The North Florida DX Association PileUp The NFDXA Newsletter In This Issue Heard 2016 DXped NFDXA Officers Apr Attendance President’s Msg Apr Mtg Minutes A Funny Thing . . . VOR QRT NU4Y’s World VU Ham Radio Txt 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 Spratly DXped Ukraine-Russia Vanuatu DXped Special Event DX 6 6 6 7 DX Europe DX Indian Ocean DX Africa DX Pacific-Oc 8 8 9 9 DX Asia DX NA, CA, SA DX Arctic-Antrc May DX Calendar 10 11 11 12 May, June July Cal 13 NFDXA Contest 14 W1AW WAS 14 SKCC Contest Heard Is Ops World Cub Ops Dayton News ARRL—FCC Cartoon Last Word 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 The May 17 NFDXA Meeting will be 4pm at the KX4WW QTH, 7878 Cahone Ct, Macclenny, Fl - 904-2597373. Please RSVP http://nfdxa.com/ Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 http://nfdxa.com/ New ‘Official’ Web Site for 2016 ‘Multi-Disciplinary’ Heard Island operation - Ham Radio to provide On and Off-Island Communications The Heard Island DXpedition, originally scheduled for the fall this year - then later moved to 2015 - has now become as part of a multi-disciplinary scientific operation called "The Heard Island Project: Discovering Life in the Extremes" and rescheduled for January 2016. The overall Heard Island Project site is now http:// www.heardisland.org/ As part of this reorganization the radio DXpedition has been renamed the “2016 Heard Island VK0EK DXpedition” with a new web page http://vk0ek.org/., The ham radio responsibility includes providing both on and off-island communications for the expedition. This will be in addition to responding to huge pileups from Hams around the world trying to contact number 5 most-wanted DXCC entity. Transportation to Heard, an extremely remote Australian subAntarctic island in the southern Indian Ocean will be aboard the S. A. Agulhas. Departure will be from Cape Town, South Africa in late December, 2015, for the 12-day cruise directly to Heard Island. It is expected that the entire stay at the island will be during January 2016, with return to Cape Town in February. If the Agulhas name sounds familiar, the vessel formerly serviced the South African National Antarctic Program (SANAP) research bases: Gough Island (ZD9), Marion Island (ZS8), and SANAE IV in Antarctica. The DXpedition plans to set up two sites on the island: 1) They will set up stations at the original 1997 VK0IR DXpedition site Atlas Cove. 2) The second site Sealers Beach / Doppler Hill which is located at Spit Bay on the island’s eastern side.. The Web page states, "We expect worldwide demand for as many as 150,000 contacts, with as many as 50,000 different stations. In order to satisfy this demand, we will operate four stations for a period of nearly three weeks, with a team of 20 radio operators. We are developing a 'fast deploy' strategy so that we can be on the air in one day, and break down in one day maximize the time on the air. This will be a 'full service' operation (all-bands, all modes), with the four stations running continuously. We plan to dedicate one station to making only 'All-time-new-ones' (ATNOs), giving radio operators their first contact ever with Heard Island. We will also make special efforts to log contacts with all license class operators, who have more limited band privileges." — Continued on page Page 2 PileUp PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 May 2014 Pileup NFDXA OFFICERS 2013 The North Florida DX Association, Inc. is a group of Amateur Radio Operators located in north Florida and south Georgia whose interests are primarily Contests and DXing. NFDXA typically meets on the 3rd Saturday of the month at a location selected by a meeting organizer. Visitors are always welcome. Officers were elected for the calendar year 2014 are: President Mike Garcia, WFO [email protected] Vice President Warren Croke, NW4C [email protected] Secretary Mike Reublin, NF4L [email protected] Treasurer Jim Hughes, KC4FWS [email protected] Executive Committee The Executive Committee consists of the elected officers of the Association http://www.nfdxa..com Editor, NFDXA PileUp Newsletter Warren Croke, NW4C [email protected] or [email protected] PileUp story ideas, manuscripts and photographs should be sent to [email protected] April 2014 Meeting Attendance Jay Garlitz AA4FL 0 Steve Brown AB4UF 0 John Hale AC4ET 0 Larry Bostic K3LB 0 Larry Junstrom K4EB 1 Dick Hicks K4UTE 1 John Silberman KB4CRT 1 Jim Hughes KC4FWS 1 David Smith KI4DLS 0 William Walker KX4WW 1 Cory McDonald N1WON 1 Greg Wilson N4CC 0 Mike Parnin N4EPD 1 Ron Tivey N4GFO 0 Joe Barnes N4JBK 1 Ron Blake N4KE Dale Conner N4NN Billy Williams N4UF Mike Reublin NF4L Dave Mains NO4J Jim Iori NU4Y Warren Croke NW4C Walter Cox, Jr. VP5YZ Mike Garcia W1FO Pres Graham W4FDA Bob Lightner W4GJ Steve Barber WA4B Robert Frey WA6EZV Dick Knox WR4K Vic Moore N4QK 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 Members attending 15 — Guests 2 Notice to NFDXA Membership Keep your records up to date. All NFDXA members are requested to go to the club web site and check their entry on the on the NFDXA Roster page. If any changes in address, e-mail or other information are needed please notify NFDXA Secretary Mike Reublin, NF4L ([email protected]) at your earliest convenience. PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 Page 3 President’s Message Hello Fellow NFDXA members. Another month behind us and summer weather is in full bloom. It is again time to start ensuring we disconnect, ground or do whatever it is that one does to protect their equipment from the upcoming lightning storms. The DX opportunities this month are not as fruitful as the previous few moths but there are still some countries to be had. I see that at least a couple of our members are putting up some big numbers in the club contest. Jim NU4Y is currently at 293 with Dick WR4K close behind with 290. Jim announced at the last club meeting that he will be visiting China this month so that should provide some of us lagging behind a good opportunity to catch up. Mike W1FO This month also brings us the Dayton Hamfest. I know Larry K3LB and Dr. Jay AA4FL are attending and Dr. Jay will once again be doing a presentation on the T33A Dxpedition. Good luck Jay, I am sure Larry will be cheering you on from the front row. Take lots of pictures of any new DX products on the market and of any other friends or club members who may attend. On a final note, I will be off for summer break starting on May 9th. So, if you need some amplifier work done, please let me know. Remember, it is always good engineering practice to go thru your amplifier a couple times a year and at least blow the cob webs out of them. Even if they have just been sitting around not being used, they always benefit from a good cleaning. Many an amplifier has met there doom from clogged cooling fins. Especially those pesky, expensive ceramic tubes many of us use. Well guys see everyone at the meeting, good DX. — Mike, W1FO Minutes of April 2014 Meeting The meeting was called to order by Mike W1FO at 6:41P.M. The March minutes were approved. Treasurer’s Report: Jim KC4FWS reported a balance of: $1057.26 Old business Plans to participate in a contest from Pres’ station (W4FDA) were dropped due to lack of interest.. New business Vic Moore, N4QK, was elected to membership . Next Meeting The Next meeting planner (May 17)) is Ron, N4KE Guests Bob Norman, K4GRD and Ted Jahan, K4YLX. Bob is a prospective member. The meeting was adjourned at 6:52 PM. — Respectfully submitted, Mike, NF4L, Secretary. Page 4 PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO ZS8 Chapter 2 Have You By now I've learned you don't just call up a concrete guy, and he comes out and digs a hole and fills it with concrete. It's a delicate act of enticing one to do your bidding. I haven't accomplished that yet. The stuff is Thought in the back yard waiting About Upgrading Your License Class? In my idle time between dialing contractors, I've been raasslin' with the problem of getting the tower vertical once it's mated to the base. Winches could be a hobby all by themselves. Winch vs. hoist. Manual vs. electric. Brake vs. worm-gear. Cable capacity and size. So in the interest of efficiency and getting the real hard facts, I posted some questions to the Tower-talk reflector. Out of the approximately 75 responses, I tallied over 78,654 different opinions. Welllll.....you know. The 4 element SteppIR is BIG on the ground, Mike NF4L One of the important lessons learned was how to calculate the load on the winch. If only I'd paid attention in physics class.... Turns out the load when the tower is horizontal is a bit over 4000 lbs. The tower with rotor and antennas weighs in at about 1200 lbs. I decided on a manual worm-gear winch, driven by a motor. The consensus on the reflector for a motor was a Milwaukee Hole-Hawg or Super-Hawg drill. Anything less tended to go up in flames. A problem with that approach is that the drill is a two speed setup (~450 and ~1750 RPM), not continuously variable. That speed tended to heat the worm-gear and shaft bushings to the point of smoking. Estimated duty cycle was 20 seconds on, 2 minutes off. My friend Rob K6DQ had been following the thread and called me to suggest I use his setup, a manual winch driven by a wheelchair motor. The wheelchair motors are variable speed, high torque and designed to run for long periods of time. He put me in touch with a guy in his town, Domingo the Wheel Chair Wizard. Domingo and I discussed the programming for the controller. There are close to 100 different parameters, and some needed to be changed for this application. For instance in a wheelchair, if the throttle is released suddenly, the motor coasts a bit so the rider isn't tossed out on his head. If you've ever seen BattleBots on TV, think about how they react. We cut a deal and a week later, I had the motor, a controller, a bag of parts and some paperwork. Rob had an extra 3000 lb. winch at a good price, so that came too. This is beefy stuff. They are close to 30 lbs. each. EVENTS Battery cart and control box on left, motor and gearbox on right. A couple of days worth of poring over the wiring diagrams and getting a box, the switches, a pot and the external wiring, and batteries (2 12V 35AH) and I had a working system, except for mating the motor and winch. I learned I really hate crimping a bunch of the almost invisible Molex pins the controller used. And it's almost impossible to stuff 10 AWG wire into an Anderson Power Pole connector. The controller, wiring and box on my desk ITEMS FOR SALE Did I mention I still haven't enticed a concrete guy? Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter — if it ever occurs. — NF4L Voice of Russia Goes Silent on Shortwave After months of conflicting reports, the Voice of Russia permanently ended its shortwave broadcasts at the end of March. The station - formerly Radio Moscow - was a major propaganda tool of the former Soviet Union during the Cold War and was usually among the first stations tuned in by new shortwave listeners, as its powerhouse signals were hard to miss. As with most other government broadcasters abandoning shortwave, the Voice of Russia cited budgetary problems as the reason for its decision to terminate shortwave broadcasts. Page 5 PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 The World According to NU4Y On the air recently was the ARRL centennial operations from CT Have Youfound NV on 15 RTTY, for a contact, never found and NV. I finally them onThought RTTY on any other band, but have a couple of more days. About Up-NE, and SD due to my vacation. I have UT on SSB I will miss UT, grading and CW from Your earlier in the year but no RTTY, have NE on all modes but will miss the SD. SD is scheduled for end of July, so have License another chance Class?at it. This has been fun, but hate to miss a sweep of all states on 3 modes. I happened to tune across 10 Meters and found ZM90DX calling CQ on SSB with few takers and snagged him for a new band. Then a few minutes later heard and worked them on 10 CW. Just a lucky opening I think, especially with my vertical. Worked the FL QSO party near the end of the month, had a good time. Band conditions were poor, no contacts on 10 meters at Jim NU4Y all. Ran low power and made 507 QSO’s , 506 were on CW, and over 300 were on 20 meters due to the bands. One exciting experience during operating on 15 meters, was noticing a huge signal about 5 KHZ above my CQ frequency. This was one heck of a signal, my Spectrum Scope is in 10 db divisions and it was up to the top at 60 db and very, very bright. I had to close my eyes to get my vision back. I actually walked out the radio room to see which one of my buddies was in the driveway playing with me. The giant 50 KW WOKV only 3 to 4 miles away is only 70 db. Turns out it was K5YAA/M CLA running stations. He must have been traveling down St Rd 21, (Blanding Blvd.) right even with me. WOW was he loud. Turns out Jerry K5YAA has one heck of a mobile setup. You really need to go to QRZ.com and see the KW mobile. As a note, I also worked Jerry the next weekend, and he was in WY for the 7th district QSO party. Talk about getting around. EVENTS I have had some more thoughts about pileup management. Seems that the QSO rate, on Phone, is lower when operating split. People keep calling and calling. When operating simplex, they must stop to hear. (At least some want to hear.) Of course, great ops manage the pileup well, and others, well…… By the time you read this I might be atop the Great Wall, what an experience this is going to be. More to follow. Stay thirsty my friends. ITEMS FOR SALE — Jim NU4Y HAM RADIO IN INDIA SCHOOL TEXT BOOK Amateur radio is featured in the 9th grade school book "Our World Through English" published by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India. A four-page section concentrates on the Disaster and Emergency Communications capabilities of amateur radio. For those interested the book it is available via the web at tinyurl.com/india-ham-schoolbook for 35 Rupees which is about 60 cents in United States. — AR Newsline Page 6 PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 2015 SPRATLY DXPEDITION PLANNING UNDERWAY QTH TO BE PAGASA ISLAND USING CALL SIGN DX0P 10 OPERATORS SIGNED SO FAR Have You Thought A DX0P Spratly Islands expedition team is About Upbeing put together. On the op list so far are grading Your 4F2KWT, AD5MD, DU1BP, K6BF, K6BG, License WA6LOS, WE6DX, WJ1P and WW6CP, with WA6LOS as the team leader. Class? The Spratly Islands currently are 57th on the DX Magazine’s most-wanted list. For 2014. Information flyers on the proposed operation were being passed out at the Visalia DX Conven- Pagasa Island—Proposed DXpedition site tion. Operation will be from Pagasa Island and is planned for April, 2015 - next year. The gear used in the operation will be left on the island for the purpose of setting up a permanent ham radio station there. The Spratly Islands are a disputed group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays, and islands located in the South China Sea. According to Wikipedia the Spratlys and numerous other islands in the region, including the #7 most-wanted DXCC entity Scarborough, BS7, have been growing sources of tension in the region. China is extending its power throughout Asia and enforcing its claims to sovereignty. In addition to China, all or portions of the Spratly Island group are being claimed by Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines. The underlying reason for the ongoing territorial dispute is the belief that there may be large deposits of oil and natural gas In this particular area of the South China Sea. Ukraine-Russian Political Intrigue Plays Out on Ham Bands The political dispute between Russia and Ukraine is impacting the HF amateur bands, according to Newsline. The International Amateur Radio Union's Monitoring System newsletter reported recently that Ukraine's foreign intelligence service has been transEVENTS mitting numbers and encrypted messages every Wednesday at 1010 UTC on 14.280 MHz, using full-carrier AM. In addition, the newsletter reported the Russian Air Force has been transmitting FSK signals on 7.018 MHz, which were also heard on harmonics of 14.036 and 28.072 MHz. — IARU VANUATU DXPEDITION PLANNED FOR FALL 2014 YJ0X, Vanuatu, is the expedition destination for team leader ZL3PAH and fellow ops ZL4PW, ZL3GA and ITEMS FOR SALEG3USR, October 3-15. The flights are booked and a seaside villa is secured. They will have a pair of K3 rigs with amps, a K2 in reserve, and will be on CW, RTTY and SSB. For antennas they have hexbeams, a 6element 6M Yagi, and verticals for 30, 40 and 80 at the edge of the sea. They are considering the cost/benefit of 160. See foldingantennas.com for more on the antennas they are taking along. They will have a Club Log online log and OQRS. The logs will go on LoTW within three months. ZL3PAH will be the QSL manager. Updated info from ZL3GA says 160 is definitely being planned. On 6m there will be a breakable beacon with a K3/KPA500 ready to switch to 6 if the band opens. 160M antenna options will likely be tried out from ZL3X in the upcoming CQ WPX CW event. The thing with DXing is to be on the air enough and live long enough. — G3RZP E-ham DX Forum PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 Page 7 Special Event Operations 3E – PANAMA (CQZ 07) The Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin says 3E100PC from Panama by HP2AT, Jose, will be June 1-August 31. This celebrates the 100 years of the Panama Canal. Jose will be on HF. QSL direct to HP2AT, and the log will go on LoTW too. – OPDX, DDX 4X – ISRAEL (CQZ 20) In celebration of Pope Francis' visit to Israel special event stations 4X266POPE (40-6 meters) and 4Z266POPE (all bands) will be QRV May 20-27. Activity will be on CW, SSB and digital. QSL via 4Z1TL. -- DDX, OPDX 6M – SOUTH KOREA (CQZ 25) 6M6M will be a South Korean call sign this summer on six. HL2UVH, Kei, and possibly some helper ops will try to be operational June 1-July 31, with their most concentrated activity June 20-23 from AS -026, Jeju Island - DDX 8J – JAPAN (CQZ 25) Japan is celebrating “QRP DayP. Stations 8J2VLP, 8J4VLP, 8J6VLP and 8J9VLP from Japan are QRV until June 30th. These are "QRP day" special event stations, VLP standing for "very low power." Each is running five watts. All QSOs will get a card through the JARL Bureau. – DDX, OPDX, Southgate A9 – BAHRAIN (CQZ 21) May 17 is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD). Bahrain ops A92AA, A93AR, A93LT and A95FQ will be QRV with special event station A91WTIS. QSL via IZ8CLM. -- DDX CK – CANADA (CQZ 04) Special event station CK3UG50 is QRV until May 31 to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the University of Guelph Act. Activity will be on 80 through 6 meters on the digital modes on the weekdays and SSB on weekends. QSL direct only to VE3ZUP. -- DDX HO – PANAMA (CQZ 07) Listen for special event station HO100CANAL between Apr 19 - Aug 15 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal. This operation is being sponsored by Radio Amateurs of the Republic of Panama with activity planned on 160 through 10 meters using CW, SSB, PSK and RTTY. The QSL manager for the operation is HP1AVS. For more information on the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, check http://www.qrz.com/db/HO100CANAL/?dxc=1 LY – LITHUANIA (CQZ 15) To celebrate the 10 anniversary of Lithuania's membership in the European Union (May 1st) LY stations will be using the LY10 prefix during the month of May. There is an award available with complete details at ON – BELGIUM (CQZ 14) Members of the UBA section of Midden West-Vlaanderen will be QRV as ON1418MWV until May 27 to commemorate the location of a German field hospital during World War I. QSL via ON6UB. – DDX TM – FRANCE (CQZ 14) Special station in France, TM70BBC in Creully, Normandy, will operate June 3-13. It marks the 70 years since BBC reporters sent the first Battle of Normandy reports from the a makeshift radio studio in the castle in Creully. That was in June and July of 1944. QSL via F5UOW, direct or bureau. -- DDX TM – FRANCE (CQZ 14) This year's Tour de France special event call will be TM68TDF with plans for activity July 5-18. Details (in French) can be found at http://ref68.com/tdf/ QSL via F6KDL. -- DDX YP – ROMANIA (CQZ 20) YO2CJX, Gil, will be operating special event station YP25CJX during 2014 to commemorate 25 years from the Romanian Revolution of 1989. Other YP25 stations planning to be active this year include: YP25LLZ, YP25MNE, YP25LRK, YP25SH, YP25MTG, YP25LGS, YP25MKL, YP25MSP, YP25CJX, YP25MCK, YP25MBU, YP25MNC and YP25LOJ. Club station YP1989TM will also be QRV. There is an award available - details can be found at: http://www.qrz.com/db/YP1989TM ZX/ZY – BRAZIL (CQZ 11) One station in each of the 26 Brazilian states, and a 27th for the Federal District will be on the air June 1July 30 for the FIFA World Cup (soccer/futbol), with special prefixes, ZX14 and ZY14. The list of calls is: ZX14AM, ZX14BA, ZX14CE, ZX14DF, ZX14MG, ZX14MT, ZX14PE, ZX14PR, ZX14RJ, ZX14RN, ZX14RS, ZX14SP, ZY14AC, ZY14AL, ZY14AP, ZY14ES, ZY14GO, ZY14MA, ZY14MS, ZY14PA, ZY14PB, ZY14PI, ZY14RO, ZY14RR, ZY14SC, ZY14SE, ZY14TO. Every contact with one of these will get a bureau QSL. You can also send direct, to PT2AA. There will be an award, "Brazil Land of Football” with info on this website: http:// www.labre.org.br./ -- OPDX PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 Page 8 DX Europe 3A – MONACO (CQZ ) I2GPT, Vic, is now QRV as 3A/I2GPT in Monaco. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via I2GPT. -- DDX EK – ARMENIA (CQZ 21) To mark the 99th anniversary of the remembrance of the Armenian Genocide (Medz Yeghern) EK Amateur Radio operators are now using the EK99 prefix. Some of the stations include EK99 GM, KE, KW, RCS and SI. GJ – JERSEY (CQZ 14) GJ/WJ2O/m will be July 8-11 from Jersey, followed by GU/WJ2O/m from Guernsey, July 12-15, including the IARU Contest single op all band low power. Before and after the Channel Islands visits, Dave will be F/WJ2O/m in France, July 4-7 and July 16-17. QSL via N2ZN and LoTW. -- OPDX MJ – JERSEY ISLAND (CQZ 14) MJ5Z from Jersey Island is the CQWW WPX CW Contest call May 24-25 for JK3GAD. He will use MJ0CFW before and after the operating event. QSL via M0CFW or LoTW. -- DDX MJ – JERSEY ISLAND (CQZ 14) July 24 - 29, including the RSGB IOTA Contest, a team including G0VJG, G4FAL, 2E0TBO, M0TGV and G0FDZ will be active from Minkies Reef (EU-099), Jersey. Plans are to have three stations running 100 watts into Geni verticals VDA in the sea with activity on HF and 6 meters on SSB and CW. They will be using the calls GH3RCV outside the contest and MJ8C during the IOTA Contest. QSL both via G4DFI. -- DDX OJ0 - MARKET REE (CQZ 15) Pasi, OH3WS, will be active as OJ0W from Market Reef (EU-053) between June 2-7. He is there as a as a voluntary worker and will operate during his spare time. Activity will be on 40-10 meters mostly CW. While waiting for transportation to the reef he'll be on as OH0/OW3WS from the Aland Islands on May 31 and June 1. QSL via his home call sign. – OPDX, DDX TF - ICELAND (CQZ 40) Jose, EA5IDQ, will be active as TF/EA5IDQ May 11-22. This will be his first DXpedition. Activity will be holiday style on 40-10 meters using SSB and the Digital modes (PSK/JT65/RTTY). QSL via EA5IDQ (see QRZ.com). -- OPDX TK4 – CORSICA (CQZ 15) . Julien, F4FJZ, will be active as TK4QL from Corsica between May and October. Activity will be mostly mobile as TK4QL/M with operations on 17/15/12/10 meters using his FT-840 with 100 watts and a mobile antennas.Listen for QSL info or check QRZ.com. His home call sign on QRZ.com states QSL only direct or eQSL. -- DDX ZA – ALBANIA (CQZ 15) 10 Belgian Amateur Radio operators will be QRV from Albania as ZA/ON6NB June 6-15. Activity will be on 3.5 through 50 MHz on SSB, CW, PSK and RTTY. Team members include ON4ANN, ON4ACP, ON4CAU, ON4CCV, ON4CJY, ON4CKM, ON4DCU, ON5PDV, ON6MI and ON8CW QSL via ON4ANN DX INDIAN OCEAN 3B8 – MAURITIUS (CQZ 39) By the time you read this, Robert, M0RCX, should be active as 3B8/M0RCX from Mauritius until May 28. He announced several weeks ago that his trip to Mauritius is more as a tourist with his family and not seen as a DXpedition. His power will be limited to 100 watts, and he hopes to have a hexbeam, a wire beam for 6m (possibly made from the island's bamboo), as well as a delta loop and long wire available for his activity. His operating position will be close to the city center of Port Louis in the North West of the Island. He does plan/hopes to operate at least 3 hours a day on the following HF Phone bands: 40/20/17/15/12/10 meters. He is also planning to operate on some PSK and JT65 making some contacts with low to modest power levels (NO amp). Robert has been asked about moonbounce over the horizon but thinks this may be optimistic with only 100 watts. He will set up a schedule on QRZ.com under 3B8M0RCX. He has already posted suggested frequencies on his FaceBook page . Robert says, "I plan to live over there in about four years so hopefully I'll get a feel for it. QTH is inland about a mile from the ocean but there is a mountain behind me (east) this is why I wish to push my signals over to the west." QSL via M0RCX, direct, by the Bureau or eQSL. For updates and pictures, check out his FaceBook and Twitter pages: https://www.facebook.com/3b8m0rcx or https://twitter.com/3B8M0rcx — OPDX PileUp Page 9 Pileup PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 Pileup Volume 6 Number May 2014 5 May 2014 DX AFRICA AFRICAN TOUR (cqz 38); A2 – BOTSWANA and Z2 – ZIMBABWE (CQZ 38) Gerard, ZS6AYU will be Z21GF in Zimbabwe, May 16-20. Gerard plans to operate holiday style on 40-10 with 6M possible. He will be using a HyGain AVQ-640 vertical. The dates are somewhat tentative. After the Z21GF operation, ZS6AYU goes to Botswana, A25GF, May 22-25, same bands, vertical, holiday style, dates tentative. For both Z2 and A2, Gerard, "Gert," says he will be trying 6M around 1600-1700Z "unless somebody alerts me on HF if there is a band opening." He will not have Internet access. QSL via ZS6AYU. -- DDX 7Q – MALAWI (CQZ 37) German ops DK2WV, Karl, and DJ9AF, Heino, are operating as 7Q7VW until May 21 from Radio Dinosaur FM – Karonga Museeum, Malawi with two Elecraft K3's and two 750 watt amplifiers. They are QRV 160 through 6 meters, including 60 meters,CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to DK2WV. The MDXC, Mediterraneo DX Club, will have a webpage for the Operation -DDX, OPDX, DX Coffee 7Q – MALAWI (CQZ 37) As many as 24 operators will be on the multinational team for 7QAA, Malawi, Nov 10-Dec 2. One team will do SSB and RTTY on 160-6 Nov 10-20. Team two will be CW only, Nov 21-Dec 2, including a multitwo in the CQWW DX CW. Logs will go on LoTW and Club Log daily. www.malawidx.org. -- DDX CT9 – MADEIRA ISLANDS (CQZ 33) Listen for CT9/DL2JRM to be QRV from the Madeira Islands (AF-014) from June 12-19. Activity will be on 80-10 meters on CW. QSL direct or via the bureau. -- DDX TY – BENIN (CQZ 35) The Italian DX Team has announced they will be QRV from Benin (TY) for 15 days sometime between the end of November and early December of this year. IK7JWY will be the pilot station for this DXpedition. More details to follow. -- DDX DX PACIFIC A3, TONGA (CQZ 32) Masa, JA0RQV, will active from Tonga May 28-June 3.. He will activate Niuatoputapu Island (OC-191) at the very small northern end of Tongan territory with call sign A35JP/P. Operations will be on 80-6 meters using CW and SSB. His equipment is an IC-7000 (w/100W) into a vertical antenna. Activity will be limited and much is depending on the availability of electric power since there is no commercial electric power at all. He must find a generator or car battery. In case his flight is cancelled, Masa will be active from Vava'u Island (OC064) or Tongatapu Island (OC-049) instead. QSL via his home call sign, by the Bureau, direct (SASE w/1 IRC) or LoTW. For more details and updates, visit his Blog page at: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/rqv -- OPDX E5 – SOUTH COOK ISLANDS (CQZ 32) E51AVE, E51KJW, E51JQY and E51MCA are the South Cooks call signs May 22-31 by ops JA8VE, JA1KJW, JA1JQY and JA3MCA. This is Rarotonga, Island on the Air OC-013. For gear they will have a K2, three K3s, and an Ameritron ALS-500M amplifier, running 100 watts on CW and RTTY, 500 watts on SSB, to a homebrew lightweight spider beam, a hex antenna and a dipole. Look for them on 160-10. QSL to the operator's home call with SASE or via the bureau. The ops are all members of the Yamato Amateur Radio Club. T30D - Western Kiribati (CQZ 31) A group of German ops will activate Southern Tarawa Atoll, Oct 2- 15 with operations planned on 160-6 CW, SSB and RTTY. Four or more stations will be QRV, each with 500 watts. On 6M, look for T30D on 50120, CW and SSB both. QSL via DL4SVA, plus OQRS. Direct or bureau are fine. The log will go on LoTW later. http://t30d.mydx.de/ -- OPDX ZK3- TOKELAU (CQZ 31) - Jacek, SP5EAQ and Marcin, SP5ES will be active as ZK3Q and ZK3E (requested calls) from Nukunonu, Tokelau (OC-048) starting 8 Oct for three weeks (dates may change "due to the unpredictability of transport"). They will operate SSB and CW on 80-10 metres. QSL route TBA. Some activity from Samoa (5W) is planned in early November on their way back home. Bookmark http://zk3.sp5drh.com for updates and logsearch. – 425 DX News Page 10 PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 DXDX ASIA ASIA 4K – AZERBAIJAN (CQZ 21) During the All Asian CW Contest, on June 21 and 22, Jeff, N6GQ, will be active as 4K9Z. He'll actually be in country June 20-25 and QRV at the 4K7Z club station, running 100 watts into a tri-bander and wires with activity on on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. QSL via LoTW. – OPDX, DDX 6M – SOUTH KOREA (CQZ 25) 6M6M will be a South Korean call sign this summer on six. HL2UVH, Kei, and possibly some helper ops will try to be operational June 1-July 31, with their most concentrated activity June 20-23 from AS026, Jeju Island. -- OPDX 9M – MALAYSIA (CQZ 28 ) G3YIV (9V1LX), Mike, has been in Nusajaya, Johor, West Malaysia and for the foreseeable future will be QRV as 9M2/G3YIV. He notes this is a temporary call sign pending issue of a full 9M2 call sign after 12 months. Mike is using an FT-897D running 50 watts into a Little Tarheel II two meters above ground level. Listen for him on JT65A and PSK31 on 7 through 28 MHz. -- DDX 9N – NEPAL (CQZ 22) W7WNN, Norm, is now in Dhulikhel, Nepal for the next several months. He has been issued the call 9N7NN. Listen for him on 1421 MHz. -- DDX A5 - BHUTAN (CQZ 22) Ryo, JH7EQW will again be active as A52EQW from Dochula Resort at the end of August and/or early September. He mentions that he will be there with his friends who are probably Junichi/JH3AEF (A52AEF) and Jusei/JA3IVU (A52IVU). Look for more details to be forthcoming. QSL via their home call sign. -- DDX DX0 - SPRATLY ISLANDS (CQZ 26). A group of operators consisting of 4F2KWT, AD5MD, DU1BP, K6BF, K6BG, WA6LOS, WE6DX, WJ1P and WW6CP are planning to be active as DX0P from Spratly (AS-051) sometime in April 2015. Look for more details to be forthcoming. The April 2015 DX0P Spratly Islands DXpedition team has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ DX0P2015 -- OPDX, DDX E2 – THAILAND (CQZ 26) Champ, E21EIC, informs OPDX that he received a new club call sign E20AX (hosted by E21EIC's station) from the NBTC this past week. This new call sign will be used for training new hams, contests and guest operators. QSL via E21EIC (OQRS) and LoTW. -- OPDX T6 – AFGHANISTAN (CQZ 21) 4O4A, Dragan, who is now in Mazar in the Balkh ?Province of Afghanistan has received his T6DD license, which is good through Sept 15. He's using an IC-706 running 100 watts into wire antennas on 80 through 6 meters, mostly CW, but all modes in his spare time. QSL via 4O4A, LoTW, Club Log OQRS, eQSL, but no bureau requests. He'll be uploading to LoTW daily and will reply to direct requests in about 2-3 months, after arranging for QSLs to be printed by YU1YV. -- DDX TC – TURKEY (CQZ 20) Rich, M5RIC, will be active as TC7V from Turkey during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (Oct 25-26) as a Single-Op/All-Band/High-Power entry. Look for activity before and after the contest on 160-10 meters (no 30/17/12m) using SSB and RTTY. No CW. He will be here Oct 22-28. Skeds if needed via E-mail. Log will be uploaded to ClubLog when he can and a log search will be available at his Web page at: http://m5ric.co.uk/ QSL via M0OXO (OQRS preferred). Full details to be put on QRZ.com. -- OPDX VK9C, VK9X – COCOS KEELING AND CHRISTMAS ISLAND (CQZ 29) The Indian Ocean entities of Cocoas Keeling and Christmas Island will be activated ‘holiday style’ by five Japanese operators in late July-early August. Neither VK9 call sign has been issued. Plans at this time call for operations on Cocoas Keeling July 29-Aug 2, and on Christmas Aug 2-8. Activity will be “around the usual DX frequencies” on 160-6 meters on SSB, FM, CW, RTTY and PSK 31. QSL direct via JF3PLF, LoTW or the JA bureau. http:// vk9.nobody.jp/index.html -- DDX XW – LAOS (CQZ 2 ) E21EIC, Champ's next trip to Laos will be May 22-27 as XW0YJY. His main focus will be the CQ WPX CW Contest in the SOAB low power category. QSL via OQRS or E21EIC and LoTW afterwards. -- DDX ZC4 – UK SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS ON CYPRUS (CQZ 20) Mike, AG6IP is QRV as ZC4MIS for the next five months. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using SSB, RTTY, PSK and JT65. QSL to home call. – ARRL DX PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 Page 11 DX North, Central and South America CARIBBEAN TOUR (CQZ 08) EA3GUO, Jose Sala, plans to hit seven DXCC Entities in the Caribbean May 16 – June7. They are: VP2MSP, Montserrat; VP2E/EA3GUO, Anguilla; FS/EA3GUO, St. Martin; J8/ EA3GUO, St. Vincent; J7/EA3GUO, Dominica; FJ/EA3GUO, St. Barthelemy and PJ7/EA3GUO, Saint Maarten. Jose will be on phone on 10, 15 and 20 with 100 watts from his ICOM 706MKIIG to a dipole, quad or delta loop. QSL direct only, to his QTH in Spain. Email [email protected] for info. He will announce his band changes on DXfun@FB. He has a Facebook page, 30at766. – DDX, OPDX FP, MIQUELON (CQZ 05) Eric, KV1J will be QRV as FP/call between July 5 and July 15. Active on HF. QSL via home call, direct or bureau, LoTW. http://www.kv1j.com/fp/july.html/ -- DX World.net Bulletin HI - DOMINICAN REPUBLI (CQZ 08). Ronny, OT4R, will be active as HI7/OT4R from Punta Cana May 10-31. Activity will be on 20 and 10 meters SSB. QSL via LoTW or eQSL only. NO PAPER QSL CARDS. -OPDX P4 – ARUBA (CQZ 09) Operators Michael/K5NOT (P40TX), Douglas/ W5BL (P40DL) and Larry/W5LJW (P40LW) will be active as P40DM (group call sign) or their own individual call signs from Aruba (SA-036, WLOTA 0033) in what they are calling "a suitcase vacapedition" May 29 - June 4. Activity will be on 20-6 meters, but with a focus on 10m and 6m. QSL P40DM via K5NOT. QSL all other cal lsigns via their home call sign. -- OPDX SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR (CQ Zones, 7, 9, 11 and 12) VK6LC, Malcolm, is planning a "Grey Nomad DX Vacation" which includes 34 days in the US and 42 days in South America including two stops with HK3JJH, Pedro. Mal will be in W6, W7 and W4 during the month of May. Pedro will team up with Mal in the Colombian Amazon (HK9) and San Andres (HK0). Mal's itinerary will be as follows says QRZ DX: June 5 to 9, HK9/VK6LC, the Amazon, COLOMBIA (Z9); June 13-17, HKØ/VK6LC, SAN ANDRES (Z7); June 18-24, HK3/VK6LC, Bogota, COLOMBIA (Z9); June 26-29, CE3/VK6LC, Santiago, CHILE (Z12); July 1-7, PT7/VK6LC, Fortaleza, BRAZIL (Z11) and July 9-12, CE3/VK6LC, Santiago, CHILE (Z12). http://www.qrz.com/db/VK6LC - OPDX, DDX TO – GUADELOUPE (CQZ 08) Les Saintes Island, part of Guadeloupe, is the current TO6A activity until May 20 by F6AML. Sam will be on 40-10 CW and SSB, "holiday style." This is IOTA NA-114. QSL direct or bureau to F6AML. -- DDX TO – GUADELOUPE (CQZ 08) Sam, F6AML, will be active as TO6A from Les Saintes Islands (NA-114) until May 20. Activity will be on 40-10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via his home callsign. -- OPDX V3 – BELIZE (CQZ 07) W7ZCK, Darrell, is planning to be QRV as V31DT from Belize in June. Details to follow.--OPDX DX ARCTIC—ANTARCTIC DP0 – ANTARCTICA (CQZ 38) DH1HB, Holger, is occasionally QRV as DP0GVN/p from the Sorasen Seismological Observatory on Antarctica. Listen for him to possibly be QRV around 1700Z. -- DDX JW – SVALBARD (CQZ 40) SM5NAS, aka 8S5A, Kjel, is back on Svalbard and QRV as 8S5A/JW. Length of stay is unknown. QSL via SM5NAS. -- DDX Page 12 PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 May 2014 DX Calendar (Edited from http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html) Dates 2014 2014 Apr07 May15 Call Sign QSL via Balearic Is EA6 ON4LO 2014 Jun08 St Vincent J79WTA HB9MFM HB9MFM 20140421 By HB9MFM; 160-10m; SSB + digital; 500w; dipole, spider-beam; holiday style operation 2014 2014 Apr27 May11 Ogasawara JD1BMH JD1BMH Buro JG7PSJ 20140310 By JG7PSJ fm Chichijima I (AS-031); 40-10m; CW SSB RTTY; QSL also OK via JG7PSJ Direct 2014 2014 Apr30 May15 Corsica TK1R IK2DUW OPDX 20140420 By IZ2ESV IZ2LSC I2RFJ IW3HXR IK3HAR IV3BSY; focus on WARC bands; focus on digital; QRV for ARI International DX Contest (May 3-4) 2014 2014 May02 May28 Mauritius 3B8 EB7DX DXW.Net 20140107 By M0RCX as 3B8/M0RCX; 40-6m; SSB + digital 2014 2014 May03 May12 Ogasawara JD1YBT LotW JP1IOF 20140326 By JD1BLC JE2EHP; all bands; all modes; QSL also OK via JP1IOF, Buro or direct 2014 2014 May04 May18 Liechtenstein HB0 DL5DRK DL4HTK 20140228 By DL4HTK as HB0/DL4HTK; 80-10m; CW SSB PSK RTTY 2014 2014 May05 May09 Greenland OX3LX LotW 425DXN 20140426 By OZ1DJJ fm Aasiaat I (NA-134); HF; CW; spare time operation; QSL also OK via OZ1PIF and eQSL 2014 2014 May05 May20 Guadeloupe TO6A F6AML DXW.Net 20140420 By F6AML; 40-10m; CW SSB; holiday style operation 2014 2014 May06 May09 Laos XW4ZW K1SE DXW.Net 20140505 By K4ZW fm Vientiane; HF 2014 2014 May06 May11 Mariana Is NH0J LotW JQ2GYU 20140425 By JQ2GYU JJ2VLY fm Tinian I (OC-086, USi NI-003S, WLOTA 3108, QK24tx); 80-10m; CW SSB RTTY; QSL also OK via JJ2VLY JARL Buro or direct (w/ $2 + SAE) 2014 2014 May06 May16 Crete SW9XB LotW DJ9XB 20140427 By DJ9XB; RTTY; QSL also OK via DJ9XB 2014 2014 May06 May21 Malawi 7Q7VW DK2WV DXW.Net 20140428 By DK2WV and DJ9AF fm Karonga; 160-6m; CW SSB RTTY 2014 2014 May07 May14 Cyprus 5B UR4MCK 425DXN 20140301 By UR4MCK as 5B/UR4MCK; CW FO RX3RC OPDX 20140407 By EI6DX as FO/EI6DX fm Bora Bora (OC-067, WLOTA 0430); 80-10m; CW SSB; QSL OK via Buro or direct; holiday style operation OPDX 20140210 By JA1XGI fm Pohnpei (OC-010); 40-10m; CW SSB RTTY; QSL OK via Buro or direct (pse use Club Log OQRS) 2014 Apr21 Entity 2014 2014 French PolyMay07 May18 nesia Source OPDX 20140420 Details By ON4LO as EA6/ON4LO/p fm Mallorca I (EU-005); 40-10m; SSB; QSL OK via REF Buro or direct 2014 2014 May09 May15 Micronesia V650XG JA1XGI 2014 2014 May10 May14 Palau T88KH BM2JCC 2014 2014 May10 May17 Isle of Man MT0WCB M0TGN 2014 2014 May11 May22 Iceland TF EA5IDQ EA5IDQ 20131217 2014 2014 May14 May14 Faroe Is OY Home Call DXW.Net 20140325 2014 2014 May14 May17 Micronesia V63PSK JA1FMN Direct JA1FMN 20140408 By JA1FMN fm Moen I (OC-011); 20-10m; JT65A PSK; holiday style operation; QSL also OK via eQSL 2014 2014 May14 May26 Balearic Is EA6 DF7XE DF7XE 20140501 By DF7XE as EA6/DF7XE fm Mallorca I (EU-004); 160-10m; CW SSB RTTY PSK; 100w; vertical; holiday style operation 2014 2014 May15 May25 French Guiana FY Home Call 2014 2014 May16 May18 Botswana A25GF ZS6AYU BM2JCC 20140506 425DXN 20140503 425DXN 20140118 ZS6AYU 20140425 By BM2JCC; 80-6m By G0FUW M0SFT M0TGN M0TTE fm EU-116; 40-10m; SSB CW + digital; QSL OK via Buro or direct By EA5IDQ as TF/EA5IDQ; 40-10m; SSB + digital; holiday style operation By LA6RHA as OY/LA6RHA and LA8FOA as OY/LA8FOA; HF; SSB By F8FUA as FY/F8FUA and F5UOW as FY/F5UOW fm Ile Royale (SA-020); 8010m; SSB CW, perhaps digital; QSL OK via REF Buro or direct By ZS6AYU; 40-10m, perhaps 6m; vertical; dates tentative; holiday style operation PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 April 2014 Page 13 May-June-July 2014 DX Calendar (Edited from http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html) Dates Entity Call Sign QSL via Source Details 2014 May18 2014 Jun10 Malawi 7QNL PA1AW OPDX 20140317 2014 May19 2014 ZimbaMay23 bwe Z21GF ZS6AYU ZS6AYU By ZS6AYU; 40-10m, perhaps 6m; vertical; dates tentative; holiday style operation 20140425 2014 May22 2014 South May31 Cook Is E51 Home Call 2014 May28 2014 Jun03 Malawi 7QNL 2014 May29 2014 Jun04 Aruba P40DM 2014 May31 2014 Jun01 Aland Is OH0 OH3WS 2014 May31 2014 Jun08 Tonga A35JP/p LotW 2014 Jun02 2014 Jun07 Market Reef OJ0W OH3WS 2014 Jun05 2014 Jun15 Albania ZA ON4ANN 2014 Jun05 2014 Jun18 St Lucia J6 G4DFI G0VJG By G0VJG as J6/G0VJG fm NA-108; 40-6m; SSB; verticals 20140211 2014 Jun07 2014 Jun21 Bahamas C6ATT K2TTT K2TTT By K2TTT fm New Providence I (NA-001); 40-6m; holiday style operation 20140503 2014 Jun08 2014 Jun27 St Martin FS LotW DXW.Net By K9EL as FS/K9EL fm NA-105 (DIFO FS-001, WLOTA 0383, WW Loc FK88); 16020131202 10m; QSL also OK via K9EL and Club Log 2014 Jun19 2014 Jul02 Grenada J38DR W9DR Direct W9DR By W9DR fm NA-024 (FK92ef); 6m, 50.115 MHz; breakable beacon; 5 ele yagi 20140302 2014 Jun20 2014 Jun25 Azerbaijan 4K9Z LotW N6GQ By N6GQ 20140501 2014 Jun25 2014 Aug06 St Kitts & Nevis V47JA LotW W5JON By W5JON fm Calypso Bay, St Kitts; 160-6m, incl 60m; verticals + 6m yagi; QRV for 20140429 IARU HF, CQWW VHF, IOTA contests; QSL OK via W5JON direct. OPDX 20140428 By PA3FYM; 80-10m; CW SSB; QRV for CQ WPX CW By JA8VE as E51AVE, JA1KJW as E51KJW, JA1JQY as JA1JQY, JA3MCA as E51MCA fm Rarotonga I; 160-10m; CW SSB RTTY; QSL OK via JARL Buro or direct CQ WW WPX Contest, CW (May 24-25, 2014) Check here for pre-contest activity, too. PA1AW OPDX 20140317 By PA3FYM; 80-10m; CW SSB; QRV for CQ WPX CW VA3RJ By K5NOT W5BL K5RAU; 20-6m, focus on 10 6m; may also use P40TX (K5NOT), 20140502 P40DL (W5BL), P40LW (K5RAU) OH3WS By OH3WS as OH0/OH3WS; HF; mainly CW, some SSB; QSL OK via Buro or direct 20140504 JA0RQV By JA0RQV fm Niuatoputapu I (OC-191); 80-6m; CW SSB; 100w; vertical; QSL also 20140425 OK via JA0RQV JARL Buro or direct (w/ SASE) June OH3WS By OH3WS; HF; mainly CW, some SSB; QSL OK via Buro or direct 20140504 ON4ANN By ON4ANN as ZA/ON4ANN, ON4ACP ON4CAU ON4CCV ON4CJY ON4CKM 20140508 ON4DCU ON5PDV ON6MI ON8CW likewise; 80-6m; SSB PSK RTTY July 2014 Jul01 2014 Jul07 Dodecanese SV5 OK6DJ VA3RJ By OK6DJ as SV5/OK6DJ fm Rhodes (EU-001, GIOTA DKS-006, MIA MGD-028, 20140327 WLOTA 0045); HF; holiday style operation; QSL OK via Buro or direct 2014 Jul07 2014 Jul15 St Pierre & Miquelon FP LotW KV1J By KV1J as FP/KV1J fm Miquelon I (NA-032); 80-6m; SSB CW RTTY; QRV for DL-DX 20140213 RTTY and IARU HF contests; QSL also OK via KV1J direct 2014 Jul08 2014 Jul11 Jersey GJ LotW 425DXN 20140425 By WJ2O as GJ/WJ2O/m 2014 Jul12 2014 Jul15 Guernsey GU LotW 425DXN 20140425 By WJ2O as GU/WJ2O/m; QRV for IARU Contest, SOAB LP 2014 Jul13 2014 Jul24 Amcn Samoa KH8 See Web 425DXN 20140301 By W7GJ as KH8/W7GJ; mainly 6m EME, possibly also SSB CW RSGB IOTA Contest (Jul 26-27, 2014) Check here for pre-contest activity too. 2014 Jul29 2014 Aug02 Cocos Keeling VK9C LotW JF3PLF By JA3FVJ JA3QWN JA3TJA JF3PLF JH3FUK as TBA; 160-6m; SSB FM CW RTTY 20140301 PSK31; QSL also OK via JF3PLF, Buro or direct and Club Log PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 Page 14 May 2014 NFDXA 2014 Dual Band DX Contest - Thru 5/08/2014 SKCC Weekend Sprintathon 1200Z, May 10 to 2400Z, May 11 CW ONLY 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6m RST + Name + (state/ province/country) + (SKCC No./"NONE") Work staons once perband—1 point per QSO RULES http://www.skccgroup.com/ operating_activities/ weekend_sprintathon/ NFDXA Club DX Contest First Half of 2014 Work Entities on Two Bands Use CQ Entity List. This is a 6 month, multi-band challenge in which contestants choose one band from the high group (2010m) and a second from the low group (160-30m). Participants earn one point per DX entity in the bands of their choice. QSOs must be made from each entrant’s home QTH or mobile. The contest officially begins at 0000Z January 1, 2014 and ends at 0000Z June 30, 2014. High AB4UF AC4ET K3LB K4EB K4UTE KB4CRT KC4FWS KX4WW N1WON N4EPD N4GFO N4JBK N4KE N4UF NF4L NO4J NU4Y NW4C VP5YZ W1FO W4FDA W4GJ WA4B Points 20M 17M 23 112 40M 40M 15M 0 40M 20M 175 40M 20M 62 160M WA6EZV WR4K Low Points Total 0 0 31 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 0 40 0 0 0 54 177 293 102 0 20M 169 40M 121 290 W1AW Centennial Operations Shifted States May 7 (UTC) The ARRL Centennial W1AW WAS operations taking place throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states will relocate at 0000 UTC on Wednesday, May 7 (the evening of May 6 in US time zones), from Connecticut and Nevada to Nebraska (W1AW/0). Nebraska is the first state to repeat as a W1AW Centennial host. There will be just one state this week; Utah, which had initially been scheduled to repeat this week, will instead host W1AW starting July 2. Some additional schedule changes have been made, and the schedule has been updated to reflect these. During 2014 W1AW will be on the air from every state (at least twice) and most US territories, and it will be easy to work all states solely by contacting W1AW portable operations. “One of the advantages of contests being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” N2MG - (With sincere apologies to A. A. Milne) PileUp Volume 6 Number 5 May 2014 Page 15 VK0EK Heard Island Operators — from page 1 Operators currently listed are Bob/KK6EK (Leader), Rich/KY6R (Co-Organizer), Willy/HB9AHL, Adam/N2ARB, Bill/N2WB, Alan/ VK6CQ, Les/W2LK, David/WD5COV and Jackie/ZL3CW. The Web page is still under construction, but has plenty of info and pictures to look at. There’s room for more ops on the Heard Island 2016 DXpedition. According to the web site: “Currently we have room for additional team members, and we welcome inquiries from potential participants. We estimate that the participant cost will be roughly $15k, all-inclusive (Cape Town→HI→Cape Town). We have established local teams in the San Francisco Bay Area and in South Africa to help plan and coordinate the expedition. We would welcome help with any aspect of this project.” — OPDX, DX World.net, various Operating in Brazil During FIFA World Cup Amateur Radio operators visiting Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup (soccer world cup) in June and July of this year will be able to operate in PY "regardless of having reciprocity agreement between Brazil and his/her country or regardless if he/she has an IARP license" says PY2XB, Fred. Amateur Radio operators who wish to operate need to send a copy of the identification page(s) of your passport, a copy of your Amateur Radio license along with a list of cities you plan to operate from, as well as dates by sending details to LABRE (Brazilian National Radio Club) at [email protected]. — DDX DAYTON HAMVENTION NEWS Credit for much the DX news, illustrations and information contained in this publication goes to a variety of sources including, but not limited to the following: The Daily DX (DDX) (http://www.dailydx.com), Ohio-Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX) (http:// www.papays.com/opdx.html), DX World of Ham Radio (DX World.net) (http:// www.dx-world.net/), 425 DX News (425 DXN) (http://www.425dxn.org/) The SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) has announced the final details on the 29th annual DXDinner and the DX Forum; both held in conjunction with the 2014 Dayton Hamvention®. The DXDinner will be on Friday, May 16th, 2014, at the Dayton Marriott, 1414 S. Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH 45409. There will be a cash bar starting at 5:30 p.m., with dinner served at 7:00. Following the meal, there will be a separate room and cash bar available for more fellowship. There will be drawings at the end of the dinner for major prizes. Dave Collingham, K3LP, will be the keynote speaker. The CQ Hall of Fame will announce their next inductees, the 2014 DXPedition of the Year will be announced and there just might be an additional surprise or two! This is an excellent opportunity to meet new hams and to renew old acquaintances as well as to learn about past DXpeditions and those in the planning stages. The DXForum will be held on Saturday, May 17th, in Forum Room 1 at Hara Arena. The program will include "K9W - Wake Island" by John Miller, K6MM; "T33A - Banaba Island" by Dr. Jay Garlitz, AA4FL; "VU7AG - Lakshadweep Island" by Krish Kanakasapapathi, W4VKU/VU2VKU and "FT5ZM - Amsterdam Island" by Dr. Ralph Fedor, K0IR. Raffle tickets will be available to have a chance to win a Yaesu FT-1200. "Come and See, Come and Learn, Come and have a Good Time." For more information and to order dinner tickets, visit <WWW.SWODXAEVENTS.ORG> and follow us on Twitter (@SWODXA). – Pres Release NG3K Amateur Radio Contest/DX Page (NG3K) (http://www.ng3k.com/), The DX Magazine (DXM) (http://www.dxpub.com/), DX Coffee (DXC) http://www.dxcoffee.com/ eng/ DARC DXNL (DXNL) (http://www.dxhf.darc.de/), ARRL (ARRL DX) (http://www.arrl.org), Finally, Off- air and word of mouth from those who turned on their radios, listened, and then told The PileUp what they heard. — NW4C ARRL Calls for Quicker, More Visible FCC Enforcement The ARRL has called for more timely and visible enforcement of the FCC's rules, especially regarding the amateur service. According to the ARRL Letter, changes in FCC procedures over the past five years restricting the public release of information about enforcement actions has resulted in "a widespread, albeit inaccurate, public perception that there is no active enforcement in our service." That perception, said the League, has resulted in "unacceptable increases in rule violations" because people think they won't be held accountable He that is good for making excuses.... is seldom good for anything else. (Benjamin Franklin) Never put both feet in your mouth at the same me, because then you won't have a leg to stand on. PileUp Editor Warren Croke, NW4C 4092 NW 23 Circle Gainesville, FL 32605 USA The Monthly Newsletter of The North Florida DX Association And so it goes . . . Showers in May followed by Hurricane Season in June . . . FIRST CLASS MAIL http://nfdx a.com/p://nf dxa.com/ http://nfdxa.com The Last Word A point of personal privilege, if I may. Every now and then one has to step away from whatever he’s doing and take a ‘break’—even from something he loves like chasing DX or listening to chatter about a DXpedition that’s underway or in the planning stages. So, I’m going to do just that. Get outta Dodge and recharge the old batteries. Just the wife and myself, along with some stuff to read that has nothing to do with work or Ham Radio—which will be a first! We’ll load up the Highlander with stuff to wear and a Warren NW4C road map or two, a bunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and just drive along wandering back roads that will take us in a general northerly direction. We’ll visit a number of state parks and maybe even walk a mile or two on the lower part of the Appalachian Trail—just to say we did it! We did little over a mile on the trail’s northern end many moons ago. The rest of the trail that lies between its beginning and end will have to wait for my next life. : ) I fully expect while I’m gone that one or more of the entities I need will show up with monster signals. And I when return I hope I’ll be able to really mean it when I say “Aw gee, that’s too bad. Glad you got him. I’ll get him the next time.” May the good DX be yours. — NW4C
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