The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 1433
BID: $OPDX.1433
September 30, 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, K8GI, K8YSE,
W8GEX & 60m DX News, DL1SBF, DL7UXG & The DX News Letter, DxCoffee.com,
DXNews.com, DX-World.Net, F5NQL, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, I1JQJ/IK1ADH
& 425 DX News, Pete Rayer & ISWL, Sixitalia Weekly, SP6DVP, VA3RJ & ICPO
and VE2GT for the following DX information.

DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the
week of Sunday, 22nd/September, through Sunday, 29th/September there were
214 countries active. Countries available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J,
4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5X, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C2,
C3, CE, CE0Y, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, DL, DU, E5/n, E5/s,
E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, F, FG, FK,
FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI,
HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J6, J7, J8, 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, OJ0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PY, PZ, S0,
S2, S5, S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T30, T32, T5, T7, TA, TF,
TG, TI, TK, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V6, V7,
V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XX9, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YJ,
YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZF, ZK3, 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. Geri, DK8KW, will be active as 3W9KW from Hanoi between
October 18-26th. Activity will be on various HF bands running QRP with
a KX3 transceiver into vertical antenna. Mode will be mostly CW and
possibly SSB (depending on conditions). QSL via his home callsign.

3Z50, POLAND (Special Event). Krzysztof "Kris", SP6DVP/3Z6V (ex-SP0DVP,
SR6DVP, SP6V, SN40DVP, SO6V), will activate the special event callsign
3Z50DVP to celebrate his 50th anniversary (1969-2019) of being an amateur
radio operator. Activity will begin on October 15th and end on April 30th
(2020). Operations will be on CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via his home
callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW.

5H, TANZANIA (Reminder). Maurizio, IK2GZU, has once again returned to
"Mission Ilembula" to do some work at the new hospital and orphanage
until October 28th. He plans to be active during his spare time as 5H3MB
on various HF bands. Maurizio will use his FT-100 and the mission's TS-850
into a tri-band 3 element beam (20/15/10m) fixed on Europe and a vertical
or dipole for the other bands. QSL via IK2GZU, direct or by the Bureau.
Also, QSL via LoTW (after his return home) and eQSL. For more details,
updates and an online log, visit his Web pages at:
 http://www.buffoli-pm.it/5h/Tanzania%202011.htm
 http://www.buffoli-pm.it/5h/qsl%20request.htm

6O, SOMALIA. Ali, EP3CQ, is once again active as 6O1OO until October 6th.
Activity will be limited to his spare time because he works for the UN
Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in Mogadishu. Operations are
usually on 80/40/30/20/17/15/10 meters (mostly on 40/20meters FT8) using
CW and FT8. Also, effective as of February 11, 2019, the callsign, 6O1OO,
has been accepted for DXCC credit. QSL direct to: Ali Solhjoo, Schnacken-
burgstr. 3, Berlin 12159, Germany. QSL cards will be replied to on a
bi-monthly basis. IRC's are not accepted. See QRZ.com for more info and
picture of his station. Flash news will be posted via Twitter: @ep3cq 

8R, GUYANA (Update/Change). Rudi, DK7PE, was active from Guyana as 
8R1/AH0G and not 8R1CW as first announced. Activity is now over. 
QSL via DK7PE, direct or by the Bureau. For more details and updates
see: https://www.rooody.de

9K, KUWAIT. Abdallah, 9K2GS, who was active during this past weekend's
CQWW DX RTTY Contest, will once again be active as 9K2K during the CQWW
DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry.
QSL via EC5AC or LoTW.

A3, TONGA (Update). Operators Andrew/VK5AK, Grant/VK5GR (Team Leader),
Oly/VK5XDX and Steve/VK5SFA continue to be active as A35JT from Tonga
until October 7th. Activity will be holiday style on 160-10 meters and
include the Oceania DX SSB Contest (October 5-6th). QSL via M0OXO, LoTW
and ClubLog. They are also going to try using ClubLog's new Live Logging
system. For more details and updates, watch Grant/VK5GR's Web page for
updates at: http://vk5gr-iota.net

A9, BAHRAIN. Fawaz, A92AA, who was active during this past weekend's CQWW
DX RTTY Contest, will once again be active during the CQWW DX SSB Contest
(October 26-27th) as a Single-Op/All-Band entry. QSL via direct with 3
USDs and a SAE or Clublog's OQRS or LoTW.

AFRICAN TOUR (Update/Last Stop). Pista, HA5AO, will once again active as
7P8AO from Lesotho until October 19th. He will use his Elecraft K3S with
a KPA500 which is fed into a vertical antenna and will operate on 80-10
meters using mainly CW and FT8 on the higher bands. His updates, QSL
policy, Logsearch and OQRS are available at: https://www.ha5ao.com

IOTA NEWS..............
 AF-054. (Reminder) Operators YL Elena/RC5A and Yuri/RM0F are now active
 as 5H3CA and 5H3RRC, respectively, from Mafia Island, Tanzania,
 until October 5th Activity will be on 160-10 meters using CW
 and SSB. QSL via RC5A.

 AS-206. Harry, JG7PSJ/JD1BMH/KW2X, will once again be active as JG7PSJ/7
 from Oshima Island (JA7,Miyagi -- QM08) between 2200z, October
 4th and 0600z, October 6th. This will depend on the weather.
 Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL
 via LoTW or direct to JG7PSJ. For possible updates, watch:
 http://jg7psj.starfree.jp
 https://twitter.com/jd1bmh

 AS-206. Operators Ted/JF1CCH and Eiji/JQ1SUO will be active as JF1CCH/0
 and JQ1SUO/0 from Sado Island between October 13-14th. Activity
 will be on various HF bands using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL via their
 home callsigns. 

 NA-008. (Zone 2) Look for VY0ERC to once again be active from the
 Eureka Weather station sometime in October-November. This
 station is operated by the Eureka Amateur Radio Club [probably
 the most northerly located amateur radio club in the world]
 from Eureka, Nunavut. The list of the operating team was not
 provided. The suggested bands are 40 and 20 meters (possibly
 80m), as well as FM satellites (from ER60, EQ79) using SSB,
 the Digital modes and very slow CW. Activity will be limited
 to their spare time. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS or direct. For updates,
 see: https://twitter.com/vy0erc

 NA-128. Pierre, VE2GT, was active from the Canadian island, Grosse Île
 (CISA QC010), from the Irish Memorial National Historic Site
 [https://cnpota.ca/](WW Loc. FN47pa, CNPOTA QC24, POTA VE-4910,
 VEFF-1507) on September 29th (1445-1815z +/- delay of the boat).
 Activity was to be on 80-10 meters. Follow him on APRS at:
 https://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FVE2GT-5&timerange=3600&tail=3600

 NA-187. Rick, K6VVA, who planned to activate White Rock sometime
 between September 15th and October 15th, has cancelled his
 operation due to the new rule by the IOTA Board.

 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......

ISWL CALLSIGNS (For October). The following ISWL club callsigns will be
used throughout the month of October 2019:

 GX4BJC/A - No Operator has been allocated yet.

 MS1SWL/A - Operated /A, from Falkirk, in Scotland, by Brian, GM4XQJ
 (WAB Square - NS97 - Scotland, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1234).
 
 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  or  or 
or via . NO LoTW.

MD, ISLE OF MAN. Gordon, MM0GOR, will be active as MD1E from the Isle of
Man (EU-116) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (March 26-27th) possibly as
a Single-Op or Multi-Op/All-Band or Single-Band/High-Power entry. QSL
via M0OXO's OQRS.

MD, ISLE OF MAN. Mark, M0UTD, will be active as MD1U from the Isle of
Man (EU-116) during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (March 26-27th) possibly as
a Single-Op or Multi-Op/All-Band or Single-Band/High-Power entry. QSL
via M0OXO's OQRS.

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

OR, BELGIUM (Special Event). The Belgian Institute for Postal Services
and Telecommunications (BIPT) to celebrate the birthday of Her Royal
Highness Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, Belgian radio amateurs may use
the prefix "OR" instead of "ON" between October 25th and December 25th.

OF, FAROE ISLANDS. Gjermund, LB5GI, will be active as OY/LB5GI from Faroe
Islands (EU-018) between September 30th and October 4th. Activity will
be on 40/20/15/10 meters. QSL via his home callsign or LoTW. 

PROPAGATION FORECAST/REPORT (September 30th-October 6th).......
 Sep/30th AN Oct/03rd HN Oct/05th HN
 Oct/01st LN Oct/04th HN Oct/06th LN
 Oct/02nd LN

 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 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)(September 29th)
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 3D2VR via DD0VR HB0/OE6FNG via OE6FNG R75YBO via RM3Y
 5H3MB via IK2GZU (O/L) HB0/OE6WIG via OE6WIG S50WAAD via S59DKS
 5Q2A via OZ2A (d/L) HF0PCK via SP1DPA SI6T via SM6LZQ
 8R1/AH0G via DK7PE HQ9X via KQ1F & (L) SP3RN via SP7PGK
 B7/BD7IHN via BD7IHN IQ1SM via IZ1GAR SV8/DL8MCA/P via DL8MCA
 CR3DX via OM2VL & (L) KL7SB via N4GNR (d/) SV8/F6HMJ via F6HMJ
 DL0FFF via DL2RPS & (e) LX7I via LX2A & (L) TC1HUT via YM1KM
 DR50DIG via DH1PAL LZ16HST via LZ1BJ TK/IW5ELA via IW5ELA
 EA3/PE1PUX via PE1PUX NL8F via N7RO & (L) TM19AL via F6KWP
 EA8/DL1RNT via DL1RNT OG7Z via OH73ELK XE1/N4DMH via N4DMH (d/L)
 F/DL1ASA/P via DL1ASA OK/DJ8QP via DJ8QP & (L) ZA/HA2SG via HA2SG
 FP/KV1J via KV1J & (L) OP75E via ON4CRD ZK3A via YT1AD (O/d/L)
 GB1CAM via GB1CAM (O/L) P49X via W0YK (d/L)

 (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://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/3W9KJ
 https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/A35JT
 https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/MD/ON4CKM/P
 https://secure.clublog.org/logsearch/ZK3A

 4U1A via HB9RB. Schule, HB9RB, a member of the International Amateur
 Radio Contest DX Club was active during this past weekend's CQWW DX
 RTTY Contest from the Vienna International Center, Austria. QSL via
 UA3DX, direct, by the Bureau or ClubLog's OQRS.

 IH9YMC via LoTW or eQSL. Raffaele, IH9YMC, was active from Pantelleria
 Island (AF-018, IIA TP-001, MIA MI-124, WW Loc. JM56XT), African Italy,
 during this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY Contest.

 TG9ANF/7 via VE7BV. Was active during this past weekend's CQWW DX RTTY
 Contest from the Maya Biosphere Reserve of Guatemala. Operators were
 TG7/TG9ANF, TG7/TG9ADQ and TG7/TG9AXF.

 QSLS RECEIVED VIA LoTW: 3DA0AO, FW5IW, IK2SGL/OA9, IK4ALM, KG4DY,
 LU8EKC, OM2VL, OO6O, SP2HCQ, SV1GFM, T6AA, UR5IKN and ZK1PN

 QSLS RECEIVED VIA MAIL: CE7/DL2OE (SA-018), CY9C, EM1UA (AN-006),
 KA6RWL (NA-065), MJ/OK3RM, RIOBC (AS-042), RI1ANP, RI1OM (EU-119),
 RW1AI/MM and SF2CW (EU-192)

 QSLS RECEIVED VIA THE BUREAU: JG8NQJ/JD1
 --- We would like to see more QSL Bureaus (such as AS/US/SA/AF.. etc)
 to send in their info....

S7, SEYCHELLES. Operators Leszek/SP6CIK and Janusz/SP9FIH will be active
as S79CI and S79W, respectively, from Seychelles between October 18-29th.
Activity will be on various HF band, including activity in CQWW DX SSB
Contest (October 26-27th). QSL via their home callsigns or ClubLog's OQRS.
For more details and updates, watch: http://s79.dxpeditions.org

SV9, CRETE. Uli, DJ9XB, is once again active as SV9/DJ9XB from Crete
until October 3rd. Activity will be holiday style on 40-6 meters, but
with a focus on 6 meters and using only RTTY and FT8. QSL via his home
callsign, direct, by the Bureau or LoTW.

T30, WESTERN KIRIBATI (Reminder/Update). Operators Stan/LZ1GC, Karel/OK2WM
and Mitko/LZ3NY will be active as T30GC from Tarawa Atoll (OC-017), Western
Kiribati, between October 7-23rd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters using
CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8, with two to three different transmitters on different
bands and modes. Some planned details on frequencies are:

 160m will be 1822.5 kHz 
 6m will be 50100 kHz (CW) and 50313 kHz (FT8)

 They will be working on all bands in SPLIT MODE as following:
 * CW : QSX UP 1-8 kHz
 * SSB : QSX UP 5-15 kHz
 * RTTY : QSX UP 2-8 kHz

 QSL via LZ1GC, LoTW or ClubLog's OQRS. For more details and updates,
see: http://www.c21gc.com
Their latest press release (September 26th) can be read at:
 http://www.c21gc.com/index.php/last-news

TG, GUATEMALA. Dennis, KT8X, will be active as TG4/KT8X from Guatemala
between November 22-28th. Activity will be holiday style on various HF
bands using CW, FT8, RTTY and possible part-time operations in the CQWW
DX CW Contest (November 23-24th). QSL LoTW only.

VP9, BERMUDA. Christoph, DL1YAF, is once again active as VP9/DL1YAF from
the Paget Parish (Grid FM72OG) on Bermuda (NA-005) until October 6th.
Activity will be holiday style on CW, SSB and PSK31, using a Elecraft
KX3 (KXPA100) into a MP1 Vertical Antenna and Dipole. QSL via home call-
sign, by the Bureau or direct.

VP6R PITCAIRN ISLAND DXPEDITION NEWS (Update). On September 23rd, the
following was posted on the Pitcairn Island DXpedition VP6R Web page
(https://pitcairndx.com/news-and-updates) [edited]: We are pleased to
announce The Pitcairn Island DXpedition’s participation in the 2019
CQWW SSB Contest on the Oct. 26th and 27th weekend. We will be a full-
scale Multi-Multi entry with stations active on 160 through 10 meters.
 This will be the first-ever CQWW SSB Contest entry from Pitcairn Island
and the first time the VP6 multiplier has been offered in this contest.
 If you’re not in the contest and need the contact, call us anyway.
Just give us our signal report and your CQ zone number in the exchange.
We want you in our log! Be sure to have a little fun by working some
other stations too.

XV, VIETNAM. Sven, HB9DXB, will be active as XV9DXB from his second home
in Vietnam between October 2-9th. Activity is usually on 80/40/20/10
meters using CW and SSB, but reports state to look for him on 7019 and
14019 kHz CW. QSL via EB7DX direct or LoTW.

ZK3A TOKELAU ISLANDS DXPEDITION NEWS. Just a reminder that a large inter-
national team of operators will be active as ZK3A from the Tokelau Islands
(OC-048) between now and October 11th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters
using CW, SSB, the Digital modes (RTTY, PSK31 and FT8) and EME (6m). QSL
via YT1AD direct, OQRS (direct or Bureau) or LoTW (uploaded 6 months after
DXpedition). For more details and updates, see: https://tokelau2019.com
ADDED UPDATES:
 On September 25th, it was announced that the advance (setup) team
(Adrian/KO8SCA, Robert/N7QT & Dusko/ZL3WW) have been active on 20m band
so far. They will have limited time on the air during the daylight hours,
as they are still setting up antennas etc. The rest of team will be
arriving on the 1st October.
 On September 26th, it was announced that the Ukrainian team (UR9QQ,
US0KW, UR0MC, UT5UY, UT8IO) for the ZK3A DXpedition are on their way to
the island! Also announced: The ZK3A DXpedition 2019 from Tokelau Islands
has been approved by the ARRL Award Branch for DXCC credit.