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DX bulletin 137 03/03/2016 By ON9CFG HF manager UBA DX WORLD team member.
DXCC This week on HF 

http://www.dx-world.net/bulletins/DX_137.pdf

YB16SUN – Indonesia

A total solar eclipse will take place on March 8-9, 2016. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon’s apparent diameter is larger than the Sun’s, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth’s surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. It will have a magnitude of 1.0450 visible across an area of Pacific Ocean, beginning in Indonesia, and ending in the northern Pacific Ocean.

QRV: March 9th 2016 (00:00 – 23:59 UTC). No need to send your QSL card, as confirmed QSO will be automatically sent via Bureau.

http://www.dx-world.net/yb16sun-indonesia/

PR2DX – As Ilhas, SA-071

PY2DX, PY2LCD, PU2VJI and PU2UAF will be active from As Ilhas SA-071 as PR2DXbetween March 17-19, 2016.

QRV on 80-10m, CW/SSB/RTTY.

QSL via PY2LCD; OQRS.

http://www.dx-world.net/pr2dx-as-ilhas-sa-071/

FT4JA - 29 Marzo a 11 Abril 2016

http://www.juandenovadx.com/en/band-plan/

A35T – Tonga 2016

Yes an international group of amateurs is descending onto the Kingdom of Tonga for the last two weeks of February 2016. This trip encompasses the ARRL DX CW contest and fits nicely between the announced Palmyra and Heard DXpeditions.

We plan to try 160-10 meters, CW, SSB, RTTY… antennas, weather, propagation all permitting. Exact dates of operation will be posted closer to the time.

Frequencies are posted on tab above.

Further details will be posted as this team moves forward!

Frequency schedules and times to be announced. The frequency spreadsheet is being shown here. We know the world is waiting for 160 meters and RTTY on several bands so we are hoping to make that happen!                                    http://qrznow.com/a35t-tonga-2016/

ISLA SRI LANKA IOTA (AS-003) 4S7GMG Y 4S7RTG

ROLF, DL7VEE ESTARÁ ACTIVO DESDE LA ISLA SRI LANKA IOTA (AS-003) DEL 2 AL 18 DE MARZO DE 2016 ACTIVARÁN COMO 4S7GWG Y 4S7RTG. 
VAMOS A ESTAR QRV EN TODAS LAS BANDAS (6M A 40M) EN SSB, CW Y RTTY.
2 ESTACIÓN SIMULTANEÓ CON AMPLIFIRES DE ESTADO SÓLIDO DE 500 VATIOS CADA UNO UTILIZANDO VARIAS ANTENAS …
PARA LA QSL A TRAVÉS DE VÍA HOME CALL. OQRS.

Información:  https://www.qrz.com/db/4S7RTG

https://ea7fmt.wordpress.com/

ISLAS MARSHALL IOTA (OC-029) V73/

JAMES, AH6OY ESTARÁ ACTIVO DESDE EL ATOLÓN DE MAJURO ISLAS MARSHALL IOTA (OC-029) DEL 1 AL 7 DE MARZO DE 2016 ACTIVARÁ COMO V73/ (PENDIENTE DE CONFIRMA) 
SE OPERARÁ EN LAS BANDAS DE HF INCLUYENDO LA ACTIVIDAD EN EL ARRL DX SSB CONTEST. 
PARA LA QSL A TRAVÉS DE VÍA HOME CALL.

https://www.qrz.com/db/AH6OY

https://ea7fmt.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/activacion-islas-marshall-iota-oc-029-v73-es-un-estado-insular-ubicado-en-el-oceano-pacifico-en-la-region-de-micronesia/

Tony's 10 Metre Band Report

March 3, 2016 0

Not the greatest of weeks on ten metres. Certainly things improved as they usually do at the weekend but DX was sparse during the week. 3XY1T (Guinea) generally ruled the roost with a minor slip to FR4PV (Reunion Is) on Tuesday. Other DX were A35T (Tonga), FY5HB (French Guiana), ZV451RIO (Brazil) and more. I’m putting this all together on a flight from Australia back to the UK so needless to say I’ve not worked any 10m DX.

Most popular DX (three or more contacts, any mode)

Monday DX: 3XY1T, A35T, KP3ZE, J64SLI, V55DX, PY2UD, EA8CVZ, LU5XP, K0TT, CX2RA, ZS6DN/B, W1AW, RK6DL, PU5AEC, PS5M, AO5MDC, 5Z4B, VP2MWA, V26IS, CA2LQA, 4X1QQ.

Spotters: W3LPL, F4CXO, IK2HKT, WB7BBI, PP5AM, G0JEI, W0EWM .

Tuesday DX: FR4PV, 3XY1T, RG0A, P29LL, A35T, LU1ZI, VR2XMT.

Spotters: FR4PV, F4CXO, YU7OK, P29LL, SV7GBR, PY2KS, MI0RRE .

Wednesday DX: 3XY1T, A35T, P40FA, HQ2ALJ, CX9BU, CX3DAM, A61D, 5R8UI, AO5MDC, ZS6DN/B, N6OPR, LU3DW, K0STP, HI0UD, 5B4CY/B, 4X6TT, YM7KK/B, VU2XO, RY0A, KK6RE/B, K6FRC/B, EB1DJ, CX6DZ, 3XYIT, 3B9FR.

Spotters: F4CXO, WB7BBI, IK2HKT, W3LPL, OZ9QV, RX3XC, PU5IKE, WA2HMM, UX1BZ, RV9CW, PU5AEC, G0JEI, F6EGX, EA5GUQ, DM5JL, WB0WQS, VK6APZ, UA4FOH, SV6KRW, K5ZO, IZ4RSJ, I5ELQ, G4SKO .

Thursday DX: 3XY1T, FY5HB, CX9BU, 9K55NLD, 4W/PE7T, A35T, A31MM, ZV9TL, ZV451RIO, VE2OV, PY2XC, PU5AEC, EG4TOR, EA8CVZ, CX6DRA, CX2DA, CP6XE, AO5MDC.

Spotters: IK2HKT, WB7BBI, F4CXO, PU1KDX, N7DB, PU2OSZ, W3ZKY, PY4RR, H44MS, SP5IT, KN2CZZ, JK1JXB, EA5GUQ, 9W6EZ .

Friday DX: 3XY1T, A35T, EP2LMA, PY2XC, 8P6ET, H44MS, 9M4RM, CX9BU, ZV451RIO, PY1MX, PU6BVL, KC4TVZ, HR1AAB, EA8CVZ, 8J790Y/7.

Spotters: IK2HKT, PU2KKE, JF1NUV, PU7USB, WB7BBI, W3LPL, RD0L, PU2WDX, PU2LJH, PU1KDX, KD2CYU, JH7RTQ, ZP6ARO, UA4HBW, SV1JRS, PY4RR, JF1SNL, IV3VBM, HS0ZIV, FR4PV .

Saturday DX: 3XY1T, FR4QT, A35T, LU1ZI, ZV451RIO, ZV1WSA, TO66R, HI8JQE, CX9BU, ZV9TL, KG4WV, YN5Z, YY6SEW, WW4SF, TM1A, KP4VOR, CX8DS, ZS6TAN, FR4NT, 4W/PE7T, YY8HBO, PY2XC, KP4NS, A31MM, WH6WI, K6LL, W7WW, W7RN, PY2LED, PR7ARA, P29LL, LW5DPG, KP4JRS, HI0UD, ET7L, CE3YG.

Spotters: IK2HKT, W3LPL, W4EE, PY2PAL, PU1KDX, PY4HGM, JF1NUV, IV3XXX, W4VIC, SV2EVS, PU8PSF, PU2TES, WD5DJX, W4IX, PU7EEM, PU2NAX, LU5FLM, I7OEB, EA7FDW, CX9BU, CE2VQF, AC6DX, WI9X, W7DXW, W3LL, PY3XX, PY2RMY, PY2CSU, PY1RBM, PW8AR, PU4HUD, PU2OXZ, PU2NZZ, PU1KGG, OE7UU, N1MGO, LU9DA, LU5FGD, KD4VJF, KD2JQK, KC9WAV, K4RC, JG2TKH, JA6WFM, G4ELJ, F6FMX, F6CTF .

Sunday DX: 3XY1T, ZV1WSA, TO66R, CX9BU, PP5KC, V55DX, EA8CVZ, CU2KG, TM1A, PU5AGM, H44MS, ZV9TL, YN7SU, ZS6TAN, KC4TVZ, FG5GP, PY2LED, HQ2ALJ, FR4QT, TM13WAP, PY3TM, PU5WYT, ZS6DN/B, VE2CAQ, PY2VI, PY2DV, PP5EI, HI0UD, F6GOX, F4EZJ, CD1LEW, ZV451RIO, ZP6ARO, WK3N/AAW, VE7CUP/, TY2BP, TM5TT, TM5OTT, PY1AX, PU5AEC, HS0ZIN, F6KHM, F5KHP, PY2DZ, PY2CAT, LW1DZ, KC2WQH, IK2YDJ, F8ATM, F6KGL/P, F4GHS, CT7ANG, AH6V, 6W1SR, 5B4AMM.

Spotters: IK2HKT, CA3SOC, PU5IKE, PU2LEW, PU7EEM, EA7FDW, N7DB, KM4IYW, WD5DJX, PY3XX, PY2GIG, PU4ABA, PU1VFC, KW7D, HJ6KDK, F5NBX, EA8CZT, AC6DX, WB7BBI, W3LPL, F4GGQ, F4EZJ, F4CXO, ZP6ARO, W4AX, UR4LQ, PY4RR, PY2VI, PU4CQQ, KI4FSZ, KC3DUL, F4TTR, WP3ZG, W3BAY, VE7CUP, SV7GBR, PY5IS, PY2RMY, PY1RBM, PU2POP, OG7A, N1BMT, LU7CAW, KD4BVG, HC5K, F6ARC, YV5WZ, WB4OZM, WA2HMM, W8ZST, RV0APH, RA3QPT, R3DQ, PY2TKB, PY2DZ, PY2AB, PY1NS, PY1NP, PU2KQG, PU1VOX, PU1KDX, KC8QDP, KB8OTK, KA3LUN, K8PO, IZ1EPM, H44MS, F6KHM, F5NQL, F5KBQ, F4KIV, F4EGZ, EA5010UR, EA3HDZ, DO7BR .

 http://www.southgatearc.org/bands/10metres/2016/march/march_03.htm#.VtdIoH3hDcs

IOTA News from OPDX

2 March, 2016

Island activities:

AS-092. Members of the Russian Robinson Club (RRC) will be active as RT92KA from Alyumka Island between April 20-25th. Operators mentioned are Andrey/R9XC, Yuri/UA0KBG and Victor/UA3AKO. Activity will be on 40-15 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via UA3AKO or OQRS.

EU-048. Operators Paul/ON6DP, Fred/ON6QR, Didier/ON6YH, Jea/ON7ZM, Bob/ON4LRG, Janny/ON5PO and Jean-Marie/F5NLX will be active as TM6G from Groix Islands during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 30-31st) as a Multi-Op/Island entry. QSL via the Bureau or ON6DP (direct). After the contest, they will activate a few castles, lighthouses and WFF locations.

EU-067. Tommy, VK2IR/SV0XBF, will be active as SV0XBF/SV8 from three island in the Kyklades (Cyclades) IOTA Group between August 2nd and September 7th. Islands mentioned are Paros Island, Naxos Island and Antiparos Island. Activity will be holiday style using a small portable backpack set up this time with his IC-7000 @ 100w into a portable squid pole. QSL via VK2IR. Look for more info and Web page before the operation. ADDED NOTE: Tommy is expected to operate as TA/SV0XBF from Turkey for 3 days. He did not mention the days and whether it would be before, during or after his island ops.

EU-085. Mike, UA1QV, will be active as RI1PA from the Russian Kolguyev Island between March 5-19th. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau.

OC-022. Bob, PB5X, will be active as YB9/PB5X from Bali Island between May 16th and June 1st. Activity will be holiday style with a focus on 20/17/15 meters SSB during the operating time between 1500-1800z. Equipment will be a Kenwood TS-480sat with a 10m long fiber-glass pole directly on the beach. QSL via his QSL Manager PA1AW. For more info and updates, see: http://www.qrz.com/db/yb9/pb5x

OC-197. Imam, YB4IR, will be active as YB4IR/3 from Bawean Island between March 23-27th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. QSL via LoTW, ClubLog's OQRS, by his home callsign direct or by the Bureau.

NA-213. Erik, N5WR, will be active as N5WR/4 from Dauphin Island (USI AL-002S, Mobile County, AL) between March 11-18th. Activity will be on the HF bands using mostly CW. QSL via his home callsign.

SA-043. Martin, LU9EFO, will be active as XR7LU from Ascension Island, part of the Guaitecas Islands, between March 18-22nd. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via F4BHW.

Check-out the latest IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

Page last updated on: Wednesday, March 2, 2016

DXCC Country/Entity Report

According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 21st February, through Sunday, 28th February there were 228 countries active.

Countries available:

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

A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, E5/s, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FS, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JY,

K, KG4, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ4, PJ5, PJ7, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T5, T7, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR,

V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP8/g, VP8/h, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XU, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, Z8, ZA, ZB, ZD7, ZD8, 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" (WFWL).

OPDX

H44MS Solomon Islands

15.Jan. to 13.April 2016

H44MS is call of DL2GAC during DX vacations in Solomon Islands since 1990 Main interests: IOTA activations, award hunting: US-county hunter

picture in the upper right corner is from March 1993, operating position solar powered on DUFF Islands, OC 179

postage from Germany to other countries has changed from 1.Jan.2015 to one single rate of 0,80 Euro for all foreign countries. This postage covers an airmail-letter up to 20 gramms. 2 US-$ covers postage to all countries.

ONE single IRC is sufficient worldwide, but only IRC, which has not yet expired.

Please provide a SAE (self adressed envelope).

for SWL confirmation I require TWO or MORE stations, which I worked, listed on your incoming SWL report. =Incoming SWL reports, listing only one single station worked, will be NOT confirmed=

http://www.qrz.com/db/H44MS

TX7EU – Marquesas, OC-027

Ernoe DK2AMM, Hans DL6JGN, Tom GM4FDM and Ronald PA3EWP will be active as TX7EU from Nuku Hiva,Marquesas OC-027 between March 3-15, 2016.

QRV on 10-40m; CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via DK2AMM.

TX7EU website

http://www.dx-world.net/

VE3VSM/HR9 – Roatan Island, NA-057 – Honduras

Dave, VE3VSM will be active from Roatan Island NA-057 as VE3VSM/HR9 
between March 1-6, 2016.

QRV on 40-20-15m CW. Participation in ARRL DX SSB Contest this weekend.

QSL via H/c and LoTW.

http://www.dx-world.net/

BS7H Scarborough Reef DXpedition Video

Located in the South China Sea just west of the Philippines, Scarborough Reef is without a doubt the rarest and most controversial entity on the DXCC list. Few places are harder to access, and fewer still create such intense debate.

Because of diplomatic disputes between its two feuding masters, China and the Philippines, the reef has seen just three brief expeditions in the past, keeping it at the top of the DXCC list for over a decade.

This film takes a close look at the Scarborough controversy, and follows the 2007 DXpedition team as they activate one of the rarest DXCC entities on Earth.

https://vimeo.com/121222177

TI5M Costa Rica

TI5M Costa Rica
W4BW, W4XP, K4UN, W4KTR, TI2KAC, TI2JCY, TI4ZM, TI2LCO will be active from Costa Rica in ARRL DX SSB Contest 5 - 6 March 2016 as TI5M.
They will operate in MO Category.
QSL via TI2KAC.
Ads for direct QSL:
CARLOS ALFARO KURI, PO.BOX 633-1007, CENTRO COLON, SAN JOSE, Costa Rica.
http://dxnews.com/ti5m/

IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

1 March, 2016

Island activities:

IOTA-QRGs
CW: 28040 24920 21040 18098 14040 10114 7030 3530 kHz
SSB: 28560 28460 24950 21260 18128 14260 7055 3760 kHz

AS-003; 4S, Sri Lanka Island: Heidi/DK1MA, Sid/DM2AYO, Rolf/DL7VEE,
Dietmar/DL2HWA, Werner/DJ9KH, Georg/DL4SVA, Norbert/DL2RNS,
Guenter/DL2AWG, Klaus/DK1AX, and Juergen/DL3HRH are all going on a
holiday-trip to Bentota on Sri Lanka (WW Loc. NJ06aj). QRV in a
relaxed way with two stations as 4S7GWG and 4S7RTG on 40-6m (CW,
SSB, RTTY). Prefered frequencies: CW - 7026, 10119, 14026, 18086,
21026, 24906, 28026 kHz SSB - 7095/7182, 14210, 21275, 24955, 28465
kHz RTTY - 7046, 10137, 14090, 18099, 21090, 24918, 28090 kHz 6m -
50120/CW and 50120/SSB. QSL prefered via ClubLog OQRS, LoTW; 4S7GWG also via DL2AWG(d/B), 4S7RTG via DL7VEE (d/B).http://4s.mydx.de

AS-145; HS, Malay Peninsula South East group: Members of the Southern Thailand DX Club activate Maeo Island from the 2rd to 5th as E20HHK/p. The team consists of E20HHK, HS3NBR, HS8GLR, HS9HK, HS8JCV, E23CAL und E24NNG. QSL via E20HHK (d/B).

EU-023, 9H, Malta group: Rene/DL2JRM operates as 9H3YY from Malta
between March 6 and 9 on HF. QSL via DL2JRM (d/B).

EU-038; PA, Noord Holland/ Friesland/ Groningen Province group:
Marcel/PD5MVH activates Ameland (ARLHS NET-001) from the 5th to
19th, signing his call /p. QSL via PD5MVH (d/B).

EU-085; R1P, Kolguev Island: Mike/UA1QV will be active from Kolguev
between March 5 and 19 as RI1PA. QSL via UA1QV (d).

EU-127; DL, Schleswig-Holstein State South West group: Helgoland
Island (GIA N-14, WLOTA 0518, WW Loc. JO34we) will be put on the air by a group of operators bewteen the 5th and 13th of March. QRV as DA0HEL on HF (SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK, JT65). Weather conditions permitting they will also try to activate Duene (GIA N-15) with the
call DL0IH. QSL via DF6QC (d/B).

NA-033; HK0, San Andres Island: A Polish group consisting of
Bob/SP2EBG, Jan/SP3CYY, Jurek/SP3GEM, Janusz/SP6IXF, Roman/SP9FOW, Piotr/ SP9RCL, Woj/SP9PT, and Janusz/SQ2OFS activates San Andres Island (WW Loc. EK92dm) with the call 5J0P from March 6 to 21. QRV on HF and 6m; QSL prefered via ClubLog OQRS, or via SP6IXF (d/B). www.5j0p.com/

Compiled by Andreas, DK5ONDeutscher 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#.VtWVyX3hDcu

DX University™ is sponsor

DxCoffee has created an Award aimed at Dxpeditions. As you know, there are already several award of this kind. Our Award, though, takes into account only the Communication aspect of a Dxpedition, that is, we mean to award the Dxpedition that has communicated with the ham community in the best way, providing “information” about its operation. By “information” we mean a bit of everything: from daily reports , to pictures, videos, forums, propagation hints, on line logs, advices on how to work the Dxpedition, etc. Clearly, most of these functions are implemented through the main instrument: the Dxpedition website, but other channels can also be used, such as bullettins sent by pilots or qsl managers or mailing lists. Every year, we will award a Dxpedition that has taken place in the preceding year. This year, we will present this Award at the DxCoffee Party in Firenze (Florence HamFest) April 11/12, 2015.

These are the rules of this award:

http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/communication-award/

Groix Island DXpedition

Groix Island DXpedition. (EU-048) -- 
Ops: ON4LRG, ON5PO, ON6DP, ON6QR, ON6MM, ON6YH, ON7ZM.
DXWorld.net

R3CA / 8/9/0 - "The Great Northern Way" 2016

On February 29, from Novy Urengoy (Yamal), the Arctic expedition “The Great Northern Way” 2016 started. The historical and geographical forwarding project devoted to the 400th anniversary of the Northern Sea Route is carried out within the comprehensive research program “Riddles of the Russian Arctic”.

Participants of expedition by 2 all-terrain vehicles will pass a route about 10.000 km long on ice of the Siberian rivers, open spaces of the Arctic tundra, and drifting ices of the Arctic seas of Russia: the Ob River – the Yenisei River – Norilsk – Taimyr Peninsula – the settlement of Khatanga – the mouth of the Lena River – Tiksi – Chokurdah – Cherskiy – Pevek – Cape Schmidt – Welen – (Anadyr – Magadan). Change of a route depending on local conditions is possible. It is possible to watch the course of expedition here.

The head of expedition is the President of Expedition Center “Arctic” of the Russian Geographical Society, the Honoured Master of Sports, the honourable polar explorer of Russia, Vladimir Chukov (R3CA).

Callsigns: R3CA/8 (Yamal), R3CA/9 (Taimyr) and R3CA/0 (Yakutia, Chukotka). The main frequency ranges – 7 and 14 MHz SSB (usually around frequency 14120 and 14260 kHz during work from islands +- QRM). Using ICOM IC-7000 transceiver with AH-2b antenna. On parking vehicles wire Inverted-V antennas will be deployed.

Short activation (about one day each) several Arctic islands along the coast of Taimyr, Yakutia and Chukotka is planned:

AS-005 (Dikson Island), AS-152 (Bol’shoy Begichev Island), AS-163 (Makar Island), AS-029 (Bol’shoy Lyakhovsky Island), AS-164 (Nemkov Island), AS-070 (Gusmp Island), AS-038 (Ayon Island), AS-065(Kolyuchin Island) and others depending on ice situation. The radio operator on a route is Valery Nesterov RA9J. In Tiksi, Yuri Zaruba UA9OBA plans to join the expedition.

QSL cards of R3CA/8/9/0 direct via UA9OBA after the expedition will be dispatched. Also QSL’s of 1995-2011 for R3CA/1/9/0, CE8/9/R3CA, KC4/R3CA/ANT are available.

Keep an eye here for further updates.

73! Yuri Zaruba UA9OBA,
President of Russian Robinson Club

http://www.dx-world.net/

VK9CK – Cocos Keeling 2016SUNDAY FEB 28, 2016

UPDATE - We’ve had a change of operator. LA6YIA will be part of the home team. LA7GNA, John, is our new member of the team going to Cocos (Keeling). We expect first signals on the air on Tuesday March 15. (Flight arriving in the afternoon). Going QRT at about 0629 local time on March 26. That will be March 25th at 2359z. Our team is ready to depart Oslo on March 12 as planned. Will stay 2 nights in Perth before flight leaves for Cocos, via Christmas. Full details on website.

http://www.dx-world.net

4S7BBG – Sri Lanka MONDAY FEB 29, 2016

A group consisting of OK1DO, OK1FFU, OK1JKT, OK1NY, OK1RI, OK1VVT and OK5MM will be active from Sri Lanka as 4S7BBG between February 29 to March 9, 2016.

QRV on 80 – 10m (no 6 or 160m, also limited EME activity on 2m and 70cm.

QSL via OM2FY.

http://www.dx-world.net/

EXPEDITION TEAM HEADS FOR CAPE TOWN

On March 1, 2016 the first of the Heard Island Expedition Team board flights for Cape Town, South Africa, the accumulation point for the expedition to Heard Island.

The first three to depart, Bob Schmieder KK6EK, Ken Karr NG2H, and Adam Brown K2ARB, will arrive in Cape Town at 1:00 PM local time, to be met by members of the South Africa Support Team. They will be followed over the next four days by the other team members: Fred Belton KM4MXD, Arliss Thompson W7XU, Gavin Marshall VK2BAX, Hans-Peter Blattler HB9BXE, Alan Cheshire VK6CQ, Bill Mitchel AEØEEl, Dave Lloyd K3EL, Jim Colletto N6TQ, Vadym Ivliev UT6UD, Dave Farnsworth WJ2O, and Carlos Nascimento NP4IW.

The Cape Town Support Team has been interfacing with the vessel (also due to arrive in Cape Town March 3), and the local agency for inspecting the vessel and cargo for biological threats. We will be shopping, cleaning the tents, and loading the Braveheart, prerparing for the scheduled sailing on March 10.

All news for the duration of this journey and DXpedition will be posted here,  http://www.vk0ek.org

VP2V/K6TOP VP2VGG Tortola Island British Virgin Islands

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Kevin, K6TOP will be active again from Tortola Island , British Virgin Islands 28 February - 7 March 2016 as VP2V/K6TOP.
He will operate on HF Bands including activity in ARRL DX SSB Contest 5 - 6 March 2016 as VP2VGG.
QSL via home call direct, LOTW.
Ads for direct QSL:
Kevin J McGrath, 22876 Hutchinson Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95033, USA.

http://dxnews.com/

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

28 February, 2016

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels.

Currently only a few small sunspots are visible and none of them poses a threat for serious solar flares.

If you want to do your own frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot number for the week will be around 17.

The 20 to 10 m bands will provide lots DX fun.

Please visit the website http://spaceweather.sansa.org.za for further information

South African Radio League

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DX bulletin 136 25/02/2016 By ON9CFG

http://www.dx-world.net/bulletins/DX_136.pdf

April 15, 16, & 17, 2016

The 67th Annual International DX Convention sponsored by the Southern California DX Club. Will be held at theVisalia Convention Center April 15-17, 2016.

 The International DX Convention is the world's foremost DX convention. If you are a DXer or interested in any aspect of ham radio you need to be at Visalia. Top DX operators from around the world will be there. Meet the big guns from the US, Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania. Meet the people on the other side of the mic or key. Shake hands with the person you have had that sked with for the past 10 years. Renew friendships.

 Top DXpeditioners from every continent tell you how they did it. Learn the secrets for big signals on the top band, how to have fun and adventures chasing IOTA, contest forum, DX forum, seminars for everyone from the seasoned pro to the beginning DXer. Bring your latest QSL card arrivals for checking. Don't forget the raffle prizes which top even the famed Dayton Hamvention!

http://dxconvention.org/

Propagation de K7RA 27 February, 2016

Over the seven days of our recent reporting week (February 18-24) average daily sunspot numbers declined from 56.7 (over the previous seven days) to 37.9.

Average daily solar flux was down from 107.8 to 93.9. But geomagnetic indicators were also down (generally a good thing) with average planetary A index decreasing from 17.7 to 10.1 and average mid-latitude A index declining from 12.6 to 7.3.

The latest prediction from USAF has solar flux at 95 on February 26-27, 90 on February 28, 85 on February 29, then 95, 100, 105 and 110 on March 1-4, 115 on March 5-7, 110 on March 8-9. 105 on March 10-13, 100 on March 14-15, 95 on March 16-19, then 100 and 105 on March 20-21, and 110 on March 22-23. Solar flux then peaks at 115 on March 29 through April 3.

Predicted planetary A index is 5 on February 26-28, 8 on February 29, 12 on March 1, 10 on March 2, 8 on March 3-4, then 5, 15, 10 and 8 on March 5-8, 5 on March 9-10, then 8, 5 and 12 on March 11-13, 30 on March 14-16, 15 and 8 on March 17-18, then 5 on March 19-21 and 8 on March 22-26. The rest of the 45-day prediction shows planetary A index at 30 on April 10, but that is a long way off. You can get daily updates of both solar flux and planetary A index predictions at http://1.usa.gov/1TCBQaXusually after 2120 UTC.

OK1HH predicts quiet geomagnetic conditions on February 26, quiet to unsettled February 27, quiet to active February 28-29, mostly quiet March 1-2, quiet to active March 3-5, active to disturbed March 6, quiet to active March 7, quiet to unsettled March 8-9, quiet to active March 10, quiet on March 11-12, mostly quiet March 13, quiet to active March 14, active to disturbed March 15-16, quiet to active March 17, quiet March 18, mostly quiet March 19, quiet March 20, mostly quiet March 21, quiet to unsettled March 22 and mostly quiet March 23.

OK1HH also sees increases in solar wind on February 29 through March 3 and March 14-17, although he sees a lower probability of this on February 29 and March 1.

Jon Jones, N0JK of Lawrence, Kansas wrote, in a message titled "What a difference a year makes on ten meters. In the 2015 ARRL DX CW contest I worked numerous JAs, UA0, KH8, 3D2, Africa, and even a few Europeans on 10 meters while fixed mobile (from his parked car) with a small CB mag. mount whip from Kansas. The solar flux was 116.

2016 was a different story. Using a much better fixed mobile antenna -- a full size 1/4 wave vertical on the roof top -- no Europeans or JA's. Best DX was V6A and NH2DX -- both were loud -- Sunday afternoon. Solar flux 96.

A fellow local K3PA reported good conditions on 80 meters Sunday morning with a nice run of JAs."

N0JK in last week's bulletin referred to a DX map which illustrated a February 18 six meter sporadic-e opening. You can download that map viahttp://bit.ly/1XPCVN9 .

Jim Smith, K3RTU in Pennsylvania wrote, "Weather in Southeast Pennsylvania has not been the best for a while so I have not been out with my Backpack QRP as much as I would have liked. However, Monday, February 22 was a nice day so I headed out to my favorite state park.

I was using my KX3 with an MFJ 17 ft stainless steel whip mount about 4 ft off the ground with several counterpoise wires. I found 17 and 15 meters to be in fairly good shape. Lots of South African stations on both bands, but the pile ups were fierce. However, I was able to work ZD7FT on St. Helena Island running 10 watts SSB on 15 meters.

The most amazing thing to me about this contact was that ZD7FT's antenna was an OCFD (off-center fed dipole) and not some monster Yagi with lots of gain. From where I was operating to ZD7FT is just under 6,000 miles. On 17 meters I was able to work VE4DL also using 10 watts SSB.

By the way, I received a QSL from 3DA0NJ in Swaziland that same day in the mail. I had worked him back in October from the same state park running 10 watts SSB from my IC-703 and a Buddistick vertical on 17 meters. From the park to Swaziland is 8200 miles."

This weekend is the CQ World-Wide 160 Meter SSB Contest. It begins today, February 26 at 2200 UTC and runs until Sunday, February 28 at 2200 UTC. See http://www.cq160.com/rules.htm for details. Conditions should be good with low geomagnetic activity, at least for the start of the contest.

If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, k7ra@arrl.net

For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at
http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals.

For an explanation of the numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.

An archive of past propagation bulletins is at
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation.

More good information and tutorials on propagation are at 
http://k9la.us/

My own archives of the NOAA/USAF daily 45 day forecast for solar flux and planetary A index are in downloadable spreadsheet format at
http://bit.ly/1VOqf9B and http://bit.ly/1DcpaC5 .

Click on "Download this file" to download the archive and ignore the
security warning about file format. Pop-up blockers may suppress
download.

Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.

Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins.

Sunspot numbers for February 18 through 24 were 35, 42, 46, 47, 29, 27, and 39, with a mean of 37.9. 10.7 cm flux was 94.9, 94, 100, 95.6, 93.7, 91, and 87.9, with a mean of 93.9. Estimated planetary A indices were 29, 15, 6, 4, 4, 6, and 7, with a mean of 10.1.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 20, 10, 5, 3, 3, 5, and 5, with a mean of 12.6.

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Amateur Radio Expedition to Juan de Nova Isl. - FT4JA March 29th - April 11th 2016

We’ll have at our disposal 6 x HF stations and a dedicated 6m station. Each one  will have an amplifier and a CW/RTTY interface and will be able to communicate in the 3 different modes (CW, SSB, RTTY). Logging software will be Wintest.

In order to maximize the configuration of the location and more specifically the proximity of the ocean we intend to use monoband vertical antennas as well as VDA that have proven to give excellent results during top DXpeditions in the last few years. These kind of antennas are quick to setup even by windy conditions and fits perfectly with the restrictions we have.

All 7 stations will have the same equipment (from the keyboard to the amplifier). It will be much easier to replace any part in case of failure. We want also to have the operator focused on the pile-up, not on trying to get familiar with “new” rig or amplifier.

http://www.juandenovadx.com/en/equipment/

Propagation News – 28 February 2016

This week didn’t bring the better HF conditions that we talked about in the last GB2RS. This was due to a declining solar flux index and generally active geomagnetic conditions. The SFI declined to 88 by Thursday due to a lack of sunspots, although NOAAhad predicted around 100 to 110. The K-index also fluctuated between one and three due to ongoing solar coronal holes, although there were no major geomagnetic events. Together this brought reasonable propagation during the ARRL DX CW contest, with many of the eastern and mid-western states being workable up to 21MHz, but 10 metre openings were a little lacklustre.
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European Radio Amateurs' Organization Newsletter

February 2016: , page 1, page 2. 

http://eurobureauqsl.org/newsletter/