The K7RA Solar Update! 09/29/2017

The K7RA Solar Update

09/29/2017

The past week was a good one for HF propagation. Average daily sunspot numbers doubled from the previous week, rising from 13.6 to 27, while average daily solar flux rose from 72.6 to 84.3. Average daily geomagnetic numbers were lower, with average planetary A index declining from 21.1 to 9.9 and average daily mid-latitude A index from 17.1 to 7.6.

Last Friday was the autumnal equinox, so we should see a seasonal improvement in HF conditions.

Predicted solar flux is 91 on September 29 to October 1, 89 on October 2-5, 90 on October 6-7, then 85, 76, 75, 74 and 73 on October 8-12, 72 on October 13-15, then 71, 74, 73, 78, 80, 87 and 90 on October 16-22, 95 on October 23 to November 2, then 90, 85, 76, 75, 74 and 73 on November 3-8 and 72 on November 9-11.

Predicted planetary A index is 28, 18, 14, 12 and 8 on September 29 to October 3, 5 on October 4-10, 25 on October 11-13, then 20 and 15 on October 14-15, 8 on October 16-17, 5 on October 18-21, then 16, 8, 20, 25, 20, 10 and 8 on October 22-28, 5 on October 29 through November 6, 25 on November 7-9, then 20, 15 and 8 on November 10-12.

“Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period September 29 to October 25, 2017 from OK1HH.

Geomagnetic field will be:
Quiet on October 6, 23
Mostly quiet on October 5
Quiet to unsettled October 3, 10, 16-21
Quiet to active on September 29-30, October 2, 4, 7-8, 11, 14-15, 22, 24
Active to disturbed on October 1, 9, 12-13, 25

Increases of solar wind, mostly from coronal holes, are expected on September 29 (-30), October (1, 3, 6,) 11-16, (17-18, 21-22, 24,) 25

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-k7ra-solar-update-493

Propagation Forecast Bulletin #38 de K7RA:

Propagation Forecast Bulletin #38 de K7RA:

ZCZC AP38
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 38 ARLP038
>From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA September 29, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB PROP ARL ARLP038
ARLP038 Propagation de K7RA

Over the past week we saw solar indices decline. Lower activity persists, and the uptick in solar activity on September 2 to 10, when sunspot numbers were 71, 96, 122, 122, 79, 94, 89, 49 and 38 and solar flux was 100, 120, 140, 121, 133, 129, 117, 107 and 100 will probably not be seen again til the upside after solar minimum, perhaps in 2021 or 2022.

But perhaps we will be surprised again.

Average daily sunspot numbers declined over the past few weeks from 87.3 to 45 and 13.6, and average daily solar flux from 114.1, to 97.6 and 72.6.

Average daily planetary A index was 18, 27.3 and 21.1 while average mid-latitude A index (measured in Virginia, at a magnetometer on Wallops Island was 16.7, 18.3 and 17.1.)

Predicted solar flux is 70, and 85 on September 22 and 23, 90 on September 24 to 28, 105 on September 29, 115 on September 30 through October 6, then 110, 85, 76, 75, 74, and 73 on October 7 to 12, 72 on October 13 and 14, 75 on October 15 to 19, 95 on October 20, 110 on October 21 to 25, and 115 on October 26 through November 2, then 110, 85 and 76 on November 3 to 5.

Predicted planetary A index is 5, 8, 12, 16, 8, 25 and 35 on September 22 to 28, then 20, 18, 15, 12, and 8 on September 29 to October 3, 5 on October 4 to 10, 25 on October 11 to 13, then 20, 15, 12 and 10 on October 14 to 17, 5 on October 18 and 19, then 8, 18, 12, and 8 on October 20 to 23, 20 on October 24 to 26, then 18, 15, 12 and 8 on October 27 to 30, and 5 October 31 through November 5.

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period September 22 thru October 18, 2017 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH of the Czech Propagation Interest Group.

"Geomagnetic field will be:

Quiet on September 22, 24
Mostly quiet on September 23, 26, October 18
Quiet to unsettled September 25, October 5 and 6
Quiet to active on September 27, 30, October 1 to 4, 7 and 8, 10 and 11, 14 to 17
Active to disturbed on September 28 and 29, October 9, 12 and 13

Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected on September 27 to 29, October (1,) 2 to 5, (8, 11 and 12,) 13 to 15, (16 and 17)

Remark:
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement and/or lower reliability of prediction."

 More here... http://www.eham.net/articles/40160

Revised ARRL Frequency Chart Now Available

See here: http://www.arrl.org/news/revised-arrl-frequency-chart-now-available

CQ WW Contest 2017

CQ WW Contest Dates SSB: October 28-29, 2017
CW: November 25-26, 2017 Starts: 0000 UTC Saturday 
Ends: 2359 UTC Sunday
Rules http://cqww.com/rules.htm

XT2AW Burkina Faso

Harald, DF2WO will be active again from Burkina Faso 

28 - 30 September 2017 as XT2AW.
He will operate on 40 - 10m Bands CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31, JT65.
QSL via M0OXO direct, OQRS.
Ads for direct QSL:
Charles Wilmott, 60 Church Hill, Royston, Barnsley, 

South Yorkshire. S71 4NG, England.

XT2AW Burkina Faso. Information for Radio Amateurs

DXCC Country - XT Burkina Faso.
WAC Continent - Africa.
WAZ Zone - CQ 35.
ITU Zone - 46.
QTH Locator - IK92.

https://dxnews.com/xt2aw_burkina-faso/

DX News from the ARRL 29 September, 2017

Page last updated on: Friday, September 29, 2017 610 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 29 September, 2017 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. ALGERIA, 7X. Members of the Radio Club of Djelfa will be QRV as 7Y7AI from Ile du Cavallo, IOTA AF-104, from September 30 to October 10. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters. QSL via 7X2DD. BHUTAN, A5. Operators Zorro, JH1AJT, Kasu, VR2KF and Champ, E21EIC are QRV as A5A until October 8. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. The main objective of this visit is to support the Bhutan Olympic Committee in its setup of a Paralympic Committee. QSL via JH1AJT. REUNION ISLAND, FR. Gust, ON6KE will be active from September 29 to October 10 as FR/ON6KE on 80 to 10 meters using CW, JT65 and FT8. QSL via ClubLog, LoTW or eQSL. TEMOTU PROVINCE, H40. Stan, LZ1GC returns to Nendo Island as H40GC from September 30 to October 20. He will focus on the low bands using SSB, CW, RTTY and PSK. QSL via LZ1GC. DODECANESE, SV5. Oliver, DK7TX will be active holiday-style from the islands Kos, Lalymos, Nisyros, and Telendos, IOTA EU-001, from October 3 to 30 as SV5/DK7TX on 40 to 6 meters, with a focus on 20, 15 and 10 meters. QSL via home call. EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. R60SAT will be QRV to commemorate the first Sputnik from October 1 to 8. An award is available as well. QSL via R4AS direct. MICRONESIA, V6. Chusuke, JR1FKR and Yutaka, JH1MLO will be QRV from September 27 to October 2. They will sign V63FKR and V63MLO on SSB and RTTY. QSL V63FKR via JR1FKR and V63MLO via JH1MLO. INDIA, VU. The team of VU3NPI, VU2GTI, VU3EDG, VU3ESV, VU3GDS, VU3YPP, VU3SXH, VU3ZLS, VU2DEV, VU2RCT, VU3DEW and VU3ZNG will be QRV as AT7M from St. Mary's Island, IOTA AS-096, from September 30 to October 1 on 40 and 20 meters and possibly other bands depending on conditions. QSL via VU3NPI. BURKINA FASO, XT. Listen for Harald, DF2WO from September 29 to October 30 as XT2AW on HF including 60 meters using digital modes such as JT65 and FT8. QSL via M0OXO. INDONESIA, YB. Special event station YE72JB marks the 72nd anniversary of the West Java Province. They will be QRV on September 29 and 30 on the HF bands using SSB, CW and digital modes. QSL via LoTW, eQSL or ClubLog. PALESTINE, E4. SP9FIH will be QRV at E44WE from October 18 to 29. This will include a single-op single band 15 meter assisted low power effort in the CQ WW DX Phone Contest. Outside the contest activity he will be on 30, 15, 12 and 10 meters using SSB, PSK and possibly RTTY. QSL via SP9FIH. NEPAL, 9N. Gerhard, OE3GEA is now active as 9N7GE. His length of his stay is unknown. His activity has been on various HF bands using CW. QSL via his home call sign, direct or by the Bureau. FERNANDO DE NORONHA, PY0F. Leo, PP1CZ will be active as PY0FW from October 22 to 27. Activity will be holiday style on 80 to 10 meters with some tries on 6 meters if he has propagation, using CW, RTTY, some SSB, and possibly JT65 and FT8. QSL direct or to ClubLog's OQRS. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO The NCCC RTTY Sprint, NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, Feld Hell Sprint, UK/EI SSB DX Contest, Russian World Wide MultiMode Contest, UBA ON 80-Meter SSB Contest, Classic Phone Exchange and the Peanut Power QRP Sprint are all on tap for this weekend. The IQRP Quarterly Marathon runs from October 2 to 8.  The German Telegraphy Contest and ARS Spartan CW Sprint are scheduled for October 3. The CWops Mini-CWT CW Test, 432 MHz Fall Sprint, UKEICC 80-Meter SSB Contest and Phone Fray are all scheduled for October 4. Please see September 2017 QST, page 84, October QST, page 94, and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details http://www.southgatearc.org/dxnews/index.htm#.Wc41mI_Wzct

S9CT Rolas Island 2017-09-28

Jorge, CT1BOL will be active from Ilheu das Rolas, Sao Tome and Principe, as S9CT 30 September - 6 October 2017.
He will operate HF Bands holiday style using portable setup.
QSL via home call, LOTW, ClubLog OQRS.
Ads for direct QSL:
JORGE LOPES, TV. DAS CONDOMINHAS, 114-4D, PORTO, 4150-225,Portugal.
DXCC Country - Sao Tome and Principe S9.
RSGB IOTA - AF 023 Rolas Island.
https://dxnews.com/s9ct/

5K0T – San Andres Island September 27, 2017

LU1FM, LU2JCW, LU3FMD, LU6FOV, LU9FHF, KK6EK will be active from San Andres Island as 5K0T between November 12-25, 2017. 
Full info found here    http://tarjetasqsl.com.ar/5k0t/index.html

https://dx-world.net/5k0t-san-andres-island/

RI1F – Viktoriya Island, EU-190NEW [Franz Josef Land]

September 28, 2017
UPDATE – The RI1F team is almost finished loading all equipment onto their yacht Aurora. They will leave port for Viktoriya Island before midnight local tonight.

SEPTEMBER 26 – Team visit local museum while waiting for their yacht.

JUNE 12 – The team will set sail for Viktoriya Island, EU-190NEW on September 27th. It’s a 1300km voyage. Information will also be published here [or translated here]
https://dx-world.net/ri1f-viktoriya-island-eu-190new/

DX bulletin 217 28/09/2017 By ON9CFG ON9CFG@telenet.be DX news TO2SP St Barts DXpedition –update As you all know, hurricane Irma ripped through the Leeward Islands, with some of the worst devastation in the area of St. Martin, St. Barts and Anguilla/Antigua. We have been monitoring the situation very carefully for the last few weeks to assess the situation. Although our trip is primarily driven by the availability of our rental villa, we also had to take into consideration the availability and reliability of power and Internet connections, which are rapidly being restored on St. Barts. We received word today from our agent that our villa suffered no significant damage from the wind. Since we are on a bluff looking to the north and east, we did not have any water damage or flooding. 

H40GC DXpedition –update by Stan LZ1GC My departure from Bulgaria to Temotu Province ( H40 ) & Solomon Islands ( H44 ) is on 24 September 2017. H40GC will be on the AIR on 30 September 2017 - no later then 3-4 hours after my arrive on Lata, Nendo Island. Thanks a lot to all Associations, Clubs, Individual and Corporative sponsors who supported me for this DXpedition with Humanitarian aid to People of Temotu Province. 

DXCC This week on HF 

4W, TIMOR LESTE Roly, ZL1BQD is operating from Dili as 4W6RR until October 10. Operation on 40 and 20 meter using CW and digital modes. QSL via home call, LoTW. 

5T, MAURITANIA A team with Petr OK1BOA, Palo OK1CRM, David OK6DJ, Petr OK1FCJ, Pavel OK1GK ,Ruda OK2ZA and Karel OK2ZI are active as 5T5OK until September 29. Operation from 160 to 6 meter using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via OK6DJ, OQRS and LoTW. http://www.cdxp.cz/ 

7Q, MALAWI Jerry W1IE and Bill KC4D are active until October 1. Operation during their spare time as 7Q7WW on HF using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via K4CD. 

9H, MALTA Witek SP9MRO/9H3I and Danuta SP9PX/9H3QQ are operating until October 9. Activity from 40 to 12 meter using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL for both calls via SP9SX. 

A5, BHUTAN A5A will be activated again between September 29 to October 8. Zorro, JH1AJT will travel to Bhutan with Kasu, VR2KF (JH1OGX) and Champ, E21EIC. Main purpose of this trip is to support the launch of the Paralympic Committee in Bhutan with Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC). Activity will be on 160 – 6m bands CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to JH1AJT; PO Box 8, Oiso, Naka-gun, KANAGAWA 259-0111, Japan. OQRS will be available at Club Log after his return to Japan. 


FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA Heinz, DL1YP is active again as FO/call from Moorea (OC- 046) until October 1. QRV on 20, 17 and 15 meter using SSB and RTTY. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. 

FR, REUNION ISL Gust, ON6KE will be QRV as FR/call from September 29 until October 10. Operation in ‘holiday-style’ from 80 to 10 meter using CW, JT65 and FT8. QSL via LoTW, Club Log OQRS. 

FR, REUNION ISL Alain, F8FUA is active as FR/call until September 30. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. 

H40, TEMOTU PROVINCE Stan, LZ1GC will once again be QRV as H40GC between September 30 and October 20. Operation from 160 to 10 meter using CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY. QSL via Club Log OQRS, LoTW. http://www.c21gc.com/ 

HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN Tina DL5YL and Fred DL5YM are once again operating as HB0/calls until October 7. Operation from 160 to 6 meter using mainly CW with some RTTY and SSB. QSL via homecalls. 


JD1, OGASAWARA Take, JA1UII is active again as JD1BON from Chichijima until September 30. All QSO’s will be confirmed automatically via bureau and LoTW, for direct cards via home call. 

P4, ARUBA Mike KB8KB and Jim K8JH are QRV as P40M and P40N until October 3. Operation on HF using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via homecalls. 

PJ4, BONAIRE Ant, MW0JZE is QRV as PJ4/call until September 30. Operation on HF using SSB and RTTY. QSL via M0OXO OQRS. 

S9, SAO TOME & PRINCIPE Jorge, CT1BOL will be active as S9CT from September 30 until October 6. Operation on HF in ‘holiday-style’. QSL via home call, LoTW and Club Log. 

S9, SAO TOME & PRINCIPE Operators DL1AWD, DL1AOB, DG5AA, DL8ALU and DK8YY will be QRV as S9YY from October 1 until October 10. QSL via DH7WW, direct or bureau, OQRS Club Log. 

SU, EGYPT Christian, DM4DX is currently living in Cairo and is QRV during his spare time as SU/call until November. QSL via LoTW. 

SV5, DODECANESE Oliver, DK7TX will be active as SV5/call from Kos, Kalymnos, Nisyros and Telendos between October 3 and October 13. Operation in ‘holiday-style’. QSL via home call. 

SV9, CRETE Ron, WB2GAI is QRV as SV9/call/P until September 29. Operation from 80 to 10 meter using CW. QSL via home call. 

TZ, MALI Fredo, TZ4PR is active from northern Mali until October. QSL via F1UIJ, direct. 

V2, ANTIGUA Bud AA3B and Brian N3OC are once again QRV as V26OC and V26K until October 2. Operation on HF using CW, RTTY and FT8. QSL via homecalls, LoTW and OQRS. 

V6, MICRONESIA Yutake, JH1MLO is operating as V63MLO from South Park Hotel, Pohnpei. Operation until October 1. Activity from 80 to 10 meter using SSB and RTTY. QSL via home call. 

V6, MICRONESIA Chusuke, JR1FKR is QRV as V63FKR from South Park Hotel, Pohnpei until October 2. Operation on HF. QSL via home call. 

VK9C, COCOS KEELING ISLAND VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND Chris VK3FY, Lee VK3GK, Tony VK3TZ, Luke VK3HJ, Peter VK3FN and David K3LP will be active as VK9XI from Christmas and as VK9CI from Cocos Keeling Isl. -Christmas Isl from October 2 until October 10 -Cocos Keeling Isl from October 10 until October 17 Operation from 160 to 10 meter using CW, SSB and RTTY with a focus on the low bands. QSL via M0OXO, OQRS. http://christmascocos2017.vkdxg.com/index.php/category/news/ 

VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND Lance, W7GJ is operating as VK9XGJ between October 2 and October 18. This will be a 6 meter EME DXpedition. QSL via home call, direct only. http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/ 

XT, BURKINA FASO Harald, DF2WO will once again be active as XT2AX from September 29 until October 30. Operation on HF and 60 meter using CW, SSB, JT65 and FT8. QSL via M0OXO OQRS and LoTW. 

YB, INDONESIA Bert, PD1SA is active as YB1/call until October 2. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. 

Z2, ZIMBABWE David, G4NRT is active as Z21NRT from Harare. Operation until September 29 from 80 to 6 meter using CW, SSB and digital modes. QSL via home call, LoTW. 

ZL7, CHATHAM ISL Chris ZL2DX and Catherine ZL2QT are now active as ZL7DX. QSL via M0OXO. They plan to be there for three years and operate on HF and 6 EME.

More here...  https://dx-world.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DX_217.pdf

A91ARS - Manama - Bahrain

09-24-2017, 07:59 AM

Fawaz, A92AA will be active from Manama, Bahrain with special call A91ARS commemorating National Day of Saudi Arabia.
He will operate on HF Bands.
QSL direct to:
Fawaz Sulaibeekh, President - Bahrain Amateur Radio Group (BARG), Riffa, 28021, Bahrain.

https://dxnews.com/forum/forum/special-event-stations/4691-a91ars-manama-bahrain

A5A Bhutan

JH1AJT, VR2KF e E21EIC will be active again from Bhutan 

29 September to 8 October 2017 as A5A.
Operate on 160 – 6m in CW, SSB, RTTY.
QSL via JH1AJT, OQRS ClubLog.

http://www.dxcoffee.com/ita/2017/a5a-bhutan-3/

St. Vincent Florida Island Expedition

Saturday, September 23, 2017

St. Vincent Florida Island Expedition

The Panama City ARC will qualify St. Vincent Island, Florida on Sept 30 13:00 - 15:00 UTC. The call is W4RYZ. We will call CQ US Islands Florida New until 25 contacts. Then we will use FL006. The Island is also Parks On The Air KFF-0257. We will operate primarily 40 and 20 SSB. Other bands and modes will be used based on openings.Contact: Greg Lane at panamacityarc@gmail.com

Qualification means we are the first to operate from the island for the US Islands Awards Program. We have a team of at least seven club members. Access to the Island is only by boat. We will take the St. Vincent Island Shuttle.

Here are some links:

St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge

US Islands Award Program

Parks On The Air WWFF-KFF

http://www.w4ryz.org/

IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club 28 September, 2017

Page last updated on: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 471

IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club 28 September, 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 AF-014; CT3, Madeira Archipelago: Ulla/DF6QP, Alfons/DJ8VC, and Walter/DL8JS will be active holiday-style from the QTH of CQ3L between Oct. 3 and 17 signing CT9/homecalls on 80-10m (CW, SSB, digital modes). QSL via h/c (d/B). AF-016; FR, Reunio Island: Gust/ON6KE is going to pay Reunion a visit from Sept. 29 until Oct. 10. QRV as FR/ON6KE on 80-10m on CW, JT65, and FT8. QSL via ClubLog, LoTW, eQSL. AF-104; 7X, Mediterranean Sea Coast East group: Members of the Radio Club of Djelfa (7X2VFK), supported by the Algerian Radio Amateur Union, will be active from the Ile du Cavallo as 7Y7AI between Sept. 30 and Oct. 10. QRV on 80-10m, QSL via 7X2DD (d/B). AS-096; VU, Karnataka State group: A group of Indian amateurs is going to activate St. Mary's Island as AT7M from Sept. 30 until Oct. 1. QRV mainly on 20 and 40m, other bands depending on condx. Rigs will be powered by solar energy during the day and generator power at nighttime. The team consists of VU3NPI, VU2GTI, VU3EDG, VU3ESV, VU3GDS, VU3YPP, VU3SXH, VU3ZLS, VU2DEV, VU2RCT, VU3DEW, and VU3ZNG. QSL via VU3NPI (d/B), LoTW, ClubLog OQRS. https://www.vu2.in/8-iota/3-iota-at7m EU-001; SV5, Dodecanese: Oliver/DK7TX will be active holiday-style from the islands Kos, Lalymos, Nisyros, and Telendos between Oct. 3 and 30. QRV as SV5/DK7TX on 40-6m with a focus on 20, 15, and 10m. QSL via homecall (B). EU-023; 9H, Malta group: Witek/SP9MRO and Danuta/SP9SX will be signing as 9H3I and 9H3QQ between Sept. 25 and Oct. 9 on 40-12m (CW, SSB, RTTY). QSL for both calls via SP9SX, LoTW. EU-190; RI1F, Viktoriya Island: Members of the Arctic Legends DXpedition will be active as RI1FJ from Viktoriya Island between Oct. 1 and 7 on HF. QSL via ClubLog OQRS. NA-213; W4, Alabama State group: Steve/KJ4KKI will be operating /p from Dauphin Island (USi AL002S) between the 2nd and 5th of October with a focus on 40 and 20m. QSL via KJ4KKI (d/B), LoTW. Deutscher Amateur Radio Club e-mail: iota@dxhf.darc.de RSGB IOTA website Check-out the latest IOTA News bulletin from OPDX http://www.southgatearc.org/iota/darc/index.htm#.Wczpeo_Wzct

The FREE DX-World Weekly Bulletin #216 September 21, 2017

Here’s the very latest FREE DX-World Weekly Bulletin written by Bjorn, ON9CFG. As always, it’s packed full of info. This week it runs to 16 pages. You can download it here.
https://dx-world.net/the-free-dx-world-weekly-bulletin-216/

DXCC Country/Entity Report

According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 10th September, through Sunday, 17th September there were 212 countries active.

Countries available:

3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y,

A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, BV, BY, 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, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FO/m, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY,

K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, 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, R1FJ, S0, S5, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T31, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ,

UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9C, VK9X, VP2M, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, YA, YB, YJ, YK, YL, YO, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZL, ZP, ZS, ZS8

PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain "Pirate/SLIM" operations or more likely a "BUSTED CALLSIGN". As always, you never know - "Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).

OPDX

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/september/dxcc-report-1809.htm#.Wb-uWPPyjcs

IOTA News from OPDX 18 September, 2017

Page last updated on: Sunday, September 17, 2017 455 IOTA News from OPDX 18 September, 2017 Island activities: AS-039. By the time you read this, Konstantin, R7KF, will be active as RI0ZF from Beringa Island (RR-12-07, RDA KT-04) between now and September 22nd. Dates are very tentative and dependent on the weather. This is not DX-pedition, but Konstantin will try to make some CW/SSB QSOs mainly on 30/20/17 meters using 100 watts with simple antennas (inverted V). QSL via R7KF, direct or by the Bureau. AS-096. (Update) Operators Rama/VU2DEV, Gaurav/VU2GTI, Koodur/VU2RCT, Devan/VU3DEW, Pradeep/VU3EDG, Vinod/VU3ESV, Girish/VU3GDS, Madhu/VU3NPI, YL Shyla/VU3SXH, Poojith/VU3YPP, Likith/VU3ZLS and Nyjil/VU3ZNG will be active as AT7M (not VU3NPI as first announced) from St. Mary's Islands between September 30th and October 1st. St. Mary's Island is also known as Coconut Island, and is a small island in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Malpe in Udupi, Karnataka, India. It is less than a kilometer square. The isles are known for their distinctive geological formation of columnar basaltic lava. Activity will be on various HF bands and modes. The team will be operating on battery power with an array of antennas from verticals to yagis to phase shift vertical antennas with a host of rigs. QSL via VU3NPI. Visit their Web page at: http://www.vu2.in AF-111P. Operators Jeremy/EI5GM, David/EI9FBB and Col/MM0NDX, in collaboration with two Liberian Radio Amateur Association operators Richmond/EL2BG and Dickson/EL2DT will be active as 5L3BI (pending) from Baiyah Island, Liberia, between November 1-4th (tentative). Activity will be on various HF bands. QSL via M0OXO or OQRS. Their Web page is at: https://af111new.com Read their complete Press Release #1 at: https://dx-world.net/5l3bi-baiyah-island-af-111p-liberia NEW IOTA WEB PAGE ONLINE. The old <rsgbiota.org> is being replaced by a new software system which will run the IOTA Programme, and will be moved over to a new Web site. Complete details of the launch of the new IOTA Web site are available on the old site as well as the new Web site. The new IOTA Web page is now at: https://www.iota-world.org Check-out the latest IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club http://www.southgatearc.org/iota/opdx/index.htm#.Wb-tqPPyjct