The FREE DX-World Weekly Bulletin #201

May 25, 2017

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Page last updated on: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 458 IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club 25 May, 2017 Island activities: IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz EU-174; SV, Makedonia/ Thraki Region group: Laci/HA0HW will be back on Thassos Island (GIOTA NAS-037, MIA MG-124, WLOTA 4186, WW Loc. KN20hs) from May 24 until June 11. QRV as SW8WW on 40-6m (CW, some SSB and RTTY, PSK) and during the contest. QSL via ClubLog OQRS and via HA0HW (d/B). NA-168; W5, Louisiana State South East (Lafourche to Plaquwmines Parish) group: Allan/KV4T and his wife Bridget/KS4YT activate Grand Isle from the 26th to 29th. QRV mainly on 30 and 12m (CW and digital modes). QSL via homecalls (d/B), LoTW. NA-221; XE1, Veracruz State North group: A team behind the callsign XF2L will be active from the Isla de Lobos (ARLHS MEX-035) for the WPX contest. For QSL info see qrz.com. Deutscher Amateur Radio Club e-mail: iota@dxhf.darc.de RSGB IOTA website Check-out the latest IOTA News bulletin from OPDX

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from W1AW Bulletin via the ARRL on May 25, 2017
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DX Bulletin 21 ARLD021
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT May 25, 2017
To all radio amateurs

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ARLD021 DX news

This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.

KUWAIT, 9K. Abdallah, 9K2GS will be QRV as 9K2K in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest as an All Band entry. QSL direct to home call.

MADEIRA ISLANDS, CT3. Serge, R7KW and Oleg, YL3JM are QRV as CT9/home calls from Madeira Island, IOTA AF-014, until May 28. They will be QRV as CT9/R7KW in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest. QSL both calls via K2PF.

CANARY ISLANDS, EA8. Jack, R2AA will be QRV as EG8AA from AF-004 in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest. QSL via RW3RN.

FRANCE, F. Special event station TM500LH is QRV until May 31 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Le Havre. QSL via F6KOH.

ENGLAND, G. Paul, M0XDX and Mark, M0NCG are QRV as GB1HMB until June 2 to provide points for the Beaches on the Air award program. Activity is mainly on 40 and 20 meters, and possibly 10 and 6 meters if conditions permit. QSL via operators' instructions.

MARKET REEF, OJ0. Pasi, OH3WS will be QRV as OJ0W from May 27 to June 3. Activity will be in his spare time mostly on 30 and 60 meters using CW. QSL direct to home call.

ARUBA, P4. Operators DJ4MZ, DL5KUT, DL5RMH and DL6RAI are QRV as P4/home calls until May 28. They will be QRV as P44X in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest as a Multi Operator entry. QSL P44X via DO4MX and all others to home calls.

NETHERLANDS, PA. A group of operators are QRV with special event call sign PA150LIM until June 10 to mark the 150th anniversary of the province Limburg. Activity is on the HF and V/UHF bands. This includes an entry in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest. QSL via PD0MHZ.

GREECE, SV. Members of the Radio Amateur Union of North Aegean are QRV as J48GEO from the Geo Park on Lesvos, IOTA EU-049, until June 23. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. During the Geopark weekend they will be located at the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest. QSL direct to SZ8LSV.

PALAU, T8. Naoki, JS3LSQ is QRV as T88WJ until May 29. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using mostly RTTY. QSL to home call.

CONGO (REPUBLIC OF), TN. Ken, LA7GIA is QRV as TN5E from Brazzaville until June 4. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters, and possibly 6 meters. QSL via M0OXO.

ASIATIC RUSSIA, UA0. Vlad, UA0FAM will be QRV as UA0FAM/p from Kunashir Island, IOTA AS-025, for one week beginning on May 29. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL to home call.

CANADA, VE. Bob, VE1RSM is QRV with special call sign XM1150CAN and will be active in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest on all bands. QSL via bureau.

MONTSERRAT, VP2M. George, K2DM is QRV as VP2MDG until May 29. This includes being active as a Single Op/All Band entry in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest. QSL direct to home call.

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, VP2V. Kevin, K6TOP will be QRV as VP2V/K6TOP from May 28 to June 5. Activity will be holiday style on the HF bands. QSL via NR6M.

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5. Art, KZ5D is QRV as VP5/KZ5D until May 31. He will be active as VQ5D in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest. QSL via operator's instructions.

MEXICO, XE. A group of operators will be QRV as XF2L from Isla de Lobos, IOTA NA-221, in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest. QSL via operators' instructions.

ZIMBABWE, Z2. Tom, KC0W is QRV as Z25DX until June 18. Activity is on 80 to 6 meters using CW. QSL direct to home call.

ALBANIA, ZA. Henning, OZ1BII is QRV as ZA/OU2I from Golem until May 29. Activity is on the HF bands with a focus on 30, 17 and 12 meters. This includes being a Single Op/All Band/Low Power entry in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest. QSL via OU2I.

ST. HELENA, ZD7. Peter, ZD7FT has been active on 17 and 15 meters at various times. QSL via operator's instructions.

THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, SARL Digital Contest and QRP ARCI Hootowl CW Sprint will certainly keep contesters busy this upcoming weekend.

The Phone Fray and CWops Mini-CWT CW Test are scheduled for May 31.

Please see May QST, page 87, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details.
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Source: W1AW Bulletin via the ARRL.

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The K7RA Solar Update

05/19/2017

The Australian Space Weather Forecast Centre issued a geomagnetic warning at 0301 UTC on May 19:

”Geomagnetic conditions may rise to minor storm levels late on 19 May. Geomagnetic activity is expected to remain enhanced to active to minor storm levels with some major storm periods on 20 May. Mostly unsettled to active levels of geomagnetic activity may be expected on 21 May with the possibility of some minor storm periods on this day.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED DUE TO CORONAL HOLE HIGH SPEED WIND STREAM FROM 19-21 MAY 2017.

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST
19 May:  Quiet to unsettled during first half, and active to minor storm during second half of the day
20 May:  Active to minor storm, some major storm periods possible
21 May:  Unsettled to active, minor storm periods possible”


We saw seven consecutive days with zero sunspots recently on May 9-15. This overlapped the recent reporting week (May 11-17) with the previous week. The spotless period ended on May 16 when two sunspot groups appeared, 2656 and 2657, with sunspot numbers of 11 and 13 on May 16-17.

Average daily sunspot numbers reported in last week’s bulletin were 17.1, and the average in the current reporting week was only 3.4. This is because last week’s report covered two consecutive days with zero sunspots, this week covered five days with no activity.

Average daily solar flux declined from 71.5 to 70.5, the average estimated daily planetary A index rose from 6.3 to 8.3, while the mid-latitude A index rose from 5.9 to 9.4.

Predicted solar flux (from Thursday’s NOAA and USAF 45-day forecast) is 72 on May 19-21, 74 on May 22-25, 76 on May 26-29, 74 on May 30 thru June 3, 72 on June 4, 70 on June 5-10, 72 on June 11-12, 74 on June 13-17, 76 on June 18-25, and 74 on June 26-30.

Predicted planetary A index is 45, 30, 20 and 12 on May 19-22, 8 on May 23-24, 5 on May 25 thru June 3, 8 on June 4, 5 on June 5-9, then 8, 12, 22, 32 and 20 on June 10-14, then 48, 36, 20, 12 and 8 on June 15-19, and 5 on June 20 thru the end of the month.

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-k7ra-solar-update-478

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The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands DX News from the ARRL 19 May, 2017 This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by K2DM, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. KENYA, 5Z. Thomas, OZ1AA is QRV as 5Z4/OZ1AA until June 15.  Activity is on the HF bands. QSL direct to OZ1ACB. PORTUGAL, CT. Members of the Clube Radioamadores do Entroncamento are QRV as CS2SA from the Castle Sortelha in the Province of Guarda until May 20. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL direct to CS5CRE. ERITREA, E3. Zorro, JH1AJT, Franz, DJ9ZB, Champ, E21EIC and Dima, RA9USU are QRV as E31A until May 29. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via JH1AJT. PALESTINE, E4. Janusz, SP9FIH is QRV as E44WE until May 30. Activity is on 17, 10 and 6 meters using mostly SSB but also PSK63 or JT65. QSL to home call. NORTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Cezar, VE3LYC is QRV as E51LYC from Pukapuka Island, IOTA OC-098, until May 23. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call. CEUTA AND MELILLA, EA9. Members of the Tortugas CW Team will be QRV as ED9T from Melilla during the His Majesty King of Spain CW contest. QSL via EA4PN. FAROE ISLANDS, OY. Operators DF3MC and DL8JJ are QRV as OY/DF3MC and OY/DL8JJ, respectively, from IOTA EU-018, until May 25. They may also be active with /P after their calls while activating summits from various areas on the island. Activity is on 40 to 15 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via operators' instructions. NETHERLANDS, PA. Tony, PD1TV and Henry, PA4HM will be QRV as PH00GEVEEN from May 21 to June 6 during the context of an annual Wings and Wheels event. QSL via PA4HM. SWEDEN, SM. Members of the Gotlands Radioklubb are QRV with special callsigns 7S1GRK and SK70BL from Gotland Island, IOTA EU-020, until December 31 to celebrate the club's 70th anniversary.  Activity is on various HF bands. All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the bureau. GREECE, SV. Laci, HA0HW will be QRV as SW8WW from Thassos Island, IOTA EU-174, from May 24 to June 11. Activity will be on 40 to 6 meters using mainly CW with some SSB, RTTY and PSK. He may be active as a Single Op/All Band/Low Power entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX CW contest. QSL to home call. TUVALU, T2. John, KK7L will be QRV as T2R from Funafuti, IOTA OC-015, from May 23 to 29. Activity is on the HF bands. This includes being an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX CW contest. QSL via N7SMI. PALAU, T8. Munehiro, JR6DRH is QRV as T88RH from Koror Island, IOTA OC-009, until May 23. Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL to home call. CAMEROON, TJ. Dan, AA9WO is now QRV as TJ3PD from Yaounde. Activity is when his time, the weather, and available electricity permit, on 40, 20, and 10 meters using SSB. He plans to eventually be QRV on 80 to 10 meters. QSL via operator's instructions. CONGO (REPUBLIC OF), TN. Ken, LA7GIA will be QRV as TN5E from Brazzaville from May 25 to June 4. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters, and possibly 6 meters, using CW and SSB. QSL via M0OXO. GABON, TR. Roland, F8EN is QRV as TR8CR until June 3. Activity is on 30 and 20 meters using CW. QSL via F6AJA. MONTSERRAT, VP2M. George, K2DM will be QRV as VP2MDG from May 25 to 29. This includes begin active as a Single Op/All Band entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX CW contest. QSL direct to home call. ZIMBABWE, Z2. Tom, KC0W will be QRV as Z25DX from May 23 to June 18. Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters using CW. QSL direct to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. His Majesty King of Spain CW Contest, NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC CW Sprint, Slobozhansky Sprint Contest, UN DX Contest, NZART Sangster Shield 80-Meter CW Contest, EU PSK DX Contest, Aegean RTTY Contest, Feld Hell Sprint, Baltic 80-Meter Contest and the UA2 QSO Party are all on tap for this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP Contest is scheduled for May 22. The CWops Mini-CWT CW Test, SKCC CW Sprint and Phone Fray are scheduled for May 24. Please see May QST, page 87 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details http://www.southgatearc.org/dxnews/index.htm#.WR7e4VTTfcs

The K7RA Solar Update

The K7RA Solar Update

04/14/2017

Solar indicators, both sunspot numbers and solar flux, both dropped this week, in fact on April 8 there were no sunspots. Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 65.9 to 16.6, and average daily solar flux went from 96.5 to 73.8, compared to the previous seven days, .

Average daily planetary A index went from 15.6 to 10.6, and average daily mid-latitude A index declined from 13 to 9.3.

Predicted solar flux shows 75 on April 14-15, 85 on April 16-17, 80 on April 18, 95 on April 19-21, 92 on April 22-23, 90 on April 24-29, 80 on April 30, 78 on May 1-2, 72 on May 3-4, 75 on May 5-6, 72 on May 7-12, 75 and 85 on May 13-14, 88 on May 15-16, 95 on May 17-18, 92 on May 19-20, and 90 on May 21-26.

Predicted planetary A index is 8, 10 and 8 on April 14-16, 25 on April 17-18, 12 and 8 on April 19-20, 5 on April 21-22, then 55, 28, 20 and 22 on April 23-26, then 28, 15, 8 and 5 on April 27-30, then 20, 10, 8 and 10 on May 1-4, 15 on May 5-6, 12 on May 7, 8 on May 8-10, 5 on May 11-13, then 20, 18 and 10 on May 14-16, 5 on May 17-19, then 55, 28, 20, 22, 28, 15 and 8 on May 20-26.

http://www.arrl.org/news/the-k7ra-solar-update-473

Esta página fue actualizada en: Miércoles, 17 de mayo 2017 458 IOTA Noticias del  Deutscher Amateur Radio Club 18 de de mayo de, 2017 actividades de la isla: IOTA QRGs CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz SSB: 28460 24950 21260 28560 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz AS-008; JA1 , Norte Islas Izu: Makoto / JI5RPT y Toru / JI5USJ se estará activo desde Shikine isla en mayo 21/22 firmar sus homecalls / 1. QRV en HF y 6m (CW, RTTY, PSK31). QSL a través de h / c (d / B). AS-159; TA grupo, Mar Negro Costa Oeste: TC0M, operado por Gurel / TA2DX, Erdal / TA2ABC, Ozden / TA1BX y Mutlu / TA2AWM estará activo a partir de Kefken isla entre el 19 y el 21. UE-020; SM1 , Condado de Gotland (Gotland Island) grupo: The Amateur Radio Society de Gotland celebra su 70 aniversario con la 7S1GRK llamadas y SK70BL hasta el final del año. También ofrecen un premio para los contactos. Tarjetas QSL serán enviados a través de automagicamente la oficina. http://sk1bl.hamlogs.net/ UE-094; F , Bretaña (Finisterre) Grupo Región: Frank / ON4KZ, Tim / ON5HC, Patrick / ON7PQ, y Francis / ON8AZ se va a poner San Nicolas Island en el aire con el indicativo TM7U. QRV del 21 de mayo a 26 en CW, SSB y modos digitales (80-10m). QSL vía ON8AZ (d / B), OQRS. http://www.tm7u.be/ UE-114; GU / MU , grupo Guernsey: Eddy / ON6EF, Ene / ON6VJ, y Wilfried / ON4AFW estará operando desde Guernsey entre el 23 de mayo y 27 como MU / homecalls en HF y 6m (sólo SSB). Visitas portátiles están programados para la isla de Sark (GUFF-0030) y la isla de Herm (GUFF-0020). QSL vía homecalls (d / B). SA-033; HC4 , grupo provincia de Manabi y SA-034; HC2 / 3, Santa Elena / grupo Guayas / Provincia de El Oro: Alex / HC2AO, Sergey / R4WAA, y Serge / RZ3FW estarán activos entre el 21 y 30 de mayo de Salango Isla (SA-033) con el HD2RRC llamada / 4 y desde Isla Puna (SA-034) con la llamada HD2RRC / p. QRV principalmente en 40, 30 y 20m. QSL vía RZ3FW, ClubLog OQRS. Frank / PH2M en el Caribe: Frank va a visitar las siguientes islas del Caribe durante un viaje de vacaciones: San Martín (NA-105) del 19 al 24 de mayo, PJ7 / PH2M, Saba (NA-145) del 24 de mayo al 29 de PJ6 / PH2M, San Eustaquio del 29 de mayo hasta el 4 de junio de PJ5 / PH2M. QRV en 40-10m (SSB, WSPR). QSL vía PH2M (d / B), LoTW, ClubLog OQRS. IOTA y WWFF Expedición Activaciones en Suecia: Operaciones Ric / DL2VFR (SD7V), Klaus / DL2YBG, y Klaus / DL7UXG (SD3G) están planeando para activar las siguientes referencias IOTA y WWFF: mayo 20/21: OEland (UE-037) como SD7V, SM7 / DL2YBG y SD3G / 7. Mayo 21-25: Ekoen (SMFF-0366) como ubicación base para excursiones de un día  a la UE-177 como SD7V / 5, SM5 / DL2YBG y SD3G / 5.  Mayo 25-27: Tjurkoe (UE-138) como SD7V, SM7 / DL2YBG y SD3G / 7.  QRV en HF (CW, SSB). Klaus / DL2YBG espera recibir una llamada nativa (SD5Y) en el tiempo. QSL para SD7V través DL2VFR (d / B), a través de SD3G DL7UXG (d / B), SM / DL2YBG través DL2YBG (d / B). Deutscher Amateur Radio Club e-mail: iota@dxhf.darc.de RSGB página web IOTA Salida el último boletín IOTA Noticias de OPDX http://www.southgatearc.org

Page last updated on: Sunday, May 14, 2017 46 Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP 15 May, 2017 Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels. There are currently no sunspots visible. If you want to do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot number for the week will be around one. The 15 to 30 m bands will provide lots of DX fun Please visit the website http://spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further information South African Radio League • All propagation reports can be found at: http://www.southgatearc.org/propagation

Page last updated on: Sunday, May 14, 2017 450 IOTA News from OPDX 15 May, 2017 Island activities: AF-111P. "DX-World.net" reports that a team of 4-5 seasoned IOTA activators are planning a 3-4 day operation from Baiyah Island later this year. Dates are to be determined, but probably sometime in November. A reconnaissance trip has been completed with vital information on this little known island being collated. This IOTA group has never been activated before. More details, Web site and callsign will be forthcoming in the second half of 2017. EU-003. Operators Al/CU2GC and Pedro/CS8ABY will be active as CR1FF from Sao Miguel Island between August 19-20th. Station will be operating inside Farol da Ferraria Lighthouse (ILLW PT-0021). QSL via CS5NRA, direct or by the Bureau. For more details, see: http://www.nra.pt EU-020. Members of the Gotlands Radioklubb (SK1BL) will be active using the special callsigns 7S1GRK and SK70BL from Gotland Island until December 31st. Activity is to celebrate the club's 70th anni versary. Activity will be on various HF bands. A special award is available. For details, see: http://sk1bl.hamlogs.net All QSOs will be confirmed automatically via the Bureau. Please, NO return QSLs. EU-110. Eight Croatian operators will be active as 9A17B from the Brijuni National Park on Veli Brijun Island (EU-110) between May 19-21st. QSL via 9A2MF. Check-out the latest IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club http://www.southgatearc.org/iota/opdx/index.htm#.WRmVXFTTfcs

Propagation News – 14 May 2017

Propagation News – 14 May 2017

RS211953 | May 12, 2017

Last week the solar surface was pretty much bare, other than a tiny speck of a sunspot at mid latitude. This sent the solar flux index down below 70 – the first time it has been there for some time. Given that it never drops much below about 66, even at sunspot minimum, this gives you an idea of how little sunspot activity there is. Luckily, the low solar flux index was coupled with better geomagnetic conditions, with the K index never worse than three and often zero.

The more settled conditions meant the ionosphere had time to recover and there was DX to be had. Dick, GU4CHY reported he worked all continents, including many strong Japanese stations, on 20m around 2030UTC on the 10th. Don’t forget that 20 metres will be staying open longer as we head into summer, and the band may even remain open late into the night by June and July.

Next week NOAA predicts the solar flux index will increase, perhaps up 80. Unfortunately, this will be accompanied by poor geomagnetic conditions at times due to the return of a recurrent coronal hole. The K index could rise to four or five midweek.

Sporadic-E may offer some respite. Don’t forget that it can affect all HF bands, not just 28MHz. Martin, MW0CND in Swansea was very loud in East Anglia last week on 40m CW during daytime on an otherwise flat band as a Sporadic-E cloud formed over the UK.

It looks like a week of unsettled weather is coming up as we had some locally heavy rainfall at the end of last week, extending into this weekend. But as we progress through the week high pressure begins to appear, initially in the south of Britain.

As next week draws to a close, the trend in several models is for a larger high to develop west of Ireland and slowly move east to be over the country by the weekend. Therefore, there is an increasing chance of Tropo developing later in the week.

Sporadic-E deserves a mention too, since there have been some openings already and now through to August represents good hunting for those elusive QSOs on 10m, 6m, 4m and 2m. Check the beacons and clusters as usual, with late morning and late afternoon being the best times.

This is a good VHF/UHF set of options for most regions this next week, although typically the far north of Scotland does seem to be on the northern fringe of any Tropo.

Moon declination is negative all this week, so there are short moon windows for EME. Last Friday the moon was at apogee – its furthest point away from Earth – so losses are still high, but falling as the week progresses.

And that’s all from the propagation team this week.

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