Report From Chile

Received this email from my friends on their bicycle trip in Chile:

The Concerned Truck driver

We were 45 miles into a long travel day. The shoulder of the road had disappeared a while back and the trucks got bigger as the road seemed to narrow. Funny the way the constant hills got steeper as we were trying to find the correct road to lead us to our next reservation.

One truck passed way to close for comfort, probably for his comfort as well. He pulled over to the side of the road and waited for us. He reached into the cab and pulled out a crusty lime green dayglo vest and told us we need to wear these and gave it to Bruce.  This man was genuinely concerned, not angry. We have since replaced the vest with new ones for us and passed his forward.

We finally found our Cabana at the end of 4 miles of rock and dirt road. It was an older structure on the edge of a peaceful bay next to a bird sanctuary. We arrived with the tide out and it looked like mud flats, By the next morning it was covered in shallow water with white swans that had black necks, seagulls the size of turkeys, crane type of bird and various small ones. The cabin had a much needed wood stove and a goose down bed to cover us.

We then moved forward again, to Ancud on Chiloe the large island at the top of Patagonia. From there we went to see the penguins. The babies are now 3 month old and out on the water with their parents. Some of the parents are molting and those who have finished are shinny and clean in their new tuxedos.

The town was having a Custombrisias, like a small county fair where there were prize animals, local crafts, local beer and wine, and the church and school groups were cooking in boths. These strong German descended mamas were making amazing batches of empanadas and fathers were roasting Cerdo Asado (pig on a stick roasted over wood and hand turned). Everyone seemed to be having a wonderful time. The smells were amazing and the home baked desserts and ice creams tempting. The local band was on the stage and the German songs were sung in Spanish. We had a blast watching the families and especially the interaction between the old people.

Now in Quinchi a small coastal town, a sleepy village with a large salmon farming industry. The bay is beautiful and was very peaceful tonight while we had dinner on the top deck overlooking the beach. This like all beach towns is perched on a cliff, the approach was continually rolling hills and a steep climb, thinking you are going to be into town, and then a few more just like the last climb before you actually get that amazing view of the bay.

Tenaun was the next stop along the coast. This small town was 9,000 people and we stayed in a guest house. We were cold when we walked into the large bright kitchen, lunch was cooking on the wood stove and the greeting was warm and welcoming. We ate with the family for our 3 meals there. It is always interesting to be in a home. The TV in the kitchen was a 50 inch and none in the living room.

We expected Dalecuhue to also be a quiet town…. We were so wrong! This busy summer tourist town was like Cape May New Jersey 25 years ag. A board walk, more trinket and artisan booths than inhabitants. Salmon ceviche made in front of you. The lady was sharpening her knife on the cement curb, she did wipe it off on her apron. From there you could take the ferry to a close small island a bit more rural and we found the small village famous for their oysters.

Castro was next the largest city on Chiloe. From here we took a bus north again for an 11 hour ride to Villarrica in the lake district.

The Volcano looms above the lake always in a light haze. Sometimes you turn a corner and there it is at the end of the street, a constant present. They also have a board walk along the lake shore and a black sand beach.( artificial beach where they brought the sand in) The water is warmer in the lake than the ocean. There were wave with white caps when we arrived from the wind and now it is warm and wonderful. The trees here are so large, the grass green and the sky a silky blue. The evening stays light until 9:30 pm That is when the streets are the most crowded with tourists, families are wandering around until midnight with small children that have napped during the heat of the day.

We have seen many bird, only 1 dead snake and a PuliPuli a small deerish rodent about 30 inches tall  that moves like a deer and has a face like a cat. At the ocean on an early morning walk we saw a dolphin playing in the surf  

Propagation Report K7RA

Propagation de K7RA

9 March, 2019
After no sunspots over the entire month of February, sunspot group 2734 appeared on March 5. So far the new sunspot numbers are 14, 17, and 14 on March 5-7.

I believe this was the longest consecutive period (33 days) with no sunspots on this declining side of Cycle 24. The polarity of the new sunspot group identifies it as being from Cycle 24, not the upcoming Cycle 25.
Frank Donovan, W3LPL sent a link from the Royal Observatory in Belgium showing brief sunspot appearances on February 13 and 21:
http://www.sidc.be/products/ri/

But numbers from NOAA do not show these:
ftp://ftp.swpc.noaa.gov/pub/indices/DSD.txt
ftp://ftp.swpc.noaa.gov/pub/indices/quar_DSD.txt

It is interesting to note that we are currently seeing the lowest sunspot activity since August 2008 during the last solar cycle minimum, between Cycles 23 and 24.
Frank also sent this link, concerning spotless days:
http://www.sidc.be/silso/spotless

And a newsletter:
http://www.stce.be/newsletter/pdf/2019/STCEnews20190307.pdf
Average daily sunspot numbers for the week increased from 0 to 4.4, compared to the previous seven days. Average daily solar flux was unchanged at 70.6

Average daily planetary A index rose from 4.9 to 12.6, and average mid-latitude A index increased from 4 to 9.7. These geomagnetic indicators were higher due to effects of a solar wind stream on February 28 and March 1.
Predicted solar flux is 71 on March 8-12, and 70 on March 13 through April 21.
Predicted planetary A index is 12, 10 and 8 on March 8-10, 5 on March 11-13, 10 on March 14-15, 5 on March 16-25, then 12, 30, 28, 14, 8 and 10 on March 26-31, then 8, 5, 10, 15, 12, 12 and 8 on April 1-7, then 5 on April 8-15, 10 on April 16, and 5 on April 17-21.
In reference to the predicted planetary A index, here is the geomagnetic activity forecast for the period March 8 until April 6, 2019 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH.
"Geomagnetic field will be:
Quiet on March 14-15, 23-24
Quiet to unsettled on March 9, 17-18, 22, 25 Quiet to active on March 8, 10-13, 19-21, 31, April 1-2 Unsettled to active on March 16, 26, 29-30 Active to disturbed on March 27-28
"Solar wind will intensify on March (8-9,) 13-14, (15,) 21-22, 25-28, April 1, (2, 5)
"Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement."
Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW sent this video and report:
https://youtu.be/eq_r4st7Sy8
"Dear Tad,
"We have been enjoying an unusual increase in activity over the past week. First, the Sun launched a solar storm that grazed Earth. Nice to see our solar minimum Sun can still launch storms every now and again! This solar storm enhanced a relatively weak period of fast solar wind and caused aurora to drop down to mid-latitudes, lasting for nearly two days.
We haven't seen a storm that engaging since 2018!
"As if that wasn't enough fun, two new hot spots have emerged in Earth view alongside a third bright region that was already visible. Three active regions on the Earth-facing Sun? We haven't seen that since 2017!
"Additionally, the biggest and brightest of these hotspots has now grown into a 'rogue' sunspot. This means it clearly shows an influence from the coming Solar Cycle 25! Although we cannot officially designate this region, numbered 2734, as a sunspot from the new cycle, its magnetic signature is very peculiar. Its magnetic poles sit one on top of the other instead of side by side. This is unusual and point to the region being a bit confused as to which cycle it belongs. I will be sure to report on it in more detail during my Solar Storm forecast that I'll finish late this week.
"As for the current forecast, expect solar flux to remain in the low to mid 70s due to the new active regions. This will give radio propagation a nice boost on Earth's day side. Also, as the solar storm continues to wane, GPS reception should continue to improve on Earth's night side and at high latitudes. However, satellite operators and users should be aware of an increase in anomalies over the next few days due to the enhanced near-Earth radiation environment right now. This is especially true for those satellites in geosynchronous orbits (GEO) like Direct TV and SIRIUS-XM Radio. So, if your satellite radio glitches while you're listening to your favorite song, you'll know why.
"Cheers, Tamitha."

In last week's Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP009 - https://bit.ly/2EM3b8K - I expressed my confusion over the numbers in FT8 reports. Thanks to N6KW, N5UWY and others for clearing this up. Here is N6KW's missive:
"The FT8 QSO, left to right, is Zulu time, signal/noise ratio in dB, time deviation in seconds, audio frequency in the passband.
"So JA4FKX's signal was 13 dB below the noise at the time of copy."
N5UWY wrote:
"That's a cut/paste from WSJT-X (K1JT's software package for all the modes he and his colleagues have developed). Fields are 'UTC, signal strength in dB relative to the noise level in a 2500-Hz bandwidth, delta in seconds between received station's clock and UTC, the number of Hertz above the dial frequency, then the message from the other station' Japan (or 'JA') is tacked on after the message by the software to indicate the DXCC entity by name or prefix.
"'343' here means that JA4FKX was transmitting on 10136.343 kHz.
Further, his clock was 0.3 s off UTC (according to the receiving station's clock which could be off itself!) and the JA's signal was 13 dB DOWN from the noise level that the software was seeing at the receiver.
"I am totally an expert now on FT8. I started using it on January 28 and by February 27 or so, I had WAS on 30 m and FT8! Made about 350 QSOs. Got some DX, too. 30 meters is an interesting band and I'm glad I stuck it out there as I'd never really operated on the band before. I'm kidding - I am in no way an expert. I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn.
"FT8 is kind of addicting but it's fun. Even got an ATNO on 30 - Reunion Island my 2nd best DX ever. I think I'm running about 50 W to a trap dipole at about 25-30."
On March 7 NN4X wrote:
"FT8 is a fantastic tool for monitoring prop. It allowed me to document a fascinating but short 30 minute opening to Africa from Florida, resulting in RF being expended from my side, but no QSOs. My antenna: JK Antennas JK-WARC 121730 (3 elements on 17M) at 113 feet.
"17M 2019-Mar-07
EA9AK 1502Z
5X2S 1516Z
Z81D 1530Z"
On March 6, Steve wrote:
"Due to dreadful conditions, I seriously did not want to suffer through the ARRL DX contest last week, but did want to play on the radio. I've only been on 12M since December 2018, so have been making a point to check it frequently.
"Just to show that there is propagation, here's a selection of what I've worked from Florida recently:
"VK3BDX February 28
LU, PY, YV, T31EU, YN, FY, EA8/DL9XJ, CE, CX, EA7DT, HK, HD8M (HC8) March 2, 3 CE0YHO March 3, T31EU March 2, 3 EA8AXT, EA8AKN, EA9ACD March 5
"So, the moral of the story is, 'Never Give Up Hope.'"
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 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/.
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 28 through March 6, 2019 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 14, and 17, with a mean of 4.4. 10.7 cm flux was 70.1, 69.9, 69.4, 69.5, 70.9, 72, and 72.5, with a mean of 70.6. Estimated planetary A indices were 26, 24, 12, 6, 7, 5, and 8, with a mean of 12.6. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 17, 18, 9, 6, 7, 4, and 7, with a mean of 9.7.
• All propagation reports can be found at:
http://www.southgatearc.org/propagation

Reunion Island

Croatian operators from the Radio Club Marjan (9A1CBM) and Radioclub Kastilac (9A1CIG) will use the special callsign, TO19A, between April 27th and May 8th.
Operators mentioned are Tom/9A2AA, Livio/ 9A7Y, Mladen/9A2NA, Ante/9A8RA, Jerko/9A3EME, Jakša/9A3CJW and Rolando/ 9A3MR.
Activity will be on various HF bands, but with a focus on the low bands. Individual trips to the mountain peaks on the island are also planned and SOTA references are actively involved. As the expedition is located in the national park area, the connection will be valid for the WFF reference FFF-0011.
The QSL Manager will be Tom, 9A2AA.

IARU-R1 Monitoring newsletter

IARU-R1 Monitoring System reports the Russian OTH Radar “Contayner” caused severe problems on 14 MHz. Sometimes three signals were active at the same time, each with 14 kHz bandwidth and splatter

The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 February 2019 newsletter can be read at
http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2019/news1902.pdf

Reports of Amateur Band intruders can be logged on the IARU Region 1 Monitoring System Logger at
http://peditio.net/intruder/bluechat.cgi

Monitor the short wave bands on-line with a web based SDR receiver at
http://www.websdr.org/

IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS)
https://www.iarums-r1.org/

TNX Southgate

IOTA News from OPDX

Island activities: EU-016. Operators Zeljko/9A3DF, Branko/9A3ST, Kiko/9A4WY, Marin/9A5M, Neven/9A5YY and Emir/9A6AA will be active as 9A2L from Susac Island (Croatian Island reference CI-109, Lighthouse Kanula CLH-047 and ARLHS CRO 064) during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th). QSL via 9A3DF.   EU-067. Jacques, F6HMJ, will be active as SV8/F6HMJ from Ios Island between May 14-28th. Activity will be mostly on CW with some SSB on 80-10 meters with a dipole and IC-706MKIIG. QSL via his home callsign.   EU-123. Gordon, MM0GOR, will once again be active as MM1E from Great Cumbrae Island during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Single-Op/All-Bands/SSB-Mode/DXpedition/High-Power entry. QSL via MM1E, by the Bureau, ClubLog's OQRS or LoTW.   NA-077. Mikhail "Mike", VE7ACN, will be active as VE7ACN/VE2 from Anticosti Island (CISA QC-001, GRID FN79tt or FN79ru), Quebec, Canada, between August 21-31st. Activity will be holiday style on 80-15 meters (depending on the propagation) using mostly CW with some SSB. QSL via ClubLog's OQRS (preferred), LoTW, direct or bureau to VE7ACN. For more details and updates, watch: https://www.ve7acn.com   OC-130. Operator Ireneo/DU9XL, Roldan/DU9XM, Ernesto/DU9CA, Ronnel/ DU9WH, DU9YS and DW9DDX will be active as DX9EVM from Mindanao Island, Philippines, during the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 27-28th) as a Multi-Single/Mixed-Mode entry. QSL via DU9CA. PLEASE NOTE: Since the Webmasters of the new <www.iota-world.org> 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...... Check-out the latest IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

Ice Breaker Award and Broken Filiment Award

The 2019 Broken Filament Award and the Ice Breaker Award were awardd to Bill Wheeler, K2QQ at the March WNYDXA Meeting.

Bill K2QQ                             Bill WB2AIV

425 DX Group DX News and Info 8 March 2019

9 March 2019                                              A.R.I. DX Bulletin
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PERIOD           CALL                                                   REF
till  09/03      C5YK: The Gambia                                      1438
till  10/03      3D2JS: Fiji (OC-016)                                  1448
till  10/03      FG/F6HMQ, FG/F6GWV, TO3Z: Guadeloupe (NA-102)         1450
till  10/03      FK/JG1XMV: New Caledonia (OC-032 and OC-033)          1450
till  10/03      PF6HPP: special callsign                              1445
till  11/03      FG4KH: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                            1447
till  12/03      C56DF: The Gambia                                     1450
till  12/03      FO/OK2ZI: Tahiti (OC-046), French Polynesia           1448
till  13/03      6W7/F5NHJ: Senegal                                    1452
till  13/03      9G5GS: Ghana                                          1451
till  13/03      FG/F6ITD and TO7D: Guadeloupe (NA-102)                1441
till  13/03      KG4SC and KG4AS: Guantanamo Bay                       1451
till  13/03      V31NC: Belize                                         1450
till  16/03      TR8CR: Gabon                                          1439
till  17/03      SE19SKI: special callsign                             1448
till  18/03      XV9YM: Vietnam                                        1449
till  24/03      3B8XF: Mauritius (AF-049)                             1453
till  24/03      6O1OO: Somalia                                        1451
till  24/03      TM6C: special callsign (France)                       1449
till  29/03      VY0ERC: Ellesmere Island (NA-008)                     1447
till  30/03      6W7/ON4AVT: Senegal                                   1450
till  30/03      PJ7AA: Sint Maarten (NA-105)                          1451
till  31/03      GB100RAF: special callsign                            1404
till  31/03      HS55RAST: special callsign                            1448
till  31/03      ZW85LABRE: special callsign                           1448
till  March      RI1ANL: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica          1421
till  March      RI1ANW: Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica          1421
till  March      VK0AI: Macquarie Island (AN-005)                      1452
till  01/04      4S7KKG: Sri Lanka (AS-003)                            1433
till  17/04      DU6/N6SS: Panay Island (OC-129), Philippines          1453
till  15/05      HR5/F2JD: Honduras                                    1451
till  19/05      OL120AB: special callsign                             1447
till  10/06      XZ2B: Myanmar                                         1446
till  16/06      TM5CQ: special callsign (France)                      1445
till  30/06      DF13BLN, DF13BUD, DF13DEJU: special callsigns         1442
till  30/06      DF13MUC, DF13PAR, DF13STO: special callsigns          1442
till  June       Z81D: South Sudan                                     1441
till  15/08      H31A: special callsign (Panama)                       1442
till  23/10      4U73B: special callsign (Italy)                       1434
till  October    VK0HZ: Davis Station, Antarctica (AN-016)             1431
till  October    ZL5A: Scott Base, Ross Island (AN-011), Antarctica    1431
till  31/12      Canadian National Parks On The Air (CNPOTA)           1443
till  31/12      9A62AA: special callsign                              1452
till  31/12      DL70AFUG: special callsign                            1447
till  31/12      DL70BRD: special callsign                             1444
till  31/12      DM70GER: special callsign                             1444
till  31/12      DQ1200ASP: special callsign                           1443
till  31/12      DR50DIG: special callsign                             1446
till  31/12      EI100YXQ: special callsign                            1447
till  31/12      EI19RE: special callsign                              1447
till  31/12      HB90 and HB30: special prefixes (Switzerland)         1443
till  31/12      SF50CG: special callsign                              1444
till  31/12      TC10GITRAD: special callsign (Turkey)                 1451
till  31/01/2020 EM1UA and EM1U: Galindez Island (AN-006), Antarctica  1450
08/03-16/03      7P8LB: Lesotho                                        1448
08/03-16/03      C6AKT: Eleuthera (NA-001), Bahamas                    1451
08/03-04/04      CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF: Madeira (AF-014)           1453
09/03-11/03      E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks    1451
09/03-20/03      9G2DX: Ghana                                          1452
10/03-16/03      XV9JK: Thu Island (AS-157), Vietnam                   1450
10/03-03/04      XR0ZRC: Juan Fernandez (SA-005)                       1453
13/03-25/03      5X3C and 5X3E: Uganda                                 1448
13/03-25/03      E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Manihiki (OC-014), North Cooks     1451
13/03-17/04      8P6DR: Barbados (NA-021)                              1451
14/03-17/03      VK4/JA8COE: Thursday Island (OC-138)                  1451
14/03-22/03      E51HMK: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cook Islands        1450
14/03-26/03      5V7EI: Togo                                           1444
14/03-30/03      PJ2/DK5ON: Curacao (SA-099)                           1452
15/03-17/03      MJ0CFW and MJ5Z: Jersey (EU-013)                      1453
16/03-18/03      GB1SPD, GB2SPD, GB5SPD: Northern Ireland              1453
16/03-23/03      F5OHH/p: Groix Island (EU-048)                        1453
16/03-27/03      A35JP: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga                      1453
16/03-06/04      3W9JF: Vietnam                                        1446
18/03-26/03      VE3LYC/KL7: Little Diomede Island (NA-150)            1452
18/03-02/04      E6ET: Niue (OC-040)                                   1450
18/03-??/??      E6AF: Niue (OC-040)                                   1453
19/03-28/04      6W7/F6HMJ: Senegal                                    1453
20/03-28/03      XZ2C: Myanmar                                         1453
21/03-02/04      TO2BC: French Guiana                                  1451
22/03-28/03      VE7ACN/VE1: Bells Island (NA-081)                     1451
25/03-01/04      P44W: Aruba (SA-036)                                  1453
26/03-02/04      4L/F5RAV and 4L0GF: Georgia                           1452
27/03-31/03      E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Aitutaki (OC-083), South Cooks     1451
27/03-01/04      VP5/AF3K, VP5/W2TT, VP5P: Turks & Caicos (NA-002)     1453
28/03-30/03      9M19TEA: West Malaysia                                1452
28/03-02/04      IG9MO: Lampedusa Island (AF-019)                      1450
28/03-02/04      ZL7C: Chatham Islands (OC-038)                        1453
28/03-04/04      VA7XW/VE1: Long Island (NA-127)                       1451
28/03-10/04      6Y5KB: Jamaica (NA-097)                               1452
March            5T5PA: Mauritania                                     1451
March            DU3/F4EBK: Luzon Island (OC-042)                      1447
March            II4MRC: special callsign                              1444
March            LZ818PT: special callsign                             1444
01/04-15/04      C5DL: The Gambia                                      1453
02/04-11/04      E51AUZ and E51NPQ: Rarotonga (OC-013), South Cooks    1451
05/04-11/04      VE7ACN/VE9: White Head Island (NA-014)                1451
12/04-15/04      DX1CC: Arena Island (OC-207)                          1453
14/04-22/04      VK5MAV/6: OC-211 and OC-183                           1452
16/04-20/04      J20DX/p: AF-059 and AF-053                            1449
17/04-25/04      XT2MAX: Burkina Faso                                  1453
27/04-04/05      XV9XX: Vietnam                                        1453
27/04-08/05      TO19A: Reunion Island (AF-016)                        1453
April            5T5PA: Mauritania                                     1451
April            II4SLR: special callsign                              1444
April            LZ117ML: special callsign                             1444
03/05-05/05      3D2AS: Fiji                                           1453
06/05-20/05      FW/G0VJG: Wallis Island (OC-054)                      1453
10/05-13/05      KL: Yakutat County Group (NA-250) * by K9AJ and KD6WW 1440
20/05-22/05      3D2AS: Fiji                                           1453
22/05-27/05      P44W: Aruba (SA-036)                                  1453
30/05-14/07      GB19: Cricket World Cup Marathon                      1452
May              5T5PA: Mauritania                                     1451
May              II4TSB: special callsign                              1444
May              LZ497OM: special callsign                             1444
June             5T5PA: Mauritania                                     1451
June             II4ART: special callsign                              1444
June             LZ815NI: special callsign                             1444
24/07-28/07      R63RRC: Popigay-Ary Island (AS-063)                   1447
25/07-30/07      5C9A: Los Farallones (AF-118)                         1449
30/07-02/08      RQ73QQ: Bol'shoy Begichev Island (AS-152)             1447
July             5T5PA: Mauritania                                     1451
July             II4MJR: special callsign                              1444
July             LZ1809PNS: special callsign                           1444
01/08-11/08      CY9C: St Paul Island (NA-094)                         1451
August           II4BRD: special callsign                              1444
August           LZ304AE: special callsign                             1444
22/09-07/10      A35AG: Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga                      1453
September        II4GRM: special callsign                              1444
September        LZ304EW: special callsign                             1444
01/10-15/10      ZK3X: Tokelau Islands (OC-048)                        1444
17/10-31/10      VP6: Pitcairn Island (OC-044)                         1445
October          II4MNU: special callsign                              1444
October          LZ311HI: special callsign                             1444
November         II4VAL: special callsign                              1444
November         LZ365BM: special callsign                             1444
December         II4TIB: special callsign                              1444
December         LZ4408SPA: special callsign                           1444
TBA              3Y0I: Bouvet Island                                   1453

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

3B8    - Nigel, G3TXF has been active again as 3B8XF from Mauritius (AF-049)
         since  5 March,  and  will  remain  there  until 24 March.  He will
         participate in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest and in the  Russian DX
         Contest (16-17 March); outside the contests he operates CW and FT8.
         QSL via Club Log's OQRS and LoTW. [TNX The Daily DX]
6W     - Jacques, F6HMJ will be active  as  6W7/F6HMJ  from Senegal  from 19
         March to 28 April. He will operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. [TNX
         Les Nouvelles DX]
A3     - Masa, JA0RQV will be active as A35JP from Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga
         on 16-27 March.  In his spare time he will operate  CW, SSB and FT8
         on 80-6 metres.  QSL via  Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,  or via  home call
         (direct or bureau).
A3     - Grant VK5GR, Oly VK5XDX and Andrew VK5AKH  will be active as  A35AG
         from Tongatapu (OC-049), Tonga from 22 September to 7 October. They
         will participate in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest and in the Oceania DX
         SSB Contest. Plans are to be QRV on 80-10 metres ("160m is planned,
         but will be intermittent") SSB, CW, FT8 and RTTY with two stations.
         QSL via M0OXO's OQRS, LoTW, eQSL, plus Club Log for  IOTA matching;
         traditional bureau cards should go via VK5GR.  More information and
         updates can be found on http://vk5gr-iota.net/.
C5     - DH7KU, DK1BT, DL6SAK, DL7DF, DL7UFR and  SP3CYY  will be active  as
         C5DL from The Gambia on 1-15 April.  They will operate CW, SSB  and
         digital modes on 160-10 metres with three stations.  QSL via DL7DF,
         direct or bureau, and LoTW  "within 6 months after the DXpedition".
         See http://www.dl7df.com/c5/ for logsearch and OQRS.
CE0Z   - The  XR0ZRC  DXpedition  team  to  Robinson  Crusoe  Island,   Juan
         Fernandez (SA-005)  [425DXN 1445]  now includes  R7AL, RK8A,  RL5F,
         RW9JZ, SP6EQZ and CE1TBN. The first operators might be QRV as early
         as 9 March, with limited activity until the 14th,  when the rest of
         the team and the main equipment will arrive. Plans are to have four
         stations active on 160-10m CW, SSB and FT8 (Fox & Hound mode).  The
         new  QRT date is  3 April.  QSL via  Club Log's OQRS, LoTW,  or via
         R7AL. See https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/xr0zrc.
CT9    - Once  again  Rosel, DL3KWR  and  Hardy, DL3KWF  will be  active  as
         CT9/DL3KWR and CT9/DL3KWF from Madeira (AF-014) from  8 March to  4
         April. They will operate CW and FT8  on the HF bands, 60m included.
         QSL  via  home calls  (bureau preferred),  LoTW  and eQSL.  [TNX DX
         Newsletter]
DU     - Press, DU6/N6SS is on  Panay Island (OC-129),  Philippines until 17
         April.  Main activity will be on 160, 80 and 40 metres CW, FT8  and
         SSB, including an entry in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL direct to
         home call. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
DU     - Ed, 4F1OZ and Gil, 4F2KWT will be active as DX1CC from Arena Island
         (OC-207) on 12-15 April. They will operate CW and SSB on 30, 20 and
         17 metres. QSL via EA5GL and logsearch on Club Log.  [TNX The Daily
         DX]
E6     - Janusz, SP9FIH will be active as E6AF from Niue (OC-040) for "a few
         weeks" starting on 18 March. He will operate SSB, RTTY and FT8 (Fox
         & Hound mode) on 160-15m.  QSL via Club Log's OQRS (preferred),  or
         via SP9FIH.  See http://www.e6.dxpeditions.org/  for the  band plan
         othe information. [TNX NG3K]
F      - Christian,  F5OHH  will be  active  as  F5OHH/p  from  Ile de Groix
         (EU-048) on 16-23 March. QSL via home call, burreau or direct,  and
         eQSL.
FR     - A team of seven Croatian operators (9A2AA, 9A2NA,  9A3CJW,  9A3EME,
         9A3MR, 9A7Y and 9A8RA) will be active as TO19A from  Reunion Island
         (AF-016) from 27 April to 8 May. They will operate CW, SSB and  FT8
         with a focus on the low bands.  QSL via 9A2AA,  logsearch  on  Club
         Log.
FW     - Nobby, G0VJG will be active as FW/G0VJG from Wallis Island (OC-054)
         on 6-20 May.  He will operate SSB and FT8  on various bands. Before
         (3-5 May) and after (20-22 May) the FW operation he will be  QRV as
         3D2AS from Fiji. QSLs via M0OXO's OQRS. [TNX NG3K]
GI     - GB1SPD, GB2SPD and GB5SPD are  three  special callsigns  that  will
         celebrate St Patrick's Day from Northern Ireland.  The St Patrick's
         Day on the air event will run from  12 UTC on 16 March until 12 UTC
         on 18 March. See http://stpatrickaward.webs.com/ for details.
GJ     - Kazu, M0CFW will be  active  again  from  Jersey (EU-013) on  15-17
         March. He will participate  in the  Russian DX Contest  (from 12.00
         UTC on  16 March  to  11.59 UTC on the 17th)  as MJ5Z;  outside the
         contest he will be QRV as MJ0CFW. QSL via LoTW and Club Log's OQRS.
         [TNX NG3K]
P4     - John, W2GD will be active as P44W from Aruba (SA-036) from 25 March
         to 1 April, and again on 22-27 May.  Main activity  will be  during
         the CQ WW WPX SSB and CW Contests, with some operation on  160, 80,
         30, 17 and 12 metres outside the contests.  QSL via LoTW, or direct
         only to N2MM.
ST     - Arik, EK6DO  is  active  as  ST2/EK6DO  from  Khartoum, Sudan while
         working there for  the next  3-4 years.  He hopes to soon  have the
         callsign ST2DO. Activity is on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres CW and SSB.
         QSL via K6EID. [TNX The Daily DX]
VP5    - Look for VP5/W2TT  and  VP5/AF3K to be active  from  Providenciales
         (NA-002),  Turks & Caicos Islands  from  27 March to 1 April.  They
         will participate in the  CQ WPX SSB Contest as VP5P  (QSL via LoTW,
         Club Log's OQRS  or via N2OO);  activity outside  the contest  will
         focus on 6 metres  SSB, CW  and  digital modes.  QSLs VP5/W2TT  and
         VP5/AF3K via LoTW or N2OO. [TNX The Daily DX]
XT     - Max, DK1MAX  will  be  active  again  as XT2MAX  from  Ouagadougou,
         Burkina Faso on 17-25 April. He will operate mostly  CW and FT8  on
         all bands. QSL via LoTW and eQSL, logsearch on Club Log.  Paper QSL
         cards will not be available. [TNX NG3K]
XV     - Jun, JL8AQH will be active as XV9XX from Hue, Vietnam from 27 April
         to 4 May. He will be QRV on 40, 30, 20 and 17 metres,  with a focus
         on 30m CW. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, LoTW, or direct to JL8AQH.
XZ     - Yuki, JH1NBN will be active again as  XZ2C  from Myanmar  on  20-28
         March.  He is allowed  to operate  all modes on  15, 12, 10  and  6
         metres with 25 watts. QSL direct to home call. [TNX The Daily DX]
ZL7    - Ian, ZL2BGL  and  Bill, ZL2AYZ  will be active  as  ZL7C  from  the
         Chatham Islands (OC-038)  from  28 March to 2 April,  including  an
         entry in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. They will operate SSB and some CW,
         PSK31 and FT8 on  80, 40, 20 and 15 metres,  with possible activity
         on 17, 12 and 10 metres depending on propagation. QSL via ZL2AYZ.

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                        Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

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425 DX NEWS MAGAZINE ---> The  February 2019 issue  is  now  available   for
download at http://www.425dxn.org/index.php. [TNX IZ3EBA]

3Y0I ---> "The 3Y0I Team re-assembles in  Cape Town, while  operators return
to South Africa", the team announced on 7 March. "Meanwhile, the rest of the
team  members  who  are  currently  in ZS,  finalize the  very  last  vessel
preparations. Stay tuned for further news coming soon".  As of  8 March, the
"only  website   providing  direct   information   about  our   mission"  is
https://bouvetoya.org/. Updates will be posted also to Twitter and  Facebook
(see the website for the direct links).

QSL E44YL ---> Please note that the QSL route for CW QSOs made with E44YL in
2016 is via IK2CKR (direct only).  CW QSOs made in  2017  go  via IK3GES  as
usual. [TNX IK3GES]

QSL GALLERY ---> The large collection of QSL cards  on  Les  Nouvelles  DX's
website has been updated.  Sixteen different galleries include  16,667 cards
for the  ten Most  Wanted  DXCC  Entities  (2009-18), the  62  deleted  DXCC
Entities, obsolete prefixes,  stations  from  Maghreb  from  1945  to  1962,
Allied Forces stations in Germany (1945-70), special stations  commemorating
ITU and IARU, stations using the United Nations prefix (4U), Antarctic bases
and TAAF (Terres  Australes and Antarctiques Francaises), the various French
DXCC island Entities in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Americas
(from 1945 to 1969), pre-1945  countries, French Departments and CONUS, plus
a gallery for cards not accepted  by DXCC. Your participation is encouraged:
http://www.lesnouvellesdx.fr/galerieqsl.php. [TNX F6AJA].

QSL W6KG & W6QL ---> Last year,  South Jersey DX Association  President  Bob
Schenck (N2OO) was contacted by the Yasme Foundation about  taking over  all
of the Lloyd and Iris Colvin (W6KG and W6QL) logs.  A few weeks ago,  a file
cabinet filled with  the paper logs and cards  arrived at N2OO's QTH.  There
are 112 Lloyd and Iris logs,  along with  two other DXpedition logs  (FO0XX,
Clipperton Island 1986 and 3D2AM, Conway Reef 1990) as well as  three  Danny
Weil logs (VP2VB British Virgin Islands 1957, HC8VB Galapagos 1960 and FO8AN
Clipperton 1960). All logs with associated dates of operation are listed  at
https://www.qrz.com/db/n2oo.  QSL via N2OO  (PO Box 345, Tuckerton NJ 08087,
USA) or via the OQRS at https://www.oqrs.net/n2oo/.

RSGB COMMONWEALTH CONTEST ---> The 82nd edition of the  Commonwealth  (BERU)
Contest (https://berucontest.wordpress.com)  will  be held  on  9-10  March,
from 10 UTC to 10 UTC, on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres  CW.  Only  operators
located within the United Kingdom and Crown  Dependencies,  Commonwealth  or
British Mandated Territories are eligible to enter.

+ SILENT KEY + Hans Nilsson, SM3TLG (SH3O) unexpectedly  passed away  at  68
years of age.  A serious island  chaser  and  activator,  he was in the IOTA
Honour Roll and operated from several IOTA groups and DX locations.

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QSLs received direct or through managers: 4X0M, 5E5A,  5W0GC,  6Y6Y,  8Q7PE,
9M2MRS (AS-015), 9X5AW, A52BH, C31CT, C4II (AS-120), C6AGU, C96RRC (AF-088),
C98RRC (AF-066), DM775FLD, EA9ACD, EH40CE, EK7DX,  EL2EL/4 (AF-111),  EP6RRC
(AS-189), ER4ER, ET3YOTA,  EX0PL, H33J,  H7/RC5A (NA-013), H7/RM0F (NA-013),
IS0HQJ, JW4PUA,  JW9JKA,  LA2XPA (EU-036),  OX3XR,  P4/DK8YY,  RI0B (AS-054,
AS-087, AS-104, AS-121), S01WS,  TK0C, TO1J,  TX0A (OC-113),  TX0M (OC-297),
TY7C, UK8OM, VP6D, XT2SZZ, XV1X, YG9CMM, YJ0GC, Z23MD, Z81D, ZD7GWM,  ZD7JC,
ZY6C (SA-023).

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