
 (AS-018) between August 4-6th. Operators mentioned are Eugene/
 RZ3EC, Andrey/R6MG, Sergey/M0MSV/RA3NAN, Serge/RX3F, Vladimir/
 RN3BL and Daniil/R6LGT. Activity will be on various HF bands.
 QSL Manager is RZ3EC. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (preferred). For
 more details and updates, see: https://ri0ff.com/en

 EU-111. Nobby, G0VJG, announced that he is organizing an IOTA trip to
 Monarch Islands, Scotland, mainly for the RSGB IOTA Contest
 and for 5 days of plenty of IOTA activity. He is looking for
 operators (team player/contester) that have 8 days to spare
 starting July 20th, please contact him.

 EU-049. Juergen, DK3SJ, is now active as SV8/DK3SJ from Lesbos Island
 until April 24th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters using CW
 and SSB. QSL via his home callsign or eQSL.

 EU-068. Members of the Radio Club Du Bassin Minier (F6KJS) are organ-
 izing DXpedition to the Isle of Sein (IOTA rank 51.4%, WW
 Loc. IN78NA79) between May 27th and June 7th. Their special
 callsign will be TM6KJS. There will be 10 operators (9 on the
 island and 1 assistant in Burgundy). Operators mentioned are
 Didier/F6BCW, Pascal/F1MNQ, Pierre/F1TCV, Jean-Pierre/F0EWK,
 Lilian/F5SIK, Michel/F5LRL, Keith/VE7KW, Jean-Michel/F1COB,
 Jean-Michel/F4EHA and Christian/F4CXO. Activity will be on
 80m-23cm using 6 stations. QSL info will be determined. Visit
 their Web site at: https://tm6kjs.f6kjs.fr/en/home
 UPDATE: There will be QO-100 activity during the DXpedition:
 https://tm6kjs.f6kjs.fr/fr-organisation/configuration-des-stations/constructions-des-antennes/

 EU-089. If you worked CQ83AS this past week, it was Antonio, CU8AS,
 celebrating his 83rd birthday with a special event callsign
 CQ83AS from Flores Island. He is expected to go QRT on April
 19th. QSL via HB9CRV.

 EU-123. Operators Declan/EI6FR, Col/MM0NDX, Jonathan/MM0OKG and a
 cameraman were active as MS0INT from Bass Rock on April 17th.
 Activity was on 40/20 meters using only CW and SSB. Col states,
 "This was a short activity with no Sunday operating as expected.
 It was 99% EU who made the log with a handful of NA." Log should
 be on ClubLog by the time you read this. QSL via EB7DX. Some
 video is on YouTube.com at:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boqHAsd2H9M&t=18s

 OC-138. Steve, VK6SJ, will be active as VK6SJ/4 from Iama Island (or
 Yam), Thursday and Poruma (or Coconut) Islands in the Torres
 Strait Group between April 26th and May 4th. He states that he
 will be operating evenings only because of work. Equipment is
 a FT-857D and simple wire antennas. Steve states, "Most likely
 only be using FT8, but if someone E-mails me separately and I
 have the time, I could do the odd SSB and CW contact....QSLs
 will be electronic only (QRZ, eQSL & LoTW) to keep it simple."

 PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new  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......

JW, SVALBARD (Reminder). Tom, OH6VDA/LA6VDA, will once again be active
as JW6VDA from the JW5E club station (http://jw5e.com/) in Longyearbyen
(JQ78tf) on Spitsbergen Island (EU-026) between April 26th and May 9th.
Activity will be on various HF bands using SSB and FT8/FT4. QSL via LoTW,
eQSL, ClubLog's OQRS or QRZ.com log. Bureau cards via LA6VDA.

OPDX MAILING LIST (Just A Reminder). Details on how to subscribe and
unsubscribe from the "OPDX Mailing List" are at the bottom of this
bulletin. PLEASE pass the word around.... Thanks and 73 de Tedd KB8NW
PLEASE NOTE: OUTLOOK users PLEASE read below.

P4, ARUBA. Andy, AE6Y, will once again be active as P49Y from Aruba
(SA-036), but this time during the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 29-30th)
as a Single-Op entry. QSL via AE6Y or LoTW.

PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (April 20-26th).......
 Apr/20th LN Apr/23rd LN Apr/25th AN
 Apr/21st HN Apr/24th LN Apr/26th HN
 Apr/22nd HN